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A defibrillator is a remarkable device which can help revive a patient who is in cardiac arrythmia threatening to turn into a cardiac arrest by administering an electric shock and inducing the conditions needed to begin CPR. This alone makes it a valuable and potentially life-saving tool. On TV, however, the defibrillators must be magical, because they work quite differently and have a much higher success rate than they do in real life.

A Magical Defibrillator works in a distinctive way. The rescuer encounters someone who has suffered a HollywoodHeartAttack. He grabs the paddles and rubs them together dramatically. Then he [[ShirtlessScene removes the victim's shirt]], shouts "Clear!", and presses down on the patient's chest while the device makes a satisfying "CHUNK". The patient will jerk violently, and you may even see visible sparks. This will revive the patient on its own; if not, he will perform CPR, which will be [[CPRCleanPrettyReliable clean, pretty, and reliable]]. For RuleOfDrama purposes, though, they don't always work the first time; characters will need two or three dramatic tries before it works.

-->'''Baymax:''' ''Don’t worry. I come equipped with defibrillators.''\\
'''Carl:''' ''What’s a defib—GYAOWOWZA!''

* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'': The character of Heartman goes into cardiac arrest every twenty-one minutes, and, after three minutes have passed, he is revived by a defibrillator strapped to his chest. Putting aside the fact that defibrillators are useless on a flatline, the trope is played to an absurd degree by the effectiveness and reliability of the machine: it revives him perfectly with a single jolt, and he is fully conscious immediately, without the need for resuscitation. Additionally, being clinically dead, without a heartbeat, for three minutes would wreak havoc on one’s body and brain, and being revived after so long a time would be similarly damaging, yet Heartman suffers no obvious health issues; this latter fact may be justified by the game being set in a world where the realm of the dead has intruded upon the living, and the traditional mechanisms of death are in a state of chaos.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', after a severe system-wide shock from a Reject Dial stops Eneru's heart, he uses his electrical powers to restart it.

** During ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', Piccolo used a blast of kiai to restart Gohan's heart after it was stopped by a heavy blow from Frieza. This got him moving enough to take a senzu bean.
** During ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku's heart is momentarily stopped by Hit. Piccolo tries to use the same technique to revive him as he did with Gohan but to no success. It's later revealed Goku had shot a bolt of ki into the air and that went and fell back to Earth to strike Goku in the chest, restarting his heart. Goku essentially acted as his ''own'' defibrillator.
** During the Tournament of Power, Goku uses this to revive Master Roshi after he [[HeroicRROD collapses from overexertion.]] This one takes several attempts to work.

* This happen to Rinka in Manga/TokyoEsp after she and the other students in her school got attacked by a evil group of espers, and paramedics used it to restart her heart.

* This happen to Rinka in Manga/TokyoEsp after she and the other students in her school got attacked by other espers, and paramedics used it to restart her heart.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4520186/9/The-marriage-contract The Marriage Contract]]'' an unidentified Muggle medic uses a portable defibrillator and CPR to save a man who was just hit by the ''Killing Curse''.
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Flowerbell's Love Triangle", Empath uses his telekinetic powers to generate an energy pulse to use as a defibrillator to jumpstart Papa Smurf's heart after he goes into cardiac arrest.

A defibrillator is a remarkable device which can help revive a patient who is in cardiac arrythmia threatening to turn into a cardiac arrest an electric shock and inducing the conditions needed to begin CPR. This alone makes it a valuable and potentially life-saving tool. On TV, however, the defibrillators must be magical, because they work quite differently and have a much higher success rate than they do in real life.

* When Kong is horribly wounded during his fight against Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', the human heroes rig an electrically-powered hovercraft to overload on his chest as his heartbeat slows. The shock is enough to bring Kong back to his feet and ready to fight [[spoiler:Mechagodzilla]].

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi's jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it before it explodes. Her parachute got torned, and roughly landed on a tree, seriously injuring her. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he helplessly left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's condition as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location. By the time they got there, her heart monitor shows a [[FlatLine flatline]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical batteries as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and successfully saving her without any use of [[CleanPrettyReliable CPR]].

