History Main / HeartBeatsOutOfChest

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A character's heart will beat so strongly that it makes a bulge in their thoracic wall, visible even through clothing. Usually, it seems as though the heart has powered completely beyond the breastbone and ribs. This is a shorthand indicator that the character has seen a gorgeous LoveInterest and is completely smitten (for this reason, this trope can be seen as a more-or-less G-rated take on the SomethingElseAlsoRises trope. Lots of Creator/TexAvery and Creator/BobClampett cartoons -- and modern animated shorts inspired by them -- have done this). This haywire heart effect can also occur when the character experiences heart-pounding terror or extreme exhaustion.

Since this effect cannot occur in living people and still allow them to survive, it appears almost exclusively in cartoons, or as an animated special effect on a live actor.

Compare with CardiovascularLove, when heart-shaped symbols appear on or near a character. This is also a kind of ImpactSilhouette, but extruded instead of engraved.

Not to be confused with BeatStillMyHeart, when the heart beats literally outside of the chest.
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* One AT&T commercial shows Penelope the pussycat from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes getting a ''schmoozy'' text message from Pepe Le Pew. This causes her heart to pound visibly beyond her breastbone to the sound of bongo drums. Viewable on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhAye7f67Xk YouTube]].
* Seen in this informercial for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_PkV_vLzk Blo-Pens]] when an animated Blo-Pen does this as the announcer says in the heart of each Blo-Pen is a brush-tipped marker.
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* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', this happens to Meowth upon seeing the titular Skitty in the episode "I Feel Skitty", and again in "For The Love Of Meowth" when he falls for a Glameow.
** Both Meowth and Oshawott experience this in "Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?" when they're charmed by a Purrloin (whom they [[DudeLooksLikeALady think is a girl]]).
** Oshawott and Piplup have this reaction to a Meloetta; Oshawott in "All for the Love of Meloetta!" and Piplup in "Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!" (In Piplup's case, his heart expands to become bigger than his whole body).
* Anime/{{Doraemon}}'s heart beats out of his chest when in love, as seen [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130711023112/doraemon/en/images/a/a5/Ds1_Doraemon_fell_love.jpg here]]. One could argue that since he's a robot, his internal organs are placed a little differently.
* This happens once to Momoko in an episode of ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ''.
* [[Manga/OnePiece Sanji]] does this frequently whenever he sees a beautiful woman.
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' has an interesting twist on this trope with Lily, a zombie whose heart is exposed and balloons out of her chest when she is nervous or terrified. When this happens in public, she physically tries shoving it back in to keep her cover as a normal human from being blown. [[spoiler:It's revealed this is because her cause of death was a heart attack.]]
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': One episode of Season 7 has Big M. being so shocked that he has a heart attack, and his heart becomes visible as it beats out of his chest.
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* In the ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' comics, Cadance is shown with her heart beating out of her chest while watching Shining Armor perform.
** Also happens to Rarity in the Reflections arc upon meeting Mirror!Sombra.
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* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Nemi}}'' strip, Nemi is nervous about a job interview. She follows Cyan's advice and [[ImagineTheAudienceNaked imagines her hunky would-be employer in his underwear]], which results in this reaction.
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* This happens to the title character in ''Film/TheMask'' while he's watching Tina Carlyle sing at the Coco Bongo Club (pictured above), which is currently the TropeCodifier. He later morphs into a FunnyAnimal wolf that's a ShoutOut to those in Creator/TexAvery cartoons.
* Spoofed in ''Film/SilentMovie'', when Mel sees his girlfriend perform on stage. It's actually some kind of frog in his jacket.
* This happens due to fear in ''[[Film/{{Convict13}} Convict 13]]'', when Creator/BusterKeaton, a prison guard, is confronted by a hulking giant of a prisoner who's already knocked out all the other guards.
* In the movie ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'', when Ryan Harrison (Played by Leslie Nielsen) is about to fall down the waterfall,you can see his heart beating out his shirt in a cartoonish form.
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* Daffy Duck makes a guest appearance on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' during the opening scenes of the episode "My Best Friend's Wedding." Daffy takes one look at Mimi Bobeck and sees his Aphrodite, complete with CardiovascularLove and his heart leaping beyond his breastbone.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': "Once More With Feeling" has Spike lamenting of this in his song, "Rest in Peace".
--> '''Spike:''' If my heart could beat, it would '''break''' my chest!
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' Episode "Hunteri Heroici", Gary Frieling, heart beats out his chest like in a cartoon, when he's with Olivia, a woman he was seeing on the side. This is because of a cartoon loving RealityWarper senior's sphere of influence. The unstable nature of it makes the phenomenon painful before his heart literally bursts out of his chest.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': This is one of the symptoms of the witch disease Candy Heart Syndrome, along with hiccuping pink bubbles and the affected witch's heart becoming a candy heart (hence the name).
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* The song "Hey Soul Sister" by Music/{{Train}}, where the singer is in love with a woman.
