Line #106 Main/BitchSlap


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:That one slap.]]
3	->'''Ashley:''' Please, Emily, please just try to understand--\
4	'''Emily:''' Understand the palm of my hand, bitch! ''[slaps]''
5	-->-- ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''
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7	When somebody wants to humiliate or show someone else who's the boss, they give them a bitch slap. Someone being cheeky? Slap! A snarker failed to sneak a jab past their target? Slap! Someone is [[ThisIsUnforgivable pissed]] and wants total ownage of their enemy? Slap! A villain is gloating and sending him a [[TalkToTheFist message with a fist]] is too unsophisticated? SLAP!!! As one can tell, this is the one slap that people do ''not'' want to be on the receiving end of, because it [[BreakTheHaughty hurts their ego/feelings]] far more than anything. Most of the time it's done with the palm of one's hand, but it can also be done with the back of one's hand (which is called a "pimp slap").
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9	This is often a favorite move done by villains and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy cocky fighters]] to disgrace others. It gets less awesome and more creepy if the villain does it to a [[BoundAndGagged bound victim]], especially if there are [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty sexual undertones]]. On the flipside, TheHero will most likely deliver one if they are royally pissed and want to bring the villain or resident {{Jerkass}} down a notch. {{Troll}}s and other pranksters will just do it [[ItAmusedMe for shits 'n giggles]].
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11	More often than not, however, this is PlayedForDrama. Usually one of the characters is way more powerful than the other; not in terms of superpowers or physical strength but in actual power (a top politician, businessman, crime lord, parent, etc.), and the slap highlights it. Either of the characters is speaking ill, or perhaps even insulting, the other, and then the slap silences the speech. For at least a moment, everyone will be shocked and fall into StunnedSilence. If there was a soundtrack, [[SuddenSoundtrackStop it will halt as well]]. The meaning depends of the power comparison: if the slap is made by the weaker character it works like a DefiantStoneThrow; if it is made by the stronger one it works like a KickTheDog moment.
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13	Expect [[ShockingMoments a lot of hype]] when someone successfully pulls it off at the right moment. Even more so if a weaker person managed to bitch-slap someone who is above them in terms of power as they just [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slapped Cthulhu in the face]], regardless if they live to tell the tale or not. But on the other hand, it can be an utterly disrespectful move when it's done to the undeserving as it's a degrading action.
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15	Compare/Contrast to DopeSlap when the victim is being a moron, [[TheDitz ditz]] or just plain silly and gets a slap to the back of the head to reel them in, and ZenSlap, when a Zen master does this to their disciple for the purpose of enlightening them. Compare GetAHoldOfYourselfMan, when the slap is used to put an halt to some chaotic behavior.
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19	!!Examples
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24	* ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'':
25	** Alice uses PeoplePuppets traps to make it seem as if she's teleporting around Dinoponera and then slaps her to the floor before declaring she'll [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou kill anyone who threatens her life]] or gets in the way of the truth behind her mother's death. Dinoponera was practically unfazed and unhurt by most other attacks up to this point.
26	** An apparently cornered [[spoiler:Kuramoto]] suddenly slaps Sara in the face, angry that she's keeping up her smug facade as [[spoiler:the supposed Army Ant Queen]] while both of them are alone.
27	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. After Rickert realizes that Guts was right about all the shit Griffith pulled, he angrily slaps him over the atrocities he committed for the sake of his ambitions. Regardless of how graceful he may be, that is still something that will leave a mark on his ego.
28	* ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' has Ken and Caron's mother slap the latter out of her brainwashing due to her attempt to kill Ken.
29	* The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' Series has a tradition in which Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=] slap each other on the face every time they meet one another. While Angewomon's HolyHandGrenade powers are supposed to give her a [[ElementalRockPaperScissors type advantage]] against [=LadyDevimon=], [=LadyDevimon=] always manages to goad Angewomon into hand-to-hand, slapping [[CatFight catfights]] in which [=LadyDevimon=] narrowly but consistently overpowers Angewomon.
30	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': [=LadyDevimon=] gains a decisive advantage over Angewomon in their first battle, but instead of finishing Angewomon off, [=LadyDevimon=] decides to [[JustToyingWithThem humiliate Angewomon]] by [[ByTheHair swinging her around by her hair]]. This requires [=AtlurKabuterimon=] to step in and save Angewomon, but Angewomon just uses [=AtlurKabuterimon=] as a launching pad from which she kicks off to shoot back towards [=LadyDevimon=], then Bitch Slap her. The two then engage in a CatFight in which they slap each other hard repeatedly. It only ends when [=LadyDevimon=] knocks Angewomon out with a vicious RoundhouseKick.
31	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=] get into yet another slapping, hair-pulling CatFight. [=LadyDevimon=] once again overpowers Angewomon, this time by twisting Angewomon's arms painfully against her sides.
32	** The process repeats itself again in "VideoGame/DigimonReArise" video game, Digimon Crusader, and even the Digimon card game.
33	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Doesn't happen in the manga, but a couple of times in the anime.
