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| 5 | [[quoteright:299:[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_1rsz_from_supergirl_15_7.png]]]] |
| 6 | [[caption-width-right:299:Woman of Steel, Crotch of Kleenex.]] |
| 7 | %% |
| 8 | ->''"But the ball! In his groin! It works on so many levels!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Homer Simpson''' (critique of amateur film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUTVmuqviqE "Man Getting Hit By Football"]]), ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
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| 11 | It's not always PlayedForLaughs, but seeing someone get struck in the crotch is [[AmusingInjuries usually just plain funny]]. Whether the object doing the striking is an errant piece of sports equipment or a deliberately placed foot, the end result is going to be a grown man doubled over and trembling with pain. Bonus points if he then hobbles away and [[InstantSoprano says something in a high-pitched voice]]. Not only will everyone find this hilarious, but tape it and play it back for the guy and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny even]] ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny he]]'' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny will probably laugh]]. At least, once the swelling goes down. Sometimes a cause of AmusingInjuries, especially if the victim is [[AssholeVictim asking for it]]. In shows targeted at children, it's often a DangerousForbiddenTechnique, or at least treated as one in-story (see ''Film/ThreeNinjas'' and ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''). In Japanese media, the blow is often accompanied by the sound of a bell. |
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| 13 | Effectively, this is a human-anatomy's version of AttackItsWeakPoint for massive damage. A subversion of this is BallsOfSteel, where a character -- for whatever reason -- [[NoSell does not take damage]] from a Groin Attack (or at least doesn't take ''extra'' damage). |
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| 15 | %% Note that in RealLife situations, this kind of attack can often be far less effective than fiction will usually present it. In a real fight, many people will exhibit drastically reduced sensitivity to pain due to adrenaline, and actually may not even ''notice'' being struck between the legs. In addition, some people tend to overly telegraph their movements before using this attack, giving the opponent time to block or shield themselves from it, if not counter it outright. This will be even more so if they are on drugs or in some psychotic state, as criminals dispatched with this method in fiction often are. |
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| 17 | This trope is made possible thanks to an interesting quirk in the human body's design; as the testicles function best at a temperature slightly lower than the core body temperature, this is why they hang slightly lower, and can be raised or lowered by reflex activity to ensure they stay at the right temperature in relation to ambient conditions. Thus, compared to other body parts, even the other ones typically seen as weak points (stomach, solar plexus, [[AgonyOfTheFeet toes]], etc), one's Crown Jewels are considerably less 'armoured', hence why striking them hurts so much. |
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| 19 | This usually [[AlwaysMale only applies to men]]. Female characters are rarely subjected to groin attacks of any kind, and when they are, they are also likely to [[FemaleGroinInvincibility just shrug off in a moment]].[[note]]While the female genitals are better protected than their male counterparts, the female groin area itself is full of nerve endings and sensitive skin tissue that, when hit, while not as painful as it would be on a man, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgduuv1wBw4 will still be quite debilitating]].[[/note]] Female genitals also lack the squish factor that comes from swinging in the wind. On the symbolic level, a groin attack on a male-- especially if it's delivered by a female -- represents that male being brought low by a well-placed blow to the very source of his masculine pride. |
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| 21 | In contrast to most groin attacks, groin attacks that draw blood or involve some form of mutilation are very likely ''not'' to be PlayedForLaughs -- and owing to the PrimalFear of bad things happening to our nether regions, particularly nasty attacks of this nature can be downright ''[[NightmareFuel disturbing]]''. Apart from being a hallmark of the {{Lust}} variant of the SerialKiller, this form of attack is most often used as either a particularly vicious form of ColdBloodedTorture or as a way for {{Antihero}}es to [[LaserGuidedKarma punish rapists and other sexual criminals]], though a particularly vicious CombatPragmatist may also use this tactic as just one more way to even the score or gain the upper hand in a fight. It may ''still'' come off as funny, though, if the guy is perceived as having brought it upon himself, such as [[PantsPositiveSafety having his gun go off in his pants]]. See CripplingCastration for examples of groin attacks that lead to the unfortunate victim losing his organs/the ability to procreate. |
