History Main / ImpaledPalm

** In one of the first episodes of the {{Uncancelled}} series, [[TheDitz Beavis]] accidentally screws a screw into his hand when trying to screw it into the butt of one of Stewart's action figures. Then Butthead tries to unscrew it, but ends up [[TooDumbToLive screwing it into Beavis' OTHER hand]]. After the screw is removed (and Beavis overdoses on painkiller pills) he's mistaken by a cult for the reincarnation of their leader - and he's [[SplitPersonality Cornholio]], to boot!
** Also in the earlier episode "Wet Behind The Rears" Beavis gets speared through the hand by a javelin.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry accidentally nails his hand to a sign. A "No Employee Accidents in X Days" sign.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bye Bye Nerdie" Homer gets shot through his hands (among other places) when he carelessly hands Maggie a nailgun.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Jellyfishing", Patrick instructs Squidward to hold onto a jellyfish net even though his hand is in a cast. When it doesn't stay on, Patrick jams the handle through, and Squidward's reaction implies it penetrated more than the cast.

* In the SpyFiction ''Running Blind'' by Desmond Bagley, the protagonist captures a man he suspects is TheMole, and shoots him through the palm to encourage him to talk. When he's later captured by the KGB, the mole enters the room, straightaway has the KGB put his hand against the wall and [[{{revenge}} shoots him through the palm]]. This causes problems later when he has to work the bolt of a sniper rifle; he eventually passes out and his girlfriend has to take over.

* In ''The Japanese Corpse'', one of Janwillem van der Wetering's Amsterdam Cop novels, the Comissaris is taken prisoner by a {{Yakuza}} who tries to force him to commit {{Yubitsume}}. The Comissaris pretends to be clumsy until the yakuza reaches over to do it for him, upon which he spikes the guy's hand to the table with the knife.

* The Italian film ''Black Jesus'' recreates the [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic crucifixion]] by having the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Patrice Lumumba]]-expy tortured by having his hands nailed to a table.

* At the climax of his final battle with Iris in ''Film/Gamera3AwakeningOfIris'', Gamera's hand is impaled and pinned against a wall by Iris's Spear Absorber. Gamera reacts by shooting his forearm off, growing another one composed entirely out of fire taken from a set of balls of fire Iris tried to attack him with, and uses ''that'' to kill Iris with the particularly cool-sounding ''Banishing Fist''.

* At the climax of his final battle with Iris in ''Film/Gamera3RevengeOfIris'', Gamera's hand is impaled and pinned against a wall by Iris's Spear Absorber. Gamera reacts by shooting his forearm off, growing another one composed entirely out of fire taken from a set of balls of fire Iris tried to attack him with, and uses ''that'' to kill Iris with the particularly cool-sounding ''Banishing Fist''.

** Bullseye again, in a scene derived from the comic book example up top.

** Elektra, with her own knife. Pulling it out looks agonisingly painful.
** Bullseye again, seeing as this scene is derived from the comic books example up top.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' introduces fan-favorite and all around {{Badass}} Prince Oberyn Martell confronting a couple of House Lannister {{Mooks}} and impaling the palm of one of them after the soldier insults Oberyn's lover and throws a racist insult against the Prince.

* ''Film/HoodedAngels'': During the final fight between Ellie and Wes, KnifeNut Ellie lunges at Wes with her stiletto. Wes, who is lying on the floor, holds up his hand to fend her off and the blade goes straight through his palm.

** All Martellus von Blitzengaard [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131122 gets from trying to strangle]] [[KnifeNut Bangladesh DuPree]] is an impaled palm.

* In ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' Booker can get stabbed through the hand with a knife by an enemy acting like a tram ticket salesman, which you can avoid by realizing he's acting suspicious and shooting him first. If you let him stab Booker, Elizabeth's shoddy bandaging job with part of her dress will remain visible on Booker's hand for the rest of the game.

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* An uncommon HEAT action that appears in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. If Kiryu or any other playable character is holding a knife, while having a mook near a wall. They will proceed to throw the mook face first into said wall and then stab their hand against it.
* This pops up a few times in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' both in usual gameplay combat if a knife is available and also in a QuickTimeEvent. The latter happens with Majima where he fights Nishitani (a SuspiciouslySimilarSubsitute for his future self). If he fails one of them Nishitani can slam him against the wall and stab his hand. [[spoiler:Majima can repay him in kind and also do this to any mook if he unlocks his "Legend" style, which is the legendary Mad Dog of Shimano with his Demonfire Dagger.

** This pops up a few times in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' both in usual gameplay combat if a knife is available and also in a QuickTimeEvent. The latter happens with Majima where he fights Nishitani (a SuspiciouslySimilarSubsitute for his future self). If he fails one of them Nishitani can slam him against the wall and stab his hand. [[spoiler:Majima can repay him in kind and also do this to any mook if he unlocks his "Legend" style, which is the legendary Mad Dog of Shimano with his Demonfire Dagger.

* An uncommon HEAT action in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' when Kazuma is holding a knife near a wall is to throw the mook at the wall, then stab his hand against the wall.