History Main / AmusingInjuries

* In the third book of the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Michael subjects himself to this when he starts destroying magica plants. The various punishments he recieves involve many painful instincts and, on one occasion, a skunk.

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* At the end of each Advertising/{{Pepsiman}} commercial, Pepsiman would receive one of these, which was also applied to the Pepsi can at the end. For example, in one commercial, he hits his head on a window, with the Pepsi can having a dent in the top. One action figure bizarrely titled "The Fuct of Pepsiman" actually came with a crutch.

* This trope is par for the course in many classic comic strips, which (being static and somewhat trite) would arguably be less funny for lack of them. You could probably make a DrinkingGame out of all the times [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin opened the door and announced "I'M HO-OME!"]] only for Hobbes to tackle him and roll around with him in a BigBallOfViolence until Calvin was thoroughly bruised and [[ClothingDamage his clothes were partially shredded]]. Didn't happen so much in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (as Charles Schulz preferred to dish out ''psychological'' pain to his characters), but occasionally someone [[ButtMonkey (usually Linus)]] would get knocked on his ass by a punch or a wild baseball pitch and have cartoon "whirlies" orbiting around his head.

* During the TrainingMontage of "I'll Make a Man Out of You" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Yao gets his buttock pierced by a burning arrow, which is played for laughs. This is particularly notable since Mulan's stomach wound later is not only played for drama, but also a major plot point.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' Ozzy bumps into things constantly on account of his lacking depth perception and reduced mobility.
* Judy's FailureMontage in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', has many painful injuries showing how she is struggling with her training but her toilet mishap is clearly played for laughs.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': Brutally averted. The sorts of injuries that normally would be painful yet harmless in a movie like this actually did kill Puss eight different times, leaving him on his last life after the intro.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when Mei is knocked down by a punch from Abby, she pops back up within a second none the worse for wear.

* In ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', because of medical magic almost any injury not instantly fatal is fixable. Generally averted with any injury serious enough to require a trip to St. Mungo's, however.

* ''Literature/NightmareHour'': How the clown and audience respond to Christopher in "Afraid of Clowns", as well as any other previous victims, thinking it is an act (the audience only) but all the while very droll, but of course, not to the victim, and of course, it is not just an act.
* In the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' novel ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresTheCrookedWorld The Crooked World]]'', the TARDIS lands in a world where CartoonPhysics is the norm... for its inhabitants ([[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve at least at first]]), who can get machinegunned at point blank range and only come out with some soot on the face. The TARDIS crew, on the other hand, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is not that lucky]].
* In the ''Literature/SpySchool'' novels Spyder agent [[spoiler: Joshua Hallal]] is assumed dead at the end of the second book. He returns near the beginning of the third with an artificial leg, a hook hand and an eyepatch (which he got swatting at a fly on his face [[EyeScream before he'd gotten used to the hook]] and continues to suffer injuries every time he clashes with the heroes, on one occasion breaking his remaining arm and leg.
* ''Literature/TheUnwomanlyFaceOfWar'': {{Deconstructed}}. Young nurse Zinaida Korzh was wounded...in her buttocks. She was too embarrassed to ask for help and stayed silent. Unfortunately, any untreated wound can become a serious problem and in a few days she passed out from blood loss.
* Viciously averted in Creator/StephenKing's ''{{Literature/Carrie}}'' to [[spoiler: Tommy]], who is smashed in the head by one of the buckets of blood and is dead before the ''real'' [[RoaringRampageofRevenge trouble starts]].

* ''Pinball/BigBangBar'' frequently depicts various amusing injuries from its alien patrons, either as they imbibe their various drinks or simply mingle with each other.
* In ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz'', Dorothy's spinning house includes the feet of the Wicked Witch of the East sticking out from underneath.

* In ''Pinball/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkleAndFriends'', missing the SkillShot results in Bullwinkle getting pelted in the face with various objects.
* ''[[VideoGame/ThreeDUltraPinballCreepNight 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night]]'' has various mischievous goblins running around the playfield. Hitting them with the pinball causes them to suffer various Amusing Injuries.

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* In the third book of the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' Michael subjects himself to this when he starts destroying magica plants. The various punishments he recieves involve many painful instincts and, on one occaison, a skunk.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'' sometimes uses this trope, such as Whitney crashing into a tree on her JetPack or Frog hitting a rock while surfboarding.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': Woody suffers from them in the trunk of the Pizza Planet truck, when a bowling ball drops on his head and when Buzz accidentally drops the toolbox on him. Averted when Buzz breaks off his arm.

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Sometimes, it can also involve a huge DoubleStandard. A male character will often suffer them at the hands of a female, who can punch/kick/beat/attack him as much as she wants and it'll be often taken as mere comedy. Try imagining [[WouldntHitAGirl the same situation]] with a GenderFlip... yeah, people will be up in arms. See DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale. If it ''does'' regularly happen to a woman, it is also a case of SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

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This can lead to ''very'' jarring circumstances within a show. Like say when the plot of an episode rides on a character getting injured and taken out of an event, or when there's a character who's a physician of all things, or in the rare event that a permanent death [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome actually occurs]]. It'll be treated at least [[DudeNotFunny somewhat]] seriously in that particular instance, but next thing you know it, they're back to jumping off cliffs and juggling chainsaws. ...Or trying to see if they can do both at the same time.

* In ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', Calvin runs into a closed door ''head-first'' at one point.
* In an episode of ''A Day in the life of a Commissar'', a ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' machinima, an Imperial Guardsman is panicking because his unit is under artillery barrage. A shell goes off beside him, and he flies through the air, squealing "Wheeeeeee!" as if on a ride.

* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Achakura has been drowned, hit across the room, among other lethal attacks, mostly by Yuki. She survives them all unscathed, because she doesn't have a physical body.

* ''WebComic/TrixieVs'': Trixie ends up with half her face bruised, after panicking and running head first into a rock (this is implied to have happened multiple times) [[ItMakesSenseInContext after realizing she's stuck on The Moon]].

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