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| 23 | Along with TaserTagWeakness, the Groin Attack also seems to be very effective against {{Superhero}}es and {{Supervillain}}s, although [[BallsOfSteel some of them are immune]]. |
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| 25 | Compare FreudianThreat. Very common from someone in PervertRevengeMode. For certain kinds of groin injuries (actual or threatened) specifically related to sexual encounters, see both VaginaDentata and ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex. Also see StandardFemaleGrabArea for a similar incapacitating spot. EyeScream, {{Fingore}}, and TheToothHurts are other {{primal fear}} reactions. The DistaffCounterpart to this trope is BreastAttack, although women can be subject to Groin Attacks as well, despite what the FemaleGroinInvincibility trope would have you think. Often utilized by a CombatPragmatist, and commonly followed up by InstantSoprano and/or ShareTheMalePain. Not an uncommon aftereffect of TarAndFeathers. May be used as part of a BallsGag, though the overlap is smaller than one might think. NearMissGroinAttack is when an aversion of this trope is PlayedForLaughs. |
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| 27 | It might involve a SympatheticWince and possibly a UniversalGroupReaction. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | In financial circumstances HitThemInThePocketbook is the monetary equivalent. |
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| 31 | !!'''WARNING: No matter who you are, reading these may cause extreme paranoia about injury to the pubic area and [[ShareTheMalePain wincing in sympathy pains]]. Also, this is ''never'' as funny in RealLife as it is on TV and can actually cause ''very'' nasty injuries, so unless you are in a real self-defense scenario, DontTryThisAtHome!''' |
| 32 | ---- |
| 33 | !!Examples subpages: |
| 34 | [[index]] |
| 35 | * GroinAttack/AnimeAndManga |
| 36 | * GroinAttack/ComicBooks |
| 37 | * GroinAttack/FanWorks |
| 38 | * [[GroinAttack/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]] |
| 39 | * [[GroinAttack/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 40 | * GroinAttack/{{Literature}} |
| 41 | * GroinAttack/LiveActionTV |
| 42 | * GroinAttack/ProWrestling |
| 43 | * GroinAttack/VideoGames |
| 44 | * GroinAttack/WebAnimation |
| 45 | ** ''GroinAttack/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' |
| 46 | * GroinAttack/WebVideos |
| 47 | * GroinAttack/{{Webcomics}} |
| 48 | * GroinAttack/WesternAnimation |
| 49 | ** ''GroinAttack/TheSimpsons'' |
| 50 | [[/index]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | !!Other examples: |
| 53 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 54 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 55 | * [[https://youtu.be/-af4hdqkE8w?si=HHNZ65NoguUgDcJb This]] Turkish ad for Molped sanitary pads. "They ''[men]'' will never understand how much pain you feel some days," says the voiceover. So load a soccer ball into a cannon and shoot your boyfriend in the nads. In the end ladies get the last laugh. |
| 56 | * [[https://youtu.be/ltr2hW476JI?si=iy7LCd0B_T-QuANZ Another]] Turkish sanitary pad ad. Evy Lady is being harassed during the wrong time of the month so she literally kicks her period/men in the balls. |
| 57 | * [[https://youtu.be/rqwZ28eUDbM?si=0Y08Ff5SKRZgrAwP Don't]] mess with Turkish women. In another ad a guy tears ladies' favorite dress so she beats him up and finishes the fight with a strike to his most delicate parts. |
| 58 | * [[https://youtu.be/4iPcS2I6YEo?si=hb8G26BQ28B2P7rO Beautiful Alexa Chung]] is at a doctor getting her cast removed. Just when the doctor gets too touchy, her reflex kicks in and she kicks his reproductive organs. He might need to visit the urologist afterwards. |
| 59 | * [[https://youtu.be/dpM2bdPz8CQ?si=pLVSpz6FxdPG8wa0 In this Mars]] commercial a fight breaks out between a man and a woman for the last chocolate bar. In the end the lady wins by cracking his nuts. |
| 60 | * [[https://youtu.be/wcJzWV5_kd4?si=VY-SR0dJ3c6SRCg7 In Costa Crociere]] commercial a man and a woman enter an elevator. Upon discovering that the lady might lose her cruise vacation spot to this man she uses her feminine beauty to seduce him. Instead of lifting her skirt up all the way, she takes him out by kicking him where it hurts the most. |
| 61 | * [[https://youtu.be/nhD_HWSXoIM?si=0kluj6EmwhRdjdyb A battle of the sexes]] is taking place in this Doritos commercial. A petite female against a massive tough guy. The fight starts and the lady simply knees him in the eggs and wins convincingly. |
| 62 | * In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFtIzonE_iY an Airheads commercial]], during a school play where the lead star is singing "The life of a sailor! That's the life for me", the other students were bored with the play, and one of the students eats an Airhead, causing his head to turn into a balloon, deflate across the room, knocking down sets, and hitting the lead character in the groin, with predictable results: |
