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2[[caption-width-right:358:Why pay ten cents when you can see stars for free?]]
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4->''"Hah! By hitting me in the head, you've only granted me several small familiars!"''
5-->-- ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-578 page 578]]
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7An animated character who has been stunned, usually by blunt head trauma, will display a "halo" of twittering birds or twinkling stars orbiting their head at or above eyebrow level. Sometimes it's just circles or whirls spinning around. This is a cartoon representation of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphene "seeing stars."]] [[HardHead Upon recovery]], the character will usually brush them away with an impatient or brusque sweep of their hands.
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9It is not uncommon for circling stars to sound like birds (cuckoo is very commonly added, although it's usually the [[CuckooClockGag cuckoo clock variation]] instead of the realistic version), even if it makes no sense. Cartoon cats who see circling birdies sometimes swat at them as though they were real. Similarly, this trope often occurs in live-action instances with just the sound effects of birds.
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11Occasionally, more idiosyncratic "satellites" will circle the character, usually related to either their personality or the task they were trying to accomplish when they were stunned. Unrelated to CirclingVultures, which foretell a [[MarkedToDie rather worse fate]] than a mild concussion.
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13May also go with NonSequiturThud. Compare ConcussionsGetYouHigh. CatchingSomeZs is a similar visual effect for characters who went night-night the usual way.
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15An example of EditorialSynaesthesia.
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17!!Examples:
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19* [[CirclingBirdies/VideoGames Video Games]]
20* [[CirclingBirdies/WesternAnimation Western Animation]]
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26* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J57BXrJWnPk this commercial]] for Froot Loops from 1998, a teen hockey player gets knocked out during a game and hallucinates that he's playing against an entire team of Toucan Sams. When he comes to at the end, stars and Toucan Sams circle his head, as he asks "What's with all the birds?"
27* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCq6AoReMIA this ad]] from the late 90s, circling birdies are replaced by circling sandwiches and jars of Miracle Whip after a boxer is punched by a Miracle Whip-slathered boxing glove (a "knuckle sandwich").
28* A late 2009 promo for WWE's Tables, Ladders & Chairs event featured cartoon birds circling wrestler Chris Jericho's head after he took a hard blow to the head with a metal chair. The ad was somewhat controversial, as some said it made light of the potentially serious head injuries professional wrestlers can face during a performance.
29* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ok_QlYuEw This Sprint ad]] for NFL Mobile Live in 2009 used this trope. As a frustrated fan stared at his phone, the announcer mentioned that fans were watching players' Twitter feeds without seeing a single tweet. A stray football then hits the fan in the head, and versions of the Twitter logo bird fly around his head.
30* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6vlxpa2DNA This]] Moxie Girlz 3D commercial had one part where a girl was seeing objects circling her head. Not because of a concussion though.
31* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbavu2Al-ME this]] iconic Sprite commercial, a boy's hard landing after a failed basketball dunk results in tiny basketballs and Sprite cans circling his head.
32* Japanese singer Tomohisa Yamashita experiences circling birdies after being on the receiving end of a cartoon character's punch in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3ACO3IME8 this]] Toshiba commercial
33* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqxq--9ArhI In this Cap'n Crunch commercial,]] a martial arts instructor (played by Simon Rhee) is knocked over silly and, instead of birds, sees pieces of Cap'n Crunch spin around his head.
34* In the late [=80s=]/early [=90s=], the Swedish Chef of Franchise/TheMuppets fame had his own breakfast cereal, Croonchy Stars. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrSGAZNMQOA This commercial]] features the circling stars version of this gag while showing the Chef making a batch of Croonchy Stars in "the Muppet Test Kitchen".
35-->'''Narrator:''' It seemed impossible, but then [[{{Pun}} it hit him]].
36* Cookie Crisp makes people have cookies for breakfast, but people say cookies are not for breakfast, but then have a taste and say that cookies ''are'' for breakfast. One commercial uses bird sound effects when the teacher gets her taste of Cookie Crisp.
37* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVSVeepDEHs This]] UsefulNotes/McDonalds commercial used bird sound effects when Birdie crashed after she failed to land.
38* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCjI8Mz-94 this]] commercial for the ''VideoGame/AngryBirds [[WackyRacing Go!]]'' Telepod toyline, Chuck teleports into the game world and drives past the other racers, causing them to crash. Terence in particular was sent flying into the air, landing in the heap with [[MythologyGag three stars]] revolving around him.
39* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nzwfkwPRHM this commercial]] for the snack Fundamiddles from the early 90s, a kid (played by future TV star Jonathan Tucker) gets whacked by a mallet-shape blast of chocolate from the snack and hears tweeting birds.
40* In one of the Advertising/DoraemonToyotaCommercials, Nobita gets a ring of spinning stars on the top of his head after he rides a toy car in circles.
41* One of the bullies in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPwnbZcUoR4 this Cheetos ad from Turkey]] sees winged versions of Chester Cheetah circling his head after being thrown to the grown.
42* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEXIJYCg7lk The commercial]] for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' {{licensed game}}s for the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] and Platform/SegaGenesis ends with a critic appearing alongside the games' box arts, saying "I give it four stars." Wakko then emerges from the Genesis version's box art and hits the critic on the head with a hammer, causing five stars to spin around it. Wakko then says, "I give it five."
43* One early Apple Jacks ad, back around the time when Apple was a villain, ended with Apple having Cinna-Mons running around his head after his most recent attempt to stop Cinna-Mon failed.
44* A basketball to the head leaves four cocky basketball players seeing circling stars and images of Bugs Bunny and hearing tweeting birds after they unwisely decide to take on the wascally wabbit and Michael Jordan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTHJeqZA2o in this 1992 Nike ad,]] which could be seen as a prototype for the two coming together for ''Film/SpaceJam''.
45* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg US commercial]] for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64'' ends with Yoshi hitting Donkey Kong with a hammer, resulting in Platform/Nintendo64 logos circling his head.
46* A strange variation pops up at the end of the ''X-tract Paperclip'' Flash game made to promote Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP - after Clippy is bonked on the head by a falling push pin, his eyebrows merge and then split into three copies which begin fluttering around like birds, complete with tweeting sound.
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50* The ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Alien" does a variation on this trope. Lamput, Slim Doc, and Fat Doc accidentally invade an alien's spaceship; at one point, the alien accidentally destroys the ship's control panel trying to shoot the three unwanted guests, sending the ship flying up into space and causing it to bounce off of several planets. All of the planets get rings of circling stars around them after being hit... except for Saturn, which already had a ring.
51* ''Little Singham'' uses the stars variety, accompanied by bird sounds, frequently for injured characters. The villains tend to experience this the most often, though Little Singham and his friends see them on occasion, too.
52* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', this happens multiple times to various characters, with numerous variants such as circling stars and circling wolf heads.
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56* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', [[VillainOfTheWeek Alessi]] gets pulverized by a de-aged Jotaro, getting blasted aside with circling stars, and then wakes up to find Jotaro and Polnareff about to give him a double NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
57* In ''Manga/DoctorSlump'', the characters comment on that: "Wait, it's American, we're Japanese", and shoo out the birds, who swear as they fly away.
58* Although stars flying out as the result of impact is frequently used in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' (on both the manga and the anime) and not really noteworthy, in the manga chapter titled ''Glittering Night Sky'', Doraemon [[MediumAwareness has a gadget that can help you literally harvest them]]. Anytime there are stars flying out because of impact, whether from 2 objects colliding, or from Nobita when he's beaten up by Gian which produces larger stars, Doraemon can use a net to catch those stars. Doraemon and Nobita use those stars to create a beautiful starry sky that they don't get to see in the crowded city.
59* In the ''[[VideoGame/SakuraWars Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris]]'' OVA, Erica gets stunned [[RunningGag several times]]; each time she gets a "halo" of little fluttering angels, and remarks on them.
60* Mahoro's circling birdies in ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' apparently are real, as they can be seen by other characters.
61** Although they appear when she's asleep, and continually multiply until she wakes up, leading to some... awkward situations when Suguru decides to observe her when she's dozing off.
62*** That may have been ''SUGURU''''s dream, as he was asleep at the time.
63** At one point in the second season, Mahoro's birdies are seen to re-enter her head when she wakes up. Only five this time, though.
64** Near the end of the manga, it is explained that [[spoiler:Matthew (actually named "Arcadia Matthew Faye Ray") is an artificial intelligence, the birdies are part of her "sleep program", and that Mahoro was patterned after Matthew and/or the creator of Matthew, "Mahoro Matthew Faye Ray").]]
65* In the [[http://www.gogoanime.com/gokujou-seitokai-1-gokujou-seitokai-episode-1 first episode]] of ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'', Rino gets afflicted with these, combined with NonSequiturThud, when Kaori bumps into her. Later in the episode, Kaori sees birds when she hits her head on a tree. This time they stay until the end of the episode.
66* The manga of ''Manga/SoulEater'' has Crona seeing stars after a good bash to the head from Stein's foot. [[AmbiguousGender He/she]] even says "Uwaa-- I can see stars... but I can't figure out how to play with them~"
67* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' sometimes features characters seeing circling bird-like Pokémon such as Pidgey or Torchic. Often, it indicates when a Pokémon is succumbing to the effect of the Confusion status. There is also a low chance of circling stars. However, this does not always apply for Confusion at times: in one episode in ''Sun/Moon'', Ash's Rowlet sees stars after being hit by a Relavation Dance from Lillie's butler's Oricorio, and then not long after, Rowlet sees birds after being knocked out due to impact with Mallow. During the first Battle Royal episode, Ash’s Litten, Kiawe’s Marowak and Sophocles’ Charjabug all see stars after Masked Royal’s Incineroar knocks them down in a single move. Not long after, Sophocles himself also sees stars after being hit in the face. In the third Battle Royal episode, Faba, while in the Masked Royal disguise, sees stars after Incineroar lands on top of him. Later, taking a page from the games' book, starting in episode 105 of the Sun and Moon series, during Ash’s Lycanroc VS Lycanroc battle with Gladion, Gladion’s Lycanroc sees birds after becoming confused due to using Outrage, and the trope would repeat every time Gladion’s Lycanroc becomes confused due to Outrage. In ''Journeys'', the birds used for confusion (starting from episode 36 of ''Journeys'' when Ash’s Riolu was confused by a Trainer’s Octillery’s Psybeam) resemble the generic ducks from the older generation games, though this can change depending on the episode; for example, in episode 102 for ''Journeys'', the confusion birds used for Articuno after it gets hit by Gary's Umbreon's Confuse Ray resemble the ones from the seventh and eighth generation games.
