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* A RunningGag on ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' had Principal Musso's [[MakeMeWannaShout screams of rage]] shattering the window in her office door.

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* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'': A RunningGag on ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' had has Principal Musso's [[MakeMeWannaShout screams of rage]] rage shattering the window in her office door.



* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', this is Sindel's Friendship; She holds out AGlassOfChianti and lets loose one of her trademark [[MakeMeWannaShout power-shrieks]]- [[BaitAndSwitch Instead]] of the glass shattering, [[CameraAbuse the screen cracks.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', this ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': This is Sindel's Friendship; She she holds out AGlassOfChianti and lets loose one of her trademark [[MakeMeWannaShout power-shrieks]]- power-shrieks -- [[BaitAndSwitch Instead]] instead]] of the glass shattering, [[CameraAbuse the screen cracks.]]cracks]].



* One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode has [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as the glass on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.

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* ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'': One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode has [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] Operetta breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as the glass on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.
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** In ''VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles'', Kari [=McKeen=] and Tony Rydinger can break glass by screaming. In the same game, [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Sulley]] can break glass with his roar.

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** In ''VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles'', Kari [=McKeen=] and Tony Rydinger can break glass by screaming. In the same game, [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc [[Franchise/MonstersInc Sulley]] can break glass with his roar.
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-->-- '''Sunken Scroll 1,'''[[note]]The singer in question being a young [[MakeMeWannaShout Pearl]][[/note]] ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''

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* The ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'', episode "The First Lou Episode", has Lou produce a high "C" sound under the guidance of Rock so, he can learn to sing, when he sings loudly a third time it causes his voice to shatter the glass behind the recording studio.



* The ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'', episode "The First Lou Episode", has Lou produce a high "C" sound under the guidance of Rock so, he can learn to sing, when he sings loudly a third time it causes his voice to shatter the glass behind the recording studio.
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* The ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'', episode "The First Lou Episode", has Lou produce a high "C" sound under the guidance of Rock so, he can learn to sing, when he sings loudly a third time it causes his voice to shatter the glass behind the recording studio.
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* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", our heroes rescue all the kidnapped musicians except for Cilla Black because they can't stand her high-pitched notes. She turns up at the end of the episode to get her revenge by bringing down the entire building they're in.

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* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", our heroes rescue all the kidnapped musicians except for Cilla Black because they can't stand her high-pitched notes. She turns up at the end of the episode to get her revenge by bringing revenge, singing a note so high it brings down the entire building they're in.on top of their heads.
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* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", Cilla Black's voice can not only shatter glass, but it can also bring down an entire building.

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* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", our heroes rescue all the kidnapped musicians except for Cilla Black's voice can not only shatter glass, but it can also bring Black because they can't stand her high-pitched notes. She turns up at the end of the episode to get her revenge by bringing down an the entire building.building they're in.
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* ChristinaAguilera and Latto: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRmKjyHAro Did Somebody Say HipOpera]]

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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', where Music/MariahCarey's ultrasonic voice shattered the arena's lights, made nearby dogs suffer and caused Creator/JimCarrey's [[YourHeadAsplode head to explode]].



* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} at the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': when Johnny drowns, Carl gives him CPR, but Johnny wakes up and lets out a scream that cracks Carl's glasses, makes a flock of birds fly away, blows out all of the windows on an office building, and cracks the ice underneath a man fishing in the Arctic.



* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "House Music", Bazzle's glasses shatter after hearing opera music.



* A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken: Franchise/StarWars Episode III'' sketch has the bounty hunter droid IG-88 introduce other bounty hunters to his cousin THX-1138, who shares a name with [[Film/THX1138 the first movie George Lucas directed]], and speaks by bellowing the THX Deep Note. He shakes the bar and breaks glasses by simply saying "Hello", resulting in Dengar kicking him out of the party.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' episode "Hitting the Sky Note", Poppy tries to convince Sky Toronto to sing for the first time, and to do so puts on business attire and shows him a nonsensical graph. Knowing that she won't stop until he agrees, Sky lets out an off-key note that shatters the lenses of the glasses Poppy was wearing.






















* A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken: Franchise/StarWars Episode III'' sketch has the bounty hunter droid IG-88 introduce other bounty hunters to his cousin THX-1138, who shares a name with [[Film/THX1138 the first movie George Lucas directed]], and speaks by bellowing the THX Deep Note. He shakes the bar and breaks glasses by simply saying "Hello", resulting in Dengar kicking him out of the party.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' episode "Hitting the Sky Note", Poppy tries to convince Sky Toronto to sing for the first time, and to do so puts on business attire and shows him a nonsensical graph. Knowing that she won't stop until he agrees, Sky lets out an off-key note that shatters the lenses of the glasses Poppy was wearing.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', where Music/MariahCarey's ultrasonic voice shattered the arena's lights, made nearby dogs suffer and caused Creator/JimCarrey's [[YourHeadAsplode head to explode]].
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "House Music", Bazzle's glasses shatter after hearing opera music.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} at the end of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': when Johnny drowns, Carl gives him CPR, but Johnny wakes up and lets out a scream that cracks Carl's glasses, makes a flock of birds fly away, blows out all of the windows on an office building, and cracks the ice underneath a man fishing in the Arctic.

