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{{quote|''"I'm so angry I could punch a hole in this solid concrete wall!"''|'''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|Colonel Volgin]]''', ''[[Hiimdaisy]]: Let's Destroy the Shagohod!''}}
When things are going badly wrong, the hero needs to hit something to prove he's a badass, but can't hit anyone because that would be unheroic. So he hits something inanimate. His pain proves he is sincere.
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* [[The Boys]] has a variation - The Homelander (a Superman expy) has just been embarassed by Billy Butcher. Instead of punching a wall, he ''throws a plane.''
* [[Daredevil]], after his long time on-again off-again girlfriend Karen is killed by Bullseye, he screams and trashes his bedroom.
* In one arc of the the ''[[Hellboy]]'' series ''[[BPRD]]'', Abe Sapien finds pictures on a wall of his transformation into a fish-man, with his former friends standing around and visibly celebrating the transformation (as they believed that this brought their friend closer to their favorite occult deities); he becomes so upset he punches one of the pictures, breaking the frame and putting a hole through the wall behind it.
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
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* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Sarah Connor]]'' when they lose track of John's signal.
{{quote|'''Cameron:''' Breaking the computer won't help}}
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'''s episode "A Proportional Response", CJ and Sam have a vicious verbal fight after CJ finds out about Laurie the Call Girl. She dresses him down pretty thoroughly; he fights back by questioning the "guts, strength, and courage" of her convictions. CJ is very hurt. Sam knows it, and knows furthermore that she was right. So, in frustration, he punches the wall outside CJ's office, done ([[Walk and Talk|as with lots of things on the show]]) while walking down the hallway.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wPn5JsZiMg Can't forget Andy Bernard's infamous reaction to Jim hiding his cellphone in the ceiling tiles and calling it repeatedly.]
{{quote|'''Jim:''' *examining hole* Wow, thats a half inch of dry wall!}}
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* Done by both Heat and Cielo in ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]''.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Luzzu punches a wall repeatedly if Gatta dies in Operation Mi'ihen.
* Also done by Colonel Volgin in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', where he makes a rather sizable dent in a concrete wall.
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[The Last Story]]'': The party just ran into a dead end? Have [[The Hero|Zael]] kick a wall. This ''always'' manages to open a secret passage. The party members occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|comment]] on this.
** At one point, whenn the party splits up, [[Iron Butt Monkey|Lowell]] runs into a dead end, and tries kicking a wall... and for his trouble, only a single piece of the wall comes out... [[Groin Attack|straight into his crotch]]. [[Funny Moments|His face is priceless]].
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