History Main / HollywoodHealing

** Screen Junkies did an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKgNyvsNDM Honest Action video]] about the injuries Harry and Marv sustain in the two films. Turns out Harry would have died eleven times and Marv seventeen times.

* Given a handwave in ''{{Wanted}}''. As part of his TrainingFromHell, Wesley is regularly stabbed and beaten to a bloody pulp, but the Fraternity has these special baths that allow for rapid healing, and so after a good soak, he's barely worse for wear.

* ''CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' has at least a couple examples of this, with Seamus O'Grady walking through a wall of fire, and with Natalie looking all prettied-up for the red carpet even after we saw her pull a hand-sized chunk of glass out of her abdomen mere minutes before.

* Particularly noticeable in ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' arc "Barracuda", in which The Punisher (as ever) doesn't suffer any kind of permanent injury, while Barracuda loses several fingers, some teeth and an eye.

** Generally averted in the span of a single book, however: when Harry takes a beating (and he takes a ''lot'' of beatings), it hampers his abilities for the rest of the book. While he's generally okay by the next book, they tend to take place a full year apart.

* Averted in ''Series/{{Breaking Bad}}''. A character is shot and wounded in season 3. He spends the rest of the season in the hospital. He spends all of season 4 in a wheelchair. In season 5, he's shown walking again but he needs a cane because he still limps a bit.

* Averted by Max in the reimagined ''Series/HawaiiFive0''. In the second-season finale he was shot in the leg by a criminal. Four episodes into the third season he's still being shown walking with a cane.
** It may not be a full aversion since his character is a forensic technician, not an action here like the four main characters.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill,'' Dale Gribble accidentally got his finger sliced off by Hank's circular saw. His finger is re-attached and bandaged, but by the next episode, the bandages are off and the stitches are removed. It would take weeks or months on end for that finger to completely heal in reality- though given the episodic nature of the show, it's understandable.

* Done in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Even though Shepard was basically dead (and we do see some small clips of Cerberus patching him/her up), Shepard walks away from the Lazarus Project with only some fairly minor facial scars. Subverted in that it is stressed repeatedly that this was an ''incredible'' undertaking of medical science that had never been done before, cost billions upon billions of credits, and took a full two years with some of the best minds in the galaxy working on it.

* Contrary to the intro text, the JamesBond of Ian Fleming's books has a noticeable, comment-worthy scar on his face from the corner of eye down his cheek to his jawline. Various injuries acquired in the course of the stories are remarked on in later stories and recent injuries definitely affect the near-term capacity. For example, Bond spent the second half of ''Live and Let Die'' with his left hand bandaged and splinted after Tee-Hee broke Bond's pinkie finger.

* ''BlackLagoon'' is absolutely full of this. Revy gets a few gunshot wounds and several stab wounds that are wrapped up and never mentioned again. The most blatant example, however, is her bare fist fight with [[BattleButler Roberta]], which lasts for hours, resulting in only some bruising, black eyes and bloody noses. By the next episode, she's fine. Then again, there is no indication of how much time has passed between the episodes.

* Every ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}, ClassicDisneyShort and TexAvery cartoon ever. It's what puts the "amusing" in AmusingInjuries.

* The major plot point in ''{{Unbreakable}}'', where BruceWillis' character is found by SamuelLJackson's GenreSavvy character, precisely because he walks away from a major accident that should have killed him.

* Josh on ''TheWestWing'' has some impressive healing skills. He gets shot and the bullet damages his aorta, requiring extensive surgery. After surgery he spends one episode in the hospital and one at home and then goes back to work 100 % even though he would have needed months to heal (the chestbone, for instance, would take at least three months). In one episode the surgeon general compliments him on how nice his scar looked while he was still under sedation from the surgery and in season seven the scar has completely vanished.

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* Adverted in the Allstate "Mayhem" commercial. As the series of commercials continues, the Mayhem guy's injuries seem to accumulate rather than heal.

* [[Film/{{Rocky}} Rocky Balboa]]. Made even worse by the fact that in nearly every ''Rocky'' film there is some sort of worry about his health, (in ''RockyII'' he already has trouble following his trainer's moving finger, in ''RockyIII'' it's commented that the beatings he took in the first two movies should have killed him, ''RockyV'' is all about how he has sustained brain damage and might well die if he ever gets in the ring again) and each time these health concerns and the physical toll taken on him mysteriously vanishes by the next movie.

* Scars or not, ''{{Batman}}'''s continued ability to move without agony, do incredible gymnastics, and avoid of brain damage can all be attributed to HollywoodHealing. ''How'' many times has he been hit over the head or crudely stitched up a bloody wound and kept using the injured portion because he didn't have time to see to it properly?
** Notably, one of his most famous storylines was about his ''back being broken.'' This seems to have had no real lasting effect.
** Played entirely straight with the Joker, who is still pretty agile for a guy whose had his kneecap blown off and most of his teeth knocked out.

* Done in MassEffect2. Even though Shepard was basically dead (and we do see some small clips of Cerberus patching him/her up), Shepard walks away from the Lazarus Project with only some fairly minor facial scars. Subverted in that it is stressed repeatedly that this was an ''incredible'' undertaking of medical science that had never been done before, cost billions upon billions of credits, and took a full two years with some of the best minds in the galaxy working on it.

* Surprisingly, played straight in the 4th edition of ''Series/DungeonsAndDragons''. In order to avoid forcing one of the players to play the "[[TheMedic Cleric]]" "[[SimpleStaff with a blunt weapon]]", the designers decided to embrace this trope and give every player character the ability to spend "Healing Surges" at will when they have a five minute rest. This is one of the most controversial changes in the game.

* ''BerserkAbridged'' parodies this:

* The third season of ''GossipGirl'' ends with Chuck Bass being shot. When the fourth season begins we find out that he's recovered from his gunshot wound thanks to a hooker pouring alcohol over the wound. Impressive.

* Done in MassEffect2. Even though Shepard was basically dead (and we do see some small clips of Cerberus patching him/her up), Shepard walks away from the Lazarus Project with only some fairly minor facial scars.