
Serves as a both subtle clue to The Reveal and the final piece of the puzzle in the last case of the first Ace Attorney game. 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. 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. This becomes a major plot point in the episode "Inquisition", when Doctor Bashir treats O'Brien for another kayak-induced dislocation during The Teaser. Not to mention the times he dislocates his shoulder while holo-kayaking (which gets Lampshaded every time). 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). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Chief O'Brien does this a lot. In most Star Trek series, no matter where people are shot they tend to limp around holding their shoulders. Numerous fighters do this in Dragon Ball Z after a brutal battle. 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. In fact, the only time he doesn't hold his shoulder is when he is literally too injured to move.
Whenever the nigh-indestructible Inuyasha is injured, he holds his shoulder.He ended up holding onto his injured shoulder until being nursed by Marina. 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.
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Using his last breaths, he runs away from the warehouse in vain, full of bullets, before collapsing on a desolate staircase and dying alone. 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.In Rebuild of Evangelion, Shinji does it after being hit by the abrupt landing of a parachuting girl.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.