History Main / HeartbreakAndIceCream

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': John Hammond is shown to be quietly eating ice cream by himself after he finds out that Jurassic Park has failed and his grandchildren are lost and in danger. [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Dr. Sattler snaps him out of it.]] This is an inversion of a scene from the original novel (in which Hammond is [[AdaptationalHeroism far nastier than the movie]]) which is used to highlight his childishness and LackOfEmpathy since he's unconcernedly eating ice cream while hell breaks loose and everyone else is in life-threatening danger. The movie version also has him justify his eating of the ice cream by saying that the freezers aren't working, a result of Denis Nedry hijacking the Park's electrical and security systems.

* At a pool party in ''Webcomic/PreTeena'', Tess Keene comforts daughter Jeri when Jeri sees the new girl in town looks far better in a swimming costume than she does -- and is getting on very well with Jeri's would-be boyfriend. Tess cheerfully tells her daughter this is one of those things and we all have to face it sometime. Then she looks round and sees the new girl's ''mother'' looks good in a bikini. The scene cuts to Tess and Jeri sitting miserably at the poolside, wrapped in blankets and miserably sharing a very large tub of ice cream.

* In the LightNovel ''LightNovel/LChangeTheWorld'', it's implied that L's love of all kinds of sweets (and most of his other [[ExoticDetective eccentricities]]) is really a reaction to [[TheChainsOfCommanding the stress of]] [[GreatDetective his job]].

This sort of behavior also tends to happen with [[ChristmasCake single women]] around Valentine's Day, even if they haven't experienced any recent rejections. Occasionally, ice cream is replaced with chocolate or some other sweet.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "Arthur's Family Feud", Arthur's father, David, gets depressed after his souffle is ruined and eats a tub of ice cream while watching cooking shows.

* ''VideoGame/AdventureChef'': Lady Tiffany asks Izy to make a sandwich to help her win the Duchess' heart. On completing the quest she remarks that if it doesn't work out, she may need Izy to make her some ice cream.

-->'''Lupe:''' I can't handle feeling like this anymore. No amunt of ice cream or rewatching [[Film/BridgetJonesDiary Bridget Jones]] is helping.

* ''Fanfic/{{Displaced}}'': After ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} break up -once again-, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} drops by Babs' place to give her friend a shoulder to cry on while they eat ice cream and put Dick Grayson down:

** In "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS1E9ChinUp Chin Up!]]", when the Crimson Chin enters a HeroicBSOD after learning he is not real but a fictional character, he sits on the couch and eats ice cream.

* Sherman Klump in the remake of ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' is seen eating ice cream, but his trouble is not a break-up; it's over his massive weight.
* ''Film/ScaryMovie3'' "parodied" this trope with two women discussing their relationship woes by spooning chocolate ice cream out of a container that's about the size of a [[https://s2.dmcdn.net/re8fF.jpg washing machine]].

* ''Series/BoysBeforeFlowers'': In episode 18, Ha Jae Kyung eats a gallon of strawberry ice cream upon discovering that Jun Pyo only has eyes for Jan Di, despite they're engaged.

* ''Series/BoysBeforeFlowers'': In episode 18, Ha Jae Kyung eats a gallon of strawberry ice cream upon discovering that Jun Pyo only has eyes for Jan Di, despite they're engaged.

* While ice cream isn't an exclusive treat for emotional people to chow down on when they're down, ice cream and similar snacks are called "comfort food" due to the sugars and other junk giving people a boost in their mood, if only for a short while.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Princess}}'' shows Julien doing this when the other zoo-dwellers misunderstand and repeatedly offend him over him being UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}.

* In ''Adventure Chef'' Lady Tiffany asks Izy to make a sandwich to help her win the Duchess' heart. On completing the quest she remarks that if it doesn't work out, she may need Izy to make her some ice cream.
* In ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'': GamerChick Mio is so devastated by losing her high score to the PlayerCharacter that she first appears crying and stuffing her face with ice cream.

* [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverted]] in ''Series/GilmoreGirls''. Lorelei tries to get Rory to invoke this trope after Dean dumped her, but Rory refuses as she seems to have taken the breakup very well. However, at the end of the episode, Lorelei finds her at home crying and orders food.

