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{{quote|''"When a man strays from the right path, a kind man needs the courage to raise his fist and correct him."''|'''Jamil Neate''', ''[[Gundam X]]''}}
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Might overlap with the [[Dope Slap]]. May also be used on a [[Hysterical Woman]]. Similar in spirit, but not so much in execution, to [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]]. Compare with [[Quit Your Whining]], in which it is verbal, but this trope can be used to "spicen" it up. If you need to lay a full-on beating to snap someone out of it, see [[Beat the Curse Out of Him]].
The ''[[Myth Busters]]'' tested a myth based on this trope and found
For reassembling after destruction, see [[Pulling Themselves Together]]. Also not to be confused with [[A Date with Rosie Palms]].
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=== Other examples
== Fan Fiction ==
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** This was parodied during the extensive ''Patton'' movie pastiche in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Bart the General". Bart does it, but Grampa scolds him:
{{quote|'''Grampa:''' You can push them out of a plane, you can march them off a cliff, you can send them off to die on some God-forsaken rock, but for some reason you can't slap them.}}
* [[Myth Busters]] tested this trope on their December
** At least when the subject isn't suffering from PTSD, as above.
*** Depends, if the subject is already in a situation which can trigger a psychosis episode, it can actually snap them out of it. Largely due to the endorphins that get released from the sudden shock.
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