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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"So you're telling me... when you lose your cool, you drop a guy and then BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM!?"''
|'''Luke Ainsworth''', ''[[The Sacred Blacksmith]]''}}
His girlfriend is about to explode, and he's at ground zero, often without a bomb kit or a prayer.
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If he had no idea why she was angry, or if she were a stranger, or if he were a total jerk, he would defend himself. Which is why this trope almost never happens to anyone but the guy who knows exactly why she's mad (whether or not he's actually at fault), regularly associates with her, and is at least half-way decent. Even if this guy is a master martial artist and if she hasn't taken a single karate class in her life, she'll smack him silly because he all but ''lets'' her.
Why is the guy so powerless? Because it's [[Different for Girls]]. She's very, very
Even if he doesn't quite understand it himself, he instinctively knows that if she doesn't hurt him now, her wrath will fester into long-lived anger. Their association or relationship will be soured if not broken off altogether. Compared to that, a bit of mind-numbing pain seems the lesser of two
And so, the slap effectively pierces his armor.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Sayaka to Kouji from ''[[Mazinger Z]]''. Given that Kouji was the poster boy for tactless, [[Idiot Hero]], and Sayaka a [[Tsundere]], he found himself in the receiving end of these rather often.
** And Jun to Tetsuya from ''[[Great Mazinger]]''. Given that Tetsuya [[Took a Level
** And Maria from ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' also gave Kouji some of these.
* Done a few times in ''[[School Days]]''.
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* And Sakura to ''[[Naruto]]''. Much more often when they were younger, and now, ''much'' more violently, considering Sakura's training under Tsunade, though Sakura and Naruto are closer than before and they are slightly more mature, so it barely happens in Part II (Naruto behaves less stupidly and Sakura is more patient).
** Jiraiya mentions that he was nearly killed by Tsunade once before, for peeping on her in a hotspring. [[Disproportionate Retribution|Tsunade broke both arms, both legs, six ribs, and "massive damage" to his internal organs]]. Just for illustration, Jiraiya claims that this was one of the only two times he had come close to death. It's also known that Jiraiya has gone on more suicidally dangerous missions then any else (138 to be exact). The women hit harder than the bad guys, indeed.
** Subverted with Suigetsu and Karin. Karin tries to slap him whenever he badmouths her or Sasuke, but he just nonchalantly [[Blob Monster|turns into water]] to avoid actually be
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', [[Butt Monkey|Shinji]] [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|gets slapped around a lot by]] [[Love Interest|Asuka]], and once by Misato and Rei; also Misato to Kaji, Misato to Ritsuko twice, and Asuka to Rei at least once.
** Subverted in ''Rebuild'', {{spoiler|when Rei actually intercepts Asuka's slap this time around.}}
** Although, Shinji has no armor to begin with. However it usually -and awesomely- is inverted in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' games: when ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Bright Noa]]'' slaps Shinji, Shinji starts to get his act together, gain a spine and a thicker skin, and gradually evolves into a [[Badass]].
* Sae and Momo have slapped each other many times in ''[[Peach Girl]]''.
* The most famous example of this is probably Akane Tendo's Ranma beatings in ''[[Ranma
** Another possible justification is that Ranma is a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] who often goes [[Jerkass]] on her because of his raising and his macho behavior. He ''does'' care for Akane and is the first one to go help her if she needs it, but outside of these tight situations he just ''won't'' [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit it out]] or stop [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|denying his attraction to her]]. If she'd actually let him explain when something was [[Not What It Looks Like]], he'd seem something less of a [[Jerkass]].
*** This trope is deconstructed in suitably scary fashion in the infamous
*** Akane usually beats Ranma up for many reasons but seems to reserve actual slapping for when she's ''really'' upset with him.
** An
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Kallen does this to Lelouch for acting coldly about the fate of Japanese that work for Britannia. She later does this again, when {{spoiler|a depressed Lelouch who is [[Not Himself]] tries to kiss her}}. Later on, she tries it on Suzaku when he {{spoiler|tells her he's going to drug her for information}}, but it doesn't work. He backs down of his own accord, but that doesn't stop her from breaking out a [[Combos|7 hit combo]] to voice her disapproval (and do what a good part of the fandom had been waiting for), in a ''dress'', no less. This is universally considered one of her [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moments of Awesome]].
