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{{trope}}
A character gets a [[Tap
The next thing they (or we) know is that they're in a cell, either tied to a chair or lying on bed. Either way, they're rudely awoken by a bucket of cold water in the face.
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Almost always overlaps with [[Waking Up Elsewhere]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[
* This has been done at least once in ''[[Ranma
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''
** The comedic version shows up in the first movie, as Captain Jack Sparrow and Will wake Gibbs this way. Then Will dumps a second bucket of water on Gibbs, and says "That was for the smell." To clarify, Gibbs was sleeping in a pigpen. After hearing Will's reason, he just looks surprised and nods.
** Again in the sequel, when Jack finds Gibbs asleep on the end of the pier-a pier notably short a ship. Gibbs is also found clutching a stuffed animal, and takes a second to comprehend the followup question regarding the absence of the ''Pearl''.
* In ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'', Bart and Jim do this to wake up the now-securely bound-with-chains Mongo. Mongo casually breaks loose while ''yawning''. (Fortunately, Mongo's in a good mood, considering.)
* In ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In ''[[Talladega Nights:
* In ''[[Camp Rock]]'', Shane Grey gets the comedic version from his uncle after refusing to wake up twice.
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* Happens to Nathaniel in book 2 of ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]''. Bartimaeus got bored.
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]'', Randall Flagg uses this method to get the attention of a contact who has needed information, but is dying of the [[Apocalypse How|super-flu]].
* In [[Iain Banks]]' ''Whit'', after offers of coffee and threats of excommunication fail, Isis successfully wakes up her hungover half brother Zebediah by the graduated series of containers method. First the sleeper is drenched with a thimbleful of water, which is followed by the contents of an egg cup, a tea cup, a pint glass and finally a bucket.
== Live-Action TV ==
* A flashback in the ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''
** In the final episode, chapter 3, Ando {{spoiler|gives himself the ability to amplify other abilities after injecting himself with the serum}}. This causes him to black out, and he is subsequently awoken by Matt, who pours a glass of water on his face.
** Early on in Season 2, The [[Fetish Fuel|half-naked, bloodied, tied-to-a-chair]] Peter is awoken with a bucket of the wet stuff to the face by the Irish gangsters who are holding him captive.
* ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]''. Major Winters uses this to wake up his alcoholic friend Captain Nixon. Unfortunately it turns out that Nixon had used the "water" jug for toilet purposes during the night (yes, that did happen in [[Real Life]] as well).
* In ''[[El Chavo
* This happened to Fraser on ''[[Due South]]'' in the Season 2 episode "Red, White or Blue".
== Video Games ==
* Volgin does this to Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', both to rouse him from unconsciousness and to get Snake all nice and conductive for the [[Electric Torture]] Volgin has in store.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Beeman is awakened this way in his background story in ''[[
* In ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* On ''[[Jimmy Two
* Done in ''[[
* Subverted at the end of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' where Esmeralda's [[Disney Death]] was brought forth by Quasimodo attempting to make her drink water with a spoon after she has passed out, but she does not drink it.
* In ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]'' episode "The Boardwalk Booby Trap", Pockets throws water on Snoozy when the latter is driving Chugga-Boom erratically.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Instant Index, Just Add Water]]
[[Category:Just for Pun]]
[[Category:Action Adventure Tropes]]
[[Category:Water Wakeup]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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