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17->''"A shock wave struck while one young lady was performing at the recent Youth Folk-Singing contest, doing damage to the venue. Fortunately no one was injured."''
18-->-- '''Sunken Scroll 1,'''[[note]]The singer in question being a young Pearl[[/note]] ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
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20Sound is a vibration, which can be transmitted to a physical object, such as glass. If the pitch of the sound matches the natural vibration frequency of the object, and if the volume of the sound is loud enough, then the resulting vibration can cause the object to break. In the case of glass (usually wine crystals), the notes that cause resonance vibration are rather high-pitched.
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22As a result, shattering glass has become a fictional shorthand for indicating that a sound (often someone singing) is particularly loud or high-pitched, or otherwise to indicate that they're a [[HollywoodToneDeaf terrible singer]] (an acoustic analogue to MirrorCrackingUgly)... or alternatively, a really ''good'' singer, confusingly enough. (The last one is probably the closest to reality, as the singer would have to match the exact frequency of the tone that the glass makes when struck and create destructive resonance by holding the note long enough. Not a feat many people can pull off. As ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' demonstrated, it also requires being extremely close to the glass, so DontTryThisAtHome.)
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24Sometimes coupled with DramaticShattering. Compare SuperScream and MakeSomeNoise, which cover all-purpose (i.e. not limited to brittle materials) sonic attacks. Related to GaleForceSound, which affects things other than glass. Frequently happens at the performances of a DreadfulMusician or an operatic BrawnHilda.
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26Compare CuteButCacophonic.
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29!!Examples:
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33* Did Somebody Say Just Eat?
34* One Bud Light commercial has two dudes going to an opera with bottles of the beer. Cue one BrawnHilda soprano aria...all of the bottles pop. Another dude turns around and shows the other two that they should have brought cans.
35* The Advertising/DairyQueenLips sing the classic Kit-Kat jingle ("Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar!") to advertise Dairy Queen's Kit-Kat Blizzard. The Lips sing the last word in such a high-pitched voice that it cracks [[CameraAbuse the screen]], with the cracks remaining visible for the rest of the commercial.
36* One commercial for Diet Mountain Dew ends with a lady topping her two eagle-tattoo sporting co-workers by letting out a piercing eagle-esque scream and shattering all the glass walls. Then she lets out a smaller eep to destroy the glass vase sitting on the table.
37* Table tennis legend Timo Boll breaks his robot opponent's glasses this way in a match of [[https://youtu.be/lv6op2HHIuM?t=134 glass harps]] in an ad for Kuka.
38* One of Memorex's "Is it live or is it Memorex?" TV commercials, where Music/EllaFitzgerald breaks a wine glass by singing a high note... and then replaying the recording of Ella singing also causes glass to shatter.
39* Seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 this]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} station ID from the 1990s, where an opera singer with a huge orange "Nickelodeon" wig sings a high note that causes the conductor's eyeglasses to break.
40* ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'': In "Rock the Rainbow", [[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Steven Tyler]] has his portrait made out of Skittles and declares it "High-diddly-dee-sgusting!" Said portrait is alive and to prove itself to its owner it keeps singing "Dream On" higher and higher until it falls apart. Only its mouth stays in one piece and continues to sing.[[note]]In a funny turn of events, when this commercial was shown on a segment on ''Series/ThisMorning'' in the UK [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1iO5jWCSlc the commercial broke the autocue.]][[/note]]
41* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvuS3Xz_q-8 this Walkers Crisps ad]], Music/MariahCarey gets into a quarrel with an elf over the last pack of chips, and she ends the quarrel with an IncrediblyLongNote which, among other things, breaks a crew's glasses.
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45* ''Anime/{{Pecola}}'': In "Coco's Concert", Coco's terrible singing repeatedly causes nearby glass objects such as windows, a blender, etc. to shatter.
46* In the ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' episode, "Murder Music," has a scheme of kidnapping a rock band, forcing them to perform special music and then have a special ship with giant speakers that emits that music superloud that can shatter whole buildings and drive people insane.
47* In ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', specifically the "Three Hell Devil Sisters" episodes, Hapichamatchi's crying is so loud that it can make other Tamagotchis faint. In episode 94a, her crying is demonstrated to also be loud enough to break several glass windows in the palace she's in.
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51* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 26, the sound of the Supermen using a special team attack to defeat the villains is loud enough to crack the lens on Big M.'s binoculars slightly.
52* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode 12, Jodie calls for Mr. Slowy when she wakes up to find Goat Village completely destroyed. Her yelling is so loud that it breaks the glass on a picture of Mr. Slowy hanging in his room.
