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* The RealPersonFic ''[[https://my.w.tt/fm446MQ9qU Astral Journey: It's Complicated]]'' has this as a sub-plot as [[Music/SpiceGirls Emma, Geri, Victoria, and Melanie]] were all admitted for their injuries. Geri was allowed to leave for out-patient treatment for her injured leg. Brandy also suffered a broken arm, which didn't stop her from helping Emma.
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Usually, if it's an arm it means the person can't move that arm or has great difficultly doing so, and if it's a leg that means the person can't walk or has limited mobility. This makes it a popular plot device for rendering someone unable to dance or do sports, meaning someone has to sub for them. And it also makes it a popular injury to fake for the sake of PrankInjuries if they want to get attention or be lazy. In the case of legs it can also lead to someone having to stay in one place, which can lead to situations such as a RearWindowHomage.
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Usually, if it's an arm it means the person can't move that arm or has great difficultly difficulty doing so, and if it's a leg that means the person can't walk or has limited mobility. This makes it a popular plot device for rendering someone unable to dance or do sports, meaning someone has to sub for them. And it also makes it a popular injury to fake for the sake of PrankInjuries if they want to get attention or be lazy. In the case of legs it can also lead to someone having to stay in one place, which can lead to situations such as a RearWindowHomage.
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* ''Literature/TheMidnightGang'': One of the characters, Amber, is in hospital because ''both'' of her legs are broken and she needs a wheelchair.
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*''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Il était une fois... la vie]]'': More than one episode involves at least one character injuring their leg. One of these episodes is about the skeleton and shows how a broken bone can heal itself.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': In "Lord of the Nerds", TJ breaks his arm and has to stay inside with a nerdy group of kids called the "Pale Kids" until it heals.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': In "Lord of the Nerds", TJ breaks his arm collarbone and has to stay inside with a nerdy group of kids called the "Pale Kids" until it heals.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' has the episode "Big Air Dare" in which Otto and Reggie contemptuous race down the big slope via snowboarding. While Reggie stops herself from taking the jump, Otto flies off and breaks his leg. Its sister episode "Otto's Big Break" is a continuation of the former episode and shows the other three members of the group trying to search for someone to fill in for Otto for the imminent hockey match.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' has the episode "Big Air Dare" in which Otto and Reggie contemptuous contemptuously race down the big slope via snowboarding. While Reggie stops herself from taking the jump, Otto flies off and breaks his leg. Its sister episode "Otto's Big Break" is a continuation of the former episode and shows the other three members of the group trying to search for someone to fill in for Otto for the imminent hockey match.
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* In the children's book ''Uncle Allan's Stinky Leg'', Allan goes to his nephew's farm while his leg is broken and accidentally gets cowpat on his cast (which is why his leg was stinky).
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "Fearless Fonzarelli", Fonzie does a motorcycle jump and ends up injuring his leg. He recovers, but becomes lazy, and the Cunninghams try to get him back to normal.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'':
** In "Minefield", a land mine spikes through Malcolm Reed's leg, which is still needing treatment the next episode.
** In "The Breach", Travis Mayweather breaks his leg and tears a ligament falling down in a cave.
** In "Minefield", a land mine spikes through Malcolm Reed's leg, which is still needing treatment the next episode.
** In "The Breach", Travis Mayweather breaks his leg and tears a ligament falling down in a cave.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg Angelica Breaks a Leg]]", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.
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** Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg Angelica Breaks a Leg]]", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break theirlegs.legs.
** In "Fall Stinks", the second part of the "[[Recap/RugratsS7E1AcornNutsAndDiapeyButts Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts]]" saga, Grandpa Lou falls trying to get away from the elderly ladies who want to dance with him at the new retirement home he moved into, breaking his leg and spending the third part, "Don't Poop On My Parade" with his leg in a cast. He meets Lulu, who works as a nurse, and falls in love with her, deciding he wants to stay in the retirement center after all.
** Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg Angelica Breaks a Leg]]", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their
** In "Fall Stinks", the second part of the "[[Recap/RugratsS7E1AcornNutsAndDiapeyButts Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts]]" saga, Grandpa Lou falls trying to get away from the elderly ladies who want to dance with him at the new retirement home he moved into, breaking his leg and spending the third part, "Don't Poop On My Parade" with his leg in a cast. He meets Lulu, who works as a nurse, and falls in love with her, deciding he wants to stay in the retirement center after all.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In one episode, Big Bird sprains his ''wing'' and has to have it in a sling for a while.
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** The live-action segments from a series of episodes in the mid-1980s dealt with Luis breaking his arm and having to wear a cast for six weeks, allowing for a chance to show young audiences what to expect if they ever have a limb temporarily out of commission.
