History Main / DeathWail

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch vi Britannia [[spoiler: tries his best to save his friend (and one of his [[LoveInterest love interests]]), [[AllLovingHero Shirley Fenette]], after she has been fatally shot. But his attempts at using his [[HypnoticEyes Geass]] to will her into surviving fail, and [[DyingDeclarationOfLove she dies declaring her love for him]]. When the finality of Shirley's death finally sinks in for him, he lets out one of ''the'' most anguished screams in anime history as he falls into the DespairEventHorizon]].

* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'': Dylan screams in agony upon watching his long lost father "died" in a car bombing[[note]]later, his old man's death turned out to be fake[[/note]]. And later he screams in agony again when found out his new wife, Toni, got shot dead by mistake by a hitman (on her own father's order) when said attempted murder was meant for him.

* ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'': Upon seeing Ben apparently die in an explosion, his holographic observer and fiancee Addison stumbles out of the Imaging Chamber and into Ian's arms, and she lets out a haunting wail as she collapses.

* Averted by editing in ''Film/{{Rambo First Blood Part II}}''. After [[spoiler: Co is shot and dies in Rambo's arms]], Rambo originally lets out a wail. When a test screening was [[{{Narm}} met with laughter]], the crew quickly decided to cut the scene.

* In ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'', Ryuho does this twice, once at the beginning after his family is killed and again when [[spoiler: Scheris dies]]. Hikaru Midorikawa is excellent with such scenes.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Overlapping with HowlOfSorrow in this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction; when [[InhumanHuman Vivienne Graham]] learns of [[ParentalSubstitute Serizawa]]'s death, she with [[TwoBeingsOneBody her and San]]'s [[ArtificialHybrid half-Ghidorah body]] lets out a particularly loud and terrible scream of grief. One of Alan Jonah's {{Mook Lieutenant}}s mentions they heard their mother produce a similar sound when their sister died.

* In ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'', it isn't so much of a wail but more of a [[FurryReminder neigh]]. Much like with the Klingons, this is regarded as a tradition, being called the [[{{Narm}} "Starfleet Mourn of Loss"]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheVow'', one is done after Lady Amelia passes away out of illness. In her grief, Amelia's daughter Lianne isn't sure if the cry comes from her, her father Lord Chang, or both of them.
** One of the last chapters ends with Lianne doing this when she's being informed that [[spoiler:her newlywed husband Lord Shen has been defeated and [[NeverFoundTheBody apparently]] perished]].

* In ''Fanfic/NewGamePlus2022'', the [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness normally stoic]] Shouto Aizawa gives one after learning that [[spoiler:the Nomu Kurogiri is actually his friend Oboro and that All For One meant to kill him that day instead.]]

-->-- '''Moses''', [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus 11:5-6]]

'''Being a death trope, this one's naturally spoiler-heavy, so proceed with caution.'''

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter]] lets one out when [[spoiler:Captain George Stacy]] dies from his injuries after fighting the Lizard.

* Pikachu does this in three ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies in response to Ash [[DisneyDeath temporarily]] dying -- ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'', ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'', and ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution''.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy gives a heartbreaking one after [[spoiler:his adopted brother Ace dies]], then suffers a HeroicBSOD. To emphasize the impact, the manga has no speech bubble or dialog to go with it, while the anime ''extends and intensifies it'' as he breaks down.