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[[File:ichigo smallcut.jpg|link=Bleach|frame|You should see the [[Blade of Fearsome Size|size of the sword]] that made that...]] |
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⚫ | The act of making a very fine incision upon someone with an attack that cannot even remotely believably do such a thing, usually incorporating elements of [[Implausible Fencing Powers]] or [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]. Though '''Paper Cutting''' is usually just the leading cause for the third item of [[Standard Bleeding Spots]], used to maintain tension in a long battle or uphold realism when [[Hit Points]] are in play, it can also effectively drive home a point about the character on either end of the attack: |
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⚫ | The act of making a very fine incision upon someone with an attack that cannot even remotely believably do such a thing, usually incorporating elements of [[Implausible Fencing Powers]] or [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]. Though |
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* If the character who receives a papercut does not flinch or generally carries on with his business, it is a very good indication of his or her badassery. |
* If the character who receives a papercut does not flinch or generally carries on with his business, it is a very good indication of his or her badassery. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* Though ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has paper cutting occur on innumerable occasions, it is mostly of the cookie-cutter [[Standard Bleeding Spots]] variety. One memorable subversion: When Super Saiyan 3 Goku tosses a provocative little Ki ball past Super Buu, the audience expects a paper cut - but instead the tiny ball rips a horrible gash on Super Buu's face, revealing all manner of alien anatomy. Gross. |
* Though ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has paper cutting occur on innumerable occasions, it is mostly of the cookie-cutter [[Standard Bleeding Spots]] variety. One memorable subversion: When Super Saiyan 3 Goku tosses a provocative little Ki ball past Super Buu, the audience expects a paper cut - but instead the tiny ball rips a horrible gash on Super Buu's face, revealing all manner of alien anatomy. Gross. |
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** This may have something to do with the Buus being almost literally [[Made of Plasticine]]. |
** This may have something to do with the Buus being almost literally [[Made of Plasticine]]. |
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* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' Scarlet and Knightwalker does this to themselves and it becomes a plot point later. |
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' Scarlet and Knightwalker does this to themselves and it becomes a plot point later. |
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* The intro to the boss Vamp in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''. |
* The intro to the boss Vamp in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''. |
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* Kato does this to Yuri as a warning halfway through ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant''. Yuri ignores it, but the rest of the party talks him down. |
* Kato does this to Yuri as a warning halfway through ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant''. Yuri ignores it, but the rest of the party talks him down. |
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* ''[[Team Fortress 2|Meet the Spy]]'' has the eponymous class pull one of these on the Sniper with his butterfly knife. [[Subverted Trope|Then he just stabs him in the back]]. |
* ''[[Team Fortress 2|Meet the Spy]]'' has the eponymous class pull one of these on the Sniper with his butterfly knife. [[Subverted Trope|Then he just stabs him in the back]]. |
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* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version three, Maxie Dasai gets hit in the face [[Annoying Arrows|by an arrow]] and comes away with a minor wound across her cheek, somehow managing to avoid any serious harm. (By luck, rather than skill, the archer, Renee Valenti, had been ''trying'' to kill Maxie). |
* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version three, Maxie Dasai gets hit in the face [[Annoying Arrows|by an arrow]] and comes away with a minor wound across her cheek, somehow managing to avoid any serious harm. (By luck, rather than skill, the archer, Renee Valenti, had been ''trying'' to kill Maxie). |
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