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Did you let loser side take command?''|'''Lost Horizon''' - "Sworn in the Metal Wind"}}

 

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Misato tries one of these to snap Shinji back into action. {{spoiler|It semi-works, in the sense that he tries to do something, and then fails. Stupid Bakelite.}}

* In chapter 50 of ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' Kousaka does this to Yukiteru, mixing it with [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]:

* In ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' this is constantly [[Jerkass|Ryoki's]] response whenever his girlfriend [[Extreme Doormat|Hatsumi]] [[Wangst|wangsts]] or puts herself down.

* Usually in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' it's Rei slapping Usagi, but in season one's finale the demure Ami [[Bright Slap|gives a huge slap in the face]] to Usagi after she decides to give the villains whatever they want, because she just saw [[Death Is Cheap|Sailor Jupiter die.]]

* Frau Bow tries to do this to Amuro in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. Doesn't work much except if [[Bright Slap|Bright Noah]] is around.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'' during the Davy Back Arc, Zoro gives Chopper a speech on this, when he starts complaining about being forcibly recruited into Foxy's crew after the Straw Hats' team of Usopp, Robin and Nami loses the first round of the Davy Back Fight. This also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Zoro.

* In [[Bakuman｡]], Takahama frequently complains about his editor, Miura, trying to get him to make his series have more humor, even at the expense of the story, and the main characters often view Miura similarly. He meets with the editor in chief to request a different editor, only to have his request denied, and told that if he can't write what he wants, it simply means he isn't good enough yet. Takahama leaves, chastened, and the main characters admit that they've been blaming Miura too much.

* [[Naruto]] delivers this to Inari in the Land of Waves arc, tired of hearing Inari constantly insist that they can never defeat Gato. After Inari runs off in tears, Kakashi follows him, and notes that Naruto had a hard childhood, but decided to do something about it rather than pity himself, which is why he said what he did. He also does this with the princess in the Land of Vegetables filler, telling her he doesn't like her viewing people as expendable even if she was used as a hostage in the past.

* Mother Mary gives Elwood one during ''[[The Blues Brothers|Blues Brothers 2000]]'' after he says "The orphanage is gone, Jake's gone, Curtis is gone! I've got no brother, I've got no roots, I've got no life, I've got nothing for the Christ's sake!".

* Lt. Colonel Strobl is guilt-stricken due to the fact that when the [[War On Terror|war in Iraq]] kicked off, he volunteered for a staff position stateside so he could spend more time with his family, while others (including the young Marine he [[Due to the Dead|volunteered to escort back home]]) are fighting and dying. An old war vet sets him straight after he starts verbalizing his angst.

 

 

** ...Followed quickly by Ginny telling him off for locking himself away and then complaining that no one talks to him and for forgetting that she's the only one who could {{spoiler|determine whether or not he's being possessed by Voldemort.}}

** Dumbledore delivers one to Snape after {{spoiler|the latter [[Survivor Guilt|wishes he were dead in place of Lily Evans]]}}:

* [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick|Mogget]] in the ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' books is prone to responding to [[Wangst]] on the part of those around him by [[Cats Are Mean|drowning them in]] [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcasm]].

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', Graystripe is with his mate as she dies [[Death by Childbirth|giving birth to his kits]], and he wails his grief to the skies. Cue Tigerclaw coming along, cuffing him, and ordering him to "Stop that moaning".

* In ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', Rube has this attitude toward George. He's a [[Jerkass]]. Although he is supposed to be a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], sometimes you wonder.

* Bobby, to Sam & Dean, at various points during ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.

** At the end of season 5, Castiel has been stripped of his angelic powers. When he starts to angst about the loss, Bobby basically shames him out of it--Castiel might be only human now, but hey, so are the rest of them, and Bobby, who's in a wheelchair, has a lot more reason to feel useless.'

* In [[The West Wing]], when the President is raging against God the injustice of {{spoiler|Mrs. Landingham's}} death and wondering what he did to deserve it, she appears as a figment of his imagination, telling him that it's unfair to blame God for her death and other disasters and telling him of problems he has yet to solve, concluding that she "(doesn't) want to know" him if he refuses to run for re-election out of fear.

* There comes a point in almost every route in ''[[Canvas 2]]'' where the current heroine will tell Hiroki he really needs to get over his angst and start painting again.

* While hanging with Dwayne Forge, a friend from ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', he has a bad habit of whining about his shitty life(Freshly out of prison, broke, no longer respected in the drug game). While a normal person might feel bad for him, he happens to be talking to Niko Bellic, the practical definition of [[Iron Woobie]]. He manages to silence him during one conversation, with this.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', Rydia hits Edward with this when he's overwhelmed by the death of his beloved Anna, followed by a [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] from Cecil after this only makes Edward ''more'' distraught.

* Sora gives this to Aladdin in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', when he's depressed after losing the lamp and Jasmine to Jafar. He then comes up with a plan to get both back.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', Jack Noir shows a feeling besides omnidirectional rage when he tries to help Karkat deal with {{spoiler|Sollux's}} death.

** Vriska is also guilty of this, largely to [[Wheelchair Woobie|Tavros]]. Sure, she mind-controlled him to jump off a cliff... [[The Sociopath|but the real problem is he is just too damn weak!]]

* In ''[[Jack (webcomic)|Jack]]'' the titular character does not wish to remember his past life, {{spoiler|as the little he knows at that point has made him psychotically unstable}}. Reck, in a [[Moment of Awesome]], promptly punches him in the face and yells at him to stop being pathetic. [http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3072 here] and [http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3075 here]. {{spoiler|This is followed by a prompt [[Curb Stomp Battle|Curb Stomp]] of the enemy who had, up until then, been beating them up, so it obviously worked.}}

* ''[[Hey Arnold]]'': In the episode "Olga Gets Engaged" Olga collapses into tears upon learning at the last minute her fiance decided not to marry her. Helga's response is "Alright, that's enough! Suck it up, you big crybaby!"

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': The Diamond Dogs ''[[Pity the Kidnapper|try]]'' to do this to Rarity when she proves an unwilling slave. [[Exact Words|Her response:]]

'''Rarity''': BUT I THOUGHT YOU WANTED WHIIIINNINNG! }}