History Main / DopeSlap

-->'''Wadsworth:''' You see? Like the Mounties, we always get our man!\\

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* The original ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' gives us a great one in the beginning, while Arthur is in the bath and ponders whether fish ever get tired of seafood. [[TheJeeves Hobson]] walks over, lifts off Arthur's hat, and smacks him.

* Repeatedly to resident ButtMonkey of ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', William Shaw.

* In Spanish 1995 movie ''Palace'', the main characters' father is prone to do this whenever they screw up - even after he dies. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, the main characters shrug in front of his father's statue after their plans to turn the titular hotel into a building fail, and they get slapped again. One of them gets angry enough to dope slap the statue - which reveals that the statue was hiding the father's fortune, which they had been trying to find during the movie.]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'': The wizard Bigby is well-known for the numerous magic "hands" spell he created. From 3.5th Edition, you have ''Bigby's slapping hand'', which just create a hand made of force that slaps the side of the target's head. It's not capable of inflicting damage, but can cause enough distraction for foes to take advantage of it.

--> '''Cortana:''' ''Oh'', I see. The coordinate data needs to be-- '''[SMACK]''' Right. Sorry.

* ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame'':
** ''VideoGame/LEGOIndianaJones'': Dr. Jones Sr. dope-slaps Indy at least twice.
** ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars''. In "The Empire Strikes Out" Darth Vader uses the Force to make his [[SurroundedByIdiots admirals dope-slap each other]] instead of choking them to death.

* Invoked in [[https://notalwaysworking.com/weeding-himself-out/37227 this]] ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' entry by a manager who catches an employee smoking weed on the job.

* ''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."

* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': In ''Aggregation'', Deimos dons a slain Agent's mask and uses it to spook Sanford. Sanford proceeds to whack him.

* ''Wiki/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."

[[caption-width-right:296:[[Series/{{NCIS}} Leroy Jethro Gibbs]] does not approve.]]

Not to be confused with a Pimp/Bitch slap, which is a ''hard'', either-handed (back or front) slap applied directly to the cheeks in order to [[DudeWheresMyRespect assert one's]] [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Authoritah]]. The difference is explained, naturally, by Gibbs himself in an ''NCIS'' episode:

-->-- "The Bone Yard"

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In Chapter 17, when Scylla doesn't immediately release her hold on Thor per Mothra's urging that they need to focus on [[FinalBattle the bigger issue]] at hand, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Mothra]] cracks a forelimb across Scylla's face whichmakes Scylla release Thor in surprise.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12078433/8/Crimson-Ink Crimson Ink]]'' Bellatrix does it to Barty when he gets bored of looking for Voldemort's spirit and starts narrating what the search party is doing.
* In ''Fanfic/TheProblemWithPurity'': Remus Lupin is in a meeting where he has to be polite to Severus Snape. When Lupin's first reaction to Snape's entrance is a growl, first Hermione then Tonks slap the back of Lupin's head to remind him to behave.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13304763/11/Dragon-Chronicles-2-Harry-Potter-Dragon-Whisperer Dragon Chronicles 2: Harry Potter, Dragon Whisperer]]'' Daphne does it to Harry after hearing that he ran into a cave full of dragon poachers without his wand.

* In ''[[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.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13197260/3/The-Videus-Charm The Videus Charm]]'' Harriet does it to Ron when he says that they don't make girls like Fleur at Hogwarts.

* ''Fanfic/ReadTheFinePrintEvangelion'': Shinji starts screaming when a (literally) flame-haired demon teleports into Misato's kitchen, and Asuka gets him to stop by slapping the back of his head.
-->''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.''

* ''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.
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In the epilogue, Asuka smacks Shinji on the head because he did not manage to find their daughter among a crowd even though she had told him where she was several times.
* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': In episode 12 Asuka and Shinji are having a bonding moment when [[DeadpanSnarker Shinji ruins it with a smartass comment]]. In reaction, Asuka bopped him on the head.
* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'':

* 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.
-->"I must follow..." the robot started before Alex struck Kara in the back of her head.\\
"Tell it stop now! If you never want to see it again that is fine but you aren't destroying it!\\
Kara took a breath and hoped Alex hadn't broken her hand. Alex knew Kara hated it when she slapped the back of her head.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9796877/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Dragon chapter 8]] of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfTheDragon'', Ron comes in for a double dose of this from Ginny and Tracy.
-->'''Hermione:''' Harry, I think we just found the Room of Requirement. I read about it in ''Hogwarts, a History''. It's supposed to change its form to suit the needs of whoever finds it.\\
'''Ron:''' So if you really needed to use the--OW!

* The fanfic ''[[Fanfic/ANewspaperSolvesEveryponysProblem A Newspaper Solves Everypony's Problem]]'' ([[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/348586/1/a-newspaper-solves-everyponys-problem/every-little-thing-she-does-without-supervision-often-ends-in-disaster Link]]) practically ''runs'' on this trope, the [[OnlySaneMan only sane mare]] rolls up a newspaper and thwarts harebrained ideas by whacking the newspaper against her friends' heads.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/20/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path Harry Potter and the Rune Stone Path]]'' Alicia does it to Fred when he suggests skipping Astronomy to get his beauty sleep.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10766595/42/Harry-Potter-Three-to-Backstep Harry Potter Three to Backstep]]'', Daphne and Hermione do it to Harry and Matthias when they groan at the mention of clothes shopping.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10859928/chapters/24120279 Ninja Wizard Book 2]]'' Dean does it to Ron when he derisively describes soccer as "Run around, kick the ball."
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10951206/chapters/24463638 Ninja Wizard Book 5]]'' Lavender and Parvati do it to Ron when he comments that Harry's owl Hedwig, who'd been missing for two weeks, probably got eaten by something.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6926581/15/Thanks-to-a-Snake Thanks to a Snake]]'' Daphne does it to Harry for making a remark that prompts a recuperating George to try to sit up, while Amelia does it to Sirius for complaining about receiving couple presents the first Christmas after their wedding.

