History Main / BandageWince

* Happens to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries]] crossover episode ''World's Finest'' as he's having his wounds dressed by Lois Lane. As Lois just found out that he's actually Bruce Wayne, whom she was kinda dating at the time, she is making ''sure'' he winces.

-- '''Lois''': "Let me get some Iodine for that cut. Burning, ''stinging'', Iodine!"

-->--'''[[http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/movies.htm What Movies Teach Us]]'''

* ''Film/PoliceAcademy III: Back in Training'', Commandant Mauser is blindfolded with tape for a taste test. He orders his brainless minion to tear it off quickly to avert this trope, and ends up losing his eyebrows in the process.

* ''Film/PoliceAcademy III: Back in Training''', Commandant Mauser is blindfolded with tape for a taste test. He orders his brainless minion to tear it off quickly to avert this trope, and ends up losing his eyebrows in the process.

* Subverted in ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II: The Golden Army'' when Liz treats the title character for a scratch on his cheek. He winces ''before'' she starts dabbing at it with cotton, at which point she tells him she hasn't started yet.

* ''{{Durarara}}'' subverts this with Heiwajima Shizuo. While he already was established at having such superhuman physical capabilities that almost nothing could actually endanger his life, the end to episode 22 makes it seem as though he actually has been seriously injured, by way of [[spoiler: multiple gunshots]]. However, we find that in episode 23, [[spoiler:he has walked all the way to Shinra's apartment unaided with little difficulty; he then claims that at first, he ''hadn't even noticed he'd been shot'' until he saw the blood, merely thinking he slipped and fell in the rain. The specific trope's subversion comes into play as Shinra is removing the bullets from his wounds and bandaging them up: he shows no indication of being affected by it at all, and in fact berates Shinra ''while he's operating on him'', demanding that he hurry it up so he can go and get his revenge]]. That's just how he is...

* Averted when [[PatrickSwayze Dalton]] goes to the ER to get his wounds treated in ''Film/RoadHouse''. After all, [[SignatureLine "pain don't hurt"]].

* {{Durarara}}'' subverts this with Heiwajima Shizuo. While he already was established at having such superhuman physical capabilities that almost nothing could actually endanger his life, the end to episode 22 makes it seem as though he actually has been seriously injured, by way of [[spoiler: multiple gunshots]]. However, we find that in episode 23, [[spoiler:he has walked all the way to Shinra's apartment unaided with little difficulty; he then claims that at first, he ''hadn't even noticed he'd been shot'' until he saw the blood, merely thinking he slipped and fell in the rain. The specific trope's subversion comes into play as Shinra is removing the bullets from his wounds and bandaging them up: he shows no indication of being affected by it at all, and in fact berates Shinra ''while he's operating on him'', demanding that he hurry it up so he can go and get his revenge]]. That's just how he is...

* In one issue of ''{{Daredevil}}'' the titular hero does this when Karen Page tries to dab him with an iodine-soaked cotton ball:

* ''TheXFiles'': Mulder and Scully get a scene like this in season 8's "Essence." After trying to take on a Super Soldier and escaping with their lives, Mulder and Doggett relay the story to Scully while she tends to a gash above Mulder's eye. Mulder winces at the antiseptic and bats her hands away as she tries to clean the wound. Mulder teases her and tells her it's a good thing she gave up a career in medicine, since she has "manos de piedra" (hands of stone). Not impressed, Scully swipes at his nose with a peroxide-soaked cotton ball. It's a refreshingly adorable scene for a season filled with drama. The scene is made slightly awkward by the face that Doggett is sitting in the background being ignored while Mulder and Scully are...[[UnresolvedSexualTension being Mulder and Scully.]]

