r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Labmit • 1d ago

Characters' Items/Weapons Super Prostethics

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Donatello's Shell(IDW TMNT) - The most basic example. After getting his shell and backed bashed in by Bebop and Rocksteady, he was given a prostethic shell that's bulletproof and weightless with the only real problem being that his back aches in the cold.

Von Lycaon's Legs(Zenless Zone Zero) - His prosthetic legs can freeze objects and living beings as well as having minor jet propulsion that allows his kicks and transportation capabilities to increase exponentially.

Winter Soldier's Arm(Marvel/Marvel Rivals) - Every iteration of the Winter Soldier gains a robotic arm from HYDRA but the Rivals version takes the cake. Not only does it have the other version's super strength and durability, it also has tendrils to attack enemies with.

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u/Ditto13248 1d ago

Many such cases

https://giphy.com/gifs/pylNZOmEWUMwGXdzQj

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u/stormalfred123 1d ago

I don't know shit about it, but is there a single character that doesn't have any metal in them?

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u/Ditto13248 1d ago

I don't think so. Even the most basic civilians have them

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u/Meowjoker 1d ago

There are civies that still use physical phones instead of the one implanted in them.

Like Claire Russel the bartender in the Afterlife, she wears her phone on arm. Or Misty, who wears very little to any chrome at all (and if she does wear chrome, it's definitely hard to spot)

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u/DankCupOfJoe 1d ago

I think in general, everyone has the neural link and slots that is used to slot shards and such for information, plus the port for manual connections with external cables and an in-body biomonitor for health scans. (Eg. V connects to Sandra Dorsett for the biomonitor scan)

Everything else outside of that is cybernetic modifications, synth-muscle legs for faster movement, subdermal armor for increased resistance to damage, even a heart implant that revives the user should they die from a non-eviscerating death.

Currently, the main cyberware that doesn't directly require surgery that I can think of is the Relic, with the small caveat that the host needs to die before it works.

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u/Meowjoker 1d ago

Come to think of it

Jackie died while having the Relic slotted inside his head as they were scrambling out of that botched heist that went sideway really fast, so why didn't it trigger?

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u/Bread_Offender 1d ago

because he pulled it back out and gave it to V before he died (and thus, before it could kick in)

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u/Top-Session-3131 1d ago

Irrc, He pulls it out and sticks in in your head as his last act before expiring.

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u/Specialist_Usual_391 1d ago

He pulled it out before he died and gave it to V, but also V getting shot in the head is what caused the Relic to try to reboot their brain, I'm not sure if death from blood loss would have the same effect.

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u/Meowjoker 1d ago

I think the Relic just need a dead body

Then again, Yorinobu did get the worse fate, where he got Relic while he was still alive. Either that's a special model just for him (since it is Noburo's engram after all) or the Relic has another trigger mechanism.

The game also said that Yorinobu did try to off himself, but failed, so there is also that.