History Main / CripplingCastration

* ''Film/TheHatefulEight'': [[spoiler:Warren]] ends up shot in the balls and bleeding to death. It leaves him confined to a bed for the rest of the movie... but barely kicking any less ass.

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'':
** Juuzou's [[RaisedByOrcs "Mama"]] wanted him to remain beautiful and doll-like, so she castrated him to prevent puberty, contributing to his [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous appearance]]. For bonus horror, she did it with a ''hammer''.
** In the sequel, the Ghoul Nutcracker earned her name as a result of her favorite snack -- crushed testicles.
* In Creator/OsamuTezuka's manga ''Manga/{{MW}}'', Shunsaku Ban gets castrated by a vicious dog named Tomoe in chapter 20, ''Inversion''.
--->''"Y-you filthy varmint! You bit off my pecker! Owww... Ow ow ow..."''
* In ''Anime/LegendOfTheBlueWolves'' [[spoiler: Leonard]] rather graphically castrates [[spoiler:Jonathan's rapist, Captain Continental, as punishment.]]
* Hiro in ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'' has a nickname called the "ball-snatcher." It REALLY involves tearing off the privates of other dogs. Truth is, he was training in that to take down Kamikiri, who killed his father when he was young.

* In ''Manga/YataMomo'', The Old Homeless Guy reveals the reason his life spiraled out of control is that his wife castrated him (and presumably kicked him out) after catching him cheating on her. Despite this, they later make amends and get back together, allowing him to leave his homeless life behind.

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'':
** Enemies can be gelded in combat from a lucky (or unlucky) blow to the lower body, which is implemented in abstract instead of implementing genitals solely for this purpose.
** In previous versions, certain enterprising modders made this possible in greater detail, but the player base decided this was too much VideogameCrueltyPotential [[EveryoneHasStandards even for them]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'' video game, wheelchair-bound Turnbull lieutenant Birdie has the habit of crushing his enemies' nuts by rolling over them.
* Rulers who belong to the Byzantine culture group in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' (including, naturally, the Byzantine emperors themselves) have the option of castrating rebels, traitors, and other prisoners held in their dungeons. According to a dev, one late-game lag spike was caused by the game needing to run "can I have him castrated?" checks on behalf of every single Byzantine character with regards to every single character.
* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', enemies can be gelded in combat from a lucky (or unlucky) blow to the lower body, which is implemented in abstract instead of implementing genitals solely for this purpose.

* While it is never actually done, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (and by extension ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'') has Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith interrogate Sector 6's mob boss Don Corneo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kSZ5OVGT6I&t=13m35s threatening to cut off, rip off, and/or smash his family jewels]] if he doesn't tell them everything he knows about Shinra's plans. Since Corneo is a DirtyOldMan, this threat is [[FateWorseThanDeath probably more horrifying to him than straight-up death threats]].
* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'': Skarbrand's Exiles of Khorne faction have a dilemma when the HornyDevils Slannesh influence has infiltrated their ranks, and the player receives two options to respond. One option is to kill on sight anyone caught having sex, and the other is to castrate your entire army.

* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Averted with Sadi, chief eunuch of Queen Salmissra and one of the series protagonists. He's named as "The Man Who is No Man" as part of Mrin Codex prophecy, and is utterly unconcerned with the loss of his manhood, instead considering it a relief to avoid "all the bother" of sexuality, much to the discomfort of his male allies such as Silk and Mandorallen.

* In their climactic duel in Season 2 of ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus]]'', Naevia gets absolutely annihilated by Ashur and nearly killed. That is until Ashur has her on her knees and decides to gloat about his [[PostRapeTaunt previous rape of her]], which gives her a moment to recover enough to castrate him by slashing up with her sword. This weakens him to the point that she is then easily able to decapitate him.

** The Greeks may have gotten this story from the earlier Hittite myth, in which Kumarbi ''bites off'' the testicles of the sky god Anu and [[MisterSeahorse gets pregnant from them.]]