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Essence," Scully tends to a bad gash near Mulder's eye while he and Doggett sit at her kitchen table. They had gotten beaten up by Billy Myles, who had been recently revealed as an indestructible Super Soldier. Mulder winces and bats her hands away as she tries to clean the wound. Mulder teases her and tells her it's a good thing she gave up a career in medicine, since she has "manos de piedra" (hands of stone). Scully scoffs and swipes at his nose with a peroxide-soaked cotton ball. It's an adorable scene, if slightly awkward in that Doggett is sitting in the background being ignored while Mulder and Scully are...[[JustFriends being Mulder and Scully.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' subverts this with Heiwajima Shizuo. While he already was established at having such superhuman physical capabilities that almost nothing could actually endanger his life, the end to episode 22 makes it seem as though he actually has been seriously injured, by way of [[spoiler: multiple gunshots]]. However, we find that in episode 23, [[spoiler:he has walked all the way to Shinra's apartment unaided with little difficulty; he then claims that at first, he ''hadn't even noticed he'd been shot'' until he saw the blood, merely thinking he slipped and fell in the rain. The specific trope's subversion comes into play as Shinra is removing the bullets from his wounds and bandaging them up: he shows no indication of being affected by it at all, and in fact berates Shinra ''while he's operating on him'', demanding that he hurry it up so he can go and get his revenge]]. That's just how he is...

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Essence," Scully tends to a bad gash near Mulder's eye while he and Doggett sit at her kitchen table. They had gotten beaten up by Billy Myles, who had been recently revealed as an indestructible Super Soldier. Mulder winces and bats her hands away as she tries to clean the wound. Mulder teases her and tells her it's a good thing she gave up a career in medicine, since she has "manos de piedra" (hands of stone). Scully scoffs and swipes at his nose with a peroxide-soaked cotton ball. It's an adorable scene, if slightly awkward in that Doggett is sitting in the background being ignored while Mulder and Scully are...[[UST being Mulder and Scully.]]

* Happens in the ''SouthPark'' episode "The Jeffersons" when Kyle applies alcohol to Blanket's hurt knee.

* Rather disturbingly averted in the ''Anime/Yu-Gi-Oh'' manga, where a mind-controlled Bakura insists that he's fine by poking at the bloodstained bandage on his arm to show that it doesn't hurt.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' subverts this ''hard'' with Heiwajima Shizuo. While he already was established at having such superhuman physical capabilities that almost nothing could actually endanger his life, the end to episode 22 makes it seem as though he actually has been seriously injured, by way of [[spoiler: multiple gunshots]]. However, we find that in episode 23, [[spoiler:he has walked all the way to Shinra's apartment unaided with little difficulty; he then claims that at first, he ''hadn't even noticed he'd been shot'' until he saw the blood, merely thinking he slipped and fell in the rain. The specific trope's subversion comes into play as Shinra is removing the bullets from his wounds and bandaging them up: he shows no indication of being affected by it at all, and in fact berates Shinra ''while he's operating on him'', demanding that he hurry it up so he can go and get his revenge]]. That's just how he is...

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Could be seen as TruthInTelevision, since the body becomes more sensitive to pain once the adrenaline rush (that would often accompany a Hollywood-style action situation) dries up.

Maybe a soldier has shot his way through an entire army without complaint. Maybe an AdventureArchaeologist has been through a trap-filled tomb while constantly making wisecracks. It doesn't matter, when the action is over and their wounds must be treated, they ''will'' wince the instant a bandage or cotton swab soaked in antiseptic touches them.

Could be seen as TruthInTelevision, since the body becomes more sensitive to pain once the adrenaline rush (that would often accompany an Hollywood-style action situation) dries up.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' subverts this ''hard'' with Heiwajima Shizuo. While he already was established at having such superhuman physical capabilities that almost nothing could actually endanger his life, the end to episode 22 makes it seem as though he actually has been seriously injured, by way of [[spoiler: multiple gunshots]]. However, we find that in episode 23, [[spoiler: he has walked all the way to Shinra's apartment unaided with little difficulty; he then claims that at first, he ''hadn't even noticed he'd been shot'' until he saw the blood, merely thinking he slipped and fell in the rain. The specific trope's subversion comes into play as Shinra is removing the bullets from his wounds and bandaging them up: he shows no indication of being affected by it at all, and in fact berates Shinra ''while he's operating on him'', demanding that he hurry it up so he can go and get his revenge]]. That's just how he is...

* The Beast in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast.''
* This happened to Amos Slade in Disney/{{The Fox And The
Hound}} while Widow Tweed was bandaging his hurt foot.