** In one episode, Big Bird sprains his ''wing'' and has to have it in a sling for a while.
** The live-action segments from a series of episodes in the mid-1980s dealt with Luis breaking his arm and having to wear a cast for six weeks, allowing for a chance to show young audiences what to expect if they ever have a limb temporarily out of commission.
** In one episode, Big Bird sprains his ''wing'' and has to have it in a sling for a while.
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* There's one joke about two men named Mike and Paul, and Mike's brother has broken his leg.
-->'''Mike''': "My brother was sick and went to the doctor."
-->'''Paul''': "Is he feeling better now?"
-->'''Mike''': "No, he has a broken leg."
-->'''Paul''': "How did he break it?"
-->'''Mike''': "Well, the doctor gave him a prescription and told him no matter what happened, to follow that prescription. When he got home, the prescription blew out of the window."
-->'''Paul''': "So how did he break his leg?"
-->'''Mike''': "He jumped out the window trying to follow the prescription."
* One joke involves a woman needing surgery on her knee.
-->'''Patient''': "Will I be able to sing?"
-->'''Doctor''': "The surgery will not affect your vocal cords whatsoever. So you will be able to sing perfectly."
-->'''Patient''': "That's great! I've always wanted to be able to sing."
-->'''Mike''': "My brother was sick and went to the doctor."
-->'''Paul''': "Is he feeling better now?"
-->'''Mike''': "No, he has a broken leg."
-->'''Paul''': "How did he break it?"
-->'''Mike''': "Well, the doctor gave him a prescription and told him no matter what happened, to follow that prescription. When he got home, the prescription blew out of the window."
-->'''Paul''': "So how did he break his leg?"
-->'''Mike''': "He jumped out the window trying to follow the prescription."
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-->'''Patient''': "Will I be able to sing?"
-->'''Doctor''': "The surgery will not affect your vocal cords whatsoever. So you will be able to sing perfectly."
-->'''Patient''': "That's great! I've always wanted to be able to sing."
* The plot of ''Literature/NotWithoutRandolph'' gets started when the girl Jenny's great-grandmother needs to go to the old-folks' home because "her other leg has gone wonky".
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** In "The Quickening", a boy is seen with a fractured arm which Dr Bashir cures.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Wheel Deal", Alan "The Brain" Powers sprains his ankle and has to be in a wheelchair for a few weeks. In that time he makes friends with a girl in a wheelchair who teaches him how to cope with the challenges.
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** In the''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Wheel Deal", Alan "The Brain" Powers sprains his ankle and has to be in a wheelchair for a few weeks. In that time he makes friends with a girl in a wheelchair who teaches him how to cope with the challenges.challenges.
** In "Do You Speak George?", Jenna is [[DownplayedTrope briefly]] seen with her arm in a sling.
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** In "Do You Speak George?", Jenna is [[DownplayedTrope briefly]] seen with her arm in a sling.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MegAndMog'': In "Meg's Leg", Meg injures her leg in a broomstick accident and then injures her other one showing off. A background witch is also seen with her arm in a sling.
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* ''Literature/MrMen'': Little Miss Princess' story involves her going to take care of Mr. Bump after he breaks his leg.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}': A more dramatic version of this trope happens when Elisa Maza is shot in the leg by a Gargoyle carelessly playing with a gun. Her fate is unknown for most of the episode, and the next episode she's on crutches while recovering, although already back on the job.
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* There's one joke involving a boy named Jack claiming he couldn't mow the lawn because he sprained his ankle, but Jack's father said that it was a [[{{Pun}} lame]] excuse.
* One joke involves a boy named Jordan and his friend Aaliyah, both of whom apparently [[BookDumb really hate school]]. Jordan breaks his right arm playing in the schoolyard and Aaliyah claims that he's lucky because he doesn't have to take exams. Jordan replies that he's actually unlucky because he's [[TheSouthpaw left-handed]] and meant to fall on his left arm.
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* There's one joke involving a boy named Jack claiming he couldn't mow the lawn because he sprained his ankle, but Jack's father said that it was a [[{{Pun}} lame]] excuse.
* One joke involves a boy named Jordan and his friend Aaliyah, both of whom apparently [[BookDumb really hate school]]. Jordan breaks his right arm playing in the schoolyard and Aaliyah claims that he's lucky because he doesn't have to take exams. Jordan replies that he's actually unlucky because he's [[TheSouthpaw left-handed]] and meant to fall on his left arm.
