History Main / PunchAWall

* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': After Kona finishes telling Tempest how Sabyn killed Annalise, he punches a decorative mirror, shattering it and cutting his hand.

* On ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Stan spends an episode plowing his face into the wall every time someone says something he doesn't want to hear. This goes on until he puts his forehead straight into a stud.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode where Lois decides to become a model, Peter admits that he will "pleasure himself" to her modeling photos. Then Chris says he'll do it too, and no one says anything. But when Meg says she'll do it, everyone is disgusted and Peter gets so angry that he punches the wall and kicks Meg out of the house.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry discovers a statue of Philip J. Fry, the first man on Mars, who Fry thinks is his brother stealing his name and dreams. He punches the base in anger.
-->'''Fry:''' And now he broke my hand!\\

** PlayedForDrama in "Lethal Inspection," where Bender actually punches quite a few fist-sized holes in the plaster, being a robot.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', Wildcat does this at one point...putting a huge dent in the wall, just to remind us his CharlesAtlasSuperpower is not to be underestimated.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Otto summons the strength to crack an exterior wall after leaning that Homer has called him a Sponge, not a bum.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' episode "Downtime", Robin punches a wall in anger and puts a huge dent in there when he thinks Batman is favoring Aqualad over him.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Jungle Moon", Stevonnie has a dream/memory of Pink Diamond doing this in anger after being reprimanded by Yellow Diamond. They find the broken wall after waking up.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' after being told by Zeus he is still not worthy to become a god, Hercules completely smashes the floor in his frustration.

* In the opening act of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', V returns to a motel room after [[spoiler:a botched heist results in the death of their friend, Jackie Welles]]. They're told to go wash their face in the bathroom, and while in there, the player can choose to have V punch the mirror.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Mirror-T'Pol tells Mirror-Trip how she lured him with a promise of a sexual tryst only to brainwash him as a ManchurianAgent to carry out sabotage (for which he was tortured afterwards). Trip angrily slams his hand into the wall next to T'Pol's head; then it turns out he's activating the intercom to tell the captain that he's completed his repairs.
* Worf sometimes punches inanimate objects in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' - they always break.
* In the episode "All Those Who Wander" of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'', Spock punches, and badly dents the wall of the ''Enterprise'' following [[spoiler: the death of Hemmer]].

* Kaname does this in ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic''. Sōsuke also punches out [[spoiler:the screen of his laptop]] when [[spoiler:he gets an e-mail informing him that he is no longer to guard Kaname and he can't contact her anymore.]]

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Spike Spiegel is mistaken for Vicious in one episode, and responds by bashing in a nearby wall-mounted pipe before doing the same to his would-be attackers.

* Classic example which is PlayedForDrama: Jake La Motta beating the shit out of a prison cell wall in ''Film/RagingBull'', even giving it a few headbutts before commencing his InelegantBlubbering.

* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', Gary once punched a hole into the wall in the bathroom of one of the pubs as a teenager. Years later, he's again in the same bathroom and wants to punch the wall out of frustration at the exact place but holds off, seeing that the old hole is still there.