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* ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'': Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) finds his wife having an affair with his best friend. He gives the friend the offer "Head or gut?", and the friend chooses gut.
* In the film ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', Tallahassee hits Columbus at "45%" strength after getting sprayed with perfume.

* In ''Film/MajorLeague'', Ricky Vaughn accidentally has an affair with Roger Dorn's wife (she set him up). After the Indians win the pennant, Dorn slugs Vaughn, before helping him to his feet and giving him a big hug.
* In ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'', Joe is preparing to stop Totenkopf's rocket from destroying the world. Unable to find another way to stop love interest Polly from following him, [[PercussivePrevention Joe punches Polly]]. Apparantly not hard enough, as Polly shows up in time to save him from Totenkopf's [[RobotGirl android enforcer]]. After punching him in the jaw, they go off to save the world.
* In ''Film/McLintock'', [=McLintock=] tells Jones:
-->"I haven't lost my temper in 40 years; but, Pilgrim, you caused a lot of trouble this morning, might have got somebody killed, and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. The hell I won't!" ''(belts him in the mouth)''

* ''Film/{{Go}}'' uses this trope with a nonfatal gunshot wound in place of a punch.

* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Film/{{Chappie}}'', where Chappie hunts down Moore to the Tetra Vaal offices and subjects him to a very violent CurbStompBattle that breaks nearly all his limbs and leaves him near death, for [[spoiler:murdering Chappie's "mummy" Yolandi with the MOOSE]].
-->'''Chappie:''' Now, I forgive you, bad man.

* In ''Literature/{{Unwind}}'', Connor does this to Lev. The injured party tells him that he let him get away with that punch because it was deserved - but never again.

* In the non-fiction book ''Film/DonnieBrasco'', Agent Pistone is accused of being an undercover cop by two criminals and is held at gunpoint until they contact someone who can vouch for having committed crimes with him. After Pistone is cleared (by an FBI informant) they put their guns away, and Pistone immediately hits them, as it's important for his VillainCred not to let that kind of thing slide.

* ''Series/MagnumPI'': In one episode Magnum gets a little bit more friendly with a man's wife than he should. The husband sees him and slugs him. Then he raises his fist again, and Magnum grabs his arm and says, "I deserved ONE".
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
** Barney offers Ted a free punch anywhere but in the face. Ted accepts, punches him in the groin, and says that while he forgives him he's still ending their friendship.
** There's also the RunningGag of the Slap Bet - Marshall is allowed to slap Barney five times, at any moment, with no warning. This is based on a ruling by the Slap Bet Commissioner, Lily, as punishment when Barney prematurely slapped Marshall.
* Done in ''Series/PartyOfFive'', when Will realizes that his girlfriend Sarah is still in love with his best friend Bailey, and vice versa. He breaks up with Sarah, gives Bailey his blessing to pursue the relationship - and then punches him in the stomach.

* Played for laughs unexpected laughs in ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. In an episode about halfway through the series, Ryu Terui gets his BerserkButton pressed by the Weather Dopant and starts treating the other protagonists harshly, which has the indirect effect of getting TheHero badly injured in a fight. Later on, TheWatson Phillip confronts Ryu and punches him out, then offers his hand and says "According to Shotaro, that makes us friends again", [[CallBack referring to a similar incident from the first episodes]].

* ''Series/IsauraTheSlave2004'': When Henrique apologizes to Tomasia for not believing her about Leoncio, she gives him a BitchSlap before accepting his apology.
* ''Series/TheRighteousGemstones''. Decades after abandoning him in a mall, Uncle Baby Billy reunites with his son Harmon, wishing to make amends so he can do well by his new family. After much insistence for a token of atonement, Harmon requests one closed fist punch to his father's face for leaving him. He gets that request, decks Baby Billy, and immediately offers a hand to help his father back up before sending him on his way.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Commander Shran beats up Captain Archer on their first encounter, but when Archer proves his allegations against the Vulcans, Shran says that he owes him one. Later Shran double-crosses Archer on the orders of his government and tries to apologise, reminding him that he still owes Archer and will deliver at a future date. Archer responds by decking Shran. "I've owed you that one for a long time!"
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the 2nd season episode "A Matter of Honor", Riker, on an officer-exchange program with a Klingon ship, has to employ trickery to oust the captain from command in order to prevent a deadly misunderstanding with the Enterprise (the normal Klingon procedure would be [[KlingonPromotion to assassinate him]]). When he yields command back at the end of the episode, he accepts a punch to the face from the Klingon captain; while it's unlikely the captain exactly forgives him, it does even the score, satisfying Klingon honor and letting the captain recover some dignity after the embarrassment.