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* ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia'': In one of the books focusing on Amelia as a kid, "Amelia Bedelia Dances Off", Amelia's dance instructor Dana breaks her leg in two places.
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* ''Literature/BerenstainBears'': "The Excuse Note" involves Sister Bear spraining her ankle and liking how she gets to skip gym class.
* ''Literature/CharlieAndLola'': "Charlie is Broken", which is both a book and an episode of the TV series, involves Charlie breaking his arm.
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* ''Literature/MillyMolly'': In "Milly, Molly, and Aunt Maude", Aunt Maude breaks her leg. This is adapted into the TV series too, but the TV episode is simply called "Aunt Maude".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'': In "Alderney's Big Break", Alderney injures her back paw on the Wombles' annual Spring-Cleaning Day. Because Wombles are a NeatFreak species, she feels disappointed,
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* Exaggerated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2Hqv0waiM these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEsX3vz1jwQ three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pstwNqOtTk&index=20&list=PLV7BCuykJAjBRv2HUf9AgDZg_neCHr9nw unnamed]] fan videos for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': First Mr Incredible, then Elastigirl get severely beaten up (Mr Incredible gets literally beaten up by a woman and Elastigirl gets crushed by a drink stand that baby Jack-Jack knocked over. They're said to have broken ''all their bones'', however, they can still speak and chew their own food, Elastigirl's right arm and left leg aren't bandaged, Mr Incredible's right arm and ''neither'' of his legs are bandaged, and it's pretty contrived because Mr Incredible has super-strength and Elastigirl [[RubberWoman lives up to her name]]. Played straight in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCgqWVIGFI&index=5&list=PLV7BCuykJAjBRv2HUf9AgDZg_neCHr9nw this video]] where Jack-Jack breaks his leg.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5098916/1/Serious-Need-of-Medical-Attention Serious Need of Medical Attention]]'', which is a fanfic of ''Series/TheXFiles'', Scully sprains her ankle.
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* In a ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' episode, [[JackOfAllTrades Miss Rabbit]] injures her leg before she can go to work, so the other adults have to do her jobs.
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* In ''Literature/{{Switch}}'', Samson accidentally dislocates his shoulder while PlayingWithFire, so Nola has to fix it.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In one episode, Chakotay and Seven of Nine are trapped on a planet with an alien species who are primitive and communicate only through sign language. The former has an infection in his leg which hinders his mobility.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E1BartOfDarkness Bart of Darkness]]", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to believe Ned killed Maude.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E1BartOfDarkness Bart of Darkness]]", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to [[MistakenForMurderer believe Ned killed Maude.Maude]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': In "The Terratin Incident", a [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrunken]] Sulu breaks his leg falling off a console and has to be fixed with some of [[TheMedic McCoy]] and Nurse Chapel's technology.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': In "The Terratin Incident", a [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrunken]] Sulu breaks his leg falling off a console and has to be fixed with some of [[TheMedic McCoy]] and Nurse Chapel's technology.
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* In the ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' episode "Ered Gets Her Cool Back", Ered sprains her ankle in embarrassing fashion and spends the episode with a cast and crutches. This leads to more AmusingInjuries as she attempts to prove she's still cool.
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* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode "Earl's Big Jackpot", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the We Say So corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces We Say So to pay Earl $8,000,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
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* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode, "[[Recap/DinosaursS04E5EarlsBigJackpot Earl's Big Jackpot]]", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the [=WeSaySo=] corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces [=WeSaySo=] to pay Earl $800,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
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* ''FanFic/TommyPicklesVsTheTerribleTwos'': in "Tommy's First Splinter", Belinda breaks her arm after getting into a fight with [[BrattyHalfPint Gloria]], and then Gloria breaks her own arm. Then, in "Tommy Breaks a Leg", [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy]] breaks his leg due to getting hit by a car. He recovers in "Tommy's Purple Hair".
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': One of the failed trips to South America was due to Mr Fredrickson ending up wearing a cast.
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* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': In the first half of ''Shadow on the Sand'', Lone Wolf can spend a good deal of the action while having contracted a disease called limbdeath, resulting from sewer germs getting into a shoulder wound (although it's possible to avoid it if lucky). This means Lone Wolf is unable to use his left arm until he can find the MagicAntidote, which results in a serious reduction in fighting skills.
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* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go forward in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go forward in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
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* The online game ''Cute Pet Hospital'' has three things that can go wrong with the pets: broken bones, the flu, and ingesting foreign objects. With the broken bones, no matter where the bone reads on the X-ray, it's always the leg that gets casted, and it heals seconds after being casted.
