History Main / HalfTheManHeUsedtoBe

* In ''Fanfic/MaidensIllusionaryFuneral'', Yukari gets ''vertically'' bisected by Youki. It barely slows her down.

!!This is usually a DeathTrope, as you might think, so ''beware of unmarked spoilers!''

* ''ComicBook/AllNewAtom'': After a time-travel accident, Teddy Hyatt's right side is still alive and functional in the present while his left side is in the future, making him [[{{Squick}} a walking, talking anatomical cross-section.]]

* ''ComicBook/CatwomanWhenInRome'': ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} threatens to "slit ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} open from bottom to top," but is unable to carry out her threat.

* ''ComicBook/PostCrisis'': Black Adam tears Terra-Man in half at the pelvis.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' In ''Space Usagi'', the titular character does this to his lord's murderer with help from a modified katana.
* ''Franchise/XMen'': In the arc ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'', Magneto finishes Apocalypse off by ripping his cyborg body in half vertically.

A frequent result of a SingleStrokeBattle or a DiagonalCut. See also SawAWomanInHalf, the trick performed by a StageMagician. Not to be confused with the less literal [[GroinAttack meaning]]. Compare ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and OffWithHisHead. For examples where the dismemberment happens after the character is dead see DismemberingTheBody,

A frequent result of a SingleStrokeBattle or a DiagonalCut. See also SawAWomanInHalf, the trick performed by a StageMagician. Not to be confused with the less literal [[GroinAttack meaning]]. Compare ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and OffWithHisHead.

%%* This happens in the novel ''Literature/TheWarlockInSpiteOfHimself''.

** Cindy is [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000711 rendered "topless" in a most unpleasant way]]. This is actually one of the ''less'' gruesome deaths during the "KITTEN" StoryArc.

* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'': This is how Ken "dies" after falling from a high place. Cue the "In Half!" RunningGag for the rest of the episode, and even after that.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama: One Remains'', [[spoiler:Katie]] is killed when the host's henchmen play tug of war with her, splitting her in half.

* ''ComicBook/BlackAdam'': Black Adam tears Terraman in half at the pelvis.

* A comedic yet gruesome example happened in volume 7 light novel of ''Eiyuu Kyoshitsu'' where Earnest and Lunaria fused into a single girl for the very first time but despised each other so badly that they end up pushing their fused forms apart vertically via brute force. The audience around them watched in horror throughout the process, with sounds of tearing flesh, bones and ligaments. When they did successfully split vertically into half, their shared halves were disfigured and twitching, with a spinal cord seen in the middle between their split halves. [[Main/GoodThingYouCanHeal Thankfully, they both have the powers of demons to regenerate their bodies instantly.]] This scene was entirely omitted and changed in the manga version. Despite their differences, they acknowledge the power boast that their fusion forms could perform in battle and utilise it again in the later part of the story against tough opponents.

* A comedic yet gruesome example happened in volume 7 light novel of ''Eiyuu Kyoshitsu'' where Earnest and Lunaria fused into a single girl for the very first time but despised each other so badly that they end up pushing their fused forms apart vertically via brute force. The audience around them watched in horror throughout the process, with sounds of tearing flesh, bones and ligaments. When they did successfully split vertically into half, their shared halves twitching, with a spinal cord seen in the middle between their split halves. [[Main/GoodThingYouCanHeal Thankfully, they both have the powers of demons to regenerate their bodies instantly.]] This scene was entirely omitted and changed in the manga version. Despite their differences, they acknowledge the power boast that their fusion forms could perform in battle and utilise it again in the later part of the story against tough opponents.

* A comedic yet gruesome example happened in volume 7 light novel of ''Eiyuu Kyoshitsu'' where Earnest and Lunaria fused into a single girl for the very first time but despised each other so badly that they end up pushing their fused forms apart vertically via brute force. The audience around them watched in horror throughout the process, with sounds of tearing flesh, bones and ligaments. When they did successfully split vertically into half, their shared halves twitching, with a spinal cord seen in the middle of them. [[Main/GoodThingYouCanHeal Thankfully, they both have the powers of demons to regenerate their bodies instantly.]] This scene was entirely omitted and changed in the manga version. Despite their differences, they acknowledge the power boast that their fusion forms could perform in battle and utilise it again in the later part of the story against tough opponents.