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** Subverted after Sanji seemingly defeats Gin. He walks away from the downed Gin, and falls over to the ground. Then Gin gets back up and gets ready to kill Sanji. Only [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMeSanji's previous kindness]] keeps Gin from killing him.

* The page picture is Jonathan Joestar from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', passing out after defeating Dio Brando. As he'd just fought off two vampiric knights simultaneously as well as Dio, he'd completely burned out his energy reserves.
** Alternatively, it could also be thanks to the emotional strain of Jonathan having to fight his adopted brother.

* 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.

* Seems to happen several times in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beat him since his enemy's 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.

* Bell from ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' achieves one, after initially being stricken with fear against an enemy that's leagues above him, he gains a HeroicSecondWind because he does not want to be saved by the same person once again. He sets aside his fear and fights an intense battle. After a hard-fought battle he barely manages to win, he then collapses on his feet, truly a badass moment.

* 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.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': PhlebotinumOverdose of {{Nanomachines}} in his bloodstream from high tech HealingPotion combined with exhaustion causes several HeroicRROD for Akira like this that leave him comatose for days. Eventually he finds that more expensive medicine combined with mid-mission naps prevents it.

** Happens earlier on in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', where during the finals of the Alola League, Ash's Torrakat beats his evolved form Kukui's Incineroar, lets out a VictoriousRoar, ''evolves into Incineroar'', and then collapses [[DiedStandingUp standing up.]]

TruthInTelevision, to an extent: Ever felt extremely tired in the hours that follow periods of high stress? This trope is a more significant form of that fatigue; Adrenaline and other stress hormones can enable people to go for a long time, despite their injuries and exertion, only to collapse once the danger is past and the stress hormones wear off.

A character, despite long odds [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome does something awesomely cool]]. Maybe they get a HeroicSecondWind that lets them [[HoldTheLine survive long enough]] for the bad guy to give up and leave them alone, or maybe they just won a particularly difficult fight that they didn't think they could win.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. In the beginning, this trope happened to Aang when he came out of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]], 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 ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, after a grueling battle, he went home, collapsed into his bed, and slept for a day straight.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ashi falls down after defeating her own mother in a long ensuing battle to protect Jack during his meditation for his sword.

* Happens to Ben quite often in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''; 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 EldritchAbomination 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' had Winston do this in "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream." The other Ghostbusters and Janine each got hit by a blast of sand from the Sandman that puts them to sleep. Once Janine turns her dream-self into a Ghostbuster and traps the Sandman, Winston falls asleep on the couch.
* In the premiere episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce and Terry fight off a gang of Jokerz. Terry then has to help Bruce back to Wayne Manor to get his medicine, after which Bruce falls asleep in his chair. This serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment -- Bruce Wayne still has his old skills, but time has left him without the stamina to engage in an extended battle.
* The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Pranksters" ends with Filburt so happy he finally pranked Heffer [[spoiler:that his heart gives out]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', in episode Nightfright, a has-been horror movie actor named Vincent van Ghoul invites Shaggy and Scooby to his mansion, where a monster called night fright terrorizes them for the whole night. In order to trap the monster, Vincent must act unfazed by its threats and lead it to the trap, by confusing it with his non-caring attitude, Vincent surprisingly pulls this off, but the minute the monsters caught, he collapses out of the sheer terror he was in, but is impressed with his acting skills.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', after saving Belle from the wolves marauding the woods near the castle, the Beast looks at her briefly and then falls down into the snow.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', after Mulan saves herself and her fellow soldiers from being slaughtered by the Huns by causing an avalanche that buries the Hun army, as well as saving Shang from dying in said avalanche, she collapses and faints from having been slashed by Shan-Yu's sword during the battle. This leads to the army surgeon discovering her true gender while treating her.

