'''Basic Trope''': A character, usually a tough one, is afraid of needles.
* '''Straight''': Neal is a MadeOfIron ActionHero who often gets beaten up and wounded in fights without problems, but he's afraid of needles.
* '''Exaggerated''': Neal can handle almost any form of combat, injury, or torture without any problem, but faints if anyone even says the word "needle".
* '''Downplayed''': Neal finds needles unpleasant, but doesn't mind them ''that'' much.
* '''Justified''':
** Neal once caught a horrible disease through needles.
** Neal lives in a setting where needles are difficult to sterilize properly.
** Neal has had a very bad experience involving needles, so seeing them brings back bad memories.
** [[AlmightyJanitor Sgt. Neal]] can struggle against his other fears and prevail. He [[DefiantToTheEnd can tell an enemy platoon to go fuck themselves]], toss a grenade and dive for cover and make it out alive. He can't escape medical procedures in the same ways.
* '''Inverted''': Neal doesn't mind needles, but is also the opposite of badass.
* '''Subverted''':
** Neal is horrified when he's told that Alice is going to give him an injection. It turns out that Alice is a MadScientist, and Neil fears her experiments.
** Neal isn't actually scared of needles, but is instead worried that his AlienBlood will expose him as a non-human.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when Bailey the cute nurse gives him an injection, he faints.
* '''Parodied''': Neal is completely fine with injecting heroin multiple times a day, but he freaks out when he's told he needs a tetanus shot.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Every time Neal is about to receive an injection, he's afraid, but it later turns out that he has a reason to be afraid that's not the needles themselves, such as MadScientist experiments, untrained doctors, etc.
* '''Averted''': Neal isn't afraid of needles.
* '''Enforced''': The producers want to make Neal's pains recognizable for the audience.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Neal, you're such a badass fighter, so why are you so afraid of a little sting?"
* '''Invoked''': The BigBad puts Neal through a horrible PlayingWithSyringes session, hoping to invoke a permanent fear of needles and medical procedures.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad fills his fortress with needles and {{Mad Scientist}}s with needles because he knows it's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Neal's worst fear]].
* '''Defied''': Neal gets help for his fear of needles.
* '''Discussed''': "I hope my patients aren't afraid of needles."
* '''Conversed''': "Why are all the badasses in ''Neal's Adventures'' afraid of needles anyway? I mean, they're badasses!" "Hey, be a little more respectful, it's a very real phobia in RealLife too."
* '''Implied''': Neal is seen running screaming out of the doctor's office. The doctor tries to tell him to go back and get his vaccine, but to no avail.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Neal's extreme fear of needles causes him to avoid all medical attention. This leads to his injury or death.
** Neal skips vaccination due to his fears. Later he catches a nasty disease, which would be easily prevented by said vaccination.
* '''Reconstructed''': When Neal's fear of needles almost gets him killed needlessly, he realizes that he needs to get his injections despite his phobia.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** HilarityEnsues when Neal tries to get away from a vaccination.
** When Neal shows his fear of needles, he makes up increasingly bizarre excuses for it.
* '''Played For Drama''': Neal was once the victim of a PlayingWithSyringes MadScientist, but nobody in-universe takes his fear seriously, and everyone tells him to stop acting like a "big baby". This only makes his problems worse.
* '''Played For Horror''': Neal is a PersonOfMassDestruction in a sheer blind panic. ''Just'' leveling the entire clinic is a very good outcome in comparison.
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