History Main / IndignantSlap

->''"I can fend for myself!" the princess retorted, also having had her fill.''
->''"And see what has come of it!" Shizuru hissed.''
->''Natsuki's hand came out; heat exploded on the older woman's cheek.''

-->'''Lisbon:''' [''After Jane gets slapped by a suspect''] I hope that hurt.
-->'''Jane:''' It did.

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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Truthspeakers are required to be [[BrutalHonesty unrelentingly]] {{Honest Advisor}}s to Seanchan royalty. In an empire where a servant merely making eye contact with a royal can be a deadly offense, one famous truthspeaker publicly slapped the Emperor for his foolishness and was not punished.

* When Peggy discovers that Michael really is still alive in ''[[Fanfic/SixesAndSevens Agent Carter: Phanton Pain]]'', she's at a loss of how to react. She opts to slap him in the face.

* * When Peggy discovers that Michael really is still alive in ''[[Fanfic/SixesAndSevens Agent Carter: Phanton Pain]]'', she's at a loss of how to react. She opts to slap him in the face.

Compare and Contrast GetAHoldOfYourselfMan, when someone slaps someone in the middle of an emotional or mental breakdown to restore them to sanity, and DopeSlap, where someone does a quick slap to the back of someone's head when they say something more foolish or stupid than offensive. An indignant slap will always be face to face, and applied ''to'' the face.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The students of Class 3-E try doing parkour without a sense of awareness of their surroundings, and accidentally injure an innocent old man. For this, the entire class is brought out to be slapped across the face, the only time in the entire series when Korosensei breaks his rule against harming his students.

--> "I just found out, that a girl got killed here last week, and you knew it! You knew there was a shark out there! You knew it was dangerous! But you let people go swimming anyway? You knew all those things! But still my boy is dead now. And there's nothing you can do about it. My boy is dead. I wanted you to know that."

* Mrs. Kintner famously delivers one to Sheriff Brody in ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' upon learning that he kept the beaches open even after a young woman had already been killed in a shark attack, leading to her son Alex's death.

While not Always Female, slapping is often done more frequently by female characters, possibly because it's less likely to cause lasting harm, and possibly because it's expected that a man who is righteously outraged will jump straight to a punch, unless they're consciously trying to avoid inflicting permanent harm.

It can overlap with both KissKissSlap or SlapSlapKiss, but is just as likely between TheRival, or even close friends when someone has crossed a line and needs to be made aware of it quickly and sharply.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The students of Class 3-E try doing parkour without a sense of awareness for their surroundings, and accidentally injure an innocent old man. For this, the entire class is brought out to be slapped across the face, the only time in the entire series when Korosensei breaks his rule against harming his students.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': During a flashback in "My Sister's Keeper", a younger Tai brings Kari (who has a cold) to the park to play soccer with him. She ends being hospitalized when this cold turns out to be pneumonia, and his mother slaps him across the face for being so reckless.[[note]]The English dub gets rid of the slapping scene, but still implies she's done it because there's still a big red hand mark on his cheek.[[/note]]

** During the story arc that introduced Ryoga, Ranma was rescuing Akane as she fell from a tree. Akane protested, demanding Ranma let her go. Ranma states that he (though now in girl form) isn't holding Akane because he likes her. Incensed, Akane slaps Ranma as they land. It does no real damage, but does cause Ranma to realize he'd crossed a line. Unfortunately, it's at this point that Akane's hair is sliced during their argument, meaning Ranma's JerkassRealization amounts to very little.

* ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'': Angered by his wife's callousness during the cruise, a passenger decides enough is enough when she falsely accuses Banshee of being a thief even after it had been proven her dog Wolfgang stole her jewels, and slaps her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': Buster tries to speak to several red pandas in Japanese, but ends up insulting them by mistake. One of them gasps and slaps him before they all storm out in a huff.

* ''Literature/OthersidePicnic'': Zigzagged. Toriko has a habit of striking Sorawo whenever the madness of the Otherside is threatening to overwhelm her, typically a case of GetAholdOfYourselfMan. However, when Sorawo makes an offhand remark that Toriko is turning into a domestic abuser, Toriko is clearly hurt by the remark and tries to refrain from doing so later, offering a BigDamnKiss instead. However, when Sorawo is suffering a case of LaserGuidedAmnesia, and can't remember Toriko, Otherside, Kozakura, Migawa, or UBL, Toriko slaps her in front of everyone. Kozakura and Migawa assume it is because Toriko is upset that Sorawo forgot her, making it an Indignant Slap, especially due to their recent RelationshipUpgrade, while a still amensiac Sorawo thinks Toriko is flying off the handle. Toriko herself claims it was PercussiveMaintenance, and that it had worked in the past. Toriko ends up having to use her invisible hand and [[EyeScream insert a finger into Sorawo's MagicEye]] to restore her memory.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': "The Maltese Falcon Job". The team is preparing to escape via helicopter, but Nate reveals to them that he torched all of Sterling's evidence against them, meaning that in order to build his case against a dangerous arms dealer again, he will have no choice but to arrest Nate, and so Nate is willingly surrendering to buy safety for his team. After spending the whole time away from the team finding herself [[note]]In reality to cover for Gina Bellman's pregnancy[[/note]], she slaps Nate for leaving her just as she had returned. She later alludes to this in "The Inside Job", when Nate asks if they're ever going to talk about the moment where they kissed, and she says she doesn't remember a kiss. She remembers a slap, and he's still working it off.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E12BraveNewMetropolis Brave New Metropolis]]," Lois goes into an alternate reality where [[BewareTheSuperman Superman went off the deep end]] and partnered with Luthor to make Metropolis into a police state. When Superman tries to justify how he's trying to make the world safer after his Lois was killed [[KnightTemplar by using more heavy handed tactics]], she slaps him saying he was using her death as an excuse to abuse his powers.

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Compare and Contrast GetAholdOfYourselfMan, when someone slaps someone in the middle of an emotional or mental breakdown to restore them to sanity, and DopeSlap, where someone does a quick slap to the back of someone's head when they say something more foolish or stupid than offensive. An indignant slap will always be face to face, and applied ''to'' the face.

-->'''Lisbon:''' [''After Jane gets slapped by a suspect''] I hope that hurt.//

'''Jane:''' It did.

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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': Henry Jones, Sr. is telling Indiana that they have to go to Berlin to retrieve his diary, as it contains vital clues to finding the Holy Grail. Indiana is more concerned about Marcus Brody. Henry says that Marcus would agree with him. Indy's reply, "Two selfless martyrs. Jesus Christ!" Henry slaps him at that point, and informs him that it was for the blasphemy, and that the quest for the Grail is not about archeology, but about Good vs. Evil, and that if the Nazis find the Grail, they will cover the Earth in darkness.