68** In [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the original series]], during a flashback of the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/PokemonS2E8InThePink In The Pink]]," Misty tries to teach Togepi to headbutt by gently headbutting a wooden post. Eventually she gets annoyed and manages to knock herself out, causing four pidgeys to fly over her head.
69** Also, the Ditto at the beginning of ''Pikachu's Ghost Carnival'', in which the Ditto gets circling stars when it got hit on the head by a Cubone while Ditto was disguised as a Cubone.
70** In ''Big Meowth, Little Dreams'', Meowth has circling Pikachus when he lands after being blasted off.
71* In order to be accurate to the Pokémon games, ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' had this trope sometimes for confused Pokémon. Sometimes, confused Pokémon see birds flying around their head, with examples being one of Agatha's Gengar in the ''Yellow'' saga when it gets hit by Professor Oak's Kangaskhan's Dizzy Punch, and the scamming Bird Keeper's Hoothoot in the ''Gold/Silver'' saga when the confusion from the Swagger move Gold's Aipom (nicknamed Aibo) just used on Hoothoot kicks in during Gold's challenge to capture the Wooper, thus exposing the Bird Keeper's scam. In the ''Diamond and Pearl'' saga, the birds are replaced by circling Torchic running around the confused Pokémon's head, with examples including Roark's Craindos after becoming confused by a Water Pulse attack from Platinum's Piplup, and Diamond's Lickilicky (nicknamed Kit) after Sebastian's two Chinchou confuse him with Water Pulse after Sebastian stripped Kit from his Own Tempo with Weepinbell's Gastro Acid.
72** In the Ruby/Sapphire quiz book, question 74 shows a ring of birds (the usual confusion status condition) at the top right corner, and the question asks (in Japanese) which Pokémon move does not cause the user to become confused, with the selections ranging from a Bellossom using Petal Dance, a Spinda using Thrash, a Zangoose using Fury Cutter, and Rayquaza using Outrage. Of course, the correct answer section reveals that the move Zangoose is using, Fury Cutter, doesn’t confuse the user, but rather increases in damage every time it lands.
73* In one arc of the manga ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Oh My Goddess!]]'', and its second [[PragmaticAdaptation anime adaptation]], ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy]]'', there's a scene where Urd, [[spoiler: who has been split into her demon and goddess halves]], spins the two "round-and-round" so Keiichi, Belldandy, and Skuld can't tell which Urd is which, resulting in the Trope.
74** Happened earlier than that in the TV series, in Urd's debut episode. When Keiichi gets medicine for Belldandy, he gets a bonus "instructional video" from the pharmacist (Urd in disguise). When Urd leans in for a kiss, an intrigued Keiichi follows suit, and Urd somehow accidentally knees him in the chin, resulting in the Trope for Keiichi.
75* Happens to the title charcter of ''[[Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor The Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'' when he's knocked silly in one episode.
76* Seen a few times in ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', both the stars and birdies variants. In the episode where Jean gets into a MushroomSamba after eating mushrooms, Marie knocks him out with his own encyclopedia, and he keeps the Circling Birdies for a long time afterward, even commenting on seeing them.
77* During one scene of ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', after Metal Robotnik crashes into the sea, Robotnik explains about his plans. However, when he mentions that Sonic "will have to fight something far more evil than Metal Robotnik," Sara hits Robotnik on the head, and stars circle Robotnik's head. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZ8Y5eS-Sc&t=4m31s This video has the entire scene.]]
78* One episode of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has Rock Lee seeing little Sakuras dancing around his head after being hit by her; they then stop to pretend to flirt with him before they all punch him again.
79* In episode 7 of ''Manga/KotouraSan'', this happens to Hiyori, after she bangs her head against the wall a few times to get rid of thoughts about Manabe and Haruka she doesn't want to have.[[note]]She has a crush with Manabe, but became the HopelessSuitor and had a case of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy at this point. At that scene, she was reminded Manabe ''is'' her crush.[[/note]]
80* Happens to Chi in ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' during Chapter 45 (or near the end of Episode 91 in the anime) after Juri is a little too rough with petting Chi (which is by shaking Chi's face). Which of course is different in the anime, where Chi sees circling hearts.
81* In episode 7 of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', One of the character's father sees stars and planets.
82-->"I'm seeing so many stars, it's like a galaxy!"
83* The 4Koma ''Pokémon 4Koma Plaza'' features some Japanese 4Koma about a certain Pokémon. One of them features a Skitty chasing a ball, only to trip over a rock. The Skitty sees stars circling its head after that, and then proceeds to chase the stars.
84* In episode 4 of ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruchan'', at the final segment of the episode, Umaru enters a fighting tournament under the persona of U.M.R., and it comes to the finals with Sylphynford being her final opponent, when Umaru notices that Sylphynford somehow saw through her 5-combo opening (and the fact that Sylphynford is proving to be a tough opponent) and gets determined to win after noticing that her brother is watching. However, Sylphynford claims that throwing the match is not a smart idea, but upon [[TemptingFate asking on what is so interesting]] and noticing that Alex is watching as well, Sylphynford is left stunned with birds flying around her head. Only when she finally realizes that her reaction is being watched does she run out in embarrassment, leaving Umaru the winner of the tournament by default.
85* This trope occurs frequently in ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''. During one episode in the second season, Mint tumbles into a tree and sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while stars and birds circle above her head before she loses consciousness.
86** In another episode in a later season, Milfuelle tries performing one of her "famous" backflips and ends up falling backwards, causing her to spend the rest of the episode babbling on about the pretty stars she's seeing.
87* This occurs on two occasions in ''Anime/MagicalPlay.'' In one episode, Pipin sees stars and carrots after being dazed during a battle. In another episode, Padudu and Pipin are both tied up and spun, and when they stop, they are considered representatives, but at the cost of leaving both Padudu and Pipin dazed and seeing miniature versions of their respective companion circling their heads (miniature Uokichis for Padudu and miniature Sekines for Pipin).
88* ''Manga/{{Perman}}'': In "Lift Just Two of Us", Perman gets a halo of circling stars and planets above his head after he lands on the cactus in the elevator.
89* This is used a few times in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' manga ''Ravenpaw's Path'': a few [=BloodClan=] cats get stars circling around their heads when the heroes smack them upside the head.
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93* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
94** In ''Astérix and the Great Crossing'', a KO'd native American sees [[http://storage.canalblog.com/56/25/761447/58713706.jpg American stars.]] In the same book, another native American sees all the stars from the American flag.
95** In another book, an Egyptian sees hieroglyphs of birds.
96* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
97** ''Archie Comics'' will sometimes have Archie dazed after a fight, and seeing, not just basic birds, but rather specific ones, such as Red-Winged Blackbird or Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, twittering and circling his head.
98** One instance has Dilton fall off a skateboard while listening to headphones, commenting on how the track suddenly sounds like birds chirping.
99* ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'': Not actually shown, but Kate Kane mentions she's seeing these just after her girlfriend punches her out in a boxing match.
100* The fifth issue of the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' tie-in comic has Green Lantern John Stewart get knocked out by General Eiling and have winged power rings circle around his head.
101* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/BrainiacsBlitz'', when Brainiac's ship's beams strike the heroine, Kara sees white stars circling around her head while dazed.
102* The ''Literature/WarriorCats'' graphic novels use BloodlessCarnage, in contrast to their [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violently heavy source]]. In ''A Clan in Need'', Sorrelpaw is supposed to be severely injured, but she doesn't look remotely injured. Not even her fur is messed up. The only sign of her being injured is her lethargic behavior and the stars circling around her head.
103* ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] saw stars when Taskmaster attacked him.
104* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'' has a [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=978 variation with Arcanna]]. The Dash runs over her while he's trapped in her magical containment sphere, leaving her with circling ''bats''.
105* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: When Diana knocks out Mars in issue 5 he's shown on his back with a dove circling over his head.
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109* ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'':
110** ''Fanfic/RetroChill'': Hobbes gets socked by [[EvilKnockoff Evil Calvin]] and sees "a bunch of stars, planets, tweety birds and somewhere in the deeper recesses of his brain, he heard a harp playing for no apparent reason."
111** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
112*** Socrates sees stars, checkers, and [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} little pink elephants with umbrellas]] after getting thrown at a tree.
113*** Hobbes later sees stars after bashing a cage containing Calvin's parents open.
114* ''VideoGame/TheCubearthSaga'':
115** In the prologue to ''Sky Tower'', after rafer gets knocked out by Captain in one hit and lands back on his smaller boat, there's birds circling his head for a few seconds as tweeting sounds play.
116** In the prologue to ''Floodfall Caverns'', when J735 jumps into the back of his boat in fear, he sees stars - as in, the collectibles rewarded for completing levels in ''VideoGame/GeometryDash''.
117* ''Fanfic/MyLittleMagesTheNightmaresReturn'': Fie-Doe sees birds after Roh-Ver beats him up at one point. Then he hits him again, and they change into stars.
118* ''Fanfic/SharingTheNation'': Twilight flies hard into Fluttershy's cottage and comes close to knocking herself out. The narration notes that, although she is now much more used to literally seeing stars since her ascension, seeing birds is a bit new for her -- although in this case the circling birds happen to be Fluttershy's mind in the bodies of three songbirds, who's hovering worriedly around Twilight's head.
119* ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'': Happens several times to the point of being a RunningGag. For instance, after Soarin' finally kicks [[{{Jerkass}} Shootin' Star's]] flanks, the latter sees miniature Soarins circling his head while hitting bells with sledgehammers.
120* ''Fanfic/CarryOnBlissey'': In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7974078/11/Carry-On-Blissey Chapter 11]], there is a part where Matron Blissey mentions imagining seeing stars around her head.
121* During [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9971271/8/Olimar-s-Experiences-on-Guard-Duty Chapter 8]] of ''Olimar's Experiences on Guard Duty,'' Roy sees stars when Kirby 2 hits Roy with a tuna fish.
122* From the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ParodyFic "A Fistful of Mammary Gland".
123-->Seven took a hefty swig of her drink and [[CantHoldHisLiquor immediately]] began to see stars, which her cortical processor made a vain effort to catalogue.
124* A literal case happens in Saphroneth's ''Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOK'', when Fred and George pull a cracker that explodes with enough force to knock the two flat. The cracker produces a couple of canaries that circle over the twins' heads for a while before flying off.
125* Saphroneth does it again in ''Fanfic/LegendarilyPopular'', when Keldeo's attendant Pidoves become concerned about his possible concussion, and fly around his head in circles.
126* ''Webcomic/{{Spooky}}'': A ring of yellow stars orbits Count Von Roo after he fails to pounce on Claw and hits his head on a rock.
127* Toyed with in [[https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/bluumey/685699751355777024?source=share this fancomic]] based on ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''. After a very long dance practice, Tae Young is seen passed out [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] with three doves (his signature bird) circling his head. As the comic progresses, the doves pick him up and lay him on the bench with a blanket.
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131* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', when Iago (a parrot) is knocked out by the Sultan flying on the magic carpet, he sees little flying sultans saying "Have a cracker! Have a cracker!"
132* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|2011}}'', when the pickpocket is confronted outside his home by the police he tries to run away but we hear a crash off screen. Camera moves over to show him on the ground with little birds circling his head. The birds are in fact real and he had run into a woman who had just bought the birds at the pet store. The store owner can be seen catching the birds in a net.
133* In one of the credits gags in ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', Koda uses one of his fighting moves on Rutt, and we hear the bird chirping sound when he hits the ground.
134* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'': After George and Harold transform Mr. Krupp back and forth between his regular persona and Captain Underpants repeatedly, he faceplants and gets surrounded by tiny flying Captain Underpantses shouting "Tra-La-Laa!" in squeaky voices.
135* Similar to ''Roger Rabbit'', ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is about AnimatedActors. And apparently these include the birds, as while the title chipmunks are bashing each other's heads trying to summon the trope in a weaponized way (to distract a villain with a cat head), one of them is seeing leaving his home late at night, to his wife's dismay.
136* In the [[https://vimeo.com/236624998 test footage]] for Uli Meyer's live-action/animation hybrid "The Duck", which ultimately was never made, one of the live-action crooks hears birds when clonked with the titular character's large gun and later sees circling stars and planets when a boomerang-like device hits his head.
137* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Kuzco sees llamas after Chicha clocks him with the FryingPanOfDoom.
138-->'''Kuzco:''' You have a lovely wife... They're both very pretty...
139* Near the end of the [[Literature/TheBible "Noah's Ark"]] segment of ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is thrown against a wall after getting his foot stuck inside a rope holding up the door, and when he finally crashes down onto the floor, several animals on the ark can be seen circling his head (including [[FurryConfusion a pair of non-anthro ducks]]). Later at the end, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck sees stars after an elephant steps on him.
140* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'', when Luca falls off the bicycle and hits his head, he sees anchovies circling his head.
141* ''WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye'': In ''Beyond the Mind's Eye'', after a miniature pterosaur [[CameraAbuse breaks the camera lens]], the music cuts to a quiet drone while a subtle whistling sound hints that the pterosaur might be seeing something orbiting its head.
142* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' when Mr. Smee is pounding a sign on Captain Hook's cabin as he tells another pirate to be quiet, at that very moment Captain Hook opens the door to attack Smee but he accidentally hits him on the head with the hammer he was pounding the nails in with, he then sees stars and planets circling his head as he falls unconscious.
143* In ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman'', [[TheBully Tunnu]] gets these when he was crashed by a ball hit by [[BullyHunter Maruti]].
144* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'': After being punted into the ground by Fulliautomatix, Cacofonix has birds circling his head... ''lyrebirds'', fittingly for a bard.
145* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'':
146** Roger sees Circling Birdies after getting hit by a refrigerator while making a cartoon, but the director gets mad at him for not following the script: "It says 'Rabbit gets clonked, rabbit sees stars'. Not ''birds'', '''''stars!'''''" Roger proceeds to repeatedly bash himself in the head, resulting in a whole series of revolving visions of everything ''but'' stars.
147** Later in the film, after Eddie goes to Toontown, he bumps his head getting out of his car and sees birdies (hatching from eggs and flying around his head), and shoos them away in disgust, giving one of them its own circle of something in the process.
148** Roger [[BrickJoke would eventually see stars later on]], after -- literally -- [[AnvilOnHead getting a ton of bricks dropped on him]]. He regards their presence with, "[[NonSequiturThud Look, stars! Ready when you are, Raoul!]]"
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152* Fred Flintstone sees circling pterodactyls after [[spoiler:Barney punches him due to a misunderstanding involving embezzling at Slate Co.]] in the live-action film version of the ''Film/TheFlintstones'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roEjpll8_gA as seen here]].
153* Happens to George too many times to count in the two ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' films. One of the henchmen in the first film also hears birds after a punch, and Shep the elephant also sees circling stars after unsuccessfully trying to use his head as a battering ram in the sequel.
154* Brendan Fraser is in a class by himself for this trope. Not only does he experience it about a half a dozen times as George, but he also hears tweeting birds in the live-action film version of ''Film/DudleyDoRight'' and a cut scene from ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction.''
155* ''Film/SpaceJam'':
156** UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan sees circling birdies -- more accurately, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_bR0X2-8o circling golf balls with bird wings]] -- after a hard fall.
157** Granny gets to see circling Tweety birds after being dog-piled by the Monstars.
158** Also happens to UsefulNotes/LeBronJames with Tweety birds in ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy''.
159* Animated birdies and stars circle Joe Torry's head after his character is punched in the comedy ''Film/{{Sprung}}''.
160* In ''Film/TheScene,'' Jimmy Fallon hears tweeting birds after running head-first into a bus.
161* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', BigBad Stripe hears tweeting birds after getting knocked out moments before he sees the fountain.
162* In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', Kermit the Frog has animated birds circling his head when Miss Piggy sees him for the first time.
163* In ''Film/TheToxicAvengerPartII'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unTl2ABT8kY in one scene]], a Japanese girl hears tweeting birds after getting punched in the face.
164* Matt [=LeBlanc=] hears birds after getting knocked out by a car door in ''Film/{{Ed}}.''
165* In the live movie ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'', Boris, one of the {{Big Bad}}s, sees these after the [=CDI=] falls on his head.
166* The 1967 musical "Film/HalfASixpence" uses tweeting bird sounds after Arthur (Tommy Steele) is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22FpPKsQSs tossed through a roof during a musical number.]] Somewhat lampshaded, in that actual birds are escaping as a result of his crash, adding cooing pigeons to the cacophony of the usual high-pitched bird sounds standard for this trope.
167* In ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', after Gadget uses a grappling hook to trip a criminal, you see stars circling his head before he falls unconscious.
168* In ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' after Ash accidentally raises the dead and he tries to put the skeletons back in the ground, at one point a bunch of skeletons punch him at the same time and you hear tweeting birds.
169* At times, movie trailers will add in a bird sound effect that does not appear in the actual film.
170** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU426QLhMqA This scene]] from ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'', for example, in which Fred (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) is knocked silly by his own shield while battling a knight, included bird sounds in one of the film's trailers, though they were not used in the film.
171** Bird sounds were used after Tracy Morgan was hit in the head in one of the ''Film/LittleMan'' trailers.
172** A trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' used bird sounds when Rapunzel knocks out Flynn with a FryingPanOfDoom.
173** Mitch Eakins hears birds after recovering from a faint in a trailer for the sequel to ''Film/EvilBong''.
174* The lead character (played by Seth Adkins) in "Film/FunkyMonkey" stumbles and hears birds after getting tackled hard during a football game.
175* The direct-to-DVD sequel of ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' uses bird sound effects frequently after comedic injuries. Alfalfa hears birds twice: once after crashing into a car, and once after getting a pounding during a wrestling match. Waldo hears birds after getting socked by a spring-loaded boxing glove, and his father hears them after being whacked by a stray golf club. Stymie hears birds after the gang's homemade streetcar crashes.
176* The villain in ''Film/MunchieStrikesBack'' hears birds after being bonked by a bowling ball.
177* In ''[[Film/BioDome Bio-Dome]]'', Doyle (Stephen Baldwin) hears birds after a whack in the head by a book sends him flying across the room.
178* In "A Talking Pony?!?," aka "A Pony Tale," Wesley (James Lastovic) hears birds after experiencing several blows to the head with a horseshoe. He later hears birds again when the shock of hearing a talking horse causes him to faint.
179* In ''Film/Critters2TheMainCourse'' when Ugg and Lee shoot up the restaurant to try to kill all the Crites inside, one of them while attempting to escape hits it's head on the door, it then hears birds tweeting as it sits there dazed, this then gives it the idea to get the others to work together to break down the door.
180* Muscle-bound giant Yeti (played by Robert Maillet, aka wrestler The Kurrgan) hears birds after having his head smashed by a cinderblock in ''Film/BrickMansions''.