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56* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfTintin'':
57** When Tintin first encounters Bianca Castafiore in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', they're in a car together and she starts singing. Tintin internally comments that fortunately, the windows are made of safety glass.
58** In ''The Calculus Affair'', the objects randomly breaking in Marlinspike Castle turn out to be the results of Professor Calculus's ultrasound experiments. This gets him kidnapped by Bordurians who want him to develop weapons of mass destruction for them (and Syldavians who try to steal him from the Bordurians for the same end).
59* ComicBook/BlackCanary's "canary cry" has been used to shatter glass.
60* ComicBook/GastonLagaffe's [[BizarreInstrument dreadful instrument]], the Gaffophone.
61* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Nite-Owl's Owlship screecher speakers have that effect on glass.
62* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': At a distance and before she really picks up volume Silver Swan's scream can shatter glass. Once she's at a target and as loud as she can be she can shatter brick and destroy buildings as she did to [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]]'s school. Just how powerful her scream is depends on which Silver Swan is in question however, Valerie can blow out eardrums and shatter glass but cannot scream down a brick wall.
63* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Banshee has used this a few times.
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67* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'': When Hägar's wife Helga gets in the mood to sing, she proves perfectly able to shatter goblets with her voice... ''iron'' goblets.
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71* In the ParodyFic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9913691 B'Elannarella]]'', the Doctor starts pounding away on his Excessor Organ.
72-->The keys lit up as Doc pounded on them, the noise of his opus shattering all glass objects within a ten-mile radius and fritzing air traffic control processors across half the planet. Multi-tentacled aliens tied themselves in knots as the harmonics disrupted the equilibrium of their inner ears. Sympathetic tremors collapsed intercontinental single-span bridges. A primitive tribe in the Ice Forests of Wier thought the noise was the thundering of an angry God, and so committed mass suicide by having sex with horrible slibberdorphs.
73* In the opening to ''Fanfic/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut'', Garfield blasts Music/SimonAndGarfunkel at full volume, shattering every window in a five-mile radius. (Why it didn't break the TV nearby is unexplained.)
74* ''VideoGame/PokemonWack'': Sound-type moves are super effective against Glass-type Pokemon, likely for this reason. There is also the move "Glassbreaker" that shatters the barriers put up by Reflect and Light Screen.
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78* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': At the end of ''The Wind in the Willows'', Rat, Mole and [=MacBadger=] gather for a New Year's party at Toad Hall, and they have a champagne toast to celebrate that Toad had reformed at last. However, their glasses are broken by a loud crash from outside, and they look out to witness [[HereWeGoAgain Toad's newest obsession: an aeroplane]].
79* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'': The villain hires opera diva Bianca Castafiore, knowing her voice will shatter the bulletproof glass cabinet displaying a model ship he is planning on stealing.
80* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': The villains have Fievel imprisoned inside a glass bottle, but fortunately his sister Tanya takes the stage at that point, and her song breaks the bottle.
81* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': The first time Stitch plays the guitar, he plays a chord that shatters several windows and a coffee pot.
82* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'': Clarabelle somehow manages to shatter '''the full moon''' during her high note.
83* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'': When Mikey leaves for singing camp, he sings goodbye to T.J. [[VocalDissonance in his Robert Goulet voice]], causing one of the bus windows to crack.
84* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'': Prince Charming shatters the audience members' wine glasses, opera glasses and even [[SerialEscalation pearl necklaces]] with his girly high-pitched singing during his play.
85* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': In the LogoJoke, a minion does a [[HollywoodToneDeaf loud off-key yell]] that causes some of the letters in the Creator/IlluminationEntertainment logo to burn out.
86* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanRedSon''. Superior Man does a DynamicEntry by flying over to Moscow and shouting a [[SayMyName challenge to Superman]] so loud it breaks every window in the Kremlin.
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90* Invoked and parodied in ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'': The opening scene features Professor Brainard attempting to demonstrate this with a trumpet and a glass placed on the table. His playing fails to crack the glass but manages to shatter every ''other'' glass object in the room, including beakers full of chemicals that fill the room with smoke as the opening credits roll.
91* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': Catwoman, beaten by Batman, falls into a greenhouse and emits a scream of frustration so powerful it shatters the glass roof and walls.
92* ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'': At the Devil's Tower rendezvous, the scientists attempt to initiate dialog with the mothership with the five-note salutation. They play it several times before the ship joins in, quite loudly, shattering some control booth windows.
93* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'': After Nathaniel [[YouHaveFailedMe fails her for the last time]], Narissa screams so loudly, she shatters '''every single glassware'' in the cavern.
