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{{quote|''"You made me swallow my gum. It's going to be in my digestive tract [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|for SEVEN YEARS!]]"''|'''Gideon Graves''', ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]''}}
In dramatic settings, no matter how much punishment a villain takes all that seems to really get them [[Berserk Button|riled up]] is [[It's All About Me|deliberate albeit minor injury]], especially across their face. Extremely potent with [[It's All About Me|egotists]], this tends to send the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] and [[The Fighting Narcissist]] into a foaming rage. Can also occur with characters who are [[Nigh Invulnerable]], where the overreaction is due to the fact that even inflicting a minor injury on the character is supposed to impossible; it might even be the first time that character has ''ever'' been injured.
Can (un)intentionally coincide with the [[Rant-Inducing Slight]] and/or [[Afraid of Needles]].
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* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: In ''[[The Iliad]]'', Aphrodite gets cut by Diomedes. As a goddess, she cannot die, but she's completely unaccustomed to pain, causing her to run screaming to her brother Ares and plead with him to teach Diomedes a lesson. With the aid of Athena, Diomedes cuts Ares as well, and he has the same reaction, literally running home to cry to this mama.
* In [[Gordon Korman]]'s ''The Zucchini Warriors'', one of the [[Macdonald Hall]] football players (who has ironically given himself the nickname The Beast) gets a bruised elbow. He then insists that it's actually a compound fracture and walks around with his arm in a sling for nine weeks.
* In [[Robert Munch]]'s children's book ''Zoom!'', the main character's older brother pricks himself with a fork, causing a small amount of blood to come out, and everyone freaks out and takes him to the hospital. [[Played for Laughs]], of course.
* One of the Queens in ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' freaks out excessively over a small cut...''before'' she receives the "injury." Afterward, she pays little heed to it.
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* A lot of the finishers are essentially sold to the crowd by doing this. The Stone Cold Stunner is a notable example (as is the hilarious way The Rock always flopped across the ring after receiving one).
* Almost anytime someone uses a grapple in pro wrestling, it's this. Grapples are usually applied lightly without using too much pressure, while the other wrestler screams and writhes as if it's agonizing. It's done for the [[Kayfabe]].
* In WWE, this was the basis for Cody Rhodes's former character. After [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] broke his nose, the narcissistic Rhodes believed his good looks were forever ruined, and went insane. He's no longer a smug pretty boy, but destructive and perpetually brooding (while a broken nose is no picnic, it's nothing big in pro wrestling terms).
== Video Games ==
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== Theatre ==
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'' and ''A Very Potter Sequel'' are rife with this. A [[Running Gag]] in both plays involves a character {usually Malfoy} being hit in the face by something and repeating this routine a few times before someone tells him to shut up: putting his hands to his nose, taking them away, looking at them in shock,and turning to someone else while constantly repeating "I'm bleeding! Look at this!" in an incredulous tone.
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* In ''[[Awesome Series|PokeAwesome - Just a Pokemon Battle]]'', [[Pokémon|Ash's Pikachu]] is hit by a Solar Beam, causing him to hurt his knee. Half of the short is just Pikachu cussing out his opponent and Ash in his anger. This happening after [[Hypocritical Humor|whaling on a Venusaur with his "Thunder Smash."]]
* In [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]], Joseph was stabbed through the throat and bleeding to death. His complaint that was making him wail in pain? ''He sprained his ankle''.
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* In one episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Spongebob cries a fountain of tears simply because he stubbed his toe. This is the same character that [[Healing Factor|repeatedly rips his own arms off]] for a sight gag.
* Geoff did this in an episode of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'', while walking he suddenly fell over and grabbed his leg, screaming in pain. While all the other contestants rush to his side and agree he's way too injured to move on, the camera man zooms in on his leg and scans it over several times, confused that nothing's actually wrong. Finally, we see zoomed-in he has a tiny splinter. Needless to say, he's pampered for the rest of the episode.
* Edd from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' tends to react this way at times.
{{quote|'''Eddy:''' ''(after the kids ambush them for quarters)'' Double D! Tell me you saved some! Tell me we're okay!!
'''Edd:''' Eddy! It was ''horrible'' Eddy! LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY SHIRT!! }}
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