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* One episode of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' had Eriol manipulate Shaoran like a puppet using well-placed strings, much to Shaoran's horror. This is also stopped with Sakura using the Sword card.
* One episode of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' had Eriol manipulate Shaoran like a puppet using well-placed strings, much to Shaoran's horror. This is also stopped with Sakura using the Sword card.
* In ''[[X 1999]]'', this is the way {{spoiler|Kotori dies}} Particularly egregious since it's done with electriclal wires taken from a street post, which are considerably thick.
* In ''[[X 1999]]'', this is the way {{spoiler|Kotori dies}} Particularly egregious since it's done with electriclal wires taken from a street post, which are considerably thick.
* One of [[Ranma One Half|Ranma's]] enemies uses this. It's amazing how much of his [[Clothing Damage|clothes get cut]] by the closing loops, but how little of his SKIN actually breaks.
* One of [[Ranma ½|Ranma's]] enemies uses this. It's amazing how much of his [[Clothing Damage|clothes get cut]] by the closing loops, but how little of his SKIN actually breaks.
** That's because the movie obeyed the basic notion that Ranma martial artists are [[Made of Iron]].
** That's because the movie obeyed the basic notion that Ranma martial artists are [[Made of Iron]].
*** There's also the fact that, unlike most examples of this trope, the wielder wasn't able to exert the force she needed to pull the strings tight enough to slice through flesh. That was why she made that big deal about twanging the strings; the tightly wound strings, vibrating in response to being stroked, generated the force to cut into Ranma's flesh and couldn't hurt him otherwise. Her dramatic strumming of all the strings simultaneously would have carved Ranma into chunks if Shampoo hadn't cut the strings before the vibrations reached him.
*** There's also the fact that, unlike most examples of this trope, the wielder wasn't able to exert the force she needed to pull the strings tight enough to slice through flesh. That was why she made that big deal about twanging the strings; the tightly wound strings, vibrating in response to being stroked, generated the force to cut into Ranma's flesh and couldn't hurt him otherwise. Her dramatic strumming of all the strings simultaneously would have carved Ranma into chunks if Shampoo hadn't cut the strings before the vibrations reached him.
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* There's a [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's]] [[Razor Floss]] in [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s "The Fountains Of Paradise", made of the carbon filament formulated for the space elevator.
* There's a [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's]] [[Razor Floss]] in [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s "The Fountains Of Paradise", made of the carbon filament formulated for the space elevator.
* Larry Niven gives us a couple of examples:
* Larry Niven gives us a couple of examples:
** ''[[Ring World]]'': [http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=930 shadow square wire]
** ''[[Ringworld]]'': [http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=930 shadow square wire]
** Also from Ringworld: a variable sword is monomolecular wire in a Slaver stasis field (making it rigid and essentially indestructible). Goes through metal like butter.
** Also from Ringworld: a variable sword is monomolecular wire in a Slaver stasis field (making it rigid and essentially indestructible). Goes through metal like butter.
** Sinclair Molecule Chain in ''[[Known Space|A Gift from Earth]]''.
** Sinclair Molecule Chain in ''[[Known Space|A Gift from Earth]]''.
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