94* Parodied in the film version of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''. The fat lady tries to sing high enough to break a glass; when she fails, she just shatters it against her frame.
95-->'''Fat Lady:''' It's amazing! And just with my voice!
96* ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie Rides Again]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk]] sends his nephew Willoughby Whitfield to try to convince [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Steinmetz]] to give up her old firehouse so his uncle can tear it down to build a new skyscraper in its place. However, Mrs. Steinmetz's protector, Nicole, who had been displaced by Hawk, convinces Willoughby to see his uncle for the ruthless so-and-so that he is and to help protect the old lady as well. Not the bravest man in the world, Willoughby tries to call his uncle from a glass phone booth to convince him to call off his construction project. In response, Alonzo Hawk sees this as a betrayal and [[{{Angrish}} yells gibberish at his nephew through the phone]], culminating in such a loud roar of rage [[ReachingBetweenTheLines that it actually manages to shatter the glass windows of the phone booth his nephew is in]].
97* ''Film/LastActionHero'' has this in Movie Land when the [[DaChief Lieutenant]] screaming after Jack Slater causes his windows to break.
98* ''Film/TheMermaid'', another comedy involving a, uhm, mermaid, did a ''Splash'' reference with the titular character (a mermaid posing as a call girl to investigate a property tycoon) going on a duet and raising her voice unexpectedly while at an outdoor market. Cue glass refrigerator doors, wine glasses, beer bottles, light bulbs, and ''everything'' made of glass from within a 100-meter-radius shattering.
99* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', the underground fighting ring has a lot of Loudred in it that produce music for the battles that are held in it. When they inhale some [[PsychoSerum R]], they start spewing out some dubstep so loud that it causes a tank with a Magikarp in it to [[ExplodingFishTanks break]], leaving the Magikarp flopping on the ground.
100* In ''Film/TheSaddestMusicInTheWorld'', Roderick creates a high pitched sound with his cello that makes Helen's glass legs break.
101* ''Film/SheCreature'': When the mermaid screams, the glass in the lanterns shatters.
102* In ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Madison saying her real name [[StarfishLanguage in her native language]] causes all the TV screens on a department store to shatter.
103* ''Film/TheyCallMeBruce'' (1982). In a ShoutOut to the above-mentioned advertisement, a kung fu master tries to instruct Bruce how to make a {{Kiai}} shout. When Bruce tries it, a nearby glass cabinet shatters.
104-->'''Master:''' Was that you?!\
105'''Bruce:''' No, Memorex!
106* ''Film/Transformers2007'': Bumblebee (who is in disguise as [[WhatAPieceOfJunk a ratty old Camaro]]) turns on his radio at a high enough volume to shatter the windows of every other vehicle in the [[HonestJohnsDealership used car lot]] he's infiltrated, forcing the dealership owner to sell him at a price within his target's budget.
107* In ''Film/VictorVictoria'', Julie Andrews' character does this with some frequency. By dint of RuleOfFunny, it's also capable of stunning people and popping champagne corks.
108* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Roger's glass-breaking "steam whistle" after drinking strong liquor.
109* Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Charles points out all the science to Sean.
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113* In ''Chronicles of a Strange Kingdom'', after a failed coup, [[BewareTheQuietOnes king Shellar]] gets fed up with his [[UpperClassTwit Nobility]] [[DecadentCourt Counsil]] to the point he [[RageBreakingPoint snaps for the first time in his life]] and gives them an epic dressing-down, brutal and vicious enough to cause terrified obedience, several heart attacks and a bad case of stutter. He only calms down after his voice blows out several windows in the room.
114* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
115** ''{{Literature/Maskerade}}'': Agnes's voice can do that and so much more.
116** Referenced with regard to Nanny's DreadfulMusician abilities in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'':
117--->There had been plenty of singers whose high notes could smash a glass, but Nanny's high C could clean it.
118* Part of the explanation of the mystery in the Literature/FatherBrown story ''The Flying Fish''.
119* In ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Judy]]'s scream is so shrill, it makes a nearby flowerpot shatter.
120* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': Bwoonhiwda is introduced this way in ''Goblins on the Prowl'', as Herky suddenly brings her into the castle and she proceeds, upon seeing the missing toad statue, to let out a shriek that shatters the glass pitcher Igor had brought a little earlier. It's also loud enough to wake Hulda out of a sound sleep, which is quite the achievement considering the latter is mostly ''deaf''.
