Blade Retraction

Blade Retraction
Omnimon (Digimon) protruding his Grey Sword from his left arm.
Power/Ability to:	Generate blades from one's own body.

"SNIKT!!"

― The greatest sound ever made.

The power to generate blades from one's body. Variation of Natural Weaponry.

Also Called

• Blade Arm/Extension/Generation/Limb/Projection/Protrusion
• Razor Arm/Extension/Generation/Limb/Projection/Protrusion
• Retractable Blades
• Sword Arm/Extension/Generation/Limb/Projection/Protrusion

Capabilities

The user can generate and retract blades from their bodies, which can be composed of energy, bone, or metal, among other things.

Applications

• Cutting
• Impale

Variations

• Razor Foot
• Razor Hand
• Sword Arm
• Wing Blades

Associations

• Arm-Blade Proficiency
• Bionic Physiology
• Blade Construction
• Blade Shifting
• Bone Manipulation
• Bone Spike Protrusion
• Claw Retraction
• Elemental Blade Construction
• Enhanced/Supernatural Swordsmanship
• Ergokinetic Blade Construction
• Incisive Limbs
• Natural Weaponry
• Organic Constructs
• Powers Via Object
• Scissor Protrusion
• Shapeshifting
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Transformation

Limitations

• May be unable to retract the blades.
• Blades can be broken.

