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* A whole campaign for Mike's Hard Lemonade revolved around these; one, for instance, had a guy impaled with rebar. It gets used as a bottle opener.

* An animated anti-smoking PSA has a crocodile representing the tobacco industry being interviewed by an unseen cameraman. The crocodile claims to have changed, yet when the cameraman asks if he's going to stop selling cigarettes, the crocodile goes ''berserk'', implicitly mauling the cameraman with blood and all. And yet when the croc storms off, the cameraman replies with "just thought I'd ask" as if nothing happened.

* ComicBook/{{Thanos}}' reaction as he sees his own heart being torn out by Drax the Destroyer?
-->'''Thanos:''' Interesting...
* In the horrendous comic ''ComicBook/SilentHill: Dying Inside'', Christabella is [[MoeGreeneSpecial shot in the eye]], but is only angry because the blast set her hair on fire. She also says that she doesn't mind the giant gash in her stomach, just the flies that constantly get on her and when dogs try to eat out of it in her sleep.
* In his [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX MAX series]], Comicbook/ThePunisher once lost - didn't break, ''lost'' - a rib to a shotgun blast. Didn't slow him down.
-->'''Frank's monologue:''' That's a rib gone. Not broken. Gone. ''[keeps fighting]''
* Not so much an injury as a change, but when [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], ComicBook/IronMan, and [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes Captain America (Bucky)]] are turned into frogs in one comic, Thor (to whom this has happened before) is annoyed, Iron Man freaks out, and Bucky, the least-experienced of the three, has no real reaction to it at all (his first comment is to tell Tony to relax).
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'':
** Stuka gets an arrow ''right through his body'' and seems entirely unconcerned, even though he states that "it's ''really'' starting to hurt". All of his friends seem unconcerned as well. They calmly read the note attached to the arrow, then file out of the room to look for the archer, leaving Stuka standing there, confused. In the film adaptation, this is followed up with an arrow to the head, to which he reacts only with mild annoyance.
--->'''Stuka:''' I don't know, guys. Maybe I should see a doctor or something. I don't think this is the kind of thing you can just ignore.
** Kevin from ''The Hard Goodbye'' is even worse. Marv beats the shit out of him and he never screams. Marv [[spoiler:cuts his arms and legs off]] and he never screams. Marv [[spoiler:sics his own pet wolf onto him and eats his genitals]] and he never screams. Even when Marv [[spoiler:saws his head off]] ''and he never screams''.
* The eponymous character of ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' is perfectly fine when his 'spine explodes.'
* [[DefusingTheTykeBomb Defused]] TykeBomb [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]] was prone to this. It was explained by [[TrainingFromHell her backstory.]]

* Played for laughs in a one-panel comic in an early issue of ''ToyFare Magazine''. The comic depicted action figures of Cloud and Vincent from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' pulling the arms off a Sephiroth figure. Sephiroth's response is simply "Y'know, once this sensory overload isn't overwhelming my capacity to feel pain, I'm gonna be screaming like a girl."
* When [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Jack Russell]] a.k.a. ComicBook/WerewolfByNight is run through with several [[AchillesHeel silver katanas]] in ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]]'' vol. 7 #13, he tells his attackers: "Acupuncture. Tickles."
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', upon being impaled by an elephant tusk: "Gross, my body's never gone [[WrittenSoundEffect 'sploorp']] before."
* ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'': Quoth Killboy: "Beg pardon, sir, but you couldn't 'elp me with the take-off? Lost one of me arms in the crash again, an' I'm 'avin trouble usin' all the controls..." Justified, since he is also a HollywoodCyborg and it's likely the arm he lost was [[MeatgrinderSurgery clumsily bolted on in the first place]].

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Shockwave blows a hole in Dreadwing at the start of issue 17, killing him. At the end of the issue, Dreadwing comes back to life through the use of Shockwave's experiments. His reaction is a small "ow," asking for some warning next time, and then wondering what they're going to do next as the hole in his chest closes up.
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron'': Galvatron tears Megatron [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe in two]]. Megatron proceeds to shoot him and orders Bumblebee to take him away and bring his legs. He refers to the injury as a scratch and says he's had worse. If one's read ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW they'd find this isn't an exaggeration; he has had worse, having been sliced shoulder to crotch (missing his spark, and thus a fatal blow, by inches) and one time being consumed by living explosions.
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Fulcrum wakes up while the Scavengers are ''stripping him for parts''. He's, at most, slightly disturbed to learn that Misfire is holding what amounts to his ''still-beating heart'' in one hand. Notably, Fulcrum at this stage of his career isn't some unstoppable OneManArmy like Megatron, for whom shrugging off dismemberment would only be expected; he's a living bomb who was ''too cowardly to explode''. Presumably the RuleOfFunny energy around the Scavengers is just that strong.
--->'''Fulcrum:''' I--wait a second. Is that my fuel pump?\\
'''Misfire:''' What, this? Um...yeah. Can I keep it?\\
'''Fulcrum:''' Well, I kind of ''need'' it. You know, for pumping my fuel.
** ''ComicBook/LastStandOfTheWreckers'': Overlord's reaction to anything short of being reduced to a burning endoskeleton is generally somewhere between "amused" and "irritated", and even when he ''is'' reduced to a burning skeleton, he's mostly just upset because he'll need the rest of it put back on before he fights Megatron.
* In ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}'', Zebra Daddy's reaction to being impaled through the back by ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s claws, and looking down to see them ''sticking out of his chest'', is just a subdued "Aw, man," before he dies. However his response to her [[AnArmAndALeg cutting off his hand]] earlier in the fight gets much more of a response.

