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10[[caption-width-right:296:[[Series/{{NCIS}} Leroy Jethro Gibbs]] would not approve, Grace. [[BaitAndSwitch You never apologize for a slap]].]]
11
12->''"A slap in the face would be humiliating. Back of the head's a wake-up call."''
13-->-- '''Special Agent Leroy Gibbs''', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', "[[Recap/NCISS02E05 The Bone Yard]]"
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15A corrective action that consists of the following:
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17# Take open palm.
18# Deliver slap directly to the back of the skull.
19# (Optional) Ask some variant of "What are you, stupid or something?"
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21The Dope Slap is a (generally) light slap (or knuckle tap) to the back of the skull that is intended as a disciplinary move by one character when another character does, says, or even ''thinks'' something that is uniformly stupid, or just to [[BeQuietNudge shut them up]]. The slap is almost always PlayedForLaughs in some way; think of it as an attempt at PercussiveMaintenance on somebody's brain, and thus occasionally overlaps with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan. Another variation is [[BeQuietNudge a "shut up" poke to the ribs with the elbow]]. The slap may also be applied to the back, shoulder, or chest. Finally, it may also be performed simply by making a slapping motion in the direction of the target, without any actual physical contact occurring.
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23It could be considered a subtrope of {{Slapstick}}. In a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine, it's most often done with a PaperFanOfDoom.
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25Also known by two other names: the Gerber Slap (since, when properly applied, the recipient's expression should resemble the "goo-goo" face on the eponymous brand of baby food), and the Gibbs Slap (in honor of the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' character who does this a lot to another regular who's a bit full of himself).
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27The complete inverse of {{Facepalm}}. Compare ZenSlap, when a Zen master does this to a disciple for the purpose of enlightening them, and also compare/contrast to BitchSlap, which is a slap to the face meant to humiliate. See also PercussivePrevention. See SillyMeGesture for when a character does a similar gesture to themselves.
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29!!Example Subpages:
30[[index]]
31* DopeSlap/AnimeAndManga
32* DopeSlap/LiveActionTV
33* DopeSlap/WesternAnimation
34[[/index]]
35
36!!Other Examples:
37[[foldercontrol]]
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39[[folder:Advertising]]
40* The "Could've Had a V8" line of commercials typically feature one character dope-slapping the other in the forehead, complete with a hollow "doink" sound.
41* One commercial has a guy get an especially heavy one from a relative while he's fast-forwarding to get to the only part he wants to see... of a ''[[BlackComedy video will]]''.
42[[/folder]]
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44[[folder:Animation]]
45* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Rubika scans for bad robots and shows that there is one right next to Amato. [=MechaBot=] panics before realizing that it's himself. Amato gives him an annoyed look and chops him on the head.
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48[[folder:Comedy]]
49* Creator/BillEngvall talks about getting these from his father, especially at church. His father would sit with his children on both sides of him, with his arms stretched out behind him on the pew, "like he was huggin' the whole family." And if one of the kids misbehaved, he would be in easy smacking range. "'Brain dusters,' that's what we called 'em."
50* Similarly, Creator/CarlosMencia's mother would deliver these when he acted up -- and sometimes ''preemptively''.
51-->'''Carlos:''' ''[rubbing his head in disbelief]'' Did you just hit me for something I ''might'' do?
52* Japanese Manzai comedy employs dope slaps as part of its BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine, with StraightManAndWiseGuy in Boke's incompetence and idiocy driving the Tsukkomi to reprimand the Boke, often physically and violently.
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55[[folder:Comic Books]]
56* IDW's ''ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}}: Ongoing'':
57** Peter gives one to Ray in issue 11.
58--->'''Peter:''' And how did you know [[spoiler:telling the aliens they weren't aliens]] would work, Ray?\
59'''Ray:''' That? Oh, I didn't. I just guessed.\
60'''Peter:''' ...*THWACK*
61** And Egon gives a rather ironic one to Peter in the first issue of the continuation, ''The New Ghostbusters'' after [[spoiler:all four of them have been kidnapped and sent into limbo]]:
62--->'''Peter:''' And the first person to make a "Peoplebuster" comment gets a whack to the back of the--\
63'''Egon:''' *THWACK*\
64'''Peter:''' --Hea-OW!
65* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': In the last issue, Magog gives one of his fellow metahumans a Dope Smack for being disrespectful [[spoiler:during the ceremony where Franchise/WonderWoman is welcomed back into the Amazons]].
66* ComicBook/{{Superboy}} (Conner Kent) received one from ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Cassandra Cain) during a team-up. Superboy, being a CasanovaWannabe at that time, continuously shows off his [[LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe tactile-telekinesis]] in order to impress her. When she simply ignores him and uses his NighInvulnerability as a HumanShield to protect her from an explosion, he finally gets angry and snaps back with a "WhatTheHellHero" rant. Cassandra calmly slaps him across the forehead and says, "Focus." And Superboy is shocked that it ''hurt''.
67-->'''Superboy:''' She got past my [[ForceField force-field]]. My ''impregnable'' force-field. I feel so... ''pregnable.''
68* A particularly hilarious one in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''. After a mutant's powers activate, Spidey and Iceman are trying to convince her to use her powers responsibly. After Iceman makes a particularly stupid comment about her powers (control of fire: "Or, we could get some marshmallows..."), Spidey delivers a quick slap to the back of the head.
69[[/folder]]
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71[[folder:Comic Strips]]
72* ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' has this:
73-->'''Riley:''' Huey, I was thinking...\
74'''Huey:''' Stop right there. I'm going to reach back like ''so''. If you say something ignorant, [[LampshadeHanging I'm gonna smack you]] real, '''real''' hard.\
75''[{{beat panel}}]''\
76'''Riley:''' [[DefiedTrope Never mind, it wasn't important.]]\
77'''Huey:''' I thought so.
78* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' has a strip where the PointyHairedBoss explains that he is going to punish people for bad ideas by smacking them. Dilbert calls it "the dumbest idea I've ever heard", [[TooDumbToLive which causes the Boss to promptly smack himself in the face]] and makes Dilbert consider giving the policy a second chance.
79* A weird one in the [[http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2002-08-28 last panel]] of a ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'' strip: Yeagar gets an inter-dimensional dope slap from Creator/PhilFoglio's AuthorAvatar.
80%%* ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' [[http://safehavenscomic.com/?p=122 has it with dodos]].
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83[[folder:Fan Works]]
84[[AC:''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'']]
85* In chapter 38 of ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', Alex slaps the back of [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]’s head when her adoptive sister decides on a whim to erase her late birth mother's hologram.
86-->"I must follow..." the robot started before Alex struck Kara in the back of her head.\
87"Tell it stop now! If you never want to see it again that is fine but you aren't destroying it!\
88Kara took a breath and hoped Alex hadn't broken her hand. Alex knew Kara hated it when she slapped the back of her head.
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90[[AC:''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'']]
91* Calvin does this to ''his dad'' in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' for putting them in danger.
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93[[AC:CrossOver]]
94* ''Fanfic/BlessedWithAHerosHeart'': [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku]] gives one to [[Literature/KonoSuba Megumin]] when she performs her Big Bang spell for the first time, calling her out on overpowering the spell and almost losing control of the containment field. She later pays him back by bonking him on the head with her staff, after he offers to reincarnate Wiz, when he had just done the same for Keel and his servants, without sufficient time to rest.
95* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a few examples, usually Pepper doing it to Tony. Other examples include Sean Cassidy doing it to Warren when he was overdoing the angst, then Warren doing it to Sean when ''he'' was overdoing the angst. And while the other two examples have normal human strength, Warren is considerably stronger. When he smacks, whatever he smacks ''stays'' smacked.
