History Main / GivingUpTheGhost

* The page image is from ''OreImo'''s [[EvolvingOpening 14th episode opening,]] which has some unusual cartoon violence for this otherwise fairly realistic show.

* ''OreImo'': Pictured above this happens during the opening of episode 14 and manami quickly shoves in.

This is a comedy trope found in anime. Whenever a character may feel like they could die at any moment due to some form of sudden external stimulation or just plain exhaustion. It could be getting knocked out with a sudden blow to the head, being scared half to death, a sudden shock to the system, being pushed to the point of physical exhaustion, or some other form of AmusingInjury. This results in the character's very soul momentarily escaping from their body, most often [[OrificeEvacuation from their mouth]].

** Early on Mutsumi was anemic and did faint often, Later though her anemia gets better and by the end of the manga it has left her.

** Interestingly, the physical soul clearly exists in FullmetalAlchemist, and so in theory, that actually might be possible.

** After Sun realizes that Akeno is conducting a [[spoiler:Mermaid exam]] on her to determine if she's allowed to stay where she lives, Sun starts to tense up at the thought that anything she does next may compromise her situation. Her soul takes the form of a little angel that revolves on top of her head. Akeno lampshades this by saying that it looked like her soul was about to fly away.

This is a comedy trope found in anime. Whenever a character may feel like they could die at any moment due to some form of sudden external stimulation or just plain exhaustion. It could be getting knocked out with a sudden blow to the head, being scared half to death, a sudden shock to the system, being pushed to the point of physical exhaustion, or some other form of AmusingInjury. This results in the character's very soul momentarily escaping from their body, most often from their mouth.

* This happens to Kurumi in the 2nd episode of PaniPoniDash when Becky called her a boring girl who has no noticeable characteristics. Her soul can be seen just floating out of her mouth. When Becky calls her "Boring Girl" again, her ghost screams out in further shock. It just gets escapes further and further outward across the rest of the episode until it finally flies away when Ichijo adds the final nail to the coffin. It happens a few other times across the series too.

* This happens to Kurumi in the 2nd episode of PaniPoniDash when Becky called her a boring girl who has no noticeable characteristics. Her soul can be seen just floating out of her mouth. When Becky calls her "Boring Girl" again, her ghost screams out in further shock. It happens a few other times across the series too.

* This happens to Kurumi in the 2nd episode of PaniPoniDash when Becky called her a boring girl who has no noticeable characteristics. It happens a few other times across the series too.

* ''OreImo'' Pictured above this happens during the opening of episode 14 and manami quickly shoves in.

-->'''Motoko:''' ''This is.. This calm serenity is as if she were a Buddha! There's a Buddha behind her?!''
-->'''Shinobu:''' ''[[LampshadeHanging Um... I think her soul is slipping away.]]''
-->'''Keitaro:''' ''WA-H! She's dying from the cold! Mutsumi-san, get a hold of yourself!''
-->--LoveHina

* This happens quite frequently in LoveHina, especially with Mutsumi Otohime.Early on she was prone to "dying"(she faints) at the drop of a hat, so much so that it gets {{Lampshaded}} quite often. At one point, Motoko noticed such a serene calm coming from Mutsumi during a New Years ritual that she thought she was achieving Buddhist transcendence... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v07/c000/37.html until everyone realized that Mutsumi was about to die from the cold, so they had to grab her soul and wake her up again.]]

* One episode of FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood had Edward get smacked upside his head so hard by Winry's wrench that his soul started to escape from it. A surprised Alphonse [[LampshadeHanging grabs onto it]] and says: "I've got your soul, brother!"

* Kenichi from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi ends up giving up the ghost a few times. At one point, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/22.html he was scared so bad that his ghost's]] ''ghost'' [[BeyondTheImpossible gave up the ghost.]]
* MyBrideIsAMermaid shows this happening to "Chimp" Sarutobi on a few occasions.

