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After bearing witness to a heartfelt speech or courageous performance, one single random person in the audience instinctively gradually rises to their feet and starts putting their hands together for the display. The person momentarily appears alone with his decision, that is until another person also rises to start clapping. Three more audience members follow suit. Then twelve more, then fifty, then a hundred, then a thousand. Before you know it, just about everyone in the audience is on their feet, clapping and cheering. Sometimes, the slow clap is started by [[The Rival]], indicating either a [[Heel Face Turn]] or upgrading him from [[Jerkass]] to [[Worthy Opponent]] status.

 

Occasionally happens in real life. May be preceded by [[Stunned Silence]].

 

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== Real Life ==

* Some songs naturally encourage the Slow Clap, especially in church. The spiritual "Soon and Very Soon" is one such song, perhaps because of its evenly paced rhythm or its buildup in emotional intensity throughout every verse, or perhaps just because it originated in black churches (but now is fairly common throughout all branches of Christianity). It seems that whenever "Soon and Very Soon" is played at the end of a church service, at least some people in the congregation will begin clapping rhythmically; among more conservative (that is, "conservative" in the sense of how the parishioners behave, not their political preference) denominations such as Roman Catholics and Anglicans, the clapping may be quite scattered and very slow indeed.