34	** In the anime, after Frieza kills Krillin and angers Goku enough to turn [[GoldenSuperMode Super Saiyan]], a sequence during the latter half of the fight involves Goku delivering a string of these consecutively! Since Goku wants to break Freeza mentally and manages to do so to the point where he is far less sane after he was revived by the Dragon Balls, it's safe to say it got the job done.
35	** Goku himself is on the receiving end of one in the anime, after he gets bound to a mountain by Majin Vegeta, since Vegeta wanted to make Goku understand the humiliation he feels from being in his shadow.
36	** Yet another anime-exclusive slap happens during Gohan's dream, where Cell slaps Chi-Chi so hard that she dies.
37	* ''Anime/HelloSandybelle'': Sandybelle's father, Leslie, does this to discipline her. While the anime is well-loved by those who grew up with it for being wholesome and fun, Leslie's actions are a major ValuesDissonance factor.
38	* ''Anime/IsabelleOfParis'':
39	** Andréa is so angry that his sister, Geneviève, would try to marry a commoner despite being a bourgeoisie, that he slaps her. Geneviève bursts into tears and collapses, while Isabelle is shocked that the brother she idolized for so long would do such a thing.
40	** Isabelle {{Bitch Slap}}s the Captain of the French military in the final episode, and then walks off.
41	* In the 1999 version of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Aunt Mito does this to Killua after he attempts to kill a young injured foxbear that he viewed as "close to death" and suffering.
42	* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', Reisi gives Kuroh one during their fight at the stadium.
43	* ''Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily'': Emily is usually a nice girl, but when AcademicAlphaBitch Rhoda takes her bullying too far and makes her first day of school utter hell, she slaps her.
44	* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': [[spoiler: In the manga, after Arthur announces he is going to marry Sarah, Mary runs after him and says she isn't the right one for him "because you don't know when someone like her can die" (Sarah is a DelicateAndSickly IllGirl who was once so sick she needed to be sent to a sanitorium). Arthur slaps Mary hard enough to leave a mark. Mary is just as gobsmacked as the reader, as Arthur's typically a PrincelyYoungMan.]]
45	* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': Anthy is on the receiving end of this multiple times during the story, typically courtesy of [[AlphaBitch Nanami]] and her posse. Her close relationship to the student council (particularly Nanami's brother, [[BigBrotherWorship Touga]]) and ExtremeDoormat tendencies made her an easy target.
46	* ''Manga/ASilentVoice'': Shouko's mother comes out of nowhere and slaps Ueno in the face when the latter attacked Shouko.
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50	* ''ComicBook/AntMan'': Hank Pym, about to be court martialed and removed from ComicBook/TheAvengers for his unprovoked attack against Elfqueen, was creating an undefeatable robot to attack the team. The robot would only be vulnerable to his stings, [[EngineeredHeroics allowing him to seemingly "save the day"]]. His wife Janet, the Wasp, tried to make him give up the idea, but Hank, already suffering from a host of issues, hauled off and slapped Janet in what has come down as [[NeverLiveItDown his most infamous act]] before continuing with the plan. It worked awfully and everything came to light. Hank was removed from the team, and Janet divorced him. These actions resulted in Hank Pym's fall from grace as a superhero.
51	** Henry Pym became a wifebeater in ComicBook/TheUltimates as well, a reimagination in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe. Whereas in the original comics, Hank only hit Janet once during a period of mental instability, the Ultimate Universe made him into an abusive partner from the start, including almost killing her in the series' opening story arc.
52	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': There's a picture of Batman slapping his protege Robin in mid-conversation. Taken from ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'' #153, published in 1965, the single-panel illustration has inspired [[MemeticMutation a series of parodies]] featuring custom-captioned speech bubbles on 4chan, Reddit and elsewhere since 2008, explained with details by WebSite/KnowYourMeme [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-parents-are-dead-batman-slapping-robin here]].
53	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': During the climax of ''ComicBook/TheReturnOfBarryAllen'', Wally West backhands Eobard Thawne in this manner while issuing a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him (Thawne had been masquerading as a revived Barry Allen, who was dead at the time).
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57	* In ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'' Mikoto was on the receiving end of one by [[spoiler:Cú Chulainn (Prototype Lancer) Alter.]] Due to who it was from his body goes flying sideways and the side of his head slams on the wall of the rocky cliff outside the cave to the Greater Grail despite the slap being half-hearted.
58	* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': In a move no one saw coming, the normally soft-spoken Lily slaps Alicia for [[StupidSacrifice surrendering her entire fort]] to the Black Dogs instead of holding the line, [[DidntThinkThisThrough hoping that]] the Black Dogs would [[ILied keep their word]] to release the hostage nuns, Lily included, which ended with the hostages getting [[PrisonRape prison-raped]]. Afterwards, Lily gives Alicia a scathing remark, that she'll never forgive her for being an AccompliceByInaction, and that she would happily have Alicia dead in exchange for her sisters' lives.
