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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': At the very beginning of the movie when Hiccup frees Toothless instead of killing him (knowing there's a very high risk of him being killed himself), the very angry dragon pins him to a rock, roars only inches away from his face, and bounds away. Hiccup starts to turn around to head back home and, instead, immediately crumples to the ground and faints out of fear and exhaustion.

* ''Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham'': After he stops a monorail from crashing, Spider-Man is left so exhausted that he only has enough strength to swing onto the roof of a nearby building, and can't fight back when he's [[TheKindnapper kidnapped]] by [[KidappedByAnAlly the Bats]].

* ''Roleplay/YuGiOhEastAcademy:'' David seems to be severely weakened and exhausted after his duel with Denero, [[spoiler:despite [[CurbstompBattle Curbstomping]] the latter]].

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** In ''[[VideoGame/StarFox Fox McCloud]] vs [[ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars Bucky O'Hare]]'', [[spoiler:Fox falls on his back in relief after he uses a last-second IndyPloy to get around the [[AnArmAndALeg loss of his legs]] and barely take down Bucky]].
** In ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] vs [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]]'', [[spoiler:Ryu collapses in exhaustion after using the [[SuperMode Power of Nothingness]] to reduce Scorpion to a skeleton. However, Scorpion was still '[[TheUndead alive]]' even like this, so Ryu was left defenseless against Scorpion's Hellfire counter]].
** In ''[[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All Might]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Might Guy]]'', [[spoiler:Might Guy collapses and eventually dies after killing All Might as a consequence of [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique opening his Eighth Gate]] in order to finish him off, which would kill him in his home canon. The hosts deem that, because he should be more than capable of killing All Might before succumbing, [[PyrrhicVictory he's technically the winner]].]]
** In ''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Machamp]]'', [[spoiler:After Machamp dismembers Goro with its [[MegatonPunch Dynamic Punch]], Machamp strikes a victory pose, before fainting due to the burns Goro inflicted on it prior kicking in.]]
** In ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' vs ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', [[spoiler:Both Scooby and Courage end up fainting after the end of their fight out of both fear and exhaustion after the Chest of Demons is opened and drags [[AssholeVictim Eustace]] inside. The hosts note that this result is pretty much the only viable end for both, as both dogs are simply [[MadeOfIron that unkillable.]]]]

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* ''Roleplay/CerberusDailyNews'': During Operation Death To Discord, the asari commando Desta T'Res collapsed after delivering a mortal blow to Discord. She had already been [[EyeScream seriously wounded]] and was running on pure adrenaline. She made a full recovery.

* ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'': In SWAG.MOV, [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash turns into a giant monster pony and finally kills Discord. After she does, she faints]].
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/snare-13-10/ Chapter 13.10]] opens with a description of Taylor, the protagonist, [[DeepSleep passing out cold]] after getting back from rescuing her teammate Grue from Bonesaw.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. In the beginning, this trope happened to [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] when he came out of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]], but there's notably less effect with each successive use. By the first season finale, he can stay on his feet, and as of the grand finale, he seems to have overcome the problem entirely.
* In the premiere episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', [[Characters/DCAUBatman Bruce Wayne]] and Terry fight off a gang of Jokerz. Terry then has to help Bruce back to Wayne Manor to get his medicine, after which Bruce falls asleep in his chair. This serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment -- Bruce Wayne still has his old skills, but time has left him without the stamina to engage in an extended battle.
* Happens to [[Characters/Ben10BenTennyson Ben Tennyson]] quite often in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''; his record is 3 times in one episode.
** The worst case was when he would pass out just before ''every commercial break''...in the middle of the final battle with the Highbreed.
* Has been happening to ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' ever since the very first episode Mystery Meat.
-->'''Tucker''': You've been asleep for four days.\\