* In episode 7 of Manga/CoppeLion, Ibara was resuscitated with a AED after a tank was fired at her and Aoi. Though Aoi manage to avoid being hit, Ibara wasn't so lucky. But at least she's lucky enough to survive.

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* When Kong is horribly wounded during his fight against Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', the human heroes rig an electrically-powered hovercraft to overload on his chest as his heartbeat slows. The shock is enough to bring Kong back to his feat and ready to fight [[spoiler:Mechagodzilla]].

* When Kong is horribly wounded during his fight against Godzilla in Film/GodzillaVsKong, the human heroes rig an electrically-powered hovercraft to overload on his chest as his heartbeat slows. The shock is enough to bring Kong back to his feat and ready to fight Mechagodzilla.

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi's jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it before it explodes. Her parachute got torned, and roughly landed on a tree, seriously injuring her. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he helplessly left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's condition as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location, but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and successfully reviving her without any use of [[CleanPrettyReliable CPR]].

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi's jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it before it explodes. Her parachute got torned, and roughly landed on a tree, seriously injuring her. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he helplessly left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's condition as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location, but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and successfully reviving her.

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi's jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree, injuring her head. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location, but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and were successful in reviving her.

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after her jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree, injuring her head. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction [[spoiler:as Ultraman Joneus]]. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location, but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and were successful in reviving her.

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after her jet caught on fire from a Kaiju attack and was forced to eject out of it. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree, injuring her head. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on her to check her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction [[spoiler:as Ultraman Joneus]]. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location, but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and was successful ing reviving her.

* In Anime/TheUltraman, Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after ejecting out of her jet. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree hitting her head. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on to check on her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location but they found her [[FlatLine flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and was successful to save her.

* In Ultraman Joneus, Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after ejecting out of her jet. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on to check on her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location but they found her flatlined. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and was successful.

* In Ultraman Joneus, Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after ejecting out of her jet. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree. Choichiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on to check on her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsumi's jet destruction as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location but, they found her flatlined. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine as defibrillators to shock Mutsumi's heart and was successful. By the time Choichiro returned, He got punched in the face by one of the members of the SGP saying that he almost got Mutsumi killed because of him.

* In''Anime/Ultraman Joneus'' Mutsumi went into cardiac arrest after ejecting out of her jet. Her parachute got torned and roughly landed on a tree. Chocihiro went to her aid and placed a heart monitor on to check on her vitals, but he left her alone just to fight the Kaiju responsible for Mutsmi's jet destruction as Ultraman Joneus. The rest of the Science Guard Party arrived to Mutsumi's location but, they found her [[Flatline flatlined]]. So they used one of their jet's electrical engine to save and revive Mutsumi and was successful. By the time Choichiro returned, He got socked in the face by one of the members of th SGP saying that he almost got Mutsumi killed because of him.

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A defibrillator is a remarkable device which can help revive a patient who has suffered cardiac arrest by providing an electric shock and inducing the conditions needed to begin CPR. This alone makes it a valuable and potentially life-saving tool. On TV, however, the defibrillators must be magical, because they work quite differently and have a much higher success rate than they do in real life.

This trope implies that defibrillators work by administering an electric shock to the patient which gets the heart back to doing what it needs to do. Unfortunately, this is not the case; in RealLife, a defibrillator ''stops'' a dysfunctional heart rhythm, and CPR is needed to get the heart doing what it's supposed to do if it doesn't restart on its own. Therefore, shocking an asystolic (flatline) patient will do absolutely nothing of value, which is why a flatlined patient will first be given a round of drugs such as Epinephrine to jumpstart the heart into ''any'' kind of activity, which can then be shocked.

* An episode of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has the heroes kill a civilian on purpose to get a dangerous [[TransformationTrinket Gaia Memory]] out of her body, then restart her heart by using the Electric Blade function of [[SecondRider Kamen Rider Accel]]'s ''sword''.