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Disembodied Body Part

Typology Disembodied Body Part
Total Entries 17
Representative Eye (Centaur)
This trope is for when parts of the body have “minds of their own” and will control or influence the brain of whomever they’re attached to. Typically happens when said limbs aren’t normally a part of the body, as happens to a “Frankenstein’s Monster” or “Shapeshifter Mashup”. Quite a few times they can be considered part of the same person who can just move them from a distance. Possible reasons include when the body is mechanical or undead or another supernatural explanation. Depending on what the body does it can become “Personal Horror”. A Super-Trope of “Evil Hand”. Any time this trope is present, expect it to either be a case of “Anthropomorphized Anatomy” or “Animate Body Parts”, depending on how the body part is depicted. When a physical part other than the brain (usually the heart or liver) is the source of a person’s emotions, see “Cardiovascular Love”. Compare “Helping Hands”. If this is taken to extremes, it can drift into “Body Horror” territory… ~ Organ Autonomy – TV Tropes
Keen Detective Funnies #16 (vol. 2 #12) (Dec 1939) | Frank Thomas
Keen Detective Funnies #16 (vol. 2 #12) (Dec 1939) | Frank Thomas

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Captain Zero

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Captain Zero was an American pulp magazine that published three issues in 1949 and 1950. The lead novels, written by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, featured Lee Allyn, who had been the subject of an experiment with radiation, […]
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Captain Zero was an American pulp magazine that published three issues in 1949 and 1950. The lead novels, written by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, featured Lee Allyn, who had been the subject of an experiment with radiation, […]
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Death’s Head

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The Death’s Head was a criminal who was beheaded in India for his crimes. However, his head was given new life by a mystic. Now the disembodied head can speak and control the minds of […]
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The Death’s Head was a criminal who was beheaded in India for his crimes. However, his head was given new life by a mystic. Now the disembodied head can speak and control the minds of […]
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Deathless Brain

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The Deathless Brain was a Japanese military commander, who had his brain removed from his body and placed in a jar when his body died. He spoke through a speaker in the base of the […]
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The Deathless Brain was a Japanese military commander, who had his brain removed from his body and placed in a jar when his body died. He spoke through a speaker in the base of the […]
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Eye (Centaur)

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The strange being known as The Eye appeared as a speaking, flaming eyeball in the sky. It had the power to generate deadly rays of heat, expand and shrink, fly and hover, project a searchlight […]
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The strange being known as The Eye appeared as a speaking, flaming eyeball in the sky. It had the power to generate deadly rays of heat, expand and shrink, fly and hover, project a searchlight […]
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Ghost of Anne Boleyn

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Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading […]
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Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading […]
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Hand

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The Hand was a disembodied hand who would appear and seek out justice. He was like the Eye, another disembodied body part seeking justice. His powers included enlarging himself and being bulletproof. The Hand always […]
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The Hand was a disembodied hand who would appear and seek out justice. He was like the Eye, another disembodied body part seeking justice. His powers included enlarging himself and being bulletproof. The Hand always […]
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Hand of Horror

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The Hand of Horror was a large mechanical robot hand/gauntlet created by the genius inventor known as Crimesmith to kill his enemies. Crimesmith was able to control the Hand from a distance but, at times, it […]
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The Hand of Horror was a large mechanical robot hand/gauntlet created by the genius inventor known as Crimesmith to kill his enemies. Crimesmith was able to control the Hand from a distance but, at times, it […]
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Headless Horseman (Sleepy Hollow)

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The inhabitants of Sleepy Hollow are fascinated by the “local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions” on account of the mysterious occurrences and haunting atmosphere. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow, and the “commander-in-chief […]
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The inhabitants of Sleepy Hollow are fascinated by the “local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions” on account of the mysterious occurrences and haunting atmosphere. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow, and the “commander-in-chief […]
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Horrible Hand

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The Horrible Hand is a demonic flying left hand that can be commanded by dark magic wielders to commit crimes. It is capable of flying around and doing anything an ordinary hand can do, including […]
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The Horrible Hand is a demonic flying left hand that can be commanded by dark magic wielders to commit crimes. It is capable of flying around and doing anything an ordinary hand can do, including […]
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Medusa

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In Greek mythology, Medusa, also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons — Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale — generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those […]
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In Greek mythology, Medusa, also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons — Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale — generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those […]
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Medusa’s Head

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Bogardus, a “Federal Representative”, concocts a potion, made in part from fluid used in the plaster cast heads of Medusa, that turns his victims to stone. He goes around in a blue hat and a […]
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Bogardus, a “Federal Representative”, concocts a potion, made in part from fluid used in the plaster cast heads of Medusa, that turns his victims to stone. He goes around in a blue hat and a […]
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Ninmenju

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Jinmenju or Ninmenju is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads. It notably appears in the Edo period […]
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Jinmenju or Ninmenju is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads. It notably appears in the Edo period […]
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Okubi

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Ōkubi is a Japanese yōkai. Its image is mostly a huge female head and has the characteristics of a married woman’s teeth painted black. Their true identities are said to be human vengeful spirits and […]
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Ōkubi is a Japanese yōkai. Its image is mostly a huge female head and has the characteristics of a married woman’s teeth painted black. Their true identities are said to be human vengeful spirits and […]
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Rokurokubi

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Rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The […]
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Rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The […]
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Teba

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Bob Burke is a “lone castaway on Mars” after surviving a spaceship crash seven years earlier. Living in the Southern desert of Mars, he fashioned a shelter from the remnants of the spaceship. Food was […]
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Bob Burke is a “lone castaway on Mars” after surviving a spaceship crash seven years earlier. Living in the Southern desert of Mars, he fashioned a shelter from the remnants of the spaceship. Food was […]
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Von Lougg

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Von Lougg was a bizarre anti-American agent who could separate his head and other limbs at the joint, and then put them back together. He claimed there was no way to kill him, and indeed, […]
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Von Lougg was a bizarre anti-American agent who could separate his head and other limbs at the joint, and then put them back together. He claimed there was no way to kill him, and indeed, […]
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Wanyudo

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Wanyūdō is a yōkai depicted in Toriyama Sekien’s collection of yōkai illustrations, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. He is a relatively well-known yōkai; the earliest reports of him date back to the Heian period. Wanyūdō takes […]
Entry Wanyudo
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Wanyūdō is a yōkai depicted in Toriyama Sekien’s collection of yōkai illustrations, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. He is a relatively well-known yōkai; the earliest reports of him date back to the Heian period. Wanyūdō takes […]