* Tommy punches Nolan in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'' because Nolan slept with his ex-girlfriend. Nolan mocks the punch and when Tommy offers to hit him again Nolan says he deserved that one but he'll start hitting back if he wants to take it further.
* Subverted in ''Series/TheBoys2019''. In "Proper Preparation and Planning", Hughie Campbell tackles Billy Butcher just as he's about to shoot Kimoko's brother, a super-terrorist who then proceeds to bring half the building down on their heads. Butcher is understandably furious and tries to throw Hughie out of The Boys, but [[TrueCompanions the others refuse to go along with this.]] At the end of the episode, it looks like Butcher and Hughie [[GoldenMoment will reconcile]], but instead Butcher knocks him to the ground and threatens to kill Hughie if he gets in his way again. The next episode starts with Butcher trying to apologise. Hughie takes a wild swing at him, then just keeps on hitting in a rage until he's pulled off by Mother's Milk. It's not until Butcher saves his life during the episode that Hughie actually does forgive him.

* In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl Vol. 5]]'', Grace Choi of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'' tried this on ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} as revenge for freezing during a battle and failing to watch her back, but broke her hand despite her formidable strength.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', "Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E02FighterFlight Fighter Flight]]"

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': In the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aiel]] honor code, this is a relatively friendly option to settle some transgressions. Rand's AmazonBrigade give him a painful but non-debilitating beating when they learn he kept them away from a battle out of [[WouldNotHitAGirl chauvinism]]; also, the Wise ones administer a round of corporal punishment to Egwene for misleading them about her rank. Afterwards, the matter is considered settled and not to be spoken of again.

->'''Ezra:''' It's not my fault...
->'''Zeb:''' Tell that to my fist!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', "Fighter Flight"

-->'''Barry:''' We had it coming.
-->'''Cisco:''' That’s up for debate.
-->'''Oliver:''' No, you definitely had it coming. Where is she?

* In the {{WesternAnimation/Danny Phantom}} episode Reign Storm, Danny uses his ghost powers to put {{the bully}} Dash Baxter in his place but Vlad, Danny’s {{archenemy}} sees Danny seeking {{revenge}} as proof that they’re {{not so different}} so come the end of the episode, Danny confesses to having pulled several pranks on Dash and apologizes to him and Dash gives Danny a hanging {{wedgie}} and comments “apology accepted”.

If done at the receiving party's urging, may involve HitMeDammit. Occasionally overlaps with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan or DopeSlap. Compare EasilyForgiven. Contrast SorryIFellOnYourFist.

* Attempted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' when Satsuki allows Ryuko to punch her for all the crap she went through in the first bits of the series (the whole student subjugation deal and using Ryuko as a pawn in her plans). Ryuko takes her up on it...but every time she tries, the Elite Four keep blocking her hits ([[DontYouDarePityMe and call her out for holding back when they do]]). Ultimately Ryuko gives up and just accepts the apology, mostly because she knows Satsuki's friends won't allow harm to come to her and mostly [[spoiler: because Ryuko is in no position to judge having just recently been freed from mind control that wouldn't have happened in the first place if she hadn't recklessly run off to confront Ragyo and got herself captured.]]

* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': [[WhatTheHellHero Kurogane threatens to clock]] [[spoiler:clone Syaoran]] for one of his actions. [[spoiler:The original]] gets a half-hearted knuckle-tap [[spoiler:in his clones']] stead, though the DistantFinale suggests that there may be a way to bring [[spoiler:the Clone]] back after all, so Kurogane uses the "he still owes me a punch" as an excuse to travel with [[spoiler:original!Syaoran]].
** Fai also does this to Kurogane after he [[spoiler:cut off his own arm to save Fai's life]]. Yes, Fai is the one punching Kurogane for doing that. ItMakesSenseInContext (kind of).
* In ''Manga/LoveHina'' Naru does this to Keitaro after he peeks at her diary. And when he stumbles on her bathing. And when he's sitting quietly minding his own business. [[{{Tsundere}} And when there's a weekday with the letter "y" in it]]...
* In the anime version of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Toji [[HitMeDammit demands that Shinji hit him]] after realizing he's unjustly treated Shinji like crap. Shinji complies after some hesitation. In [[Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion the manga adaptation]], Shinji decides it's better to have Toji owe him one, and later embarrasses Toji in front of the girls in their class during PE. [[spoiler:There are some [[FridgeHorror rather disturbing]] parallels between Shinji's beatdown of Toji, and Unit-01's destruction of Unit-03.]]
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Maka punches Black Star in an argument, and after Black Star accepts her apology, [[HitMeDammit she also insists that he punch her back]]. [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom He doesn't hold back]], though she also insisted he not and actually smiles despite lying on her back.

