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8->'''Linda''': Colin! Can you give me a hand with this? ({{Beat}}) Colin, are you alright? Colin?!
9->'''Colin''': I'll tell him you're looking for him.
10-->-- ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'', "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E3LaurasLeaving Laura's Leaving]]"
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12In real life, concussions have a number of unpleasant symptoms. These include, but are not limited to headache, nausea, and dizziness. They also involve minor brain damage in addition to those. Fortunately for our protagonist, this is fiction. Here, if one gets a TapOnTheHead or a particularly violent DopeSlap, one need only worry about sporting a dopey grin and falling over, or, at worst, experiencing a NonSequiturThud. In fact, the effects of {{slapstick}} concussion look alarmingly like the effects of euphoric drugs.
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14(Don't worry about after-effects, either — any CirclingBirdies can be dismissed with a quick shake of the head, and a CranialEruption can often be pushed straight back in. And multiple head injuries will [[HardHead never make the problem worse]], ever).
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16This is for the most part ArtisticLicense, but there can be a [[AluminumChristmasTrees surprising]] grain of TruthInTelevision in it — someone acting mildly drunk after taking a blow to the head is a good indicator of concussion, and they should probably see a doctor. An InjuryBookend can bring this state to an end.
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18Related to HardHead, TapOnTheHead, NonSequiturThud, and HowManyFingers. May result in DeliriousMisidentification.
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26* A Sega UsefulNotes/GameGear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBLr4wbiR6E ad]] involves someone hitting his head with a squirrel to see colour in their UsefulNotes/GameBoy.
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30* More literal than most examples: in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' #116 (January 1968) the Don Martin cartoon "A San Francisco Trip" shows a hippie preparing some banana peel shavings in a frying pan, and trying to smoke the result in a pipe. Nothing happens. He angrily stalks away -- immediately [[BananaPeel slipping]] on the peel he cast aside earlier. He bashes his head (KLANG), and is left sitting on the floor seeing paisley-styled hallucinations. Also references the then-current legend of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananadine bananadine.]] You can see it [[https://www.trueorbetter.com/2019/01/bananadine_23.html here.]]
31* Regardless of whether it's Roman legionaries, Proto-Germanic kuningōz, {{turncoat}} Gauls, or what have you, any ComicBook/{{Asterix}} character on the receiving end of a blow to the head or a potion-enhanced MegatonPunch will be punch-drunk for a while.
32** "The Big Fight" takes it even further with ''menhirs'' (stone monoliths the size of a man) landing on people, who end up with nothing worse than EasyAmnesia and a cheerful disposition (even causing the VillainOfTheWeek to tip his hat to every he sees).
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36* ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' features many [[SlapStick slapstick]] moments, almost always resulting in one of the cubs getting a goofy smile and a dazed expression on their face.
37* ''FanFic/SoreGaAiDeshou'': Averted; after Mai whacks him over the head during their first informal meeting, Andy is left dazed and is warned not to fall asleep or he might die.
38* ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn'' averts this. Blaine gets a concussion from a moderate fall in a fight [[spoiler: before he gets kidnapped by his StalkerWithACrush]], rambles about nonsense for half an hour, and runs off in a panic, which extends the police search for him. He degenerates into having headaches that he can't communicate about properly, gets nauseous, and in ''The Red Bull,'' he's making no sense to anyone. [[spoiler: He tries to reason with his stalker, and instead watches Kurt nearly get choked out.]] Considering this took place over the later half of a day and would be stressful for an ''uninjured'' person, it's understandable that he starts crying BrokenTears when the paramedics finally load him up.
39* Subverted in ''Fanfic/PowerRangersGPX'', when Pink Ranger Hitomi suffers a concussion during a fight. Unlike other examples, it's depicted [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistically]]; she's perfectly aware of her surroundings, is able to [[HowManyFingers identify how many fingers her elf friend holds up]], but forgets the time and day, has to remain still, and is out of commission for several days. She also gets some ShipTease with her elf girl-friend.
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43* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' would often use this, by having whoever was hit on the head take on a silly facial expression and slump over to the sound of chirping birds.
44* In the Chinese film ''Film/KungFuGenius'', one of the BigBad's lackeys takes too many hits to the head in one fight, and instantly becomes a child-like CloudCuckoolander for the rest of the movie.
45* In ''Film/{{Grease}}'', after getting whacked on the head with a car door, Kenickie seems rather pleased by the fact that he's now seeing two of everything.
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49* Subverted in ''Gottes Bodenpersonal: Eine unwahrscheinliche Liebesgeschichte'' ("God's ground crew: an unlikely lovestory"): after getting hit on the head Lauren thinks it is this trope when s/he sees Christian's worried face and realizes that ''someone cares''. Lauren isn't used to this, at all, and suspects it's either heaven, or entirely a product of hir imagination.
50* ''Literature/HeroesOfOlympus'' Jason Grace keeps getting hit on the head, once with a brick, and it's become a running joke among fans that he's constantly being hit without any noticeable signs of brain damage, although he is out for a while on at least one occasion.
51* In ''Literature/JenniferTheJerkIsMissing'', the driver who was accompanying Jennifer Smith when she was kidnapped is conked on the head by the kidnappers and spends the whole book [[CloudCuckoolander babbling nonsense]] and generally [[AdultsAreUseless being useless]].
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55* In the ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' episode "Easy Street" Eric gives himself a concussion trying to escape from a car that was buried in the snow. Upon recovering Eric is loopy, cheerful and generally appears pleasantly intoxicated.
56* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E3LaurasLeaving Laura's Leaving]]", Colin gets a concussion (due to a glancing blow with his cupboard) and shows up at the centre fairly loopy and with a short memory span.
