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* One time on ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', Rob and Laura takes their frustrations out on a pile of dishes that they were going to replace anyway because they had chips in them.
* And in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock - in the grip of ''pon farr'', the "blood fever" - demolishes the computer terminal in his quarters by beating it into a crumpled mass with his bare hands (and superhuman strength).
* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4."
** This was also their excuse for blowing the cement truck up after all attempts to remove the huge chunk of hardened cement in it had failed. As the narrator puts it: "The Mythbusters have had enough." To be fair, the [[BigBulkyBomb 800 pounds of high explosive]] did remove the cement. Of course, [[NOKillLikeOverKill it removed the truck as well]].
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
* And in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock - in the grip of ''pon farr'', the "blood fever" - demolishes the computer terminal in his quarters by beating it into a crumpled mass with his bare hands (and superhuman strength).
* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4."
** This was also their excuse for blowing the cement truck up after all attempts to remove the huge chunk of hardened cement in it had failed. As the narrator puts it: "The Mythbusters have had enough." To be fair, the [[BigBulkyBomb 800 pounds of high explosive]] did remove the cement. Of course, [[NOKillLikeOverKill it removed the truck as well]].
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
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* One time on ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', Rob and Laura takes take their frustrations out on a pile of dishes that they were going to replace anyway because they had chips in them.
*And in In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock - in the grip of ''pon farr'', the "blood fever" - demolishes the computer terminal in his quarters by beating it into a crumpled mass with his bare hands (and superhuman strength).
* ''Series/MythBusters'':
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** Most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4."
** Thiswas also is their excuse for blowing the cement truck up after all attempts to remove the huge chunk of hardened cement in it had failed. As the narrator puts it: "The Mythbusters have had enough." To be fair, the [[BigBulkyBomb 800 pounds of high explosive]] did remove the cement. Of course, [[NOKillLikeOverKill it removed the truck as well]].
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses agift. He then gift so he uses them it for target practice.
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* ''Series/MythBusters'':
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* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
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* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains ''VideoGame/MarioPartyAdvance'': There's a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
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* The scene in ''Film/OfficeSpace'' when Peter, Michael and Samir destroy the fax machine.
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* The scene in ''Film/OfficeSpace'' when Peter, Michael and Samir destroy the fax machine.printer.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': After [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma Yzma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
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Sister trope of AgitatedItemStomping. RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare PercussiveTherapy when the item being smashed was unrelated to the cause of the rage. DieChairDie may also be related to this when used as a CatharsisFactor. Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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Sister trope of AgitatedItemStomping. RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare PercussiveTherapy when the item being smashed was unrelated to the cause of the rage. Compare DartboardOfHate when the item bears the image of a disliked person. DieChairDie may also be related to this when used as a CatharsisFactor. Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', it's [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/party-186 mentioned]] Tedd's dad broke his magic detector after learning how it had failed on Tedd.
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* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4"
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* And in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock - in the grip of ''pon farr'', the "blood fever" - demolishes the computer terminal in his quarters by beating it into a crumpled mass with his bare hands (and superhuman strength).
* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt,C4"C4."
* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt,
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** This was also their excuse for blowing the cement truck up after all attempts to remove the huge chunk of hardened cement in it had failed. As the narrator puts it: "The Mythbusters have had enough." To be fair, the [[BigBulkyBomb 800 pounds of high explosive]] did remove the cement. Of course, [[NOKillLikeOverKill it removed the truck as well]].
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* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
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* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
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Dewicking, since it's an inaccessible roleplay filed under Unpublished Works now.
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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', when a muckraking reporter and her film-crew kept following [[BoisterousBruiser Stone]] around, looking for ''something'' to tarnish up his already shaky reputation with, he finally got so fed up with her that he flattened the newsvan they were using to follow him. And you should take the word "flattened" literally, as he used his SuperStrength to drop a bulldozer on it eight or nine times in quick succession. Then he got himself a beer.