96** Harry also does one to Ron at the latter's Uranus joke, and Thor gets one from [[AlmightyMom his mother]] when he swears.
97* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfTheDragon'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9796877/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Dragon link]]: Ron comes in for a double dose of this from Ginny and Tracy.
98-->'''Hermione:''' Harry, I think we just found the Room of Requirement. I read about it in ''Hogwarts, a History''. It's supposed to change its form to suit the needs of whoever finds it.\
99'''Ron:''' So if you really needed to use the--OW!
100* In ''Evangelion''/''Street Fighter'' crossover ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionSenshiNoMichi'', Misato playfully smacks Asuka on the back of the head when the younger girl is rolling her eyes at Shinji and their master Gouken getting all emotional. When Asuka protests, Misato reminds her that she got all teary-eyed when they left their master's dojo.
101* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10951206/chapters/24463638 Ninja Wizard Book 5]]'': Lavender and Parvati do it to Ron when he comments that Harry's owl Hedwig, who'd been missing for two weeks, probably got eaten by something.
102* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'':
103** When Quinn comments in Chapter 26 about the invaluable crystals they're seeing in the mine walls, Jade responds by striking the soldier's forehead with her fingers to "channel Uncle from across reality", and forbids her from touching the Mogriffs' crystals.
104** When Alan attempts to move in his injured condition in Chapter 29, Sofia smacks his head and tells him not to re-open his wound.
105* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'' (''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' & ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''):
106** Administered several times by the Farseer.
107** Invoked in chapter 33 when the narration states that Yui should be there to give both [[ManipulativeBastard her husband]] and [[MagnificentBastard her son]] a good headslap.
108* In the thirteenth chapter of ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', Asuka whacks Shinji upside the head when he's poking fun at her and being a bigger pervert than usual:
109-->Whacking him playfully upside the head, Asuka says, "Stupid pervert."
110* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7201522/18/The-Wizard-and-the-Lonely-Princess The Wizard and the Lonely Princess]]'': Tonks does it to Harry when he suggests that adding ways of killing him to his Potions homework might make Snape give him a better mark.
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112[[AC:''Franchise/TheDCU'']]
113* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Dr. Sivana slaps the back of his son's head when Thaddeus Jr. whines that they will be done if Sivana's contingency plan fails.
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115[[AC:''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'']]
116* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In Chapter 17, when Scylla doesn't immediately release her hold on Thor per Mothra's urging that they need to focus on [[FinalBattle the bigger issue]] at hand, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Mothra]] cracks a forelimb across Scylla's face which makes Scylla release Thor in surprise.
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118[[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']]
119* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12078433/8/Crimson-Ink Crimson Ink]]'': Bellatrix does it to Barty when he gets bored of looking for Voldemort's spirit and starts narrating what the search party is doing.
120* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13304763/11/Dragon-Chronicles-2-Harry-Potter-Dragon-Whisperer Dragon Chronicles 2: Harry Potter, Dragon Whisperer]]'': Daphne does it to Harry after hearing that he ran into a cave full of dragon poachers without his wand.
121* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9048823/27/Harry-Potter-and-the-Four-Heirs Harry Potter and the Four Heirs]]'': Susan does it to Harry when he says he deserves to be "tried for his crimes" after draining Voldemort's magic caused the unintentional death of every marked Death Eater except Snape.
122* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12110842/7/Harry-Potter-and-the-Horcrux-Hunt Harry Potter and the Horcrux Hunt]]'': Tonks does it to Harry for suggesting they use a thermonuclear device on Voldemort after all the [[SoulJar Horcruxes]] have been destroyed.
123* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/20/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path Harry Potter and the Rune Stone Path]]'': Alicia does it to Fred when he suggests skipping Astronomy to get his beauty sleep.
124* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10766595/42/Harry-Potter-Three-to-Backstep Harry Potter -- Three to Backstep]]'': Daphne and Hermione do it to Harry and Matthias when they groan at the mention of clothes shopping.
125* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10859928/chapters/24120279 Ninja Wizard Book 2]]'': Dean does it to Ron when he derisively describes soccer as "Run around, kick the ball."
126* ''The Problem With Purity'': Remus Lupin is in a meeting where he has to be polite to Severus Snape. When Lupin's first reaction to Snape's entrance is a growl, first Hermione then Tonks slap the back of Lupin's head to remind him to behave.
127* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6926581/15/Thanks-to-a-Snake Thanks to a Snake]]'': Daphne does it to Harry for making a remark that prompts a recuperating George to try to sit up, while Amelia does it to Sirius for complaining about receiving couple presents the first Christmas after their wedding.
128* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13197260/3/The-Videus-Charm The Videus Charm]]'': Harriet does it to Ron when he says that they don't make girls like Fleur at Hogwarts.
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130[[AC:''Franchise/MyLittlePony'']]
131* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/348586/1/a-newspaper-solves-everyponys-problem/every-little-thing-she-does-without-supervision-often-ends-in-disaster A Newspaper Solves Everypony's Problem]]'': This fic ''runs'' on this trope, as it sees the [[OnlySaneMan only sane mare]] Sunset Shimmer rolling up a newspaper and thwarting harebrained ideas by whacking the newspaper against her friends' heads.
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133[[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']]
134* ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheHokagesHat'' has Tsunade give Naruto a gentle bop on the head as a BeQuietNudge, when Naruto does something stupid or is too [[BrutalHonesty forward and direct]].
135* ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'' has Ino do this to Naruto whenever he does something completely moronic.
136* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'':
137** Anko has done this more than once:
138*** In the omake from Chapter 7, she does this to Naruto, Shikamaru, and their client Yen [[AllMenArePerverts due to all of them doing stuff that makes them perverts]] (and also after Shikamaru talks back to her when she smacks him on the head for the first time).
139*** She smacks Naruto in the head after he snatches one of the Chūnin Exams forms from her.
140*** She does it to Naruto again after he loudly complains when Sasuke gets to have his fight in the preliminaries before he does.
141** After the TimeSkip, Sakura smacks Kiba on the head for making fun of Sasuke's former haircut that looked like a duck's butt.
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143[[AC:''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
144* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': During an emergency, Misato orders the pilots' friends hurry to the nearest shelter as she takes the three Eva pilots with her. Kensuke says there are only two pilots only because Asuka is an inactive pilot, disregarding she is very sensitive about the issue. Asuka hit him on the back of his head.
145* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 6 [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] flicks [[LoveInterest Shinji's]] top of head after he said that he did not care much whether he lived or died. Then she angrily tells him that [[BattleCouple she could never go into combat with someone who would not fight to save his own life]] and reminds him that there are people like herself that depend on him to live.
146* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In the epilogue, Asuka smacks Shinji on the head because he did not manage to find their daughter among a crowd even though she had told him where she was several times.
147* ''Fanfic/ReadTheFinePrintEvangelion'': Shinji starts screaming when a (literally) flame-haired demon teleports into Misato's kitchen, and Asuka gets him to stop by slapping the back of his head.
148-->Before Shinji could get too carried away, Asuka reached out and slapped him across the back of the head. He stopped screaming and winced, bringing a hand up to where he was slapped, and gave her a confused look.
149* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': In episode 12 Asuka and Shinji are having a bonding moment when [[DeadpanSnarker Shinji ruins it with a smartass comment]]. In reaction, Asuka bopped him on the head.
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151* [[AC:''Manga/OnePiece'']]
152* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'':
153** Vivi administers one to Nami after she moans about missing getting Crocodile's gold-plated crocodile statue in Rain Dinners.
