{"id":42837,"date":"2025-07-09T12:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=42837"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:32:48","slug":"funniest-responses-joe-tate-pathetic-shovel-hit-emmerdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/funniest-responses-joe-tate-pathetic-shovel-hit-emmerdale\/","title":{"rendered":" 10 funniest responses to Joe Tate\u2019s \u2018pathetic\u2019 shovel hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Tate was hit over the head with a shovel<\/a> in Tuesday night\u2019s Emmerdale (July 8) and let\u2019s just say it was more than a little bit comical.<\/p>

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So much so that the internet has become awash with memes and jokes about it. And the best ones will have you laughing almost as much as when the shovel attack took place!<\/p>\n

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Joe stood there before actually falling down following the hit (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Tate hit over the head with a shovel in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

Someone has been blackmailing Joe<\/a> for a few weeks now. They\u2019ve taken his medication, keyed his car and left letters at Home Farm demanding \u00a3100k.<\/p>\n

Joe assumed it was henchman Shaun and questioned him. When Shaun immediately said Joe should pay the blackmailer off, Joe decided that made him look guilty as sin and sacked him on the spot. Sam came in with his shotgun and backed Joe up, seeing Shaun off. Or so they thought\u2026<\/p>\n

Feeling like he needed to get away for a while while the dust settled, Joe told Dawn he was off to Monte Carlo on a business trip \u2013 that very evening.<\/p>\n

But as he made plans for his flights, he was alone in the stables. And that\u2019s when shovelly Shaun struck. He whacked Joe over the head with a spade, sending him crashing to the floor.<\/p>\n

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The shiny shovel in question (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Comedy hit causes hilarity on social media<\/h2>\n

Except, it wasn\u2019t really a whack, was it? It was more of a tap\u2026 did it actually even make contact?!<\/p>

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