1 | ->'''Man:''' It was a bullet, wasn't it?\ |
2 | '''Forrest Gump:''' A bullet?\ |
3 | '''Man:''' That jumped up and bit you.\ |
4 | '''Forrest Gump:''' Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a [[MillionToOneChance million dollar wound]], but the army must keep that money 'cause [[LiteralMinded I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars]]. |
5 | -->-- ''Film/ForrestGump'' |
6 | |
7 | ->''"Yeah, kind of a Easy Company tradition, getting shot in the ass."'' |
8 | -->-- '''Unknown Easy Company soldier''', ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' |
9 | |
10 | ->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' I see. You're refusing to leave without me.\ |
11 | '''Death:''' I'm afraid so.\ |
12 | '''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' Well, I'm sorry, but all those bullet holes.... [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They're. Just. FLESH WOUNDS!!!!]] |
13 | -->-- ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' |
14 | |
15 | ->'''Tom Jones:''' If I have broke my arm, I consider it a trifle in comparison to what I feared on your account.\ |
16 | '''Sophie Western:''' Broken your arm?!\ |
17 | '''Tom Jones:''' I'm afraid I have, madame. Yet I have another to lead you home. |
18 | -->-- ''Film/TomJones'' |
19 | |
20 | ->'''Mal:''' The leg is ''good''. Lots of bleeding, and we avoid any unnecessary organs.\ |
21 | '''Guard:''' I was thinking more of a graze...\ |
22 | '''Mal:''' Well, we don't want it to look like you just gave up. |
23 | -->-- ''Film/Serenity2005'' |
24 | |
25 | ->'''Chief Hubbard:''' [referring to Foley, who was recently shot in the arm] What is that man doing here? \ |
26 | '''Axel Foley:''' [[LampshadeHanging Bleeding, sir.]] |
27 | -->-- ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' |
28 | |
29 | ->''"Flesh wound? Flesh wound? They're all flesh wounds! No one ever says "Ooh look! I've just been shot in the bones, but it missed my flesh completely!"'' |
30 | -->-- '''Ayatani Zweil''' considers this trope, ''[[Literature/GauntsGhosts His Last Command]]'' |
31 | |
32 | ->''"The Others are hardy; one warrior removes his own spine and uses it as a bludgeon. I wondered how he remained standing and had movement in his limbs, but it didn't seem to bother him."'' |
33 | -->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', reviewing ''Film/NightWatch'' |
34 | |
35 | ->''"Did you actually think a single bullet to the shoulder would kill me? I always thought you were smarter than that..."'' |
36 | -->-- '''Acastus Kolya''' (after Sheppard expresses surprise at his survival), ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' |
37 | |
38 | ->''As a side note, understand that there is no such thing as a "non-lethal" weapon. This is because any weapon or gas that can reliably incapacitate or render unconscious a 300 pound world wrestling champion will be strong enough to instantly kill a small child or elderly person.'' |
39 | -->-- ''Website/AtomicRockets'', "Exotic Sidearms" |
40 | |
41 | ->''"Dunno why they call it a flesh wound. I mean, what if they'd got me in the ticker, eh? Without hitting any bones? I can see it my tombstone now: 'Vila Restal. Just a flesh wound, they said'."'' |
42 | -->-- '''Vila''' in the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' fanfic [[http://hermit.org/Blakes7/Library/DispStor.cgi?SR=52830&ST=0578&COUNT "Limiters"]] |
43 | |
44 | ->'''Reese:''' [Winces] I think it missed the major blood vessel, Shaw.\ |
45 | '''Shaw:''' [[NoSympathy Oh, but your deltoid is gonna hurt like hell.]] |
46 | -->-- ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "Pretenders" |
47 | |
48 | ->'''Nerd:''' Cool, so is this Season 1 where you kill every mother[[SoundEffectBleep ***]]er with a pulse, or Season 2 & 3 where you just give people crippling injuries that will make every day of the rest of their lives a hell on earth?\ |
49 | '''Series/{{Arrow}}:''' I'm not a killer. I know that now.\ |
50 | '''Nerd:''' ''(draws and readies an arrow)'' Got it, injuries, hell on earth, et cetera. Non-lethal, non-lethal... ''(he releases)'' Zing!\ |
51 | ''(arrow hits the first guard [[EyeScream in the eye]], immediately killing him)''\ |
52 | '''Nerd:''' Whoops. Okay, I can do this. ''(readies and fires another arrow)'' Zing!\ |
53 | ''(it hits the next guard in the eye as well)''\ |
54 | '''Arrow:''' ''I said no killing!''\ |
55 | '''Nerd:''' Henchmen eyes are like arrow-magnets! I got this! ''(readies and fires a third arrow'') Zing!\ |
56 | '''Henchman:''' ''(takes the arrow to the thigh)'' Ow!\ |
57 | '''Nerd:''' ''Yes!'' Consider him incapacitated!\ |
58 | '''Henchman:''' ''(begins [[BloodyHilarious profusely bleeding]] from his arrow-wound)'' Oh my God! [[OwMyBodyPart My femoral artory!]] ''(he immediately falls over, also dead)''\ |
59 | '''Nerd:''' Whew, this human body is ''complicated.'' |
60 | -->--''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', "The Nerd on Creator/TheCW" |
61 | |
62 | ->''A-arms? Who needs arms when you have [[LegFocus legs like these?]]'' |
63 | -->--'''Mettaton''', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' |
64 | |
65 | ->''"I wasn't going to kill [=McLaughlin=]. I was only going to shoot him in the neck, to stop him from saying those stupid things."'' |
66 | -->-- '''Machete''', ''Film/{{Machete}}'' |
67 | |
68 | ->'''Daniel:''' Jesus, Chozen. We gotta get you to a hospital!\ |
69 | '''Chozen:''' Oh, just a flesh wound.\ |
70 | '''Daniel:''' Yeah, but it's like all your flesh! |
71 | -->-- ''Series/CobraKai'', "Head of the Snake" |
72 | |
73 | ->''"Don't take me away! I can still race!"'' |
74 | -->-- '''A totaled race car''', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' |
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