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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:Eda has had a curse since her mid teens that allows her to freely detach and reattach her body parts, so when her right hand and forearm ends up being destroyed in the season 2 finale she has a much easier time acclimating than most people would due to already being used to functioning with a missing limb.]]
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' [[spoiler:Eda has had a curse since her mid teens that allows her to freely detach and reattach her body parts, so when her right hand and forearm ends up being destroyed in the season 2 finale she has a much easier time acclimating than most people would due to already being used to functioning with a missing limb.]]

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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:Eda has had a curse since her mid teens that allows her to freely detach and reattach her body parts, so when her right hand and forearm ends up being destroyed in the season 2 finale she has a much easier time acclimating than most people would due to already being used to functioning with a missing limb.]]
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' [[spoiler:Eda has had a curse since her mid teens that allows her to freely detach and reattach her body parts, so when her right hand and forearm ends up being destroyed in the season 2 finale she has a much easier time acclimating than most people would due to already being used to functioning with a missing limb.]]
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* Zig-zagged in ''Series/{{Fallout|2024}}'', depending on the medical technology available at the time or mutations.
** Dr. Wilzig's foot is shot off by the Ghoul and a merchant in Filly gives him a crude prosthetic that grinds down the stump and attaches itself. However, it keeps bleeding and he commits suicide shortly after.
** The Ghoul's finger gets bitten off by Lucy, but he's able to simply sew it back on a day later because he's a [[HealingFactor ghoul.]]
** Lucy's finger is cut off in reprisal for said biting, but a Mr. Handy robot with 2070s medical tools is able to graft on a new (if slightly rotten) finger.
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* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. After Kirstin Ortega is badly wounded by the Ghostwalker and loses an arm, Takeshi Kovacs pays for the most expensive artificial limb available to replace it. Ortega doesn't even realise her arm has been replaced [[DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength until she]] [[ArtificialLimbsAreStronger bends the railing on her bed]] while arguing with Kovacs.

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* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. After Kirstin Ortega is badly wounded by the Ghostwalker and loses an arm, Takeshi Kovacs pays for the most expensive artificial limb available to replace it. Ortega doesn't even realise her arm has been replaced [[DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength until she]] [[ArtificialLimbsAreStronger bends the railing on her bed]] while arguing with Kovacs. However, it was stated that a [[BodySurf full body replacement]] would have been cheaper and easier.
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** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Anakin loses his hand, but has a prosthetic by the end. It has an obviously mechanical appearance, leading him to protect it with a glove.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Anakin has his legs dismembered by Obi Wan, and is later treated with prosthetic legs during his visual transition to Darth Vader. However, the process is shown to be very grueling to him.

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** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Anakin loses his hand, right arm below the elbow, but has a prosthetic by the end. It has an obviously mechanical appearance, leading him to protect it with a glove.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Anakin has his legs dismembered and left arm removed by Obi Wan, and is later treated with prosthetic legs replacements during his visual transition to Darth Vader. However, the process is shown to be very grueling to him.
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** [[spoiler:During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy-creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues.]]

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** [[spoiler:During During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack [[spoiler:[[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]].escape]]]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy-creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues.]]

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** Anakin loses his hand in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', but has a prosthetic by the end. Unlike his son's, it has an obviously mechanical appearance but otherwise works the same, leading him to protect it with a glove. His ''next'' experience with dismemberment in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', on the other hand, is rather more dramatic...
** Luke has his hand cut off in the climax of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', but gets a cybernetic replacement shortly after. Other than a couple of wistful glances, it's functionally and visually identical. By the time of the sequel trilogy, the hand has lost its artificial skin layer, but it's still functional.

