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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': A frequent RunningGag is for someone's soul to pop right out of their head, usually as a result of some form of CutenessOverload or other form of bliss. This often results in another character grabbing the soul and popping it back into its owner as a FunnyBackgroundEvent. In chapter 58, for example, the sight of Hahari dressed as a high-schooler sends her maid Mei's soul popping out, only for Nano to pop it back in. In chapter 106, the opposite happens as Hahari's ghost begins popping out in her bliss at being thanked by Kurumi for the all-you-can-eat yakiniku the family is having. Mei has to grab her soul and pop it back in before the fans in the room suck it away.

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* Chip does this in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' after claiming that [[BigEater lack of food access would be so horrible]], he would die.
* This happens in UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis' ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters 1990}}'' game. In the "Castle" level, you (the player) find two of your fellow 'Busters under the spell of a Possessor. When fully exorcised, the Green Ghost that you have to trap escapes from the Ghostbuster's mouth.

* In ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', splatted Inklings have their squid-form "ghost" float upward and head back to their spawn point. One ability, "Haunt", even causes said ghost to haunt the guilty party and revealing them on the map to your teammates for a short time. The same goes for Octolings, who leave octopus-shaped ones, of course.

* This happens quite frequently in ''Manga/LoveHina'', especially with Mutsumi Otohime. Early on she was prone to "dying" (she faints) at the drop of a hat, so much so that it gets {{lampshade|Hanging}}d quite often. At one point, Motoko noticed such a serene calm coming from Mutsumi during a New Years ritual that she thought she was achieving Buddhist transcendence... until everyone realized that Mutsumi was about to die from the cold, so they had to grab her soul and wake her up again.

* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': [[StockShonenHero Kazuki's]] soul will often attempt to leave his body when [[ActionGirlfriend Tokiko]] hits him during the more lighthearted moments of the series, such as after his [[EpicFail disastrous]] attempt to emulate the seductive 'Bravo Kiss' during the BeachEpisode.
* This occurs in one of the [[{{Omake}} Niwanaishos]] in ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'''s anime adaptation. Yumi and Youko are trying to get a scene right that involves drinking a nauseous mix of strawberry juice and milk. They mess the scene up two times. During the last take Yumi passes out and gives up her ghost.
* This occurs in episode 2 of ''Manga/FairyTail'' during the guild brawl. Lucy is speaking with Mirajane about the commotion, asking if this is normal for the guild. As Mira is replying that they guild is always like this, Her brother Elfman is thrown into her, knocking her unconscious and giving up her ghost.
** This also happens in episode 8. Kage gives up his ghost when he is informed that he looks like the Blue Pegasus guild master, Bob, when he was younger. Master Makarov does this in the the episode when Natsu, Gray and Erza [[spoiler: defeat the demon from the lullaby, but destroy the Guild Master meeting hall in the process.]]
** In the anime version after Elfman just [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] Sol, he gives up the ghost and the enraged Elfman grabs it, ''shoves it back in'', '''''and beats the shit out of him some more!'''''
-->'''Sol''': No~n, at least let me lose consciousness!...
* ''Manga/HaruhiChan'':
** Happens to the Computer Club members in the 5th episode after the dodgeball game.
** In Episode 10, both Yuki and Mini-Ryoko give up the ghost after being knocked out. Before that, Yuki gave it up when the scene cuts to the bedroom, whereas Mini-Ryoko gives it up after a failed WallJump.
** In the Christmas Episode, when Haruhi hits Kyon, after a short time, Kyon's ghost emerges from his body. Oddly enough, it remains until later on.

* This happens to Kon all the time in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Usually after Ichigo or Rukia beat him up for being annoying.
* A few times in ''Manga/LuckyStar'':
** Konata gives hers up after gaming for 3 days straight.
** In the very next scene, Miss Kuroi gives it up as she rushes to the classroom and tells her students to switch out of summer break mode and go back to focusing on school. The class is shocked that she's saying that when she's not even prepared herself.
** Hiyori Tamura does this after pulling off an all-nighter to meet her manga submission deadline.
* Happens to Ikko all the time in ''Manga/AhMyBuddha''. It's to be expected since the series is about ghosts and {{ecchi}}.
* Sunako Nakahara in ''Manga/TheWallflower'' has this happen to her in the manga, when her aunt tries to get her to sleep with Kyohei.