'''Tucker''': Nah, it's only been a couple of hours.
** Subverted in TheMovie: Danny's Ghostly Wail knocks Dan into a building, and as it crumbles on him, Danny turns back to his human form, falling on his knees...only for Dan to emerge from the rubble, leading to Danny whipping out the Fenton Thermos for the win.
** And again with Vlad who didn't even ''flinch let alone collapse'' from the Ghostly Wail. Danny's friends and OppositeSexClone were the ones who finished him off.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Scarecrow," the titular EldritchAbomination had injured Niko severely, then crashed into her sickroom. She tried to fight him off, only for a royally-pissed Goose to bust in and start fighting the thing. The thing managed to stun Goose and was about to kill him when Niko recovered enough to distract him and let off a few rounds from her BFG. As soon as the Scarecrow ran off, she passed out cold from the strain.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' had Superman raiding Cadmus headquarters to rescue a missing comrade, only to find his old friend Professor Hamilton working there. He confronts the good doc about his betrayal, only to get a verbal bitchslapping over his ''own'' betrayal of Earth at the hand of Darkseid and subsequent rage at him to save Supergirl's life last year. Big Blue looks like he's about to crush Hamilton's head between his fingers, but backs down, and after he leaves, Hamilton collapses in relief, having just stood up to a living god of a man ''and survived''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' had Winston do this in "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream". The other Ghostbusters and Janine each got hit by a blast of sand from the Sandman that puts them to sleep. Once Janine turns her dream-self into a Ghostbuster and traps the Sandman, Winston falls asleep on the couch.
* The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Pranksters" ends with Filburt so happy he finally pranked Heffer [[spoiler:that his heart gives out]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', in episode Nightfright, a has-been horror movie actor named Vincent van Ghoul invites Shaggy and Scooby to his mansion, where a monster called night fright terrorizes them for the whole night. In order to trap the monster, Vincent must act unfazed by its threats and lead it to the trap, by confusing it with his non-caring attitude, Vincent surprisingly pulls this off, but the minute the monsters caught, he collapses out of the sheer terror he was in, but is impressed with his acting skills.
* Spider-man does this pretty often. In one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, after a grueling battle, he went home, collapsed into his bed, and slept for a day straight.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[=SpongeBob=] vs. the Patty Gadget", [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter SpongeBob]] collapses after facing off against the gadget.
* Mild version in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Haunted"; Robin manages to pull himself off the floor and to his feet for his final confrontation with a hallucinatory Slade, and stays on his feet just long enough to dissolve the illusion with the light switch and tell Starfire that he's okay. He then promptly collapses into her arms.
** A straighter version in "Fear Itself"--Raven admits her fear, regains her powers and sends out a huge blast of dark energy that demolishes all the evil creatures in the Tower, and then falls to the ground exhausted when she's finished.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[=SpongeBob=] vs. the Patty Gadget", [=SpongeBob=] collapses after facing off against the gadget.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. In the beginning, this trope happened to Aang when he came out of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]], but there's notably less effect with each successive use. By the first season finale, he can stay on his feet, and as of the grand finale, he seems to have overcome the problem entirely.
* In the premiere episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce and Terry fight off a gang of Jokerz. Terry then has to help Bruce back to Wayne Manor to get his medicine, after which Bruce falls asleep in his chair. This serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment -- Bruce Wayne still has his old skills, but time has left him without the stamina to engage in an extended battle.
* Happens to Ben quite often in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''; his record is 3 times in one episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ashi collapses after defeating her own mother in a prolonged battle in which she was protecting Jack during his meditation for his sword.

