History Main / ExtendableArms

* When Taikoubou gets a Paopei artificial arm in ''Manga/SoulHunter'', one of its many functions (alongside a water pistol and a rocket punch) is this, which allows him to reach the top of a tall, pillar-like tower using the extended arm to lift himself to the top.

* Shockwave from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has the ability to extend his arms, though not by a whole lot, in his Longarm disguise. Since he is a deep-cover spy, he probably chose this rather unimpressive skill to be his false identity's main ability to avoid standing out too much.

* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': Vice, Mature and Ryuji Yamazaki. The three even form a special edit team in ''The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match '' as the Grown Arms Team.

* ''TheKingOfFighters'': Vice, Mature and Ryuji Yamazaki. The three even form a special edit team in ''The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match '' as the Grown Arms Team.

** In ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' After fusing with Orochimon, [[StarterVillain MadLeomon]] is able to use four of its heads as extendable limbs, allowing him to attack Shoutmon and Ballistamon at the same time. Lilithmon/[[DubNameChange Laylamon]] can also extend her arms to poison other Digimon by injecting them through her fingernails.

* [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals The first movie]] of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' (and by extension, ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'') has Wendigomon, who can extend his arms during his Cable Crusher attack, allowing him to send faraway Digimon flying with a punch. The attack also overlaps into VariableLengthChain since his arms are segmented.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': In one episode, Jenny displayed one of her functions: Stretchy Arms and Extendo-finger twice. First time as a demondtration to her mother and the second time to stop a runaway ferris wheel filled with people.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Mallow's basic, unequipped attack has him stretch his arm out to punch opponents.

* General Tesler from WesternAnimation/TronUprising has this ability. They can even bend around structures, punch through walls and other programs and act as grappling hooks.

* General Tesler from WesternAnimation/TronUprising has this ability. They can even bend around structures and punch through walls and other programs.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry:'' In the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 fourth game]], Nero can extend a spectral hand out of his [[RedRightHand Devil Bringer arm]] to grab distant enemies and either bring them closer to him or bring himself closer to them (depending on their size). It's changed to a GrapplingHookPistol in the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 fifth game]] as [[AnArmAndALeg he lost his Devil Bringer at the start]]. [[spoiler:In the end, when he regains access to his demonic powers he also gains 2 spectral wing-arms that can extend to grab distant enemies the same way as his old arm.]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry:'' In the fourth game, Nero can extend a spectral hand out of his [[RedRightHand Devil Bringer arm]] to grab distant enemies and either bring them closer to him or bring himself closer to them (depending on their size). It's changed to a GrapplingHookPistol in the fifth game as [[AnArmAndALeg he lost his Devil Bringer at the start]]. [[spoiler:In the end, when he regains access to his demonic powers he also gains 2 spectral wing-arms that can extend to grab distant enemies the same way as his old arm.]]

* The current image provider, ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' is an unconventional fighting game in which most of the playable characters have the "Gift of ARMS", that changed their arms into coilable strips of material that can stretch long distances, which they use to fight each other. The exceptions are Mechanica, a normal girl who pilots a MiniMecha with extendable arms, and Twintelle, whose "gift" instead [[PrehensileHair affected her hair]].

* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' is an unconventional fighting game in which most of the playable characters have the "Gift of ARMS", that changed their arms into coilable strips of material that can stretch long distances, which they use to fight each other. The exceptions are Mechanica, a normal girl who pilots a MiniMecha with extendable arms, and Twintelle, whose "gift" instead [[PrehensileHair affected her hair]].

* Shockwave from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has the ability to extend his arms in his Longarm disguise. Since he is a deep-cover spy, he probably chose this rather unimpressive skill to be his false identity's main ability to avoid standing out too much.

%%* Shockwave from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has this ability in his Longarm disguise.

* Shockwave from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has this ability in his Longarm disguise.

* This is how ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi''[='=]s Bot can reach distal objects.