Known Users

• Paninya (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Lan Fan (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
• Zora Link (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Grounder (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
• Nutzan Bolt (Sonic the Comic)
• Swarm (Skylanders)
• Eldre Koh (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine)
• Sovereignty (CubexCursedxCurious)
• Trent MacGowan (Smallville)
• Rodeaux (Zatch Bell!)
• Jack Krauser (Resident Evil 4)
• Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
• Baraka (Mortal Kombat)
• Kuroudo Akabane/Dr. Jackal (Getbackers)
• Howard Link (D.Gray-man)
• Xion the Unborn (Bloody Roar)
• Twelve (Street Fighter III)
• Repto-Slicer (Johnny Test)
• Cyclopsis (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
• Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Mercenary Tao (Dragon Ball)
• Kiryu/Mechagodzilla III (Godzilla)
• Jabberwock S3 (Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles)
• RoboCop (RoboCop)
• Nagi the Spurious (Bloody Roar)
• Guyver units (Guyver)
• Shō Fukamachi (Bio Booster Armor Guyver)
• Methuselahs (Trinity Blood)
• Lord Yao (Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy)
• Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency)
• Ikuro Hashizawa (Baoh)
• Omnimon (Digimon)
• Mastemon (Digimon)
• Jeremiah Gottwald (Code Geass)
• Tarkatans (Mortal Kombat)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Millions Knives (Trigun)
• Deadpool/Weapon XI (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
• Carnage (Marvel Comics)
• Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
• Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Sandman (Marvel Comics)
• Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• X-23 (Marvel Comics)
• Flex (Marvel Comics)
• Alistair Smythe (Marvel Comics)
• Spidercide (Marvel Comics)
• Niles van Roekel (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
• The Wink (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
• Adrian Luca (X-Men: Destiny)
• ChamAlien (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Prisoner 775 (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Merlinisapiens (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
• Diamondhead (Ben 10)
• Tetrax Shard (Ben 10)
• Petrosapiens (Ben 10)
• Kick'in Hawk (Ben 10)
• Skulker (Danny Phantom); via armor
• Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)
• Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Kaguro (Kekkaishi)
• Chevaliers (Blood+)
• Gigan (Godzilla)
• Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill (Animorphs)
• Andalites (Animorphs)
• Hork-Bajir (Animorphs)
• Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
• Ginger (Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone)
• Ransik (Power Rangers Time Force)
• T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
• Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Roto (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Makintaro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Kawaki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Predators (Predator/Alien vs. Predator)
• Weavel (Metroid Prime Hunters)
• Fulgore (Killer Instinct)
• Razor Fist (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
• Super Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Human-form Replicators (Stargate)
• Pierce (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Mega Man Volnutt (Mega Man Legends)
• Cutman (Mega Man)
• Superman X (Legion of Super-Heroes/DC Comics)
• Cole MacGrath (Infamous)
• Sari Sumdac (Transformers Animated)
• Swamp Monsters (Infamous 2)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• Garyu (The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha : Strikers)
• Glacius (Killer Instinct)
• RepliCarter (Stargate)
• Alexander Ashford/Nosferatu (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
• Bladebeak (Quest for Camelot)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Cyblade (Cyberforce)
• Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
• Brainiac (Smallville/DC Comics)
• Red X (Teen Titans)
• Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael (DC Comics)
• Raelene Sharp/Razorsharp (DC Comics)
• Haley/Razorsharp (DC Comics)
• Algol (Soul Calibur)
• Salza (Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge)
• Scyther (Pokemon)
• Inazuma (One Piece)
• Daz Bones/Mr. 1 (One Piece)
• Miss Doublefinger (One Piece)
• Funkfreed (One Piece)
• Inazuma (One Piece)
• Togaru Kamakiri (Boku no Hero Academia)
• Brick Baxter/Cyber Shadow (The Young Guardians)
• Bionoids (Dungeons & Dragons/Spelljammer)
• Jennifer Tate (Primal)
• Dave Shar/Rash (Battletoads)
• Morgan Ziegler/Zitz (Battletoads)
• George Pie/Pimple (Battletoads)
• Members of the Assassin Brotherhood (Assassin's Creed)
• Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Yakon (Dragon Ball Z)
• RoboGadget (Inspector Gadget)
• Rayne (BloodRayne)
• Acid Demons (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
• KOS-MOS (Xenosaga)
• Haxx (Extreme Dinosaurs)
• Garo Tribe (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Tsuna (Otogi: Myth of Demons)
• Dampierre (Soul Calibur)
• Vega (Street Fighter)
• Kahlua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire)
• Dominic (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Bioraptors (The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black)
• Neo Organism (Kamen Rider)
• El Cid (Saint Seiya)
• Capricorn Shura (Saint Seiya)
• The Human Blade (Mighty Med)
• Dante (Devil May Cry); via Majin Form
• Shota Oruha (Takama-Ga-Hara)
• Bladewolf (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
• Kikyo Mikage (Marvel Anime: Wolverine)
• Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats); via Guard Skill: Hand Sonic
• Optimus Prime (Transformers)
• Shirou Emiya (TYPE-MOON)
• Jūgo (Naruto)
• Yakon (Dragon Ball Z)
• Kano (Mortal Kombat)
• Sceptile (Pokémon)
• Weavile (Pokémon)
• Eve (Black Cat)
• Steeleto (Power Rangers Samurai)
• Blue Samurai Sentries (Power Rangers)
• Savitar (Arrowverse)
• Player (Growtopia); via Ezio's Armgaurds
• Shiv (Stargirl)

Gallery

Body Blades

Kick'in Kawk Kick'in Hawk (Ben 10) has blades on his elbows.

Kevin 11 (Ben 10) can turn his right arm into a blade just like Diamondhead.

Ikuro Hashizawa (Baoh: the Visitor) generating his Reskiniharden Saber Phenomenon.

Eve (Black Cat) morphs one hand into a blade to clash with Leon.

Xion the Unborn (Bloody Roar) protruding blades from all over his body.

Jeremiah Gottwald (Code Geass) unsheathes his arm blade.

Raelene Sharp/Razorsharp (DC Comics) has the ability to transform her limbs into razor sharp metal.

Haley/Razorsharp (DC Comics)

Dante (Devil May Cry) using his powerful Majin Form Devil Trigger giving him retractable arm blades.

Yakon (Dragon Ball Z) unsheathing his arm blades.

Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) can generate retractable blades in his wrists, which enables him to control light...

...including his own feet.

Zora Link's (The Legend of Zelda) arm fins double as blades, and can be fired off as boomerangs.

