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A character is subject to gunfire or sharp spikes, suffering no apparent injuries. But should he drink something or fall into water, the liquid will immediately pour out by small holes in his skin. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy mostly seems fine after having been impaled by Crocodile a few hours earlier (only wearing some bandages). When he resorts to drinking a lot of water to take advantage of [[Weaksauce Weakness|Crocodile's weakness]] however, he promptly springs a leak.

 

* This trope is referenced in one [[Archie Comics]] story, where Mr. Lodge goes to a barber for a shave. (Just roll with it) The barbar ends up cutting Lodge's neck several times, and when it's over, Mr. Lodge demands a drink to see if his neck leaks.

 

== Film ==

 

* Another live-action instance occurs in the film ''[[Carry On]] Henry'', when a character who has been tortured in the iron maiden is offered a drink to steady his nerves.

** And in ''[[Carry On]]... Follow That Camel'' when Commandant Burger is shot by the Arabs.

== Live Action TV ==

 

* A variation in ''[[Shooting Stars]]'': after Bob stabs Vic with a pitchfork, we hear a hissing sound and Vic is able to produce woodwind-instrument-like noises by "playing" the holes.

* This came up in the host segment of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''Hercules and the Moon Men''. Extremely tongue in cheek, of course.

== Western Animation ==

 

* It also happens in a [[Tex Avery MGM Cartoons|Droopy]] cartoon in which Droopy, as a sheepherder, catches a wolf trying to make off with his flock of sheep and repeatedly shoots his gun at him. The bullets all rush past the wolf, who calmly takes a drink of water and says, in a thick Southern accent, "Y'all missed me, sheepherder," and walks off, as the water flows out of holes made by the gun.

* In ''Mexican Joyride'', [[Daffy Duck]] goes [[South of the Border]] and has a bowl of chili, scoffing at how Mexican food is not so spicy. Immediately afterwards he [[Fire-Breathing Diner|has an inferno in his mouth]], and he shouts, "It's burning holes in me!" A local sitting next to him says that he has eaten the stuff for years without any harm. He takes a drink, gets up to leave, and sure enough, water squirts from his body on the way out.

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