History Main / CirclingBirdies

* Guava Juice uses the bird sound effect at times in his vides, and he also sees circling stars after a hard fall [[https://youtu.be/5vkdV2RM5j0 in this video.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse:

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' sometimes features characters seeing circling bird-like Pokémon such as Pidgey or Torchic. Often, it indicates when a Pokémon is succumbing to the effect of the Confusion status. There is also a low chance of circling stars. However, this does not always apply for Confusion at times: in one episode in ''Sun/Moon'', Ash's Rowlet sees stars after being hit by a Relavation Dance from Lillie's butler's Oricorio, and then not long after, Rowlet sees birds after being knocked out due to impact with Mallow. During the first Battle Royal episode, Ash’s Litten, Kiawe’s Marowak and Sophocles’ Charjabug all see stars after Masked Royal’s Incineroar knocks them down in a single move. Not long after, Sophocles himself also sees stars after being hit in the face. In the third Battle Royal episode, Faba, while in the Masked Royal disguise, sees stars after Incineroar lands on top of him. Later, taking a page from the games’ book, starting in episode 105 of the Sun and Moon series, during Ash’s Lycanroc VS Lycanroc battle with Gladion, Gladion’s Lycanroc sees birds after becoming confused due to using Outrage, and the trope would repeat every time Gladion’s Lycanroc becomes confused due to Outrage. In ''Journeys'', the birds used for confusion (starting from episode 36 of ''Journeys'' when Ash’s Riolu was confused by a Trainer’s Octillery’s Psybeam) resemble the generic ducks from the older generation games, though this can change depending on the episode; for example, in episode 102 for ''Journeys'', the confusion birds used for Articuno after it gets hit by Gary's Umbreon's Confuse Ray resemble the ones from the seventh and eighth generation games.

* Examples from ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse:
** In ''Fanfic/RetroChill'', Hobbes gets socked by [[EvilKnockoff Evil Calvin]] and sees "a bunch of stars, planets, tweety birds and somewhere in the deeper recesses of his brain, he heard a harp playing for no apparent reason."

* To put this straight, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7974078/11/Carry-On-Blissey Chapter 11]] of ''Carry On, Blissey'', there is one part where Matron Blissey mentions imagining seeing stars around her head.

* The enigmatic and ubiquitous Ukrainian "Troom Troom" channels frequently use this trope for the guys and girls with their videos after they suffer a fall or take a hit, both with bird sound effects and at times animated stars and birds.

* ''LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}'' gets the circling stars version (with bird sound effects) while in a ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' parody during his adventures.

* "WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi" uses the stars version very frequently. [[TwoGirlsAndAGuy Ami, Yumi, and Kaz]] are the most frequent victims since they are the main characters.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''
** Roger sees Circling Birdies after getting hit by a refrigerator while making a cartoon, but the director gets mad at him for not following the script: "It says 'Rabbit gets clonked, rabbit sees stars'. Not ''birds'', '''''stars!'''''" Roger proceeds to repeatedly bash himself in the head, resulting in a whole series of revolving visions of everything ''but'' stars.
** Later in the film, after Eddie goes to Toontown, he bumps his head getting out of his car and sees birdies (hatching from eggs and flying around his head), and shoos them away in disgust, giving one of them its own circle of something in the process.
** Roger [[BrickJoke would eventually see stars later on]], after -- literally -- [[AnvilOnHead getting a ton of bricks dropped on him]]. He regards their presence with, "[[NonSequiturThud Look, stars! Ready when you are, Raoul!]]"
* Similar to ''Roger Rabbit'', ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is about AnimatedActors. And apparently these include the birds, as while the title chipmunks are bashing each other's heads trying to summon the trope in a weaponized way (to distract a villain with a cat head), one of them is seeing leaving his home late at night, to his wife's dismay.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Kuzco sees llamas after Chicha clocks him with the FryingPanOfDoom.
-->'''Kuzco:''' You have a lovely wife... They're both very pretty...
* In ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman'', [[TheBully Tunnu]] gets these when he was crashed by a ball hit by [[BullyHunter Maruti]].
* Near the end of the [[Literature/TheBible "Noah's Ark"]] segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia 2000}}'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is thrown against a wall after getting his foot stuck inside a rope holding up the door, and when he finally crashes down onto the floor, several animals on the ark can be seen circling his head (including [[FurryConfusion a pair of non-anthro ducks]]). Later at the end, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck sees stars after an elephant steps on him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' when Mr. Smee is pounding a sign on Captain Hook's cabin as he tells another pirate to be quiet, at that very moment Captain Hook opens the door to attack Smee but he accidentally hits him on the head with the hammer he was pounding the nails in with, he then sees stars and planets circling his head as he falls unconscious.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye Beyond the Mind's Eye]]'': After a miniature pterosaur [[CameraAbuse breaks the camera lens]], the music cuts to a quiet drone while a subtle whistling sound hints that the pterosaur might be seeing something orbiting its head.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'', when Luca falls off the bicycle and hits his head he sees anchovies circling his head.