181* Lucas (Alex Ashbaugh) hears birds after a headbutt in [[https://youtu.be/szct7r8lfc4 this scene]] from spoof film ''Film/{{Superfast}}''.
182* Bridger Zadina hears birds after walking into a punch in [[https://youtu.be/_4JJvHDAYlk this scene]] in "Film/KidsVsMonsters."
183* In ''Film/AFairlyOddSummer'', Vicky (played by Devon Weigel) sees birds when she gets knocked in the head and falls to the ground.
184* In "Film/FinnOnTheFly," Eddie (David Milchard) hears birds after getting punched, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=His2O2weZFo as seen here.]]
185* In the 1961 version of "Film/BabesInToyland," stars appear each time the baddies clonk Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) with a mallet.
186* Stars appear above Nic Puehse's head after he faints near the beginning of "Film/NicAndTristanGoMegaDega."
187* In ''Film/UncleBuck'' when Chanice figures that Buck is listening to her and Tia's conversation she swings the door open, the first time he managed to avoid it but the second time sends him flying across the kitchen knocking him out, as he lies there unconscious he hears the sound of tweeting birds.
188* Mickey Rooney and Sidney Miller hear birds both of the tweeting and cuckoo variety when play-acting a comedic wrestling match in "Film/MenOfBoysTown."
189* Sirius (Zack Ward) hears tweeting birds after being slammed into the back of the cage in the film "Film/MonsterMutt," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQRUBsfKSTA as seen here.]]
190* ''Film/ProblemChild'':
191** In the first "Problem Child," after a disastrous camping trip which ended with the buffoonish Roy getting a ''FryingPanOfDoom'' to the head, Junior gleefully makes a drawing of the incident in which he adds circling birdies around Roy's head. Little Ben admonishes him: "You know in real life, people dont get birdies on their head when they get knocked out. They get concussions, like Roy did."
192** In the made-for-TV "Problem Child 3: Junior in Love," Little Ben (played by William Katt, replacing John Ritter) hears birds after he is punched out by his father while sparring.
193** Junior himself experiences this stars version of this trope in the film's [[WesternAnimation/ProblemChild animated spin-off.]]
194* Both bumbling burglars (played by Creator/ClintHoward and Creator/JudgeReinhold) hear tweeting birds after bonks on the noggin with a FryingPanOfDoom in the "''Film/HomeAlone''-with-a-dog" ''Film/{{Ping}}''.
195* Joe (David Spade) alludes to seeing these after being thrashed by an alligator in ''Film/JoeDirt''.
196-->'''Joe:''' It's like the cartoons, I'm seein' all "tweet tweet."
197* ''Film/UltramanMebiusAndTheUltraBrothers'' have another live-action example when Ultraman Mebius fights Alien Guts, a bird-like enemy who can duplicate himself. Mebius managed to smash two copies of Guts headfirst into one another - cue Guts getting dizzy with a bunch of chibi-Guts circling around his head.
198* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': In an episode of the ''Rescue Rangers'' show seen near the beginning, Chip invokes this on Dale in order to distract Fat Cat. Later, Chip and Dale [[ChekhovsGag do this again]] as part of their plan to get the drop on [[spoiler: Sweet Pete, whose [[MixAndMatchCritters transmogrified form]] has the head of a cat]]. To top it off, the scene briefly cuts to one of the birds having to get up in the middle of the night to do his job, to his wife's chagrin.
199* In [[https://youtube.com/shorts/wOivEC6RaWc?feature=share this trailer]] for ''Film/BulletTrain'' meant to highlight social media buzz around the film, a ring of the Twitter emblem's blue birds appear around Aaron Taylor-Johnson's head after he is punched.
200* A spin inside a washing machine leaves Laxman (Kunal Khemu) dazed and hearing chirping birds in the Hindi-language comedy "Film/GolmaalAgain."
201* In many a short starring Film/TheThreeStooges, a shot of someone who has been knocked unconscious will likely be accompanied by the WackySoundEffect of birds chirping.
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205* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
206** In the novel ''Literature/MovingPictures'', one of the minor side effects that the motion picture industry has on the Disc's flexible reality level is that tweeting birds appear over the head of a wizard with concussion.
207** In ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Ridcully mentions a wizard who "died of planets" (which presumably orbited his head).
208* In ''Literature/SearchTheSky'', by Creator/FrederikPohl and Creator/CyrilMKornbluth, there's a scene where Ross is made to TalkToTheFist.
209-->He brought up a roundhouse right, and Ross saw the stars and heard the birdies.
210* In ''Amelia Bedelia Digs In'', one of the ''Young Literature/AmeliaBedelia'' chapter books, Amelia's father bonks his head and says that he's seeing stars. Amelia Bedelia doesn't understand, so he explains "stars like in the cartoons."
211-->'''Amelia:''' So right this minute, little planets and chirping birds are circling your head?\
212'''Alice:''' ''[Amelia's friend]'' Ouch! That must hurt.\
213'''Amelia's father:''' Tell me about it.\
214'''Amelia:''' She just did.
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218* Happens frequently on ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' to characters following a head injury. At times, only the bird sound effects play, but other times animated birds and other objects circle the victims' heads. Recipients of the trope in the show include Ned, Billy Loomer, Cookie and Faymon Phorchin.
219* Fittingly, Spike TV's ''Knockout Sportsworld'' often appends circling birds and stars around the heads of the athletes in its clips.
220* Nickelodeon's ''{{Series/Roundhouse}}'' enjoyed playing with this trope. While injured actors usually only heard the bird sound effect, in the episode ''Disaster,'' a cast member spun a mobile of stars around Ivan Dudynsky's head after a fall, and a castmate remarks that she can tell he's injured because of the tweeting birdies. In another episode, Dudysky is clonked with an anvil and says that he sees "stars," as a castmate spins a mobile with cutouts of Cher, Whoopi Goldberg and other Hollywod big names around his head.
221* Jimmy of ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' sees circling birdies a couple of times after being bonked with a mallet.
222* A wrestler felled by Slater sees flashing stars, accompanied by bird sound effects, in ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
223* The boys of ''Series/BigTimeRush'' sometimes experience this trope. [[TheDandy James]], for example, hears tweeting birds after a thrown shoe clonks him on the head in one episode. Carlos hears birds in the premiere episode when a shopping cart he's riding in slams into a car. Logan and Camille both hear birds in another epsisode, when they run towards each other in slow motion and crash hard. Logan, Carlos and James all hear birds in another episode, after dizzying themselves while spinning on a bat and falling. In the episode "Big Times Rides," James hears birds after crashing his motorcycle through a wall, and Logan and Carlos both hear birds when their wagon crashes into a car.
224* On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Amz8T7Qids this episode]] of his eponymous Nickelodeon series, Nick Cannon asks an animator to turn him into a cartoon. The animator obliges, drawing a sketch of Nick who gets hit with an IllogicalSafe, resulting in the trope. Nick then rethinks the wisdom of wanting to be a cartoon character.
225** Happens to Nick in another episode, in which Nick gets knocked silly while trying to slide into home in a baseball game, leaving him on his back and hearing tweeting bird sound effects.
226* Invoked in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. After running face-first into a door, J.D. remarks that he hit his head so hard he thought saw cartoon birds but then realized that he was just seeing the wallpaper in the pediatric ward.
227* Tory from ''Series/MythBusters'' sees a ring of birds circling head his after being knocked out during a kickboxing match, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYVybHyNbI as seen here]].
228* On a segment on ''Popular Mechanics for Kids'', animated stars appear and bird sound effects play after host Jay Baruchel is beaned with a baseball.
229* ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' used a bird sound effect after a head injury on rare occasions. Alasdair, for one, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lw_x26gKag hears tweeting birds]] after a hard fall from the ceiling in the ''Wildlife/Animals'' episode. In one of the later episodes, Christian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEHNjxbJ7EE hears birds]] after the coach hits him on the head with a baseball bat. Strangely, the show never used the sound during the caveman sketches, which usually centered on finding a way for the caveman dad to bash his kids in the head with a club.
230* ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'' uses bird sounds in the episode "The Toot." In a [[DaydreamSurprise daydream sequence]], Addie imagines herself passing gas with enough force to send her boyfriend Jake flying. He crashes into a soda machine and looks dazed as bird sounds play and soda cans clonk him on the head.
231* Mexico's version of the game show "Hole in the Wall" ("Aguas con el Muro") uses this trope on contestants who get knocked into the water. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbek2PMbJu4&feature=related this clip]], for example, singer Adrian Varela sees circling dolphins after his fall.
232* ''Series/AmericanIdol'' used the bird sound effect in the audition phase of its 11th season when one contestant, Tyler Beach, banged his head on a low-hanging pipe when celebrating his golden ticket to Hollywood, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQJyomFUzI this clip]].
233* MTV's ''Room Raiders'' used bird sounds in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PJJF3BDn-A one episode]] after a contestant banged his head on the top of a canopy bed.
234* During a stop-motion segment on a holiday episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', Kelso is struck by lightning, falls to the ground and hears tweeting birds, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPOB0M7mGI&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA&index=4&feature=plcp this clip]].
235* Saban Entertainment's live-action shows in the 90s frequently used bird sound effects to indicate head injuries, particularly on ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. The comedy relief characters -- primarily Bulk and Skull, and later Spike -- were the chief recipients, although they occasionally were used with villains or even occasionally the heroes. Saban's Beetleborgs took it a step further and often added animated stars after head injuries, usually to Flabber, although one of the heroes, Roland, also saw stars a few times.
236** In ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', Victor and Monty hear birds when they get clonked by a rock.
237** Adam (Johnny Yong Bosch) hears birds after taking a spill during an outtakes montage in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''.
