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Sometimes crosses over with MyFistForgivesYou or with SelfMutilationDemonstration ('cause you might ask someone else); frequently shows up in MakeItLookLikeAStruggle. StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourOfHatred is when they want to be hit so the other guy will break his moral code and fall from grace.

Sometimes crosses over with MyFistForgivesYou or with SelfMutilationDemonstration ('cause you might ask someone else); frequently shows up in MakeItLookLikeAStruggle. StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHate is when they want to be hit so the other guy will break his moral code and fall from grace.

Sometimes crosses over with MyFistForgivesYou or with SelfMutilationDemonstration ('cause you might ask someone else); frequently shows up in MakeItLookLikeAStruggle.

* In ''Series/GilligansIsland'', "Hi-Fi Gilligan", Gilligan asks the Skipper to hit him "as hard as he can" so that [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext his teeth will jolt back into radio position.]] The Skipper, however, cannot make himself do it. Gilligan taunts him to force him to do it, but the Skipper sees through him. Eventually, Gilligqn gets his teeth jolted back by accident.

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* At "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" Ken Shamrock was having a fight with (an actress playing) his sister. He {{call|ingYourAttacks}}ed for her to slap him but inadvertently did it very loudly and the mics picked it up. [[http://kids.dailymotion.com/video/x48noi_shamrock-gives-cue-to-be-slaped She slapped him and he reacted as if he was surprised she did it.]]

* Tsubaki, [[DoggedNiceGuy nice-guy protagonist]] of ''Manga/MysteriousGirlfriendX'', insists his girl [[StrangeGirl Urabe]] give him a nice hard slap to make up for, in a moment of weakness, trying to take advantage of her the previous day. (She does.)

'''Church''': Ugh! You know never mind. * Kills himself with grenades* \\

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', when Joey wants Ross to forgive him for the proposal fiasco. Ross is reluctant at first, but after much goading from Joey he finally swings... and Joey instinctively ducks, causing Ross to punch a metal pole. Joey tries to explain that "when you see a fist coming at you, you duck!" and ends up punching Ross in the face.

* In ''[[VideoGame/Mortal Kombat]]'' Johnny Cage has to be hit to activate his X-Ray move. Otherwise nothing happens and the entire special bar is wasted.

* In ''VideoGame/Mortal Kombat'' Johnny Cage has to be hit to activate his X-Ray move. Otherwise nothing happens and the entire special bar is wasted.

For whatever reason, one character has to convince another to try to strike him. Perhaps it is in order to show the avoidance skills of the hittee, to teach the hitter how to hit, or to intentionally hurt the hittee. Occasionally, it's to make up for the hittee previously attacking the hitter. One common use is when the hittee is an ActionGirl, and the hitter WouldntHitAGirl. Standing close together, the hittee taunts the hitter with ever-escalating demands of "Hit me, dammit!", countered with demurrings of "I can't/won't!"

This continues for several volleys until the hitter strikes the hittee. If it's for comic effect, the hittee is actually surprised and may be knocked out. He may deliver a line of surprise such as, [[CaptainObvious "You hit me!"]]

* AmbushBug does this to Batman in the incredibly meta final episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', because he knows that the show is losing viewers and that some random violence will attract them back. Batman is confused by this ultimately obliges.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': After arresting members of the team, a colonel tells Elliot to knock him out so that he can claim they overpowered him and escaped. Being a retired badass, it takes three attempts before he goes down.

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''. Mobile Infantry trooper Johnny Rico is promoted to a position higher than several other troopers who have more seniority than he does, and they don't accept him as their commanding officer. To establish his authority over them he fights one of them (named Ace). He impresses Ace with his combat ability so much that after Ace knocks him out, he tells Johnny to "Hit me!". After Johnny does so they become friends.