154** After a filler adventure that started with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vivi mis-translating octopus sign language and forcing Luffy into a surfing competition]], Zoro, Nami, Cross ''and'' Boss each administer one of these to Vivi when she offers to translate a goodbye.
155** Robin gives herself one when she meets Garp.
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157[[AC:''Franchise/StarTrek'']]
158* In ''Fanfic/PeaceForgedInFire'' the tactical officer of the ch'R ''Maens'' does this to the sensor officer after he tries to laugh off a tachyon burst. [[spoiler:This is a CallBack to ''Fanfic/RedFireRedPlanet'', written by one of the authors, where it turned out to be a side effect of a cloaked warship dropping to sublight.]]
159-->'''Subcommander t'Ihaimehn:''' Better wake the ''leih''.\
160'''Sensor Officer:''' That could mean any number of things, ''rekkhai''. ''(t'Ihaimehn whacks him)'' Ow!\
161'''t'Ihaimehn:''' Yes, "any number of things", and most of the list consists of things I would not wish to face without ''Riov'' t'Khellian on the bridge.
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163[[AC:Unsorted/Dormant/Dead]]
164* In ''Fanfic/ANewWorldANewWay'' sidestory ''Swarm'' Inti the Heliolisk does one with her tail when Apocalypse the Tyrunt tries to run her tail over with a rock and fails.
165* ''[[Creator/DetsniyOffSkiword Kid Icarus Uprising 2: Hades Revenge]]'' has Pit be on the receiving end of this once, due to a CaptainObvious moment where he warns Cloud of Teem Khaos, right after Teem Khaos had finished their motto.
166* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8240089/17/Mortem-Cantor chapter 17]] of ''Fanfic/MortemCantor'', Harry does it to a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist who's playing ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' instead of trying to locate Loki.
167* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5682705/3/Cooking-Lesson Cooking Lesson]]'' Lucius and Snape do it to Draco when he calls Harry a poof.
168* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9032105/7/Harriet-Potter-What-it-is-like-to-be-a-witch Harriet Potter: What it is like to be a witch]]'' Hermione does it to Ron when he complains about Harry quitting the Quidditch team to concentrate on training to fight Voldemort.
169* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11547735/15/Amicus-Protectio-Fortis Amicus Protectio Fortis]]'' Fay does it to Ron when he deprecates his Quidditch skills.
170* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8345417/5/The-Forgotten-Daughter The Forgotten Daughter]]'' Melinda does it to Ron and Neville simultaneously right before fleeing FluffyTheTerrible.
171-->'''Melinda:''' See, this is why we don't do stupid impulsive things.
172* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12104688/36/Whispers-in-the-Night Whispers in the Night]]'', to avoid ruining the mood during the anniversary [[HappilyAdopted celebration of Harry Potter's adoption]], any attempts at asking him if he's prepared for the Tri-Wizard Tournament dragons are met with slaps to the back of the asker's head and reminders to relax and let things happen as they would.
173* Nearly every other interaction between Andrea and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Bentley23]], in ''[[http://www.scribbld.com/community/marvel_nextgen/ Marvel Nextgen]]'' consists of this, with Bentley on the receiving end.
174* In ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies''' unpublished fourth chapter, Rias does this to Azazel and Harry, using a PaperFanOfDoom, to demonstrate her displeasure with their ideas for the ''Oppai Dragon'' show.
175* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Emma does this whenever Kitty starts SayingTooMuch.
176* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2032067/34/Abandon Abandon]]'' Hermione does it to Draco when he says that she might have a mood swing if Voldemort decides to be insulted by her comment that he's "not such a bastard."
177* ''Fanfic/WhenReasonFails'':
178** Katsuki's favored method of keeping Izuku from doing something stupid is a hand-chop to the back of the head.
179** Defied by Shoto, who doesn't ice-blasts Izuku after he makes an {{understatement}} regarding [[spoiler: their discovery of the Special Exclusion Zone]] because [[spoiler:he doesn't want to anger [[EldritchAbomination Aiko]], who is sleeping in Izuku's arms]].
180** Izuku uses Shoto as his proxy for delivering neck chops. Shoto is willing to hit himself when Izuku tells him to do so after making stupid comments.
181* ''Fanfic/AMothersTouch'': Yuzu is known to frequently do this with her ''harisen'', and she delivers two to Yugo in quick succession when he calls Yoko "Mommy" and "Queen".
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184[[folder:Films — Animation]]
185* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'', Kaltag has a habit of hitting Star on the head whenever he interrupts one of his rants as their RunningGag. Star is well aware of this and on one occasion does it to himself and at the end of the film [[spoiler: he expects to receive one, only for Kaltag to actually agree with him.]]
186* ''WesternAnimation/BoysNightOut'': Linberg's stepfather slaps Father Jackson when the latter gets a little too out of control, licking a statue designed like a naked woman's body.
187* Even fishes can get into it. In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Bloat gives a dope slap to Gurgle with his fin.
188* ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'':
189** It goes by pretty quickly, but Gobber gives Hiccup a light one on the back of the head after the boy's father tells him to go home after screwing up (and, heavily suggested, not for the first time).
190** Hiccup also gets one from ''Toothless'' after nearly crashing them into a cliff during flying practice.
191* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'':
192** Proving that you don't even need a hand to give a dope slap, Manfred the mammoth delivers one to Sid with his trunk in the first three films.
193** And the more JustForFun/{{egregious}} example from ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'': Ellie is going into labor; when Crash asks if she can just hold it in for a while, Ellie (being a long distance away and unable to reach him with her trunk) yells down: ''"Can somebody slap him for me?"'' Needless to say, Eddie obliges immediately and delivers a resounding smack to Crash's head.
194** Continued in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift''. [[BigBad Captain Gutt]] is working some island locals to the bone, [[ATasteOfTheLash whipping them]] as they carry supplies on their backs (note: they are about the size of guinea pigs). Sid's comment?
195--->'''Sid:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Two words: Anger. Management]].\
196''[Manny slaps Sid upside the head with his trunk]''
197* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax|2012}}'', after the Once-Ler cuts down the first tree, two Humming Fish go near it, and one knocks on the stump with its fin to indicate nothing has really changed, only for the sky to suddenly turn black and begin to rumble (indicating the summoning of the Lorax). The other fish then slaps the first one in the back of the head for apparently causing the current thing.
198* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', as the MI workforce watches [[spoiler:Mr. Waternoose being arrested and hauled away in a CDA van]].
199-->'''Smitty:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I bet we get the rest of the day off.]]\
200'''Needleman:''' ''[smacks him]'' You idiot! They're gonna [[spoiler:''shut down the factory!'']]
201* An off-screen case happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' after Yao replies to "[[StupidQuestionBait Any questions?"]] with "DoesThisMakeMeLookFat"
202* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'': Spike hits the back of Twilight's head with his paw when she says "everypony" instead of "everybody" while talking with human Fluttershy.
203* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Kanta's mother raps him on the head with her knuckle while chastising him for seemingly forgetting his umbrella at school during a thunderstorm and ruining his school clothes (he'd actually given it to Satsuki since she'd forgotten to bring hers ''to'' school in the first place).
204* [[TheSmartGuy Tulio]] does this to [[TheDitz Miguel]] at least three times in ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', in addition to many {{death glare}}s and [[BeQuietNudge elbow nudges]].
205* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', when the heralds show up to deliver an invitation to Shrek and Fiona to see Fiona's parents, one herald keeps trumpeting (the ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' theme) after the others stopped, so the lead herald hits his rolled-up scroll on the back of his head to shut him up.
206-->'''Lead Herald:''' ''Enough'', Reggie.
207* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Doc gives Dopey one of these when the latter sticks two diamonds in his eyes, mimicking the former examining one.
208* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': During the dinner scene, while discussing Mario and Luigi's TV commercial, Uncle Arthur mockingly asks if they "give Oscars to Worst Actors". His wife gives him one in annoyance.
209* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', Raven does this to Beast Boy after he makes his last and somewhat awkward comment: "Okay, next time, we're going to Mexico!" She then coldly slaps him senseless off the stage, the camera fades after that, then the credits roll.
210* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': Max gets more than a dope slap from the Chief Blue Meanie several times, especially after the Beatles revive Pepperland. The Chief rasps "The hills are alive..." to which Max replies in sing-song "with the sound of music!" The Chief punches him.
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213[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
214* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Whorfin gives one to the guard who couldn't turn on the TV to show Penny's torture.
215* In ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'', the non-nonsense Molvina [=MacGregor=] does this to Princess Patma when the Princess threatens to have her cast into the cobra pit.
216* The original ''Film/{{Arthur|1981}}'' gives us a great one in the beginning, while Arthur is in the bath and ponders whether fish ever get tired of seafood. [[TheJeeves Hobson]] walks over, lifts off Arthur's hat, and smacks him.
217* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': When Neytiri is trying to teach Jake the word "nari" (eye), he keeps saying "nadi" (which is not even a possible word in the Na'vi language), earning him an irritated (and [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed]]) whack to the forehead.
218* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', [[IHatePastMe Old Biff dope-slaps Young Biff]] for mangling a joke after giving him the [[TimelineAlteringMacGuffin Gray's Sports Almanac]]. And no, [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet they don't explode]] (specially since Young Biff is too stupid to recognize himself).
219-->'''Young Biff:''' Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?\
220'''Old Biff:''' ''[smack]'' IT'S "LEAVE", YOU IDIOT! Make like a tree and LEAVE! You sound like a damned FOOL when you say it wrong!
221* An amusingly inverted version in ''Film/TheBlackHole'', with MadScientist Dr. Reinhardt [[EvilIsHammy triple-slapping his own forehead]] when [[SurroundedByIdiots rebuking Maximilian for the Sentries' failure]] against V.I.N.CENT. and Old B.O.B.
222* Flavio repeatedly dope slaps Santiago for not answering Longara's questions fast enough in ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman''.
223* In ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'', Crown of Thorns repeatedly dope slaps Hibisicus when Hibiscus keeps making stupid and thoughtless comments when Rose receives a FingerInTheMail.
224* ''Film/{{Clue}}'', in the second ending. The first one was a dope slap, the second was to his face.
225-->'''Wadsworth:''' You see? It's like the Mounties, we always get our man!\
226'''Mr. Green:''' Mrs. Peacock was a man?!
227%%* Repeatedly to resident ButtMonkey of ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', William Shaw.%%Zero-context example
228* In ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', Jason earns one from Frank when he hits on Janet Tokada instead of focusing on the global apocalypse at hand.
229* In the film ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' there's a scene which shouldn't be funny (but is) wherein Zus confronts his Soviet commanding officer about one of the other Soviets for beating one of Zus's men for using the wrong latrine and for being a Jew. The soldier being complained about is also in the tent, and his CO looks at him and asks, while very drunk "Comrade, is this true?" "Of course, Comrade. He ''is'' a Jew." Cue the soldier getting an immediate dope slap and an exasperated glare from his CO.
230* In ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'', Mrs. Relph hits her husband Thomas in the head with her spear (from the fancy dress ball) for enjoying Dawn's striptease performance too much.
231* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', Rufus and Serendipity deliver one to Jay after [[spoiler: he shoots Bartleby's wings off]], which was exactly what he needed [[spoiler: in order to become human and re-enter Heaven]].
232* A variation in ''Film/DownPeriscope'': The first time Dodge orders ''Stingray'' to dive, Nitro asks, "Underwater?" Stepanek waves his finger in front of Nitro's face before jabbing him between the eyes in annoyance. Later in the film, Nitro can be seen ''doing it to himself'' and trying to dodge.
233* Creator/BruceLee does this to a Shaolin student in ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' after teaching him how to kick with feeling.
234-->'''Lee:''' How did that feel?\
235'''Lao:''' Let me think...\
236'''Lee:''' ''[slaps him]'' [[DontThinkFeel Don't think! Feeeeeel.]] ''[points to the sky]'' It is like a finger pointing a way to the Moon. ''[sees Lao looking at his finger and slaps him again]'' Don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
237* Happens twice in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'':
238** Peter Venkman gives one to Ray Stanz when Ray interrupts his attempt to charm a beautiful female experimental subject.
239--->'''Venkmann:''' I'm right in the ''middle'' of something, Ray!
240** Ray Stanz gives one back to Peter Venkman while he and Egon are explaining the nature of Dana Barrett's apartment building.
241--->'''Venkmann:''' So what? They don't make them like they used to.\
242'''Stanz:''' No! Nobody ever made them like this.
243* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
244** In the ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' movie, Severus Snape keeps catching Harry Potter and Ron Weasley whispering about the Yule Ball during a test. One of Snape's attempts to get them to stop involves grabbing a book and whacking it against the backs of Harry and Ron's heads.
245** In the ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' movie, Hermione Granger explains to Harry about the girls trying to slip him love potions. When Harry doesn't seem to mind the attention, she reminds him that they only want him because they think he's "TheChosenOne".
246--->'''Harry:''' But I ''am'' the chosen one.\
247'''Hermione:''' ''[smack]''\
248'''Harry:''' Sorry. Um, kidding.
249* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'': Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) does this three times to Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett).
250-->'''Benjy:''' ''[after the third time]'' You hit me!
251* ''Film/JohnCarter'': John Carter receives one from his [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Thark]] ally Tars Tarkas after they realize that [[EpicFail they just invaded the wrong city]].
252* ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' segment "A Fistful of Yen". Loo gives one to one of his martial arts students after the student performs a lackluster kick. This a parody of one of the opening scenes in "Enter the Dragon" where Lee does this to his own disciple. Later he does it to an AngryGuardDog.
253* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
254** After Sir Bedevere fails with the Giant Wooden Rabbit idea, he comes up with a Giant Wooden Badger idea and king Arthur slaps him on the side of his helmet.
255** Prince Herbert and his father are standing next to an open window talking.
256--->'''Father:''' One day, lad, all this will be yours. ''[gestures toward the window]''\
257'''Herbert:''' What, the curtains?\
258'''Father:''' ''[hits him on the back of the head]'' No, not the curtain, lad!
259* The iconic scene from the movie ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'' is Cher responding to Nicholas Cage's declaration of love by slapping him and yelling "Snap out of it!".
260* In ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' (1999), when the executioner about to hang Rick O'Connell asks him what's his last wish, the answer is to remove the rope and let him go. All this earns Rick is a dope slap.
261* In Spanish 1995 movie ''Palace'', the main characters' father is prone to do this whenever they screw up -- even after he dies. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, the main characters shrug in front of his father's statue after their plans to turn the titular hotel into a building fail, and they get slapped again. One of them gets angry enough to dope slap the statue - which reveals that the statue was hiding the father's fortune, which they had been trying to find during the movie.]]
262* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': When in need of [[spoiler:his Piece of Eight]], Barbossa asks it from Ragetti, to whom he entrusted it. [[spoiler:It happens to be his wooden eye, and Barbossa makes it pop out of his eye socket]] with a dope slap.
263* ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'': When Dr. Gay tries to flirt with Blanche in ''Naked Revolt'', he tells her to be back in his office in thirty minutes. Blanche is offended and slaps him, so he changes his answer to twenty minutes.
264* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries2RoyalEngagement'': Clarisse is trying to teach Mia about the "art of the fan", and Mia starts to make faces at her grandmother while the latter has her face covered with the fan. While Clarisse is amused by this, she responds by using the fan to whack Mia.
265-->'''Clarisse:''' Oh, this is also a way to show that you're [''whack''] annoyed [''whack'']!
266* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
267** ''Film/RogueOne'': In Jedha City, when K-2SO is pretending before a squad of Stormtroopers that his rebel teammates are his prisoners, the droid gives Cassian a slap on the side of the face for speaking out of turn. He later apologizes for doing this. Note that this was a ThrowItIn by Alan Tudyk.
268** ''Film/ANewHope'': When R2-D2 refuses to display the rest of Princess Leia's holographic message to Luke, pretexting a dysfunction, C-3PO slams the top of his dome and tells him to stop fooling around.
269** ''Film/TheLastJedi'':
270*** Happens during Rey's first lesson with Luke. Telling Rey to close her eyes, and reach out, Rey literally reaches out with her hand much to Luke's annoyance. Her eyes closed, he decides to mess with her by tickling her fingers with a blade of grass, leading her to believe she's actually feeling the Force, right before giving her a nice smack.
271*** During the confrontation in Supreme Leader Snoke's throne room, Rey tries to grab her lightsaber with the Force, only for Snoke to easily overrides her pull and claim it back with his own power, smacking the back of Rey's head with it on the return trip.
272* In ''Film/SWAT2003'', a random gangbanger gets one from a cop while Street and Hondo are going to visit Sanchez. Said gangbanger had been beat-up by Sanchez during the arrest.
273-->'''Street:''' Bad day, huh?\
274'''Gangbanger:''' Kiss my ass, ''ese''.\
275'''Cop:''' ''[dope slap]''
276* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' often feature an OverlyLongGag where Larry, Curly, and Moe take turns dope-slapping each other, escalating into bigger and bigger acts of violence.
277* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'':
278-->'''Lance:''' ''[entering a room filled with black people]'' Holy moly, looks like the Source Awards in here.\
279'''Conspiracy Brother:''' ''[hits the back of Lance's head]''\
280'''Lance:''' Ow!\
281'''Conspiracy Brother:''' It does now!
282* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'':
283** After Enola waves at a plane of "Smokers" flying above them, the Mariner dope-slaps her and yells, [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/22664/waterworld-what-are-you-thinking "What are you thinking about?!?"]]
284** Enola, again, gets one from the [[BigBad Deacon]] for mouthing out while they're confronting the Mariner on the deck of the tanker.
285* ''Film/WeirdScience''. When the two girls Gary and Wyatt are interested in ask what they're doing in the bathroom, Wyatt blurts, "Oh, we're just taking a shit!" Gary gives him a glare and in a separate shot, gives him an epic slap to the face, then cuts back just as quickly.
286* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie Valiant and Roger Rabbit are hiding from the police in a movie theater. Roger is talking loudly and Eddie hits him on the head while saying "What's wrong with you?"
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290* ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'': As dawazz to Prince Eon, it was part of Ousanas' job to deliver one of these whenever Eon needed correcting in his behavior.
291* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': Whenever Anthony is being troublesome or foolish, which realistically is most of the time, he can expect a good THWACK on the head from his mother's antennae. It's all out of love.
292* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Lindon has a tendency to [[AskAStupidQuestion ask rather stupid questions]], since he was raised in an isolated backwater and has finally realized he doesn't understand as much as he thinks. When the team is entering the Blackflame Empire proper for the first time, his friend Yerin asks a stupid question, so Fisher Gesha hits... Lindon.
293-->'''Lindon:''' Ow! Why did you hit me?
294* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
295** This extract from ''Literature/SmallGods'':
296--->'''Urn:''' It can only be that, master. The keepers of the labyrinth are unbribable.\
297''[Didactylos clips Urn across the back of his head with his lantern]''\
298'''Didactylos:''' Stupid boy! I've told you about that sort of statement.\
299'''Urn:''' I mean, they are not easily bribable, master...\
300'''Didactylos:''' That's more like it.
301** Lu Tze (by being a wise old monk) does this occasionally.
302* Creator/HPLovecraft's ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'':
303-->"I am his messenger," the daemon said,\
304As in contempt he struck his master's head.
305* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': A quick smack to the back of the head is how Basilard Bladi shows his disaproval of whatever his novice mercenaries have just done.
306* ''Literature/KateShugak'': Dinah does this to Bobby and Jim to get them to stop arguing in ''Less Than a Treason''. For those not familiar with the series, Bobby and Jim are massive muscular men and Dinah is a petite flower child.
307* In Tanya Huff's ''Literature/KeepersChronicles'' trilogy, Hell gets into an argument with itself, and somehow manages to pull off a dope slap (to itself... more or less).
308* Several characters in ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' are fond of this, notably Kalam to Quick Ben.
309* In Creator/StephenBaxter's ''Literature/ManifoldSpace'', Malenfant is repeatedly smacked on the head by superstrong Neanderthals for speaking at all. Turns out that nearly all of their language is sign, with a few super-special vocal words. The Neanderthals give him a sign-name that means "Stupid".
310* ''Literature/{{Somewhither}}'':
311** Ilya (disguised as a slave) is slapped by Pally (a higher-ranking slave) when he mouths off about (not to, about) a non-slave.
312** Foster slaps Ilya upside the head when the latter ignores a warning.
313--->'''Foster:''' When the witchy wise-bird says "Beware", you ''stop'' and say, "Of what, please?"
314* Sylvester in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' often receives these from his friends as a result of his affectionate attempts at annoying them.
315* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Pucelle needs them from time to time, as said in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/378 Boston Brawl II]]:
316-->"Just another example of the blatant preference that this school gives to those who embody an arbitrary and pointless physical ideal of -- " Pucelle stopped as Foxfire held a cupped hand in front of her and a bar of pale blue fire formed in the cup of her hand. It solidified into a crude 2x4 board, with which Foxfire tapped Pucelle none-too-gently on the forehead.\
317"Believe me, this is the only way to get her to shut up, once she gets wound up," Foxfire said dryly. Slyboots rose up partially out of Foxfire's tote and stuck a pink tongue out at Pucelle. <nyeh!> Pucelle bridled and started to say something, but the 2x4 grew into a gnarled club with a long spike driven through the end, à la ''Li'l Abner''.
318* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Grue subjects Regent to a few of these when he won't stop wisecracking during [[spoiler:the fight against Behemoth]].
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321[[folder:Music Videos]]
322* In Music/MichaelJackson's ''Ghosts'', a running bit has a little boy's older brother smack him this way for revealing stuff about the mysterious Maestro that he was supposed to keep secret. Their mother then does the same to the older brother, usually with the comment "Don't hit your brother!" After the third go-round of this, the mother is smacked by an unseen force, implied to be the Maestro's doing.
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325[[folder:Podcasts]]
326* Doctor Javolt from ''Podcast/FalloutIsDragons'' is a common recipient of these. He has noted it's interesting to observe when he's not a recipient.
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329[[folder:Radio]]
330* ''Radio/CarTalk'' is the TropeNamer. Hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi -- better known as ''Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers'' -- claim to have been at the receiving end of many a dope slap from their mother. (And according to each brother, the other brother stayed just as dumb.)
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333[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
334* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'': The wizard Bigby is well-known for the numerous magic "hands" spell he created. From 3.5th Edition, you have ''Bigby's slapping hand'', which just creates a hand made of force that slaps the side of the target's head. It's not capable of inflicting damage, but can cause enough distraction for foes to take advantage of it.
