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[[File:fear-of-needles-trypanophobia.jpg|frame|[[Blatant Lies|This won't hurt a bit.]] [[Screw This I'm Outta Here|Now, hold still...]]]

[[File:fear-of-needles-trypanophobia.jpg|frame|[[Blatant Lies|This won't hurt a bit.]] [[Screw This I'm Outta Here|Now, hold still...]]]]

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{{quote|''"Oh, quit your whining. I have a three year old daughter that complains less than you!"''|''[[Ranma One Half (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''}}

{{quote|''"Oh, quit your whining. I have a three-year-old daughter that complains less than you!"''|''[[Ranma One Half (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''}}

You're tough. Tougher than tough. You're [[Made of Iron]]! What's more, nothing, and we mean ''nothing'' can surprise you or unsettle your [[The Stoic|Stoic]] countenance. Except for injections, that is. Those make you [[Screams Like a Little Girl|scream like a little girl]] and [[Cower Power|hide behind]] your [[Love Interest]]. Trypanophobia, the fear of injections and hypodermic needles, is a recognized disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the psychiatrist's bible) which is estimated to afflict up to 10% of adults.

For some reason, the [[Fatal Flaw]] of many a [[Badass]] is fear of hypodermic needles and antiseptics. [[Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight|Not knives]], [[BFG|not absurdly large guns]], not even ''[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Snakes!]]'' There's just something deliciously ironic about a [[Big Damn Heroes]] who routinely gets [[Minor Injury Overreaction|cut up]] with [[BFS|huge knives]], [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|beat to]] [[One Hit Point Wonder|within an inch of his life and without giving up]], becoming squirmy and panicky when his [[Love Interests|lady friend]] comes over with a simple syringe and [[After Action Patchup|sanitary cotton to clean his wounds]]. It seems most any non-battle pain can cripple this dude. It's certainly a "clever" way to bring a [[Badass Longcoat]] into a less [[Marty Stu]]-ish territory, and is a very humanizing flaw to have. In extreme cases, expect fainting-- even if the needle isn't going into ''him!''

For some reason, the [[Fatal Flaw]] of many a [[Badass]] is fear of hypodermic needles and antiseptics. [[Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight|Not knives]], [[BFG|not absurdly large guns]], not even ''[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Snakes!]]'' There's just something deliciously ironic about a [[Big Damn Heroes]] who routinely gets [[Minor Injury Overreaction|cut up]] with [[BFS|huge knives]], [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|beat to]] [[One Hit Point Wonder|within an inch of his life and without giving up]], becoming squirmy and panicky when his [[Love Interests|lady friend]] comes over with a simple syringe and [[After Action Patchup|sanitary cotton to clean his wounds]]. It seems most any non-battle pain can cripple this dude. It's certainly a "clever" way to bring a [[Badass Longcoat]] into a less [[Marty Stu]]-ish territory, and is a very humanizing flaw to have. In extreme cases, expect fainting -- even if the needle isn't going into ''him!''

Even the [[Fearless Fool]] can fear needles.

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A subset of [[Fatal Flaw]].