* When Negi is training with Rakan in MahouSenseiNegima, Rakan tells him to use his strongest attack on him so he can estimate how tough he is. When Negi does and it hurts more than he expected, Rakan hits him back so hard that this ends up happening.
* This happens with Kazuki in BusouRenkin when Tokiko hits him, and especially after his [[EpicFail disastrous]] attempt to emulate the 'Bravo Kiss'.
* This occurs in one of the [[{{Omake}} Niwanaishos]] in MariaSamaGaMiteru. Yumi and Youko are trying to get a scene right that involves drinking a nauseous mix of strawberry juice and milk. They mess the scene up two times. During the last take Yumi passes out and gives up her ghost.
* This occurs in episode 2 of FairyTail during the guild brawl. Lucy is speaking with Mirajane about the commotion, asking if this is normal for the guild. As Mira is replying that they guild is always like this, Her brother Elfman is thrown into her, knocking her unconscious and giving up her ghost.
** This also happens in episode 8 of FairyTail. Kage gives up his ghost when he is informed that he looks like the Blue Pegasus guild master, Bob, when he was younger. Master Makarov does this in the the episode when Natsu, Gray and Erza [[spoiler: defeat the demon from the lullaby, but destroy the Guild Master meeting hall in the process.]]
* Happens to the Computer Club members in HaruhiChan in the 5th episode after the dodgeball game.

* A few times in LuckyStar:

* Happens to Ikko all the time in AhMyBuddha. It's to be expected since the series is about ghosts and {{ecchi}}.

* ToLoveRu: [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu]] is dead but inhabits a RidiculouslyHumanRobot. However, any great scare causes her to leave the robot in this way.

* As pictured above, Kenichi from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi ends up giving up the ghost a few times. At one point, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/22.html he was scared so bad that his ghost's]] ''ghost'' [[BeyondTheImpossible gave up the ghost.]]

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[[HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GiveUpTheGhost_9011.jpg]]

* Kenichi from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi ends up giving up the ghost a few times. At one point, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/22.html he was scared so bad that his ghost's]] ''ghost'' [[BeyondTheImpossible gave up the ghost.]]

* ToLoveRu: [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu]] is dead but inhabits a RidiculouslyHumanRobot. However, any great scare causes her to leave the robot in this way.
* RealLife: It was an old belief that when a person yawned, their soul was in danger of floating out of their mouth. Hence, the custom of covering one's mouth when yawning.

* ToLoveRu: [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu]] is dead but inhabits a RidiculouslyHumanRobot. However, any great scare causes her to leave the robot in this way.

* This happens quite frequently in LoveHina, especially with Mutsumi Otohime. She's prone to dying at the drop of a hat, so much so that it gets {{Lampshaded}} quite often. At one point, Motoko noticed such a serene calm coming from Mutsumi during a New Years ritual that she thought she was achieving Buddhist transcendence... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v07/c000/37.html until everyone realized that Mutsumi was about to die from the cold, so they had to grab her soul and wake her up again.]]

* This happens quite frequently in LoveHina, especially with Mutsume Otohime. She's prone to dying at the drop of a hat, so much so that it gets {{Lampshaded}} quite often. At one point, Motoko noticed such a serene calm coming from Mutsume during a New Years ritual that she thought she was achieving Buddhist transcendence... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v07/c000/37.html until everyone realized that Mutsume was about to die from the cold, so they had to grab her soul and wake her up again.]]

* Kenichi from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi ends up giving up the ghost a few times. At one point, he was scared so bad that his [[BeyondTheImpossible ghost's ''ghost'' gave up the]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/22.html ghost.]]

* Kenichi from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi ends up giving up the ghost a few times. At one point, he was scared so bad that his ghost's ''ghost'' [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/22.html gave up the ghost.]]

* ToLoveRu [[CuteGhostGirl Oshizu]] is dead inhabiting a RidiculouslyHumanRobot however any great scare causes her to leave the robot in this way.

** Interestingly, the physical soul clear exists in FullmetalAlchemist, and so in theory, that actually might be possible.

* This happens with Kazuki in BusouRenkin when Tokiko hits him.

* Happens several times to Kazuki in BusouRenkin, particularly after his [[EpicFail disastrous]] attempt to emulate the 'Bravo Kiss'.