Scars Are Forever: Difference between revisions

** Hisagi has claw marks on his face he got from a hollow when he was stil a rookie.

* In ''[[Cynthia the Mission]]'' the fights play out with deadly realism, and many characters bare not-so-sexy scars on their necks or chests, especially since a certain killer enjoyed cutting such areas.

* Ashitaka from ''[[Princess Mononoke]]''. Giant musket wound in the chest? Gone the next morning. Tiny scratch under his eye? That's here to stay, even after the Forest Spirit ''brings him back from the dead.'' Go figure.

** [[Tsundere|Bulma]] caused them.

** There's also Brolli. Stabbed and left for dead as a baby because of his terrifying power, the (not exactly depicted) scar left from this proves to be his weak spot. Only in the first movie he appears in, however.

** Vegeta also has scars on his body along with the one Yajirobe gave him with a sword slash.

** Even he has limits...

* In ''[[Detective Conan]]/[[Detective Conan|case closed]]'', Inspector Meguire has a scar under his hat and his wife has many scars that came from an incident many years ago when they first met. Harley Hartwell has a scar on the back of his hand where his girlfriend {{spoiler|stabbed him with a pen when they were hanging off a cliff to make her let go of her hand, so as to make it more likely he'd make it to the top without the extra weight.}}

** The scars on Gendo's hands

* Seems like the [[Healing Hands]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has a limit on what it can repair. [[Knife Nut|Cinque's]] [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]] covers an eye she lost back when she fought and killed [[Rank Inflation|an over S-Rank Mage]]. Meanwhile, the body of Commander Waltz, Subaru's commanding officer in the Disaster Rescue division, is covered with burn scars he got when he pushed himself too hard during the airport fire incident, an act that made him known as a hero, but injured him enough to be retired from front-line duties.

* One of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'''s major plot points centers on the main characters trying to reverse this trope, as one of them lost an arm and a leg, and the other one ''his whole body'', and both of them have devoted their lives to getting them back.

** In chapter 107 of the manga {{spoiler|Ed's arm is restored when Al sacrifices himself in exchange. However Edward still has the scars where his automail used to be connected to flesh.}}

** Not for Ikki who still has a scar in his face from his training in Death Queen Island.

* Chichiri in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has a massive scar where his left eye used to be. He ''has'' the magic power to get rid of it permanently, but chooses not to as a form of penance for his [[My Greatest Failure|greatest failure]]. Instead, he covers his face with a [[Stepford Smiler|permanently smiling mask.]]

* Xanxus from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' has a bunch of burn scars inflicted by the 9th, including a huge cross-shaped one across his whole face. The thing is, [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished|they remain hidden most of the time]], and only show when his anger reaches its apex. Nevertheless, they ''are'' permanent.

* ''[[Gungrave]]'': in both anime and games, regardless of Grave's powerful [[Healing Factor]], neither the scars from his mortal life nor his lost eye regenerated themselves after death.

** He also has some more on his body. Not quite as noticeable in the anime, since he rarely takes his shirt off.

* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'': [[The Baroness|Balalaika's]] face was badly burned during the Afghan War. Her enemies call her Fry Face (but they do so at their peril).

* Randel from ''[[Pumpkin Scissors]]'' has scars all over if you get a chance to look at him one is most evident across his nose bridge and his cheeks.

* In the ''Blade of the Immortal'' manga series, Manji has two scars horizontally across his forehead and cheeks/nose, and a third going vertically through his right eye that he received shortly before he became immortal.

* In ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'', Uryuu Minene takes a dart to one of her eyes during her introduction, {{spoiler|[[Eye Scream|and later the same eye is yanked out by the 12th diary holder]]}}. This leads to her wearing an [[Eyepatch of Power]] for the rest of the series.

* Dilandau of ''[[Vision of Escaflowne|The Vision Of Escaflowne]]'' gets his scar not long after he's introduced in the series, and said scar becomes his trademark. Strangely, it disappears completely from his face at the end of the series {{spoiler|when he reverts to Celena Schezar, Allen's sister.}}

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'' Soul suffers a massive scar after {{spoiler|Chrona cleaves his entire torso open when he tries to protect his meister Maka in their first fight against the swords...[[Ambiguous Gender|man...woman...person?]]}}. It retains some plot relevance since it {{spoiler|allowed the [[Psycho Serum|black blood]] into his/her body}}.