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* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': General Lionwhyte is shown to use his MetalScream to shatter glass. [[spoiler:It doesn't help him, though. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Having a bunch of large glass shards fall on you is no better for you than being hit by a glass pane.]] Who knew?]]
* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Included among the game's BizarroElements is the Glass-type. Air-type attacks (which include moves like Sonic Boom) will inflict the Resonance status on Glass-types -- three stacks of Resonance and the Glass-type is instantly defeated.
* In ''VideoGame/TheCrystalKey'', you have to use a portable Arkonian radio and tune it to one of its dead stations, one that emits a high enough frequency that can shatter the glass panel protecting the last piece of the Crystal Key.
* In ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' your ghosts can learn the Shattering Song power, which is a wail so loud that it breaks glass and greatly scares people. It can also be used to free some of the restless spirits.
* Invoked and subverted in the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' game ''Fleeing the Complex''. Henry attempts to break a glass window in his cell using a Sonic Pulse blaster, but instead it just [[YourHeadAsplode causes his head to go a-splode]].



* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'': After getting trapped in K-RAP Studios, Patti aims the microphone so it's pointing just below her mouth, cranks up the volume on her control room's monitor speakers to an ear-piercing level, and lets out the strongest High C she can, which easily shatters the window in the recording room.



* In ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' your ghosts can learn the Shattering Song power, which is a wail so loud that it breaks glass and greatly scares people. It can also be used to free some of the restless spirits.



* In ''VideoGame/ReahFaceTheUnknown'', a glass door blocks the player from entering the basement of a temple. The player has to ring four gongs in the correct sequence to create an echo loud enough to shatter the glass.
* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam And Max Save the World]]'': In episode 2, "Situation: Comedy", Sam can hit high notes well enough to crack glass with the help of Bosco's "chemical-based voice modulator" ([[HomeMadeInventions made from]] a crazy straw, an inhaler, and [[HeliumSpeech a helium balloon]]). [[ChekhovsGun This becomes important in the final puzzle.]]



* In ''VideoGame/TheCrystalKey'', you have to use a portable Arkonian radio and tune it to one of its dead stations, one that emits a high enough frequency that can shatter the glass panel protecting the last piece of the Crystal Key.
* In ''VideoGame/ReahFaceTheUnknown'', a glass door blocks the player from entering the basement of a temple. The player has to ring four gongs in the correct sequence to create an echo loud enough to shatter the glass.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': General Lionwhyte is shown to use his MetalScream to shatter glass. [[spoiler:It doesn't help him, though. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Having a bunch of large glass shards fall on you is no better for you than being hit by a glass pane.]] Who knew?]]
* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam And Max Save the World]]'': In episode 2, "Situation: Comedy", Sam can hit high notes well enough to crack glass with the help of Bosco's "chemical-based voice modulator" ([[HomeMadeInventions made from]] a crazy straw, an inhaler, and [[HeliumSpeech a helium balloon]]). [[ChekhovsGun This becomes important in the final puzzle.]]
* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'': After getting trapped in K-RAP Studios, Patti aims the microphone so it's pointing just below her mouth, cranks up the volume on her control room's monitor speakers to an ear-piercing level, and lets out the strongest High C she can, which easily shatters the window in the recording room.
* Invoked and subverted in the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' game ''Fleeing the Complex''. Henry attempts to break a glass window in his cell using a Sonic Pulse blaster, but instead it just [[YourHeadAsplode causes his head to go a-splode]].
* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Included among the game's BizarroElements is the Glass-type. Air-type attacks (which include moves like Sonic Boom) will inflict the Resonance status on Glass-types -- three stacks of Resonance and the Glass-type is instantly defeated.



* [[VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure Vex]] has it in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ObqEUp-Zo Vex can break glass]]"; featuring [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy and N.A.O.M.I.]] playing Toxic. However, Vex shows up [[HollywoodToneDeaf singing so horribly]] that it causes the glass to break off screen.

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* [[VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure Vex]] One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode has it in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ObqEUp-Zo Vex can break glass]]"; featuring [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy and N.A.O.M.I.]] playing Toxic. However, Vex shows up [[HollywoodToneDeaf singing so horribly]] that it causes [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as the glass to break off screen.on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.



* One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode has [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as the glass on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.

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* One ''WebAnimation/MonsterHigh'' webisode ''VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure'': Vex has [[MakeMeWannaShout Operetta]] breaking Ghoulia's glasses as well as it in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ObqEUp-Zo Vex can break glass]]"; featuring [[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy and N.A.O.M.I.]] playing Toxic. However, Vex shows up [[HollywoodToneDeaf singing so horribly]] that it causes the glass on the school's windows with a ''sneeze''. Cleo's screaming has also broken windows multiple times.to break off screen.



* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Kit Darling's [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-6-page-15/ excited fennec shriek]] shatters multiple coffee pots.



* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Kit Darling's [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-6-page-15/ excited fennec shriek]] shatters multiple coffee pots.



* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', Katie and Sadie's singing is so bad that it cracks Lemon Meringue's mirror, which wasn't even in the same house.

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* In one the episode "Spelling Bee My Baby" of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Hiko Yoshida saves her daughter Akiko from a glass cage. [[BaitAndSwitch At first it seems like she's readying herself for the perfect ninja punch]], but suddenly she starts singing and works up to a high note that ultimately shatters the glass.
* One
episode of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', Katie and Sadie's singing is so bad ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has Tilly practice an IncrediblyLongNote for a choir concert in a squash court, causing the glass walls to break apart.
* Played with in an early ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode as it's not initially realized
that it cracks Lemon Meringue's mirror, which wasn't even in sound (supersonic and generated by XANA) broke the same house."glass" in question. Rather the plastic cup happened to break when Yumi, angry at Sissi, squeezed it while lecturing her. Still this trope is lampshaded when Ulrich points out that it's a plastic cup, not "Venetian crystal" while [[ShipTease tending to Yumi's cut hand]].
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "The Life You Save", Margaret practices her scales, but her [[HollywoodToneDeaf dreadful singing]] causes the window behind her to break. She blushes in embarrassment after this happens.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** When Bart's class visited the Springfield PD, Bart lined up about 20 megaphones, turned them all on, and said "Testing" into the first one. This shattered glass for miles around.
** Parodied in another episode where Lisa hitting a high note seems to cause a glass to shatter, only to reveal Homer has shot the glass with a BB gun.
** In one instance when the family visits the movie theater, a short parody of the THX sound test is played. The sound is so loud it shatters Hans Moleman's glasses -- then another guy's teeth, the emergency exit signs, parts of the ceiling, and culminates in making a poor sap's head ''[[YourHeadAsplode explode]]''. Even then, Grandpa is implied to have not heard it clearly.
--->'''Abe Simpson:''' Turn it up! Turn it UP!

