Wedgie

A wedgie is the condition of having one's underwear or other garments "wedged" between the buttocks. This can occur naturally, due to tight garments or physical activity; this is referred to as the underwear "riding up". It can also be performed as a prank or as a form of bullying; this is referred to as "giving (a person) a wedgie". Wedgies are commonly seen in popular culture for example on the popular American animated TV show The Simpsons and in Dilbert comics.

Types of wedgies

 * The atomic wedgie is a wedgie where the rear waistband of the underwear is pulled over the receiver's head. This is the most painful wedgie. This is demonstrated in the animated show The Mask where the main hero used "atomic wedgies" as a weapon against his enemies, especially on Police Lt. Kellaway and his partner Doyle. This was taken from a scene in the movie where he did it to a gang leader.
 * The melvin is a wedgie where the victim's underwear is pulled up from the front.  This wedgie was demonstrated in the 2001 movie Zoolander where Ben Stiller (as Derek Zoolander) tries to win a modeling competition by removing his underwear without removing his trousers. He fails, and in the process gives himself a Melvin.
 * The hanging wedgie is a wedgie where the victim is hung from his underwear above the ground. This was shown in the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Krelboyne Picnic", where Reese (Justin Berfield) is hung by his boxers on a wire fence by Eraserhead's older brother.
 * The Jock Lock is where the receiver has his underwear pulled over his feet ,so as he struggles to get loose the wedgie gets worse.
 * The messy wedgie is where something usually whipped cream is put in the underwear and the victim is wedgied.

Television

 * The Seinfeld episode "The Library" contains a conversation about wedgies:


 * Elaine: Why do they call it a "wedgie"?
 * George: Because the underwear is pulled up from the back until ... it wedges in.
 * Jerry: They also have an Atomic Wedgie. Now the goal there is to actually get the waistband on top of the head.  It's very rare.
 * Elaine: Boys are sick.


 * In the animated show, The Mask, the main hero used "atomic wedgies" as a weapon against his enemies, especially on Police Lt. Kellaway and his partner Doyle. This was taken from a scene in the movie where he did it to a gang leader.


 * The Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts used the word "Melvin" regularly to refer to a wedgie wherein the underwear is pulled from the front.


 * In The Simpsons, bullies Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph usually give wedgies to smaller and nerdier kids, like Martin and Milhouse as well as Bart, who also uses the term 'Rear Admiral.'


 * In the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Krelboyne Picnic", Reese (Justin Berfield) is hung by his boxers on a wire fence by Eraserhead's older brother.


 * In the Nickelodeon TeenNick show iCarly, wedgies feature frequently: Freddie (Nathan Kress) receives a wedgie from Sam (Jennette McCurdy); Jonah (Sam's boyfriend) is given a hanging wedgie; and in the episode "iGot Detention", Gibby receives at least two "Texas" wedgies, which apparently involve fire, as they leave his pants smoking.


 * In the NBC series Scrubs, Todd gets a "four story atomic wedgie" from "The Janitor".


 * In the animated TV series Ben 10, in the episodes "And Then There Were 10" and "The Unnaturals", bullies JT and Cash give Ben a hanging wedgie.

Film

 * In Zoolander, Ben Stiller (as Derek Zoolander) tries to win a modeling competition by removing his underwear without removing his pants. He fails, and in the process gives himself a Melvin.


 * In Scary Movie 2, Anna Faris (as Cindy Campbell) gets a wedgie by Buddy in the school's hallway.


 * In Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill & Ted give the Grim Reaper a melvin, who gives the main villain, Chuck De Nomolos, a melvin as well near the conclusion of the film.


 * In Superhero Movie, Drake Bell gives a villain a wedgie while fighting him.


 * In Jackass: The Movie, Raab Himself gives himself a hanging wedgie by jumping out of a tree while is underwear is secured to its branches.
 * In The Ant Bully, Lucas has his underwear ripped off by a nieghborhood bully.
 * In The Benchwarmers a coach has his boxers hung on a fence.
 * In Scary Movie 2 a kid receives a hanging wedgie by a ghost.
 * In Nacho Libre Ramses gets his gold briefs in a atomic wedgie.
 * In Meet the Spartans one of the persians has his briefs wedgied by a spartan.
 * In "George of the Jungle", the movie, George gives Thor, one of the villians, an atomic wedgie.

Print

 * Author Joe Borgenicht wrote a children's book How to Give a Wedgie, containing advice on how to give a wedgie as well as several other "tricks, tips, and skills no adult will teach you".


 * In the Dilbert comics wedgies are frequently used.


 * In Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman there is one villain that gives wedgies, known as Wedgie Woman.

Other

 * In 2007, eight year old Jared and Justin Serovich came up with "wedgie-proof" underwear at the Central Ohio Invention Competition 2007 where their invention got them into the finals.
 * In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the main character CJ finds the tech-geek Zero hung by a hook by his underwear in a closet of his RC Shop. He had been put there by thugs hired by his nemesis, Berkley.