** Black Star gained a permanent, significantly-placed scar during his fight with Mifune. It cuts across the star tattoo on his shoulder, and could have been removed by Kim's magic but he decided to leave it as it was. It could be seen as an image of how his new resolve about the Nakatsukasa Purpose has allowed Black Star to turn from the path of the Kishin, which his clan fell to and eventually destroyed them (well, figuratively speaking. Technically, Shibusen was responsible).

*** [http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_21/page033 For those who wish to see it. Yes, there will be blood.]

*** [http://jb2448.info/Fanart/Ruby/ruby_04 And here's a fan-colored version.]

** General Klaud Nine has an X-shaped scar across her face.

* Banba of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' got tons of scars after some sort of mysterious training. Many chapters later, while mentoring Kurita, we find out that his training was boxing, learning how to absorb attacks.

* [[Healing Factor|Although they have the ability to heal and even regenerate lost limbs]], [[Claymore|Claymores]] have some notable examples. Universal to all is the fact that they [[Take Our Word for It|have a massive, hideous scar on the abdomen]] after going through the process of having yoma flesh implanted into them. Individually speaking, Irene/Illena never regenerated her lost arm after {{spoiler|confronting Priscilla}}, Raphaela, much like Chichiri from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has a massive scar over her left eye {{spoiler|after her awakened sister, Luciela, clawed it}}, Galatea {{spoiler|likewise has an ugly scar across her eyes, which she inflicted upon herself after the Northern Campaign and which cannot be healed anymore due to age}}, and Miria {{spoiler|has gotten a [[X Marks the Hero|crossed-shaped scar that covers nearly her entire face]] after her botched first assault of the Organization HQ}}.

* The sixteenth episode of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Yuri Petrov}} has a large burn scar in the shape of his father's hand on his face, which he usually keeps hidden with makeup.

* ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'': In the final episode {{spoiler|has Himari and Ringo gain a scar and a burn respectively.}} The reason for this is {{spoiler|to provide evidence that Kanba and Shouma existed in their lives despite them [[Retcon|disappearing]], as Kanba became glass and cut Himari while Shouma became flames that were engulfing Ringo. Both were [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices]] to [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|save their respective love interests.]]}}

** Another example is Tabuki, who at one point we see with scarred fingers. Episode 18 reveals {{spoiler|that he ''deliberately'' injured his own fingers in a misguided attempt to win the affection of his [[Abusive Parents|psychologically-abusive mother.]] It didn't work.}}

* Konstantin Romanov in ''[[Nikolai Dante]]'' gets massive eye trauma at the end of "The Master of Kronstadt" after Nikolai's bullet picks up some of Emmanuelle's vampire flesh on its flight.

* [[Nick Fury]] and his left eye. Sure, he ''could'' have it healed or regrown with SHIELD cloning tech, or replaced with cybornetic implants, but it would make him less awesome.

== [[Film]] ==

** Yvaine's limp is technically justified. They say at one point, in the novel, that it won't heal properly because Tristan didn't set it properly.

** Colin has a scar covering half his face in ''[[Highlander the Search For Vengeance]]''. Like the Kurgan, his scar stays because it results from potentially lethal head trauma.

** ''Working Girl'', on the other hand, claims that he fainted while trying to pierce his ear and smashed his face on a toilet.

** On the subject of [[Harrison Ford]], he gave fellow actor [[Sean Bean]] a scar above one of his eyes while filming ''[[Patriot Games]]''<ref>For those wondering, it's when Jack Ryan hits Sean Miller in the head with a boathook. The subsequent cut on Miller's face is not makeup.</ref>. Depending on how [[Badass]] Bean's characters are supposed to be, he may have it covered up or enhanced with makeup.

