Moments where characters were impaled that left an impact on you

[pianocello]

There has occasionally been moments when characters are impaled (Can be any object ranging from spear to hand. Scary movie showed that even the most unlikely object can impale someone. :> ) Which ones left the most impression on you?

To get the ball rolling ,here are a few choices of mine:
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya:
Haruhi spoilers
Yuki Nagato getting impaled. Wasn't expecting this because I thought this was light-hearted comedy and I didn't think this would be so bloody.

[Splitter]

End Of Evangelion. Nuff said.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Saber Marionette J spoilers: Tiger's death. Still one of the most wrenching deaths of an antagonist character that I've ever seen in an anime.

[Fencedude]

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's:

When Shamal stuck her hand through Nanoha's back to extract her Linker Core in episode 2

[Sensuifu]

Scary movie showed that even the most unlikely object can impale someone. :> )


I 'member that.

In Read or Die (OVA), Nancy and her special talent provide a heart-wrenching moment. Personally I thought it was a little silly, but that's just me.

[RayeKinezono]

It's an older series, but Ayashi no Ceres

Spoiler
When Aya was impaled by her brother from behind in that little chapel. I totally didn't expect that to happen.

[Lego]

End Of Evangelion. Nuff said.


While I'm not a huge Eva fan, that whole scene had a profound impact on me.

[Collectonian]

Soon as I saw the thread title, the first one that came to mind was Fushigi Yugi! Noriko impaled with beast boy's hand and arm Even after at least ten viewings, I still cry at that scene.

[Ty]

Shakugan no Shana - I'm the first person to say Shana? Shocku!
When Shana got impaled that was insane, with it running clean through her and about a gallon of blood pouring down her clothes and running down her legs. The "super fast healing" trick they pulled later on was especially annoying as a result.

[Dagger]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

[something]

::blinks:: Shouldn't saying WHO got impaled be in the spoiler tags as well? I guess it's considered no big deal when you cite main chars, so the assumption is that they don't die, but even so. Everyone else has tagged it, that I've read.

[StudioZEL]

I was just about to use SMJ, but someone beat me to it. ^^; Yeah, that one really impacted me when I saw it.

[AbeChinchilla]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Which is then followed up in the next episode with Utena being impaled by the 1000 swords, which joined together to make one super-spikey sword.

(Also Utena)
I was pretty frightened of seeing young Anthy being impaled by the swords in the flashback. Wow. These visuals didn't even rely on blood.

[Ty]

::blinks:: Shouldn't saying WHO got impaled be in the spoiler tags as well? I guess it's considered no big deal when you cite main chars, so the assumption is that they don't die, but even so. Everyone else has tagged it, that I've read.
You're probably right. I added some more black to the post.

[Randall Flagg]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Took a couple of days to go back to the disc after that one.

[Kellory]

I remember watching Record of Lodoss War and being surprised when at the end of the first disc Emperor Beld is impaled by that giant spear. I do remember thinking, man, that'll leave a mark. For the time it seemed a rather dramatic way to kill off someone. I mean, sure red shirt characters die this way all the time, but not main or even strong supporting characters.

[something]

You're probably right. I added some more black to the post.
That's cool... although (not to nitpick, honestly!) if the series name is in the tags too, nobody knows which show you're talking about and thus doesn't know if it's safe to highlight, unless they've seen every anime series ever made :sd: So I'd leave the series outside the tags.

Such as:

Scrapped Princess - I know some people say they saw it coming a mile away, but I was still pretty shocked when Forcis stabbed Pacifica and himself right through their chests near the end of the show

[Isuzu Inugami]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Took a couple of days to go back to the disc after that one.

I still cringe every time I see it.

[Njr Scrawl]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Took a couple of days to go back to the disc after that one.

I still cringe every time I see it.


Had not much affect on me. I think maybe I was always suspicious of Anthy, & the game she was part of. She never seemed that fond of Utena & always seemed more pretending.

Mermaid Forest OVA has an impaling, when the fisherman catch a mermaid, & spear her when she leaps innocently out of the water.

Anyone flinch when Chise transforms in Saikano? :sd:

[The Great Bear]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Yeah, Utena was the show that first came to mind for me, though I was more thinking about the ending--even though you don't actually see anything.

[Fencedude]

I'm the first person to say Shana from Shakugan no Shana? Shocku! Yuki from Haruhi Suzumiya was pretty visceral, but knowing she's not human takes a bit out of it. I much preferred the scene that came after that. :)

When Shana got impaled that was insane though, with it running clean through her and about a gallon of blood pouring down her clothes and running down her legs. The "super fast healing" trick they pulled later on was especially annoying as a result.


