History Main / HumanPinCushion

* In EightBitTheater, Black Mage does this to his teammates on a fairly regular basis - i.e., whenever they really piss him off. They're all fine in the end, though.

* Being pincushioned with arrows (by his own men) is how Washizu dies in ''ThroneOfBlood''.

* ''TeamFortress2'': Arrows shot into a ragdoll will persist until they die and their bodies fade, so [[TheBigGuy Heavy Weapons Guys]] in particular will be seen having multiple arrows protruding from their bodies (and shooting non-fatal arrows thusly earns a Huntsman-wielding Sniper an achievement).

* {{Discworld}}: the first death of soon-to-be Zombie Reg Shoe, when the thwarted revolutionary is stuck with eight arrows but can still shout defiance at his attackers before dying. He soon recovers from this, and as a zombie proves it's impossible to kill him twice. In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' he confounds the Klatchians by blithely fighting on even after losing and arm, evising a new form of unarmed combat by using his severed limb as a club to hit people with. As a policeman, hee concludes arrests with arrows sticking out of him, often while complaining about the holes in his armour and uniform that he will have to make good himself.

* [[PatronSaint Saint Sebastian]]: Possibly the UrExample. His martyrdom consisted of being tied to a tree and pierced with multiple arrows. He survived this ordeal and was later beaten to death.
** He became the patron saint of archers, which is highly ironic given his particular form of execution.

* Being simultaneously pierced with multiple implements is actually FetishFuel for some sexually deviant subcultures.
* Saint Sebastian's legend says that his martyrdom had him become this. In a subversion, [[MadeOfIron he actually survived]], so he "had" to be flogged to death. Predictably, hagiography describes him tied up to a post and with several arrows sticking out of him.
** Likewise, subverted by Saint Philomena of Mugnano. Her myth says that she ''was'' to be executed in exactly the same way, but God used His powers to save her and [[KarmicDeath shoot the arrows back to the archers, killing several of them.]]

When characters, particularly tough [[TheBigGuy guys]] and [[ActionGirl girls]], get large amounts of projectiles or weapons stuck in their body. They continue on fighting with the blades and shafts eerily poking out of them at odd angles. Essentially, these become a new fashion accessory that testify to their exceptional prowess and stamina, and they [[ImplacableMan do very little to actually slow down]] the lumbering war machine. In fact, the character in question may [[CombatSadomasochist actually enjoy this situation.]]

Where characters, particularly tough [[TheBigGuy guys]] and [[ActionGirl girls]], get large amounts of projectiles or weapons stuck in their body. They continue on fighting with the blades and shafts eerily poking out of them at odd angles. Essentially, these become a new fashion accessory that testify to their exceptional prowess and stamina, and they [[ImplacableMan do very little to actually slow down]] the lumbering war machine. In fact, the character in question may [[CombatSadomasochist actually enjoy this situation.]]

This trope covers instances where characters, particularly tough [[TheBigGuy guys]] and [[ActionGirl girls]], get large amounts of projectiles or weapons stuck in their body. They continue on fighting with the blades and shafts eerily poking out of them at odd angles. Essentially, these become a new fashion accessory that testify to their exceptional prowess and stamina, and they [[ImplacableMan do very little to actually slow down]] the lumbering war machine. In fact, the character in question may [[CombatSadomasochist actually enjoy this situation.]]

* ''Return of the Living Dead 3'': Julie Walker drives spikes into her ''own'' body after becoming a zombie, attempting to numb her bestial impulses with pain. By the end of the movie she's got rail spikes through her arms, along with nails and glass shards sticking out of her head.

* The [[EndOfEvangelion Mass Production Evangelion's]] final insult to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Asuka's already]]-[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel gnawed corpse.]]

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* Blood+: In the anime, during a battle with the Schiff, Hagi returns to Saya's hiding spot with weapons still piercing him. He later becomes a human, er, chiropteran pincushion as he is impaled and pinned to a tree with just about every one of the Schiff's weapons, eventually walking the spear still in the tree through himself to escape.

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->"Masochism is a valuable job skill"
->'''ChuckPalahniuk'''

* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'': While darts are being thrown at a nearby zombie, one dart hits and stays in Shaun's head.