** Panel 1:
-->'''Jeremy:''' I'm fine. I just fell out of a tree.
** Panel 2:
-->'''Jeremy:''' '''''PAPER CUT!'''''

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* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': After Fiona fights off Robin and his Merry Men, both she and Shrek are surprised to discover he'd sustained an injury. Justified in that Shrek's thick skin wouldn't necessarily feel the arrow going in.
-->'''Fiona:''' There's an arrow in your butt!!\\
'''Shrek:''' ''[looks at butt]'' Oh, would you look at that.
* Olaf the {{Snowlem|s}} from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' gets a lot of these. His reaction to accidentally walking into a needle-sharp icicle sticking out of a wall is a nonchalant "Oh, look at that. I've been impaled." Justified in that he's a snowman; about the only thing that can actually "kill" him is melting.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut,'' this is {{Invoked}} in one of the songs, "La Resistance":
-->''They may [[GroinAttack cut your dick in half]], and feed it to a pig,\\
And though it hurts you'll laugh, and dance a dickless jig!''
* In ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs Wolverine'', we get Deadpool, who lost an arm, and was stomped by Hulk. His reaction? A joke ("Could you give me a hand?") And "Ow..." Justified by his HealingFactor. All he has to do is reattach it. Deadpool was more depressed that Wolvie slashed his favorite gun than losing his arm.
* Ringo gets hit with several arrows in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' but he just casually pulls them out of himself and doesn't seem to be in any pain at all.

* ''Film/ASeriousMan'' opens with a Jewish couple in 19th-century Poland being visited by an elderly acquaintance. The wife claims that the man died three years ago and that their visitor is a dybbuk, a demonic spirit possessing his corpse. To prove her point, she stabs the old man in the heart with an ice pick...and he simply laughs it off and leaves. Whether or not he really was a dybbuk or if something else was at play is not explained, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane setting the tone for the rest of the film]].
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': Grace looks down at her blood-drenched hands and the bleeding gunshot wound in her side. Voice [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]], she says "This is gonna ruin my whole day." The only time she shows any pain is a flat "ouch" after being jabbed with a ''syringe''. TruthInTelevision, as the body pumps a lot of adrenaline into the system to try and cope with the wound, plus the potential for shock.

* Played with in ''Film/StarshipTroopers''. A number of the casualties are screaming in extreme pain on the battlefield or back at the base hospital. But at the end, Carmen has a four-inch diameter bug leg shoved through her shoulder and is fighting with a heavy combat rifle a short time later. By all rights, she shouldn't be able to lift her ''arm''. As well, Lt. Rasczak has his entire lower half bitten off by bugs and seems to ignore the pain only seconds later.
** Rasczak at least has shock and major endorphins to keep him from feeling too much pain. Still no excuse for Carmen lifting a battle rifle.

--> '''Clown''': Hey kids, it's me!
--> I bet you thought that I was dead!
--> But when I fell over I just broke my leg
--> and got a hemmoraghe in my head! *chuckles*

* ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'':
** Given his sense of humor, and the fact that his HealingFactor gives him a skewed idea of what constitutes a major injury, Deadpool gets a lot of these.

** Ajax too, being [[FeelNoPain immune to pain]], tends to react with nothing more than annoyance to life-threatening wounds, including being skewered by a katana.
* Continues in ''Film/Deadpool2'', where his response to being repeatedly shot by Cable while trying (and failing) to deflect his bullets is to just nod and say "Your bullets are ''really'' fast!"[[note]]The original version of the movie had him saying ow in a more casual, yet a bit pained tone[[/note]]. Later on, he's mostly just annoyed when [[spoiler:the Juggernaut]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe literally tears him in half]].
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
** The Black Knight. He has all his limbs cut off one by one and the reaction each time is to deny that it would keep him from fighting.
** As well as Lancelot's squire Concord, whom upon being [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated tragically, fatally wounded]] by an arrow bearing a note, calls out "Message for you, sir!"
* In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', [[StiffUpperLip a British officer]] based in Africa takes a very blase attitude about losing a leg to a tiger. However, part of that might come from the fact that he seems to believe that [[UpperClassTwit his leg will grow back]].
* Red from ''Film/PineappleExpress'' sustains injuries that should, by all logic, kill him and only agrees to go to a hospital after breakfast, which may be several hours after the climactic fight. Though, he was stoned out of his mind so he didn't feel it.
* In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] reacts to the buckshot to the chest in an "oh, this is unfortunate" sort of tone and goes out pretty calmly. Being high as a kite might've had something to do with his nonchalance.

* One of the police officers in ''Film/MysticRiver'' recounts a story about a guy who walked into the emergency room with a knife sticking out of his shoulder and asked the nurse where the Coke machine was.
* In ''Film/TheHangover: Part 2'' [[spoiler:Teddy is more curious than concerned about his missing finger. What makes it worse is that he's a talented musician and ''training to be a surgeon,'' two professions that generally require skillful hands with all fingers intact. Not only has he irretrievably lost a digit - and could possibly have any number of infections from the wound - but his surgical career could well be in trouble.]]
* In ''Film/{{Rubber}}'', Lieutenant Chad asks to be shot in the chest twice and does not react at all. In fact, he doesn't seem to be actually injured at all. He does it to [[spoiler:demonstrate to his fellow officers that they are all fictional characters in a film]].
* The shock/panic variant of this trope occurs in ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'':
** [[SergeantRock Sgt. Horvath]] gets shot several times throughout the final battle and it doesn't really even seem to slow him down. As he's running across the bridge, he takes one in the back and the bullet passes straight through him, which he brushes off with "Just got the wind knocked outta me, sir. I'm fine." [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He dies of that wound shortly afterwards]].
** A GI in shock on Omaha Beach picks up the arm that just got torn off his shoulder and walks away.
* ''Film/MickeyBlueEyes'' provides a subversion. Frank is aiming a gun at Michael, and the latter asks if this is going to hurt. Frank says, "Not a bit." BANG BANG! Two red spots appear on Michael's chest, while he calmly says that it actually did hurt quite a lot. The subversion? They were practicing for a fake assassination. The gun was loaded with blanks, and the bullet holes were fakes rigged by a mechanism Michael was carrying.