59	* ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'': After the Lake Task, Johanna is ''not'' impressed that her (now ex) boyfriend prioritised retrieving the other items over getting her out. He's still wearing his broadcasting headband, too, so the whole audience hears the '''crack''' of her hand across his face, as well as the tirade that follows.
60	--> '''Johanna:''' YOU LEFT ME! HOW DARE YOU, JACOB? DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I WAS WHEN I SURFACED? ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT YOU WERE STILL SWIMMING AFTER SOME BURIED TREASURE INSTEAD OF TAKING ME TO SAFETY!?
61	* In the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'' the fanfic [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/292855701-i-am-a-de-vil I AM A DE VIL]] [[spoiler: Dolly Dalmatian isn't upset that Dylan got kidnapped. Summer isn't happy with Dolly's bad attitude and not caring about Dylan. The two dogs argued. Dolly asks Summer what she see in Dylan and insulted both Dylan and Summer. Summer gets very angry, in tears, and slaps Dolly. Summer doesn't say a word about it. She's in tears and leaves the house. Dolly gets slap in the face hard, she has a red mark on her cheek. Dolly is surprised about this.]].
62	* At one point in chapter 7 of ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'', Edith reaches out to Dana at the park to try and show compassion to a mother whose child is missing. But when Dana goes on a diatribe about how Edith's methods of raising Lianna are incorrect because she'd rather accept her for who she is rather than try to cure her, and makes one snide comment too many, Edith is so angry at her that she slaps her across the face and calls her out on not only degrading her daughter but for her treatment of Mary.
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66	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar slaps Al just before he exiles him to the "ends of the earth".
67	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' does this to Dmitri when she finds out she was being used for his con just to get the Dowager Empress Marie's reward money and she refuses to listen to Dmitri telling her she is the real Anastasia.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' has a scene where Gidget repeatedly slaps Ozone while interrogating him. For bonus points, Gidget is a female dog. That's right, she's a literal bitch doing the slapping.
69	* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', Superman does a couple of these to Manchester Black after depowering him, leading Black to think Superman is about to kill him.
70	* In the first sequel of ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', BigBad Clavius violently slaps his henchman [[TheDragon Knuckles]] for having failed to kill Prince Derek with his traps. While Knuckles is much younger and bulkier than his boss, it is heavily implied the latter [[AbusiveParents raised the former this way]], so it is kinda [[JustifiedTrope justified]] to see a [[DumbMuscle brawny fully grown man]] covering and shivering in front of an old and still powerless villain.
71	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei does this to ''herself'' to get herself to stop crying and to prevent herself from blurting out to her mother that she's in her giant red panda form.
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75	* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In Alternate!1985, Biff slaps Lorraine when tries to mouth off at him, causing her to admit defeat with an almost hypnotic flair.
76	* ''Film/BadBlack'': Flavia delivers one to her abusive father Hirigi when he tries to talk to her as she walks through the courtroom.
77	* In ''Film/TheBlackBalloon2007'', Maggie slaps her son Thomas for calling his autistic brother Charlie a freak.
78	* ''Film/BlackLightning2009'': When Dima tells Maxim that he invited Nastya to a restaurant to "feel rich", Nastya [[ExactEavesDropping overhears it]] and slaps him.
79	* In ''Film/BlueIguana2018'', Arkady repeatedly slaps his henchman Deacon for his incompetence.
80	* In ''Film/{{Eternals}}'', Gilgamesh gives an appropriately epic one to a Deviant at the Gates of Babylon when he'd already put it down but it refused to stay down.
81	* In ''Film/TheGreenMile'', Paul Edgecomb and the other prison guards have just thrown the young upstart Percy Wetmore into a padded room to punish him for his [[FateWorseThanDeath botched execution]] of prisoner Edward Delacroix. When they come to collect him later and undo his mouth gag, he starts demanding to be let out of the straitjacket, and Paul gives him a hard slap to shut him up.
82	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': Lucius suggests Voldemort to stop the battle and seek Harry Potter himself, hoping that will give him the opportunity to find his son. Voldemort has none of it and slaps him.
83	-->'''Voldemort:''' How do you live with yourself Lucius?\
84	'''Lucius:''' I don't know.
85	* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Colonel Vogel slaps Henry Jones with a glove as a way of humiliating him.
86	* In the theatrical cut of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', Superman delivers an epic bitch-slap to Batman. And he has a pretty good reason to do so.
87	* In ''Film/KeepOffMyGrass'', Horace slaps his son Grady and his daughter Rita when he finds out that [[spoiler:Grady failed to keep Rita under control, so she now has the clap]].
88	* ''Film/MercenariesFromHongKong'' one ''given to a bitch''. A flashback from the film's main villainess, He Ying, has her getting slapped across her face when her father (correctly) deduces her to be a greedy, self-centered, power-hungry usurper seeking to take over her father's business and running it her way, despite already being entitled to all his wealth due to being an only child. Her response is a DeathGlare directed to the father... [[spoiler:[[{{Patricide}} and arranging her father's assassination]].]]
89	* ''Film/MommieDearest'' has Joan Crawford delivering one to daughter Christina. (and it gets worse, as it's followed by some more discussion that leads Joan to try strangling her...)
