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'''Living Apart''' is any bodily division.

{{Sub Trope}}s include:
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* AppendageAssimilation: When they get back missing parts through regeneration.
* BrainInAJar: Sometimes.
* CraniumChase: A character's body chases after their severed or separated head.
* DetachmentCombat: Basically the battle form of this.
* DetachableLowerHalf: When split in half horizontally.
* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: When applied on robots.
* EyeSpy: Sometimes
* HeadTurnedBackwards: When someone's head is reattached wrong.
* HelpingHands: Pretty much a result when used on hands.
* LegoBodyParts: When the parts are switched around and one's parts end up with the others and the others with theirs.
* LosingYourHead: When the head is separated.
* OneToMillionToOne: Similar to PullingThemselvesTogether below, except that this one is always preceded by getting separated.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: This is the more common way of reattachment.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: One of many reasons for this.
[[/index]]

Any Sub Tropes mentioned in the index above are not going to be in the list below.

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!!Nose
Someone whose nose is detached but still moving and breathing.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* Happens in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG00J5LJPx8 Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercial]] where some girl's nose [[AnimateBodyParts pops off and runs towards the cereal]].
* The first few Puff's Tissue StopMotion commercial has this happen where some kid's nose runs from the regular tissue.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Kovaliov's nose in Creator/NikolaiGogol's "The Nose".

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Ernie has upon occasion [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbpmsBajfLM pulled Burt's nose off.]] Burt is usually annoyed by this, and talks like he has a cold until his nose is put back on, but is otherwise unharmed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtbRdnthw6w Ernie's nose is also removable.]]

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' episode "Pick a Nose" where they even go as far as to [[LegoBodyParts switch noses]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}'' had an entire episode, "Wild Parts" revolving around a "nasal-mancer", or nose wizard, enchanting the noses of the city, including Billy's, into removing themselves from their owners' faces and forming a parade to the shopping mall where the nasal-mancer tries to find noses to replace the one he lost. Throughout the episode, Billy's nose is shown to have a personality of its own, slapping his owner with a steak for making a {{pun}} after Billy decides to give half of his nose to the nasal-mancer after losing his real nose during a nose-balloon chase {{It Makes Sense in Context}}.
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!!Eyes
Not to be confused for EyeSpy this time their eyes come off and can sill see although not attached for other reasons.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9YRRtdLq0 ad for Vrak TV involves]] [[ButtMonkey a kid named Tommy]] sneezing off his eyeballs as a result of a girl giving him [[PlotAllergy flowers]] which results in him slowly pursuing his literally rolling eyeballs.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' level boss Peep has his eyes go around the room after he's [[TurnsRed taken enough damage]].

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' episode "Robin Hoek" it happens to Ren in his dream where his eyes run away from vicious monks (don't ask).
* Happens in some ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episodes, with the first time it happens being in the episode "The Smoking Peanut" where Spongebob's eyes fall out in fear.
** Another notable time it happens is in the episode "Pranks a Lot" where this time it's a random fish instead of Spongebob and his eyeballs can run and drive away.
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!!Mouth
A case someones mouth is detached but can still move and talk.

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* In an Unlimited calling Virgin Mobile phone ad some girl talking on the phone moves her phone to the bench with her mouth detaching from her face and following the phone and still talking on it. The video is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11kUFXxhatA here]].

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the demon "Sweet" is able to pull off his mouth, which keeps singing to Dawn in the episode "Once More, With Feeling."

