History Main / ICantFeelMyLegs

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 5's episode "The End". Fitz says this in shock and pain multiple times [[spoiler:after being crushed under building rubble and having been impaled in his abdomen by a sheet of metal.]] Subverted in that [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he dies]] shortly after the injury]] [[spoiler:Fortunately, he's a future version of Fitz, so there's a chance for SHIELD to look for his real self in the past.]]

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 5's episode "The End". Fitz says this in shock and pain multiple times [[spoiler:after being crushed under building rubble and having been impaled in his abdomen by a sheet of metal.]] [[spoiler:Fortunately, he's a future version of Fitz, so there's a chance for SHIELD to look for his real self in the past.]]

* Inverted tragically in ''Film/ReachForTheSky'', when Douglas Bader comments to a friend at his bedside that the leg he's had amputated doesn't hurt anytmore, but the remaining limb is giving him hell. His friend has to gently break it to Douglas that he's coming round from the anaesthesia after his ''other'' leg was amputated because his wounds had turned gangrenous. His StiffUpperLip quickly starts to waver once the news sinks in.

* Tragically inverted in ''Series/{{OZ}}''. When [[spoiler:the wheelchair bound Augustus Hill is mortally injured]], his FamousLastWords are "I can feel my legs."

* ''Film/ScaryMovie2''. Dwight is paraplegic.

This trope is PlayedForLaughs a lot nowadays, sometimes with the character saying "I can't feel my legs" ''already being disabled'', and somebody reminding them that they couldn't before. Alternatively they may say the words, then a few seconds later realise that they CAN, and it's agonising. Another variant is the person thinking they're touching their own legs with their hands, getting worried when it doesn't cause a feeling in their legs, then being told they're touching ''something else'' (usually someone else's legs). For a related comedic trope, where this situation is [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] {{Slapstick}}, see BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut.

* Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} gets beaten up by Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and wakes up saying he can't feel his legs, then realizes Hulk ''ripped them off''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': One of ComicBook/PoisonIvy's victims who she dumped inside a ManEatingPlant says that he can't feel his legs. Ivy reminds that it's because he doesn't ''have'' legs anymore.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': When Sosuke [[LifeDrain eats]] a piece of someone's LifeEnergy, whatever body part it came from is numbed and paralyzed (which is [[StylizedForTheViewer visualized]] as the victim [[TorsoWithAView having a big chunk bitten out of them]]). Matsuri realizes Sosuke can do this without physical contact when he suddenly loses feeling in his leg and falls to his knees.

'''Zarei:''' ...this is not a new development. [[OurGhostsAreDifferent You lost them when you died]].\\

'''Inuyasha'''' Hey! Getting pretty stretchy there Jaken!\\
'''Kagome'''' Stop that Inuyasha! SIT BOY! ''[Inuyasha falls face flat on the ground with Jaken under him]''\\

* Danny on ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'', after the shooting at the bar where he was shot in the back.

* Tragically inverted in ''Series/{{OZ}}''. When [[spoiler:the wheelchair bound Augustus Hill is mortally injured]], his FamousLastWords are "I can feel my legs".

** In "Warhead", the crew are surprised when an crashed artificial intelligence says it can't feel its arms or legs (it's not even an android, but a missile). Turns out the memory bank was damaged and it forgot what it was.
** Played straight with the RedShirt who dies in the opening scene of "Innocence".

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[[caption-width-right:350:That's not new either.]]

This trope is PlayedForLaughs a lot nowadays, sometimes with the character saying "I can't feel my legs" ''already a cripple'', and somebody reminding them that they couldn't before. Alternatively they may say the words, then a few seconds later realise that they CAN, and it's agonising. Another variant is the person thinking they're touching their own legs with their hands, getting worried when it doesn't cause a feeling in their legs, then being told they're touching ''something else'' (usually someone else's legs). For a related comedic trope, where this situation is [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] {{Slapstick}}, see BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. After a crash, Olaf the Snowman (whose legs had fallen off) grabs Kristoff's feet and screams that he can't feel his legs. Kristoff says those are ''his'' legs.

-->'''Jaken''': WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHRIMP?!\\
'''Inuyasha''': *Picks up Jaken* Want me to stretch you out? *Starts stretching Jaken in amusement*\\
'''Shippo''': Inuyasha, you are such a bully...\\
'''Inuyasha''': Hey! Getting pretty stretchy there Jaken!\\
'''Kagome''': Stop that Inuyasha! SIT BOY! *Inuyasha falls face flat on the ground with Jaken under him*\\
'''Jaken''': *Dizzy* I can't feel my legs...

* ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}'' tries to pick up a woman at the supermarket by "accidentally" hitting her with his shopping cart. But he is nervous and uses too much power...

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-->'''Bing Bong:''' I can't feel my legs! ''(his disembodied hand grabs a disembodied leg)'' Oh, here they are.

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* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''. The following scene occurs at the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler: Later, we hear that Keaton was shot beforehand.]]
-->'''Keyser Soze:''' How you doing Keaton?
-->'''Keaton:''' I can't feel my legs...Keyser.

