History Main / BandageWince

* Subverted in ''Series/Rome''. In Testudo et Lepus, Marc Antony is being tended to after battle. He continues carrying on a conversation and grows irritated with how long the stitches are taking.

* Can be averted in real life, but due to an association with disinfectants and other methods of wound cleaning causing pain the disinfectant formulations that are painless do not sell well as people do not think that they work.

* In the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series; the tendency of the aforementioned dragon to yelp, flinch, and whine when musket rounds he hardly notices going in due to his size are extracted borders on a running gag.
* While not seen, it's heavily implied it happens in ''Literature/DeathMasks'' to Harry Dresden:
--> ''I hear that they make disinfectants that don't hurt these days. But Charity used iodine.''

[[caption-width-right:269:Ah! Why couldn't one of my [[AnimateInanimateObject servants]] be an aspirin bottle?[[note]]Because aspirin wasn't invented yet?[[/note]]]]

[[quoteright:269:[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_batb-bandage_5265.png]]]]

* The Beast in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', as illustrated above.

* During the climax of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' Judy [[DramaticSlip trips over a mammoth tusk in the museum]] and gets [[DramaPreservingHandicap a horrible cut on her right leg]]. When she and Nick find a temporary hiding place from [[spoiler: [[BigBad Bellwether]] and her minions]], Judy groans in pain as Nick bandages up the injury with an old handkerchief.

* This happened to Amos Slade in ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound'' while Widow Tweed was bandaging his hurt foot.

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* In ''Literature/LuckyStarr and the Moons of Jupiter'', Lucky winces as his sidekick applies ''cold water'' to a ''bruise''.

[[caption-width-right:269:Ah! Why couldn't one of my servants be an aspirin bottle?]]

* Marion gets frustrated trying to treat Indy's wounds in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' thanks to this. This is after the poor guy got the crap beat out of him by a GiantMook, shot in the shoulder, beat up again by a different mook including being punched in said shoulder repeatedly, [[WhatADrag dragged behind a truck]], and then had Marion inadvertently hit him in the chin with a mirror.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In a reversal, Claire Temple does one of these when Matt is treating her injuries after she is kidnapped by the Russians.

* ''Series/{{Daredevil}}'': In a reversal, Claire the Night Nurse does one of these when Daredevil is treating her injuries after she is kidnapped and beaten.

* In the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series; the tendency of the aforementioned dragon to yelp, flinch, and whine when musket rounds he hardly notices going in due to his size are extracted border on a running gag.

* 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.

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* The Beast in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', as illustrated above.
* This happened to Amos Slade in ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound'' while Widow Tweed was bandaging his hurt foot.

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

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