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*In ther first series of "{{Luther}}" Alice does this [[spoiler: Luther's wife, Zoe]]
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* In the StephenKing novella ''TheBody'' (source material for the film ''StandByMe''), Teddy Duchamp has nasty scars where his abusive father held his ears to a burning stove.
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* Walter in ''TheBigLebowski'' bites off a nihilist's ear and spits it high in the air.
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** Ash himself gets pulled on the ear by Shaymin in the movie ''[=~Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior~=]''.

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** Ash himself gets pulled on the ear by Shaymin in the movie ''[=~Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior~=]''.''Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior''.
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* ''{{Animorphs}}'': The Yeerks enter your head via the ear canal, secreting a painkiller so it doesn't hurt.

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* ''{{Animorphs}}'': ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': The Yeerks enter your head via the ear canal, secreting a painkiller so it doesn't hurt.

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* Something like a virus/creature forces itself into someone's ear

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* Something like a virus/creature [[OrificeInvasion forces itself into someone's earear]]


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See also ShellShockSilence, and its aversion SteelEardrums.
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* In ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'', Carlos gets a giant cotton swab shoved into his ear, and then has to wear a killer hearing aid.
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* In ''Series/WildBoys'', 'Mad Dog' Morgan claimed he got his nickname because he once bit a man's ear off in a fight. later in the episode, he actually does a bite a man's ear off, indicating that this may be a regular thing for him.

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* In ''{{Hamlet}}'', the ghost of Hamlet's father, the late king. tells Hamlet that his brother Claudius, Hamlet's uncle and the present king, usurped the throne by pouring poison in his ear while he was asleep. Doesn't make much sense from a medical perspective, but it allows Hamlet to say things like "the ear of Denmark is much abus'd".


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* In ''{{Hamlet}}'', the ghost of Hamlet's father, the late king. tells Hamlet that his brother Claudius, Hamlet's uncle and the present king, usurped the throne by pouring poison in his ear while he was asleep. Doesn't make much sense from a medical perspective, but it allows Hamlet to say things like "the ear of Denmark is much abus'd".
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* Someone's ear is ''eaten''

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* Someone's ear is bitten off or ''eaten''


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* This was one of the injuries sustained by the protagonist of JohnnyCash's "A Boy Named Sue" during the big fight with his father.

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* In the movie ''Film/LastManStanding'', one of the two crime bosses, Strozzi, does this to his girlfriend, Lucy Kolinski, after he learns of her affair with the protagonist.



* ''{{Firefly}}'': A crime boss cuts off Mal's ear after Zoe rescues Wash, because the ransom she paid was "too much for just one man".

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* ''{{Firefly}}'': A crime boss In the episode "War Stories," Adelai Niska cuts off Mal's ear after Zoe rescues Wash, because the ransom she paid was "too much for just one man".man."



* Hyde's first outing in ''{{Jekyll}}'' results in the prolonged beating of a man who'd humiliated Jackman earlier that day- biting off one of ears as a finishing move. For added horror, Jackman wakes up the next morning to find the severed ear in his pocket.

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* Hyde's first outing in ''{{Jekyll}}'' results in the prolonged beating of a man who'd humiliated Jackman earlier that day- day -- biting off one of ears as a finishing move. For added horror, Jackman wakes up the next morning to find the severed ear in his pocket.



* [[strike:The Bite of the Century]] [[strike:The Fight of the Ear]] The Sound and the Fury - the infamous 1997 rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, which ended in Tyson's disqualification after twice biting Holyfield's ears, with the second time tearing ''off'' the upper part of it.

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* [[strike:The Bite of the Century]] [[strike:The Fight of the Ear]] The Sound and the Fury - the infamous 1997 rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, which ended in Tyson's disqualification after twice biting Holyfield's ears, with the second time tearing ''off'' the upper part of it.



* The punishment for counterfeiting money in Colonial America was to have your ears cropped - that is, have the fleshy bits around the "shell" sliced away. (You also got branded on the temple.)

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* The punishment for counterfeiting money in Colonial America was to have your ears cropped - that is, have the fleshy bits around the "shell" sliced away. away (You also got branded on the temple.)temple). Ouch.
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* A running gag in ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' was that Misty would yank on Brock's ear whenever he hit on a girl, which was ''often''. When she made a reappearance in Hoenn and went through the routine again, Max quickly picked up on it.

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* A running gag in ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' was that Misty would yank on Brock's ear whenever he hit on a girl, which was ''often''. When she made a reappearance in Hoenn and went through the routine again, Max quickly picked up on it.
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* In {{TheSimpsons}} episode "Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner" after Homer insults a chef's cooking he attacks Homer with a meat cleaver, Homer thinks all his strikes missed only to discover he has a chunk cut off one of his ears.
* In the {{BeavisandButthead}} episode "Pierced" the duo destroy each other's ears with a drill in an attempt to get them pierced.
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** Yet another episode had Brian cut off his own ear under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms.
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* {{Eyeshield 21}}: Yamabushi does this to Ikkyu when he's being tactless.