| 63 | -->'''Lead character:''' ''[oblivious to the deflating head going across the room]'' The life of a sail... ''[balloon head hits him in the balls, causing a zoom up on his face, as his voice grows high pitched]'' ''...oooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! That's the life for me...!'' |
| 64 | %%* Played for laughs; here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbSTuyWWFk |
| 65 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKTI49c_Vns&feature=related This]] Rolling Rock commercial was banned, because it featured a ton of people getting hit in the nuts, thanks to a foul ball. |
| 66 | * In the Netherlands' promotion for the [[Advertising/MAndMs M&M's]] "Peanutball", Red kicks said "Peanutball" to demonstrate its durability. It bounces around and hits him right between the legs. Red reacts appropriately, [[RuleOfFunny despite not having a groin to begin with]]. |
| 67 | * Playing this trope along with ViolentGlaswegian for laughs, Irn-Bru briefly had a commercial where a smacked vending machine retaliates by firing a can of Irn-Bru into the offender's groin. Rumor has it this offended enough people that the vending machine's revenge was turned into a [[UseYourHead Glasgow Kiss]] instead. |
| 68 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPdaPi01Q8 This Progressive commercial]] shows a woman using a voodoo website to punish her cheating boyfriend in various embarrassing and painful ways. At the end, while he's on a couch making out with an attractive lady, she drags a pair of pliers towards his crotch - and clicks. While the actual effect is left ambiguous, the man reacts by violently wincing in pain and his partner looking down at his groin with a concerned face. |
| 69 | * There was Pepsi commercial during the Superbowl that, at some point, involved Music/JustinTimberlake getting hit in the crotch several times by a mailbox post. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKM8sP24BE For those who wanted to see it...]] The "hits keep on coming" at about the 30 second mark. |
| 70 | * In another Superbowl Ad, Burt Reynolds gets hit in the groin - among the list of 20 different cliches of a Superbowl Ad. |
| 71 | * One of the perfect ingredients for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxUNjhfzYmQ a Doritos commercial.]] |
| 72 | * From the ParodyCommercial Advertising/BigBillHells: "Don't wait! Don't delay! Don't fuck with us, or we'll rip your nuts off!" |
| 73 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92j-uEnps This]] ad for John West involves a commercial fisherman fighting a grizzly bear over a salmon the bear has just caught. The man is losing until he manages to kick the bear in the balls. |
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| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 78 | * ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': Implied in "Chhote Rajaji". The third victim of the spiciness epidemic, Cham Cham, contracts the condition when he puts on his shorts, suggesting it hit him right in the you-know-where. [[spoiler:A pair of chili pepper pets are behind the epidemic, further implying this trope.]] |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Blogs]] |
| 82 | * Used repeatedly in the [[WebSerialNovel blog novel]] ''[[http://fartago.blogspot.com/ Fartago]]''. Punching in the crotch seems to be Farta's preferred method of exacting retribution on Tago for any pain Tago causes Farta. Later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as the pre-monolith tribe's method of exerting alpha male authority and punishing losing contenders, and also [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that the scene when ''the entire tribe'' lines up to punch a losing alpha male in the crotch is ''definitely not'' played for laughs. The cries of anguish of the abused loser depress Farta and Tago so much, they're unable to do anything but drink. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 86 | * ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' for [[http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2013/04/21#mutable_924143 April 21st, 2013]]. Bucky and Satchel are practicing swatting mosquitos with their eyes closed. When Rob happens by, Satchel accidentally hits Rob in the groin, sending him to the floor in agony. |
| 87 | * This happens to ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'' of all characters when a stunt on the fence [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/30#.U4Xgk3YXKrl goes wrong.]] |
| 88 | ** {{Implied|Trope}} in another strip when Garfield [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1997/01/30 throws a snowball at Jon]]. |
| 89 | -->'''Jon:''' ''eeeEEIIIYIIIEEOOO'' |
| 90 | -->'''Garfield:''' Oops, a little low. |
| 91 | * During one series of ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' strips featuring softball, Pig takes a line drive to his "oompa loompas." |
| 92 | * Happens on occasion in ''Comicstrip/{{Dilbert}}'': |