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** When Bart's class visited the Springfield PD, Bart lined up about 20 megaphones, turned them all on, and said "Testing" into the first one. This shattered glass for miles around.
** Parodied in another
An episode where Lisa of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Nazz yodeling, which breaks several objects, including drink glasses, a vase, [[LiterallyShatteredLives and]] '''[[RuleOfFunny Ed]]'''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible voice breaking glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.
* A ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' CutawayGag involves Peter's great-aunt Ella Fitzgerald Griffin
hitting a high note seems to cause and breaking a glass to shatter, only to reveal Homer has shot cup, the glass with a BB gun.
** In one instance when the family visits the movie theater, a short parody
shards of the THX sound test is played. The sound is so loud it shatters Hans Moleman's glasses -- then another guy's teeth, the emergency exit signs, parts of the ceiling, and culminates in making a poor sap's head ''[[YourHeadAsplode explode]]''. Even then, Grandpa is implied to have not heard it clearly.
--->'''Abe Simpson:''' Turn it up! Turn it UP!
which blinded Music/RayCharles.



* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' "Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak" an opera singer named Alicia Botti sees a mouse in one of the coaches and her scream shatters windows around the dockyard.
-->'''Gordon:''' Definitely a coloratura.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "[[PrinceAndPauper Princess and the Pop Star]]," Princess' high notes cause one of the band member's glasses to shatter on multiple occasions.

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* In an The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper" has a parody of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' "Thomas, Percy, this when Pacifica sings a high note and shatters a ''plastic'' cup.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 143,
the Squeak" an gang is stuck in a situation where if all the lights go out, they get attacked by monsters, so they each hold a lightbulb, flashlight or mirror to keep some sort of light with them. Unfortunately, one of the monsters grabs Stumpy's mirror, and since he ScreamsLikeALittleGirl, everyone else's lightbulbs, mirrors, flashlights, etc. get broken due to the high pitch.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. In "Hidden Talent", Kim uses her [[HollywoodToneDeaf painful attempt at a high note]] to break through a layer of ice in one of Drakken's {{death trap}}s.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': WesternAnimation/BugsBunny makes
opera singer named Alicia Botti sees Giovanni Jones ("Long Haired Hare") hold a mouse in one of note so long it literally brings down the coaches and her scream shatters windows around the dockyard.
-->'''Gordon:''' Definitely a coloratura.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "[[PrinceAndPauper Princess and the Pop Star]]," Princess' high notes cause one of the band member's glasses to shatter on multiple occasions.
Hollywood Bowl.



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible voice breaking glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Harmony's playing the triangle at a pitch that makes Brainy's glasses crack in "Smurphony In 'C'", and Denisa's scream that makes the vials in Gargamel's hovel shatter in "Denisa's Greedy Doll".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E17BottleShocked Bottle Shocked]]", one of the obstacles Mickey has to avoid while trying to return to Minnie with a bottle of champagne is an opera singer whose voice threatens to shatter everything in the vicinity made of glass, the bottle included.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries''
episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible "The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado" shows Scooby's singing voice breaking glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the causing glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability objects to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Harmony's playing the triangle at a pitch that makes Brainy's glasses crack in "Smurphony In 'C'", and Denisa's scream that makes the vials in Gargamel's hovel shatter in "Denisa's Greedy Doll".
shatter.



* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper" has a parody of this when Pacifica sings a high note and shatters a ''plastic'' cup.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. In "Hidden Talent", Kim uses her [[HollywoodToneDeaf painful attempt at a high note]] to break through a layer of ice in one of Drakken's {{death trap}}s.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Nazz yodeling, which breaks several objects, including drink glasses, a vase, [[LiterallyShatteredLives and]] '''[[RuleOfFunny Ed]]'''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E17BottleShocked Bottle Shocked]]", one of the obstacles Mickey has to avoid while trying to return to Minnie with a bottle of champagne is an opera singer whose voice threatens to shatter everything in the vicinity made of glass, the bottle included.
* Played with in an early ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode as it's not initially realized that sound (supersonic and generated by XANA) broke the "glass" in question. Rather the plastic cup happened to break when Yumi, angry at Sissi, squeezed it while lecturing her. Still this trope is lampshaded when Ulrich points out that it's a plastic cup, not "Venetian crystal" while [[ShipTease tending to Yumi's cut hand]].
* A ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' CutawayGag involves Peter's great-aunt Ella Fitzgerald Griffin hitting a high note and breaking a glass cup, the shards of which blinded Music/RayCharles.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' has Tilly practice an IncrediblyLongNote for a choir concert in a squash court, causing the glass walls to break apart.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny makes opera singer Giovanni Jones ("Long Haired Hare") hold a note so long it literally brings down the Hollywood Bowl.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 143, the gang is stuck in a situation where if all the lights go out, they get attacked by monsters, so they each hold a lightbulb, flashlight or mirror to keep some sort of light with them. Unfortunately, one of the monsters grabs Stumpy's mirror, and since he ScreamsLikeALittleGirl, everyone else's lightbulbs, mirrors, flashlights, etc. get broken due to the high pitch.
* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'': In one episode, Nath and Loulou show a group of teenaged girls a magazine with the famous pop star Joy Dee on the cover, and they squeal so loudly that every breakable object in the vicinity ends up getting shattered.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "Band Geeks", on the last day of rehearsal before they play at the Bubble Bowl, Squidward suggests to his band that people will think they're good if they play loud enough. They play so loud that they blow out all of the windows in the building.
** In "Krusty Love", after receiving a bill that's ''[[TakeOurWordForIt even worse]]'' than the one he thought he got, Mr. Krabs screams so loud that the ship-in-a-bottle fancy restaurant that he and Mrs. Puff were dating at shatters.
** In "Single Cell Anniversary", Plankton sings a note that shatters Squidward's glass of iced tea and Sandy's air helmet.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' episode "The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado" shows Scooby's singing voice causing glass objects to shatter.
* In the episode "Spelling Bee My Baby" of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Hiko Yoshida saves her daughter Akiko from a glass cage. [[BaitAndSwitch At first it seems like she's readying herself for the perfect ninja punch]], but suddenly she starts singing and works up to a high note that ultimately shatters the glass.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "The Life You Save", Margaret practices her scales, but her [[HollywoodToneDeaf dreadful singing]] causes the window behind her to break. She blushes in embarrassment after this happens.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' In one episode "The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado" shows Scooby's of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'', Katie and Sadie's singing voice causing is so bad that it cracks Lemon Meringue's mirror, which wasn't even in the same house.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** When Bart's class visited the Springfield PD, Bart lined up about 20 megaphones, turned them all on, and said "Testing" into the first one. This shattered
glass objects to shatter.
* In the
for miles around.
** Parodied in another
episode "Spelling Bee My Baby" of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Hiko Yoshida saves her daughter Akiko from a glass cage. [[BaitAndSwitch At first it seems like she's readying herself for the perfect ninja punch]], but suddenly she starts singing and works up to where Lisa hitting a high note that ultimately seems to cause a glass to shatter, only to reveal Homer has shot the glass with a BB gun.
** In one instance when the family visits the movie theater, a short parody of the THX sound test is played. The sound is so loud it
shatters Hans Moleman's glasses -- then another guy's teeth, the glass.
* At the end
emergency exit signs, parts of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' ceiling, and culminates in making a poor sap's head ''[[YourHeadAsplode explode]]''. Even then, Grandpa is implied to have not heard it clearly.
--->'''Abe Simpson:''' Turn it up! Turn it UP!
* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'': In one
episode, "The Life You Save", Margaret practices her scales, but her [[HollywoodToneDeaf dreadful singing]] causes Nath and Loulou show a group of teenaged girls a magazine with the window behind her famous pop star Joy Dee on the cover, and they squeal so loudly that every breakable object in the vicinity ends up getting shattered.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', Harmony's playing the triangle at a pitch that makes Brainy's glasses crack in "Smurphony In 'C'", and Denisa's scream that makes the vials in Gargamel's hovel shatter in "Denisa's Greedy Doll".
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "Band Geeks", on the last day of rehearsal before they play at the Bubble Bowl, Squidward suggests
to break. She blushes his band that people will think they're good if they play loud enough. They play so loud that they blow out all of the windows in embarrassment the building.
** In "Krusty Love",
after this happens.receiving a bill that's ''[[TakeOurWordForIt even worse]]'' than the one he thought he got, Mr. Krabs screams so loud that the ship-in-a-bottle fancy restaurant that he and Mrs. Puff were dating at shatters.
** In "Single Cell Anniversary", Plankton sings a note that shatters Squidward's glass of iced tea and Sandy's air helmet.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' "Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak" an opera singer named Alicia Botti sees a mouse in one of the coaches and her scream shatters windows around the dockyard.
-->'''Gordon:''' Definitely a coloratura.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "[[PrinceAndPauper Princess and the Pop Star]]," Princess' high notes cause one of the band member's glasses to shatter on multiple occasions.


















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* The Advertising/DairyQueenLips sing the classic Kit-Kat jingle ("Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar!") to advertise Dairy Queen's Kit-Kat Blizzard. The Lips sing the last word in such a high-pitched voice that it cracks [[CameraAbuse the screen]], with the cracks remaining visible for the rest of the commercial.



* Table tennis legend Timo Boll breaks his robot opponent's glasses this way in a match of [[https://youtu.be/lv6op2HHIuM?t=134 glass harps]] in an ad for Kuka.




* Table tennis legend Timo Boll breaks his robot opponent's glasses this way in a match of [[https://youtu.be/lv6op2HHIuM?t=134 glass harps]].



* The Advertising/DairyQueenLips sing the classic Kit-Kat jingle ("Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar!") to advertise Dairy Queen's Kit-Kat Blizzard. The Lips sing the last word in such a high-pitched voice that it cracks [[CameraAbuse the screen]], with the cracks remaining visible for the rest of the commercial.



* ''Anime/{{Pecola}}'': In "Coco's Concert", Coco's terrible singing repeatedly causes nearby glass objects such as windows, a blender, etc. to shatter.



* ''Anime/{{Pecola}}'': In "Coco's Concert", Coco's terrible singing repeatedly causes nearby glass objects such as windows, a blender, etc. to shatter.



