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** Both Anakin and Luke lose limbs to lightsaber injuries, showing off their natures. Star Wars tech being what it is, they have replacements within 10 minutes of screen time. However, Anakin's replacement hand is very obviously artificial, while Luke's is ''very'' close to looking and acting like the real thing, in a rare example where the series averts CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel. By ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', however, the synthetic flesh on Luke's hand has worn off over the years, leaving the metal that was underneath completely exposed.

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** Both Anakin and Luke lose limbs to lightsaber injuries, showing off their natures. Star Wars ''Star Wars'' tech being what it is, they have replacements within 10 minutes of screen time. However, Anakin's replacement hand is very obviously artificial, while Luke's is ''very'' close to looking and acting like the real thing, in a rare example where the series averts CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel. By ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', however, the synthetic flesh on Luke's hand has worn off over the years, leaving the metal that was underneath completely exposed.
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* The "Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition" book for ''UsefulNotes/{{Fudge}}'' contains rules for all sorts of implants, and by default there is no reason other than money not to have them. That said it also notes that just having arms and legs won't let you have super-strength because the human body can't support it, right before presenting a body frame that does let you do this.

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* The "Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition" book for ''UsefulNotes/{{Fudge}}'' ''MediaNotes/{{Fudge}}'' contains rules for all sorts of implants, and by default there is no reason other than money not to have them. That said it also notes that just having arms and legs won't let you have super-strength because the human body can't support it, right before presenting a body frame that does let you do this.

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** [[AxCrazy Ming-Hua]] from the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has no arms, so she creates CombatTentacles with Waterbending as replacements.

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** * [[AxCrazy Ming-Hua]] from the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has no arms, so she creates CombatTentacles with Waterbending as replacements.


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* ''WesternAnimation/FreeWilly'': The Machine's rmetallic right arm is a replacement to his original flesh-and-bones right arm, which he lost due to an accident in the past.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': What's that? The [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Aquaman isn't "grim and gritty" enough for [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the 1990s]]? I know, let's have piranhas chew his left hand off! Keen! We can give him a [[SwissArmyAppendage cool retractable hook]], and he can grow a beard while he's at it.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': What's that? The [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Aquaman isn't "grim and gritty" enough for [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the 1990s]]? I know, let's have piranhas chew his left hand off! Keen! We can give him a [[SwissArmyAppendage cool retractable hook]], and he can grow a beard while he's at it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Sometimes you need a helping hand. [[LiteralMetaphor One that's made of metal.]] [[RuleOfCool And awesome]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Sometimes [[caption-width-right:350:Every now and then, you need could use a helping hand. [[LiteralMetaphor One Especially one that's made of metal.metallic.]] [[RuleOfCool And awesome]].totally cool]].]]
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* Cornelia from ''Manhwa/WestwoodVibrato'' has an artificial leg.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TopCatAndTheBeverlyHillsCats'': One scene reveals Snerdly has a mechanical hand (covered by his usual butler's glove), which he's seen using all of once to smack a stone wall, leaving his handprint (and then causing a piece of the wall to hit him on the head, resulting in a CranialEruption).
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* ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'': As a result of losing his arm activating an altar to summon the Cosmic Fury Zords, [[spoiler:Javi]] is given a new arm made by Billy and Solon, but has difficulty controlling it at first.
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* ''Advertising/DearAlice'': The dog resting near the table during lunch has a sleek prosthetic foreleg.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'':
** Most prosthetic limbs are just replacements for the originals, with no mechanical effect beyond restoring the stat points lost with the original limb. An unlucky player character might end up needing one (and paying off medical debt for it) during character creation.
** A combat arm is a specialized prosthetic that is armored, stronger than normal, and can have a melee weapon attached.
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* ' 'WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': Artifical limbs are present and treated more relaistically than many other depictions, at least with regard to the time it takes to adapt to them. James Burns received an artificial arm to replace the one he lost in battle. It takes some time to get used to it. When he tried to flip a page from a book, he ended up ripping it and he mentioned that brushing his teeth isn't any easier.