* [[Creator/EmoPhillips The shop teacher]] in ''Film/{{UHF}}'' cuts off his thumb while demonstrating a table saw. His reaction, [[BloodyHilarious as (fake) blood sprays all over George]]: "Would you look at that? Just call me 'Mr. Butterfingers'. I think it's on the floor somewhere. Is my face red!"
* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', the Green Goblin, played by Willem Dafoe, spends much of the film [[LargeHam chewing as much scenery as he can]]. At the end, when he is about to be [[spoiler:impaled by his own glider]], his only reaction is a soft "Oh".
* In ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'', a gangster gets shot, but his only reaction is to note that he's got a hole in his suit. Soon after, he keels over from ''smoking''. Don't smoke, kids!

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''

** It's almost a MythologyGag by the time of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler: as a [[TimeTravel time travelling]] Ant-Man causes 2012 Tony to go into cardiac arrest as a distraction and after a brief seizure 2012 Thor restarts his heart and Tony instead of being in shock at his near death says "That worked a treat... dude that was so crazy". In the same scene presents day Tony in disguise is only slightly winded at getting smashed by The Hulk, more concerned that he lost the Tessaract]].
** Film/{{Thor}}'s reaction to getting stabbed in the gut by his brother Loki in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' is a slight wince before he wrecks his brother. We do see Thor slightly off-balance later but still no worse for wear compared to Tony, Cap, and Natasha who can barely stand; justified as he is a god and they aren't.
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' Thor just grunts in pain [[spoiler: at Hela taking his [[EyeScream freaking eyeball out]] with her blade]].

** In ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' thanks to being a PlantPerson Groot's reaction to Gamora hacking off his arms with her CoolSword is only mild pain. If anything he just looks more ''saddened'' that someone would do that to him. Similarly, Nebula being a {{Cyborg}} has no reaction to hacking off her own arm or resetting her jaw after it gets dislocated.[[note]]Not to mention she's used to pain and torture from growing up as TheUnfavorite under Thanos, who made her into a cyborg by removing a part of her body every time she lost a battle[[/note]].
** At one point in ''Film/AntMan1'', Scott sics a bunch of bullet ants on one of the guards. The guy reacts as if he's been stung by a bee, rather than collapsing into a quivering mass of blinding pain and muscle spasms. The sting of the bullet ant is more than 100 times as painful as a honey bee sting and is about as painful as getting hit by a bullet. Maybe if the man had acted realistically, it would have seemed too cruel.
** In ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' Killmonger's reaction [[spoiler: to T'challa stabbing him in the chest with a spearhead]].
--->'''Killmonger:''' (breathing hard) Helluva move...
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' as Thanos's reaction [[spoiler: to getting Stormbreaker lodged in his chest by a powerfully pissed off Thor is clearly a pained one, especially when Thor pushes it in deeper. But the Titan still casually remarks to Thor that [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain he should've aimed for the head]] before snapping his fingers and wiping out half the life in the universe. Straighter after Thanos casually takes Stormbreaker out, heals his chest and [[TheBadGuyWins slips away]] through a portal]].

** Spidey has a pretty big one in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' as he gets collected by a High-Speed Rail [[spoiler: After getting tricked onto the tracks by Mysterio. Afterwards the worst he seems to have gotten from it is a slight limp]].
** In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' Wanda get out from the Mirror Dimension with her limbs distorted and a lot of lacerations. She didn't seem to notice the pain or being wounded in general, while she was rearranging her limbs and healing her wounds.
** During the climax of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' [[spoiler:the Raimi-verse version of Peter Parker is stabbed in the back by Green Goblin. Despite a brief fake-out that it might be fatal he survives, claiming it's no big deal as he's been stabbed before. He continues to put on a brave face until the MCU Peter leaves him alone with the Webb-verse Peter. The latter quietly says "you're in so much pain, huh?", to which Raimi-verse Peter just smiles and says "I am."]]
* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', Boromir merely grunts, drops to his knees, then [[DyingMomentOfAwesome gets right back up and keeps fighting]] after being shot with an arrow. It's not until the ''third'' that he stays down, and even then he's more concerned about ''failing the Fellowship'' than the fact that he has three arrows sticking out of his chest. Bear in mind that the shafts of these arrows were themselves a full inch in diameter.
* In ''Film/TheHobbit'', upon having his belly slashed open, [[spoiler:the Great Goblin]] remarks, "That'll do it."
* In ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'', toward the end of the battle, the British general Wellington and his NumberTwo Uxbridge seem to survive a near miss from a cannon shot intact when suddenly Uxbridge looks down...
-->'''Uxbridge:''' ''[calmly]'' My God, sir, I've lost my leg.\\
'''Wellington:''' My God, sir, so you have.

* In ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'', Hibbing Goodhue is shot several times by an assailant. His response: "Ouch." He then tries to get a Band-Aid while he continues to be shot. His final words are "Have you quite finished?"
* ''Film/{{Elysium}}'': [[spoiler:Carlyle, though possibly justified as he was shot in the heart, and probably immediately went into shock.]]
* Dr. Ferreiro from ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', when he is shot in the back by Captain Vidal he doesn't even flinch and continues walking.
* In ''Film/TheLastCircus'' Javier simply does not behave like someone who's recovering from internal bleeding and has several broken ribs, to put it mildly.
* Though it doesn't involve actually injuring, the reaction of our hero and heroine in ''Film/AttackOfThePuppetPeople'' to being shrunk, put into suspended animation and only being let out for the toymaker's amusement, as well as almost getting killed by the puppet maker in a murder-suicide due to the cops getting suspicious... Tell him to move out from in front of the door (which he does) and storm out of the room like he had insulted them.
* In ''Film/DirtyWork'', Mitch (Creator/NormMacDonald) has this reaction to being [[PrisonRape raped in prison]]:
-->'''Mitch:''' You fellas have a lot of growing up to do, I'll tell you that. Ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. Can you believe these characters? Way out of line. Way out of line. Have a good mind to go to the warden about this. You know what hurts the most is the... the lack of respect. You know? That's what hurts the most. Except for the... Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.

