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[[File:egs-insult-330.gif|link=El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|frame|Transformed Susan is [[Distracted Byby My Own Sexy|a little too fascinated]] with her reflection]]
 
{{quote| '''Professor Dr.''': ''Breaking a hypnotic trance by sharp shock to the feminine self-esteem. Novel concept.''<br />
'''Snuka''': ''But effective!''<br />
''The [[The B -Movie Comic (Webcomic)|B-Movie Comic]]'', "[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/index_0076.html Revenge of Rutentuten #76]" }}
 
Apparently, a strong emotional reaction is enough to break [[Hypnotize the Princess|hypnotism]], [[Brainwashed|brainwashing]], amnesia, or just plain depression.
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** Repeating? Ranma's father actually does some freestyle DJing with it.
** Akane wakes Ranma up from unconsciousness after he [[Taking the Bullet|takes the brunt]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|of an attack]] that slammed him into a wall [[Made of Iron|hard enough to shatter every bone in a normal person's body.]]
{{quote| '''Akane''': [[Dude, She's Like, in Aa Coma|Ranma?]] [[Please Wake Up|Ranma, wake up!]] You didn't… you didn't need to save me… ''RANMA YOU IDIOT!!''<br />
*snap*<br />
'''Ranma''': [[Good Thing You Can Heal|Who are you calling an idiot?!]] I save you and this is the thanks I get?! }}
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* In ''[[Medabots]]'', Ikki uses this to kick-start Medabee near the start of the series. {{spoiler|After Medabee is kidnapped and his medal used in a doomsday device, Ikki manages to wake him up using the same tactic.}}
* In ''[[Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]'', Miu has been driven into a berserk rage state from thinking {{spoiler|than Shou Kanou has killed her friends in the Shinpaku Alliance}}. Kenichi tries to [[Cooldown Hug|hold her]] and talk her down, but repeatedly gets beaten up for trying. Eventually he uses [[Dirty Old Man|Ma Kensei's Shock Technique]] ... which consists of grabbing her by the hooters. She ''immediately'' goes from silently trying to kill everyone near her to slapping Kenichi and berating him for being a pervert.
* Similar: the only way to wake up [[D .Gray Man-man|Komui Lee]] is to tell him "Lenalee (his sister) is getting married". This will either wake him in a state of profound grief that she didn't tell him, or will wake him instantly, fully alert.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' has {{spoiler|Sousuke}} use this to drag {{spoiler|Kaname's}} suppressed consciousness out from {{spoiler|under the "Sophia" personality in the last light novel}}, thereby preventing a {{spoiler|[[Reality Rewrite]]}}.
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' America brings England ''back from the dead'' by pretending to be happy that he's dead.
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== Comic Books ==
* In the ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' story "[[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/Destination Moon|Destination Moon]]", Captain Haddock cures Professor Calculus' accidental amnesia by complaining about "acting the goat", a remark that had earlier served as a [[Berserk Button]] for Calculus.
* An isue of [[Batman Gotham Adventures]] has [[The Joker]] given a radical form of shock treatment that renders him non-violent, good natured, and even affectionate to [[Harley Quinn (Comic Book)|Harley Quinn]]. She can't stand him being this way, and declares that she is leaving him for Batman. Whereupon Joker snaps back to his usual psychopathic self and declares that he'll just have to rip Batman's lungs out.
 
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* In the ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' episode "This Side of Paradise", the ship's crew falls under the influence of spores from an alien plant and stop caring about their duties and responsibilities. Kirk snaps out of it and thereby discovers that strong negative emotions can counteract the spores' effect. He then insults Spock to the point where it drives Spock into a rage.
* Also happened in one ''[[Sledge Hammer]]'' episode, when all the policemen except for the choleric boss have become totally apathetic.
* On an episode of ''[[JAG]]'', a Marine in a coma is awoken by an angry bedside tirade from his Drill Sergeant.
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* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation 2'', Seolla had been brainwashed into forgetting that her close friend Arado, who recently pulled a [[Heel Face Turn]], ever existed except as an enemy. Yet, when he made a crack about the size of her breasts (something he's been doing to her since they day they met), she immediately snapped "How many times have I told you not to make fun of my chest!" by pure reflex.
* ''[[Gate Keepers]]'': the entire crew is in a [[Lotus Eater Machine|Lotus Eater-type]] situation, and Shun realizes before everyone else that he's in a dream. He snaps Ruriko out of it by calling her a "crybaby" (something he used to call her when they were kids).
* In the beginning of ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate 2]]'', you can insult [[Mighty Glacier|Minsc]] to make him break the bars of his prison.
 
