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* ''Film/TheRaid1954'': Despite [[CowardlyLion believing himself to be a coward]], the one-handed Capt. Foster stages a heroic one-man LastStand inside the burning town hall in which he kills multiple raiders and wounds their leader Maj. Benton before being captured.
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* Bob Paulson from ''Film/FightClub'' is originally introduced as a pathetic guy who lost his testicles to cancer stemming from steroid abuse, forcing him to take hormonal supplements that give him [[GagBoobs "bitch tits"]]. By the time [[spoiler:he gets killed]], he has more than earned his place in Project Mayhem, as evidenced by the other members' chant:

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* Bob Paulson from ''Film/FightClub'' is originally introduced as a pathetic guy who lost his testicles to cancer stemming from steroid abuse, forcing him to take hormonal supplements that give him [[GagBoobs "bitch tits"]].tits". By the time [[spoiler:he gets killed]], he has more than earned his place in Project Mayhem, as evidenced by the other members' chant:
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* ''Film/UncleSam'': Jed lost a leg in the Korean War and can still operate a muzzle-loading cannon single-handedly.
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* ''Film/BlindJustice'' is a western where Armand Assante plays a blind gunslinger. He is a [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] veteran, who was blinded when he was thought dead and tossed into a mass grave. Quicklime was spread over the corpses, which damaged his eyes.

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* ''Film/BlindJustice'' ''Film/{{Blind Justice|1994}}'' is a western where Armand Assante plays a blind gunslinger. He is a [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] veteran, who was blinded when he was thought dead and tossed into a mass grave. Quicklime was spread over the corpses, which damaged his eyes.
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* ''Blind Justice'' is a western where Armand Assante plays a blind gunslinger. He is a [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] veteran, who was blinded when he was thought dead and tossed into a mass grave. Quicklime was spread over the corpses, which damaged his eyes.

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* ''Blind Justice'' ''Film/BlindJustice'' is a western where Armand Assante plays a blind gunslinger. He is a [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] veteran, who was blinded when he was thought dead and tossed into a mass grave. Quicklime was spread over the corpses, which damaged his eyes.
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** Not really a handicap, though Your Mileage May Vary: Chinese folklore and literature and film feature many eunuchs who achieve nearly-superhuman powers. Most notable is Pai Mei from ''Executioners from Shaolin'', ''Film/FistsOfTheWhiteLotus'', and ''Film/KillBill Volume 2''.

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** Not really a handicap, though Your Mileage May Vary: Chinese folklore and literature and film feature many eunuchs who achieve nearly-superhuman powers. Most notable is Pai Mei from ''Executioners from Shaolin'', ''Film/AbbotOfShaolin'', ''Film/ExecutionersFromShaolin'', ''Film/FistsOfTheWhiteLotus'', and ''Film/KillBill Volume 2''.
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* ''Film/TheMilagroBeanfieldWar'': A one-armed barfly and local eccentric proves that he can hold and aim a shotgun with his remaining arm during more than one MexicanStandoff.
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* Used in the 70s Kung Fu flick ''The Crippled Masters''. Lee Ho has no arms, Tang has no legs, together TheyFightCrime.

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* Used in the 70s Kung Fu flick ''The Crippled Masters''. Lee Ho has no arms, Tang has no legs, [[WunzaPlot together TheyFightCrime.they fight crime.]]

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* ''Lonely Are the Brave'' (1962). Creator/KirkDouglas' character gets into a BarBrawl with a one-armed man (played by the same actor who played the one-armed murderer in ''Series/TheFugitive''). To make things fair, he declares he'll [[WithMyHandsTied fight with one arm held behind his back]]. Unfortunately the man he's fighting is a hell of a lot more familiar at this than he is, so our hero gets his ass kicked.

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* ''Lonely Are the Brave'' ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' (1962). Creator/KirkDouglas' character gets into a BarBrawl with a one-armed man (played by the same actor who played the one-armed murderer in ''Series/TheFugitive''). To make things fair, he declares he'll [[WithMyHandsTied fight with one arm held behind his back]]. Unfortunately the man he's fighting is a hell of a lot more familiar at this than he is, so our hero gets his ass kicked.kicked.
* ''Film/LongJohnSilver'': Despite being blind, Israel Hands is dangerous enough to keep Long John Silver and his pirates trapped in the stockade, and pursue Jim across the island and nearly kill him.
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** Same applies for ''One Armed Swordswoman'', the Taiwanese GenderFlipped remake. A Korean adaptation takes this UpToEleven, titled ''The Armless Swordsman''

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** Same applies for ''One Armed Swordswoman'', the Taiwanese GenderFlipped remake. A Korean adaptation takes this UpToEleven, up to eleven, titled ''The Armless Swordsman''

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