* In ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', Celty does this to Shinra after she discovers that [[spoiler:he knew Yagiri Pharmaceuticals had her head in the past]]. He claims it's the same as a wedding ceremony.
* Subverted in an episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', where Taichi [[HitMeDammit offers a chance for Koushiro to hit him to atone for having taken out his anger on him,]] but Koushiro passes it up, understanding that Taichi was just venting and didn't mean to antagonise him. Their Digimon seemed willing to take Taichi up on it, however.

* In ''Manga/BloodLad'', at least the manga adaptation, Staz does this to his older brother, Braz, in return for a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood and being near constantly antagonized over the course of the series.
* Attempted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' when Satsuki allows Ryuko to punch her for all the crap she went through in the first bits of the series (the whole student subjugation deal and using Ryuko as a pawn in her plans). Ryuko takes her up on it...but every time she tries, the Elite Four keep blocking her hits ([[DontYouDarePityMe and call her out for holding back when they do]]). Ultimately Ryuko gives up and just accepts the apology, mostly because she knows Satsuki's friends won't allow harm to come to her and mostly [[spoiler: because Ryuko is in no position to judge having just recently been freed from mind control that wouldn't have happened in the first place if she hadn't recklessly run off to confront Ragyo and got herself captured.]]
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': After Ishigami makes some comments about Kaguya and Fujiwara's breasts [[RightBehindMe without realizing that they're in the room]], Fujiwara makes her presence known, assembles a paper fan out of a newspaper, bashes him over and over again in the back of the head with it until she runs out of breath, and then forgives him. Kaguya then implies that she'd do ''far'' worse to him if he ever does something like that again.

* Garrus' loyalty mission in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' includes a scene where Garrus confronts [[spoiler:the ex-C-Sec officer who helped hide the man who betrayed Garrus' vigilante team to their deaths on Omega]]. After extracting the information needed to find [[spoiler:said turian]], Garrus goes to shoot him, whereupon a Paragon interrupt allows Shepard to stop him. Garrus headbutts him instead. As Shepard and Co. walk away, Garrus has this to say:
-->'''Garrus:''' [[ExactWords I didn't shoot him.]]

-->'''Luzzu''': You're just saying that so you can punch me some more, aren't you?
-->'''Wakka''': Lots, lots more!

* In ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', Kung Lao's ancestor was slain by Goro in Mortal Kombat, leading to a feud between Kung Lao's family and Goro. Kung Lao and Goro eventually agreed to make peace, but Kung Lao punched Goro at the meeting. Goro initially thought Kung Lao wanted to continue the fight. Kung Lao just did it to let Goro know that he hadn't forgotten the bad blood between them but he was still willing to let it end there.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', Wonder-Blue finally apologizes for his RevengeBeforeReason LeeroyJenkins behavior against [[TheVamp Vijoune]] and asks each member of the team to give him a hit right in the jaw. [[RookieRedRanger Wonder-Red]] pulls rank so [[MegatonPunch he can personally]] [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punch Blue across the Virgin Victory.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC'': Not really a punch, but a slap. Joshua gets one from his foster father, Cassius, for running away and trying to sever all ties with his allies.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', near the climax of the ''[[DownloadableContent Cindered Shadows]]'' campaign, after Balthus realizes that Yuri [[spoiler:betraying him and the other Ashen Wolves was not only done under duress, but Yuri also secretly planned their rescue]], forgives Yuri after punching him in the face.