* The online game ''Cute Pet Hospital'' has three things that can go wrong with the pets: broken bones, the flu, and ingesting foreign objects. With the broken bones, no matter where the bone reads on the X-ray, it's always the leg that gets casted, and it heals seconds after being casted.
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* In the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior Breaks His Leg!", Junior breaks his leg after jumping off a jungle gym while racing against Joseph. Bowser has Chef Pee Pee give Junior whatever he wants, so there weeks after the leg is healed, he pretends it is still broken to get free stuff from Chef Pee Pee. However, when he confesses, Chef Pee Pee beats him up, breaking his other leg.
* In the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior Breaks His Leg!", Junior breaks his leg after jumping off a jungle gym while racing against Joseph. Bowser has Chef Pee Pee give Junior whatever he wants, so there weeks after the leg is healed, he pretends it is still broken to get free stuff from Chef Pee Pee. However, when he confesses, Chef Pee Pee beats him up, breaking his other leg.
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* A more dramatic version of this trope happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', when Elisa Maza is shot in the leg by a Gargoyle carelessly playing with a gun. Her fate is unknown for most of the episode, and the next episode she's on crutches while recovering, although already back on the job.
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* In the "Big Brothers of Corona" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', Cassandra breaks her leg in a fall and Rapunzel has her hands full making sure she rests. Cassandra is absent from the following episode, making it likely she's recovering off-screen.
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This is a plot that focuses on a limb (that is, an arm or a leg, or in the case of some creatures, a wing or flipper), being injured. This can involve it being broken, sprained (ankles are a popular area for spraining for some reason) or [[DislocationDrama dislocated]], but minor injuries (such as grazing one's knee) don't count.
-->'''The Vet''', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat''
This is a plot that focuses on a limb (that is, an arm or a leg, or in the case of some creatures, a wing or flipper), being injured. This can involve it being broken, sprained (ankles are a popular area for spraining for some reason) or [[DislocationDrama dislocated]], but minor injuries (such as grazing one's knee) don't count.
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-->-- '''The Vet''', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat''
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* ''Literature/BedKnobsAndBroomsticks'': Miss Price hurts her ankle at the beginning.
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* ''Literature/BedKnobsAndBroomsticks'': ''Literature/BedknobAndBroomstick'': Miss Price hurts her ankle at the beginning.
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* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}} episode "Earl's Big Jackpot", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the We Say So corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces We Say So to pay Earl $8,000,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
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* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}} ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode "Earl's Big Jackpot", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the We Say So corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces We Say So to pay Earl $8,000,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "Angelica Breaks a Leg", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "Angelica "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg Angelica Breaks a Leg", Leg]]", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Bart of Darkness", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to believe Ned killed Maude.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Bart "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E1BartOfDarkness Bart of Darkness", Darkness]]", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to believe Ned killed Maude.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In the episode "Psychic Fun-Omenon", the short "Rear Window Pain" has Plucky injure his leg and Babs give him some binoculars as a present. When Plucky sees Elmer Fudd growing eggplants and talking to them as if they were his children, he thinks that Elmer is making clones of himself.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
** In the episode"Psychic Fun-Omenon", "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E33PsychicFunOmenonDay Psychic Fun-Omenon Day]]", the short "Rear Window Pain" has Plucky injure his leg and Babs give him some binoculars as a present. When Plucky sees Elmer Fudd growing eggplants and talking to them as if they were his children, he thinks that Elmer is making clones of himself.himself.
** In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E20ItsAWonderfulTinyToonsChristmasSpecial It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]", Montana Max injures his leg skiing in Aspen with Morgan Fairchild and spends the entirety of the episode in a wheelchair, parodying the character of Mr. Potter from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', who was in a wheelchair due to his actor, Lionel Barrymore's real-life health conditions. As a result of his injury, Monty was late to attend rehearsals for the ''Tiny Toons'' prime-time holiday spectacular, and Buster had to cut him from the special. Monty vowed revenge by sabotaging the sketches, resulting in everyone blaming Buster and Monty being hired as the new director of the special (which, thankfully didn't last too long when the network executives saw just how awful Monty's ideas were).
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** In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E20ItsAWonderfulTinyToonsChristmasSpecial It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]", Montana Max injures his leg skiing in Aspen with Morgan Fairchild and spends the entirety of the episode in a wheelchair, parodying the character of Mr. Potter from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', who was in a wheelchair due to his actor, Lionel Barrymore's real-life health conditions. As a result of his injury, Monty was late to attend rehearsals for the ''Tiny Toons'' prime-time holiday spectacular, and Buster had to cut him from the special. Monty vowed revenge by sabotaging the sketches, resulting in everyone blaming Buster and Monty being hired as the new director of the special (which, thankfully didn't last too long when the network executives saw just how awful Monty's ideas were).
