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->'''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]''': "But what about Gary, then? If he doesn't have a disease, why'd he bite all those people, including me?"
->'''Dr. Gil Gilliam''': "Hmm... mm-hmmm... Ahh! The problem's right here: He's got a little splinter in his foot."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Once Bitten"

* This happened ''[[FleetingDemographicRule five times]]'' in ''PokemonTheSeries'':

Not to be confused with: ForWantOfANail, InSpiteOfANail, or IBrokeANail. Compare: AndroclesLion.

* This happened ''[[FleetingDemographicRule five times]]'' in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The Kanto episode "To Master The Onixpected" had Elite Four member Bruno capture an Onix after pulling out a Sandslash that had been lodged between two segments of its rock body.
** The Sinnoh episode "Faced With Steelix Determination" involved a Steelix going on a mad rage near a village of Bidoof because of some shovels that Team Rocket had accidentally jabbed into its head. [[FromBadToWorse Made even worse]] when it was nearing a large lake during its anger (Steelix are Steel and Ground Pokemon and are weak against water). Fortunately, Ash and the gang, with help from the Bidoof, were able to remove the shovels before Steelix could fall into the lake.

** A ''Best Wishes'' episode had a wild Gigalith that was terrorizing town while Ash was battling against Unova Champion Alder. Alder then noticed that Gigalith had a nail stuck in its foot so he removed it.

* This happened ''[[FleetingDemographicRule four times]]'' in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "Little Ed Blue", Ed becomes abnormally grumpy and bad-tempered, and goes on a rampage that genuinely scares the entire cast, all because [[spoiler:he has a pebble in his shoe]]. Edd can't believe that it was all over so small a problem when it's finally resolved and Ed goes back to being his regular happy self.

* This wasn't an actual nail, but there was a ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}[=/=][[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' crossover story where Hulk is on a rampage and Superman discovers a tiny little machine is emitting a sound that is driving Hulk crazy. Superman destroys it and soon after Hulk begins to calm down.

* The folk tale ''The Lion and the Mouse''. Mostly likely the UrExample of this trope.

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', Carcharoth was already evil and violent to begin with when he ate the hand of Beren, which caused him to go on a mindless rampage - probably because the hand in question was holding a silmaril at the time, meaning that Carcharoth's guts were engulfed in constant burning agony. Possibly one of the most extreme examples of this trope--both in terms of deadliness of rampage and the pain.

* Heartwarming example with a tiger [[http://quixylvre.tumblr.com/post/97038482448 here]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', the giant flaming squirrel rampaging through Townsville turns out to be saying "Help! Put me out! I'm on fire!" in Spanish. Bubbles is able to translate thanks to her ability to speak Spanish. Blossom is able to put out the fire with her ice breath. The bulk of the episode is then dedicated to Buttercup trying to find her own special power.

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->'''[[[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]]]''': "But what about Gary, then? If he doesn't have a disease, why'd he bite all those people, including me?"

Not to be confused with: ForWantOfANail. Or IBrokeANail. Compare: AndroclesLion.

* This wasn't an actual nail, but there was a ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}[=/=][[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' crossover story where Hulk is on a rampage and Superman discovers a tiny little machine is emitting a sound that is driving Hulk crazy. Superman destroys it and soon after Hulk begins to calm down.

* Heartwarming example with a tiger [[http://quixylvre.tumblr.com/post/97038482448 here]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', this is how Danny meets Frostbite.

* This wasn't an actual nail, but there was a ''ComicBook{{Superman}}/[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' crossover story where Hulk is on a rampage and Superman discovers a tiny little machine is emitting a sound that is driving Hulk crazy. Superman destroys it and soon after Hulk begins to calm down.

* This wasn't an actual nail, but there was a ''{{Superman}}/[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' crossover story where Hulk is on a rampage and Superman discovers a tiny little machine is emitting a sound that is driving Hulk crazy. Superman destroys it and soon after Hulk begins to calm down.

* ''WesternAnimation/Mickeymouse2013'': "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E9TheBoilerRoom The Boiler Room]]", the boiler initially attacks Mickey due to a pipe being blocked by a wrench. Once the wrench is removed, the boiler immediately stops being hostile

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatAcartoonShow'': The lion in the second Yuckie Duck short "I'm On My Way" gets a tack stuck in his rear end.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DinotopiaQuestFortherubysunstone'', 26 helps Stinktooth out with a splinter stuck in his teeth, after which he considerably mellows out and [[HeelFaceturn befriends the heroes]].