| 93 | ** [[http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-03-05 "Can I borrow]] your scissors?" |
| 94 | ** "Ow! Ow! That's [[https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-11-03 not an eyebrow!]]" |
| 95 | * In ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'', Mother Anderson delivers one when she takes [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me001066.gif boxing lessons from Evander Hollyfield.]] |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 99 | * One morning, a man discovers an enormous ''[[KillerGorilla gorilla]]'' in his front yard, destroying everything in sight. Terrified, he immediately calls his local animal control service. His local animal control agent sadly informs him that he can't do anything to help him, but he gives him the phone number of a professional "Gorilla Exterminator" who specializes in getting rid of fugitive gorillas. Desperate, the man calls the gorilla exterminator and begs him for help. The gorilla exterminator agrees to come over--but he tells the man that his partner is currently out of town, so he may need to help him. A few hours later, the exterminator arrives in a large van and finds the gorilla hiding in a tree. The man goes out to greet him, and the exterminator opens up the back of his van and shows off his tools: a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], an [[AngryGuardDog angry pit bull]], and a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter loaded shotgun]]. The exterminator picks up the baseball bat, orders the pit bull to stand guard under the tree, and hands the shotgun to the man. Slowly and methodically, the gorilla exterminator explains his plan: he'll climb up the tree and attack the gorilla with the baseball bat until it falls out of the tree; when the gorilla falls out of the tree, the pit bull (which is specially trained) will immediately bite it in the testicles, incapacitating it just long enough for the gorilla exterminator to capture it in a net and drag it away. Puzzled, the man scratches his head. ''"Then what's the shotgun for?"'' he asks. ''"Simple!"'', the gorilla exterminator says. [[spoiler:''"If I fall out of the tree instead, shoot the dog."'']] |
| 100 | * Jane meets Tarzan in the jungle. She is immediately attracted to him and wants to have sex with him, but he says, "Tarzan not know sex." After Jane explains what it is, Tarzan says, "Ohhh...Tarzan use knot hole in trunk of tree." Jane says, "No, no, that's not how it's done! I'll show you." She takes off her dress and lies down in front of him. Tarzan removes his loincloth and kicks her as hard as he can in the crotch. After rolling around in pain for a few minutes, Jane gasps and says, "What did you do ''that'' for?!" Tarzan replies, "Check for squirrel." |
| 101 | * Getting kicked in the balls is more painful than labor pains. Even after giving birth, people would still say "let's have another child", but no one who gets kicked in the balls ever say "hey, kick me in the balls again." |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 105 | * In ''Manhua/SchoolShock'', Liu Li mistakes a [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]][=/=]StalkerWithACrush as an opposing military operative and attempts to get information on who he works for through torture. Naturally, the kid doesn't work for anybody so she decides to learn all she can through an interesting technique she saw in a film recently. After wrapping a ball in the end of a cloth, she swings it directly at the guy's groin and we see an egg crack and a ScreamDiscretionShot. Later he's seen passed out. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 109 | * In ''Hard Boiled Angel'', the English translation of Korean police procedural manhwa ''Angel Dick'', the lead character Lieutenant Jiran Ha is notorious for her frequent use of these: |
| 110 | ** She subdues several villains by kicking them in the groin. |
| 111 | ** In the first volume, she begins a "game" of [[DeadlyPrank hitting the office dork Detective Choe in the balls]] every time she sees him. This continues for the rest of the series. On the rare occasion he manages to avoid her punches and slaps, she gets him as soon as his guard's down. When he complains, she tells him that she has no intention of stopping, so he will have to either stay on his toes or learn to suck it up. |
| 112 | ** One of her colleagues offhandedly remarks that she once "kicked the Commissioner in the nuts". |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 116 | * Music/WeirdAlYankovic |
| 117 | ** In "I Can't Watch This" (which parodies Music/MCHammer's "U Can't Touch This"), one line goes: "That's funny as a kick in the crotch/And that kind of show, I can't watch". The show he's referring to with those lines is ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'', which appears on the Live Action [=TV=] page for this trope. |
| 118 | ** During the [[ListSong list portion]] of ''Hardware Store'', one of the items Al mentions is an "Automatic Circumciser." |
| 119 | ** The third verse of "Headline News" is about the real-life incident of Lorena Bobbitt cutting off her husband's penis. |