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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', when a muckraking reporter and her film-crew kept following [[BoisterousBruiser Stone]] around, looking for ''something'' to tarnish up his already shaky reputation with, he finally got so fed up with her that he flattened the newsvan they were using to follow him. And you should take the word "flattened" literally, as he used his SuperStrength to drop a bulldozer on it eight or nine times in quick succession. Then he got himself a beer.
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* ''{{Chernobyl}}'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''{{Chernobyl}}'': ''{{Series/Chernobyl}}'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/Chernobyl'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/Chernobyl'': ''{{Chernobyl}}'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/Chernobyl'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/Chernobyl'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/Chernobyl'': Boris Scherbina loses his temper with the Soviet government, screams at them down the phone, tells them he knows the KGB is listening and he doesn't care anymore, and smashes the phone to pieces. [[note]]For context, they needed a robot to clean up some hideously radioactive material. The Soviets didn't have one, but the Germans did. However, the Soviets couldn't bring themselves to tell the Germans how bad the radiation was, so months of effort getting the robot was wasted when it was fried after four seconds.[[/note]]
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* WebVideo/TheShovelwarewolf ends up destroying each awful game he's forced to play by the end of each video. He'll usually try for something thematically appropriate, such as nuking a copy of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' in a microwave, but he'll settle for just smashing the cartridge or disc if he doesn't have the resources available for anything fancy.
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* WebVideo/TheShovelwarewolf ends up destroying each awful game he's forced to play by the end of each video. He'll usually try for something thematically appropriate, such as nuking a copy of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' in a microwave, but he'll settle for just smashing the cartridge or disc if he doesn't have the resources available for anything fancy.
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* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' had Lucy [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-abpMg6jCkIs/WulDXXvN_-I/AAAAAAAAI_c/M5Lb22_zMJsBTX4qBWll0MjDa8OlwiQ9wCHMYCw/s0/RCO040.jpg demonstrating]] "the tortures of a memory of a lost love", by destroying Schroeder's Piano. (This scene was later animated.)
-->"You can't eat! You can't sleep! You'll want to smash things!"
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* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' had Lucy [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-abpMg6jCkIs/WulDXXvN_-I/AAAAAAAAI_c/M5Lb22_zMJsBTX4qBWll0MjDa8OlwiQ9wCHMYCw/s0/RCO040.jpg demonstrating]] "the tortures of a memory of a lost love", by destroying Schroeder's Piano. (This scene was later animated.)
-->"You can't eat! You can't sleep! You'll want to smash things!"
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* An interesting and incredibly dark case with Lobelia in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy''. He's a serial killer who causes a SickeningCrunch with his victims, but the crunch is actually ''this'' trope to him, and the entire reason he kills. He even records the crunches because he loves them so much. [[spoiler:Ultimately, his own bones crunching is what satisfies him the most, which has him stop killing because he's so satisfied by hearing it as he's constantly killed and revived by his summon companion]].
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* Probably the reason behind the genesis of [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3909595/Stressed-Japanese-workers-smash-plates-to-ease-recession-blues.html this inventive Japanese business.]]
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* Probably the reason behind the genesis of [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3909595/Stressed-Japanese-workers-smash-plates-to-ease-recession-blues.html this inventive Japanese business.]]]] This is also present in other countries.
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[[folder:Film]]
* The scene in ''Film/OfficeSpace'' when Peter, Michael and Samir destroy the fax machine.
* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
* ''Many times'' in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Most particularly the nice minivan and the gift shop.
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to [[CrushTheKeepsake smash a watch that his father gave him]]. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
* In ''Film/MenWithBrooms'', Cutter, [[TranquilFury feeling frustrated]], asks the bartender how much it would cost for another beer, then asks how much for the ''mug'', and finally, for the TV on the wall. After handing over the money, Cutter is told by the bartender to "have at it", and he slings the empty beer mug through the television set.
* The scene in ''Film/OfficeSpace'' when Peter, Michael and Samir destroy the fax machine.
* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
* ''Many times'' in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Most particularly the nice minivan and the gift shop.
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to [[CrushTheKeepsake smash a watch that his father gave him]]. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
* In ''Film/MenWithBrooms'', Cutter, [[TranquilFury feeling frustrated]], asks the bartender how much it would cost for another beer, then asks how much for the ''mug'', and finally, for the TV on the wall. After handing over the money, Cutter is told by the bartender to "have at it", and he slings the empty beer mug through the television set.
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-->"Make the
* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms she is fired by Kuzco]], Izma lets off steam by smashing busts of him.
* ''Many times'' in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Most particularly
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to [[CrushTheKeepsake smash a watch that his father gave him]]. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
* In ''Film/MenWithBrooms'', Cutter, [[TranquilFury feeling frustrated]], asks the bartender how much it would cost for another beer, then asks how much
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* In Creator/SpiderRobinson's ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' series, all drinks at Callahan's bar are fifty cents, and Callahan only accepts one dollar bills. You get the fifty cents back unless you want to step up to the line and make a toast by tossing your empty glass into the bar's fireplace hard enough to shatter it. It is an exceptionally cathartic action, as it turns out.
** In Robinson's ''Mindkiller'', Joe Templeton deals with a moment of deep frustration by carefully making a pitcher of five-to-one martinis ... then pouring it down the sink, making a pitcher of ''six''-to-one martinis, carrying this to his living room, and throwing it through the television set.
* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's first short story, "Rescue Party", aliens exploring the abandoned Earth as the Sun is about to go nova find an office with its contents trashed. [[StrawVulcan Most of them are baffled]] even after one of them suggests this trope as the explanation.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Jayfeather is so upset that Rock didn't tell him that [[spoiler:Leafpool and Crowfeather are his real parents]] that he decides to break Rock's stick. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
* In Creator/SpiderRobinson's ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' series, all drinks at Callahan's bar are fifty cents, and Callahan only accepts one dollar bills. You get the fifty cents back unless you want to step up to the line and make a toast by tossing your empty glass into the bar's fireplace hard enough to shatter it. It is an exceptionally cathartic action, as it turns out.
** In Robinson's ''Mindkiller'', Joe Templeton deals with a moment of deep frustration by carefully making a pitcher of five-to-one martinis ... then pouring it down the sink, making a pitcher of ''six''-to-one martinis, carrying this to his living room, and throwing it through the television set.
* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's first short story, "Rescue Party", aliens exploring the abandoned Earth as the Sun is about to go nova find an office with its contents trashed. [[StrawVulcan Most of them are baffled]] even after one of them suggests this trope as the explanation.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Jayfeather is so upset that Rock didn't tell him that [[spoiler:Leafpool and Crowfeather are his real parents]] that he decides to break Rock's stick. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
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** In Robinson's ''Mindkiller'', Joe Templeton deals with a moment of deep frustration by carefully making a pitcher of five-to-one martinis ... then pouring it down the sink, making a pitcher of ''six''-to-one martinis, carrying this to his living room, and throwing it through the television set.
* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's first short story, "Rescue Party", aliens exploring the abandoned Earth as the Sun is about to go nova find an office with its contents trashed. [[StrawVulcan Most of them are baffled]] even after one of them suggests this trope as the explanation.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Jayfeather is so upset that Rock didn't tell him that [[spoiler:Leafpool and Crowfeather are his real parents]] that he decides to break Rock's stick. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
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* One time on ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' Rob & Laura took their frustrations out on a pile of dishes that they were going to replace anyway because they had chips in them.
* Referenced in whichever Series/{{Mythbusters}} episode had the killer snowplow myth. (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road.)
** Additionally, most Mythbusters episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4"
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'', from "A Late Return from Avalon";
-->'''G'Kar''': By G'Quan, I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that. No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you say, we were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor.
* One time on ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' Rob & Laura took their frustrations out on a pile of dishes that they were going to replace anyway because they had chips in them.
