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* Baron [=DeKlau=] in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AceVentura'', after having his hand bit off by ''rabid squirrels''. He has a regular cosmetic hand designed to resemble a claw-fingered monster hand which can be swapped out for a variety of things such as a machete, a bullhorn, a grappling hook, a [[ToiletHumor toilet paper roller]] and a metal pincher.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': The [[spoiler: alien sheep]] not only naturally have weapons as appendages, the weapons are replaceable.

* Hal from ''Literature/TheBrotherbandChronicles'' makes one of these for Thorn, with interchangeable parts depending on what he wants to do.

** [[TheHero Mag Launcher's]] Cyframe is the Airacomet, a giant hand. Aside from its most obvious function (punching the crap out of things), it can be equipped with various parts to give it a wider variety of other attacks and abilities, including but not limited to [[ElementalPunch elemental punches]] (of the FireIceLightning variety), crushing enemies with a [[DropTheHammer giant hammer]], and [[StatusEffects spraying noxious fumes]] from a giant aerosol can. Mag also [[PlayingWith plays with]] this trope, as his Airacomet functions more akin to a third arm than a replacement limb.

* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' villain Dr. Plain had a prosthetic arm that contained a [[FireBreathingWeapon minature flamethrower]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' from Marvel Comics. Early in his continuity his metal arm was one of these (it has since been retconned to be a symptom of the techno-organic virus turning his body into machinery).

* The Franchise/{{Marvel|Universe}} UK character ComicBook/DeathsHead and his successor ComicBook/DeathsHeadII both do this.

* [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]]'s cybernetic arm has undergone a series of upgrades over the years.

* Aaron Stack, AKA The ComicBook/MachineMan, of Creator/MarvelComics; originally a serious superhero, currently a member of adrenaline-soaked parody team ''{{ComicBook/Nextwave}}''. All of his limbs are this--heck, he's like a more competent Inspector Gadget crossed with Bender from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
-->"I am full of useful devices."

* Pharma, from ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', gets two of these after losing his hands. He can apparently turn them into pretty much anything, although we mostly see [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]].

* In an homage to ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', Jackie Chan in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' once fights a villain with different prosthetic hands. When going unarmed against the villain's weaponized hand, Jackie grabs other hands, which turn out to have rather mundane uses, like toothbrushes, instead of weapons.

* Jay in the ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' animated series was once given the powers of a Swiss Army knife, literally giving him Swiss Army appendages.

* Swiss army limbs containing holdout weapons are common for the robot bodyguards and cyborg assassins in the various incarnations of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'', not so common amongst the heroic characters. Particular instances are a double-barreled gun Batou has within his arm that he breaks out for the final fight in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence'', and a pump-action shotgun [[AbnormalAmmo loaded with rolls of coins]] in the arm of the Chinese assassin Fem in the first season of ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Stand Alone Complex]]''.

->I got horns that open bottles,\\

I always come prepared.
-->-- '''Japeth,''' ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}''

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* In the 1999 film ''Film/{{Inspector Gadget}}'', Dr Claw is presented a few interchangeable alternatives by his MadScientist, Kramer. Options include an Opera hand, a Sushi hand and a Medieval Fair hand (which is just a mace ball attachment).

* ''Film/{{LifePod}}'' had the 'Toolies' - a sub-species of dwarf-sized human's who underwent surgery to have tool adapters on one of their arms.

-->-- '''Japeth,''' WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}

-->-- ''''Japeth,''' WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}

-->-- Japeth, WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}