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* ''[[Shin Chan]]'': ''"The Happiness Bunny"'' - a Japanese woman and daughter who release anger over their abusive husband/father by beating up their stuffed rabbits.

* In ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'', Reinhard exhibited a tendency to smash wineglasses whenever some particularly bad news was delivered to him. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that drinks (and thus glasses) are readily available in those meetings where such news is delivered to.

 

 

** I think it was pretty obvious he was just testing their ''durability'', and then just ''placed'' 'em in the woods because that's what they were made of!

* [[Office Space]] has the Most Rewarding Example, with baseball bats and the malfunctioning printer.

* In the "One of My Turns" scene in [[The Wall]], Pink goes nuts and breaks everything in his hotel room, his aggression focused seemingly more at objects around him like his TV and his guitars than against the groupie who just happens to be in the way.

 

 

== Literature ==

{{quote| The Silastic Armourfiends were an insanely aggressive race who lived on the planet Striterax approximately twenty billion years ago "when the universe was young". They were extremely keen on fighting - one of the best ways to deal with a Silastic Armourfiend was to lock him in a room by himself, since he would beat himself up sooner or later. They wrecked the surface of their planet in constant wars, and the whole population lived within bunkers deep below the surface. ''In an attempt to deal with the problems their violent nature created, the Silastic Armourfiends passed a law that anybody who had to carry a weapon as part of their normal work [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|(including policemen, security guards and primary school teachers)]] must spend a minimum of 45 minutes each day punching a sack of potatoes. It was hoped that this would allow them to work off their surplus aggression. This plan worked only until someone had the idea to simply shoot the potatoes, and the Silastic Armourfiends were excited about their "first war for weeks."}}

* In the book Man on Fire by A J Quinell, one character named Benny gets in trouble with the law after trashing the office of an mayor who promised him a job and later acted like every politician will. Benny tried to pay off his frustration with him but he escaped so...

** Spike spends much of the 7th season of the show with an intense case of [[Badass Decay]], presumably due to the after-effects of him being given a soul, and then tormented by the First Evil. After retrieving his [[Badass Longcoat]], he tracks down the Monster of the Week and engages in a brutal brawl with the guy (this being the first time we see Spike enjoy himself all season) before snapping its neck. Afterwards, he tells the corpse that a good fight is "Good for the Soul."

** "A New Man". Giles, after a [[Humiliation Conga]] of events make him feel outdated and useless, comes across his old enemy Ethan Rayne and says, "You have no idea how much thrashing you is gonna improve my day."

* When [[Angel]] sees his [[Love Interest]] Cordelia having sex with his son, he kicks down the door to the stairwell, then we hear the sound of him doing the same to every other door he comes upon.

{{quote| "Still.. It ''felt'' good."}}

 

 

* Ren in ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' does it sometimes. A particularly good example is the beginning of the ''Adult Party Cartoon'' episode "Altruists", where he beats Stimpy up as if it's some kind of routine.

* When told she needs to stop working so excessively, Nicole of ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' decides to start breaking household objects to relieve stress.