History Main / NasalTrauma

* ''Literature/{{Graceling}}'': Katsa recounts the story of how she discovered her Killing Grace: she panicked as a child when an older, royal man seemed to be taking interest in her... and proceeded to smash his nose into his face so hard it killed him. She was just a child at the time.

* ''Film/{{Birdman}}'': During Riggan's opening night show, he loads the prop gun with real bullets, intending to commit suicide onstage. Instead he ends up shooting his nose off [[BungledSuicide and fainting]], waking up to find he's still alive, his play is getting incredible reviews for [[EnforcedMethodActing "super realism"]], and he's been surgically given a new nose.

* The Franchise/UltraSeries infomercials series, ''Series/UltramanNice'', has the Ultra battling Tabu Zagon, whose AttackReflector abilities can NoSell all of Nice's attacks. Nice got around the issue by firing energy disks into Tabu's nostrils, which is enough to defeat it.

When it comes to attacks on the human face, the nose is one of the biggest targets after [[EyeScream the eyes]] and the mouth: after all, it's the first element of the face that's within reach. Though it doesn't have quite the same visceral response as attacking the eyes or [[TheToothHurts the teeth]], it's a very obvious vulnerability with its own special brand of pain and visual flair attached.

-->-- '''Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot,''' ''Film/BatmanReturns''

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', it's mentioned that a Hogwarts student named Eloise Midgeon tried to curse her bad acne off her face. Exactly how this went [[NoodleIncident isn't revealed]], but she apparently ended up having to have her nose reattached (and it was left permanently off-centre as a result).

Depending on the severity of the attack, this can result in the character becoming TheNoseless.

* Music/MichaelJackson had so many beauty operations that his nose was that short from falling off. Rumors prevail it already happened.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E21ChapStewie Chap Stewie]]", Stewie is throwing a tantrum and Meg tries to calm him down. The second she picks him up, Stewie headbutts her in the nose, causing blood to splatter all over her.

** Byzantine Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_II Justinian II]] had his nose severed after being overthrown in a coup. The logic behind this that the Emperor was [[DivineRightOfKings exercised his power on God's behalf]], and since God was perfect, the Emperor had to be perfect too. Nonetheless, he was able to reclaim the throne after a ten-year exile.

* ''Fanfic/TheBOyWhoCriedIdiot'': Martin bites Clyde on the nose hard enough to make him cry.

* ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' has Corporal Strappi demand the newly recruited Private Perks demonstrate his sword skills. Perks proceeds to show what he learned from ol' soldier Gummy Abens by knocking Strappi's sword to the side and headbutting him in the nose, ending the fight quickly and earning massive respect from Sergent Jackrum. Strappi's speech is affected for the rest of the scene and his nose remains swollen for a while afterwards.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Usopp's {{Tengu}}-like nose is often victim of this trope, either when he's grabbed by it and dragged around or when he gets a 4-ton baseball bat in the face, leaving his nose bendy and bloody.
* Referred to in ''Manga/{{Genzo}}'', where it's mentioned that during the Korean invasion [[UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi Hideyoshi]] ordered his men to show their valor by bringing back the [[CreepySouvenir cut off noses]] of their victims.

* A RunningGag in ''ComicBook/PrincelessRavenThePiratePrincess'' is Raven getting her nose broken. It happens in the very first issue, and she suffers two more fractures in about as many weeks.

* Both Harry and Marv in ''Film/HomeAlone2'' get their noses squished in one scene, then they both proceed to pull them back out into place.

* In ''[[Literature/McClureCarson Blood Trust]]'', Alli disables a guard by shoving her fingers up his nostrils hard enough to shatter the cartilage in his nose.
* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', the Yellow-Tusked White Elephant King, as [[CruelElephant his name implies]], uses his trunk as a weapon to grab his enemies and suck out their souls. He's defeated when Sun Wukong [[NoseShove shoves the Ruyi Jingu Bang in his nostrils]] before snatching him and dragging him from his palace all the way to where his companions wait: the poor monster even speaks with a nasal lisp after that mishap.
* ''Literature/JoeyPigzaSwallowedTheKey'': Joey accidentally cuts off the tip of a girl's nose in class with scissors.