** In truth, Suzaku lets her beat him up because he's trying to apologize, though when you consider what he's trying to apologize for, it comes off as almost insulting and stupid (she might have outright killed him were it not for her position), especially considering {{spoiler|Kallen's mother became addicted to that same drug}}.
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* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Action Girl]] Sango slaps her [[Handsome Lech]] of a fiance Miroku, when he goes too far with his groping of her (or some other woman). The [[Running Gag]] of 'Miroku gropes Sango, Sango smacks him' is performed often enough over the course of the series that at one point it helps bring Sango out of temporary possession by a flea youkai.
** This little routine also shows up as a special combo move in the video game, where Miroku gropes Sango and ducks as she furiously swings her boomerang at him, which nails the enemy instead.
** Kagome deals out some slaps to characters who aren't even human, for example Inu Yasha himself. She might be a powerful Miko, but she's not really physically strong or fast enough to slap youkai.
* Iwata got the taste slapped out of him by Misaki Matsuya in ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' when he suggested that getting changed in the locker room would give him an opportunity to see her naked body.
** He got slapped into a vending machine so hard he demolished it.
* Carrera Marker, mother of ''[[Karin]]'' Maaka, does this with a slipper whenever Karin does something very [[Our Vampires Are Different|un-vampire-like]] and in every scene her husband Henry says something.
* Anna Kyouyama from ''[[Shaman King]]'' is famous for slapping several characters around. Even villain Hao. [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|Who actually]] [[Love At First Punch|likes it]].
** {{spoiler|Probably because his own mother has her own
* There's a variant in the ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' manga, where Cheerleader Madoka slaps her unknown-to-her magically-aged teacher on behalf of her classmate, whom Negi [[Accidental Pervert|had just walked in on while she was changing]]. She tries to do the same to Negi's also-aged rival Kotaro, whom she happens to have a small crush on, but he casually blocks it. So she ''punches him in the face'' instead.
** Also done by the [[Beware the Nice Ones|usually very calm]] [[Mama Bear|Chizuru]] to [[Noble Demon]] Wilhelm when he was about to [[Taken for Granite|petrify]] her newly adopted room mate Kotaro. Also, his petrification power is virtually impossible to heal, so she saved Kotaro's life.
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** Asuna does this to Evangeline (and Negi) a lot. It's also a ''literal'' armor piercing slap, as her [[Anti-Magic]] lets her punch right through [[Deflector Shields|magic barriers]]. Eva repeatedly complains about how Asuna is able to do that.
** Negi himself doesn't ''always'' let girls slap him. At [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c181/16.html one point], he actually [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c181/17.html blocks] Anya's punch.
** Chisame does this to Negi when {{spoiler|he is possessed by his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] during his meeting with Godel. It fully snaps him out of it despite the fact that the [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/8.html transformation] was triggered by Godel taking credit for Negi's entire village as a child. Seeing as this is the entire reason for Negi's dark-natured mindset, this is quite the feat. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/12.html Here.]}}
* Yukimura Keiko's slaps in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'' when, in the midst of being held hostage, Tylor tells Yuriko that she can hit him if she wants, offers her a briefcase to do it with, and then ducks when she swings. The briefcase hits the bomb-wielding terrorist, ending the crisis. He gets slapped at other times as well but doesn't have any armor to pierce. She never seems able to actually ''hurt'' the Captain, and he seems to ''like'' getting slapped by her to begin with
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** Subverted with Princess Otohime when she slaps a thief for stealing. While the slap did quite some damage to the thief, it also broke her hand in the process.
* [[Les Yay]] variant in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS'': Teana Lanster frequently manhandles her [[Shorttank]] partner Subaru Nakajima whenever she does or says something that [[Tsundere|ticks her off]] (Which is, well, often). Pretty amazing, since Teana's just a [[Smart Girl]] [[The Gunslinger|gunslinger]] while Subaru's a [[Lightning Bruiser]] {{spoiler|[[Super Prototype|Type-Zero]] [[Hollywood Cyborg|Cyborg]].}}
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Sousuke has been beaten up often enough by Kaname to break out in a cold sweat as soon as he realizes she's angry about something. Even though Sousuke is a [[One-Man Army|ridiculously skilled]] mercenary and Kaname is just a very athletic high school girl. And, as the second season clearly demonstrated, the only thing Sousuke apparently needs to keep kicking ass is being reminded what ''real'' pain is by Kaname. [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|And damn, she's good at that]].
