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* In [[VinlandSaga Vinland Saga]], the two most notable instances of {{Fingore}} are Thorfinn cutting off two of Thorkell's fingers with a dagger and Askeladd clipping off the fingers of an English captain with scissors, but there's also ''a lot'' of it in the background.
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* This troper's grandfather had his index finger torn off while checking grain in an auger. ...Shudder...
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* In ''Unthinkable'', the torture expert played by SamuelLJackson begins by cutting off the tip of the terror suspect's finger and it is later shown that he has pulled out all of his fingernails.
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* In ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'' a mob boss gets his index and middle finger cut off by getting them caught in a shotgun and they fire through the barrel like bullets, it's played in a cartoonish manner so there's no blood.
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* In Jungle2Jungle, Russian mob boss Jovanovic does this to people who displease him, and is about to do this to Richard for supposedly cheating him when Mimi Siku intervenes.
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* The 2010 theme for Busch Gardens's Howl-o-Scream, ''MyX'', is centered around a band whose lead singer [[{{Yandere}} Sylvie]] chooses a man from the audience at each show, gets him backstage, and amputates his index finger with her guitar strings.
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* The 2010 theme for Busch Gardens's Howl-o-Scream, ''MyX'', is centered around a band whose lead singer [[{{Yandere}} Sylvie]] chooses a man from the audience at each show, gets him backstage, and amputates his index finger with her guitar strings.
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* ''DarkerThanBlack'' had Hei attempting to get information out of Havoc by breaking her fingers.
** Also, a French Contractor who is interrogated by Hei is shown to have breaking his own fingers as his obeisance.
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* One of the first scenes of ''DarkerThanBlack'' had Hei attempting to get information out of Havoc by breaking her fingers.
** Also,is a French [[BlessedWithSuck really unlucky]] Contractor who is interrogated by Hei is shown to have breaking his own fingers as [[PowerAtAPrice the remuneration for his obeisance.powers]]. Later, Hei breaks several of Havoc's fingers [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to try to get information out of her]].
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** After being blown out of a tank, Bill cheerfully says his carpel tunnel is gone... and shows the guys his severely broken hand, including twisted fingers.
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* The Krites from ''{{Critters}}'' get their first taste of human when one bites several fingers off the daughter's boyfriend Steve.
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*In the original ''[[TheBourneSeries Bourne Identity]]'' miniseries, the Swiss assassins, upon capturing Bourne, slam his fingers in a car door [[ForTheEvulz just because]].
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* In Guy Gavriel Kay's novel {{Tigana}}, true wizards bind themselves to the land (and thus gain power beyond the most basic magics) by severing the ring and middle fingers of one hand.
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* Almost happens in ''HomeAlone'' when Harry attempts to bite off Kevin's fingers as revenge for the torture him and Marv went through. However, Old Man Marley stops him by hitting him in the head with his shovel.
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* Almost happens in ''HomeAlone'' when Harry attempts to bite off Kevin's fingers as revenge for the torture him and Marv went through. However, Old Man Marley stops him Harry by hitting him in the head with his shovel.
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* Almost happens in ''HomeAlone'' when Harry attempts to bite off Kevin's fingers as revenge for the torture him and Marv went through. However, Old Man Marley stops him by hitting him in the head with his shovel.
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* The play ''DogSeesGod'' climaxes with [[spoiler:Matt breaking all of Beethoven's fingers over his piano, which leads to Beethoven's suicide.]]
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* ''Midnight'' by TheBirthdayMassacre has an example in the ''first three lines'': "I can't decide. Which one of us should leave here alive? Your fingers breaking as I place them over mine."
* ''Midnight'' by TheBirthdayMassacre has an example in the ''first three lines'': "I can't decide. Which one of us should leave here alive? Your fingers breaking as I place them over mine."
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* Any country worker (cowboys, charros, huasos, gauchos, etc.) who uses a lasso is ''very'' liable to end up losing at least one finger by handling it.
* Among the many injuries that [[{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]] got when he got ''badly'' burned onstage in 1992, there were the third degrees burns on his left hand and arm.
* Among the many injuries that [[{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]] got when he got ''badly'' burned onstage in 1992, there were the third degrees burns on his left hand and arm.