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** Exaggerated in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''. Instead of killing TheMole for very nearly getting the party killed themselves, he is told that his life belongs to [[TheTeam Brave Vesperia]] now, and then every single party member present takes turns walking up and decking him. He ends up getting hit four times in a row (''five'' in the UpdatedRerelease, thanks to the addition of Patty), with only Repede not doing so by virtue of the fact that [[NonHumanSidekick he's a dog]] (though the UpdatedRerelease has the other new teammate, Flynn, abstain too; since he's a NiceGuy and [[spoiler:had been manipulated by the villain like TheMole was]]). And later on in an optional dialogue scene, we learn that after the group had reunited with a party member who was absent at the time, she had ''also'' taken her turn to smack him.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Celty does this to Shinra after she discovers that [[spoiler:he knew Yagiri Pharmaceuticals had her head in the past.]] He claims it's the same as a wedding ceremony.

* Attempted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' when Satsuki allow Ryuko to punch her for all the crap she went through in the first bits of the series (the whole student subjugation deal and using Ryuko as a pawn in her plans). Ryuko takes her up on it...but every time she tries, the Elite Four keep blocking her hits ([[DontYouDarePityMe and call her out for holding back when they do]]). Ultimately Ryuko gives up and just accepts the apology, mostly because she knows Satsuki's friends won't allow harm to come to her and mostly [[spoiler: because Ryuko is in no position to judge having just recently been freed from mind control that wouldn't have happened in the first place if she hadn't recklessly run off to confront Ragyo and got herself captured.]]

** Another time Superman offers to do this again. Since Batman is standing on the Batwing, and is ''really'' pissed off this time, he opts to take his free shot with missiles instead.

* ComicBook/GoldDigger has a hilarious and tear-jerking example. [[spoiler:Brittney is fighting the Dynasty, who are very much an expy of The Borg in this area. One of her allies sends her off, promising to get away. Said ally reappears...as a Dynasty warrior. Brittney promises to get her back to normal, and then punch her for lying. After the brainwashing and such is reversed? She follows through, then commences with the tearful reunion.]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheLastPrayer'', after it comes out that Choji accidentally drugged Ino, part of his reparations towards her is letting Ino hit him. Right as said condition is stated, Ino punches him hard enough to break Choji's nose and launch him into to a wall.
* A variation in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12708864/chapters/28982199 Torn between two earths]]'': Barry tells Oliver he's about to reveal something he should told Oliver about awhile ago (the existence of Black Siren), and that Oliver will want to hit him once he does. After he does, Oliver tells him the only reason he isn't punching Barry ''right now'' is it would be [[SlaveToPR bad PR for the mayor of Star City to be seen attacking a Central City CSI technician]]. Later, Barry and Cisco are both seen sporting bruised eyes.

* ''Film/{{Go}}'' uses this trope with a non fatal gunshot wound in place of a punch.

* At the start of ''[[Film/NedKelly2003 Ned Kelly]]'' (2003), Ned has just done a stretch in prison and has an organised bare knuckle boxing match with the man who ratted him out to avoid prison himself. Ned [[CurbStomp curb stomps]] the guy and then they're friends again.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Film/{{Chappie}}'', where Chappie hunts down Moore to the Tetra Vaal offices and subjects him to a very violent CurbStompBattle that breaks nearly all his limbs and leaves him near-death, for [[spoiler:murdering Chappie's "mummy" Yolandi with the MOOSE]].

* In ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', Phileas Fogg delivers a beautiful one to Inspector Fix. Due to a case of MistakenIdentity, Fix has chased him round the world, caused him many inconveniences and finally arrested him as soon as he arrived back in England, potentially delaying him enough to make him lose his wager. When Fix releases him, apologising for his mistake:

* In the non-fiction book ''Film/DonnieBrasco'', Agent Pistone is accused of being an undercover cop by two criminals, and is held at gunpoint until they contact someone who can vouch for having committed crimes with him. After Pistone is cleared (by an FBI informant) they put their guns away, and Pistone immediately hits them, as it's important for his VillainCred not to let that kind of thing slide.

** In the Season 3 climax, John Diggle punches Oliver Queen for kidnapping his wife while pretending to be a brainwashed member of the League of Assassins. However he makes it clear that he doesn't forgive Oliver, but they have more pressing issues to deal with so it will have to do for now. In fact it's several months before they properly reconcile.

