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* Lan goes into an angst session roughly once per ''[[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Mega Man Battle Network]]'' game, but he only got ''hit'' for it once, by Baryl ([[Badass|awesome]] human general regardless) in ''Battle Network 5'' after Mega Man gets possessed by the [[Enemy Within]]. In ''Battle Network 6'', when the Cyber Beast is possessing Mega Man, Heatman or Aquaman likewise hits him back into control.

* In ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'', [[Evil Genius|de Loco]] has a lieutenant whose entire job is to shout this and shake him around when needed. [[Running Gag|Which is pretty often]].

* Done TONS of times at one point in ''[[Tales of Rebirth (Video Game)|Tales of Rebirth]]''. After {{spoiler|driven berserk and attacking his teammates}}, Veigue starts blaming Agarte for being behind him being separated from Claire all the time. Until Tytree tells him to come to the beach with him. When Veigue arrives, Tytree gave him a punch in the face, and then Veigue hit back, and so on. So much until there's a mini battle where you control Veigue to punch on Tytree's face, while he'll do the same (no conclusion). Only until the end of the battle and the interference of his friends that Veigue finally gets a hold of himself.

* Lightning from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' likes to hit people early on, especially Snow, who acts like an idiot who can't get over his girlfriend being turned into crystal (and dead in her view). Her punches combo doesn't work on him much.

** [[Summon Magic|Eidolons]] are basically this trope [[Up to Eleven]]; when a l'Cie reaches the [[Despair Event Horizon]], it conjures their Eidolon, who gives them a simple ultimatum: snap out of it or die.

* In ''[[Threads of Fate]]'', there is a scene in both character's storylines where the Prima Doll has a temporary breakdown about soon fulfilling his purpose and afterward being considered worthless. Rue calmly talks him out of his slump. Mint slaps him and goes off on a rage about how pathetic he sounds.

* Yukari does this to Mitsuru once in ''[[Persona 3]]''. In ''[[Persona 4]]'', this is actually a ''combat ability'' your party members can learn when [[Level Up At Intimacy 5|their Social Link gets high enough]], allowing them to automatically cure [[Standard Status Effects]] after a critical or exploiting an enemy's weakness.

* The standard cure for [[Standard Status Effects|confusion]] in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' and other [[RPG|RPGs]] is to attack the afflicted character. While it is preferable to use the [[White Mage]] or [[Squishy Wizard]] to attack for minimal damage, any character can be used. Even the one who wields the [[Big Fancy Sword|sword the size of a small building]].

* ''[[Oddworld]]: Abe's Exoddus''. Your job is to rescue your fellow mudokons, and if one of them is hysterical (generally as a result of laughing gas) you can slap some sense into him. Of course, slapping one that is ''not'' hysterical has less than pleasant effects...

* In ''[[Suikoden IV]]'', Snowe gets punched in the face by Commander Glen twice. Unfortunately, it doesn't help, as Snowe doesn't understand ''why'' -- if anything, the second slap makes things ''worse'' by making him even more confused and [[The Resenter|more resentful of Lazlo]], as he doesn't get why ''he'' gets punished for his attempted [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment while Lazlo was praised for seemingly doing the exact same thing.

* In Claude's story path in ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story (Video Game)|Star Ocean the Second Story]]'', he does this to Leon after {{spoiler|the poor kid assumes everyone was wiped out in the shipwreck, including their friends and his parents, and starts screaming "I wish I were dead!"}}