238* In an episode of [[Series/SesameStreet Abby's Flying Fairy School]], Gonnigan gets this as shown [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJyqGAkjFcU here]] when he has a [[NurseryRhyme great fall to the floor]] with a [[ThatsGottaHurt CRASH!]] However, he recovers from the trauma, wobbling around the room with the dizzy birds and dizzy wobbling trombone variant, complete with him passing out on the floor with a big [[NonSequiturThud *thud*]]. His mind also questions this.
239-->'''Gonnigan's mind:''' Why the heck do I keep getting abused this way? I mean, shouldn't it be [[LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit Tails Abuse]], or [[WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan Jeffy Abuse]], or Red Brother Abuse instead? Geez! [kicks his red brother Red Gonnigan into a wall] (Red Gonnigan: [[OwMyBodyPart Ow! My leg!]])
240* The Spanish soap ''Series/{{Rebelde}}'' occasionally used bird sound effects after an injury. Unlike many shows, it was not confined to head injuries. One character, Miguel, heard birds when another character stepped on his hand.
241* In an episode of ''Series/ShakeItUp'', Deuce says before passing out: "Am I looking up? Because I see stars."
242* On the "Driving Lessons" episode of ''Series/LifeWithDerek,'' Ralph (Shane Kippel) gets knocked over and hears bird sounds. He then remarks about seeing stars on the ceiling.
243* Happens to Dean twice in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Hunter Heroici." The plot centered around a comatose retirement home resident whose dreams of a cartoon world affected the reality around him. Dean first decides to test the theory by whacking himself on the head with a book, leaving him dazed and hearing tweeting birds. Later in the episode, the villain hits Dean with a frying pan several times, and he hears cuckoos. Additionally, in the episode "The Monster at the End of This Book," a meta-episode in which fanfaction is becoming reality, Dean experiences the stars variant in a somewhat lampshaded fashion. The fanfiction had a point that said "Dean saw stars." This became reality when Dean, having been hit by a car, comes to seeing stars before his eyes. He remarks on them, then it comes into focus revealing the stars actually are a pair of dangly star earrings worn by a lady helping him.
244* On the ''Series/{{ANTFarm}}'' episode "Scavantger Hunt," Cameron sees miniature versions of Gibson circling his head after he's beaned with a bell. Disney used the episode as a sort of "Where's Waldo" game where viewers were supposed to count every appearance of Gibson, so the trope played into that.
245* In one episode of ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', after Lizzie is knocked silly by her own locker door, the scene cuts to the cartoon version of Lizzie, who has stars and planets circling her head [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FLu4rDEglg as seen here]] with some uh.. Cranial Eruption.
246** Lizzie's brother Matt also experiences this trope a few times via sound effects, such as in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTCv0QN9LE this episode]], when he unsuccessfully tries to break a board with his head.
247* Fix-up television show ''Series/BlindDate'' sometimes would animate birds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5F6G1GRGKQ&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA&index=5would or other objects]] around the head of an injured dater.
248* In a segment on boxing, New York TV reporter and man-about-town Ben Aaron got knocked out by his female opponent, leaving him hearing cuckoos and seeing stars and images of the opponent's head circling his head. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IkpYxYT6s&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA Here's the clip.]]
249** Ben later suffered a similar fate after an encounter [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FQ-VLkCZo8 with a sumo wrestler.]]
250* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' often would use bird sound effects after Bill or one of his kid helpers suffered a mishap. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7C9PKVeeQ In this clip,]] for example, a kid hears birds after being clonked with an apple. Frequently, this trope would occur after an OffscreenCrash.
251* Sometimes used on the 90s version of ''{{Series/Zoom}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbx0dZHlr0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA In this clip]], for example, Zoom-er Kenny hears birds after a few mishaps during an exercise session. In another episode, a kid exploring the beach hears birds after being bopped with a football. In a blooper reel, Zoom-er Kyle hears birds when he's bonked by a camera.
252* In a fifth season episode of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', Theo's friend Mitchell (Don Reed) invokes this trope while doing an extended impression of a kung-fu movie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv4bS7OQnIM as seen here.]] After feigning taking a few hits, Mitchell makes the sound effect of birds while moving his hand around his head. The bit was actually taken from a stand-up routine Reed was doing at the time.
253* Billy (Billy Draper) of the Timmerman Brothers hears birds twice after slipping and falling on ice in ''Series/TheNakedBrothersBand'' Christmas special.
254* In the ''SNL'' spoof music video "What Does My Girl Say," pictures of butts circle around Jay Pharoah's head.
255* Spanish-language Cartoon Network sitcom ''Series/LaCQ'' frequently adds animated birds around the students' heads when they fall, get hit by a ball or suffer any other wide range of slapstick mishaps. Jenny and Monche are the most frequent victims, though all of the main cast and much of the supporting cast experience it at one time or another.
256* On a season 5 episode of ''Series/Tosh0'', Daniel Tosh experiences this trope after recreating the classic cartoon gag of painting a tunnel on the wall and crashing head-first into it.
257* Both JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake heard birds after crashing into one another during a sketch on an episode of the ''Series/MickeyMouseClub''. Kevin Osgood also hears them in another sketch after getting clonked with a baseball.
258* In a segment on the U.S. version of ''Series/BigBrother 4,'' cuckoo sounds were played when Justin was bopped playfully by another contestant, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbx0dZHlr0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA as seen here]].
259** Many seasons later, on the U.S. version of "Big Brother 17," former contestant Caleb Reynolds experienced the trope when he came to host a challenge. Caleb broke a board [[HardHead with his head]], and the next shot showed him looking dazed with animated stars around his head, [[https://youtu.be/AlWoYjkBodY?t=2m36s as seen here]].
260** In "Big Brother 19," Mark heard cuckoo sounds effects after falling numerous times on a slippery surface during a competition, and Alex had animated stars around her head after sustaining numerous blows in a punch/slap/kick competition.
261* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Q_7VS6-1Q this sketch]] from ''Series/MadTV1995'', tweeting bird sounds are used when O.J. Simpson (played by Orlando Jones) bumps his head on an air conditioning unit, a spoof of blooper reel shows that frequently use cartoonish sound effects.
262* In "A Changed Man" on ''Series/{{Medium}}'', Allison falls and hits her head. Bridgette asks if she saw stars, or planets, or these. Ariel tells her that they're only cartoons, [[DiscussedTrope Bridgette insists that they could be in real life too.]]
263* ''Series/TheHighFructoseAdventuresOfAnnoyingOrange'' used this on rare occasions. In the episode "Welcome to My Fruitmare" Orange hits his head on a wall, then he sees stars with faces and falls asleep. In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthA_6s3Evo 2013 promo]], Broccoli drops a brick on Nerville's (Toby Turner) head while he is recording a voiceover. He falls and gets back up with oranges circling his head, and he comments on them.
264* In teen telenovela ''[[Series/AtreveteASonar Atrévete a Soñar]]'', a brawl leaves Richie (Ricardo Ceceña) hearing birds and seeing cartoon hot dogs and doughnuts circling his head -- appropriate, given his prowess as a chef!
265* Frequently used in telenovela ''[[Series/MisionSOS Misión S.O.S.]]'' Usually, it's just the bird sound effect after a character is dizzy or dazed, but El Chaneque (Jesús Zavala) sees animated stars circle his head in addition to the bird sounds when he is fired out of cannon, crashes and, in a nice bit of irony, gets clonked by his helmet.
266** In particular, Rodrigo (Miguel Martinez) is a frequent victim of this trope. He hears birds both after running into a door and after taking a tumble while trying to climb into a window and, after getting clonked on the head with a basketball, sees images of his beloved Diana (Allison Lozz) circling his head.
267* CBBC uses bird sounds on occasion when a presenter gets clonked. It happened with considerable frequency to Chris Johnson after Ed Petrie would hit him with a giant boxing glove or other object to introduce Total Wipeout, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmD72H3AW1E this montage]]. It also happened to Ed, Iain Stirling and, after a barrage from a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZZRSU3Mw2c Dominic Wood]].
268* Various characters experience this in the children's telenovela "Series/SuenosYCaramelos," and each character sees a circling object distinct to his/her personality after an injury. Talon, for example, sees the typical circling birds, while Fregonal sees sinister-looking crows. The plucky Mauricio, meanwhile, sees circling airplanes whenever he gets knocked silly. More minor characters tend to see simple circling or flashing stars.
269* The Brazilian telenovela ''Series/{{Carrossel}}'' uses bird sounds on occasion, such as when bully Paulo (Lucas Santos) gets crushed by Jaime (Nicholas Torres) during a basketball game.
270* ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'' uses bird sound effects every so often. For example, Tommy (Brandon Quinn) hears birds when he runs into a tree in one of the early episodes, and he hears them again when hitting his head during a brawl in another episode.
271* The "La Familia del Super3" series on the Catalonian Super3 Club uses this trope frequently, as its live-action characters are meant to be visitors from a cartoon world. Fluski, for example, sees circling birds after crashing with a pair of rocket skates; Rick sees circling stars after getting clonked with a mallet; Roc sees flashing stars as he stumbles around in the dark.
272* The title character (played by Nick James) in the Hank Zipzer television series sees birds circling his head after getting hit by a spring-loaded boxing glove in a cutaway sequence in the episode "Camouflage."
273* In ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', this is a frequent trope, yet it is always just the sound of chirping birds. Characters who have had it used on them include Xena (in The Furies), Gabrielle (in The King of Assassins), Eris (in Kindred Spirits), Philemon (in Warrior... Princess), Amarice (in Animal Attraction), Dr. Polly (in Send in the Clones), and Joxer (in nearly every episode he's in)
274** The spin-off Young Hercules also used the sound. Hephaestus (Jason Hoyte) hears birds after being tossed during a fight, for example. Buterus (Paul Norell) hears them after becoming a victim of TheDoorSlamsYou. Antos (Creator/DanielGillies) hears birds after being spun around by Hercules. Strife (Creator/JoelTobeck) hears them after being zapped into a post by Ares.
