History Main / ArmorPiercingSlap

* Indiana Jones receives one from his father in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Henry insists on going to Berlin to retrieve his Grail Diary -- vital to safely recovering the grail -- rather than head to the Middle East to rescue Marcus, and when Indy tries to call him out on it Henry insists Marcus would agree. Exasperated, the younger Jones takes Christ's name in vain when Henry slaps him, shutting him up long enough to explain ''why'' getting to the Grail first is so important.
-->'''Indy:''' [[SarcasmMode Two selfless martyrs.]] Jesus Christ. (''[[BerserkButton Henry Jones slaps his son lightly on the cheek]] and responds with [[DeathGlare a stern, murderous look]]'')\\
'''Henry:''' That's for blasphemy! The quest for the grail is not archaeology, it's a race against evil! If it is captured by the Nazis the armies of darkness will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?

*** Bulma later slaps Goku towards the end of the ''[=BoG=]'' movie and it's played straight.
-->'''Vegeta:''' Bulma, I believe Kakarot deserves some more of your signature slaps!\\

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Jen Masterson from WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}} slaps Dash for harassing her and Danny during their date. He did not take that well.

* Surprisingly, in ''Fanfic/GoingAnotherWay'', it's ''Rei'' who gives out these. The three people who got these were Shinji (a misunderstanding), Asuka (for disrespecting her and Shinji's relationship) and Gendo (for obvious reasons).
** Also, Asuka slaps Rei, which does quickly escalate into a full-blown CatFight.

* During the prologue of the third story of [[AdventuresOfTheGems Adventures of the Gems]], Steven calls out Connie for thinking more about wanting to get home than his twin sister Nora's wellbeing, resulting in a heated argument. And during that moment, Steven compared his actions on wanting to surrender to Connie’s even not caring about Nora, resulting in Connie slapping him across his face without before wishing she had never met him to both her own regret and Steven’s shock.

* Yukimura Keiko's slaps in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern Bleez]] slapped Supergirl when the latter's impulsiveness and recklessness almost destroyed the very city that they were trying to save. Kara barely could feel the slap since she is invulnerable, but she got hurt because Bleez was one of her few friends.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} receives this in ''Comicbook/SupermanGrounded''. While talking to reporters, a woman comes up and gives him one because [[spoiler: her husband died of a brain tumor while Superman was off-planet, and Superman could have saved him]]. She even tells Superman that she knew it wouldn't hurt him, she just wanted him to know how it felt. Doesn't explain the fact that she blames him for something he had no way of knowing about. The crowd of reporters mentions that after she leaves, but by then Supes already started having his HeroicBSOD.
* Superman receives one in ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'' when Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} tries to get his help to stop an AlienInvasion and he tells her has too many issues to contend with on Earth to deal with an intergalactic war. Kara gets angry, calls him a coward and slaps him before storming off.
* In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', ComicBook/{{Superboy}} becomes time-displaced and body-swapped with his adult self. At some point, he tries to romance adult [[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Lana Lang]], unaware that adult Superman had told Lana off years ago. Lana gives him one withering glare before slapping him and calling him out.

* During the prologue of the third story of [[AdventuresOfTheGems]], Steven calls out Connie for thinking more about wanting to getting home than his twin sister Nora's wellbeing, resulting in a heated argument. And it's during that argument that Steven compares Connie

* During the prologue of the third story of [[AdventuresOfTheGems]], Steven calls out Connie for thinking more about getting home that his twin sister Nora's wellbeing

-->'''Yelena:''' ''[stunned silence]'' ...What was ''that?''

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The hero's friend, girlfriend/boyfriend, parent or younger sibling, or a random civilian (whose pastry shop was destroyed in the FinalBattle) is about to explode, and they're at ground zero, often without a bomb kit or a prayer, and TheHero is ''not helping''. So they slap him/her--and it ''hurts''. Doesn't matter if they're MadeOfIron, [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]], or even [[PhysicalGod completely invincible]], or [[IllGirl how weak or powerless the slapper normally is]]. The victim ''will'' feel the pain.