* In ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' [[spoiler:Trinity]] is run through with a huge piece of rebar. There's little to no blood, [[spoiler:she]] doesn't even cough or moan, just gives a quite but loooooong parting speech before finally dying. [[spoiler:Neo]] is also commendably indifferent to the fact that [[spoiler:his]] eyes have been burnt out.
* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'': Whenever Chief Inspector Dreyfus suffers his accidental AmusingInjuries, such as stabbing himself with a letter opener or [[JugglingLoadedGuns shooting his nose off]], he gives surprisingly subdued reactions -- mostly, calling to his assistant that "I seem to have just ____."
* Frequently justified in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', since it's usually happening to some kind of undead. Some of them follow it up with a one-liner.

* ''Film/KullTheConqueror'': Queen Akivasha reacts with boredom when one of her co-conspirators stabs her in the chest with a dagger after he realizes who's really in charge. He [[ManOnFire gets fired]] for his troubles.
* ''Film/LoneSurvivor'': While many of the [=SEALs=] reactions to getting shot would certainly count as this, the most extreme example comes from Matt Axelson after he took a round to the head. His reaction almost seems amused.
-->'''Axe:''' Did they really shoot me in the fucking head?\\
'''Marcus:''' Yeah, buddy.
* ''Pride'' has the main lion pride come out of fighting with the Wanderers, a band of rogue lions. In the aftermath, one of the lions (James) remarks that his fellow leader's ear had been torn off. Eddie responds by laughing it off and sharing a joke about it with James.
* In the 1937 [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''Literature/CaptainsCourageous'', Manuel suffers an accident. As he is overboard in the ocean, he calmly states that he is as good as dead, because his entire lower body is gone. He speaks in Portuguese because he doesn't want Harvey to know. A member of the crew who does speak the language quietly translates for those who don't, but Harvey is left wondering why Manuel didn't climb back into the ship.
* In ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'', an explosion throws Rimgale backwards into an iron fence. One of the decorative spikes goes into his back and comes out through his shoulder. His reaction is a deadpan:
-->'''Rimgale:''' Kid? I think I got a problem.

* In ''Film/{{Solo}}: A Franchise/StarWars Story'', the CaperCrew is executing a TrainJob when AcePilot Rio gets shot in the shoulder. He claims he's all right, but Beckett sees the way their AT-Hauler is wobbling and knows that he's ''not'' all right. [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Rio dies minutes later.]]]]
* In ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'', in the climax, [[spoiler:Nova has this reaction after Alita stabs him with the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Damascus Blade]], remarking as he looks down at the injury, "Well, that looks fatal." [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since it's not really Nova that's been stabbed, but rather [[TheHeavy his main minion, Vector]], whom he was puppeting.]]
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'': Cliff reacts to getting stabbed in the leg with mild curiosity and barely seems fazed by it, and is still able to [[spoiler:pummel Katie to death before eventually collapsing]]. Of course, being drunk and tripping balls on acid, as well as in the middle of an adrenaline rush, probably helped a lot.
* Hilariously done during the climax of ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' when an enemy soldier shoots at Topper Harley in the leg and he responds with an annoyed "Ow!" before causally riddling him with bullets.

* ''Literature/LockwoodAndCo'' has Quill Kipps's reaction to his [[BelatedInjuryRealization Belated Injury Realisation]] of [[spoiler:a gaping abdominal stab wound]] - "Well. That's a mess. Typical. And I was feeling so chipper."

* ''Literature/MenAtArms'':
** Detritus is injured. The fact that he's injured at all is remarkable, as he's made of stone. When asked if it's normal for his cracks to be oozing a thick liquid, his only reaction is "Dunno, sir. Never oozed before." Later followed up with "Ain't got time to ooze."
** Vetinari tries to dismiss the gunshot that's just shattered his thigh with "No need, it's [[OnlyAFleshWound just a flesh wound]]."

--> '''Sofia:''' [[EyeScream Ripping out an eye]] certainly wouldn't be the worst thing I've done to my body, not by a long shot, but it does make me a bit uncomfortable, somehow...

* ''Literature/TruthOrDare2000'': Patrick, a boy who died mysteriously decades ago, never reacted to being hit, according to his sister Joanna. Once another child threw a rock at him and left a large gash on his temple. His only reaction was to tilt his head so that the blood fell into the stream rather than onto his shirt, because he'd get in trouble for staining his clothes.

** The Tenth Doctor's reaction to having his hand cut off in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invastion]]" is a mildly annoyed "You cut off my hand!" Of course, he immediately proceeds to grow himself a new one, which probably accounts for his lack of concern (though you'd think it would still hurt).

* ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'': Baby Sinclair's only reaction to being flung across the room or set on fire is usually a cheery [[WasntThatFun "Again!"]]
* In an early episode of ''Series/{{ER}}'', "Blizzard", a young black man nonchalantly walked up to Dr. Doug Ross with a loose bandage around one hand. Dr. Ross removed it, to find the man's thumb missing. He was keeping it in a small plastic bag. Doug had Malik wheel him straight upstairs to surgery.

* ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'': Kit's reaction to [[spoiler:being vented]] is first just dazed what and then slightly shaky assurance that everything is ok, while it's obviously. Shock may have been at play.

-->'''Jamie:''' Ouch. Okay, that's really hot. Yeah, you could get a serious burn from that. ''[{{beat}}]'' In fact, I think I just did.

* Jack O'Neill, ''Series/StargateSG1''. The episode where Carter and O'Neill discover the second Gate. When Carter sets O'Neill's broken leg, he groans, "Jagged bone grinding into nerves hurts. Who knew?"

