History Main / RazorSharpHand

** ''Nanto Seiken'' is a whole family of fighting disciplines that generally works this way. Most famous among the Nanto fighters is side protagonist Rei, whose ''Nanto Suicho Ken'' style can literally slash his enemies to ribbons; and Shin, whose piercing fingers were responsible for the Seven Scars that Kenshiro bears.

* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'': Caricatural ChineseLaunderer Ming Li Foo responds to the threat to his life the Dalton Brothers stupidly uttered a minute earlier while undressing to have him clean their clothes by attacking Lucky Luke (who just wants to talk to him and save his life) [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts with kung fu]] outside his shop. Foo chops clean everything in his path with his hand to get to Luke, including wooden saloon poles, a metal street lamp (in several small bits), a wooden barrel, a mannequin's head, a wooden ladder and even an ''anvil'' (picture).

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[[caption-width-right:288:Even anvils aren't safe.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'': Caricatural ChineseLaunderer Ming Li Foo responds to the threat to his life the Dalton Brothers stupidly uttered a minute earlier while undressing to have him clean their clothes by attacking Lucky Luke (who just wants to talk to him and save his life) [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts with kung fu]] outside his shop. Foo chops everything in his path with his hand to get to Luke, including wooden saloon poles, a metal street lamp (in several small bits), a wooden barrel, a mannequin's head, a wooden ladder and even an ''anvil'' (picture).

* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'': Caricatural ChineseLaunderer Ming Li Foo responds to the threat to his life the Dalton Brothers stupidly uttered a minute earlier while undressing to have him clean their clothes by attacking Lucky Luke (who just wants to talk to him and save his life) [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts with kung fu]] outside his shop. Foo chops everything in his path with his hand to get to Luke, including wooden saloon poles, a metal street lamp, a wooden barrel, a mannequin's head, a wooden ladder and even an ''anvil'' (picture).

* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'': Caricatural ChineseLaunderer Ming Li Foo responds to the threat to his life the Dalton Brothers stupidly uttered a minute earlier while undressing to have him clean their clothes by attacking Lucky Luke (who just wants to talk to him and save his life) [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts with kung fu]] outside his shop. Foo chops everything in his path with his hand to get to Luke, including a wooden pole, a wooden barrel, a mannequin's head, a wooden ladder and even an ''anvil'' (picture).

* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'': Caricatural ChineseLaunderer Ming Li Foo responds to the threat to his life the Daltons stupidly uttered a minute earlier while undressing to have him clean their clothes by attacking Lucky Luke (who just wants to talk to him and save his life) [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts with kung fu]]. Foo chops everything in his path with his hand to get to Luke, including a wooden barrel, a mannequin's head, a wooden ladder and even an ''anvil'' (picture).

** The ''TabletopGame/EpicLevelHandbook'' includes feats that improve effectiveness of a character's (usually monk's) unarmed strike, culminating in giving it a vorpal effect.(instant kill by decapitation on a natural 20 critical hit.)

*** Dr. Gero [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice punctures a hole]] in [[ButtMonkey poor Yamcha]] after attacking him and draining his energy. Android 17 later jabs a hole in Gero himself before kicking his head off.

* Omni-Man of ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'' has the [[FlyingBrick typical combo]] of SuperSpeed, SuperStrength, and NighInvulnerability. When he's fighting lethally, he can ruthlessly apply these abilities to perform cleanly slicing hand chops in the blink of an eye.
* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Bender the DoAnythingRobot makes his hand spin rapidly to mimic the function of a saw and cut a plank of wood. This is especially implausible considering that his three fingers are thick, cylindrical and wider at the ends, as poorly suited to cutting as anything imaginable.

* WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}}, Sandy and (in one episode) Patrick due to their [[IKnowKarate knowledge of Karate]].

** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has the spell "Laeral's Cutting Hand", making the caster's hand work as a weapon equal to dagger +2.

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[[caption-width-right:288:Even the {{anvil|icious}}s aren't safe.]]