-->'''Buddy: '''Are you okay, Dwight?
-->'''Dwight Hartman:''' I can't... I can't feel my legs. Aaahahaha, I can't feel my legs.
-->'''Ray Wilkins:''' You never could.
-->'''Dwight Hartman:''' Hey you stay out of this, all right?

* Film/MajorPayne tries to tell a bedtime story. It does not end well.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'': [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Bishop]], who's missing his body from the waist down, complains his legs hurt.

-->'''Jacob:''' How ya doing?
-->'''Roy:''' ''(gritted teeth)'' I can't feel my legs, Jake.
-->'''Jacob:''' ''(concerned)'' Really?
-->'''Roy:''' ''(normally)'' Fuck off.
-->'''Jacob:''' [[DudeNotFunny Oh, for fuck... no, you fuck off!]]

-->'''Cage:''' I think I broke something.
-->'''Rita:''' What?
-->'''Cage:''' My back. The only thing I can feel is my lips.

-->'''Deadpool:''' ''OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS! I CAN'T FEEL''--oh, they're right here. Got 'em.

-->'''Patient:''' Doctor, I can't feel my legs!
-->'''Doctor:''' Of course you can't - I had to cut off your arms.

!!!'''In General:'''
* A favourite SoapOpera trope, of course. Though sometimes they like to show, rather than tell--when the injured person is asked to move their legs, the camera cuts to the immobile limbs, thus revealing the person's paralysis.
!!!'''By Series:'''

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-->'''AT:''' [[spoiler: aG]] JUST JUMPED ME OFF A CLIFF,
-->'''AT:''' wITH MY BRAIN,
-->'''AT:''' aND, uHH
-->'''AT:''' mY LEGS, aLSO,
-->'''AT:''' aND NOW, tHEY FEEL,
-->'''AT:''' iNVISIBLE,
-->'''AT:''' wOW, i'M SURE THERE WAS A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT,

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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
** After Homsar got squashed by [[AnvilOnHead a Heavy Lourde]] in his first appearance, his second appearance was leaving a message in episode 5 of "Marzipan's Answering Machine". Homsar calls to thank Marzipan for bringing flowers while he was in the hospital, and says "I'm feeling much better now, but I still can't feel my legs."
** In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "the chair", Strong Bad moans "I can't feel my parts..." after the sweatpants button on his fancy new chair malfunctions. In an EasterEgg, Strong Sad says the same thing after throwing his back out trying to sit on a ridiculous-looking designer chair.

* Exaggerated in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Guldo has Gohan and Krillin trapped, and is ranting at them, camera zoomed in on his face, when he interrupts himself with "why can't I feel my ''everything''"? The camera zooms out to reveal that [[spoiler:Vegeta [[OffWithHisHead decapitated him]] mid-speech]]. "Oh."
* An alternative took place in the ''[[VideoGame/TransformersUniverse Transformers Galaxy]]'' Roleplay. The insane, one-eyed Whirl is taking aim with a bazooka and he... ''squints''. It's not clear whether he's being crazy or joking, but he suddenly shouts out...
--> '''Whirl:''' ''(takes aim)'' "Help! I'm blind!" ''(starts panicking)''
--> '''Over Comm-link:''' "Whirl, that's what ''happens'' when you close your ''only eye''."
--> '''Whirl:''' "Heh, I knew that..." ''(opens his optic again)''

-->'''The Flea:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson The Flea]] cannot feel his legs! Oh wait, here they are, right next to the Flea.\\
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'''Buena Girl:''' Flea, those are ''my'' arms.\\
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-->-- ''Film/ScaryMovie2'', after the paraplegic Hartman has fallen out a window.

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* A favorite SoapOpera trope, of course. Though sometimes they like to show, rather than tell--when the injured person is asked to move their legs, the camera cuts to the immobile limbs, thus revealing the person's paralysis.

* ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely things to hear in a war film"
-->'''Frankie Boyle:''' "I can't feel my legs!" "That's because your arms have been blown off."

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* Subverted in the second episode of ''Webcomic/TheMostStupidDeathsInSuperMario64''. Then doubly subverted.

* An alternative took place in the ''[[TransformersUniverse Transformers Galaxy]]'' Roleplay. The insane, one-eyed Whirl is taking aim with a bazooka and he... ''squints''. It's not clear whether he's being crazy or joking, but he suddenly shouts out...

* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill'', as the Bride can't feel her legs, due to having been in a deep coma, but manages to MindOverMatter the return of sensation and function in her feet before long.

This trope is PlayedForLaughs a lot nowadays, sometimes with the character saying "I can't feel my legs" ''already a cripple'', and somebody reminding them that they couldn't before. Alternatively they may say the words, then a few seconds later realise that they CAN, and it's agonising. For a related comedic trope, where this situation is [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] {{Slapstick}}, see BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip had Jon screaming this and calling for a medic, but he was just mocking Garfield, who was sitting on his lap at the time.