90	* In ''Film/TheOddWayHome'', Maya slaps Duncan for trying to drive off with the truck, even though he DoesNotDrive.
91	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': When Elizabeth Swann is first brought aboard the ''Black Pearl'' and she attempts to begin negotiating for the pirates to stop their assault on Port Royal, [[ScaryBlackMan Bo'sun]] slaps her. [[AffablyEvil Captain Barbossa]] admonishes Bo'sun of striking Elizabeth who has invoked the right of parley.
92	-->'''Elizabeth''': I am here to negot— ''[is interrupted by Bo'sun's slap]''\
93	'''Bo'sun''': You will speak when spoken to.\
94	'''Captain Barbossa''': ''[grabs Bo'sun's hand]'' And ye not lay a hand on those under the protection of parley.\
95	'''Bo'sun''': Aye, sir.\
96	'''Captain Barbossa''': Apologies, miss.
97	* ''Film/PowerRangers2017''. During his first day in detention, Jason stops the resident bully from further picking on [[BlackAndNerdy Billy]] by slapping him silly in front of the whole class. [[spoiler:Later on, he has [[HumongousMecha the Megazord]] backhand [[BigBad Rita Repulsa]] into space after Goldar's destruction.]]
98	* In ''Film/{{Superdome}}'', football player Dave Walecki and his wife Nancy both slap each other during an argument about their failing marriage.
99	* In ''Film/WhenTaekwondoStrikes'', the Japanese colonizers are fond of doing this to the Koreans whose country they're occupying.
100	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Eddie Valiant gets slapped by Jessica Rabbit at the crime scene of Marvin Acme's death. He thought he was slapped by her because he was staring at her boobs and smirking at her earlier, but the reason for slapping him was because he took pictures of her playing pattycake with Marvin Acme and for getting her husband framed as a murderer.
101	-->'''Jessica Rabbit:''' I hope you're proud of yourself and those pictures you took!
102	* In ''Film/TheAngelLevine'', Levine has a DeadPersonConversation with his girlfriend Sally, who doesn't yet know he's dead, planning to tell her he loves her. Instead, they get into an argument about Levine's criminal lifestyle, which ends with Sally yelling, "You go die if you wanna, but get out of my life!" Levine slaps her, and she leaves.
103	* In ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly", Bibi gets this treatment twice during the film's climax. First time comes from Kristatos, who slaps her around as he was getting fed up with her whining, and Kriegler gives her one when she tries to save James Bond.
104	* In ''Film/Marathon2005'', Kyeong-sook slaps her son Jung-won after he's arrested for kicking out someone's side mirror in a fit of road rage.
105	* In ''Film/TooSoonToLove'', Cathy's BoyfriendBlockingDad slaps her boyfriend Jim at the police station after the two are arrested for kissing in a car. Later, he slaps Cathy when she shouts at him during an argument.
106	* In ''Film/FightingMad1976'', Lorene tries to talk Tom out of going through with his revenge plan. When he refuses to back down, she slaps him in the face.
107	* In ''Film/PatrickStillLives'', Stella attempts to seduce Mr. Davis, but he rebuffs her advances, calls her a cheap whore, and slaps her across the face. Stella then returns the favor and slaps Mr. Davis.
108	* In ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'', Tricia "Trillian" [=McMillan=] slaps Zaphod Beeblebrox hard on the face after learning that he signed off on the order to destroy her home planet of Earth, believing he was [[TrickedIntoSigning giving an autograph]].
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112	* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
113	** ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Riccio]] smacks [[spoiler:Ato]] across the face with the butt of a gun for speaking up when [[spoiler:the former reveals he intends to take down the Iwi village's barrier]].
114	** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': Rather hilariously, this is [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]]'s response to Kong's haymaker during their first fight at sea. Even more hilarious is that whilst Godzilla was able to tank Kong's attack and still remain on his feet, said bitch slap causes Kong to fall flat on his back.
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118	* Maomao of ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'' smacks one of Consort Lihua's handmaids right in the face upon finding out that said handmaid is still using lead face powder on their mistress despite it being banned from the palace for being poisonous. Maomao then proceeds to dump said face powder all over the handmaid before [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech brutally calling her out]] for using the same poison on Lihua that killed her baby and left her in her current sickly condition.
119	* In ''Literature/EndersGame'', the SmallNameBigEgo {{Jerkass}} Bonzo backhands Petra when she interrupts him, drawing blood. It's an EstablishingCharacterMoment for them both: in contrast to Bonzo's blustering nastiness, Petra shows NervesOfSteel and doesn't react to the slap at all.
120	* In both the novel and movie for ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'', Scarlett slaps one of her slaves, Prissy, when the latter lies to her about being able to help with childbirth and for generally being a useless brat. Considering that Prissy is one of the most hated characters in the book/film for being TheLoad and an EthnicScrappy, many in the audience cheered when Scarlett slapped her.
121	* ''Literature/TheHammer2022'': Due to having to keep up a veneer of civility on the Valentia estate, Tiny deals with multiple nobles trying to get close to Chloe by slapping them rather than punching them. But given his training, even a single slap sends men flying across the room.
