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* Kuato in ''[[Total Recall]]'' is a genius deformed siamese twin.
* Dr. Leonard Gillespie, in the ''[[Doctor Kildare]]'' films.
** Also an example of [[Written
* Dr. Arliss Loveless in the film version of ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'' did not have congenital dwarfism like his TV counterpart - he was literally half a man, missing from about his hips downward, in a steampunk wheelchair. That sometimes sprouted legs. And not just two - sometimes four.
* ''[[Spy Kids]] 3D: Game Over'': Juni chooses to have his disabled grandfather accompany him on his journey inside the video game ''Game Over'', deducing that while he's been unable to walk for 30 years, his remaining strength has gone to his upper body and mind. {{spoiler|Not long after arriving, his grandfathers gets a Mega Legs power-up that fixes the "unable to walk" problem.}}
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Any game with a point-buy character creation system can produce Genius Cripples. An old joke amongst ''[[GURPS]]'' players is that if the GM introduces a non-player character who is blind, deaf,
== Video Games ==
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* The ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' has several examples, including Juryrig and Kludge, both deviser/gadgeteers in extremely souped-up wheelchairs that fly and such. Kludge is also working on an "Iron Man" suit of power armor so he can walk again.
* Lululu Lopez from [[Platypus Comix]]'s ''Electric Wonderland'' always has to travel in some type of wheeled object because of her mermaid tail, but she does know a lot about bombs.
* As ''[[The Onion]]'' pointed out, Stephen Hawking [https://web.archive.org/web/20100308044239/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39133 built himself a robotic exoskeleton] to replace his wheelchair.
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