Loves the Sound of Screaming: Difference between revisions

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''That's my lullaby!''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJGqxf86cZs#t=46s "My Lullaby"], '''Zira''''s [[Villain Song]] from the ''[[The Lion King]] 2'' }}

 

** When {{spoiler|he is consumed by Pride and trapped in a typhoon of anguished souls, he is able to maintain his sense of self solely because of this trope}}. That's right, Kimblee's practice of this trope was a [[Chekhov's Gun]].

** Also somewhat implied with [[Femme Fatal|Lust]].

* In ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', J. Geil's [[For the Evulz|main reason to do anything]] was for the sake of hearing his victims' screams; he outright states [[Dead Little Sister|that Polnareff's sister had a nice scream]].

** But then it gets inverted when Polnareff (with a lot of Kakyion's help) manages to severely injure him by countering his stand ability. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Hey J. Geil! You are the one with a nice scream."]]

* "Scream for me!" is practically [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Sabretooth]]'s catchphrase.

** Parodied in one of [[Deadpool]] comics, when Creed was about to do something terrible to Wade, before he started:

'''Sabretooth''': I said enough! }}

* The entire reason [[Batman/Characters|the Scarecrow's]] Fear Toxin exists is to make his victims scream.

* As noted under "film", ''That Yellow Bastard'' of ''[[Sin City]]'' likes to hear his underage victims scream, to the point he was actually impotent unless he heard said screams.

 

== Film (Live Action) ==

* In the first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movie, Filch mentions how they used to hang up disobedient students by their thumbs for punishment in [[Ye Goode Olde Days|the good old days]].

** In the fourth movie Voldemort puts his finger to Harry's forehead which causes him pain and he screams in agony. Voldemort watches this with an excited look on his face and screams along with him, almost like he's urging him to continue screaming.

* ''[[The Addams Family]]''.

* In ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'', [[Complete Monster|Maggot]] demands a woman do this before he knifes her, nearly warning their targets.

* In ''[[Batman Begins]]'', Dr. Jonathan Crane is implied to enjoy {{spoiler|using his fear toxin to force people into panic attacks}}. Just consider what he said about his patients to Falcone after {{spoiler|spraying him with said fear toxin}}.

** In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', the main reason [[The Joker]] loves using knives is so he can "savor all of the little emotions", which you miss out on when using a gun.

 

== Theatre ==

* And the Broadway version of ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' gives [[Big Bad|Ursula]] the second [[Villain Song]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEugSRttip0&feature=related "I Want the Good Times Back"], notable for the massive [[Lyrical Dissonance]] and one of the most brazen examples of [[Foe Yay]] ever, which is mix of Ursula explaining her plan and this trope:

''[[For the Evulz|I want the special rush you get from crushing hopes and dreams!]]'' }}

** And, unlike [[The Lion King|Zira]], who just implies this in her song, Ursula then goes on and directly says that "It's an aphrodisiac." [[Disney]] villainesses are surprisingly kinky.

* [[Voltaire (band)|Voltaire]]'s song "When You're Evil" gives us this line:

 

 

== Video Games ==

* In [[Runescape]], the player controls a forgotten warrior whose friends and brother are all slaughtered by a quartet of adventurers (long story). The ghost of Taevas, her brother, comes back to haunt her and to encourage her to exact ruthless vengeance.

** Quite creepy considering that many claim [[Runescape]] is a kids' game.

* [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]].

* [[Suikoden II|Luca Blight]] claims to love "hearing those pigs squeal," [[Moral Event Horizon|meaning the innocent bystanders that he tends to slaughter while they're begging for their lives]].

* Papa Cesar in ''[[House of the Dead]]: Overkill'':

* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', Jane has the 'Sadist' ability, which kicks in randomly to make her deal more damage. When it activates, she says "Hmm, Scream for me." She's also given the moniker "Sadistic Jane".

* One of the level ending quotes of ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'':

* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' has this trope in SPADES. One of the reasons she gives in the game for killing angels is that they aren't annoying when they are dying.

* Sniper Wolf explains that gunfire, sirens and screams were her lullabies when giving her death speech to Solid Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', although in this case, they may have literally been her lullabies considering the fact that she was born and raised in the battlefield around Kurdistan/Iraq.

** In Sniper Wolf's case those sounds were beyond her control and something she did not enjoy. A straighter example could be found in the character of Colonel Volgin from Metal Gear Solid 3 who loves torturing his victims. During World War II he and the Russian units under his command were ordered to execute thousands of Polish citizens and soldiers, he personally beat many such victims to death with his fists and took off their blindfolds so that he could enjoy the look of terror in their eyes as they died. During the game's story he subjects the young Big Boss, then known as Snake, to [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] where he beats him within an inch of his life and electrocutes him, and when Snake pisses himself because he can't hold it in through all the pain Volgin reacts to it by saying, "Yes! Now that's what I wanna see!" Ocelot, a man who ruthlessly tortured Snake with electricity during Shadow Moses which means this is saying something, watching this is disgusted at first, but slowly begins to view torture as an art form after the torture session ends.

* I-No of ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' gleefully admits that she enjoys anyone else's screaming, as shown in her winquote against Bridget.

* Though it doesn't come up within the ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' canon itself, the vocal version of [[SNK Boss|Unlimited!]][[Big Bad|Hazama]]'s/[[Ax Crazy|Yuuki]] [[Troll|Terumi]]'s theme, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Endless Despair]], states outright that the sound of unbridled screaming and wailing is like wonderful singing in his ears. He isn't particularily keen on what causes the screams, it can be [[Cold-Blooded Torture|pain]], [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|rage]] or [[Despair Event Horizon|sorrow]], just as long as it is derived from misery. Considering what a ''[[Complete Monster|horrible]]'' being Hazama/Terumi is within canon, though, it does not require a great stretch of the listener's imagination to believe that all of this holds true outside of his theme song as well.

* Leanne, the initial protagonist of ''[[Theresia]]'', associates screaming with [[Torture Technician|her beloved mother]].

* Dr. Weil in ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 3'' upon leaving Crea and Prea to deal with Zero, says "I've got some pig squeals to enjoy.", in reference to the humans who are currently at the mercy of the Dark Elf-brainwashed, currently insane Reploids.

* Several demons have lines like this in the ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou]] [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon|Kuzunoha]]'' games.

 

 

== Web Original ==

* [[SCP Foundation]] [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-469 469], "The Many Winged Angel", which feeds off noise.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZzJELbFRI This] gag song falls into this eventually, after pretending it's about sunshine and happiness.

* ''[[The Gungan Council]]'' has Karma thoroughly enjoying torture, with Kaelin ''getting off'' on it.

* [[Transformers Generation 1|Soundwave's]] quote in his original toy bio was "Cries and screams are music to my ears."

* Bane demands that [[Batman]] scream his name for him after he has him dead to rights in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Batman doesn't give him the satisfaction.

* In the [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon "Runaway Brain", the [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Frankenollie tortures Mickey through electrocution and he remarks "I love it when they squeal!".

* A rather horrifying example from ''[[Beast Wars]]'' is the homicidal Rampage, who loves the taste(literally!) of fear.

** And in "Other Voices Part 1" when Optimus is being scanned/zapped by the aliens:

 

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