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* In the children's book ''Kiss Kiss, Yuck Yuck!'', the main boy Andy wonders why his auntie Elsie is delayed in her visit. It turns out she broke her leg falling off a camel.
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* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go back in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
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* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go back forward in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
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* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Literature/{{Bewitched}}'': ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go back in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
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-->'''The Vet''', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat''
(Intro: I know this is listed under SickEpisode, but I feel it should be separate seeing as {{Indexitis}} and InjuryTropes are separate indexes. I also couldn't find it under either so I'm pretty sure we don't have it.)
This is a plot that focuses on a limb (that is, an arm or a leg, or in the case of some creatures, a wing or flipper), being injured. This can involve it being broken, sprained (ankles are a popular area for spraining for some reason) or [[DislocationDrama dislocated]], but minor injuries (such as grazing one's knee) don't count.
Usually, if it's an arm it means the person can't move that arm or has great difficultly doing so, and if it's a leg that means the person can't walk or has limited mobility. This makes it a popular plot device for rendering someone unable to dance or do sports, meaning someone has to sub for them. And it also makes it a popular injury to fake for the sake of PrankInjuries if they want to get attention or be lazy. In the case of legs it can also lead to someone having to stay in one place, which can lead to situations such as a RearWindowHomage.
Oftentimes, the injury happens with the character falling and then shouting "OwMyBodyPart". Then, they think they're OK, but cry out in pain when they try to use the limb, then they go to the doctor and say that the limb is broken/sprained/etc and not to use it for X amount of time. If it is broken, there might be a SickeningCrunch, and it in any case, when PlayedForDrama, might lead to IWillOnlySlowYouDown.
If it's an animal with the injury, there will usually be one or more worried humans nursing the animal back to health and, in the case of wild animals, keeping the animal until it can walk or fly again.
Can be enforced on TV shows as a result of a WrittenInInfirmity when the actor/actress has a limb injury and they write it into the plot.
Compare AnArmAndALeg and its subtrope LiteralDisarming for when the limbs get outright cut off. It might lead to an InjuredPlayerCharacterStage if it's in a video game. If it's a foot or a digit that's injured, then it's AgonyOfTheFeet or {{Fingore}}.
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!! Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': In "The Castafiore Emerald", Captain Haddock sprains his leg [[MindYourStep falling on a wonky stair]] and needs a wheelchair the majority of the book.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fan Works]]
* In ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'', Ami breaks her arm [[spoiler: punching out the Horned Reaper in a duel]] and must spend part of an episode getting it fixed.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Prerugrats}}'', Spike the dog from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' was described as having broken his leg as a puppy.
* ''FanFic/TommyPicklesVsTheTerribleTwos'': in "Tommy's First Splinter", Belinda breaks her arm after getting into a fight with [[BrattyHalfPint Gloria]], and then Gloria breaks her own arm. Then, in "Tommy Breaks a Leg", [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy]] breaks his leg due to getting hit by a car. He recovers in "Tommy's Purple Hair".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films: Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'': Rita's dad is seen with both arms and both legs in casts.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', Bob the chubby boy who's friends with the bully breaks his arm falling off the roof.
* In ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': ''the Movie'', Buster Bumblechops injures his leg and is in a wheelchair but is better at the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': One of the failed trips to South America was due to Mr Fredrickson ending up wearing a cast.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films: Live Action]]
* In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Audrey has her arm in a cast for an unknown reason for a few scenes.
* In the second ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' movie, [[spoiler: the father comes back with his arm in a sling.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* In the kids' book ''The Accident'', a girl breaks her arm and is unable to go to the zoo, but dreams that she goes to the zoo.
* ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia'': In one of the books focusing on Amelia as a kid, "Amelia Bedelia Dances Off", Amelia's dance instructor Dana breaks her leg in two places.
* ''Literature/AngelinaBallerina'': In one book, Flora sprains her ankle, so somebody else fills in for her.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': In "Metamorphs 2", Tobias spends a lot of time with a broken arm. Oddly, when in hawk form, his wing is broken and morphing usually heals injuries.
* ''Literature/BedKnobsAndBroomsticks'': Miss Price hurts her ankle at the beginning.
* In the ''Literature/ClariceBean'' book "Don't Look Now", [[ThePrankster Karl Wrenbury]] breaks his arm.
* ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld'' has Danny's father injure his leg falling into a hole.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In the first book, Rowley breaks his left hand.
