Wedgie

A wedgie is the condition of having one's underwear or other garments "wedged" between the buttocks. This can occur as a result of a a practical joke, or as a form of bullying, depending on the context and people involved; this is referred to as giving (a person) a wedgie.

Types of wedgies

 * The atomic wedgie is a wedgie where the rear waistband of the underwear is pulled over the receivers head, causing extreme discomfort and possible ripping of the underwear.
 * The Melvin, a wedgie where the victim's underwear is pulled up from the front. (Melvin may also refer to any type of wedgie.)
 * The hanging wedgie, a wedgie where the victim is hung from his underwear hooked onto any tall item. This may result in ripping of the underwear.

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 whence 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, who also uses the term 'Rear Admiral.'


 * In an earlier episode of Malcolm In the Middle, Reese (Justin Berfield) is hung by his boxers on a wire fence by a Kreylborne's older brother.


 * In the Nickelodeon TeenNick show iCarly, Freddie (Nathan Kress) has his briefs wedgied by Sam (Jennette McCurdy).


 * In the Nickelodeon series, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Brad is given an atomic wedgie by an evil alien biker gang leader.


 * In the Cartoon Network series, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Sperg is a bully who usually gives wedgies to children.


 * In the popular Nickelodeon series, Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick gives Spongebob a wedgie to 'lift his pants up'.

Film

 * In the 2002 movie The New Guy, other students somehow manage to remove Dizzy's underwear from under his pants and then put it on his head.


 * In the 2001 movie "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 the 1997 movie "George of the Jungle", George gives one of the villians, Thor, 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.