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337[[folder:Theatre]]
338* In the Music/{{Tsukiuta}} stage plays, Kakeru to Mutsuki-kun, often with a slipper.
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341[[folder:Theme Parks]]
342* In ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, one of the dummies in the ride safety film gets this twice, once for using photography, and again for smoking, drinking, and eating.
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345[[folder:Video Games]]
346* In the trailer for ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'', one of the main characters hits the other main character on the back of the head and says "What the F*** are you doin'!" Watch it [[http://www.g4tv.com/videos/14219/army-of-two here, at about 30 seconds in]].
347* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'': At the end of the second Dante boss fight, there is an InternalHomage to [[https://youtu.be/0V3d63GpnTA?t=2m25s Dante's impalement attempt]] on Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', which is mimicked exactly by [[https://youtu.be/8o0W6B_rK_Q?t=7m51s Nero's lunging attack]] in this game. Dante easily dodges it and slaps him in the back of the head.
348* In ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'', Suzuka asks Reiji to give one of these to his partner Xiaomu after she makes a particularly bad observation/joke. This being at least in part a ''Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment'' game however, he ''spanks'' her instead. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E56_mqoGYDU At about 5:50 here]])
349* At various points in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', Porom will walk around behind her twin brother Palom and clonk him on the head for his stupidity with an adorable "Do-PANK!" sound effect.
350* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', [[MissionControl Cortana]] figures out how to use Halo's teleportation system in order to rapidly move the Chief to Keyes's position. Unfortunately, she teleports him in after mixing up the ceiling of the ship with its floor, leading to the Chief landing on his head once he phases in. He proceeds to knock his helmet, since [[VirtualGhost Cortana]] is an A.I. program that was currently housed inside it.
351-->'''Cortana:''' ''Oh'', I see. The coordinate data needs to be-- '''[SMACK]''' Right. Sorry.
352* In ''VideoGame/HiddenExpedition 14: The Pearl of Discord'' a ninja does it to his partner for tossing and catching the titular item as if it were a ball.
353* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'': Jak does this to Daxter at least once in each of the original three games. Daxter then slaps Jak twice in the racing spin-off.
354* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters XIII]]'': King deilvers one to Yuri, during [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting the Kyokugen Team's]] ending, when she [[ThatCameOutWrong unintentionally makes it sound as if she'd like to marry King]], when asked to describe her ideal husband.
355-->'''Interviewer:''' I see. And, what would your ideal husband be like?\
356'''Yuri:''' ''[thinking aloud]'' Hmm... Let's see... That's a tough one... I think they would have to be someone who was [[NiceGuy nice and polite...]]\
357''[[[EurekaMoment Aha! pose]]]'' Oh, I know! [[LesYay Someone like King!]]\
358''[[[http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcqFYU6jKDU King whaps Yuri on the back of the head]]]''
359* ''VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame'':
360** ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones'': Dr. Jones Sr. dope-slaps Indy at least twice.
361** ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars''. In "The Empire Strikes Out", Darth Vader uses the Force to make his [[SurroundedByIdiots admirals dope-slap each other]] instead of choking them to death.
362--->'''Vader:''' Muttonheads...
363* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
364** ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': In chapter 5, if you fail the QuickTimeEvent to give a client your business card, Kiryu will hand over his card incorrectly[[note]]Proper business card etiquette is ''extremely'' SeriousBusiness in Japan[[/note]] and also introduce himself as a {{Yakuza}} when he's supposed to be a perfectly legitimate real estate agent. Oda promptly slaps Kiryu upside the head.
365** One of Haruka's minigames in ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'' has her playing the tsukkomi half of a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine, so she'll slap her partner a lot. If you do very well, she'll pull out the PaperFanOfDoom.
366** A RunningGag in ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', where Tsuyoshi Nagumo will constantly slap the other members of his family upside the head for doing something stupid and calling them a moron.
367* In ''VideoGame/MarioPowerTennis'' Yoshi' s defeat animation is accidentally doing this to himself with his racket, knocking himself out and collapsing on his side.
368* Johnny Cage of all people gets to do this in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''... to his younger self, on account of time travel shenanigans. IHatePastMe is in full effect, as the mature Earthrealm defender Cage clashes with the young egotistical diva Cage, especially when younger Cage doesn't show respect to either Sonya or their daughter Cassie.
369* ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has a pair of [=NPCs=] who are practicing a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine. The shorter one gives the dope slap to the taller one as the "punchline" of every gag. He's also shown to do it when they're not practicing their jokes... Even better? Their names are [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Bud and Lou]]. Also in this game, the item that specifically cures [[StatusEffects Strangeness]] happens to be a paper fan.
370* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', this is Ford Cruller's response if Raz decides not to accept the call to adventure.
371-->'''Raz:''' No, not yet.\
372''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8D5vs5sSnY [Cruller smacks Raz[=]=]]]''\
373'''Cruller:''' [[ButThouMust How about now?]]
374* ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'': One of the Men of Ill Repute on Melée Island never talks, he just laughs at his partner's jokes until one of them shuts him up by bopping him on the head.
375* Raine in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' gives out dope slaps quite often to Lloyd and Genis whenever they say or do something dumb.
376* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has the emote "/smack", which, when used, will smack whomever the player is targeting upside the head. This is purely text however, as nothing actually happens with the characters.
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379[[folder:Visual Novels]]
380* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Tomoya gives one to Fuko when she uses "Isogai" as her last name, which she read off the neighbor's house, when staying with the Furukawas.
381* In ''VisualNovel/Ever17'', after Kid has a dream that's weirdly similar to what actually happened when he was sleeping, Sara suggests he had an out-of-body experience. When Kid unwisely mentions the PowerPerversionPotential of said idea, Sara smacks him.
382* In ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Girl's Side 2'', [[{{Tsundere}} Saeki Teru]] will give the heroine a "chop" with the side of his hand when he thinks she's being dumb. The new skinship system allows the heroine to do the same to Teru or any of the other guys.
383* In ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' there is a scene in Gaulem Bay when Sigma notices something and isn't sure what do do with it. After trying up almost anything he tries to ''eat'' it, which prompts Alice to smack him in the head.
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386[[folder:Web Animation]]
387* Offhand example in [[http://www.wordstudio.net/gist/fodder/penguin_animated.gif this animated GIF]].
388* [[TheStraightMan Martha]] from ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'' does this to [[PluckyComicRelief Andy]] on a regular basis.
389* In ''[[WebAnimation/EpicPonyTime Epic Rage Time: The Incredible Derp]]'', [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Octavia Melody gives a good wallop to Vinyl Scratch]] when the latter calls for "more lasers" just as Derpy is calming down.
390* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': During the attempt to bribe Arnold Markdown with coupons during the Western Arc, the crazy barman in Redwood Run offers a coupon for $20 off your next meal: a $20 bill. Ramsey smacks him, and he transitions into an actual savings offer.
391* ''For the Empire'' (a FanAnimation ''Franchise/StarWars'' series made with Unreal Engine): In episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btzdo7VVHSU "Close Encounter"]], two Rebel soldiers and two Snowtroopers end up in a MexicanStandoff after the Battle of Hoth. TK-FNG then asks "Palpatunes" (a media player integrated in their helmets) to "play epic standoff music", and "[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Dual of the Fates]]" starts playing... until TK-FKU slaps his helmet.
392-->'''TK-FKU:''' Turn off that damn music!
393* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': In ''Aggregation'', Deimos dons a slain Engineer's mask and uses it to spook Sanford. Sanford proceeds to whack him.
394* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
395** Ruby does this to Blake in the first episode of ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' after having read the "Ninjas of Love" book and declaring it "filth". Granted, Ruby ''enjoyed'' reading it.
396** Winter does this to Weiss in the main series when she doesn't get a straight answer to "How have you been?", and later when she's giving advice to Weiss about the Schnee summoning Semblance and Weiss tells her she can't do it. JerkWithAHeartOfGold 101.
397** The elderly Maria Calavera demonstrates that she teaches by the "hitting your pupil on the head with a stick" style of pedagogy when she bops Ruby with her cane for wanting to "laser-beam monsters" with her silver eyes.
398* In ''WebAnimation/SonicShorts'' Volume 4, after Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} fails at getting a chaos emerald before a goat-man swiped it, Knuckles smacks him in the head. Until he notices that he accidentally set the area on fire after tossing his cigarette.
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401[[folder:Webcomics]]
402* ''Webcomic/AntiHeroes'':
403** [[http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/54 SMACK! "Stops scaring the customers."]]
404** [[http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/125 Paid back later.]] Honestly, that takes some cojones to dope-slap a lich.
405* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'': Rachel [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p12.html is]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p13.html all]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p14.html over]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p17.html it]] for receiving dope bops to the head. She's even [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p25.html done one.]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p53.html Daisy got one, too.]]
406* In ''Webcomic/CityFace'', [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=565 Gamma does this to Zimmy]] to stop her from biting a pigeon's head off.
407* In ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'', Lucas applies this to Ethan a couple of times.
408* In ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Stark to Dominic, to break him out of a self-induced guilt trip. Seen [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-09-02 here]].
409* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', Kiel'ndia delivers one [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1610 to Shinae]] on behalf of Kyo'nne.
410* Tanna does this to Rolan twice in ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' ([[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/560 here]] and the next page [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/570 here]]), though not on the head. She considers him stupid for wanting to apologise to a woman who is bigoted against him.
411* Happens in ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'' when Lord Elf is trying to prove that Nimoy (a Vulcan) is not actually an elf, and Nimoy tries to calm him down with a Vulcan Neck Pinch. When it has no effect and Lord Elf asks if it is a Jedi mind trick, Nimoy responds with the Vulcan Dope Slap.
412* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
413** The page image above. You normally wouldn't expect someone like [[WideEyedIdealist Grace]] to perform the dope slap on anyone, [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-05-19 but when your friend's been acting like a dummy...]]
414** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-11-01 Invoked]] by Verres Sr. And then [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-11-05 an attempt to circumvent]] the limitation. He subsequently threatens to smack Justin upside the head for using the phone while driving.
415** [[PsychoExGirlfriend Melissa]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-04-04 receives]] a rather solid one. [[spoiler:Self-inflicted.]] [[ClingyJealousGirl Well-deserved]]. And apparently it fixed her [[LoveMakesYouCrazy issues]], if only temporarily. It's implied that she does this a lot.
416** [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-177 Verres Sr. is on the receiving end]] (via [[spoiler: gryphon wing]]) when he [[spoiler: slices his hand open so he can observe Tara's healing spell]].
417* ''Webcomic/FurryExperience'': Demonstrated by Ronnie after Cat says [[http://furryexperience.smackjeeves.com/comics/1291447/page-157/ something stupid]].
418* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
419** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090327 Zeetha smacks Gil]] for the extremely corny lines he's asking her to tell Agatha.
420** It's also common for Maxim and Dimo to slap Oggie around whenever he's saying something stupid, but since they're [[SuperSoldier Jägermonsters]] it tends to be very solid punches. Jenka [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080307 joins too, if she's around]].
421** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070727 "Fool! Never total your points out loud!"]]
422** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100305 And another one]], although frankly Moloch didn't deserve it; it's just that Sparks hate having their melodramatics cut short by perfectly mundane solutions.
423** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120402 Moloch giving a dope slap to a rather scary Spark inmate]] is what settle his role as chief minion of the new Heterodyne.
424* In ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', Fumbles learns the hard way that [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/02042006 the "Dodge" feat doesn't work on dope slaps]]. (Technically, it probably would have, except that he keeps getting smacked by the goblin that he hasn't "declared" his dodge on.)
425* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'':
426** Anvil seems to like the "closed fist on top of the skull" variant. [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-64-someone-skipped-the-harassment-video/ She does it to Harem for teasing Zeph.]] Of note, she bonks one of Harem's bodies for another one teasing Zeph, but they're the same person anyway.
427** And later, [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-77-shell-get-there-eventually/ again to the same Harem's body.]]
428--->'''Heatwave:''' You know what I don't get?\
429'''Harem:''' A lot of things, I'd wager.\
430''[BONK]''\
431'''Anvil:''' Be nice.
432** [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1004 Dabbler]] gets a dope slap from Anvil (on Arianna's request) during a press conference, even with a "[[Series/{{NCIS}} GIBBS]]" UnsoundEffect!
433* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' In the latest arc involving ninjas from the past, it starts with [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/690 this]], and ends with [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/694/ this]] hilarious one.
434* ''Webcomic/JL8'': [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]] gives one to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] because [[http://limbero.org/jl8/16 he said she has cooties]]. Bruce overreacts because, well, he thinks GirlsHaveCooties.
435* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'':
436** [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk0418.html Coney does this to Rudy once]]... even using "DOPE SLAP" as a [[UnsoundEffect sound effect]].
437** Kell later [[http://kevinandkell.com/2010/kk0720.html does this to her cousin Sheila]]... ''with her tail''.
438--->'''Sheila:''' Did you just give me a "dope slap" with your tail?\
439'''Kell:''' Somebody had to.
440* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'':
441** Marena applies this to Secret in [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0202.html strip #202]].
442** And again to Misho in [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0331.html #331]].
443* An interesting case in ''Kohta the Samurai'' (a NSFW webcomic): a dark elf lieutenant explains how magical rings of illusion are working while a subordinate demonstrates by taking the appearance of a dwarf. The lieutenant insists on the fact that it's an illusion, and dwarves being shorter and wider they should be wary of hitting something they shouldn't and give themselves away. Meanwhile, the subordinate is goofing around ("Oh look at me, I'm a short stupid hairyman!") and the lieutenant gives him a dope slap -- by aiming ''above'' the illusory dwarf's head, demonstrating her point.
444* ''Webcomic/LeavingTheCradle'': Val gives this to Dan when the alien wakes up and makes it clear that [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext he doesn't have telepathy like Dan thought.]]
445* In ''Webcomic/TheMansionOfE'', Sylvester [[http://mansionofe.comicgenesis.com/d/20110727.html administers one]] to Mortimer as belated [[LamePunReaction punishment for a lame pun]].
446* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', [=DiDi=]'s {{Good Angel|BadAngel}} gives her one when she fantasizes about punching out Yuki [[spoiler:to get Gary to give her an orgasm]].
447* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'':
448** [[http://narbonic.com/comic/june-9-14-2003/ Artie smacks Dave]] for inadvertently causing a self-destruct sequence in the space station ''they're on''.
449** And five strips later, [[http://narbonic.com/comic/june-16-21-2003/ Dave smacks Artie in return]], for having psychologically empowered the resident army of robot minions such that they no longer feel the need to, for example, help humans get off a self-destructing space station. Thus leading to [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/HobbitUnderfoot/smackOw.gif this]] glorious animation.
450* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
451** In the prequel book ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of PCs]]'', after a fair warning to Vaarsuvius (who was getting annoying), Haley performs a "Sneak Attack Upside the Head".
