Top 10 Most Painful Stooge Hits

The Three Stooges were known for their physical comedy. With all the different slaps and strikes, the Stooges have been hit in a variety of ways. I will list the top 10 most painful Stooge hits, weapons not included.

10. The basic slap
The simplest and one of the most embarrassing hits, the slap can come at any time. Moe's favorite thing to dish out, the slap shows up throughout any Stooge short.

9. The stomach punch-head hit combo
The hit that has a follow-up, the hit starts as a simple stomach hit, but when the victim doubled over in pain, the attack brings their fist up to hit the victim in the head.

8. The self ear pull
Although technically more embarrassing than painful, the attack starts with the attacker ordering the victim to grag their own ear. Once the victim has a firm grasp on their ear, the attacker grabs the victim's arm and roughly pulls in the direction they are going, forcing the victim to pull themself by their own ear.

7. The nose pull
When the Moe wants a Stooges to come along and the other Stooge refuses, Moe will often use the nose pull. The attacker jams a finger into each of the victim's nostrals, and violently pulls them along.

6. The triple slap
Although another attack that is more embarrassing than painful, this attack is not actually used by the Stooges themselves, but usually by an uptight guest at a party the Stooges have crashed. After a verbal yelling by the guest, the guest reaches back and slaps in one huge motion hitting all three of the Stooges.

5. The around the world bop
The attacker hold out a fist and asks the victim if they see it. The victim then slaps down at the fist to get it away and the attacker uses the momentum to carry the fist in a full circle to bring down on top of the victim's head.

4. The selp around the world bop
Often used by the victim following an around the world bop, the victim holds their fist out in an attemp to do the same that the attack did to them. After the previous attack slaps the fist away, the victim's hand goes in the circular motion, but instead of hitting the other person, hits themself on the head. Just as painful as #5, but with the added embarrassment of hitting yourself.

3. The hair pull
The only attack that Curly is immune from, the hair pull takes the #3 spot. The attacker grabs the victim's hair and pulls, resulting in a handful of hair to be torn out.

2. The double-clap slap
The atacker claps their hand across the victim's face, and with the momentum carrying the attacker's hand through, bring the hand back to slap the face again with the back of the hands.

1. The eye gauge
The victim takes two fingers (most of the time two fingers the attack has the victim pick out) and violently stabs them into the victim's eyes. As the only hit that can actually cause the victim to go blind, I had to put it at the top of the list.

So there you have it, my top 10 most painful Stooge hits. Agree or disagree? Feel free to post your own top 10 or comments below.