275* The Armenian show "Series/{{Outdance}}" uses bird sound effects on occasion when a character is knocked out. In one episode teaser, [[ButtMonkey the hapless Garik]] heard birds when he was punched out, though the sound effects were absent from the actually episode. Another character hears birds when a girl punches him out in a later episode.
276* In the Quebec television series "Series/{{Ramdam}}," Simon (Xavier Morin-Lefort) frequently hears birds as a result of AmusingInjuries in the comic cutaway scenes. A few of the causes: getting knocked silly in a boxing match, taking a hard hit in a slap duel, being on the receiving end of a spring-loaded boxing glove and, while dressed as a caveman, getting clonked with a club.
277* In the Halloween episode of ''Series/HowToRock'', Kacey (Cymphonique Miller) takes a fall, gets up and mentions seeing "birdies" before passing out again, triggering an AllJustADream episode.
278* Disney's reboot of "Series/BugJuice" added circling stars around a camper's head when he hit it after coming down a water slide.
279* In the Mexican comedy series "40 y 20," Paco (Jorge van Rankin) sees animated birds around his head both when he is punched out and when he drunkenly falls from the stairs.
280* Efthymis Kokkinaras frequently experiences this trope in the Greek children's show Akata Makata. For example, during a visit to Puerto Rico, he is repeatedly hit in the head by coconuts, hearing tweeting birds and/or cuckoo birds after each blow. Another time he is clonked with a bell and sees images of bells circling around his head.
281* La Familia P. Luche frequently uses animated stars when a character is hit in the head or is experiencing pain in general, such as when another character grabs them by the ears.
282* In one of the animated cutaway sequences on the Nickelodeon series ''Series/{{Romeo}}!'', Romeo (Romeo Miller) imagines himself and Myra (Brittney Wilson) as Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots in battle, and they both hear birds when they punch one other.
283* Brazilian telenovela "Series/DaCorDoPecado" uses this trope occasionally, especially in scenes involving the antics of Edilásia and her sons. Usually only the sound effects of birds are used, though Thor (Cauã Reymond), Dionísio (Pedro Neschling) and Abelardo (Caio Blat) also all get animated stars around their heads at one point after losing a match.
284* In ''[[Series/MiMaridoTieneMasFamilia Mi Marido Tiene Más Familia]]'', Robert (Daniel Arenas) hears tweeting birds when being punched out in a fight; Temo (Joaquín Bondoni) also hears birds after being punched in another episode.
285* In the Ecuadorian series 3 Familias, Kevin (Kevin Chapin) sees circling stars twice while engaged in battle against Max (Carlos Scavone) in a ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' parody. Kevin also hears bird sound effects after fainting in another episode, as does Genaro (Martin Street) after getting punched. Max himself hears tweeting birds a few times in the final season, including when he faints while watching a chicken get slaughtered and when getting knocked silly in a boxing match.
286* The Italian series ''Series/NewSchool'' frequently uses bird sounds when a character, usually Nick (Matteo Valentini), gets injured; Nick also sees circling stars after taking a hit in a dream sequence.
287* The title character in Filipino sitcom ''Series/JuanTamad'', played by Sef Cadayona, hears birds after a punching bag he is hitting rebounds onto his head.
288* During a boxing match dream sequence in ''Series/UnaFamiliaConSuerte'', Pancho (Arath de la Torre) takes a double punch as referee, causing birds to circle his head, of which the announcer makes mention. In a later episode, Enzo (Pedro Moreno) gets bird sound effects after falling off a bed.
289* After taking a slap that knocks him silly, Tábano (Peter Lanzani) sees animated circling stars in a chapter of the 2006 version of "Chiquititas."
290** A ring of birds also appears fairly frequently around the head of knocked out characters in the Chiquititas spin-off "Rincon de Luz." Tobias (Lucas Crespi) is a frequent victim of the trope.
291* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXOTH85fao this montage]] on ''Series/TheRealWorld'' previewing his eventual WWE personality, Mike "The Miz" Mizanin hears tweeting birds while showing off his wrestling moves.
292* Animated birds circle Don Day's head after a friend clonks him on the Ecuadorian series "El Combo Amarillo."
293* Frequently used in the Indonesian series Tendangan Garuda, particularly to Sonny (Sonny Wakwaw) when he runs into the goal, gets clonked with a ball or otherwise inevitably knocked silly during a football match.
294** The Indonesian series Sultan Aji similarly uses these effects. They appear to be apparent to other characters, as when Boim (Andro Trinanda) and Sinyo (Sinyo Syamsul Rizal) see them after being clonked with a soccer ball and comment on seeing them around one another's heads.
295* Circling stars appear around Brent Rivera's head after he spins around during a challenge on Nickelodeon's series "Group Chat."
296* Host Jay Pharaoh and some of the players on Nickelodeon's "Unfiltered" series experience this on occasion. Jay, for example, sees stars on two separate occasions (after being virtually "punched" and spun) and also sees Photobooth-style birds around his head while talking about birds, though it is not related to dizziness or a head injury in that latter case. Gabrielle Nevaeh Green gets the birds around her head after being spun around on a turntable.
297* As part of the Backstreet Boys' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT7aHj5fcVM "Terrifying Tower Takeover" bumpers]] for Kids WB, AJ [=McLean=] is shown trying to record a line for the Animaniacs' Yakko, Wakko and Dot, who are unimpressed. When AJ asks for his motivation, Wakko triggers a giant mallet to crush him, leaving AJ seeing circling stars with chirping bird sound effects.
298* In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', Navi's predictions involve her crashing into things. Some of the later ones have little Navis circling her head for a few seconds post-crash.
299* In the juvenile telenovela "Alegrijes y Rebujos," Rogelio (Sebastián Rulli) hears chirping birds when he's the victim of a FlowerPotDrop during an unsuccessful serenade.
300* In the Nickelodeon Latin America series "Skimo," Fito (Daniel Tovar) hears tweeting birds after being clonked with a club during a sequence where he's imagined to be a caveman. Fito also hears birds while in a boxing match with Tavo (Miguel Santa Rita).
301* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' used bird sound effects on occasion, such as after Barney crashed on a skateboard, or when Johnny Appleseed (played by Michael) got clonked on the head with an apple.
302* In the 1998 Argentinian series "Dibu," the title character while in his non-animated form boxes the ears of bully Diego, resulting in birds appearing around his head. When discussing the incident later with his friends, it helps Diego to realize that Dibu is actually a cartoon character in disguise.
303* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': In episode 3, Alan gets circled by imaginary birds after being beaten up due to getting MistakenForThief. In spite of the birds being imaginary, Alan tries to shoo them away before he collapses.
304* In ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', Kid (Rahsaan Patterson) hears chirping birds and sees flashing stars after he trips when training in the "Masked Mauler" episode. Several seasons later, the same thing happens to Robin (Jennifer-Love Hewitt) when she is hit by a ball while training for a fight.
305* In ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'', Cosmo hears chirping birds (and sees them as well) after Wanda drops an anvil on his head. That'll teach him to get sassy.
306* ''Series/{{The Umbrella Academy|2019}}'': Discussed when Klaus learns that all the times he thought he was having near-death experiences were real deaths.
307-->'''Klaus:''' I just thought I was like one of those wacky ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters; like, hit me on the head with a hammer and I see some cartoon birds. And then, pop! I get back up.
308* ''Series/HeyYouWhatIf'': Birds appear around Zigi's head after a crash landing, appropriately enough in the "...You Could Fly Like a Bird" episode. He also hears tweeting birds when he's clonked by a wrench in the "...You Built a Mega Slide" episode.
309* ''Series/EllensGameOfGames'': When a player hits their opponent's portrait during the Buckin' Blasters game, stars appear around the portrait's head and it switches back and forth between the standard portrait and a dazed expression by the player. The animated version of Ellen also sees circling stars in the demonstration video for the Dizzy Dash game, when she gets dizzied.
310* Turkish series Köstebekgiller uses stars when a character gets clonked, such as when Gölge (Ali Nuri Türkoğlu) gets clonked with a frying pan and when Kaglar (Cem Kilic) accidentally hits himself with a pot.
311* In "Club Mickey Mouse," the Southeast Asia-based version of ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'', stars appear around Wafiy's head in one episode when he's discussing his dizziness. Stars also appear around the head of several extras in another episode when they are tackled by players dressed for American football during a soccer game.
312* In the telenovela "Amigos x siempre," Santiago (Christopher Uckermann) hears birds after being punched; Hipólito (Eugenio Bartilotti) also hears them when Santiago pelts him with racquetballs.
313* Lie Yan Jian Ni (David Lin) hears tweeting birds a few times throughout Taiwanese action series "The M Riders," such as when he gets punched or blown up.
314* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxLp3PTyXA this "Krono Tips" short]] from the Nickelodeon series ''Series/Club57'', Miguel (Jonathan Jose Quintana) hears tweeting birds briefly after bonking his head on a hanging lamp.
315* Weinerville: In one [[TheTeaser cold open]], when Dottie mistakes Zip for a burglar and whacks him on the head, he ends up on the ground to the sound effects of tweeting birds and murmuring the names of celebrities. Dottie remarks that he must be "seeing stars." She then gets the idea to bonk herself, and she also dizzily begins to recite off the name of celebrities.
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318[[folder:Music Videos]]
319* Music/AaronCarter's music video for "That's How I Beat Shaq" uses bird sound effects near the end after Aaron's mother asks him whether he had hit his head.
320* A cartoonized version of Music/CyndiLauper experiences these when she's thrown from a motorcycle during the animated sequence in "She Bop".
321* Music/{{Eminem}} -- in his "normal" form of Marshall Mathers, rather than his Slim Shady alter ego -- sees circling birdies with a side dose of a CranialEruption after being thrown from a mechanical bull in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrTLj_fKW0I&feature=related second episode]] of his animated series "The Slim Shady Show."