452** Nale dope-slaps his twin brother Elan in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html "The Semi-Secret Origin of Elan & Nale!"]] Apparently, that's a reflex from early childhood.
453** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0089.html "Invisibility: The Lazy Artist's Friend"]] features a rare notable aversion of the dope slap.
454--->'''Roy:''' ''[likely -- he's invisible]'' ... You're lucky attacking ends the spell, or I would smack the crap out of all of you.\
455'''Belkar:''' ''[most probably]'' Bite my 50% miss chance.
456* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'':
457** One undead [[OurWightsAreDifferent wight]] gives one [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0127.html to her husband]] as a LamePunReaction. Apparently, horrible wight-related wordplay is [[EvenEvilHasStandards less excusable]] than reanimating passers-by as undead slaves.
458** TheComicallySerious Paula [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0487.html gives one]] to Martin Galespy.
459--->'''Paula:''' I exercise my right from Emperor Angelo Souballo to discipline you upside the head for "being an annoying twerp."
460* ''Webcomic/OutOfPlacers'' features Matriarch Vizlet, who is quite possibly [[OnlySaneMan the only fully level-headed yinglet in the setting]]. As such, she occasionally has to [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oop012/ smack a little sense]] into the [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny nervous pile of ADHD]] that is the average yinglet.
461* [[ProperLady Muneca Powell]] of ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'' have begun doing this to [[FieryRedhead Cinna Grossul]], usually when Cinna is being immature or rude. After the, like, seventh dope slap from Muneca, Cinna have had enough:
462-->'''Cinna:''' Quit slapping me. I'm not a child, you know.
463* ''Webcomic/{{Plume}}'': Corrick has a habit of doing this to his proteges when they annoy him.
464* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'':
465** The karate chop variant is done to Hannelore in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1576 #1576]]. "'''BAD''' Hanners! '''NO''' murdering friends! '''BAD!'''"
466** And the more traditional slap is applied to Steve by Cosette in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1876 #1876]].
467** Steve gives Marten one in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2034 strip #2034]].
468* In ''A Roo's Tale'', the [[FunnyAnimal boomer]] [[http://rood2.xepher.net/archive/art183.html gets one]] from a girl kangaroo!
469-->"[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Stare at a sexy, stacked skunk sauntering slow, but a solid, stinging skull-slap soon sets a silly suitor straight!]]"
470* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'':
471** The dope slap can also be used to reset the tune of an [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=222 annoying squirrel girl]].
472** Uh-oh! Art's been mean to Leonard with his new toy! '''[[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=821 Kat is NOT HAVING IT]]''' and goes upside his head!
473* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Duane whacks Lemuel across the back of the head when he sarcastically says ''"Punch another politician,"'' when Duane tries to tell him that they need to get things done through diplomacy rather than violence shortly after punching one of the most powerful men in Alderode in the face for suggesting they spread a plague to preserve power.
474* In the second arc of ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', Anne accidentally turns Jason into a [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]] spoof. Robin teases him/her about it, and Jason unwittingly [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2002-12-23 telekinetically fwaps him with his/her mind as retaliation]]. Once the surprise wears off, he/she does a few more times for spite before Anne gets them to focus.
475* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': It's not that [[DoesNotLikeMen Arachne]] [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1438-still-not-entirely-helpful/ disprove of Gren leaving Bob...]] but when the drow learns she'd done it for another '''guy''', she whaps the goblin girl on the head.
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478[[folder:Websites]]
479* Invoked in [[https://notalwaysworking.com/weeding-himself-out/37227 this]] ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' entry by a manager who catches an employee smoking weed on the job.
480* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-572 SCP-572: Katana of Apparent Invincibility]]. Once the Katana is removed from the victim's grasp, "all psychological effects can usually be expunged by a single swift blow to the back of the subject's head."
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483[[folder:Web Videos]]
484* Website/ChannelAwesome:
485** Poor WebVideo/{{Phelous}} gets one in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' Part 2:
486--->'''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic N. Bison]]:''' Phallus, send the signal to sound the charge!\
487'''Phelous:''' Okay, first of all it's "Phelous", not "Phallus", and second of all, the guy is standing right there looking at you. Why don't you send the signal yourself?\
488'''N. Bison:''' ''[chuckle]'' Phallus. ''[dope slap]'' Just do it.
489** In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', Group 2 battles the Cloaks on a playground. When a mother shows up with her kid and tells them to scram:
490--->'''Angry Joe:''' Oh, come on! [[HypocriticalHumor She's too old to be on a playground, anyway!]] What, does she believe in Santa Claus, too?\
491''[the little girl looks shocked and begins to tear up]''\
492''[[[EvenEvilHasStandards Cloak 2 hits Joe on the back of the head]]]''
493** ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
494*** In the review of ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', when the Deacon dope-slaps [[TheScrappy Enola]], the Critic likes this part so much, he asks to watch it in loop.
495*** In the [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS9E12 Jem episode]], the Critic gets one because of him saying a certain phrase from the analysts:
496---->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' I don't know... I mean the chart says...\
497''[Malcolm slaps Critic]''\
498'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Thank you.
499* ''Series/FlandersCompany'':
500** [[UnresolvedSexualTension Cindy gives one to Caleb]] in Season 3 for being one-upped by Nadège.
501** In Season 5, Henri Pottier and Caleb cannot help themselves giving repeated dope slaps to [[spoiler:Jean Kevin Solo, a.k.a. Kylo Ren]], because he looks so much like Severus Snape (Henri even ponders if he isn't Snape's hidden son).
502* To name one example in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', Polnareff gets a Dope Punch when he mistakenly thinks Joseph was talking about Indian curry. [[note]]It's a Japanese play on words. Joseph says he words "India no kare" in his dialogue, and the way the word "Kare" is pronounced sounds similar to "curry."[[/note]]
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505[[folder:Real Life]]
506* Malcolm Gladwell's book ''Outliers'' discusses various Korean Air plane crashes, concluding that a significant part of it was a hierarchical culture between pilots and co-pilots which led to poor communication. One JustForFun/{{egregious}} example came when the captain ''dope-slapped his co-pilot''.
507* An increasingly common variation nowadays is basically a whiffed dope slap. Make all the motions and aim for the general vicinity of the back of the head without actually striking the person. This avoids actually physically contacting people's heads and the imagery ensures the message is clear. Sometimes, the quip ("what are you stupid?!" or, "you dumbass!") is also left out as receiving the action is indicator enough that the recipient is doing something inane.
508* Montenegrin footballer Mirko Vucinic has a habit of celebrating goals by [[ComedicUnderwearExposure taking off his shorts and running around in his underwear]]. Originally believed to be [[LoopholeAbuse a way to get around FIFA's rule]] that taking off one's jersey was punishable by a yellow card, [[ObviousRulePatch they quickly caught on and translated it to this as well.]] When he did this while playing for Italian club Juventus after a penalty kick goal against Pescara on April 6, 2013, his manager, Antonio Conte, gave him several dope slaps, yelling at him the entire time. He got his yellow card. And scored a second goal six minutes later, though he ''did not'' take his shorts off the second time.
509* In American Sign Language, one way to point out a person is being stupid is to flick one's finger at the person's head, figuratively using the signal for the word "melon" to indicate the one flicked is being a ''melon-head''. As a bonus, this is also an instantly recognizable signal to most hearing people even if they don't know any sign language, as it resembles how they might rap their knuckles on someone's head while asking "Hello! Anybody ''in'' there?"
510* In carspotting, there is a game where if someone sees any variation of a Volkswagen Beetle, the one who sees the Beetle first will dope slap the other. The other party would not slap back until they spot another Beetle.
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