* Happens in episode 21 of ''Manga/OuranHighschoolHostClub'' to nearly everyone that gets scared in some way by a Halloween prank.
* This happens to Kurumi in the 2nd episode of ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' when Becky called her a boring girl who has no noticeable characteristics. Her soul can be seen just floating out of her mouth. When Becky calls her "Boring Girl" again, her ghost screams out in further shock. It just escapes further and further outward across the rest of the episode until it finally flies away when Ichijo adds the final nail to the coffin. It happens a few other times across the series too.
* The page image is from ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'''s [[EvolvingCredits 14th episode opening]], which has some unusual cartoon violence for this otherwise fairly realistic show.
* One of the more comedic scenes in ''Literature/TheSacredBlacksmith'' involves Charlotte and her bodyguards. First by Charlotte from the shock that a ''princess'' like herself has to perform the tasks of a common servant as well as look the part. Her friends decide to gang up on Fio for subjecting her to such a state, and then this happens to all three of them after Fio effortlessly knocks them out and leaves them piled up on the floor.
* Near the end of episode 5 of ''Manga/BGataHKei'', Kosuda's blue-colored soul is gently hanging out of his mouth as he reflects upon how he ended up seeing underneath Yamada's skirt while she wasn't wearing any panties at school earlier that day.
* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' involves some characters sometimes giving up the ghost. One particular instance involves a ''[[ShowWithinAShow Helvetica Standard]]'' skit where a mouse is killed by extremely powerful projectile toast, prompting one last "chuu~" out of it.
* In episode 15 of ''Anime/OhEdoRocket'', [[BookWorm Shunpei]] is so worried about his constant worrying that he can't get any sleep. When Onui wakes up the next morning, she sees that his body is a shriveled up husk and his spirit is drifting out of a pouch hanging from his waist. She panics and quickly revives him.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** In the anime version, when Nami sees a lion with a freaky face in the Thriller Bark arc, she gives up the ghost out of fear.
** In the manga, when Luffy leaves Zou by ''jumping off the island'' with his group, Brook gives up the ghost. In the anime version of that same scene, Brook's ghost ''also'' gives up a few ghosts!
* Chihaya's relentless verbal attacks against Hasebe in episode 13 of ''Manga/ServantXService'', together with that of Miyoshi and Ichimiya to a lesser extent, caused his soul to exit from his body multiple times!
* Early ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' would have this happen to someone almost every chapter. Either it's an unfortunate victim of [[LethalChef Miia's cooking]] or it's Kimihito being injured by someone in his UnwantedHarem getting overly enthusiastic again. There's a little bit of FridgeHorror when it's revealed [[spoiler: that he actually dies and comes back to life every time he gets hurt this badly]].
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', Russia once grabbed Latvia to help him stop shaking, but Latvia was so terrified that his soul flew out of his mouth.
* In ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' Mahiro's mother Yoriko says that Mahiro and Nyarko should start their relationship slow and be friends first; Nyarko, mistakenly thinking she's been friend zoned, has this reaction.
* One of Hibiki's classmates does this in ''Manga/ReKan''.
* In ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' Omake 1 for season two, when Mika asks Krul to tell him why she wants the Seraph of the End, she whispers into his ear. However, she's literally just saying "whisper, whisper", making Mika asks her to repeat herself. About the third time he asks her to repeat, she whispers, "About Yuuichiro, actually--" Followed by a long censored beep. Whatever it was she said, it caused Mika to have a fully red face and then promptly pass out while his soul happily ascends to heaven. Krul is amused.
* In one chapter of ''Manga/SquidGirl'', Squid Girl wants to be taller, and tries different ways to grow taller, but they do not work. The last attempt ends up with Squid Girl's leg muscle being popped, and Squid Girl states how she is growing taller... until it's revealed that Squid Girl's ghost is now drifting off. Squid Girl is quickly awakened, luckily.
* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'', when Tsukimi discovered that Kuranosuke was from a rich politician's family.
-->'''Mayaya:''' Tsukimi, what's the matter? Why is there protoplasm coming out of your mouth!?
* Happens in episode 13 of ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' from Kazuma's mom hitting him for not warning her that Tsubasa was coming over.
* In ''Manga/BlackClover'', Charmy gives Yuno a dessert cake to help restore his magic and keep his strength up. When he mentions that it's delicious, Charmy falls over and lets her soul drift from her mouth with a look of pure bliss on both her and its face.
* In chapter 13 of ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'', a lady mentions to Punpun and the kids that there was a guy that committed suicide via fire, even saying they might run into his "toasty ghosty." At that, Punpun collapses and gives his ghost up.
* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'':
** In the fifth chapter, Mira does this when Ao mentions [[GoalInLife discovering an asteroid]] is increasingly difficult.
** A more dramatic version occurs in the thirty-fourth chapter, when both Mira and Ao are having a HeroicBSOD when it turns out [[spoiler:one of them is]] accepted to the Shining Star Challenge [[spoiler:while the other doesn't make it]]. Mira goes BlankWhiteEyes and have this at the same time.

