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* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has this happen to [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-418 SCP-418]] during one of the tests that involves cutting off one of his hands at the wrist with a combat knife, which apparently caused him [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild discomfort]] and then later [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattaches his hand to his body]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' has this happen briefly when [[spoiler:Percy shoots off Professor Byron Anders' magical tongue]], it attempts to crawl off on it's own but [[spoiler:is squished by another member of Vox Machina.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' has this happen briefly when [[spoilers:Percy shoots off Professor Byron Anders' magical tongue]], it attempts to crawl off on it's own but [[is squished by another member of Vox Machina.]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed obviously]] has this in many forms. The most infamous being the [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Crawling Claw]] which are disembodied hands, which are often used to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath strangle its original owner]].

* Happens in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG00J5LJPx8 Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercial]] where some girl's nose [[AnimatedBodyParts pops off and runs towards the cereal]].

* Happens in a Cinnamon Toast Crunch where some girl's nose pops off and runs towards the cereal.

Yet another rare case of being able to detach someone's hip from their abdomen and legs while still being able to move, feel, release waste from both ends, react to situations on front end, be used to mate and be used to reproduce. Due to being the region that carries 2 private parts it more commonly appears in stuff that is NotSafeForWork.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [[TropeOverdosed obviously]] has this in many forms. The most infamous being the [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Crawling Claw]] which are disembodied hands, which are often used to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath strangle its original owner]].

* Yet another [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9YRRtdLq0 ad for Vrak TV that involves]] [[ButtMonkey a kid named Tommy]] [[MadeOfPlasticine having his arms rip off his body from spinning too much while holding hands with a girl]].

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* In ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59AnkxekfI this scene]].

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* In ''Literature/TheLostKingOfOz'' Tora has detachable ears which can fly off his head like butterfly wings and enable him to hear distant conversations.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WVNUpP-To This commercial for RC Cola]] has a girl with a removable forearm that has an RC Cola in it that also comes off and is shown later in the commercial being able to control her wrist and fingers of the disembodied forearm. [[EyelessFace Turn out her band mates have no eyes]] [[BodyHorror but instead have ice dispensers where the eyes should be.]]

* FrankensteinsMonster from Literature/{{Frankenstein}} due to being [[FleshGolem made of body parts of various corpses]] making it a possible UrExample of this variant due to being OlderThanTelevision.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3484 SCP-3484]] due despite granting anyone who reads page 87 of it the ability to do this to themselves and others along with the ability to [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattach them]], the body parts that aren't attached to the brain cannot either be controlled or be able to feel when detached.

** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3484 SCP-3484]] grants anyone who reads page 87 of it the ability to do this to themselves and others along with the ability to [[PullingThemselvesTogether reattach them]].

* Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-418 SCP-418,]] who is an not only able to survive mutilation, but can also control the severed limbs, still function as if they aren't severed, and has a [[HealingFactor regenerative healing factor]]. A more straight example of this is in one of the tests of SCP-418 which involves him getting his limbs blasted off with an assault rifle, which very understandably gave him extreme amounts of pain and caused him to go into shock, fortunately for him, he recovers after being [[PullingThemselvesTogether put back together]].

* Stopping at a diner in Florida while searching for his escaped gargoyle Pazuzu, Professor Farnsworth uses a remote control on his detachable teeth to help chew his food. Said teeth develops a taste for blood after biting Fry, culminating in it flying around the room biting people while Farnsworth slurps his slop through a straw obliviously.

* Happens to Spongebob in the episode "Squids on Strike" the second time Squidward pulls off his face by pulling him away from the window.
* Ren's Face gets ripped off by a baboon and thrown into a tree in the episode "Travelogue" with his face reattached not long after.

* Possible Subversion with Wilbur Cobb has is ear fall off in the episode "Stimpy's Cartoon" where it seems to be attached only by what appears to be bubblegum.

* Patrick loses this portion of his head as a plot point in the episode "Patrick [=SmartPants=]".

* Spongebob in the episode "Artist Unknown" detaches his hand from his body because of Squidward upsetting him by insulting his art skills.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82UO_ki7Yk&feature=related This YouTube Video]]

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' had "Crawling Claws", which were severed hands of various creatures animated by necromancy. When not receiving orders, they overwhelm their foes in groups.