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* Invoked and parodied in ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'': The opening scene features Professor Brainard attempting to demonstrate this with a trumpet and a glass placed on the table. His playing fails to crack the glass but manages to shatter every ''other'' glass object in the room, including beakers full of chemicals that fill the room with smoke as the opening credits roll.
* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': Catwoman, beaten by Batman, falls into a greenhouse and emits a scream of frustration so powerful it shatters the glass roof and walls.
* ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'': At the Devil's Tower rendezvous, the scientists attempt to initiate dialog with the mothership with the five-note salutation. They play it several times before the ship joins in, quite loudly, shattering some control booth windows.
* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'': After Nathaniel [[YouHaveFailedMe fails her for the last time]], Narissa screams so loudly, she shatters '''every single glassware'' in the cavern.



* In ''Film/VictorVictoria'', Julie Andrews' character does this with some frequency. By dint of RuleOfFunny, it's also capable of stunning people and popping champagne corks.
* In ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Madison saying her real name [[StarfishLanguage in her native language]] causes all the TV screens on a department store to shatter.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Roger's glass-breaking "steam whistle" after drinking strong liquor.

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* ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie Rides Again]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk]] sends his nephew Willoughby Whitfield to try to convince [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Steinmetz]] to give up her old firehouse so his uncle can tear it down to build a new skyscraper in its place. However, Mrs. Steinmetz's protector, Nicole, who had been displaced by Hawk, convinces Willoughby to see his uncle for the ruthless so-and-so that he is and to help protect the old lady as well. Not the bravest man in the world, Willoughby tries to call his uncle from a glass phone booth to convince him to call off his construction project. In ''Film/VictorVictoria'', Julie Andrews' character does response, Alonzo Hawk sees this with some frequency. By dint of RuleOfFunny, it's also capable of stunning people as a betrayal and popping champagne corks.
* In ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Madison saying her real name [[StarfishLanguage in her native language]] causes all
[[{{Angrish}} yells gibberish at his nephew through the TV screens on phone]], culminating in such a department store loud roar of rage [[ReachingBetweenTheLines that it actually manages to shatter.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Roger's glass-breaking "steam whistle" after drinking strong liquor.
shatter the glass windows of the phone booth his nephew is in]].



* Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Charles points out all the science to Sean.
* Invoked and parodied in ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'': The opening scene features Professor Brainard attempting to demonstrate this with a trumpet and a glass placed on the table. His playing fails to crack the glass but manages to shatter every ''other'' glass object in the room, including beakers full of chemicals that fill the room with smoke as the opening credits roll.



* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', the underground fighting ring has a lot of Loudred in it that produce music for the battles that are held in it. When they inhale some [[PsychoSerum R]], they start spewing out some dubstep so loud that it causes a tank with a Magikarp in it to [[ExplodingFishTanks break]], leaving the Magikarp flopping on the ground.
* In ''Film/TheSaddestMusicInTheWorld'', Roderick creates a high pitched sound with his cello that makes Helen's glass legs break.
* ''Film/SheCreature'': When the mermaid screams, the glass in the lanterns shatters.
* In ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Madison saying her real name [[StarfishLanguage in her native language]] causes all the TV screens on a department store to shatter.



* ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'': At the Devil's Tower rendezvous, the scientists attempt to initiate dialog with the mothership with the five-note salutation. They play it several times before the ship joins in, quite loudly, shattering some control booth windows.
* In ''Film/TheSaddestMusicInTheWorld'', Roderick creates a high pitched sound with his cello that makes Helen's glass legs break.
* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'': After Nathaniel [[YouHaveFailedMe fails her for the last time]], Narissa screams so loudly, she shatters '''every single glassware'' in the cavern.
* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': Catwoman, beaten by Batman, falls into a greenhouse and emits a scream of frustration so powerful it shatters the glass roof and walls.
* ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie Rides Again]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk]] sends his nephew Willoughby Whitfield to try to convince [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Steinmetz]] to give up her old firehouse so his uncle can tear it down to build a new skyscraper in its place. However, Mrs. Steinmetz's protector, Nicole, who had been displaced by Hawk, convinces Willoughby to see his uncle for the ruthless so-and-so that he is and to help protect the old lady as well. Not the bravest man in the world, Willoughby tries to call his uncle from a glass phone booth to convince him to call off his construction project. In response, Alonzo Hawk sees this as a betrayal and [[{{Angrish}} yells gibberish at his nephew through the phone]], culminating in such a loud roar of rage [[ReachingBetweenTheLines that it actually manages to shatter the glass windows of the phone booth his nephew is in]].
* ''Film/SheCreature'': When the mermaid screams, the glass in the lanterns shatters.



* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', the underground fighting ring has a lot of Loudred in it that produce music for the battles that are held in it. When they inhale some [[PsychoSerum R]], they start spewing out some dubstep so loud that it causes a tank with a Magikarp in it to [[ExplodingFishTanks break]], leaving the Magikarp flopping on the ground.

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* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', the underground fighting ring has a lot of Loudred in it that produce music for the battles that are held in it. When they inhale ''Film/VictorVictoria'', Julie Andrews' character does this with some [[PsychoSerum R]], they start spewing frequency. By dint of RuleOfFunny, it's also capable of stunning people and popping champagne corks.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Roger's glass-breaking "steam whistle" after drinking strong liquor.
* Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Charles points
out some dubstep so loud that it causes a tank with a Magikarp in it to [[ExplodingFishTanks break]], leaving all the Magikarp flopping on the ground.science to Sean.