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Happens to WesternAnimation/{{Spongebob|Squarepants}} in the episode "Slimy Dancing" where Squidward removes his mouth for talking back at him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', at point in ''[[MindScrew One Plus One Equals Ed]]'', Eddy pulls Sarah's mouth off because she wouldn't stop yelling. Her disembodied mouth then bites Eddy.
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!!Tongue
The lesser variant of Mouth where the tongue detaches from the mouth but can still move despite not being attached.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* Happen in an ad for Doritos Chili Heatwave where some guy has those chips and his tongue is got so hot [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd67PaAp8Jc the guy spits out his tongue into the water, then his girlfriend picks up his tongue which is seen shaking from the heat and then places it back into his mouth.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tML1z720C4 Tooheys Extra Dry]] is this mixed with AnimateBodyParts.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' has this happen briefly when [[spoiler:Percy shoots off Professor Byron Anders' magical tongue]], it attempts to crawl off on it's own but [[spoiler:is stabbed to bits with an arrow by Grog.]]
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!!Teeth
This is a less noticeable but more common version of mouth where every part of the mouth except lips is detached or just simply teeth and gums are detached. Does not count if the teeth are fake or cannot be reattached. Teeth can sometimes still move and/or talk.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' has Adams teeth with gums, tongue, uvula and the rest of the mouth anatomy excluding lips detached from him in the climax of the film and can still move and talk.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Happen in the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Yarn Benders" where the Old Lady Giant removes her teeth and instead of her toothless mouth talking her teeth (which are just Gums and Teeth) move and talk instead.
** Another episode had Rocko's tooth turn into a mutant giant due to Filbert's attempts to be a dentist.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Stopping at a diner in Florida while searching for his escaped gargoyle Pazuzu, Professor Farnsworth uses a remote control on his detachable teeth to help chew his food. Said teeth develops a taste for blood after biting Fry, culminating in it flying around the room biting people while Farnsworth slurps his slop through a straw obliviously.
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!!Face
This is all the above combined where someones face is removed from their body but the face can still breathe, see, talk, feel and move despite not being attached to the head. While the face becomes like a living mask when not attached the bodies head becomes TheBlank.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* In ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' Dr. Arthur Neuman has his face removed from his head by Loki.
* Barbara from ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' removes her face to scare the living folk out of their house. This portion of the trope is played in a particularly gruesome manner.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNwQvXE7Lc0 this]].

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[[folder: Music Video ]]

* Music/ArianaGrande in "No Tears Left To Cry" removes her face in an upside down room of containing her other faces faces.

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[[folder: Western Animnation ]]

* Happens to WesternAnimation/{{Spongebob|Squarepants}} in the episode "Squids on Strike" the second time Squidward pulls off his face by pulling him away from the window.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren's]] Face gets ripped off by a baboon and thrown into a tree in the episode "Travelogue" with his face reattached not long after.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' has Cat lose his face in the episode that [[CanonDiscontinuity probably never happened called]] "Movin' On Up".
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!!Ears
Someone gets their ear detached from their body but they can still hear and possibly move if the can wiggle their ears.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' has this happen to the character played by Drake Bell in the Barber Shop sketch where his ear gets cut off and the barber shouts in his disembodied ear and then he runs away and his ear is then put in a trash can full of ears ([[FridgeHorror Implying it happened before]]).

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Possible Subversion with [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Wilbur Cobb]] has his ear fall off in the episode "Stimpy's Cartoon" where it seems to be attached only by what appears to be bubblegum.
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!!Upper Head
Someone who has the forehead, scalp and all the hair on it and occasionally ears detached from the rest of their head usually exposing their brain but can feel it.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' Timmy Turner has this happen quite a few times.
* [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick]] loses this portion of his head as a plot point in the episode "Patrick [=SmartPants=]".
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!!Neck
This is a rare case of someones neck being detached from their head and body but can still feel and move.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Series/MadTV1995'''s ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' parody has a patient who's neck is separated from her body.

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!!Hands
When a hand is separated from the arms or the more minor fingers and/or thumbs are separated from palms of hand. Either way the hand(s) or hand part can still move and feel under the persons control but if the hands have a mind of their own then it falls under HelpingHands.

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[[folder: Anime & Manga ]]

* Migi from ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' by Hitoshi Iwaaki partly qualifies, being a shapeshifting symbiote occupying and taking the form of Shinichi's hand. Beside the ability to morph itself into various weapons like its more parasitic kind, it is also able to separate from his host's body for a short time, as it did when it tried to hunt down a human who saw its true form (before Shinichi convinced it to stop).

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[[folder: Films -- Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'': The titular {{Nigh Invulnerable}} giant is able to detach and reattach his mobile limbs, including his hand, which causes a bit of trouble around the house for {{Kid Hero}} Hogarth who tries to hide it from his mother.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* The 1999 movie ''Film/IdleHands'' had a teenager whose forced to cut off his right hand after it becomes possessed by an evil spirit and goes on a killing spree.
* The second half of the 1997 dual horror anthology ''Quicksilver Highway'' had a man whose hands tried to foment a rebellion, based on Clive Barker's short story "The Body Politic".
* The 1988 movie ''Film/{{Waxwork}}'' had an exhibit filled with wax monsters and famous psychopaths come to life with the souls of 18 victims. After the heroes manage to escape exhibit with the wax effigies burned inside, they begin to walk home, not noticing that a hand from the Zombie display scuttling away from the rubble.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' this happens to [[DarkActionGirl Abbadon]] in an episode called "Clip Show" after being [[PullingThemselvesTogether reassembled everywhere]] except her hands to which she then takes advantage of by controlling her disembodied right hand to get a bullet out of her head.