| 120 | * Singer/comedian Heywood Banks composed an ode to this subject, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EJm_AQ_VQ&NR=1 Trama to the Groin]]", which again brings up ''America's Funniest Home Videos'''s reliance on it. |
| 121 | * The minifilm from Music/{{Styx}}'s ''Kilroy Was Here'' concerts featured Dennis [=DeYoung=]'s character doing this. To a robot. After being inspired by the helpful booklet 'What Not To Do to Your Roboto'. |
| 122 | * There are a lot of {{Groin Attack}}s in Emezie Okorafor's music videos: |
| 123 | ** Ayane Shiun lands crotch-first on some kind of lazer bar thing in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-WwNE7WMw Astronaut.]] |
| 124 | ** The Stick Bandit and Tanja are both hit in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLNoo2eJuI Wheel.]] |
| 125 | ** There are several in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijt3JJZ2CU Golden Girl,]] including the rare ovary attack! |
| 126 | ** An ice pillar rises up under Morrigan in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_Ok3xLKMQ Spider vs Butterfly: Dance of Destiny!]] |
| 127 | ** There's one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umERhRQ3LgM both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw4r_w5Ng6A parts]] of his rock opera. |
| 128 | ** Plus a few more in his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Xykes other videos.]] |
| 129 | * Music/{{Gorillaz}}: |
| 130 | ** In the music video "Clint Eastwood", Murdoc is chased by zombie apes, one of which grabs his crotch and pulls him to the ground. According to the biography, [[EnforcedMethodActing it really hurt]]. |
| 131 | ** The "Rock the House" video features him having billiard balls shot directly at his groin and [[{{Squick}} bouncing them off an armoured codpiece.]] |
| 132 | * The video for the Eels song "Rags to Rags" parodies an Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos-type show, so naturally, it includes several of these. [[SoundtrackDissonance Considering the song the video is for....]] |
| 133 | * Happens to one of the robots in the video for "Warriors of Time" by Music/BlackTide. |
| 134 | * "Zip" by Music/{{KMFDM}}: |
| 135 | ---> Don't get your ({{sound effect bleep}}) into the zip of your pants, cause it hurts you in the most sensitive part of your body |
| 136 | * Lemon Demon's song, Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny contains the lines "Angels sang out in immaculate chorus / down from the Heavens descended Chuck Norris / who delivered a kick which could shatter bones / into the crotch of Indiana Jones..." |
| 137 | * In Music/TheLonelyIsland song ''Like a Boss'', the titular boss, after a rejection and a failed suicide, starts to go on a series of crazy acts, including castrating himself. |
| 138 | -->''"Chop my Balls off! (LIKE A BOSS!)"'' |
| 139 | * Creator/MercedesLackey's "Advice for Young Warriors" (one of many songs she made for her Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar universe) contains the lines: |
| 140 | -> ''Treat [[ActionGirl sword-ladies]] like sisters, and not like some whore,/ Or your wenching days, child, will be few!'' |
| 141 | * In "I Choose You To Die" by Music/StarBomb, [[spoiler: Pikachu]] shoots Ash in the nuts for beating up his Pokémon. |
| 142 | --> ''I don't know if you've been shot in the nuts; spoiler: it sucks.'' |
| 143 | * Creator/JeffFoxworthy's "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" includes a few Christmas-themed "You might be a redneck" jokes, one of which is "If you think ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' is something you did off the high dive." |
| 144 | * The Music/SexPistols song “Friggin’ in the Riggin’” (and the original sea shanty it’s based on, “Good Ship Venus”) features two verses along these lines: |
| 145 | --> “The Second Mate was Andy/By Christ, he had a dandy/Til we crushed his cock/With a jagged rock/For cummin’ in the brandy”\ |
| 146 | “The cabin boy was Clipper/He was a fucking nipper/[[AssShove He stuffed his arse/With broken glass]]/And circumcised the skipper” |
| 147 | * In the Creator/TomCardy song "Mixed Messages", the narrator flirts with his date by repeatedly punching her dad in the dick ([[InsaneTrollLogic he doesn't want to seem too eager, you see]]). It ''works'' too! |
| 148 | --> "I say 'I love you' in a cute way, and then I punch your dad's dick every day!" |
| 149 | * Emilie Autumn's "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" includes what may count as a female variation. "Ladies are like children / with brains the size of squirr'ls / let's give clitoridectomies to all the little / girls are helpless treasures ..." |
| 150 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVA9nYEjWU Punch 'Em In The Dick]], an ode to groin attacks. |
| 151 | * Royce Da 5'9"'s "Part Of Me" tells the story of a guy who takes two women home from the bar, gets drugged and wakes up in a bathtub to find, well... |
| 152 | -->"The letter reads: 'never ask for shit/'cause you can get more than you asked for/WE HAVE YOUR DICK!" |
| 153 | * Music/ThePolice: "Synchronicity II" has this line talking about a BadBoss. |