* On ''Series/{{Haven}},'' Nathan, while under the influence of a Trouble that induces paranoia, becomes a CrazyJealousGuy and accuses Audrey of being attracted to new guy William. When he takes it a step too far and asks how long it will be before she's sleeping with him, Audrey slaps him. Given Nathan's Trouble means he [[FeelNoPain can't feel anything]] ''except'' [[AntiMagic Audrey's]] touch, it's a particularly pointed use of the trope.

* ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'': ObliviousToLove IdiotHero + ({{Tsundere}} + [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] competing for his affection) = earth-shattering DOUBLE Armor Piercing Slap.

* In ''Film/RockyII'', [[TheHero Rocky's]] trainer [[TheMentor Mickey]] refuses to coach Rocky for his rematch against the heavyweight champ. After an annoyed Rocky insults the old man, Mickey slaps him hard. Notably, Mickey [[ExploitedTrope uses the slap to prove his entire point]], and Rocky can't dispute it:
--> '''Mickey''': You didn't even see that coming, did ya? And that was from a broken-down old pug like ''me''. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Whaddaya think the champ's gonna do to ya?]]
--> '''Rocky''': Hurt me bad.

** Lily, a normally soft-spoken nun, does this to Alicia, the Knight of Iris, for [[StupidSacrifice surrendering her entire fort]] to the Black Dogs rather than resisting, [[DidntThinkThisThrough hoping that]] the Black Dogs would [[ILied keep their word]] to release the hostages nuns, Lily included. Considering how the nuns [[RapeAsDrama ended up]], it goes on to show what a [[FatalFlaw terrible]] decision-maker Alicia is.
** In Chapter 31 of the original, [[GoodIsNotNice Kyril]] [[BrutalHonesty bluntly states]] to Olga that there's nothing she can do to help her shadow Chloe, a wreck both physically and emotionally, due to the torture inflicted during her capture by Mandeville. Angered, she slaps him, and he doesn't react for a few moments. Tension builds up as Kyril raises an arm... to give her a CooldownHug.

* Played for drama in ''Series/{{Rome}}''. UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar has to break up with his mistress Servilia when their affair becomes public knowledge. When she calls him out on his motives and starts slapping his face, he knocks her to the floor with a couple of hard, deliberate slaps. Perhaps he though he was being CruelToBeKind, but this works a bit too well as [[WomanScorned Servilia turns against Caesar in hate]], engineering the events that lead to his assassination.

** Negi himself doesn't ''always'' let girls slap him. At [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c181/16.html one point]], he actually [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c181/17.html blocks]] Anya's punch.
** Chisame does this to Negi when [[spoiler:he is possessed by his SuperpoweredEvilSide during his meeting with Godel. It fully snaps him out of it despite the fact that the [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/8.html transformation]] was triggered by Godel taking credit for massacring Negi's entire village as a child. Seeing as this is the entire reason for Negi's dark-natured mindset, this is quite the feat. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c265/12.html Here.]]]]

* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' when Molly and Golly have just met, and Golly has been picking on Molly relentlessly, [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080412.html Molly finally slaps her.]] It's a big [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080415.html emotional moment]] for both of them: Molly has never been mad enough to hit ''anyone'' before; whereas Molly was at that point the only person in the world that Golly even halfway trusted. (While, as clone-sisters, they're of equal strength, Golly is a fairly violent person, while Molly hasn't got a violent bone in her body.)

* ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' weaponizes slaps as strikes during matches. The first chapter shows Roora [[BreastAttack delivering painful slaps to Fenny's breasts to damage her.]]

* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', [[spoiler: Shuro receives one from Laios of all people, when he suggests killing the newly monster-fied Falin]].
* The ''Mazinger'' series had a good amount of slapping going around:
** Sayaka to Kouji from ''Anime/MazingerZ''. Given that Kouji was the poster boy for tactless, IdiotHero, and Sayaka a {{Tsundere}}, he found himself in the receiving end of these rather often.