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[[folder: Tabletop RPG ]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed obviously]] has this in many forms. The most infamous being the [[AlliterativeName Crawling Claw]] which are disembodied hands, which are often used to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath strangle its original owner]].

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82UO_ki7Yk&feature=related This YouTube Video]]
* The Website/SCPFoundation has this happen to [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-418 SCP-418]] during one of the tests that involves cutting off one of his hands at the wrist with a combat knife, which apparently caused him [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild discomfort]] and then later [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattaches his hand to his body]].

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* WesternAnimation/{{Spongebob|Squarepants}} in the episode "Artist Unknown" detaches his hand from his body because of Squidward upsetting him by insulting his art skills.
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!!Arms
The ability to detach arms from torso with arms still being able to move and feel under the persons control.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WVNUpP-To This commercial for RC Cola]] has a girl with a removable forearm that has an RC Cola in it that also comes off and is shown later in the commercial being able to control her wrist and fingers of the disembodied forearm. [[EyelessFace In the same commercial it also reveals her band mates have no eyes]] [[BodyHorror but instead have ice dispensers where their eyes should be.]]
* Yet another [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMKdSvvg6VM ad for Vrak TV that involves]] [[ButtMonkey a kid named Tommy]] [[MadeOfPlasticine having his arms rip off his body from spinning too much while holding hands with a girl]].

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[[folder: Comics ]]

* Arm-Fall-Off-Boy is pretty self explanatory.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* In ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' an alien gets its arm which was holding the blaster cut off which not long after continues shooting through its severed arm.
* [[AmbiguousSituation May have happened to]] [[TheProtagonist Esther]] from ''In My Skin'' with her left arm (below the elbow) [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext after "subduing" her arm]] [[OrganAutonomy after it started moving on its own]]. Though considering this scene is both a BigLippedAlligatorMoment and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight how people the are reacting to it]] this scene is most likely a case of it [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness being seen from her point of view]].

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* The entire plot of Yasunari Kawabata's novel "One Arm" revolves around the protagonist's girlfriend's detached right arm for him to spend the night with it.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* WesternAnimation/{{Spongebob|Squarepants}} has his arm come off in many episodes but especially "[=MuscleBob=] [=BuffPants=]" and "Graveyard Shift".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' has Gigabyte who gets his arm cut off and then [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattaches it moments later]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has The Magician's disembodied floating arm in the episode "Vanishing Act".[[/folder]]

!!Breasts
The [[AlwaysFemale female only]] ability to detach breasts from chest while still being able to feel and use to feed babies. This one tends to only appear in stuff that is NotSafeForWork.

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!!Chest
This is a theoretical ability to detach someone's chest from their head, arms, and abdomen while still being able to move, feel, respond to breathing and have a heartbeat.

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!!Abdomen
Another rare ability to detach someone's abdomen from their chest and hips while still being able to move, feel, have the capability of getting bloated, grumble when hungry, and carry a baby if the belly belongs to a pregnant woman.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Some variants of the cutting in 3rds magic trick have only the abdomen cut from the rest of the body.

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!!Butt
The rare case of the butt detaching from their hip while still being able to move, feel, and release waste. Can appear in stuff that is NotSafeForWork but any that aren't tend to be used for RuleOfFunny.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* In a commercial for the "Laugh Your Butt Off" marathon on Disney XD, it features peoples butt's flying off their bodies from laughing so hard.

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!!Reproductive Organs
When the reproductive organ's or their components are detached from the hip. Either way the reproductive organs or parts of the reproductive organs can still be able to move, feel, release waste, react to situations, be used to mate, and be used to reproduce. Whenever this ability is shown in any way it is NotSafeForWork and can at times overlap with ExoticEquipment if said reproductive organ's have additional "inhuman" attributes.

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[[folder: Music ]]

* Music/KingMissile's song "Detachable Penis" is a song about a guy who has a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin detachable penis]].

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* In Creator/GregEgan's book [[http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/OCEANIC/Complete/Oceanic.html "Oceanic"]], there is a single gendered race that is able to detach their reproductive organ's by passing it on to another person.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* A male Argonaut (also called a Paper Nautilus) is able to detach its third left arm after it becomes a hectocotylus.
* Some species of spiders can detach their genitals.
* There is a species of Nudibranch can detach its penis and just as easily regenerate it.

