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=== Played for Comedy ===
* In one of the early story arcs in ''[[The Ultimates]]'', [[Captain America (comics)]] temporarily drops the [[Incredible Hulk]] by landing a tank on him, beating him with his shield, then finishing with a solid kick to the groin that appears quite effective.
** In a later issue, Cap's [[WW 2]] sidekick Bucky comments on how funny he found it when he saw Cap 'kicking the Hulk in the stones'.
** He did it again to nerd hulk in Ultimate Avengers.
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** Batman beat Karate Kid, the greatest martial artist in all time and space, skilled in dozens of styles some of which he invented, by kicking him in the groin. Batman commented that it was "cheating"...
** [[Huntress]] punches Prometheus in the groin moments after he knocked out the globally feared fighter [[Dragon Lady|Lady Shiva]], while he had the skills and reflexes of 30 of the greatest martial artists in the world at his disposal. Because apparently ''none of them'' know how to defend against a groin shot.
** In Prometheus' first appearance [[Catwoman (
** At the same time, in ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' "Titans East" (released summer 2007 in one volume) Nightwing and Robin (Dick Grayson and Tim Drake) stop by to rough up the Red Hood (Jason Todd), who came [[Back
*** This has been iconned as "The Gotham Handshake."
** In an early issue of the Marv Wolfman/George Perez New Teen Titans, Robin (Dick Grayson) takes out a mind-controlled Cyborg by kicking him in the crotch. It was the early '80's in a code-approved comic, so while the art and dialog made it clear what is going on (Robin's thought balloon, for instance reads something like: "It's dirty fighting, but in this case...") they never actually show the kick, or describe it. They only show Cyborg's pained reaction; the kick also, inexplicably, knocks Cyborg out.
** In ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', Batman is on the receiving end of a groin kick from the Mutant leader which lifts him completely off the ground. At that point in his life, being quite old, [[Genre Savvy|Batman was probably wearing a cup]], but the mutant leader was so freakishly strong it didn't matter.
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* [[Deadpool]] and (an alien-possessed) [[Captain America (comics)]] [[Unusual Euphemism|played rochambeau]] [[South Park]]-style once. Deadpool [http://media.photobucket.com/image/deadpool%20rochambeau/Onua/Deadpool/117437063498.jpg went first.]
** He was later the victim of the same from the second Black Widow, only to hurt her knee in the process.
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** Also, on the cover of I'm your Man Part Two he is seen getting kicked in the groin by a very angry Steve Rogers, with a comically painful look in his face.
* An issue of ''Spectacular [[Spider-Man]]'' had the Kangaroo dress in kangaroo-themed armor, complete with a laser cannon in the "pouch" -- which happens to sit right at crotch level. Spidey webs the barrel. Cannon goes boom. (This was ''not'' the worst or most painful humiliation Kangaroo suffered in that story arc. In fact it was [[Humiliation Conga|just a warm-up]].)
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* In a team up issue with [[Wolverine]] and [[The Punisher]], when Wolverine becomes too violent and is about to double cross him Punisher incapacitates him by blasting him in the groin with an Uzi, Wolverine holds it in pain and says, "Don't worry, they'll grow back".
** Wolverine takes his revenge the same way on Sabretooth in ''[[Ultimate X-Men]].'' Sabretooth is choking him with both hands and holding his head under water, when he suddenly doubles over in pain.
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* In ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' #70, the main villain is a man known as The Codpiece, who attacks with a cannon attached to his groin. Read more about it [https://web.archive.org/web/20131108020846/http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm here]. And then played straight.
* [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]] vs. [[Elektra]] in ''New Avengers''. Elektra breaks her weapons against Luke's chest. Luke responds '[[Daredevil|Matt]] says hello', and puts one big boot between her goalposts. Elektra crumples to the ground.
** Also crosses over with [[Would Hit a Girl]]. [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/63680/1478465-kick_super.jpg See here.]{{Dead link}}
* The tag "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081206021812/http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/tag/inna+nerts Inna Nerts]" over at scans_daily has more than a few of these.
* One of the people to take up the moniker of Stilt-man was killed when the Punisher shot him in the crotch with an RPG<ref>As in a Rocket-Propelled Grenade; he did not shoot a D&D Sourcebook at the villain's nethers, but that would've been pretty cool.</ref>.
* Spider Jerusalem of ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' ''loves'' this maneuver. Just scroll to the bottom of [https://web.archive.org/web/20090827044652/http://nadshot.com/2007/07/ this page].