322* 2-D from ''Music/{{Gorillaz}}'' sees stars and a few other symbols circling his head twice after being violently shaken in the short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpvb2oc2B4 "Hey, Our Toys Have Arrived."]]
323* Music/KatyPerry sees stars circling her head after a basketball bonks her in the head in her music video for "Swish Swish."
324* The stars variation appears in two music videos directed by the Fantastic Heat Brothers - [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QIAtJIHXqv0 "Matzoh Ball (Don't Kick It)" by The Macaroons]] and twice in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfnhjoMtpU "I'm a Puck" by The Zambonis]].
325* Music/MachineGunKelly gets circling stars and hearts around his head when he's struck with a knock-out dart in the "Emo Girl" music video.
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328[[folder:Pinballs]]
329* The playfield for ''Pinball/TheChampionPub'' has these circling elements regarding K.Os.
330* Failing to complete "Window Shopping" in ''Pinball/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesStern'' shows the defeated turtles with stars circling their heads.
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333[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
334* ''Series/TheBigGarage'': In one of the short segments (cough {{Padding}} cough) involving living tools, the Oil Can ends up with four-pointed stars circling it after being hit on the “head” by (who else?) the Hammer.
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337[[folder:Theatre]]
338* The 2008 version of ''Broadway Bares'', a burlesque parody of Alice in Wonderland, used bird sound effects near the end when Alice (fittingly for this trope, played by Mary Birdsong) accidentally bonked herself with the Queen of Hearts' scepter. Earlier in the show, Alice hit herself repeatedly on the head with a book in frustration and, in a daze, mentioned seeing "bunnies" afterward, which ushered in the first appearance of the White Rabbit.
339* In ''Theatre/FuddyMeers'', the son Kenny mentions having cartoon birdies flying around his head when recalling abuse by his father, adding a small bit of levity to an otherwise serious scene.
340* Used in ''Theatre/HotShoeShuffle'', a West End musical about five Australian tap-dancing brothers. When the youngest brother, Slide, is [[TheDoorSlamsYou hit in the head by a door]], he does a vaudeville-style dazed stagger while bird sound effects play. Adam Garcia originated the role, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6c1PjYVUqo&feature=related as seen here.]]
341* Used in the 2011 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''. In the "Grand Old Ivy" number, Finch (played first by Daniel Radcliffe and later by Darren Criss and Nick Jonas) is playing an imaginary football game and runs into a rather large player, which sends him flying in slow motion as bird sound effects play.
342* The stage musical version of ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' invokes this trope. At the end of "I Just Can't Wait to be King", the actor playing Zazu notices his bird puppet is gone. He asks, "Where is my bird?" before running smack into the wall at the side of the stage. Bird sound effects play as he staggers in a daze momentarily.
343* Breathless hears bird chirp sound effects when she is hit by a giant hammer in the 1990 stage show Dick Tracy: Diamond Double-Crossed at Disneyland
344* Some Honk productions use bird chirp sound effect when Cat is knocked out by the baseball.
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347[[folder:Web Animation]]
348* In ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode "The Amnesiac Orange", Orange has stars circling his head after getting an EasyAmnesia. Then some cartoon birds show up and complain about the stars stealing their job. [[spoiler:At the end, Midget Apple also gets EasyAmnesia, complete with the same stars. Then the birds show up again and start beating up the stars.]]
349* In the video "Cucumbers" by Weebl, a cucumber attacked by a panda has stars circling its head.
350* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Handy gets the stars variant in "Concrete Solution" when he falls out of his truck.
351* Happens to Strong Bad at the end of the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' toon "Marshmallow's Last Stand" as a result of him being tripped by Homestar for ripping up the star on his shirt after a fight. Homestar then takes one of the stars circling Strong Bad's head and places it on his own shirt. Earlier in the toon, Strong Bad sees stars after Homestar body slams him.
352* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
353** In the "Yellow" trailer, when Yang knocks Junior across the room with a punch, he has hearts circling his head.
354** In the episode "Players and Pieces" when Jaune collides with Ruby, knocking her against a tree. However, wolves are used instead of birds (complete with barking sounds).
355** ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' eventually used actual birds. Crows, to be precise, as it was the effect of Qrow punching Cardin silly.
356* ''WebAnimation/TF2Analysis'':
357** In "Mission Unpossible", after falling down a shaft and leaving an ImpactSilhouette in the floor, a stunned WebAnimation/ILoveKimPossibleAlot sees circling... WesternAnimation/{{Kim Possible}}s.
358** Twice in "Double Rainbow":
359*** Firebrand, after crashing through a wall and his bubble forcefield fails him, see circling stars and lets out a NonSequiturThud.
360*** Jasper, running away from Twink in the desert, trips and knocks himself out, with three little Twinks then circling his head.
361* ''WebVideo/WWESlamCity'' uses the stars version on occasion. CM Punk, for example, see circling stars during his battle with The Miz.
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365* ''Webcomic/{{Forestdale}}'': As a consequence of having a head on collision with one another during a baseball game, Dallas and Adam are left laying dazed in the grass with some pretty birds circling around their heads.
366* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
367** One strip shows MadScientist Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040719 seeing]] circling [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld airships]].
368** Lady Vrin gets to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061023 see stars]].
369** Mini-Clanks [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091012 have]] circling ''cogs''.
370** Maxim [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100609 gets]] circling hats.
371* ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'': This briefly happens to Steffi after she gets [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-578 shot multiple times in the head]]. Fortunately, her PoweredArmor helmet protects her, but the impact still leaves her in a daze and causes several circling kiwi birds to appear around her head.
372* In a ''Numbskulls'' strip, Ed finds that he doesn't have a star for the top of his Christmas tree, so the Numbskulls send him outside to fall over and hit his head. Sure enough, stars start dancing around his head; however, one of them is frozen solid by the cold, allowing him to pluck it out of the sky and stick it on the three.
373* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
374** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0005.html Circling Stars]] are [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0186.html not uncommon]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0200.html early on]].
375** Lien threatens to hit Qarr the imp so hard he would see demonic circling birdies.
376** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0716.html "She Didn't Miss"]], a lizardfolk bounty hunter named Gannji gets three circling pterosaurs after getting hit by a ''power word: stun'' from Vaarsuvius.
377** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1069.html "Conditional Diagnosis"]], Elan, trying to work out if Roy has been [[StatusEffects stunned, staggered, dazed, or dazzled]], observes that "it's one of the swoopy-star conditions, not one of the [[MindControlEyes swirly-eye]] ones".
378* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'':
379** [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=950 When Brandi knocks her out,]] Xena gets circling ChurchOfHappyology logos.
380** [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=92 Also happens to Nick]]; he gets circling stars when a bookself falls on him.
381* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=006&chapterid=1 after running into the gate]].
382* Happens to Princess Rosalina in one segment of ''Webcomic/TheThreeLittlePrincesses'' after her kart [[spoiler:crash-lands in the castle,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPsXB2vo90&t=8m7s as this video shows.]]
383* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-31/ Rusty gets the stars after falling into an underground tunnel]].
384* Played with on ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', using Website/{{Twitter}} icons [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%202/173 as the circling birdies.]]
385* In the ''Webcomic/DoctorWhooves'' webcomic, [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] experiences ''circling TARDIS'' after giving a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger psychic headbutt]] to Lyra, while Lyra experiences circling harps after the same headbutt.
386-->'''The Doctor:''' Again, never again. Especially a unicorn. Too dangerous!
387* ''Webcomic/StarMares'' has a pair of near-identical twin sisters who both have a trio of stars as their cutie marks. They joined the Imperial Navy because they thought that meant they were supposed to see the stars. Turns out that wasn't ''quite'' what destiny had in mind.
388* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[{{Mon}} Gracemander]] gets circling [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-31 Grace-A-Birdies]] after a CriticalHit.
389* ''Webcomic/TalesFromSomewhere'': In ''The Legend'', [[https://www.talesfromsomewhere.com/comic/chapter-1-the-legend/ch1p4-one-more-beer/ "One More Beer"]], the character that Morten had [[DestinationDefenestration tossed out of the window]] in the last strip now has small yellow stars circling their head.
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392[[folder:Web Original]]
393* Danny Casale of ''Danny's Studio'' sees stars with bird sound effects when he finds himself in an VideoGame/AngryBirds parody in [[https://youtu.be/bbJIEx20zLM this video.]]
394* In [[https://youtu.be/wai9CnvatBo&t=12m12s this]] episode of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', Bugs Bunny drops an anvil on James Rolfe's head, and James sees Tweety Birds around his head and swats them away in anger.
395* WebVideo/{{Smosh}}:
396** A parody called "Pokémon In Real Life" starring Anthony. [[https://youtu.be/wzy9D_YKxso&t=1m32s This part]] has a scene of Anthony noticing Jigglypuff hiding in a bush after being put to sleep by the song. Anthony then finds a brick and yells, "TAKE THIS!!!" Then, he throws the brick at said bush and it hits Jigglypuff '''in the head''', and Jigglypuff staggers in a daze as it hears bird sound effects, and Anthony has the chance to engage battle with Jigglypuff.
397** Anthony himself also experiences this trope in his aptly named video [[https://youtu.be/DfPBQwgk3t4 "Punch myself in the face so hard I see birds."]] In true cartoon fashion, Anthony tries to shoo away the birds circling his head after he's hit.
398* Platform/DeviantART user ~Nachturnal once created a story called [[http://nachturnal.deviantart.com/art/Spin-212048441 "Spin"]], where a female Whimsicott, who played pranks on shiny Pokémon because she was jealous, tries to make a Spinda dizzy, but only made herself dizzy. Cue circling stars around Whimsicott's head. According to the story, "it took a while for Whimsicott to stop seeing stars."
399* The Platform/YouTube comedy short [[https://youtu.be/tlMXgCSSA8w "The Perfect Spot"]] uses circling stars at the end when one of the actors crashes headfirst into a tree. Bird sounds also are used throughout the video as the two guys undergo various slapstic antics.