* Referenced in whichever Series/{{Mythbusters}} episode had the killer snowplow myth. (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road.)
** Additionally, most Mythbusters episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4"
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'', from "A Late Return from Avalon";
-->'''G'Kar''': By G'Quan, I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that. No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you say, we were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor.
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* Referenced in whichever Series/{{Mythbusters}} episode had the killer snowplow myth. (where a snowplow could blow a car
** Additionally, most Mythbusters episodes end in them causing some sort
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'', from "A Late Return from Avalon";
-->'''G'Kar''': By G'Quan, I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that. No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you say, we were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor.
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* Referenced by Creator/EddieIzzard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc534eAmyrw this]] sketch about chiropractors from ''Dressed to Kill''
--> "Make the noise, make the noise! I live for the noise!"
* Referenced by Creator/EddieIzzard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc534eAmyrw this]] sketch about chiropractors from ''Dressed to Kill''
--> "Make the noise, make the noise! I live for the noise!"
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* ''Many times'' in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Most particularly the
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to [[CrushTheKeepsake smash a watch that his father gave him]]. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
* In ''Film/MenWithBrooms'', Cutter, [[TranquilFury feeling frustrated]], asks the bartender how much it would cost for another beer, then asks how much for the
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': One citizen joined the Frankenstein Destroyers, not because he had anything against bots, but ''just'' because he liked the delightful crunching noise they made when he caved in their [[SpockSpeak cranial appendages]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': One citizen joined the Frankenstein Destroyers, not because he had anything against bots, but ''just'' because he liked the delightful crunching noise they made when he caved in their [[SpockSpeak cranial appendages]].
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* In Robinson's ''Mindkiller'', Joe Templeton deals with a moment of deep frustration by carefully making a pitcher of five-to-one martinis ... then pouring it down the sink, making a pitcher of ''six''-to-one martinis, carrying this to his living room, and throwing it through the television set.
* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's first short story, "Rescue Party", aliens exploring the abandoned Earth as the Sun is about to go nova find an office with its contents trashed. [[StrawVulcan Most of them are baffled]] even after one of them suggests this trope as the explanation.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Jayfeather is so upset that Rock didn't tell him that [[spoiler:Leafpool and Crowfeather are his real parents]] that he
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* The first weapon you get in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' gives a nice satisfying crunch.
* VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sho Minamimoto]] "Your opinions are garbage! CRUNCH, I'll add 'em to the heap."
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
* When Sasha is teaching Raz how to use the psiblast in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', he tells him to picture something terrible, something that absolutely must die. Sasha's target of choice? Tacky decorative lamps.
* This is the entire reason the game "Boom Blox" for the Wii can be so satisfying. Hurl baseballs, bowling balls, etc, at large, intricate structures and watch them crash to the ground with a nice crunch or boom.
* The first weapon you get in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' gives a nice satisfying crunch.
* VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sho Minamimoto]] "Your opinions are garbage! CRUNCH, I'll add 'em to the heap."
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
* When Sasha is teaching Raz how to use the psiblast in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', he tells him to picture something terrible, something that absolutely must die. Sasha's target of choice? Tacky decorative lamps.
* This is the entire reason the game "Boom Blox" for the Wii can be so satisfying. Hurl baseballs, bowling balls, etc, at large, intricate structures and watch them crash to the ground with a nice crunch or boom.
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* Referenced in whichever ''Series/MythBusters'' episode had the killer snowplow myth (where a snowplow could blow a car off the road). Additionally, most episodes end in them causing some sort of explosion. "When in doubt, C4"
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter's ex refuses a gift. He then uses them for target practice.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'', from "A Late Return from Avalon";
-->'''G'Kar:''' By G'Quan, I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that. No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you
* VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sho Minamimoto]] "Your opinions are garbage! CRUNCH, I'll add 'em to
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
* When Sasha is teaching Raz how to use the psiblast in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', he tells him to picture something terrible, something that absolutely must die. Sasha's target of choice? Tacky decorative lamps.
