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Some people find happiness in hearing a peaceful stream, or the laughter of children, or maybe a beautiful symphony. Others... not so much. Sometimes you'll find people who very openly find joy, solace, or at least, familiarity, in the sounds of suffering and violence.
Expect this trope to crop up if there's a [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture scene]], particularly if someone's being [[Interrogated for Nothing]]. If the victim is [[The Stoic]], [[The Spock]], or [[Defiant to
Usually a sign that the person you're dealing with is a [[Psycho for Hire]], a [[Complete Monster]], or at the very least a sadist (it's not exactly a heroic quality). For characters who actually feed off of feelings of suffering, see [[Emotion Eater]]. Related to [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]].
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** Also somewhat implied with [[Femme Fatal|Lust]].
{{quote| I look forward to the day when those eyes will be wide with agony...}}
* In ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
** 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."]]
* The [[Complete Monster|Snake Baron]] from ''[[Berserk]]'' says he prefers the sounds of humans screaming under a fiery apocalypse rather than material goods.
** In contrast to the [[Complete Monster]] apostles who are this trope, there is a much more sympathetic one present in {{spoiler|Farnese}}. In her case, her [[A Date
* When {{spoiler|Death the Kid}} was being tortured in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', [[Face Heel Turn]] {{spoiler|Justin Law took out his perpetual [[Headphones Equal Isolation|earphones]]}} so that he could listen. Even the other villain raised an eyebrow.
** Giriko of ''[[Soul Eater]]''.
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'''Deadpool''': No, wait! Now I'll do it like a little girl! EEEEEK! EEEEEK! EEEEK!<br />
'''Sabretooth''': I said enough! }}
* The entire reason [[Batman
{{quote| "SCREAM OR I'LL '''MAKE''' YOU 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.
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* A rare heroic example, [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Jack Skellington]], the King of Halloween, laments that he has "grown so weary of the sound of screams," indicating that he used to enjoy them. The screams he's referring to are those of fright from Halloween pranks, and not torture.
* As the page quote shows, [[Villain Song|"My Lullaby"]] in ''[[The Lion King]] 2'' is almost entirely this.
* The ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' monsters don't just like to hear screams; they need them as a source of energy.
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{{quote| "God, I miss the screamin'."}}
** 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.
* ''[[
* At one point in the movie ''[[Virtuosity]]'' the villain SID 6.7 uses a roomful of hostages as a source of a variety of screams, which he then remixes into a symphony of fear for his enjoyment.
* Roark Junior, the title character of the ''[[Sin City]]'' story "That Yellow Bastard," is a [[Complete Monster]] of a [[Serial Killer]] who rapes and murders little girls and who [[Loves to Hear Them Scream]]. As Nancy Callahan reveals {{spoiler|during his [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] of her eight years after his first attempt on her is foiled by Hartigan, the screams of his victims are the only way that Junior can get turned on, or even get it up}}.
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* One of [[wikipedia:The Red Knight|the Red Knights]] in [[Arthurian Legend]] was cursed to require the continuous din of screaming ladies to rest. Without the noise, headaches and insomnia would quickly drive him mad.
* Ray used to be baffled by this in [[Christopher Brookmyre|Christopher Brookmyre's]]'' [[A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]]''. Then his wife had a baby, and he understood how people got desensitised.
* In one of the ''[[Magic:
* DomDaniel in ''[[
* The [[The Elric Saga|Melnibonean court]] has a choir of surgically-altered human slaves who can only scream in one particular note each.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''Warhammer40000'', the Chaos Space Marine Night Lords Legion is fond of this. However, the [[Evil Counterpart|Dark]] [[The Fair Folk|Eldar]] of ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' have based their entire society on inflicting and enjoying other people's pain. When launching another terrifying raid on a hapless foe, their favored transports are open-topped skimmers, "the better to hear the screams of our prey as we ride them down, to savour the fear etched on their faces, to taste the tantalising tang of their blood in the air as an appetiser before the feast." Their leader Asdrubael Vect's most famous quote is "Death is my meat, terror my wine."
* ''[[Magic:
** Liliana Vess as well, according to another edition of the same card.
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''[[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 (
{{quote| Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.}}
== Video Games ==
* In [[
{{quote| "Gut her. Rip her in two. Make her suffer...When she least expects it, crush her. Let me hear her. Let her screams comfort me in the darkness."}}
** Quite creepy considering that many claim [[Runescape]] is a kids' game.
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== Webcomics ==
* [[Playing
* ''[[Goblins]]'' plays this straight with [[Torture Technician|Dellyn]] [[Fantastic Racism|Goblinslayer]]. On the other hand, [[Knight Templar|Kore]] narrowly avoids this one. Sure, he [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortures]] Chief just to make him scream, but there's a practical reason: to lure the other goblins out of hiding so he can kill them too.
== Web Original ==
* [[
{{quote| "Any human or animal that touches or gets too close to the surface of the creature will be quickly enveloped by the outstretching wings and drawn inside. Despite the feathers’ soft appearance, each hair has a sharp point that quickly pierces through clothing and into bare flesh, releasing a neurotoxin that immediately stimulates all the pain receptors in the body, as well as other stimulants to keep the victim from passing out too quickly."}}
* [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.
* [[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[My Life
* [[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:
{{quote| '''Bane''': "SCREAM MY NAME! SCREAM!"}}
* 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 ''[[
** And in "Other Voices Part 1" when Optimus is being scanned/zapped by the aliens:
{{quote| '''Megatron''': ''[listening to Optimus scream]'' [[Ho Yay|Ah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night...]]}}
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