History Main / LiteralDisarming

-->'''King Arthur:''' Let's call it a draw.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' is rife with this, with lightsabers leaving [[BloodlessCarnage bloodless wounds]] and the wide availability of [[ArtificialLimbs replacement limbs]]. (These are marks of contact known as ''cho mai'' and ''cho sun''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' is rife with this, with lightsabers leaving [[BloodlessCarnage bloodless wounds]] and the wide availability of [[ArtificialLimbs replacement limbs]]:

[[caption-width-right:350:Anakin hands Count Dooku an easy victory.]]

[[folder:Films--Animated]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Literature/PeterPan'': at some point prior to the events of the book, Peter and Captain Hook dueled and Peter cut off Hook's right hand, throwing it to a crocodile. [[MeaningfulName Hook]] made the most of this situation and [[HookHand weaponized his missing member]].

-->'''El Disgusto:''' "I attack again." \\
'''Cheating Bastard:''' "How? How are you going to attack?" \\
'''[=AB3=]:''' "You know he has a point... your ninja has been totally disarmed."

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'' in the episode "The Christmas Invasion", during the duel between the [[TheNthDoctor newly regenerated Tenth Doctor]], the Sycorax cuts off the Doctor's right hand which was holding the sword. However, thanks to the Doctor being within 15 hours of his regeneration he is able to [[HealingFactor regrow his hand]] with a stronger better ''fighting hand'', where he proceeds to overwhelm the Sycorax leader and knock him down.

* In the final battle of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', PM disarms Jack by cutting off the arm on which he's wearing the Queen's ring, thus de-powering him.

'''Giant rabbit(from the opposite panel side as his arms):''' AGH! My arms!

[[quoteright:300:[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pmjack.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Tis only a flesh wound!]]]]

'''Agatha:''' ...I didn't say anything about weapons. ''(Bzzzrip!)''

* In ''WynonnaEarp: Home on the Strange'', Wynonna rips an arm off one of the zombie mailmen and uses it to beat him to death (again).

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' is rife with this, with lightsabers leaving [[BloodlessCarnage bloodless wounds]] and the wide availability of [[ArtificalLimbs replacement limbs]]:

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' is rife with this, with lightsabers leaving bloodless wounds and the wide availability of replacement limbs:

*** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Count Dooku separates him from his hand (and lightsaber) for the first time, necessitating a bionic replacement afterwards and preventing him from intervening in Dooku and Obi-wan's duel right afterward.
*** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he loses his ''other'' hand, as well as both legs for good measure, during his duel with Obi-wan, which leaves him helplessly burning up next to a pool of lava.
*** Finally, in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', he loses his hand again, this time to Luke, which allows the latter to essentially win the duel between them.
** The first time a lightsaber is shown being used in combat is when Obi Wan Kenobi uses his in the Mos Eisley Cantina to stop two men about to shoot Luke, cutting the arm off one of them.
** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', this happens to Count Dooku in his rematch with Anakin, costing him both his hands (and a few seconds later, [[OffWithHisHead his head]]). General Grievous has this happen to him during his fight with Obi-wan, as well, costing him both of his upper limbs' hands and the lightsabers he was holding in them.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':

** The first time a lightsaber is shown being used in combat is when Obi Wan Kenobi uses his in the Mos Eisley Cantina to cut off the arm of a man who's about to shoot Luke.

[[quoteright:300: [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pmjack.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Tis only a flesh wound!]]]]

!Examples

[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

[[folder: Comic Books]]

--> '''John Walker:''' Now's my chance to disarm it. Oops! [[LampshadeHanging I didn't mean to do it literally!]]

[[folder: Films]]

-->'''King Arthur''': Let's call it a draw.

[[folder: Literature]]

[[folder: LiveActionTV]]
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'' in the episode "The Christmas Invasion", during the duel between the [[TheNthDoctor newly regenerated Tenth Doctor]], the Sycorax cuts off the Doctor's right hand which was holding the sword. However, thanks to the Doctor being within 15 hours of his regeneration he was able to [[HealingFactor regrow his hand]] with a stronger better ''fighting hand'', where he proceeds to overwhelm the Sycorax leader and knock him down.

[[folder: Tabletop Games]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

* The WebGame ''Sands Of The Coliseum'' (where limbs can be individually targeted) has some variations: a fighter with a two-handed weapon can't attack at all, but if they have a shield they can still perform a ShieldBash attack, and use the other weapon if they were DualWielding. Destroying a leg makes every fighter except polearm wielders (who can throw their weapon) unable to attack, though they can still [[ManaBurn intimidate opponents]] and hold out longer if they have shields. Taking the torso or head is insta-death.

[[folder: Webcomics]]
* In the webcomic BobAndGeorge the only way to stop Non-Alternate Mynd was literally cutting his limbs off. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050226 First arm]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050227 second arm]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050228 legs]]. The last comic also features a reference to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' because there is NoFourthWall.

[[folder: Western Animation]]

* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'': TheDragon at one point slices off an agent's arm for this reason, leaving him staring at the now-severed limb in bewilderment (and slow motion).
** TheDragon herself later suffers a posthumous version, losing one of her legs/blades, which is used to kill the BigBad.

** The first time a light saber is shown being used in combat is when Obi Wan Kenobi uses his in the Mos Eisley Cantina to cut off the arm of a man who's about to shoot Luke.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Literature/PeterPan'': at some point prior to the events of the book, Peter and Captain Hook dueled and Peter cut off Hook's right hand, throwing it to a crocodile. [[MeaningfulName Hook]] made the most of this situation and [[HookHand weaponized his missing member.]]

* In the Dark Eldar codex for ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', it says that Lelith Hesperax once offered a Chaos warband freedom if their leader will manage to beat her in combat. [[CurbStompBattle She disarmed him this way with her first attack]].

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pmjack.png]] [[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Tis only a flesh wound!]]]]

%% For those editing the page: please note that the comic book examples have yet to be cross-wicked. If you know where to place the appropriate entries, your help would be much appreciated.

[[/folder]]