| 154 | --> ''And every single meeting with his so-called superior is a humiliating kick in the crotch'' |
| 155 | * [[Music/CattleDecapitation Cattle Decapitation's]] song Forced Gender Reassignment [[note]]The music video is so gory and violent that it would be in bad taste to link to it, so here's a video with just the lyrics. [[http://youtu.be/RPZOjClGU-k Warning: Link NSFW.]][[/note]] takes [[ExaggeratedTrope this to extremes]]. It also features a female variation which involves stapling a penis where the vulva is. |
| 156 | * "Perpetrator Emasculation" by female DeathMetal group Venom Prison is about force-feeding a rapist his own severed penis. |
| 157 | * In the raunchy song "Poor Little Angeline", the blacksmith prevents the squire from raping Angeline by tying his balls into a knot. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 161 | * Myth/NorseMythology: |
| 162 | ** This trope being PlayedForLaughs is at least OlderThanPrint! The giantess Skaði (or anglicized as Skadi), whose father was killed by the Aesir, goes to them demanding reparations. Among her demands is making her laugh. Loki tries his hand at the task...by tying his testicles to a goat's beard and proceeding to have a tug-of-war contest with the goat. You better believe Skaði couldn't avoid laughing then. |
| 163 | * In Myth/GreekMythology: |
| 164 | ** The Titan Cronos cut off the genitals of his father Ouranos with the latter’s own sickle as he was about to have sex with Gaea and then took his father’s place as ruler of the world. If that wasn’t enough the severed genitals birthed LoveGoddess Aphrodite after falling into the ocean. |
| 165 | *** In Tzetzes’s account groin karma does comes back to Cronos, as his son Zeus after rescuing his siblings from Cronos’ stomach castrates him as well. |
| 166 | ** Adonis was caught in a LoveTriangle between Persephone and Aphrodite. Aphrodite won, and the jealous Persephone told Ares of Aphrodite's new lover. Ares turned into a boar and gored Adonis in the crotch. |
| 167 | ** Vincenzo de'Rossi's statue of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes_of_Thrace Herakles wrestling King Diomedes]] shows one demigod, caught in a piledriver, countering by grabbing the other demigod's junk. |
| 168 | * The Fisher King from the [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Parcival]] mythos. A spear got him in the hips...groins...whatever. (Your {{Bowdlerize}} may vary, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_King see here]] for details.) |
| 169 | * From Myth/JapaneseMythology , there's the legend of "Kanamara" ([[MeaningfulName "steel penis"]]), where there's a demon who takes a liking to a GirlNextDoor, and forcibly gives her a VaginaDentata via DemonicPossession, and who inflicts this on at least two prospect grooms during their respective wedding nights. The [[RuleOfThree third groom]] was a blacksmith who forged a "dildo" and tricked the demon into biting it instead of his cock, managing to shoo the demon away and get HappilyMarried to the grateful girl. The legend would be the origin of the rather infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri "Kanamara Matsuri"]] |
| 170 | * ''Literature/TheBible'': |
| 171 | ** In the ''Literature/BooksOfSamuel'', Saul agrees to let David marry his daughter Michal only if David [[TwentyBearAsses brings him 100 Philistine foreskins]]. David goes above and beyond by bringing him ''200'' foreskins. Mercifully, some translations point out that he killed them first. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 175 | * Hitting Dracula in ''Pinball/MonsterBash'' sometimes causes him to say a line implying that he's being hit in the crotch. |
| 176 | -->'''Dracula:''' Not below the belt! |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 180 | * Multiple times in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Homeward Bound 4''. [[spoiler: Jake the Deinonychus slips when trying to glide off a tree and attack a human, and ends up slamming his cloaca into the branches. Ironically, this was in an attempt to eat the nuts of a guy who had shot him previously. But after however many failures, he ''finally'' manages to eat them two-thirds through.]] |
| 181 | * ''Podcast/SickSadWorld'': {{Implied|Trope}} during the Elliot Rodger case. One of the people Rodger murdered was stabbed 94 times, half of which were on his lower body. Dev remarks Rodger might have been working some things out. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 185 | * One of the recurring {{Parody Commercial}}s on ''Radio/MartinMolloy'' was a promo for lowbrow BritCom ''Ow! Me Plums!'', which always consisted of an elaborate setup that resulted in the main character (voiced by Tony Martin) being hit in the groin and screaming his catchphrase "Ow! Me plums!" |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 189 | * In ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'', trying to aim for the groin of the titular character usually paints the attacker as a newbie to the game. Why? It never does anything. [[GodMode He's the Godmodder]]. |
