Armor-Piercing Slap: Difference between revisions

* 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.

** Technically not a subversion, since the slap did connect on a [[Complete Monster]] superbeing. Chi-Chi just became the victim of [[Disproportionate Retribution]].

* ''Genderflipped'' in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.

** In the Rikkaidai team, [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] sub-captain Gennichirou Sanada applies slaps to his teammates whenever they step out of line or lose their matches. Subverted because this is seen not as abuse of authority, but as ''[[Authority Equals Asskicking|a standard form of punishment]]'', just as much as Tezuka assigning laps in Seigaku for various misdemeanours: in fact, [[Hit Me Dammit|at least two players have specifically]] ''[[Hit Me Dammit|asked]]'' [[Hit Me Dammit|to be slapped if they lose]]. {{spoiler|In the manga Sanada asks his teammmates to slap ''him'' before the Finals, apparently as an apology for all the times he hit them.}}

* In ''[[Twenty Four|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.

** 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].

** 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...)

* [[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}}.

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* Several female wrestlers (but mainly non-wrestlers) use the slap as their main type of attack. [[Stephanie McMahon]] is known to use this.

* ''Male'' wrestlers also use [[Kayfabe|somewhat-disguised]] slaps to avoid injuring their opponents. They still hurt, though.

** And then there's [[CM Punk]], who just slaps the shit out of opponents.

* 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 (Visual Novel)|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.

* 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.

* The Doubleslap attack in ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|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.

* In ''[[Radiata Stories (Video Game)|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.

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