Blade Below the Shoulder/Playing With

Blade Below the Shoulder: A sharp bladed weapon that is attached to the arm, springs from the arm, or IS an arm.
 * Straight: Ninja Kenshin wields a foot-long retractable blade attached to his left vambrace.
 * Exaggerated:
 * Expy Mustelidae has a trio of them spring out of his fists on all six arms, and each claw is 3 feet long.
 * He has a groovy CHAINSAW attached there that is still somehow retractable.
 * Downplayed: Kenshin has spiked gloves.
 * Justified: He’s an assassin, and as it turns out blades that seamlessly retract into his sleeve are easy to hide.
 * Inverted: ???
 * Subverted: Kenshin flexes his arm and poses as if to call forth the blade… and activates the smoke bombs he placed there.
 * Double Subverted: He’s pressed the wrong button, and after the smoke clears he sheepishly unretreacts his blade.
 * Parodied: Kenshin has trouble keeping his blades retracted when around his crush…
 * Deconstructed: Carmillia has Wolverine Claws that retract into her flesh, but not the regeneration to protect her from the damage done. She’s none to happy about this.
 * Reconstructed: ???
 * Zig Zagged: Sometimes Kenshin has arm blades, some days he doesn’t, and sometime he has a bootknife instead.
 * Averted: All weapons are wielded, and no retractable blades appear.
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: “Why not just carry a sword?” “…It’s the principle of the thing!”
 * Invoked:???
 * Exploited:
 * Kenshin keeps his blade retraced until the villains least expect it.
 * He uses the armblades so he can fight and gesture rudely at the same time.
 * He uses armblades so he doesn’t forget to bring a weapon with him.
 * Defied: “No, Timmy, you can’t have the vambrace. We don’t trust you around concealed sharp objects anymore…”
 * Discussed: “Bet he has trouble picking his nose.”
 * Conversed: There’s fanart of the above incident.
 * Played For Laughs: Kenshin modified the claws to go *Snkit* when exposed.
 * Played For Drama: ???

* Snikt!* Back to Blade Below the Shoulder!