!!Examples:

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', Haruko instructs Yukito to do this to Misuzu each time she says "Gao!"
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
** As punishment for forgetting her homework, [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Osaka]] is brought up before the class to do a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine with Miss Yukari. When Osaka suggests that Yukari be the ''boke'', she is rewarded with a thwack from a rolled-up book.
** During the Okinawa trip, after Tomo nearly drops Chiyo-chan over a cliff (albeit accidentally), Kagura does this to Tomo, even asking the "What are you, stupid or something?" question.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ichigo's teacher gives him the karate-punch variant after a long absence, when he tries to small-talks her and mentions that she changed hairstyle -- which was three weeks ago.
** Rukia and Renji deliver a tag-team Dope Punch to Ichigo for [[IdiotHero running off into Hueco Mundo carelessly, without telling them]].
** Anime episode #160: During a FlashBack, Kaien Shiba gives Rukia one while they're in a forest in the Soul Society. She wasn't paying attention to him and even yelling and shaking her didn't work.
* Kogoro does this to Conan in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' quite often when he catches the boy snooping where he shouldn't. More often than not he uses his fist (and sometimes even gives Conan a full noogie), resulting in a [[CranialEruption painful-looking lump]].
* ''Anime/TheCurseOfKazuoUmezu'': In "What Will the Video Camera Reveal?", the teacher does this to a student (who's looking at Rima) with a book.
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': The dope slap is Kouijiro Shinomiya's favored way of dealing with people who annoy him. His reasons for deploying the dope slap are many and varied, from calling him out on bullying staff to bringing out a too-cheap wine to serve with something he cooked.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** The karate chop version is Kakeru's trademark move. One time Yuki tried it... with three times the power.
** Kyo overhears two guys checking out Tohru and does the BoyfriendBluff to get them to leave her alone. During the time they were expressing interest in her she looks like she's spacing out and afterwards Kyo gives the Dope Slap to her and says "See what happens when you stand there like a space cadet?"
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Winry frequently dope-slaps Ed for damaging his automail arm. She's also the only person who has ever dope-slapped Al without injuring herself as she uses her trusty [[WrenchWench wrench]] to give him some sense.
** Izumi tends to prefer judo throwing Ed and Al when they do something stupid as opposed to slapping them.
* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'': Often delivered by Kaname to Sōsuke by way of PaperFanOfDoom, whenever Sōsuke uses overkill military answers to end mundane problems (i.e.: telling a cab driver to wait for him and Kaname by threatening to shoot him if he doesn't cooperate).
* ''Manga/FutabaKunChange'': The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu regularly give each other a karate chop on top of the head... or a dope punch... or a ''dope kick in the face''... usually berating the other for her stupidity -- or blaming her own on her sister. Yes, they're a pair of dumbasses.
* ''Manga/{{Gangsta}}'': Alex gives Worick a slap on the head if he is being too much of a ChivalrousPervert or she feels his ObfuscatingStupidity got out of hand. The strength of said slap depends on how annoying he is at the moment.
* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Tsukuyo frequently uses a variant of this by throwing a kunai at Gintoki's head if he does or says something stupid in her presence.
* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'':
** Episode 2: The maids use a bright light to cover up their assisting Taro in solving a math problem in class. When one of the maids tries to explain the light as a U.F.O., another maid gives her one of these and tells her to think of a better excuse.
** Konoe does it to various maids in both series (particularly Ikuyo Suzuki). Whenever she does, she hits so hard that it causes a lump on their heads.
* Kale from Creator/TatsuyamaSayuri's ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' Manga series does this twice. He first does this when Clover starts falling asleep while Shallot is explaining the type of books he likes which she considers boring. Kale notices and slaps her behind the head and tells her it's rude to do that in front of a person they just met. The second time is when Shallot tells Clover that she's a "Busy Body" which makes Kale quickly slap his head to not make things worse for her.
* ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos''. Chifuyu Orimura does this to her younger brother [[TheHero Ichika]] ''thrice'' in the first few minutes of the first episode.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Inuyasha chastises Shippo by conking him on the head (Inu-Yasha sometimes does this to Totosai, too). But since Shippo and Totosai are spirit monsters, it's a closed fist smack from the front, hard enough to raise a [[CranialEruption comical bump]].
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[IdiotHero Yuji]] tends to be on the receiving end of one from his teammates. Notably, [[HairTriggerTemper Kugisaki]] once delivered this trope in the form of a ''[[DisproportionateRetribution flying kick]]''. [[GenderBlenderName Megumi]] has much more patience than her, but have conked Yuji's on the head on the occasion too. It's not a real problem because Yuji is a self-admitted dumbass and also MadeOfIron, so it doesn't him phase at all.
* In the ''Manga/KiniroMosaic'' anime BeachEpisode, Karen is impressed when she sees Yoko's "nice body" and starts feeling around her chest area to find out what makes her body so different, threatening to take off her bikini top. Yoko is naturally uncomfortable with this attention and punches her in the head. Karen exclaims that [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam not even her father had ever hit her]].
* Mio from ''Manga/KOn'' does this a lot, usually to Ritsu. Her preferred method of application is a fist to the top of the head. In one episode, Mugi tries very hard to get Mio to hit her like this, because she sees it as an important part of bonding with friends.
* Emilia of ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' delivers these to her RobotMaid, α (Alpha), when she irritates her. This can range from the latter's having NoSocialSkills with other people, her being incredibly blunt and snarky with Emilia, or her intentionally riling her up for kicks.
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has an odd twist on the old concept, where Klan (in her [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever macronized]] state) delivers a dope slap to [[ChivalrousPervert Mikael's]] HumongousMecha's head, causing him to rattle around in the cockpit.
* A RunningGag in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has [[SmugSnake Monoma]] from Class 1-B act snotty towards the characters in Class 1-A, only for [[CoolBigSis Kendo]] to smack him (usually a karate chop to his neck, which knocks him out) then apologize to 1-A for his rudeness.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Itachi had a variation for dealing with his younger brother Sasuke. It involved jabbing Sasuke's forehead with two fingers.
