History Main / BadassTransplant

* The Dragon Slayers of ''Manga/FairyTail'' were taught by dragons to use their ElementalPowers like a dragon would, but the Second Generation Dragon Slayers such as Laxus, Cobra [[spoiler:and God Serena]] instead have these abilities due to Dragon [[PowerCrystal Lacrima]] implanted into their bodies. ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'' takes it further by revealing Dragon Lacrima is created from the [[GemHeart processed hearts of Dragons]], with Laxus' in particular belonging to [[spoiler:the Lightning Dragon King Elexion, who happened to be killed and devoured by the Dragon Eater Kirin.]]

-> "[[MemeticMutation ...Groovy.]]"
-->--'''Ash''' after replacing his severed hand with a chainsaw, [[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead 2]]

* Ai from ''LightNovel/DragonCrisis''.

* In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Saber of Black (Siegfried) transfers his heart and sacrifices his life to a dying homunculus to save him. The reason this doesn't kill the homunculus is because, as an ArtificialHuman, his soul is described as a "blank canvas" that can integrate the heart safely, and in exchange he even gains the ability to transform into Siegfried [[HourOfPower for a limited amount of time]]. [[spoiler:However, it turns out each transformation results in Siegfried's heart slowly overwriting his current existence permanently and shaving at his lifespan, and ultimately it turns him into an [[ScaledUp actual dragon]]]].

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** The Mangekyo Sharingan allows its user to access special high-power techniques, but extensive use renders the wielder blind. The Eternal Mangekyo allows access to those abilities without the downside, but requires the eyes be transplanted from another Sharingan user, preferably one with the Mangekyo activated.

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* ''Webcomic/ZokushoComics'': Rotting Johnny takes this to a whole new level. He used to be a hitman, but someone blew his hand off. Just as he was considering exiting life via a shotgun, a mage came to him with an offer of a new hand. The hand worked great. Until it started rotting. Then the rest of his body decided to follow the new hand's lead. On the bright side, he can now graft fresh parts on in place of the rotting ones.

** The Weapon X program gave ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} an infusion of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s DNA to cure his cancer, which had the side effect of making Deadpool immortal.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has Shirou get Archer's arm (lovingly called [=GARm=] in several communities) in the Heaven's Feel scenario, which doubles as a DeadlyUpgrade. Although oddly enough, [[spoiler:it's still his own arm, just a bit [[FutureBadass older]].]] That's the only reason the transplant was successful, and even then it's still going to kill him, just not instantly.

* In Season 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', an Insurrectionist soldier manages to survive an orbital strike from the previous season with nothing more than a lost arm, which he replaces with a mechanical one. It's fast and strong enough to catch a grenade from [[ImplacableMan the Meta]]'s brute shot out of the air and throw it back at him.

** Naoto Kurogane gets his right arm replaced that made out a blood of a vampire (twice), what allows him to use his own blood as a weapon.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aquaman starts off with two working hands, but when [[spoiler:his brother Orm chains him to a rock and leaves him and Aquaman's son to fall into an underwater magma stream, Aquaman cuts off his own hand to save the live of his son]]. He replaces it with a curved sword for the remainder of the series.

* The Dragon Slayers of ''Manga/FairyTail'' were taught by dragons to use their ElementalPowers like a dragon would, but the Second Generation Dragon Slayers such as [[spoiler: Laxus and Cobra]] instead have these abilities due to Dragon [[PowerCrystal Lacrima]] implanted into their bodies. ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'' takes it further by revealing Dragon Lacrima is created from the [[GemHeart processed hearts of Dragons]], with Laxus' in particular belonging to [[spoiler:the Lightning Dragon King Elexion, who happened to be killed and devoured by the Dragon Eater Kirin.]]

* The Dragon Slayers of ''Manga/FairyTail'' were taught by dragons to use their ElementalPowers like a dragon would, but the Second Generation Dragon Slayers such as [[spoiler: Laxus and Cobra]] instead have these abilities due to amplifier lacrima implanted into their bodies.

If the transplant is from a particularly powerful entity, it might result in a DeadlyUpgrade, a SuperpoweredEvilSide, or [[EvilHand turn on its wielder]]. Frequent overlaps with ArtificialLimbs, ArtificialLimbsAreStronger, and ArmCannon. Acquiring one may be the motive for someone WorkingForABodyUpgrade.

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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', [[spoiler:Kittan used Gurren Lagann's drill to destroy the Death Spiral Machine.]]
* Inverted with Sesshomaru of ''Manga/InuYasha'', who goes through a bunch of replacement arms (including a dragon claw) all which were weaker than his original arm, before giving up on the idea. [[HandicappedBadass He only needs one, anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: Then his body regenerates a new arm for him deep into the manga.]]
** Played straight in the movie ''[[Anime/InuYashaTheMovieSwordsOfAnHonorableRuler Swords of an Honorable Ruler]]'' with Takemaru, who grafts Sesshomaru's severed left arm onto his body as part of his partnership with the [[ArtifactOfDoom demonic sword]] Sou'unga.
* Guts of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' replaces the left forearm that he lost during the Eclipse with a metal replacement that can smash opponents senseless and mount a ''repeating crossbow''. As a bonus, it's got a built-in '''cannon'''.

* The ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' version of Riderman. Prosthetic arm? Check. Rope Arm (to grab things at a distance - think [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Link's]] Hookshot)? Check. Power Arm (a giant claw)? Check. Drill Arm (go on - [[ThisIsADrill guess]])? Check. ''Machine Gun'' Arm? Check. The ability to chain them together to break through some nigh-unbreakable armor? Score one for the (nearly-)normal guy.
* Legato's MindManipulation ability in the anime of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is possible because he has Vash's arm (in the manga, there's another explanation: microscopic wires inserted into peoples' bodies to control their nervous systems).

** This is the gimmick of the U-Men, a cult of mutant wannabes opposed to the ComicBook/XMen who hunt mutants for grafts and transplants, such as x-ray eyes or electric blood.

** This was the shtick of Terror from the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 1990s series]] ''Terror, Inc.'' -- he could replace lost body parts with limbs and organs taken from other organisms. He then gained the skills and abilities of the person or being to whom the "borrowed" part belonged.

* ComicBook/TheMetabarons has the titular family graft cyborg parts into their bodies which grants them greater combat skill. The Metabaron Steelhead stands above them all by getting his ''head'' shot off, and having a metallic head transplanted on him.

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* ''Franchise/EvilDead''[='=]s Ash and his trademark chainsaw, starting with [[Film/EvilDead2 the second film]].

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* Deliberately invoked by [[TheDragon Tsavong Lah]] in the ''Literature/NewJediOrder''. His people, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] use transplanted limbs all the time, but after Lah's foot gets torn off in a duel, he goes for something special. He kills a Vua'sa [a nearly unkillable predator from his homeworld] with his ''bare hands'' and ''tears off one of its feet'' to replace his own. His subordinates were... impressed, to say the least.
* Max Barry's ''Literature/MachineMan'' has Dr. Charles Neumann, who begins with one, then a pair of powerful prosthetic legs that can not only leap tall buildings InASingleBound, but also kick down re-inforced steel doors. His team also designs powerful arms that end up [[spoiler:attached to the Security Guard, Carl.]]

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''s Space Marines obtain their superhuman abilities via surgical procedures that implant various new organs inside which also give them new features like acid breath and bulletproof ribcages. So important are they that dead Marines are always retrieved from the battlefield in order to save their geneseed which will then be implanted in new Marines (if circumstances allow, otherwise the Apothecaries just rip them back out).

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* In Season 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', an Insurrectionist soldier managed to survive an orbital strike from the previous season with nothing more than a lost arm, which he replaced with a mechanical one. It's fast and strong enough to catch a grenade from [[ImplacableMan the Meta's]] brute shot out of the air and throw it back at him.

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* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': The most common way of dealing with a missing limb is to replace it with a limb from a compatible [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Remnant]]. Remnant prosthetics have a number of unique properties, depending on the exact type, and often come with a binding, which is essential when a Remnant used a specific technique so much that it became engraved in their soul. The binding lets someone else use an extra technique. [[spoiler:When Lindon gets his arm cut off during his duel with Jai Long (as an alternative to being killed outright), he attaches an arm with a Hunger binding. At first this is only moderately useful, but eventually he is able to upgrade it into a full CannibalismSuperpower that lets him steal power and even memories from enemies]].

[-[[caption-width-right:350:She's got a leg up on everyone else at the firing range.]]-]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' episode "Alpha and Omega", Megatron has his lower right arm amputated and replaced with one from a deceased Prime, just so he can forge and wield his own version of the Star Saber.

* Badgerclops from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' has a robotic right arm that can morph into anything he needs, be it a laser cannon, buzzsaw, hammer, breadknife, spatula, vacuum, MP3 player, audio diary, videophone, drink dispenser, you get the idea.

* This is the gimmick of [[ComicBook/XMen the U-Men]], a cult of mutant wannabes who hunt mutants for grafts and transplants, such as x-ray eyes or electric blood.
* ComicBook/BuckyBarnes got significantly more badass when his destroyed left arm was replaced with a metal one and he became the legendary Winter Soldier.
* [[ComicBook/SheHulk Jennifer Walters]] got her powers by way of a blood transfusion from [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk her cousin Bruce]].
* This was the shtick of Terror from ''TerrorInc'' in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. He could replace lost body parts with limbs and organs taken from other organisms. He then gained the skills and abilities of the person or being to whom the "borrowed" part belonged.
* The supervillain Prometheus in Franchise/TheDCU could via a compact disc allow a download of the knowledge and physical skills of others directly into his brain; his default disc including the skills of thirty of the world's greatest martial artists.
* ComicBook/TheMetabarons has the titular family graft cyborg parts into their bodies which grants them greater combat skill. The Metabaron Steelhead stands above them all by getting his ''head'' shot off, and having a metallic head transplanted on him.
* The Weapon X program gave ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} an infusion of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s DNA to cure his cancer, which had the side effect of making Deadpool immortal.

* ''Franchise/EvilDead''[='=]s Ash and his trademark chainsaw, starting with [[Film/EvilDeadII the second film]].

* ''Franchise/EvilDead''[='=]s Ash and his trademark chainsaw.
* Cherry Darling in ''Film/PlanetTerror'' who has a machine gun for a leg.

* Yang Xiao Long in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' loses her arm in Volume 3, and gains a mechanical one in Volume 4 with a built-in shotgun to go with her gauntlets.

** Similarly, [[TheDragon Cinder]]'s lost arm is replaced in Volume 4 by a Grimm arm, which possesses incredible strength and can stretch unnaturally, along with growing back in seconds (albeit extremely painfully) if it's cut off. The only drawback is that her aura can't protect it with the rest of her body, as being made from the Grimm, it isn't capable of projecting aura.