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10	->'''Friend:''' I hope you burn in hell!\
11	'''Me:''' I hope you step on a Toys/{{LEGO}} in the dark.\
12	'''Friend:''' ''(gasps)'' Take that back!
13	-->-- '''Quote from {{Website/Twitter}} (thread since deleted)'''
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15	[[EyeScream Eyes]], [[TheToothHurts teeth]], [[TongueTrauma tongues]], [[GroinAttack genitalia]], and [[{{Fingore}} fingers]] are all extremely sensitive and fragile body parts... and so are our feet and toes. Just like [[{{Fingore}} our other appendages and digits]], both the feet and their toes are full of nerve endings and blood vessels, and as such are highly vulnerable to painful things happening to them.
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17	This trope occurs if something painful happens to your characters' toe, toes, foot, or feet, and the situation is used as a dramatic device or a plot point. It's usually PlayedForDrama and/or [[PlayedForHorror for horror]] or [[BlackComedy dark comedy]]. Audience will instantly sympathize with any characters that fall victim to this trope.
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19	!! Can come about in two ways:
20	#'''Accident:''' The character accidentally steps on something, accidentally kicks something hard, or somebody accidentally drops something on their feet or toes. Or the character has no choice and must walk barefoot for a long time in extreme conditions. And stuff like that.
21	#'''Deliberate:''' Another person/entity deliberately causes pain on somebody's toes or feet as cruel discipline or torture.
22
23	!! What can happen:
24	* Toes broken (one by one for extra effect);
25	* [[HurtFootHop A character hits something hard or heavy with their toe, stubbing it]];
26	* Toes cut off, shot off, bitten off, ripped out, or eaten;
27	* Toenails torn off, pulled out, or spiked with long sharp objects;
28	* Toes or feet injured by broken glass or other sharp objects;
29	* Toes or feet exposed to frost, extreme heat, or dangerous chemicals;
30	* Toes or feet crushed between heavy objects or machine parts (bones get crushed and flesh gets mangled);
31	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_whipping Foot whipping]]/beating (hitting bare feet as torture or punishment);
32	* A PeriodPiece set in ImperialChina may reference the status symbol of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding binding girls' feet to make them grow into hooflike shapes]];
33	* AllWomenLoveShoes but damn, they hurt badly if they're too small or too tight (especially [[HighHeelHurt heels]]);
34	* [[IBrokeANail A toenail is broken]];
35	* [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking STEPPING ON A LEGO BRICK.]]
36
37	Makes you wince, doesn't it?
38
39	Most people in real life can relate to foot and toe injuries since they tend to be very common in everyday life. This makes toenail, toe, or foot severing very hard to watch or read about because it effectively makes viewers feel the character's pain. Also -- loss of toes is nastier than people might generally assume, as losing even minor toes can cause serious damage to our ability to balance and walk.
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41	Sometimes the toes or feet can be [[CartoonThrobbing comedically throbbing]]. HighHeelHurt is a common sub-trope. Compare AnArmAndALeg, where an entire limb is lost; and ImpaledPalm, where the hand palm is pierced by some object. May overlap with TwistedAnkle (any injury which causes a fleeing victim to become slowed, giving his pursuer a better chance to catch up). See also ColdBloodedTorture, MutilationInterrogation, and ATasteOfTheLash. May result in a HurtFootHop. See CrueltyByFeet for the ''inversion'' of this trope.
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43	This happens far too often in RealLife, so Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease
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45	(The trope name is a play on the famous slogan of ''Series/WideWorldOfSports'': "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.'')
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47	[[noreallife]]
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49	!!Example subpages
50
51	[[index]]
52	* AgonyOfTheFeet/AnimeAndManga
53	* AgonyOfTheFeet/ComicBooks
54	* [[AgonyOfTheFeet/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
55	* [[AgonyOfTheFeet/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
56	* AgonyOfTheFeet/{{Literature}}
57	* AgonyOfTheFeet/LiveActionTV
58	* AgonyOfTheFeet/VideoGames
59	* AgonyOfTheFeet/{{Webcomics}}
60	* AgonyOfTheFeet/WesternAnimation
61	[[/index]]
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64	[[foldercontrol]]
65
66	[[folder:Advertising]]
67	* In a ''Advertising/ClaudeTheCat'' video, Claude puts his paw on part of an electric blanket that is too hot, and ''smoke'' comes off the paw.
