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->''"They say Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the High King...with his voice! Shouted him apart!"''
-->-- '''Random Guards''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

Subtrope of MakeSomeNoise. GlassShatteringSound is a sister trope for sounds, both supernatural and mundane, that only shatter brittle materials. Sound sources other than voices that have a physical effect on people or things are covered by GaleForceSound. Sometimes combined with RazorWind and can overlap with BreathWeapon. Compare LoudOfWar, MusicalAssassin and the sonic variants of BrownNote. For the lethal weapon version of this, see SonicStunner.

Subtrope of MakeSomeNoise. GlassShatteringSound is a sister trope for sounds, both supernatural and mundane, that only shatter brittle materials. Sometimes combined with RazorWind and can overlap with BreathWeapon. Compare LoudOfWar, MusicalAssassin and the sonic variants of BrownNote. For a related but less lethal weapon trope, see SonicStunner. Sound sources other than voices that have a physical effect on people or things are covered by GaleForceSound.

Characters who have super-powerful screams or other sound-based superpowers can do things like scream out sonic booms, and screech so loud it can paralyze people by making their eardrums bleed.

The power of sound. Able to [[GlassShatteringSound shatter glass]], crumble rocks, and knock down buildings. In the world of fiction, anyways. Characters who have super-powerful screams or other sound-based superpowers can usually do something like vocal mimicry, scream out sonic booms, and screech so loud it can paralyze people by making their eardrums bleed.

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* In the ''Advertising/MetroManners'' PSA "No Loud Music", a darker and edgier Super Kind forces headphone on the Rude Dude that destroy him by playing music incredibly loudly.
* Miss Piggy (of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' fame) uses her loud voice and a megaphone to blast Music/JessicaSimpson into the air in a Pizza Hut commercial.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5Ziwz5Ltn-w This Old Spice commercial.]]
* A commercial for "Pebbles Treats" has Fred Flintstone doing this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcJ6Kv3jRZQ YABBA-DABBA-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]
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* Kikibory from ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' has this as a superpower, which comes in handy when she gets into trouble.

[[folder:Music and Music Videos]]
* The [[TropeNamer page title]] comes from a song originally recorded by the Isley Brothers in 1959.
* The kid in Music/TwistedSister's "I Wanna Rock" video has this power. (Okay, he needs a guitar and some huge speakers, but it still counts.)

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* A crowd-pleasing sight gag in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' was a character (either out of anger or exultation) shouting something so loudly that it literally blew away whoever was standing next to him or her, causing the person to flip backward in a somersault.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Back when Juventude Guerrera was Wrestling/{{WCW}}, he went to assault a manager, Wrestling/DaffneyUnger, only to be held in his tracks by her scream.
* Wrestling/MsChif has used her scream during matches to counter attacks. It's actually been bad enough to be rule as outside interference worthy of a ringside ban during other people's matches. Unfortunately for her, it doesn't work on everybody.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
** The Makuta's "Power Scream" is effectively this, with enough power to shatter solid stone.
** Kohrok-Kal and Toa of Sonics such as Krakua have sonics as their elemental power, at least in the case of Kohrak-Kal, it's shown to be powerful enough to destroy biomechanical bodies with high enough frequencies.
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An occasional variation has entirely normal people able to use their voices as a weapon against a bad guy or monster who has loud noises as a WeaksauceWeakness. This is often used to subvert the helplessness and pathos often associated with the ScreamingWoman.

It's also interesting to note that in RealLife, versions of this power would be AwesomeButImpractical, seeing as a sonic boom would practically level everything in a spherical radius from the hero (including themselves). Comes with an unusually high level of RequiredSecondaryPowers (most importantly, super-resilient eardrums and respiratory tract), and often involves AcceptableBreaksFromReality -- a visual that indicates the sound -- to depict.

GlassShatteringSound is a sister trope for sounds that only shatter brittle materials. A non-weapon and adorable example would be CuteButCacophonic. Sometimes combined with RazorWind. Can overlap with BreathWeapon. Compare MakeSomeNoise, LoudOfWar, MusicalAssassin and the sonic variants of BrownNote. For a related but less lethal weapon trope, see SonicStunner. Sound sources other than voices that have a physical effect on people or things are covered by GaleForceSound.

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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': The Makuta's "Power Scream" is effectively this, with enough power to shatter solid stone.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5Ziwz5Ltn-w This Old Spice commercial]]

* MakeMeWannaShout/{{Webcomics}}

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->''"They say Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the High King... with his voice! Shouted him apart!"''

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[[caption-width-right:300:Break out the industrial-strength earplugs.]]

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* Wrestling/MsChif has used her scream during matches to counter attacks. It's actually been bad enough to be rule as outside interference worthy of a ringside ban during other people's matches. Unfortunately for her, it doesn't work on everybody.[[/folder]]