In Deep Impact, Jenny Lerner drives to visit her estranged father at the end of the film, once the meteor fragments are crashing into the earth.Unlike Kyon, she wasn't shielded from the strong gravitational forces and radiation. In Kyon: Big Damn Hero Yuki asks this to Kyon after rescuing him from falling into a black hole which was created accidentally when Kuyou Suou tried to protect Kyon.He looks past her and sees a time bomb, with seconds left. In Watchmen, there is a brief moment of a man and his girlfriend belowdecks on a ship.An entire surprisingly touching Hellblazer story.Later (after she's knocked him out), she curls up against him, holding his arm. In To Love Ru Darkness, Yami almost asks this of Rito, before hesitating.Lawrence has the good sense to hug Holo as early as episode 4. Kimi ni Todoke, chapter 23, Chizuru: "Comfort me, Ryu." Cue hug and much squeeing.Cue Luna breaking down in Shinn's arms and him holding her as tightly as he can. When they run into each other in the hallway, both of them are initially silent, not knowing what to say, until Shinn whispers 'I'm sorry'. In Gundam Seed Destiny, Lunamaria has just learned that her sister has been shot down under suspicion of being a traitor and deserter, and worse yet, that her friend Shinn was the one who pulled the trigger.They promptly embrace without even saying a word.
During one of the final episodes Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 's second season, as the Major and Kuze face a thankfully avoided nuclear strike they both realize they were two children who met in a hospital years ago.This may be more of a Tear Jerker, but still.It is, hands down, the most heartwarming moment of the show-which is saying something. In Aria, Alicia does this to Akari, when the latter is being overcome by worries about what to do when she has to run Aria Company alone.Later, Kasuse does this to a newly-reformed Kiyone after he's shaken by everything he's done in Season 2 and afterwards forgive each other. In Animerca, Kiyo does this to comfort Lita from the abuse she's suffered from Kiyone.Also not to be confused with A Date with Rosie Palms. Nevertheless, it should be applied with extreme caution, as smacking someone who's already suffering can easily do more harm than good.įor reassembling after destruction, see Pulling Themselves Together. Apparently the idea is to invoke the 'fight or flight' response by temporarily boosting adrenaline and related hormones. The MythBusters tested a myth based on this trope and found that-at least when dealing with someone who's merely tired and frazzled rather than suffering from a more serious condition-a slap to the face does help the slapped person to focus on the task at hand and perform better. If you need to lay a full-on beating to snap someone out of it, see Beat the Curse Out of Him. Compare with Quit Your Whining, in which it is verbal, but this trope can be used to "spicen" it up. Similar in spirit, but not so much in execution, to Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off. I needed that." Alternately, "Not even my dad hits me!", but they still calm down.Īlternatively in a program wanting to limit the potential for imitation violence, a glass of cold water may be used to bring the subject back to their senses. The shame-faced hero says something along the lines of "Thanks. In anime, the phrase " Shikkari shiro!" is often heard. His Sidekick, Distaff Counterpart, right-hand man or woman, love interest (specially the ladies of the Tsundere or Broken Bird kind) or commander jolts him back to his senses with a sharp slap with either the front or the back of his hand, or just a straight-up punch to the face, and occasionally a retort for him to get his head out of his ass already (see entry title for the archetypal one). With the human-centered Percussive Maintenance, of course! Proving himself to be Not So Above It All, he grows increasingly hysterical, Jerkass, unresponsive or (w)angsty, at a time when his team needs his unaffected leadership the most. The Hero has just gone off the deep end under stress. Like Percussive Maintenance, but for people.
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