* A fairly common gag in ''Manga/WeNeverLearn'' is that someone rather distressed at what someone else has said will undergo this. One particularly notable instance was, when Rizu and Fumino inadvertently reveal more NotWhatItLooksLike incidents to Kirisu-sensei that the latter hadn't heard about before, Yuiga not only does this, but his ghost simultaneously [[BloodFromTheMouth coughs up blood]].
* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet''; [[Literature/Overlord2012 Ainz]] gives up the ghost after he gets fried by a Turn Undead spell from [[Literature/KonoSuba Aqua]].
* When Moka believes she'll go on a date with Aoyama in ''Manga/CleanFreakAoyamakun'', she gets so nervous she feels like she could die at any moment that her soul leaves her body.
* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': A frequent RunningGag is for someone's soul to pop right out of their head, usually as a result of some form of CutenessOverload or other form of bliss. This often results in another character grabbing the soul and popping it back into its owner as a FunnyBackgroundEvent. In chapter 58, for example, the sight of Hahari dressed as a high-schooler sends her maid Mei's soul popping out, only for Nano to pop it back in. In chapter 106, the opposite happens as Hahari's ghost begins popping out in her bliss at being thanked by Kurumi for the all-you-can-eat yakiniku the family is having. Mei has to grab her soul and pop it back in before the fans in the room suck it away.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': A frequent RunningGag is for someone's soul to pop right out of their head, usually as a result of some form of CutenessOverload or other form of bliss. This often results in another character grabbing the soul and popping it back into its owner as a FunnyBackgroundEvent. In chapter 58, for example, the sight of Hahari dressed as a high-schooler sends her soul popping out, only for Nano to pop it back in. In chapter 106, the opposite happens as Hahari's ghost begins popping out in her bliss at being thanked by Kurumi for the all-you-can-eat yakiniku the family is having. Mei has to grab her soul and pop it back in before the fans in the room suck it away.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': A frequent RunningGag is for someone's soul to pop right out of their head, usually as a result of some form of CutenessOverload or other form of bliss. This often results in another character grabbing the soul and popping it back into its owner as a FunnyBackgroundEvent. In chapter 58, for example, the sight of Hahari dressed as a high-schooler sends her soul popping out, only for Nano to pop it back in. In chapter 106, the opposite happens as Hahari's ghost begins popping out in her bliss at being thanked by Kurumi for the all-you-can-eat yakiniku the family is having. Mei has to grab her soul and pop it back in before the fans in the room suck it away.

* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' involves some characters sometimes giving up the ghost. One particular instance involves a ''[[ShowWithinAShow Helvetica Standard]]'' skit where a mouse is killed by extremely powerful projectile toast, prompting one last "chuu~" out of it. This being a WidgetSeries, ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.