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
** In the third verse of "A Complicated Song", the narrator [[LosingYourHead gets his head knocked off by a roller coaster]] and complains that being decapitated is "a major inconvenience".
** In "Jurassic Park", the narrator remarks that being disemboweled makes him "kind of mad".
* From the final verse of "ECNALUBMA" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, still sung in John Linnel's deadpan tone:
-->''Help me out, I can't seem to get this window open\\
Never mind, now it's open\\
I think my hand is broken''

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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]

* Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon was well-known for his willingness to do crazy stunts, but one relatively mundane one - being [[DestinationDefenestration thrown through glass]] - messed up in a big way in his match against Wrestling/KurtAngle at ''King of the Ring''. The glass was ''supposed'' to be sugar glass, which is easily breakable... it was actually plate glass. After two attempted suplexes, resulting in landing on his head ''on concrete'', Shane kept insisting they do the spot, going through on the third attempt. He insisted the same for the ''next'' pane of glass as well.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' gives us Captain Alessio Cortez of the Crimson Fists, the least killable Space Marine in the Imperium. There's maybe two bones in his body that haven't been broken at least twice, he once disarmed an ork warboss by letting the weapon get stuck in his ribcage, received seventeen wounds in a single battle (including a stab through a heart), led a defense of a breached wall with a broken back, and then there's his reaction on being told he was missing an arm:
-->'''Alessio Cortez:''' I haven't lost an arm, brother. It's over there.
* Justified with the orks as [[BizarreAlienBiology they lack most of the major organs other biological races have]], [[HealingFactor and they recover from wounds incredibly fast]]. making it possible for procedures such as head [[MeatgrinderSurgery transplants]] to be performed on them.

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* In ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]'', Shi-Long Lang [[spoiler:gets shot in the leg]] and doesn't even acknowledge it.
* As said above, Emiya Shirou in all the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' routes tends to not worry overly much about incredible bodily harm, due to an extremely potent HealingFactor--although even before he knew he had one, he didn't have the slightest care about his own body. However, in one route wherein he ''doesn't'' have access to said HealingFactor, he gets caught in a kind of mana explosion and panics for a moment because he can't feel anything... then realizes that "all" that happened is his left arm got blown off. Rather than freak out about ''that'', he expresses great relief. It's still treated as a life-threatening injury, though, which has consequences for the rest of the story since [[spoiler:it's replaced by someone else's arm]].
* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': In Chapter 2, Akane shows up for the girls' trip to the beach despite having a ''bloody head wound'' from an impromptu sparring match with Nekomaru. Ultimate Nurse Mikan insists on rushing her into the bathroom of the diner to look at the wound and clean the blood off her.
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': While investigating, Kokichi trips on a floorboard and slams his head on the ground. Instead of seeking medical attention, he plays dead as Shuichi arrives, shocking the detective before announcing it's a lie while ''blood pours down his face''.

* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'': In several of the routes, [[AnArmAndALeg the Princess will lose her right hand]]. Regardless of how she loses her hand, the Princess never reacts to what should be agonizing pain, another sign that [[AmbiguouslyHuman the Princess may not be all that she appears to be]].

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** Sarge is shot in the head. Upon appearing in the afterlife, he is only annoyed that he didn't get to screw with Grif one last time. This situation also fits because Grif's response to the injury is to perform CPR, which strangely works. Sarge berates Grif once he regains consciousness.
--->'''Sarge:''' Grif... Why in hell would you give somebody CPR for a bullet wound in the head? That don't make a lick of sense. I mean, it's all so damn inconsistent! What would you do if they stabbed me in the toe? Rub my neck with aloe vera?
** Note that when first told he was revived with CPR he was relieved and amazed someone thought up such a brilliant idea -- until he found out it was ''[[ButtMonkey Grif]]'' who did it.
** Mysterious Blue Guy/[[spoiler:Agent Florida]] gets an axe to the chest. He's [[SubvertedTrope briefly incapacticated]], [[DoubleSubvertedTrope but gets back up and throws the axe back.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/TheGastonTrilogy'', Gaston shoots the Beast in the knee. He turns around, glares briefly, and then turns back saying, "Nah, never mind."

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': Yahtzee criticized the plot of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', saying nothing spectacular happened and it was just people doing stuff. He also admits that that's a fairly weak argument, as technically World War I was just people doing stuff, but at least losing your leg would give you something to write home about. "Dear Mum: Remember when my dance instructor said I had two left feet? Well, I've managed to redress the balance somewhat. P.S.: ''[[SubvertedTrope FUCKING HELL! AAAAAAAAAAUGH!]]''"
* ''WebAnimation/EddsWorld'' and the HalloweenEpisode has the gang run away from an AxCrazy murderer. Then there is this exchange:
-->'''Tom:''' I think we've fooled him. ''[sword impales him]'' What the...? [[SkewedPriorities Since when do axe-carrying maniacs carry swords?]]

-->'''Dylan''': BETTY!\\
'''Betty''': Oh relax, like I haven't had my legs and body separated before.

--->'''Gerbil:''' You know what they say about them BB-guns, don't ya'? ''(throws pellet back)'' [[Film/AChristmasStory They'll poke your eye out.]]\\
''(Joe Mamma's left eye gushes out; blinks empty socket)''\\
'''Joe Mamma:''' ''(flatly)'' That hurt like a m[[SoundEffectBleep [=*=]]]therf[[ClusterBleepBomb [=***=]]]er.
*** [[CrossesTheLineTwice ...and then again at 3 pumps.]]
---->'''Gerbil:''' Those who cannot remember the past... ''(throws pellet back)'' [[HistoryRepeats are condemned to repeat it.]]\\
''(Joe Mamma's right eye gushes out; blinks both sockets)''\\

--> '''Sniper:''' ''(an arrow goes through his forehead)'' I think his mate saw me. ''(another arrow goes through his chest, calmly looks down)'' Oh my god, I've been shot.

* ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'':
** At the end of "Doomsday but Mario is Okay", Luigi is caught in a nuclear explosion that reduces him to a skeleton. His response?
--->'''Luigi:''' Owww...
* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': in episode 6, while the Wild Geese are attacked by Zorin's illusion, in the midst of many mercenaries screaming in pain over their apparently missing limbs one of them casually states that his arm was ripped off and that "high fives are gonna suck now". Then, when Seras dispels the illusion, this is the same mercenary's reaction:
--->'''Mercenary:''' HOLY SHIT MY ARM'S BACK!
* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'':
** When she thinks her fight with Sylvie has ended with him passing out, Mera - whose Epithet has a lot in common with osteogenesis imperfecta - dismisses him by saying, "Did he just pass out from the shock? What a weenie. Half of my bones are broken and you don't hear me complaining! [[VerbalBackspace ...much.]]"
** For a variation, in ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic'', when Giovanni comments that Molly is really light, she cheerfully says, "That's malnourishment!" Giovanni is appropriately disconcerted.

* ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'': Mikhail runs around after losing an arm for quite some time. [[spoiler:Until he bleeds out.]] Similarly, Nikita walks around with half of his face covered in shattered glass and apparently doesn't care much for that.

'''Elan:''' That depends. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0006.html How important is one of these?]]

* PlayedForDrama in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'':
** Rann'dirk [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8777 gets a hammer directly to his (helmeted) head]] and keeps fighting right up until his opponent [[TakingYouWithMe detonates a golem core]] as a kamikaze attack, and once the action has ended he takes off his helmet and is [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8789 bleeding profusely]] and [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8792 horrifies his comrades]] due to the fact that he doesn't feel it. While he's been "tainted" or subject to a procedure that naturally dulls pain this is pretty extreme and foreshadows [[spoiler:that he, like most of his clan, was giving an intentionally faulty procedure that will eventually kill him]].
** Happens to another character later, this time one who's not tainted, where [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=10028 she barely notices that her hand is dangling by a thread from her wrist]] after getting hit by the blast of a [[{{BFG}} mana cannon]] and shows far more reaction to the state of her companions, one of whom has the top half of her head blown clean off. Again, likely justified by shock.
* Done several times by the title character of ''Webcomic/{{Nimona}}'', who doesn't even notice the arrow sticking out of her leg until [[ParentalSubstitute her boss]] points it out to her -- to which she responds with a flat "Oh." [[spoiler:This gets a lot less funny and a lot more suspicious when she shows Ballister exactly the same nonchalance a week after having her head chopped off and apparently dying.]]
* Late in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', our "[[VillainProtagonist heroes]]" have... "acquired" some holy weapons, which [[GoodHurtsEvil harm any evildoers that try to wield them]]. When [[HumanoidAbomination Black Mage]] [[ManOnFire grabs one of the weapons]]... "I appear to have come '''aflame'''."
** Earlier, during the Air Orb quest, Red Mage responded to being set on fire by attempting to [[{{Munchkin}} powergame]] it. To be fair, he did cast a bunch of resurrection spells on himself first, but he seems incredibly casual about the agonising pain, to the point where his speech bubbles describing it have less BoldInflation than him describing how it would work under ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' rules.
--->'''Thief:''' Doesn't it worry you to be, you know, '''aflame?'''\\
'''Red Mage:''' Are you kidding? This is great. This is like if [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Burning Hands]] was a '''seventh''' level spell. Maybe sixth... And anyway, it's auto-hit to boot! I could hug you for [=3D4=] (damage) per turn, Thief. Per turn. No, I'd be an '''idiot''' to give '''this''' up, thanks.\\
'''Thief:''' Of course. What was I thinking?\\
'''RM:''' ''[dies and is resurrected]''\\
'''Thief:''' That doesn't hurt at all?\\
'''Red Mage:''' Hm?\\
'''Thief:''' The spell that brings you back.\\
'''Red Mage:''' Oh, it's quite excruciating. At least it isn't as bad as the burning.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'', we don't even learn Finn was [[SecretStabWound wounded]] until he starts passing out.

* ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' has a scene (faithfully recreated in the animated special) where Jeanne and Tamano both get stabbed by Jack the Ripper. Jeanne flinches in surprise, then pulls the knife out, while Tamano doesn't seem to notice at all and just leaves it stuck in her head for the rest of the scene. (In the game, both have a TacticalRockPaperScissors advantage against Jack's class, and really would take minimal damage from her.)
* ''Webcomic/DragonSanctuary'': Merno spends a good chunk of time not worrying about the gaping wound he receives during the eclipse attack, instead comforting Dean and ordering a few drinks.
* ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': Being grim reapers and not really alive, neither Scarlet or Brook react much to lethal injuries. When Scarlet gets her arm and leg ripped off, she's even surprised it doesn't hurt. Brook doesn't react much when his body gets ripped to pieces, leaving only his head behind.
* ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'': Jamie realises he doesn't actually need his arm to be in a cast, which it is thanks to an AmbulanceChaser lawyer, and tries to cut it off with a chef's knife. "I'm absolutely sure I don't-" [[UnsoundEffect *SLICE*]] "Okay, ''now'' I need medical attention."
* ''Webcomic/{{Sword}}'': All in all, Krog (the first human) takes rather cooly being [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/DCCCXIX/ impaled through the chest]] by a ''Trisabertops''.
-->'''Krog:''' Krog okay! Dinosword miss all of Krog's vital organs. Heart not vital, right?

* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': PlayedForDrama in [[TraumaCongaLine the Exile Arc]], where [[spoiler:Dream would beat Tommy with bare fists or an axe if he refused to follow orders, or even if he wasn't quick enough in following them. At first, Tommy would scream in pain whenever he was hit, but over time, he became so apathetic that he stopped reacting to Dream's beatings at all]].
* This is often common in ''Platform/GoAnimate'' videos, wherein someone is injured and the text-to-speech voices just say "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow" or "ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch" and "waa-ahahahahahahahaha-aaah-ahah" in [[DullSurprise entirely monotone voices]] when the character is supposedly hurt, sometimes only increasing the volume of the voice to imply that they are shouting. This is especially weird when some of these injuries include severely broken legs, burning by scalding hot water, traumas that result in body casts, internal decapitations, and sometimes legs broken so badly they are permanently broken.
** In this video, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen (just roll with it) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke2QaurLC3g gets a desk thrown at her]] with such force that she [[SpecialEffectsFailure flies off the screen]] and, in her normal speaking voice, says "oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh."
** Peppa's teacher is apparently injured so bad that her leg is "Permanently" broken. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDe9tvETQ4 Surprisingly she just responds in her normal speaking voice after dinosaur beats her up.]]
%%** Added onto this is when someone may say "Oh Double You" (O-W)
* When LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/SimonLane attempted to teach WebVideo/JesseCox how to play ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', Lewis falls in lava while explaining spelunking. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpVkSAEtnCI#t=4m54s His reaction?]]
* The protagonist of ''Podcast/TheLostCat'' at various times gets turned inside out and loses his skull. Neither fazes him much, probably because he lives in a very surreal world to begin with.

* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': A supernatural variant, which ends up being equal parts horrific and hilarious. While under the curse on the gold from a special adventure quest, Shep spends much of his time brushing off its effects, even when being indefinitely hit with the Hunger status debuff in full force (i.e. his in-game Hunger bar draining from full to zero in ''seconds''), and insists that he's only cursed if his dog starts speaking to him. When faced with the curse's ominous countdown, he just claims that his out-of-universe stream chat is overreacting; he only throws away the cursed gold to calm ''them'' down, thinking there's no inherent issue with the gold just yet to panic, and altogether [[FlatEarthAtheist remains skeptical about there being a curse on the gold at all]].
* At the end of the ''WebVideo/{{Rooster Teeth Short|s}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d57r44jWUCw Paper Cut]], Geoff Ramsey is standing there with a giant axe in his head... and complains about getting a paper cut and a gray hair.
* Happens often within the ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' series. Scott can get his hands bleeding all over (which happens a lot) or a gunshot wound on his leg, and he'd only be slightly irritated.

* Creator/TomSka's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHpzqtDgv8 Russian Roulette]], where Tom manages to survive ''several bullets to the head'' and a stab wound to the hand out of nearly childlike stubbornness to win at the titular game. Also somewhat of a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], as his casual willingness to keep at it naturally [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome terrifies his opponent]], causing the poor guy to forfeit and run off in tears.
--->'''Tom:'''''(slurred)'' FiveFingerFillet! Me go! ''(*shunk*)'' Ow.

* At one point in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor's reaction to having her arm crushed is to think "[[OhNoNotAgain I just got a new one]]." At another time, she muses that she thinks her incredibly high pain tolerance is due to having been caught in one of Bakuda's bomb blasts early on; the bomb had the effect of causing [[AgonyBeam maximized excruciating pain]] in anyone it hit. Having really experienced "true 10/10 pain", Taylor doesn't react as strongly to injury as many people would.

->'''Harry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge:''' ''[calmly]'' By God, sir... I've lost my leg!
->'''[[UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington]]:''' By God, sir, so you have.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' did a parody of [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age]] comic books, in which a character having a huge hole blasted through his torso narrates: "I could feel my spine shatter. It hurt... a lot."

* ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'': Quoth Killboy: "Beg pardon, sir, but you couldn't 'elp me with the take-off? Lost one of me arms in the crash again, an' I'm 'avin trouble usin' all the controls..."

** After being sniped with a headshot, Sergeant Ebbirnoth starts making snarky commentary. As an Unioc, [[BizarreAlienBiology his brain is in his pelvic cavity]], but the CasualDangerDialogue is a welcome distraction from how much it ''hurts''.

* This is often common in ''Website/GoAnimate'' videos, wherein someone is injured and the text-to-speech voices just say "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow" or "ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch" and "waa-ahahahahahahahaha-aaah-ahah" in [[DullSurprise entirely monotone voices]] when the character is supposedly hurt, sometimes only increasing the volume of the voice to imply that they are shouting. This is especially weird when some of these injuries include severely broken legs, burning by scalding hot water, traumas that result in body casts, internal decapitations, and sometimes legs broken so badly they are permanently broken.

** Early on in the strip, Roy throws Xykon into an Epic-level protective barrier. Just before he explodes, Xykon calmly states "Y'know, actually, this isn't that bad." Justified, like Richard's case, because he's an undead [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] and regenerates from his [[SoulJar phylactery]] over the next few days.

* Creator/TomSka's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHpzqtDgv8 Russian Roulette]], where Tom manages to survive ''several bullets to the head'' and a stab wound to the hand out of nearly childlike stubbornness to win at the titular game. Also somewhat of a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], as his casual willingness to keep at it naturally [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome terrifies his opponent]], causing the poor guy to forfeit and run off in tears.
--->'''Tom:'''(slurred) FiveFingerFillet! Me go! ''*shunk*'' Ow.

