History Main / AbsurdlySharpClaws

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features the aptly named 'Deathclaws', genetically engineered killing machines with claws the size of knifes. In each game they are one of the toughest commonly occurring enemies, and their claws can even be Macgyvered into one of the more deadly unarmed weapons in the game.

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', fluff describes the zerg ultralisk, their equivalent to a tank (think an elephant with scythes instead of tusks), as having blades with a [[SharpenedToASingleAtom monomolecular edge]].

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{Grrlpower}}'' number 212. Villain Lee Press On Nails boasts that his skin is invulnerable and his claws can cut through anything. Sydney promptly knocks his claws into his own throat. "What? Clearly one of those statements was false".

* In ''Film/{{Fearless}}'', one of the opponents Huo Yuanjia fights uses a form named "Tiger Claw" that involves him scratching h is opponent with his bare nails. Apparently, he can slowly rip your shirt if you let him get close enough.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Stare Master": Rarity's cat Opal cuts off a lock of Sweetie Belle's mane with a swipe of her claws.

* As per canon, Wolverine, Daken, and Sabertooth have their [[TropeNamer (duh)]] WolverineClaws in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Lust is known [[InUniverseNickname as the Ultimate Spear]], and hasn't been shown to be ''unable'' to cut anything. Strictly speaking Lust herself is [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent not natural]], making for kind of a gray area in the trope.
** Greed, also a homunculus and in the same gray area, has claws on his [[InstantArmor Ultimate Shield]] that are able to cut into stone. No in-universe evidence was ever given as to [[UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject whether Lust's Ultimate Spear could cut Greed's Ultimate Shield]].
* ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'': Thunder's left shoulder possesses a ''large lion's claw'' when it is used for his Lion's Authority SignatureMove.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Most notable example is [[PhysicalGod Raviel, Lord of Phantasms]]. His attack name is ''Shimmering Scraper''. Coming from a giant monster with sharp claws, it definitively hurts.
* Apparently, many [[{{Youkai}} youkai]] and [[HalfHumanHybrid hanyou]] have this in ''Manga/InuYasha''. Koga often uses his claws in combat, and Inuyasha this does also.
* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' has Rigardo. He visually resembles a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werelion]], but he is an [[FaceMonsterTurn Awakened Being]], and fights with his claws and SuperSpeed. On his first appearance, he kills four out of the five highest-ranking warriors on the battlefield faster than they can react.
* In ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'', Sniper kills a dog named Lloyd by clawing his head. The bears as well are often shown tearing open either a person or dog with a single strike of their claws.

* A storyline in ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers West Coast]]'' #98-100 (September-November, 1993), features a HistoricalDomainCrossover scenario. Lucrezia Borgia serves as an agent of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell Lord]] Satannish. She is granted Absurdly Sharp Claws coated with [[PoisonousPerson poison]].

* As per canon, Wolverine, Daken, and Sabertooth have their [[TropeNamer (duh)]] WolverineClaws in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''.

* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', werewolf Gabriel leaves claw-marks on a stone statue during his brawl with Dracula.

* The monsters from ''Film/{{Feast}}'' are described as having 'claws like Ginsu Knives'. and they can easily tear apart humans.
* The small stone gargoyle creatures in the horror film ''Film/CurseOfTheTalisman'' have sharp claws strong enough to tear into cars.
* The claws of the monsters in ''Film/AQuietPlace'' can cut through pretty much anything the plot demands, including metal plates, until the RuleOfDrama dictates they suddenly can't.

* ''Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters'': The protagonist, Ryn, has fingernails so sharp that they can, quote, "Kill anything that can die, and a few things that cannot".

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' has the Protean Discipline and its power of Feral Claws, which allow a vampire to grow sharp talons that do aggravated damage. Other things that do aggravated damage to vampires include fire and sunlight, so that's about the level that these things are on.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', the move Cut allows the player's Pokemon to cut down small trees with a single slicing movement. FlavorText for various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species describes how their claw/pincer/etc. weapons are sharp enough to inflict significant property damage. Also repeatedly demonstrated in [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]], with Scyther[[labelnote:*]]Notably the straw pillar it's cutting is meant to emulate the human torso[[/labelnote]] in particular repeatedly seen chopping down trees in a single swipe.
* Iori Yagami from ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' practices his clan's ancient martial art, which entails [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic blasts]] and slashing with his fingertips like razor-sharp claws.

