Once, to halt a rival gang's grab at the prostitution profits of a slum district, Yoshida's boss ordered him to kidnap one of the gang's leaders and somehow terrorize the gang. He left the technique to the imagination of Yoshida. The kidnap occurred, and a series of notes told the rival gang where they could find their leader. They rushed from place to place. They found an arm, a leg, the other arm, the other leg, finally stumbling on the screaming, dying hulk of their commander. As a joke, Yoshida left it to the leader's own men to grant him the mercy of death.
Buzz, will you get up here and give me a hand? [Buzz throws his arm into frame from off-screen] Haha, that's very funny, Buzz—THIS IS SERIOUS!!
— Woody, Toy Story
"Young man, young man, you must understand! The government wants you to vote, okay? They gonna tell you 'the future is in your hands.' Well, we now the future! So we take your hands! No more hands, no more voting!"
"That there, is Cundalini. And Cundalini wants his hand back!"
— Toecutter, Mad Max
"HOLY FUCK!!! My leg's off my body!"
— Petey, The Psychotic Legend of Uncle Donnie
"He's been disarmed!"
— Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Kai
Gabbar Singh: There’s still a lot of life with your arms. Tie him up! (Thakur gets tied up while a henchman hands his sword to Gabbar.) I’m not going to kill you now. After I’m through with you, the world will spit at you. Those arms are full of life! His arms are strong enough to pull down a running horse! Your arms are full of life. Do you remember what you once told me? They aren’t arms, they’re a noose. And here you are! The noose has been destroyed! It has been ripped open! Arms are full of life, aren’t they?! These arms… give them to me, Thakur.
Thakur Baldev Singh: (Thakur looks terrified) No!
Gabbar: (nods crazily) Give me… YOUR ARMS, THAKUR!!!
Thakur: NOOO!!! (Gabbar screams simultaneously as he chops Thakur’s arms off.)
Thakur Baldev Singh: (Thakur looks terrified) No!
Gabbar: (nods crazily) Give me… YOUR ARMS, THAKUR!!!
Thakur: NOOO!!! (Gabbar screams simultaneously as he chops Thakur’s arms off.)
— Sholay
"MY ARMS! OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD! MYYYYYYYYYY AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSS! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW VALUABLE MY ARMS ARE?! I'M THE GRAND COUTURIER!"
— Nui Harime, Kill la Kill
"MY HAND! MY HAND, MY HAND!"
— Oberon, as his hand is cut off by Kirito when he turns the confrontation in his favor in the second to last episode of the first season of Sword Art Online
You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg,
Hurroo Hurroo
You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg,
Hurroo Hurroo
You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg
You're a spinless, boneless, chickenless egg
You'll have to be put with the bowl to beg
Hurroo Hurroo
You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg,
Hurroo Hurroo
You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg
You're a spinless, boneless, chickenless egg
You'll have to be put with the bowl to beg
— "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya"
Panchi: On a scale of one to ten, how attached are you to this arm?
Martial Ape: Ten! Ten!!!
Panchi: [Rips Ape's arm off] Not anymore.
Martial Ape: Ten! Ten!!!
Panchi: [Rips Ape's arm off] Not anymore.
— Fist Master (original version)
"Let us shake bones together!—an arm and a leg!—an arm that never can shrink, d'ye see; and a leg that never can run."
— Captain Ahab, Moby-Dick
Sergeant Jordy Rowlands was in the process of removing the charge when it exploded in his hand. When the smoke cleared Rowlands was looking at the stump of his wrist with his right hand ten yards away on the ground. There was a stunned silence, and then he said, "Well, I'll be fooked." Apart from initial shock, he was OK, but for him the war finished on Salisbury plain. The severed hand was buried where it fell by Busty Roberts. As he dug a small hole, Driver Watts said, "You gonna shake hands before you bury it?" Busty's reply was never recorded.
Shelley: Please... if you let me walk out of here, I won't tell them anything. I promise!
Dr Arden: I'm afraid that's quite impossible. You were a very naughty girl last night. You tried to fly away, so I had to clip your wings. But not to worry: my surgical training was impeccable...
"She's history! I know what to do, I've read the comics! Total... bodily... dismemberment!"
— Uncle Les, BrainDead
"Just 'cause I only got one hand don't mean you can take me, bitch. I'll go all Jaime Lannister on your ass."
— Pruitt, Squeeze Me
"I've made a bargain with the Baron. The Harkonnens have my wife, Wanna. They take her apart like a doll."
— Dr. Wellington Yueh, Dune (2021)
"Perhaps in your visits, you met Heiji Shindo? Perhaps he laid a hand on you. If it was his right hand, consider yourself avenged."
— Mizu, Blue Eye Samurai, "Peculiarities"
