Stars artoon
The only sign of her being injured is her lethargic behavior and the stars circling around her head.
In A Clan in Need, Sorrelpaw is supposed to be severely injured, but she doesn't look remotely injured. The Warrior Cats graphic novels use Bloodless Carnage, in contrast to their violently heavy source.Not actually shown, but Kate Kane mentions she's seeing these just after her girlfriend punches her out in a boxing match in Batwoman (Rebirth).One instance has Dilton fall off a skateboard while listening to headphones, commenting on how the track suddenly sounds like birds chirping.Archie Comics will sometimes have Archie dazed after a fight, and seeing, not just basic birds, but rather specific ones, such as Red-Winged Blackbird or Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, twittering and circling his head.In another book, an Egyptian sees hieroglyphs of birds.◊ In the same book, another native American sees all the stars from the American flag. In Astérix and the Great Crossing, a KO'd native American sees American stars.Unrelated to Circling Vultures, which foretell a rather worse fate than a mild concussion.
Occasionally, more idiosyncratic "satellites" will circle the character, usually related to either their personality or the task they were trying to accomplish when they were stunned. Similarly, this trope often occurs in live-action instances with just the sound effects of birds.
Cartoon cats who see circling birdies sometimes swat at them as though they were real. It is not uncommon for circling stars to sound like birds (cuckoo is very commonly added, although it's usually the cuckoo clock variation instead of the realistic version), even if it makes no sense. This is a cartoon representation of "seeing stars." Upon recovery, the character will usually brush them away with an impatient or brusque sweep of their hands. Sometimes it's just circles or whirls spinning around. An animated character who has been stunned, usually by blunt head trauma, will display a "halo" of twittering birds or twinkling stars orbiting their head at or above eyebrow level.