History Main / DopeSlap

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9048823/27/Harry-Potter-and-the-Four-Heirs Harry Potter and the Four Heirs]]'': Susan does it to Harry when he says he deserves to be "tried for his crimes" after draining Voldemort's magic caused the unintentional death of every marked Death Eater except Snape.

* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', as the MI workforce watches [[spoiler:Mr. Waternoose being arrested and hauled away in a CDA van]].

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-572 SCP-572: Katana of Apparent Invincibility]]. Once the Katana is removed from the victim's grasp, "all psychological effects can usually be expunged by a single swift blow to the back of the subject's head."

** Anvil seems to like the "closed fist on top of the skull" variant. [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-64-someone-skipped-the-harassment-video/ She does it to Harem for teasing Zeph.]] Of note, she bonks one of Harem's bodies for another one teasing Zeph, but they're the same person anyway. And later, [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-77-shell-get-there-eventually/ again to the same Harem's body.]]

-->-- '''Special Agent Leroy Gibbs''', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' "[[Recap/NCISS02E05 The Bone Yard]]"

* ComicBook/{{Superboy}} (Conner Kent) received one from ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Cassandra Cain) during a team-up. Superboy, being the CasanovaWannabe that he was at the time, continuously showed off his [[LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe tactile-telekinesis]] in order to impress her. When she simply ignores him and uses his NighInvulnerability as a HumanShield to protect her from an explosion, he finally gets angry and snaps back with a "WhatTheHellHero" rant. Cassandra calmly slaps him across the forehead and says, "Focus." And Superboy is shocked that it ''hurt''.

* ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' [[http://safehavenscomic.com/?p=122 has it with dodos]].

* In chapter 38 of ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', Alex slaps the back of [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]'s head when her adoptive sister decides on a whim to erase her late birth mother's hologram.

-->''Before Shinji could get too carried away, Asuka reached out and slapped him across the back of the head. He stopped screaming and winced, bringing a hand up to where he was slapped, and gave her a confused look.''

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* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': During an emergency Misato orders the pilots' friends hurry to the nearest shelter as she takes the three Eva pilots with her. Kensuke says there are only two pilots only because Asuka is an inactive pilot, disregarding she is very sensitive about the issue. Asuka hit him on the back of his head.
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 6 [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] flicks [[LoveInterest Shinji's]] top of head after he said that he did not care much whether he lived or died. Then she angrily tells him that [[BattleCouple she could never go into combat with someone who would not fight to save his own life]] and reminds him that there are people like herself that depend on him to live.
* In ''Fanfic/ANewWorldANewWay'' sidestory ''Swarm'' Inti the Heliolisk does one with her tail when Apocalypse the Tyrunt tries to run her tail over with a rock and fails.

* In the thirteenth chapter of ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', Asuka whacks Shinji upside the head when he's poking fun at her and being a bigger pervert than usual:
-->Whacking him playfully upside the head, Asuka says, "Stupid pervert."
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'':
** Vivi administers one to Nami after she moans about missing getting Crocodile's gold-plated crocodile statue in Rain Dinners.
** After a filler adventure that started with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vivi mis-translating octopus sign language and forcing Luffy into a surfing competition]], Zoro, Nami, Cross ''and'' Boss each administer one of these to Vivi when she offers to translate a goodbye.
** Robin gives herself one when she meets Garp.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12110842/7/Harry-Potter-and-the-Horcrux-Hunt Harry Potter and the Horcrux Hunt]]'' Tonks does it to Harry for suggesting they use a thermonuclear device on Voldemort after all the [[SoulJar Horcruxes]] have been destroyed.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Dr. Sivana slaps the back of his son's head when Thaddeus Jr. whines that they will be done if Sivana's contingency plan fails.
* In ''Evangelion''/''Street Fighter'' crossover ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionSenshiNoMichi'', Misato playfully smacks Asuka on the back of the head when the younger girl is rolling her eyes at Shinji and their master Gouken getting all emotional. When Asuka protests, Misato reminds her that she got all teary-eyed when they left their master's dojo.

The Dope Slap is a (generally) light slap (or knuckle tap) to the back of the skull that is intended as a disciplinary move by one character when another character does, says, or even ''thinks'' something that is uniformly stupid, or just to [[BeQuietNudge shut them up]]. The slap is almost always PlayedForLaughs in some way; think of it as an attempt at PercussiveMaintenance on somebody's brain, and thus occasionally overlaps with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan. Another variation is [[BeQuietNudge a "shut up" poke to the ribs with the elbow]]. Finally, it may also be performed simply by making a slapping motion in the direction of the target, without any actual physical contact occurring.