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* ' 'WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': Artifical limbs are present and treated more relaistically than many other depictions, at least with regard to the time it takes to adapt to them. James Burns received an artificial arm to replace the one he lost in battle. It takes some time to get used to it. When he tried to flip a page from a book, he ended up ripping it and he mentioned that brushing his teeth isn't any easier.
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*' 'WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': Artifical limbs are present and treated more relaistically than many other depictions, at least with regard to the time it takes to adapt to them. James Burns received an artificial arm to replace the one he lost in battle. It takes some time to get used to it. When he tried to flip a page from a book, he ended up ripping it and he mentioned that brushing his teeth isn't any easier.
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* What's that? The [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} isn't "grim and gritty" enough for [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the 1990s]]? I know, let's have piranhas chew his left hand off! Keen! We can give him a [[SwissArmyAppendage cool retractable hook]], and he can grow a beard while he's at it.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' comics, Cliff Steele is a racing driver whose brain is salvaged from a horrible crash and inserted into a metal body, causing him some anguish.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': What's that? The [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aquaman isn't "grim and gritty" enough for [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the 1990s]]? I know, let's have piranhas chew his left hand off! Keen! We can give him a [[SwissArmyAppendage cool retractable hook]], and he can grow a beard while he's at it.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' comics, ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Cliff Steele is a racing driver whose brain is salvaged from a horrible crash and inserted into a metal body, causing him some anguish.



* Arsenal, formerly ComicBook/GreenArrow's sidekick Speedy, had his right arm ripped off in a fight with Prometheus. He now has a cybernetic replacement, however it isn't "permanent" as Roy's arm is still infected with flesh-eating bacteria from Prometheus' blade. The attachment works "around" Roy's nerve endings and actually enhances the pain he already feels. It hinders his ability as an archer to the point that he's stopped using a bow, he can't wear normal clothes over it, and it's a complete eyesore. This was all {{Retcon}}ned away as of 2011.
* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', Vera Lynn Black has two extremely high-tech prosthetic arms, having lost both her natural arms in a childhood accident. The prosthetics are capable of transforming themselves into a variety of different weapons, and are capable of generating full-body disguises for her.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** ComicBook/LexLuthor sported an artificial hand after his Kryptonite signet ring [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gave his hand radiation-induced cancer]].

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* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'': Arsenal, formerly ComicBook/GreenArrow's sidekick Speedy, [[Characters/GreenArrowSpeedy Speedy]], had his right arm ripped off in a fight with Prometheus.Prometheus in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. He now has a cybernetic replacement, however it isn't "permanent" as Roy's arm is still infected with flesh-eating bacteria from Prometheus' blade. The attachment works "around" Roy's nerve endings and actually enhances the pain he already feels. It hinders his ability as an archer to the point that he's stopped using a bow, he can't wear normal clothes over it, and it's a complete eyesore. This was all {{Retcon}}ned away as of 2011.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', Vera Lynn Black has two extremely high-tech prosthetic arms, having lost both her natural arms in a childhood accident. The prosthetics are capable of transforming themselves into a variety of different weapons, and are capable of generating full-body disguises for her.
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** ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] sported an artificial hand after his Kryptonite signet ring [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gave his hand radiation-induced cancer]].



* Franchise/WonderWoman villain Cyborgirl has a weaponized cybernetic arm, in addition to the cybernetic alterations to her damaged lungs and eye.

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* Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman'': The villain Cyborgirl has a weaponized cybernetic arm, in addition to the cybernetic alterations to her damaged lungs and eye.



* ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'': Misty Knight was a cop until she lost her arm in a bombing; ComicBook/IronMan then designed a new bionic one for her.

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* ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'': Misty Knight was a cop until she lost her arm in a bombing; ComicBook/IronMan [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]] then designed a new bionic one for her.
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** An inversion occurs in ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}''. Curtis lost his left foot while working as a field medic in Afganistan. He's given an ordinary prosthetic by the VA, which renders him DentedIron along with some serious psychological trauma.

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** An inversion occurs in ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}''. Curtis lost his left foot while working as a field medic in Afganistan.Afghanistan. He's given an ordinary prosthetic by the VA, which renders him DentedIron along with some serious psychological trauma.



*** In Season 1, Mike Peterson is caught in an explosion, and injured the the point where he loses both an eye and a leg. The leg, while advanced enough to keep up with his superhuman body, does not remotely pass for the real thing, while the eye is indistinguishable. An x-ray later that about half of his skull has also been raplaced.

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*** In Season 1, Mike Peterson is caught in an explosion, and injured the the point where he loses both an eye and a leg. The leg, while advanced enough to keep up with his superhuman body, does not remotely pass for the real thing, while the eye is indistinguishable. An x-ray later that about half of his skull has also been raplaced.replaced.

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