** In the Ruby/Sapphire quiz book, question 74 shows a ring of birds (the usual confusion status condition) at the top right corner, and the question asks (in Japanese) which Pokémon would move does not cause the user to become confused, with the selections ranging from a Bellossom using Petal Dance, a Spinda using Thrash, a Zangoose using Fury Cutter, and Rayquaza using Outrage. Of course, the correct answer section reveals that the move Zangoose is using, Fury Cutter, doesn’t confuse the user, but rather increases in damage every time it lands.

** In the Ruby/Sapphire quiz book, question 74 shows a ring of birds (the usual confusion status condition) at the top right corner, and the question asks (in Japanese) which Pokémon would move does not cause the user to become confused, with the selections ranging from a Bellossom using Petal Dance, a Spinda using Thrash, a Zangoose using Fury Swipes, and Rayquaza using Outrage. Of course, the correct answer section reveals that the move Zangoose is using doesn’t confuse the user.

** In the Ruby/Sapphire quiz book, one of the pages shows a ring of birds (the usual confusion status condition) at the top right corner, and the question asks (in Japanese) which Pokémon would get confused by using a move, with the selections ranging from a Bellossom using Petal Dance, a Spinda using Flail, a Zangoose using Fury Swipes, and Rayquaza using a move. Of course, the correct answer section reveals that Bellossom would see this ring of birds after using Petal Dance, as Petal Dance confuses the user after some time.

* ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye Beyond the Mind's Eye]]'': After a miniature pterosaur [[CameraAbuse breaks the camera lens]], the music cuts to a quiet drone while a subtle whistling sound hints that the pterosaur might be seeing something orbiting its head.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' sometimes features characters seeing circling bird-like Pokémon such as Pidgey or Torchic. Often, it indicates when a Pokémon is succumbing to the effect of the Confusion status. There is also a low chance of circling stars. However, this does not always apply for Confusion at times: in one episode in ''Sun/Moon'', Ash's Rowlet sees stars after being hit by a Relavation Dance from Lillie's butler's Oricorio, and then not long after, Rowlet sees birds after being knocked out due to impact with Mallow. During the first Battle Royal episode, Ash’s Litten, Kiawe’s Marowak and Sophocles’ Charjabug all see stars after Masked Royal’s Incineroar knocks them down in a single move. Not long after, Sophocles himself also sees stars after being hit in the face. In the third Battle Royal episode, Faba, while in the Masked Royal disguise, sees stars after Incineroar lands on top of him. Later, taking a page from the games’ book, starting in episode 105 of the Sun and Moon series, during Ash’s Lycanroc VS Lycanroc battle with Gladion, Gladion’s Lycanroc sees birds after becoming confused due to using Outrage, and the trope would repeat every time Gladion’s Lycanroc becomes confused due to Outrage. In ''Journeys'', the birds used for confusion (starting from episode 36 of ''Journeys'' when Ash’s Riolu was confused by a Trainer’s Octillery’s Psybeam) resemble the generic ducks from the older generation games, though this can change depending on the episode; for example, in episode 102 for ''Journeys'', the confusion birds used for Articuno after it gets hit by Gary’s Umbreon’s Confuse Ray resemble the ones from the seventh and eighth generation games.