* In ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Judy]]'s scream is so shrill, it makes a nearby flowerpot shatter.
* The key to the murderer's plan in "The Face of Helen", from the collection ''Literature/TheMysteriousMrQuin'' by Creator/AgathaChristie: a [[spoiler:glass bubble filled with poison gas]] and a radio broadcasting a concert featuring a very high note.
* The purpose of [[spoiler:the screaming clock]] in ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators''.
* Part of the explanation of the mystery in the Literature/FatherBrown story ''The Flying Fish''.

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* In ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Judy]]'s scream is so shrill, it makes ''Chronicles of a nearby flowerpot shatter.
* The key
Strange Kingdom'', after a failed coup, [[BewareTheQuietOnes king Shellar]] gets fed up with his [[UpperClassTwit Nobility]] [[DecadentCourt Counsil]] to the murderer's plan in "The Face of Helen", from point he [[RageBreakingPoint snaps for the collection ''Literature/TheMysteriousMrQuin'' by Creator/AgathaChristie: a [[spoiler:glass bubble filled with poison gas]] first time in his life]] and gives them an epic dressing-down, brutal and vicious enough to cause terrified obedience, several heart attacks and a radio broadcasting a concert featuring a very high note.
* The purpose
bad case of [[spoiler:the screaming clock]] in ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators''.
* Part of the explanation of the mystery
stutter. He only calms down after his voice blows out several windows in the Literature/FatherBrown story ''The Flying Fish''.room.



* Part of the explanation of the mystery in the Literature/FatherBrown story ''The Flying Fish''.
* In ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Judy]]'s scream is so shrill, it makes a nearby flowerpot shatter.
* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': Bwoonhiwda is introduced this way in ''Goblins on the Prowl'', as Herky suddenly brings her into the castle and she proceeds, upon seeing the missing toad statue, to let out a shriek that shatters the glass pitcher Igor had brought a little earlier. It's also loud enough to wake Hulda out of a sound sleep, which is quite the achievement considering the latter is mostly ''deaf''.
* The key to the murderer's plan in "The Face of Helen", from the collection ''Literature/TheMysteriousMrQuin'' by Creator/AgathaChristie: a [[spoiler:glass bubble filled with poison gas]] and a radio broadcasting a concert featuring a very high note.
* The purpose of [[spoiler:the screaming clock]] in ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators''.



* In ''Chronicles of a Strange Kingdom'', after a failed coup, [[BewareTheQuietOnes king Shellar]] gets fed up with his [[UpperClassTwit Nobility]] [[DecadentCourt Counsil]] to the point he [[RageBreakingPoint snaps for the first time in his life]] and gives them an epic dressing-down, brutal and vicious enough to cause terrified obedience, several heart attacks and a bad case of stutter. He only calms down after his voice blows out several windows in the room.



* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': Bwoonhiwda is introduced this way in ''Goblins on the Prowl'', as Herky suddenly brings her into the castle and she proceeds, upon seeing the missing toad statue, to let out a shriek that shatters the glass pitcher Igor had brought a little earlier. It's also loud enough to wake Hulda out of a sound sleep, which is quite the achievement considering the latter is mostly ''deaf''.



* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'': In the BatmanColdOpen to "Power", a singer presented by Leon does this when she hits a high note, shattering several TV screens in [=MuppeTelevision=]. When Kermit shows a clip of her doing that, it ends up shattering the screen it's playing on.



* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
** In one episode, special guest Ethel Merman shows Miss Piggy and Kermit what note you need to hit to shatter a glass.
--->'''Kermit:''' Did you also double as an air-raid siren during The War?
** In another episode, guest Beverly Sills hits a high note and breaks Scooter's glasses.
** A series of newspaper comics had Piggy trying to do it herself. Her first attempt cracked the ''table''.



* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In the episode ''Her Story II'', Carla is insulted about not being as hot as another Latino nurse. JD imagines Carla releasing her rage by screaming so loud that every nearby piece of glass shatters into smaller pieces.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' did a variation on this with Diva La Diva, a one-off character who visited the street in a 90's episode. Professed to be "the world's loudest singer," La Diva's pipes are definitely loud enough to cause damage and while there's one instance of her voice shattering some glasses on the counter at Hooper's Store, her voice mostly causes trembling and making shelves, with items on them, fall in the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's. At the end of the episode, a cassette tape of her voice makes everything in Big Bird's nest fall off the walls - not even the Mr. Hooper picture was safe!
* There was a ''Series/SpittingImage'' sketch in which UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's voice was so high it could shatter the glass in people's spectacles until she was coached to speak more deeply. (The sketch ended with her sounding like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.)



* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In the episode ''Her Story II'', Carla is insulted about not being as hot as another Latino nurse. JD imagines Carla releasing her rage by screaming so loud that every nearby piece of glass shatters into smaller pieces.



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* There was a ''Series/SpittingImage'' sketch in which UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's voice was so high it could shatter the glass in people's spectacles until she was coached to speak more deeply. (The sketch ended with her sounding like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.)
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
** In one episode, special guest Ethel Merman shows Miss Piggy and Kermit what note you need to hit to shatter a glass.
--->'''Kermit:''' Did you also double as an air-raid siren during The War?
** In another episode, guest Beverly Sills hits a high note and breaks Scooter's glasses.
** A series of newspaper comics had Piggy trying to do it herself. Her first attempt cracked the ''table''.
* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'': In the BatmanColdOpen to "Power", a singer presented by Leon does this when she hits a high note, shattering several TV screens in [=MuppeTelevision=]. When Kermit shows a clip of her doing that, it ends up shattering the screen it's playing on.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' did a variation on this with Diva La Diva, a one-off character who visited the street in a 90's episode. Professed to be "the world's loudest singer," La Diva's pipes are definitely loud enough to cause damage and while there's one instance of her voice shattering some glasses on the counter at Hooper's Store, her voice mostly causes trembling and making shelves, with items on them, fall in the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's. At the end of the episode, a cassette tape of her voice makes everything in Big Bird's nest fall off the walls - not even the Mr. Hooper picture was safe!
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* The Atavism "Siren's Treacherous Song" in ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial'' allows Siren-like Beasts to make sound blasts through the expenditure of [[{{Mana}} Satiety]], which in addition to doing lethal damage and deafening anyone who hears it, also shatters any glass in the immediate area.



