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Anime and Manga
In the end, when I'm the victor... I will kill every single human being on this planet. I'll come methodically after every last one of you, and I'll watch your faces twist with fear.
— Cell, Dragon Ball Z
Wake up! Torture's no fun if I can't hear you scream!
— Frieza to Goku, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Soothe me with a lullaby of torment and agony!
— Midnight, Fairy Tail
Pride: KIMBLEE! No... there's no way anyone could maintain his sense of self in this torrent of souls!
Solf J. Kimblee: Typhoon? Surely you jest. Screams of agony are like LULLABIES TO MY EARS!
Solf J. Kimblee: Typhoon? Surely you jest. Screams of agony are like LULLABIES TO MY EARS!
Earth will burn, and the ensuing cries of the victims will trigger battle anew!
— Rau Le Creuset, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Hahahahaha... I love the screams of young women! They're more beautiful than any sound a musical instrument could ever make!
— Ali, Sailor Moon R
Comic Books
Before we begin I'd like to discuss the subject of screaming. By saying this - go right ahead.
— Black Mask, Batman
"And on that day, everything that dare call itself alive in all the cosmos will grovel before me and beg for my mercy. And I will simply laugh and watch them burn."
—Zadkiel, Ghost Rider: Heaven's on Fire
I remember my first Constantine. It was the first of July, 1916, and the night was deep and blue and beautiful... twenty thousand men lay dead or dying on the scarlands of the Somme. It was paradise. Nirvana. I barely knew where to begin. I walked through the corpse garden that had been the Manchester Fusiliers, reveling in sobs and moans and cries for god or for mother, and I thought, "this day, this glorious day! There is a good after all!"
—The King of the Vampires, Hellblazer: Rough Trade
Fan Works
Yes. Do it again. Scream for me again, sweetheart. I can smell your tears. I can't wait to taste them.
— Daemon to Lucy, Opening Dangerous Gates
You and your precious cousin... I'll make sure to peel you apart slowly for all this trouble. I'm going to enjoy watching you scream in agony until your faces are frozen with true horror.
— Falla Cii to Tsukune Aono, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act IV
I LOVE THE SCREAMS OF CHILDREN!!
— Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon Abridged
Gunfire, screams, and the sounds of things that were both less and far more than human rang like dirges through the cramped and darkened spaces of the Whyler Prison. It was like sweet holiday music, nostalgic and well-omened, particularly for a creature such as [the Heresiarch]!
— Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K, "Our Chains Are Broken"
Ironic isn't it. You said last time that the next time we did this, you would make me scream beyond what was considered possible. Well, now who's the one screaming? I hope you're not enjoying this little role-reversal nearly as much as I am. Your agonized shrieks sooth me. And your blood… (licks the blood from her hand) Delicious...
Film — Animated
The sound of Simba's dying gasp
His daughter squealing in my grasp!
His lionesses' mournful cry
That's my lullaby!
His daughter squealing in my grasp!
His lionesses' mournful cry
That's my lullaby!
— Zira's Villain Song, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Film — Live-Action
I'm gonna show you something beautiful... everyone screaming, for mercy.
— Ultron, Avengers: Age of Ultron
They scream and they cry, much as you're doing now.
— Dr. Jonathan Crane, after dosing someone with a fear-inducing toxin, Batman Begins
Screaming only excites him.
— Tagline of Carver
Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?
Baby Firefly: Take his gag out. It's more fun with the screaming.
Mother Firefly: I like that too. That screaming is much more exciting that way.
Mother Firefly: I like that too. That screaming is much more exciting that way.
You're just making daddy's willy harder!
— Mr. Lomax, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
"You know what? I think you're holding out on me. I bet if I hit the right spot... I can make you scream!"
—The Man, Hush
Tasty, tasty, beautiful fear...
—Pennywise, It (2017)
Alan: I'm in medical research. There's a lot of money in it. There's plenty for you.
Peytraud: I don't want money.
Alan: Yeah? What do you want?
Peytraud: I want to hear you scream.
Peytraud: I don't want money.
Alan: Yeah? What do you want?
Peytraud: I want to hear you scream.
Literature
Flesh so fine, so fine to tear, to gnash the skin; skin to strip, to plait, so nice to plait the strips, so nice, so red the drops that fall; blood so red, so red, so sweet; sweet screams, pretty screams, singing screams, scream your song, sing your screams...
— Machin Shin, The Wheel of Time
Djuhn'Keep smiled, turned up the volume and lounged back in his chair, conducting the symphony of screams and death rattles as if it were the sweetest of sweet music.
— Red Dwarf: Backwards
Live-Action TV
This is the part that's less fun: when there isn't any screaming.
— Vampire Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Wish
You can scream as loud as you like. In fact, I prefer it...
—James March, American Horror Story: Hotel
Tabletop Games
His scream is a beautiful sound, full of timbre and melody. There is no sound quite as satisfying as the screaming of a Technomancer. I move quickly, rigging the IVs so that I can take care of him for a very long time; I watch his brain waves on my EEG display. He's probably going to die within a few months anyway: the daily shock and inability to sleep will kill him. Until then, I'll have my own orchestra right here in this room.
— Mage: The Ascension — Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts
Why on earth would you think I wanted you to stop screaming? I find the results so much more melodious when you indulge your fear.
—A Tzimisce, Vampire: The Masquerade — Rulebook (20th ed)
The kine's screams would be nerve-racking, had I still nerves to speak of. As it is, I find the rhythmic passage of sound waves through my vitae soothing, almost amniotic.
— Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Tzimisce
We do not do it for coin, for there is none. We do not do it for glory, for there is none also. We do not do it for even the gratitude of the people, nor the soft kiss of a maiden, for the people are too scared to thank us. No, we do it for the screaming of our enemies — and of that, mi amico, there is a-plenty.
—El Gatto del San Stefenato, Tilean Skaven Hunter, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Children of the Horned Rat — A Guide to Skaven
Theatre
Lydia: The sound of a scream, is music to me
A sound that says fifteen years full-time therapy
Betelgeuse: Trauma and fear, it sings in my ear
Both: Ain't it the sweetest noise around, that beautiful sound
A sound that says fifteen years full-time therapy
Betelgeuse: Trauma and fear, it sings in my ear
Both: Ain't it the sweetest noise around, that beautiful sound
Toys
Zaktann: Now what? Do you kill us?
Irnakk: Where is the fun in that, says I? Alive, you can fill the air with the music of your screams. Dead, you are just silent meat.
— BIONICLE
Cries and screams are music to my ears!
— Soundwave's Tech Spec/bio quotation, Transformers: Generation One
Video Games
Hee-hee... Nothing beats the sweet music of hundreds of voices screaming in unison!
Your screams will sound glorious with my music.
Those anguished screams....I can't help but find some satisfaction in them.
— Ganondorf, Hyrule Warriors
Next time I will do more than beat you senseless. I’ll make the affair so excruciating, you’ll deafen yourself with the shrill sound of your own screams.
—Ghirahim, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
I can taste your terror, child. All that anxiety and doubt... it's delicious. Give into your fear. Flee, screaming, and I'll let you live.
—Infinite, Sonic Forces
Your eternal screams of horror will be my pop music!
Six billion cries of agony will birth a new balance!
So much hatred... so much fear... it is wonderful...
— The Unbidden, Stellaris
Where is the satisfying sound of one's impalement?
—Ramon Salazar, Resident Evil 4
Now let me hear your death cries, and tormented screams of anguish!
— Queklain/Cúchulainn, Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1 translation)
Yes, scream for me! I would hear every whimper, every cry—unto your dying wails of agony!
— 4th-make Cuchulainn, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
As you well know, Isaac, I enjoy pain. It's like a good Chinese dinner, you know, with the sweet and the sour. Expanding on that analogy, I will smile with delight - that's the sweet - as you scream for your fucking life - of course, that's the sour.
—Papa Caesar, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL
The wretched screams of the dead fill my heart with joy!
—Dr. Edward Rictofen, Call of Duty: Zombies
"I can talk all right. And I got a good memory. 'Fiora get outta there, get out!' Her screams were music to my ears as my claws slid right through her soft flesh. Like a hot knife through butter!"
— Metal Face/Mumkhar, Xenoblade Chronicles 1
"I'm all about the screaming! And I will enjoy yours before the day is through! That's why I am Moebius!"
— Consul V, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Leonie: Heartless monster! You'll pay for this!
Metodey: Save your breath—you'll need it to scream as I tear your limbs from your body!
Metodey: Save your breath—you'll need it to scream as I tear your limbs from your body!
"What a scream you have! Music to my ears!"
"Only screams of pain and agony can soothe the rage and madness in my soul."
—Rugal Bernstein, The King of Fighters XV
"My grounds, where screams are flowers and pain their fragrance."
"It's okay, scream my name. Let me hear everything the pain awakens..."
Webcomics
To the audience members that are still alive- -Would you all kindly do me a favour- -and SCREAM!
— Ava Ire/"Wrava" before killing the remaining audience, Ava's Demon
Here you are! The "Red Playroom". Iago Heterodyne's favorite! How he loved the sound of screaming!
—Castle Heterodyne, Girl Genius, v9p13
I like listening to the sounds paladins make when they realize that all their beliefs in a just and caring universe don't matter for squat when they're on fire.
— Xykon, The Order of the Stick
I've heard a lot of screams... I've caused a lot of screams... and that's a good one.
— The Grin, Starcaster Chronicles
Western Animation
Yes... yes... your anguish sustains me!
— Stewie Griffin, Family Guy
Oooh, I like it when they squeal!
— Dr. Frankenollie, Mickey Mouse, "Runaway Brain"
Yes, yeees, that's it... your pathetic pleas are giving Himcules MUCH STRENGTH!
— Himcules, My Life as a Teenage Robot
Please, scream all you wish. It whets my appetite.
— Cironielian Chrysalis Eater, Teen Titans
What a pleasure it will be to hear the screams when I remake the world in my own image.
— The Tengu Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