* A very moving one in ''Film/SpiderMan2''. Peter is saved from falling when he [[spoiler: stops a railway train]] by the people he just saved. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: he's in no shape to fight Doc Ock when he comes back to kidnap him later]].
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' has 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/ThePrincessBride'': "Why does Westley need helping?" "Because [[YouCanBarelyStand he has no strength]]." [[BlatantLies "I knew you were bluffing! I knew he was bluffing!"]]
** MakesSenseInContext: Westley could barely muster the strength to stand before that, having been mostly dead for the better part of the day. He shouldn't have been able to do anything but collapse, yet he had the determination to strike an AssKickingPose and deliver ''[[TropeNamer the]]'' ToThePain speech to Prince Humperdinck and achieved victory with that alone.
* ''Film/Napoleon1995''. The eponymous Napoleon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=-mH6yH_Nc0s#t=452s collapses]] after rescuing a wild dog pup from a desert flash flood.
* In the original version of ''Film/GameOfDeath'': After Hai Tien (Bruce Lee) defeats his last opponents his collapses from exhaustion. He does not go to the highest floor and asks the mafia guys for help. They don't care very much and tell him that there's more fighting downstairs.
* In ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', the hero [[spoiler: collapses and dies from his wounds]] after having defeated the villain Commodus.
* The Bluesmobile from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' pull off all sorts of crazy stunts throughout the film, but after a 120-mile mad-dash to the city tax office with just about ''every law officer in the state'' hot on their tail (plus a few other groups they pissed off along the way), the car quite literally [[CriticalExistenceFailure falls to pieces]] after pulling up in front of the building, its mission complete.
* In ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', after Franchise/{{Godzilla}} [[spoiler:flambes the female Muto's innards and rips her head off]], he takes a power nap. The military thinks he's dead until he wakes up a few days later. In a parallel, human protagonist Ford Brody manages to [[spoiler: get the remaining nuclear warhead (which has a hardwired countdown)]] onto a boat and set course for the ocean before he collapses on the deck, and looks back to see Godzilla do the same.

* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' (1951) - news reporter Scottie, though not as tough as his combat-hardened comrades, fights alongside them against the alien invader - after they finally destroy it, he folds like a cheap deck chair.
* Variant of this in ''Film/LiarLiar'', after [[Creator/JimCarrey Fletcher]] "[[TheRoast roasts]]" the board room, [[InsultBackfire shattering]] [[BadBoss Miranda]]'s attempts to torpedo his career, Fletcher walks out of the board room laughing triumphantly, and as soon as he's in the hall, he passes out from the stress he's under.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' makes a point of Ethan's quiet collapse after the climax scene.
* When Dugommier goes to promote ''Film/{{Napoleon}}'' after the victory at Toulon, he finds him fast asleep.

* In ''Film/TheGreatHoudinis'', Minnie notes that Harry's milk can escape is aptly named, as he milks as much drama from it as possible. He stays inside a can full of water for so long that audience members run onstage to free him. After he escapes, he collapses from holding his breath for so long.
* In ''Film/SeasonOfMiracles'', Rafer passes out and falls on his face after hitting a home run. [[spoiler:He's rushed to the hospital, where he's diagnosed with a [[LittlestCancerPatient fatal blood disease]].]]

* In the first ''Film/CountYorga'', Micheal succeeds in staking Yorga and rescuing his girlfriend, Donna. But then must fend off the remaining two of his vampire harem (One of which was his friend, Erica) with a cross. He manages to force them into a room and lock the door, before dropping his cross and leaning against a wall to catch his breath. [[spoiler: Unfortunately he drops his guard too early as he finds out too late that Donna was turned and [[DownerEnding turns to her just as she lunges at him]].]]

* ''Literature/{{Another}}'' has a rather dark example when [[spoiler: Kouichi kills Reiko after finding out she's the extra. His collapse was due to his collapsed lung flaring up after he kills her. It becomes the victory part after he wakes up to find most of the class 3-3 not remembering Reiko, as Matsunaga implied, would happen.]]

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': In ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsTheDarkestHour The Darkest Hour]]'', after defeating Scourge, Firestar collapses due to exhaustion and blood loss. Graystripe worries that Firestar's dying, but he needs only rest.
* After Myth/KingArthur truly defeats Meleger in ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', he collapses from blood loss and begins to die. Thankfully, his squire is there to return him to Alma's castle to have his wounds tended to.
* ''Literature/TheBrotherhoodOfTheConch'': In ''The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming'', Anand and the conch use up almost all their energy [[spoiler:banishing Ifrit to the Great Void]]. Afterwards, Anand faints, his hands and lips burned by the power released by the conch, while the conch becomes brown and cracked. The conch could heal itself once it gets back to Silver Valley, but it chooses to keep the damage to remind people of the necessity of sacrifice.
* ''Literature/{{Sanctuary}}'': After [[spoiler:the battle with the ghost eater]], Morgan falls asleep sitting up in the hallway. Once they make it back to their bed, they sleep for over a day and then spend several days hiding in their room, too exhausted for any human interaction.