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* This Troper once had an English teacher who took great delight in telling students how he lost his left pinkie - different stories every time, from getting it shot off in a bank robbery to catching it in the rear blade of a helicopter. His wife, the school librarian, eventually told us the truth: he'd gotten it caught in a chain working on an oil rig.[[/folder]]
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* This Troper once had an English teacher who took great delight in telling students how he lost his left pinkie - different stories every time, from getting it shot off in a bank robbery to catching it in the rear blade of a helicopter. His wife, the school librarian, eventually told us the truth: he'd gotten it caught in a chain working on an oil rig.rig.
* In the last several years, up to 47 percent of injuries reported by astronauts have been hand injuries, specifically, their fingernails fall off. This is because of the way the glove is designed.
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* In the last several years, up to 47 percent of injuries reported by astronauts have been hand injuries, specifically, their fingernails fall off. This is because of the way the glove is designed.
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* Probably the only positive example on this page: In ''PetShopOfHorrors'', a dog sold to the child of a musically-focused family bites and mutilates the child's fingers so he can no longer play the piano. However, the child hated the constant stress of having to live up to his family's high standards. With pianos out of the picture he becomes able to choose his own path.
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* In ''CityHunter'', the Silver Fox got his index severed by [[ImprobableAimingSkills Ryo Saeba's bullet]], leading him to be finally defeated as he no longer can be a CareerKiller without his gun skills.
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* Occurs in the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'', when the protagonist is captured in the midst of a [[TheMostDangerousGame mock assassination]] of an [[CaptainErsatz unnamed]] [[AdolfHitler European dictator]]. The authorities loyal to said dictator take a dim view of such shenanigans, and inflict a number of tortures upon him, including the removal of all his fingernails.
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* Occurs in the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'', when the protagonist is captured in the midst of a [[TheMostDangerousGame [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame mock assassination]] of an [[CaptainErsatz unnamed]] [[AdolfHitler European dictator]]. The authorities loyal to said dictator take a dim view of such shenanigans, and inflict a number of tortures upon him, including the removal of all his fingernails.
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* In ''TheWindThatShakesTheBarley'', The Black and Tans interrogate one of the Irish rebels by pulling out his fingernails one-by-one with a pair of wicked-looking pliers.
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* Occurs in the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'', when the protagonist is captured in the midst of a [[TheMostDangerousGame mock assassination]] of an [[CaptainErsatz unnamed]] [[AdolfHitler European dictator]]. The authorities loyal to said dictator take a dim view of such shenanigans, and inflict a number of tortures upon him, including the removal of all his fingernails.
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* His short story "The Moving Finger" has the protagonist try to get rid of [[ItMakesSenseInContext a finger living in his bathroom drain]] by dissolving it with industrial drain cleaner, before cutting it off with an electric knife.
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* His short story "The Moving Finger" has the protagonist try to get rid of [[ItMakesSenseInContext of a finger living in his bathroom drain]] drain by dissolving it with industrial drain cleaner, cleaner ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it intentionally doesn't make sense in context]]), before cutting it off with an electric knife.
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* An episode of ''{{Deadwood}}'' includes [[spoiler: Swearingen getting his finger cut off by a rock hammer.]]
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** And also in ''AmericanDad'', Steve tries to pull a stunt with dynamite to impress a lady - just to get his thumb blown off. No prob, [[IGotBetter he got better]].
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* At least two of the great silent comedians suffered injuries that cost them part or all of one or more fingers.
** BusterKeaton had the tip of his right index finger amputated after it was crushed in a clothes-wringer.
** HaroldLloyd lost his left thumb and index finger when a prop bomb he was posing with for publicity photos exploded.
* JamesDoohan, who played Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in the original ''StarTrek,'' lost his right middle finger to friendly fire during the invasion of Normandy.
** BusterKeaton had the tip of his right index finger amputated after it was crushed in a clothes-wringer.
** HaroldLloyd lost his left thumb and index finger when a prop bomb he was posing with for publicity photos exploded.
* JamesDoohan, who played Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in the original ''StarTrek,'' lost his right middle finger to friendly fire during the invasion of Normandy.
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* A classic old Chinese torture involves several strips of bamboo placed between the fingers. It has been depicted in several period dramas.
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** Detached fingers are a common nuisance for zombie Reg Shoe, whether while shaking hands, playing the guitar, or feeding bits of meat to Buggy Swires' trained buzzard.
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* {{Following}}, ChristopherNolan's first film, uses this in a major plot point: one of the characters claims that she witnessed a mob punishment of the LoanShark variety where a man had all his fingers smashed before they killed him. In the end [[spoiler:she gets a (still sympathetic) KarmicDeath, having all her fingers smashed by the villain.]]