* This is the entire reason the game "Boom Blox" for the Wii can be so satisfying. Hurl baseballs, bowling balls, etc, at large, intricate structures and watch them crash to the ground with a nice crunch or boom.
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* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has Torg get people together for a party where they [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090119 step on a scale that mocks their weight]] just so they can have fun [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090120 smashing it with crowbars]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[https://web.archive.org/web/20171126121606/http://www.shortpacked.com:80/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has Torg get people together for a party where they [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090119 step on a scale that mocks their weight]] just so they can have fun [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090120 smashing it with crowbars]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[https://web.archive.org/web/20171126121606/http://www.shortpacked.com:80/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', when a muckraking reporter and her film-crew kept following [[BoisterousBruiser Stone]] around, looking for ''something'' to tarnish up his already shaky reputation with, he finally got so fed up with her that he flattened the newsvan they were using to follow him. And you should take the word "flattened" literally, as he used his SuperStrength to drop a bulldozer on it eight or nine times in quick succession. Then he got himself a beer.
* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', when a muckraking reporter and her film-crew kept following [[BoisterousBruiser Stone]] around, looking for ''something'' to tarnish up his already shaky reputation with, he finally got so fed up with her that he flattened the newsvan they were using to follow him. And you should take the word "flattened" literally, as he used his SuperStrength to drop a bulldozer on it eight or nine times in quick succession. Then he got himself a beer.
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* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes had its share. One good example was "Tugboat Granny," when Sylvester's motorboat sped down a waterfall and had a crash landing. The motor runs in the totaled vessel; Sylvester pounds it with a club. The motor sputters; Sylvester gives it one more good pound, and it promptly wilts.
* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes had its share. One good example was "Tugboat Granny," when Sylvester's motorboat sped down a waterfall and had a crash landing. The motor runs in the totaled vessel; Sylvester pounds it with a club. The motor sputters; Sylvester gives it one more good pound, and it promptly wilts.
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* VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sho Minamimoto]] "Your opinions are garbage! CRUNCH, I'll add 'em to the heap."
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' contains a Gaddget called "Stress Press." The entire purpose of it is to smash various objects with an enormous hammer, for the express purpose of making you feel better.
* When Sasha is teaching Raz how to use the psiblast in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', he tells him to picture something terrible, something that absolutely must die. Sasha's target of choice? Tacky decorative lamps.
* This is the entire reason the game "Boom Blox" for the Wii can be so satisfying. Hurl baseballs, bowling balls, etc, at large, intricate structures and
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* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has Torg get people together for a party where they [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090119 step on a scale that mocks their weight]] just so they can have fun [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090120 smashing it with crowbars]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[https://web.archive.org/web/20171126121606/http://www.shortpacked.com:80/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes had its share. One good example was "Tugboat Granny," when Sylvester's motorboat sped down a waterfall and had a crash landing. The motor runs in the totaled vessel; Sylvester pounds it with a club. The motor sputters; Sylvester gives it one more good pound, and it promptly wilts.
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* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has Torg get people together for a party where they [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090119 step on a scale that mocks their weight]] just so they can have fun [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090120 smashing it with crowbars]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[https://web.archive.org/web/20171126121606/http://www.shortpacked.com:80/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes had its share. One good example was "Tugboat Granny," when Sylvester's motorboat sped down a waterfall and had a crash landing. The motor runs in the totaled vessel; Sylvester pounds it with a club. The motor sputters; Sylvester gives it one more good pound, and it promptly wilts.
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* This trope is the exact reason why many people dream of walking into a fine china shop with a [[CarryABigStick large]] [[DropTheHammer blunt]] [[BatterUp object]] in hand.
** And why a common carnival game is throwing balls at clay plates.
** And why a common carnival game is throwing balls at clay plates.
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* This trope is the exact reason why many people dream of walking into a fine china shop with a [[CarryABigStick large]] [[DropTheHammer blunt]] [[BatterUp object]] in hand.
