History Main / SuperWristGadget

* ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'''s gauntlets, which can fire grappling hooks, knock-out drugs, stun gun charges, explosives, and tracking devices. They were inspired by Spidey's web shooters in-universe (and doubtless out of universe as well).

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'''s web shooters are not just this by default, but some alternate versions of the character add extra functions such as alternate web firing modes ("Impact Webbing" balls, webs laced with anti-villain Phlebotinum, etc.) and the capacity to launch tracers (or [[SuperheroPackingHeat fire bullets]]).

* During the {{Stinger}} of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'',[[spoiler: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] discovers that his new web-shooters that Tony Stark made for him can also project the Spider-Signal.]]

* By ''Film/IronMan3'', Tony Stark has adapted his suit to be used in assembling pieces, allowing the gauntlets to fulfill this function. In the later Marvel movies he has hidden ones not part of any suit that are dedicated to this purpose.

* Partway through the fourth and final series ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' gets a new Kimmunicator in the form of a watch. It even has a grappling line in it, [[{{Hammerspace}} somehow]].

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* Several {{Magical Girl}}s wear their TransformationTrinket on their wrist: ''Anime/CorrectorYui'', ''Anime/MagicalEmiTheMagicStar'', ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' (before switching to the cellphone-like [=CureMo=]s in ''[=GoGo=]''), ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', later seasons of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the FrillyUpgrade powerup in ''Anime/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.

* The Peace Makers or [=PMs=] in ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' are thin computer bracelets with a [[HolographicTerminal holographic interface]] that everyone in Japan has. Unfortunately, they're also equipped with motion sensors and monitor the user's online activity, as their true purpose is to [[CrapsackWorld inform the government if the anti-sex laws are broken]]. [[BigBrotherIsWatching Wearing them at all times is mandatory]], along with the [[SlaveCollar slave chokers]] they come with.

* ComicStrip/DickTracy's 2-Way Wrist Radio, which let him communicate with his associates. In the sixties it was upgraded to the 2-Way Wrist TV (which added video communication and surveillence), in the eighties it got updated to the 2-Way Wrist Computer (which added crime databases, wiretapping, evidence analysis, a lie detector, and monitored its wearer's heartbeat to ensure that its use was authorized and to send help if the user got in trouble), and in the nineties it got a mini-CD-ROM player. By the 2010s, though, TechnologyMarchesOn and we actually ''have'' wrist phones with computers in them.

* The eponymous heroines of the Krofft Brothers production ''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl'' both had wrist-mounted [=ElectraComs=], [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss Army Weapons]] (or at least gadgets) which could produce whatever power was required of them to defeat the villain of the moment, usually one [[ChekovsGun introduced at the beginning of the episode]].

* Batman in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]] sports a wrist-mounted computer.
* WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'s Omnitrix, an alien device that transforms the wearer into one of the million the alien species coded into its database.

* The eponymous hero of ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'' has a pair. One contains his "analytical" (pocket supercomputer) and the other generates an apparently endless amount of adhesive rope for {{Building Swing}}ing.

* Both of the WesternAnimation/SWATKats wear the Glovatrix, a wrist-mounted item featuring multiple weapons and tools.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Super 4}}'': Gene's wristband is a portable computer with a holographic display. He uses it about all the time for many diverse functions, including an EverythingSensor.

* ComicStrip/DickTracy's wrist radio. In the eighties it got updated to a wrist computer, and in the nineties it got a mini-CD-ROM player. By the 2010s, though, TechnologyMarchesOn and we actually ''have'' wrist phones with computers in them.

* The eponymous heroines of the Krofft Brothers production ''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl'' both had wrist-mounted [=ElectraComs=], [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss Army Weapons]] (or at least Gadgets) which could produce whatever power was required of them to defeat the villain of the moment.

* Several {{Magical Girl}}s wear their TransformationTrinket on their wrist: ''Anime/CorrectorYui'', ''Anime/MagicalStarMagicalEmi'', ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' (before switching to the cellphone-like [=CureMo=]s in ''[=GoGo=]''), ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', later seasons of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and the FrillyUpgrade powerup in ''Anime/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series' Pip-Boy 3000 in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', and ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' are wrist-mounted devices used by the player. The Pip-Boy's uses include but are not limited to data storage, inventory management, topographical mapping, assisted targeting, medical diagnostics, radio receiver, and portable gaming console. In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', after an [[GuideDangIt unmarked quest connected to the quest "How Little We Know"]], the player can get the "Pimp-Boy 3 Billion" which is a gold-plated and diamond encrusted Pip-Boy 3000. It does everything a Pip-Boy 3000 does but with the added benefit of lookin' pimpin'.

* The Digivice -V- in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'', which also happens to be similar to the ''kVital Bracelet Digital Monster'' v-pet.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has the communicator which can inform the heroes for the crime being committed. The second season has Storage Bangle serving as Wild Tiger and Barnaby’s [[TransformationTrinket Transformation Trinket]].