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** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Anakin loses his hand in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', hand, but has a prosthetic by the end. Unlike his son's, it It has an obviously mechanical appearance but otherwise works the same, appearance, leading him to protect it with a glove. His ''next'' experience glove.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Anakin has his legs dismembered by Obi Wan, and is later treated
with dismemberment in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', on prosthetic legs during his visual transition to Darth Vader. However, the other hand, process is rather more dramatic...
shown to be very grueling to him.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Luke has his hand cut off in the climax of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the film, but gets a cybernetic replacement shortly after. Other than a couple of wistful glances, it's functionally and visually identical. By the time of the sequel trilogy, the hand has lost its artificial skin layer, but it's still functional.

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* In ''Film/OilyManiac'', the titular monster is a humanoid creature made of ''crude oil''. His limbs and body parts simply reforms and regorws whenever they're cut off, including regenerating a new ''head'' seconds after decapitation.

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* The first ''Film/JakaSembung'' has a villain, Ki Hitam, who can reattach his severed body parts, even his ''[[OffWithHisHead head]]'', thanks to Black Magic. He can even survive HalfTheManHeUsedToBe, unless his upper and lower parts are burnt in separate fires a safe distance away.
* In ''Film/OilyManiac'', the titular monster is a humanoid creature made of ''crude oil''. His limbs and body parts simply reforms and regorws regrows whenever they're cut off, including regenerating a new ''head'' seconds after decapitation.
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* In ''Film/OilyManiac'', the titular monster is a humanoid creature made of ''crude oil''. His limbs and body parts simply reforms and regorws whenever they're cut off, including regenerating a new ''head'' seconds after decapitation.
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* ''Film/SpecialSilencers'' features a BigBad skilled in BlackMagic. The hero Hendra managed to lop off one of the villain's legs; said BigBad simply hops around a bit, then retrieves his appendage and puts it back.


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* In the climax of ''Film/TheMummy1999'', Rick momentarily overpowers Imhotep by hacking off one of his arms. Being immortal, Imhotep picks up the limb and puts it back, leading to Rick going OhCrap
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler:Given how Titan Shifter[=s=] have an innate HealingFactor, losing limbs tends to not hinder them that much. Case in point, Eren lost both his left arm and leg during the Battle of Trost, but upon being recovered from his titan form had already regenerated his lost limbs. Later on in the Marley Arc, Eren cut off his leg while in the trenches to pass off as an injured soldier, and during his meeting with Reiner right before launching the Raid on Liberio, Eren regenerates his leg in front of him]].

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler:Given how Titan Shifter[=s=] have an innate HealingFactor, losing limbs tends to not hinder them that much. Case in point, Eren lost loses both his left arm and leg during the Battle of Trost, but upon being recovered from his titan Titan form had already regenerated his lost limbs. Later on in the Marley Arc, Eren cut cuts off his leg while in the trenches to pass himself off as an injured soldier, and during his meeting with Reiner right before launching the Raid on Liberio, Eren regenerates his leg in front of him]].
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler:Given how Titan Shifter[=s=] have an innate HealingFactor, losing limbs tends to not hinder them that much. Case in point, Eren lost both his left arm and leg during the Battle of Trost, but upon being recovered from his titan form had already regenerated his lost limbs. Later on in the Marley Arc, Eren cut off his leg while in the trenches to pass off as an injured soldier, and during his meeting with Reiner right before launching the Raid on Liberio, Eren regenerates his leg in front of him]].


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* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'': For the most part, dismemberment can be easily undone should an [[HealingHands emitter]] be present to reattach the lost limb. In the event that either an emitter is either not present or the limb cannot be reattached in spite of the presence of one, then it is possible for a mage to replace their limb via creating an elemental replacement. Both [[spoiler:Durden]] and [[spoiler:Varay]] lose one of their arms over the course of the story, which they end up replacing with ArtificialLimbs made out of [[spoiler:stone]] and [[spoiler:ice]] respectively.
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* Of the humans who hibernate through winter in ''Literature/EarlyRiser'', some go braindead and end us as ravening, flesh-hungry [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Nightwalkers]]. When these Nightwalkers are captured, most of them end up "parted out" for organ transplants and limb replacement. When protagonist Charlie strikes up a conversation with a woman whose husband "Nightwalked" some winters ago, the woman muses how her husband's "legs are on a gardener in Stourbridge right now, and his eyes are currently looking across the Sound of Mull."

