History Main / ShotInTheAss

** The theme song from the ads, "Oh No You Didn't", even mentions the incident.

* GeorgeCanning in his duel with Lord Castlereigh. Standard histories say he was hit "in the fleshy part of the thigh" Natural Historian/essayist Steven Jay Gould claims he has it on good authority "he was shot in the ass". From which we get the title his essay "George Canning's Left Buttock", which notes how this minor duel (both participants survived) impacted both US (concerning the treaty of Ghent) and natural history (concerning Darwin's Beagle voyage).

* ''ForrestGump'': Forrest gets shot in the butt''ocks'' in WorldWarTwo, and then shows the wound to LBJ.

In RealLife, any gunshot can kill, especially if left alone long enough to get horribly infected. But those who get buttshot are ''relatively'' fortunate -- a lot of flesh, but not many blood vessels, and it's not too close to any major organs. ''[[GroinAttack No those don't count]]'', we mean ''really'' major things like your heart and lungs.

In RealLife, any gunshot can kill, especially if left alone long enough to get horribly infected. But those who get buttshot are ''relatively'' fortunate -- a lot of flesh, but not many blood vessels, and it's not too close to any major organs. Well, not too close to the heart and such.

* ''ForrestGump'': Forrest gets shot in the butt''ocks'', and then shows the wound to LBJ.

** It's worth mentioning that getting shot in the ass actually drives the plot for the entire game. Though it's BetterThanItSounds

** The same thing happens to mooks you shoot in the ass in ''GoldenEye''.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- a character takes a bullet to the hindquarters. The ultimate in AmusingInjuries which, as well, is OnlyAFleshWound is an assisted LiteralAssKicking by a bullet to the buttocks. Or an arrow. Or a bolt of lightning. Or anything. Usually PlayedForLaughs because, seriously, a bullet to the ass?

In RealLife, any gunshot can kill. But those who get buttshot are ''relatively'' fortunate -- a lot of flesh, but not many blood vessels, and it's not too close to any major organs. Well, not too close to the heart and such.

* ''Mad Bull 34'': Happens to Sleepy during a gunfight, just when he mentions how it's [[TemptingFate fortunate that he's wearing a bulletproof vest]].

* In ''FullMetalPanic'', there's the instance where Gauron disguised himself as a member of Mithril and made his way to his AS. When Mardukas sent people to stop him, he turned around and opened fire on them. All of them managed to run away safely, except for one poor sap that was crouching in a corner. He, literally, got shot in the ass.
** 'PlayedForLaughs' example is in ''Fumoffu'': In an episode where the boys are trying to spy on the girls while they are in the hot spring, Kurz is shot in the buttocks with a laser and loses the ability to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to go on and must leave it to Shinji to protect the male honor]].
* Happens to Sleepy during a gunfight in ''Mad Bull 34'', just when he mentions how it's [[TemptingFate fortunate that he's wearing a bulletproof vest]].

In RealLife, any gunshot can kill. But those who get buttshot are ''relatively'' fortunate -- a lot of flesh, but not many blood vessels, and it's not too close to any major organs. Well, not too close to the heart and such.

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* In ''FullMetalPanic'', there's the instance where Gauron disguised himself as a member of Mithril and made his way to his AS. When Mardukas sent people to stop him, he turned around and opened fire on them. All of them managed to run away safely, except for one poor sap that was crouching in a corner. He, literally, got shot in the ass.
** 'PlayedForLaughs' example is in ''Fumoffu'': In an episode where the boys are trying to spy on the girls while they are in the hot spring, Kurz is shot in the buttocks with a laser and loses the ability to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to go on and must leave it to Shinji to protect the male honor]].

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* ''Cradle To The Grave'', Anthony Anderson congratulates someone for shooting a Helicopter in the rear via "YEAH! YOU SHOT HIM IN THE ASS!!!"

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* In Carl Hiassen's ''Skinny Dipping''.

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->"Running away won't help! I'll just shoot you in your asses!"
-->-- '''Dominic Santiago''', ''GearsOfWar 2''

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a character takes a bullet to the hindquarters. The ultimate in AmusingInjuries which, as well, is OnlyAFleshWound is an assisted LiteralAssKicking by a bullet to the buttocks. Or an arrow. Or a bolt of lightning. Or anything. Usually PlayedForLaughs because, seriously, a bullet to the ass?

In RealLife, the buttocks are actually a relatively safe place to get hit (keyword here is "relatively" as any gunshot can kill) - a lot of flesh, but not many blood vessels, and it's not too close to any major organs.