* ''Literature/LittleBear'': A variation. In one story, Lucy the doll's arm breaks in two and Little Bear tapes it up.
* ''Literature/TheMidnightGang'': One of the characters, Amber, is in hospital because ''both'' of her legs are broken and she needs a wheelchair.
* In one ''Literature/MrsPepperpot'' story, Mrs Pepperpot adopts a pig who she names Squiggly because he's got a wonky leg when they first met.
* In one of the ''Literature/SwallowsAndAmazons'' books, Roger injures his leg. He ends up needing a crutch, but only for a day.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Literature/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go back in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
* In an episode of ''Series/BlackBooks'', Bernard gets his left arm in a cast after getting very drunk one night.
* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}} episode "Earl's Big Jackpot", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the We Say So corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces We Say So to pay Earl $8,000,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey breaks his arm jumping off a bed. Enforced by the fact that the actor really did break his arm.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker tears her leg and gets stuck at Leverage HQ.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In one episode, Big Bird sprains his ''wing'' and has to have it in a sling for a while.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** Chief O'Brien dislocates his shoulder twice. Fortunately, Dr Bashir can cure him easily.
** In "Move Along Home", Dax sprains her leg, making her unable to jump, but [[spoiler: it turns out to just be an illusion.]]
* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'': The episode "Worzel's Nephew" has Harry the farm servant sprain his ankle falling off the roof so Worzel's naughty nephew Pickles Bramble fills in for him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* The online game ''Cute Pet Hospital'' has three things that can go wrong with the pets: broken bones, the flu, and ingesting foreign objects. With the broken bones, no matter where the bone reads on the X-ray, it's always the leg that gets casted, and it heals seconds after being casted.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Web Original]]
* In the ''WebOriginal/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior Breaks His Leg!", Junior breaks his leg after jumping off a jungle gym while racing against Joseph. Bowser has Chef Pee Pee give Junior whatever he wants, so there weeks after the leg is healed, he pretends it is still broken to get free stuff from Chef Pee Pee. However, when he confesses, Chef Pee Pee beats him up, breaking his other leg.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'':
** In one episode, Mrs Hodgepodge breaks her leg, which inspires Angelina to fake breaking hers. It doesn't work.
** In an episode called "Hip-Hop Boys", one of the boys injures his leg.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Wheel Deal", Alan "The Brain" Powers sprains his ankle and has to be in a wheelchair for a few days.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', a woman named Mavis hurts her ankle on the jogging machine.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CharlieAndLola'', the episode "Charlie is Broken" focuses on Charlie breaking his arm.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' episode "Run, Doc, Run", Doc sprains her ankle and Dart the toy unicorn fractures her leg. Hallie thinks both need to rest. [[note]] In real life, if you sprain your ankle, resting the ankle itself (i.e. not putting weight on the ankle) is a good idea, but one needn't rest, period. With a wheelchair or similar, you can still do pretty much whatever you want. [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'': In one episode, a man breaks his leg, so Manny has to dance with his dance partner.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'': In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the princess hurts her foot and can't go to the fair, so the queen makes her a makeshift fair.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Toads and Tiaras", Lola trips over a can of hairspray and breaks an arm ''and'' a leg. This happens before a beauty pageant, so Lincoln [[TwinSwitch trains her twin sister Lana to take her place.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': In "Dog Daze", Helen has sprained her ankle, however, it's better at the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/MillyMolly'':
** In "Aunt Maude", Maude breaks her leg and the girls look after her garden while she recovers.
** In. "Sooty", the girls find a cat with an injured leg.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Read it and Weep", it is a variation: Rainbow Dash injures, not a leg, but a wing. This leads to her being hospitalised for a few days and taking up reading out of boredom. The character in the book she was reading also had an injured wing.
* ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'': In one episode, Jess breaks his leg.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': In "Lord of the Nerds", TJ breaks his arm and has to stay inside with a nerdy group of kids called the "Pale Kids" until it heals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "Angelica Breaks a Leg", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' episode "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature", Fred breaks his leg.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Bart of Darkness", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to believe Ned killed Maude.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has the episode "Fractured" where Robin breaks his arm and a reality-warping, inter-dimensional fanboy tries to heal it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In the episode "Psychic Fun-Omenon", the short "Rear Window Pain" has Plucky injure his leg and Babs give him some binoculars as a present. When Plucky sees Elmer Fudd growing eggplants and talking to them as if they were his children, he thinks that Elmer is making clones of himself.
[[/folder]]
-->'''The Vet''', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat''
(Intro: I know this is listed under SickEpisode, but I feel it should be separate seeing as {{Indexitis}} and InjuryTropes are separate indexes. I also couldn't find it under either so I'm pretty sure we don't have it.)