** In truth, the wampa scene was written before the accident.

*** Also Hamill's scars have faded with time, looking at him today you'd never know.

** [[Truth in Television|So did Al Capone]], hence "Scarface"

* [[Transformers Film Series|Ironhide]] has a small scar above his right eye befitting a 'Bot of his advanced years and Badassness. When he tranforms, it becomes a ding over his headlight.

* [[The Joker]] from ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. It is quite uncertain how he achieved those scars because of his tendency to give a [[Multiple Choice Past]] for them. The accounts in the film are used by the Joker as a [[Freudian Excuse]] to why he is the way he is.

** In the series [[Good Thing You Can Heal|however]] the scars [[Fan Service|obvi]][[Shirtless Scene|ously]] are gone by the episode "Trash".

** Played straight in the book, where they are mentioned as a prominent feature.

* During the filming of ''[[Dune]]'', actor [[Jurgen Prochnow]] (playing Duke Leto Atreides) was hurt twice. The first time was during the torture scene, when a light bulb exploded from heat near his face, scarring his cheek. He still has that scar. During the dream sequence, a device was attached to his face for making green smoke where the baron scratched him. Despite thorough testing, he still gets first and second-degree burns from the smoke.

== [[Literature]] ==

* J.K. Rowling's ''[[Harry Potter]]'' novels

** Harry has a scar the shape of a lightning bolt. According to Tonks, it would be hard to change or cover up even with magic.

** Dumbledore has a scar that is a perfect map of the London underground. He could get rid of it, but what if he needs to find his way around the London underground someday?

** [[Harry Potter]] plays this trope straight with regards to wounds caused by Dark Magic and averts it in cases of mundane injuries, as these can be healed instantly.

** And then there's Sauron. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Word of Gollum]] says that he's still missing a finger from when Isildur cut it off, even though [[Word of God]] says that he rebuilt his body afterward.

*** Its implied that Sauron's evil means he is incapable of removing the marks of severe injuries (or possibly, injuries [[Red Right Hand|inflicted by a righteous cause]]). For example, when Numenor was destroyed for its blasphemy by the wrath of God, Sauron was present there in his beautiful form. After its destruction, he was never again able to assume a form that was not terrifying. Same goes for [[Eviler Than Thou|Morgoth]], who received numerous injuries to his body and foot during his duel with Fingolfin, as well as having his face slashed by one of Manwë's eagles, and is described as being troubled by the scars ever afterward, as well as walking with a limp.

** Maedhros also loses a hand in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. (Then, it was a [[Life or Limb Decision]], after an [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]].)

* In Ian Watson's novel ''Queenmagic, Kingmagic'', injuries inflicted by magic can only be healed by personally killing the magician who injured you. If someone else happens to kill them first, you're stuck with a permanently unhealed injury for the rest of your life. This can be very nasty if it's something like a broken arm or fractured skull.

** However, Fitz and the Fool later {{spoiler|restore these scars on the skin only, on the basis that their sudden absence would be highly suspicious. The only one not restored is the badgerlock, and he attributes it's disappearance to sudden notions of vanity causing him to dye it.}}

* [[Eisenhorn]], having been [[To the Pain|tortured]] by a Chaos cult, suffered permanent nerve damage. The most noticeable effect is in [[Frozen Face|his face]]; the torturer promised he would never smile again, and the nerve damage did secure just that.

* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Sammael has a scar that runs from the corner of his eye to his chin. Even though the scar could have been easily removed, he elected to keep it as a reminder that it was given to him by Lews Therin 3000 years ago. Plus, in the timeframe where the books take place, the only person in the world with the knowledge to remove said scar is a twisted sociopathic torturer who extracts a toll in pain from anyone she Heals. People would tear their wrists open with their teeth when they heard they would be handed over to her as prisoner.

** What, the first [[Wo T]] example you could think of was Sammael? Try Rand, the main protagonist. He has branded marks on both of his palms and an unhealing double wound on his side. Not to mention Mat with his {{spoiler|hanging scar}}, and Thom, whose leg was left stiff {{spoiler|after a fight with a Myrddraal}}.

* The vampire Risika in Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' ''In The Forests of the Night'' has a scar that was made centuries ago with a magical knife. Although she has since grown powerful enough to hide it, she still wears it as a symbol of her hatred of the vampire who gave it to her.

