Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Wake up
Wake up verb - Stop sleeping.
Both terms in one sentence
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For vital NPCs, because they cannot die, they will fall from loss of HP, wake up, and fall unconscious again.
Source: Press X to Die -
Inverted in Inception — pushing someone off a chair is used to trigger a huge shock (causing a sleeping person to wake up), rather than a huge shock causing someone to fall off a chair.
Source: People Fall Off Chairs -
Occurs in The Fall, when Alexandria tries to wake up Roy, after he falls asleep, having taken "sleeping pills" that we later find out are placebos.
Source: Please Wake Up
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