<p>Gintoki screaming <strong>Psycho-Pass!</strong> when hit by a chair,</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1Cqq6.png" alt="Gin gets hit by a chair" /></p>
<p>is a reference to a scene (episode 17 at 18:21) from <em>Psycho-Pass</em>, where Kasei gets hit on the face with a portable patient monitor by Makishima.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4tTI0.png" alt="Kasei gets hit by a portable monitor" /></p>
<p>Gintama is well known for using gags and references regarding other anime. Most references are made when the situation is similar to that of the other anime. This Psycho-Pass reference is a new one.</p>
<p>I also believe it could be a word which was misheard by the viewers. Found this on <a href="https://forums.yorozuyasoul.com/index.php?topic=3001.45" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Yorozuya Soul Forums (dead link)</a>. The author has a good point.</p>
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<p>Gin had shouted a lot of random words before, when he gets hit or blown away, maybe it's just a random thing, I personally think that maybe he actually said &quot;<strong>psychopath</strong>&quot; but the translator though he said Psycho-Pass, since they are both pronounce the same way (Psycho-Pass is a pun), at least that's my assumption, I could be wrong, it's not like I'm fluent in Japanese(YET!)</p>
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2015-04-19T11:56:18.110Z
If it really was the intended pun, he should have been hit with a book...
Mints97
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2015-04-19T16:49:29.763Z
@Mints97 not necessarily. The similarity kinda lies in the way both faces are attacked by an object. I dont think Gintama meant to recreate that exact scene from Psycho-Pass.
Ero Sɘnnin
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2015-04-23T06:57:03.423Z
It's a reasonable answer. But I do agree with @Mints97 that the joke would have been a lot easier to get and even funnier had it been a book.
Saturn
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2015-04-23T07:57:20.303Z
@Omega agreed. I couldn't find any other references.. But since Gin has yelled random stuff before, and throwing a book would mean exact replication, I think its explainable. Maybe the concept of this reference was to confuse the viewers and let their imagination decide what really happened :p
Ero Sɘnnin
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I don't think it's the first hit on the face that is being referenced, but the second (Psycho-Pass episode 17 at 18:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjhZ78d4RZQ&t=18m20s. Same angle.
Gao
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2018-06-18T06:49:53.300Z
Ooh that seems like better answer than mine. Please do make it as an answer. The credit goes to.you for finding it out :) @Gao
Ero Sɘnnin
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Ero Sɘnnin
<p>I just watched the first episode of the new Gintama 2015 season. At the beginning, when Gintoki was hit by a chair, he screamed <em>Psycho-Pass!</em></p>

<p>I know Psycho-Pass is another anime (I watched it) - but what was the meaning behind that reference in Gintama? I was wondering if both animes had the same studio or something, but that doesn't seem to be the case.</p>

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2015-04-18T21:11:20.090Z
I am not so sure but as I was searching for psycho pass - gintama connections and got that : 
[Hijikata Toushiro and Kougami Shinya (from Psycho-Pass)](http://forums.yorozuyasoul.com/index.php?topic=1417.15) 
it might be related!
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Why did Gintoki scream "Psycho-Pass!"?
# Why did Gintoki scream "Psycho-Pass!"?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-04-17
I just watched the first episode of the new Gintama 2015 season. At the beginning, when Gintoki was hit by a chair, he screamed *Psycho-Pass!*

I know Psycho-Pass is another anime (I watched it) - but what was the meaning behind that reference in Gintama? I was wondering if both animes had the same studio or something, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I am not so sure but as I was searching for psycho pass - gintama connections and got that : 
[Hijikata Toushiro and Kougami Shinya (from Psycho-Pass)](http://forums.yorozuyasoul.com/index.php?topic=1417.15) 
it might be related!  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-04-19. Score: 17 | Accepted answer
Gintoki screaming **Psycho-Pass!** when hit by a chair,

![Gin gets hit by a chair](https://i.sstatic.net/1Cqq6.png)

is a reference to a scene (episode 17 at 18:21) from *Psycho-Pass*, where Kasei gets hit on the face with a portable patient monitor by Makishima.

![Kasei gets hit by a portable monitor](https://i.sstatic.net/4tTI0.png)

Gintama is well known for using gags and references regarding other anime. Most references are made when the situation is similar to that of the other anime. This Psycho-Pass reference is a new one.

I also believe it could be a word which was misheard by the viewers. Found this on [Yorozuya Soul Forums (dead link)](https://forums.yorozuyasoul.com/index.php?topic=3001.45). The author has a good point.

> Gin had shouted a lot of random words before, when he gets hit or blown away, maybe it's just a random thing, I personally think that maybe he actually said "**psychopath**" but the translator though he said Psycho-Pass, since they are both pronounce the same way (Psycho-Pass is a pun), at least that's my assumption, I could be wrong, it's not like I'm fluent in Japanese(YET!)
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2015-04-19): If it really was the intended pun, he should have been hit with a book...  
> **username_2** (2015-04-19): @Mints97 not necessarily. The similarity kinda lies in the way both faces are attacked by an object. I dont think Gintama meant to recreate that exact scene from Psycho-Pass.  
> **username_0** (2015-04-23): It's a reasonable answer. But I do agree with @Mints97 that the joke would have been a lot easier to get and even funnier had it been a book.  
> **username_2** (2015-04-23): @Omega agreed. I couldn't find any other references.. But since Gin has yelled random stuff before, and throwing a book would mean exact replication, I think its explainable. Maybe the concept of this reference was to confuse the viewers and let their imagination decide what really happened :p  
> **username_4** (2018-06-16): I don't think it's the first hit on the face that is being referenced, but the second (Psycho-Pass episode 17 at 18:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjhZ78d4RZQ&t=18m20s. Same angle.  
> **username_2** (2018-06-18): Ooh that seems like better answer than mine. Please do make it as an answer. The credit goes to.you for finding it out :) @Gao  
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