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*** Except that Foreman specifically states that the particular bullet used ''was'' ferromagnetic.
**** Some bullets use steel cores, with copper (or other) jackets. A fair amount of soviet 7.62x39mm surplus ammo, the stuff used in the AK-47, uses this construction, as does a fair bit of ammo designed to be armour peircing.
* In the first-season ''[[
* Subverted in the final episode of ''[[Firefly]]''. Simon is shot in the leg, and doesn't have the bullet removed until the end of the episode, and with somewhat sophisticated imaging and removal tools to minimize damage.
** Simon does remove a bullet from Kaylee's stomach wound during the pilot, but as part of a much longer surgical procedure that isn't shown on-screen and (most likely) involved a lot more than just pulling the bullet out.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Played straight in ''[[Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'', where a gangster was shot in the chest, miraculously survived and had an operation to remove the bullet, or else he'd die in six months. Justified by the bullet's location, extremely close to the aorta.
** But averted with {{spoiler|Von Karma}} in the first game. The villain has had a bullet lodged in their shoulder for 15 years, and its presence is key to solving the case.
* Played absolutely straight in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''. Leon [[Taking the Bullet|Takes The Bullet]] for Ada. Ada then says that she has to remove the bullet. She does so, even though they are in a sewer (thus increasing the risk of infection), she has no apparent implements to do so, [[Zombie Apocalypse|there's a zombie virus loose]] and Leon's presumably covered in zombie fluids (increasing the chance, that should he die, he'll become a zombie), and [[Worst Aid|she bandages his wounds on the outside of his uniform.]]
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', Snake is able to dig out bullets, arrows and various other projectiles from his body with his knife. Doing this ingame will cause the wounds to heal faster, but leaving them over time will cause the wounds to naturally heal around them, leaving the projectile in the for remainder of the game.
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== Web Original ==
* [[Were Alive]] features this when {{spoiler|Saul is shot}} and the bullet is removed without proper tools, antiseptics, or {{spoiler|morphine}}. Plus the only one actually trained to perform the operation is {{spoiler|Saul himself}}.
* [[The Salvation War]] has a scene where the angel {{spoiler|Michel}} is demanding a bullet be taken out of him. {{spoiler|Justified since angels have healing powers that have already healed over the bullet wound and that said bullet was a round that was literally burning inside of him.}}
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* [[Crocodile Hunter|Steve Irwin]] reportedly pulled out the stingray barb that had punctured his heart. Some speculate that he may have survived to get medical help if it had been left in place.
* An aversion that spectacularly shows how false this trope is: An elderly man in Britain went to the doctor complaining of dizziness, and as part of the tests, they took an X-ray of the man's head. The doctor was somewhat surprised to see a bullet lodged at the base of the skull, and asked the man if he was aware that he carried a bullet in his neck. "No", the man replied, "I had no idea. It must have been there since WWII, because I haven't been shot at since!" The doctor replied that in that case, it would probably be best to leave the bullet alone.
** It's actually more common than you think for nurses and doctors to discover bullets from old wounds still inside a person, often without the patient ever realizing it.
* It's not rare, when there's no ''pressing'' need to get the bullet out, for the decision to be to take a wait-and-see approach since, if it is going to cause any additional harm, it will take a ''lot'' of time to do so. If it ''is'' necessary to remove it, it's safer to do so after the immediate trauma has already healed and the surgeon can just cut straight to the point.
** A surprising number of people carry bits of foreign material in their bodies. One person has carried a bit of pencil graphite embedded in his forearm, visible under the skin, since the age of 8 (he's now 54). Nobody wanted to dig in and remove it, so there it stayed.
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