*sigh*

Character name IN the tags, series name OUTSIDE the tags. As it stands, your tags are meaningless because NO ONE KNOWS WHAT SERIES THEY ARE FOR.

[Ty]

You're probably right. I added some more black to the post.
That's cool... although (not to nitpick, honestly!) if the series name is in the tags too, nobody knows which show you're talking about and thus doesn't know if it's safe to highlight, unless they've seen every anime series ever made :sd: So I'd leave the series outside the tags.

Such as:

Scrapped Princess - I know some people say they saw it coming a mile away, but I was still pretty shocked when Forcis stabbed Pacifica and himself right through their chests near the end of the show
We have Yin and Yang here.... the polite version from you and the rude version from Fencedude. :)
Third time is the charm. This is why I often avoid threads that aren't spoiler open.... 'cause I'm lazy and in all together too much of a rush. :sd:

[Daniel_Perales]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a particular scene in "Brigadoon".

[Ty]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a particular scene in "Brigadoon".
I have to wonder how many people have watched that show. It doesn't have the best of reputations aside from being a poor showcase for Yoko Kanno's talents.

[curr]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a particular scene in "Brigadoon".
I have to wonder how many people have watched that show. It doesn't have the best of reputations aside from being a poor showcase for Yoko Kanno's talents.

It's need a box set badly!

[Njr Scrawl]

Guts can be bloody hard work - in addition to impaling what scenes of dismemberment, decapitation & evisceration have horrified, impressed or made other impressions on you. Hentai as well. :>

[roastedpekingduck]

piano, you win the title for the person who creates the most specific thread titles ever! :D

[Dagger]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Took a couple of days to go back to the disc after that one.

I still cringe every time I see it.


Had not much affect on me. I think maybe I was always suspicious of Anthy, & the game she was part of. She never seemed that fond of Utena & always seemed more pretending.

Just my take on it, but I thought it was more meaningful because at this point Anthy really had come to care about Utena. The one she had given up on was herself--which is what allows her to go on rejecting & betraying the one she cares about.

[christianlf]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a particular scene in "Brigadoon".
I have to wonder how many people have watched that show. It doesn't have the best of reputations aside from being a poor showcase for Yoko Kanno's talents.

Are you confusing Brigadoon with Brain Powered?

[Ty]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a particular scene in "Brigadoon".
I have to wonder how many people have watched that show. It doesn't have the best of reputations aside from being a poor showcase for Yoko Kanno's talents.

Are you confusing Brigadoon with Brain Powered?
Am I? *checks* Yep. I think I need to take a break around here since I post nothing but crap lately. At any rate the first half of my comment is still valid.

[Chloe]

Can we expand this a bit and mention any moments of extreme injury that left an impact? I'm thinking specifically of Elfen Lied, which I saw recently, where Nana had her arms and legs cut off . In a really, really gory show, that moment of gruesomeness stands out. I'm not going to forget that one for a while.... O.O

[Shsway]

The impaling scene that shocked me the most was in Revolutionary Girl Utena, when Anthy stabs Utena in the back.

Took a couple of days to go back to the disc after that one.

I still cringe every time I see it.


Had not much affect on me. I think maybe I was always suspicious of Anthy, & the game she was part of. She never seemed that fond of Utena & always seemed more pretending.

Just my take on it, but I thought it was more meaningful because at this point Anthy really had come to care about Utena. The one she had given up on was herself--which is what allows her to go on rejecting & betraying the one she cares about.

Couldn't have put it better. As Abe mentioned earlier, the follow-up to that in the next ep always gets to me. There are a lot of theories about just how positive the outlook really is at the end of the series, but I swear that I cry, at least a little bit, everytime I watch those last three eps, especially when Utena gets skewered for her arguably delayed actions. It bears repeating because these two moments, plus the series in general, truly did leave quite an impact on me, both as an animation fan and a person.

Collectonian mentioned the Fushigi Yugi one that made me sob as well.

[pianocello]

piano, you win the title for the person who creates the most specific thread titles ever! :D

Do I get a prize? :D

[Njr Scrawl]

Anthy is a paradox to me. She allows herself to get hit, by anyone, without retaliating or upset.

Anthy is ying to Utena's yang. Anthy is femine, yielding, docile & subservient to the extreme. Does she have much self-respect?

