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** It's only really iffy because even when they actually have the carapace it's not a true shell, but more closely resembles a pangolin or man-made scale/plate mail.
* The Polish puzzle game ''Zagadki Lwa Leona'' features a puzzle where you have to help a turtle whose shell apparently was stolen and inexplicably got stranded on a branch.
* Rare gastropod example: According to its Pokedex entry, the [[Pokémon]] Shelmet is a snail-like Pokemon whose helmet-like shell is often removed from its body by an insect-like Pokemon called Karrablast so it can evolve into Escavalier (which resembles an armored insect who has spears for arms and said armor being made from said shell). Fortunately, Shelmet evolves into Accelgor, a
* One of the playable characters in ''Battle Beast'' is a turtle who can step out of his shell, which then gains a handle as it turns into a [[Drop the Hammer|large hammer to pummel his opponents with]].
* ''[[Mega Man X|Mega Man X2]]'' has Crystal Snail. If you hit him with the Magnet Mine, his shell flies off, causing him to lose his only method of defence and causing him to focus on trying to reclaim it over attacking you...which you can prolong indefinitely by knocking the shell around. Justified because he's a robot.
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