[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* The ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Alien" does a variation on this trope. Lamput, Slim Doc, and Fat Doc accidentally invade an alien's spaceship; at one point, the alien accidentally destroys the ship's control panel trying to shoot the three unwanted guests, sending the ship flying up into space and causing it to bounce off of several planets. All of the planets get rings of circling stars around them after being hit... except for Saturn, which already had a ring.
* ''Little Singham'' uses the stars variety, accompanied by bird sounds, frequently for injured characters. The villains tend to experience this the most often, though Little Singham and his friends see them on occasion, too.
* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', this happens multiple times to various characters, with numerous variants such as circling stars and circling wolf heads.
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[[folder:Film — Animation]]

-->'''Kuzco''': You have a lovely wife...They're both very pretty...

[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]

-->'''Amelia''': So right this minute, little planets and chirping birds are circling your head?
-->'''Alice''': (''Amelia's friend'') Ouch! That must hurt.
-->'''Amelia's father''': Tell me about it.
-->'''Amelia''': She just did.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXOTH85fao this montage]] on Series/TheRealWorld previewing his eventual WWE personality, Mike "The Miz" Mizanin hears tweeting birds while showing off his wrestling moves.

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': Discussed when Klaus learns that all the times he thought he was having near-death experiences were real deaths.

[[folder:Pinball]]

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
** One strip showed MadScientist Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040719 seeing]] circling [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld airships]].

** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0716.html "She Didn't Miss"]], a lizardfolk bounty hunter named Gannji gets three circling pterosaurs after getting hit by a "Power Word: Stun" from Vaarsuvius.
** Earlier, Lien threatens to hit Qarr the imp so hard he would see demonic circling birdies.

* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie''

* WebVideo/{{Smosh}}

* In ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode "The Amnesiac Orange", Orange has stars circling his head after getting an EasyAmnesia. Then some cartoon birds show up and complain about the stars stealing their job. [[spoiler:At the end, Midget Apple also gets EasyAmnesia, complete with the same stars. Then the birds show up again and start beating up the stars.]]

--> '''Scruffy:''' You know, that sound when a character has birds around their head because they’re dizzy. That sound comes from ''cartoons'', and it’s not nearly as realistic as Pikmin 3’s environment or soundscape, but it ''enhances'' the idea that the Skutterchuck is dazed, and this is your chance to defeat it. ''That'', for me, is “cartoonish” clarity.

* The stars version appears fairly frequently in ''WesternAnimation/ProblemChild." For example, in the episode "Junior Meets Tiny Ben," a rare instance where Junior finds himself the ButtMonkey for much of the episode, Junior sees circling stars three different times.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' provides an interesting take on this in the episode "Papa's Puppy Prescription"; when Gargamel gets dazed by running into a rock, in his next scene he tells Azrael how he sees birdies and little stars flying around his head. Azrael, of course, cannot see these "birdies" and "little stars" Gargamel speaks of - and neither can we as a matter of fact - leaving him confused about what his master is talking about.

-->'''Patrick''': [[NonSequiturThud Hot...wings]].

* Brazilian YouTuber Mateus Pain (painzeiro) sees a ring of birds after getting clonked by Thor's hammer in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk2qFmQ38Tk this video]] showcasing the disadvantages of superpowers. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenhNdFY548 another video,]] he sees circling images of [[Animation/BabySharksBigShow Baby Shark]] around his head after a fall, having previously been pestered by his niece with the song nonstop.

* Although stars flying out as the result of impact is frequently used in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' (on both the manga and the anime) and not really noteworthy, in the manga chapter titled 夜空がギンギラギン [[note]]Meaning: The night sky is bright[[/note]], Doraemon has a gadget that can help you literally harvest them. Anytime there are stars flying out because of impact, whether from 2 objects colliding, or from Nobita when he's beaten up by Gian which produces larger stars, Doraemon can use a net to catch those stars. Doraemon and Nobita use those stars to create a beautiful starry sky that they don't get to see in the crowded city.

* In ''Search The Sky'', by Creator/FrederikPohl and Creator/CyrilKornbluth, there's a scene where Ross is made to TalkToTheFist.

* In episode 7 of "Anime/{{Dragon Ball Super}}", One of the character's father sees stars and planets.

* ''Film/SpaceJam''

* Animated birdies and stars circle Joe Torry's head after his character is punched in the comedy ''Sprung''.
* In ''The Scene,'' Jimmy Fallon hears tweeting birds after running head-first into a bus.