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* {{Eyeshield 21}}: ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'': Yamabushi does this to Ikkyu when he's being tactless.



* Scandal Savage bites off an enemy's ear in battle; when the enemy cries out for its return, Scandal nonchalantly replies, "Sorry, I've swallowed it."

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* [[SecretSix Scandal Savage Savage]] bites off an enemy's ear in battle; when the enemy cries out for its return, Scandal nonchalantly replies, "Sorry, I've swallowed it."



* In one of the WaysideSchool books, one of the kids tells a story of a hippie who got his ear cut off by a barber.
* In ANightInTheLonesomeOctober, Snuff practically rips the vicar's ear off after he abuses Graymalkin.

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* In one of the WaysideSchool ''WaysideSchool'' books, one of the kids tells a story of a hippie who got his ear cut off by a barber.
* In ANightInTheLonesomeOctober, ''ANightInTheLonesomeOctober'', Snuff practically rips the vicar's ear off after he abuses Graymalkin.



* ASongOfIceAndFire: When Vargo Hoat tries to rape Brienne, she bites off his ear. The wound becomes infected and drives him mad.

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* ASongOfIceAndFire: ''ASongOfIceAndFire'': When Vargo Hoat tries to rape Brienne, she bites off his ear. The wound becomes infected and drives him mad.
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* The punishment for counterfeiting money in Colonial America was to have your ears cropped - that is, have the fleshy bits around the "shell" sliced away. (You also got branded on the temple.)
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* ASongOfIceandFire: When Vargo Hoat tries to rape Brienne, she bites off his ear. The wound becomes infected and drives him mad.

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* ASongOfIceandFire: ASongOfIceAndFire: When Vargo Hoat tries to rape Brienne, she bites off his ear. The wound becomes infected and drives him mad.
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* ASongOfIceandFire: When Vargo Hoat tries to rape Brienne, she bites off his ear. The wound becomes infected and drives him mad.

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* In ANightInTheLonesomeOctober, Snuff rips the vicar's ear off after he abuses Graymalkin.

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* In ANightInTheLonesomeOctober, Snuff practically rips the vicar's ear off after he abuses Graymalkin.Graymalkin.
** Snuff himself has scars on one ear from a past encounter with (implied) a voodoo-animated zombie.
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* Subverted in ''DontBeAfraidOfTheDark'', but only because the father takes his ear away just before the evil faeries can shove a sharpened piece of wire into it.

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* Subverted in ''DontBeAfraidOfTheDark'', but only because the unsuspecting father takes his ear stops listening at the grate and turns away just before the evil faeries can shove a sharpened piece of wire into it.his ear.
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* Subverted in ''DontBeAfraidOfTheDark'', but only because the father takes his ear away just before the evil faeries can shove a sharpened piece of wire into it.
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* At the very beginning of ''ArashinoYoruNi'', a wolf actually gets his ear bitten off by an angry mother sheep while protecting her lamb from him and the rest of his herd.
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* In ''{{Castle}}'', Detective Beckett has a tendency to yank Castle's ear when he irritates her by listening in on conversations, getting close to her, and generally annoying her. Which is often.
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* The friendly demon Buwaro in ''SlightlyDamned'' is introduced with a bite taken out of one of his ears. Eventually, a flashback explains how he got it--[[spoiler:his foster sister bit him, blaming him for the apparent death of their parental figure.]]
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* ''TheBigRedOne'' (deleted scene). The Goums (French native cavalry) cut off the ears of the German soldiers they've killed and swop them for American cigarettes. The Sarge tells him men to stop this trade because the Goums are cutting ears off dead American soldiers as well.
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* In ''HaruhiSuzumiya'', [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Haruhi]] does this to [[{{Moe}} Mikuru]].

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* In ''HaruhiSuzumiya'', [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Haruhi]] does this to [[{{Moe}} Mikuru]].Mikuru]], though it was more like [[RapeAsComedy foreplay]] than injury.
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** Ash himself gets pulled on the ear by Shaymin in the movie ''[=~Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior~=]''.
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* In ''Cabin Fever'', Fenster, a Hillbilly Henchman, dies when a screwdriver is jammed in his ear.

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* In ''Cabin Fever'', ''CabinFever'', Fenster, a Hillbilly Henchman, dies when a screwdriver is jammed in his ear.
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* In''BlueVelvet'', the plot is set off by the protagonist finding a severed ear.

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* In''BlueVelvet'', In ''BlueVelvet'', the plot is set off by the protagonist finding a severed ear.

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