** Likewise, [[Lovable Sex Maniac|Kurz Weber]] takes a lot of well-earned abuse from Melissa Mao for his antics. In this case, however, it's much more sensible, given that Mao is a former Marine and Kurz's hand-to-hand combat skills are comparatively a bit lacking.
* Miyabi nails Kaoru with this in the second episode of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'', due to Kaoru's [[Accidental Pervert]] moment with Aoi and Miyabi's [[Mama Bear]] reaction.
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* ''[[Bleach]]'' plays the trope straight when Ichigo Kurosaki, depressed and guilt-ridden, lets himself be beaten by an angry Tatsuki Arisawa who feels that he has betrayed their friendship. It's slightly subverted by the fact that Tatsuki is probably the strongest [[Badass Normal]] around, but Ichigo is much stronger than her and could have stopped her if he wanted to.
** Also subverted when Rukia Kuchiki, not above using force to get her way, decides to kick Tessai in the backside to get his attention, only to find out the hard way just how [[Made of Iron]] he really is. Not only does he not feel it, he only notices her when he turns to see her cradling her injured foot.
*** The same happens in the flashback arc when Sarugaki Hiyori decides to kick Urahara in the
*** Again subverted when Orihime Inoue bitchslaps {{spoiler|her jailer, Ulquiorra}} in the Arrancar arc. His skin is like iron, she just ended up hurting her hand.
* Heavily subverted in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. Chi-Chi, Gohan's mother and the main [[Tsundere]] of the series, walks up to Majin Buu (who just destroyed almost the entire population of Earth) and slaps him, berating him for destroying everything. His response? He calmly turns her into an egg, and steps on her.
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* Female on female example from [[Bokurano]]: {{spoiler|Anko}} repeatedly slaps {{spoiler|Youko}} while screaming "[[What the Hell, Hero?]]?!" at her, after {{spoiler|she's revealed as [[The Mole]] from another Earth and Koyemshi's younger sister.}}
* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'': A male on male example occurs in episode 2. When Albert tries to make light of almost having been killed, Franz slaps him.
** And in one of the later episodes, when Albert starts blaming his mother for being the cause of [[Break the Cutie|all the crap he's gone through]] she slaps him.
* ''[[Ladies versus Butlers!]]'': [[Oblivious to Love]] [[Idiot Hero]] + ([[Tsundere]] + [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]] competing for his affection) = earth-shattering DOUBLE
* Averted in ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]''. [[Tsundere|Ayano]] often tries to slap or burn the more powerful [[The Stoic|Kazuma]] but he usually blocks it. In fact, its almost genderflipped in that while Kazuma never hits Ayano, he is able to tease her, be a [[Jerkass|jerk]] to her, or incite her jealousy with impunity. It is '''HILARIOUS''' to watch.
* In ''[[Vinland Saga]]'', Canute flips out, after {{spoiler|Ragnar's death}} and Askeladd gives him one of these. It shuts him right up.
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** Ash also got slapped twice by Misty very early in the series for his immature behavior (both cut from the dub).
* Subverted in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'': Killua once got himself and Gon beat up by the lady operating the elevator at the Tower of Heaven. Later, Killua decides that, since he learned to use [[Functional Magic|Nen]], he's free to insult her with impunity, but it turns out ''[[Badass Bystander|she can use Nen to]]'' and gives him another beating.
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'''Gon''': How come I got hit? }}
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', whenever Spirit Albarn gets too weepy over his daughter, Shinigami will knock some sense into him with his "Shinigami Chop." Notably, unlike most uses of this trope {{spoiler|the Shinigami Chop actually gets used seriously as a weapon, once, and it does an ''absolutely crazy'' amount of damage when Shinigami isn't messing around}}.
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* The sheer number of times someone gets slapped (particularly Anthy) in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is staggering.