This is a plot that focuses on a limb (that is, an arm or a leg, or in the case of some creatures, a wing or flipper), being injured. This can involve it being broken, sprained (ankles are a popular area for spraining for some reason) or [[DislocationDrama dislocated]], but minor injuries (such as grazing one's knee) don't count.
Usually, if it's an arm it means the person can't move that arm or has great difficultly doing so, and if it's a leg that means the person can't walk or has limited mobility. This makes it a popular plot device for rendering someone unable to dance or do sports, meaning someone has to sub for them. And it also makes it a popular injury to fake for the sake of PrankInjuries if they want to get attention or be lazy. In the case of legs it can also lead to someone having to stay in one place, which can lead to situations such as a RearWindowHomage.
Oftentimes, the injury happens with the character falling and then shouting "OwMyBodyPart". Then, they think they're OK, but cry out in pain when they try to use the limb, then they go to the doctor and say that the limb is broken/sprained/etc and not to use it for X amount of time. If it is broken, there might be a SickeningCrunch, and it in any case, when PlayedForDrama, might lead to IWillOnlySlowYouDown.
If it's an animal with the injury, there will usually be one or more worried humans nursing the animal back to health and, in the case of wild animals, keeping the animal until it can walk or fly again.
Can be enforced on TV shows as a result of a WrittenInInfirmity when the actor/actress has a limb injury and they write it into the plot.
Compare AnArmAndALeg and its subtrope LiteralDisarming for when the limbs get outright cut off. It might lead to an InjuredPlayerCharacterStage if it's in a video game. If it's a foot or a digit that's injured, then it's AgonyOfTheFeet or {{Fingore}}.
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!! Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': In "The Castafiore Emerald", Captain Haddock sprains his leg [[MindYourStep falling on a wonky stair]] and needs a wheelchair the majority of the book.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fan Works]]
* In ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'', Ami breaks her arm [[spoiler: punching out the Horned Reaper in a duel]] and must spend part of an episode getting it fixed.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Prerugrats}}'', Spike the dog from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' was described as having broken his leg as a puppy.
* ''FanFic/TommyPicklesVsTheTerribleTwos'': in "Tommy's First Splinter", Belinda breaks her arm after getting into a fight with [[BrattyHalfPint Gloria]], and then Gloria breaks her own arm. Then, in "Tommy Breaks a Leg", [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy]] breaks his leg due to getting hit by a car. He recovers in "Tommy's Purple Hair".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films: Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'': Rita's dad is seen with both arms and both legs in casts.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', Bob the chubby boy who's friends with the bully breaks his arm falling off the roof.
* In ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': ''the Movie'', Buster Bumblechops injures his leg and is in a wheelchair but is better at the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': One of the failed trips to South America was due to Mr Fredrickson ending up wearing a cast.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films: Live Action]]
* In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Audrey has her arm in a cast for an unknown reason for a few scenes.
* In the second ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' movie, [[spoiler: the father comes back with his arm in a sling.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* In the kids' book ''The Accident'', a girl breaks her arm and is unable to go to the zoo, but dreams that she goes to the zoo.
* ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia'': In one of the books focusing on Amelia as a kid, "Amelia Bedelia Dances Off", Amelia's dance instructor Dana breaks her leg in two places.
* ''Literature/AngelinaBallerina'': In one book, Flora sprains her ankle, so somebody else fills in for her.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': In "Metamorphs 2", Tobias spends a lot of time with a broken arm. Oddly, when in hawk form, his wing is broken and morphing usually heals injuries.
* ''Literature/BedKnobsAndBroomsticks'': Miss Price hurts her ankle at the beginning.
* In the ''Literature/ClariceBean'' book "Don't Look Now", [[ThePrankster Karl Wrenbury]] breaks his arm.
* ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld'' has Danny's father injure his leg falling into a hole.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In the first book, Rowley breaks his left hand.
* ''Literature/LittleBear'': A variation. In one story, Lucy the doll's arm breaks in two and Little Bear tapes it up.
* ''Literature/TheMidnightGang'': One of the characters, Amber, is in hospital because ''both'' of her legs are broken and she needs a wheelchair.
* In one ''Literature/MrsPepperpot'' story, Mrs Pepperpot adopts a pig who she names Squiggly because he's got a wonky leg when they first met.
* In one of the ''Literature/SwallowsAndAmazons'' books, Roger injures his leg. He ends up needing a crutch, but only for a day.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Literature/{{Bewitched}}'': Clara magically gets a newspaper dated for the next day which involves Darrin's boss Larry breaking his leg. Samantha, Clara, and Darrin try to go back in time to prevent Larry from breaking his leg but it turns out that [[spoiler: it happened on the same date ten years ago.]]
