History Main / PaperDestructionOfAnger

* ''Literature/MrMen'': [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy's]] EstablishingCharacterMoment has him tear all the pages out of a book in an unprovoked fit of anger. At the end of the story, he only tears one page out a book instead of all the pages.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': Kazuma spends an entire episode being harassed by members of the Axis Cult, but eventually gets a break when he encounters an innocent little girl who thanks him for helping her when she trips and falls. Out of gratitude, she asks Kazuma to write his down for her… [[HopeSpot on a signup sheet for the Cult]]. The revelation is enough for Kazuma to rip the signup sheet into shreds.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': When Abby discovers that [[spoiler:4Town is coming to Toronto on the same night as Mei's panda sealing ritual and got Toronto mixed up with Toledo]], she rips the flyer to pieces and angrily shouts in Korean.

The trope can come about in various scenarios. Writers suffering from the WritersBlock are likely to destroy their good-for-nothing drafts and vain attempts. Students obsessed with their marks may wreck their test marked [[TheBGrade A minus]]. Someone who's reading a bad news (for them) in a newspaper might tear it up afterward. Someone who got dumped or cheated on might destroy photos or letters from their (soon-to-be) ex. Characters working a SoulCrushingDeskJob might crumple annoying reports and start playing WastebasketBall. Or the character can [[TearUpTheContract rip up an unfair contract]], hoping to make it null and void. If the character is freakishly strong and absolutely furious, they might tear a whole book in half. If they can [[PlayingWithFire control fire]], [[UpToEleven they might even burn it]]. Some might even ''eat'' the paper instead.

** "Old School": The detectives blow up Brogan's book with a bomb-disposal robot. It'a a book which Jake loved from childhood, but Jake got furious at Brogan for calling Captain Holt 'homo', so he's done with Brogan, the book and everything it stands for.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", Father Maxi has retrieved the [[MacGuffin Holy Document of Vatican Law]], hidden away in the catacombs of the Vatican so it couldn't be changed (resulting in him having to traverse a DeathCourse portrayed as a game of ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}''); he needs the document so they can change it to [[PedophilePriest stop all priests from molesting children]]. In anger at the idiocy and insanity around him (the Vatican higher-ups had just summoned the "[[GiantSpider Queen Spider]]'' to consult about changing it, and the spider denied it), Maxi [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out everyone else on their bullcrap]] and declares "To hell witht he Holy Document of Vatican Law!" and tears the ancient scroll in half. The entire building then somehow begins to collapse in on itself; apparently the Holy Document was also a [[LoadBearingBoss load-bearing document]].

* ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'': Humbert Humbert destroys his wife Charlotte's letter which she wrote shortly after she found out about his obsession with her teenage daughter. He's in a state of shock and strange relief because Charlotte just died in a freak car accident but angered that she ''wrote'' the letter and wanted to leave him/report him, which means he would be separated from Lolita and in huge trouble. Later he tries to put the pieces together because he wants to know what was in the letter.

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Oscar foolishly bets Sykes' $5,000 on a race seahorse named Lucky Day. When Sykes finds out, he furiously snatches the betting slip form Oscar, but decides to watch the race with Oscar to ensure the horse wins. Just when it seems Lucky Day is going to win, he literally trips just short the finish line and loses the race, costing all the money Oscar bet. Sykes seethes with fury and tears up the betting slip into tiny pieces. And then the situation gets FromBadToWorse for poor Oscar.

It can be a part of AngerMontage and it can be combined with its sister tropes like AgitatedItemStomping, DeskSweepOfRage, FlippingTheTable, TantrumThrowing and others. PercussiveTherapy is the Supertrope of this (dealing with anger by hitting, kicking or destroying things). BreakUpBonfire is a related trope when a character who recently broke up burns pictures and letters from their ex (or gifts and other mementos of the relationship).

* In the first episode/chapter of ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' Twilight furiously tears a newspaper in two when he finds out what his new mission entails.

& ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Yusho Sakaki defeats Edo Phoenix in a duel, then offers him friendship and a copy of his favorite card, Smile World. Pissed, Edo rips the Smile World in half and dedicates his life to destroying him.

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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Yami Yugi defeats the unnamed Rare Hunter who uses Exodia and inspects his cards, discovering all his cards are counterfeit (in the English dub, his cards are instead marked with ink so he'll know what he will draw). Yami Yugi gets pissed off and tears the cards to shreds.