400* At a couple points in ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'' saga, Roy and Simon get hit in the head hard enough that stars circle their heads, accompanied by the sound of birds tweeting.
401* Happens several times to the lads in Adsapaps' [[http://youtu.be/pLVXpF1Ft_8 "Cartoon Violence"]] short, each time using circling stars with the sound effect of birds. Adam falls victim twice, once after being punched and once after being hit with a FryingPanOfDoom. Ollie also gets them, along with a CranialEruption, after Adam bonks him with a hammer.
402* Footballer Billy Wingrove of the F2Freestylers [[https://youtu.be/XDLI0nwsnYw&list=FLNuVJ7pUoygqwjUIiK58nzw&index=1 sees circling stars]] during a video in which the guys are trying to score penalty kicks while dizzy.
403* [=YouTube=] stars Kian Lawley and JC Caylen used the stars version on themselves in the thumbnail [[https://youtu.be/t_fX2TmZegY for the video]] in which they attempt the dizzy challenge.
404* In a video with WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|Squarepants}} in the real world, a kid who says that [=SpongeBob=] is not real sees [=SpongeBob=], and runs into the school hall and runs straight into a wall and falls to the ground. He sees circling [=SpongeBobs=] circling his head, laughing.
405* In [[https://youtu.be/jKoeSRhF1nc this]] episode of Death Battle, Daxter sees birds when him and Jak [[spoiler: are blasted by Ratchet blasts them with a blaster he used to suck them up]].
406* At the end of the video, Ice Cream and Guacamole, the main character gets tired from dancing and falls to the ground. He then sits up to see Ice Cream and Guacamole circling his head.
407* Both Ego the Cholo Platform/{{YouTube|r}} Eric Ochoa aka SUPEReeeGO) and bodybuilder C.T. Fletcher hear birds in [[https://youtu.be/sfyWqEx-pdM this Street Fighter parody.]]
408* In a nod to the original film, Jeremy Lin sees circling Psyducks following a crash landing in [[Creator/{{Nigahiga}} Ryan Higa's]] ''Film/SpaceJam'' parody [[https://youtu.be/FAy5Ms15YIM "Space Jam 3: Anime Edition."]]
409* [=YouTube=] star Daniel El Travieso sees birds circling his head after losing a boxing match [[https://youtu.be/WkbOlyTYykw in this video.]]
410* Miguel Angel's animations of Fernanfloo has the [=YouTube=] star experiencing this trope at times.
411** In [[https://youtu.be/m-NGL6bGRoA Fernanfloo Conquistando Chicas en la Playa de GTA 5]], he sees circling stars, moons and planets after fainting.
412** In [[https://youtu.be/ezUIDmliOUc Pewdiepie and Fernanfloo Ends with Christmas]], he gets thrown from a mechanical bull, leaving him hearing birds as his eyes spin.
413* ''Jacksepticeye'' animations sometimes have circling eyeballs around Jack's head.
414* Movie Man Mark (Mark Ricci) gets the stars variety with tweeting bird sounds when he runs into a post in [[https://youtu.be/cplIv8u7U6E a caveman sketch.]]
415* Luccas Neto and his friends frequently experience this trope in his [=YouTube=] videos. Luccas often will acknowledge the animated birds flying around his head after he gets clonked.
416* Guava Juice uses the bird sound effect at times in his vides, and he also sees circling stars after a hard fall [[https://youtu.be/5vkdV2RM5j0 in this video.]] In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cbbmG4oqM a video where he takes viewers' dares,]] he take [[AnvilOnHead an anvil to the head]] and ends up with a case of circling stars and birds.
417* [=YouTube=] star Caio Faria sees both stars and birds when a clonk on the head causes him to [[EasyAmnesia lose his memory]] [[https://youtu.be/EmREJ0ryerk in this video.]] He sees them again when he gets the second clonk to restore his memory.
418* [=YouTube=] star Marlin Ramsey Chan gets the stars version after falling off a trampoline [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPkggzzJvuA&t=472s in this episode]] of his MarMarLand series.
419* The Russian cosplay [=YouTube=] channel WatchMe uses this in numerous videos, most frequently the stars version with bird sound effects. Occasionally other objects appear, including birds or sometimes the cast members' visions of themselves circling their heads. Its sister channel, the more reality-based "We Are Family," typically uses only the bird sound effects, usually after someone faints, though it occasionally uses circling stars as well.
420* Luí (Luigi Calagna) sees the circling stars version after taking a fall while doing a hula-hoop challenge [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfSC6VpbjlE&t=414s in this video]] from Me Contro Te.
421* Gato Galactico (Ronaldo de Azevedo) frequently experiences this trope in his videos.
422** He sees circling stars and planets after a fall [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umoxMfkr6Nk&feature=youtu.be in this video.]]
423** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6XWwyVFTOM&feature=youtu.be In this video,]] an energy ball to the head causes both circling stars and EasyAmnesia.
424** A gas attack [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNKIZg4LIoQ in this video]] causes him to hear birds and faint.
425** He sees stars and hears chirping birds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYS1cT_psBc in this video]] after getting knocked around by his escaping friends.
426** He sees circling stars and birds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1gkOWDAKc in this video]] as he gets dizzy while watching Toshi run in circles around him.
427* The enigmatic and ubiquitous Ukrainian "Troom Troom" channels frequently use this trope for the guys and girls with their videos after they suffer a fall or take a hit, both with bird sound effects and at times animated stars and birds. The character "Chad" in the WooHoo videos is particularly prone to this trope, usually ending up with a case of circling stars, birds or other objects consistent with the theme of the video at least once with each appearance.
428* WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer (Austin Hargrave) hears tweeting birds after hitting himself with a stop sign [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFR9SMiN9CE in this video.]]
429* Boxer Ryan Garcia used tweeting bird sound effects [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93FmfoJLQB0 in his analysis]] of his fight with Romero Duno to describe a moment where his opponent was dazed; he also gave Duno a dose of circling stars in the video's thumbnail. He did to same to Logan Paul in the thumbnail of a video where he gave the social media star boxing tips.
430* Italian Platform/YouTube stars Cap e Kazu sometimes use the circling stars version when one of them faints.
431* Platform/YouTube star Kristopher London sees circling stars and gets cartoon-style rolling eyes to indicate his dizziness after trying to blow out candles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2Ufj53muA in this 100 Thieves video.]]
432* Miko from Show Piedra Papel o Tijera sometimes hears chirping birds after an injury, such as when he falls off a ladder or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooAn4uBXUGs&t=729s out of a tree]].
433* The guys of the No Deo Hero (formerly No Deo Duo) channel, especially Primal Instinks, frequently experience this trope in their cartoon-style, slapstick sketches. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkbb2hbVCs Mouse Trap Madness]] sketch, for example, Primal repeatedly gets both the birds and stars varieties (and, at one point, circling mice) throughout the sketch as his attempts to catch an invasive rodent backfire.
434* Platform/YouTube comedian Rad Dad sometimes hears chirping birds after his many falls, bonks and other comic mishaps. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpE4Roal1VU In this clip,]] for example, a series of RakeTake incidents followed by walking into a post leaves him on the ground, hearing birds and muttering about "pretty stars."
435* ''WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'' gets the circling stars version (with bird sound effects) while in a ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' parody during his adventures.
436* During Scruffy’s video on [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGla9ZOj9KI Pikmin 3’s Sound Effect Trivia]], during the section about clarity, he brings up an example about the bird-like sound that plays when a Skutterchuck is hit while carrying a rock. Scruffy goes on to mention that sound’s meaning, with the camera panning down to an animation of a dazed Skutterchuck seeing circling Scornets above it.
437--> '''Scruffy:''' You know, that sound when a character has birds around their head because they’re dizzy. That sound comes from ''cartoons'', and it’s not nearly as realistic as Pikmin 3's environment or soundscape, but it ''enhances'' the idea that the Skutterchuck is dazed, and this is your chance to defeat it. ''That'', for me, is "cartoonish" clarity.
438* Topper Guild experiences the trope occasionally in his videos. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znBs30bIPA this video]], a ring of birds appear around his head when he gets flipped by a young assailant.
439* Brazilian {{YouTuber|s}} Mateus Pain (painzeiro) sees a ring of birds after getting clonked by Thor's hammer in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk2qFmQ38Tk this video]] showcasing the disadvantages of superpowers. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenhNdFY548 another video,]] he sees circling images of [[Animation/BabySharksBigShow Baby Shark]] around his head after a fall, having previously been pestered by his niece with the song nonstop.
440* Circling stars appear around Ben Azelart's head denoting his dizziness after he rolls down a hill in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcVdsKRHSs this video.]]
441* The hapless Don Day gets the stars version every so often in the webseries "Mis Pequeños Actors," such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwTCQhwtFVU this video]] where a clonk by a baseball results in a case of EasyAmnesia.
442* Italian YouTubers Ninna e Matti often add stars and birds around the heads of someone who has taken a tumble in one of their videos (usually Matti but occasionally Ninna or one of the guest stars). Matti gets them after a hard punch knocks him down in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsCLwHBlKtQ this video,]] for example
443* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': In "Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet vs. Film/BonnieAndClyde," Clyde Barrow invokes the trope via clever wordplay when he threatens that "If these lovers cross me, they're gonna end up seeing stars!"
444* Stromedy sees stars while fainting in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWPIdSI97o this video.]]
445* Alan Stokes of the Stokes Twins says he "is literally seeing stars, like in a cartoon" as stars circle around his head after he is tired out by lifting and [[AnvilOnHead tossing anvils]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wny9C18HuHs&t=67s this video.]]
446* The guys from the GL Show videos often see circling stars after a bonk on the head, getting dizzy or simly getting tired. Odysseus tends to be the most frequent victim.
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