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* In the Falklands War of 1982, a Royal Marine suffered the most crippling flesh wound of all, losing his genitals but otherwise physically unharmed. His commanding officer visited him on board the hospital ship and raised his morale with the following exchange:
-->'''Commanding Officer:''' Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to leave the service, Marine, after that injury.\\
'''Marine:''' But why, sir? The medics tell me everything else is working and I'll be fit to carry on!\\
'''Commanding Officer:''' ''[Sighs, resignedly]'' No. you've got to go. ''[Beat]'' Didn't you know you've got to be a complete prick to be a Marine?
* The infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt Bobbitt case]] involved Lorena Bobbitt cutting off her husband John's penis in retaliation for [[MaritalRapeLicense his rape and general abuse of her]]. It was soon reattached, and both folks received a fair deal of notoriety. John tried to spin his fame into a career, briefly joining a band, the Severed Parts, and acting in two porno spoofs, one called ''John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut'', and another called ''Frankenpenis''. Lorena went on to found the Lorena Gallo Foundation, a foundation and support group for victims of domestic violence. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Boronda Several]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_and_Xie_case other]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Kieu cases]] have also involved women cutting off their husbands' penises in retaliation for infidelity or abuse.
* Modern asymmetrical warfare, with its emphasis on [=IEDs=] and other mine-like devices, has resulted in such a huge increase in what are euphemistically called "urinary tract injuries" that the US Department of Defence has started offering their soldiers the opportunity to freeze eggs or semen prior to deployment. It is partly because of this category of patients that surgeons are trying to develop a procedure for a successful penis transplant.
* Due to the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire's belief that the DivineRightOfKings required an emperor to be an unblemished physical specimen, being [[GroinAttack castrated]] (and/or otherwise mutilated, with EyeScream and FacialHorror also being popular choices) and LockedAwayInAMonastery basically became [[CripplingTheCompetition the retirement package for an emperor who lost his throne or a punishment for an unsuccessful usurper]].
* The ''Skoptsy'', a Christian sect that believed castration led to salvation, existed in [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Russia]], at least prior to the establishment of the Soviet Union. Read more [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoptsy here, which be warned, has pictures]].
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* The infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt Bobbitt case]] involved Lorena Bobbitt cutting off her husband John's penis in retaliation for [[MaritalRapeLicense his alleged rape and general abuse of her]]. It was soon reattached, and both folks received a fair deal of notoriety. John tried to spin his fame into a career, briefly joining a band, the Severed Parts, and acting in two porno spoofs, one called ''John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut'', and another called ''Frankenpenis''. Lorena went on to found the Lorena Gallo Foundation, a foundation and support group for victims of domestic violence. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Boronda Several]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_and_Xie_case other]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Kieu cases]] have also involved women cutting off their husbands' penises in retaliation for infidelity or abuse.

* The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11500457/1/Gratitude-Is-A-Disease-Of-Dogs|Gratitude Is A Disease of Dogs]]" has Draco Malfoy (and by implication, Gregory Goyle) emasculated in revenge for leading a rape gang at Hogwarts. He's ultimately sold to an Arabian shaikh for "training."

* At the end of ''Is-A-Man'' by Creator/JTEdson, Annie Singing Bear castrates the {{Bandito}} who [[RapeAndRevenge raped her best friend]]. She does this like castrating a bull; cutting open his scrotum, removing his testicles, and sewing him back up.

* In Creator/DerekRobinson's novel ''A Splendid Little War'', two RAF pilots flying for the White Army in the Russian Civil War are shot down behind enemy lines. They are given sanctuary in a Russian village where there seem to be an awfully large amount of religiously inclined people. Despite the language barrier, they are made welcome. And are finally invited to join the religion. Who are called the ''Skoptsy'', whose route to salvation and one-ness with Christ is to ritually castrate themselves.

** In ''ComicBook/TheMetabarons'', the first Metabaron, Othon von Salza, lost his penis and testicles to a laser blast when pirates raided his home. The same raid also killed his son, and he was left so embittered afterwards that he instituted a new family rule that every descendent of the family had to become mutilated when they came of age.