Compare: TrickedOutGloves, CommLinks (can be worn on the wrist), GadgetWatch (with other built-in special devices). See also MagicalAccessory.

* The Omnitools from the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series. By the [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 third game]] you can stab people with them.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', where Buzz ''thinks'' he has a wrist gadget, but as Woody points out, it's just a sticker.

** During [[ComicBook/DanSlottSpiderMan Dan Slott's run]] where Peter ran a company one of his flagship products was a smart watch-like device called Webware. It provided affordable internet access with clear reception and unlimited data anywhere on Earth and used nanotechnology to physically reconfigure itself to prevent hacking. It was also and had GPS functionality that worked like his spider-tracers. Peter used it much like Iron Man uses his voice activated armor to control the functionality of his new gadgets, suit and web shooters.

* Several games in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'' has these known as [=COMPs=], short for '[=COMPuter=]', a specialized terminal with a wrist-mounted keyboard/chipset and HUD goggles with just enough possessing power to run the [[OlympusMons Devil]] [[SummonMagic Summoning]] [[MagicFromTechnology Program]] in combat. They end up being supplanted by more advanced (and [[UnusualUserInterface somewhat strange and unergonomic]]) designs later on and by modern (often still wrist-mounted, for some reason) smart-devices most recently. The first title to introduce them was ''VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII''; [[spoiler:at one point of that game, your arm gets lost and is replaced with an artificial arm that has the same function as a COMP.]]

* ''Videogame/{{Splitgate}}:'' The portal guns are mounted on top of the wrist, leaving the players' hands free to punch, shoot and swing comfortably.

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* The Digivice -V- in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'', which also happens to be similar to the 'kVital Bracelet Digital Monster'' v-pet.

* ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'': All Medafighters wear medawatches, wrist-mounted devices which can [[{{Teleportation}} teleport a Medabot to their owner's location]] and allows for communication outside of a Robattle.

* In ''Manga/DragonBallZ'', Gohan receives a wrist gadget from Bulma that allows him to instantly don a superhero costume, allowing him to fight crime as Great Saiyaman while protecting his identity.

* Every version of ComicBook/PhantomLady has had this with the versatility increasing with each successor:

** Jennifer Knight's wristbands can do the same as Stormy's while ''also'' granting her the ability to make black light constructs. She can also pull pull people and objects into a completely dark extra-dimensional void called the Shadow Zone. People trapped in the Shadow Zone quickly experience overwhelming fear and isolation, and if left there too long, can lose their minds entirely.

These gadgets in portable computer form are widespread on videogames, because they function pretty well as an inmersive DiegeticInterface for the pause menu.

* In ''Manga/SquidGirl'' by turning her braclets, Ika Musume is able to alter her weight.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' Duel Discs.

* The Yo-Kai watch from ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'', which enables the wearer to see {{Youkai}}, and to summon Yo-Kai that have been befriended.

* ComicBook/FunkyKoval used a gadget watch with a blaster on one occasion.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'''s web shooters are not just this by default, but some alternate versions of the character add extra functions such as alternate web firing modes ("Impact Webbing" balls, webs laced with anti-villain Phlebotinum, etc.) and the capacity to launch tracers (or [[SuperheroPackingHeat fire bullets]]).
** During [[ComicBook/DanSlottSpiderMan Dan Slott's run]] where Peter ran a company one of his flagship products was a smart watch-like device called Webware. It provided affordable internet access with clear reception and unlimited data anywhere on Earth and used nanotechnology to physically reconfigure itself to prevent hacking. It was also and had GPS functionality that worked like his spider-tracers. Peter used it much like Iron Man uses his voice activated armor to control the functionality of his new gadgets, suit and web shooters.
* ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'''s gauntlets, which can fire grappling hooks, knock-out drugs, stun gun charges, explosives, and tracking devices. They were inspired by Spidey's web shooters in-universe (and doubtless out of universe as well).
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Redback Spider's wrist mounted venomous "fighting needles". Inspired by Spider-man's webshooters since she's a villainous expy of the web-slinger.

* ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'': Among various other examples on the series are the super-computer watches. Ironically enough, the variety of gadgets that were shoved into such a small thing were so extensive ''that there was no room left for the clock''. [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter The Giggles siblings]] appear later on with a SuperPrototype version of the watches that ''do'' tell the time as well, but for added irony the watches look ''even more'' unwieldy.

* The stun guns used in ''Film/{{Pandorum}}''. According to the WordOfGod this was so the character could use his hands for all the physical activity required.

