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[[File:castle_beckett_ear_yank_3423.jpg|link=Castle|frame|Sometimes it's the only way to deal with a writer.]]
[[File:castle beckett ear yank 3423.jpg|link=Castle|frame|Sometimes it's the only way to deal with a writer.]]


This trope describes damage or painful actions done to the ears:
This trope describes damage or painful actions done to the ears:
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* ''[[Firefly]]'': In the episode "War Stories," Adelai Niska cuts off Mal's ear after Zoe rescues Wash, because the ransom she paid was "too much for just one man."
* ''[[Firefly]]'': In the episode "War Stories," Adelai Niska cuts off Mal's ear after Zoe rescues Wash, because the ransom she paid was "too much for just one man."
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Cally bites off part of an attempted rapist's ear.
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Cally bites off part of an attempted rapist's ear.
* Hyde's first outing in ''[[Jekyll]]'' results in the prolonged beating of a man who'd humiliated Jackman earlier that day -- biting off one of ears as a finishing move. For added horror, Jackman wakes up the next morning to find the severed ear in his pocket.
* Hyde's first outing in ''[[Jekyll]]'' results in the prolonged beating of a man who'd humiliated Jackman earlier that day—biting off one of ears as a finishing move. For added horror, Jackman wakes up the next morning to find the severed ear in his pocket.
* The saga of Moe's ear in ''[[Brotherhood]]''. Granted, [[Jerkass|he really had it coming]].
* The saga of Moe's ear in ''[[Brotherhood]]''. Granted, [[Jerkass|he really had it coming]].
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe stops a [[Cat Fight]] between Rachel and Monica by grabbing them by their ears.
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe stops a [[Cat Fight]] between Rachel and Monica by grabbing them by their ears.