History Main / WolverineClaws

* Most of Yuri's weapons in the first two ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' games are variants of this.

** Geki in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI''.

-> ''"[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, or [[Manga/OnePiece Captain Kuro]]... who inspired you?"''

* Lucario's Metal Claw attack in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is the {{Trope Namer|s}}. Ironically, an oft-forgotten [[WhatCouldHaveBeen early plan]] for Wolverine was that his gloves contained the claws. The writers eventually realized this meant ''anyone'' could be Wolverine by putting on the gloves, and made it so that the claws instead retracted into his arms. Originally, the claws were said to be surgically implanted as part of the Weapon X program that created him, but a later {{Retcon}} showed that the claws were actually made of bone and a natural part of Wolverine's body. They were bonded with adamantium along with the rest of Wolverine's bones as part of the Weapon X program.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Wolverine's female clone and also the [[LegacyCharacter second Wolverine]], has 2 metal claws per hand, and 1 per foot.

** [[Characters/{{Wolverine}} Romulus]] has four fingers (maybe) and clawed gloves -- because he's based on the earliest concept for Wolverine.

* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl has a short knuckle spike. According to ComicBook/IronMan, it's not exactly at Wolverine's level, but it's something. The knuckle spikes are mostly for [[ComboPlatterPowers climbing]], but she also has the [[FemmeFatalons sharp fingernail]] version of this trope, which sees more use in combat.

** During the events of ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski The Other]]'', ComicBook/SpiderMan developed poisonous ''hand stingers'' that he even calls [[LampshadeHanging a case of Logan Envy]]. When Peter protested that spiders don't have stingers, The Other responded that they ''will''... in the ''future''. Even before the CosmicRetcon of ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' removed the stingers, they weren't used all that often (with [[DependingOnTheWriter some writers]] claiming that they only came out around "fellow totemic beings" as a defense mechanism). Peter's clone Kaine, the second ComicBook/ScarletSpider, got his own stingers after dying and coming back to life in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''.
* Many depictions of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} have sharp steel claws incorporated into her costume's gloves, which she sometimes uses for close-quarters fighting as well as for climbing.

** Doomsday has a ''ton'' of spikes and claws all over his body. He sports four bony protrusions on his knuckles that are sharp enough to cut Superman. They can also extend over great lengths to pierce an opponent, poison them and drag them back to him.

* Leva Bates (and Allison Danger) as the X-men [[http://threemanbooth.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/i-have-til-five-the-astonishing-attire-of-leva-bates/ here]]. Yes, that includes Wolverine. Ring Warriors didn't allow Bates to use the claws though.

* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', players who pick up the Light Power Set (re: Franchise/GreenLantern's power set.) gain a set of claws as one of the player's set of super moves.

* When [[http://www.gregandlou.com/ Greg and Lou]] applied for super-powers, they discovered they unfortunately could only afford to get ''either'' Wolverine's claws ''or'' his HealingFactor (which they previously had assumed to be part of the same power set). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM They opted for the claws]]... [[BloodyHilarious Blood and]] HilarityEnsues.

* WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} has General Yunan, wielding dual claw blades on both her hands. Unfortunately for her, they break rather easily against Sasha’s sword once she gets it together.

* The [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/27/wolverine-frogs-pop-retractable-claws-from-their-toes/ arthroleptid frogs]] ''[[BodyHorror puncture their skin with their own toe bones]]'' to create defensive claws. [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/10/19/more-wolverine-frogs-japanese-species-uses-bony-thumb-spikes-to-fight-and-hold-onto-mates/ Some other frogs]] are now known to have something similar. In their case it's a spur that comes out of a (pseudo)thumb they use for stabbing rivals.

* Molly Millions from Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' (and several related works) has surgical-steel blades that pop out from under her fingernails, inspiring the {{Cyberpunk}} genre's love of implanted hand- and leg-blades in the process.

* [[Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Warsman's]] Bear Claws.

** Kirei Kotomine in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and the prequel, ''LightNovel/FateZero''.

* Hidaka Ken in ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' uses modified bagh nakh, gloves with retractable blade claws built in.

* Therizinosaurids had long friggin' claws on their hands. It's likely they used them to pull down tall branches, but [[Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs it could be used for defensive purposes]]. The largest therizinosaurid, ''Therizinosaurus'' had claws that could become up to 3.3 feet long (1 m).

* All Franchise/MarvelUniverse characters who wear the costume of "the Cat" (Shirlee Bryant, [[Characters/Avengers80sMembers Greer Grant Nelson]] and [[Characters/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat Patsy Walker]]) have clawed gloves and taloned boots as part of their costumes. The claws are retractable and can also be detached and cast on cables as grappling hooks.

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* Some of the sordid penny dreadful accounts of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-heeled_Jack Spring-heeled Jack]]" that arose in the wake of his alleged London crime spree (1837-8) depicted him as sporting home-made claws on both hands, as well as spring-equipped footwear.

* [[Literature/MoreauSeries Nohar Rajasthan]] has large retractable claws in his fingers. This is only natural, as he's an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic tiger]].

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* Genan Shiranui, [[Characters/FatalFury2 Mai's]] ancestor(?), in ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''.

* ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''. Turns into a TearJerker when he accidentally cuts up the [[PinocchioSyndrome human hands]] his dying maker has made for him.

* ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' and it's prequel, ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' has feline enemies who wears clawed gloves, which they'll use to slice and shred the heroes to bits.

* Molly Millions from Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' (and several related works) has surgical-steel blades that pop out from under her fingernails, probably inspiring the ones in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''.

* In ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', Tamaki uses a pair of clawed metal gauntlets as her WeaponOfChoice.

* ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'': The Mistresses are [[HellBentForLeather leather-clad]] CombatSadomasochist minions of your VillainProtagonist (and, really, just overall sadomasochists) who use long bladed talons as their WeaponOfChoice in combat. And to assist in [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torturing heroes into joining your dark armies]]. And on each other, when they're bored.

* [[PsychoForHire Viath's]] WeaponOfChoice in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''. Sophie can use them too if you defeat Viath again in a sidequest.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[CatGirl Nepeta]] [[CuteBruiser Leijon]], based off the zodiac sign Leo, uses the [[WeaponOfChoice clawkind strife specibus]], which consists of retractable Wolverine Claws attached to her gloves. She's used two different sets of them -- her normal ones and a longer, hooked blue pair obtained at some point during [[TheGamePlaysYou Sgrub]].

* Club, an early opponent of Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', had a particularly long set of these as his WeaponOfChoice, often [[LickingTheBlade licking the blood of his victims off them]]. He only gets one hit on Kenshiro with them before suffering [[YouAreAlreadyDead the fate of all who mess with him]].

* In the ''Literature/ParadoxUniverse'' claw-knives, which are gloves with retractable blades meant to mimic the claws of feline Pelted, are illegal in the Alliance, but Lisinthir is given a pair when he becomes ambassador to the Chatcaava as they have very long claws which they use in duels.
** Alysha Forrest lost her natural claws and replaced them with prosthetics made of a molecular alloy called breathnache, which also made them AbsurdlySharpClaws.

* Just like her canon self, Roller Brawl wields a pair of these as a {{Cyborg}} in ''Fanfic/RollerBrawlTheMegaCybprg''. Known as the Leech Claw, she can use them to [[EnergyAbsorption absorb electromagnetic energy]] to [[LifeDrain heal herself]] or charge them with energy to increase their cutting power.