* Hester Shaw from ''Mortal Engines'' is hideously scarred thanks to Thaddeus Valentine trying to kill her as a baby. It shaped her career as an assassin and is the principal reason why she is so screwed up, angry and violent.

** The author Sarah Monette seems especially fond of this trope, it appears again in ''Companion to Wolves'' cowritten by her and Elizabeth Bear when both the protagonist and several secondary characters are badly scarred.

** Sam Uley's fiance, Emily, has three long, red scars running down the side of her face, a result of an unintentional attack by Sam, contorting her face slightly.

* In the ''[[Uglies]]'' series, Tally keep her cutting scars for the memories they provoke, even though medical technology in that future allows scars, skin and eye colour and even facial structure to be changed.

** Well if it is {{spoiler|hysterical blindness, which is caused by seeing something traumatic or disturbing, then emotionally moving on would be the ONLY cure for it.then again since you listed the example on this page I assume there is SOME physical damage to her eye-region...}}

* In the tales of the Otori, Kaede has her hair set on fire, burning the back of her neck, and somehow meaning the hair could never be as long again. Takeo has two fingers cut off, along with various other scars from encounters with Tribe assassins.

** On the other hand, literally, the Cyrillic letter carved into his hand at the end of ''Casino Royale'' is hidden by cosmetic surgery, although this results in that hand being hairier than the other (the skin graft was from his forearm).

* The Highborn of [[PC Hodgell]]'s ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'' can heal almsot injury using ''dwar'' sleep. However, if the injury is major and a healer doesn't tend to it, it will leave a scar. This becomes a plot element in ''Seeker's Mask'' when {{spoiler|Jame has her cheek sliced open to the bone by Kallystine's ring}}. Because this could cause a diplomatic incident, throughout much of the book, her keepers are trying to track her down so that she can be properly healed. Knowing of the potential incident, she intentionally avoids ''dwar'' sleep and letting the wound heal throughout most of the book.

* In Melissa Marr's ''[[Wicked Lovely]]'' series, Niall has a long scar from his temple to the corner of his mouth given to him by Gabriel, leader of the hounds. He also has numerous scars over his chest from where the dark fey tortured and raped him in exchange for the mortals freedom -- he chose to give the court himself rather than the mortals, whom he knew wouldn't survive such things. He is adamant that the scars are proof that he survived, that he is still surviving, and remind him not to give in to what he truly is -- a dark fey, just like his abusers. Also makes for bittersweet fluff at the end of ''Ink Exchange'' when Irial, ruler of the dark fey, who also commanded Gabriel and the other dark fey to do what they did, kisses him on the scar on his face. They were lovers, once. Before the mortals, before the rape, before everything bad happened. But Niall's scars, both emotional and physical, serve as tangible proof of why they can never be that way again. The one on his face, at least, is also a [[Wound That Will Not Heal]] when he isn't wearing a glamour.

* Veldan, one of the main characters in Maggie Furey's ''[[Shadowleague]]'' trilogy, was badly scarred in a fight with the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Ak'Zahar]].

* Miles from the [[Vorkosigan Saga]] has a map of fine scars across his body from numerous surgeries to repair shattered bones, due to a teratogenic brittle bone disease caused by a poison encountered prenatally. He also has a spiderweb of much fresher scars across his chest, courtesy of {{spoiler|having his chest blown open with a needle grenade; he [[It Got Better|got better]]}}. In addition, he also has a set of rings around his wrists, from {{spoiler|trying to escape from a set of handcuffs, as he was chained to a railing while his companion was dying of asphyxiation}}. Both are very deep and easily visible years later, especially the latter; another character comments that {{spoiler|he practically pulled his own hands off trying to escape from the cuffs}}.

* In [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''Curse of [[Chalion]]'', Cazaril carries the scars from when he was flogged; it's used once to positively identify him.

{{quote| ''"Nevertheless," answered the outlaw impatiently, "you wear the stripes of my whip on your back, and are likely to continue to wear them."''}}

* [[The Archmage|Ged]] of [[The Earthsea Trilogy]] has disfiguring scars down one side of his face, inflicted by an evil [[Living Shadow]] he summoned as a boy. He seems to regard them as a reminder of the cost of arrogance and misuse of magic.