121* The key to the murderer's plan in "The Face of Helen", from the collection ''Literature/TheMysteriousMrQuin'' by Creator/AgathaChristie: a [[spoiler:glass bubble filled with poison gas]] and a radio broadcasting a concert featuring a very high note.
122* The purpose of [[spoiler:the screaming clock]] in ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators''.
123* PlayedForDrama in "The Glass Collector", a {{Franchise/Whoniverse}} short story in the book ''Literature/TimeLordFairyTales''. The heroine's screams of grief, rage, and horror are sufficient to destroy jars of collected tears and more importantly [[spoiler: People Jars]].
124* Discussed in ''[[Literature/TheVampireChronicles The Vampire Lestat]]'', when, as part of a musing on subtlety, Marius points out that "a singer can shatter a glass with the proper high note, but the easiest way for anyone to break a glass is simply to drop it on the floor."
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128* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In "[[Recap/ArrowS4E9DarkWaters Dark Waters]]", the BigBad has placed our heroes inside a glass walled GasChamber that's being filled with DeadlyGas, so Laurel Lance breaks the glass with her [[SuperScream Canary Cry]].
129* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' has this when Amanda demonstrates the audience if she can break a wine glass with her voice. All the glass around the studio breaks, but not the wine glass until she just purposely breaks it herself.
130* In the first episode of ''Series/BaalVeer'', when Baal Veer first appears, he makes a GroundShatteringLanding that's hard enough to crack a nearby man's glasses.
131* In one of the episodes of the ''Series/Batman1966'' series, Batman and Robin get trapped in a glass dome. They break free by making a glass-shattering voice of F sharp above high C.
132* A skit from Cleveland's ''Big Chuck & Lil John Show" parodies the ad for Memorex cassettes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wupnckJyw0 Rememorex cassettes]].
133* An episode of ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' revolved around a man with a glass-shattering voice. The Cartwrights had to protect him after he broke every glass in Virginia City and the enraged beer drinkers came looking for revenge.
134* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' did this in "Not What It Looks Like." Three women dressed as [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys Holly Golightly]] used a frequency on an iPod to shatter glass counters in a jewelry store so they could make off with the jewels.
135* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
136** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime "Partners in Crime"]]: When the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver and Miss Foster's sonic pen on each other, the resulting noise is ear-splitting enough to shatter numerous glass panels around the office he's in.
137** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]]: Those infected by the [[MurderWater Flood]] have screeches high-pitched enough to crack the glacier beneath the base in which most of the Flood is frozen.
138* ''Series/GetSmart'':
139** In "The Hot Line", the Chief goes undercover as a singing waiter and lampshades the trope. 99 asks him to demonstrate on a glass which he does, only to shatter a nearby mirror instead (which Max bills him $40 for). It proves to be a ChekhovsSkill when he uses a high D to break a bad guy's glasses when WeNeedADistraction.
140** In "Pheasant Under Glass", a BrawnHilda opera singer is recruited to hit a high note to shatter an unbreakable GlassyPrison holding a KidnappedScientist. When her note breaks all the glass in the vicinity ''except'' the booth, she squares her shoulders and just walks right through it.
141** In "The Groovy Guru", Max and 99 are locked in a sound booth that amplifies all noise. In one of his rare moments of genius, Max uses the tuning fork from his watch to produce the right sound to blow open the door.
142* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", our heroes rescue all the kidnapped musicians except for Cilla Black because they can't stand her high-pitched notes. She turns up at the end of the episode to get her revenge, singing a note so high it brings down the building on top of their heads.
143* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': There's a video where a girl sings a note so high it shatters one of her mom's really good glasses.
144* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]", Claudia screeching "SO WHAT?! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!" causes her mirror to crack.
145* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'': In the BatmanColdOpen to "Power", a singer presented by Leon does this when she hits a high note, shattering several TV screens in [=MuppeTelevision=]. When Kermit shows a clip of her doing that, it ends up shattering the screen it's playing on.
146* Is presented by ''Series/JonathanCreek'' as a solution to part of the mystery in [[spoiler:"The Judas Tree"]].
147* Played with by real-life {{opera}} star Renee Fleming on an episode of ''Series/TheLateShow with Creator/DavidLetterman'' where she delivered "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPZc6RT2wlY The Top Ten Opera Lyrics]]," giving a demonstration that "As a pro, my voice can shatter stuff." [[spoiler:She cheats and smashes the glass on the floor instead, saying, "Close enough!"]]
148* The second series of ''Series/LookAroundYou'' demonstrated how singing a very high note can shatter glass. The episode then goes on to demonstrate how singing a very ''low'' note can reconstruct the broken glass. It's that kind of show.
