- Black Lagoon. So, it turns out that taking on a heavily-armed unit of former Russian Commandos armed only with an ax isn't that good of an idea. I'm looking at you, Hansel.
- While Blitz Stanford, an enormous neo-Nazi is extolling the virtues of his enormous Luger, Revy takes the time to reload before promptly shooting him.
- There's also Lotton The Wizard, who gets shot out-of-hand while attempting to make a big entrance. Luckily, he was the only one who thought to wear a bullet-proof vest.
- In Black Cat, Train is falling off a building and Rinslet jumps off to catch him, ending when Rinslet comes to a sudden stop at the end of the rope - and actually does tendon damage to her arm. Turns out inertia matters after all...
- In One Piece during the Thriller Bark arc, Chopper points out that the zombies' inability to feel pain is actually a weakness. Even if they can keep getting up from normal damage, they don't know what's really hurting them. Oz's limbs all end up broken, and he can't understand why he can't move anymore.
- Similarly, in the same arc, Zoro suffers grave injuries that put his life in danger- as usual. But, unlike the other times where he has an Unexplained Recovery and the injuries are usually never mentioned again, one arc later Zoro tries fighting and his wounds cause him to be temporarily paralyzed. And then two arcs later, even after resting and being treated (by Perona, believe it or not), his wounds actually re-open when he tries to fight and move, resulting in him getting his ass kicked by Apes.
- Luffy himself once tried fighting a man who could produce and attack with deadly corrosive poison. Seeing as how only Mooks had been poisoned by Magellan (the man in question) at this point, the audience and Luffy himself thought he stood a chance from the moment Luffy launches a Jet Bazooka that actually DROPS the hulking Magellan... but no. Touching him with that attack and many more poisons launched at him nearly kills Luffy within just 2 measly episodes of starting the fight.
- Checkmate from Ultimate Muscle has a similar problem. While injuries that don't affect his body mechanically don't slow him down, he has an unfortunate tendency to collapse from his wounds at the worst possible moment because he never knows when he's too hurt to keep fighting.
- Also happens in a minor part of the Dark Tournament arc of Yu Yu Hakusho; the giant robot that can't feel pain can't tell that it was actually damaged...until it's under the opponent's control already.
- Also used in Rurouni Kenshin, where Gein's super Iwanbo gets destroyed because he couldn't tell it was damaged.
- Another example from the series is Sanosuke's ultimate technique, which involves putting so much force into a punch that it tends to fracture the bones in his own hand. His doctor is not amused.
- Kyoto Arc's Big Bad Shishio Makoto basically immolated himself because he couldn't sweat and he overheated.
- And Kenshin's smaller stature means that, once he learns the Hiten Mitsu Ryu ultimate technique, he accumulates minor muscle damage. By the end of the series he's told that he won't even be able to wield a sword in five or so years.
- Early in Outlaw Star, the crew blast their way out of a spaceport to evade space pirates, presumably causing hundreds of thousands of wongs in damage. Towards the end of the series, the crew returns and Gene is immediately arrested and thrown in jail for property damage and other laws he broke, and only gets out at all because the traffic controller had been found to be taking bribes.
- In The World God Only Knows, Keima notices that unlike in a game, when an idol confesses their love to you, other people are generally not happy. In fact, they're pissed.
- Any Hentai where the girl gets pregnant after unprotected sex when it's not explicitly (heh) their "safe period".
- Freezing features beautiful girls who attack each other with sharp weapons. When their clothes get ripped apart, so do their bodies.
- In Holyland, gangsters often don't respect the results of Combat by Champion but instead beat the victor down anyway.
- Subverted in Bakuman｡. After Kosugi does a Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! punch to Nanamine when he essentially gives up on manga following losing to the main characters, Nanamine threatens to report Kosugi for assault and cause him to lose his job. Nanamine doesn't go through with it, though, thinking it would make him more of a laughingstock than he already is.
- In Azumanga Daioh, Osaka, of all people, pulls this when she wonders what Chiyo would do if she was kidnapped. Chiyo suggests that Tadakichi-san could come to her rescue, and Osaka mimes shooting him. This leads to this exchange:
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- In episode in Soul Eater where Death the Kid first starts attending the DWMA, Black Star climbs up near the top of the academy building to deliver a Badass Boast to Kid...who's standing near the front entrance and can't hear a word he's saying because he's so far away.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Pretty much the entire first season was spent establishing The Major as a nigh-unstoppable badass, so, when she picks a fight with Gayle and his military mech suit while armed with nothing but a pistol, you'd expect her to win handily. She does not. In point of fact, she gets outright curbstomped until Saito shows up with his anti-tank rifle. Rock Beats Laser clearly does not work in that universe.
- Higurashi: A depressing example. Even though social services are called, that doesn't mean Satoko will be removed from her abusive uncle. Especially since Satoko is quite stubborn about it and she falsely called child services on her step-father beforehand, making them wary to investigate this very real case.
- Back to Reality Ensues