We Have to Get the Bullet Out: Difference between revisions

* In [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]] episode "Simple Simpson", after Homer (as the Pie Man) gets shot in the arm, Lisa later finds him in the kitchen digging the bullet out of his arm with a butcher knife, while naming the things the knife is touching (including "vein", "nerve" and "bone").

* Something of an aversion in [[The Venture Bros]]. When Phantom Limb [[Enemy Mine|rescues Brock Samson]], he gives the following comment:

* In [[Justice League Doom]], Superman is shot with a kryptonite bullet which created an interesting problem: It must be removed because it's killing him on the inside, but he's still as tough on the outside, making traditional surgical tools ineffective.

 

* This features in the cases of several United States presidents:

** Most researchers agree that when [[James Garfield]] was shot, probing for the bullet (with dirty instruments, and ''not even coming close to finding it'') did more to kill him than the bullet itself. The assassin tried to use this in his defense at trial, but was convicted and hanged anyway.

** [[William McKinley]]'s doctors elected to remove only one of two bullets, fearing they would do more harm than good. They had the right idea, but he inevitably died of gangrene anyway, because the shot had punctured his intestines and antibiotics had not yet been discovered.

** [[Theodore Roosevelt]] got shot and--[[Genre Savvy|remembering what happened to Garfield]]--decided not to have the bullet removed, and survived. [[Memetic Badass|(In his case, the bullet was too afraid of Roosevelt to kill him.)]]