"Martial-arts experts agree that a well-trained man with a sword, against a well-trained man without a sword, would easily cut him in half."
— Black Belt Magazine
[Guts grabs the blade of Serpico's saber with his right hand[
Serpico: Don't be absurd.
Guts: Absurd? Not at all.
Serpico: Are you certain? If I draw back the sword now...
[Serpico realizes that he cannot free his sword]
Guts: With a bit of brawn and reflexes, it's not necessarily absurd.
— Berserk
Commander Sazabi: Are you out of your mind!? Using your bare hands!? You can't do that!
Captain Gundam: I'm afraid I must contradict you!
—SD Gundam Force, as Captain does this against Sazabi's Beam Swords
Darth Vader: How could your skin possibly resist the damage of a Sith's blade?!
Jon: [holding up his now-skeletonized hand and smiling] It can't. [weakly slaps Vader around with the skeleton hand]
Jon: [holding up his now-skeletonized hand and smiling] It can't. [weakly slaps Vader around with the skeleton hand]
— JonTron, Starcade finale