History Main / AcheyScars

* Eiji Date from ''HajimeNoIppo'' has a scar on his nose bridge, which hurts sometimes when it's cold or he's tense. [[spoiler: He got it in his match with Ricardo Martinez, which he lost ''badly'' and triggered his early retirement.]]

* Cain in ''{{Godchild}}'' and ''CountCain'' has whip scars across his back, inflicted by his father, which ache whenever his father's evil organisation is doing something bad, i.e., near constantly.

* In ''KinnikumanNisei'', the scars from Ramenman's coma-inducing head injury reopen when he passes by Lord Flash (who is actually [[spoiler:Warsman, the one who inflicted the injury in the first place]]).

->"It is the old wound, my king! It has never healed."

* Superintendent Matsumoto from Manga/DetectiveConan says that the massive scar [[EyeScream he has on his left eye]] has started to hurt a LOT through the investigation of a case involving [[spoiler: a SerialKiller who both murdered [[ForgottenFallenFriend his best friend and partner]] ''and'' [[EveryScarHasAStory caused said scar]] 20 years ago.]] Later, he explains that [[spoiler: said scar stopped hurting towards he end of the investigation, which he sees as a sign that it's time to move on.]]

* ''GetterRobo'' has Hayato Jin, whose scars are normally invisible but suddenly flare up all over his body when tense.

In fiction, this tissue has an interesting ability to ache or throb when someone's old nemesis comes by, especially if the injury was caused by said villain. (Such significant injuries are of course also [[ScarsAreForever permanent]]). AcheyScars can also refer to scars that were acquired a lifetime ago that still make the bearer gasp or cry out when touched by either a love interest or a particularly perverse [[BigBad big bad]].

* Superintendent Matsumoto from Manga/DetectiveConan says that the massive scar [[eyeScream he has on his eye]] has started to hurt a LOT through the investigation of a case involving [[spoiler: a SerialKiller who both murdered [[ForgottenFallenFriend his best friend and partner]] ''and'' almost blinded him 20 years ago.]] Later, he explains that [[spoiler: said scar stopped hurting towards he end of the investigation, which he sees as a sign that it's time to move on.]]

* Gurney Halleck, from Frank Herbert's ''{{Dune}}'' series, has a deep-red scar down one side of his face which causes residual pain at times of great stress.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', where Frodo's injury from a cursed weapon aches when the One Ring's power is active, specifically during the Council scene when Gandalf reads the inscription. In the book, he falls horribly ill on every October 6 thereafter, the date he acquired the injury. If Gandalf's quote about the Shadow (read: evil) returning is to be believed, Frodo might actually have a connection with any malevolence left in the world.
** He also has pains that trouble him on the anniversary of losing his finger and being stung by Shelob (at least until he leaves for the Grey Havens).
*** Shelob was something of an EldritchAbomination (to say nothing of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil her mother]]), and it's not impossible that her venom was still in Frodo's system. After all, we never saw him presented with any type of antidote. So perhaps the psychological symptoms brought on the physiological ones.
*** The pain from losing his finger probably has less to do with the actual finger, and that when he lost it he lost ''the ring'' as well.

* [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings Trilogy]] shows Frodo Baggins receive a painful scar [[spoiler: that nearly kills him]], and it just about serves as the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifier]]. The Nazgul confront him and his friends on Weathertop and attack them; it is in the ensuing battle that Frodo receives a wound from his enemy that [[ScarsAreForever will never fully heal]]. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]], Frodo's journey takes him right next to the castle owned by the Nazgul that stabbed him; ironically, at the same time that Frodo must pass the castle, the Nazgul journeys out of the castle to oversee the transport of his troops. Though he is unaware of Frodo's presence, [[BlackSpeech he still screams]]; once Frodo hears it, he clutches his scar in agony, saying to his companion, "I can ''feel'' ''his'' ''blade''."

** The prequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson attribute this to him being struck with a Harkonnen inkvine whip, inkvine being a poisonous dye that leaves permanent painful scars.

* [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings Trilogy]] shows Frodo Baggins receive a painful scar [[spoiler: that nearly kills him]], and it just about serves as the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifier]]. The Nazgul confront him and his friends on Weathertop and attack them; it is in the ensuing battle that Frodo receives a wound from his enemy that [[ScarsAreForever will never fully heal]]. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]], Frodo's journey takes him right next to the castle owned by the Nazgul that stabbed him; ironically, at the same time that Frodo must pass the castle, the Nazgul journeys out of the castle to oversee the transport of his troops. Though he is unaware of Frodo's presence, once he screams, Frodo clutches his scar in agony, saying to his companion, "I can ''feel'' ''his'' ''blade''."

In fiction, this tissue has an interesting ability to ache or throb when someone's old nemesis comes by, especially if the injury was caused by said villain. (Such significant injuries are of course also [[ScarsAreForever permanent]]). AcheyScars can also refer to scars that were acquired a lifetime ago that still make the bearer gasp or cry out when touched by either a love interest or a particularly perverse big bad.

** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair,]] it's not a normal wound and in fact apparently disappears entirely after SHIKI dies.

* [[HannaIsNotABoysName Hanna Falk Cross]] is revealed to have [[spoiler:a rather...interesting z-shaped scar running down his front, shut with surgical staples. When a ghost passes through that part of his body, he collapses and apparently is in immense pain.]]

* In ''TransformersAnimated'', Ratchet finds his old war wound is acting up again. Turns out the BountyHunter who made it came to Earth to capture Optimus Prime.

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series, main protagonist Rand al'Thor gets not one, but two. The first is taken in a fight with the Dark One's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. It's not able to heal, but at least the Aes Sedai keep it from spreading. He then gets a second on right next to it from a Darkfriend weilding a cursed weapon. The healers aren't even able to contain the second wound, so how do they keep it from killing him? Why, release the bonds on the first wound so that the two corruptions fight each other rather than spread. This keeps Rand alive, but in constant pain.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', where Frodo's injury from a cursed weapon aches when the One Ring's power is active, specifically during the Council scene when Gandalf reads the inscription. In the book, he falls horribly ill on every October 6 thereafter, the date he acquired the injury.
** The blade was ''cursed'', and it's not surprising that the pain continued. If Gandalf's quote about the Shadow (read: evil) returning is to be believed, Frodo might actually have a connection with any malevolence left in the world.

** I think I read somewhere that Gandalf thinks Frodo's pain in mainly psychological. How many times have you been stabbed with a ring-wrath's blade? Huh? HUH?
*** The blade was ''cursed'', and it's not surprising that the pain continued. If Gandalf's quote about the Shadow (read: evil) returning is to be believed, Frodo might actually have a connection with any malevolence left in the world.