History Main / DeathWail

* In "PuellaMagiMadokaMagica", Homura does an absolutely heartbreaking one when she is [[spoiler:forced to kill Madoka in one of the previous timelines.]]

** Worf does one for his mate, K'Ehleyr, despite her non-warrior status when he and Alexander find her dying. Then he tells his young son to look upon death and always remember, before going off to take bloody vengeance on her murderer.

** In RealLife, it was because the actor had just broken his toe on the ork helmet.

* In a deleted scene from [[TeamFortress2 Meet the Medic]] the BLU Soldier does this for the BLU Sniper [[spoiler: before they all get hit by a train.]]

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* Michael Corleone's scream in ''TheGodfather'' when [[spoiler: Mary dies]] was supposedly so primal and intense that the audio had to be cut from the movie.

* The standard practice when a Klingon dies in ''StarTrek'' is for his/her comrades to hold their eyes open while screaming loudly to the sky to warn those in the afterlife that a great warrior is on his/her way to join them.
* Claudia does a heart breaking one in Warehouse 13 when she finds Steve's body.
* Heartwrenching one when [[spoiler: Nikki finds ET]] on [[SeaPatrol Sea Patrol]].

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* In ''KazemakseTsukikageRan'', Meow does this when [[spoiler: her childhood friend turned drug dealer Mei dies.]]

* In ''DeathNote'', Light fakes one [[spoiler: when L dies]]. Good actor, that one.

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* In "PuellaMagiMadokaMagica", Homura does an absolutely {{Tearjerkerheartbreaking}} one when she is [[spoiler:forced to kill Madoka in one of the previous timelines.]]

* In "PuellaMagiMadokaMagica", Homura does an absolutely {{Tearjerker heartbreaking}} one when she is [[spoiler:forced to kill Madoka in one of the previous timelines.]]

* In "PuellaMagiMadokaMagica", Homura does an absolutely [[Tearjerker heartbreaking]] one when she is [[spoiler:forced to kill Madoka in one of the previous timelines.]]

** In the Extended Edition, there is a TearJerker of a scene where Eomer lets out a ''howl'' of grief upon seeing Eowyn apparently dead on the Pellenor fields.

* In ''AMightyHeart'' (an adaptation of the memoirs of Mariane Pearl), there is an ''incredibly'' hard to watch scene of Mariane (portrayed by AngelinaJolie) howling in grief after she learns of her husband's death.

The "Death Wail". For when words just don't cut it. It's that inarticulate scream of rage and grief when a beloved ally has just become an ex-beloved-ally. It is a sister trope of the {{Big No}}, and if done poorly has an extremely good chance of becoming {{Narm}}.

The "Death Wail". For when words just don't cut it. It's that inarticulate scream of rage and grief when a beloved ally has just become an ex-beloved-ally. It is a sister trope of the {{BigNo}}, and if done poorly has an extremely good chance of becoming {{Narm}}.

* ''Code Geass'': Lelouch does this after [[spoiler: Shirley dies]].
* ''CrisisCore'': Cloud gives such a scream when [[spoiler: Zack dies]].
* ''DeathNote'': Light [[spoiler: when L dies]]. Good actor, that one.
* ''Fuyu no Semi'': Kusaka when [[spoiler: Akizuki commits suicide]].
* ''s-CRY-ed'': Ryuho does this twice, once at the beginning after his family is killed and again when [[spoiler: Scheris dies]]. Hikaru Midorikawa is excellent with such scenes.
* [[TheGodfather Michael Corleone's]] scream when [[spoiler: Mary dies]] was supposedly so primal and intense that the audio had to be cut from the movie.

* In the ''{{Lord of the Rings}}'' film, Aragorn lets out one when he finds Merry and Pippin's elven belts on the Orc funeral pyre. [[spoiler: They're not actually dead though, as he later deduces from his [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Ranger tracking skills]].]]

* The standard practice when a Klingon dies in StarTrek is for his/her comrades to hold their eyes open while screaming loudly to the sky to warn those in the afterlife that a great warrior is on his/her way to join them.

* The standard practice when a Klingon dies in StarTrek is for his/her comrades to hold there eyes open while screaming loudly to the sky to warn those in the afterlife that a great warrior is on his/her way to join them.