'''Vegeta:''' Just take me to the damn queen, Nappa.\\

* This is referenced by Miho in ''Webcomic/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.
* Webcomic/{{Mulberry}} gorges on chocolate ice cream while struggling to cope with the death of her next-door neighbor, Creator/BrittanyMurphy.

* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' features a [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2016/02/08/0759-emergency-pack/ "Break-Up Emergency Pack"]] of premium ice cream.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': After Helen Narbon [[spoiler: breaks up with Dave]], she announces that she's going to go eat five pints of ice cream and then blow up Ecuador.
* During a flashback in Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja, after breaking up with Hortense, Doc says "I think... I think ice cream would be best. Yes."
* At a pool party in ''Webcomic/PreTeena'', Tess Keene comforts daughter Jeri when Jeri sees the new girl in town looks far better in a swimming costume than she does -- and is getting on very well with Jeri's would-be boyfriend. Tess cheerfully tells her daughter this is one of those things and we all have to face it sometime. Then she looks round and sees the new girl's ''mother'' looks good in a bikini. The scene cuts to Tess and Jeri sitting miserably at the poolside, wrapped in blankets and miserably sharing a very large tub of ice cream.

* The drug of choice of Creator/TessMasazza, creator of the Italian Web Series ''Insopportabilmente Donna'', to cope with the pain of romantic disappointments is chocolate. However, she loves chocolate to the point that one cannot help but wonder if [[FreudianExcuse she is using her love issues as an excuse to just eat as much of the stuff as she wants]].

* ''WebVideo/EmmaApproved'': When Emma's mean-spirited actions toward Maddy Bates cause her coworkers/friends Jane and Alex to walk out on her in disgust, the next episode shows her crying and pigging out on ice cream.

* ''Film/BrideWars'': After Anne Hathaway's character calls her friend to tell her that she just got engaged. Her friend hangs up and is so distraught that takes three containers of ice cream out of the fridge and devours them all.
* Helen Sharp (played by Goldie Hawn) in ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'' over-eats sweet stuff after seeing her fiancé Ernest Menville marrying Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep). She also tortures herself by [[RewindReplayRepeat constantly replaying a scene in a movie where Madeline's character is strangled to death.]]

* Sherman Klump in the remake of ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' is seen eating ice cream, but his trouble is not a break-up; it's over his massive weight.

* ''Film/Snatched2017'': After Emily's boyfriend dumps her, she eats ice cream from a bowl while she tries to find a friend who will join her on the non-refundable trip to Ecuador she was supposed to share with her boyfriend.
* ''Film/DogDays2018'': After Liz and Jimmy break up, Liz sits on the couch eating Nutella from the jar while she watches Jimmy on TV.

* Referenced in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. When Michael Carpenter is injured and unable to carry on his duties as a Knight of the Cross, his daughter Molly worries he won't be able to "show up" for her anymore. Harry reminds her that even though her dad is out of the evil-smiting business, he will always show up for her in all the ways that truly count, such as coming over with ice cream if she has a bad breakup.
* When Mark isn't allowed to see Kareen anymore in ''Literature/ACivilCampaign'', he retreats to his bedroom with multiple tubs of [[ItMakesSenseInContext bug butter]] and a spoon.

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

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Referenced 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".
** Series/{{Angel}}: 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.

* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' has an episode titled "Why Is Josh's Ex Eating Carbs?" Apparently, after the breakup, she buried her pain in doughnuts, which, considering how proud she is of her looks, is a big deal.

* In ''Series/LoisAndClark'' we see that Lois keeps a quart of ice cream with the lid off and a spoon already in it for just such occasions.
-->'''Clark:''' But tell me, honestly. You weren't the slightest bit jealous of me and Toni Taylor?\\
'''Lois:''' You'd like that, wouldn't you? Me, home alone, in a schlumpy robe, crying into a tub of Rocky Road. In your dreams, Kent. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis In. Your. Dreams.]]''
* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E13Crimson Crimson]]", Lois temporarily falls in love with Clark due to red kryptonite lipstick. When Clark is exposed to the same, he decides to run off with Lana instead. Cut to a sad Lois surrounded by empty plates. Not specified to be ice cream, but certainly something with chocolate.
* In ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', this happens when Simon dumps Geraldine, complete with the daylight pajama loafing. By the time Alice visits she has cleaned out the whole supermarket-style freezer unit of ice cream she just had installed, leaving only the tiny half-pint that Simon had picked before she told him to get out.