122	* In ''Literature/OrangeCloudsBlueSky'', Skye accuses her mom of putting her lying, parasitic "friends" ahead of her family. Mom slaps her in the face.
123	* Bridget from ''Literature/PlanetEarthIsBlue'' decided to run away after a fight with her and Nova's last foster mother, in which the foster mother slapped Bridget in the face.
124	* In ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', [[BigBad Morgarath]] slaps Erak after he finds out Erak has captured Will, an apprentice to a Ranger whom Morgarath hates, and lied to him about it.
125	* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Jaime Lannister gets pretty good at doing this after [[spoiler: losing his sword hand and having it replaced with a prosthetic made of gold.]] One particular example is when he strikes Red Ronnet Connington in the mouth for mocking [[BrawnHilda Brienne of Tarth]].
126	* ''Literature/{{Underdogs}}'': When Ewan and Kate break into the inner slum of the prison city New London, Kate wants to search for her nonverbal brother James, but Ewan insists that they focus on the mission. They get into a fight, during which Kate slaps him.
127	* In the ''Literature/XWingSeries'' novel ''Starfighters of Adumar'', the normally happy-go-lucky pilot Wes Janson gets in a "blastsword" duel with a local nobleman to save an ally's life, but after [[IShallTauntYou infuriating his opponent with insults]], Janson disarms the guy and introduces the nobleman to bare-knuckle fighting. At the end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, Janson decides to humiliate his opponent even further, by CherryTapping him into unconsciousness.
128	-->'''Janson:''' At least you could say you were struck down with a good blow of the fist. If I were going to be nice to you, that is.\
129	(''he raises his open hand, waits for the punch-drunk noble to focus on it, then SLAP'')
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133	* ''Series/BetterOffTed'': When confronted by Ted, Veronica's boyfriend completely humiliates Ted using an obscure slap-based martial art that apparently works via DeathOfAThousandCuts.
134	* ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'' has one that's equally this and DopeSlap, given it's to both humiliate and reprimand (and fitting to being a combination, uses both hands): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHB6HHBjofk "Her face is the lunch meat, my hands are the bread. SMACKWICH!"]]
135	* ''Series/GameOfThrones''
136	** Tyrion delivers some [[{{Memes/Game of Thrones}} glorious ones]] to [[TheCaligula Joffrey]]. Considering he is a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], immature [[AxCrazy psychopath]] who caused a lot of harm to his kingdom and people, he definitely deserves them.
137	** Cersei slaps Joffrey after he mentions some "rumors" (they are true) about her and her twin brother's [[{{Twincest}} ''very close'' relationship]]. He reminds her that striking a king is a capital offense.
138	* In ''Series/Hawkeye2021'', during the UncomfortableElevatorMoment between Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop (long story short, Yelena wants to kill the title character, Kate won't let her do it), Kate delivers one in the heat of the moment. Yelena is downright shocked, and Kate's [[OhCrap realization isn't too far off either]].
139	-->'''Yelena''': [StunnedSilence] [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe …What was that!?]]\
140	'''Kate''': [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I don’t know!]]
141	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]", after Daniel Molloy is subjected to Louis de Pointe du Lac's PeoplePuppets ability where his right arm was flopping wildly, Daniel is so incensed that he slaps Louis ''hard'' in the face, which is extremely brave (or foolish) when he knows all too well that Louis could easily kill him (which almost happened at the end of the first interview).
142	* In ''Series/TheLastShip'', Dr. Vellek tests out his new aggression-eliminating drug by repeatedly slapping his giant, muscular test subject in the face.
143	* ''Series/LukeCage2016''
144	** In the first episode, [[Recap/LukeCage2016S1E1MomentOfTruth "Moment of Truth"]], the crime lord Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes has Shameek, a young thug who stole a lot of money from him, captive and tied up. While asking where the rest of the money went, Cottonmouth repeatedly slaps Shameek's face--[[LampshadeHanging then rubs it in by saying he's not the sort of man to hit a "girl" with a closed fist]]. Shameek says nothing, and spits on him. Cottonmouth says, "[[VillainRespect Good.]] Now I can hit you like a ''man''," and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown proceeds to beat Shameek to death with his bare fists]].
145	** Luke Cage is [[SuperStrength more than capable of knocking a man unconscious]] when he does this.
146	* In ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'' episode "[[Recap/MotherlandFortSalemS3E9ButIDontEvenHaveADress But I Don't Even Have A Dress]]" [[spoiler:President Wade]] delivers a solid one to Silver after the Bellweather unit reveals during their trial everything he did so he could become President.
147	* In the TV series ''The Unholy Alliance'', Wai Lui does this to one of his men when he finds out that he's behind the op to steal drugs from the coffers of Ling Hung, the most powerful woman in her Triad group in Hong Kong. He also [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness left him at the mercy of his men]].
148	* Actor Arnaldo André did this frequently in the telenovela "Amo y Señor". He [[AdamWesting continued with this act]] in later telenovelas, but declined it when society changed and public awareness of the unfortunate implications are more widely acknowledged by the public.
