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Essentially, limb loss as dramatic device. Can come about in a variety of ways: 1. * The character deliberately removes the limb themselves, under duress or otherwise. 2. * The loss is accidental, or occurs during battle. 3. * Another person/entity deliberately rips, cuts or otherwise separates the limb from the owner. It may happen in battle, but it's not a type 3 unless the amputation was deliberate. Compare Kneecapping and Agony of the Feet. Arranged by medium as usual, but please note what type it is at the beginning of the entry. Examples of An Arm and a Leg include:

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  • Essentially, limb loss as dramatic device. Can come about in a variety of ways: 1. * The character deliberately removes the limb themselves, under duress or otherwise. 2. * The loss is accidental, or occurs during battle. 3. * Another person/entity deliberately rips, cuts or otherwise separates the limb from the owner. It may happen in battle, but it's not a type 3 unless the amputation was deliberate. Compare Kneecapping and Agony of the Feet. Arranged by medium as usual, but please note what type it is at the beginning of the entry. Examples of An Arm and a Leg include:
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  • Essentially, limb loss as dramatic device. Can come about in a variety of ways: 1. * The character deliberately removes the limb themselves, under duress or otherwise. 2. * The loss is accidental, or occurs during battle. 3. * Another person/entity deliberately rips, cuts or otherwise separates the limb from the owner. It may happen in battle, but it's not a type 3 unless the amputation was deliberate. May be the predecessor to Artificial Limbs, Arm Cannon, Hook Hand or Swiss Army Appendage. Frequently appears in the backstory of a Handicapped Badass. If played for laughs it's Only a Flesh Wound. Characters with Appendage Assimilation will simply stitch a new appendage on the gaping hole. If it's a severed hand, expect it to be be used in a Dead Hand Shot. Note that this trope only applies when limb loss is deliberately used to advance the plot. It does not apply to preexisting conditions or incidental carnage amongst background characters. If the incident leading to the loss is featured in a flashback by all means include it, but if we only see the character after it happens it doesn't count. Compare Kneecapping and Agony of the Feet. Arranged by medium as usual, but please note what type it is at the beginning of the entry. Examples of An Arm and a Leg include:
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