Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!/Web Comics

""There, there, you blubbering goddamn pansy.""
 * In Girl Genius, the unnamed circus chef is fond of using his "calming pie" to calm down people by applying it to their faces. In a subversion, it doesn't usually work too well, as seen here.
 * Of course when it does work....
 * In a similar manner, Krosp later chomps Gilgamesh's hand in order to quickly yank him out of The Madness Place.
 * Dimo punches Lars to snap him out of his hysterics about the revenants.
 * In Drowtales, Shinae not just slaps, but punches Kiel'ndia out of a hysterical fit.
 * Parodied beautifully in Bigger Than Cheeses.
 * In Juathuur,
 * In El Goonish Shive, Melissa did this to herself when her delusions about Justin were getting out of control and even references MythBusters involvement with this trope.
 * Happens here in Homestuck. Karkat goes into a Heroic BSOD and gets this treatment  The whole scene actually Crosses the Line Twice and turn a rather serious Tear Jerker into a Crowning Moment of Funny.


 * And upgrades the Brightslap to a Brightbeatdown. Beware the Nice Ones indeed....
 * Laura in Collar 6 administers a much-needed love tap to her Mistress when Sixx indulges in a bit of Wangsting, followed by an equally well-deserved verbal slap. It ultimately comes across as heartwarming.
 * Yuki gets one in Ménage à 3 to stop her from tearing up every magazine with naked men in a store. This exact same line is even said. Well, y'know, except for the "man" part.
 * Performed by DiDi on Zii
 * Just as well;  Though they had no way of knowing that at the time.
 * When Greg of Real Life Comics got into the 'zone' and lost his connection to reality, Dave tried to slap him out of it. It worked for a couple of seconds.
 * In Moképon, Atticus is just recovering from nearly being shot when he and Dragonthing run into a giant swarm of angry Bug Pokémon. Dragonthing has to bite Atty to knock him out of his Heroic BSOD before they high-tail it.
 * Magellan: This line is used to get Charisma out of future shock.