* Jun to Tetsuya from ''Anime/GreatMazinger''. Given that Tetsuya TookALevelInJerkass when he was angry or upset, and Jun had little patience for stupidity, it is not surprising. A good example happens in the last episodes: Tetsuya is jealousy from Kouji, thinking Kouji will replace him and then everybody will forget about him. When Jun tried to reassure him it would not happen, he accused her of wanting to replace him with Kouji, too. She slapped him hard. Given that Jun had spent the whole series chasing after him while Tetsuya remained oblivious, it is entirely understandable.
** And Maria from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' also gave Kouji some of these.
* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Chururu]] gave one of these to [[TheHero Jordy]] in episode 3 when [[ClingyJealousGirl she asked him if he liked Hilmuka]] and to tease her, he replied "What if I do?"
* Done a few times in ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. [[spoiler:Sometimes enhanced by knives.]]
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', there is quite a lot of slapping done.
** Rei slaps Shinji when he belittles Gendo.
** Misato slaps Ritsuko when she says that Shinji (the pilot's life) isn't NERV's priority after he is swallowed by the angel.
** Misato slaps Ritsuko again when she continues to beat around the bush on the Eva's nature.
** Asuka slaps Shinji and his two friends after they accidentally saw her panties during their first meeting... and then she slapped Toji again when he pulls his pants down in retaliation.
** Asuka slaps Rei when her confidence continues to spiral downwards and Rei confirms her obedience towards Gendo to the point of not fearing death and reminding Asuka of her disgust towards dolls.
** Although Shinji has no armor when slapped things are awesomely- inverted in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games: when ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Bright Noa]]'' slaps Shinji, Shinji starts to get his act together, gain a spine and a thicker skin, and gradually evolves into a badass. There's a reason that such slaps were originally known as [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Bright Slaps]].
* In ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'', we see [[TheStoic Shuu]] get truly angry exactly once - when another character, who happened to be ''blackmailing him'', [[DudeNotFunny pretended she was going to commit suicide as a joke.]] His response is to rush over to her place, and upon finding her completely okay, ''[[WouldHitAGirl hits]] [[AngerBornOfWorry her]]'' several times. [[spoiler: When she realizes he was genuinely worried for her safety, she starts to fall for him.]]
* Sae and Momo have slapped each other many times in ''Anime/PeachGirl''.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Akane gives Ranma plenty beatings... but when she is ''seriously'' angry or upset with him, all that she does is slap him. Likewise, her slaps get Ranma more affected than any of her beat-him-to-the-ground-or-slam-him-in-orbit moments. Partially justified as Akane Tendō comes from a family of martial artists who lives in a dojo, and is probably quite skilled, but only [[CantCatchUp partially]] because the title character Ranma is one of the best martial artists around, who can [[OvershadowedByAwesome easily]] beat her in a fight. And Ranma is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who often goes {{jerkass}} on her because of his raising and his macho behavior. He ''does'' care for Akane and is the first one to go help her if she needs it, but outside of these tight situations he just ''won't'' [[CannotSpitItOut spit it out]] or stop [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend denying his attraction to her]], and often he will go out of his way to tease her or mock her, therefore unleashing her violent side.
** An Armor-Piercing {{Curb Stomp B|attle}}eatdown variety applies to the OldMaster Happōosai. He may be one of the (if not ''the'') top martial artists in the series, [[SuperSpeed able to move so fast as to be invisible]], [[SuperStrength strong as an ox]] and [[BattleAura unbelievably powerful]], but if Akane or the mob of girls [[PantyThief whose underwear he stole]] [[MegatonPunch catches up with him]]....

* Himura Kenshin, the second most powerful swordsman in Japan in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', can still be beaten into a daze by Kaoru... although it could be argued he's not bothering to fight back. (During a ClipShow, Yahiko [[LampshadeHanging notes this]] and decides that this must mean ''Kaoru'' is actually the best swordsman in the country... for some reason, Kaoru doesn't like the implication.)
* A bit more realistically with Fuu on ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. Once or twice, she's given Mugen a good whack across the head with her wooden sandal. This however, like several of the series aspects, is completely distorted within the proceeding manga adaptation. One bonus chapter featured her beating Jin (of all people) to such a bloody pulp that {{pixellation}} had to be applied to what was left of him.