* On ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'', Jerry has frequently said that the cure for a broken heart is frozen yogurt with Gummi bears.
* ''Series/{{Girls}}'': When Hannah's boyfriend breaks up with her, she goes to her apartment and hits the fridge, taking out a pack of ice cream.
* In a case that's less heartbreak than sympathy pain, ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' had John state before a segment on prisoner re-entry that in case one does an ArchiveBinge on the four prison-related segments on that season, "you frankly earn the right to eat your feelings out with a Peanut Buster Parfait!"
* {{Discussed|Trope}} on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', when Penny and Leonard have an argument and Sheldon tries to patch it up.
-->'''Sheldon:''' This is for you. I've been familiarizing myself with female emotional crises by studying the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}''. When she's upset, she says "Ack!" and eats ice cream.\\
'''Penny:''' Um... Ack.\\
'''Sheldon:''' If you were a cat, [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} I would have brought you a lasagna.]]
* One episode of ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' sees Lucifer and Chloe investigate the murder of a young woman. One of the suspects in the {{Yandere}} ex-girlfriend of the young man who slept with the woman before her death, but she insists that she spent that night crying into her frozen yogurt. They find a video confirming this.
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': Teddy starts acting like a slob after her breakup with Spencer, not changing out of her pyjamas and watching sad movies. Ivy then brings Skyler (the other girl Spencer had been dating behind Teddy's back), who is also dirty in her pajamas. The three eat ice cream while talking about their relationship with Spencer.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': In "There's No Place Like Homecoming", when Aria is planning on not going to homecoming, her friends ask her what she will do instead. Her plans involve reading gossip magazines and eating copious amounts of Chunky Monkey.
* [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverted]] in ''Series/GilmoreGirls''. Lorelei tries to get Rory to invoke this trope after Dean dumped her, but Rory refuses as she seems to have taken the breakup very well. However, at the end of the episode, Lorelei finds her at home crying and orders food.
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' would have the main cast eat cheesecake whenever they had a bad date or just a bad day in general.
* Hinted at in one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. In an episode that has seen everyone at each other's throats and rather miserable about various things culminates in a city-wide blackout, Daphne and Roz discover some large tubs of ice cream in Frasier's freezer and they reason they might as well eat them before they melt. Frasier points out that it's nighttime, hardly that warm, and the ambient temperature of the freezer should preserve the ice cream sufficiently for as long as it takes for the power to come back on. Frasier is promptly told to shut up, and the ice cream consumed.

* Holt briefly turns to ice cream when in the middle of a HeroicBSOD in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', although he eats it from a small cup rather than the usual tub. He refers to it as "the saddest food known to mankind".

* Music/RebaMcEntire's "Strange":
--> I lay there feeling sorry for myself on a bed of Kleenex\\
Stuffin' chocolates in my mouth, on the phone with my best friend cussin' my ex

* On one episode of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', Giggles is seen dejectedly scarfing down tons of ice cream after being stood up by The Mole, who had both gone on a date with Lumpy by accident -- and subsequently [[BloodyHilarious horribly killed him]], also by accident.

* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' has an example when Monette's show undergoes ExecutiveMeddling. At one point, she's also seen chowing down on a tube of cookie dough after discovering her girlfriend cheated on her.

* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'':
** Estonia drowns her sorrows in ice cream and chocolates in a strip where Scotland is accepted among the Nordic Countries and she, in spite of her best efforts, remains [[http://satwcomic.com/new-nordic forever alone.]]
** Sweden, England, and Finland are also seen weeping and sharing a carton of ice cream [[http://satwcomic.com/eurovision-2010 in this strip,]] [[SubvertedTrope although in the latter's case, it was only to get free ice cream]].

* In the first arc of ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'' Nicole is shown eating ice cream directly from the bucket after her boyfriend ditches her while ignoring a call from her boss about how he has to fire her for not showing up for days. Later in the series, she still tends to deal with stress with chocolate, though primarily in the form of flavored whiskey.