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However, characters can also destroy a piece of paper in 'cold anger', which means their action is calculated and well-thought out, and the person is actually in complete control of their emotions. For example, they might do so to show off their superiority and that they are on top of things, or to emphasise that the document is not worth any attention and can be disregarded.

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However, characters can also destroy a piece of paper in 'cold anger', '[[TranquilFury cold anger]]', which means their action is calculated and well-thought out, and the person is actually in complete control of their emotions. For example, they might do so to show off their superiority and that they are on top of things, or to emphasise that the document is not worth any attention and can be disregarded.
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* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': The pre-Title Defence cutscene for [[TorosYFlamenco Don Flamenco]] in the Wii version has the Spaniard pull a nearby poster of Little Mac -- who had recently beaten Don en-route to becoming the World Circuit champion -- off a wall, [[SoreLoser furiously ripping it up with tears in his eyes]] before training for a rematch.
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* ''Manga/YuGiOhR'': At the end, when Yako Tenma is defeated and comes to his senses, he rips up the evil card The Wicked Avatar so that it can no longer possess him.
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* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In the first episode/chapter, Twilight furiously tears a newspaper in two when he finds out what his new mission entails.

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

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* In Literature/TheBible, the book of Jeremiah relates a story of how Jehoiakim, king of Judah, had a scroll containing Jeremiah's prophecies read out loud to him. The king was so incensed by the message it contained that after each portion was read, he would slice it off with a knife and burn it in a brazier.
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* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': Kazuma spends an 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 name down for her… [[HopeSpot on a signup sheet for the Cult]]. The revelation is enough for Kazuma to rip the signup sheet into shreds.



* ''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 name down for her… [[HopeSpot on a signup sheet for the Cult]]. The revelation is enough for Kazuma to rip the signup sheet into shreds.
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* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': In a flashback in Episode 80, a spoiled Obelisk Blue student loses a duel. He blames his loss on his card Doll Chimera and rips it up.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "An Introduction to Engineering and a Glob of Hair Gel", Boucher keeps tearing up Sheldon's paper whenever he brings it to him because he's doing it wrong, and won't even let him know why it's wrong. At one point, Boucher simply hands Sheldon the paper so he would tear it himself.
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* ''Series/TheSandman2022''. Richard Madoc is holding Calliope, one of the ancient Muses, prisoner to force her to give him ideas for his novels. He catches her writing a letter to Morpheus, calling on the Lord of Dreams to free her. Madoc rips the paper up, throws the pieces in the fire and declares that she is his [[TemptingFate and no one, not even the Lord of Dreams, can take her from him]]. We then see a puff of smoke [[NiceJobFixingItVillain rising up from the fireplace's chimney...]]
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* ''Series/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': In symbolism closer to StabThePicture Eddie Brock/[[spoiler:Venom]] crumples a picture of Spider-Man while giving a [[RevengeRevealStory revenge soliloquy]]

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* ''Series/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': In symbolism closer to StabThePicture Eddie Brock/[[spoiler:Venom]] crumples a picture of Spider-Man while giving a [[RevengeRevealStory revenge soliloquy]]
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Spider Man The Animated Series: In symbolism closer to StabThePicture Eddie Brock/[[spoiler:Venom]] crumples a picture of Spider-Man while giving a [[RevengeRevealStory revenge soliloquy]]

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Spider Man The Animated Series: *''Series/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': In symbolism closer to StabThePicture Eddie Brock/[[spoiler:Venom]] crumples a picture of Spider-Man while giving a [[RevengeRevealStory revenge soliloquy]]
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Spider Man The Animated Series: In symbolism closer to StabThePicture Eddie Brock/[[spoiler:Venom]] crumples a picture of Spider-Man while giving a [[RevengeRevealStory revenge soliloquy]]
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* In ''Film/{{Anazapta}}'' (aka ''Black Plague''), Lady Matilda Mellerby is given a ScarpiaUltimatum by a bishop that if she doesn't pay her debts in ten days, she has to [[DirtyOldMonk pleasure him in 47 different ways]], as depicted in the erotic parchments [[KickTheDog he makes a point of sending her]] as the days count down. Matilda is shown burning the parchments as she receives them. Ironically she's played by Creator/LenaHeadley, who'll do this trope with less justification in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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* In ''Film/{{Anazapta}}'' (aka ''Black Plague''), Lady Matilda Mellerby is given a ScarpiaUltimatum by a bishop that if she doesn't pay her debts in ten days, she has to [[DirtyOldMonk pleasure him in 47 different ways]], as depicted in the erotic parchments [[KickTheDog he makes a point of sending her]] as the days count down. Matilda is shown burning the parchments as she receives them. Ironically she's played by Creator/LenaHeadley, Creator/LenaHeadey, who'll do this trope with less justification in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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It can be a part of AngerMontage and it can be combined with its sister tropes like AgitatedItemStomping, DeskSweepOfRage, FlippingTheTable, TantrumThrowing, StabThePicture, 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).

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It can be a part of AngerMontage and it can be combined with its sister tropes like AgitatedItemStomping, DeskSweepOfRage, FlippingTheTable, AGlassInTheHand, TantrumThrowing, StabThePicture, 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).
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* In ''Film/{{Anazapta}}'' (aka ''Black Plague''), Lady Matilda Mellerby is given a ScarpiaUltimatum by a bishop that if she doesn't pay her debts in ten days, she has to [[DirtyOldMonk pleasure him in 47 different ways]], as depicted in the erotic parchments [[KickTheDog he makes a point of sending her]] as the days count down. Matilda is shown burning the parchments as she receives them. Ironically she's played by Creator/LenaHeadley, who'll do this trope with less justification in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish Luck of the Fryish]]": Fry angrily tears his ticket when his horse doesn't win the race and he loses the money he bet.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4TheLuckOfTheFryrish Luck of the Fryish]]": Fryrish]]": Fry angrily tears his ticket when his horse doesn't win the race and he loses the money he bet.
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* Creator/DaveBarry, in "Into the Round File," reads a selection of junk mail addressed to him. Each letter is interrupted as he tosses it into the wastebasket, which produces an imagined scream. One particular letter receives a less merciful demise:

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* Creator/DaveBarry, in "Into the Round File," reads a selection of junk mail addressed to him. Each letter is interrupted as he tosses it into the wastebasket, which produces an imagined scream. One particular letter fundraising message from a GreedyTelevangelist receives a less merciful demise:

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