* ''Series/MagnumPI'': In one episode Magnum gets a little bit more friendly with a man's wife then he should. The husband sees him and slugs him. Then he raises his fist again, and Magnum grabs his arm and says, "I deserved ONE".

--> '''Joey:''' ''[[[ItMakesSenseInContext using air quotes]]]'' Oops.

* Played for laughs unexpected laughs in ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. In an episode about halfway through the series, Ryu Terui gets his BerserkButton pressed by the Weather Dopant and starts treating the other protagonists harshly, which has the indirect effect of getting TheHero badly injured in a fight. Later on TheWatson Phillip confronts Ryu and punches him out, then offers his hand and says "According to Shotaro, that makes us friends again", [[CallBack referring to a similar incident from the first episodes]].

* ''Series/TheRighteousGemstones''. Decades after abandoning him in a mall, Uncle Baby Billy reunites with his son Harmon, wishing to make amends so he can do well by his new family. After much insistence for a token of atonement, Harmon requests one closed fist punch to his fathers face for leaving him. He gets that request, decks Baby Billy, and immediately offers a hand to help his father back up before sending him on his way.

* Subverted in ''Series/TheBoys2019''. In "Proper Preparation and Planning", Hughie Campbell tackles Billy Butcher just as he's about to shoot Kimoko's brother, a super-terrorist who then proceeds to bring half the building down on their heads. Butcher is understandably furious and tries to throw Hughie out of The Boys, but [[TrueCompanions the others refuse to go along with this.]] At the end of the episode it looks like Butcher and Hughie [[GoldenMoment will reconcile]], but instead Butcher knocks him to the ground and threatens to kill Hughie if he gets in his way again. The next episode starts with Butcher trying to apologise. Hughie takes a wild swing at him, then just keeps on hitting in a rage until he's pulled off by Mother's Milk. It's not until Butcher saves his life during the episode that Hughie actually does forgive him.

--> '''Garrus:''' [[ExactWords I didn't shoot him.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Wakka hates the Al Bhed because his brother Chappu got killed wielding an Al Bhed weapon, which went against the teachings of their religion. When Wakka learns that his friend Luzzu was the one who convinced Chappu to join the Crusader army, Wakka flattens Luzzu with an uppercut, and is only stopped from dealing any further damage by Tidus holding him back. After Luzzu gets up and goes off to fight [[EldritchAbomination Sin]], Wakka tells him to come back alive.

* Denied in an optional conversation, only accessible if Hector and Lyn have an A Support, in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. Lyn apologizes for the way she treated Hector earlier in the game and offers him an opportunity for this trope. He refuses, because at this point he's fallen in love with her.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Ryuji is on bad teams with the rest of the former track team because he punched [[StarterVillain Kamoshida]], resulting in the track team getting shut down. Ryuji accepts that the rest of the team has a good reason to be angry with him, so after helping them resolve a conflict, he invites them to punch him in retaliation. They eagerly accept, and seem to forgive him.

* In ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', after Commander Badass recovered from the [[ForcedTransformation Nomura]] [[PrettyBoy Syndrome]] incident, he went back to his Spacefuture handlers responsible to chew them out for it. The Admiral points out that between all the other concessions Commander had wrangled from them for prior transgressions there was basically nothing, at this point, he could ask them for. Commander suggests this trope, and wins One Free Punch to the Admiral's face, to be delivered at his own discretion, at an undisclosed time of his own choosing.

* In ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', Vax preemptively apologizes, and then proceeds to punch Percy in the face after learning that [[spoiler:he was the one who triggered the trap that (temporarily) killed Vex in the previous episode.]] Also a common result of conflict resolution between Grog and Vax - especially when the latter does something to prank the former.

** During ''The Road Home'' one-shot, when [[Comicbook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] sees Bruce again after he returns from being thought dead and putting her through another SecretTestOfCharacter she slaps him, then runs off yelling that she's glad he's not dead. He lets her have it.

* In the ''Comicbook/ForgottenRealms'' comics, Ishi beats on Jasmine rather harder than she intended when Jasmine taunts her about her "[[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend boyfriend]]" Agrivar. After recovering her temper, an embarrassed Ishi offers Jasmine one free shot to make them even, and Jasmine promptly kicks her in the head.