** Sakura frequently punches or slaps Naruto when he says or does something he shouldn't have, or if he pisses her off.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** In the manga, Setsuna actually pulls out a paper fan (apparently from hammerspace) to dope-slap Chao, in response to Chao [[SarcasticConfession explaining that she's a martian from the future]] seemingly [[CassandraTruth sarcastically]]. Twice. This could also be considered a fine example of a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine.
** [[DisappearedDad Nagi]], however, was more a fan of the Dope [[UseYourHead Headbutt]].
* There's a scene in ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' where a teacher paps Yuko over the head with a book, repeated 46 times, before asking her to come see him after class.
* Used in ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', when a mother thought her young son's apology to the VictimOfTheWeek wasn't heartfelt enough.
* Quite common in ''Manga/OnePiece'', and usually administered by [[TheChick Nami]]. Of note is the fact that her dope slaps even cause AmusingInjuries to ''Luffy'', whose [[RubberMan powers]] explicitly include being able to more or less ignore blunt force.
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'':
** In "Retrace 49", Liam punches Break in the back of the head when he complains about [[spoiler:telling Sharon about his blindness]] and calls him an idiot.
** "Retrace 65": Oz punches Leo in the face for talking about [[spoiler:how the two can be enemies now that the one person keeping them friends, Elliot, is now dead.]]
* Light, humorous moments are pretty rare in the manga ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}''. However, there's that one time a classmate of Shinichi dope-slaps another, after the latter accidentally revealed Shinichi's large scar in the chest by horsing around in the lockers room.
* ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'': [[IdiotHero Ryuji]], of all people, does this to Ren for attempting to unmask a costumed student in the school festival as if she was a shadow.
* ''Popotan'': Mai has a tendency to press her fists against her younger sister Mii's head whenever she finds her irritating, which mimics this trope in spirit.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': When the Sailor Guardians arrive at Hotaru's house to rescue her and Chibi-Usa, Usagi gives her usual introduction speech to Hotaru's confused father and caps it off with the "In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" towards him. Rei immediately slaps her from behind and tells Usagi heroes aren't suppose to say that to the people they've come to help, while Usagi claims she's has to say it because it's her {{catchphrase}}. None of them [[DramaticIrony realize Hotaru's father is actually a villain]], meaning Usagi's accidental threat was actually pretty apt.
* In ''Manga/SakuraNoIchiban'', Misao often slaps Asami across the face or slams Asami's skull with her fist whenever the latter does something reckless or stupid.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Jinpei got a few of these, usually after saying something stupid or smart-alecky.
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'':
** The Tiger of Kai isn't content to deliver a simple dope slap to IdiotHero Yukimura Sanada. When he says something truly dumb, he delivers a dope PUNCH, usually sending Yukimura through the nearest door, or into a wall. He's always up again a second later though.
** Magoichi also whacks Motochika on the skull like this to bring him to his senses. It stings, but doesn't send him flying.
* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'': [[IdiotHero Yuu]] gets this sometimes from [[{{Tsundere}} Kimizuki and Mitsuba]]. Guren has also kicked Yuu for being an idiot.
* In ''Manga/SorcererHunters'', Tira does this to Carrot more than once.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'':
** Tsubaki unexpectedly do this to Black☆Star after he makes Maka run off crying during their training for Chain Resonance.
** Maka has done this herself... with a book. Particularly to her dad.
** Shinigami hits people who irritate him with his Shinigami Chop. He's very tall and his hand is very large. Especially funny when he does it to ''Medusa''.
* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Leon's SarcasticDevotee RobotBuddy Luxion occasionally gives him one of these in the form of an electric shock.
* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'' does a slightly different variant. Uzaki starts trying to hypnotize Sakurai to force him to call her by her first name. At first he plays along, but then she starts making silly demands like buying her a new VR game, causing him to get mad and chop her in the head so she knocks it off.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The dope slap became one of the best character signatures of Soledad from the Spanish sitcom ''7 Vidas''.
* Several episodes of ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' features skits involving [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily Tony Pajamas]] (Drake Bell) and his lackey (Josh Peck). Josh would frequently say or do something stupid, get hit and ask, "What was that for?!" To which Tony would reply, "For bein' an idiot!" which Josh would accept with an "Okay."
* Happens in the bloopers for ''Series/{{Angel}}'', after it is revealed that Wes, while making an ad for Angel Investigations, put down the wrong phone number.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': While in prison, George Bluth does this to his son GOB after he reveals that he enlisted his 14-year-old nephew to break into a permit office and plant evidence, despite the prison's "very strict '[[RunningGag no touching]]' policy." According to George, "it's worth a week in the hot box."
* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'': At the end of Part 4 of ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', after Sara and Alex share a parting hug and say goodbye to each other, Mick Rory asks Sara "You hit that?" To which she responds by dope-slaping him. "Shut up."
* The ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' episode "Why We Fight" features this exchange while the soldiers are patrolling a forest in Bavaria:
-->'''Frank Perconte:''' Hey, George.\\
'''George Luz:''' Yeah?\\
'''Frank Perconte:''' This kind of remind you of Bastogne?\\
''[comedic pause, including bemused look]''\\
'''George Luz:''' Yeah... now that you mention it. Except, of course, there's no snow, we got warm grub in our bellies, and the trees aren't '''''fucking exploding''''' from Kraut artillery, but yeah... Frank... other than that, it's a lot like Bastogne.\\
'''Frank Perconte:''' Right?\\
'''George Luz:''' Bull, smack him for me please?\\
''[thump]''\\
'''George Luz:''' Thank you.
* A frequent occurrence on ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''. Primarily in the third season, with Blackadder as the slapper and Baldrick the slappee, usually to stop the latter from talking or whenever the former was annoyed and needed something to hit.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'':
** Hodgins does this to Zach in "Intern in the Incinerator".
--->'''Zack:''' ''You're'' married, and you sleep with men besides your husband.\\