* 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. Then again, he wakes up to his crew having returned anyway without the signal, confirms that they are all ''real'' and okay, then passes out again. This second pass-out may count.
* A meta-example of this occurs in ''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."]]

* The presenters on ''Series/TopGearUK'' 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'' episode "[[Recap/TheATeamS2E20HarderThanItLooks Harder Than it Looks]]", B.A. beats a very strong opponent and collapses when Face and Murdock give him congratulatory pats on the shoulder.
* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' season one finale, John very nearly collapses on the spot after [[spoiler: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 ''Series/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.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''

* At the end of the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Sateda", Ronon Dex collapses just as Dr. Beckett offers him a tranquilizer before removing a Wraith tracker. To be fair, Ronon had spent the whole episode getting beaten up by Wraith hunters, and especially by their leader, the [[TheBrute "Big Wraith"]]. Any lesser man would be dead.
* In the finale of the second season of ''Series/Supergirl2015'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] narrowly beats her BrainwashedAndCrazy [[Franchise/{{Superman}} cousin]] in battle, but falls unconscious immediately after.

* ''Roleplay/YuGiOhEastAcademy:'' David seems to be severely weakened and exhausted after his duel with Denero, [[spoiler: despite [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomping]] the latter.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', 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.

* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'':
** ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', after the main character Riou finally defeats Luca Blight following a long and harrowing battle, passes out from exhaustion as soon as he returns to his headquarters.
** In ''VideoGame/SuikodenIV'', every time the main character used the CutscenePowerToTheMax of the Rune of Punishment, he'd collapse immediately afterward 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.]]

* Happens to Dr. Derek Stiles in ''VideoGame/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 a 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 ''VideoGame/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 ''VisualNovel/{{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.]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{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 lives only because Arcueid knows how to heal him with Chaos' remnants. Or Ciel saves him in her route.
* 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.

* 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 ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', [[spoiler:Sonic faints after defeating [[FinalBoss Dark Gaia]], showing just how tough this battle was and how much he had to overexert himself to win. Unfortunately, he was in his SuperMode at the time and floating hundreds of feet above the Earth's core -- luckily, Chip/Gaia Colossus catches him in time.]]