* [[Supergirl]] kneed Powerboy in the crotch when they fought after she found out he was a creepy [[Stalker with a Crush]]. Since he also had superpowers, he didn't die...but probably wished he did.
* What do you do, Mr. Baker, when you, as [[Animal Man]], have your powers on the fritz and out of control, and Bloodrage, someone with some really funky lifedraining energy powers, has got you crushed and beaten on the floor? [http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2052621/TLDO_Animal_man_04016.jpg.html Go for the nutshot!]
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* [[The Incredible Hercules]] is a big fan of this move.
** What happened when he saw Namora doing this to Atlas? He immediately proposed to her.
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'''Hercules:''' No. I'll do it. (Herc kicks Sentry in a crouch) }}
** Lampshaded and used against him in one arc. For plot reasons, Hercules and Thor are pretending to be each other, and Herc tells Thor he's not fighting enough like him. Thor's reply? "As you wish," right before he lets Herc have it in the nads.
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* [[Hawkeye|Clint Barton]] did it to [[Daken]], son of Wolverine.
* One of the funniest examples from [[Brian Bendis]]'s [[Alias (Comic Book)|Alias]]: Jessica Jones is trying to take a runaway girl back home, but the bouncer at the club won't let her in.
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'''Bouncer''': Huh?
'''WHAM!''' }}
* In Season 8 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Faith tries this on [[Big Bad|Twilight]], but it has no effect.
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** He anticipates Buffy going for the [[Groin Attack]] with the scythe when they fight, which leads to some [[Foreshadowing]] as to his [[Angel|identity]]. That he doesn't flee for his life shows he has [[Incredibly Lame Pun|balls]].
* In one issue of "Sisterhood Of Steel", a male general donned a spiked codpiece and tried to get one of the Sisterhood's leaders to [[Groin Attack]] him. (She realized that something is wrong when a guy deliberately leaves his crotch open to attack, and kicked him in the jaw instead.)
* Referred to (but not shown) in ''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe.'' The Guardian Angels formerly responsible for protecting the Marvel Universe's superhumans have been pulled off the job by God, who's mad because he saw a superhero ("Rumor has it it was [[Wolverine]] but I'm betting on [[She Hulk]]") kicking a villain on the "wrong side of his jockey shorts."
* Proving that he does not mess about, in ''[[Planetary]]'' [[An Ice Person|Elijah Snow]] gets attacked by [[Dracula]] and responds by freezing him solid...then proceeds to kick out his ''entire'' crotch. Ow.
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'''Elijah Snow''': Yup. But I figure he ain't going to grow his crotch back in a hurry. }}
* [[Desolation Jones]] does this at least once per fight, sometimes several times.
** To the same grunt.
*** With a crowbar.
* In a [[Wolverine]] issue where he goes with Jubilee on a mission to find two criminals, eventually Wolverine tells Jubilee to kill them; she explains that she it's not her style and performs a double crotch kick on the criminals.
* Attempted during her wedding special issue by [[Black Canary]] on the villain Deathstroke, who is unaffected and simply replies, "Get serious. Fifty pounds of body armor on me and you think I'm not wearing a cup?"
* One issue of ''[[Bloom County]]'' had Opus accidentally hitting Steve Dallas in the crotch with a baseball.
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* Infamously inverted in ''[[Youngblood]]''.
* In [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[The Invisibles]]'', King Mob joyfully shoots an enemy guard in the crotch. The rest of the page features the guard's pain and horror as he realizes the impact this will have on his life.
* Although Jesse Custer from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' tries his best to be a good guy, he has no qualms with going for the groin. In volume 7 a buff [[Acceptable Targets|KKK]] thug threatens Jesse, describing how well he (the KKK thug) has bulked up with the help of lots of steroids; Jesse's response is to comment "Balls of mush" and squeeze his testicles so hard they bleed. Whether this falls under [[Crossing the Line Twice]] depends on personal taste. In the same storyline, there's an offscreen fight in which Jesse nutshots a man so hard his testicles recede ''permanently.''
** Also played more straight in the third volume, where one of the villains puts a round into Cassidy's groin as part of a torture. It wouldn't kill him outright, since Cassidy is a vampire with a potent [[Healing Factor]], but it's the first in the many wounds the torturer inflicts that actually makes Cassidy cry in pain.
*** Sheriff Root, thanks to the Word of God had to go and fuck himself. Groin attack to the max.
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