149* An episode of ''Series/MissionTopSecret'' involved the bag guys pulling a NotMyDriver with a limo on a famous opera singer and his son. The singer's son dismantled the limo's hi-fi and rigged it to amplify his father's voice enough to break a glass and escape.
150* In 1999, Creator/{{MTV}} held the Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time. A couple days before the show, they ran a promo special about the history of opera, and they humorously challenged that year's nominees to shatter a glass by hitting their highest notes (though some simply screamed at it). None managed to break the glass, but they all came to the conclusion that if anyone could pull it off, it'd be Music/MariahCarey (who unfortunately didn't attend that year).
151* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
152** In one episode, special guest Ethel Merman shows Miss Piggy and Kermit what note you need to hit to shatter a glass.
153--->'''Kermit:''' Did you also double as an air-raid siren during The War?
154** In another episode, guest Beverly Sills hits a high note and breaks Scooter's glasses.
155** A series of newspaper comics had Piggy trying to do it herself. Her first attempt cracked the ''table''.
156* ''Series/MythBusters'' tested this one (explicitly referencing the Memorex commercial with Ella Fitzgerald above) and managed to replicate it. Jamie wasn't able to hold the right note long enough to break the wine crystal (he made the mistake of singing an octave too low), but Adam was, and the metal singer they brought in to give vocal lessons was able to break it without even using any amplification. The show did highlight how difficult the latter feat was, however; even the metal singer (Jaime Vendera) required 20 attempts to break even ''one'' glass sans amplification, and he had his mouth ''right'' next to the glass - the high-speed shows that the glass shatters and spreads out for quite a while (relatively speaking, of course) before he reacts and pulls away, so he could have easily been hurt.
157* A RunningGag on ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' had Principal Musso's [[MakeMeWannaShout screams of rage]] shattering the window in her office door.
158* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In the episode ''Her Story II'', Carla is insulted about not being as hot as another Latino nurse. JD imagines Carla releasing her rage by screaming so loud that every nearby piece of glass shatters into smaller pieces.
159* ''Series/SesameStreet'' did a variation on this with Diva La Diva, a one-off character who visited the street in a 90's episode. Professed to be "the world's loudest singer," La Diva's pipes are definitely loud enough to cause damage and while there's one instance of her voice shattering some glasses on the counter at Hooper's Store, her voice mostly causes trembling and making shelves, with items on them, fall in the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's. At the end of the episode, a cassette tape of her voice makes everything in Big Bird's nest fall off the walls - not even the Mr. Hooper picture was safe!
160* There was a ''Series/SpittingImage'' sketch in which UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's voice was so high it could shatter the glass in people's spectacles until she was coached to speak more deeply. (The sketch ended with her sounding like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.)
161* The first case of ''Series/StickWithMeKid'' (covering the first two episodes) invoked this with a chemical that, when sprayed on glass, would make any loud sound shatter it. It was used to [[spoiler:post-date a diamond theft and replacement with a fake by spraying it on the (actually already swapped) diamond's case during the day and simply tripping the alarm at night]].
162* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' has a scene where Ms. Martin tries to give London singing lessons. They start with the simple "Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do", but once London reaches the last Do, the note shatters a glass on the table in front of them.
163* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', angels' natural voices tend to shatter all the glass in the vicinity. This is one of the reasons they need human vessels.
164* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': In "Lover Come Hack To Me", Peggy's [[TheImmodestOrgasm orgasmic scream]] shatters the glass face of the grandfather clock: stopping the hands at midnight.
165* In an episode of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' Raven's grandmother came to visit and demonstrated this ability which she taught to Chelsea who then uses it in her own singing audition. However, as the episode's main story line was how Raven's friends became annoyed with how Raven's visions tended towards dragging them into embarrassing situations they force her to promise not to tell them about any visions she gets and she got a vision before the audition. [[spoiler: You can obviously guess what happens when all the judges are wearing glasses...]]
166* ''Series/TheThundermans'': In order to help Nora get over her fear of rats, Hank and Barb get Max to show her a pet rat. Nora ends up screaming at a pitch humans can't hear, shattering a nearby glass vase.
167* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'': Wednesday demonstrates her vocal range to a group of sirens by means of a note that only dogs can hear. The sirens are confused until their DJ's glasses crack.
168* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'': Referenced in the September 20th, 2022 episode, where, during the post-game talk with Vanna, Pat jokes that three audience members' glasses broke from how loudly the winning contestant was screaming after having solved the bonus puzzle.