68	* This makes up most of the ire of Grumble from the ''Advertising/{{Freakies}}''. He's grumpy because he has big feet. Having big feet means they always hurt, and the other Freakies always step on them. Most of the time, it's pure accident due to his foot size, though Goody-Goody is the only one to ''purposefully'' step on them.
69	* In the work safety PSA ''[[https://youtu.be/5NVYRILmK24 Will You Be Here Tomorrow?]]'', a woman has her foot run over by a forklift.
70	* One Albertsons commercial, featuring Patricia Heaton, shows her going downstairs in her bare feet and stepping on her child's dinosaur toy. This causes her to [[HurtFootHop painfully hop around on one foot,]] until she sees some Albertsons coupons on a nearby coffee table and sits down to look them over, having seemingly forgotten all about her pain.
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
74	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': When Mechamato un-mechanises with a fire hydrant, [=MechaBot=] can only hold it briefly before dropping it due to its weight. However, once he does, Amato winces, looks down at his foot under the fire hydrant and screams.
75	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In ''Flying Island: The Sky Adventure'' episode 44, one of the Elder Stars has a ball and chain as a possible prop for the Elder Stars' show, and he spins it around. The ''spiky'' ball on the chain detaches and lands on Wolffy's foot, causing him great pain that he's able to keep under control somehow.
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder:Audio Plays]]
79	* During a battle in ''AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves'', Robin ends up without shoes and winds up cutting his feet up badly and has them stamped on by an opponent.
80	[[/folder]]
81
82	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
83	* The "too-small shoes" variant is used in a ''ComicStrip/{{Herman}}'' strip, showing a man with his feet in a bucket of water being [[IToldYouSo told "I told you not to buy size ten!"]] by his wife.
84	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': On one Christmas Eve strip, Calvin and Hobbes hear a loud thump from downstairs and the latter thinks it's Santa coming down the chimney. The last panel reveals the sound came from Calvin's father who dropped a huge present for Calvin on his foot.
85	-->'''Dad''': [[{{Angrish}} Slippin-rippin-dang-fang-rotten-zarg-barg-a-ding-dong!]]\
86	'''Mom''': Quiet, dear! Calvin will hear you!
87	[[/folder]]
88
89	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
90	* In Creator/FranzXaverVonSchonwerth's "Literature/KingGoldenlocks", the main character joins a battle as an anonymous soldier and gets wounded in the foot. Later, the king notices his injury and realizes that he is the nameless knight who saved his life.
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	[[folder:Fan Works]]
94	* In ''Fanfic/BlessedWithAHerosHeart'', Aqua gets angry when one of Izuku's slave girls, Liza, calls her "dummy", so she replies by trying to kick her in the leg. For context, Liza is a [[LizardFolk Gator-girl]] whose limbs are reptilian and covered in scales harder than stone, so all Aqua gets for her trouble is hurting her foot.
95	* ''Fanfic/CabinFeverSouthernHearts'': After escaping the Fire Nation's waterbender prison, Katara's bare feet ache from walking on rough terrain -- not helped by her malnourished state and the fact that she has been locked up in a cage for years.
96	* In ''Fanfic/DitzyDoosDismallyDerpyDay'', Ditzy is kicking clumps of dirt and mistakes a half-buried rock for one. She cracks a hoof up to the quick.
97	* ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'': Machi tries to get Klavier to release his arm by stomping on the man's foot. It doesn't work as Klavier is wearing motorcycle boots and ends up hurting his own feet.
