"Of pain, you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm."
— Winston Smith, 1984
An index pertaining to tropes dealing with different kinds of pain.
Tropes:
Related:
- Achey Scars: Scars that continue to hurt in the long term.
- Agony Beam: A beam or other projection that causes intense pain in those it hits.
- Agonizing Stomach Wound: Wounds to the abdomen are a messy, gruesome and very slow, painful way to die.
- Agony of the Feet: Someone suffers pain in their feet.
- Bandage Wince
- Butt Biter: Someone gets bitten in their butt.
- Cactus Cushion: Someone gets injured on a cactus' spines.
- Corporal Punishment
- *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!"
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Someone dies in a way that is undignified, often horrific, and very painful.
- Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes
- Deliberately Painful Clothing
- DIY Dentistry
- Ear Ache: Hurting people in the ears.
- Eye Scream: Hurting people in the eyes.
- Fashion Hurts
- Feel No Pain: Someone is completely insensitive to pain.
- Finger Extinguisher
- Groin Attack: Hurting someone in their crotch.
- Hurt Foot Hop: Someone hurts their foot and hops around on the other while holding their injured appendage.
- I'm Having Soul Pains
- Instant Soprano: A Groin Attack causes the person's voice to become much higher.
- Literal Ass-Kicking: Literally kicking someone's ass.
- Macho Masochism: Undergoing painful experiences, or downplaying how much pain you're in, as proof of manliness.
- Miserable Massage
- Nasal Trauma: Hurting people in the nose.
- Of Corset Hurts
- Ow, My Body Part!
- Pain-Powered Leap
- Rampage from a Nail: It turns out that the creature was only acting hostile because they were reacting from pain caused by something stuck in a sensitive part of their body.
- Rump Roast: Someone gets their rear end set on fire.
- Sea Hurtchin: Sea urchins are the painful, painful caltrops of the sea.
- Share the Male Pain: Someone reacts to witnessing a Groin Attack by covering their own groins.
- Skip the Anesthetic
- That's Gotta Hurt
- Theatrics of Pain
- The Tooth Hurts: Hurting people in the teeth.
- Twisted Ankle
- You Won't Feel a Thing!