* At the end of the ''WebVideo/{{Rooster Teeth Short|s}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d57r44jWUCw Paper Cut]], Geoff Ramsey is standing there with a giant axe in his head... and complains about getting a paper cut and a gray hair.
* The protagonist of ''Podcast/TheLostCat'' at various times gets turned inside out and loses his skull. Neither fazes him much, probably because he lives in a very surreal world to begin with.
* In ''Blog/WhatIf'' [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/133/ #133]], a person's reaction to having his arms ''torn off'' while trying to catch a flagpole at falling speed is just "Dang".
* This is often common in ''Website/GoAnimate'' videos, wherein someone is injured and the text-to-speech voices just say "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow" or "ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch" and "waa-ahahahahahahahaha-aaah-ahah" in [[DullSurprise entirely monotone voices]] when the character is supposedly hurt, sometimes only increasing the volume of the voice to imply that they are shouting. This is especially weird when some of these injuries include severely broken legs, burning by scalding hot water, traumas that result in body casts, internal decapitations, and sometimes legs broken so badly they are permanently broken.
** In this video, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen (just roll with it) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke2QaurLC3g gets a desk thrown at her]] with such force that she [[SpecialEffectsFailure flies off the screen]] and, in her normal speaking voice, says "oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh."
** Peppa's teacher is apparently injured so bad that her leg is "Permanently" broken. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDe9tvETQ4 Surprisingly she just responds in her normal speaking voice after dinosaur beats her up.]]
** Added onto this is when someone may say "Oh Double You"
* Happens often within the ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' series. Scott can get his hands bleeding all over (which happens a lot) or a gunshot wound on his leg, and he'd only be slightly irritated.
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': PlayedForDrama in the Exile Arc, where [[spoiler:Dream would beat Tommy with bare fists or an axe if he refused to follow orders, or even if he wasn't quick enough in following them. At first, Tommy would scream in pain whenever he was hit, but over time, he became so apathetic that he stopped reacting to Dream's beatings at all.]]

* "It hurts and stings" was a RunningGag in the webcomic ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'' for a while.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace has a nightmare in which Sensei Greg [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2016-07-22 gets one of his arms eaten]] and reacts to it by informing her of the consequences of it with only mild annoyance.

* Ardal O'Hanlon does a bit about how people are not as tough as they used to be and older folks have a higher tolerance for discomfort even when terminally ill.

* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': PlayedForDrama in the Exile Arc, where [[spoiler:Dream would beat Tommy with bare fists or an axe if he refused to follow orders, or even if he wasn't quick enough in following them. At first, Tommy would scream in pain whenever he was hit, but over time, he became so apathetic that he stopped reacting to Dream's beatings at all.]]

* The brain doesn't have pain receptors so when a nail gun recoiled near his head, Dante Autullo failed to realise it had gone right through to his brain. After heading to the hopsital after experiancing severe headaches, he learned that had it passed just slightly to the left or right, he would have been permanantly disabled. Fortunately the nail was safely removed and Dante recovered with no lasting effects.

* ''Literature/LockwoodAndCo'' has Quill Kipps's reaction to his BelatedInjuryRealisation of [[spoiler:a gaping abdominal stab wound]] - "Well. That's a mess. Typical. And I was feeling so chipper."

-->''....although [Monoclonius] looks rather unconcerned about the whole thing, just standing idly by while T. rex takes a nibble.''

** After recovering from his HeroicBSOD (and getting back his flight status), he eventually had another crash that [[DisabilitySuperpower he survived only due to having previously lost both legs]]: His artificial legs were pinned in the plane, and it took a considerable time to free them. While walking away from the wreckage, he noticed his legs didn't seem to be working properly. It turned out both lower leg sections had been crushed. Had they been his original legs, he would likely have bled to death before he could have been freed.

** After recovering from his HeroicBSOD (and getting back his flight status), he eventually had another crash that he survived only due to having previously lost both legs: His artificial legs were pinned in the plane, and it took a considerable time to free them. While walking away from the wreckage, he noticed his legs didn't seem to be working properly. It turned out both lower leg sections had been crushed. Had they been his original legs, he would likely have bled to death before he could have been freed.

* The last words of UsefulNots/FranzFerdinandOfAustria after getting shot by Gavrilo Princip were: "It's nothing. It's nothing."

* Creator/SeanConnery once explained on a talk show in 1996 that he had a persistent but vague pain and weakness in his wrist that was bothering him for years. Upon finally going to get it checked out, he learned that he had in fact had a broken wrist and he had had his wrist broken by none other than Creator/StevenSeagal, who was training him in martial arts on the set of ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' and [[SoreLoser broke his wrist out of frustration]] [[GreenEyedMonster because he was]] ''[[GreenEyedMonster stronger than he was.]]''

-->'''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]:''' How can you take a bullet and not bat an eye?\\

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "TOW All The Thanksgivings", Phoebe has a [[PastLifeMemories flahback to a past life]] where she was a nurse during the American Civil War. As she's tending to a patient, an explosion blows her left arm clean off just below the shoulder. Nurse "Phoebe" reacts with a mildly annoyed "Oh, ''no''" when she sees the damage.

* The Greatjon, in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', has two fingers bitten off by a direwolf when he draws his sword on Robb Stark. He then has the presence of mind to de-escalate the situation before it gets further [[IncrediblyLamePun out of hand]] by making a joke at his own expense while he stands there with a bleeding maimed hand.

* At one point in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor's reaction to having her arm crushed is to think "[[OhNoNotAgain I just got a new one]]."

* In David Feldman's ''Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?'', an illustration accompanying the entry on why paper cuts hurt so much depicts a man yelping after getting one while the woman on his left reacts to the knife sticking out of her back with a quiet "ouch".

** In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' thanks to being a PlantPerson Groot’s reaction to Gamora hacking off his arms with her CoolSword is only mild pain. If anything he just looks more ''saddened'' that someone would do that to him. Similarly, Nebula being a {{Cyborg}} has no reaction to hacking off her own arm or resetting her jaw after it gets dislocated.[[note]]Not to mention she's used to pain and torture from growing up as TheUnfavorite under Thanos, who made her into a cyborg by removing a part of her body every time she lost a battle[[/note]].

** In ''Film/BlackPanther'' Killmonger’s reaction [[spoiler: to T’challa stabbing him in the chest with a spearhead]].

** In ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', Nick Fury seems only moderately annoyed at Goose scratching his eye, apparently because he (incorrectly) assumes it will heal.