98	* ''Fanfic/FateKill'': Akame gets injured in battle and later wakes up in bed. When Selka and Elaine imply Shirou was injured, Akame frantically jumps out of bed and runs around town looking for him, forgetting to put her shoes on (or any other clothes besides the hospital gown she woke up in). By the time she finds Shirou, her feet are dirty and have blisters. Fortunately, Shirou quickly heals her.
99	* In ''Fanfic/HatchYaLater'' Mepple stomps on Kabaton's foot for stealing his egg.
100	* There's an old ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' {{fanon}} that has Taiwan subjected to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding foot binding]] during the time she lived with ImperialChina. It has sometimes popped up in [[http://whitesin.livejournal.com/14434.html fan fiction]] and [[http://hetalia.livejournal.com/95171.html#cutid7 fan art]].
101	* ''Fanfic/InPursuitOfASingleIdeal'': In his fight with Diarmuid, Shirou stomps on his foot hard enough to break it.
102	* This is a running gag in fan comics of ''WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle'' by the Website/DeviantArt user [=YiYo666=].
103	* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'': Captain Barnacles slams his {{cane\|fu}} into [[AbusiveParents Humphrey's]] hoof to keep him away from Deborah.
104	* Asuka ends up getting shot in the foot in ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'', and it's mentioned that she might end up losing a toe. [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction She doesn't particularly care]] [[spoiler:since she's more concerned with the fact that her boyfriend and most of their friends were hospitalized during the same incident.]]
105	* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ALoadOfBulk'' when Lynn notes that because Lana has grown really beefy, the only way she could hurt herself with the weights is if she dropped one on her foot.
106	* ''VideoGame/PokemonWack'': The Plastic-type move Lego Trap involves setting up the titular product on the opposite side of the field as an entry hazard, hurting all non-airborne Pokemon when they switch in. This is a nod to how painful stepping on Lego is in real life.
107	* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': When someone annoys one Minisuka, she summons her mini-lance and aims for the shin or the ankle.
108	* ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsDinner'' has Homer injure his feet twice, first when he drops a hammer on them and later when he slams the foot on them when going home.
109	-->'''Homer:''' Not again on my foot.
110	* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26119906/chapters/63537721 Stay Tuned]]'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Ratchet's]] captors force him to walk on a red-hot grill in one of their videos to Optimus.
111	* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', after Wapol [[ItMakesSenseInContext ate himself until only his chin remained]], Cross gets the idea to kick the helpless Wapol like a football. Unfortunately for Cross, the compressed Wapol still weighs as much as the real Wapol, meaning Cross only managed to hurt his own foot.
112	* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'':
113	** During their fight, Ichigo uses Yūrei no Ken to nail Rukia's feet to the ground, only to then hit her hard enough for her feet to be torn free.
114	** During their fight, Renji stomps on Ichigo's foot and breaks it. After he wins, Ichigo pays him back by stomping on both of his feet and breaking them.
115	* There's a real lovely moment in ''FanFic/WarboundWidow'' where [[CuteBruiser Jane Crocker]] gets all the flesh on the sole of her feet melted off while being subjected to ColdBloodedTorture.
116	* ''Fanfic/WedLocked'': While learning to dance, Marinette accidentally repeatedly steps on the feet of her dancing instructor.
117	* ''Fanfic/WhatIfGokuWonAgainstMasterRoshi'': When Goku and Jackie Chun have their climatic CrossCounter, Goku [[ManBitesMan bites Chun's foot]], lessening the force of his kick. Consequently, Goku remains conscious long enough to declare victory.
118	* ''Fanfic/TheWrathOfAvelina'': After putting her curse on him, Avelina steps on Camilo's foot on purpose while fleeing.
119	[[/folder]]
120
121	[[folder:Gamebooks]]
122	* In ''Literature/GrailQuest 4: Voyage of Terror'', when Pip is given the option to pick a lock or kicking the door open, kicking is a bad choice:
123	-->''That hasn't done your foot any good. Didn't you remember you were only wearing light little sandals? Deduct 3 from your current [[HitPoints LIFE POINTS]] and limp a little.''