* ForrestGump gets shot in the [[strike:butt]] butt''ocks'', and then shows the wound to LBJ.
* ''EasyMoney''. Just when RodneyDangerfield has given up on his effort to quit drinking/smoking/carousing (in order to inherit ten million dollars), his daughter's estranged husband shows up with a gun, and this happens -- putting Dangerfield in the hospital and saving the inheritance.

* ''{{Bad Boys}} II''. Mike (Will Smith's character), who was using two guns, accidentally shot his partner Marcus (Martin Lawrence's character) in the ass while trying to get the last guy who had gotten the drop on him. Cue Marcus's denial of being shot in the ass to save face from the doctor treating him.

* ''[=~Who's the Man~=]'' has Samuel Jackson getting shot in the ass, where in the next scene, he tries to get on a plane, but a metal detector prevents him from doing so because the bullet is permanently lodged.
* ''CradleToTheGrave'', Anthony Anderson congratulates someone for shooting a Helicopter in the rear via "YEAH! YOU SHOT HIM IN THE ASS!!!"

* In the movie ''NewInTown'' one of the main characters gets shot in the rear when a gun goes off by accident while they are hunting crows.

* Happened in ''{{Spaceballs}}'' with a reflected blaster shot.
** If it's the bit I think you're thinking about, it's Princess Vespa that shoots the trooper in the arse. Dark Helmet gets the reflected shot in "his two best friends".

* In ''BirdOnAWire'', Mel Gibson takes a bullet to the behind, which makes it necessary for him to visit his veterinarian ex-girlfriend for extraction.

* HoneyWest is shot in the butt in ''This Girl for Hire''.

* Happens to a couple of people over the course of ''{{MASH}}''. Including once to Colonel Potter.

* When testing the myth that a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building would kill anyone it hits, [[MythBusters Jamie]] adapted a staple gun to fire pennies at their terminal velocity. Adam ''volunteered'' for a butt shot. [[spoiler:He wasn't injured, Myth Busted]].

* In one episode of ''[[MyNameisEarl My Name is Earl]]'', Earl tried to make up for #147 on his karma list: "Shot Gwen Waters in the ass with a BB."
* NashBridges was accidentally shot in the rear by Caitlin once. The episode's title? "Shoot The Moon".
* Happens to Tom Hanson in TwentyOneJumpStreet. They try to trace the bullet that hit Tom, and find out the culprit was [[spoiler: his partner, Doug.]]

* In the Behind-the-Scenes for ShaunOfTheDead, NickFrost gets [[OverlyLongGag a shot in the ass]]. By shot, we mean a syringe, which, according to him, was for the cold. There's even footage and everything.

* U.S. soldier James Bumgarner (later actor ''JamesGarner'') was wounded during the Korean War.

* Happens to Tom Hanson in 21JumpStreet. They try to trace the bullet that hit Tom, and find out the culprit was [[spoiler: his partner, Doug.]]

* In one episode of ''[[MyNameisEarl My Name is Earl]]'', Earl tried to make up for #147 on his karma list: "Shot Gwen Waters in the ass with a BB."

-->"Running away won't help! I'll just shoot you in your asses!"
--->'''Dominic Santiago''', ''GearsOfWar 2''

** 'PlayedForLaughs' example is in ''Fumoffu'': In an episode where the boys are trying to spy on the girls while they are in the hot spring, Kurz is shot in the buttocks with a laser and loses the ability to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to go on and must leave it to Shinji to protect the male honor.]]

* In ''TrainingDay'', towards the end [[spoiler:Jake is holding Alonzo at gunpoint after he survives Alonzo's betrayal. Alonzo, not believing Jake will shoot him, calmly and slowly turns his back to pick up the gun that he's dropped, and Jake shoots him in the ass as more or less a warning shot.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Alonzo]]:''' Oh you mooooootherfucker! You shot me in the ass!
-->'''[[spoiler:Jake]]:''' Yeah, and the next one ''will'' kill you.
* A Scottish pikeman gets this treatment in ''{{Braveheart}}''. Turns out mooning the English archers wasn't such a good idea after all. (As well as being one of many of the [[YouFailHistoryForever violations of historical fact depicted in that film.]])

* When testing the myth that a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building would kill anyone it hits, [[MythBusters Jamie]] adapted a staple gun to fire pennies at their terminal velocity. Adam ''volunteered'' for a butt shot. [[spoiler:He wasn't injured, Myth Busted.]]

--> '''Rodney [=McKay=]''':''(on Morphine)'' Gluteus maximus... Gluuuteus maaaximus... Oh my god! That's my ass isn't it?