* In ''[[Popotan]]'', Ai slaps Keith after she realizes that he's been lying to her about their relationship, which is enough to make him {{spoiler|stop seemingly trying to murder Daichi}}. What she says afterwards is probably more effective than the slap itself, but it helped get the point across.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Princess Sally delivers one to ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'''s titular hero after he decides that stopping Eggman is much more important than settling down with her.
* In ''[[Forgotten Realms]] Comics'' after one [[Not What It Looks Like|misunderstanding]] Ishi enthusiastically "[[Punctuated Pounding|explained]]" to Jasmine that Agrivar [[He Is Not My Boyfriend|is not her lover]] and Vartan Hai Sylvar had to heal both ladies. He's way nicer than a typical Gold Elf, but rarely gets a clue to shut up, so...
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'''Ishi''': (talking to Agrivar about her outburst) ...which means that I ''still'' find affairs of the heart a mystery.
'''Vartan''': (to Ishi) You know, I was just talking to Jasmine about affairs -- <[[Unsound Effect|Ssslap]]> }}
▲== [[Fan Fics]] ==
* At one point during the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]'', Rumiko Nonaka slaps Takeru Takaishi in the face when he reveals that he plans to {{spoiler|allow Takato to die so that Daemon won't be able to aquire the power of Chaos.}}
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* Played straight and inverted in ''[[Father Goose]]''. [[Slap Slap Kiss|Walter and Catherine have been sniping at each-other for the whole movie]] and it eventually leads to Catherine slapping Walter. He returns the favor in a heartbeat.
* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''. Barbara wants to leave the zombie-besieged house to help her (now-dead) brother. Ben doesn't want her to. She slaps him. He refreshingly after overuse of this trope, backhands her upside the head. He is seen in a no less sympathetic light.
* The movie ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' has a ''montage'' of
* A slight and rather justified variation appears in ''[[I Love You Phillip Morris]]'' as {{spoiler|a fairly effeminite Phillip slaps Steven after Steven faked his own death to get out of prison (again) and he comes back posing as Phillip's lawyer (again). Phillip was never supposed to find out about the fake death and Steven couldn't risk telling him the truth either.}}
* Played with and deconstructed a bit in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. Jack Sparrow is self-honest enough to recognize the possibility that he ''might'' deserve any particular slap, but does not automatically assume so. So, each time, he thinks about it for a moment before reacting. Hence: A woman slaps him. *thoughtful look* "I'm not entirely sure I deserved that." Another woman slaps him. *thoughtful look* "I may have deserved that."
* Perhaps the most famous example happens in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', where Dorothy slaps the Cowardly Lion while he's trying to bite Toto. It apparently stung so badly that the Lion asked if his nose was bleeding afterwards.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Alice from [[Dilbert]] has a slap that's not just armor piercing, it's powered by [[Chuck Norris Facts|Chucktanium.]] She once slapped Asok so hard that his face changed into a Dolphin's.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (
* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' does this several times to ''goad a hitman and professional duellist into challenging her to a duel'' to save his own honour. If you know anything about [[Action Girl|Honor]], you can [[Curb Stomp Battle|guess how that went for him]].
* Happen all the time in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Cersei in particular is fond of it; subverted nicely once when Tyrion decides he's tired of taking it quietly. There's also a very literal, gender-flipped version with Jaime; when he gets his golden hand, he occasionally uses it for this purpose.
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'''Ser Ryman:''' Ser, you do not unders—
[Jaime hits him. With the golden hand.] }}
== [[Live
* Subverted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Buff gets pissed off when she walks in on Angel giving Faith a hug ([[Not What It Looks Like]]; he was merely comforting her) and when Angel refuses to let Buffy take Faith to prison she hits him. He reflexively hits her back. When Buffy pulls her [[Puppy Dog Eyes|sad-face]] in shock that [[Double Standard|Angel actually hit her]], he [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls her out on it]] by pointing out: "You hit me first, and in case you don't remember, you're a bit stronger than I am!"
* Subverted at one point on ''[[That '70s Show]]'', where Jackie attempts this on Fez, who simply catches her hand before it can reach his face and berates her for trying it. [[Double Standard|It's okay though]], because it's a joke about how effeminate Fez is.
* In ''[[24]]'', Jack is on the receiving end of one these when Agent Walker [[What the Hell, Hero?|questions his humanity]]. She also brings [[Berserk Button|Jack's dead wife]] into it, and Jack, seeing how pissed off she is, manages to control himself.