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' plays this trope pretty realistically for the most part. Sandor Clegane had third-degree burns that left permanent scars, as does {{spoiler|the wound on his leg, which leaves him with a pronounced limp}} but most of his other wounds he takes during the series heal without scarring. When Brienne of Tarth cuts Jaime Lannister's face during their fight, it heals without scarring, as does the leg wound he gives her, but when the Bloody Mummers {{spoiler|cut off his hand}} it's a permanent injury, and made worse by {{spoiler|a bad infection, requiring a large amount of his remaining forearm to be cut away.}} {{spoiler|Brienne}} encounters them later, and {{spoiler|Biter takes off a chunk of her face}}, which also gets infected and leaves permanent scars. Strong Belwas is implied to deliberately encourage his wounds to scar, to remember his opponents by.

* ''[[The Saga of the Noble Dead]]'' has Chane Andraso, a vampire who has a scar {{spoiler|around his neck from where he was decapitated by main character Magiere. While it didn't quite kill him, the scar still exists and it has left him with a very permanent and prominent rasping voice that makes almost everything come out as a whisper.}}

* Subverted in [[Ring World]], where Speaker-to-Animals is treated by an autodoc and loses his scars, which are badges of honor to the warrior Kzin race.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', scars mostly are looked upon as a sign of toughness - young cats often refuse to let the medicine cat treat them so that a scar forms - but Brightheart by far has the worst scars, which make other cats uneasy rather than envious: half her face was torn off by dogs, and it has affected her for the rest of her life.

** In the first season, a Minbari poet attacked by an Earth terrorist group refused to let the scar branded onto her forehead to be removed, insisting she should keep it as a reminder.

* {{spoiler|Saul Tigh}}'s lost eye in Season {{spoiler|3}} of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]].''

** Another ''Buffy'' example is the flashback in Season 5 that explains the scar on Spike's eyebrow. He got it from a sword wielded by {{spoiler|the first of two Slayers he killed}}. The real scar on James Marsters' forehead was received in a mugging. Oddly enough, the scar faded over the course of the show, in a way. In Spike's early appearances, it was a prominent part of his vampire makeup, and while it remained a part of it, for less attention was called to it over the seasons.

** Let's not forget the scar on Buffy's neck from when she let Angel drinks her blood, as it was the only way to save his life. In an interesting variation, this scar is shown to be considered by Buffy as a very sexually-charged testimony of her love for Angel. When they make love in the Season 8 comic continuation, Angel kiss her at this exact spot, to her insistence.

** Season 3's {{spoiler|currently powerless Peter might explain how this becomes possible.}}

** In fact, as of the end of Volume 3, he has an unhealed cut on his face - but it's not in the same place as the future-scar. There's been a lot of discussion over whether this is ''that'' scar, or whether events have now diverged sufficiently for it to vanish from his future, even though we've seen it in at least two timelines by now.

* [[Sharpe]] has a ''lot'' of scars, notably on his back and face. At least one of them is real, the result of Harrison Ford hitting Sean Bean in the face on a movie set.

** Even though Martok has the '''option''' to remove said scar he chooses not to, as this exchange indicates:

{{quote| '''Bashir''': "Turning off the holosuite safety protocols during a battle simulation is a dubious idea at best. For a man with only one eye it's idiotic. Now, if you'd like to consider an ocular replacement..."<br />

'''Martok''': "There are limits to how far I will indulge you." }}

** In real life, the producers of ''Deep Space Nine'' offered JG Hertzler (the actor playing Martok) the same choice for his character, to spare him the lengthy process of applying the scar makeup. Hertzler refused, feeling that his character would never remove a battle scar. The writers went ahead and put that refusal in the script!

** Subverted in the rest of the characters, though. In fact, in the commentary track for season eight's "Existence", Kim Manners jokes that if all the characters had the scars from all the injuries they'd recieved over the series, they would look like the Elephant Man.

