History Main / DeathWail

** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', [[AntiVillain Shinn Asuka]] screams in anguish twice over the deaths of people he cared for, both events traumatizing him to the same effect. The first instance was in the opening scene, when his family was killed in the crossfire between the Freedom and Calamity Gundams during the Battle of Orb. The second was in a callback to [[spoiler:''Zeta Gundam'' and the death of Four]], when [[spoiler:Shinn's LoveInterest, [[SuperSoldier Stella Loussier]], [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in his arms]] after [[ShootTheDog she and her Destroy Gundam were forcefully taken down by Kira and the Freedom]], who had only done so to stop [[PersonOfMassDestruction her rampage across Berlin]]. Needless to say, Shinn didn't take her death well at all, and only increased his hatred of the Freedom and its pilot]].

** In "Cramp", Fred exclaims "STARS CREAM, NO!" after Starscream is disintegrated by Unicron.

* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}}'', a flashback shows [[spoiler:a young Abuela Alma doing this as she witnesses her husband being killed by marauders. Even though we don't hear her scream because of the song "Dos Oruguitas" playing in the background, her expression conveys all the suffering and despair she felt in that very moment]].

*** [[spoiler:Enhanced Person Number Five, coupled with a [[HeroicRROD Permet Link strain]] due to piloting the Lfrith Ur Gundam at the time, lets out a bone-shaking howl of grief and rage after Norea Du Noc -- the girl he'd begun to fall for over the past episodes -- is abruptly shot out of the sky in her Lfrith Thorn by a Beguir-Pente MS of Dominicus Team.]]

*** [[spoiler:Enhanced Person Number Five, coupled with a [[HeroicRROD Permet Link strain]] due to piloting the Lfrith Ur Gundam at the time, lets out a ''[[UpToEleven bone-shaking]]'' howl of grief and rage after Norea Du Noc -- the girl he'd begun to fall for over the past episodes -- is abruptly shot out of the sky in her Lfrith Thorn by a Beguir-Pente MS of Dominicus Team.]]

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': [[WhamEpisode Episode 12]] sees Guel Jeturk letting out one [[spoiler:when he realizes he just killed his own father, Vim, who had mistaken his Mobile Suit for a model being used by the Dawn of Fold terrorists. Guel, completely unaware of who the pilot was, merely attacked in self-defense, and was completely blindsided when he found out it was Vim. So [[TheScream his reaction]] was also one of sheer horror in addition to anguish]].

* In ''Anime/TokyoGhoul'', Kaneki does this after seeing [[spoiler: a hallucination of Yamori killing Hide]].
** Done again by Juuzuo after [[spoiler: [[ParentalSubstitute Shinohara]] is severely wounded by the One-Eyed Owl.]]

* Kiritsugu of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' has one after he forces himself to kill [[spoiler: his old mentor and mother figure, Natalia.]]

* Pikachu does this in three ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movies in response to Ash [[DisneyDeath temporarily]] dying -- ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'', ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'', and ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution''.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn screams in anguish twice when he lost his family and when [[spoiler:Stella]] dies in his arms, both events traumatizing him to the same effect.
** That scene was inspired by Zeta Gundam, where Kamille Bidan does a wail combined with PleaseWakeUp when [[spoiler: Four dies.]]
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Episode 23 ends with [[spoiler:Setsuna screaming in grief over the death of his fellow Gundam Meister, Lockon.]]

* In ''Anime/AkameGaKill'', the titular assassin, Akame, having kept up a stoic demeanor for so long, even after having lost so many of her friends and comrades during the revolution, [[spoiler:is forced to kill her beloved little sister Kurome]]. It is then that the weight of her countless losses finally catches up, and Akame soon lets all of her pain out in one big, grief-filled wail, as she breaks down completely, sobbing in Tatsumi's arms.

* ''Film/CoachCarter'': Upon witnessing his cousin, Renny, gunned down after a drug deal that goes wrong, Cruz screams in agony while holding the injured Renny.

* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Dylan screams in agony upon watching his long lost father "died" in a car bombing[[note]]later, his old man's death turned out to be fake[[/note]]. And later he screams in agony again when found out his new wife, Toni, got shot dead by mistake by a hitman (on her own father's order) when that attempted murder was meant for him.

* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Dylan screams in agony upon watching his long lost father "died" in a car explosion[[note]]later, his old man's death turned out to be fake[[/note]]. And later he screams in agony again when found out his new wife, Toni, got shot dead by mistake by a hitman (under her own father's order) when the bullet was meant for him.

* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Dylan screams in agony upon watching his long lost father "died" in a car explosion[[note]]later, his old man's death turned out to be fake[[/note]]. And later he screams in agony again when found out his new wife, Toni, got shot dead by mistake by her own father when the bullet was meant for him.

* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Dylan McKay screams in agony upon watching his long lost father "died" in a car explosion[[note]]later, his old man's death turns out to be fake[[/note]]. And later he screams in agony again when found out his new wife, Toni, got shot dead by mistake by her own father when the bullet was meant for him.

Being a death trope, this one's naturally spoiler-heavy, so proceed with caution.

->''"A voice is heard in Ramah - Rachel, weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for they are no more."''
-->-- [[Literature/TheBible Jeremiah 31:15 (and used again in Matthew 2:18)]]

* When Anakin Solo dies in ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Leia feels it in the Force and collapses to the floor, wailing and only able to get out the first syllable of his name as she’s doing it. “AAAA…”

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch vi Britannia [[spoiler: tries his best to save his friend (snd one of his [[LoveInterest love interests]], [[AllLovingHero Shirley Fenette]], after she has been fatally shot. But his attempts at using his [[HypnoticEyes Geass]] to will her into surviving fail, and [[DyingDeclarationOfLove she dies declaring her love for him]]. When the finality of Shirley's death finally sinks in for him, he lets out one of ''the'' most anguished screams in anime history as he falls into the DespairEventHorizon]].
** [[spoiler:Mrs. Fenette is beside herself with grief as well the next episode, during her daughter's funeral.]]

* Happens a few times in the 2003 ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime to chilling effect, most famously [[spoiler:Edward howling in pain and sorrow after the death of Nina and Greed]].

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch does this after [[spoiler: Shirley dies]].
** [[spoiler: So does Mrs. Fennette.]]
** [[spoiler: Nunnally ultimately does this for Lelouch himself at the end.]]

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* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'': Okabe pulls this off several times.
** In the Alpha line, [[spoiler:he does it occasionally whenever Mayuri dies.]]
** In the Beta line, [[spoiler:he produces a particularly soul-crushing one when he accidentally kills Kurisu while attempting to protect her from her father. In fact, it's actually integral that he screams so loudly in that instance, as it's what draws his past self up to the room to see her dead body. In the final run when he succeeds in saving her, the scream comes from the extreme pain he experiences forcing open the stab wound in his gut in order to make her appear bathed in blood.]]
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