* Subverted, surprisingly, in ''[[Moonlighting]]'': Maddie is mad at David because he tried to defend a man who had beaten his wife in the heat of the moment after seeing her with someone else. When David starts complaining, she slaps him... and immediately realizes the [[Double Standard]] in the situation.
* In the
** Almost certainly the case or else she would have little reason to go to Baltar in the first place (he had been expounding on his belief in angels and their goodness for a while to his fast expanding flock, and she went to him and gave him something that would prove what happened to her), especially as proving it would only make his own preaching look that much more true, and, though he did believe it, he was renowned for always doing whatever to took to advance himself.
* Well to be honest, it would be hard to list all the times it has happened on ''[[Eastenders]]'' though it is worth mentioning that Peggy Mitchel is quite fond of it, as is Pat Butcher. People quite enjoyed it when they turned it on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NcPYHx1UYY&feature=related each other].
* Happens to [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]] a lot, actually:
** Nine and Ten both complain about how they're always slapped by the mothers (though, if it's for something like accidentally returning her daughter ''12 months'' later instead of 12 hours...)
** In "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32
* [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Kamen Rider Odin]] commonly uses this as an attack. {{spoiler|He even knocks over a truck with it at one point.}}
* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': {{spoiler|Chance gives one to Eddie during a heated post-cheating argument}}.
* ''[[Community]]''. Jeff is on the receiving end of one of these after he kisses Annie, ignores her all summer, states "we're just friends", and then reveal he had sex with one of her class mates.
** That was clearly a closed-fisted punch. There's an audible thud, Annies grabs her hand in pain, and Jeff gets a pretty bad nosebleed.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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** What about [[Ric Flair]]? WOOOOO!
** [[Christian]] will occasionally tie his opponent up on the ropes and stomp on their back, then jump out of the ring and slap them in the face.
** In the epic ''[[Wrestlemania]] XXVI'' match between [[The Undertaker]] and [[Shawn Michaels]], Michaels had just kicked out of a [[Finishing Move|Tombstone Piledriver]]. He tries to claw himself back to his feet, to the disbelief of [[The Undertaker]], who tells him to stay down. Michaels then mimicks Taker's signature taunt, and then slaps him in the face, causing the Deadman (regularly known for [[
** At the Over The Limit 2010 Pay Per View, R-Truth slapped Ted DiBiase Jr. so hard ''that he got a concussion.''
* Here's a list of females in WWE who [[Face Heel Turn|turned heel]] by slapping people:
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** [[Stephanie McMahon]] - slapped her father [[Vince McMahon|Vince]] at Armageddon 1999
** [[Sable]] - slapped her fan Tori
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** She's a cute little girl in a comedic series of games that are ostentatiously anime-influenced. She's the most dangerous creature on the planet - except for all the, you know, murderers.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'', the [[White Magician Girl]] Mist does this to [[The Big Guy|the warrior Boyd]] after he insulted her weight, knocking him back ''four'' squares. (Normal "shoving" knocks characters back one or two squares at most.)
* In ''
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has Scarlet, who would slap Tifa after she is strapped to her chair inside the execution chamber. Later, after she frees herself, Tifa and Scarlet would engage ''in a slapping contest'' on top of the cannon.
** Hilarious considering Tifa is actually an expert martial artist. The fact she can crack skulls with somersaults apparently doesn't stop her from engaging in good old fashioned (and literal) bitch slapping every now and then. Or Scarlet from deciding it's a good idea to take her on barehanded.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics
* In ''[[Overlord]] II'', your mistress administers one if you try to hit her.
** Um, forgetting ''[[Overlord]] I'', are we?
*** For those who have not played [[Overlord]], attacking your mistress, or any of your (female) slaves causes them to slap you, sending your [[Evil Overlord]] [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]] wannabe flying accross the room.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. Punching Meryl while she is following Snake results in her countering with a punch strong enough to take him down. It's even better in the Guns of the Patriots. If you pat down one of the FROG soldiers enough times, she'll megaton punch you worse than Meryl, knock Snake flat on his ass and take a small chunk of his health for your troubles.
