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* In ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', if a Pokemon's HP is low enough this can happen when they use moves with substantial recoil damage (Flare Blitz, Wood Hammer, Head Charge) to finish off their opponent.
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** MakesSenseInContext: Westley could barely muster the strength to stand before that, having been mostly dead for the better part of the day.
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* ''{{Naruto}}'' collapses after hitting Kabuto in the stomach with a Rasengan. Unfortunately for him, Kabuto is not actually unconscious even though he was smashed into a boulder, which ''shattered.''
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* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
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* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
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* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, [[spoiler:and was '''actually dead''' for a couple minutes]], ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
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* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, [[spoiler:and was '''actually dead''' for a couple minutes]], ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
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* This happened to ''SailorMoon'' a few times after she'd unleashed new powers or defeated someone particularly nasty.
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** ''Discworld/{{FeetofClay}}'': Has a decidedly more lighthearted take on this trope, when introduced to prospective watchman Cheery Littlebottom, Vimes make polite conversation with her, correctly guessing the derivation of the name and eventually ushering her out. Only then does he finally breakdown laughing at the poor dwarf's name, repeating it over and over.
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** ''Discworld/{{FeetofClay}}'': ''Discworld/FeetofClay'': Has a decidedly more lighthearted take on this trope, when introduced to prospective watchman Cheery Littlebottom, Vimes make polite conversation with her, correctly guessing the derivation of the name and eventually ushering her out. Only then does he finally breakdown laughing at the poor dwarf's name, repeating it over and over.
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* Inspired by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080310 this]] ''GirlGenius'' comic.
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* In ''SluggyFreelance'' Riff's [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980406 Mark-1]] robot is able to [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980412 kill the Easter Bunny]], [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980414 rob a bank]], and [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980415 take down]] [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980417 the U.S. military]]. However, once they get it back home, it promptly [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980419 breaks into a hundred tiny pieces]].
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* An episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' had Superman raiding Cadmus headquarters to rescue a missing comrade, only to find his old friend Professor Hamilton working there. He confronts the good doc about his betrayal, only to get a verbal bitchslapping over his ''own'' betrayal of Earth at the hand of Darkseid and subsequent rage at him to save Supergirl's life last year. Big Blue looks like he's about to crush Hamilton's head between his fingers, but backs down, and after he leaves, Hamilton collapses in relief, having just stood up to a living god of a man ''and survived''.
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* An episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' had Superman raiding Cadmus headquarters to rescue a missing comrade, only to find his old friend Professor Hamilton working there. He confronts the good doc about his betrayal, only to get a verbal bitchslapping over his ''own'' betrayal of Earth at the hand of Darkseid and subsequent rage at him to save Supergirl's life last year.year [[SarcasmMode (because having been brainwashed and then being upset and desperate to save his only living blood relative were justifiable reasons to betray him and every other superhero)]] . Big Blue looks like he's about to crush Hamilton's head between his fingers, but backs down, and after he leaves, Hamilton collapses in relief, having just stood up to a living god of a man ''and survived''.
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** And the fact that he collapses JUST short of reaching the recall button does nothing to diminish his badassery in that episode. However, it may not fit this trope, as he passes out before completing the task, not after.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'', Luck Gandor manages to keep from passing out until after he's not only torn open [[spoiler:Gustavo's]] throat [[GrievousHarmWithABody with his own severed arm]], but also delivered an appropriately pithy BondOneLiner ''and'' made sure TheIngenue is okay. Then he falls over.
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* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', during the Second War for Armageddon, Commissar Yarrick loses an arm in combat with the Ork Warlord Ugulhard, but still manages to cut off the xenos's head. He does not 'allow himself the luxury of passing out' until the Orks are finally driven from Hades Hive. Oh, and he now uses the Ork's [[PowerFist Power Klaw]] as a prosthetic arm. And this was just the first assault on the hive.
* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', during the Second War for Armageddon, Commissar Yarrick loses an arm in combat with the Ork Warlord Ugulhard, but still manages to cut off the xenos's head. He does not 'allow himself the luxury of passing out' until the Orks are finally driven from Hades Hive. Oh, and he now uses the Ork's [[PowerFist Power Klaw]] as a prosthetic arm. And this was just the first assault on the hive.
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** It also happens again in the climax of the Fishman Island arc when Luffy defeats a steroid-enhanced Hody Jones, only in this one, he ''utterly'' [[CurbStompBattle owned]] Hody, and his exhaustion seems to have more to do with the fact he was occupied wrecking the giant ship, Noah, from destroying Fishman Island, only for the falling ship to be caught by a number of Sea Kings, leaving him to collapse from the blood loss he incurred earlier in the battle. In a way, it's very much this trope, since it was still Hody's plan to destroy Fishman Island, and recreate it, which the Straw Hats prevented.
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* In the novelization of the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Relics", an entire subplot involved Riker taking a team down to the surface of the Dyson Sphere. Needless to say, complications arise and the team has to scramble to get out with their lives. After being beamed up, one of the RedShirts asks if he's off-duty. When Riker says yes, the ensign promptly passes out on the transporter pad.
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* In the novelization of the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Relics", an entire subplot involved Riker taking a team down to the surface of the Dyson Sphere. Needless to say, complications arise and the team has to scramble to get out with their lives. After being beamed up, one of the RedShirts asks if he's off-duty. When Riker says yes, the ensign promptly passes out on the transporter pad.
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** ''Happened to Gohan at the end of the Cell saga and in one of the ''DragonBallZ'' movies.
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** ''Happened Happened to Gohan at the end of the Cell saga and in one of the ''DragonBallZ'' ''DragonballZ'' movies.
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** Goku was unable to move after overusing the [[DeadlyUpgrade Kaio Ken]] technique during his first bout with Vegeta. Being [[{{Determinator}} Goku]], he didn't collapse or anything, but a congratulatory pat on the back hurt like ''HFIL''.
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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has Setsuna pass out shortly after enduring (and ignoring) an intense [[AgonyBeam force field]] to save [[OneTruePairing Konoka.]] It's implied that Setsuna would have died were it not for Konoka's [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming swift actions.]]
* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
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* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
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** [[{{ActionGirl}} Kallen]] also has one during her FinalBattle against [[spoiler:[[{{TheDragon}} Suzaku]]]], she passes out cold within seconds of winning.
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* In ''UntilDeathDoUsPart'', Mamoru waits until [[spoiler:the bad guy's being dragged away screaming]] to collapse. This is ''after'' he's lost his sight, been hounded across the wilderness, and won an apparently-hopeless fight; the man is ''badass''. Also noted by another character.
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* In ''UntilDeathDoUsPart'', Mamoru waits until [[spoiler:the bad guy's being dragged away screaming]] to collapse. This is ''after'' he's lost his sight, been hounded across the wilderness, and won an apparently-hopeless fight; the man is ''badass''. Also noted by another character.
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* Seems to happen several times in ''{{To Aru Majutsu no Index}}''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beating him since his reality warping magic relied on if he truly believed he could make it happen]] the rest is generally since he took a massive beating before the good 'ol punch in the face.
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* Seems to happen several times in ''{{To Aru Majutsu no Index}}''...''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beating him since his reality warping magic relied on if he truly believed he could make it happen]] the rest is generally since he took a massive beating before the good 'ol punch in the face.
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* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans''. For a while, Changeling/Beast Boy's particular method of shapeshifting could physically exhaust him very quickly, particularly when growing to massive proportions or rapid-fire shapeshifting.
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* In ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', this happens to Harry in chapter 6, when he and Professor [=McGonagall=] have a showdown.
* In ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', Fluttershy defeats Night Raven. Despite being very exhausted and feeling immense pain, Fluttershy doesn't collapse, but remains semi-conscious. She passes out after Firefly congratulates her.
* In ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', Fluttershy defeats Night Raven. Despite being very exhausted and feeling immense pain, Fluttershy doesn't collapse, but remains semi-conscious. She passes out after Firefly congratulates her.
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* Kahlan, from TerryGoodkind's ''{{Sword of Truth}}'' series, always collapses from exhaustion after using her Confessor power.
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* In GeneStrattonPorter's ''{{Literature/Freckles}}'', Freckles fights Wessner and then argues with McLean about finishing his round, before he collapses.
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** A number of stories about Space Marine Standard bearers like Ancient Helveticus of the Ultramarines, feature them standing in the midst of an enemy assault, holding their banner high despite grievous wounds, and only ''after'' the battle has been won allowing themselves the luxury of dying.
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* Galuf's DeaderThanDead scene in ''FinalFantasyV'': He keeps on fighting well after his HP hit 0, untill finally collapsing after the bad-guy's been beaten.
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* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
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* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Doc learns a secret technique that will let him jump off of the Moon to escape Dracula's moon base (it makes sense in context). Safely back on earth, he has just enough time for a brief victory strut before the consequences of making such a leap catch up with him.
