Concussion

Sure, most of the time the whumpee hits their head and we just have to believe someone's word that they have a concussion. And these are still great, but ah! When they really go for it! The disorientation, the pain, memory loss, weird behavior... It's so much better, isn't?

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Tv Shows
House M.D.


 * 4x15: Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) suffers a concussion at a bus accident, and because of it, can't remeber almost nothing regarding the crash. On his search for those memories, he neglects his injury and has ear bleeds, throw up and passes out.

Walker


 * 1x08: Trey Barnett (Jeff Pierre) is up at a high place helping some people trapped by the hurricane destruction to get out of there, when some rubble falls on him and he falls to the ground. He, as a doctor, self-diagnoses a concussion.