Fits
Spasms
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- She is prone to fits of maniacal laughter (her head often spasms violently when she does so) and will shriek at random.
Source: Ax Crazy / Video Games - Eleven has random fits of hitting himself, sometimes spasms painfully, has erratic and odd cravings for food, and walks into a tree.
Source: Resurrection Sickness -
Magaki, endboss of XI, also fits the trope when he first appears to the player, but he subverts it, as his true form is a lanky, bug-eyed, pink...thing who shambles about, and his body is racked with muscle spasms.
Source: White Hair, Black Heart
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