History Main / ArtificialLimbsAreStronger

* ComicBook/MistyKnight was a private detective in the 1970s. She was brought back in 2006 in the ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'' (in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe) and then in ''ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon'' (in the mainstream universe). In both incarnations, she has a bionic arm designed by Tony Stark, that grants her several super powers.

* ComicBook/MistyKnight was a private detective in the 1970s. He was brought back in 2006 in the ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'' (in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe) and then in ''ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon'' (in the mainstream universe). In both incarnations, she has a bionic arm designed by Tony Stark, that grants her several super powers.

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* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' Annie made Anakin's bionic hand [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0436.html weaker but more dextrous]] than the normal one.
-->'''Pete:''' Ah, you're becoming a superior being.\\
'''Annie:''' Because I'm becoming cybernetic?\\
'''Pete:''' No, you're [[{{Munchkin}} min-maxing]].

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': The second scene of Characters/DarthVader aboard the rebel starship shows Vader doing a NeckLift on Captain Antilles. It's not until further in the series that it's revealed that Vader is a cyborg: "He's more machine now than man; twisted and evil."

* Doomfist of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' lost his right arm during the Omnic Crisis. The cybernetic replacement is leagues stronger than his original arm. Best displayed when he uses it to punch his way out of hos concrete prison cell.

* In ''Film/IRobot'' Spooner's fight with an NS-5 noticeably turns around after his prosthetic arm is revealed, he first uses it to block an attack with a broken pipe, tearing the fake skin off, then starts punching holes in concrete.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' cyberarms give a strength bonus that can be increased with mods.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Ironwood's cyborg half has SuperStrength potent enough to lift an [[TheBigBadWolf Alpha Beowulf]]. Another character, [[spoiler:Mercury]], has his robotic legs as his WeaponOfChoice and is one of the strongest and fastest fighters in his generation because of them.

* The Winter Soldier from the ''Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is a SuperSoldier enhanced with a knockoff of Captain America's SuperSerum, but he's not as strong as the Cap. However his left arm is a bulletproof prosthetic that can punch through solid concrete, and close-ups show that he has metal reaching into his shoulder and ribs to help reinforce it.

* Gazelle in [[KingsmanTheSecretService The Kingsman]] can (and does) [[SingleStrokeBattle cleave a man in two]].

* ''Videogame/KillerInstinct'''s TJ Combo was once the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world for five years straight. He was stripped of his title for his use of cybernetic enhancements in his arms, he fights to regain his lost fame and fortune (his metallic arms are shown in the {{sequel}}, in which he has to fight for his life). Subverted in the 2013 {{reboot}} in which the story is almost the same, but instead, determined to prove himself and regain glory, TJ rips out his cybernetics and returns to the fight.

In reality though, those metal limbs would still be anchored in flesh and bone, someone who tried lifting a ton weight with a prosthetic arm would be more likely to rip their arm out of its socket. It could be doable but you'd need a lot of extensive reinforcement all over the body.

* In ''VideoGame/Shatterhand'', Steve Herman gets robotic hands, and can just them to punch robots, and walls, until they explode.

A regular trait of the HandicappedBadass. Subtrope of BadassTransplant

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'': during the prologue, Adam Jensen is a normal, non-augmented human, and has no melee attack available. Then he gets his arms and legs replaced with metal ones and can break bones with ease, deliver instant-KO {{Hey You Haymaker}}s, and if he unlocks his software with Praxis kits, punch through walls and jump 3 meters high.

* In the ''VideoGame/XComEnemyUnknown'' expansion Enemy Within, mec troopers are a new soldier class created by replacing a soldiers limbs with artificial ones. They can easiely run through low cover and their kinetic strike module (basicly a rocket powered uppercut) is the strongest attack available to the player. Justified, as they blur the line between cyborg and mini mecha.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': The second scene of Characters/DarthVader aboard the rebel starship shows Vader doing a NeckLift on Captain Antilles, which is one of Vader's badass moments. It's not until further in the series that it's revealed that Vader is a cyborg: "He's more machine now than man; twisted and evil." This news does nothing to detract from Vader's badass cred.

* The UrExample is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''. Steve Austin's bionic legs give him SuperSpeed and super jumping powers, while his bionic right arm gives him partial SuperStrength (note that unlike the series, the book ''averted'' giving him lifting powers, though it still gave him an increased grip strength).

* Played more realistically in the original ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' manga, which makes a point in chapter five that a mere prosthetic limb won't turn you into Superman: you're more likely to tear the arm right off. Full-body cyborgs like the Major and Batou are considerably stronger, however.

* A chapter of ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' illustrates why a lot of characters have full-body prostheses, when the whole body other than the braincase is made of reinforced titanium alloy you don't risk as much damage when strength-testing the servomotors.

* The UrExample is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''. Steve Austin's bionic legs give him SuperSpeed and super jumping powers, while his bionic right arm gives him partial SuperStrength.
* ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' was a follow-up series to ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', which has ActionGirl Jamie Sommers rebuilt after a skydiving accident with bionic legs and a bionic right arm. Her strength and abilities are much beyond human norms, and comparable to Colonel Austen's bionics.

-->Pete: "Ah, you're becoming a superior being."
-->Annie: "Because I'm becoming cybernetic?"
-->Pete: "No, you're [[{{Munchkin}} min-maxing]]."