* A rare serious use and discussion of this trope appears in ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'', when the title character is facing a character, Yanagi, who is a renowned master of the open-hand slap. Baki remembers his father, the world's greatest martial artist, describing the slap as the one move that is effective anywhere on the body (as opposed to, say, a closed-fist punch which can break the attacker's hand if not aimed precisely). He further adds that his father said this technique was reserved solely for the self-defense of women and children. He then challenges Yanagi to a slap fight anyway, which leads to Baki ending up in the hospital. It should be noted that said slaps were so fast and brutal as to ''flay the skin right off the recipient.''

* Iwata got the taste slapped out of him by Misaki Matsuya in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' when he suggested that getting changed in the locker room would give him an opportunity to see her naked body. He got slapped into a vending machine so hard he demolished it.

* In ''Manga/{{Imadoki}}'', [[PluckyGirl Tanpopo]] is so angry that student council president Ogata mocked her friend, Arisa, over her pregnancy that she quickly asks Kouki if he minds that her actions will mean their request to exchange all fake plants with real ones gets denied, and then smacks Ogata in full-page glory.
* Anna Kyouyama from ''Manga/ShamanKing'' is famous for slapping several characters around. Even villain Hao. [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty Who actually]] [[LoveAtFirstPunch likes it]].
** [[spoiler: Probably because his own mother has her own Armor Piercing Slap]]
** Anna's first meeting with Hao is actually a DoubleSubversion. She unleashes a slap on Hao, only for him to grab her wrist before she can do it, shocking everyone (including her.) Then she catches him off-guard with a Legendary Left.

* Yukimura Keiko's slaps in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
* Subverted in ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'' when, in the midst of being held hostage, Tylor tells Yuriko that she can hit him if she wants, offers her a briefcase to do it with, and then ducks when she swings. The briefcase hits the bomb-wielding terrorist, ending the crisis. He gets slapped at other times as well but doesn't have any armor to pierce. She never seems able to actually ''hurt'' the Captain, and he seems to ''like'' getting slapped by her to begin with.
* Souichi of ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'', [[DoubleStandard despite being male]], can get away with this because his love interest (but don't ''[[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend ever]]'' tell that to him) Morinaga is [[YaoiGenre also male]]. His more serious punches and kicks have left Morinaga bleeding and nearly unconscious, or with bruises that persist for several panels, though they're usually reserved for times when Souichi feels especially provoked or spurned by Morinaga; most of the other time, his physical violence is presented as [[AmusingInjuries harmless]] {{slapstick}} caused by his [[{{Tsundere}} cranky disposition]].

