Hurt
Impaled
Both words in one sentence
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In The Walking Dead, a certain character fails to realize that he has been fatally impaled on a fence spike after falling off a balcony, thinking he has only hurt his leg.
Source: Major Injury Underreaction -
Would Hurt a Child: Not initially, but by the end of the film, Francis has shot, beaten to death, and impaled multiple children in his attempt to defend himself.
Source: Film / Come Out and Play -
Dante in the Devil May Cry series: he gets stabbed and impaled so many times and then shrugs it off that it's just funny...but only in the cut scenes...that don't involve his fights with Vergil in DMC 3 where he actually DOES get hurt...but then gets better by going Devil Time.
Source: Good Thing You Can Heal
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