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[[File:slapindaface 9383.png|link=The Simpsons (animation)|frame|You, Sir, have offended me!]] |
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{{quote|''"A glove slap in a little old face will |
{{quote|''"A glove slap in a little old face will |
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Get you satisfaction. |
''Get you satisfaction. |
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Glove slap ba-a-beee |
''Glove slap ba-a-beee |
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Glove slap, baby, glove slap!"''|'''[[The B-52's |
''Glove slap, baby, glove slap!"''|'''[[The B-52's]]''', on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}} |
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In a society where people, by and large, agree not to engage in random acts of violence with each other, a story can be restricted by the fact that, well, everybody's kind of agreed not to engage in random acts of violence with each other. The Glove Slap is an end-run around this. The process of slapping someone with a white, preferably lacy glove is in itself so polite and dignified that it somehow seems socially acceptable that the natural outcome of the slap is a [[Duel to the Death]]. |
In a society where people, by and large, agree not to engage in random acts of violence with each other, a story can be restricted by the fact that, well, everybody's kind of agreed not to engage in random acts of violence with each other. The Glove Slap is an end-run around this. The process of slapping someone with a white, preferably lacy glove is in itself so polite and dignified that it somehow seems socially acceptable that the natural outcome of the slap is a [[Duel to the Death]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Tsukuyomi challenges Setsuna to a match of swords by removing her Victorian-style glove and tossing it almost playfully at Setsuna. Setsuna merely snatches it out of the air. Later [[Class Representative|Ayaka]] uses this on Kuu Fei. |
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Tsukuyomi challenges Setsuna to a match of swords by removing her Victorian-style glove and tossing it almost playfully at Setsuna. Setsuna merely snatches it out of the air. Later [[Class Representative|Ayaka]] uses this on Kuu Fei. |