* ''Videogame/ArxFatalis'' features the Black Beast, the monster from [[DugTooDeep the bowels of the earth]] possessing foot-long, OneHitKill claws. Seconds before you meet it, you have to crawl through the tunnel that is apparrently burrowed in solid rock, with Wolverine-like claw marks all over the floor and walls.
* ''Videogame/DwarfFortress'' has an interesting case, in that anything that has nails can cause grievous damage through scratching. While this includes obvious and reasonable creatures like tigers and badgers, this also includes things like dogs, goblins and '' your very own dwarves''. While they can't remove limbs, dwarven nails have been known to cut through tendons, shred right through muscle and nerve tissue, and even eviscerate people. There is a popular technique among veteran adventurers that involves doing a BarehandedBladeBlock with one hand and ''scratching their wrist tendons off'' with the other to steal their weapon.
-->''The dwarf militia commander scratches the goblin axeman in the right lower arm with his left hand [[BodyHorror and the part is ripped into loose shreds!]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': The primary weapons granted by El Tigre's mystic belt are retractable metal claws capable of cutting building-sized robots into scrap.
* A Wile E. Coyote short in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' has Wile E. being sliced to ribbons by the Roadrunner's talons in a ninja-style battle.

* A storyline in ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers West Coast]]'' #98-100 (September-November, 1993), features an ArchivedArmy scenario. Lucrezia Borgia serves as an agent of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell Lord]] Satannish. She is granted Absurdly Sharp Claws coated with [[PoisonousPerson poison]].

* Puss-in-Boots from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}verse'' is often seen cutting glass with one claw, very quickly.[[note]]This may be a reference to Catwoman.[[/note]] Puss generally picks his fights using his ''sword''. In ''Shrek 3'', Donkey attempted to duplicate the trick after being [[FreakyFridayFlip body-swapped]] with Puss, but due to lack of skill, it didn't quite work.

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E17Heart "Heart"]] (S02, Ep17), we find that werewolves have thick gray claws that leave scratch marks in the side of a concrete building.

Subtrope of AbsurdlySharpBlade. May overlap with BladeBelowTheShoulder (the permanently-attached variant) and its subtrope WolverineClaws, depending on whether the claws replace the entire hand (the former) or not (the latter). May have AudibleSharpness.

** War Greymon's gauntlets have given the Wolverine treatment to otherwise untouchable foes. They're MadeOfIndestructium ''and'' absurdly sharp.

** Take UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' where ultralisks can be given a campaign upgrade that lets their blades deal full damage to every target they hit, meaning they cut through anything including multiple tanks without losing momentum.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', the move Cut allows the player's Pokemon to cut down small trees with a single slicing movement. FlavorText for various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species describes how their claw/pincer/etc. weapons are sharp enough to inflict significant property damage. Also repeatedly demonstrated in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]], with Scyther[[labelnote:*]]Notably the straw pillar it's cutting is meant to emulate the human torso[[/labelnote]] in particular repeatedly seen chopping down trees in a single swipe.

* WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}' claws are strong and sharp enough leave deep scratches in solid concrete and even ''solid steel''. This enables to effortlessly climb buildings and cliffs.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'': At one point during "[[VillianSong My Lullaby,]]" [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/cdbe7e2c3b545549d07eeeceab91902a/be693d63a4ef5f07-3b/s500x750/8eecd677525e7aa590ece28b0de4668d965f96b2.gifv Zira rakes her claws against a rock wall, leaving deep gouge marks]].

* The titular species in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' have claws that are strong and sharp enough leave deep scratches in solid concrete and even ''solid steel''. This is actually how they climb buildings and cliffs.

* Iori Yagami from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' practices his clan's ancient martial art, which entails [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic blasts]] and slashing with his fingertips like razor-sharp claws.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'':

* ''Film/SplitSecond'', the 1992 Rutger Hauer movie, is a great example for this trope. The creature uses its huge claw to shred through the roof of a subway train like a hot knife through butter. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=994DBK6gdw4#t=221s It has to be seen to be believed.]]