History Main / HeartbreakAndIceCream

* In TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie: Spongebob goes out and eats Goofy Goober Sundaes until 8:00AM because he didn't get an expected promotion.
** [[DrunkOnMalts The ice cream is still an allegory for beer, by the way.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' has Po having a psychological urge to gorge on food when he's upset. Thus when he throws back the dumpling after his fight over it with Shifu, it's a welcome sign of how spiritually healthier Po has become.

* SomethingPositive has an example when Monette's show undergoes ExecutiveMeddling.

* The webcomic ''Riot Nrrd'' does it [[http://www.riotnrrdcomics.com/2010/05/21-to-the-rescue/ here]].

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* The {{Doomed Protagonist}} from {{Drag Me To Hell}} tearfully eats whole cartons of ice cream when near the {{Despair Event Horizon}} when she fails to find solutions to prevent her from being taken by the Lamia and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dragged into Hell for all eternity]].

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* Has happened several times on ''HowIMetYourMother'', such as the time [[ItMakessenseInContext Robin got "dumped" by a six year old.]]

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* The {{Doomed Hero}} from {{Drag Me To Hell}} tearfully eats whole cartons of ice cream when near the {{Despair Event Horizon}} when she fails to find solutions to prevent her from being taken by the Lamia and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dragged into Hell for all eternity]].

* Played with in the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Déjà Q". Q, BroughtDownToNormal and feeling hungry for the first time in his life, asks Data in Ten Forward what people typically eat.

After being dumped, or suffering some other form of romantic rejection, an adult male character will often be seen [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]] by consuming a lot of alcohol.

* ''KungFuPanda'' has Po having a psychological urge to gorge on food when he's upset. Thus when he throws back the dumpling after his fight over it with Shifu, it's a welcome sign of how spiritually healthier Po has become.

* ''MikeAndMolly'': Both title characters overeat on Valentine's Day as a result of having a fight with each other.

-->'''Monica:''' You know, when you start getting screwed over all the time, you gotta switch to low-fat.

'''Q:''' I'm in a dreadful mood. Get me something appropriate.\\

* Early on in ''ElGoonishShive'', there's an unfortunate... 'incident' at Greg's 'Anime Style Martial Arts' dojo, where Elliot shows Sarah that he's currently dating Nanase - prompting her to run from the dojo in tears. After Nanase pushes him to follow her, he takes a quick inventory of the surroundings, and reasons out that she must be in the neighboring ice-cream shop ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking as opposed to the strip club, the cigarette store, the adult book store, or the abortion clinic]]). [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-04-28 Cue this scene.]]

* This is referenced by Miho in ''MegaTokyo'', when she explains to Piro how Ping's changes in body dimensions is her body's equivalent to eating ice cream as a way to handle rejection.

* Referenced in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' after Angel breaks up with Buffy in "The Prom", Giles responds with "I understand that situations of this sort require ice cream of some kind".
** GenderInverted when {{Angel}} and Buffy have their unseen meeting after Buffy comes BackFromTheDead for the second time. It's implied things didn't go well. Buffy's comfort food is chicken wings while Angel decides he wants ice cream.

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* On ''JimmyTwoShoes'', Beezy is shown consuming large amounts of ice cream after losing his [[CollectorOfTheStrange collection of chewed gum]].

** GenderInverted when Angel and Buffy have their unseen series-crossover meeting, and it's implied things didn't go well. Buffy's comfort food is chicken wings while Angel decides he wants ice cream.

* Referenced in an episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', I think right after something particularly traumatic happens regarding Angel (there's a few, I'm not recalling which one), when Giles comes out with "I understand that situations of this sort require ice cream of some kind".