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 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 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.[[Image:AtomicWedgie.jpg]]
 * The melvin is a wedgie where the victim's underwear is pulled up from the front. (Melvin may also refer to any type of wedgie.) 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 pants. 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 earlier episodes of Malcolm in the Middle where Reese (Justin Berfield) is hung by his boxers on a wire fence by Kreylborne's older brother.

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).

Film

 * 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 movie "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey", Bill & Ted give the Grim Reaper a melvin.

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.