-->I'm so obsessed, my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest.
* The video for "Heart of Rock & Roll" by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews has Huey's heart beating to move his jacket. He opens the jacket and his heart is also glowing under his shirt.
* The song "Cara de Santa" by Restart, This music video features a CG girl, and a few other effects going on with the guys. One Guy has his heart pulsing out of his chest, the others have 2D eyes coming out of their faces, and heads getting colored.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* This happens to the titular character of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' as he is about to kiss Princess What's-Her-Name.
* If WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is chosen first as a playable character in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation One adaptation of ''Film/SpaceJam'' by Sculptured Software, choosing Lola Bunny next will cause Bugs's heart to leap beyond his rib cage.
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* Murilo demonstrates this trope by being frightened by the Ghost Captain in the second chapter of the ''Webcomic/BronzeSkinInc''
* In "Menage a 3" strip, [[http://www.ma3comic.com/d/20081230.html when Zii turns around and sees Désirée or "DiDi" in her nightgown, her eyes pop out and her heart starts beating out of her chest.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Happens to Gumball in "The Laziest" as a side effect of him getting a sugar rush.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Played straight and taken a step further during the "Hello Nurse" song segment. Wakko's heart first beats out of his chest when Hello Nurse passes by and pats him on the head. Shortly afterwards, she backlights his x-ray sheet to examine it, causing his heart to appear on the x-ray and beat outside of his ribcage without pushing its way out first.
** Yakko and Wakko also experience this when they see Hello Nurse for the first time.
** This is how Minerva Mink [[LosingYourHead loses her head]] in the short "Moon Over Minerva" at the sight of hunky Wilford Wolf.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Stay Awake", in which [[MustHaveCaffeine Chicken starts acting out of control after eating a bowl of coffee-flavored cereal for breakfast]], his heart pumps out of his chest to indicate the caffeine kicking in as Cow reads the list of ingredients from the cereal box.
* Spoofed in ''[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald's Off Day]]'' when Donald Duck's nephews trick him into thinking he's terminally ill. This includes sneaking a little toy rabbit that's attached to an air pump under his blanket and pumping air in various ways, making Donald think his heart is acting out this trope and he's done for. He finally figures out the ruse shortly after the toy jumps out from under the blanket.
* Exaggerated in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Reincarnation", where Fry's heart pops out so far that it keeps hitting Bender in the back until it comes out of Bender's chest.
* Creator/BrunoBozzetto's short cartoon ''Help?'' has Jof the cat visit a hospital for a sore finger. One doctor puts Jof on a treadmill, then turns up the speed and angle to insane levels. At the end of the test, Jof's heart is hammering against his breastbone. Jof opens an access door in his thorax, takes out his exhausted heart, and lays it gently on a pillow to rest.
* ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic'', made by the same creators of ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' (see above): At one point in the episode "Uncle Sandman", Tom, Cindy and His Highness look at an aquarium. The latter then finds a ''piranha'' in the aquarium, gets scared and runs into the side of a bed (with Gregore and the OneShotCharacter on it having a conversation). His heart pounds under his mouth, and he becomes aware of this.
* In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "The Grey Hounded Hare", this happens with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny upon seeing the fake rabbit used to lure the dogs around the track.
* ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt''
** Ned gets this after being kissed by his crush Linda Bliss in "Draw Your Own Concussion".
** Newton's heart hammers beyond his ribs and breastbone in "A Mother Day, A Mother Dollar" after being informed by his mother that he's her favorite son.
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches''
** "Monster From The Mud Lagoon": Oggy's heart pounds beyond his breastbone in terror after hearing the doorbell ring; this is due to him watching a horror film about a monster and he is thinking said monster is ringing the doorbell. In actuality, it is Jack covered in mud.
** "Go For It, Jack!": Upon seeing Oggy's sister, Monica, Jack's heart separates into smaller hearts and they all pound beyond his chest.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVrQCNcaaMg Heart Trampoline Promo]]: In this Cartoon Network commercial, Oggy is so lovestruck by Olivia that he passes out. His pounding heart is then used as a trampoline by the other characters so that they can catch a glimpse of Olivia!
** "Olivia": When Olivia rubs Oggy's arm, it causes his heart to pop out all over his body.
** "Party Pooper": While romantically daydreaming, Oggy's heart pounds once.
** "Shoplifting!": In a variation, the sight of Lady K makes Joey's chest open up and his heart leap out while attached to a spring.
* Moe Szyslak does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Saddlesore Gallactica" after seeing a beautiful woman. However in a nod to the show's more subtle slapstick, he notes that this shouldn't be happening to his heart and is likely a serious emergency.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "The Acme Bowl" shows Plucky Duck's heart pounding when he sees Margot Mallard in pool.This also happens to Bookworm in the episode "Eating Between the Lines" when he hears Sweetie Bird calling his name to eat him, his heart starts pounding out his chest.
* Occurs to two separate characters in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "Kitty Foiled" from June 1948.
