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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Read it and Weep", Rainbow Dash injures 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.

* 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/RocketPower'' has the episode "Big Air Dare" in which Otto and Reggie contemptuously have a snowboarding race on the titular off-limits slope meant for experienced adults. While Reggie stops herself from taking the jump, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Otto flies off and breaks his leg]]. Had Otto listened to the ski patrol guard in the first place, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot such issue wouldn't have occurred]]. 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' has the episode "Big Air Dare" in which Otto and Reggie contemptuously have a snowboarding race on an off-limits slope meant for experienced adults. While Reggie stops herself from taking the jump, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Otto flies off and breaks his leg]]. Had Otto listened to the ski patrol guard in the first place, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot such issue wouldn't have occurred]]. 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' has the episode "Big Air Dare" in which Otto and Reggie 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.

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'' had an episode where Reed had desk duty because he had an injured arm in a cast. While he works in the public information area, Malloy goes on patrol with a temporary partner.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'': Luna suffers an injured leg from a stray laser blast during her attempted escape from Diablo's forces, leaving her out of action for a large chunk of the film with Shizuka staying with Luna in Moonbit town nursing her with one of Doraemon's gadgets, and Doraemon and the boys going on a solo rescue mission. She did heal before the film's climax, arriving just in time alongside Shizuka and the Moonbits to save the others in a BigDamnHeroes moment.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'': Luna suffers an injured leg from a stray laser blast during her attempted escape from Diablo's forces, leaving her out of action for a large chunk of the film with Shizuka staying with Luna in Moonbit town nursing her with one of Doraemon's gadgets, and Doraemon and the boys going on a solo rescue mission. She did heal in before the film's climax, arriving just in time alongside Shizuka and the Moonbits to save the others in a BigDamnHeroes moment.

** In "Phoebe Breaks a Leg", Phoebe injures her leg when she walks into the path of a bus while trying to carry Helga's stuff, which obstructs her view, to school. Feeling guilty, Helga decides to do nice things for Phoebe until her leg heals. Phoebe enjoys having Helga doing nice things for her so much, that by the time her leg heals, she [[ObfuscatingDisability pretends it is still injured]] [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity so that Helga will continue to do nice things for her]]. At the end of the episode, [[HereWeGoAgain Helga injures her leg when Phoebe saves her from an incoming truck]], and [[StatusQuoIsGod Phoebe is now back to doing nice things for her]].

** Zigzagged. One episode is ''called'' "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg Angelica Breaks a Leg]]", but she doesn't really, she's just faking. However, a background character[[spoiler:, whose [[FileMixUp x-ray was mixed up with Angelica's,]] and eventually Charlotte do break their legs.

** Downplayed with Helga in "Biosquare", as she is seen [[NoodleIncident wearing a sling]] when she and Arnold present their project in class. While the episode serves as a flashback as to what happened before the presentation, it is never explained how Helga hurt herself in the first place.

** Downplayed with Helga in "Biosquare", as she is seen [[NoodleIncident wearing a sling]] when she and Arnold present their project in class. It is never explained how she hurt herself in the first place.

** 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.

** Downplayed with Helga in "Biosquare", as she is seen [[NoodleIncident wearing a sling]] when she and Arnold present their project in class. Apparently, she broke or dislocated her arm after she broke the dripping faucet while she and Arnold spent the night in his greenhouse.
** In "Phoebe Breaks a Leg", Phoebe injures her leg when she walks into the path of a bus while trying to carry Helga's stuff, which obstructs her view, to school. Feeling guilty, Helga decides to do nice things for Phoebe until her leg heals. Phoebe enjoys having Helga doing nice things for her so much, that by the time her leg heals, she [[ObfuscatingDisability pretends it is still injured]] [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity so that Helga will continue to do nice things for her]]. At the end of the episode, [[HereWeGoAgain Helga injures her leg when Phoebe saves her from an incoming truck]], and [[StatusQuoIsGod Phoebe is now back to doing nice things for her]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Phoebe Breaks a Leg", Phoebe injures her leg when she walks into the path of a bus while trying to carry Helga's stuff, which obstructs her view, to school. Feeling guilty, Helga decides to do nice things for Phoebe until her leg heals. Phoebe enjoys having Helga doing nice things for her so much, that by the time her leg heals, she [[ObfuscatingDisability pretends it is still injured]] [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity so that Helga will continue to do nice things for her]]. At the end of the episode, [[HereWeGoAgain Helga injures her leg when Phoebe saves her from an incoming truck]], and [[StatusQuoIsGod Phoebe is now back to doing nice things for her]].

* In the ''Literature/FernHollow'' story "Muddles at the Manor", the titular muddles start when Lord Trundle's gardener Blodger breaks his leg. Lord Trundle hires a couple kids to fill in while Blodger recovers and... well, that's why the story is called "''Muddles'' at the Manor."

* In the ''Literature/FernHollow'' story "Muddles at the Manor", the titular muddles start when Lord Trundle's gardener Blodger breaks his leg. Lord Trundle hires a couple kids to fill in while Blodger recovers and... well, that's why the story is called "_Muddles_ at the Manor."

* ''WesternAnimation/BerenstainBears'': In "The Excuse Note", Sister Bear sprains her ankle and exploits sitting out gym class, which she dislikes despite being generally active.