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Holding Your Shoulder Means Injury
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A common trope in Manga and Anime (but also in other media) where a character, when injured and no matter what kind of damage they have sustained, will hold one of their shoulders with the opposite hand. For extra dramatic emphasis, the injured may stand hunched over, with the arm attached to the grasped shoulder hanging limply towards the floor. They may be have been burnt by an explosion, they may have fallen from several meters high, they may have been electrocuted... they will always grasp their shoulder. It is actually the recommended practice in case of chest trauma (such as a broken rib). To rotate an arm at the shoulder, one uses both the muscles in the limb and the chest muscles. Therefore, holding the shoulder prevents any accidental movement of the arm that can cause additional pain and, possibly, aggravate the injury. Most of the time, however, it's due to the Law of Conservation of Detail , or Rule of Cool. |
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Star Trek: Enterprise: So has Captain Archer (by a 19th-century pistol on a wild-west planet), which barely slows him down. | |
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In Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Setsuna was shot in the shoulder by Ali al-Saachez when the former refused to hand over his Gundam to Ribbons. He ended up holding onto his injured shoulder until being nursed by Marina. | |
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In Friday the 13th: The Game, severely injured counselors will limp while grasping their left shoulder. | |
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If he dies in Your Turn to Die, Sou Hiyori is seen holding his shoulder before succumbing to his wounds. | |
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SCP Foundation: SCP-674 is a Nintendo gun that affects people on television, altering what's shown onscreen afterwards and the shooter's mind (but not in reality: the Foundation is considering using it as a simulation of what would happen if world leaders were assassinated). One researcher tried using it to kill Captain Kirk, but the shots either hits redshirts or hit him in the shoulder. The researcher disappeared when Spock pulled a Reverse the Polarity on a phaser. | |
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In the Supernatural episode "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21), this is a Justified Trope as Sam's shoulder was broken in the fight with Jake. | |
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Whenever the nigh-indestructible Inuyasha is injured, he holds his shoulder. In fact, the only time he doesn't hold his shoulder is when he is literally too injured to move. | |
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In the Knights of the Old Republic series, characters who have been injured to nigh-Critical Existence Failure (or just got up from Non-Lethal K.O.) limp around with their right hand on their left shoulder until healed—even if they hold a lightsaber or blaster in said hand. | |
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Not the shoulder but used the same way, classic Resident Evil installments had the protagonists hold their abdomens if they were weak (and when close to dying they would limp very slowly). | |
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In Dynasty Warriors 4 and 5, an enemy officer who retreats upon defeat will usually be holding his shoulder as he says a Defeat Catchphrase. | |
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In Berserk Casca holds her shoulder after a victorious battle against Adon, where he shot her in said shoulder with a poison dart, so it's justified. | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Chief O'Brien does this a lot. Justified in that once he actually does get shot in his shoulder (luckily by a phaser set on "stun", giving him nothing worse than a temporarily numbed arm). Not to mention the times he dislocates his shoulder while holo-kayaking (which gets Lampshaded every time). This becomes a major plot point in the episode "Inquisition", when Doctor Bashir treats O'Brien for another kayak-induced dislocation during The Teaser. Later on, as Bashir has spent the episode being accused of treason and is currently being vilified by the entire main cast, he desperately grabs O'Brien's shoulder — and is surprised when he doesn't show any pain. When Bashir reminds O'Brien that he hurt his shoulder while playing springball and he just shrugs it off, Bashir then realizes that the man he's talking to is not the real O'Brien and that the situation is not as it appears. |
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In most Star Trek series, no matter where people are shot they tend to limp around holding their shoulders. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Chief O'Brien does this a lot. Justified in that once he actually does get shot in his shoulder (luckily by a phaser set on "stun", giving him nothing worse than a temporarily numbed arm). Not to mention the times he dislocates his shoulder while holo-kayaking (which gets Lampshaded every time). This becomes a major plot point in the episode "Inquisition", when Doctor Bashir treats O'Brien for another kayak-induced dislocation during The Teaser. Later on, as Bashir has spent the episode being accused of treason and is currently being vilified by the entire main cast, he desperately grabs O'Brien's shoulder — and is surprised when he doesn't show any pain. When Bashir reminds O'Brien that he hurt his shoulder while playing springball and he just shrugs it off, Bashir then realizes that the man he's talking to is not the real O'Brien and that the situation is not as it appears. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Captain Picard has also gotten hit in the shoulder. (In that case, he allows himself to take a potentially fatal arrow hit to prove to some pre-industrial aliens that he's not a god, as they've come to believe.) Star Trek: Enterprise: So has Captain Archer (by a 19th-century pistol on a wild-west planet), which barely slows him down. |
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Played straight and justified on NCIS: In the Season 1 finale, Gibbs shoots terrorist Ari Haswari in the shoulder. A year later, in the Season 2 finale, Gibbs identifies a masked terrorist on a security video as Ari by his build and by the fact that he's favoring the same shoulder. | |
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Wonder Woman Vol 1: After Steve Trevor ends up trapped underneath some heavy office furniture full of paperwork he's seen holding his shoulder with his opposite hand. | |
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In Rebuild of Evangelion, Shinji does it after being hit by the abrupt landing of a parachuting girl. | |
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Happens from time to time in Sonic X. | |
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In El Goonish Shive, Luke holds his shoulder after he falls on it. | |
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In the very last episode of Death Note, Light Yagami was shot in the hands as well as his shoulder, yet he holds his shoulder as he tries to escape. Using his last breaths, he runs away from the warehouse in vain, full of bullets, before collapsing on a desolate staircase and dying alone. | |
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Forever: After being shot near the end of "New York Kids" Henry holds his other hand over the wounded shoulder, presumably applying pressure to control bleeding. | |
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No matter whether tackled, shot, burned, or exploded, your rudie in Jet Set Radio will skate at their fullest until they're at 10% health, in which they're hunched over with a hand on opposite shoulder. | |
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In an episode of Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus has done this too, even though there was no hint of her being hit in the shoulder. | |
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Zero in the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero series does this when being in a critical low level of health. | |
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In The Legend of Korra: Bolin holds his shoulder after taking a hit during a pro-bending match. Justified, however, since he did get hit in the shoulder. Tenzin holds his shoulder after taking a number of hits in season 3. Since the beating he took was very brutal, he probably has a few cracked ribs. |
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Numerous fighters do this in Dragon Ball Z after a brutal battle. It's most notable with Vegeta, who has a habit of doing this, and it becomes more prominent after he recovers from having his arm broken by Android 18. | |
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In Stand Still, Stay Silent Tuuri holds her shoulder after it is injured. | |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Captain Picard has also gotten hit in the shoulder. (In that case, he allows himself to take a potentially fatal arrow hit to prove to some pre-industrial aliens that he's not a god, as they've come to believe.) | |
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