History Main / EarAche

** In season 1's "A Man a Mile," one miner bites part of another's ear off during a fight. Danny says he got "Tysoned."
** The younger brother of the victim in the "Danny gets locked in the rich guy's panic room" episode (season 2's "Trapped") got his ear cut off when he was kidnapped as a child; it was later [[FingerInTheMail sent to his family]], who kept it in a jar. After the parents both died in an accident, the older brother held onto it.
** A victim in a later season had cauliflower ear due to having been a wrestler.
** The female victim in "Sanguine Love" had part of her ear bitten off as well.

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* It's pretty hard to discuss Creator/MikeTyson ''without'' running into this trope. In his 1997 rematch with Evander Holyfield, Tyson was disqualified for [[ManBitesMan biting both of Holyfield's ears]], first taking off a chunk of the guy's right ear and then scarring his left. Nowadays, any mention of Mike Tyson will probably elicit references to this incident.
* Many sports such as netball require players to remove all earrings and ear piercings, to avert accidental damager to ears.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/GoingPostal'', Moist passes by some fighters preparing for a bar-room brawl in the Mended Drum, one of whom recommends clapping a dwarf on the ears to stun them.

* One of [[spoiler:Sully's]] ears gets blown off with a gun in ''Literature/{{Firstborn}}'' when he is mistaken for [[spoiler:his brother Blue Boy]].

* In ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'':

* In ''Literature/NantucketTrilogy'', Marian Alston loses most of one of her ears in a vicious swordfight.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The third VictimOfTheWeek in "Blood Wedding" is killed by having a hatpin thrust into her ear.

* ''MiraculousLadybugSaltShots'': ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'' has Hawkmoth rip the Ladybug Earrings right out of Marinette's ears, leaving them both badly bleeding. Not that Hawkmoth or [[FaceHeelTurn Adrien]] care, with the latter "comforting" Marinette by reassuring her that [[EntitledToHaveYou they'll become a couple]] in the new reality created by his father's Wish.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' Salt-Shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'' has Hawkmoth rip the Ladybug Earrings right out of Marinette's ears, leaving them both badly bleeding. Not that Hawkmoth or [[FaceHeelTurn Adrien]] care, with the latter "comforting" Marinette by reassuring her that [[EntitledToHaveYou they'll become a couple]] in the new reality created by his father's Wish.

* Someone's ear is pulled, yanked, or twisted.

* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends:'' In "Snip Snip Hooray", Pop accidently cuts off Cub's ear while cutting his hair.

* In ''Film/OurManFlint'' the title character sneaks up behind a mook in the communication room and takes him out by suddenly turning up the volume on his headphones.