* Raiden from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' collapses in exhaustion at the end of his battle against the ''25'' Metal Gear Rays. Understandable, but the bad news is that there are [[OhCrap still 3 Rays left.]]
* 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.
** It should be noted that if both you and your opponent were on your last Pokemon, this actually causes you to ''lose'' the match when battling another person. Against a computer opponent, you lose, [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules no matter which side initiated the attack]], because the game can't let you walk around with a knocked-out party. However, Generation VI changed this slightly so that the player whose Pokémon faints last wins, so if you knock out the opposing Pokémon with a recoil move and take yourself out in the process, you win because they fainted first (even if you're in the Battle Maison, which is '''notorious''' for [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard skewing the hax rates heavily in the AI's favor]]).
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', Ninian collapses after [[spoiler: using her power to knock out two of three fire dragons charging the group]]. Justified in that this was ''just'' after [[spoiler:she was revived by Brammimond so she was likely still a bit disoriented from it. ''Plus'' she had spent almost the whole game in her human form, save for a short time right before she died; channeling her Dragon-born ice powers probably took a lot of energy in itself.]]
* No one actually ''collapses'' at the climax of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' (except the dead people, obviously), but Shepard's palpable relief at ''finally'' ending the Reaper War after [[spoiler: shooting the Illusive Man and allowing the Crucible to dock]] qualifies. If he's present [[spoiler:and not one of the aforesaid dead people]], Anderson comments that it "feels like years since I just... sat down".
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''; if you manage to defeat Leon in Traverse Town, Sora will pass out afterward, allowing the story to continue in the exact same way as if you had lost.
** Near the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', Xion, who has absorbed [[spoiler:half of Roxas' strength]], and Axel clash outside of the old mansion in Twilight Town, and Axel wins. He collapses from exhaustion after bringing her back to The World That Never Was, indicating a very close match.
** After her second fight with Vanitas in Neverland during ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Aqua is left so exhausted that she can't even stand up, and ends up passing out. She comes to just as Peter Pan and the Lost Boys show up, and by then, Vanitas has recovered and gotten away.
** [[spoiler:Sora]] collapses [[spoiler: again]] after defeating Xemnas near the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', though it's played for drama this time, and is very tragic. As soon as the latter vanished from sight, [[spoiler:Sora collapses and nearly dies while Young Xehanort reveals the truth about the former's quest, and what they plan to do with his body now that his heart has been destroyed. Riku would soon revive him by repairing his broken heart.]]
* ''VideoGame/Lufia2RiseOfTheSinistrals'', [[ForegoneConclusion Selan drops dead]] after the team successfully withstands the Sinistrals' [[TakingYouWithMe final attack]]. [[spoiler: Maxim also goes out in this fashion as he overuses his Spiritual Force to prevent [[ColonyDrop Doom Island from falling on Parcelyte.]]]]
* One of Shingo's win poses in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' games is him falling on his knees in exhaustion.
* The hero of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' almost makes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice in order to let the rest of the residents of Haven evacuate]]. After successfully deterring the BigBad, s/he must plod through a swirling blizzard in order to reach everyone else. In true {{Determinator}} fashion, they allow themselves to lose consciousness only once they're within sight of the camp.
* On her route in the first ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'', Forte pushes herself to the limit to clear the path for the Elsior to escape from Sherry Bristol's fleet and destroy the attack satellite. When she gets back to the hangar, she passes out in exhaustion and needs to be taken to the infirmary to rest.

* Done a few times in ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''

* ''Webcomic/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.
* ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'':
** [[http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00213.html He collapses after dealing with the wraith]]. [[AfterActionHealingDrama Squidge binds his wounds and bites his ear to get him moving before he bleeds to death]], and so [[http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00216.html he has a second when they reach help.]]
** 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 ''Webcomic/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]].

-->'''Tailor:''' So... Our gunboat will only take orders from the girl who needs our gunboat's help to issue the right orders?
-->'''Ventura:''' Hence this case of the shakes. Now fix me up so I can start closing recursions, please.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', this [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-10-29 happens to Nanase]] after she saves Ellen from Abraham and her DeadlyUpgrade wears off [[BroughtDownToNormal bringing her down to normal]].
* Happens to Humphrey a couple of times in ''Webcomic/UseSwordOnMonster''. We don't ''see'' it happen with Oz or Hilda, but Hilda's apparently [[http://www.useswordonmonster.com/?comic=2013-04-29 familiar with the problem]].

* In the first campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', barbarian Grog [[spoiler: slays his uncle Kevdak with a last-chance DeathFromAbove gambit,]] but the resulting fall takes him down to zero hit points; he drops unconscious with a satisfied smile on his face.

-->'''Tucker''': You've been asleep for four days.
-->'''Danny:''' ''Four days?!''
-->'''Tucker''': Nah, it's only been a couple of hours.

* In ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'', Chun-Li collapses after suffering critical injuries in an epic fight with Vega that takes up 4 minutes of screen time. Despite her devasting wounds, Chun-Li ultimately prevails, kicking Vega out a window to his death.
* The very first thing that Captain Global and his bridge crew do in Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove once Gorg Badolza is defeated and the final climactic battle is won, is collapse on their seats and get some well-deserved rest.
* ''Manga/{{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, which ''shattered.'' He has, however, taken too much damage for even his [[HealThyself prodigious healing]] - as he finds out after trying to walk and [[DoubleKnockout then collapsing]]. It also turned out Kabuto severed the chakra pathways that connected Naruto's heart to the rest of his body, which would've killed him if Tsunade hadn't healed him (and it was a close call too). It left him unconscious for the rest of her fight with Orochimaru.
** After defeating Zabuza, Kakashi attempts to continue his journey with his students and the bridge builder... but he collapses after taking only one step.

