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* This is practically the [[Signature Move]] of [[Winnetou|Karl May]]'s [[Author Avatar]] Old Shatterhand/Kara ben Nemsi, ostensibly justified by a combination of nigh superhuman strength and a special trick he's discovered himself. It's rather convenient, too, because as a good (if sometimes, especially in the later works, a bit preachy) Christian the character doesn't actually like to shed human blood when he can at all avoid it. |
* This is practically the [[Signature Move]] of [[Winnetou|Karl May]]'s [[Author Avatar]] Old Shatterhand/Kara ben Nemsi, ostensibly justified by a combination of nigh superhuman strength and a special trick he's discovered himself. It's rather convenient, too, because as a good (if sometimes, especially in the later works, a bit preachy) Christian the character doesn't actually like to shed human blood when he can at all avoid it. |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[The Dresden Files]] when one of Harry's internal monolgues mentions that someone must have done one of those adamantium upgrades on his skull. |
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[The Dresden Files]] when one of Harry's internal monolgues mentions that someone must have done one of those adamantium upgrades on his skull. |
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* Averted in Martin Caidin's ''Cyborg'' novels. Considerably violent than [[The Six Million Dollar Man|the TV series they inspired]], due to Steve Austin's bionic arm being described as a bludgeon, and strong hits to the head or chops to the neck are instantly fatal to the recipient. In fact he does this so often (sometimes cold-bloodedly to disabled enemies) that fans of the TV series are prone to go into [[What the Hell,Hero?]] mode when reading them. |
* Averted in Martin Caidin's ''Cyborg'' novels. Considerably violent than [[The Six Million Dollar Man|the TV series they inspired]], due to Steve Austin's bionic arm being described as a bludgeon, and strong hits to the head or chops to the neck are instantly fatal to the recipient. In fact he does this so often (sometimes cold-bloodedly to disabled enemies) that fans of the TV series are prone to go into [[What the Hell, Hero?]] mode when reading them. |
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* In ''Death at the President's Lodging'' by [[Michael Innes]], the detective investigating the aforesaid mystery is knocked out by a blow to the head. One of the suspects, an author of detective novels, says that he'd never have done it, because he knows how dangerous such a blow could be. |
* In ''Death at the President's Lodging'' by [[Michael Innes]], the detective investigating the aforesaid mystery is knocked out by a blow to the head. One of the suspects, an author of detective novels, says that he'd never have done it, because he knows how dangerous such a blow could be. |
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* In the [[Time Scout]] book, ''Wagers of Sin'', Skeeter gets knocked out from behind and spends several days recovering, with nausea, dizziness, and continuing headaches. |
* In the [[Time Scout]] book, ''Wagers of Sin'', Skeeter gets knocked out from behind and spends several days recovering, with nausea, dizziness, and continuing headaches. |
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