* ComicBook/DoctorStrange falls victim to this occasionally after a [[PowerStrainBlackout major magical feat]], with effects ranging from "minor dizzy spell" to "coma."
* In ''ComicBook/ElfQuest: The Rebels'', one of the titular rebels has a very surprising chat with the (then on leave) officer in charge of hunting them down and convinces him he's not one of the wanted, but rather his cousin. And has a minor breakdown as soon as the officer's left.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine visits the powerful voodoo magician 'Papa Midnite' to ask for help, and mocking him for good measure, he collapses shaking in the elevator on his way out, because he's secretly terrified of the guy.
* ''In Invincible Iron Man'' #132, Tony Stark finally manages to deliver a punch that knocks the Hulk unconscious. Problem is, he harnessed all the energy his suit had left. This causes the suit to seal Tony inside, so when Rhodey tries to pat him on the back, he knocks him over. In the next issue, Scott Lang has to rescue Tony before he suffocates.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' crossover ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} stabs [[BigBad H'el]] with a shard of Kryptonite and pushes him through a dimensional gate, ending his threat. Kara mutters she wasn't about to leave things to her baby cousin before collapsing.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. For a while, Changeling/Beast Boy's particular method of shapeshifting could physically exhaust him very quickly, particularly when growing to massive proportions or rapid-fire shapeshifting.
* Happens to ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan quite a few times, at least at the beginning of the series. After he [[spoiler: pulls out note cards to insult the Kingpin to his face]], he seems to suffer from it far less, however.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'': After Wonder Woman won her intense battle to the death with [[spoiler:Superman]], she passed out and didn't wake for centuries.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hellion]] of the ''New X-Men'', desperate to save [[spoiler:a dying X-23]] by rushing [[spoiler: her]] to Elixir (a mutant with the power to manipulate biology which lets him heal anything short of actual death), begs Emma Frost to help him. Emma does so by temporarily removing Hellion's subconscious limits. He flew several times the speed of sound, took out a Sentinel with an armored wagon, and managed to get [[spoiler:X-23]] to Elixir just in time. He immediately passed out afterward and slept for several days.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' had Arrowette defending the continued existence of the group of teenage superheroes to the Justice League, primarily, Franchise/{{Batman}}. Once she was successful in convincing them to allow the group to exist, she breathed very rapidly into [[HyperventilationBag a paper bag]], because ''she had just faced down Batman''.
* In her first mission with ComicBook/XStatix, Venus Dee Milo rapidly teleports a bomb away from her teammates. When she teleports back, she laughs nervously about some eyeless fishes that have seen better days and then ''dissipates'' - it turns out that she's a sentient energy cloud, and the only thing keeping her together is her will power and her suit.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ashi falls down after defeating her own mother in a long ensuing battle to protect Jack during his meditation for his sword.

* In ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers passes out after defeating Kree gladiator Iva Kann in a fight to the death.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' has Sam and Frodo, er, [[IncrediblyLamePun chilling on a big rock]] after they destroy the One Ring.

* In the final match of ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'''s Masters Eight tournament, Pikachu is so exhausted after barely beating [[spoiler:Leon's Charizard]] for the win he barely stays on his paws for a few steps before Ash scoops him up. Apparently his rest in the Pokemon Center was ''that'' needed, as he has to remember the result.

** In ''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]] vs. [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Machamp]]'', [[spoiler:After Machamp dismembers Goro with its [[MegatonPunch Dynamic Punch]], Machamp strikes a victory pose, before fainting due to the burns Goro inflicted on it prior kicking in.]]

* ''Literature/MermaidsSong'': After the Seadragon [[spoiler:goes berserk, partially destroys the Caverns, and kills scores of merfolk]], Elan fully opens her mind to him, creating a PsychicLink in order to calm him down. In the process, her hair becomes tangled around one of his horns, causing her to be thrown around so violently that many of her bones are broken. She succeeds in calming the Seadragon before sinking to the seafloor, unconscious. Afterwards she is severely ill for many days, not only because of her injuries but also because the Seadragon's despair is making her lose the will to live. She only rallies when Tia tells her that she can only help the Seadragon by getting her strenght back.

* ''Literature/MermaidsSong'': After the Seadragon [[spoiler:goes berserks, partially destroys the Caverns, and kills scores of merfolk]], Elan fully opens her mind to him, creating a PsychicLink in order to calm him down. In the process, her hair becomes tangled around one of his horns, causing her to be thrown around so violently that many of her bones are broken. She succeeds in calming the Seadragon before sinking to the seafloor, unconscious. Afterwards she is severely ill for many days, not only because of her injuries but also because the Seadragon's despair is making her lose the will to live. She only rallies when Tia tells her that she can only help the Seadragon by getting her strenght back.

* When Dugommier goes to promote ''Film/{{Napoleon}}'' after the victory at Toulon, he finds him fast asleep.

* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'':
** ''Exile's Honor'': Alberich is nearly flattened when his Foresight kicks in unexpectedly, then goes full-berserk defending Princess Selenay from a Tedrel kidnap team, then forces himself to remain functional, alert, and on guard for over an hour while now-Queen Selenay grieves over her father's corpse. His friends are looking for a Mindhealer to knock him unconscious when he finally passes out on his own... right at Selenay's feet.
** ''By the Sword'': Kerowyn takes a TapOnTheHead at the very end of a battle against Hardorn. She's okay, but there doesn't seem to be much point for it except to provide a convenient place to close the scene.