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* ''[[GoLion]]/[[Voltron]]'' loves this, as it occurs every time he uses the Juuohken/Blazing Sword, which is just about [[Once Per Episode]].

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* Goemon, in ''[[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.''

*** 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.

* ''[[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.''

* In the extended [[Incredibly Lame Pun|cut]] of ''[[Sin City]]'', Miho dispatches [[Scary Black Man|Manute]] this way at the end of The Big Fat Kill.

* Averted in ''[[Star Wars]]''. The lightsabers do cut through almost anything (they cannot cut through other lightsabers, cortosis blades, Phrik or blades created by sith alchemy, and it can be difficult to make them cut through anything with an electromagnetic field), but are obviously immune from material limitations, what with being plasma and all. Also people don't spend half a minute looking shocked before falling to pieces. Limbs and appendages tend to fly all over the place, although [[Bloodless Carnage|bleeding is very limited]] as the laser cauterizes as it cuts, and leaves a gap due to the width of the blade and the fact that surrounding flesh is heated white hot and thus charred.

* [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] featured numerous instances of unusually clean cuts, however one of the most graphic of these examples was in the (incredibly controversial) episode "The Way", in which {{spoiler|Xena's arms were cut clean off by Indrajit, the King of Demons}}. It's alright though, not two minutes later into the episode she has {{spoiler|six arms}}. By the end of the episode, all is well again and {{spoiler|she has her own two arms back}}.

* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] has a few good examples. Notably {{spoiler|Anya's}} death in "Chosen".

* An episode of ''[[CSI: NY]]'' featured a corpse killed by a cut so clean that the wound wasn't obvious until the body was moved, at which point the head fell off. It turned out to have been made by a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]].

** To be fair, they did spend a good part of the episode clarifying at the person wielding said katana was incredibly well trained and strong enough to make such a cut.

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