"Oh mercy! Which one of you strapping young bucks will catch my fall?"
—Doctor Venture, The Venture Brothers
Hobbes: You know, if you feel the urge to pass out on the floor in shock, feel free.
Uncle Max: I think I will. Someone get behind me.
Uncle Max: I think I will. Someone get behind me.
—Trouble Island (after everyone realizes Calvin's Cassandra Truth)
Jon: If you're impressed by a windmill you'd be swooning if you saw the Great Keep at Winterfall.
Ygritte: What's swooning?
Jon: [Beat] Fainting.
Ygritte: W-What's fainting?
Jon: [longer beat] When a girl sees blood and collapses.
Ygritte: Why would a girl see blood and collapse?
Jon: Well… not all girls are like you.
Ygritte: Well girls see more blood than boys.
Ygritte: What's swooning?
Jon: [Beat] Fainting.
Ygritte: W-What's fainting?
Jon: [longer beat] When a girl sees blood and collapses.
Ygritte: Why would a girl see blood and collapse?
Jon: Well… not all girls are like you.
Ygritte: Well girls see more blood than boys.
Tylor: "Yuriko! No fair! You can't faint before I do!"
Skulduggery: Are you going to faint?
Stephanie: I've never fainted before but I think you might be right.
Skulduggery: Would you like me to catch you?
Stephanie: If you wouldn't mind?
Skulduggery: Not at all.
Stephanie: [faints]
Stephanie: I've never fainted before but I think you might be right.
Skulduggery: Would you like me to catch you?
Stephanie: If you wouldn't mind?
Skulduggery: Not at all.
Stephanie: [faints]
Discord: Does anypony have a fainting couch?
[everyone looks at Rarity]
Rarity: What?
[everyone looks at Rarity]
Rarity: What?
— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Three's a Crowd"
Ash: [After getting hit in the face from a door which Gary opened] I… beg your pardon. [Faints]
"Well, someone needs a sandwich." *ding*
— Jeremy, CinemaSins (Whenever a character faints on screen)
Claire: Fainting spells?
Seth: Oh. Leading men, even second leads—they can't let women hit the ground. It's like… totally subconscious. Try it.
Claire: [fake faints]
Passingby man: [rushes onscreen and catches her] Are you ok? You're lucky I just happened to be here.
Claire: [giggles] Thank you.
Seth: Oh. Leading men, even second leads—they can't let women hit the ground. It's like… totally subconscious. Try it.
Claire: [fake faints]
Passingby man: [rushes onscreen and catches her] Are you ok? You're lucky I just happened to be here.
Claire: [giggles] Thank you.
Mabel: Is this the part where one of us faints?
Soos: Oh, I am so on it, dude. (faints)
Soos: Oh, I am so on it, dude. (faints)
— Gravity Falls, after the climax of "Not What He Seems"
"And when you asked me to marry you I would have said yes if I hadn't passed out. But, really, what can you expect from me? I've probably been unconscious for at least half of this book."
— Naomi Sanders, The Simpsons fanfic, Must Love Ned Flanders
"These days, the modern young lady must display a miscellany of talents in her quest for a suitor. She must be a witty conversationalist, an accomplished musician, and an expert in the art of the swoon. For managing to faint with nary a petticoat out of place is a most coveted talent indeed."
— Lady Whistledown, Bridgerton: "The Art of the Swoon"
