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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has {{spoiler|Negi's}} arm severed cleanly ( {{spoiler|and later [[White Magic|re-attached]]}}), but here it's [[A Wizard Did It|magic]], so it kind of makes sense. |
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has {{spoiler|Negi's}} arm severed cleanly ( {{spoiler|and later [[White Magic|re-attached]]}}), but here it's [[A Wizard Did It|magic]], so it kind of makes sense. |
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* ''[[Go Lion (Anime)|Go Lion]]/[[Voltron (Anime)|Voltron]]'' loves this, as it occurs every time he uses the Juuohken/Blazing Sword, which is just about [[Once Per Episode]]. |
* ''[[Go Lion (Anime)|Go Lion]]/[[Voltron (Anime)|Voltron]]'' loves this, as it occurs every time he uses the Juuohken/Blazing Sword, which is just about [[Once Per Episode]]. |
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* [[Claymore (Manga)|Claymore]] has, with virtually EVERY SINGLE CUT, those on the business end not realizing they've been cut until they blast [[High |
* [[Claymore (Manga)|Claymore]] has, with virtually EVERY SINGLE CUT, those on the business end not realizing they've been cut until they blast [[High-Pressure Blood]]/suddenly lose an appendage or three. Sometimes both at once. |
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* Happens fairly often in ''[[Ranma |
* Happens fairly often in ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'', though never on a living target, and from all sorts of strange weapons. In his first appearance,[[Kendo Team Captain|Tatewaki]] [[Lord Error-Prone|Kuno]] cuts down a tree this way with a single, one-handed back-stroke from his bokken. In a late manga story, Ranma cuts a circular opening in a wall big enough to walk through... ''with his bare hands''. |
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': In the manga, Wrath jumps through a rain of bullets at a group of soldiers. Four of them (or more, hard to tell with all the flying body parts) simultaneously fall to pieces two panels later. |
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': In the manga, Wrath jumps through a rain of bullets at a group of soldiers. Four of them (or more, hard to tell with all the flying body parts) simultaneously fall to pieces two panels later. |
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* Goemon, in ''[[Lupin III (Anime)|Lupin III]]'', does this regularly. In one movie, he cuts through a helicopter's blades in such a way that they stay on for a few seconds ''while still turning and keeping the chopper in mid air.'' |
* Goemon, in ''[[Lupin III (Anime)|Lupin III]]'', does this regularly. In one movie, he cuts through a helicopter's blades in such a way that they stay on for a few seconds ''while still turning and keeping the chopper in mid air.'' |
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* This is how the Ultimateblade, the only male Wielder in ''[[Witchblade (Anime)|Witchblade]]'', bites it, courtesy of Masane. |
* This is how the Ultimateblade, the only male Wielder in ''[[Witchblade (Anime)|Witchblade]]'', bites it, courtesy of Masane. |
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* ''[[Macross Frontier (Anime)|Macross Frontier]]'' has Brera's [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] [[Blade Below the Shoulder]] do this to a Hydra in episode 10. ''Lengthwise'' and his knife is barely larger than a combat knife. |
* ''[[Macross Frontier (Anime)|Macross Frontier]]'' has Brera's [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] [[Blade Below the Shoulder]] do this to a Hydra in episode 10. ''Lengthwise'' and his knife is barely larger than a combat knife. |
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* Characters in ''[[Blood |
* Characters in ''[[Blood+ (Anime)|Blood Plus]]'' are fond of this. Justified to some extent by many characters being superhuman Chiropterans. |
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* Happens in ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'', only accentuated by the author's early simpler style and (fairly) bloodless carnage. Stein slicing up Medusa into very neat pieces is a good example in the series. Although in that case there is a delay before the High Pressure Blood-loss. |
* Happens in ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'', only accentuated by the author's early simpler style and (fairly) bloodless carnage. Stein slicing up Medusa into very neat pieces is a good example in the series. Although in that case there is a delay before the High Pressure Blood-loss. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* In the teaser for ''[[Cube]]'', a character is in one room when ''something'' happens. The character freezes in shock, and seconds later falls apart in neatly diced cubes. The ''something'' turns out to be a moving grid made of razor wire. |
* In the teaser for ''[[Cube]]'', a character is in one room when ''something'' happens. The character freezes in shock, and seconds later falls apart in neatly diced cubes. The ''something'' turns out to be a moving grid made of razor wire. |
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* Variant: Practically all the dismemberment in ''[[ |
* Variant: Practically all the dismemberment in ''[[300 (Film)|Three Hundred]]'' is like this. No matter ''how'' strong you are, cutting a man's limbs or head off is a remarkably difficult task, but Leonidas in particular is a walking Cuisinart despite the small, none-too-fine sword he uses. |
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* ''[[The Cell (Film)|The Cell]]'': That poor, poor horse. Or was it? I mean, it didn't appear to actually die... |
* ''[[The Cell (Film)|The Cell]]'': That poor, poor horse. Or was it? I mean, it didn't appear to actually die... |