''[cue dope slap]''\\
'''Zack:''' Ow.
** Camille gives one to Hodgins for asking Arastoo some stupid questions. To be fair, they're both a bit inebriated at the time.
* This happens to RoyalBrat Juan in ''Series/TheBorgias'' after he brutally [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] his stepfather Theo. Rodrigo is ''not'' amused and delivers one hell of a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, orders him to apologize and threatens to disinherit him if he does anything of the sort again. Juan agrees to do as he's told, but just when it looks like all is forgiven, he gets an almighty slap just to drive the point home.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Spike pulls off a memorable one when, due to a spell, he has to explain a crucial plot point to Xander for roughly the 37th time. Note that Spike has a chip in his head which causes him extreme pain if he hurts a human.
--->'''Spike:''' This... is gonna be worth it.\\
''[smacks Xander]''\\
'''Both:''' OWWWW!
** When the Trio start arguing about who the best James Bond was in the middle of their scheme, Andrew gets smacked for sticking up for Timothy Dalton.
* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'':
** Taken to an extreme in this Mexican sitcom, where it's one of the show's many RunningGags.
--->'''Don Ramón:''' ''[hits Chavo on head with usual {{kung foley}}]'' ¡Toma!\\
'''Chavo:''' Pipipipipipipipipipi...
** El Chavo has also been known to give Quico a ''triple'' dope slap.
--->'''Quico:''' No me simpatizas...[[note]]"I don't like you..."[[/note]] ''[NonSequiturThud]''
* In ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' Episode 16, "Confusion", Odd gets slapped twice while driving the Megapod, after Jérémie asks the team to be "his eyes and ears".
-->'''Odd:''' Okay, next to me is William, and behind... I don't know what those two are doing, probably holding hands.\\
''[Yumi stands up and dope-slaps him]''\\
'''Odd:''' Ouch!\\
'''Yumi:''' Jérémie doesn't need anything but the basic essentials!\\
'''Ulrich:''' And nothing else! ''[he rises and slaps Odd too]''\\
'''Odd:''' Ah-ouch! You're worse than [[GiantEnemyCrab Krabes...]]
* Often used in the Britcom ''Series/{{Coupling}}''. Actor Richard Coyle (who plays Jeff Murdock) once was on the receiving end of a dope slap that was so forceful he got angry over it. Crybaby.
* Done towards the end of an otherwise depressing episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
-->'''Morgan:''' ''[on the phone with Garcia]'' Leave it alone until I get there. Hey, hey, hardhead... don't make me spank you when I get back.\\
'''Reid:''' Don't listen to him Garcia, he's all talk. ''[Morgan dope-slaps him]'' Ow! JJ, he just hit me.\\
'''JJ:''' ''[without looking up]'' Boys, behave or I will ground you both.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice Amy's Choice]]", the Doctor bonks Rory on the head with a telephone handset while pointing out why they can't just call for help (space is ''really big'').
* A major point of ''Series/{{Farscape}}: The Peacekeeper Wars'' is Aeryn giving birth during a firefight and demanding to be married to John before she finishes. Stark begins uttering some majestic sounding gobbledygook which Chiana recognizes as a Sheyang ''prayer for the dead''. Cue SLAP! from Aeryn. Stark tries something else, which turns out to be a Delvian '''puberty rite'''. Cue BITCHSLAP!! from Aeryn. He finally just '''asks''' them if they want to be married, they say yes, and he declares them married. Then Aeryn gives birth and they shoot their way out. Whew!
* Actor Andrew Sachs once asked Creator/JohnCleese to tone down the dope slaps while filming ''Series/FawltyTowers''. Also, in "The Builders", Polly slaps Basil when he is panicking about Sybil finding out about the building work. He then asks her to do it again, harder.
* On ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Fras gives his brother Niles a thunderous one when Niles kept screwing around with a novelity helmet while Frasier was trying to find a last minute Christmas gift for his son Freddie, the last straw coming when he squirted Frasier with water twice. Frasier nearly drops Niles to his knees from the force of the blow.
* It happens at least OncePerEpisode in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** In "TOW the Boobies", Joey earns one from his mom after making his dad fess up to an affair with another woman. She just wanted the situation to stay the same because the dad was nicer during the time.
** Chandler manages to earn a five-person dope slap (or at least two or three plus some stuff thrown at him...) after a particularly flagrant bit of HypocriticalHumor when he criticizes a GirlOfTheWeek for being "desperate" -- after he's spent the whole episode literally watching the phone.
** Monica gives one to Chandler and Joey in "TOW The Morning After" after she finds out the two knew that Ross had slept with the copy girl.
* Invoked by Tyrion Lannister in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' after he [[spoiler:personally unshackles the dragons Viserion and Rhaegal, either of whom could have killed him on a whim.]] Clearly shaken by the experience, he tells Varys, "Next time I have [[CrazyEnoughToWork an idea like that]], punch me in the face." Varys nods in curt agreement.
* Happens so often on ''Series/GilligansIsland'' that some refer to it as a "Gilligan Slap".
* On ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Dorothy has a tendency to hit Rose with whatever's on hand whenever she says something stupid--and, since Rose is TheDitz, it happens a ''lot.'' The humor was often amplified by Dorothy asking Rose to hand her something like a newspaper in the middle of a conversation; Rose would happily agree and get slapped for her trouble. In one instance, she tried to be GenreSavvy and made Dorothy promise not to hit her if she did pass her the newspaper. Dorothy agreed...and promptly [[ExactWords handed the paper to Blanche]], who followed through.
* ''Series/HannahMontana'':
** Miley and Lily enjoy doing this to Oliver on a regular basis.
** Also one episode guest starring [[Music/TheJonasBrothers the Jonas Brothers]] with Kevin and Joe doing this to Nick ''twice''.
* In "The Duchess and the Devil" from ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', sailor Styles keeps dope-slapping Oldroyd because he joined Hunter's gang and tried to escape with them from prison without a good plan, which caused Mr Hornblower's torture in a PunishmentBox. He deserved them, but he probably Styles probably compensated for the fact that he couldn't be smacking Mr Hunter.
* ''Series/ICarly'': Sam tends to do this to Freddie ''a lot''.
* A very unusual one in ''Series/{{Jessie}}''. Mrs Kibling swats Emma Luke and Ravi with her tail when they fail to realize that ''she'' could be the pet starring in Ravi's video.
* ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': [[PsychopathicManchild Aguilera]], the face of the Deadman cult, hands these out to anyone who annoys her while within arm's reach. She even put in enough strength to knock people over at some points, making them the slap equivalent of MegatonPunch.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''. After DS Matt Devlin makes a rather raunchy comment to CP Alesha Philips, partner DS Ronnie Brooks gives him a look that's basically the visual equivalent of this. At the very least, it strongly implies that he's thinking of doing it.
* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', episode "[[Recap/MerlinS03E03GoblinsGold Goblin's Gold]]": The first thing Gaius does after getting possessed by a Goblin is give a dope slap to Merlin, to the latter's astonishment.
* The dope slap is a RunningGag on ''Series/MyWifeAndKids''. Junior, not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, often said or did dumb stuff, leading to a dope slap from another character, usually Michael or Jay.
* Invoked in ''Series/TheNanny'' episode "Shopaholic". As Fran is turning into a shopaholic, she tells Niles to give her one whenever she thinks about buying something again, [[RunningGag which he obliges]].
* This is [[TeamDad Gibbs']] favorite form of discipline in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', especially to Tony, who reminds Gibbs of himself in his younger days. He does it regularly enough that the other characters have called it the Gibbs-slap.
** Honorable mention to Gibbs' reaction to catching Tony looking at "Page 57" of a men's magazine -- since Gibbs is too far away to deliver a dope slap, he catches Tony on the back of the head with a scrunched-up ball of paper. Certainly gets his attention.
** Tony, for his part, has at least gotten smart enough to dope-slap himself on occasion, and once gets offended that Gibbs ordered Ziva to administer when Gibbs isn't within arm's reach.
** However, it also conveys a sense of family -- only Team Gibbs gets Gibbs-slapped. When Ziva is assigned to Team Gibbs in "Silver War", she says, "I know, when we get out there you start kicking my butt." Gibbs replies, "I don't kick butts." She looks at him in confusion -- in response, he dope-slaps her, and she beams, knowing that he's essentially saying, "Welcome to the family."
** Furthermore, after being injured in an explosion, Gibbs suffers from amnesia and can't remember anyone or anything that happened after the end of his Marine career. Ziva manages to restore his memory by grabbing his hand and dope-slapping herself with it.
** In one episode, Gibbs dope-slaps ''himself'' after [[ItMakesSenseInContext tampering with evidence (for a good cause)]].
** On at least two occasions, Abby dope-slaps [=McGee=], saying "I was just doing what Gibbs would have done if he were here." On one occasion after discovering a solution that they hadn't considered earlier, she slaps [=McGee=] on the arm, claiming, "We should have thought of that." She then bares her arm and insists that [=McGee=] slap her. HilarityEnsues along those lines for the remainder of that episode ("Bait").
** Kate does this to Tony once. He angrily tells her that she's not allowed to do that because she isn't Gibbs.
** Kate and Tony dope-slap [=McGee=] simultaneously after he joins TheTeam and thinks that they'll stop hazing him.
** At yet another time, Gibbs dope-slaps both Tony and Ziva simultaneously, but Tony complains that [[DoubleStandard he's not hitting her as hard as him]].
** Gibbs once dope-slaps a cardboard cutout of Tony, and Tony reacts as if he'd been hit.
** Another time, Tony tries to slap [=McGee=]; he dodges it while Tony gets one from Gibbs.
** We see in flashbacks that when Gibbs first joined NIS[[note]]the C was added in 1992[[/note]], Mike Franks used to dope-slap ''him''.
** A flashback in the episode "Baltimore" shows Gibbs giving Tony his first dope slap, when Tony is uncertain about being ''any'' kind of cop. Tony indignantly asks, "Did you just physically assault me?" After Gibbs says he thinks Tony is too good to waste, Tony replies, "Don't make a habit of doing that."
** In a Halloween-based episode, Abby has to return to the lab from a party still wearing her Marilyn Monroe costume. Every time Tony and [=McGee=] are around her, they can't keep their eyes off her, with [=McGee's=] leering being particularly amusing. Gibbs finally has to give the duo a simultaneous head slap before saying, "Yeah. On it, Boss," ''for them'' before they finally leave the lab.
** Gibbs once even gives a slap to [[PercussiveMaintenance Mr. Mass Spectrometer to stop it from growling]] (while Abby has her back turned, thankfully).
** In the episode "Doppelganger", as if Kate weren't already weirded out by how similar the civilian police team is to the NCIS team, seeing Not-Gibbs deliver one of these to Not-Tony cinches it.
** Speaking of similarities, seeing CGIS Agent Abigail Borin give one of these to her probie is the first indication that she's a DistaffCounterpart to Gibbs.
** {{Subverted}} in "The Bone Yard" when Tony expects a slap from Gibbs but doesn't get one, with Gibbs claiming that he does in fact have a sense of humor. Then it's DoubleSubverted when Gibbs slaps him anyway.
--->'''Gibbs:''' It's not fun if you know it's coming.
** It's been revealed during many different interviews that the origin of "The Slap" came about during the filming for one of the first episodes of the series. Creator/MarkHarmon (a.k.a. Gibbs) thought that Creator/MichaelWeatherly (a.k.a. [=DiNozzo=]) was goofing around too much while filming a scene and proceeded to pop him one on the back of the head. Instead of breaking character, Weatherly continued on as if nothing had happened even while most everyone else was in a bit of shock. After reviewing the dailies, the production staff thought it was hilarious, [[ThrowItIn thus the Gibbs Slap was born]].
** Gibbs once gave Palmer a slap. As a reward. Because [[TooKinkyToTorture Palmer likes that sort of thing]]. Palmer gets another one in "We Build, We Fight" after learning that his wife is going into labor, pulling him out of his HeroicBSOD.
* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'':
** Kensi will regularly gives one to Deeks (as part of their UnresolvedSexualTension).
** In the crossover episode that sees [=DiNozzo=] visit the Los Angeles team, at the end Hetty Lange gets to "transmit a message" from Gibbs to Tony. Certainly the longest-ranged Gibbs Slap on record...
* In Brazil, comedic show ''Pânico na TV'' gave the dope slap a MemeticMutation, with a skit where a parody of a sports show host slapped two dwarves nicknamed after soccer players, along with the phrase "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW0jHsZWvJk Pedala]], Robinho!" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OYI8ci8l24 Samba]], Tevez!"
* Giovanni is a frequent target of this in ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''. In "Built for Speed", he is dope slapped multiple times in rapid succession by Jane and her mother.
* The Big Guy in ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' does this to Will and Henry a lot. However, in Big Guy's case, it's only occasionally a dope slap. Usually it's just his way of demonstrating affection. Once in a while, Will or Henry will return the favor, either in dope slap or Bromance context.
%%* This happened to Tommy D. several times on ''Saved by the Bell: The New Class.''
* In ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', Sheppard has dope-slapped [=McKay=] on two occasions: once in the second season for doubting Ronon's tracking skills, and again in the third season for telling too much to the still-imprisoned and therefore MindProbe victims O'Neill and Woolsey. Note that in the second case, [[spoiler:it is all part of a ploy to feed them false information before they'll be interrogated by the Asuran Replicators.]]
