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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In the [[Sailor Moon]] R TV series, Rei is attacked in the middle of her school concert. She transforms into Sailor Mars when everyone but the Senshi are knocked out, but since she had a good part of her [[Life Energy]] stolen by the [[Monster of the Week]], she almost passes out in the middle of her [[In the Name of ~~The~~ Moon]] speech.

* In the [[Sailor Moon]] R TV series, Rei is attacked in the middle of her school concert. She transforms into Sailor Mars when everyone but the Senshi are knocked out, but since she had a good part of her [[Life Energy]] stolen by the [[Monster of the Week]], she almost passes out in the middle of her [[In the Name of the Moon]] speech.

* In the [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2011]], it happens to two characters. First, Seychelles experiences this as she's a nation-tan with a tropical climate and yet she's trouncing around in ''snow'' to join the others. Later, we find out that {{spoiler|a pre-teen!Holy Roman Empire experienced this ''and'' [[Blood From the Mouth]] when he had a seizure during a Germanic states reunion, and his caretaker Hungary has to carry him in her arms.}}

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* An entire mob of grown-ups pass out during a speech in the ''[[Spy Kids]]'' movie.

* Deliberately invoked in ''[[Dave]]'' where Dave (impersonating the president who has been incapacitated by a stroke) gives a big speech to congress and the senate, then stutters, stumbles and collapses just after the important confession part, supposedly with a stroke so they can switch the real president back in.

* Alex in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (~~Film~~)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' falls face-first into his pasta after being slipped a mickey by the writer whose wife he and the Droogs gang-raped in the beginning of the film.

* Alex in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' falls face-first into his pasta after being slipped a mickey by the writer whose wife he and the Droogs gang-raped in the beginning of the film.

* This happens to Jefferson Smith at the climax of ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'', although in that case it's not so much that he doesn't get through his speech as that [[Holding the Floor|he keeps speaking until he collapses]].

== Literature ==

* ''[[~~The Bible (Literature)|~~The Bible]]'': King Herod (the one who beheaded James the apostle) is said to have been struck down by God during a public appearance.

* ''[[The Bible]]'': King Herod (the one who beheaded James the apostle) is said to have been struck down by God during a public appearance.

* In [[Ngaio Marsh]]'s ''The Nursing Home Murder'', an ailing and unpopular Prime Minister collapses while speaking in the House of Commons. He's sent to a private hospital for an emergency appendectomy, but doesn't survive the procedure.

* Robert Heinlein's ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]''. While Professor Bernardo de la Paz was on Earth he suffered greatly from the Earth's greater gravity, as it was six times what he was used to. After he returned to the Moon he seemed to get better. Near the end of the novel, after the Moon had won the war with the Federated Nations of Earth, he gave a speech to a crowd of Loonies.

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Prof stopped--looked surprised. Not afraid, but puzzled. Swayed slightly. <br />

Then he did die. }}

* A victim in the ''[[~~Alex Rider (Literature)|~~Alex Rider]]'' series goes out this way.

* A victim in the ''[[Alex Rider]]'' series goes out this way.

* Vizzini from ''[[Princess Bride]]'' collapses after a short speech, in the middle of his [[Evil Laugh]].