--> '''Tom:''' Say, I'm throwing away a million dollars... ''[[WorthIt BUT I'M HAPPY!]]''

--> ''Tom:'' Say, I'm throwing away a million dollars... ''[[WorthIt BUT I'M HAPPY!]]''

The trope can come about in various scenarios. Writers suffering from the WritersBlock are likely to destroy their good-for-nothing drafts and vain attempts. Students obsessed with their marks may wreck their test marked [[TheBGrade A minus]]. Someone who's reading a bad news (for them) in a newspaper might tear it up afterward. Someone who got dumped or cheated on might destroy photos or letters from their (soon-to-be) ex. Characters working a SoulCrushingDeskJob might crumple annoying reports and start playing WastebasketBall. Or the character can [[TearUpTheContract rip up an unfair contract]], hoping to make it null and void. If the character is freakishly strong and absolutely furious, they might tear a whole book in half. If they can [[PlayingWithFire control fire]], [[UpToEleven they might even burn it]].

The trope can come about in various scenarios. Writers suffering from the WritersBlock are likely to destroy their good-for-nothing drafts and vain attempts. Students obsessed with their marks may wreck their test marked [[TheBGrade A minus]]. Someone who's reading a bad news (for them) in a newspaper might tear it up afterward. Someone who got dumped or cheated on might destroy photos or letters from their (soon-to-be) ex. Characters working a SoulCrushingDeskJob might crumple annoying reports and start playing WastebasketBall. Or the character can [[TearUpTheContract rip up an unfair contract]], hoping to make it null and void. If the character is freakishly strong and absolutely furious, they might tear a whole book in half.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Having a dislike for paperwork, Kyril does this sometimes with irritation. The one time he does this with TranquilFury is where he has enough of [[spoiler:a spreading rumour claiming he slept with Maia]]. Cue the feeble piece of parchment on his table being crumpled into a ball and thrown into the fireplace in a sudden motion.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Having a dislike for paperwork, Kyril does this sometimes with irritation. The one time he does this with TranquilFury is where he has enough of [[spoiler:a spreading rumour claiming he slept with Maia]]. The piece of parchment on his table is crumpled into a ball and thrown into the fireplace in a sudden motion.

The trope can come about in various scenarios. Writers suffering from the WritersBlock are likely to destroy their good-for-nothing drafts and vain attempts. Students obsessed with their marks may wreck their test marked [[TheBGrade A minus]]. Someone who's reading a bad news (for them) in a newspaper might tear it up afterward. Someone who got dumped or cheated on might destroy photos or letters from their (soon-to-be) ex. Characters working a SoulCrushingDeskJob might crumple annoying reports and start playing WastebasketBall. Or the character can rip up an unfair contract, hoping to make it null and void. If the character is freakishly strong and absolutely furious, they might tear a whole book in half.

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Oscar foolishly bets Sykes' $5,000 on race seahorse named Lucky Day. When Sykes finds out, he furiously snatches the betting slip form Oscar, but decides to watch the race with Oscar to ensure the horse wins. Just when it seems Lucky Day is going to win, he literally trips just short the finish line and loses the race, costing all the money Oscar bet. Sykes seethes with fury and tears up the betting slip into tiny pieces. And then the situation gets FromBadToWorse for poor Oscar.

** Before King Robert dies, he dictates his will to his Hand, Lord Eddard Stark. Widowed queen Cersei rips it in pieces in front of the whole court and tosses it on the ground. She then orders to have Ned arrested because Ned found out that Cersei's son Joffrey is not Robert's true heir.

** Balon Greyjoy coldly throws a letter from Robb Stark, delivered by his son Theon, into fire. Balon has no desire to be Robb Stark's ally against Lannisters. Instead, he means to raid the coast of the North controlled by Starks.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", Father Maxi has retrieved the [[MacGuffin Holy Document of Vatican Law]], hidden away in the catacombs of the Vatican so it couldn't be changed (resulting in him having to traverse a DeathCourse portrayed as a game of ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}''); he needs the document so they can change it to [[PedophilePriest stop all priests from molesting children]]. In anger at the idiocy and insanity around him (the Vatican higher-ups had just summoned the "[[GiantSpider Queen Spider]]'' to consult about changing it, and the spider denied it), Maxi [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out everyone else on their bullcrap]] and declares "To hell witht he Holy Document of Vatican Law!" and tears the ancient scroll in half. The entire building then somehow begins to collapse in on itself; apparently the Holy Document was also a [[LoadBearingBoss load-bearing document]].