* Kenshin has this happen to him several times in ''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.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'''s Spike Spiegel ended a few fights like this, including [[spoiler: his last one against Vicious and TheSyndicate]].
* Uber-{{Determinator}} Kamina from ''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]].

* 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 ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', 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 for some help for [[spoiler:Jean Havoc]], his wounded subordinate.
* Both Orihime and Chad's first battles against Hollows in ''Manga/{{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 ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', 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 afterward 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 ''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.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji Ikari gets this almost constantly.
* Rolo from ''Anime/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.

* Daisuke in ''Manga/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 ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', [[spoiler:Fakir]] drags himself up to his feet after nearly being killed and dramatically takes away the villain's trump card...then faints backward into a pool of water and apparently drowning. [[spoiler:He survives, but barely.]]
* In the manga version of ''Manga/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 ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', whenever the pilot of Zearth or one of the other robots wins, they collapse and die due to the fact that the robots drain the life force of their pilots.
* This happened to ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' a few times after she'd unleashed new powers or defeated someone particularly nasty.
* In ''Yugioh Duel monsters'' this is subverted. After a brutal duel between Joey and Yami Marik, Joey is able to survive the sheer power of the Winged Dragon of Ra's attack, surprising everyone and giving Marik an OhCrap face, when Joey proceeds to attack the now defenseless Marik, and win the duel before Joey can announce his attack, he collapses from exhaustion, but at least with the knowledge he technically would have won.
* In ''Anime/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 ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''...granted in one, Touma [[spoiler:just after having his arm cut off, ''talks his enemy into insanity'', and beat him since his enemy's 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 ''Anime/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.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' features a lethal version. After just barely beating Metaletemon, Saberleomon reverts back to Leomon and falls face-first onto the ground. He soon after dies from his injuries.
* Multiple times in ''Manga/RaveMaster''. The first is after Haru's fight with Lance before his body has fully adjusted to all the fighting. The most understandable was after Sieg's ''week-long'' battle with Haja, and there's no telling if he passed out from injuries and energy spent in the fight of the simple fact that he went 168 hours without sleep.
* Kurapika from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' pulled one at the end of the Yorkshin arc. [[spoiler: He slept for two days.]]
* The page picture is Jonathan Joestar from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', passing out after defeating Dio Brando. As he'd just fought off two vampiric knights simultaneously as well as Dio, he'd completely burned out his energy reserves.
** Alternatively, it could also be thanks to the emotional strain of Jonathan having to fight his adopted brother.
* ''Manga/{{InuYasha}}'': In the anime filler episode "The Tragic Love Song of Destiny," Inuyasha and Kikyo's first unofficial meeting is depicted as such; while looking for a place to hide during his [[BroughtDownToNormal human night]], he comes across a battered and bruised Kikyo after she just fended off a large legion of {{youkai}}. Kikyo simply warns him to stay away from her and turns to leave... and promptly passes out from her wounds. Inuyasha sticks around just long enough to see she's still alive, and high-tails it out of there when he hears a search party looking for Kikyo approaching.
* Bell from ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' achieves one, after initially being stricken with fear against an enemy that's leagues above him, he gains a HeroicSecondWind because he does not want to be saved by the same person once again. He sets aside his fear and fights an intense battle. After a hard-fought battle he barely manages to win, he then collapses on his feet, truly a badass moment.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', this is a regular feature of post-battle scenes. It once goes horribly wrong for Saizo and the others when after defeating Hanzo and Okatsu, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune shows up and effortlessly kidnaps Isanami while everyone's too weak to stand.
* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': PhlebotinumOverdose of {{Nanomachines}} in his bloodstream from high tech HealingPotion combined with exhaustion causes several HeroicRROD for Akira like this that leave him comatose for days. Eventually he finds that more expensive medicine combined with mid-mission naps prevents it.
* In ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', Joe does this at the end of his final match with Jose Mendoza once the final bell has rung. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope We only learn after Joe has collapsed that Mendoza won the match by decision]], and the manga ends [[UncertainDoom with the implication that Joe passed away before he heard the decision]].]]