* In ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' [[spoiler:Guy]] castrates [[spoiler:Riki]] as a way to rid him of the [[spoiler:pet ring Iason put on him.]]

* In their climactic duel in Season 2 of ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartaucs]]'', Naevia gets absolutely annihilated by Ashur and nearly killed. That is until Ashur has her on her knees and decides to gloat about his [[PostRapeTaunt previous rape of her]], which gives her a moment to recover enough to castrate him by slashing up with her sword. This weakens him to the point that she is then easily able to decapitate him.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''Literature/JohannesCabal'' story "A Long Spoon": The title character magically regenerates an [[EunuchsAreEvil evil eunuch sorcerer]]'s genitalia to DePower him and render him vulnerable to a [[HornyDevil succubine devil]].

* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay cuts off Theon's penis (and [[FingerInTheMail sends it back to Theon's father]]), as part of some ColdBloodedTorture. This causes Theon to lose his (already shaky) status within House Greyjoy and causes him a lot of insecurity and trauma.
** Varys and Grey Worm were both castrated as small boys, under different circumstances.

* In ''Manga/YataMomo'', The Old Homeless Guy reveals the reason his life spiraled out of control is because his wife castrated him (and presumably kicked him out) after catching him cheating on her. Despite this, they later make amends and get back together, allowing him to leave his homeless life behind.
* In ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', this happened to [[spoiler: Urhi]] in the past. [[spoiler: He's an eunuch, and hides this fact until people accuse him of being Prince Juda's real father, which technically is impossible since he was castrated ''before'' he met Jude's mother Queen Nakia.]]

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': In "That Yellow Bastard", Hartigan's EstablishingCharacterMoment is removing the gun and penis off a pedophile (who happens to be the only son of a powerful US Senator, landing Hartigan in prison for years) to save his victim Nancy. Years later, Hartigan believes Nancy to be in danger and looks for her, trailed by a grotesque little man who stinks and whose skin is bright yellow ([[SplashOfColor in a black-and-white comic]]). It turns out the yellow man is the Senator's son, whose appearance is due to the multiple treatments needed to grow a new penis ([[IWantGrandkids the Senator needed grandchildren]]). Hartigan defeats him and once again, removes his weapons -- both of them, with his bare hands this time -- before [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge savagely pounding his head into the floor until there isn't a head anymore]].

* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5502176/20/ Freedom to the Free]]'' has Simon ordered to castrate a slave who got into too many fights. Simon refuses because of his Hippocratic oath, but is told that if he doesn't do it surgically, it'll be done without anesthetic like they used to do it, and they'll do the same thing to the already injured Wash. Simon feels he has no choice, but struggles greatly with guilt.

* A partial example befalls one of the escaping convicts in ''House of Blood'', when he's shot in the groin by one of the prison-transport guards. The doctor inspects his wound, noting that one of his testicles has been destroyed, then [[{{Squick}} has to debride the wound]] and extract the mangled testicular tissue.

* ''Film/{{Hostel}} Part II'': Beth turns the tables on her torturer, buys her way to freedom and becomes a member of the hunting club by cutting her torturer's groin off with a pair of garden shears and then tosses the organ to hungry guard dogs.

* In [[RapeAndRevenge extracting revenge against their rapists]] in ''Film/AsianSchoolGirls'', the girls cut the genitals off several of them.

* In ''Literature/TheRunelords'', invader and first-book main villain Raj Ahten has a harem of wives whom no one is allowed to look upon lest they suffer castration or death. In the second book, there is a plot to curb the invasion by sending a group led by TheLancer, Borenson, to convince Raj Ahten's favourite wife to convince him to stop, using her [[{{Glamour}} magically enhanced beauty]] to hypnotize him. When he gets wind of this, Raj Ahten punishes Borenson personally by ripping out his genitals bare-handed. Borenson nearly bleeds to death but receives last-minute medical aid.
* The BigBad from Creator/TimPowers's novel ''Literature/LastCall'' gets shot in the groin at the start of the book, leaving him unable to sire biological children. This is particularly problematic for him, because he'd planned to use magic to commit GrandTheftMe on his offspring when he got old.