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* Happens to Ben quite often in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}''; his record is 3 times in one episode.
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* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Scarecrow," the titular CosmicHorror had injured Niko severely, then crashed into her sickroom. She tried to fight him off, only for a royally-pissed Goose to bust in and start fighting the thing. The thing managed to stun Goose and was about to kill him when Niko recovered enough to distract him and let off a few rounds from her BFG. As soon as the Scarecrow ran off, she passed out cold from the strain.
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* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Scarecrow," the titular CosmicHorror had injured Niko severely, then crashed into her sickroom. She tried to fight him off, only for a royally-pissed Goose to bust in and start fighting the thing. The thing managed to stun Goose and was about to kill him when Niko recovered enough to distract him and let off a few rounds from her BFG. As soon as the Scarecrow ran off, she passed out cold from the strain.
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* There's on scene in ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' where Raven has to stare down [[spoiler:Big Boss]], who has possessed Liquid's body. [[spoiler:Big Boss]] has already been shot with a tranq, but it doesn't seem to be having any effect. Despite this, and despite Raven knowing that he would get his ass handed to him in a fight, Raven calmly stands there, eye to eye in a staredown, and even {{Trash Talk}}ing his enemy until the tranq finally kicks in. He immediately turns afterwards, lets out a sigh of relief, and says "That took waaaaaaay too damn long".
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* In ''{{Baccano}}!'', Luck Gandor manages to keep from passing out until after he's not only torn open [[spoiler:Gustavo's]] throat [[GrievousHarmWithABody with his own severed arm]], but also delivered an appropriately pithy BondOneLiner ''and'' made sure TheIngenue is okay. Then he falls over.
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* In ''{{Baccano}}!'', ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'', Luck Gandor manages to keep from passing out until after he's not only torn open [[spoiler:Gustavo's]] throat [[GrievousHarmWithABody with his own severed arm]], but also delivered an appropriately pithy BondOneLiner ''and'' made sure TheIngenue is okay. Then he falls over.
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* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
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* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
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* Issac in ''GoldenSun'' collapses after winning the final battle in the Colosso. Strange, given that if Issac is a decent level (and is spamming the right move), he wipes the floor with his opponent.
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* Issac in ''GoldenSun'' ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' collapses after winning the final battle in the Colosso. Strange, given that if Issac is a decent level (and is spamming the right move), he wipes the floor with his opponent.
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* A meta-example of this occurs in ''RedDwarf.'' Lister is threatening a particularly arrogant hologram, and for emphasis, he eats his cigarette. Once the hologram has left the area and the take has been completed, Craig Charles spits out the chewed remains of the cigarette and mutters [[HilariousOuttakes "I don't know why I (beep) did that."]]
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* A meta-example of this occurs in ''RedDwarf.''Series/RedDwarf.'' Lister is threatening a particularly arrogant hologram, and for emphasis, he eats his cigarette. Once the hologram has left the area and the take has been completed, Craig Charles spits out the chewed remains of the cigarette and mutters [[HilariousOuttakes "I don't know why I (beep) did that."]]
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** [[NeverMessWithGranny Granny Weatherwax]] gets a similar event once. She had to [[BareHandedBladeBlock catch the villain's sword with her bare palm]] to make him surrender - and afterwards there wasn't any cut. However, ''a long time after'', when she had finally travelled back through half a continent to her home (and prepared bandages and water), she allows the cut to finally happen.
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* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
** [[spoiler: He was actually dead when he "Woke back up." check the screens, his life sign is blacked out.]]
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* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, [[spoiler:and was '''actually dead''' for a couple minutes]], ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
** [[spoiler: He was actually dead when he "Woke back up." check the screens, his life sign is blacked out.]]dead]].
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* Happens in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''. After taking the full force of several [[BeamSpam Shi Shi Hokudans]] and doing in Ryoga, Ranma manages to [[PietaPlagiarism carry Ryoga's body out of the crater]] and deliver a [[BondOneLiner dramatic quip]] about the pointlessness of said attack, before comically collapsing in an exhausted heap.
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* Happens in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''. After taking the full force of several [[BeamSpam Shi Shi Hokudans]] ''perfected'' [[AngstNuke Shishi Hokodans]] and doing in defeating Ryoga, Ranma manages to [[PietaPlagiarism carry Ryoga's body out of the crater]] and deliver a [[BondOneLiner dramatic quip]] about the pointlessness of said attack, before comically collapsing in an exhausted heap.
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* Invoked in ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', after Fluttershy defeats Night Raven. Despite being very exhausted and feeling immense pain, Fluttershy doesn't collapse, but remains semi-conscious. She passes out during the victory march (while being wrapped in a magic bubble nonetheless).
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* Invoked in In ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', after Fluttershy defeats Night Raven. Despite being very exhausted and feeling immense pain, Fluttershy doesn't collapse, but remains semi-conscious. She passes out during the victory march (while being wrapped in a magic bubble nonetheless).after Firefly congratulates her.
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* Invoked in ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', after Fluttershy defeats Night Raven. Despite being very exhausted and feeling immense pain, Fluttershy doesn't collapse, but remains semi-conscious. She passes out during the victory march (while being wrapped in a magic bubble nonetheless).
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* Naruto collapses after hitting Kabuto in the stomach with a Rasengan. Unfortunately for him, Kabuto is not actually unconscious even though he was smashed into a boulder, witch ''shattered.''
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* Naruto ''{{Naruto}}'' collapses after hitting Kabuto in the stomach with a Rasengan. Unfortunately for him, Kabuto is not actually unconscious even though he was smashed into a boulder, witch which ''shattered.''
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** [[spoiler: He was actually dead when he "Woke back up." check the screens, his life sign is blacked out.]]
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A character, despite long odds [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome does something awesomely cool]]. Either a HeroicSecondWind, or a ToThePain that gets the bad guy to leave or give up without a fight, or maybe he jumps into the fray and beats {{the Dragon}} down with his bare hands.
But, after he's sure the bad guys have left, he promptly collapses, whether from the stress of dealing with someone who completely terrified him, or the guy he just talked down could have broken him in half without a sweat, or just because he got hurt too badly in the fight. If it was really bad, they may even die, making this a HeroicSacrifice (albeit an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] one).
This one is frequently used with the DoomedMoralVictor, HeroicSafeMode or with ICanStillFight.
See also similar tropes HeroicRROD and PowerStrainBlackout.
Commonly used so the author doesn't have to write about all the boring clean-up after the battle climax. The hero may last just long enough for TheCavalryArrivesLate, so ''they'' can do the clean-up. For more minor injuries, AfterActionPatchup may suffice to let him out of the work.
May result when the BottledHeroicResolve or DeadlyUpgrade wears off. Often produces DeepSleep.
TruthInTelevision, to an extent: Adrenaline and other stress hormones can enable people to go for a long time, despite injuries, only to collapse once the danger is passed and the stress wears off.
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* ''DragonBall:
** Goku was unable to move after overusing the [[DeadlyUpgrade Kaio Ken]] technique during his first bout with Vegeta. Being [[{{Determinator}} Goku]], he didn't collapse or anything, but a congratulatory pat on the back hurt like ''HFIL''.
** ''Happened to Gohan at the end of the Cell saga and in one of the ''DragonBallZ'' movies.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has Setsuna pass out shortly after enduring (and ignoring) an intense [[AgonyBeam force field]] to save [[OneTruePairing Konoka.]] It's implied that Setsuna would have died were it not for Konoka's [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming swift actions.]]
* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
* ''CowboyBebop'''s Spike Spiegel ended a few fights like this, including [[spoiler: his last one against Vicious and TheSyndicate]].
* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
* At the end of the Alabasta Arc in ''OnePiece'', following several epic battles strung together, the entire Straw Hat crew suffers this simultaneously.
** Happens again after Luffy beats Rob Lucci in a battle that required every bit of his strength. He's so badly exhausted that even being a Determinator isn't enough to help him get off the floor, and he has to be rescued by his crew.
** Happens for a third time after the fight with Gekko Moriah in Thriller Bark. Luffy was actually unconscious by the time the battle was over, which makes sense given all the damage he took, not to mention downing 100 shadows when the max is usually 2-3.
* Happens in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''. After taking the full force of several [[BeamSpam Shi Shi Hokudans]] and doing in Ryoga, Ranma manages to [[PietaPlagiarism carry Ryoga's body out of the crater]] and deliver a [[BondOneLiner dramatic quip]] about the pointlessness of said attack, before comically collapsing in an exhausted heap.
* Happens occasionally to Kazuma in ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'', though he's too BadAss to pass out entirely, he tends to spend a while lying flat on the floor. Usually making snarky comments. Or possibly looking up skirts. It's explained that his [[SuperMode 'Contractor' state]] is rather exhausting to use, leaving him severely weakened after it runs out, thus handily explaining why he doesn't use it all the time.
* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'' (manga and ''Brotherhood'') Roy incinerates [[spoiler: Lust]], despite having just been stabbed twice through the side. He cauterizes his and his dying subordinates' wounds, comes back into the fray with all his badassery intact, and finally defeats [[spoiler: Lust]]. Then, of course, he falls to the floor, asking only some help for [[spoiler: Jean Havoc]], his wounded subordinate.
* Both Orihime and Chad's first battles against Hollows in ''{{Bleach}}'' end with them passing out from exhaustion having used their newly awakened powers to defeat them.
** Ichigo also does this a few times. In one instance, after his fight with Byakuya in the Soul Society arc, he shouts out a victorious "I won!" and then collapses.
* In ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'', Hiruma holds together impressively throughout the entire [[TrainingFromHell Death March]], showing barely a trace of fatigue, until they finally reach the hotel and everyone else has dragged themselves to bed, at which point he stumbles into his room and collapses face-first into the mattress without bothering to take his shoes off or let go of his gun.
** And at the end of the Bando Spiders game, Sena makes it all the way off the field and halfway to the locker rooms before collapsing into Suzuna's arms.
** Also after Hiruma's arm is broken, he puts on an impressive front throughout the whole game and even onto the celebrations afterwards with his arm on a sling. But Musashi reveals to Sena that Hiruma has been going to an oxygen capsule to recover from his injuries and he also left the party early to rest.
* In ''{{Baccano}}!'', Luck Gandor manages to keep from passing out until after he's not only torn open [[spoiler:Gustavo's]] throat [[GrievousHarmWithABody with his own severed arm]], but also delivered an appropriately pithy BondOneLiner ''and'' made sure TheIngenue is okay. Then he falls over.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji Ikari gets this almost constantly.
* Rolo from ''CodeGeass'' applies ExplosiveOverclocking to his Geass and [[spoiler:earns himself an AlasPoorScrappy ending]].
** [[{{ActionGirl}} Kallen]] also has one during her FinalBattle against [[spoiler:[[{{TheDragon}} Suzaku]]]], she passes out cold within seconds of winning.
* Date Masamune pulls one of these in the ''SengokuBasara'' anime so well that his men didn't even realize he was even shot until he fell off his horse miles away from the battlefield. On top of that, it's heavily implied that he was riding the horse unconscious at least half of the ride back home.
* Daisuke in ''DNAngel'' has a moment where he stops a fight with Krad by using ThePowerOfFriendship to turn him back into Satoshi. After the battle he leans against a rock wall and admits sheepishly that he couldn't stand otherwise, before promptly collapsing.
* In the finale of the first season of ''PrincessTutu'', [[spoiler:Fakir]] drags himself up to his feet after nearly being killed and dramatically takes away the villain's trump card...then faints backwards into a pool of water and apparently drowning. [[spoiler:He survives, but barely.]]
* In the manga version of ''ChronoCrusade'' Rosette collapses [[spoiler:and dies]] after she manages to shoot Chrono's horns off Joshua's head. [[spoiler:Similar to Fakir, she's revived.]]
* In ''UntilDeathDoUsPart'', Mamoru waits until [[spoiler:the bad guy's being dragged away screaming]] to collapse. This is ''after'' he's lost his sight, been hounded across the wilderness, and won an apparently-hopeless fight; the man is ''badass''. Also noted by another character.
* Whenever a pilot of a ''{{Bokurano}}'' Robot wins, they collapse and die due to the fact that the robots drain life force.
* This happened to ''SailorMoon'' a few times after she'd unleashed new powers or defeated someone particularly nasty.
* In ''YuGiOhGX'', Judai goes through this early on in the Seven Stars arc after his duel with Darkness ([[spoiler:Asuka's missing brother Fubuki]]), and stayed that way for a while, until [[spoiler:Carmilla tricks Ryo into losing a duel by risking Sho's life]].
* Seems to happen several times in ''{{To Aru Majutsu no Index}}''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beating him since his reality warping magic relied on if he truly believed he could make it happen]] the rest is generally since he took a massive beating before the good 'ol punch in the face.
* In episode 13 of ''TigerAndBunny'' Kotetsu makes a show of using his Hundred Power to accelerate his natural healing before leaving to help Barnaby fight Jake Martinez. As soon as he leaves the room he collapses against the door since only his superficial surface injuries were healed -- he still has ''severe'' internal injuries.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine visits the powerful voodoo magician 'Papa Midnite' to ask for help, and mocking him for good measure, he collapses shaking in the elevator on his way out, because he's secretly terrified of the guy.
* An issue of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' had Arrowette defending the continued existence of the group of teenage superheroes to the JusticeLeague, primarily, {{Batman}}. Once she was successful in convincing them to allow the group to exist, she breathed very rapidly into a paper bag, because ''she had just faced down Batman''.
* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans''. For a while, Changeling/Beast Boy's particular method of shapeshifting could physically exhaust him very quickly, particularly when growing to massive proportions or rapid-fire shapeshifting.
* Happens to UltimateSpiderman quite a few times, at least at the beginning of the series. After he [[spoiler: pulls out note cards to insult the Kingpin to his face]], he seems to suffer from it far less, however.
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hellion]] of the ''NewXMen'', desperate to save [[spoiler: a dying X-23]] by rushing [[spoiler: her]] to Elixir (a mutant with the power to manipulate biology which lets him heal anything short of actual death), begs Emma Frost to help him. Emma does so by temporarily removing Hellion's subconscious limits. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He flew several times the speed of sound, took out a Sentinel with an armored wagon]], and managed to get [[spoiler: X-23]] to Elixir just in time. He immediately passed out afterwards and slept for several days.
* In ''ElfQuest: The Rebels'' one of the titular rebels has a very surprising chat with the (then on leave) officer in charge of hunting them down, and convinces him he's not one of the wanted, but rather his cousin. And has a minor breakdown as soon as the officer's left.
* DoctorStrange more often than not after a major magical feat, with effects ranging from 'minor dizzy spell' to 'full blackout.' Ruefully {{Lampshade}}d once: "I never used to collapse... Now, it seems it's all I do..."
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* In ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', this happens to Harry in chapter 6, when he and Professor [=McGonagall=] have a showdown.
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* The ''Film/LordOfTheRings''--or the films, at least--have Sam and Frodo, er, [[IncrediblyLamePun chilling on a big rock]] after they destroy the One Ring.
* In the Gary Cooper movie ''Film/MeetJohnDoe'', romantic interest Ann convinces the title character not to commit suicide. Once he is safe, she promptly faints in his arms.
* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon''. In the very beginning of the movie when Hiccup frees Toothless instead of killing him (knowing there's a very high risk of him being killed himself), the very angry dragon pins him to a rock, roars only inches away from his face, and bounds away. Hiccup starts to turn around to head back home and, instead, immediately crumples to the ground and faints out of fear and exhaustion.
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': "Why does Westley need helping?" "Because [[YouCanBarelyStand he has no strength]]." "I knew you were bluffing! I knew he was bluffing!"
* ''Napoleon''. The eponymous Napoleon [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=-mH6yH_Nc0s#t=452s collapses]] after rescuing a wild dog pup from a desert flash flood.
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* ''HarryPotter'', all the time.
** The final face-off at the end of book one culminates with the agony in his head reaching such high levels that he loses his sight and all rational function before falling into a three-day coma.
** In book three, after a chase, a fight, a series of mind-blowing revelations, another fight, and almost getting his soul sucked out through his mouth, he faints and gets shipped off to the hospital wing before the second mini-climax.
** In book four, he is forced to watch a friend die, [[spoiler: witness Voldemort's return,]] gets tortured, and duel both physically and psychologically. He is semi-conscious when he gets back, gets even more danger and revelatory crap dumped on him, and is mercifully put out with sleeping potion afterwards.
** In book five it's notably averted in contrast to book four. He goes on an extended rescue mission, gets into a huge melee chase, which later becomes an all-out brawl, with the Death Eaters, watches a loved one die, and gets possessed. However, this has traumatized him so badly he breaks down and goes into RageAgainstTheMentor mode.
** In the final battle, he is temporarily refreshed [[spoiler: by ''dying'']], plucking him up enough to save the day, after which he stumbles off to bed on his own power for a sandwich and some sleep.
* ''TheDresdenFiles''. Harry Dresden, most of the time. Especially at the end of ''Dead Beat'', when Murphy gets back from vacation to find him bedridden and on an IV, and as such he does not get chewed out for trashing her house. But then, he wouldn't have been able to move ''at all'' [[spoiler:from Cassius's torture session on if Lash hadn't ''taught him'' how to block the pain.]]
* Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' novels is exceptionally fond of this.
