History AnArmAndALeg / LiveActionTV

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In "Ruff's Big Break", Right when a zealous Ruff does a karate chop dance move on a fence, He ends up getting hurt VERY BADLY, All to the point where he's forced to wear a cone and a cast for the rest of the episode.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Gettysburg", Vince Chance and Andy Larouche see a Confederate soldier who has had his right leg amputated. Colonel Angus Devine later wants Andy to amputate Major Hinton's left leg after he is shot by a Union soldier. However, he manages to sanitize the wound and Hinton is able to keep his leg.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E69ThePassersby The Passersby]]", the sergeant lost half of his left foot in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar [[spoiler:not long before he was killed]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "The Road Less Traveled", the AlternateUniverse Jeff [=McDowell=] lost both of his legs when he stepped on a landmine during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.

*** Daniel Sousa. He lost his left leg in WW2 and uses a crutch and prosthesis combo, but remains a force to be reckoned with in the field. By the time he reappears in Agents of Shield, he's adjusted to the point where he walks with a cain. Simmons later gifts him with an advanced prosthesis that is visually indistinguishable from the real thing. He subsequently [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]].

* In one of the more gruesome moments of ''Series/CallTheMidwife,'' Nurse Corrigan tries to help a homeless alcoholic. While trying to remove his boot to examine his foot, the ''entire foot'' comes off, gangrenous from years of ingesting methylated spirits. He ends up dying from blood poisoning.

* In one of the more gruesome moments of ''Series/CallTheMidwife,'' Nurse Corrigan tries to help a homeless alcoholic. While trying to remove his boot to examine his foot, the ''entire foot'' comes off, gangrenous from years of ingesting methylated spirits. He ends up dying from blood poisoning.

** "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E11KillSwitch Kill Switch]]": Mulder got tortured by chopping off his arms and legs as well. First went his arms, then his legs. [[spoiler:It turns out that he was in a LotusEaterMachine all the time.]]

* Nog from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' loses a leg at AR-558, leading to severe PTSD even though the new artificial limb he was given allowed him to continue relatively normally.

* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':

** One MythArc plot-line (episodes "Tunguska" and "Terma") has a village of Russian work camp escapees where they amputated everyone's left forearm to remove alien tracking devices implanted by the GovernmentConspiracy. Mulder managed to get away unscathed; however, Krycek wasn't quite so lucky.
** "Kill Switch": Mulder got tortured by chopping off his arms and legs as well. First went his arms, then his legs. [[spoiler:Turn's out that he was in a LotusEaterMachine all the time]].

* In one episode of ''Series/HouseMD'', the hospital staff is called to a collapsed building to rescue and provide medical assistance to people who were injured in the collapse. House goes into a dangerous part of the collapsed building to rescue a woman who is trapped there. It turns out her leg is trapped under heavy debris, and this prevents her from being rescued. House has to amputate her leg without any sort of anesthetic in order to save her life. He does this successfully under very extreme conditions.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''Series/UltramanAce'', when a poor monster get its leg and lower jaw ripped off, '''ONSCREEN''' in the most graphic manner ever put to screen.

* ''Series/TheWilds'': Rachel has lost a hand in the future ([[spoiler:it's later revealed this was the result of a shark attack]]). Shelby has lost a foot.

%%* Used in ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' to underscore the importance of keeping all receipts when traveling.

* In Season 3 of ''Series/TwentyFour'', Jack had to cut a guy's hand off with an axe because he was handcuffed to a bomb. It was later said that doctors reattached the guy's hand.

* ''Series/TheWilds'': Rachel has lost a hand in the future. Shelby has lost a foot.

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In "Ruff's big Break" Ruff accidentally breaks his leg when he dances on a fence in a attempt to imitate his "Action to the Maxion" action figure, to prove that the toy is based on him. The entire act happens off-screen as we only see Blossom witnessing the incident and immediately calling the vet.

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In "Ruff's big Break" Ruff accidentally breaks his leg when he dances on a fence in a attempt to imitate his "Action to the Maxion" action figure, to prove that the toy is based on him.