History Main / HoldingYourShoulderMeansInjury

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->''"Vegeta, you brain-dead idiot! Trunks could have been brought back, no problem! But no, you picked now to be a parent!? Oh, look at me, I'm no better. Could've just let you bite it! Now I'm [[GeniusBonus monoplegic]][[note]]In medical terminology, the state of having one limb paralysed, which can be the result of physical trauma to the affected limb[[/note]] and Cell's gonna kill us all!"''

* When John F. Kennedy and Texas governor John Connally were shot on November 22, 1963, they were rushed to Parkland Hospital in Dallas along with the rest of the presidential motorcade. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was spotted entering the hospital holding his shoulder, giving speculation that he had been injured in the shooting. His wife, Claudia "Ladybird" Johnson, told reporters that the Vice President was fine and was not injured.

* If he dies in ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'', [[spoiler:Sou Hiyori]] is seen holding his shoulder before succumbing to his wounds.

* Serves as a both subtle clue to TheReveal and the final piece of the puzzle in the last case of the first ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' game. As Phoenix and Maya go up against feared prosecutor Manfred von Karma to prove Edgeworth's innocence, you'll notice that whenever von Karma becomes distressed, he clutches at his left shoulder. It seems like nothing...until the moment the two of them deduce that [[spoiler: he was the one who shot Gregory Edgeworth, Edgeworth's father, fifteen years ago in the DL-6 case; Edgeworth threw the gun to defend his father, and immediately after it fired, he heard an ear-piercing scream and promptly passed out. But the one who was shot wasn't his father, like Edgeworth's been fearing ever since, but von Karma, who was standing outside the elevator in which the fight occured -- the bullet pierced the door and lodged itself in his shoulder. After the elevator doors opened, von Karma promptly picked up the gun and shot Gregory to get revenge for the penalty he incurred on von Karma's otherwise spotless legal record by exposing his underhanded tactics. In order to keep the true nature of Gregory's murder a total secret and leave no trace of his presence, von Karma left the bullet in his shoulder for years. Von Karma admits to having been shot but claims that the bullet in his shoulder is unrelated to DL-6, but to put the nail in von Karma's coffin, Phoenix and Maya pull out both the bullet that was extracted from Gregory's heart and demand that the von Karma's bullet be removed so they can prove that they came from the same gun with the ballistic markings. Cue an epic VillainousBreakdown as von Karma finally realizes that he's lost.]]

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* In ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' Tuuri holds her shoulder after it is injured.

* The moments before [[spoiler: Light Yagami's death]] provides the page picture, depicting him [[spoiler: using his last breaths to run away from the warehouse in vain, full of bullets, before collapsing on a desolate staircase and dying alone.]]

* In the [[GrandFinale very last]] episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'', Light Yagami was shot in the hands as well as his shoulder, yet he holds his shoulder as he tries to escape.

* Zero in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' does this when being in a critical low level of health.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': After ComicBook/SteveTrevor ends up trapped underneath some heavy office furniture full of paperwork he's seen holding his shoulder with his opposite hand.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Setsuna was shot in the shoulder by Ali al-Saachez when tge former refused to hand over his Gundam to [[BigBad Ribbons]]. He ended up holding onto his injured shoulder until being nursed by Marina.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' Casca holds her shoulder after victorious battle against Adon, where he shot her in said shoulder with a poison dart, so it's justified.

A common trope in Manga and Anime (but also in other media) where a character, when injured and no matter what kind of damage they have sustained, will hold one of their shoulders with the opposite hand.

* In the [[GrandFinale very last]] episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[spoiler: Light Yagami]] was shot in the hands as well as his shoulder, yet he holds his shoulder as he tries to escape.

** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Chief O'Brien does this a lot. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that once he actually does get shot in his shoulder. Not to mention the times he dislocates his shoulder while holo-kayaking (which gets [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] every time).

** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': So has Captain Archer, which barely slows him down.

A common trope in Manga and Anime (but also in other media) where a character, when injured and no matter what kind of damage he/she has sustained, will hold one of his/her shoulders with the opposite hand.

* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 5'' (and possibly other installments), an enemy commander who retreats at the end of a battle will usually be holding his shoulder as he vows revenge.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Captain Picard has also gotten hit in the shoulder.

Most of the time, however, it's due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, or RuleOfCool. Or whatever.

A common trope in Manga and Anime (but also in other media) where a character, when injured and no matter what kind of damage he/she has gotten, will hold one of his/her shoulders with the opposite hand.

A common trope in Manga and Anime (but also in other media) where when a character is injured, no matter what kind of damage he/she has gotten, will hold one of his/her shoulder with the opposite hand.