* Geoffrey Haldane, the first BigBad in Creator/JackChalker's ''Literature/SoulRider'' series, has a FreudianExcuse where he was castrated as a teenager for the crime of spying on WomensMysteries, and was later forced to accept a permanent GenderBender by a sorceress who found his situation amusing. The end result is a psychotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans man]] intent on punishing all women for the loss of his testicles.

* ''Literature/Timeline191'': Creator/ErnestHemingway. [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman In parallel]] to the real Hemingway's novel ''Literature/TheSunAlsoRises'', Sylvia Enos' ghost writer (and later lover) Ernest lost his testicles while serving as an ambulance driver in this world's alternate UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, which left him feeling frustrated and, well, impotent. Unlike the real Hemingway (but like the main character in his novel), Ernest lost his drive to write fiction, sticking to low-end journalism and writing other people's stories, which is how Sylvia met him. Eventually, his frustration gets the best of him and [[spoiler: he murders Sylvia in a rage, then commits suicide]].

* ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'': Little Chubby, the richest guy in Candem, used to be a major asshole until Earl got sick of his abuse and kicked him in the balls while wearing a clownnose and orange clownwig (a reference to the short-lived tv-series ''Series/KickedInTheNuts''). The kick caused enough damage to Chubby's testes that it prevented testosterone from being released, and combined with him realizing how hated he was, it made him a much nicer guy. When he eventually has the injury fixed, he quickly reverts to being an asshole, and deliberately gets himself re-injured. He has himself fixed a SECOND time off-screen by the time the series wrapped up because people were starting to take advantage of his nicer personality.

* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay cuts off Theon's penis (and [[FingerInTheMail sends it back to Theon's father]]), as part of some ColdBloodedTorture. This causes Theon to lose his (already shaky) status within House Greyjoy, and causes him a lot of insecurity and trauma.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': As part of being the general ButtMonkey of the show, Detective Charles Boyle have recieved crotch injuries more than once in the line of duty. He's not impotent, but it did eventually render him infertile, leaving his only hope for children with the sperm samples he had previously frozen... until he lost them to his cruel and spiteful ex-wife. Rather than further cowtowing to her, he and his new fiancee decide to adopt instead.

* The ''Literature/{{Legatum}}'' series is rife with characters who end up having their groins maimed in some way, shape or form. Notable examples include:

** Jake Gabowski, a former military squadmate of main character Woody Johnson, got his genitals blown off because Woody threw him at a grenade to save himself when the two served in Iraq as members of the patrol group Red Skulls. To make it worse, Woody ended up earning himself a medal for heroism for saving Gabowski from the injury he caused him. Afterwards, Gabowski began living as a woman because he found it less humiliating, and ended up becoming the Secretary of The Interior for the sole purpose of getting revenge on his former teammate. He intended to top off a HumiliationConga he subjected Woody to, taking his job, house and dignity, by castrating him in revenge. However, Woody admits that he deserves whatever Gabowski subjects him to, and tells him to just go through with it, leading to Gabowski sparing him over their past as soldiers. [[BlackComedyRape Instead he just forces Woody to have sex with him]].
** In another episode, Malloy starts to become incredibly sexually aggressive due to entering puberty (he's a bear cub), so Woody has him neutered. This not only cuts off his sexual aggression, but also makes him less of a jerk, much to his frustration. After Woody is injured in a shooting, Malloy pays the doctor to castrate Woody as payback, and implant the testicles in him. Of course, thanks to StatusQuoIsGod, this is never referenced again.

* ''FanFic/AnotherSideSportingHopefuls'': [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]]'s [[CruelAndUnusualDeath execution]] in the bad ending of Chapter 4 involves him '''''getting his penis ripped off and [[ForceFeeding forcibly shoved into his mouth]]''''' prior to being torn apart and devoured by a horde of demonic Monokumas.]]

** Later in the same myth, [[ChaoticStupid Seth]] gets one or both his Crown Jewels ripped off by [[YouKilledMyFather Horus]] in a fight, [[ContinuitySnarl depending on the version]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma What goes around comes around, eh?]]