History Main / AbsurdlySharpClaws

* Puss in Boots from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}verse'' is often seen cutting glass with one claw, very quickly.[[note]]This may be a reference to Catwoman.[[/note]] Puss generally picks his fights using his ''sword''. In ''Shrek 3'', Donkey attempted to duplicate the trick after being {{Freaky Friday Flip}}ped with Puss, but it didn't quite work.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Stare Master": Rarity's cat Opal cuts off a lock of Sweetie Belle's mane with a swipe of her claws.[[/folder]]

* The monsters from ''Film/Feast'' are described as having 'claws like Ginsu Knives'. and they can easily tear apart humans.

-->'''[[RedShirt Scrub]]''': "Great...a real SpaceHulk... [[TemptingFate I sure hope we don't run into any]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Genestealers]]."
-->'''[[KillItWithFire Zael]]''': "Chin up, lad! Got [[PoweredArmor Terminator Armor]], after all!"
-->'''[[DropTheHammer Gideon]]''': "I seem to remember Genestealers having [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Rending Claws]], Zael. [[ArmorIsUseless This armor's about as protective]] as wrapping your dick with a napkin [[GroinAttack to fuck]] [[ChainsawGood a chainsword]]..."
-->-- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOrdOl6xoRc Space Hulk II]]

* ''{{Digimon}}'': Beelzebumon's, which he uses in his "Darkness Claw" attack.

* {{Wolverine}} has shown he still has tremendous cutting power even when he just has his natural claws, which are noted to be made of dense bone rather than keratin. By extension, this also applies to {{Daken}} and {{X-23}}, although the former's natural claws are actually of some kind of metallic composition, and the latter had hers coated with adamantium before they ever saw any real use. Sabertooth is another example, with smaller, more cat-like retractable claws in his fingers that have been known to cut steel.

* The Succubae in ''FanFic/TheReturn'', their claws can rend through pretty much anything ([[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands that the plot requires]]).

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', the move Cut allows the player's Pokemon to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cut]] down small trees with a single slicing movement. FlavorText for various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species describes how their claw/pincer/etc. weapons are sharp enough to inflict significant property damage. Also repeatedly demonstrated in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]], with Scyther[[labelnote:*]]Notably the straw pillar it's cutting is meant to emulate the human torso[[/labelnote]] (shown above) in particular repeatedly seen chopping down trees in a single swipe.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Stare Master": Rarity's cat Opal cuts off a lock of Sweetie Belle's mane with a swipe of her claws.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', any tyranid strain from the genestealer up can rip open PoweredArmor, and the larger monsters open tanks like cans.\\

-->-- [[FlashGitzAnimation Space Hulk II]]

-->-- [[Flash-GitzAnimation Space Hulk II]]

* Lust from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is known [[InUniverseNickname as the Ultimate Spear]], and hasn't been shown to be ''unable'' to cut anything. Strictly speaking Lust herself is [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent not natural]], making for kind of a gray area in the trope.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features the aptly named 'Deathclaws', genetically engineered killing machines with claws the size of machetes. In each game they are one of the toughest commonly occurring enemies, and their claws can even be Macgyvered into one of the more deadly unarmed weapons in the game.

* ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'': In one scene Meryl Streep's Character leaves scratchmarks on a solid column.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rarity's cat cuts off half of Sweety Bell's mane with a swipe of its claws.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', the move Cut allows the player's Pokemon to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cut]] down small trees with a single slicing movement. FlavorText for various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species describes how their claw/pincer/etc. weapons are sharp enough to inflict significant property damage. Also repeatedly demonstrated in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]], with Scyther (shown above) in particular repeatedly seen chopping down trees in a single swipe.

* The Macra from ''Series/DoctorWho''. The Macra can be found at the bottom of the motorway in [[NewNeoCity New New York]] (on New Earth). In the 'fast lane' you can reach speeds of up to thirty miles per hour! (Usually taking six years to get to Brooklyn from Queens!) However, this comes with a risk: the potential of being sliced and mauled by the Macra. What's even scarier is that you only really get to see these claws above the fumes.

* The Macra from ''Series/DoctorWho''. The Macra can be found at the bottom of the motorway in [[NewNeoCity New New York]] (on New Earth). In the 'fast lane' you can reach speeds of up to thirty miles per hour! (Usually taking six years to get to Brooklyn from Queens!) However, this comes with a risk: the potential of being sliced and mauled by the macra. What's even scarier is that you only really get to see these claws above the fumes.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The Undine's main mode of attack. One swipe can decapitate a helmeted Hirogen.

* The Macra from ''Series/DoctorWho''. The Macra can be found at the bottom of the motorway in New New York - built upon present day New York after some catastrophic event or something. In the 'fast lane' you can reach speeds of up to thirty miles per hour! (Usually taking six years to get to Brooklyn from Queens!) However, this comes with a risk: the potential of being sliced and mauled by the macra. What's even scarier is that you only really get to see these claws above the fumes.

See AbsurdlySharpBlade for when metallic blades (i.e. knives, swords, axes) are sharper than what one would expect in reality. May have AudibleSharpness and be WolverineClaws in form.

* In ''Literature/{{Dragonback}}'', [[OurDragonsAreDifferent K'da]] claws are sharp enough to cut through ''metal''. And not just slash through it either; at one point Draycos uses this ability to carve a precise hole in a shuttle's hull as sabotage.

* In ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'', the BigBad vampire cuts a human cleanly in two with just his claws (thus the writeup should expand the scope beyond just animals).

See AbsurdlySharpBlade for when metallic blades (i.e. knives, swords, axes) are sharper than what one would expect in reality. May have AudibleSharpness.