* In the season 2 opener of ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'' after Penguin taunts Harley while her lower body is frozen in a block of ice, she responds by biting off his nose.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', HeroKiller Stain is missing a nose. ''Manga/VigilanteMyHeroAcademiaIllegals'' reveals [[spoiler: that he cut it off himself, though not before having it completely wrecked beyond repair by Knuckleduster.]]

Hitting someone [[EarAche in the ear]], for example, is painful but not quite as visually distinctive; in fiction, breaking someone's nose is not only noticeable thanks to the spectacular nosebleed, but it's often considered a sign that the attacker has done some serious damage. As anyone who's ever experienced this in real life knows, a broken nose is a big deal: the pain is immediate, the impact is disorienting, breathing may be impeded, the bloodflow is often quite dramatic, and the nose itself may end up a different shape altogether if not properly treated. With this in mind, it's no surprise that bloody or broken noses are the most recognizable facial injury in fistfights, a visual shorthand for "you've just been hit hard."

When it comes to more serious injuries, there's a reason why characters with no noses appear unusual in live-action works: the nose plays a very important role in the human perception of the face and without it, the entire face looks wrong... and that's not even getting into the horror of having the nose reduced to a gaping hole, for example. As such, going for the nose is one of the most common tactics in facial mutilation as a means of leaving the victim noticeably scarred for life.

* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'' villain 'No-Nose' Nanette was an underworld moll had her nose bitten off by her then boyfriend the supervillain Rip-Jaw, resulting in her becoming TheNoseless.

* A pink bunny in ''Film/CoolWorld'' is playing craps with the QuirkyMinibossSquad. The bunny needs a four, and rolls a pair of twos. Slash, however, plucks one pip off each die, then declares, "Aw, s-s-s-snake eyes. You lose." When the bunny protests this blatant cheat, Slash inserts one long finger blade into the bunny's nostril, wrenching his nose out of shape, and demands payment.

* In the beginning of ''Film/ConAir'', Poe strikes a drunk guy who was molesting his wife hard enough in the nose to kill the man, resulting in Poe being sentenced to ten years in prison and his involvement with the plot of the movie.

* Jack's affair in ''Film/{{Sideways}}'' goes horribly wrong when his romantic partner discovers that he's actually due to be ''married'' soon. Enraged, [[LaserGuidedKarma she smashes him in the face with her motorcycle helmet]], breaking his nose. Jack spends the rest of the film wearing a nasal splint, and has to crash Miles' car into a tree to make it look as if they've been in an accident, just so his injuries don't raise unwanted questions when the wedding finally rolls around.

* Early in ''The Cockroach War,'' main character Toby takes part in a friendly game of football against [[BigBeautifulWoman Beverly Cadwallader]]; during Bev's [[TheJuggernaut charge towards the goal]], he tries to tackle her - only to end up getting one of her breasts square in the nose. As Toby narrates, this doesn't ''sound'' painful, but Bevery is a lot older and bigger than him, and wearing a stiff bra too: the narration compares it to being smashed in the snout with "a melon stuffed with wet cement." Toby goes down hard, leading to this immortal line from his dad: "Watch out for those bosoms, Toby, they're lethal!"

* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', the Yellow-Tusked White Elephant King, as [[CruelElephant his name implies]], uses his trunk as a weapon to grab his enemies and suck out their souls. He's defeated when Sun Wukong [[NoseShove shoves the Ruyi Jingu Bang in his nostrils]] before snatching him and dragging him from his palace all the way to where his companions wait: the poor monster even speaks with a nasal lisp after that misshap.

* In the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode "Sense and Senility," at any mention of the name of [[TheScottishTrope the Scottish Play]], the two actors must ward off evil spirits with a bizarre series of motions that conclude with them twisting each others noses. Naturally, [[{{Troll}} Blackadder]] goes out of his way to mention it at every possible opportunity, and the actors are left clutching their noses in pain.

-->The girl code-named Rah-Rah looked more like Rah-Raccoon, sporting two black eyes, a busted lip, and a nose swelled up like an elephant seals.

** It was also used as a punishment for libel and similar offenses, most commonly in Poland, Naples and England. In the case of the latter, Daniel Defoe of ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' fame only narrowly managed to avoid being disfigured for seditious pamphlets, instead being sentenced to public humiliation in the pillory.

* [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson]] had so many beauty operations that his nose was that short from falling off. Rumors prevail it already happened.