* The Atavism "Siren's Treacherous Song" in ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial'' allows Siren-like Beasts to make sound blasts through the expenditure of [[{{Mana}} Satiety]], which in addition to doing lethal damage and deafening anyone who hears it, also shatters any glass in the immediate area.

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* One of Memorex's "Is it live or is it Memorex?" TV commercials, where Music/EllaFitzgerald breaks a wine glass by singing a high note... and then replaying the recording of Ella singing also causes glass to shatter.



* One of Memorex's "Is it live or is it Memorex?" TV commercials, where Music/EllaFitzgerald breaks a wine glass by singing a high note... and then replaying the recording of Ella singing also causes glass to shatter.
* Seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 this]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} station ID from the 1990s, where an opera singer with a huge orange "Nickelodeon" wig sings a high note that causes the conductor's eyeglasses to break.



* Seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 this]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} station ID from the 1990s, where an opera singer with a huge orange "Nickelodeon" wig sings a high note that causes the conductor's eyeglasses to break.

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* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Included among the game's BizarroElements is the Glass-type. Air-type attacks (which include moves like Sonic Boom) will inflict the Resonance status on Glass-types -- three stacks of Resonance and the Glass-type is instantly defeated.
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* The Advertising/DairyQueenLips sing the classic Kit-Kat jingle ("Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar!") to advertise Dairy Queen's Kit-Kat Blizzard. The lips sing the last word in such a high-pitched voice that it cracks [[CameraAbuse the screen]], with the cracks remaining visible for the rest of the commercial.

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* In 1999, Network/{{MTV}} held the Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time. A few weeks before the show, they ran a promo special about the history of opera, and they humorously challenged that year's nominees to shatter a glass by hitting their highest notes (though some simply screamed at it). None manage to break the glass, but they all came to the conclusion that if anyone could pull it off, it'd be Music/MariahCarey (who unfortunately didn't attend that year).

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* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'': When Mikey leaves for singing camp, he sings goodbye to T.J. [[VocalDissonance in his Robert Goulet voice]], causing one of the bus windows to crack.



* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'': When Mikey leaves for singing camp, he sings goodbye to T.J. [[VocalDissonance in his Robert Goulet voice]], causing one of the bus windows to crack.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible voice winds up breaking some glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Chip Off the Old Chip", a RunningGag involves Timmy's terrible voice winds up breaking some glass, while Chip Skylark's voice makes the glass magically unbreak. When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': At the end of ''The Wind in the Willows'', Rat, Mole and [=MacBadger=] gather for a New Year's party at Toad Hall, and they have a champagne toast to celebrate that Toad had reformed at last. However, their glasses are broken by a loud crash from outside, and they look out to witness [[HereWeGoAgain Toad's newest obsession: an aeroplane]].



* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', the first time Stitch plays the guitar, he plays a chord that shatters several windows and a coffee pot.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': The first time Stitch plays the guitar, he plays a chord that shatters several windows and a coffee pot.



* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Prince Charming shatters the audience members' wine glasses, opera glasses and even [[SerialEscalation pearl necklaces]] with his girly high-pitched singing during his play.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': In the LogoJoke, a minion does a [[HollywoodToneDeaf loud off-key yell]] that causes some of the letters in the ''Creator/IlluminationEntertainment'' logo to burn out.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'': Prince Charming shatters the audience members' wine glasses, opera glasses and even [[SerialEscalation pearl necklaces]] with his girly high-pitched singing during his play.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': In the LogoJoke, a minion does a [[HollywoodToneDeaf loud off-key yell]] that causes some of the letters in the ''Creator/IlluminationEntertainment'' Creator/IlluminationEntertainment logo to burn out.



* When Mikey leaves for singing camp in ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', he sings goodbye to TJ [[VocalDissonance in his Robert Goulet voice]], causing one of the bus windows to crack.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'': When Mikey leaves for singing camp in ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', camp, he sings goodbye to TJ T.J. [[VocalDissonance in his Robert Goulet voice]], causing one of the bus windows to crack.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': During the credits of "The Voice Thief" Amalia sings the theme song. Near the end she hits a high note that ends up [[CameraAbuse breaking the camera lens.]]
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* ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'': In the BatmanColdOpen to "Power", a singer presented by Leon does this when she hits a high note, shattering several TV screens in [=MuppeTelevision=]. When Kermit shows a clip of her doing that, it ends up shattering the screen it's playing on.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvuS3Xz_q-8 this Walker Crisps ad]], Music/MariahCarey gets into a quarrel with an elf over the last pack of chips, and she ends the quarrel with an IncrediblyLongNote which, among other things, breaks a crew's glasses.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvuS3Xz_q-8 this Walker Walkers Crisps ad]], Music/MariahCarey gets into a quarrel with an elf over the last pack of chips, and she ends the quarrel with an IncrediblyLongNote which, among other things, breaks a crew's glasses.