** Scars that turned Nina into a werewolf and a burn scar on her stomach.

* ''[[Highlander the Series]]'': Immortals heal most wounds without scarring, but Xavier St. Cloud's hand did not grow back when Duncan cut it off, and Kalas retained a deep scar on his neck when he was nearly beheaded. Needless to say, both of them held grudges about this afterward.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

*** ''Masquerade'' had "Permanent Wound" as an optional Flaw: if you took it, your vampire awoke each evening with a serious wound from their mortal life, which would need to be healed with blood.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Klungo from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'''s face is still screwed up from Gruntilda's beatings when we see him again in ''Nuts and Bolts''.

** In the original Fable, taking any major hit can result in a nasty, jagged scar running along the damaged part of the Hero's body. Scars do dull over time, but never disappear. By the end of the game, it's almost certain that your Hero's face and body is going to be a patchwork of faded slashes and cuts. The only way to avoid this is to use Physical Shield to avoid major injuries altogether.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' has four dramatically or plot relevant scars, one in each game. The first occurs when Cyborg Ninja cuts off Ocelot's arm, a injury that stays with him until the second game where he replaces it with Liquid's. This becomes a very important plot point. He later {{spoiler|cuts the arm back off ''himself'' because Liquid could ''control him through it,'' and his plans require that everyone only ''thinks'' Liquid is controlling him}}.

** ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' also has Solidus, who loses an eye in an explosion. Amusingly enough he's absolutely thrilled with it as it makes him look like his late father. Even more amusingly it can be abused in the boss fight against him, as he has a prominent blind spot on that side.

** Raziel's ''whole body'' is scarred and deformed after he was thrown into the abyss (except his hair, which came out [[Hair Reboot|looking pretty decent]], all things considered). Most prominent is his jaw having melted off. He uses the now-vacant space to devour the souls of his enemies. Just don't ask how he manages to ''talk''.

* Ganondorf carries the blade that was used to execute him in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Twilight Princess'', and he has a large glowing scar on his chest.

* From the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series:

*** So does Jecht, and his are a little more visible since he is a walking [[Shirtless Scene]].

*** This is also played straight with [[Guest Star Party Member]] Ward, however, who sports the same large scar on his face for apparently most of his life. We are given no explanation for where it came from.

* [[Double Subversion]] in the [[Adventure Game]] ''Dragonsphere'' involving the female captain-of-the-guard, who has a large scar on her face. After [[Shape Shifter]] Pid reverts from being (and [[Fake Memories|believing he is]]) the king to his real form, he is accused of killing the real king. The captain-of-the-guard won't let him enter the city, and will kill him if he tries, unless he can give her the one thing she really wants. Pid then removes the scar using his [[Healing Hands]], and she revels in her new beauty for half a minute before demanding the scar back. Pid returns it, but when he asks why, she reveals that the scar gave her the drive and respect needed to become captain-of-the-guard in the first place, and it is more important to her than looking beautiful.

* In the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series, the nasty scar on Sagat's chest that was made by a particularly nasty Dragon Punch from Ryu has been with him ever since he got it in the very first game.

* Darth Sion of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' is almost completely composed of scar tissue and shattered bones. The only thing holding him together is the power of the Dark Side.

* During a knife fight cutscene in ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'', Leon suffers a cut on his face that remains until the end of the game. Krauser has this more noticeably due to the fact Leon cut him across the front of his chest and he has a [[Shirtless Scene]] later on, plus the multitude of scars across his face from the helicoptor accident he survived.

* Hanako from [[Katawa Shoujo]], of course

** And it's possible that we're seeing her ''after'' they tried fixing them.

* Most significant characters in ''[[Mega Man X]]'' are robots, giving ample room for head-scratching over this trope. Zero has been repaired after being torn into three pieces with nary a telltale scratch. The purple-black scars that X [[Eye Scream|burned into Sigma's eyes]], however, persist throughout all the [[One-Winged Angel|different]] [[Back From the Dead|bodies]] he uses.

** Given his personality, Sigma likely sees them as symbolic of his war, and has them purposefully added to his new faces.

