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# Optional: Ask some variant of "[[Idiot Ball|What are you, stupid or something]]?"

The [[Dope Slap]] is a lighthearted slap (or knuckle tap) to the back of the skull that is intended as a disciplinary move by one character when another character does, says, or even ''thinks'' something that is uniformly stupid, or just to [[Be Quiet Nudge|shut them up]]. The slap is almost always in some way played for laughs; think of it as an attempt at [[Percussive Maintenance]] on somebody's brain, and thus occasionally overlaps with [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] Another variation is [[Be Quiet Nudge|a "shut up" poke]] [[Cherry Tapping|to the ribs with the elbow]].

The '''Dope Slap''' is a lighthearted slap (or knuckle tap) to the back of the skull that is intended as a disciplinary move by one character when another character does, says, or even ''thinks'' something that is uniformly stupid, or just to [[Be Quiet Nudge|shut them up]]. The slap is almost always in some way played for laughs; think of it as an attempt at [[Percussive Maintenance]] on somebody's brain, and thus occasionally overlaps with [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] Another variation is [[Be Quiet Nudge|a "shut up" poke]] [[Cherry Tapping|to the ribs with the elbow]].

It could be considered a subtrope of [[Slapstick]]. In a [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]], it's most often done with a [[Paper Fan of Doom]].

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** During the Okinawa trip, after Tomo nearly drops Chiyo-chan over a cliff (albeit accidentally), Kagura does this Tomo, even asking the "What are you, stupid or something?" question.

* ''[[Bleach]]''

** Ichigo's teacher gives him the karate-punch variant after a long absence, when he tries to small-talks her and mentions that she changed ~~hairstyle -- which~~ was three weeks ago.

** Ichigo's teacher gives him the karate-punch variant after a long absence, when he tries to small-talks her and mentions that she changed hairstyle—which was three weeks ago.

** Rukia and Renji deliver a tag-team Dope Punch to Ichigo for [[Idiot Hero|running off into Hueco Mundo carelessly, without telling them]].

** Anime episode #160: During a [[Flash Back]], Kaien Shiba gives Rukia one while they're in a forest in the Soul Society. She wasn't paying attention to him and even yelling and shaking her didn't work.

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** The Tiger of Kai isn't content to deliver a simple dope-slap to [[Idiot Hero]] Yukimura Sanada. When he says something truly dumb, he delivers a dope PUNCH, usually sending Yukimura through the nearest door, or into a wall. He's always up again a second later though.

** Magoichi also whacks Motochika on the skull like this to bring him to his senses. It stings, but doesn't send him flying.

* ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!|Futaba Kun Change]]'' The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu regularly give each other a karate chop on top of the head... or a dope punch... or a ''dope kick in the face''... usually berating the other for her ~~stupidity -- or~~ blaming her own on her sister. Yes, they're a pair of dumbasses.

* ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!|Futaba Kun Change]]'' The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu regularly give each other a karate chop on top of the head... or a dope punch... or a ''dope kick in the face''... usually berating the other for her stupidity—or blaming her own on her sister. Yes, they're a pair of dumbasses.

* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]''

** Episode 2. The maids use a bright light to cover up their assisting Taro in solving a math problem in class. When one of the maids tries to explain the light as a U.F.O., another maid gives her one of these and tells her to think of a better excuse.

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* ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'', in the second ending.

** The first one was a [[Dope Slap]], the second was to his face.

** The first one was a Dope Slap, the second was to his face.

* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''

{{quote|'''Lance:''' ''(entering a room filled with black people)'' Holy moly, looks like the Source Awards in here.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* This is [[Team Dad|Gibbs']] favorite form of discipline in ''[[NCIS]]'', especially to Tony, who reminds Gibbs of himself in his younger days. He does it regularly enough that the other characters have called it the Gibbs-slap.

** Honorable mention to Gibbs' reaction to catching Tony looking at "Page 57" of a men's ~~magazine -- since~~ Gibbs was too far away to deliver a dope-slap, he caught Tony on the back of the head with a scrunched-up ball of paper. Certainly got his attention.

** Honorable mention to Gibbs' reaction to catching Tony looking at "Page 57" of a men's magazine—since Gibbs was too far away to deliver a dope-slap, he caught Tony on the back of the head with a scrunched-up ball of paper. Certainly got his attention.

** Tony, for his part, has at least gotten smart enough to dope-slap himself on occasion, and once got offended that Gibbs ordered Ziva to administer when Gibbs wasn't within arm's reach.