* In an episode of ''Series/BlackBooks'', Bernard gets his left arm in a cast after getting very drunk one night.
* In the ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}} episode "Earl's Big Jackpot", Earl Sinclair injures his leg being hit by a falling tree after being forced by Mr. Richfield to work after hours without any pay. Fran and Robbie trick him into suing the We Say So corporation after Mr. Richfield fires him. When Earl wins the lawsuit, the jury forces We Say So to pay Earl $8,000,000,000.00 rather than just the $800.00 Fran and Robbie need for the medical bills. Mr. Richfield blames Earl and raises consumer prices while Earl spends the money lavishly.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey breaks his arm jumping off a bed. Enforced by the fact that the actor really did break his arm.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker tears her leg and gets stuck at Leverage HQ.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In one episode, Big Bird sprains his ''wing'' and has to have it in a sling for a while.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** Chief O'Brien dislocates his shoulder twice. Fortunately, Dr Bashir can cure him easily.
** In "Move Along Home", Dax sprains her leg, making her unable to jump, but [[spoiler: it turns out to just be an illusion.]]
* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'': The episode "Worzel's Nephew" has Harry the farm servant sprain his ankle falling off the roof so Worzel's naughty nephew Pickles Bramble fills in for him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* The online game ''Cute Pet Hospital'' has three things that can go wrong with the pets: broken bones, the flu, and ingesting foreign objects. With the broken bones, no matter where the bone reads on the X-ray, it's always the leg that gets casted, and it heals seconds after being casted.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Web Original]]
* In the ''WebOriginal/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior Breaks His Leg!", Junior breaks his leg after jumping off a jungle gym while racing against Joseph. Bowser has Chef Pee Pee give Junior whatever he wants, so there weeks after the leg is healed, he pretends it is still broken to get free stuff from Chef Pee Pee. However, when he confesses, Chef Pee Pee beats him up, breaking his other leg.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'':
** In one episode, Mrs Hodgepodge breaks her leg, which inspires Angelina to fake breaking hers. It doesn't work.
** In an episode called "Hip-Hop Boys", one of the boys injures his leg.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Wheel Deal", Alan "The Brain" Powers sprains his ankle and has to be in a wheelchair for a few days.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', a woman named Mavis hurts her ankle on the jogging machine.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CharlieAndLola'', the episode "Charlie is Broken" focuses on Charlie breaking his arm.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' episode "Run, Doc, Run", Doc sprains her ankle and Dart the toy unicorn fractures her leg. Hallie thinks both need to rest. [[note]] In real life, if you sprain your ankle, resting the ankle itself (i.e. not putting weight on the ankle) is a good idea, but one needn't rest, period. With a wheelchair or similar, you can still do pretty much whatever you want. [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'': In one episode, a man breaks his leg, so Manny has to dance with his dance partner.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'': In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the princess hurts her foot and can't go to the fair, so the queen makes her a makeshift fair.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Toads and Tiaras", Lola trips over a can of hairspray and breaks an arm ''and'' a leg. This happens before a beauty pageant, so Lincoln [[TwinSwitch trains her twin sister Lana to take her place.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': In "Dog Daze", Helen has sprained her ankle, however, it's better at the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/MillyMolly'':
** In "Aunt Maude", Maude breaks her leg and the girls look after her garden while she recovers.
** In. "Sooty", the girls find a cat with an injured leg.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Read it and Weep", it is a variation: Rainbow Dash injures, not a leg, but a wing. This leads to her being hospitalised for a few days and taking up reading out of boredom. The character in the book she was reading also had an injured wing.
* ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'': In one episode, Jess breaks his leg.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': In "Lord of the Nerds", TJ breaks his arm and has to stay inside with a nerdy group of kids called the "Pale Kids" until it heals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "Angelica Breaks a Leg", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' episode "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature", Fred breaks his leg.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Bart of Darkness", Nelson teases Bart who's about to jump into the pool, resulting in him falling and breaking his leg. Lisa gives him a telescope and he spies on Ned, leading him to believe Ned killed Maude.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has the episode "Fractured" where Robin breaks his arm and a reality-warping, inter-dimensional fanboy tries to heal it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In the episode "Psychic Fun-Omenon", the short "Rear Window Pain" has Plucky injure his leg and Babs give him some binoculars as a present. When Plucky sees Elmer Fudd growing eggplants and talking to them as if they were his children, he thinks that Elmer is making clones of himself.
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