| 190 | * Spc. Crota from ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'' sneaks under a guard and shoots him in the groin. |
| 191 | * In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', groin attack is [[TheLadette Ax's]] preferred method of dealing with male enemies. Poor [[LoveableRogue Refan]] gets to experience it firsthand. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 195 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}}'', a spin off of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', you can choose to aim for an opponent's groin. It causes a fair bit of damage, and leaves them almost useless for a turn. It's funny. |
| 196 | ** Some players have remarked about unusually accurate shots from meltaguns ("weaponised microwave oven" is a fairly accurate description) and chainswords. |
| 197 | *** In the Ork Codex, a mortally-wounded Warboss did this to a ''Daemon Prince'' as a kind of "parting shot". With a ''Power Klaw''. Khorne was so impressed he resurrects the orks every day on that planet so they can fight and die and fight again. [[BloodKnight It's win-win.]] |
| 198 | ** Not quite played for drama or comedy, but Gabriel Seth of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Flesh Tearers Space Marines]] has a special rule that means he gains one attack every time an enemy unit rolls a 1 on a D6 when rolling To-Hit. This is supposed to represent him doing this along with headbutting and throat-biting. [[SociopathicHero Yep. He's just like that]]. |
| 199 | * I.C.E.'s ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberspace}}'' had the following entry in the "Critical Failure: Melee" table: "Worst move seen in years. You take 60 pts of damage to your own groin. Opponent stunned for 3 rounds with laughter." |
| 200 | * In ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', the Bretonian truffle hound is noted as becoming extremely jealous of ''any'' males in the vicinity after eating a truffle, and will take steps to rectify the situation. The consequences are not spelled out, but are still pretty obvious. |
| 201 | ** A [[http://www.windsofchaos.com/wp-content/uploads/crits/josef/unarmed.pdf fan-made]] CriticalHit table follows the usual DoubleStandard in that female recipients are incapacitated only half as long as an unprotected male. |
| 202 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'', this is very effective, causing twice the normal shock penalty. |
| 203 | ** If you're small enough, the game allows you to upper-cut an enemy in the groin. |
| 204 | ** There's also the "Testicle Grab" technique. |
| 205 | ** If you randomly attack someone the groin is the second most likely part of the body to be hit. |
| 206 | ** A picture in High-Tech features a man being aimed at with [[LaserSight targeting lasers]]... including a few pointed at his crotch |
| 207 | * ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' has one entry on the Battle Scars table labeled simply "Ahem..." The injured spot isn't named, but it's specified that you are now immune to seduction attempts, unable to seduce others, and (if male) sterile. |
| 208 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Hackmaster}}'', gnome titans have a special "groin stomp" attack, and characters can perform a "groin punch" attack. |
| 209 | * The Celestial Monkey martial arts style in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' lets you make a called shot to an opponent's primary virtues, as represented by areas of the body. In Valor's case, said area is the groin (something of a pun on "balls of steel"). This does up to five levels of lethal damage depending on the enemy's courage, which is impressive considering that just-starting Exalts and heroic mortals only have seven. (You can punch a moderately-brave [[{{Mooks}} extra]] in the crotch ''so hard he dies''. Never let it be said that ''Exalted'' does anything by halves.) This is bonus damage in addition to whatever damage got past their soak, making it possible to kill an Exalt with a kick to the nuts. |
| 210 | * Perhaps showing ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' as one of its influences, ''TabletopGame/{{Grimm}}'' has an advantage that can be taken by [=PCs=] who already have the advantage "Dirty Fighting" called "Right In The Nards!", and the rules on combat feature an illustration of a kid kicking a wolf-man in the crotch. |
| 211 | * The fan created netbook "Guide To Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" for AD&D features "The Rack Critical Hit Table," which shows the various results of a male character getting "racked." |
| 212 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' supplement ''Acute Paranoia'', adventure "Miami Laser". At the end of the adventure, after the "Miami Laser" show replaces the Teela O'Malley show, any surviving Troubleshooters are attacked by rabid Teela O'Malley fans. One of the attacks they use is a knee to the groin. |
| 213 | * Implied by the "Psycho Squirrel" monster in ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', as it will not attack females, or characters wearing the "spiked codpiece" item. And its "bad stuff" is "speak in a high squeaky voice until next turn". |