** First, Tom captures Jerry in a goblet. Cornered and facing certain doom, Jerry's heart beats out of the left side of his chest. Using his left hand to push his heart back into place, it then beats out the right side.
** Later, Tom captures a small yellow canary beneath a flower pot. He peers at his prize through the drainage hole. The canary's heart beats out of his chest in terror. Then the canary crouches facing away from Tom's yellow bloodshot eye, and his heart starts beating out from beneath his tail feathers.
* From ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'', also by the same creators:
** At the end of an episode involving King Neptune, Sharko beats the hell out of King Neptune's orca army, and then squishes Neptune himself flat. He then reaches for Marina as his heart pounds beyond his breastbone, [[spoiler:only to find her gone; he then realizes Zig took her back to the island to eat her]].
** At the start of "Marina Superstar", King Neptune himself experiences this when he notices Marina's singing. His heart pounds beyond his chest and then ''his back''.
** In "A Lovesick Survivor", a castaway has this reaction when he sees Marina for the first time.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs'', again by the same creators: In the episode "First Love", a couple moves in the aliens' house and they break up. Gorgious, Bud, Stereo and Etno fall in love with the broken-up lady, while Candy thinks there is a spell coming from the girl. When Bud falls in love with the lady, his heart hammers through his ribs and breastbone right as Candy gets horrified.
* One character from ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery'' is Power Pooch, who sights a female poodle name Fifi. His heart beats so hard that as Fifi is walking by him, it actually blocks her path.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''
** Episode "The Night" has a non-romantic-love example. Sylvia, exhausted from the events of "The Day" has stated that she needs a ''really'' quiet night. Wander goes to great lengths to keep the whole planet silent for her. However, once he's done that, he becomes aware of his own heartbeat, which begins hammering through his furry orange chest.
** Episode "The Fugitives" has Wander's heart beat out his chest as he describes the good feeling he gets from helping others.
* A melancholy instance occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip'' cartoon "Of Mice and Magic", when Herman hears that Katnip has caught his beloved. A LetsGetDangerous moment follows.
** An unusual example occurs in "A Bicep Built For Two"; When Herman sees a beautiful lady cat, his heart beats out of his ''tongue''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** In "Love Spanked", Rocko's heart beats out of his chest ''and his butt'' when he sees his crush, Melba.
** In "Seat of Stardom", three chicken girls experience this when they find out Rocko is Wedgie Boy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''[='=]s take on ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Bat-Mite's heart beats out of his chest the moment he sets his eyes on Harley Quinn.
* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'':
** The episode "Genie Hunt" has this: Genie's heart pounds out of his chest when he runs in a room hiding from some clams chasing him with sharp teeth.
** This also happens in the episode "The Citadel" when he hides in a room from a thirdac, who chases him around the building. Aladdin comes in a room and notices that his heart is beating fast beyond his chest.
* Happens to Casper in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpooktacularNewAdventuresOfCasper'' when the French exchange student Nicole is introduced.
* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'' episode "Acting Silly"; When Scaredy sees Sue for the first, it seems like this is happening, but it is actually due to a frog who had hitched a ride in Scaredy's shirt.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'': In "The Vermin," Jerry invokes this after the titular band's female member uses her feminine wiles to convince him to join the band.
* WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} experiences this in the ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' episode "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon" when a beautiful mysterious lady flirts with him. He even literally crosses his heart as he promises to help her.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BonKers Bonkers]]'' featured a clip of this during the opening theme. The clip was taken from the episode "Love Stuck," where, when faced with an attractive woman on a dating show, Bonkers' heart beats out of his chest not once, but twice over the course of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/UnstableFables'': Junior invokes this when he sees [[AlphaBitch Misty Brown]] approaching.
* ''WesternAnimation/JungledyretHugo'': Hugo experiences this in the second film, when he realises he and Rita are on the verge of kissing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'': Dudley did this in "Puppy Love" when he saw Fifi Oui Oui who was really the Chameleon in disguise.
* The closing credits for ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' [[BlatantLies claim]] this is one of the symptoms of having a run-in with the title character, showing a frightened woman whose heart beats outside of her chest on a spring to the left then to the right. Nevermind that he's actually a vegetarian.
* ''WebAnimation/InAHeartbeat'' has this as the very premise of the short, with Sherwin's heart beating so fast after seeing his crush Johnathan that it ''literally'' comes out of his chest in an effort to get him to admit his feelings.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** In "Love Spanked", Rocko's heart beats out of his chest ''and his butt'' when he sees his crush, Melba.
** In "Seat of Stardom", three chicken girls experience this when they find out Rocko is Wedgie Boy.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/BonKers Bonkers]]'' featured a clip of this during the opening theme. The clip was taken from the episode "Love Stuck," where, when faced with an attractive woman on a dating show, Bonkers' heart beats out of his chest not once, but twice over the course of the episode.
* WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} experiences this in the ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' episode "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon" when a beautiful mysterious lady flirts with him.

