History GetAHoldOfYourselfMan / Gundam

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': Vim Jeturk slaps his son Guel after he found him too unwilling to accept AI assistance for his mobile suit.

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** Bright is ''not'' the only one who delivers such slaps and speeches in the UC Gundams. Even ''Amuro'' did it once, to pull Fraw Bow from an HeroicBSOD during the destruction of Side 7, and right after she saw her mother and grandfather die in an explosion along with helping her get the composure needed to run to White Base, saving her life. We also have Sayla slapping Kai (for being a coward), Lt. Sleggar slapping Cameron Bloom (for being a wimp) and later Mirai (for refusing to see that Cameron was ''[[CowardlyLion less]]'' of a wimp than they thought).
** In the novelization of the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', the cadets' core fighters have holographic projectors in the cockpit to allow an officer to virtual-brightslap them when they screw up. It's also mentioned that TheFederation military is fond of corporal punishment.
** The ''Bright Slap'' is usually followed by an event that would normally follow in a HeroicBSOD unfortunately, shortly after Amuro wise up from his little sulking incident, he still ran away from WB for a while (and need to be tossed to the brig obviously). It was [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Ryu's death]]]] that solidified Amuro to become a real man rather than Bright slapping him. [[RuleOfFunny But who cares?]]

* ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'' had a variation in Episode 5, and played it straight in episode 4. in the latter, Banagher gets to deliver one to Captain Zinnerman (and through a lopsided NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at that), convincing him that allowing civilian casualties was nothing short of monstrous and made him as bad or worse than everything he claimed to hate, and so he could NOT allow it. In Episode 5, Bright finally gets to meet him, and manages to verbally snap him out of a funk and convince him of what to do, why, and how... and as said, he does it all with words. The most physical action taken against Banagher was grabbing his arm at one point.

** ''Zeta'' is full of this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_StZDxiUIWE Here]]'s a video which serves as a montage to it.

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' offers a {{Deconstruction}} of the concept; Shinn starts the series well-meaning but with a ton of unresolved issues stemming from the death of his family. Athrun tries to play the BigBrotherMentor, but the fact that he seems incapable of interacting with Shinn without punching or yelling at him only makes things worse, especially since it pushes Shinn towards TheChessmaster, one of the few people who treats him decently. As a result, he basically ends up becoming the show's [[Film/StarWars Anakin]].

** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Endless Waltz]]'' has Lady Une begining to do this to the wigged-out and apparently brainwashed Mariemaia Kushrenada, only for the series' [[TechnicalPacifist pacifist female lead]], Relena Darlian, to get between them... and deliver the slap ''herself'', then [[ShutUpHannibal verbally wipe the floor with Mariemeia's ideas]]. Considered by many to be Relena's {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}.

* ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'': Judau Ashta gets to effortlessly dodge one of Wong's attacks later on and knee him in the gut after Wong acted like a jerk for no real reason. And then there was the time [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Judau hit Bright]] [[HitMeDammit at Bright's own request.]]

* ''Film/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'': Luio slapped Jona for failing his mission by disobeying orders and not capturing the Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex.

* ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt: When Io sees Claudia, his XO and former girlfriend, using drugs to cope with her stress, he slaps her .

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' Tieria Erde slaps pre-CharacterDevelopment!Saji Crossroad [[spoiler: for being self-centered and stupid, after the latter revealed the location of a Katharon's base to the Federation, leading to a massacre]].
** Some time before that, Tieria ''received'' a slap from TeamMom Sumeragi Lee Noriega [[spoiler: when he unjustly lashes out at Setsuna and blames him for Neil!Lockon's tragic death]].

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' has Mikazuki getting the funk out of Orga who is mourning for [[spoiler:Biscuit's death]], by grabbing his collar and asking him what he should do next and who he should kill next, which is to remind him of their pact years ago.

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' offers a {{Deconstruction}} of the concept; Athrun tries to be a BigBrotherMentor, but the fact that he seems incapable of interacting with Shinn without punching or yelling at him does nothing but make Shinn hate him. Made worse by the contradictory advice he often gives about following orders or disregarding them. It could be argued, though, that Athrun finally succeeded at this in the end. It's just that Shinn needed a ''Gundam''-sized slap to finally wake up.

* ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' had Akira slap Yomi after she let G-Master's victory over Team Song Dynasty Vase get to her head and she started taunting Kaoruko over it. She responds by slapping ''him'' sometime later. Notably, Akira is an {{Expy}} of Sleggar from the original series, mentioned earlier.

** ''Zeta'' is full of this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLU5mFoJtKM Here]]'s a video which serves as a montage to it.

* ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' had Akira slap Yomi after she let G-Master's victory over Team Song Dynasty Vase get to her head and she started taunting Kaoruko over it. She responds by slapping ''him'' sometime later.

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** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' offers an unintentional {{Deconstruction}} of the concept; the writers may have intended Athrun to be a BigBrotherMentor, but the fact that he seems incapable of interacting with Shinn without punching or yelling at him does nothing but make Shinn hate him. Made worse by the contradictory advice he often gives about following orders or disregarding them. It could be argued, though, that Athrun finally succeeded at this in the end. It's just that Shinn needed a ''Gundam''-sized slap to finally wake up.

* ''MobileSuitGundam'': [[TeamDad Bright Noa]], previously pictured on the main page and now here, used this method to straighten out HumongousMecha pilots, BridgeBunnies, and just about anyone else. Among mecha fans, it's become known as the '''''Bright Slap''''' (or [[GratuitousEnglish Buraito Surappu]]). It has been [[MemeticMutation scientifically proven]] that the Bright Slap [[MemeticBadass transforms wimps into MEN OF DESTINY]].

** In the novelization of the original ''MobileSuitGundam'', the cadets' core fighters have holographic projectors in the cockpit to allow an officer to virtual-brightslap them when they screw up. It's also mentioned that TheFederation military is fond of corporal punishment.

* ''GundamSeed'': Kira Yamato delivers one to Cagalli when she starts raging over deaths of her comrades.

** ''GundamSEEDDestiny'' offers an unintentional {{Deconstruction}} of the concept; the writers may have intended Athrun to be a BigBrotherMentor, but the fact that he seems incapable of interacting with Shinn without punching or yelling at him does nothing but make Shinn hate him. Made worse by the contradictory advice he often gives about following orders or disregarding them. It could be argued, though, that Athrun finally succeeded at this in the end. It's just that Shinn needed a ''Gundam''-sized slap to finally wake up.
* ''{{Gundam 00}}'' Tieria Erde slaps pre-CharacterDevelopment!Saji Crossroad [[spoiler: for being self-centered and stupid, after the latter revealed the location of a Katharon's base to the Federation, leading to a massacre]].

* ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' had Akira slap Yomi after she let G-Master's victory over Team Song Dynasty Vase get to her head and she started taunting Kaoruko over it. She responds by slapping ''him'' sometime later.

--->'''Chang Wufei:''' I don't kill bleeding hearts or women.