149	* In what is more of a parental retort than a bitch slap, on ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975,'' Julie and her mother Ann come to blows about disapproval over Julie's boyfriend. When Julie suggests that maybe Ann would rather sleep with the boy herself, she slaps Julie.
150	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The ShowWithinAShow version of ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' has a character called "Jessica Lockheart" who's apparently famous for doing this to other characters. Her introduction sees her filming a scene where she slaps another character so hard the actress is seeing calling for ice to put on her cheek. When [[{{Fangirl}} Monica]] finds out that Cecilia Monroe, who plays Jessica, is in Joey's apartment she tries to get Cecilia to slap her. Cecilia replies that her lawyers have told her not to agree to such requests anymore.
151	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. Lampshaded in Part 2 of "Look at the Princess". After surviving an assassination attempt by Prince Clavor, John Crichton barges into his august presence, slaps the SissyVillain around and [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry makes him promise not to do that again]]. The slaps Crichton gets from Clavor's sister, angry over him assaulting a Royal, are a lot harder.
152	-->'''Chiana:''' You bitch-slapped the [[PardonMyKlingon tralk!]]
153	* A RunningGag in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' involves Doña Florinda delivering these to Don Ramón, always hard enough to make him spin. This always happens [[PoorCommunicationKills due to Quico not explaining]] ''[[PoorCommunicationKills who]]'' [[PoorCommunicationKills was wronging him (usually El Chavo or La Chilindrina)]], and thus she assumes Don Ramón was the culprit.
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156	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
157	* Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon is very fond of dishing these out. After delivering a nasty one to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], she gloated her ability to [[KarmaHoudini always get away with this cheap shot]] because most of the male roster WouldntHitAGirl, let alone the wife of the ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' chairman. The Rock agrees, before bringing in Creator/RondaRousey, who promptly [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty kicks her ass]] when she tries the same move on her. Later on, when Ronda is finally signed to the WWE, she makes sure repeatedly that Steph learns her lesson by putting her into armbars.
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161	* MMA (UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts). Nate and Nick Diaz are infamous for the "Stockton Slap". Expect fighters on the receiving end to either flip their shit or reveal how beaten they truly are if they don't immediately try and retaliate.
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164	[[folder:Theater]]
165	* In ''Theatre/AnneOfTheThousandDays'', Henry slaps Anne across the face as her father and Wolsey look on for repeating the word "bastards" in reference to their potential offspring ([[HeirClubForMen he wants her to have sons]]) after he warns her not to say it again.
166	* In ''Theatre/TheLittleFoxes'', Oscar overhears his wife Birdie warning Alexandra about the ArrangedMarriage planned between her and Oscar's son (and [[VillainousIncest Alexandra's cousin]]) Leo. As Alexandra heads off to bed and Birdie, about to leave with Oscar, passes him near the doorway, he cruelly slaps her across the face. Alexandra tries to approach Birdie to see what happened to her, but she dismisses her and tells her that she only twisted her ankle.
167	* In ''Theatre/MoonlightAndMagnolias'', producer David Selznick, writer Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming exchange ''several'' slaps in rapid succession as they try to work out how exactly to shoot Scarlett O'Hara's slapping scene in ''Gone With The Wind.'' The three have been locked in Selznick's office together for almost three days, so the slaps also vent frustration that has reached the boiling point, getting harder and harder until the final one knocks Hecht over the couch.
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170	[[folder:Video Games]]
171	* In ''VideoGame/BloodyBattle'', slapping someone in the face by using the Backhand will cause them to be knocked back a little bit, no matter what.
172	* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'':
173	** One of Cassie Cage's brutalities is a slap done as a mocking salute that spins her opponents head 180 degrees.
174	** Shinnok's first attack in his X-ray move is a backhand that dislocates his opponent's jaw.
175	* In ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'', the titular character bitch slaps an unconscious Wolverine after he crashed the Blackbird. At first, Deadpool did it to wake Wolverine up, but after Deadpool realized that Wolverine was not gonna wake up for a while, the player then has the choice to either slap Wolverine for [[OverlyLongGag a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time]] or just get back to playing the game immediately.
176	* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Rakan mainly attacks his enemies with his wing but if he gets within melee range, he will slap his target instead.
177	* In ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'': In Eve's opening story, she was awakened from her long slumber and found herself being found by Elsword and company. He reaches his hand to her, wanting them to be friends. She bitch-slaps him instead, which shocks his teammates. (She does join, though.)
178	* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has a fighting style consisting primarily of bitch slaps. Demonstrating how terrifyingly powerful he is, because he's putting so little effort into fighting even the likes of ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
179	* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', Al Mualim slaps Altaïr, after Altaïr speaks out of turn, while Al Mualim is berating him for breaking the rules of [[TheHashshashin the assassins]].