** Ezio gets his from a rock thrown at him in the very beginning of the story. Throughout the next 20 years depicted in the game it stays visible. In the time between Sequence 13 (one of the DLCs) and 14 Ezio grows a beard, which makes the scar even more visible since the scar stops hair from growing in that spot.

* John Marston of ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' is actually a pretty nice guy (especially considering the [[Crapsack World]] he lives in), and it would be easy to forget that he's a violent outlaw if not for his facial scars serving as a constant reminder of the kind of life he's led.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://thaumic.net/2008/02/18/44-a-story/ Kobayashi Akira] of ''[[Heliothaumic]]'' was scarred while working in a smelting plant - and not by accident.

** It's [[Wild Mass Guessing|speculated]] that the cut was inflicted on sonme sort of spirit plane, and only Annie's astral projection is scarred. It gives a nice way of saying "something weird's going on" to the viewers without telling Annie, though.

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' boasts Karnak, known as the Demon of Wounds before he {{spoiler|ascended to become the King of Hell}}. While being a Bad Ass of high caliber to boot, his personal schtick was that not only do any wounds he inflicts invariably cause ugly scars, but most of them remain permanently open even in the face of white magic. As the Trope describes above, the character most afflicted with one of these wounds wore it as an external symbol of the depravity in his soul that he had fallen into ever since it was inflicted.

* In ''[[Goblins]]'', Thaco had his ear cut off by Captain Goblinslayer, who keeps trophies {{spoiler|including Thaco's ear}}. Captain Goblinslayer has also {{spoiler|carved words into the heads of several prisoners, including Fumbles, one of the major goblin cast members}}.

** {{spoiler|Not just any cast member, the main comic relief character. The sweetest, nicest, kindhearted-est cast member. Bringing on a [[Heroic BSOD]] of epic proportions that he only broke out of recently in an attempt to save one of the other main cast members. And lo, there were many [[Manly Tears]] shed at that moment.}}

** Daisy Archanis's leg was amputated and replaced with a bionic substitute prior to the start of the story.

*** Given she was -- and technically still ''is'' -- stuck inside a prison, access to limb-regenerating technology is likely not an option.

* In [[Strays]], [http://www.straysonline.com/comic/115.htm Feral has a facial scars, but it's the ones on his back that really horrify Meela.]

* In [[Roza]] [http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/index.php?date=2008-05-12 the shadow cat has a notched ear]

* In ''[[Off White]],'' Jera has never lost the scar she got from a playful puppy bite.

* [[Star Fighter|Abel]] has a scar on his lip given to him by [[Bastard Boyfriend|Cain]].

* The scar across Wheeljack's Autobot insignia in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'', marking the point where he did his [[Face Heel Turn]].

* In ''[[Transformers Energon]],'' half of Starscream's face is damaged. This is another case that probably shouldn't be, because it can't be damage left over from his death the previous season. {{spoiler|He was ''vaporized'' during his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in Armada, and had an entirely new body created for his recovered [[Our Souls Are Different|Spark]] by the Alpha Quintesson. What, did Alpha Q just not have enough dark robo-god innards left to make a complete faceplate for Screamer?}}

** Word of God says that some types of injuries (loss of limbs etc.) cannot be healed even by stone sleep, and apparently losing the use of an eye falls into this category.

* Doctor Drakken from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has a scar across his face. Considering how big it is, it's possible that it couldn't heal properly.

* Played straight and averted on ''[[Metalocalypse]]''. Dick Knubbler loses both eyes at the end of his debut episode and needs cybernetic replacements. Dr. Twinkletits gets similar replacements for his arms (and apparently larynx), which were eaten by wolves. However, Dr. Rockzo's nose falls off at the end of 'Cleanzo', and it seems fine next time we see him. {{spoiler|When Ofdensen returns from his faked death, he has a scar on his cheek that vanishes by the next episode.}}

* ''[[Venture Brothers]]'' has Baron Underbheit's missing lower jaw, part of his being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Dr. Doom. He uses a metal replacement. Billy Quizboy lost an eye and a hand and uses an eyepatch and prosthetic. He originally had a convincing prosthetic eye, but lost it. {{spoiler|The Phantom Limb needs prosthetics after the Season 2 finale, as well.}}

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