** In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Vimes convinces his arch-rival Lord Rust that he's some sort of BadAss by handling hot coals (emulating a story about Lawrence of Arabia). Then he waits until Rust leaves to clutch his hand in pain. ("Are you quite sure he can't see me?" "Not unless he can see through camels, sir.")
** ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'': In only his underwear, Vimes [[spoiler:wins a rigged contest against a pack of werewolves, which entails both outrunning and outfighting them in the snow.]] Carrot and Angua rescue him just in time for him to pass out.
** ''Discworld/NightWatch'': "I'll teach him to walk! I'm ''good'' at teaching people to walk!" *falls over*
** ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'': After [[spoiler:a fierce battle aboard a storm-tossed ship which eventually surfs ashore on a tidal wave]], Vimes has just enough time to send someone to make him several bacon sandwitches with some good old Ankh-Morpork sauce before he drops where he stands.
* I think there's an example in ''{{Everworld}}'' #7...can't recall much except that it's during a Hetwan-Olympus battle, and April babbles something incoherent before falling over.
* Kahlan, from TerryGoodkind's ''{{Sword of Truth}}'' series, always collapses from exhaustion after using her Confessor power.
* In the ''WorldsOfPower'' book based on ''{{Castlevania}} II: Simon's Quest'', the [[AscendedFanboy kid from our world]] accompanying Simon Belmont [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu taunts]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beats up]] [[TheGrimReaper Death]], believing that the worst thing that could happen would be that he would be sent back home. After the battle, when Simon tells him that, unlike all the other monsters they've encountered, Death really was capable of killing him, he faints.
* ''ThePowerOfFive'': Happens to Matt at the end of book two. Even put him in a ConvenientComa, to show off [[TheMedic Pedro]]'s power.
* Tavi in the ''CodexAlera'' passes out hard at least once from pushing himself way, ''way'' too far. When breaking Varg out of jail in the fourth book, by the time he got to a point where he could collapse, [[YouCanBarelyStand his arms and legs were about to stop working]].
* SherlockHolmes, of all people, at the end of the pastiche ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution''. Thoroughly justified, for reasons that are [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome too badass]] to repeat here in their entirety.
* In ''The Glass Inferno'' (one of the two books that became the movie ''TheToweringInferno''), when everyone is rescued and they're no longer in danger, the junkie resumes having withdrawal symptoms which were suppressed while he and everyone else were trying to avoid burning to death.
* In the novelization of the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Relics", an entire subplot involved Riker taking a team down to the surface of the Dyson Sphere. Needless to say, complications arise and the team has to scramble to get out with their lives. After being beamed up, one of the RedShirts asks if he's off-duty. When Riker says yes, the ensign promptly passes out on the transporter pad.
* In RobertEHoward's "Gods of the North", ConanTheBarbarian suffers a touch of this after the fight.
-->''The Cimmerian stood upright, trailing his sword, a sudden sick weariness assailing him. The glare of the sun on the snow cut his eyes like a knife and the sky seemed shrunken and strangely apart. He turned away from the trampled expanse where yellow-bearded warriors lay locked with red-haired slayers in the embrace of death. A few steps he took, and the glare of the snow fields was suddenly dimmed. A rushing wave of blindness engulfed him and he sank down into the snow, supporting himself on one mailed arm, seeking to shake the blindness out of his eyes as a lion might shake his mane.''
* In {{Lord of the Rings}}:
** Meridoc and Eowyn collapse, after defeating the Witch King.
** Sam collapses, after stabbing and driving off Shelob.
* In GeneStrattonPorter's ''{{Literature/Freckles}}'', Freckles fights Wessner and then argues with McLean about finishing his round, before he collapses.
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* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas," Mal gets shot in the stomach, and then proceeds to run off his attackers, stumble to the infirmary, shoot himself in the heart with a tube of liquid adrenaline, stumble up into the engine room, repair the ship's core, and then stumble all the way to the bridge to activate the recall beacon to bring the rest of the crew back....and collapses, after showing just how hardcore he ''really'' is.
** And the fact that he collapses JUST short of reaching the recall button does nothing to diminish his badassery in that episode. However, it may not fit this trope, as he passes out before completing the task, not after.
* A meta-example of this occurs in ''RedDwarf.'' Lister is threatening a particularly arrogant hologram, and for emphasis, he eats his cigarette. Once the hologram has left the area and the take has been completed, Craig Charles spits out the chewed remains of the cigarette and mutters [[HilariousOuttakes "I don't know why I (beep) did that."]]
* The presenters on ''TopGear'' occasionally do mild versions of this at the conclusion of their long-distance races. Most recently, Clarkson fell over after the Season 13 London-Edinburgh race after spending eight hours stoking a steam engine and then running a short distance to the finish line.
-->'''May''': [''pulling Clarkson upright and holding a beer to his mouth''] Jeremy. Speak to me.
* In ''Series/TheATeam'', B.A. once beat a very strong opponent, and collapsed when Hannibal gave him a hearty slap on the back.
* In the ''{{Sherlock}}'' season one finale, [[spoiler:John very nearly collapses on the spot after being released from his bomb jacket by a frantic Sherlock, in a rare moment of vulnerability on both sides.]]
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' where Dick injures his foot and believes he has become impervious to pain. Too bad the adrenaline wears off immediately after he punctures his skin several times with staples.
* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' D'Argo ends up getting shot in the back while escaping from an enemy fortress, but manages to keep on running the next few hundred metres to safety. As soon as he stops moving, he promptly keels over, revealing that he is seriously injured.
** In the same episode, Crichton has to rescue Rygel from a gang of kidnappers while wearing a [[ArmCannon gauntlet weapon]] that doses him with a [[FantasticDrug powerful stimulant]]: under the influence of this drug, he runs several miles in the space of a few minutes, fights off two enemy soldiers, and duels their leader to a standstill before the already-overused gauntlet finally runs out of juice. He manages to convince them that Rygel isn't worth keeping, and then carries Rygel back all the way through the jungle to the campsite... then, he finally collapses. For good measure, Crichton is not seen in the epilogue of the episode, being presumably fast asleep.
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* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', during the Second War for Armageddon, Commissar Yarrick loses an arm in combat with the Ork Warlord Ugulhard, but still manages to cut off the xenos's head. He does not 'allow himself the luxury of passing out' until the Orks are finally driven from Hades Hive. Oh, and he now uses the Ork's [[PowerFist Power Klaw]] as a prosthetic arm. And this was just the first assault on the hive.
** A number of stories about Space Marine Standard bearers like Ancient Helveticus of the Ultramarines, feature them standing in the midst of an enemy assault, holding their banner high despite grievous wounds, and only ''after'' the battle has been won allowing themselves the luxury of dying.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has a spell that gives temporary extra HP and can cause the lethal version of this when it wears off.
** The barbarian's rage ability gives temporary extra HP, as well, leading to the same possibility.
*** From a game mechanics standpoint, the extra HP the Barbarian gets during a rage are distinct from actual "temporary HP". Temporary HP are lost first, so if the character has any left when they go away, he's no worse off than before he got them. The extra HP from a Barbarian's rage come off the bottom, so as early as level 6 a Barbarian could actually drop dead from calming down.
** ''{{GURPS}}'' has the same mechanic for the Advantage called Blessed: Heroic Feats.
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* In ''SuikodenIV'', every time the main character used the CutscenePowerToTheMax of the Rune of Punishment, he'd collapse immediately afterwards due to the rune's soul-draining side-effects. [[spoiler:Depending on which ending you get, it ends up killing him after the final battle, or he manages to push the rune into its rarely seen 'Forgiveness' form, where it's got all the ass-kicking with none of the side effects.]]
* Galuf's DeaderThanDead scene in ''FinalFantasyV'': He keeps on fighting well after his HP hit 0, untill finally collapsing after the bad-guy's been beaten.
* Issac in ''GoldenSun'' collapses after winning the final battle in the Colosso. Strange, given that if Issac is a decent level (and is spamming the right move), he wipes the floor with his opponent.
* Happens to Dr. Derek Stiles in ''TraumaCenter: Under the Knife'' and its Wii remake ''Second Opinion'' after he uses his Healing Touch power for the second time.
** He successfully (and accidentally) uses it the first on the car-crash victim. As said victim fibrillates, Derek's concentration and "''[[HowDareYouDieOnMe don't die on me!]]''" determination kicks the Touch in. After he REFINES the touch in ''Power of Asclepius'' he complains of headache. After squandering it in the very NEXT surgery, he collapses and spends the next few days asleep in a ward.
* This can happen to your soldiers in ''DawnOfWar'' after using the "Will of the Emperor" ability. It makes surrounding soldiers immune to death, but not damage, which means that they will die easily once the skill wears off.
