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** Bender is paralyzed from the neck down in the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E13BendinInTheWind Bendin' in The Wind]]". He recovers mid-episode, but since by that point his paralysis had made him a famous musician, he has to fake it. Bender being Bender, he blows it.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender is paralyzed from the neck down in the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E13BendinInTheWind Bendin' in The Wind]]". He recovers mid-episode, but since by that point his paralysis had made him a famous musician, he has to fake it. Bender being Bender, he blows it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Poor Leela has had some bad luck.
** In "Bender Gets Made", Leela is accidentally blinded by Elzar's spice weasel. She stubbornly refuses any help from others, insisting she is perfectly capable, despite her actions proving otherwise.
** In "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Bender deafens Leela with a loud airhorn given to him by the Robot Devil. This is very inconvenient as Fry is writing an opera all about her. The Robot Devil makes a deal with Leela to make her hear again by giving her Calculon's robot antennae.
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* In one episode of "The Cleveland Show", the titular character becomes [[spoiler: temporarily]] deaf from Lester shooting too close to him during a secret hunting trip. Unfortunately, Donna [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis was thinking about going back to school for a Marine Biology degree]] shortly after he decided to [[spoiler: fake his deafness]].

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* In one episode of "The Cleveland Show", ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', the titular character becomes [[spoiler: temporarily]] deaf from Lester shooting too close to him during a secret hunting trip. Unfortunately, Donna [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis was thinking about going back to school for a Marine Biology degree]] shortly after he decided to [[spoiler: fake his deafness]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender was paralyzed from the neck down for one episode.
** Not even a whole episode: he recovers mid-episode, but since by that point his paralysis had made him a famous musician, he had to fake it. Bender being Bender, he blows it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender was is paralyzed from the neck down for one episode.
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in the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E13BendinInTheWind Bendin' in The Wind]]". He recovers mid-episode, but since by that point his paralysis had made him a famous musician, he had has to fake it. Bender being Bender, he blows it.
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* In the ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' episode "Housebound!" George breaks his leg after a high fall and is left confined to his house in a wheelchair and in the care of Hundley, a dog who is used to seeing him hyper, bouncy, and messy.

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* In the ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' episode "Housebound!" George breaks his leg after a high fall and is left confined to his house in a wheelchair and in the care of Hundley, a dog who is used to seeing him hyper, bouncy, and messy.
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* ''ComicBook/KidColt2009'': Colt, who's right handed, is shot in his right arm when Sherman Wilks first attacks him. He spends the rest of the limited series with that arm in a sling, shooting and fighting left-handed. It’s downplayed to the point where it doesn't slow him down at all, though - he's still a great shot, he wins an unarmed TrialByCombat and he's [[spoiler:fast enough to win a QuickDraw duel against Wilks]].
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'', Grubby accidentally eats a plant that can make you temporarily mute (the effect is known to last "anywhere from one hour to ten years"). So Leota teaches [[FanNickname the Trio]] sign language, allowing them to communicate not only with each other but also with Leota's deaf student.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'', Grubby accidentally eats a plant that can make you temporarily mute (the effect is known to last "anywhere from one hour to ten years"). So Leota teaches [[FanNickname the Trio]] Trio sign language, allowing them to communicate not only with each other but also with Leota's deaf student.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum "The Tsuranga Conundrum"]] has a downplayed example. After taking the brunt of a sonic mine blast early on, the Doctor is still recovering during the rest of the episode, frequently stopping because of pain from internal injuries. It doesn't slow her down much, though.

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** Sarah-Jane Smith is temporarily blinded in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]", although neither she nor the Doctor knows how long it will last. She turns out to still be very effective against the titular villain.
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[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum "The Tsuranga Conundrum"]] has a downplayed example. After taking the brunt of a sonic mine blast early on, the Doctor is still recovering during the rest of the episode, frequently stopping because of pain from internal injuries. It doesn't slow her down much, though.
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Clark was temporarily blinded by some sort of laser, causing him to develop super-hearing. The episode was [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} not at all derivative]].
** Likewise, when he caught a cold (GreenRocks were involved in both cases), it caused him to develop super-breath, which in this version of the character doesn't actually mean freezing breath like in some of the comics but simply lets him generate massive gusts of compressed air.

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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
''Series/{{Smallville}}'': GreenRocks were involved in both cases:
** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS03E10Whisper Whisper]]", Clark was temporarily blinded by some sort of laser, causing him to develop super-hearing.SuperHearing. The episode was [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} not at all derivative]].
** Likewise, when [[SickEpisode he caught a cold (GreenRocks were involved cold]] in both cases), "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E02Sneeze Sneeze]]", it caused him to develop super-breath, SuperBreath, which in this version of the character doesn't actually mean freezing breath like in some of the comics but simply lets him generate massive gusts of compressed air.
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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'':

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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has Bumblebee losing the ability to transform after having his T-Cog stolen by MECH. It's recovered by the end of the episode and even though it was damaged during the fight it turns out to be just fine. Starscream, however, loses his T-Cog at the end of the episode (MECH takes it in retaliation for losing access to Bumblebee's) and spends most of the rest of the season unable to transform until he gets a new one.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' episode "What Did You Say?" Blythe catches a cold that somehow causes her to lose her ability to talk to the pets. By the end of the episode, it turns out that Blythe's cold wasn't causing her to lose her ability, it was caused by a side effect from the medicine her dad was giving her.
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** ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' has two of these kind of episodes as well. The first is when Robotnik builds a machine to track Sonic when he runs at super-sonic speed, and the second is when a wizard puts a spell on Sonic that prevents him from running fast, holding his speed ransom until Sonic reclaims a computer of magic spells that Robotnik stole.

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** ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' has two of these kind of episodes as well. The first is when Robotnik builds a machine to track Sonic when he runs at super-sonic speed, and the second is when a wizard puts a spell on Sonic that prevents him from running fast, holding his speed ransom until Sonic reclaims a computer of magic spells that Robotnik stole.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'s'' RearWindowWitness episode, "Point of View" opens with Mac falling a few stories during a foot chase/fight scene. He spends most of the episode cooped up at home with his foot propped up, a sprained right arm, and a few broken ribs. When he does venture out, he's either limping or shown sitting down. He's completely healed by the next ep.
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* On ''Series/{{MacGyver}}'', the titular hero steps into a bear trap, injuring his leg. He conjures up ways to help himself get around, including turning a coatrack into a crutch.

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* On ''Series/{{MacGyver}}'', ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', the titular hero steps into a bear trap, injuring his leg. He conjures up ways to help himself get around, including turning a coatrack into a crutch.
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* On ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', an evil monkey steals Paige's voice, Phoebe's hearing and Piper's eyesight. (No, really.) They get better, though, of course.

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* On ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', an evil monkey steals Paige's voice, Phoebe's hearing and Piper's eyesight. (No, really.) They get better, though, of course.
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* In an episode of ''{{WeternAnimation/Arthur}}'' Brain has an accident and breaks his knee right before the big school basketball game. Confined to a wheelchair he must learn from a physically handicapped pro-player how to play while confined to his chair.

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* In an episode of ''{{WeternAnimation/Arthur}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Brain has an accident and breaks his knee right before the big school basketball game. Confined to a wheelchair he must learn from a physically handicapped pro-player how to play while confined to his chair.

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