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[[File:thing.jpg|link=The Addams Family (TV)|frame|A somewhat more helpful hand.]] |
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Did you just chop apart the evil zombie or robot you were fighting? Keep an eye on all the parts, because it's only a matter of time before that severed hand starts to spider-crawl after you, or scuttle off for some nefarious purpose. |
Did you just chop apart the evil zombie or robot you were fighting? Keep an eye on all the parts, because it's only a matter of time before that severed hand starts to spider-crawl after you, or scuttle off for some nefarious purpose. |
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The body parts in question show an awful lot of self motivation and sensory ability for something that doesn't even have muscles on a human. In the case of spirit-animated necromantic flesh, all bets are off, but it's past believability that all robots are built with [[Easily |
The body parts in question show an awful lot of self motivation and sensory ability for something that doesn't even have muscles on a human. In the case of spirit-animated necromantic flesh, all bets are off, but it's past believability that all robots are built with [[Easily-Detachable Robot Parts|a wireless command link and independent power supply for all their limbs]] "just in case". |
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See [[Evil Hand]] for when this happens ''before'' it gets lopped off. |
See [[Evil Hand]] for when this happens ''before'' it gets lopped off. |
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** I think he used the guy's head not for sight but simply so that nobody would freak out when they saw a guy with no head running around. Also, it's not that easy to immobilize a Terminator. |
** I think he used the guy's head not for sight but simply so that nobody would freak out when they saw a guy with no head running around. Also, it's not that easy to immobilize a Terminator. |
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* Tenaya 7 in ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' often detaches her hand to have it get into places she can't. |
* Tenaya 7 in ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' often detaches her hand to have it get into places she can't. |
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* The detached Cyberman arm and octopus-head-thing in the ''[[ |
* The detached Cyberman arm and octopus-head-thing in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Pandorica Opens". They even shoot out tranquilliser darts! |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* ''[[Good Eats]]'' lampshades Thing from [[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]. |
* ''[[Good Eats]]'' lampshades Thing from [[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]. |
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** The Thing in Good Eats is canonically the grandson of the one from [[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]. |
** The Thing in Good Eats is canonically the grandson of the one from [[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]. |
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* A living plastic mannequin's arm in the first episode of the new ''[[ |
* A living plastic mannequin's arm in the first episode of the new ''[[Doctor Who]]''. |
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** The infamous "Hand of Sutekh" from the episode ''Pyramids of Mars''. While this is only really a stagehand's hand holding down Sutekh's cushion when he first stands up, it has become an in-joke among ''[[ |
** The infamous "Hand of Sutekh" from the episode ''Pyramids of Mars''. While this is only really a stagehand's hand holding down Sutekh's cushion when he first stands up, it has become an in-joke among ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans. |
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** Played straight for a spell in the classic story "Hand of Fear". |
** Played straight for a spell in the classic story "Hand of Fear". |
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[[Category:Helping Hands]] |
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