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* ''[[Underworld (Film)|Underworld]]'': Selene slashes the [[Big Bad]] as she leaps over him, and he has time to turn around, draw two swords, then look shocked before half of his head slides off. |
* ''[[Underworld (Film)|Underworld]]'': Selene slashes the [[Big Bad]] as she leaps over him, and he has time to turn around, draw two swords, then look shocked before half of his head slides off. |
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** It's generally assumed that he's using a monomolecular whip as described below, with added visual effects because slashing ''nothing'' around while people are getting dismembered would look stupid. The weapon is quite popular in the cyberpunk game ''[[Shadowrun (Tabletop Game)|Shadowrun]]'', too (among psychos no-one wants to have anything to do with, that is.) Light is probably being routed along the wire, fiberoptic style, so the ''wielder'' can see where it is. That said, yes, just pretending it's there wouldn't have had the same impact. |
** It's generally assumed that he's using a monomolecular whip as described below, with added visual effects because slashing ''nothing'' around while people are getting dismembered would look stupid. The weapon is quite popular in the cyberpunk game ''[[Shadowrun (Tabletop Game)|Shadowrun]]'', too (among psychos no-one wants to have anything to do with, that is.) Light is probably being routed along the wire, fiberoptic style, so the ''wielder'' can see where it is. That said, yes, just pretending it's there wouldn't have had the same impact. |
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*** In the Gibson short story, it's a weighted monomolecular wire concealed in his thumb. It's worth noting that you would be able to ''feel'' the location and movement of a device like that, in much the same way as one can feel how a set of poi are moving. |
*** In the Gibson short story, it's a weighted monomolecular wire concealed in his thumb. It's worth noting that you would be able to ''feel'' the location and movement of a device like that, in much the same way as one can feel how a set of poi are moving. |
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* ''[[Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon]]'': the sword Green Destiny, in the hands of the right wielder, can be drawn, cut pieces of iron in half, and sheathed again ''all in the one movement.'' |
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'': the sword Green Destiny, in the hands of the right wielder, can be drawn, cut pieces of iron in half, and sheathed again ''all in the one movement.'' |
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** In theory, this is because the Green Destiny Sword is extremely hard and sharp ''steel'', cutting not-quite-as-hard iron. |
** In theory, this is because the Green Destiny Sword is extremely hard and sharp ''steel'', cutting not-quite-as-hard iron. |
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*** Even the finest steel doesn't cut the poorest iron this way. Also, the sword is only effective in the hands of a right bearer. Master Li Mu Bai defeats an opponent wielding Green Destiny with a thin branch of wood. |
*** Even the finest steel doesn't cut the poorest iron this way. Also, the sword is only effective in the hands of a right bearer. Master Li Mu Bai defeats an opponent wielding Green Destiny with a thin branch of wood. |
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* [[Badass|Raven's]] weapons of choice in ''[[Snow Crash]]'' are glass knives, invisible to millimetre-wave radar and not much thicker than a molecule along the cutting edge. Usually mounted on an Aleut whaling harpoon for armour-piercing death at a distance. |
* [[Badass|Raven's]] weapons of choice in ''[[Snow Crash]]'' are glass knives, invisible to millimetre-wave radar and not much thicker than a molecule along the cutting edge. Usually mounted on an Aleut whaling harpoon for armour-piercing death at a distance. |
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* ''Headhunter'': Michael Slade's serial killer can take a victim's head off with one blow. Possibly justified, as the cutlass-like killing blade is equipped with a sliding weight on its blunt side, which shifts from hilt to tip when the weapon is swung and dramatically increases the force of impact. |
* ''Headhunter'': Michael Slade's serial killer can take a victim's head off with one blow. Possibly justified, as the cutlass-like killing blade is equipped with a sliding weight on its blunt side, which shifts from hilt to tip when the weapon is swung and dramatically increases the force of impact. |
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* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and |
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]]'': Neville decapitates Nagini (Voldemort's snake) with a single swipe of a sword. |
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* In the short story [http://dailysciencefiction.com/story/desmond-warzel/epinikion "Epinikion"] by Desmond Warzel, the alien Squids have natural weaponry that not only does this to their human opponents, but leaves them alive for several hours after being bisected. |
* In the short story [http://dailysciencefiction.com/story/desmond-warzel/epinikion "Epinikion"] by Desmond Warzel, the alien Squids have natural weaponry that not only does this to their human opponents, but leaves them alive for several hours after being bisected. |
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* This is what the [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Shardblades]] in ''[[The Stormlight Archive (Literature)|The Way of Kings]]'' do to anything not living. If it is alive, it [[Clean Cut|Cleanly Cuts]] the ''[[Soul Cutting Blade|soul]]''. |
* This is what the [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Shardblades]] in ''[[The Stormlight Archive (Literature)|The Way of Kings]]'' do to anything not living. If it is alive, it [[Clean Cut|Cleanly Cuts]] the ''[[Soul Cutting Blade|soul]]''. |