* In ''Film/TheToxicAvengerPartII'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unTl2ABT8kY in one scene]], a japanese girl hears tweeting birds after getting punched in the face.
* Matt [=LeBlanc=] hears birds after getting knocked out by a car door in ''Ed.''

* The 1967 musical "Half a Sixpence" uses tweeting bird sounds after Arthur (Tommy Steele) is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22FpPKsQSs tossed through a roof during a musical number.]] Somewhat lampshaded, in that actual birds are escaping as a result of his crash, adding cooing pigeons to the cacophony of the usual high-pitched bird sounds standard for this trope.

** Bird sounds were used after Tracy Morgan was hit in the head in one of the Film/LittleMan trailers.

* The lead character (played by Seth Adkins) in "Funky Monkey" stumbles and hears birds after getting tackled hard during a football game.
* The direct-to-DVD sequel of Film/TheLittleRascals uses bird sound effects frequently after comedic injuries. Alfalfa hears birds twice: once after crashing into a car, and once after getting a pounding during a wrestling match. Waldo hears birds after getting socked by a spring-loaded boxing glove, and his father hears them after being whacked by a stray golf club. Stymie hears birds after the gang's homemade streetcar crashes.
* The villain in Munchie Strikes Back hears birds after being bonked by a bowling ball.
* In Bio-Dome, Doyle (Stephen Baldwin) hears birds after a whack in the head by a book sends him flying across the room.

* Bridger Zadina hears birds after walking into a punch in [[https://youtu.be/_4JJvHDAYlk this scene]] in "Kids Vs. Monsters."

* In "Finn on the Fly," Eddie (David Milchard) hears birds after getting punched, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=His2O2weZFo as seen here.]]
* In the 1961 version of "Babes in Toyland," stars appear each time the baddies clonk Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) with a mallet.
* Stars appear above Nic Puehse's head after he faints near the beginning of "Nic & Tristan Go Mega Dega."

* Mickey Rooney and Sidney Miller hear birds both of the tweeting and cuckoo variety when play-acting a comedic wrestling match in "Men of Boys Town."
* Sirius (Zack Ward) hears tweeting birds after being slammed into the back of the cage in the film "Monster Mutt," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQRUBsfKSTA as seen here.]]

* Both bumbling burglars (played by Creator/ClintHoward and Creator/JudgeReinhold) hear tweeting birds after bonks on the noggin with a FryingPanOfDoom in the "''Film/HomeAlone''-with-a-dog" ''Ping''.

* A spin inside a washing machine leaves Laxman (Kunal Khemu) dazed and hearing chirping birds in the Hindi-language comedy "Golmaal Again."

* Jimmy of ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' sees circling birdies a couple of times after being bonked with a mallet.

* On a segment on Popular Mechanics for Kids, animated stars appear and bird sound effects play after host Jay Baruchel is beaned with a baseball.

* Saban Entertainment's live-action shows in the 90s frequently used bird sound effects to indicate head injuries, particularly on Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers. The comedy relief characters -- primarily Bulk and Skull, and later Spike -- were the chief recipients, although they occasionally were used with villains or even occasionally the heroes. Saban's Beetleborgs took it a step further and often added animated stars after head injuries, usually to Flabber, although one of the heroes, Roland, also saw stars a few times.
** In Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Victor and Monty hear birds when they get clonked by a rock.
** Adam (Johnny Yong Bosch) hears birds after taking a spill during an outtakes montage in Power Rangers Turbo.

--->'''Gonnigan's mind:''' Why the heck do I keep getting abused this way? I mean, shouldn't it be [[LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit Tails Abuse]], or [[WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan Jeffy Abuse]], or Red Brother Abuse instead? Geez! [kicks his red brother Red Gonnigan into a wall] (Red Gonnigan: [[OwMyBodyPart Ow! My leg!]])
* The Spanish soap Rebelde occasionally used bird sound effects after an injury. Unlike many shows, it was not confined to head injuries. One character, Miguel, heard birds when another character stepped on his hand.

* On the "Driving Lessons" episode of ''Series/LifeWithDerek," Ralph (Shane Kippel) gets knocked over and hears bird sounds. He then remarks about seeing stars on the ceiling.

