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Basic Trope: A character smiles after being knocked unconscious, drugged, hypnotized etc.

  • Straight: Bob gets hit on the head and smiles dizzily before passing out.
  • Exaggerated: Bob gets hit on the head and giggles before passing out.
  • Downplayed: Bob gets hit on the head and smiles after passing out.
  • Justified: Bob was saying something when he was KOed while he was doing a 'cheese' mouth flap.
  • Inverted: Bob gets hit on the head and just grimaces in pain before passing out.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: Bob and Alice get hit on the head. Bob has a dizzy smile, but Alice doesn't.
  • Averted: Bob gets hit on the head and looks stunned before passing out.
  • Enforced: The creator doesn't want the audience to feel too concerned about a character who just got hit on the head.
  • Lampshaded: Bob gets hit on the head and Alice notices the dizzy smile on his face and says: Is he high?
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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