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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* Seiji from ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara]]'' is quite a bit obsessed with Celty's head. Then again, Celty ''is'' a [[Headless Horseman|dullahan]]...
* Seiji from ''[[Durarara]]'' is quite a bit obsessed with Celty's head. Then again, Celty ''is'' a [[Headless Horseman|dullahan]]...
* At one point in ''[[Black Cat (Manga)|Black Cat]]'', Creed, Train's [[Stalker With a Crush]], tells Train that he would at least want to have Train by his side even as a dead body rather than let Saya have him.
* At one point in ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'', Creed, Train's [[Stalker with a Crush]], tells Train that he would at least want to have Train by his side even as a dead body rather than let Saya have him.
* ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'': During an interrogation scene between the two Genkaku licks some blood from Nagi's arm while saying that Nagi's hand has become very cute (after Nagi's hand was cut off by Hibana).
* ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'': During an interrogation scene between the two Genkaku licks some blood from Nagi's arm while saying that Nagi's hand has become very cute (after Nagi's hand was cut off by Hibana).
* In the ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' manga, Suzu recovers the head of Yoshida (who was decapitated during the Ikedaya Incident), has it varnished and carries it around, in a rather affectionate way.
* In the ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' manga, Suzu recovers the head of Yoshida (who was decapitated during the Ikedaya Incident), has it varnished and carries it around, in a rather affectionate way.
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* Threatened, but not really acted upon in ''[[Blood Plus]]'', when James promises to bring {{spoiler|Solomon (post [[Heel Face Turn]])}} the severed head of his love "to kiss."
* Threatened, but not really acted upon in ''[[Blood Plus]]'', when James promises to bring {{spoiler|Solomon (post [[Heel Face Turn]])}} the severed head of his love "to kiss."
** Mentioned in the manga as well, where a villain promises to bring Van Argeno the [[Squick|lower half of Saya's body.]] Argeno is [[Even Evil Has Standards|less than pleased.]]
** Mentioned in the manga as well, where a villain promises to bring Van Argeno the [[Squick|lower half of Saya's body.]] Argeno is [[Even Evil Has Standards|less than pleased.]]
* One [[Depraved Homosexual]] villain from ''[[Inuyasha (Manga)|Inuyasha]]'' threatened to cut off Miroku's face, make it into a wall hanging, and kiss it every day. Eep.
* One [[Depraved Homosexual]] villain from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' threatened to cut off Miroku's face, make it into a wall hanging, and kiss it every day. Eep.
** Something like this happened thousands of years ago: [[The Roman Empire]] was executing Torah sages, and the Emperor's daughter found one of the rabbis to be exceedingly handsome, and so asked her father to spare him. He refused, so she asked instead if his face could be kept; the Emperor agreed and ''they skinned his face off and preserved it in a jar of brine''.
** Something like this happened thousands of years ago: [[The Roman Empire]] was executing Torah sages, and the Emperor's daughter found one of the rabbis to be exceedingly handsome, and so asked her father to spare him. He refused, so she asked instead if his face could be kept; the Emperor agreed and ''they skinned his face off and preserved it in a jar of brine''.
* Yoshikage Kira from Part 4 of ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has a bizarre hand fetish, and will carry around his latest victim's severed hand with him.
* Yoshikage Kira from Part 4 of ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has a bizarre hand fetish, and will carry around his latest victim's severed hand with him.
* In the ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' anime, at the end, Kotonoha {{spoiler|cuts off Makoto's head from his corpse, and carries it around. The final scene shows her cradling it in her arms on a yacht, saying, "we're finally alone together, Makoto."}}
* In the ''[[School Days]]'' anime, at the end, Kotonoha {{spoiler|cuts off Makoto's head from his corpse, and carries it around. The final scene shows her cradling it in her arms on a yacht, saying, "we're finally alone together, Makoto."}}
* In the ''[[Full Metal Panic (Light Novel)|Full Metal Panic]]'' novel, Gauron tells Sōsuke that he fantasized about {{spoiler|killing Sōsuke and dragging his corpse out of his AS, and [[Squick|fucking it]]}}.
* In the ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' novel, Gauron tells Sōsuke that he fantasized about {{spoiler|killing Sōsuke and dragging his corpse out of his AS, and [[Squick|fucking it]]}}.
* In ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'', Mao decides he wants to take C.C. to a "quiet, white, immaculate, special house" he built in Australia. Unfortunately, to get to Australia, he needs to take her on a plane, and she's apparently too big to bring aboard. So he's going to have to make her compact. Cue him revving a chainsaw. Mind you, C.C. does have a [[Healing Factor]], so being "made compact" won't actually ''kill'' her. Of course, [[And I Must Scream|in some ways]] that's even ''worse''...
