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Take a cartoon, preferably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

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* In FanFic/AGrowingAffection, Shino's damaged leg is replaced with an insect colony. They mimic a Human leg almost perfectly, but he teaches them to perform an extending kick.

Take a cartoon, preferably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', [[AWizardDidIt the Witch]] uses this to pull down a hesitant character (who s much bigger than she is) for examination.

* Used by [[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] whenever Muttley starts laughing at him, outside the range of a typical human being.

* On ''FamilyGuy'', Lois's father once punched Peter through an ''email''.
* Though it doesn't involve combat, the mid-1980s ''ScoobyDoo'' series had Daphne restrain a fleeing Shaggy by extending her arms from off screen.

* Freddy briefly extends both his arms to scare his victim in the first ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film.

Take a cartoon, preferably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

* In an exceedingly rare live-action example, in the Chinese kung-fu movie ''MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine'', an Indian fighter enters a tournament with the power to extend his arms to an absurd length.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' demonstrates this several times, often when Tom tries to reach for Jerry inside one of the walls.

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Take a cartoon, preferably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

* Michael Jordon uses this to make a slam dunk in ''Film/SpaceJam''.

* ''TomAndJerry'' demonstrates this several times, often when Tom tries to reach for Jerry inside one of the walls.

* Pinkie Pie from WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has these, but she uses them to pull her friends in for a group hug.

* This is one of Dhalsim's special abilities in the StreetFighter series - he can punch you from the other side of the screen.
* In ''SonicUnleashed'' Sonic has arms that extend in his werehog form.

* In ''TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', [[AWizardDidIt the Witch]] uses this to pull down a hesitant character (who s much bigger than she is) for examination.

* Michael Jordon uses this to make a slam dunk in ''SpaceJam''.

* Pinkie Pie from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has these, but she uses them to pull her friends in for a group hug.

Take a cartoon, preferrably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

* In ''TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', [[AWizardDidIt the Witch]] uses this to pull down a hesitant character for examination.

Take a cartoon, preferrably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. ''TomAndJerry'', Dick Dastardly and Mutley from ''WackyRaces'' or virtually anyone from ''LooneyTunes''. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of ToonPhysics, and is often used with revenge.

* ''TomAndJerry'' demonstrates this several times, often when Tom tries to locate Jerry inside one of the walls.
** Often used in conjunction with well [[AmusingInjuries placed mousetraps.]]
* Used by [[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] whenever Mutley starts laughing at him, outside the range of a usual human being.