**hand. And why a common carnival game is throwing balls at clay plates.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Ethan really has it in for [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20171126121606/http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ com:80/2010/comic/book-12/05-neww-2010-comics/gangsta/ Alternators Tracks]].
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* Referenced by Creator/EddieIzzard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwnkTnHrtI this]] sketch about chiropractors from ''Dressed to Kill''
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* Referenced by Creator/EddieIzzard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwnkTnHrtI com/watch?v=wc534eAmyrw this]] sketch about chiropractors from ''Dressed to Kill''
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RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare AgitatedItemStomping. DieChairDie may also be related to this when used as a CatharsisFactor. Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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Sister trope of AgitatedItemStomping. RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare AgitatedItemStomping.PercussiveTherapy when the item being smashed was unrelated to the cause of the rage. DieChairDie may also be related to this when used as a CatharsisFactor. Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to smash a watch that his father gave him. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
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* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to [[CrushTheKeepsake smash a watch that his father gave him.him]]. After that, Jack starts smashing a room full of clocks, for everything Peter did that annoyed him.
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fully covered under Shoot The Television
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* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'': The Joker shoots a TV set whenever Batman comes on.
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this is fully covered under Ring Ring CRUNCH
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* Katchoo in ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' breaks/smashes/destroys (in various ways) [[RingRingCrunch her alarm clock]] ''every time'' when it rings in the morning.
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* Katchoo in ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' breaks/smashes/destroys (in various ways) [[RingRingCrunch her alarm clock]] ''every time'' when it rings in the morning.
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RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare AgitatedItemStomping. DieChairDie may also be related to this, depending on the game.
This is the most common way of achieving a CatharsisFactor in video games.
[[DontTryThisAtHome For obvious reasons, this is rarely something you can do in real life without legal consequences at the least.]] Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
This is the most common way of achieving a CatharsisFactor in video games.
[[DontTryThisAtHome For obvious reasons, this is rarely something you can do in real life without legal consequences at the least.]] Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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This is the most common way of achieving a CatharsisFactor in video games.
RingRingCrunch is a subtrope. Compare AgitatedItemStomping. DieChairDie may also be related to this when used as a CatharsisFactor. Not to be confused with SickeningCrunch, which involves living beings instead.
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The visceral joy one gets from ruthlessly smashing or otherwise destroying some inanimate object, especially if said object (or whatever it represents) has caused you a great deal of annoyance. Implements favored for this kind of catharsis include, but are not limited to: [[BatterUp Baseball Bats]], [[DropTheHammer Sledgehammers]], [[ChainsawGood Chainsaws]], Woodchippers, Heavy Construction Equipment, Clubs, and in some cases High Explosives. As a general rule, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill the more over the top the means of destruction, the greater the satisfaction.]] RingRingCrunch is a subtrope of this. DieChairDie may also be related to this, depending on the game.
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The visceral joy one gets from ruthlessly smashing or otherwise destroying some inanimate object, especially if said object (or whatever it represents) has caused you a great deal of annoyance. Implements favored for this kind of catharsis include, but are not limited to: [[BatterUp Baseball Bats]], [[DropTheHammer Sledgehammers]], [[ChainsawGood Chainsaws]], Woodchippers, Heavy Construction Equipment, Clubs, and in some cases High Explosives. As a general rule, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill the more over the top the means of destruction, the greater the satisfaction.]] ]]
RingRingCrunch is asubtrope of this.subtrope. Compare AgitatedItemStomping. DieChairDie may also be related to this, depending on the game.
RingRingCrunch is a
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* For some, why the crack of a NeckSnap is a MostWonderfulSound.
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* For some, why the crack of a NeckSnap is a MostWonderfulSound.SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound.
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* Katchoo in ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' breaks/smashes/destroys (in various ways) her alarm clock ''every time'' when it rings in the morning.
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* Katchoo in ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' breaks/smashes/destroys (in various ways) [[RingRingCrunch her alarm clock clock]] ''every time'' when it rings in the morning.