* Takeshi in ''{{Ever17}}'' actually gets two of these. The first and more minor is [[spoiler:instantly collapsing after rescuing Tsugumi despite coughing up lots of blood, flu like symptoms, decompression sickness, swimming through frigid water and some other minor things after not eating for a good day or so.]] The second comes just a little later when [[spoiler:he basically comes back from the dead and does the same thing again only this time after being under pressurized water and not breathing for a good half an hour or so at least, rescuing Coco and a couple other impossible things before 'getting tired' and entering a cryogenic chamber which keeps him alive while his body fights off TB.]]
* ''{{Tsukihime}}''. Immediately after defeat Nero Chaos, Shiki collapses and returns to bleeding to death. By his own earlier admission, his entire body is basically one giant wound by this point, so it's hardly surprising. He only lives because Arcueid knows how to heal him with Chaos' remnants. Or Ciel saves him in her route.
* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
* In ''VideoGame/WildArms2'', a variant of this is the best explanation for the final boss that otherwise [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere sort of comes out of nowhere]]. After finally saving the world at a very high cost (specifically, [[spoiler:killing the team's commander and his sister after they sacrifice themselves to become a mortal body for a living universe]]), the heroes silently mope their way out of the final dungeon. On the way, the protagonist's depression eats away at him so much that [[spoiler:the EldritchAbomination sealed inside of him drags him into a final battle inside of his soul.]]
* In the ending of ''{{Persona 3}}'', an extreme version occurs to [[spoiler:the protagonist, who lives on for a month after his HeroicSacrifice, and fades away just as his friends shake off their LaserGuidedAmnesia and rush to meet him.]]
* Non-violent example: Chris, your character in ''Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches'', passes out each time one of the elemental orbs is successfully completed. Overexcited by the special effects, perhaps?
* Raiden from ''MetalGearSolid2'' collapses in exhaustion at the end of his battle against the ''30'' Metal Gear Rays. Understandable, but the bad news is that there are [[OhCrap still 3 Rays left.]]
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* Inspired by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080310 this]] ''GirlGenius'' comic.
* There's on scene in ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' where Raven has to stare down [[spoiler:Big Boss]], who has possessed Liquid's body. [[spoiler:Big Boss]] has already been shot with a tranq, but it doesn't seem to be having any effect. Despite this, and despite Raven knowing that he would get his ass handed to him in a fight, Raven calmly stands there, eye to eye in a staredown, and even {{Trash Talk}}ing his enemy until the tranq finally kicks in. He immediately turns afterwards, lets out a sigh of relief, and says "That took waaaaaaay too damn long".
* ''AntiheroForHire'': Dechs does this after infiltrating [=TeraCorp=] and nearly dying several times, and also after having to fight during the daytime.
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Doc learns a secret technique that will let him jump off of the Moon to escape Dracula's moon base (it makes sense in context). Safely back on earth, he has just enough time for a brief victory strut before the consequences of making such a leap catch up with him.
* ''TalesOfTheQuestor'': Quentyn delivers a truly epic ToThePain speech to the leader of a gang of street punks in the jail ... and delivers a VomitDiscretionShot outside fifteen seconds later. He ''is'' barely over the age of majority, after all, with [[HeroicWannabe all the battle experience that implies]].
* In ''SluggyFreelance'' Riff's [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980406 Mark-1]] robot is able to [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980412 kill the Easter Bunny]], [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980414 rob a bank]], and [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980415 take down]] [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980417 the U.S. military]]. However, once they get it back home, it promptly [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980419 breaks into a hundred tiny pieces]].
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/041209 This]] gut-wrenching final panel of the "That Which Redeems" arc, as Torg finally arrives home from weeks or months of fighting demons, [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], [[spoiler: and being unable to save alternate-universe Zoe from dying]].
* Straha on [[http://www.wtfcomics.com/archive.html?348_203 this page]] of ''{{WTFComics}}''.
* In [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/be-okay/ this]] strip of ''WapsiSquare'', Tina breaks down crying after a terrifying encounter with a sphinx.
* In ''ImpureBlood'', Roan [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter002/ib013.html escapes to collapse]] and [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html sleep like the dead]].
* In ''{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2010/06/07/issue-3-webpage-40/ Cole collapses after her escape]].
* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', Timothy [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20080413.html keels over]] after a particularly dramatic battle.
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* Has been happening to ''DannyPhantom'' ever since the first episode.
** Subverted in TheMovie: Danny's Ghostly Wail knocks Dan into a building, and as it crumbles on him, Danny turns back to his human form, falling on his knees...only for Dan to emerge from the rubble, leading to Danny whipping out the Fenton Thermos for the win.
** And again with Vlad who didn't even ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome flinch let alone collapse]]'' from the Ghostly Wail. Danny's friends and OppositeSexClone were the ones who finished him off.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Happens to Aang ''every single time'' he comes out of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]. But he is only twelve, and under a great deal of pressure.
** Not quite. The first time he swoons, but there's notably less effect with each successive use. By the first season finale he can stay on his feet, and as of the grand finale he seems to have overcome the problem entirely.
* Spider-man does this pretty often. In one episode of the ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, after a grueling battle, he went home, collapsed into his bed, and slept for a day straight.
* An episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' had Superman raiding Cadmus headquarters to rescue a missing comrade, only to find his old friend Professor Hamilton working there. He confronts the good doc about his betrayal, only to get a verbal bitchslapping over his ''own'' betrayal of Earth at the hand of Darkseid and subsequent rage at him to save Supergirl's life last year. Big Blue looks like he's about to crush Hamilton's head between his fingers, but backs down, and after he leaves, Hamilton collapses in relief, having just stood up to a living god of a man ''and survived''.
* In an episode of ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', [=SpongeBob=] collapses after facing off against the Patty Machine.
* Mild version in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Haunted"; Robin manages to pull himself off the floor and to his feet for his final confrontation with a hallucinatory Slade, and stays on his feet just long enough to dissolve the illusion with the light switch and tell Starfire that he's okay. He then promptly collapses into her arms.
** A straighter version in "Fear Itself"--Raven admits her fear, regains her powers and sends out a huge blast of dark energy that demolishes all the evil creatures in the Tower, and then falls to the ground exhausted when she's finished.
* Happens to Ben quite often in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}''; his record is 3 times in one episode.
** The worst case was when he would pass out just before ''every commercial break''...in the middle of the final battle with the Highbreed.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Scarecrow," the titular CosmicHorror had injured Niko severely, then crashed into her sickroom. She tried to fight him off, only for a royally-pissed Goose to bust in and start fighting the thing. The thing managed to stun Goose and was about to kill him when Niko recovered enough to distract him and let off a few rounds from her BFG. As soon as the Scarecrow ran off, she passed out cold from the strain.
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* Truth in television: When in literal "Life or death" situations, adrenaline and other endorphins are more than capable of pushing the human body beyond normal limits. Once the danger is over and the body stops producing these drugs, people will obviously crash.
** It's one of the reasons why, if you're in an accident, the authorities will often want a doctor to look you over even if you think you're fine. Once the adrenaline wears off, you may find that you're not in such good shape after all.
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A character, despite long odds [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome does something awesomely cool]]. Either a HeroicSecondWind, or a ToThePain that gets the bad guy to leave or give up without a fight, or maybe he jumps into the fray and beats {{the Dragon}} down with his bare hands.
But, after he's sure the bad guys have left, he promptly collapses, whether from the stress of dealing with someone who completely terrified him, or the guy he just talked down could have broken him in half without a sweat, or just because he got hurt too badly in the fight. If it was really bad, they may even die, making this a HeroicSacrifice (albeit an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] one).
This one is frequently used with the DoomedMoralVictor, HeroicSafeMode or with ICanStillFight.
See also similar tropes HeroicRROD and PowerStrainBlackout.
Commonly used so the author doesn't have to write about all the boring clean-up after the battle climax. The hero may last just long enough for TheCavalryArrivesLate, so ''they'' can do the clean-up. For more minor injuries, AfterActionPatchup may suffice to let him out of the work.
May result when the BottledHeroicResolve or DeadlyUpgrade wears off. Often produces DeepSleep.
TruthInTelevision, to an extent: Adrenaline and other stress hormones can enable people to go for a long time, despite injuries, only to collapse once the danger is passed and the stress wears off.
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!!Examples:
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* ''DragonBall:
** Goku was unable to move after overusing the [[DeadlyUpgrade Kaio Ken]] technique during his first bout with Vegeta. Being [[{{Determinator}} Goku]], he didn't collapse or anything, but a congratulatory pat on the back hurt like ''HFIL''.
** ''Happened to Gohan at the end of the Cell saga and in one of the ''DragonBallZ'' movies.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has Setsuna pass out shortly after enduring (and ignoring) an intense [[AgonyBeam force field]] to save [[OneTruePairing Konoka.]] It's implied that Setsuna would have died were it not for Konoka's [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming swift actions.]]
* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''RurouniKenshin'', especially after fighting Shishio and being [[YouCanBarelyStand barely able to stand up]] and even collapsing once before. Needless to say, after that Kenshin's out of action for quite some time and apparently never fully recovers.
* ''CowboyBebop'''s Spike Spiegel ended a few fights like this, including [[spoiler: his last one against Vicious and TheSyndicate]].
* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes a fatal shot from Thymilph, ''then gets up anyway'' to help Simon finish him off. [[spoiler:Then promptly returns to being dead]].
* At the end of the Alabasta Arc in ''OnePiece'', following several epic battles strung together, the entire Straw Hat crew suffers this simultaneously.
** Happens again after Luffy beats Rob Lucci in a battle that required every bit of his strength. He's so badly exhausted that even being a Determinator isn't enough to help him get off the floor, and he has to be rescued by his crew.
** Happens for a third time after the fight with Gekko Moriah in Thriller Bark. Luffy was actually unconscious by the time the battle was over, which makes sense given all the damage he took, not to mention downing 100 shadows when the max is usually 2-3.
* Happens in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''. After taking the full force of several [[BeamSpam Shi Shi Hokudans]] and doing in Ryoga, Ranma manages to [[PietaPlagiarism carry Ryoga's body out of the crater]] and deliver a [[BondOneLiner dramatic quip]] about the pointlessness of said attack, before comically collapsing in an exhausted heap.
* Happens occasionally to Kazuma in ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'', though he's too BadAss to pass out entirely, he tends to spend a while lying flat on the floor. Usually making snarky comments. Or possibly looking up skirts. It's explained that his [[SuperMode 'Contractor' state]] is rather exhausting to use, leaving him severely weakened after it runs out, thus handily explaining why he doesn't use it all the time.
* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'' (manga and ''Brotherhood'') Roy incinerates [[spoiler: Lust]], despite having just been stabbed twice through the side. He cauterizes his and his dying subordinates' wounds, comes back into the fray with all his badassery intact, and finally defeats [[spoiler: Lust]]. Then, of course, he falls to the floor, asking only some help for [[spoiler: Jean Havoc]], his wounded subordinate.
* Both Orihime and Chad's first battles against Hollows in ''{{Bleach}}'' end with them passing out from exhaustion having used their newly awakened powers to defeat them.
** Ichigo also does this a few times. In one instance, after his fight with Byakuya in the Soul Society arc, he shouts out a victorious "I won!" and then collapses.
* In ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'', Hiruma holds together impressively throughout the entire [[TrainingFromHell Death March]], showing barely a trace of fatigue, until they finally reach the hotel and everyone else has dragged themselves to bed, at which point he stumbles into his room and collapses face-first into the mattress without bothering to take his shoes off or let go of his gun.
** And at the end of the Bando Spiders game, Sena makes it all the way off the field and halfway to the locker rooms before collapsing into Suzuna's arms.
** Also after Hiruma's arm is broken, he puts on an impressive front throughout the whole game and even onto the celebrations afterwards with his arm on a sling. But Musashi reveals to Sena that Hiruma has been going to an oxygen capsule to recover from his injuries and he also left the party early to rest.
* In ''{{Baccano}}!'', Luck Gandor manages to keep from passing out until after he's not only torn open [[spoiler:Gustavo's]] throat [[GrievousHarmWithABody with his own severed arm]], but also delivered an appropriately pithy BondOneLiner ''and'' made sure TheIngenue is okay. Then he falls over.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji Ikari gets this almost constantly.
* Rolo from ''CodeGeass'' applies ExplosiveOverclocking to his Geass and [[spoiler:earns himself an AlasPoorScrappy ending]].
** [[{{ActionGirl}} Kallen]] also has one during her FinalBattle against [[spoiler:[[{{TheDragon}} Suzaku]]]], she passes out cold within seconds of winning.
* Date Masamune pulls one of these in the ''SengokuBasara'' anime so well that his men didn't even realize he was even shot until he fell off his horse miles away from the battlefield. On top of that, it's heavily implied that he was riding the horse unconscious at least half of the ride back home.
* Daisuke in ''DNAngel'' has a moment where he stops a fight with Krad by using ThePowerOfFriendship to turn him back into Satoshi. After the battle he leans against a rock wall and admits sheepishly that he couldn't stand otherwise, before promptly collapsing.
* In the finale of the first season of ''PrincessTutu'', [[spoiler:Fakir]] drags himself up to his feet after nearly being killed and dramatically takes away the villain's trump card...then faints backwards into a pool of water and apparently drowning. [[spoiler:He survives, but barely.]]
* In the manga version of ''ChronoCrusade'' Rosette collapses [[spoiler:and dies]] after she manages to shoot Chrono's horns off Joshua's head. [[spoiler:Similar to Fakir, she's revived.]]
* In ''UntilDeathDoUsPart'', Mamoru waits until [[spoiler:the bad guy's being dragged away screaming]] to collapse. This is ''after'' he's lost his sight, been hounded across the wilderness, and won an apparently-hopeless fight; the man is ''badass''. Also noted by another character.
* Whenever a pilot of a ''{{Bokurano}}'' Robot wins, they collapse and die due to the fact that the robots drain life force.
* This happened to ''SailorMoon'' a few times after she'd unleashed new powers or defeated someone particularly nasty.
* In ''YuGiOhGX'', Judai goes through this early on in the Seven Stars arc after his duel with Darkness ([[spoiler:Asuka's missing brother Fubuki]]), and stayed that way for a while, until [[spoiler:Carmilla tricks Ryo into losing a duel by risking Sho's life]].
* Seems to happen several times in ''{{To Aru Majutsu no Index}}''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beating him since his reality warping magic relied on if he truly believed he could make it happen]] the rest is generally since he took a massive beating before the good 'ol punch in the face.
* In episode 13 of ''TigerAndBunny'' Kotetsu makes a show of using his Hundred Power to accelerate his natural healing before leaving to help Barnaby fight Jake Martinez. As soon as he leaves the room he collapses against the door since only his superficial surface injuries were healed -- he still has ''severe'' internal injuries.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine visits the powerful voodoo magician 'Papa Midnite' to ask for help, and mocking him for good measure, he collapses shaking in the elevator on his way out, because he's secretly terrified of the guy.
* An issue of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' had Arrowette defending the continued existence of the group of teenage superheroes to the JusticeLeague, primarily, {{Batman}}. Once she was successful in convincing them to allow the group to exist, she breathed very rapidly into a paper bag, because ''she had just faced down Batman''.
* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans''. For a while, Changeling/Beast Boy's particular method of shapeshifting could physically exhaust him very quickly, particularly when growing to massive proportions or rapid-fire shapeshifting.
* Happens to UltimateSpiderman quite a few times, at least at the beginning of the series. After he [[spoiler: pulls out note cards to insult the Kingpin to his face]], he seems to suffer from it far less, however.
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hellion]] of the ''NewXMen'', desperate to save [[spoiler: a dying X-23]] by rushing [[spoiler: her]] to Elixir (a mutant with the power to manipulate biology which lets him heal anything short of actual death), begs Emma Frost to help him. Emma does so by temporarily removing Hellion's subconscious limits. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He flew several times the speed of sound, took out a Sentinel with an armored wagon]], and managed to get [[spoiler: X-23]] to Elixir just in time. He immediately passed out afterwards and slept for several days.
* In ''ElfQuest: The Rebels'' one of the titular rebels has a very surprising chat with the (then on leave) officer in charge of hunting them down, and convinces him he's not one of the wanted, but rather his cousin. And has a minor breakdown as soon as the officer's left.
* DoctorStrange more often than not after a major magical feat, with effects ranging from 'minor dizzy spell' to 'full blackout.' Ruefully {{Lampshade}}d once: "I never used to collapse... Now, it seems it's all I do..."
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* In ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', this happens to Harry in chapter 6, when he and Professor [=McGonagall=] have a showdown.
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[[folder:Film]]
* The ''Film/LordOfTheRings''--or the films, at least--have Sam and Frodo, er, [[IncrediblyLamePun chilling on a big rock]] after they destroy the One Ring.
* In the Gary Cooper movie ''Film/MeetJohnDoe'', romantic interest Ann convinces the title character not to commit suicide. Once he is safe, she promptly faints in his arms.
* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon''. In the very beginning of the movie when Hiccup frees Toothless instead of killing him (knowing there's a very high risk of him being killed himself), the very angry dragon pins him to a rock, roars only inches away from his face, and bounds away. Hiccup starts to turn around to head back home and, instead, immediately crumples to the ground and faints out of fear and exhaustion.
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': "Why does Westley need helping?" "Because [[YouCanBarelyStand he has no strength]]." "I knew you were bluffing! I knew he was bluffing!"