** However, it also conveys a sense of ~~family -- only~~ Team Gibbs gets Gibbs-slapped. When Ziva is assigned to Team Gibbs in "Silver War", she says, "I know, when we get out there you start kicking my butt." Gibbs replies, "I don't kick butts." She looks at him in ~~confusion -- in~~ response, he dope-slaps her, and she beams, knowing that he's essentially saying, "Welcome to the family."

** However, it also conveys a sense of family—only Team Gibbs gets Gibbs-slapped. When Ziva is assigned to Team Gibbs in "Silver War", she says, "I know, when we get out there you start kicking my butt." Gibbs replies, "I don't kick butts." She looks at him in confusion—in response, he dope-slaps her, and she beams, knowing that he's essentially saying, "Welcome to the family."

** Furthermore, after being injured in an explosion, Gibbs suffers from amnesia and can't remember anyone or anything that happened after the end of his Marine career. Ziva manages to restore his memory by grabbing his hand and dope-slapping herself with it.

** In one episode, Gibbs dope-slaps ''himself'' after tampering with evidence ([[It Makes Sense in Context|which was for a good cause]]).

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* Repeatedly applied to Henry in ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?|You Rang M Lord]]'', generally after he's made an [[Deadpan Snarker|accurate but unflattering observation]] about one of the other characters. It happens often enough that on one occasion, he hits himself preemptively to save someone else the bother. It doesn't seem to stop him being snarky, though.

* Several episodes of ''[[The Amanda Show]]'' features skits involving Tony Pajamas (Drake Bell) and his lackey (Josh Peck). Josh would frequently say or do something stupid, get hit and ask, "What was that for?!" To which Tony would reply, "For bein' an idiot!" which Josh would accept with an "Okay."

* ''[[Friends]]'': Chandler manages to earn a five-person dope-slap (or at least two or three plus some stuff thrown at him...) after a particularly flagrant bit of [[Hypocritical Humor]] when he criticizes a [[Love Interest Of The Week]] for being "desperate" ~~-- after~~ he's spent the whole episode literally watching the phone.

* ''[[Friends]]'': Chandler manages to earn a five-person dope-slap (or at least two or three plus some stuff thrown at him...) after a particularly flagrant bit of [[Hypocritical Humor]] when he criticizes a [[Love Interest Of The Week]] for being "desperate"—after he's spent the whole episode literally watching the phone.

* The dope-slap is a [[Running Gag]] on ''[[My Wife and Kids]]''. Junior, not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, often said or did dumb stuff, leading to a dope-slap from another character, usually Michael or Jay.

* In Brazil, comedic show ''Pânico na TV'' gave the dope-slap a [[Memetic Mutation]], with a skit where a parody of a sports show host slapped two dwarves nicknamed after soccer players, along with the phrase "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW0jHsZWvJk Pedala], Robinho!" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OYI8ci8l24 Samba], Tevez!"

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== Radio ==

* ''[[Car Talk]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. Hosts Tom and Ray ~~Magliozzi -- better~~ known as ''Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers'' ~~-- claim~~ to have been at the receiving end of many a dope-slap from their mother. (And according to each brother, the other brother stayed just as dumb.)

* ''[[Car Talk]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. Hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi—better known as ''Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers''—claim to have been at the receiving end of many a dope-slap from their mother. (And according to each brother, the other brother stayed just as dumb.)

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** In one episode, Peter tells the family that their tax refund will let them buy something they've always wanted. Chris suggests a cat and gets dope-slapped by Brian. Meg suggests a stereo and gets dope-slapped by Stewie. Then Lois says "A pool?" and gets dope-slapped by Peter, who then realizes what she said and responds "Oh, sorry, it ''is'' a pool."

** There's another early episode, where peter loses his job and goes on welfare. When he tells Brian he got off subject by telling Lois she was getting fat, Brian rolls up the newspaper and whacks him twice saying "No. No."

* "[[Evil Old Folks|Mom]]" on ''[[Futurama]]'' frequently dope-slaps her children, occasionally all three of them at once. Being [[Expy~~|Expys~~]] of [[The Three Stooges]], they often do it to each other as well.

* "[[Evil Old Folks|Mom]]" on ''[[Futurama]]'' frequently dope-slaps her children, occasionally all three of them at once. Being [[Expy]]s of [[The Three Stooges]], they often do it to each other as well.

* As opposed to a full-handed slap, Uncle of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' delivers a hard, two-finger hit to the forehead for anyone whose foolishness has earned his disapproval. Be they Jackie (many times -- [[And Another Thing|"One more thing!"]]), allies, ''enemies'', or even himself.

* Ren from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' does this to Stimpy on a semi-regular basis after he's said something really stupid.