Utena is active, energetic, resistant, defensive & tomboyish.

What is so bizarre, one of the many things, in those last 3 episodes, is a twisted role reversal. Perhaps both are different aspects of 1 personality. From that POV, the movie ending might make a sort of surreal sense.

[Mark]

Saber Marionette J spoilers: Tiger's death. Still one of the most wrenching deaths of an antagonist character that I've ever seen in an anime.

To me, the worst part of it is the sound when she pulls herself off whatever skewered her.

[Mark]

Bastard: Gara gets impaled, yet pulls himself further onto the spike to try and help out Arshes who's just a little further away from him.

YuYu Hakusho: I forgot who, but someone looks like they stabbed Hiei, but he pulls a fast teleport to get out of it. It's the classic ninja "you thought you got me but you didn't" gag, but I just really liked the animation done for the scene.

Rurouni Kenshin: When Saitou stabs Kenshin in mid-air. The whole thing was so greatly animated. They way Kenshin just barely avoids it is great, and then Saitou just smirks and just continues his assault was awesome.

[BurtKenobi]

I read the title of this topic and thought "wow - that's really a really specific subject" - how would you even notice them all? But you guys have found loads... I'm a bit worried... :)

[meryl]

And nobody's mentioned Bleach yet.

[pianocello]

Just to add to the list.
Inukami (but not for good reasons):

Inukami spoilers
The various inukami being impaled(and burned, fried, etc.) around eps 25. I was shaking my head at how the producers wasted an opportunity in making the show dramatic by perhaps killing off characters which the audience loved. What's the point of having them impaled when moments later, they're up and walking like everything is okay?

[mrgazpacho]

Hentai as well. :>

Well, when I saw the name of the Original Poster, I was sure that La Blue Girl was going to get a mention :)

[LimePie]

And nobody's mentioned Bleach yet.

Or Dragonball Z.

[Teiresias]

According to my understanding of impalement, not many of these examples really qualify:

Impalement is an act of torture and/or execution whereby the victim is pierced by a long stake. The penetration can be through the sides, from the rectum, or possibly through the mouth. The stake would be usually planted in the ground, leaving the victim hanging to die.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impale]

The best example of impalement that I recall was the one perpetrated by Alucard on--if I remember correctly--Incognito in Hellsing.

[Lumberjack]

The best example of impalement that I recall was the one perpetrated by Alucard on--if I remember correctly--Incognito in Hellsing.
Another would be from volume 5 of the Hellsing manga.

(I'd go into more detail, but I can't figure out how to use spoiler tags.)

[Teiresias]

Thanks for your comments Lumberjack, which reminded me to spoiler tag my comment. Try ["hide"]xxxxxxx["/hide"] without the quotation marks.

Would you mind "hiding" the proper portion of my quote in your post?

[Lumberjack]

Thanks for your comments Lumberjack, which reminded me to spoiler tag my comment. Try ["hide"]xxxxxxx["/hide"] without the quotation marks.

Would you mind "hiding" the proper portion of my quote in your post?
Done...and now that I know how to use spoiler tags, I can elaborate.

In volume 5 of the Hellsing manga, Alucard impales Rip van Winkle through the chest with her own gun. Then, he drinks her blood and devours her body. Awesome.

[pianocello]

The best example of impalement that I recall was the one perpetrated by Alucard on--if I remember correctly--Incognito in Hellsing.

I laughed to see him being impaled in the rectum.

[The Great Bear]

The best example of impalement that I recall was the one perpetrated by Alucard on--if I remember correctly--Incognito in Hellsing.

It's no surprise that Alucard would come up eventually. Remember, his…um…namesake, Dracula, was a legend that grew from the real Romanian count Vlad the Impaler.

[mk2000]

Count me in for both stabbings in Utena

[bill princeton]

Although not a series, the short animated sequence in Kill Bill vol 1 of O-ren Ishii's father murdered. That was an emotional scene.

[RayeKinezono]

Episode 23 of Karin, when the grandmother is stabbed by the hunter.

I wouldn't say that it had an impact as much as it took me by surprise. Mainly because of the atmosphere of the show up until that point was mostly lighthearted and funny. I didn't expect it to happen.

And one that has me more curious than anything (simply to find out what happens, if nothing else), is that which is briefly hinted at in the OP of Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora.

[Ty]

Episode 23 of Karin, when the grandmother is stabbed by the hunter.
Thinking back on it that one didn't phase me at all simply because I knew that it wouldn't "stick" so to speak.