57* On ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', {{jerkass}} Dwight starts acting uncharacteristically nice after crashing his car. The others eventually realize that he has a concussion and take him to the hospital. During this bout of identity amnesia Dwight also shows absentmindedness and compulsive behavior not unlike fictional portrayals of being high on marijuana.
58* In the ''Series/YoungBlades'' episode "Rub-a-Dub Sub," a character gets an anchor dropped on his head. The episode tag features him in a dungeon, delirious and spouting random nonsense.
59* On ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' Nick Fallon was concussed while disposing of a bomb. This induced an euphoric state, during which he flew to Las Vegas and married a hooker named China Lee.
60* In one episode of ''Series/LazyTown'', Hulk Hogan hits the "evil dude" in the head, which causes him to talk gibberish.
61* In a ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode based on the infamous [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_scandal Tailhook Incident]], the detectives watch footage of their supposedly drunken victim staggering down a hallway. It turns out that her brain was hemorrhaging due to having been struck on the head when her killer tried to rape her.
62** A similar scenario in a ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode has a victim brought to the hospital slurring his words and reeking of booze. His blood alcohol level turned out to be '''''0'''''. It turns out he'd been hit with a wine bottle, thus leaving him with a skull fracture that made him act intoxicated.
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66* A review of ''VideoGame/MagicCarpet'' in the now-defunct magazine ''PC Zone'' included a picture with a caption that advised readers to simulate the (impressive for the mid-90s) visual effect by "hitting yourself very hard in the temple with a heavy object". (''PC Zone'' was gonzo like that) [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial This is not the proper venue to discuss whether any impressionable young future tropers actually did]].
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70* Deconstructed in the Music/{{Eminem}} song "Brain Damage", a fictionalised account of a real incident of school bullying that put the young Marshall Mathers in a coma. Slim laments that everyone thinks he's on drugs due to his brain damage, but the symptoms of it aren't enjoyable for him at all - all he gets out of it is blurry vision, deafness, a destroyed attention span and anger issues.
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74* In any ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' game, human characters, including the player character, can suffer concussions via a critical blow to the head. In the 3D, first person games, this will be accompanied by the screen occasionally blurring and tilting, as if the player was drunk. There's also a ringing noise, which can be true to real life concussion symptoms, but isn't associated with being high or drunk.
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78* In a blink and you'll miss it moment from the TGWTG brawl, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick wakes up from a guitar blow to the head and [[EmotionlessGirl openly]] flirts with the Critic by making the "call me" signal. Luckily for her, he's too wrapped up in the Nerd.
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82* A RunningGag in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' has the victim of a head blow muttering, [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/148 "Thank you, Bishop,]] [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/278 I would like another]] [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/280 pint of concrete."]] ([[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/283 Well, usually.]])
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86* In the WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} "WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners", Goofy gets hit on the head while on a tall building, and wanders onto a [[ConstructionZoneCalamity construction site]] afterward, completely entranced.
87* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' short "Working For Peanuts", WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck chases the two chipmunks until slamming his head into a wall after they escape through a hole. He then sits there with swirly eyes and a toothy grin on his face; later on in the short the elephant he was taking care of finds him [[OverlyLongGag still like this]].
88** A similar one happens in the short "Dragon Around" where WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is building a road and the chipmunks' tree is in the way, so he has to get rid of it. When his crane (which the chipmunks think is a dragon) gets damaged so that the shovel's teeth are removed so it can no longer dig, he resorts to try ramming the tree with it, only for the chipmunks to loosen all the screws/bolts/nuts, so as Donald is charging towards the tree, his crane falls a part leaving only him charging towards the tree, then hitting his head on it, leaving him dazed. Dale then imitates Donald after finding it funny.
89* A ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' episode had the crew trapped in a malfunctioning storage closet. Beard Guy comes in to fix the problem, but Captain Murphy beats his head in. Upon briefly regaining consciousness, he displays this trope.
90-->'''Beard Guy:''' I got my think a concussion. Now must remember not fix stuff. Gonna lay down back, cuz our concussion have us sleepy.\
91'''Debbie:''' Uh, should Beard Guy be asleep with a concussion?\
92'''Quinn:''' No, absolutely not.
93* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' features Stimpy excusing himself because "It's time for my appointment". He walks over to a door in the wall, inserts a quarter, and the door lifts to reveal a horse. The horse kicks him in the head, sending him flying. His reaction to this is almost orgasmic.
94* A noticeable [[AvertedTrope aversion]] from ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix''. When Hector takes a nasty spill off his bike, he displays actual symptoms of a concussion. Noticeably, intense dizziness, confusion, and increasing drowsiness, while the anthropomorphic cells of his body (barring foreigners Ozzy and Drix) experience memory loss. The entire plot of the episode is Ozzy and Drix, being the only ones who aren't naturally a part of Hector's body, are therefore actually aware of the danger poised, and having to kick-start his brain, so he doesn't fall into a coma and die.
95* Another notable aversion is ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Generally, whenever someone gets struck in the head they get knocked out. This is taken to its most realistic conclusion in the episode "Cop and a Half-Wit" where Stewie gets very real symptoms of brain damage after he gets dog piled by bigger, older kids at a football game. His right pupil becomes extremely swollen, he's incredibly confused and hears sounds that aren't present like running water or a phone ringing.
96* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "Pappy's Puppy Prescription", Gargamel gets a bit loopy after he collides with a tree that he couldn't see when he was using a pair of special goggles that can only see blue in order to find Smurfs.
97* Daffy Duck gets rather loopy near the end of ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'', reciting "The Village Blacksmith" while banging a hammer on an anvil that the artist's pencil changes into a bomb.
98* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny staggers around drunkenly after getting hit in the face with a girder in the WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies short ''Homeless Hare''.
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