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* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfTintin'':
** When Tintin first encounters Bianca Castafiore in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', they're in a car together and she starts singing. Tintin internally comments that fortunately, the windows are made of safety glass.
** In ''The Calculus Affair'', the objects randomly breaking in Marlinspike Castle turn out to be the results of Professor Calculus's ultrasound experiments. This gets him kidnapped by Bordurians who want him to develop weapons of mass destruction for them (and Syldavians who try to steal him from the Bordurians for the same end).
* ComicBook/BlackCanary's "canary cry" has been used to shatter glass.



* Banshee from the ComicBook/XMen has used this a few times.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', Nite-Owl's Owlship screecher speakers has that effect on glass.
* ComicBook/BlackCanary's "canary cry" has been used to shatter glass.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': At distance and before she really picks up volume Silver Swan's scream can shatter glass, once she's at a target and as loud as she can be she can shatter brick and destroy buildings as she did to [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]]'s school. Just how powerful her scream is depends on which Silver Swan is in question however, Valerie can blow out eardrums and shatter glass but cannot scream down a brick wall.
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfTintin'':
** When Tintin first encounters Bianca Castafiore in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', they're in a car together and she starts singing. Tintin internally comments that fortunately, the windows are made of safety glass.
** In ''The Calculus Affair'', the objects randomly breaking in Marlinspike Castle turn out to be the results of Professor Calculus's ultrasound experiments. This gets him kidnapped by Bordurians who want him to develop weapons of mass destruction for them (and Syldavians who try to steal him from the Bordurians for the same end).

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* Banshee from the ComicBook/XMen has used this a few times.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'',
''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Nite-Owl's Owlship screecher speakers has have that effect on glass.
* ComicBook/BlackCanary's "canary cry" has been used to shatter
glass.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': At a distance and before she really picks up volume Silver Swan's scream can shatter glass, once glass. Once she's at a target and as loud as she can be she can shatter brick and destroy buildings as she did to [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]]'s school. Just how powerful her scream is depends on which Silver Swan is in question however, Valerie can blow out eardrums and shatter glass but cannot scream down a brick wall.
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfTintin'':
** When Tintin first encounters Bianca Castafiore in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', they're in
''ComicBook/XMen'': Banshee has used this a car together and she starts singing. Tintin internally comments that fortunately, the windows are made of safety glass.
** In ''The Calculus Affair'', the objects randomly breaking in Marlinspike Castle turn out to be the results of Professor Calculus's ultrasound experiments. This gets him kidnapped by Bordurians who want him to develop weapons of mass destruction for them (and Syldavians who try to steal him from the Bordurians for the same end).
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* Seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 this]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} station ID from the 1990s, where a female opera singer with a huge orange "Nickelodeon" wig sings a high note that causes the conductor's eyeglasses to break.

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* Seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 this]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} station ID from the 1990s, where a female an opera singer with a huge orange "Nickelodeon" wig sings a high note that causes the conductor's eyeglasses to break.
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** In "The Hot Line", the Chief goes undercover as a singing waiter and lampshades the trope. 99 asks him to demonstrate on a glass which he does, only to shatter a nearby mirror instead (which Max bills him $40 for). It proves to be a ChekhovsSkill when he uses a high D to break a bad guy's glasses, distracting them enough to shoot him.

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** In "The Hot Line", the Chief goes undercover as a singing waiter and lampshades the trope. 99 asks him to demonstrate on a glass which he does, only to shatter a nearby mirror instead (which Max bills him $40 for). It proves to be a ChekhovsSkill when he uses a high D to break a bad guy's glasses, distracting them enough to shoot him.glasses when WeNeedADistraction.
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** DaChief went undercover as a singing waiter and used his ability to shatter glass with a high D to break a mook bad guy's glasses, distracting them enough to shoot the bad guy.

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** DaChief went In "The Hot Line", the Chief goes undercover as a singing waiter and used his ability lampshades the trope. 99 asks him to demonstrate on a glass which he does, only to shatter glass with a nearby mirror instead (which Max bills him $40 for). It proves to be a ChekhovsSkill when he uses a high D to break a mook bad guy's glasses, distracting them enough to shoot the bad guy.him.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fifth episode, Claudia screeching "SO WHAT?! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!" causes her mirror to crack.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fifth episode, "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]", Claudia screeching "SO WHAT?! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!" causes her mirror to crack.
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* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': Bumblebee (who is in disguise as [[WhatAPieceOfJunk a ratty old Camaro]]) turns on his radio at a high enough volume to shatter the windows of every other vehicle in the [[HonestJohnsDealership used car lot]] he's infiltrated, forcing the dealership owner to sell him at a price within his target's budget.

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* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': ''Film/Transformers2007'': Bumblebee (who is in disguise as [[WhatAPieceOfJunk a ratty old Camaro]]) turns on his radio at a high enough volume to shatter the windows of every other vehicle in the [[HonestJohnsDealership used car lot]] he's infiltrated, forcing the dealership owner to sell him at a price within his target's budget.
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Sometimes coupled with DramaticShattering. Compare MakeMeWannaShout, which covers all-purpose (i.e. not limited to brittle materials) sonic attacks. Related to GaleForceSound, which affects things other than glass. Frequently happens at the performances of a DreadfulMusician or an operatic BrawnHilda.

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Sometimes coupled with DramaticShattering. Compare MakeMeWannaShout, SuperScream and MakeSomeNoise, which covers cover all-purpose (i.e. not limited to brittle materials) sonic attacks. Related to GaleForceSound, which affects things other than glass. Frequently happens at the performances of a DreadfulMusician or an operatic BrawnHilda.

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