History PlayingWith / TapOnTheHead

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob blacks out after an apple fell on him.

* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to be kidnapped and wake up in an unknown situation, and there's no way Carol could have the potent anesthetic that the book says does at this point."

* '''Exploited''': Bob turns into a cartoon person to protect himself from Mallory, whose signature move is a blunt force attack called the "Brain Destroyer".

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* '''Justified''': Bob has a regeneration ability which is capable of healing brain damage. He would wake up from a blow that would knock a normal person into a lifelong coma.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Invoked''': Bob, as a member of a ServantRace, has "collapse and go unconscious at a light tap to the back of the head" as a design feature.

'''Basic Trope''': The character loses consciousness after being hit on the head, but suffers no damage from the hit.

** The aliens insert a device in Bob brain that makes him lose consciousness every hour. However, Bob discovers that if he disables the device by tapping himself on the head.

* '''Subverted''': Carol hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being ineffectually beaten until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.

* '''Enforced''': "We need Bob to be kidnaped and wake up in a unknown."

* '''Invoked''': Bob as a member of a ServantRace has collapse and go unconscious at a light rap of to the back of the head as a design feature.

* '''Subverted''':
** Carol hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being ineffectually beaten until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.

** Carol hits Bob over the head expecting to knock him out harmlessly, but she sends him into a years-long coma and permanently cripples his ability to speak and move.

* '''Deconstructed''': After waking up for unconsciousness, Bob shows signs of brain damage such as confusion, headaches, and nausea.

* '''Deconstructed''': Carol hits Bob over the head expecting to knock him out harmlessly, but she sends him into a years-long coma and permanently cripples his ability to speak and move.

* '''Subverted''': Carol hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being ineffectually beaten until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.

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* '''Subverted''': After being hit, Bob falls into a coma.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob falls into a coma after the hit, but it's later revealed that the hit had nothing to do with the coma and that Bob would have gone into a coma even without the blow.
* '''Parodied''': The henchman hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being ineffectually beaten until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Henchman #1 is about to knock out Bob, but stops after Henchman #2 tells him they can't risk damaging him.

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

** Bob's [[YourHeadExplode head bursts open like an eggshell]] from a gentle tap.

* '''Inverted''': The aliens insert a device in Bob brain that makes him lose consciousness every hour. However, Bob discovers that if he disables the device by tapping himself on the head.

* '''Justified''': Bob has regeneration ability.

* '''Parodied''': The henchman hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being blown until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.

* '''Invoked''': Bob as a member of a ServantRace has a collapse and go unconscious at a light rap of to the back of the head as a design feature.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Averted''': Henchman #1 is about to knock out Bob, but stops after Henchman #2 tells him they need can't risk damaging him.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': The henchman hits Bob multiple times, but he is only mildly irritated by it. Bob is being hit until he decides to get into the van voluntarily.

* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Straight''': Bob receives a single blow to the head and blackouts.