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Items on your wrist are easy to access, versatile, and [[Rule of Cool|just look awesome]].
Items on your wrist are easy to access, versatile, and [[Rule of Cool|just look awesome]].
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Duel Discs.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Duel Discs.
* Several [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] wear their [[Transformation Trinket]] on their wrist: [[Corrector Yui (Anime)|Corrector Yui]], [[Magical Star Magical Emi]], [[Yes Precure 5]], [[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]], later seasons of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', and the [[Frilly Upgrade]] powerup in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
* Several [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] wear their [[Transformation Trinket]] on their wrist: [[Corrector Yui]], [[Magical Star Magical Emi]], [[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]], [[Kämpfer]], later seasons of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', and the [[Frilly Upgrade]] powerup in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' (AKA ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''). G-Force had wrist band communications devices which also allowed them to [[Instant Costume Change|change between their team uniforms and civilian clothing]].
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' (AKA ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''). G-Force had wrist band communications devices which also allowed them to [[Instant Costume Change|change between their team uniforms and civilian clothing]].


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[Spy Kids]]
* [[Spy Kids]]
* Subverted in ''[[Toy Story]]'', where Buzz ''thinks'' he has a wrist gadget, but as Woody points out, it's just a sticker.
* Subverted in ''[[Toy Story]]'', where Buzz ''thinks'' he has a wrist gadget, but as Woody points out, it's just a sticker.
* The main character of ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (Film)|Cowboys and Aliens]]'' wears one, which turns out to be an [[Arm Cannon]].
* The main character of ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (film)|Cowboys and Aliens]]'' wears one, which turns out to be an [[Arm Cannon]].
* The watch [[James Bond]] wears usually has some non-wrist watch functions.
* The watch [[James Bond]] wears usually has some non-wrist watch functions.
** This is given a nod in the video game of ''[[Golden Eye 1997 (Video Game)|GoldenEye]]'', in which the watch is both used in-game as a gadget and is also the pause menu/user interface/mission briefing.
** This is given a nod in the video game of ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye]]'', in which the watch is both used in-game as a gadget and is also the pause menu/user interface/mission briefing.
* The [[Predator]] had a cool wrist device that not only houses his [[Blade Below the Shoulder|wrist blades]], but also a [[Nuke'Em|nuclear]] [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]. The ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' video games add even more gadgets to it, such as a compact first aid kit or hacking tool.
* The [[Predator]] had a cool wrist device that not only houses his [[Blade Below the Shoulder|wrist blades]], but also a [[Nuke'Em|nuclear]] [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]. The ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' video games add even more gadgets to it, such as a compact first aid kit or hacking tool.
* In ''[[Sky High]]'', Royal Pain has one that controls her suit (and the device that cuts off the antigravity of the school).
* In ''[[Sky High]]'', Royal Pain has one that controls her suit (and the device that cuts off the antigravity of the school).
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* A lot of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' morphers.
* A lot of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' morphers.
** ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers ZEO]]''/''[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]'' use two-part changers with one component on each wrist. (The Dairanger changer was later incorporated into ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' as the [[Sixth Ranger|Magna Defender]]'s morpher.)
** ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]''/''[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]'' use two-part changers with one component on each wrist. (The Dairanger changer was later incorporated into ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' as the [[Sixth Ranger|Magna Defender]]'s morpher.)
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': Jack Harkness has one. It teleports and time travels.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Jack Harkness has one. It teleports and time travels.


== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The ''[[Fallout]]'' series' PipBoy 3000 was introduced as a bulky, [[Zeerust]] tablet computer complete with vacuum tubes, but its incarnations in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout New Vegas]]'' are as smaller, wrist-mounted devices. The PipBoy's uses include but are not limited to data storage, inventory management, topographical mapping, assisted targeting, medical diagnostics, and radio receiver.
* The ''[[Fallout]]'' series' PipBoy 3000 was introduced as a bulky, [[Zeerust]] tablet computer complete with vacuum tubes, but its incarnations in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' are as smaller, wrist-mounted devices. The PipBoy's uses include but are not limited to data storage, inventory management, topographical mapping, assisted targeting, medical diagnostics, and radio receiver.
* [[Commander Keen (Video Game)|Commander Keen]]'s [http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/ComputerWrist ComputerWrist]
* [[Commander Keen]]'s [http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/ComputerWrist ComputerWrist]
* The Omnitools from the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series.
* The Omnitools from the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series.
* That thing that Sonya Blade wears on her arm in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' can, at the very least, be used as a communicator, firearm and metal-cutter. One might speculate that it probably also works as a watch.
* That thing that Sonya Blade wears on her arm in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' can, at the very least, be used as a communicator, firearm and metal-cutter. One might speculate that it probably also works as a watch.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Bob's Glitch from ''[[Re Boot]]'', though it is strongly overlaps with [[Gadget Watch]].
* Bob's Glitch from ''[[Re Boot]]'', though it is strongly overlaps with [[Gadget Watch]].
* [[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'s Omnitrix.
* [[Ben 10]]'s Omnitrix.
* Parodied in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'': Leela has one, and she calls it "this thing on [her] wrist" which also has a built-in surgical laser for reattaching noses.
* Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]'': Leela has one, and she calls it "this thing on [her] wrist" which also has a built-in surgical laser for reattaching noses.
* ''[[Space Ghost]]'' had his Power Bands.
* ''[[Space Ghost]]'' had his Power Bands.
* The titular hero of ''[[Phantom 2040 (Animation)|Phantom 2040]]'' has a pair.
* The titular hero of ''[[Phantom 2040]]'' has a pair.
* Partway through the fourth and final series ''[[Kim Possible]]'' gets a new Kimmunicator in the form of a watch. It even has a grappling line in it, [[Hammerspace|somehow]].
* Partway through the fourth and final series ''[[Kim Possible]]'' gets a new Kimmunicator in the form of a watch. It even has a grappling line in it, [[Hammerspace|somehow]].
* Both of the [[Swat Kats (Animation)|Swat Kats]] wear the Glovatrix, a wrist-mounted item featuring multiple weapons and tools.
* Both of the [[Swat Kats]] wear the Glovatrix, a wrist-mounted item featuring multiple weapons and tools.


== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
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