* In ''FanFic/WinterWar'', Ikkaku does this to [[spoiler:Yumichika]]- not for his apparent betrayal of Soul Society earlier, but for not telling Ikkaku a rather critical piece of information (which would have allowed Ikkaku to figure out what was going on, among other things) beforehand.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' FanFic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4267279/1/Hero_High_Sphinx_Academy Hero High: Sphinx Academy]], Ben begrudgingly decides to go along with Alex's plan under one condition. That condition being where Ben slugs him in the gut as hard as he can. A bit subverted however, as Alex's friends knew that if Alex wanted to he could have easily dodged Ben's punch and possibly broke his arm, but allowed himself to get hit as it seemed like this would speed things up.

* In the ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' fic ''FanFic/ShadowOfTheDragon'', when Renji discovers that Sakura's group knew that his LoveConfession would redeem Reiko's spirit and let her move on, he remarks that he isn't sure if he should thank Syaoran or deck him. When Syaoran tells him to do as he wishes, Renji promptly punches him out, remarking that they could have let him know Reiko still had a few days so they could have gone on a real date. Nonetheless, he's grateful that he'll be able to see Reiko again because of them and walks off with a TearfulSmile.

* Tommy punches Nolan in ''{{Defiance}}'' because Nolan slept with his ex-girlfriend. Nolan mocks the punch and when Tommy offers to hit him again Nolan says he deserved that one but he'll start hitting back if he wants to take it further.

* Attempted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' when Satsuki allow Ryuko to punch her for all the crap she went through in the first bits of the series (the whole student subjugation deal and using Ryuko as a pawn in her plans). Ryuko takes her up on it...but every time she tries, the Elite Four keep blocking her hits. Ultimately Ryuko gives up and just accepts the apology, mostly because she knows Satsuki's friends won't allow harm to come to her and mostly [[spoiler: because Ryuko is in no position to judge having just recently been freed from mind control that wouldn't have happened in the first place if she hadn't recklessly run off to confront Ragyo and got herself captured.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr'': ''TheMovie'' (aka [=BraveStarr=]: The Legend) this is how [[CoolHorse Thirty-Thirty]] responds to the title character's offer of a helping hand up after [=BraveStarr=] [[InsistentTerminology called him a horse]], [[ICallItVera tried to steal his gun]] and [[LetsYouAndHimFight punched him through several walls]] before [[DefeatEqualsFriendship knocking him unconscious with a sucker punch and saving him from a collapsing building]]. Followed by Thirty offering [=BraveStarr=] a hand up in turn, with a comment of [[TheyFightCrime "Now we're even"]].

This is a subtrope of RestrainedRevenge in which a character claims a right to attack the one who wronged them once before forgiving them. Sometimes accompanied by the phrase, "[[MakesUsEven Now we're even.]]"

If done at the receiving party's urging, may involve HitMeDammit. Occasionally overlaps with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan or DopeSlap. See AngerBornOfWorry for the emotion behind the punch. Compare EasilyForgiven. Contrast SorryIFellOnYourFist.

If done at the receiving party's urging, may involve HitMeDammit. Occasionally overlaps with GetAHoldOfYourselfMan or DopeSlap. Compare EasilyForgiven. Contrast SorryIFellOnYourFist.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Revelation'', [[spoiler:Tex]] asks Epsilon-Church for the right to punch Tucker for his smart-ass comments in exchange for calming down. Epsilon agrees, and Tucker remains clueless about what is going on until he's been punched.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible Elbows work too.]]]]

* In ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', after Commander Badass recovered from the [[BalefulPolymorph Nomura]] [[PrettyBoy Syndrome]] incident, he went back to his Spacefuture handlers responsible to chew them out for it. The Admiral points out that between all the other concessions Commander had wrangled from them for prior transgressions there was basically nothing, at this point, he could ask them for. Commander suggests this trope, and wins One Free Punch to the Admiral's face, to be delivered at his own discretion, at an undisclosed time of his own choosing.

* In one version of [[Myth/KingArthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]], the Green Knight in question dares Gawain to take a swing at him with an axe, with the caveat that should said Knight survive, he'll return the blow one year later. ([[LosingYourHead Un]])naturally, he lives, but when the time comes, he discovers that his wife tried to seduce Gawain, who kissed her but ultimately refused her. As a reward for honor, he spares Gawain's life--but gives him a scar because of that kiss.

->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', "Fighter Flight"