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* ''Film/{{Ladybugs}}'': "Get those nail-breakers! Get those nail breakers!"
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* ParodiedTrope in ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible: We hear Helga say this phrase from off-panel as Hagar praises her toughness, but it turns out she's actually talking about a real nail she was hammering into a joist.
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* Mocked in this [[http://ifunny.mobi/p/NK2oOh8J iFunny]] page.
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* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' EVA's medical history shows a long list of cuts, blows, gunshot wounds, and one broken nail.

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* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' EVA's medical history shows a long list of cuts, blows, gunshot wounds, and one broken nail.

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* ''Francise/ArchieComics'' sometimes uses this trope with Veronica. In one comic, she screeches hysterically, causing a crowd to gather who think she must be gravely injured, only to reveal that a broken nail was the cause; when Archie gives her NoSympathy, she's outraged and declares that only women have compassion, all the while ignoring a skateboard accident that leaves Archie bruised all over.



* In ''Fanfic/YouCallThatACostume'', a debutante transformed Aplejack screams over doing this. Unfortunately, it happens when the Rainbooms were sneaking up on [[DontWakeTheSleeper a sleeping Fluttershy turned into a giant bat]].

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* In ''Fanfic/YouCallThatACostume'', a debutante transformed Aplejack Applejack screams over doing this. Unfortunately, it happens when the Rainbooms were sneaking up on [[DontWakeTheSleeper a sleeping Fluttershy turned into a giant bat]].
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* The nails of animals can be much worse than those of humans when this trope occurs. Since many animal claws contain flesh and blood vessels within, and are anchored to the skeleton rather than the skin, a broken nail can be an extremely painful (not to mention ''bloody)'' affair. This is one reason many pets are ''terrified'' of having their nails clipped.

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* The nails of animals can be much worse than those of humans when this trope occurs. Since many animal claws contain flesh and blood vessels within, and are anchored to the skeleton rather than the skin, a broken nail can be an extremely painful (not to mention ''bloody)'' ''bloody''; seasoned professionals have described the floors around a pet with a "simple" torn claw as looking like a murder scene) affair. This is one reason many pets are ''terrified'' of having their nails clipped.
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* The ending cutscene in ''VideoGame/SpyFox'' Operation Ozone has Monkey Penny rescuing Spy Fox from Poodles Galore by breaking her fingernail with a kick. Poodles immediately gives up all while lamenting that she is hideous, with Monkey Penny handcuffing her.
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* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Downplayed. Leon’s RoyalBrat older sister Jenna gets upset over getting her nails dirty when she has to help on the family farm as punishment for having been threatened into planting a bomb on Leon’s MiniMecha before a duel.

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* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Downplayed. Leon’s RoyalBrat older sister Jenna gets upset over getting her nails dirty when she has to help on the family farm as punishment for having been threatened into planting a bomb on Leon’s MiniMecha before a duel.
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** In the exclusive clip for "[[Recap/TotalDramaSuperHeroId Super Hero-Id]]", Leshawna theorizes that Harold voted her off because he was bullied into it. She rages through the Lame-o-sine at the thought of Duncan mistreating Harold, but calms down knowing there's nothing she can do for now. It's then that she realizes she broke a nail during her rampage.

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** In the exclusive clip for "[[Recap/TotalDramaSuperHeroId "[[Recap/TotalDramaSuperHerold Super Hero-Id]]", Hero-ld]]", Leshawna theorizes that Harold voted her off because he was bullied into it. She rages through the Lame-o-sine at the thought of Duncan mistreating Harold, but calms down knowing there's nothing she can do for now. It's then that she realizes she broke a nail during her rampage.
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* Angel from ''Film/TheFifthCommandment'' lets out a variant after barely surviving a shootout. "I need a manicure and a pedicure as soon as I get back."
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* Even if you merely snap a long nail low enough that it does no damage to the nail bed, the torque required to do it is usually painful (equivalent to an extremely bad toe stubbing.) More than the pain, the inconvenience is annoying. If you're going to repair the nail so it's restored to the length of the others you're talking about possibly several hours of work that you didn't schedule into your life. If you're not going to restore it to match the others then you either have to trim the rest and lose several months of growth or put up with mismatched lengths. People with long nails usually adapt to using them as extended fingertips, especially for things like typing. Imagine your middle finger was suddenly half a fingertip shorter and consider what that might do to your typing. It's not the end of the world, but it genuinely is irritating.
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* In ''Literature/GeronimoStilton, Secret Agent'', Stilton is trying to distract his [[SitcomArchNemesis archrival]] Sally Ratmousen, but the only thing that works is when he tells her she has a broken [[HoldYourHippogriffs pawnail]].

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* In ''Literature/GeronimoStilton, Secret Agent'', Stilton Geronimo is trying to distract his [[SitcomArchNemesis archrival]] Sally Ratmousen, but the only thing that works is when he tells her she has a broken [[HoldYourHippogriffs pawnail]].

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