History Main / BrassBalls

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* In SuikodenII, when [[spoiler:[[AntiVillain Jowy]] tells [[CompleteMonster Luca Blight]] that he intends to marry [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Jillia]]]], Luca responds with an EvilLaugh and shouts, "You've got balls, I'll give you that!"

* In ''TheSlayers'', a bandit says to Lina: "You have some balls, kiddie! Oh wait, you don't, you're a girl."

* During the {{WWE}} AttitudeEra [[MickFoley Mankind]] practically made a company-wide CatchPhrase out of "Testicular Fortitude" (a play on "intestinal fortitude" - i.e., [[YouGotGuts guts]]). VinceMcMahon is the one who ran with it the most, such as,

* [[{{Bones}} Dr. Brennan]] is credited with these, at which point she immediately replies that [[CompletelyMissingThePoint she has]] ''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ovaries]]''.

* One common saying (in fanon) about the ImperialGuard (the RedShirtArmy of the Imperium in ''Warhammer40000'') is that on the first day, each recruit is handed a T-shirt (flak jacket), flashlight (a lasgun, one of the weakest possible weapons[[hottip:*:in 40k, that means it can "only" dismember an unarmored target in one hit]]), and [[BadassNormal a wheelbarrow for their pair of giant steel balls]].

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Xykon, an epic lich sorcerer to an injured and unarmed O-Chul, charging him: "Wow. You got some +5 Holy Cojones on you, paladin." [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0659.html Here.]]

* In SuikodenII, when [[spoiler:[[AntiVillain Jowy]] tells [[CompleteMonster Luca]] [[TheMadPrince Blight]] that he intends to marry [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Jillia]]]], Luca responds with an EvilLaugh and shouts, "You've got balls, I'll give you that!"

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': Xykon, an epic lich sorcerer to an injured and unarmed O-Chul, charging him: "Wow. You got some +5 Holy Cojones on you, paladin." [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0659.html Here.]]

* Heard in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Eddie confronts R.K. Maroon.

* ErnestHemingway's 1932 book on bullfighting, ''Death in the Afternoon''.

* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'' when Jack Traven survives one of the many death defying moments he encounters over the course of the film a passenger cheerfully informs him:

* [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] talks about his brass balls quite often. They're the only thing that give him the guts to speak [[StrawmanPolitical the truth]].

* One of DukeNukem's catchphrase: "I've got balls of steel!"
** The company that made ''DukeNukem'', 3D Realms, later released a {{pinball}} game named ''Balls of Steel''.

* [[TheDresdenFiles "You can say what you like about Gentleman Johnny Marcone, but he has a set of brass balls that drag the ground when he walks."]]
** Harry is also accused of such in ''Dead Beat'' when Thomas [[spoiler: blackmails the head of the White Court in his name]].

* In the ''[[AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]]'', China utters this [[CrowningMomentOfFunny immortal line to Hong Kong]]:

* There is a character that literally has this as a last name in ''TheDarkKnightReturns''.

* The boiler boss in ''ConkersBadFurDay'' has a pair of literal brass balls.

* During the {{WWF}} AttitudeEra [[MickFoley Mankind]] practically made a company-wide CatchPhrase out of "Testicular Fortitude" (a play on "intestinal fortitude" - i.e., [[YouGotGuts guts]]). VinceMcMahon is the one who ran with it the most, such as,

* In ''{{Speed}}'' when Jack Traven survives one of the many death defying moments he encounters over the course of the film a passenger cheerfully informs him:

* In ''{{Angel}}'', Lindsay calls Angel a vampire "with big brass testes" after he reveals his plan to go after [[spoiler: The Circle of the Black Thorn.]]

* Lindsay calls Angel a vampire "with big brass testes" after he reveals his plan to go after [[spoiler: The Circle of the Black Thorn.]]

-->'''Ortiz''': You're not too bright, man, but you got some big, round, hairy cojones.

* There's a great scene in ''LAStory'' where Harris (SteveMartin) is walking on the beach with arrogant bastard Roland (RichardEGrant) and there's this metallic clanging noise. Harris asks what it was and Roland says " It's a nuisance. It's my damn testicles."

* In the [[AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]], China utters this [[CrowningMomentOfFunny immortal line to Hong Kong]]:

* Both {{Bioshock}} games uses this as a name for an achievement in some way. The first game has 'Brass Balls' which requires you to finish the game on Hard difficulty without using any Vita-Chambers. The second game has 'Big Brass Balls' which only requires you to complete the game without using any Vita-Chambers.

[[caption-width-right:220:Literal Brass balls.]]

* Played with in ''{{Bleach}}'' in the "Turn Back the Pendulum" arc, when Hiyori [[GroinAttack kicks Captain Urahara in the nuts]], Urahara is barely fazed, and Hiyori runs off, seemingly emotionally upset. But the second she's in a place where no one can see her, she bends down to nurse her broken foot.
-->'''Hiyori''': What the ''hell'' are they made of?! Brass?!