* An issue of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' had Arrowette defending the continued existence of the group of teenage superheroes to the Justice League, primarily, Franchise/{{Batman}}. Once she was successful in convincing them to allow the group to exist, she breathed very rapidly into [[HyperventilationBag a paper bag]], because ''she had just faced down Batman''.

** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hellion]] of the ''New X-Men'', 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. 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 afterward and slept for several days.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}} gets one of these herself in the ''Chaos Theory'' arc of her solo book. [[spoiler: After the [[ComicBook/CaptainUniverse Enigma Force]] possesses Laura to help her repair the damaged seal preventing the Whirldemons from crossing back into this universe, she falls unconscious when the Uni-Power separates from her again once the battle is over, awakening later in a medical bay at the ComicBook/FantasticFour's headquarters.]]
* In ''ComicBook/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.
* ComicBook/DoctorStrange falls victim to this occasionally after a [[PowerStrainBlackout major magical feat]], with effects ranging from "minor dizzy spell" to "coma."

* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** Molly Hayes tends to pass out after any given awesome moment, due to her super-strength draining her stamina.
** During a trip to 1907, Karolina and Xavin had to combine their powers to create a barrier strong enough to withstand a nuclear explosion. The barrier holds, but they collapse on top of each other afterward.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' crossover ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} stabs [[BigBad H'el]] with a shard of Kryptonite and pushes him through a dimensional gate, ending his threat. Kara mutters she wasn't about to leave things to her baby cousin before collapsing.
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim defeated and outmaneuvered ComicBook/RasAlGhul's plan to kill Bruce's loved ones and take over Wayne Enterprises but did not defeat, nor plan to defeat, Ra's in the one-on-one sword vs. staff fight the two are having to keep Ra's distracted from his plan's failure Tim lets himself slip into unconsciousness before [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]] swoops in to grab him when Ra's kicks him out a window.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'': After Wonder Woman won her intense battle to the death with [[spoiler:Superman]] she passed out and didn't wake for centuries.

* In ''FanFic/BackToTheFuturePrequel'', Doc passes out after saving Marty from drowning in an icy lake. According to the narration, between the running and the car wreck he was in, he wanted to pass out earlier.

* In ''Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles'', 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/AnExtendedPerformance'', the Great and Powerful Trixie accidentally summons her SuperPoweredAlterEgo, the Alicorn Illusion, to [[CurbStompBattle defeat]] the Shadow Coven. When the power departs her, Trixie is left confused and exhausted on stage, with no very clear idea of what just happened. She attempts her smoke-bomb exit but faints on stage halfway through the trick.
* Jessie in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic "Where Angels Dare to Tread"; after running Ayesha through with a sword she collapses in tears in James's arms.

* In ''Fanfic/TengenToppaGurrenSolvernia'', just as in canon above, [[spoiler:Kamina also dies after combining one last time with Nia]]. The difference is that [[spoiler:this happens to Viral as well. He was hit by a drill in the back but managed to have enough energy to save Tsuuma from human forces and expires when he's sure that she's safe.]]

* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', this happens to [[VillainProtagonist the Horned King]] after he has killed the entire [[AxCrazy Mad]] [[SavageWolves Pack]]. It's justified since the battle caused him to lose much of his [[AlienBlood black substitute for blood]]. He might have died if his prisoner [[MoralityPet Avalina]] [[WhatYouAreInTheDark had not taken him back to his castle]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''/''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' {{crossover}} story, ''Fanfic/SayItThrice'', this happens to [[spoiler:Betelgeuse]]. After dealing with [[OriginalCharacter Sanduleak]] and getting the group somewhere safe, he succumbs to exhaustion due to [[PortalDoor his]] [[HeroicRROD method]] of reaching them in time. He does try to resist as long as possible though.
* In the crossover ''Fanfic/CodeWings30'', Cassidy faints after a harrowing battle in Denver.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeOnADistantMountain'', Naegi collapses after the first school trial.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': It happens to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} after every major battle when she passes out due to both the enemy's blows and her pushing her own body past her limits.
-->Supergirl, bone-weary, fell out of whatever had been sucking her through its interior and tumbled into solid reality. Rocky ground, sand, a blue sky, ahhh, that was nice, that was very nice indeed. She lay on the ground and was very glad that there was ground to lay on.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLoreleiChronicles'', the titular heroine does this after fighting off the Dream Lord in "Return of the Dream Lord".
* In ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers passes out after defeating Kree gladiator Iva Kann in a fight to the death.
* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': At the end of "Chapter 7: Fear", Jaune collapses after using the last of his strength to help his friends kill the terentatek, due to a mix of exhaustion and heavy injuries sustained while fighting the terentatek.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': Near the end of the Fog Car, Paul London does this due to a combination of having been electrocuted by (Dark) Easter, and then being thrashed about by Pyramid Head and stabbed to the side, a combination of exhaustion and blood loss. Notably the "victory" wasn't in battle, but based on how [[spoiler: Specter had to confess what his problems were and Pyramid Head considerd that a victory in context.]]