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!!Hips
Yet another rare case of being able to detach someone's hip from their abdomen and legs while still being able to move, feel, release waste from both ends, react to situations on front end, be used to mate and be used to reproduce. Due to being the region that carries 2 private parts it has a heavy potential of appearing in stuff that is NotSafeForWork.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Some variants of the cutting in 3rds magic trick have only the hip cut from the rest of the body.

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!!Torso
Once again another rare variation of being able to detach their entire torso from their head, arms, and legs while still having all the capabilities mentioned in the Breast (for females), Chest, Abdomen, and Hip folders.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Some variations of the vivisection magic trick have only the assistant's torso separated from the rest of their body.

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!!Legs
The ability to detach legs from torso with legs still being able to move and feel under the persons control. Not to be confused for DetachableLowerHalf in which the legs are still connected to the hips.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=E9juTV4HBho This commercial for AXE spot]] has a girl who appears to be dating some dude's disembodied leg, though it is unknown who it belongs to and if it does belong to someone where the owner of the leg is.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* In a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen deleted scene from]] ''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Movie 2]]'' one of Cindy's leg appears to detach from her body when she's trying to get help from a farther distance when all the [[ItMakesSenseInContext attempts to rescue herself from drowning in the tub using nearby methods fail]].

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Some variations of the SawAWomanInHalf trick such as Brett Daniel's version are sawn in the upper thighs just below the hip and are made very clear that that's the case.

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!!Feet
When a foot is separated from the legs or the more minor toes are separated from soles of the feet. Either way the feet/foot or foot part can still move and feel under the persons control.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDEjlkchoc At the end of this commercial for OSIM Foot Messager]] the apparent mom appears to have had her feet teleport away from her judging by her shocked expression.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d611jw_lXI A commercial for OTO Bigfoot Messager's]] whole story seems to be after an office worker abuses his feet when rushing to his office his feet detach from his legs, then upon falling as a result he witnesses fist hand his [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext detached feet undress in front of him and then jump on the windowsill appearing to threaten to jump off the building until he shows them the advertised item, which persuades them to reattach to him to get messaged]].

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* In the 1989 {{Pilot}} [[FailedPilotEpisode of a show that never went any further than that]] called ''Shivers'' has a ghost of pig feeder named Silas who detaches his left foot in his introduction to scratch it and then later detaches his right foot along with [[LosingYourHead his head]] when betting with a [[BlueBlood more regal]] fellow ghost called Jack Marlowe in a game [[FiveAcesCheater that is obviously rigged in Jack's favor]].

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!!Vertical Split
When someone splits in half vertically as opposed to horizontally (if it's horizontal, that falls under DetachableLowerHalf).

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[[folder: Advertisements ]]

* There were [[https://www.behance.net/gallery/HBF-Essentials-Campaign-TVC/5722569 three ads]] for Western Australian health insurance company HBF which had the tagline "Join and claim at the same time". In it, a customer, after learning about the benefits of said insurance, would split in half, with one half staying to continue talking on the phone, and the other going to, depending on the ad, the dentist, an optometrist or a physician.
* An [[https://vimeo.com/67124018 ad]] for Fontvella featured vertical halves of people.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* In the ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'' episode "Haunted Kids", Taylor and Frankie won't speak to each other, so Ray splits in half to avoid having to give them the same advice twice.
* ''Karroll's Christmas'' features the Ghost of Christmas Past splitting in two to prove to someone the existence of ghosts. Unfortunately, the shock causes him to suffer a heart attack.

