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"We were in this bar in Saigon and this kid comes up, this kid carrying a shoe-shine box. And he says "Shine, please, shine!" I said no. He kept askin', yeah, and Joey said "Yeah." And I went to get a couple of beers, and the box was wired, and he opened up the box, fucking blew his body all over the place. And he's laying there, he's fucking screaming. There's pieces of him all over me, just... like this, and I'm tryin' to pull him off, you know, my friend that's all over me! I've got blood and everything and I'm tryin' to hold him together! I'm puttin'... the guy's fuckin' insides keep coming out! And nobody would help! Nobody would help! He's saying, sayin' "I wanna go home! I wanna go home!" He keeps calling my name! "I wanna go home, Johnny! I wanna drive my Chevy!" I said "With what? I can't find your fuckin' legs! I can't find your legs!" I can't get it out of my head. A dream of seven years. Everyday I have this. And sometimes I wake up and I don't know where I am. I don't talk to anybody. Sometimes a day - a week. I can't put it out of my mind."
John Rambo, First Blood

Muldoon: I think this was Gennaro.
Sadler: [looks disgusted at something offscreen, 30 yards away] I think this was too...

"Don't worry. He's not making it out of here in one piece."
Chuck Greene about Sullivan, Dead Rising 2

"NO! I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPLIT OPEN YOUR WORLD! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO IT TO ME!"
Serrator once split apart by the Samurai Shark Gigazord in Power Rangers Samurai

"I'm gonna rip you in half now."
Juggernaut to Deadpool before ripping Deadpool in halfnote , Deadpool 2

"OH MY GOD! I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS! I CAN'T FEEL— oh, they're right here."
Deadpool, immediately after the above, Deadpool 2

"She... she sliced right through me...?"
Seryu, in response to Mine bifurcating her with her BFG in Akame ga Kill!.

"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be / 'Cause now I'm an amputee."
John Lennon's parodic rendition of "Yesterday"

"'There's been an accident!' they said,
'Your servant's cut in half; he's dead!'
'Indeed!' said Mr. Jones, 'and please
'Send me the half that's got my keys.'"
Mr Jones by Henry Graham, 1899

Mrs. Ladybug: Oh, please, don't let [Spiker and Sponge] spray us!
Earthworm: Spray us?! They'll see the yank up there and come after us with a shovel! It happened to m' brother!
James: How awful!
Earthworm: Split him right down the middle! Now, I have two half-brothers.

You strike again, curving the golden blade in a great arc. It bites into the Vordak's neck, tearing through its unnatural body, and severing it diagonally from collarbone to hip.

Rogue shook herself out of shock as anger and rage poured in. She stepped forward, wanting to reach Kara's side, to help her tear these… animals apart. The leader had turned to run and she caught him by the upper arms. He was no longer human. He was an obstacle. Without a second thought, she flung her arms wide, opening her hands to let the two pieces of the leader fly in opposite directions.

Hicks: At least we proved that Man is tougher than any stupid aliens.
Ripley: Yes, and we've also proved that women are smarter and tougher than men!
Bishop: I'll say! I wish I was half the man Ripley is. Wait a minute, I am!
MAD parody of Aliens

Vince: Do you know how many people without safety belts survive even a 30 mile-an-hour crash in one piece?
Linebacker: RAAAAGGGGGH!!! (tackles Vince, tearing off his upper half)
Larry: About half.

"Guess your tapdancing days are over."
Leon Kennedy to Bitores Bitores Méndez, Resident Evil 4 (Remake)

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