* In the ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' episode "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E7TheDarkestPlace The Darkest Place]]", Alex gives Winn a Dope Slap when he reveals to her that [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen James]] is National City's newest superhero, Guardian.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the pilot episode, Dean reprimands Sam by slapping him in the back of the head. Strangely, this is the dope slap's only occurrence, although Pam gives Dean one as revenge for getting her killed.
* Stiles gives one to Scott in ''Series/TeenWolf'' when Scott says he might go to Derek for help about being a werewolf.
* Hyde doing this to Kelso is a RunningGag in ''Series/That70sShow''. Red did this to Eric on occasion too.
* Titus would do this to Dave frequently on ''Series/{{Titus}}'', to the point that in one episode when Titus was unconscious in the hospital, Dave was slapping himself with Titus's hand, and weeping "It's just not the same!" Bonus material even claimed that Dave had a soft spot on his head from all the times Titus smacked him.
* Leo does this to Josh in ''Series/TheWestWing'' after Josh mocks a sentimental tradition of Leo's: "First of all, ''that'' (OW!) is for 'total crackpot day'."
* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': In "Future Harper", the adult Harper reveals to the Russos that the existence of wizards has been revealed in the future, so Justin gives Max a preemptive slap, knowing that he'll be the one who will inevitably blab it to the world.
* Repeatedly applied to Henry in ''Series/YouRangMLord'', generally after he's made an [[DeadpanSnarker accurate but unflattering observation]] about one of the other characters. It happens often enough that on one occasion, he hits himself preemptively to save someone else the bother. It doesn't seem to stop him being snarky, though.
* ''Series/Zoey101'': Zoey, Lola and Quinn simultaneously each give one to Chase, Micheal and Logan for letting Dustin watch a scary movie they knew he wouldn't be able to handle.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Happens to Barry in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' with the following quote:
-->'''Snot:''' Remember I told you being stupid was gonna start gettin' painful?
* A variant appears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', consisting of about a dozen rapid-fire slaps about the face with both hands, a {{Beat}}, then a single stronger whack to the back of the head.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** [[TeamMom Katara]] does this to [[DeadpanSnarker Sokka]] several times over the course of the show.
** Toph will also ''punch'' you for being stupid. Although Toph tells [[spoiler:Zuko]] that [[BruiserWithASoftCenter it's also how she shows affection]].
* Butt-Head from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' does this to Beavis on a regular basis, which sometimes leads Beavis to [[GroinAttack retaliate]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'':
** When Grandad gets the results of a DNA test that confirms [[LukeYouAreMyFather Lando Freeman]] as his real son.
--->'''Riley:''' ''[to grandad]'' You should've stuck with your story!\\
'''Grandad:''' They took a DNA test--\\
'''Riley:''' Well study next time!\\
''[Huey dope-slaps Riley with a book]''
** Combined with PunctuatedForEmphasis after Riley, Gin and Ed's failed attempt to kidnap Oprah.
--->'''Huey:''' YOU!\\
'''Riley:''' OW!\\
'''Huey:''' DO! NOT!\\
'''Riley:''' OW!\\
'''Huey:''' KIDNAP!\\
'''Riley:''' OW! Stop hitting me!\\
'''Huey:''' OPRAH!
* The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon ''Wackiki Wabbit'' features this trope with the two castaways.
* Exaggerated in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''. Dale gets conked on the head a lot by Chip. This was inherited from the original WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts where they appeared.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Numbuh Five dope-slaps Numbuh Four after the latter ate some Coco Nut Logs despite being allergic to coconut.
** She does the same to Numbuh Two at the end of "Operation: R.A.B.B.I.T." after he makes yet another pun, whipping off her hat and [[LamePunReaction whacking him with it.]]
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
*** In the episode "Kids Stuff", Wonder Girl does this to Superboy when he gets distracted by how cool GL's glasses look.
---->'''Superboy:''' Cool!\\
'''Wonder Girl:''' ''[dope slap]'' Would you stop messing around?!
*** [[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart]] is also fond of doing this to Franchise/TheFlash (who often earns it), as seen in "The Brave and the Bold" when Stewart gets Flash out of jail.
*** In the ColdOpen of "Date Night", two goons argue over a scone recipe.
---->'''Cecil:''' But how come when I make the scones, they don't got that good flavor like yours, Tony?\\
'''Tony:''' ''[dope slap]'' Do I gotta tell you ''again'' how you gotta add the orange zest, Cecil?
** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries New Batman Adventures]]'' ChristmasEpisode "Holiday Knights", Bullock and Montoya are staking out a department store in the guise of the store Santa and a Christmas elf. When one of the kids declares that Bullock isn't the real Santa, he responds, "Sure I am -- wanna see my gun?", earning a smack from Montoya.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', when [[spoiler:[[LoveEpiphany Abe he realizes he loves Joan]] in the series finale, he proceeds to ask Gandhi whether his feelings could be reciprocated.]] This leads to a flashback montage of [[spoiler:all the times Joan has blatantly shown interest in him]], followed by an unamused Gandhi slapping him in the face.
-->'''Abe:''' ...I see.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' Eddy often slaps Ed to make him pay attention or when he makes him angry.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In one episode, Peter tells the family that their tax refund will let them buy something they've always wanted. Chris suggests a cat and gets dope-slapped by Brian. Meg suggests a stereo and gets dope-slapped by Stewie. Then Lois says "A pool?" and gets dope-slapped by Peter, who then realizes what she said and responds "Oh, sorry, it ''is'' a pool."
** There's another early episode, where Peter loses his job and goes on welfare. When he tells Brian he got off subject by telling Lois she was getting fat, Brian rolls up the newspaper and whacks him twice saying "No. No."
** Peter also re-enacts the "could've had a V8" dope slap on himself in the middle of recalling various memories in the episode when he learned of his real father.
** Exaggerated in "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'"; when an NBC board member suggests adding something new and original to the lineup, another one takes a poster frame off the wall and beats him to death with it.
* "[[EvilOldFolks Mom]]" on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' frequently dope-slaps her children, occasionally all three of them at once. Being {{Expy}}s of Film/TheThreeStooges, they often do it to each other as well.
* Mandy and sometimes Grim from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' often slap Billy if his stupidity annoys them or majorly screws up.