* [[HoYay/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Les Yay]] variant in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'': Teana Lanster frequently manhandles her {{Shorttank}} partner Subaru Nakajima whenever she does or says something that [[{{Tsundere}} ticks her off]] (Which is, well, often). Pretty amazing, since Teana's just a [[TheSmartGuy smart girl]] [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] while Subaru's a LightningBruiser [[spoiler: [[SuperPrototype Type-Zero]] {{Cyborg}}]].
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke has been beaten up often enough by Kaname to break out in a cold sweat as soon as he realizes she's angry about something. Even though Sousuke is a [[OneManArmy ridiculously skilled]] mercenary and Kaname is just a very athletic high school girl. And, as the second season clearly demonstrated, the only thing Sousuke apparently needs to keep kicking ass is being reminded what ''real'' pain is by Kaname. [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan And damn, she's good at that]].
** Likewise, [[LovableSexManiac Kurz Weber]] takes a lot of well-earned abuse from Melissa Mao for his antics. In this case, however, it's much more sensible, given that Mao is a former Marine and Kurz's hand-to-hand combat skills are comparatively a bit lacking.
* A non-comedic example occurs in the first episode of ''Anime/SakuraWarsTV''. [[spoiler: Sumire slaps Sakura for wrecking the Kobu kais before kicking her out of Flower Division.]]
* Miyabi nails Kaoru with this in the second episode of ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'', due to Kaoru's AccidentalPervert moment with Aoi and Miyabi's MamaBear reaction.
* Nishizawa from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' has a ''nuclear'' slap. Hayate find this out the hard way.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' plays the trope straight when Ichigo Kurosaki, depressed and guilt-ridden, lets himself be beaten by an angry Tatsuki Arisawa who feels that he has betrayed their friendship. It's slightly subverted by the fact that Tatsuki is probably the strongest BadassNormal around, but Ichigo is much stronger than her and could have stopped her if he wanted to.
** Also subverted when Rukia Kuchiki, not above using force to get her way, decides to kick Tessai in the backside to get his attention, only to find out the hard way just how MadeOfIron he really is. Not only does he not feel it, he only notices her when he turns to see her cradling her injured foot.
*** The same happens in the flashback arc when Sarugaki Hiyori decides to kick Urahara in the nuts -- and learns that Urahara is always [[CrazyPrepared prepared for]] ''[[CrazyPrepared everything]]''. [[BallsOfSteel Painful lesson, indeed.]]
*** Again subverted when Orihime Inoue bitchslaps [[spoiler: her jailer, Ulquiorra]] in the Arrancar arc. His skin is like iron, she just ended up hurting her hand.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** It was played straight earlier in ''Manga/DragonBall'', though, and [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]] is usually on the receiving end after trying to sexually harass Bulma. Despite being basically indestructible by normal human standards and fast enough to catch bullets, Roshi always ends up with AmusingInjuries once Bulma's ire is triggered.
** Subverted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Chi-Chi, Gohan's mother and the main {{Tsundere}} of the series, walks up to Majin Buu (who just destroyed almost the entire population of Earth) and slaps him, berating him for destroying everything. His response? He calmly turns her into an egg, and steps on it.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Bulma tries this on [[PhysicalGod Beerus,]] to no effect. He slaps her right back and knocks her to the ground, that her head was even still attached to her shoulders is a sign of how much he was holding back.
*** Bulma later slaps Goku towards the end of the ''[=BoG=]'' movie and it's played straight.
-->'''Vegeta:''' Bulma, I believe Kakarot deserves some more of your signature slaps!\\
'''Bulma:''' Sure does!
** In ''Super'', Bulma does it again when Beerus [[BerserkButton calls her old]], but she manages to get away with it. In a later arc, one of the signs that Goku is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness unusually nervous]] is that he dodges one of Bulma's slaps instead of letting her hit him.

* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', Rena Ryuugu packs quite a punch. She usually does it playfully but still...
* In the sequel to ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'', this is used as an actual (serious) attack by the titular mecha in the form of the Hell Slap which involves the Jeeg deploying spiles on its palm and igniting a jet on the back of its hand to deliver a powerful [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin slap]] to the enemy. A variant of this involves the hand [[RocketPunch detaching]] and striking the enemies around it.
* In ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'', Wolfram takes the time to verbally bash Yuuri's mother, calling her a Cheap Hussy. Completely pissed, Yuuri delivers a vicious slap to his face that sent the room into silence. Yuuri then learns to ''never do this again'', because slapping someone's left cheek is a [[WackyMarriageProposal marriage proposal]]. So, he then became engaged to the very person who insulted his mother. Way to go.
* A rare male-to-male example: In ''Manga/InitialD Second Stage'', Seiji of Team Emperor, after his defeat at the hands of Takumi, gets slapped by Kyouichi, who follows it up with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* Possibly the most literal example comes from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', when Klan Klan, a Zentradi giant, get upset with Mikeal, slaps his mech so hard that it knocks him off balance.
* Female on female example from ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'': [[spoiler: Anko]] repeatedly slaps [[spoiler: Youko]] while screaming "WhatTheHellHero!" at her, after [[spoiler: she's revealed as TheMole from another Earth and Koyemshi's younger sister]].
* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': A male on male example occurs in episode 2. When Albert tries to make light of almost having been killed, Franz slaps him.
** And in one of the later episodes, when Albert starts blaming his mother for being the cause of [[BreakTheCutie all the crap he's gone through]] she slaps him.
* ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'': ObliviousToLove IdiotHero + ({{Tsundere}} + [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] competing for his affection) = earth-shattering DOUBLE Armor Piercing Slap.
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', Canute flips out, after [[spoiler:Ragnar's death]] and Askeladd gives him one of these. It shuts him right up.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Ash's Butterfree becomes the victim of a ''wing'' slap, coming from a female Butterfree that he was trying to court.
** Ash also got slapped twice by Misty very early in the series for his immature behavior (both cut from the dub).
* Subverted in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Killua once got himself and Gon beat up by the lady operating the elevator at the Tower of Heaven. Later, Killua decides that, since he learned to use [[FunctionalMagic Nen]], he's free to insult her with impunity. Turns out ''[[BadassBystander she can use Nen too]]'' and gives him another beating.
-->'''Killua:''' I think she's stronger than [[MonsterClown Hisoka.]]\\
'''Gon:''' [[GuiltByAssociationGag How come I got hit?]]

* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Saikano}}'', where an emotionally agitated Akemi gives Shuji a whack across the face. Shuji quickly regains composure and hits her right back, causing her to break down in tears.
* The sheer number of times someone gets slapped (particularly Anthy) in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is staggering.
* In ''Anime/{{Popotan}}'', Ai slaps Keith after she realizes that he's been lying to her about their relationship, which is enough to make him [[spoiler:stop seemingly trying to murder Daichi]]. What she says afterwards is probably more effective than the slap itself, but it helped get the point across.
* This is actually an accepted form of military discipline in the Universal Century ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' works, where it is referred to as "correction." ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' is probably the most slap-happy.

* ''Anime/LupinIIIPrincessOfTheBreeze'':
** Lupin gets slapped for touching the breasts of the female pirate in the opening.
** Lupin gets slapped again when he lights up a cigarette in front of the baby. [[spoiler: Same thing had happened to the head pirate off-camera, earlier.]]
* A somewhat disturbing variation occurs in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. When Akito suspects that [[FieryRedhead Kyo]] is [[spoiler:falling in love with Tohru]], he delivers a [[BreakThemByTalking Breaking Speech]] and slaps Kyo in the face. Once he's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness utterly defeated]], [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou Akito embraces him and assures Kyo that he will always be there for him]].
* Allen Walker gets slapped hard by Linali in the earlier chapters (the Rewinding town) of ''Manga/DGrayMan''. He yells back though, but that's only being enraged point-blank, given it's ''[[AllLovingHero Allen]]'' we're talking about.
* ''Franchise/LoveLive'' has a female-on-female when Umi slaps Honoka [[spoiler: after the latter decides to give up being an idol]] in the second to last episode of the first season.
* In ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'', Mio does this to Basara shortly after they first meet. He accidentally walks in on her in a restroom, and puts his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming and making things worse. After she calms down, he takes his hand off, and she slaps him.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The entire 3-E Class gets a big one [[spoiler:from Koro-sensei, after the students got too cocky and try out their new free-running skills in a civilian area, which they are told not to, and end up injuring a bystander in the process. Koro-sensei does ask if this will be counted as "harming the students" (which he is forbidden to do), but Karasuma says he'll overlook it]].

* In ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'', after [[PhysicalGod Gilgamesh]] has withstood all of the heroes' attacks and then curb-stomped everyone, Illya, ''without her powers'', gets close enough to slap him across the face, and it actually stuns him.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Variant. When Haruhi gets Mikuru drunk in order to "improve her acting" for a love scene for their student film, Kyon gets ''pissed'' and tries to slap her. Koizumi stops him, since slapping a RealityWarper is a horrible idea, but the mere fact that Kyon was honestly trying to slap her makes Haruhi realize how much she screwed up, and she tones down.
* A male-to-female example occurs in ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''. During the half-time of the Nankatsu vs Musashi match, Jun Misugi delivers one to his CuteSportsClubManager Yayoi Aoba, for telling Tsubasa about his heart condition. He's upset because with that knowledge Tsubasa will hold back and won't play at his best out of fear for him.
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' has an example. When Eureka is incapacitated by an alien scub, Holland sets out on a mission to both earn the team more money and cure her. Their mark is a priest from the Vodrac Religion and he planned to rescue the priest so he could cure Eureka. Unfortunately he never tells Renton any of this. Instead, he insults Renton and beats him up before heading off on the mission. When its revealed that Holland is in mortal danger, Renton says that he cursed himself by only caring about the money instead of Eureka and that it serves him right. Talhoe responds by slapping him in the face and explaining Holland's motives at which point, Renton rushes out to help.
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'':
** The Seven Goodbyes arc is kicked off by Itsuki slapping Nino, when the latter refuses to take the practice exams that Fuutarou wrote for them (all by hand, no less). Itsuki demands that Nino apologizes to Fuutarou, but Nino instead slaps Itsuki too and both of them end up storming off of the house.
** Much later, towards the end of the story, Nino gives one to [[spoiler:Yotsuba, partly out of frustration for Yotsuba being chosen by Fuutarou despite not doing (from Nino's perspective) anything to win his affection, and for [[DontYouDarePityMe Yotsuba apologizing to her]] for accepting Fuutarou's LoveConfession despite allegedly not having any feelings for him]].
* In ''Manga/TheLoveAndCreedOfSaeMaki'', Misao is forced to lay this on Sae to [[spoiler: stop her AttemptedRape during her "sleepyhead" SuperMode, being the only thing that will wake her up]]. Finally she does it again after Sae's VillainousBreakdown, causing BloodFromTheMouth as [[spoiler: Sae is dying because of her rejection]].
* In ''LightNovel/OnlyTheRingFingerKnows'', Wataru shows that he is no doormat when Yuichi kisses him without Wataru's permission--or, really, he thinks Yuichi is making fun of him and his feelings, and he does ''not'' appreciate it. Yuichi is stunned he'd get slapped.