124	[[/folder]]
125
126	[[folder:Music]]
127	* In the last verse of Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville", the singer steps on a discarded pop-top pull tab, having previously damaged and discarded his flip-flop footwear. His heel is cut, and he returns home to drink more margaritas.
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:Music Videos]]
131	* Although it can't be seen in the finished video, the behind-the-scenes for Music/LindseyStirling's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6LD2B_kDQ Elements]]" shows it was rather painful to make; she wore thin sandals in a forest full of prickly plants, and had to dance and spin barefoot on a salt flat.
132	* Seen in the Reagan / Chernyenko bout in Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Two Tribes."
133	* Music/DuranDuran burned their feet while recording the "Save a Prayer" music video since they couldn't wear shoes while visiting the Buddhist shrine. They managed to hide their pain in the final video.
134	* In the video clip of "In Time to Voices" (Blood Red Shoes), the singer is arm wrestling with a barefoot man and she stomps on his instep with her heel and digs a hole in his foot, winning the competition.
135	[[/folder]]
136
137	[[folder:Pinballs]]
138	* ''Pinball/WhiteWater'' has the Bigfoot Hot Foot, where a lit match between Bigfoot's toes is used to distract him, allowing the player to sneak into his cave.
139	[[/folder]]
140
141	[[folder:Podcasts]]
142	* In the ''Podcast/MythsAndLegends'' episode on ''Mulan'', Jason describes foot binding in China is akin to this.
143	* Near the end of season 3 of ''Podcast/TheWhiteVault'', Simon falls back from being punched and impales his ankle on a guanaco bone. Eva pulls out the bone and is able to perform some degree of first aid, but shortly afterwards, he is trapped alone in the antechamber cave for about a week. By the time he is rescued and brought back to where he can receive medical help, the wound has become so infected that his foot has to be amputated.
144	[[/folder]]
145
146	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
147	* In February 1995, there was a battle royal on Wrestling/{{W\|orld Wrestling Federation}}WF TV. During the match, Wrestling/JerryLawler went over the top rope and landed on one foot (the rule is a wrestler has to go over the top rope and have ''both feet'' touch the ground to be eliminated). Lawler hopped around ringside on one foot avoiding the other wrestlers until Wrestling/BretHart came down to ringside and stomped on Lawler's foot, causing him to put his other foot down and officially be eliminated. For weeks afterwards, when Lawler was appearing on commentary, he was shown with his one foot bandaged.
148	* On ''Wrestling/SaturdayNightsMainEvent'', Wrestling/JakeRoberts faced Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. During the match, Jake repeatedly stomped on Kamala's bare feet.
149	* A quick comedic moment came on the third Wrestling/RingOfHonor show Wrestling/LowKi and then-newcomer Wrestling/AJStyles tried to kick each other at the same time and instead sent each other's ankles together, causing them both to stagger.
150	* "A barefoot match" is a rare {{gimmick match\|es}} usually played for laughs. ''LLF Noche Extrema Vol. 8'', which featured a {{tag team}} [[GarbageWrestler extreme rules]] barefoot match was played a bit more seriously though.
151	* In a 2005 match, Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger tried a Vertical Suplex on Wrestling/SamoaJoe, but seemingly couldn't lift him. Then Liger stomps on Joe's foot, and when Joe jumps up in pain, Liger uses that momentum to lift him for the suplex.
152	* Stomps and punches to the toes are calling cards of Fred Yehi, who spends most of his matches attacking the very weakest parts of the body. If the promotion in question doesn't slap him for small joint manipulation anyway.
153	* In a 2014 match, Wrestling/JoeyRyan pulled off [[Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Matt Jackson's]] shoe and then dropped him onto a pile of thumbtacks.
154	* One time, Wrestling/RandyOrton dropped a sledgehammer on Wrestling/EricBischoff's foot.
155	* At ''Mystery Vortex IV'', Wrestling/TheYoungBucks stomped on Wrestling/MattRiddle's bare feet, and even Superkicked his foot. The damage made Matt hurt himself when he tried to kick them. In other matches, pragmatic opponents will often attack his feet. One time, Wrestling/MartyScurll snapped his toe.
156	* Fallah Bahh wrestles barefoot, so his opponents will often stomp on his feet, and Wrestling/SamiCallihan even bit his foot.
157	* At ''Fyter Fest 2019'', Wrestling/JonMoxley pulled off Wrestling/JoeyJanela's shoes and socks and then dropped him onto a pile of thumbtacks.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Radio]]
161	* In ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': Protagonist Pip Bin is meeting with the King of England and having a nice conversation when the king suddenly yells out in pain. It's his foot... Actually, it's both of them.
162	-->'''King:''' Arrgghh, the pain, the damnable pain! Sorry, it's just this gout, it feels exactly like a child stabbing me in the foot with a fork.\
163	'''Pip Bin:''' Umm... Sire, you do have a small child stabbing you in the foot with a fork.\
164	'''King:''' Yes, I know that. The gout is in the other foot. The child is to equalize the pain across both feet.\
165	'''King:''' Arrrgggh, the pain, the damnable pain! Sorry, it's just this child stabbing me in the foot with a fork. Feels just like gout. Aaaaggghhhh, the gout! Aaagggh the child!
166	* The ''Suspense!'' episode "Too Hot to Live"[[note]]later adapted into an episode of the TV show, and remade twice for the radio[[/note]] follows the ex-soldier Jefferson, who gets falsely accused of murder on a scorching summer day. Having earlier dropped off his worn-out shoes at a repair shop, his runs from the law subject his feet to burns from the pavement, and cuts from jagged rocks. Jefferson's narration provides first-person descriptions of the pain.
167	[[/folder]]
168
169	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
170	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
171	** In addition to [[DropTheCaltrops caltrops]], several spells have the ability to turn the ground spiky, making the terrain difficult to travel through (unless, of course, you can fly) and do damage. These include ''spike growth'' (makes plants spiky) and ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stone spikes]]''. Then there's the exceedingly hilarious ''transmute rock to lava''.
172	** Also, it's canon in-game that when Dwarves and Gnomes fight giants, they smack them on the toes with their melee weapons unless they're using polearms, in which case they aim [[GroinAttack a bit higher]].
173	[[/folder]]
174
175	[[folder:Theatre]]
176	* PlayedForDrama despite the semi-comic singing of the scene in ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''. Monastatos brags about having captured Papageno and Tamina, as they were escaping, and Sarastro "rewards" him with "[[SarcasmMode only]] seventy-seven strokes on the soles" (a reference to [[ATasteOfTheLash foot-whipping]], a real-life torture practice).
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
180	* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'': The Tower is a GiantWoman with a CompellingVoice who [[AGodAmI considers herself to be an unbeatable god]], and at least one of the [[HearingVoices voices in your head]] is inclined to agree. If you manage to get past all that and slay her anyway, it's through this trope; you begin your attack against her by stabbing her in the ankle and cutting her Achilles tendon, forcing her to her knees and bringing her heart close enough for you to strike a deathblow.
181	[[/folder]]
182
183	[[folder:Web Animation]]
184	* ''WebAnimation/AstroLOLogy'':
185	** In "Pinheads", Gemini disguise themselves as a woman to mess up Taurus while he's about to bowl, causing him to drop the ball on his foot.
186	** In "Hot Christmas", Scorpio hides mousetraps in the snow to catch whoever keeps rebuilding his snowman. The next day, he sees that they still did and he ends up stepping on a mousetrap himself, falling over and onto the others.
187	** In "Leo's Many Faces", Leo's training involves stepping on hot coals.
188	** Another Scorpio example in "You Won't Like Scorpio When He's Mad", where he [[HulkingOut Hulks Out]] after stepping on a plastic brick.
189	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Happy Trails Part 2", Giggles gets stung by a jellyfish while spearfishing. This causes her foot to swell up to ''four times'' her size, killing her from infection.
190	** In "Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!", Flaky steps on a wooden board with an exposed nail that impales her foot and splits it in half. When chased by an incoming avalanche, she is ''forced to impale her second foot on the board'' in order to escape.