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* Of the humans who hibernate through winter in ''Literature/EarlyRiser'', some go braindead and end us up as ravening, flesh-hungry [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Nightwalkers]]. When these Nightwalkers are captured, most of them end up "parted out" for organ transplants and limb replacement. When protagonist Charlie strikes up a conversation with a woman whose husband "Nightwalked" some winters ago, the woman muses how her husband's "legs are on a gardener in Stourbridge right now, and his eyes are currently looking across the Sound of Mull."
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Prosthetic limbs are easy to acquire and tend to work just as good as the original, so exceptions to this (such as Skelly from ''Literature/ANewDawn'', thanks to a mixup) are rare.

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Prosthetic limbs are easy to acquire and tend to work just as good as the original, so exceptions to this (such as Skelly from ''Literature/ANewDawn'', thanks to a mixup) are rare.
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* The second episode of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' sees Stanley get his right hand (which contains the key to commanding the titular ship) torn off by Giggerota, who proceeds to mount it on a pike. Despite how ratty it looks by the time he gets it back, it's reattached with little effort thanks to the setting's advanced biotech. (It's also briefly turned into a left hand just to make fun of Stanley.)
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** During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, [[spoiler:Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy-creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues.]]

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** During [[spoiler:During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, [[spoiler:Charlotte Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy-creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues.]]
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* Very common and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in ''Manga/WorldTrigger''. Trigger uses fight in artificially generated bodies formed from Trion energy. These bodies are generated fresh each time their trigger is activated so while loss of limbs (and other serious injuries) can cause problems due to loss of mobility, balance and other issues as well as leaking Trion reducing endurance that's generally only a problem in a single battle. Afterwards their real bodies are completely intact and their Trion bodies are back in perfect condition next time around.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has many characters who end up losing a limb, but are able create prosthetic replacements using their Devil Fruit abilities and continue as if they never lost a limb in the first place. Examples include:

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* Very common and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in ''Manga/WorldTrigger''. Trigger uses users fight in artificially generated bodies formed from Trion energy. These bodies are generated fresh each time their trigger is activated so while loss of limbs (and other serious injuries) can cause problems due to loss of mobility, balance balance, and other issues as well as leaking Trion reducing endurance that's generally only a problem in a single battle. Afterwards their real bodies are completely intact and their Trion bodies are back in perfect condition next time around.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has many characters who end up losing a limb, but are able to create prosthetic replacements using their Devil Fruit abilities and continue as if they never lost a limb in the first place. Examples include:



** During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, [[spoiler:Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues]]

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** During the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, [[spoiler:Charlotte Perospero loses his right arm when [[SuicideAttack Pedro sacrifices himself in order to allow the Straw Hats to escape]]. He is then seen immediately after with a replacement made from his candy creating candy-creating Devil Fruit. This ends up being zigzagged when he eventually faints due to the candy arm doing little to staunch the blood loss, but by the Wano Country Arc his candy arm gives him no real issues]]issues.]]
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* Justified in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' franchise. Toys that aren't made with detachable body parts can easily be put back together if they only lose an arm. Even Bo Peep carries a roll of tape to reattach her arm if it comes off.

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* Justified in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise. Toys that aren't made with detachable body parts can easily be put back together if they only lose an arm. Even Bo Peep carries a roll of tape to reattach her arm if it comes off.
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* Justified in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' franchise. Toys that aren't made with detachable body parts can easily be put back together if they only lose an arm. Even Bo Peep carries a roll of tape to reattach her arm if it comes off.
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* In the FinalBattle of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:Naruto]] loses his right arm up to the elbow and gets a replacement limb made from Hashirama cells. [[spoiler:Sasuke]] loses his ''left'' arm in the same fight, but doesn't bother to replace it [[RedemptionEqualsAffliction due to seeing it as punishment for his past actions]].

