A character gets cut (or, less often, blown or ripped apart) in half, usually during combat but occasionally in an accident, building collapse or some other scenario. Different from Saw a Woman In Half because the victims here are usually male, there are no stage magicians involved and the bodies are very rarely put back together. Expect a character who survives this to become a Memetic Badass, or at the very least an Ensemble Darkhorse. Examples of Half the Man He Used To Be include: