History Main / MutilationConga

A character gradually accumulates injuries over the course of a story, but rather than [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished shrug them off]], he shows the traces of every one of them, and ends up a bleeding, black-eyed ImplacableMan limping toward his goal. He quite literally looks like the world has [[TheChewToy chewed him up]] and [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth spat him back out]].

Expect a lot of ClothingDamage, and an attitude of TranquilFury. Can be just as easily PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama — the latter can work as a subversion of JustAFleshWound, as it shows that what doesn't kill you can still slow you down a hell of a lot.

* By the end of ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', Showalter is not only fuming from the PlethoraOfMistakes, but also limping from Shep's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and bleeding heavily from a gunshot to the jaw.

* Wolfgang Smith in the ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'' is initally described to be very normal looking man, especially next to his tall, skeletal brother Ludwig. He then starts losing bodyparts in several incidents: he loses his right ear when a spark plug flies off from a burning car, Bond knocks out several of his teeth with a piece of marble, he loses four fingers from his left hand when they are caught between two colliding barges, and lastly, [[spoiler:his legs are sliced off when a towrope cuts off and whips across the deck of the ship he's on]].

* In ''Videogame/SpecOpsTheLine'', Captain Walker becomes increasingly scarred as the game progresses; by the end, he's covered in burns, and walks with a heavy limp, and his voice goes from crisp and concise military jargon to parched and bloodthirsty curses. The physical damage also reflects his SanitySlippage.

* The main character of ''WebVideo/TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon'' is beaten to death with a spoon. For years on end. By the end his body is just one giant bruise.

* Lisbeth in ''Film/TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire'', after a [[spoiler:gunshot to the head, being BuriedAlive in a shallow grave, and survivng an epic fight with her father]], is so bloodied up that her badass DumbMuscle half-brother takes one look at her and runs for his life, thinking she's a zombie.

A character gradually accumulates AmusingInjuries over the course of a story, but rather than [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished shrug them off]], he shows the traces of every one of them, and ends up a bleeding, black-eyed ImplacableMan limping toward his goal. He quite literally looks like the world has [[TheChewToy chewed him up]] and [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth spat him back out]].

Compare: CrushParade when characters and objects are repeatedly run over and trampled by different things; ScarsAreForever when a character bears the marks of past injuries for the rest of his life. SerialProstheses might result from this. Contrast DeathByDisfigurement, where one lasting wound will spell a death sentence not very sooner.

Expect a lot of ClothingDamage, and an attitude of TranquilFury. Can be just as easily PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama -- the latter can work as a subversion of JustAFleshWound, as it shows that what doesn't kill you can still slow you down a hell of a lot.

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* The T-800 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': first he cuts off the outer flesh of one arm to prove he is what he claims to be, then he gets shot up by the cops and beaten up by the T-1000. By the end, he's been impaled through his torso, his legs barely function, one of his arms is completely torn off and a large chunk of flesh is missing from his face:

Expect a lot of ClothingDamage, and an attitude of TranquilFury. Can be just as easily PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama - the latter can work as a subversion of JustAFleshWound, as it shows that what doesn't kill you can still slow you down a hell of a lot.

* Happens to the hero of ''FanFic/SleepingWithTheGirls'' over the course of his adventures, and manages to be played for both Drama and Laughs at the same time.

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* ''WebVideo/HappyTreeFriends'' Practically every episode.

* The T-800 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': first he cuts off the outer flesh of one arm to prove he is what he claims to be, then he gets shot up by the cops and beaten up by the T-1000. By the end, he has a massive hole in his torso, his legs barely function, one of his arms is completely torn off and a large chunk of flesh is missing from his face:

* The T-800 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': first he cuts off the outer flesh of one arm, then he gets shot up by the cops and beaten up by the T-1000. By the end:

* Tlan Imass in ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. Being {{Undead}}, this doesn't necessarily slow them down much.

Do not confuse with HumiliationConga.

* One WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon ("WesternAnimation/Mouse Trouble", 1944) has Tom showing the cumulative effects of each bit of comic mayhem befalling him -- completely atypical of the usual business.

* One ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon ("Mouse Trouble", 1944) has Tom showing the cumulative effects of each bit of comic mayhem befalling him -- completely atypical of the usual business.

* Lisbeth in ''Film/TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire'', after a [[spoiler:gunshot to the head, being BuriedAlive in a shallow grave, and survivng an epic fight with her father]], is so bloodied up that her {{Badass}} DumbMuscle half-brother takes one look at her and runs for his life, thinking she's a zombie.

* Ash during the course of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' trilogy.

* Boris the Bullet Dodger in ''Film/{{Snatch}}''.
* Ken suffers from this in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda''

* Wolgang Smith in the ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'' is initally described to be very normal looking man, especially next to his tall, skeletal brother Ludwig. He then starts losing bodyparts in several incidents: he loses his right ear when a spark plug flies off from a burning car, Bond knocks out several of his teeth with a piece of marble, he loses four fingers from his left hand when they are caught between two colliding barges, and lastly, [[spoiler:his legs are sliced off when a towrope cuts off and whips across the deck of the ship he's on]].

* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is a non-comedic example.

* Appears frequently in the works of JackChalker, though given Chalker's [[AuthorAppeal other interests]], the actual mechanism is frequently (but not always) a BalefulPolymorph. Chalker actually addressed this through an AuthorAvatar near the end of ''The Messiah Choice''; heroic tales require genuine sacrifice on a heroic scale

* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' series, Vlad Taltos also seems to be accumulating injuries, to the point that Steven Brust [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] it with a Creator/TimPowers {{pastiche}} as part of an extended joke at the end of ''Iorich''.

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* Tlan Imass in ''MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. Being {{Undead}}, this doesn't necessarily slow them down much.

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* The health meter in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was a picture of a guy's face getting progressively bloodier and beaten up the more damage the player took.

* RecurringBoss examples include Klungo in ''BanjoTooie'' and King Bulblin in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''.

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* One WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon (''Mouse Trouble'', 1944) had Tom showing the cumulative effects of each bit of comic mayhem befalling him -- completely atypical of the usual business.

* One WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon had Tom showing the cumulative effects of each bit of comic mayhem befalling him -- completely atypical of the usual business.

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* Happens to virtually every male main character in ''RanmaOneHalf'' at some point in the series.

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* Herr Starr in ''{{Preacher}}''.
* [[InspectorJavert Officer]] [[TalkingAnimal Stomponato]] in {{Transmetropolitan}}.

* Appears frequently in the works of JackChalker, though given Chalker's [[AuthorAppeal other interests]], the actual mechanism is frequently (but not always) a BalefulPolymorph. Chalker actually addressed this through an AuthorAvatar near the end of ''The Messiah Choice'' heroic tales require genuine sacrifice on a heroic scale

* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] has this happen multiple times, from the classic "Springfield Gorge" aftermath, and the time he tried to prove to Marge he loved her and ended up going through a bed of roses before falling out the aeroplane.
* This sometimes happened to Finn in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
* One WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon had Tom showing the cumulative effects of each bit of comic mayhem befalling him - completely atypical of the usual business.