History Main / ConvulsiveSeizures

* In ''{{Final Fantasy VI}}'', one of the status ailments is actually called "seizure". Called "Sap" in later games (and in the game's re-release), it's a normal status ailment that Squaresoft loves putting in that is essentially a damage over time effect.
* ''{{Metal Gear Solid 4}}: Guns of the Patriots'' has a scene near the end of Act 1 [[spoiler: in which Liquid Ocelot shuts down the nanomachines in everyone's bodies, causing their bodies to react violently, including Meryl (who foams at the mouth) and Snake himself]]. Later on in Act 2, [[spoiler: Naomi Hunter gives Snake a serum for when that very effect occurs again (after a lengthy explanation of why everything went chaotic in Act 1, saying "which is why you're having the seizures"]].

* Appears in ''Control'', though it's appropriate as the film's based upon a true story.

* Both averted and played straight in ''TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971). During Dr. Leavitt's first epileptic seizure she just sits there dazed. During her second seizure she falls unconscious and starts convulsing.

* ''SailorMoon'' has Hotaru (Sailor Saturn) go through seizures in which she clenches her chest and falls to her knees. This is actually because of [[spoiler: Mistress 9 controlling her]].

This is a common misconception perpetrated in media that a seizure must be a convulsion (the kind where the person loses complete control of their body). Thus, characters will always have these seizures. In fact, there are many different types of seizures that have symptoms that go from simply losing consciousness and staring into space for a few seconds to losing control of a single limb but maintaining consciousness, to the full-blown writhing on the ground episodes, and everything inbetween. This trope probably exists due to RuleOfDrama, as well as a concern that [[RuleOfPerception the audience won't be able to tell]] that someone is having a seizure unless they're convulsing. After that original idea has taken hold, TheCoconutEffect ensures its continued use.

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* ''{{Metal Gear Solid 4}}: Guns of the Patriots'' has a scene near the end of Act 1 [[spoiler: in which Liquid Ocelot shuts down the nanomachines in everyone's bodies, causing their bodies to react violently, including Meryl (who foams at the mouth) and Snake himself]]. Later on in Act 2, [[spoiler: Naomi Hunter gives Snake a serum for when that very effect occurs again (after a lengthy explanation of why everything went chaotic in Act 1, saying "which is why you're having the seizures"]].

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** The episode offended lots of people with epilepsy - not only because of the episode shown causing seizures, but because Homer ''doesn't'' have a seizure; he just 'joins in' then... He doesn't have a seizure because he's an idiot.

See also HollywoodHeartAttack

This is a common misconception perpetrated in media that a seizure must be a convulsion (the kind where the person loses complete control of their body). Thus, epileptic characters will always have these seizures. In fact, there are many different types of seizures that have symptoms that go from simply losing consciousness and staring into space for a few seconds to losing control of a single limb but maintaining consciousness, to the full-blown writhing on the ground episodes, and everything inbetween. This trope probably exists due to RuleOfDrama, as well as a concern that [[RuleOfPerception the audience won't be able to tell]] that someone is having a seizure unless they're convulsing. After that original idea has taken hold, TheCoconutEffect ensures its continued use.

It's also a common mistake that seizures are set off by flashing images, or that all flashing images set off seizures. This is called Photosensitive Epilepsy and it's seen in about 10% of epileptics. While it CAN cause seizures in non-epileptics, it takes a very specific framerate to do so.

* he first book of TadWilliams's {{Otherland}} series involves a child having a seizure. Someone asks him about some pretty lights and before you can blink, he's on the ground foaming at the mouth.

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* ''SailorMoon'' has Hotaru (Sailor Saturn) go through seizures in which she clenches her chest and falls to her knees. This is actually because of [[spoiler]]Mistress 9 controlling her[[/spoiler]].

* Archie in Series/HoratioHornblower has to deal with these in the first series. This becomes a plot point in the first episode, when he has one at the ''worst possible'' time.

* ''{{Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots}}'' has a scene near the end of Act 1 [[spoiler: in which Liquid Ocelot shuts down the nanomachines in everyone's bodies, causing their bodies to react violently, including Meryl (who foams at the mouth) and Snake himself]]. Later on in Act 2, [[spoiler: Naomi Hunter gives Snake a serum for when that very effect occurs again (after a lengthy explanation of why everything went chaotic in Act 1, saying "which is why you're having the seizures"]].

This is a common misconception perpetrated in media that a seizure must be a convulsion (the kind where the person loses complete control of their body). Thus, epileptic characters will always have these seizures. In fact, there are many different types of seizures that have symptoms that go from simply losing consciousness and staring into space for a few seconds to losing control of a single limb but maintaining consciousness, to the full-blown writhing on the ground episodes. This trope probably exists due to RuleOfDrama, as well as a concern that [[RuleOfPerception the audience won't be able to tell]] that someone is having a seizure unless they're convulsing. After that original idea has taken hold, TheCoconutEffect ensures its continued use.

** The episode offended lots of people with epilepsy - not only because of the episode shown causing seizures, but because Homer doesn't have a seizure; he just 'joins in' and he doesn't have a seizure because he's an idiot.

* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' supplement ''Man & Machine: Cyberware''. If Cerebral Booster bioware is seriously damaged, the person in whom it's implanted will suffer epileptic seizures with convulsions.

* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'' where the family visits Japan, they happen to see an anime on TV with EpilepticFlashingLights, an obvious reference to the infamous ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' episode. Everyone falls down to the floor helplessly jerking around, except for Homer. What makes this even more bizarre is that nobody in the family has been portrayed with epilepsy before or after that.

* ''HouseMD'' averts this trope frequently. Both absence seizures and complex partial seizures have been shown.

* he first book of TadWilliams's {{Otherworld}} series involves a child having a seizure. Someone asks him about some pretty lights and before you can blink, he's on the ground foaming at the mouth.

* The fourth book of TheSwordOfTruth has Cara writhing after a mental attack.

* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'' where the family visits Japan, they happen to see an anime on TV with EpilepticFlashingLights, an obvious reference to the infamous ''{{Pokemon}}'' episode. Everyone falls down to the floor helplessly jerking around, except for Homer. What makes this even more bizarre is that nobody in the family has been portrayed with epilepsy before or after that.

* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' supplement ''Man & Machine: Cyberware''. If Cerebral Booster bioware is seriously damaged, the person in whom it's implanted will suffer epileptic seizures with convulsions.

* Averted on ''The Young And The Restless''. Victor Newman, a longtime character, has been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy (which they portray accurately), which produces seizures that involve blackouts and hallucinations over convulsions.

* The disease in Contagion causes victims to seize and die, that being said, most of the time seizing is shown convulsions are involved.

'''NOTE: I changed my mind after taking a look at the HollywoodHeartAttack page. Played straight examples can be included as well.'''