* In Creator/HansChristianAndersen's version of ''The Six/Wild Swans'', the protagonist Elise passes out after [[spoiler:she's saved from being burned at the stake by her brothers, who then recover their human forms thanks to her magical shirts.]] In the Brother Grimm's version, she doesn't.

** 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.'' He has, however, taken too much damage for even his [[HealThyself prodigious healing]] - as he finds out after trying to walk and then collapsing. It also turned out Kabuto severed the chakra pathways that connected Naruto's heart to the rest of his body, which would've killed him if Tsunade hadn't healed him (and it was a close call too). It left him unconscious for the rest of her fight with Orochimaru.

** 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.'' He has, however, taken too much damage for even his [[HealThyself prodigious healing]] - as he finds out after trying to walk and then collapsing. It turned out Kabuto severed the chakra pathways that connected his heart to the rest of his body, which would've killed him if Tsunade hadn't healed him (and it was a close call too). It left him unconscious for the rest of her fight with Orochimaru.

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* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Three-Cornered Wheel'', the natives arrive as TheCavalry to save young David Falkayn and he faints. Meaning his comrades have more time to worry about their youngest crewmate because the natives can't operate his radio.

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_(1995_film) Napoleon]]'' (1995). The eponymous Napoleon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=-mH6yH_Nc0s#t=452s collapses]] after rescuing a wild dog pup from a desert flash flood.

** '[['VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' has an interesting variation on this trope. [[spoiler:During Link's LastStand at Fort Hateno, he's already pushing himself [[WreckedWeapon and the Master Sword]] well beyond the breaking point in an effort to defend Zelda. When she finally awakens [[HolyHandGrenade Hylia's sealing power]], the adrenaline wears off, and the only thing that keeps him alive is a very hasty trip to the Shrine of Resurrection. One hundred years later, the game begins, and Link is an AmnesiacHero.]]

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has an interesting variation on this trope. [[spoiler:During Link's LastStand at Fort Hateno, he's already pushing himself [[WreckedWeapon and the Master Sword]] well beyond the breaking point in an effort to defend Zelda. When she finally awakens [[HolyHandGrenade Hylia's sealing power]], the adrenaline wears off, and the only thing that keeps him alive is a very hasty trip to the Shrine of Resurrection. One hundred years later, the game begins, and Link is an AmnesiacHero.]]

** 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.
** 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.

* Logan collapses from [[spoiler:radiation poisoning in the Fortification Hill bunker]] in ''Machinima/LogansTale'' after [[spoiler:activating the systems for Mr. House. Veronica saves his life by carrying him out and giving him Rad-X]].

* In the first campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', barbarian Grog [[spoiler: slays his uncle Kevdak with a last-chance DeathFromAbove gambit,]] but the resulting fall takes him down to zero hit points; he drops unconscious with a satisfied smile on his face.

* Creator/MichaelJordan led all players in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals with 38 points despite [[WorkingThroughTheCold suffering from food poisoning]] the night before. As the last seconds ticked away in the Chicago Bulls' 90-88 victory that gave the Bulls a 3-2 series lead Jordan collapsed into the arms of teammate Scottie Pippen.

* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'' has [[spoiler:Baelor Breakspear who collapses and dies after help winning the Trial of Seven when his own brother smashed his head open with a mace]].