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    Purple Dave: In The New Batman Adventures episode "Cold Comfort", Mr. Freeze is (briefly) revealed to have lost his entire body since his last B:TAS/TNBA appearanc... more »
    materkb: Aside from the dubious examples of comic book heroes, there is not a single character here from written science fiction. How about some mention of Pou... more »
    dnwilliams: John Locke was meant to do this, dammit! It's destiny...it's destiny...it's HIS DESTINY. DON'T TELL HIM WHAT HE CAN'T DO! more »
    jbq: That issue where Xorn turned out to be Magneto was also the issue I decided to stop reading New X-Men. It made NO SENSE. So, as you say, when Prof X f... more »
    Bill-Lee: Darth Vader got his new legs later the same afternoon so he never had to deal with that period of being unable to walk like some of these characters. ... more »
    Skunky: Does House count? He temporarily regained the full use of his bum leg by "rebooting" his brain through induced coma. Even after he regressed back to u... more »
    History of Bubbles: Hello? Steve Austin? more »
    Roy Jacobsen: Wha..? I'm seriously amazed that you didn't include one of the greats: Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.... more »
    josecanUC: Avatar isn't Cameron's first foray into wheelchair VR walking; there was a poignant bit in Strange Days where Ralph Fiennes gives his paraplegic buddy... more »
    HalOfBorg: Lets not forget Dr Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap. He lost his legs (sort of) in Season 5, Episode 4 "Nowhere To Run". more »
    FrankN.Stein: Run, Forrest, Run! more »
    ejs2000: Heroes also featured Nathan Petrelli's wife, Heidi. She lost the use of her legs when Linderman's goons ran her car off the road (and Nathan accidenta... more »
    db4dbms: You forgot the biggest one of all...Darth Vadar. Anakin (or Vadar...whatever) had his arms and legs chopped off - he's really just a torso with robot... more »
    blackoak: Exo-man! Also, didn't Full Moon put out a couple of movies featuring a character called 'Mandroid'? [edit] Additionally, and I know it isn't scie... more »
    bipolarber003: ... and there was the scene just before the ark was lifting off from "When Worlds Collide" where the millionaire, Stanton, who financed it's construct... more »
    Sweeneybird: wow, it's like a smorgasbord of ableism tropes! more »
    goldfarb: you forgot Gguy Caballero, though he only uses the chair for sympathy and respect. more »
    Biku: There was also a John Wyndham short story about a man in a wheelchair who is telepathically brought forward to the future, into a whole "avatar" body-... more »
    Alexis: You just made me remember a rather obscure plot device of Animorphs. I don't know how I feel about that. Were those books any good, or was I blinded b... more »
    Smeagol92055: ...Because irony, indeed. Also, would it kill Prof. X to at least put on some underwear if he's going to wear something as form-fitting as that? Tha... more »
  • #triviagasm

    20 Science Fiction Characters Who Got Their Legs Back

    In Avatar, Jake Sully's in a wheelchair, until a magical brain tech turns him into a running, jumping, soaring blue dude. The disabled character who regains the use of his legs is a science fiction mainstay. Here are 20 examples. More »
  • #bookvortex

    Freedom Fighters Of The Distant Future Need Coffee!

    When science fiction books depict people living in the distant future, where's the coffee? Tor.Com's Jo Walton wants to know. She lists some of the hilarious words authors use instead of coffee, including Anne McCaffrey's "klah" and Steven Brust's "klava." More »
  • #virtualworlds

    Confessions Of A Virtual Dragonrider

    Have you ever loved a narrative so much that it took over your life? That's what happened to me with Dragonriders of Pern - especially when it became an online world. More »