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Not to be confused with [[Brass Balls]], nor [[wikipedia:Pétanque|boules of steel]]. Subtrope of [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Rotton the Wizard survived a crushing blow to his manhood from Roberta by wearing a steel metal strap.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' - our heroine [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Polly "Oliver" Perks]] is bitten in the crotch by a horse when disguised as a man, and only the horrified reaction of a male onlooker makes her realise she should be bent double in agony.<ref>The trick is that the horse was actually just biting the fake bulge made of rolled-up socks.</ref> Also, Sergeant Jackrum once shrugged off getting kicked in the groin during a bar brawl, according to a story recounted by a soldier's son. {{spoiler|Like Polly, there's a good reason for that...}}
** In ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', Carrot was given a codpiece as a parting gift from the friend who suggested he join the Watch. It proved to be useful throughout the book, as roughly half his enemies attempted [[Groin Attack]]s against him. In one of Carrot's letters home, he describes how a mugger kicked him in the Vitals, but he was wearing his Protective.
* In the [[Tortall Universe|Beka Cooper]] series, a criminal tries for the standard subversion, and has some confidence due to it. Sadly, his armor, rather than protecting him, ''crumples''.
* In ''Promised Land'' [[Spenser]] takes a shot to the groin from a female martial artist, and though, as he points out, ''it still hurts like hell'' he manages to power through it, knock her on her ass and explain to her that it's not the fool proof trick she thinks it is, especially when a guy's been kicked there before and knows how to deal with it.
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