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Beavis and Butt-Head lost teeth a lot when they got punched or hit in the face with a heavy object.
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Josh will be hit on the head with the butt of a gun by Mike and can get both punched and hit in the face with a 2x4 by Chris, and doesn't even get a bruise.
Source: Video Game / Until Dawn -
The sedation feature, which causes the screen to blur and darken each time you're punched or hit by a tranq weapon, is one of the quirkier features of the game, largely because your sedation level doesn't drop to zero when you're killed.
Source: Video Game / Perfect Dark
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