* During the {{Stinger}} of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'',[[spoiler: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] discovers that his new web-shooters that Tony Stark made for him can also project the Spider-Signal.]]
* By ''Film/IronMan3'', Tony Stark has adapted his suit to be used in assembling pieces, allowing the gauntlets to fulfill this function. In the later Marvel movies he has hidden ones not part of any suit that are dedicated to this purpose.
* In ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' Agent Kruger has one of these, as a part of his gear. It lets him stay in contact with his handlers at the CCB(as well as keep him apprised of his employment status), it gives him mission-specific information, including where weapon caches are; Keeps track of his credentials into Elysium, serves as a mount for his flying explosive drones that will attach themselves to Human bodies and embed themselves in their flesh, before being remotely detonated; and it also serves as a mount for his handheld personal force shield generator. Other members of his team, Crowe and Drakey; also have their own versions of these Super Wrist Gadgets.

* A lot of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' morphers are wrist-mounted, though cell phone style came to be more prominent. Sometimes wrist communicators are used when the morpher is neither watch-style nor phone-style (starting, of course, with Mighty Morphin.')
** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''/''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' use two-part changers with one component on each wrist. (The Dairanger changer was later incorporated into ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' as the [[SixthRanger Magna Defender]]'s morpher.)

* The Attilan royal family in ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' all have wrist communicators based on some sort of memory metal, so when they take it off it can flex into a tablet shape.
* While in ''Franchise/KamenRider'' the primary transformation trinket will ''always'' be belt mounted, several include wrist mounted devices, either as weapons or as secondary transformation devices to unlock [[MidSeasonUpgrade additional forms]] or their SuperMode. Some examples include ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'', ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' and ''Series/KamenRiderBuild''.
** Most notably, ''Drive'' has the wrist device as the thing used to initiate transformation and form changes, making him the first main Rider since ''Amazon'' in TheSeventies, and the only other one ''ever,'' to not have it as the belt. (However, he does ''have'' a cool belt and he's never used the wrist device when not wearing the belt, so it does seem to be necessary.) Also, secondary riders sometimes don't have belts as changers; [=TheBee=] from ''Kabuto'' uses a wrist device.

* James Bond's gadget watch is is given a nod in the video game of ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|1997}}'', in which it is both used in-game as a gadget and is also the pause menu/user interface/mission briefing.

* VideoGame/CommanderKeen's [[http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/ComputerWrist ComputerWrist]]. Even includes a small ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' game that's fully playable.

* Geo Stelar's Transer in ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''. A combination Facebook and email account, that also contains an antiviral weapons array and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick an alien]] EnergyBeing that he [[FusionDance fuses with]] to engage in thrilling heroics.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** This is essentially what the hidden blades in the series are. While [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Altair's]] blade is pretty plain, consisting of little more than a bracer with a retractable blade, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Ezio's]] gains a lot of nifty additional functions after a [[GadgeteerGenius certain]] Creator/LeonardoDaVinci gets his hands on it: such as, a poison capsule for low-profile delayed assassinations, a concealed ''gun barrel'' for ranged kills, lockpick module, poison dart launcher, mini-crossbow, and a [[HookHand hookblade]]. Oh, and Ezio eventually started packing [[DualWielding two of the things]] for maximum destructive power.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' features a mini-crossbow that shoots KNIVES.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'': David Mason has a wrist-mounted computer that allows him to hack enemy networks, call in airstrikes, fire grappling hooks, etc..
* Several games in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'' has these known as [=COMPs=], short for '[=COMPuter=]', a specialized terminal with a wrist-mounted keyboard/chipset and HUD goggles with just enough possessing power to run the [[OlympusMons Devil]] [[SummonMagic Summoning]] [[MagicFromTechnology Program]] in combat. They end up being supplanted by more advanced (and [[UnusualUserInterface somewhat strange and unergonomic]]) designs later on and by modern (often still wrist-mounted, for some reason) smart-devices most recently. The first title to introduce them was ''VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII''; [[spoiler:at one point of that game, your arm gets lost and is replaced with an artificial arm that has the same function as a COMP.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series, Samus's ArmCannon sometimes has enough extra functions (from data ports to a welding torch to a grappling hook) to count as one of these. In particular the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' depicts the cannon changing shape and function based on gestures from the hand within it, and has a section at the back which flips around to reveal an array of buttons.
* ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'': When playing in VR, your inventory, build menu, and quick menu are accessed via a holographic interface from your left wrist, while your Multi-tool's functions are controlled via a holographic interface on your right wrist.
* Practically a staple trope of the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, a large number of Gadgets attach to his wrist, allowing him to swing across gaps, activate hardlight platforms and teleport. This isn't even mentioning Weapons on the wrist that can lay down electric fence poles or drop dummies with [[ArmCannon arm cannons]].
* Sam Fisher in the first Splinter Cell provided the in-game pause menu with a [[{{Zeerust}} dated-looking but very slick at the moment]] Palm OPSAT mounted on his wrist. The second game still features a diegetic pause menu, but this time provided by a hand-held Sony Ericsson smartphone.

* Bob's Glitch from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', though it is strongly overlaps with GadgetWatch.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' had his Power Bands.
* The titular hero of ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'' has a pair. One contains his "analytical" (pocket supercomputer) and the other generates an apparently endless amount of adhesive rope for {{Building Swing}}ing.