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If the one delivering the kicks is an [[Action Girl]], [[Tsundere]] or all of the above part of the reaction probably comes from wondering if they're next.

 

Like [[Groin Attack]], this is rarely applied to females in pain except comedically, but there are a few exceptions.

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', when the Dai-Gurren is attacked in its crotch, all men (except [[Camp Gay|Leeron]]) do this trope.

* In [[Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva]] Emmy Altava uses a groin attack on one of {{spoiler|Descole's}} tropes. Clamp Grosky sees this and proceeds to hold his groin.

 

* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', when As'taris slices off the penis-sword of the living statue he's battling, the four wince as one.

 

* In ''[[She's the Man]]'', the entire soccer team reacts in this form when Amanda Bynes' character is hit in the crotch with a soccer ball. Bynes (who is impersonating a guy) reacts last after seeing the other guys do it.

* ''[[Hot Shots Part Deux]]'' has this trope to the nines. Spoofing on [[Blood Sport]], Charlie Sheen's character and his opponent rush at each other and collide, with the implication being that they drove their knees [[Groin Attack|into each other's tender spots]]. The crowd winces en masse before cutting back to the opponent's face, whose cheeks are puffed out... before ''[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|spitting out two walnuts]]'' and saying "You Win" in falsetto and [[The Pratfall|falling backwards]].

* Z-grade horror ''Hell's Highway'' features Ron Jeremy (yes, the Ron Jeremy) being castrated by the devil, except he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpzLTzm3NM doesn't even notice for a while, and when he does, he crashes into a gas station that then explodes.] The ridiculousness makes it less painful but still, what a way to die.

* In the film ''[[Real Steel]]'', Midas delivers a [[Groin Attack]] to Noisy Boy. Since both are non-sentient robots operated by humans with controllers, Noisy Boy feels no pain. However, the males in the audience visibly wince when this happens. Like [[Real Life]] boxing, it's implied that this move would have been illegal in an official match.

 

== Literature ==

** He almost does so again immediately after, when he comes to and and asks her if she's all right. She cheerfully replies "Oh, it'll just need a few stitches," meaning her trousers.

* In ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|A Civil Campaign]]'', Lord Dono ({{spoiler|who was ''Lady'' Donna prior to the sex change}}) invokes the trope [[Gender Bender|retroactively]] after having been kicked there himself.

{{quote|"Ivan, all those time I laughed at you or your friends when you were playing and got hit between the legs... I am so, '''so''' sorry."}}

* In Varley's [[Gaea Trilogy]], Robin the witch was raised in an all-female space colony. After having ignorantly inflicted a [[Groin Attack]] on a male companion, and witnessed the results, she spends the rest of the day marveling that he doesn't keep his hands over his groin all the time, to protect his vulnerable privates.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* It's frequent on TruTV's ''[[The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest]]'' for male commentators to be shown wincing, cupping themselves, or otherwise expressing this trope in response to clips showing [[Groin Attack|groin injuries]] (self-inflicted or otherwise), and not unusual for female commentators to at least verbally express sympathy pains of their own.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEV1ORgvxcg For example.] The first guy to comment even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades the trope directly.]]

* ''[[Backup]]'' - when a dog bites a child abuser in the groin even the intended victim's father feels some sympathy.

* This is what happens when a Japanese comedy troupe takes the concept and runs with it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3tjP6Yh1w How good are you at tongue twisters?]

* Invoked in ''[[CSI]]'', the episode 'Ending Happy'. Doc Robbins has an autospy under way and is explaining some things to Warrick and possibly Catherine. Doc wants to examine the guy's privates because they were enlarged, and Warrick asks Doc to wait until he leaves the room.

 

* This happens in ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' if Nariko executes a [[Groin Attack]], causing nearby soldiers to fall over crutching their groins.

* When [[Nakama|the group]] is huddled together at the end of ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X]]'' and [[Action Girl|Ashelin]] suggests a [[Groin Attack]] as a means of dealing with the [[Big Bad]], [[The Hunter|Sig]] covers his crotch with his hand.

* One Fatality in the [[Mortal Kombat]] reboot involves Kung Lao sawing his opponent in half from bottom to top with his [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw hat]]. A commercial used to promote this game featured males everywhere reacting to the attack, while a ''female'' bystander looked on in surprise.

 

* Inverted in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' by a [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=178 hypothetical].

* Trope [[Distaff Counterpart]]: In ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', Misho, piloting a mech, kicks giant robot [[Catgirl]] Nova in the breasts. Cut to Marena and Blossom holding their breasts sympathetically, and Karen looking not too pleased either.

* The first monster ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'' fights is a giant bull, who she first incapacitates via...well, a hammer to the balls. And immediately sympathizes. "[[Gender Bender|I don't even have them right now]], and I can feel that...!"

 

* ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' tried to give ''[[Casino Royale]]'' the 'Sympathetic Pain in Film Award', but the presenter was too busy wincing.

* One of the ''[[Miss Dynamite]]'' webtoons ends with Eva torturing one of the Backstreet Boys tied to a chair by hammering a nail into one of his testicles until it pops. It even has a warning screen come up before the scene and the scene won't play until you press the button to continue.

 

== Real Life ==

{{quote|When it comes to their balls, guys don't seem to have any.}}

* Judging by the comments, [http://weepingcock.livejournal.com/642991.html this] ('''NSFW''') entry on the Livejournal community Weepingcock for female readers.

* Women can very easily sympathize with the "male pain." Despite popular belief and lack of testicles, it's still extremely painful for women to get hit between the legs.

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Injury Tropes]]

[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:This Index Is a Real Pain]]