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172* In the Music/DiabloSwingOrchestra's song "Balrog Boogie", there's a sound effect of breaking glass as singer Annlouice Loegdlund hits the high notes in the second verse.
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176* ChristinaAguilera and Latto: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRmKjyHAro Did Somebody Say HipOpera]]
177* One of Music/{{Vitas}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9RREx18UU best-known video clips]] has him taking a very high note in despair, with the result of explosively shattering all glass within sight.
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181* In ''Pinball/MonsterBash'', when the Bride of Frankenstein practices her singing, she causes the display to shatter. However, [[PlayingWithATrope it's unclear]] if this is due to [[MirrorCrackingUgly her appearance]] or her voice, as neither one is extreme enough to invoke either trope.
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185* The Atavism "Siren's Treacherous Song" in ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial'' allows Siren-like Beasts to make sound blasts through the expenditure of [[{{Mana}} Satiety]], which in addition to doing lethal damage and deafening anyone who hears it, also shatters any glass in the immediate area.
186* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', starting from ''AD&D2'', has the "Shatter" spell that breaks fragile objects through sound.
187* In the 3rd party subsystem ''TabletopGame/SpheresOfPower'' for [[{{TabletopGame/Pathfinder}} Pathfinder]], this is doable by any spherecaster with the Destruction sphere and either Reverberating, Shattering, or Thunder Blast. However, two abilities stand out in particular. Shattering Blast does [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it says on the tin]] and is better for breaking objects. And with the Skilled Casting (Perform (sing)) drawback, this can even be tied to a character singing what is, presumably, a very high note.
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191* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': General Lionwhyte is shown to use his MetalScream to shatter glass. [[spoiler:It doesn't help him, though. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Having a bunch of large glass shards fall on you is no better for you than being hit by a glass pane.]] Who knew?]]
192* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Included among the game's BizarroElements is the Glass-type. Air-type attacks (which include moves like Sonic Boom) will inflict the Resonance status on Glass-types -- three stacks of Resonance and the Glass-type is instantly defeated.
193* In ''VideoGame/TheCrystalKey'', you have to use a portable Arkonian radio and tune it to one of its dead stations, one that emits a high enough frequency that can shatter the glass panel protecting the last piece of the Crystal Key.
194* In ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' your ghosts can learn the Shattering Song power, which is a wail so loud that it breaks glass and greatly scares people. It can also be used to free some of the restless spirits.
195* Invoked and subverted in the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' game ''Fleeing the Complex''. Henry attempts to break a glass window in his cell using a Sonic Pulse blaster, but instead it just [[YourHeadAsplode causes his head to go a-splode]].
196* VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame:
197** Willie's special ability in ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones'' is to scream, which breaks nearby glass.
198** The same ability is possessed by Syrena and Philip in ''VideoGame/LEGOPiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
199** And by ComicBook/BlackCanary and Man-Bat in ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 2: DC Superheroes''.
200** In ''VideoGame/LegoHarryPotter'', you use Mandrakes to break glass, but your character has to put earmuffs on first.
201*** If you use the "Singing Mandrakes" cheat, this makes the Mandrake's [[BrownNote screeches]] into [[RuleOfFunny beautiful singing]] while still shattering the glass.
202** In ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'', [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] can break glass by belching after drinking Buzz Cola.
203** In ''VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles'', Kari [=McKeen=] and Tony Rydinger can break glass by screaming. In the same game, [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Sulley]] can break glass with his roar.
204** In ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2'', ComicBook/SpiderGwen can break glass by playing a drumkit.
205** ''VideoGame/LEGOJurassicWorld'' also has this ability for characters such as Lex Murphy, Kelly Malcolm, and Amanda Kirby.
206* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'': After getting trapped in K-RAP Studios, Patti aims the microphone so it's pointing just below her mouth, cranks up the volume on her control room's monitor speakers to an ear-piercing level, and lets out the strongest High C she can, which easily shatters the window in the recording room.
207* If you play the Tentacle mating call recording in a room with glass fixtures in ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', it will shatter them. [[DevelopersForesight This includes if you mail it to the Three Guys That Publish Anything.]]
208* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', this is Sindel's Friendship; She holds out AGlassOfChianti and lets loose one of her trademark [[MakeMeWannaShout power-shrieks]]- [[BaitAndSwitch Instead]] of the glass shattering, [[CameraAbuse the screen cracks.]]
209* In ''VideoGame/ReahFaceTheUnknown'', a glass door blocks the player from entering the basement of a temple. The player has to ring four gongs in the correct sequence to create an echo loud enough to shatter the glass.
210* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam And Max Save the World]]'': In episode 2, "Situation: Comedy", Sam can hit high notes well enough to crack glass with the help of Bosco's "chemical-based voice modulator" ([[HomeMadeInventions made from]] a crazy straw, an inhaler, and [[HeliumSpeech a helium balloon]]). [[ChekhovsGun This becomes important in the final puzzle.]]
211* In ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}'', one of the puzzles requires you to acquire a special cocktail so an aging opera singer can recover her singing voice, which she naturally tests with this trope.
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215* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'': Implied at the end of case 3-3. [[spoiler:The culprit's VillainousBreakdown has him screaming loudly enough to cause a blackout in the courtroom, presumably because the light bulbs shattered.]]
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219* One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode has [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as the glass on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.
220* One animation features [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3 Newton]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kxOT2r2ZFo talking to the power]] [[TooDumbToLive by plugging the microphone into the USB cord and later sings]] so loudly that he causes [[YourHeadASplode his own bulb to shatter into pieces]].
221--> '''Newton Pud:''' (inhales) '''I CAN'T PAY ELECTRIC BI--'''
222--> (Newton Pud's head explodes and the video ends)
223* ''VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure'': Vex has it in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ObqEUp-Zo Vex can break glass]]"; featuring [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy and N.A.O.M.I.]] playing Toxic. However, Vex shows up [[HollywoodToneDeaf singing so horribly]] that it causes the glass to break off screen.
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227* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Kit Darling's [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-6-page-15/ excited fennec shriek]] shatters multiple coffee pots.
228* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip [[http://xkcd.com/812/ 812]] averts this trope. The glass is intact, but the water turned into ''blood''. Apparently Physics was upset they were looking for the Higgs Boson and decided to fuck with them.
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232* In the episode "Spelling Bee My Baby" of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Hiko Yoshida saves her daughter Akiko from a glass cage. [[BaitAndSwitch At first it seems like she's readying herself for the perfect ninja punch]], but suddenly she starts singing and works up to a high note that ultimately shatters the glass.
233* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has Tilly practice an IncrediblyLongNote for a choir concert in a squash court, causing the glass walls to break apart.
234* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', where Music/MariahCarey's ultrasonic voice shattered the arena's lights, made nearby dogs suffer and caused Creator/JimCarrey's [[YourHeadAsplode head to explode]].
235* Played with in an early ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode as it's not initially realized that sound (supersonic and generated by XANA) broke the "glass" in question. Rather the plastic cup happened to break when Yumi, angry at Sissi, squeezed it while lecturing her. Still this trope is lampshaded when Ulrich points out that it's a plastic cup, not "Venetian crystal" while [[ShipTease tending to Yumi's cut hand]].
236* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "The Life You Save", Margaret practices her scales, but her [[HollywoodToneDeaf dreadful singing]] causes the window behind her to break. She blushes in embarrassment after this happens.
237* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', someone brings in a bird whose calls shatter all glass within a very large radius of itself. This becomes a problem for Scrooge when the glass cases he keeps his non-money valuables in shatter too.
238* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Nazz yodeling, which breaks several objects, including drink glasses, a vase, [[LiterallyShatteredLives and]] '''[[RuleOfFunny Ed]]'''.
239* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible voice breaking glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.
240* A ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' CutawayGag involves Peter's great-aunt Ella Fitzgerald Griffin hitting a high note and breaking a glass cup, the shards of which blinded Music/RayCharles.
241* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Zapp Brannigan's terrible karaoke shatters the "In case of emergency, break glass" glass in front of the button for the escape pods, which was about to be broken anyway by the fleeing "audience."
242* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper" has a parody of this when Pacifica sings a high note and shatters a ''plastic'' cup.
243* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} at the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': when Johnny drowns, Carl gives him CPR, but Johnny wakes up and lets out a scream that cracks Carl's glasses, makes a flock of birds fly away, blows out all of the windows on an office building, and cracks the ice underneath a man fishing in the Arctic.
244* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 143, the gang is stuck in a situation where if all the lights go out, they get attacked by monsters, so they each hold a lightbulb, flashlight or mirror to keep some sort of light with them. Unfortunately, one of the monsters grabs Stumpy's mirror, and since he ScreamsLikeALittleGirl, everyone else's lightbulbs, mirrors, flashlights, etc. get broken due to the high pitch.
245* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. In "Hidden Talent", Kim uses her [[HollywoodToneDeaf painful attempt at a high note]] to break through a layer of ice in one of Drakken's {{death trap}}s.
246* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "House Music", Bazzle's glasses shatter after hearing opera music.
247* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': WesternAnimation/BugsBunny makes opera singer Giovanni Jones ("Long Haired Hare") hold a note so long it literally brings down the Hollywood Bowl.
248* In one ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' episode, Vendetta's kazoo-playing shatters a mirror.
249* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E17BottleShocked Bottle Shocked]]", one of the obstacles Mickey has to avoid while trying to return to Minnie with a bottle of champagne is an opera singer whose voice threatens to shatter everything in the vicinity made of glass, the bottle included.
250* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' episode "The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado" shows Scooby's singing voice causing glass objects to shatter.
251* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
252** The episode "Nuthin' Special" has Buttercup trying to find out what her special power is, only to be matched and one-upped by Blossom and Bubbles. One of them is their "sonic scream," which shatters every glass window in the downtown area. The crowd gathered around seemed to be more interested in this sibling contest than in the collateral damage to the city.
253** The episode "Tiara Trouble" from the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 2016 reboot]] has Bubbles able to sing so high it shatters glass. She uses it to defeat a possessed Princess Morbucks by shattering the cursed tiara she's wearing.
254* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', the ''Slimer!'' short "Slimer's Silly Symphony" has Slimer ask his friend Chilly Cooper if she can sing. When Chilly demonstrates her singing, it causes several objects made of glass in the background to shatter.
255* A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken: Franchise/StarWars Episode III'' sketch has the bounty hunter droid IG-88 introduce other bounty hunters to his cousin THX-1138, who shares a name with [[Film/THX1138 the first movie George Lucas directed]], and speaks by bellowing the THX Deep Note. He shakes the bar and breaks glasses by simply saying "Hello", resulting in Dengar kicking him out of the party.
256* The ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'', episode "The First Lou Episode", has Lou produce a high "C" sound under the guidance of Rock so, he can learn to sing, when he sings loudly a third time it causes his voice to shatter the glass behind the recording studio.
257* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', Katie and Sadie's singing is so bad that it cracks Lemon Meringue's mirror, which wasn't even in the same house.
258* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
259** When Bart's class visited the Springfield PD, Bart lined up about 20 megaphones, turned them all on, and said "Testing" into the first one. This shattered glass for miles around.
260** Parodied in another episode where Lisa hitting a high note seems to cause a glass to shatter, only to reveal Homer has shot the glass with a BB gun.
261** In one instance when the family visits the movie theater, a short parody of the THX sound test is played. The sound is so loud it shatters Hans Moleman's glasses -- then another guy's teeth, the emergency exit signs, parts of the ceiling, and culminates in making a poor sap's head ''[[YourHeadAsplode explode]]''. Even then, Grandpa is implied to have not heard it clearly.
262--->'''Abe Simpson:''' Turn it up! Turn it UP!
263* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'': In one episode, Nath and Loulou show a group of teenaged girls a magazine with the famous pop star Joy Dee on the cover, and they squeal so loudly that every breakable object in the vicinity ends up getting shattered.
264* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Harmony's playing the triangle at a pitch that makes Brainy's glasses crack in "Smurphony In 'C'", and Denisa's scream that makes the vials in Gargamel's hovel shatter in "Denisa's Greedy Doll".
265* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
266** In "Band Geeks", on the last day of rehearsal before they play at the Bubble Bowl, Squidward suggests to his band that people will think they're good if they play loud enough. They play so loud that they blow out all of the windows in the building.
267** In "Krusty Love", after receiving a bill that's ''[[TakeOurWordForIt even worse]]'' than the one he thought he got, Mr. Krabs screams so loud that the ship-in-a-bottle fancy restaurant that he and Mrs. Puff were dating at shatters.
268** In "Single Cell Anniversary", Plankton sings a note that shatters Squidward's glass of iced tea and Sandy's air helmet.
269* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' "Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak" an opera singer named Alicia Botti sees a mouse in one of the coaches and her scream shatters windows around the dockyard.
270-->'''Gordon:''' Definitely a coloratura.
271* In the ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' episode "Hitting the Sky Note", Poppy tries to convince Sky Toronto to sing for the first time, and to do so puts on business attire and shows him a nonsensical graph. Knowing that she won't stop until he agrees, Sky lets out an off-key note that shatters the lenses of the glasses Poppy was wearing.
272* In the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "[[PrinceAndPauper Princess and the Pop Star]]," Princess' high notes cause one of the band member's glasses to shatter on multiple occasions.
273* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': During the credits of "The Voice Thief" Amalia sings the theme song. Near the end she hits a high note that ends up [[CameraAbuse breaking the camera lens.]]
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