* In one episode of ''[[MyNameisEarl My Name is Earl,]]'' Earl tried to make up for #147 on his karma list: "Shot Gwen Waters in the ass with a BB."

* In the Behind-the-Scenes for ShaunOfTheDead, NickFrost gets [[OverlyLongGag a shot in the ass.]] By shot, we mean a syringe, which, according to him, was for the cold. There's even footage and everything.

->Audie: "In...the hip."
->Friend: "Yeah, but where'd it come out?"
->Audie: [pause, then laughs] "You know where it came out!"

* In one of the Roald Dahl called ''The Champion of the World'' one of the protagonists proudly claimed that his father was the man with the biggest amount of scars due to the "furtive hunter's ass".

* Lee Marvin was given a medical discharge from the US Marines after being wounded in the buttocks by machine gun during the battle for {{[[World War Two]] Saipan}} (June 1944).

* In the ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Raw", after [[spoiler:the courtroom is shot up by Neo-Nazis, Lenny]] tells [[spoiler: Tutuola]] he suffered this trope.

** 'PlayedForLaughs' example is in Fumoffu: In an episode where the boys are trying to spy on the girls while they are in the hot spring, Kurz is shot in the buttocks with a laser and loses the ability to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to go on and must leave it to Shinji to protect the male honor.]]

* EasyMoney. Just when RodneyDangerfield has given up on his effort to quit drinking/smoking/carousing (in order to inherit ten million dollars), his daughter's estranged husband shows up with a gun, and this happens -- putting Dangerfield in the hospital and saving the inheritance.
* BlazingSaddles: After being in a whole series of gunfights against a bunch of [[TheGunfighterWannabe wannabe gunfighters]], the [[FastestGunInTheWest Waco Kid]] hears a voice from behind him shout "Reach for it, mister!" and turns around with his guns drawn to see his challenger: a six year old with a set of revolvers. At this point Waco goes to throw down his guns and walk away, but the "little bastard shot me in the ass."
* {{Bad Boys}} II. Mike (Will Smith's character), who was using two guns, accidentally shot his partner Marcus (Martin Lawrence's character) in the ass while trying to get the last guy who had gotten the drop on him. Cue Marcus's denial of being shot in the ass to save face from the doctor treating him.

* CradleToTheGrave, Anthony Anderson congratulates someone for shooting a Helicopter in the rear via "YEAH! YOU SHOT HIM IN THE ASS!!!"
* In MysteryMen, the Spleen (whose superpower is farting) gets shot in the ass. He does a "systems check" afterward to make sure it hasn't affected his abilities.

* A Scottish pikeman gets this treatment in {{Braveheart}}. Turns out mooning the English archers wasn't such a good idea after all. (As well as being one of many of the [[YouFailHistoryForever violations of historical fact depicted in that film.]])

* The protagonist of the 51st State is shot in the arse by a [[AlmostLethalWeapons suddenly less dangerous]] high velocity rifle. It appears to be about as [[OnlyAFleshWound damaging as an airgun]], despite having killed a bunch of guys moments before. Even ImprobableAimingSkills couldn't really pull that one off.

* In BirdOnAWire, Mel Gibson takes a bullet to the behind, which makes it necessary for him to visit his veterinarian ex-girlfriend for extraction.
* Used as a joke in {{Good Morning Vietnam}} when Garlick is telling Robin Williams's character about an {{unfunny}} NCO he'll be working with:
-->Garlick: "Plus, I think he got shot in the ass, but I can't confirm that."
* In AChristmasStory, during Ralphie's daydream where he runs off Black Bart and his minions, he shoots all of them in their asses.

* In the SherlockHolmes stories, Dr. Watson says in some stories that he was shot in the arm, and in others that he was shot in the leg. One of the sillier [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]] to explain the discrepancy is that he was really shot in the behind and was too embarrassed to say so.

* In Sir Thomas Malory's [[KingArthur Morte Darthur]], there's a completely ridiculous moment where Lancelot is accidentally shot in the behind by a woman out hunting. That Malory's narration is completely matter-of-fact throughout just makes it funnier.

* Happens to a couple of people over the course of {{MASH}}. Including once to Colonel Potter.

* In one episode of [[MyNameisEarl My Name is Earl,]] Earl tried to make up for #147 on his karma list: "Shot Gwen Waters in the ass with a BB."

* {{Mercenaries}} 2, your former employer, instead of properly paying you, wants you dead and tries to kill you. You get shot in the ass. The enemy mooks even call you the guy who got shot in the ass.

* In ''[[StarWarsExpandedUniverse The New Rebellion]]'', someone tries to shoot Han but misses, mostly. The blaster bolt grazes his buttocks.