191	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "the process", the Cheat not only gives Bubs a hotfoot ("Ooh! Hot mama!"), he sticks Bubs' other foot in [[ScaryStingingSwarm a nest of angry bees]]. ("Yeow! Hot bees!")
192	* In the ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsDigitalSeries'' short "Too Hot to Handle", Pinkie Pie tries to bring snow cones to her friends at the beach. As she does, she runs into many obstacles along the way. One of which being to figure out how to cross the hot sand while barefoot.
193	* In the premiere of ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' season 6, Boomstick gets stabbed in the foot with the Trident of Neptune by Wiz after quoting Bane. What makes this even more callous from Wiz is that Boomstick [[ArtificialLimbs only has one foot]].
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Web Original]]
197	* In chapter 5 of ''Literature/ScrambledEgg'', Snorrv bludgeons Trellorv's left foot with a spiked club. This causes Trellorv to drop the boulder he's carrying on his right foot, breaking his toes.
198	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Skitter cuts off several of [[MadBomber Bakuda's]] toes, as she was using toe rings to set off her bombs.
199	* ''Literature/{{Skipjack}}'' has Captain Jackie step on her glasses and get her heel pierced by an intact lens, making her the only casualty from what should've been a devastating depressurization incident.
200	* An online T-shirt company at one time had a FunTShirt featuring soldiers shoving a giant Franchise/{{LEGO}} brick under the bare foot of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.
201	[[/folder]]
202
203	[[folder:Web Videos]]
204	* The Atari 5200 episode in ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has James picking up an old TV. The cord for the plug gets caught in the radiator valve and as soon as he pulls it away from the window...
205	-->'''James:''' AHHHHHHHHHH!!! [[ClusterFBomb Fuck! Fuck! Fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck!]]
206	* One episode of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has Vax fall unconscious with his foot ''submerged in molten lava'', which burns off several toes and requires many rounds of daily healing from the party cleric before it's functional again.
207	* In WebOriginal/{{LOLNEIN}}'s song "Battle of the Shampoo Bottles", the titular shampoo bottles seem hellbent on targeting showerers' toes when they fall. This is in turn based on an earlier comic he did with the same concept.
208	* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': A [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] but sympathetic variation occurs on Day 62 of the SMP; when Martyn starts dozing off from the effects of some cursed gold he collected on a quest, [[ResourcefulRodent one of the rats he keeps in his boots]] (i.e. [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall his stream chat]]) bites him hard enough to wake him up and keep him conscious for the rest of the voyage back to the Faction Isles. It's invoked on the rats' part, who'd rather their Captain ''not'' succumb to the curse's effects and become a zombie.
209	* In ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' "Playing With Guns" Ian shoots Anthony's foot by accident, Ian tries to stop the bleeding by hammering it with a chisel. Then the whole thing was just a theoretical tale by Anthony to which he would only let Ian give him a piggyback ride if it happened. Ian then does it.
210	* Shawna Howson, AKA Nanalew, [[PrefersGoingBarefoot likes going barefoot and eschewing footwear]]. Unfortunately, on the first of a trip to the Bahamas with her friend Naomi, where they walked barefoot across a beach and the nearby crags, Shawna slipped while standing atop one of the rocks bordering the ocean and it cut the bottom of her foot. The two had to go to a nearby drugstore and find the closest thing to disinfectant, rubbing alcohol, so Shawna's cut wouldn't be infected. Surprisingly, the rubbing alcohol didn't sting or burn when she swabbed the cut. Shawna's cut did not stop her from enjoying a proper walk across pleasantly soft sand later on the trip, and she updated viewers that it was healing well. Ironically, in this follow-up video, Naomi kicked off her uncomfortable sandals on the path to a second beach and complained that she wore the wrong shoes for the walk and removed them earlier than planned on the beach, where Shawna removed hers to enjoy the sand and do some gentle rock climbing. Of course, Shawna and Naomi later used common sense and donned protective sneakers for a beach made out of ''glass''.
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