* ''Napoleon''. The eponymous Napoleon [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=-mH6yH_Nc0s#t=452s collapses]] after rescuing a wild dog pup from a desert flash flood.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''HarryPotter'', all the time.
** The final face-off at the end of book one culminates with the agony in his head reaching such high levels that he loses his sight and all rational function before falling into a three-day coma.
** In book three, after a chase, a fight, a series of mind-blowing revelations, another fight, and almost getting his soul sucked out through his mouth, he faints and gets shipped off to the hospital wing before the second mini-climax.
** In book four, he is forced to watch a friend die, [[spoiler: witness Voldemort's return,]] gets tortured, and duel both physically and psychologically. He is semi-conscious when he gets back, gets even more danger and revelatory crap dumped on him, and is mercifully put out with sleeping potion afterwards.
** In book five it's notably averted in contrast to book four. He goes on an extended rescue mission, gets into a huge melee chase, which later becomes an all-out brawl, with the Death Eaters, watches a loved one die, and gets possessed. However, this has traumatized him so badly he breaks down and goes into RageAgainstTheMentor mode.
** In the final battle, he is temporarily refreshed [[spoiler: by ''dying'']], plucking him up enough to save the day, after which he stumbles off to bed on his own power for a sandwich and some sleep.
* ''TheDresdenFiles''. Harry Dresden, most of the time. Especially at the end of ''Dead Beat'', when Murphy gets back from vacation to find him bedridden and on an IV, and as such he does not get chewed out for trashing her house. But then, he wouldn't have been able to move ''at all'' [[spoiler:from Cassius's torture session on if Lash hadn't ''taught him'' how to block the pain.]]
* Vimes in ''{{Discworld}}'' novels is exceptionally fond of this.
** In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Vimes convinces his arch-rival Lord Rust that he's some sort of BadAss by handling hot coals (emulating a story about Lawrence of Arabia). Then he waits until Rust leaves to clutch his hand in pain. ("Are you quite sure he can't see me?" "Not unless he can see through camels, sir.")
** ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'': In only his underwear, Vimes [[spoiler:wins a rigged contest against a pack of werewolves, which entails both outrunning and outfighting them in the snow.]] Carrot and Angua rescue him just in time for him to pass out.
** ''Discworld/NightWatch'': "I'll teach him to walk! I'm ''good'' at teaching people to walk!" *falls over*
** ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'': After [[spoiler:a fierce battle aboard a storm-tossed ship which eventually surfs ashore on a tidal wave]], Vimes has just enough time to send someone to make him several bacon sandwitches with some good old Ankh-Morpork sauce before he drops where he stands.
* I think there's an example in ''{{Everworld}}'' #7...can't recall much except that it's during a Hetwan-Olympus battle, and April babbles something incoherent before falling over.
* Kahlan, from TerryGoodkind's ''{{Sword of Truth}}'' series, always collapses from exhaustion after using her Confessor power.
* In the ''WorldsOfPower'' book based on ''{{Castlevania}} II: Simon's Quest'', the [[AscendedFanboy kid from our world]] accompanying Simon Belmont [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu taunts]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beats up]] [[TheGrimReaper Death]], believing that the worst thing that could happen would be that he would be sent back home. After the battle, when Simon tells him that, unlike all the other monsters they've encountered, Death really was capable of killing him, he faints.
* ''ThePowerOfFive'': Happens to Matt at the end of book two. Even put him in a ConvenientComa, to show off [[TheMedic Pedro]]'s power.
* Tavi in the ''CodexAlera'' passes out hard at least once from pushing himself way, ''way'' too far. When breaking Varg out of jail in the fourth book, by the time he got to a point where he could collapse, [[YouCanBarelyStand his arms and legs were about to stop working]].
* SherlockHolmes, of all people, at the end of the pastiche ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution''. Thoroughly justified, for reasons that are [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome too badass]] to repeat here in their entirety.
* In ''The Glass Inferno'' (one of the two books that became the movie ''TheToweringInferno''), when everyone is rescued and they're no longer in danger, the junkie resumes having withdrawal symptoms which were suppressed while he and everyone else were trying to avoid burning to death.
* In the novelization of the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Relics", an entire subplot involved Riker taking a team down to the surface of the Dyson Sphere. Needless to say, complications arise and the team has to scramble to get out with their lives. After being beamed up, one of the RedShirts asks if he's off-duty. When Riker says yes, the ensign promptly passes out on the transporter pad.
* In RobertEHoward's "Gods of the North", ConanTheBarbarian suffers a touch of this after the fight.
-->''The Cimmerian stood upright, trailing his sword, a sudden sick weariness assailing him. The glare of the sun on the snow cut his eyes like a knife and the sky seemed shrunken and strangely apart. He turned away from the trampled expanse where yellow-bearded warriors lay locked with red-haired slayers in the embrace of death. A few steps he took, and the glare of the snow fields was suddenly dimmed. A rushing wave of blindness engulfed him and he sank down into the snow, supporting himself on one mailed arm, seeking to shake the blindness out of his eyes as a lion might shake his mane.''
* In {{Lord of the Rings}}:
** Meridoc and Eowyn collapse, after defeating the Witch King.
** Sam collapses, after stabbing and driving off Shelob.
* In GeneStrattonPorter's ''{{Literature/Freckles}}'', Freckles fights Wessner and then argues with McLean about finishing his round, before he collapses.
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas," Mal gets shot in the stomach, and then proceeds to run off his attackers, stumble to the infirmary, shoot himself in the heart with a tube of liquid adrenaline, stumble up into the engine room, repair the ship's core, and then stumble all the way to the bridge to activate the recall beacon to bring the rest of the crew back....and collapses, after showing just how hardcore he ''really'' is.
** And the fact that he collapses JUST short of reaching the recall button does nothing to diminish his badassery in that episode. However, it may not fit this trope, as he passes out before completing the task, not after.
* A meta-example of this occurs in ''RedDwarf.'' Lister is threatening a particularly arrogant hologram, and for emphasis, he eats his cigarette. Once the hologram has left the area and the take has been completed, Craig Charles spits out the chewed remains of the cigarette and mutters [[HilariousOuttakes "I don't know why I (beep) did that."]]
* The presenters on ''TopGear'' occasionally do mild versions of this at the conclusion of their long-distance races. Most recently, Clarkson fell over after the Season 13 London-Edinburgh race after spending eight hours stoking a steam engine and then running a short distance to the finish line.
-->'''May''': [''pulling Clarkson upright and holding a beer to his mouth''] Jeremy. Speak to me.
* In ''Series/TheATeam'', B.A. once beat a very strong opponent, and collapsed when Hannibal gave him a hearty slap on the back.
* In the ''{{Sherlock}}'' season one finale, [[spoiler:John very nearly collapses on the spot after being released from his bomb jacket by a frantic Sherlock, in a rare moment of vulnerability on both sides.]]
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' where Dick injures his foot and believes he has become impervious to pain. Too bad the adrenaline wears off immediately after he punctures his skin several times with staples.
* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' D'Argo ends up getting shot in the back while escaping from an enemy fortress, but manages to keep on running the next few hundred metres to safety. As soon as he stops moving, he promptly keels over, revealing that he is seriously injured.
** In the same episode, Crichton has to rescue Rygel from a gang of kidnappers while wearing a [[ArmCannon gauntlet weapon]] that doses him with a [[FantasticDrug powerful stimulant]]: under the influence of this drug, he runs several miles in the space of a few minutes, fights off two enemy soldiers, and duels their leader to a standstill before the already-overused gauntlet finally runs out of juice. He manages to convince them that Rygel isn't worth keeping, and then carries Rygel back all the way through the jungle to the campsite... then, he finally collapses. For good measure, Crichton is not seen in the epilogue of the episode, being presumably fast asleep.
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* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', during the Second War for Armageddon, Commissar Yarrick loses an arm in combat with the Ork Warlord Ugulhard, but still manages to cut off the xenos's head. He does not 'allow himself the luxury of passing out' until the Orks are finally driven from Hades Hive. Oh, and he now uses the Ork's [[PowerFist Power Klaw]] as a prosthetic arm. And this was just the first assault on the hive.
** A number of stories about Space Marine Standard bearers like Ancient Helveticus of the Ultramarines, feature them standing in the midst of an enemy assault, holding their banner high despite grievous wounds, and only ''after'' the battle has been won allowing themselves the luxury of dying.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has a spell that gives temporary extra HP and can cause the lethal version of this when it wears off.
** The barbarian's rage ability gives temporary extra HP, as well, leading to the same possibility.
*** From a game mechanics standpoint, the extra HP the Barbarian gets during a rage are distinct from actual "temporary HP". Temporary HP are lost first, so if the character has any left when they go away, he's no worse off than before he got them. The extra HP from a Barbarian's rage come off the bottom, so as early as level 6 a Barbarian could actually drop dead from calming down.