180	-->'''Al Mualim''': There are rules. We are nothing if we do not abide by the Assassiyun's Creed. Three simple tenets, which you seem to forget. I will remind you. First and foremost: Stay your blade–\
181	'''Altaïr''': –[[NeverHurtAnInnocent from the flesh of an innocent]]. I know.\
182	'''Al Mualim''': ''[backhands Altaïr]'' And stay your tongue! Unless I give you leave to use it.
183	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' has [[spoiler:Nero]] doing this to [[spoiler:Dante]] during the final confrontation with [[spoiler:his father Vergil]], using [[spoiler:one of the spectral wings of his true Devil Trigger]]. The blow is enough to make [[spoiler:Dante]], who has already taken a beating as it is from [[spoiler:his brother]], have to sit the battle out. [[spoiler:Dante]] also promptly lampshades what happened and name-drops the trope:
184	-->That bitch slap nearly killed me.
185	* In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', if Emily [[spoiler:gets bitten by a {{wendigo}}, some ZombieInfectee drama results as the other characters are unsure if Emily will turn into a wendigo herself]]. Playing as Mike, you must choose whether or not to shoot Emily. Either way, shortly afterwards you will find proof that [[spoiler:wendigo bites aren't infectious]], meaning that Ashley, who wanted Emily killed for everyone else's safety, is left with egg on her face. If Emily is still alive, Ashley will go to apologize, but Emily has none of it and shuts her up with a massive slap that knocks Ashley right to the floor, providing the page quote in the process. Ashley skulks off immediately after.
186	* In ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' Aurelia's default melee attack is a slap across the face. More impressively, she can use it to hurt both armored soldiers and alien beasts.
187	* In the ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePast'' case "[[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase37DeathComesToLunch Death Comes to Lunch]]", one of the suspects, rich layabout Larry Rochester gropes the butt of the victim's maid Francine without her permission. She responds by giving him a ringing slap across his face. It serves as the image for both that case's third chapter and its {{Recap}} page.
188	* The ''Videogame/RoseAndCamellia'' games are about Regency-period ladies slapping each other black and blue.
189	* Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' slaps enemies around as her default attack and with the Slap Gloves. The Mega Slap weapon has her slapping enemies with a ''huge'' glove. Likewise, Valentina in the remake can slap your party as a physical attack when she's not using magic.
190	** Lady Bow in ''Videogame/PaperMario64'' picks up where Peach left off with her main attack being a barehanded multi-slap, and her strongest is a multi-slap with her [[PaperFanOfDoom fan]].
191	* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': In Moonlit Lovers, Forte's method to get [[AchillesInHisTent Noa to talk to them about the situation]] is to directly slap the girl, calling her a spoiled brat. Noa is impressed by Forte's boldness and this makes her relent. Forte even [[MakesUsEven allows her to slap her back to get even]], though she quickly regrets it when she realizes the little girl slaps harder than she expected.
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194	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
195	* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'': Miyako receives both this and a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech after years of overreliance on the Kazama family for any sort of companionship lead her to respond to lower attendance at Friday meetings by urging other members to prioritize Friday meetings over all else, including events crucial to realizing their individual dreams, and even after her efforts start a huge argument & send nearly everyone home in a rage all she can do is lament to the one person still there about everyone else's lack of devotion to the friendship. [[spoiler:Miyako's After Story implies that if Chris left with the others and wasn't around to break Miyako out of her melancholy, Miyako would have killed herself.]]
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198	[[folder:Web Animation]]
199	* A RunningGag in the WebAnimation/SomethingAbout series is the heroes (with one exception) slapping their opponents -- with Bowser being a frequent target -- silly:
200	** "Something About Yoshi's Island" has Yoshi slap Baby Bowser, spank him, and then [[DestinationDefenestration throw him out a window]].
201	** In "Something About Kirby Super Star", Kirbo slaps the sun and moon and scolds them for fighting.
202	** In "Something About Super Mario 64", Mario slaps Bowser hard enough to outright paralyze him.
203	** In "Something About Super Mario World", Mario backhand slaps Bowser so hard it actually leaves Bowser's eyes bloodshot and echoes pretty loudly.
204	** In "Something About Smash Bros World of Light", Mario and Yoshi slap Bowser back and forth after Samus cuts off his growth to eclipse the galaxy. The last slap ''[[StrippedToTheBone turns him into Dry Bowser]]''.
205	** "Something About Kirby's Adventure" has Kirbo defeat Mr. Shine, Kracko, and King Dedede by slapping them.
206	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} in "Melee Fox VS Speedrunner Mario", where Mario tries to backhand Fox, but he dodges it.
207	** In "Something About Super Metroid," Mother Brain kills the Baby Metroid by slapping it. Samus didn't like that and kills her with a Hyper Beam.
208	** In "Something About Mega Man X," Vile slaps X with his Ride Armor.
209	** "Something About Yoshi's Story" has the ''entire Yoshi Clan'' slap Baby Bowser after he shatters the Super Happy Tree, reducing him to a puddle.
210	** "Something About Super Mario All-Stars" has Bowser show up in Peach's room after Mario has already left, but Luigi suddenly warps back in with his TimeMachine to slap him instead.