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', in which [[MustHaveCaffeine Chicken becomes addicted to coffee after eating a cereal with high levels of caffeine]], his heart pumps out of his chest to indicate the caffeine kicking in as Cow reads the list of ingredients from the cereal box.

* In one episode of ''Series/CowAndChicken'', in which [[MustHaveCaffeine Chicken becomes addicted to coffee after eating a cereal with high levels of caffeine]], his heart pumps out of his chest to indicate the caffeine kicking in as Cow reads the list of ingredients from the cereal box.

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' has an interesting twist on this trope with Lily, a zombie whose heart is exposed and balloons out of her chest when she is nervous or terrified. When this happens in public, she physically tries shoving it back in to keep her cover as a normal human from being blown.

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' has an interesting twist on this trope with Lily, a young zombie whose heart is literally exposed and expands out of her chest when she is terrified.

* WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} experiences this in the ''Droopy, Master Detective'' episode "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon" when a beautiful mysterious lady flirts with him.

* Bruno Bozzetto's short cartoon ''Help?'' has Jof the cat visit a hospital for a sore finger. One doctor puts Jof on a treadmill, then turns up the speed and angle to insane levels. At the end of the test, Jof's heart is hammering against his breastbone. Jof opens an access door in his thorax, takes out his exhausted heart, and lays it gently on a pillow to rest.

* Moe Szyslak does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Saddlesore Gallactica" after seeing a beautiful woman. However in a nod to the show's more subtle slapstick, he notes that this shouldn't be happening to his heart and is likely a serious emergency.
* Occurs to two separate characters in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "Kitty Foiled" from June 1948. First, Tom captures Jerry in a goblet. Cornered and facing certain doom, Jerry's heart beats out of the left side of his chest. After using his left hand to push his heart back into place, it beats out the right side. Later, Tom captures a small yellow canary beneath a flower pot. He peers at his prize through the drainage hole in the bottom. The canary's heart beats out of his chest-- and when the canary crouches facing away from Tom's yellow bloodshot eye, his heart starts beating out of his ''butt''.

