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**Men's General Etiquette**: *To strike another man's groin is to be lower than a snake.*

"But the ball! His groin! It works on so many levels!"

—Homer Simpson's critique of amateur film, "Man Getting Hit By Football".

Whether the object doing the striking is an errant piece of sports equipment or a deliberately placed foot, the end result is going to be grown man doubled over and trembling with pain. Bonus points if he then hobbles away and says something in a high-pitched voice. Not only will everyone find this hilarious, but tape it and play it back for the guy and even he will probably laugh. At least, once the swelling goes down.

A subversion of this is Balls of Steel, where a character - for whatever reason - does not take damage from a Groin Attack.

Of course, this usually only applies to men, as women seem to be immune to the trope. Any female martial artist (or anyone with a working knowledge of what nerve endings are) can tell you that a properly applied Groin Attack on a woman is definitely not painless, but the humor doesn't come from the pain, just from the specific reaction. In comedy the female recipient of such a blow is likely to shrug it off as though nothing even happened. There are exceptions, though.

Also see Standard Female Grab Area (which is not the same area), Eye Scream, Fingore, and The Tooth Hurts are other Primal Fear reactions. The Distaff Counterpart to this trope is Breast Attack. Often utilized by a Combat Pragmatist.

WARNING, Reading these may cause extreme paranoia about injury to the pubic area and wincing in sympathy pains. Yes, even if you're female. This is never as funny in Real Life as it is in fiction, and can cause a very nasty injury, so Don't Try This At Home

Examples of Groin Attack are listed on these subpages:

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-[[File:planetaryissue13_1604.jpg|link=Planetary|right|'''Men's General Etiquette''': ''To strike another man's groin is to be lower than a snake.'']]
+[[File:planetaryissue13 1604.jpg|link=Planetary|frame|'''Men's General Etiquette''': ''To strike another man's groin is to be lower than a snake.'']]
+{{quote|''"But the ball! His groin! It works on so many levels!"''
+|'''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson's]]''' critique of amateur film, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}mV1LWhNpTJU Man Getting Hit By Football]".}}
+Whether the object doing the striking is an errant piece of sports equipment or a deliberately placed foot, the end result is going to be grown man doubled over and trembling with pain. Bonus points if he then hobbles away and says something in a high-pitched voice. Not only will everyone find this hilarious, but tape it and play it back for the guy and [[Actually Pretty Funny|even ''he'' will probably laugh]]. At least, once the swelling goes down.
-{{quote|''"But the ball! His groin! It works on so many levels!"''|'''[[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson's]]''' critique of amateur film, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1LWhNpTJU Man Getting Hit By Football]".}}
-Whether the object doing the striking is an errant piece of sports equipment or a deliberately placed foot, the end result is going to be grown man doubled over and trembling with pain. Bonus points if he then hobbles away and says something in a high-pitched voice. Not only will everyone find this hilarious, but tape it and play it back for the guy and [[Actually Pretty Funny|even]] ''[[Actually Pretty Funny|he]]'' [[Actually Pretty Funny|will probably laugh]]. At least, once the swelling goes down.
 A subversion of this is [[Balls of Steel]], where a character - for whatever reason - does not take damage from a Groin Attack.
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 Also see [[Standard Female Grab Area]] (which is ''not'' the same area), [[Eye Scream]], [[Fingore]], and [[The Tooth Hurts]] are other [[Primal Fear]] reactions. The [[Distaff Counterpart]] to this trope is [[Breast Attack]]. Often utilized by a [[Combat Pragmatist]].
+'''WARNING, Reading these may cause extreme paranoia about injury to the pubic area and [[Share the Male Pain|wincing in sympathy pains]]. Yes, even if you're female. This is ''never'' as funny in [[Real Life]] as it is in fiction, and can cause a ''very'' nasty injury, so [[Don't Try This At Home]]'''
+{{examples on subpages}}
-'''WARNING, Reading these may cause extreme paranoia about injury to the pubic area and [[Share the Male Pain|wincing in sympathy pains]]. Yes, even if you're female.'''
-{{examples|Examples belong in subpages:}}
-* [[Groin Attack/Anime and Manga|Anime and Manga]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Comic Books|Comic Books]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Film|Film]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Literature|Literature]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Live Action TV|Live Action TV]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Music|Music]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Mythology|Mythology]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Professional Wrestling|Professional Wrestling]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Tabletop Games|Tabletop Games]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Video Games|Video Games]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Web Comics|Web Comics]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Web Original|Web Original]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Western Animation|Western Animation]]
-* [[Groin Attack/Real Life|Real Life]]
-== Advertising ==
-* In an Airheads commercial, during a schoolplay where the lead star is singing "The life of a sailor! that's the life for me", the other students were bored with the play, and one of the students eats an Airhead, causing his head to turn into a balloon, deflate across the room, knocking down sets, and hitting the lead character in the groin, with predictable results:
-{{quote| '''Lead character:''' ''(oblivious to the deflating head going across the room)'' The life of a sail... ''(balloon head hits him in the balls, causing a zoom up on his face, as his voice grows high pitched)'' ''...oooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! That's the life for me...!''}}
-* Played for laughs; here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbSTuyWWFk
-== Fan Fiction ==
-* In [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]], a few cases happen.
-** When Ronan gets captured by Madara and fed Indian food, he retaliates by punching Madara in the groin, but avoids touching his penis because he doesn't want to be seen as a homosexual.
-** Shortly after Ronan frees himself, he finds Taliana, and shoots her in the vagina, resulting in her getting s "chunky [[Rouge Angles of Satin|organism]]".
-* In [[Fanfic/Avan An The Chipmunks The Second Squeakuel|Avan An The Chipmunks The Second Squeakuel]], {{spoiler|Ian Hawk}} gets his penis bitten off in the original version.
-* In the new timeline of ''[[In This World and The Next (Fanfic)|In This World and The Next]]'', Ron suffers a [[Groin Attack]] by troll that leads to him [[Gender Bender|becoming a girl]]. [[Unfortunate Implications|This will apparently stop him from becoming a rapist.]]
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Injury Tropes]]
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
-[[Category:Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]
+[[Category:Anatomy Tropes]]
 [[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
+[[Category:Double Standard]]
 [[Category:Fight Scene]]
+[[Category:For Massive Damage]]
+[[Category:Injury Tropes]]
 [[Category:Older Than Dirt]]
-[[Category:Double Standard]]
+[[Category:Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]
-[[Category:For Massive Damage]]
-[[Category:Anatomy Tropes]]
 [[Category:Turn-On Tropes]]
-[[Category:Groin Attack]]