211	** In "Something About Smash Bros The Subspace Emissary," in the recreation of the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' segment after Bowser is dunked into the lava, Mario dives in to deliver several of these to him. And later on after Tabuu shoots the Great Fox with his EyeBeam in retaliation to its laser, Peppy gives Fox a DopeSlap.
212	** In "Something About Kirby 64," Kirbo slaps Ribbon's hand so hard that he launches her into the Sun. In addition, he destroys a green Pix by slapping it during his rampage in the pyramid.
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215	[[folder:Webcomics]]
216	* ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'' is an in some ways slightly old-fashioned comic about sometimes-bitchy interactions between fashion models and the like, so the bitch slap is inevitably deployed from time to time. For example:
217	** [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sandra-on-the-rocks/this-is-your-doing Eva makes the mistake of unloading on the physically superior Zoé.]]
218	** [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sandra-on-the-rocks/your-polished-turd Later, Eva persuades Marie to slap down two other characters who had been unpleasant to her -- thus nudging Marie towards a more malevolent attitude.]]
219	** ...which process comes to a head when [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sandra-on-the-rocks/next-thing-we-knew Marie slaps Zoé.]]
220	* One of Gray's favoured tactics for putting bullies in their place in ''Webcomic/WeakHero''. When getting revenge on Bryce, he slaps him so many times that his hand ends up bloody- [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge and he doesn't even stop there]].
221	* In the webtoon adaptation of ''Webcomic/TheGreatestEstateDeveloper,'' the main character delivers a truly epic series of these to the bullies picking on his little brother at the academy.
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224	[[folder:Web Videos]]
225	* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'':
226	** Marine Houshou became a little infamous for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfC21ksAUzM a short video she released in 2021]] that consisted of her on the receiving end of these before tearing up and running off. The general audience reaction was of confusion and concern, to which Marine quickly responded by saying it was ''meant'' to be [[CasualKink more kinky in nature]] (Marine being well-known as Hololive's resident LoveableSexManiac who [[TheTease proudly teases her fanbase]]), but she messed up as presenting the slap out of context made people less aroused and more worried for her safety. She followed up with a handful of sequel skits spoofing the incident, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_zT7bi5Go the first sequel]] showing [[TooKinkyToTorture the act is very much consensual]].
227	** On the Hololive English side of things, there's Ceres Fauna, who started [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przSDGq_1gs playfully "slapping" her genmates]], then really got into Jigglypuff's "Pound" move in ''VideoGame/PokemonUnite'', was delighted that ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' lets you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLx1lxTU-EA&t=7959s play the "slap game..."]] She's more or less crowned herself the "Slap God," and slapping has become her SignatureMove, to the point that she's [[AscendedMeme slapped the viewer in her 3D showcase]], and slapping is Fauna's melee attack in the fan game ''VideoGame/CouncilrysRPG''.
228	* ''WebAnimation/RevengeFilms'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6dtd-HQs5w&t=4m37s "My parents treated me poorly,"]] Katie attempts to make her parents focus back on her after Ali's rich husband bought them what they wanted, only to be slapped for talking back. Being spoiled all her life until that moment, she broke down crying and left the house for half a year.
229	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Goku's fight with Frieza retains the bitch/pimp slap combo from the original series, even exaggerating it further to emphasize how completely Frieza is being dominated by Goku.
230	** In Kai 3.5, it condenses the "fights" between Cell, Krillin, Vegeta, and Future Trunks down to Cell giving a slap to each of them in succession.
231	* This is WebVideo/{{Zerolenny}}'s SignatureMove.
232	-->'''Robolenny:''' Do you want a fucking SLAP?
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235	[[folder:Western Animation]]
236	* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]", Brian and Quagmire get into a furious brawl after their arch-rivalry reaches a boiling point. While both are slugging each other, Quagmire gets in one of these to demonstrate his exceptional hatred of Brian.
237	* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E9Ultimatum Ultimatum]]", [[MakingASplash Downpour]] attempts to [[ShootingSuperman blow out Aquaman with a torrent of water]]. After Aquaman points out this folly,[[note]]"King of the seas, remember?"[[/note]] Downpour rushes him with a few punches that do [[NoSell absolutely nothing]] to the far more physically powerful Aquaman. After an OhCrap from Downpour, Aquaman finishes the fight by way of this trope; a bitchslap so hard it knocks Downpour out cold.
238	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
239	** In the cartoons featuring the mice Hubie and Bertie, Hubie would repeatedly slap Bertie's face back and forth whenever he did something stupid. Often, Bertie's face would continue to go back and forth even after Hubie stopped.
240	** In "WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs", WesternAnimation/BugsBunny slaps the bull to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance. Toro tries to punch him back, but Bugs slaps him again before he can.
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243	[[folder:Real Life]]
244	* During the 94th Academy Awards, Creator/WillSmith got up to slap Creator/ChrisRock on live television after the latter joked about his wife's alopecia. This quickly turned into a hell of a big deal, and got Will a ten-year ban from the Academy Awards.
245	-->'''Will:''' ''Keep my wife's name out your FUCKING MOUTH!''
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