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* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', after three days and 500 nonstop rounds (158 wins, 158 losses, 184 ties) of games between Sora and Shiro in order to determine who will be the sole ruler of Elchea, they pushed themselves to the brink of exhaustion and passed out after doing this. Even bystander Stephanie Dola started having delusions after being tired of waiting for them for so long, and eventually gave up hers at the same time too.

* The page image is from ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'''s [[EvolvingCredits 14th episode opening,]] which has some unusual cartoon violence for this otherwise fairly realistic show.
* One of the more comedic scenes in ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'' involves Charlotte and her bodyguards. First by Charlotte from the shock that a ''princess'' like herself has to perform the tasks of a common servant as well as look the part. Her friends decide to gang up on Fio for subjecting her to such a state, and then this happens to all three of them after Fio effortlessly knocks them out and leaves them piled up on the floor.

* In ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' Mahiro's mother Yoriko says that Mahiro and Nyarko should start their relationship slow and be friends first; Nyarko, mistakenly thinking she's been friend zoned, has this reaction.

* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet''; [[LightNovel/{{Overlord 2012}} Ainz]] gives up the ghost after he gets fried by a Turn Undead spell from [[LightNovel/KonoSuba Aqua]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother3}}'' has the Ghost Armor and Ghost Knight enemies depicted like this on the battle screen.

* This occurs in one of the [[{{Omake}} Niwanaishos]] in ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''. 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 is a comedy trope found in anime and manga. Sometimes, 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]].

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

* This happens quite frequently in ''Manga/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 {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d 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... until everyone realized that Mutsumi was about to die from the cold, so they had to grab her soul and wake her up again.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', splatted Inklings have their squid-form "ghost" float upward and head back to base to respawn. One upgrade even causes said ghost to haunt the guilty party, revealing them on the map for a short amount of time. During the single player campaign, defeated Octolings also leave them, octopus-shaped of course.

* Kenichi from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' ends up giving up the ghost a few times, most often during {{Training|From Hell}} (Apachai and Akisame being probably the worst offenders). At one point, he was scared so bad that his ghost's ''ghost'' [[UpToEleven gave up the ghost.]]

** Young Edward does this after getting his butt kicked during a teaching lesson with Izumi, back when both brothers finally began their alchemy training.

* Almost every chapter of ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' will have this happen to someone. Either it's an unfortunate victim of [[LethalChef Maii's cooking]] or it's Kimihito being injured by someone in his UnwantedHarem getting overly enthusiastic again. There's a little bit of FridgeHorror when it's revealed [[spoiler: that he actually dies and comes back to life every time he gets hurt this badly]].

* Anytime a creature dies in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', this happens. With enemies, it looks like [[https://www.pikminwiki.com/images/f/f9/Spirit_1.jpg a bubble with eye sockets]], whereas with the titular critters... [[TearJerker/{{Pikmin}} See here.]]

* When Negi is training with Rakan in ''Manga/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.

* Almost every chapter of ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' will have this happen to someone. Either it's an unfortunate victim of [[LethalChef Maii's cooking]] or it's Kimihito being injured by someone in his UnwantedHarem getting overly enthusiastic again. There's a little bit of FridgeHorror when it's revealed [[spoiler: that he actually dies and comes back to life every time he gets hurt this badly]].

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* ''Manga/ToLoveRu''

* ''Manga/OnePiece''

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', Russia once grabbed Latvia to help him stop shaking, but Latvia was so terrified that his soul flew out of his mouth.
* In ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' Mahiro's mother Yoriko says that Mahiro and Nyarko should start their relationship slow and be friends first; Nyarko, mistakenly thinking she's been friend zoned, has this reaction.

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* Happens in episode 13 of ''Manga/KareKano'' from Kazuma's mom hitting him for not warning her that Tsubasa was coming over.

* This occurs in one of the [[{{Omake}} Niwanaishos]] in ''LightNovel/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 happens with Kazuki in ''Manga/BusoRenkin'' when Tokiko hits him, and especially after his [[EpicFail disastrous]] attempt to emulate the 'Bravo Kiss'.

* Anytime a creature dies in ''VideoGame/Pikmin'', this happens. With enemies, it looks like [[https://www.pikminwiki.com/images/f/f9/Spirit_1.jpg a bubble with eye sockets]], whereas with the titular critters... [[TearJerker/{{Pikmin}} See here.]]