| 214 | * Seth Farrow, recurring villain in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', took a shotgun blast to the groin the night he murdered his nephew Horace's family. It's never stated outright, but it's clearly implied he lost his genitals; most notably, when a captured Donnie Rhodes greets him with "How they hangin'?", [[BerserkButton Seth pulls a knife on him]] (Kane barely keeps him from using it). |
| 215 | * Iron Crown Enterprises: Any location based damage in {{HARP}} or TabletopGame/{{Rolemaster}} with a hit location of "Abdomen and Groin". |
| 216 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. In the short story "Plus ça Change" at the beginning of the 2nd Edition main rules, the street samurai Nameless kicks a Rat shaman in the groin to prevent him from casting a spell. |
| 217 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine adventure "Flowfire". A half-ogre named Thrash [[SignificantName Groin-Guard]] has a spike on the knee of his armor. He can strike twice with the spike per round, aiming for his opponent's groin. To add insult to injury the spike is poisoned, doing 1-6 additional HitPoints of damage per minute. |
| 218 | * According to the ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' book ''House of Tremere,'' the Tremere stronghold of [[MageTower Ceoris]] was actually created through one of these. Back in the days when Tremere and his followers were still [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mortal mages]], the most powerful of his House gathered in the mountains of Transylvania to ritually consecrate the site of their intended chantry: said ritual commenced with Goratrix willingly castrating himself with a sickle and using his own severed genitals as a sacrificial offering. For good measure, after Ponticulus had to be sacrificially decapitated for accidentally interrupting the ritual, Etrius decided to compound the sacrifice by putting Goratrix's amputated penis in the severed head's mouth [[note]]with the intention of binding the ghost of Ponticulus to the site[[/note]]. And in a final insult, Goratrix - who'd only committed to this act of sacrifice in the knowledge that magic could heal these kind of injuries - discovered that his regeneration [[TheLoinsSleepTonight left a lot to be desired]]. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 222 | * In ''Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged'', one of the poses used to illustrate the intensity of combat in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar is one actor kicking another in the groin. |
| 223 | * In ''Theatre/ReeferMadnessTheMusical'', Jesus tells Jimmy that if he keeps smoking marijuana and goes to Hell, one of the things he'll experience is "separation from [his] family jewels." The angel chorus then chimes in with a cheery "Rama-lama! They're gonna cut your ding-dong!" |
| 224 | * In ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', the fight Alvaro gets into culminates with him taking a hit to the groin from the TravelingSalesman's knee. |
| 225 | * In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', this is what happens to Snape during [[spoiler:the snake attack death scene]]. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 229 | * In ''Theatre/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, Helen manages to defeat one of the Smokers by pulling this on them. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Website]] |
| 233 | * Website/LiveJournal: |
| 234 | ** If you have [[GagPenis a penis as long as you are tall]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck/1651493.html don't display it to a high-ranking member of an asexual race.]] |
| 235 | ** A member of the [=LiveJournal=] comm Fanficrants, upon hearing about [[AnatomicallyImpossibleSex a fanfic in which characters used glue as personal lubricant]], responded with "OW MY PENIS ... I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PENIS AND YET OW MY PENIS". |
| 236 | * A meme on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/AnarchyChess]] is to claim that there's a secret rule in TabletopGame/{{Chess}} that allows you to counter En Passant[[note]]A move that allows pawns to be captured while they're moving two spaces if the space they skip is attacked, notorious for often blindsiding players who haven't seen it before for its perceived HitboxDissonance[[/note]]. Namely, you can simply NoSell it, but in exchange, you have to have a heavy brick dropped on your groin. |
| 237 | * From the ''Website/SCPFoundation'': |
| 238 | ** One result from testing SCP-914 on a stress ball was a stress ball that would throw itself at the face of the nearest person every 1 to 5 minutes. If the face was protected, the ball would alternatively target either the stomach or crotch. |
| 239 | ** A rubber ball inserted on Very Fine proceeded to bounce around the facility, looking for [[SitcomArchNemesis Researcher Darby]] at crotch level. It was destroyed before an injury could occur. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | -->''URGGGH, my GROIN!'' |
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