* The Boss in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' doesn't slap men when she is angry with them and wants to shut them up. Instead she [[Freud Was Right|takes their pistols out of their hands, breaks it, and throws the pieces back at them]]. The effect is the same.
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* Sayori gets ''two'' Armor Piercing Slap moments in ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]''. If you follow Yo or Mon-Mon's paths, Mon-Mon will try to garner sympathy (and thus, attention) by feigning a lethal injury. Upon discovering he's just fine, she slaps him. Or, if you follow Bo or Ittosai's path, Ittosai will make several comments about death and the uselessness of life, which angers her. Unlike Mon-Mon, it's surprising that Ittosai's only reaction is to protest that he's been slapped.
* In the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series, Kotoko of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', being the Type A Tsundere she is, was the master at this, even going as far as {{spoiler|slapping her own teacher, Kasumi (albeit for [[Wrongly Accused|different reasons than love]], unlike with the protagonist)}}. And {{spoiler|Suzune}} of ''Tokimeki Memorial'' '' {{spoiler|Drama Series 2 : Irodori no Love Song}}'' delivered a powerful one to the Main Protagonist too.
* In ''[[Mitsumete Knight]]'', the main heroine, Sophia, delivers a brillant one to the Asian, the main protagonist, if he doesn't take upon himself after being insulted by Sophia's [[The Alcoholic|drunken]] [[Drowning My Sorrows|father]]. She may be aware that her father is a pathetic wreck, [[Daddy's Girl|but do not slander]] [[Berserk Button|him in front of her]] (unless you're, CG-wise, a [[
* Villainous example: ''[[Maple Story]]'' has Female Boss/Anego, a rather old-looking woman who can deal ridiculously heavy damage with a slap.
* [[Deadpan Snarker|Kim Pine]] can pulverize hordes of ''mooks'' using a barrage of [[Armor Piercing Slaps]] while [[Slasher Smile|smiling like a maniac]] in the [[Scott Pilgrim]] videogame.
* A very serious, tragic example happens in ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' when the protagonist Jennifer discovers her [[Berserk Button]]. The entire Aristocrat Club that tormented her until that point cringes as one.
* Virginia, from [[Wild
* In [[
* The Doubleslap attack in ''[[Pokémon]]'' can be considered this in-game.
* Mr. Heart in the [[Fist of the North Star]] arcade fighting game has this as a ''Fatal KO'', and as a level 2 super move in Ken's Rage.
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* In ''[[Radiata Stories]]'', the protagonist's older sister delivers these to him every once and a while. Later in the game, she can join your party and deliver them to your enemies in battle.
* Red of ''[[Solatorobo]]'' ends up on the receiving end of these from Elh twice. Once after a Shower of Awkward, and once for {{spoiler|ignoring Elh in favor of his fangirl posse}} in the Prairie Kingdom Cup DLC quest.
*
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* On ''[[Total Drama Action]]'', Courtney seems to have no qualms being rather violent with her boyfriend, Duncan, whenever they go against each other in a competition. Duncan never returns the favor, although frankly, after she ''shoved a dirty diaper down his throat'' for absolutely ''no'' reason, one might forgive him if he did.
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* In [[Sluggy Freelance]] Torg has to explain [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090812 proper procedure] and then receive one of those.
* An upgraded version is given to [[The Captain|Walter]] by [[The Big Girl|Tiren]] in [[Dubious Company]]. The cast teleport themselves to a Sci-fi [[Alternate Dimension|universe]]. Before they can even get to the bridge of their [[Cool Spaceship]], the [[Space Marines]] instantly declare them terrorists and attack. Walter becomes [[The Chains of Commanding|hysterical]] and begins shouting conflicting orders. Tiren punches him in the mouth to settle him down.
== [[Real Life]] ==
Usually, this verges on [[People Sit on Chairs]] territory in [[Real Life]], but there is the occasional playing with the trope.
* The 2022 [[Academy Award]]s ceremony had a rare male-to-male example. [[Chris Rock]] - who had a history of not getting along well with Jada Pinkett Smith - made one joke too many at her expense on live television, at which point her husband, [[Will Smith]], stormed the stage, slapped him, and told him twice to stop saying anything about her. The Academy overlooked the incident at the time, and Will Smith apologized when he was next on stage.
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