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{{quote|'''Lottie:''' I'll bring a steak to reduce any swelling from the beats.
'''Mildred:''' Does that actually work?
'''Lottie:''' I dunno. I think the idea's just that you're doing pretty good compared to the cow.
|''[[Bad Machinery]]'', [http://scarygoround.com/?date{{=}}20120514 14 May, 2012]}}
Have an injury? Just slap a piece of steak over that wound!
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Not to be confused with [[Hyperactive Metabolism]], though "Turkey Bandage" was proposed as a name for that.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'', Cadbury had the pleasure of being Beef Bandaged.▼
== Comics ==▼
▲* In ''[[Richie Rich]]'', Cadbury had the pleasure of being Beef Bandaged.
* In the [[Batman]] /DocSavage [[Crossover]], Bruce is spending the morning sitting beside Wayne Manor's pool, discussing the Gotham Gazette's coverage of last night's Batmanning with Alfred.
{{quote|'''Alfred''': Incidently Master Bruce, I've brought you a steak.
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* In an issue of ''[[Asterix]]'', a merchant asks a butcher for a steak after getting badly beaten up.
* Was standard treatment for a black eye in ''[[The Beano]]'', ''[[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]]'' and so on, in the good old days when children's comic characters regularly beat each other up to that extent.
== Film ==
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{{quote|"Mister Steak, you're my only friend."}}
* In the Disney movie ''[[Smart House]]'', the titular house is taught how to be motherly by a marathon of [[The Fifties|1950s]] comedies. When it recommends a steak for a bruised eye, the father of the family observes, "That hasn't been done since the '50s."
* Cadbury in the [[Richie Rich
* In the [[Fred Astaire]]/[[Ginger Rogers]] musical ''[[Top Hat]]'', Horace gets a black eye. Jerry recommends a raw steak, so Horace tells his servant to order one from the hotel kitchen. Too bad miscommunication results in a cooked steak with all the fixings being delivered instead. What a shock to get one of those on the eye!
* Done at one point in ''[[Dragonheart]]''.
* In ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', Amsterdam gets a nice bloody slab slapped on his eye wound after a dust up with Bill's right-hand man. Appropriate enough, given it happens in a butcher shop.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Magician's Nephew]]'', when the jeweler complains that Jadis blacked his eye, a butcher's boy recommends a nice raw beefsteak to reduce the swelling.
* In ''[[
* Done at least once in [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Song of the Lioness]]'' series.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Kramer applies a Beef Bandage to his face in an episode of [[Seinfeld]].
* Occurs in an episode of ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' to Peter.
* Done during the first season of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', Chuck can't afford a steak, so he brings Sarah a hamburger patty for her black eye.
* In ''[[Roswell]]'' Max pretends to do this, but actually uses his alien [[Healing Hands]] to cure the wound. The guy is incredulous at just how well it worked.
* In an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Tim has a black eye because Jill accidentally hit him. George Foreman, who is guest-starring on ''Tool Time'', recommends that he put a thick steak on it. Al says he thought you were supposed to put ice on a black eye, to which Foreman says, "But when you're done with ice, you can't barbecue it."
* In a Christmas episode of ''[[Bewitched]]'', the Stevenses and their neighbors, the Kravitzes, each decide to temporarily adopt an orphan for the holidays. Said kids get into a fistfight over the existence of Santa Claus. Mrs. Kravitz suggests that they buy steak for the resulting shiner; [[All Jews Are Cheapskates|Mr. Kravitz wonders why they can't just use cold cuts.]]
* In an episode of ''[[Green Acres]]'' that tells the story of some farmers in a book Oliver is reading, the character that Lisa plays puts one over Oliver's character's eye after getting into a fight at a barn dance. Actually it was pot roast, but same difference.
* In ''[[Roundhouse]]'', the "new kid" uses one following a punch from [[The Bully]], until his [[Bumbling Dad]] [[Squick|asks to put it on the grill]].
▲== Web Comics ==
* Discussed in ''[[Bad Machinery]]'', [http://scarygoround.com/?date=20120514 here]. Mildred is
▲* Discussed in ''[[Bad Machinery]]'', [http://scarygoround.com/?date=20120514 here]. Mildred is sceptical about whether it actually works, while Lottie thinks it's supposed to be a reminder that "you're doing pretty good compared to the cow".
== Western Animation ==
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* Done in ''[[Popeye]]''.
* Used in ''[[Recess]]''. One of the main characters gets a bruised eye, and he comes to school using this. The other kids speculate on how he got it.
* Used in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Comet Kermillion," Doofenshmirtz invents "Steak Specs," glasses made from steaks, so he won't have to hold a steak up to his black eye.
* Used in ''[[Dumbo]]'' by one of the elephants after the tent collapse.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Injury Tropes]]
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Food Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Beef Bandage]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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