* Bruno Bozzetto's short cartoon ''Help?'' has Jof the cat visit a hospital for a sore finger. One doctor puts Jof on a treadmill, then turns up the speed and angle to insane levels. At the end of the test, Jof's heart is hammering against his breastbone. Jof opens an access door on his thorax, takes out his exhausted heart, and lays it gently on a pillow to rest.
* In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "The Grey Hounded Hare", this happens with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny upon seeing the fake rabbit used to lure the dogs around the dog track.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "The Acme Bowl" shows Plucky Duck's heart pounding when he sees Margot Mallard in pool.This also happens to Bookworm in the episode "Eating Between the Lines" when he hears Sweetie Bird calling his name to eat him, his heart starts pounding out his chest.

** "Monster From The Mud Lagoon": Oggy's heart pounds beyond his breastbone in terror after hearing the doorbell ring; this is due to him watching a horror film about a monster and he is thinking said monster is ringing the doorbell, but in actuality, it is Jack covered in mud.

* ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic'', made by the same creators of ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' (see above): At one point in the episode "Uncle Sandman", Tom, Cindy and His Highness look at an aquarium. The latter then finds a ''piranha'' in the aquarium, gets scared and runs into the side of a bed (with Gregore and the OneShotCharacter on it having a conversation). His heart pounds under his mouth, and he becomes aware of this.

* Spoofed in ''[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald's Off Day]]'' when Donald Duck's nephews trick him into thinking he's terminally ill. This includes sneaking a little toy rabbit that's attached to an air pump under his blanket and pumping air in various ways, making Donald think his heart is acting out this trope and he's done for. He finally figures out the ruse shortly after the toy jumps out from under the blanket.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Happens to Gumball in "The Laziest" as a side effect of him getting a sugar rush.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Played straight and taken a step further during the "Hello Nurse" song segment. Wakko's heart first beats out of his chest when Hello Nurse passes by and pats him on the head. Shortly afterwards, she backlights his x-ray sheet to examine it, causing his heart to appear on the x-ray and beat outside of his ribcage without pushing its way out first.
** This is how Minerva Mink [[LosingYourHead loses her head]] in the short "Moon Over Minerva".
** Yakko and Wakko also experience this when they see Hello Nurse for the first time.

* One AT&T commercial shows Penelope the pussycat from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes getting a ''schmoozy'' text message from Pepe Le Pew. This causes her heart to pound visibly beyond her breastbone to the sound of bongo drums. Viewable on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iggehff1HEE YouTube]].

* This is how Minerva Mink [[LosingYourHead loses her head]] in the ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' short "Moon Over Minerva".
** Yakko and Wakko also experience this when they see Hello Nurse for the first time.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Played straight and taken a step further during the "Hello Nurse" song segment. Wakko's heart first beats out of his chest when Hello Nurse passes by and pats him on the head. Shortly afterwards, she backlights his x-ray sheet to examine it, causing his heart to appear and beat outside of his ribcage without pushing its way out first.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs'': Played straight and taken a step further during the "Hello Nurse" song segment. Wakko's heart first beats out of his chest when Hello Nurse passes by and pats him on the head. Shortly afterwards, she backlights his x-ray sheet to examine it, causing his heart to appear and beat outside of his ribcage without pushing its way out first.

* The closing credits for ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' [[BlatantLies claim]] this is one of the symptoms of having a run-in with the title character, showing a frightened woman whose heart beats outside her chest on a spring to the left then to the right. Nevermind that he's actually a vegetarian.

* The closing credits for ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' [[BlatentLies claim]] this is one of the symptoms of having a run-in with the title character, showing a frightened woman whose heart beats outside her chest on a spring to the left then to the right. Nevermind that he's actually a vegetarian.

* The closing credits for ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' claim this is one of the symptoms of having run in with the title character, showing a woman whose heart beats out of her chest on a spring to the left then to the right.