* Fix-up television show ''BlindDate'' sometimes would animate birds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5F6G1GRGKQ&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA&index=5would or other objects]] around the head of an injured dater.

* Spanish-language Cartoon Network sitcom''Series/LaCQ'' frequently adds animated birds around the students' heads when they fall, get hit by a ball or suffer any other wide range of slapstick mishaps. Jenny and Monche are the most frequent victims, though all of the main cast and much of the supporting cast experience it at one time or another.
* On a season 5 episode of Tosh.0, Daniel Tosh experiences this trope after recreating the classic cartoon gag of painting a tunnel on the wall and crashing head-first into it.
* Both JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake heard birds after crashing into one another during a sketch on an episode of the Mickey Mouse Club. Kevin Osgood also hears them in another sketch after getting clonked with a baseball.
* In a segment on the U.S. version of "Big Brother 4," cuckoo sounds were played when Justin was bopped playfully by another contestant, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbx0dZHlr0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUffBt8Lsi5lpJJ_S7083obA as seen here]].

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Q_7VS6-1Q this sketch]] from ''Series/MadTV'', tweeting bird sounds are used when O.J. Simpson (played by Orlando Jones) bumps his head on an air conditioning unit, a spoof of blooper reel shows that frequently use cartoonish sound effects.

* The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange used this on rare occasions. In the episode "Welcome to My Fruitmare" Orange hits his head on a wall, then he sees stars with faces and falls asleep. In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthA_6s3Evo 2013 promo]], Broccoli drops a brick on Nerville's (Toby Turner) head while he is recording a voiceover. He falls and gets back up with oranges circling his head, and he comments on them.
* In teen telenovela Atrévete a Soñar, a brawl leaves Richie (Ricardo Ceceña) hearing birds and seeing cartoon hot dogs and doughnuts circling his head -- appropriate, given his prowess as a chef!
* Frequently used in telenovela "Misión S.O.S." Usually, it's just the bird sound effect after a character is dizzy or dazed, but El Chaneque (Jesús Zavala) sees animated stars circle his head in addition to the bird sounds when he is fired out of cannon, crashes and, in a nice bit of irony, gets clonked by his helmet.

* Various characters experience this in the children's telenovela "Suenos y Caramelos," and each character sees a circling object distinct to his/her personality after an injury. Talon, for example, sees the typical circling birds, while Fregonal sees sinister-looking crows. The plucky Mauricio, meanwhile, sees circling airplanes whenever he gets knocked silly. More minor characters tend to see simple circling or flashing stars.
* The Brazilian telenovela Carrossel uses bird sounds on occasion, such as when bully Paulo (Lucas Santos) gets crushed by Jaime (Nicholas Torres) during a basketball game.

* In Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, this is a frequent trope, yet it is always just the sound of chirping birds. Characters who have had it used on them include Xena (in The Furies), Gabrielle (in The King of Assassins), Eris (in Kindred Spirits), Philemon (in Warrior... Princess), Amarice (in Animal Attraction), Dr. Polly (in Send in the Clones), and Joxer (in nearly every episode he's in)

* The Armenian show "Outdance" uses bird sound effects on occasion when a character is knocked out. In one episode teaser, [[Main/ButtMonkey the hapless Garik]] heard birds when he was punched out, though the sound effects were absent from the actually episode. Another character hears birds when a girl punches him out in a later episode.
* In the Quebec television series "Ramdam," Simon (Xavier Morin-Lefort) frequently hears birds as a result of AmusingInjuries in the comic cutaway scenes. A few of the causes: getting knocked silly in a boxing match, taking a hard hit in a slap duel, being on the receiving end of a spring-loaded boxing glove and, while dressed as a caveman, getting clonked with a club.
* In the Halloween episode of ''Series/HowToRock'', Kacey (Cymphonique Miller) takes a fall, gets up and mentions seeing "birdies" before passing out again, triggering an [[Main/AllJustADream All Just A Dream]] episode.
* Disney's reboot of "Bug Juice" added circling stars around a camper's head when he hit it after coming down a water slide.

