Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-25145782-20150512152128/@comment-4010415-20150512165542

Or... it's not a nod to anything because a fuckton of entertainment media have characters with a robotic arm.

Like Star Wars, after Luke's arm gets cut off.

Or like Full Metal Alchemist.

I think there's a character in Final Fantasy 7 who has a gun arm.

That one pirate alien in Treasure Planet has a transforming robot arm.

You know what? I'll just link you to the trope Artificial Limbs. You can scroll down and look through the Examples folders for more examples of robot/robotic/mechanical/metal arms/prosthetics/replacements.