Not even a slap, barely a caption.: Get A Hold Of Yourself Man (2024)

From what I see, having watched about... four minutes of Gundam in my life, and possibly recognizing the suits, this is just a pic of the former Trope Namer. The girl could be crying because a strange man just barged into the room and pimp-slapped her boyfriend, for all I know. It does not demonstrate the trope at all. Have a look.

• The Hero... grows increasingly hysterical,
  • Don't see that
• Jerkass,
  • Or that
• unresponsive
  • or that
• or (w)angsty,
  • nope
• [a person] jolts him back to his senses
  • open to interpretation.
• with a sharp slap
  • not shown; only the aftermath.

There is literally no part of the description shown.

edited 2nd Jun '11 6:09:48 PM by SalFishFin

I too have seen about 4 minutes of Gundam in my life, yet I can see the trope in this pic. As Joie De Combat said, there clearly was drama in that room, being trashed and all, and by seeing the backhand position of the slapper and the slappee holding his cheek, you can guess there was a slap. The slappee having this clear look of disbelief in his eyes also conveys the fact he looks like a Jerkass who got his first slap in his life.

"Your kindness gives me the presentiment I can be reborn. Now, I want to believe at least in you." - Kaori Yae

We can probably do better, but we'll have to see some suggestions.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

there clearly was drama in that room, being trashed and all, and by seeing the backhand position of the slapper and the slappee holding his cheek, you can guess there was a slap.

The drama could have been that a random dude barged into a room and slapped someone.

The slappee having this clear look of disbelief in his eyes also conveys the fact he looks like a Jerkass who got his first slap in his life.

Again, the look of disbelief could be from a random dude barging into his room and slapping him.

edited 2nd Jun '11 6:52:44 PM by SalFishFin

I see:

A man with his hand outstretched.

Another man holding his face.

A woman in the corner crying.

I can logically conclude that the man on the floor has been hit by the man that is standing.

I cannot logically conclude anything else about the situation.

edited 15th Jun '11 3:03:07 PM by SalFishFin

I agree with the OP, the image seems to focus too much on the slapper amd the crying girl, instead of the supposedly wangsty hero. It does not convey anything that the trope suggests. If I only looked at the image without reading the article, I would probably think something along "a father walked into a guy making out with his daughter and got a little bit angry".

Its perfectly fine.

The shock in his face sells it.

edited 23rd Jun '11 6:50:19 AM by Raso

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Let's say that I'm just too ignorant to see what's going on here. Enlighten me. How does this image, beyond a shadow of a doubt, show the trope as it is described?

edited 23rd Jun '11 7:42:24 AM by SalFishFin

Alright, smart guy. What would you suggest we replace this perfectly fine image with?

Do loafing!

I didn't find that issue to be a dealbreaker.

I can tell someone hysterical just got slapped. That's a start. No idea why — had to read the article to get the rest of the trope. Once I got the idea I didn't feel mislead by the page image. I agree it doesn't show all aspects of the trope, but showing it's the hero who is losing it during a crisis is gonna be tricky.

Speaking from experience, when trying to convince people that a serviceable but flawed image needs to be changed it's a good idea to have a better image to hand.

The best image, if anyone can find one, would be a panel from a comicbook or manga of a character slapping someone while saying "Get a Hold of Yourself", or something similar. It would clearly show the slap in action.No particular examples I can think of, by I'm sure someone must able to think of one. As the current image stands, I don't think it's perfect, but it's clear enough. You can see how it would relate to the trope, so it's not terrible.

"Men are still good. We fight, we kill, we betray one another, but we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to." - Bruce Wayne

I didn't even know this picture was from Gundam when I first saw it, but it always seemed pretty clear to me what was going on. Heck, usually the first thing I thought of when thinking about this trope was the image. I honestly don't know if we're going to be able to find a better picture.

Current project: Cleaning up the Chrono Crusade examples one at a time. God help me.

I can tell someone hysterical just got slapped.

Wow, I couldn't tell that myself.

There are also just too many distracting factors: the obviously torn-apart room, the sobbing girl. Maybe a crop...?

@OP: You could probably argue that for any picture of one person slapping another. I'm not saying we couldn't find a better one, though. It does look a bit awkward.

Good, but I think we want a guy-on-guy pic; that one may have Unfortunate Implications.

Ponders too much; thinks too little. Currently goes by Knowlessman.

-Face Palm-

Let me state my point again: This trope can be summed up in 3 parts:

• 1: Character A is angsting/being a prick/being overly emotional somehow.
• 2: Character B slaps Character A.
• 3: The intent of Character B's slap is to "cure" Character A of his emotional anxiety/prickishness/angst.

The current issue I have is that the image simply suggests #2 It doesn't show the other 2 points with any certainty. It could easily be a cap from a scene where a lunatic barged into some other guy's room and smacked him for no good reason.

edited 5th Jul '11 12:32:07 PM by SalFishFin

Or he was trying to assault the girl in her room, hence the crying. Not to mention there's a bed present.

edited 6th Jul '11 12:30:23 AM by Catalogue

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.