 
== Visual Novel ==
* In [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]], calling Fuji by her nickname, Tiger, will always wake her up. The students she teaches have to do this whenever she gives herself a concussion in her haste to get to her ''own class'' on time.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[The B -Movie Comic (Webcomic)|The B Movie Comic]]'', the [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] was hypnotized by the [[Big Bad]] using [[Functional Magic]]. When her friends rescued her, they needed to wake her up in a hurry. By ''[[Contrived Coincidence|pure coincidence]]'', the [[The Ditz|dumb jock]] [http://www.bmoviecomic.com/index_0076.html commented on her breasts]. It resulted in a [[Hyperspace Mallet]], but at least it worked.
* [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Eng]][[Moe Anthropomorphism|land]] is dying, with [[Love Freak|America]] by his side tearing up and whispering his name while the [[Grim Reaper]] stands behind him. As England gives his "I never hated you" speech to America, which is cut short by his apparent death, it takes America a few seconds before patting the grim reaper on the back and saying [[Mood Whiplash|"He's FINALLY dead!"]] It turns out to be a way to bring him back from death's door.
* In ''[http://antiheroforhire.com/ Antihero for Hire]'', the Action Girl was accidentally [[Insulted Awake]] from a [[Mind Probe]] when [[The Rival]] [[Anti-Hero]] with [[UST]] [http://antiheroforhire.com/d/20071019.html called her a nasty name], resulting in ''Simpsons''-esque strangling.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Ellen roused [[Straw Feminist|Susan]] from a stupor by expressing a misogynistic sentiment, providing the image for this page. And that's after [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-07-03 her first attempt] failed.
* A non-verbal example, when Joe from ''[[Its Walky]]'' meets Joyce for the first time in a year she has no idea who he is thanks to a mindswipe. When she asks if she knows him he restores her memory by promptly slamming a door in her face, something he had done often in college to get her to leave.
** Mike does this to a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Tony. Oddly, even after saying he dug up his mother's corpse just to violate it (among other things), Tony doesn't snap out of it until [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Mike calls him a loser]].
* ''[[Blip]]'' [http://blipcomic.com/622/ did it] with a witch and ''[[Harry Potter]]'' reference.
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' had a moment when Zimmy stuck in her nightmares after mental contact with comatose Antimony gets a bright idea and says "[[Berserk Button|your dad]]'s a jerk!". Success! Except that Annie ''doesn't'' wake up fully, but turns out to be capable of {{spoiler|[[Mind Over Matter|telekinetically]] hurling poor Zimmy [[Punched Across the Room|across the room]]}} even in this state. Which may be better than getting caught by creepy [[The Blank|Nobodies]] anyway.
 
 
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'', Linkara found [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]] possessed by evil, so Linkara said "You're standing in my spot, Sir." from the game ''[[SWAT 4]]'', a [[Berserk Button]] of Spoony's stemming from his [[Let's Play]] of it. It wasn't quite the best plan, as, while it ''did'' snap him out of it, Spoony then proceeded to beat the crap out of Linkara, shouting "I'm not ''fucking in your way''!" before storming off.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* In one episode of ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', they repeatedly snapped Beast Boy out of Mad Mod's hypnotism by making him laugh. In the end, it looked like he'd finally succumbed for good -- until Raven made a cleverly barbed joke about his intelligence. It was laughter that awoke him, but then he realized what she'd said and was promptly insulted.
* This happens to Nigel Uno a lot in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. As one example, on being stranded on Rainbow Monkey Island for a long time, he ended up [[Going Native]]... until someone told him he had gone through all that for a keychain. He ''immediately'' returned to normal and [[Rant-Inducing Slight|exploded]].
* The plot of an episode of the ''[[Super Mario Brothers Super Show]]'' revolved around an escalating argument between the brothers, and, to get at Mario, Luigi snapped Mario's suspenders back, pulled his [[Nice Hat|cap]] down, and plucked his moustache so hard it curled upwards. Later, Mario fell under a hypnotic tech-induced Koopa Trance, leaving it up to Luigi to save him. When the inevitable [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]] between them ended up not actually breaking the trance, Luigi simply repeats what he did to Mario earlier, bringing him back by eliciting the same response as he'd gotten earlier:
{{quote| '''Mario:''' Ooooooh! I hate it when you do that!}}
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