* In the Marvel ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' series, Comicbook/CaptainAmerica started beating the living tar out of Comicbook/ThePunisher--who simply let it happen. When Cap practically ordered him to fight back, Castle responded: "Not against you."
** For context: This happened during a flashback of the time the Punisher remembered meeting Cap, but Cap not recalling. Cap didn't remember because at the time, The Punisher was in combat training, and was just any other grunt. Before he actually became The Punisher.
*** He also didn't remember because it wasn't him, just a guy the military dressed up as Captain America; the original was on ice at the time.
* ''{{Deadpool}}'' spent the better part of an issue trying to get {{Wolverine}} to stab him. When Wolverine ignores him, he {{Shoryuken}}'d Kitty Pryde to get him to do it.

* In the "WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic" fanfic "FanFic/FalloutEquestria", LittlePip goes through an interaction much like this, while trying to get into the [[spoiler:Single Pegasus Project]]. She has to resort to angering Spike, in order to make him angry enough to burn her to death.

* ''Film/{{Glory}}'' has a scene early on when [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergeant Mulcahy]] is teaching the troops the proper use of a bayonet. He singles out the rather bad soldier, Thomas and tells him to stab him. After some hesitation, he makes two attempts, the blows turned away each time ("I said '''stab''', not tickle!"). The third time, after the sergeant delivers a rant specifically designed to provoke the poor kid ("You're the worst soldier in this whole company, now {{hit me|Dammit}}!"), he finally gives it his all - and the drill sergeant gives him a lesson in hand-to-hand that he never forgets ([[ChekhovsSkill seriously]]).

* Another EdwardNorton movie ''Film/TwentyFifthHour'', where Norton's character has his best friend hit him so that he won't look too attractive in prison, where he is going.

* A dramatic version of this trope occurs in the two-part Season 3 Finale of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. [[spoiler: Faith]] shoots Angel with a poisoned arrow, that can only be cured by drinking the blood of a slayer. [[spoiler: After failing to capture Faith]], Buffy tries to get Angel to drink from her. Angel refuses, so Buffy punches him until he vamps out and bites her.

* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "Billy" Gunn tells Fred to knock him out so he doesn't hurt her while he's under a magical HatePlague. It takes a couple of tries.

* In ''GilligansIsland'', "Hi-Fi Gilligan", Gilligan asks the Skipper to hit him "as hard as he can" so that [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext his teeth will jolt back into radio position.]] The Skipper, however, cannot make himself do it. Gilligan taunts him to force him to do it, but the Skipper sees through him. Eventually, Gilligqn gets his teeth jolted back by accident.

* At "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" Ken Shamrock was having a fight with (an actress playing) his sister. He {{call|ingYourAttacks}}ed for her to slap him but inadvertently did it very loudly and the mics picked it up. She slapped him and he reacted as if he was surprised she did it.
* When Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin was named Co-General Manager of ''WWERaw'' in 2003, he wasn't allowed to attack anyone unless physically provoked. He would invoke this trope but it didn't work all the time.

'''Church''': Because I need to get out of here. Come on, please, hurry, just kill me, please, hurry it'll be fun, i'm a dick. Please just fucking kill me!\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Damien", {{Satan}} fights {{Jesus}} Christ in a boxing match. Since Satan is almost 200 pounds heavier, two heads taller, and in a lot better shape than Jesus, everyone in the town has bet on Satan to win. The Prince of Darkness, despite winning for most of the match, kept taunting Jesus ''"Come on, hit me, you wuss!"''. And hit him he did. KO'd with just one punch, much to everyone's shock. Of course, it all was just Satan's EvilPlan to [[spoiler:fool everyone in town and returning to Hell even richer.]]

* The ''Film/RagingBull'' example is reenacted in a ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' between Creator/RobertDeNiro and AlPacino, only this time, Pacino ends up wearing his fist down to the wrist.

* Ambush Bug does this to Batman in the incredibly meta final episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', because he knows that the show is losing viewers and that some random violence will attract them back. Batman is confused by this ultimately obliges.

* Ambush Bug does this to Batman in the incredibly meta final episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', because he knows that the show is losing viewers and that some random violence will attract them back. Batman is confused by ultimately obliges.