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' comics: following [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]]'s return from Battleworld of ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|1984}}'', he discovered that his old girlfriend, Alicia Masters, had taken up with the ComicBook/HumanTorch in his absence. He and the Torch fought, only to have the battle end when Alicia slapped Ben. In later flashbacks, Ben comments that even though he could barely feel the blow, it was the most painful one he had ever taken. (A later {{retcon}} made this "Alicia" into Lyja, a Skrull replacement.)

* In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', ComicBook/{{Superboy}} becomes time-displaced and body-swapped with his adult self. At some point, he tries to romance adult ComicBook/LanaLang, unaware that adult Superman had told Lana off years ago. Lana gives him one withering glare before slapping him and calling him out.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': When Diana returned to her old friend Julia Kapatelis, to tell her her missing daughter has been abducted {{Mind Rape}}ed and [[UnwillingRoboticisation forcibly modified]] into a new super-villain by Diana's villains Julia slaps Diana across the cheek in grief and fury.
* A gender-flipped variant was seen in an old ''Comicbook/XMen'' tale when Comicbook/{{Rogue}} confessed to one Michael Rossi that she had essentially devoured the soul of his old girlfriend Comicbook/CarolDanvers and in the next breath [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove confessing her love for him]]. He (an essentially normal secret agent barely on his feet after a severe beating) promptly backhands her (at this point a FlyingBrick that can walk off most things short of anti-tank weapons) to the ground and stalks off, openly wishing for the power to kill her as she weeps in the dirt.

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'': At the end of "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS1E21TheHumanBomb The Human Bomb]]", ComicBook/LoisLane marches up to [[VillainOfTheWeek Bet-a-Million]] [[StrappedToABomb Butler]], declares, "Now it's ''my'' turn to blow up!" and slaps him hard enough to jolt his head backwards.

* Subverted in ''WebAnimation/BadDays''. Comicbook/LoisLane slaps {{Franchise/Superman}} for getting her injured the whole day, only to hurt her hand on his [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] face.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' when ComicBook/RasAlGhul is currently in AxCrazy mode after using the Lazarus Pit to revive himself, his daughter ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul delivers one of these to him to snap him back to his senses.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', ComicBook/LoisLane often attempts this on villains, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome only to hurt her hand on their invulnerable faces.]]

** In "Twilight", ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} delivers three of these in succession to Superman himself.
** In "Hereafter", ComicBook/LoisLane successfully does this to ComicBook/LexLuthor when he shows up at Franchise/{{Superman}}'s funeral, thinking he was about to gloat about Superman's death. Lex accepts the slap, but [[AntagonistInMourning admits he came because he was genuinely going to miss him]].

If Played for Laughs, then it's much less serious. Maybe they're in a tussle and they throw one of these at one another to show [[FightSceneFailure how badly both of them suck at fighting]]. Bob and Alice (both only 5'3 and 100lbs) go at it but instead of throwing [[MegatonPunch powerful punches]] they slap at each other just to show that they both suck (double points if both slap at the same time and hurt each other).