* As opposed to a full-handed slap, Uncle of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' delivers a hard, two-finger hit to the forehead for anyone whose foolishness has earned his disapproval. Be they Jackie (many times -- [[AndAnotherThing "One more thing!"]], [[DudeWheresMyRespect even when he does something]] ''[[DudeWheresMyRespect right]]''), allies, enemies, or ''even himself''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', [[AlphaBitch Pretty]] does this to [[TheDitz Stumpy]] whenever he does something stupid (which is quite often).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'':
** Bugs Bunny does this to Porky Pig once. When Porky keeps falling for upsells, Bugs {{facepalm}}s so much that after Porky listens to him... and refuses to get insurance, he realizes that his forehead's starting to bruise. Finally, after Porky crashes the car, Bugs stops his facepalms and slaps Porky instead.
** He also does this to Daffy when he freezes in shock. But Daffy being Daffy, he returns the slap until it turns into a slap fight.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cartoon "Law and Order" has three ne'er-do-well cats -- a short one, a middle-sized one with a crooked tail and the dense behemoth who is identified as Pinhead Schlabotka. As they carry out a plot:
-->'''Schlabotka:''' Duh, hey boss... what's this all about? ''[Boss slaps him several times]''\\
'''Boss:''' Listen. Schlabotka. ''I'' do the thinkin' around here, see?\\
'''Schlabotka:''' But, duh, boss... ''[Boss slaps him more]'' Duh... all right.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]", Twilight Sparkle gives twice a dope slap to Spike (flattening the green fin atop his head) for being InnocentlyInsensitive to Fluttershy.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom -- Part 1]]":
*** Applejack gives one to Spike when he complains about the simple job Twilight does at the beginning of the episode, then tries to backpedal on his statement.
*** Rainbow Dash tossing Discord's "alicorn princess" crown from his head is also quite close to a dope slap.
* Skipper's trademark in ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''. When Skipper is presumed dead, Private asks the others to slap him the way Skipper does; "Like you're disappointed, but you still care."
* Brain from ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' often does this to Pinky after he's said or done something particularly stupid. Usually he pounds him over the head with his fist or an object.
-->'''Brain:''' ''[to Pinky]'' I'm going to have to hurt you.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** After their resurrection, Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys often hits Boomer after he interrupts him or says something stupid.
** Ace of the Gangreen Gang also does this to Snake on a regular basis to shut him up. When Buttercup temporarily joins their gang, she starts doing this to him.
** Mrs Smith gives one to her husband about his reaction to being shown the newly modified family car to kill the Powerpuff Girls.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', Mordecai does this to Rigby whenever he says something stupid and/or [[{{Jerkass}} dickish]], though instead of a slap, it's a punch. In "The Power", Mordecai tells Benson that they [[ItMakesSenseInContext sent Skips to the moon]], and Rigby attempts to dope-punch him, but fails because he's too weak to send the message. Mordecai responds by dope-punching him back.
* Ren from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' does this to Stimpy on a semi-regular basis after he's said something really stupid.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** From "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V":
--->'''Barnacle Boy:''' If you don't respect me as a hero, the you'll respect me as a villain. A villain who's ''EVIL!!''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Evil?\\
'''The rest:''' Evil?\\
'''Mermaid Man:''' ''[blankly stares, then dope-slapped by Mr. Krabs]'' ''EVIIIL!!!''
** After it's revealed near the end of "Squid Noir" that the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet, [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke that "crime doesn't [[{{Pun}} play]]". Patrick [[LamePunReaction promptly nails him]] with a hard slap.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Happens twice in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E10GhostsOfGeonosis Ghosts of]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E11GhostsOfGeonosisPartII Geonosis]]":
** At the beginning, Sabine gives one to Ezra when he asks about the secret mission, despite having already been told it's a secret.
** Imperial Captain Brunson delivers one to her helmsman after he informs her their rocket troopers have suffered heavy casualties, and when she asks how many he sheepishly answers "All of them."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'':
** AnnoyingYoungerSibling Michelangelo gets these from Raphael on a regular basis.
--->'''Raph:''' Woah, Donny, don't hit Mikey. That's MY job.
** In one instance of particular annoyance, Leonardo restrains Raph from doing this... so he can smack Mikey himself.
** An episode of the "Fast Forward" season has Splinter taking it to the extreme, tipping Mikey's chair over so he could hit him ''with the entire floor.''
--->'''Splinter:''' Someone had to do it. ''It was time.''
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** In the final moments of the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' episode, "[[DieHardOnAnX Decepticon]] [[Film/ConAir Air]]", [[BigBad Megatron]] does this to [[TheStarscream Starscream]]. This example is even funnier due to the fact that Starscream is [[LosingYourHead just a disembodied head at this point]] so [[MagnificentBastard Megatron's]] slap ends up knocking him across the room.
--->''[[[TheBrute Lugnut]] lands on the windshield of the space vehicle]''\\
'''Starscream:''' So, now we're picking up hitchhikers?\\
'''Megatron:''' ''*SMACK*''
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' has Rhinox smack Rattrap after making a {{pun}} that CrossesTheLineTwice.
--->'''Optimus Primal:''' Silverbolt, what--? ''[sees [[spoiler:the burnt husk of Optimus Prime's head]] and gasps]'' Well... [[CatchPhrase that's just Prime...]]\\
'''Rattrap:''' Or what's left of him, anyway. ''[dope slap]'' D'oh!
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'':
** After defeating Green Goblin together, Spider-Man then proposes names for his and Venom's [[EnemyMine temporary team-up]]. Venom quickly tires of this, hits Spidey, and tells him to shut up.
** White Tiger does it once to Nova. Since he's wearing his helmet at the time, it makes a nice KLONG sound.
* Dick Dastardly to Muttley on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''. Usually, Dick's retaliation for Muttley snickering at him comes by a bop on the head, dumping water on him, or other variations.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** Aqualad prompts Robin to stop laughing outright at ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s failure with a sharp elbow to the ribs. One gets the feeling that it would have been a smack upside the head were Aqualad a less [[TheStoic reserved person]].
** Artemis delivers one to Kid Flash when he won't stop flirting with Miss Martian.
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* Actor Andrew Sachs once asked Creator/JohnCleese to tone down the dope slaps while filming ''Series/FawltyTowers''.