** ''{{GURPS}}'' has the same mechanic for the Advantage called Blessed: Heroic Feats.
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* In ''SuikodenIV'', every time the main character used the CutscenePowerToTheMax of the Rune of Punishment, he'd collapse immediately afterwards due to the rune's soul-draining side-effects. [[spoiler:Depending on which ending you get, it ends up killing him after the final battle, or he manages to push the rune into its rarely seen 'Forgiveness' form, where it's got all the ass-kicking with none of the side effects.]]
* Galuf's DeaderThanDead scene in ''FinalFantasyV'': He keeps on fighting well after his HP hit 0, untill finally collapsing after the bad-guy's been beaten.
* Issac in ''GoldenSun'' collapses after winning the final battle in the Colosso. Strange, given that if Issac is a decent level (and is spamming the right move), he wipes the floor with his opponent.
* Happens to Dr. Derek Stiles in ''TraumaCenter: Under the Knife'' and its Wii remake ''Second Opinion'' after he uses his Healing Touch power for the second time.
** He successfully (and accidentally) uses it the first on the car-crash victim. As said victim fibrillates, Derek's concentration and "''[[HowDareYouDieOnMe don't die on me!]]''" determination kicks the Touch in. After he REFINES the touch in ''Power of Asclepius'' he complains of headache. After squandering it in the very NEXT surgery, he collapses and spends the next few days asleep in a ward.
* This can happen to your soldiers in ''DawnOfWar'' after using the "Will of the Emperor" ability. It makes surrounding soldiers immune to death, but not damage, which means that they will die easily once the skill wears off.
* Takeshi in ''{{Ever17}}'' actually gets two of these. The first and more minor is [[spoiler:instantly collapsing after rescuing Tsugumi despite coughing up lots of blood, flu like symptoms, decompression sickness, swimming through frigid water and some other minor things after not eating for a good day or so.]] The second comes just a little later when [[spoiler:he basically comes back from the dead and does the same thing again only this time after being under pressurized water and not breathing for a good half an hour or so at least, rescuing Coco and a couple other impossible things before 'getting tired' and entering a cryogenic chamber which keeps him alive while his body fights off TB.]]
* ''{{Tsukihime}}''. Immediately after defeat Nero Chaos, Shiki collapses and returns to bleeding to death. By his own earlier admission, his entire body is basically one giant wound by this point, so it's hardly surprising. He only lives because Arcueid knows how to heal him with Chaos' remnants. Or Ciel saves him in her route.
* Link almost collapsed after killing Ganondorf in ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation Even if you were at full hearts at the end of the battle.]]) Luckily, Tetra was there to catch him, before he hit the ground.
* In ''VideoGame/WildArms2'', a variant of this is the best explanation for the final boss that otherwise [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere sort of comes out of nowhere]]. After finally saving the world at a very high cost (specifically, [[spoiler:killing the team's commander and his sister after they sacrifice themselves to become a mortal body for a living universe]]), the heroes silently mope their way out of the final dungeon. On the way, the protagonist's depression eats away at him so much that [[spoiler:the EldritchAbomination sealed inside of him drags him into a final battle inside of his soul.]]
* In the ending of ''{{Persona 3}}'', an extreme version occurs to [[spoiler:the protagonist, who lives on for a month after his HeroicSacrifice, and fades away just as his friends shake off their LaserGuidedAmnesia and rush to meet him.]]
* Non-violent example: Chris, your character in ''Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches'', passes out each time one of the elemental orbs is successfully completed. Overexcited by the special effects, perhaps?
* Raiden from ''MetalGearSolid2'' collapses in exhaustion at the end of his battle against the ''30'' Metal Gear Rays. Understandable, but the bad news is that there are [[OhCrap still 3 Rays left.]]
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* Inspired by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080310 this]] ''GirlGenius'' comic.
* There's on scene in ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' where Raven has to stare down [[spoiler:Big Boss]], who has possessed Liquid's body. [[spoiler:Big Boss]] has already been shot with a tranq, but it doesn't seem to be having any effect. Despite this, and despite Raven knowing that he would get his ass handed to him in a fight, Raven calmly stands there, eye to eye in a staredown, and even {{Trash Talk}}ing his enemy until the tranq finally kicks in. He immediately turns afterwards, lets out a sigh of relief, and says "That took waaaaaaay too damn long".
* ''AntiheroForHire'': Dechs does this after infiltrating [=TeraCorp=] and nearly dying several times, and also after having to fight during the daytime.
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Doc learns a secret technique that will let him jump off of the Moon to escape Dracula's moon base (it makes sense in context). Safely back on earth, he has just enough time for a brief victory strut before the consequences of making such a leap catch up with him.
* ''TalesOfTheQuestor'': Quentyn delivers a truly epic ToThePain speech to the leader of a gang of street punks in the jail ... and delivers a VomitDiscretionShot outside fifteen seconds later. He ''is'' barely over the age of majority, after all, with [[HeroicWannabe all the battle experience that implies]].
* In ''SluggyFreelance'' Riff's [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980406 Mark-1]] robot is able to [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980412 kill the Easter Bunny]], [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980414 rob a bank]], and [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980415 take down]] [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980417 the U.S. military]]. However, once they get it back home, it promptly [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980419 breaks into a hundred tiny pieces]].
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/041209 This]] gut-wrenching final panel of the "That Which Redeems" arc, as Torg finally arrives home from weeks or months of fighting demons, [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], [[spoiler: and being unable to save alternate-universe Zoe from dying]].
* Straha on [[http://www.wtfcomics.com/archive.html?348_203 this page]] of ''{{WTFComics}}''.
* In [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/be-okay/ this]] strip of ''WapsiSquare'', Tina breaks down crying after a terrifying encounter with a sphinx.
* In ''ImpureBlood'', Roan [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter002/ib013.html escapes to collapse]] and [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html sleep like the dead]].
* In ''{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2010/06/07/issue-3-webpage-40/ Cole collapses after her escape]].
* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', Timothy [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20080413.html keels over]] after a particularly dramatic battle.
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* Has been happening to ''DannyPhantom'' ever since the first episode.
** Subverted in TheMovie: Danny's Ghostly Wail knocks Dan into a building, and as it crumbles on him, Danny turns back to his human form, falling on his knees...only for Dan to emerge from the rubble, leading to Danny whipping out the Fenton Thermos for the win.
** And again with Vlad who didn't even ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome flinch let alone collapse]]'' from the Ghostly Wail. Danny's friends and OppositeSexClone were the ones who finished him off.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Happens to Aang ''every single time'' he comes out of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]. But he is only twelve, and under a great deal of pressure.
** Not quite. The first time he swoons, but there's notably less effect with each successive use. By the first season finale he can stay on his feet, and as of the grand finale he seems to have overcome the problem entirely.
* Spider-man does this pretty often. In one episode of the ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, after a grueling battle, he went home, collapsed into his bed, and slept for a day straight.
* An episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' had Superman raiding Cadmus headquarters to rescue a missing comrade, only to find his old friend Professor Hamilton working there. He confronts the good doc about his betrayal, only to get a verbal bitchslapping over his ''own'' betrayal of Earth at the hand of Darkseid and subsequent rage at him to save Supergirl's life last year. Big Blue looks like he's about to crush Hamilton's head between his fingers, but backs down, and after he leaves, Hamilton collapses in relief, having just stood up to a living god of a man ''and survived''.
* In an episode of ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', [=SpongeBob=] collapses after facing off against the Patty Machine.
* Mild version in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Haunted"; Robin manages to pull himself off the floor and to his feet for his final confrontation with a hallucinatory Slade, and stays on his feet just long enough to dissolve the illusion with the light switch and tell Starfire that he's okay. He then promptly collapses into her arms.
** A straighter version in "Fear Itself"--Raven admits her fear, regains her powers and sends out a huge blast of dark energy that demolishes all the evil creatures in the Tower, and then falls to the ground exhausted when she's finished.
* Happens to Ben quite often in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}''; his record is 3 times in one episode.
** The worst case was when he would pass out just before ''every commercial break''...in the middle of the final battle with the Highbreed.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Scarecrow," the titular CosmicHorror had injured Niko severely, then crashed into her sickroom. She tried to fight him off, only for a royally-pissed Goose to bust in and start fighting the thing. The thing managed to stun Goose and was about to kill him when Niko recovered enough to distract him and let off a few rounds from her BFG. As soon as the Scarecrow ran off, she passed out cold from the strain.
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* Truth in television: When in literal "Life or death" situations, adrenaline and other endorphins are more than capable of pushing the human body beyond normal limits. Once the danger is over and the body stops producing these drugs, people will obviously crash.
** It's one of the reasons why, if you're in an accident, the authorities will often want a doctor to look you over even if you think you're fine. Once the adrenaline wears off, you may find that you're not in such good shape after all.
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