Each of the Flat Sisters (Marchen Awakens Romance) possess the Ghost ÄRM, Scalpel, allowing them to turn their arms into blades at will.

Carnage (Marvel Comics) converts the symbiote at his hand into a blade.

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine's (Marvel Comics) brandishing his famous claws.

Laura Kinney/X-23 (Marvel Comics), the daughter of Wolverine.

Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics), the son of Wolverine.

Weapon XI/Deadpool (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) has two retractable adamantium swords installed in arms.

Baraka (Mortal Kombat) uses the blades in his arms to kill his opponent.

Jūgo (Naruto) forming an axe from his left forearm.

A Full-Body Bladed Human, Daz Bones (One Piece) can generate and retract blades from all over his body.

Funkfreed's (One Piece) proboscis/trunk become sword.

Sceptile (Pokémon) has retractable leaf blades on its wrists.

Weavile (Pokémon) has retractable claws.

Alex Mercer (Prototype) with his blade extended.

Jack Krauser (Resident Evil) with his Plaga-induced arm blade.

Kahlua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire) morphs her arm into a set of five razor-sharp wing-like blades.

Super Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series), possesses multiple retractable blades all over his body.

Millions Knives' (Trigun) angel arm is a gigantic blade when it transforms into such.

Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) forming a blade from his right hand.

Roto (Yu Yu Hakusho) forming a scythe from his right finger.

Makintaro (Yu Yu Hakusho) forming an axe from his right hand.

Superman X (Legion of Super-Heroes/DC Comics)

Skulker's Suit (Danny Phantom) has Retractable Blades from his fist

The Human Blade (Mighty Med)

Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)

Weaponized Installation

The Assassins (Assassin's Creed) wielding their trademark weapon, the Hidden Blade.

Victor Powered (Buso Renkin) taking apart his Fatal Attraction into two smaller tomahawks, and each producing a retractable energy blade.

Azrael's (DC Comics) costume comes equipped with retractable flaming blades.

Tao Pai Pai (Dragon Ball) utilizing his retractable blade hidden under his cyborg hand.

Kiros Seagill (Final Fantasy VIII) with retractable blades extended.

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) can use his alchemy to transmute the forearm plating of his automail arm into a blade.

Both of Paninya's (Fullmetal Alchemist) automail legs come equipped with retractable blades.

Lan Fan's (Fullmetal Alchemist) automail left arm comes equipped with an elbow-mounted blade.

Rex (Generator Rex) can use the nanites within him to generate powerful machines that he can also retract from his body, such has a gigantic blade...

...as well as use his Omega-1 Nanite to create gigantic axes.

The Guyver Units (Guyver) possess retractable high-frequency blades in their arms.

Fulgore (Killer Instinct) with retractable blades at the wrists.

Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts) can produce his retractable Ethereal Blades.

An Acid Demon (Legacy of Kain) with retractable bladed arms.

Niles Van Roekel (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects) wearing a power-suit that has retractable blades.

Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects) had retractable blades, amongst many other modifications, implanted into her body.

Double (Mega Man X4) possesses the Kiba Flash, a powerful retractable energy razor blade that is capable of killing Reploids in a single slash.

The Bladewolf (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) with retractable blades at its paws.

Weavel (Metroid) possesses a retractable energy scythe.

Kakkō (Naruto) using a pair of retractable wrist blades against Obito and Kakashi.

The Third Kazekage puppet (Naruto) protruding a retractable blade from its right arm sleeve.

RoboCop's (RoboCop) retractable data spike doubles as an offensive blade.

Gein (Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration) using a pair of retractable wrist blades in an attempt to finish off Saito.

KOS-MOS (Xenosaga) with a retractable arm blade.

The Predator race's (Predator) trademark weapons are their arm blades.

Kano (Mortal Kombat) revealing the retractable blade in his elbow.

Blue Samurai Sentries (Power Rangers) wield retractable arm blades.

Savitar (Arrowverse) possesses twin retractable blades in his armor.