* In one of the animated cutaway sequences on the Nickelodeon series Romeo!, Romeo (Romeo Miller) imagines himself and Myra (Brittney Wilson) as Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots in battle, and they both hear birds when they punch one other.
* Brazilian telenovela "Da Cor do Pecado" uses this trope occasionally, especially in scenes involving the antics of Edilásia and her sons. Usually only the sound effects of birds are used, though Thor (Cauã Reymond), Dionísio (Pedro Neschling) and Abelardo (Caio Blat) also all get animated stars around their heads at one point after losing a match.
* In Mi Marido Tiene Más Familia, Robert (Daniel Arenas) hears tweeting birds when being punched out in a fight; Temo (Joaquín Bondoni) also hears birds after being punched in another episode.
* In the Ecuadorian series 3 Familias, Kevin (Kevin Chapin) sees circling stars twice while engaged in battle against Max (Carlos Scavone) in a Franchise/StreetFighter parody. Kevin also hears bird sound effects after fainting in another episode, as does Genaro (Martin Street) after getting punched. Max himself hears tweeting birds a few times in the final season, including when he faints while watching a chicken get slaughtered and when getting knocked silly in a boxing match.
* The Italian series New School frequently uses bird sounds when a character, usually Nick (Matteo Valentini), gets injured; Nick also sees circling stars after taking a hit in a dream sequence.
* The title character in Filipino sitcom Juan Tamad, played by Sef Cadayona, hears birds after a punching bag he is hitting rebounds onto his head.
* During a boxing match dream sequence in Una Familia con Suerte, Pancho (Arath de la Torre) takes a double punch as referee, causing birds to circle his head, of which the announcer makes mention. In a later episode, Enzo (Pedro Moreno) gets bird sound effects after falling off a bed.

* In one version of ''Videogame/BattleChess'', Rook takes Knight and Bishop takes Knight both involve head trauma for the knight, complete with "cuckoo" sound effect.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}'' gets the circling stars version (with bird sound effects) while in a VideoGame/PunchOut parody during his adventures.

* Brazilian YouTuber Mateus Pain (painzeiro) sees a ring of birds after getting clonked by Thor's hammer in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk2qFmQ38Tk this video]] showcasing the disadvantages of superpowers. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenhNdFY548 another video,]] he sees circling images of [[BabySharksBigShow Baby Shark]] around his head after a fall, having previously been pestered by his niece with the song nonstop.

* In the WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard episode "Clan of the Cave Cow", a cave cow (mistaken for Otis) [[TapOnTheHead whacks Abby on the head with a club]]. Baby chicks circle around her head as she says "[[NonSequiturThud I'm a pretty ballerina]]" before collapsing to the floor.

* In WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000, the episode [[ValentinesDayEpisode Love Is In The Hair... Net]] has Madison get [[TheDoorSlamsYou door slammed]] in the face. She falls to the ground with unicorns circling her head.

* In WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot, the episode "Puppet Bride" features Jenny getting hit on the head with a cane. Blue stars circle her head for a brief moment before she shakes them away.

* In WesternAnimation/NutriVenturesTheQuestForTheSevenKingdoms, Episode 3 has Nina seeing stars after landing in a trash can.

* The stars version appears occasionally in WesternAnimation/PepperAnn. Milo, for example, sees them after taking a hard hit during football practice, and [[ButtMonkey Crash]] sometimes sees them after his frequent AmusingInjuries.

* Bird sounds frequently play in WesternAnimation/PJMasks when a character is injured or dizzied, often as their eyes spin in opposite directions to add to the effect.

* Normally in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, BlankWhiteEyes are used. However, circling stars were used in the episode "Switched" when Puppet King-controlled Robin accidentally hit himself with his own baton.

** Chris bullies Duncan over his crush on Courtney in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTrialByTriArmedTriathlon Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon]]", so Leshawna helps her challenge partner out by knocking the host out. She and Duncan win the challenge moments later, so Chris groggily forces himself back on his feet to declare "Bedunca" and "Shewaninin" the winners as three stars and [[UsefulNotes/{{Saturn}} Saturn]] circle above his head.

* Both Ego the Cholo ([=YouTuber=] Eric Ochoa aka SUPEReeeGO) and bodybuilder C.T. Fletcher hear birds in [[https://youtu.be/sfyWqEx-pdM this Street Fighter parody.]]