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== Fan Fiction ==

* In the ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfic [http://archiveofourown.org/works/139056 "Interview"], the trolls (who ended up on Earth in this fic) [[Defied Trope|defy]] this outright:

* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', Shag points out that John can't go home with [[Winged Humanoid|wings]] because he'd be dissected; Paul unknowingly echoes this when he tries to talk John into finding a way to change back. Much later, after he really is facing the return home, John sourly reflects that at least the scientists won't be able to hang onto him.

** Also, Jeft refers to extremely powerful psionics as suffering this fate while Shag is yelling at him for apparently inducing psionic powers in Ringo.

* Averted in ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''. {{spoiler|Both humans and aliens always planned to return everyone unharmed at the end, except for volunteers who agree to be taken to the aliens' planet.}}

* Played straight in ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]''.

* In ''[[Phenomenon]]'' the government is almost totally upfront about wanting to do this to George. Because George's mind is [[90% of Your Brain|working at near 100% efficiency]], it takes him no time at all to realize what they're not saying is {{spoiler|that the exploratory surgery they want to do would kill him, and that they think they'd get less data doing the same surgery after his death.}}

** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Neuroscience KILLS!!!]]

* In an unusual twist, the Tam family in ''[[Firefly]]'' presumably laughed off this possibility, if it even occurred to them at all, when the government expressed interest in their 'gifted' daughter, River. Disaster [[Break the Cutie|ensued]], and her brother Simon had to sacrifice his medical career to get her away from the scientists post-[[They Would Cut You Up|cutting up]] and take her on the lam to prevent it from happening again.

* Sort of the catalyst for the whole series in [[Red Dwarf]]. In the first episode, the Captain tells Lister his cat will be cut up and have tests run on it, prompting the response, "Would you put it back together when you were done?"

'''Lister''': Well, [[With Due Respect|with respect]], sir, what's in it for the cat? }}

* This trope is why Rose didn't call a doctor for the Doctor in "[[Doctor Who|The Christmas Invasion]]".

* The talking raccoon, Woo, of ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'' mentions this when he first reveals this gift to Sandra, saying that he's kinda' attached to his vocal cords, and asking her to keep it quiet. The danger is never mentioned again.

* When [[Vexxarr]] is first captured, the lab geeks started running tests on Minionbot, mostly consisting of finding out that none of their tools can affect his casing. They get as far as hammers before Minionbot gets mad.

* Parodied in ''[[Grrl Power]]'' [http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/317 here]

* This is the objective of The Coroner in ''[[Sidekick Girl]]''. He's already killed one superhero by vivisection that we know of. The one he's most interested in (And has already captured once) is the title character, whose [[Healing Factor]] means that he can dissect her infinitely without her dying, allowing him more time to figure out how her powers work.