** She does the same to Numbuh Two at the end of "Operation: R.A.B.B.I.T." after he makes yet another IncrediblyLamePun, whipping off her hat and [[LamePunReaction whacking him with it.]]

** [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-177 Verres Sr. is on the recieving end]] (via [[spoiler: gryphon wing]]) when he [[spoiler: slices his hand open so he can observe Tara's healing spell]].

** [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-177 Verres Sr. is on the recieving end]] (via [[spiler: gryphon wing]]) when he [[spoiler: slices his hand open so he can observe Tara's healing spell]].

* The original ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' gives us a great one in the beginning, while Arthur is in the bath and ponders whether fish ever get tired of seafood. [[TheJeeves Hobson]] walks over, lifts off Arthur's [[NiceHat hat]], and smacks him.

** She does the same to Numbuh Two at the end of "Operation: R.A.B.B.I.T." after he makes yet another IncrediblyLamePun, whipping off her NiceHat and [[LamePunReaction whacking him with it.]]

** El Chavo has also been known to give Quico a ''[[UpToEleven triple]]'' dope slap.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'':

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':
** When the Sailor Guardians arrive at Hotaru's house to rescue her and Chibi-Usa, Usagi gives her usual introduction speech to Hotaru's confused father and caps it off with the "In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" towards him. Rei immediately slaps her from behind and tells Usagi heroes aren't suppose to say that to the people they've come to help, while Usagi claims she's has to say it because it's her {{catchphrase}}. None of them [[DramaticIrony realize Hotaru's father is actually a villain]], meaning Usagi's accidental threat was actually pretty apt.
** Usagi once gave one to Shingo while trying to take away his Chanela and once gave one to Mamoru for allegedly forgetting her birthday (not realizing she never told him her birthday). Both instances, she is remorseful over it.

Also known by two other names: the Gerber Slap (since, when properly applied, the recipient's expression should resemble the "goo-goo" face on the eponymous brand of baby food), and the Gibbs Slap (in honor of the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' character having a propensity to do this).