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* In the FinalBattle of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:Naruto]] loses his right arm up to the elbow and gets a replacement limb made from Hashirama cells. [[spoiler:Sasuke]] loses his ''left'' arm in the same fight, but [[KeepingTheHandicap doesn't bother to replace it it]] [[RedemptionEqualsAffliction due to seeing it as punishment for his past actions]].
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* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. After Kirstin Ortega is badly wounded by the Ghostwalker and loses an arm, Takeshi Kovacs pays for the most expensive artificial limb available to replace it. Ortega doesn't even realise her arm has been replaced [[DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength until she bends the railing on her bed]] while arguing with Kovacs.

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* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. After Kirstin Ortega is badly wounded by the Ghostwalker and loses an arm, Takeshi Kovacs pays for the most expensive artificial limb available to replace it. Ortega doesn't even realise her arm has been replaced [[DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength until she she]] [[ArtificialLimbsAreStronger bends the railing on her bed]] while arguing with Kovacs.
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:Naruto loses his right arm up to the elbow in his final clash with [[TheRival Sasuke Uchiha]], and gets a replacement limb made from Hashirama cells. Sasuke loses his ''left'' arm in the same fight, but doesn't bother to replace it due to seeing it as punishment for his past actions.]]

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* In the FinalBattle of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:Naruto [[spoiler:Naruto]] loses his right arm up to the elbow in his final clash with [[TheRival Sasuke Uchiha]], and gets a replacement limb made from Hashirama cells. Sasuke [[spoiler:Sasuke]] loses his ''left'' arm in the same fight, but doesn't bother to replace it [[RedemptionEqualsAffliction due to seeing it as punishment for his past actions.]]actions]].
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* Characters get mutilated semi-regularly in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', up to and including decapitation. However, even the hilariously incompetent Dr. Zoidberg can reattach limbs and make them fully functional in a minute. Cloning new limbs doesn't take long either, as evidenced by Fry visiting "Handcrafters" after a dinosaur-feeding accident.

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* Characters get mutilated semi-regularly in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', up to and including decapitation. However, even the hilariously incompetent Dr. Zoidberg can reattach limbs and make them fully functional in a minute. [[CloningBodyParts Cloning new limbs limbs]] doesn't take long either, as evidenced by Fry visiting "Handcrafters" after a dinosaur-feeding accident.accident in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E15IDatedARobot I Dated a Robot]]".
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* Whenever the main cast of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' [[FusionDance Interlink into their Ouroboros forms]], they are capable of nigh-instantly regenerating any limbs that may be severed from them. Much like [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 the previous games']] Blades, so long as their core remains intact, they can suffer just about any kind of attack without lasting damage.
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': It's generally shown across the many iterations of the franchise that any decent medic with access to some spare parts and Energon can whip up a replacement limb for one that's been destroyed or severed that's as good as the original in a short time.
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-->-- '''Della Duck''', ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'', "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E7WhatEverHappenedToDellaDuck What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!]]"

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-->-- '''Della Duck''', ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E7WhatEverHappenedToDellaDuck What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!]]"



* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': In this CyberPunk setting, due to there being limb regrowth treatments (either re-growing from the body, or making a cultured one and then attaching it), Akira loses his arm(s) and/or legs a few times. The treatment's expensive, though.

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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': In this CyberPunk {{Cyberpunk}} setting, due to there being limb regrowth treatments (either re-growing from the body, or making a cultured one and then attaching it), Akira loses his arm(s) and/or legs a few times. The treatment's expensive, though.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheEggTeam'', Teddy loses his right arm very quickly after he is first introduced. However, after passing out from his injury, he wakes up with a mechanical arm. Not only does this arm serve as a perfectly functioning replacement, it also allows him to throw orbs of electricity.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheEggTeam'', Teddy loses his right arm very quickly after he is first introduced. However, after passing out from his injury, he wakes up with a mechanical arm. Not only does this arm serve as a perfectly functioning replacement, it also allows him to throw orbs of electricity.
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