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** Often used in conjunction with strategically [[Amusing Injuries|placed mousetraps]]. |
** Often used in conjunction with strategically [[Amusing Injuries|placed mousetraps]]. |
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* Used by [[Wacky Races|Dick Dastardly]] whenever Muttley starts laughing at him, outside the range of a typical human being. |
* Used by [[Wacky Races|Dick Dastardly]] whenever Muttley starts laughing at him, outside the range of a typical human being. |
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* Pinkie Pie from ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has these, but she uses them to pull her friends in for a group hug. |
* Pinkie Pie from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has these, but she uses them to pull her friends in for a group hug. |
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* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Lois's father once punched Peter through an ''email''. |
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Lois's father once punched Peter through an ''email''. |
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* Though it doesn't involve combat, the mid-1980s ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' series had Daphne restrain a fleeing Shaggy by extending her arms from off screen. |
* Though it doesn't involve combat, the mid-1980s ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' series had Daphne restrain a fleeing Shaggy by extending her arms from off screen. |
Revision as of 21:35, 9 January 2014
Take a cartoon, preferably an older one, and find a pair who always end up in fights. Tom and Jerry, Dick Dastardly and Muttley from Wacky Races or virtually anyone from Looney Tunes. Somehow, one character always has a fist which can stretch across an entire country. Or a universe. This is a type of Toon Physics, and is often used with revenge.
Not to be confused with Rubber Man
Examples of Extendable Arms include:
Film
- In an exceedingly rare live-action example, in the Chinese kung-fu movie Master of the Flying Guillotine, an Indian fighter enters a tournament with the power to extend his arms to an absurd length.
- Michael Jordan uses this to make a slam dunk in Space Jam.
- Freddy briefly extends both his arms to scare his victim in the first A Nightmare On Elm Street film.
Western Animation
- In The Thief and The Cobbler, the Witch uses this to pull down a hesitant character (who s much bigger than she is) for examination.
- Tom and Jerry demonstrates this several times, often when Tom tries to reach for Jerry inside one of the walls.
- Often used in conjunction with strategically placed mousetraps.
- Used by Dick Dastardly whenever Muttley starts laughing at him, outside the range of a typical human being.
- Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic has these, but she uses them to pull her friends in for a group hug.
- On Family Guy, Lois's father once punched Peter through an email.
- Though it doesn't involve combat, the mid-1980s Scooby Doo series had Daphne restrain a fleeing Shaggy by extending her arms from off screen.
Video Games
- This is one of Dhalsim's special abilities in the Street Fighter series--he can punch you from the other side of the screen.
- In Sonic Unleashed, Sonic has arms that extend in his werehog form.