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!!Disassembly Applied
When someone is dismantled piece by piece and still has control over each detached body part.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* A large scale case of this division happens in a commercial for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofF_MCC8950 EASTPAK Backpacks]], where the ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' style alignment using anyone or anything to line up perfectly in the middle results on the mixer sucking them up and spitting out the dismembered body parts on the other side.
* In a commercial for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqEMZidnH70 Erroca]] a magician does a more extreme version of the zig-zag magic trick on a girl that separates her into 3 pieces (Head, upper body [[note]]upper torso and arms[[/note]] , and lower body [[note]]lower torso and legs[[/note]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieYRLtnIFvg In this variation of the Levis Twisted to Fit Ad]] it has a leg, a foot, an arm, a hand and [[LosingYourHead 2 heads]] detached.
* Like the above Erroca commercial, Uni has a similar kind of separation happen to Vicky Kaushal in 3 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_hzPnPBJI different]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRu6iP8hdbk commercials]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H2orRTrV88 one]] of which has the addition has the addition of his right arm.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* [[spoiler: In ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'' This happens to Madeline and Helen upon falling down the stairs after Ernest's funeral.]]
* The Fireys from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' have this as one of their distinct abilities along with [[PlayingWithFire their namesake]] in their musical number alone they are seen being able to detach their [[HelpingHands hands]], eyes, legs, arms, and most infamously [[LosingYourHead their heads]].
* In ''Film/MarsAttacks'' the martians experiment on Donald Kessler by dismembering him while keeping all his severed body parts alive.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Implied to happen in the ''Series/GabbyDuranAndTheUnsittables'' episode "Extreme Ruckus" to Jeremy and at the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Ziggy]], after both explode offscreen from drinking a carbonated beverage. Though it only shows the aftermath with [[LosingYourHead both their heads in human form]] and the former's body in a canister in its true form as a result of the shopkeeper gathering up the pieces, while the latter's pieces are offscreen.

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[[folder: Music Videos ]]

* In the music video for Oceanator's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7kk3NoL_Oc January 21st]]" this happen to Elise with first [[LosingYourHead her head]], then her arms, and then apparently her feet separating and drifting away from the rest of her body.

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[[folder: Web Originals ]]

* Website/SCPFoundation:
** Basically the abilities of [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-418 SCP-418]] which not only causes him to survive mutilation, but also can control his severed limbs, have the detached appendages still function as if they aren't severed, and have a [[HealingFactor regenerative healing factor]]. A more straight example of this is in one of the tests of SCP-418 which involves him getting his limbs blasted off with an assault rifle, which very understandably gave him extreme amounts of pain and caused him to go into shock, fortunately for him, he recovers after being [[PullingThemselvesTogether put back together]].
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3484 SCP-3484]] despite granting anyone who reads page 87 of it the ability to do this to themselves and others along with the ability to [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattach them]], due to body parts that aren't attached to the brain not being able to be controlled or be able to feel when detached.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Commonly happens whenever ToonPhysics is applied, usually as a form of AmusingInjuries.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Pretty much every cutting magic trick that involves cutting someone in anything more than 2 pieces is a form of this.
** Mismade is about cutting someone into usually 4 sections (Head, upper torso, legs (which contain hips and thighs), and feet).
** Crazy Lady is a trick that has slight similarities to Mismade only with 3 boxes (the sections are head, torso, and legs) being put in separate locations.
** Shadow Vision is a trick where a person's torso with arms still attached is separated from their head and legs.

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!!Some Assembly Required
The exact opposite of Disassembly Applied where a someone is put together piece by piece. Unlike PullingThemselvesTogether they are being created this way instead of reassembled.

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[[folder: Advertisement ]]

* Implied to happen in 2 different commercials that advertise Citroen with one being the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIRzsrTKz3A Male version]], while the other is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFK_PhdeJw Female version.]]
* Happens in a commercial for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_BuKQOrL4 VO5 Extreme Style]] that features the construction of [[MurderousMannequin living mannequins]].

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* FrankensteinsMonster from ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' due to being [[FleshGolem made of body parts from various corpses]] making it a possible UrExample of this variant due to being OlderThanTelevision.
** Pretty much most if not all [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Frankenstein's Monster from every media is an example of this trope due to being made of various body parts.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' has the episode "Dream Date" Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda manually build [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent perfect dates]] using something called Man Dough.

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[[folder: Music Videos ]]

* This happens to an [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots android]] Gary Go in a music video for the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-5Atcdu3E Engines]]".
* In A-Studio's music video of the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv04YoT2NnY Fashion Girl]]" this happen to an android girl.
* Happens to an android girl in Music/{{Apocalyptica}}'s music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X369N67_OU How Far]]"
* Has this happen to [[AmbiguousRobots what appears to be]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots a very human looking android girl]] in a music video for the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o54ccUHXtc Time Of You Life]]" by Alex Day.
* In Bella Poarch's music video for her song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGCGc7sAUw Build A B*tch]]" this trope variant is seen to be used in a factory for a place called Match Made where a perfect date is supposed to be created.

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* The short movie "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0a-RjtVo0Q #Lilith]]" has this happen to the titular robot's body.

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