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Mao decides he wants to take C.C. to a "quiet, white, immaculate, special house" he built in Australia. Unfortunately, to get to Australia, he needs to take her on a plane, and she's apparently too big to bring aboard. So he's going to have to make her compact. Cue him revving a chainsaw. Mind you, C.C. does have a [[Healing Factor]], so being "made compact" won't actually ''kill'' her. Of course, [[And I Must Scream|in some ways]] that's even ''worse''...
* Rex Godwin of [[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]] {{spoiler|''worships'' his brother's severed arm, and 62 episodes in Rex forcefully removes his prosthetic left arm in order to make his brother's arm his own.}}
* Rex Godwin of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]] {{spoiler|''worships'' his brother's severed arm, and 62 episodes in Rex forcefully removes his prosthetic left arm in order to make his brother's arm his own.}}
* Wietoo, in the ''Eden's Bowy'' manga, milks this one for extra mileage. {{spoiler|After an artificial human 'puppet' he builds rips his younger sister into pieces and splatters them over the room, Wietoo is seen first cuddling, [[Brother-Sister Incest|and then passionately kissing, his sister's severed head]]. Later, he uses her retrievable body parts to make a new 'puppet' which he continues to sexually molest at intervals.}}
* Wietoo, in the ''Eden's Bowy'' manga, milks this one for extra mileage. {{spoiler|After an artificial human 'puppet' he builds rips his younger sister into pieces and splatters them over the room, Wietoo is seen first cuddling, [[Brother-Sister Incest|and then passionately kissing, his sister's severed head]]. Later, he uses her retrievable body parts to make a new 'puppet' which he continues to sexually molest at intervals.}}
* Barus of CLAMP's ''[[Clover]]'' severed Kazuhiko's hand; telling him when next they meet that he's been sleeping with it every night. [[Squick|"Doesn't that make you hard?"]]
* Barus of CLAMP's ''[[Clover]]'' severed Kazuhiko's hand; telling him when next they meet that he's been sleeping with it every night. [[Squick|"Doesn't that make you hard?"]]
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== Film ==
== Film ==
* Before the action starts in ''[[High Tension|Haute Tension]]'', the apparent antagonist is seen in his truck getting fellated by a disembodied head.
* Before the action starts in ''[[High Tension|Haute Tension]]'', the apparent antagonist is seen in his truck getting fellated by a disembodied head.
* The [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in slasher flick ''[[August Underground (Film)|August Underground]]'s Mordem'' make one of their victims cut off his own penis so they can stick it into his girlfriend.
* The [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in slasher flick ''[[August Underground]]'s Mordem'' make one of their victims cut off his own penis so they can stick it into his girlfriend.
* The film version of [[Re-Animator]] had Barbara Crampton straddling an undead head. (But it was the head's idea.)
* The film version of [[Re-Animator]] had Barbara Crampton straddling an undead head. (But it was the head's idea.)
* The [[So Bad It's Good]] horror film ''[[Bloodsucking Freaks]]'' has a depraved dwarf use a severed head to fellate himself.
* The [[So Bad It's Good]] horror film ''[[Bloodsucking Freaks]]'' has a depraved dwarf use a severed head to fellate himself.
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* In Lamberto Bava's ''Macabre'', a woman's lover is beheaded in a car crash. She continues to have the affair with his head...
* In Lamberto Bava's ''Macabre'', a woman's lover is beheaded in a car crash. She continues to have the affair with his head...
* Oogie Boogie does this by accident in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. He finds Sally's [[Show Some Leg|bare, flirtatious leg]] quite attractive until he finds out it's not actually attached to anything.
* Oogie Boogie does this by accident in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. He finds Sally's [[Show Some Leg|bare, flirtatious leg]] quite attractive until he finds out it's not actually attached to anything.
* [[The End - Or Is It?]] ending of ''Psycho III''.
* [[The End - or Is It?]] ending of ''Psycho III''.
* In the movie ''[[May]]'', the titular character dismembers different people so she can sew all the parts together and create the perfect friend. Those parts are all things she particularly admired and desired, such as her crush's hands and her co-worker's neck.
* In the movie ''[[May]]'', the titular character dismembers different people so she can sew all the parts together and create the perfect friend. Those parts are all things she particularly admired and desired, such as her crush's hands and her co-worker's neck.


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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick Bateman spends a while walking around the room with the head of one of the prostitutes he just killed still impaled on his erection.
* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick Bateman spends a while walking around the room with the head of one of the prostitutes he just killed still impaled on his erection.
* The title character of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s play ''[[Salome (Theatre)|Salome]]'' (and Richard Strauss's operatic adaptation) orders John the Baptist's head to be cut off so she can kiss it.
* The title character of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s play ''[[Salome]]'' (and Richard Strauss's operatic adaptation) orders John the Baptist's head to be cut off so she can kiss it.
{{quote| "Ah! thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Iokanaan. Well! I will kiss it now."}}
{{quote| "Ah! thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Iokanaan. Well! I will kiss it now."}}
** Christian tradition from the 4th century was that Salome asked for his death because he spurned her. (And probably factually inaccurate: according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Antipas executed John for political reasons.)
** Christian tradition from the 4th century was that Salome asked for his death because he spurned her. (And probably factually inaccurate: according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Antipas executed John for political reasons.)
* The tale of ''Isabella and the Pot of Basil'' from [[Boccaccio (Creator)|Boccaccio]]'s ''[[Decameron (Literature)|Decameron]]'' (and later on, a [[John Keats|Keats]] poem) tells of the titular character preserving the head of her lover inside the aforementioned pot. 19th and 20th century depictions such as those painted by Prerraphaelites like [[wikipedia:Isabella and the Pot of Basil|William Holman Hunt]], [http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/pictures/isabella-and-the-pot-of-basil-1907.html Waterhouse] or [[wikipedia:Image%3AIsabella and the Pot of Basil.jpg|John White Alexander]] fall squarely in this trope.
* The tale of ''Isabella and the Pot of Basil'' from [[Giovanni Boccaccio|Boccaccio]]'s ''[[The Decameron|Decameron]]'' (and later on, a [[John Keats|Keats]] poem) tells of the titular character preserving the head of her lover inside the aforementioned pot. 19th and 20th century depictions such as those painted by Prerraphaelites like [[wikipedia:Isabella and the Pot of Basil|William Holman Hunt]], [http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/pictures/isabella-and-the-pot-of-basil-1907.html Waterhouse] or [[wikipedia:Image%3AIsabella and the Pot of Basil.jpg|John White Alexander]] fall squarely in this trope.
* Subverted in the ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'', Zsadist keeps a skull in his room. The skull being {{spoiler|the skull of his former owner, who he killed and cut the head off of to make sure she was dead.}} He keeps the skull around so he can remind himself that she's dead, often by stroking it.
* Subverted in the ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'', Zsadist keeps a skull in his room. The skull being {{spoiler|the skull of his former owner, who he killed and cut the head off of to make sure she was dead.}} He keeps the skull around so he can remind himself that she's dead, often by stroking it.
* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', a portrait of Lancrian Queen Ynci the Short-Tempered shows, "One hand ... caressed the hand of a captured enemy warrior. The rest of the captured enemy warrior was hanging from various pine trees in the background."
* In ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', a portrait of Lancrian Queen Ynci the Short-Tempered shows, "One hand ... caressed the hand of a captured enemy warrior. The rest of the captured enemy warrior was hanging from various pine trees in the background."
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' Magister Illyrio mentions that he still has the hands of his second wife, who died of plague many years earlier. It's not implied that this is anything more than a weird keepsake though.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' Magister Illyrio mentions that he still has the hands of his second wife, who died of plague many years earlier. It's not implied that this is anything more than a weird keepsake though.


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== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Love & Monsters" has a variant in this, in that the main character's girlfriend is attacked by a monster which leaves her as a just a concrete head (but still alive) - yet it's stated (see the page quote) that they still have a "love life". Interpret it however you will.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Love & Monsters" has a variant in this, in that the main character's girlfriend is attacked by a monster which leaves her as a just a concrete head (but still alive) - yet it's stated (see the page quote) that they still have a "love life". Interpret it however you will.
* In the ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' episode "Day One", Jack holds the Doctor's hand... after the jar he usually keeps it in is broken.
* In the ''[[Torchwood]]'' episode "Day One", Jack holds the Doctor's hand... after the jar he usually keeps it in is broken.
* The Hitcher of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has been known to simulate the act during the stage shows, yielding the following memorable quote... "Yeah, I'm a stump fucker! Which is a concept we couldn't quite get past BBC3!"
* The Hitcher of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has been known to simulate the act during the stage shows, yielding the following memorable quote... "Yeah, I'm a stump fucker! Which is a concept we couldn't quite get past BBC3!"
* In ''[[Dexter]]'', the Ice Truck Killer is referred to as having chosen not to kill a hooker when he realised she was an amputee. She says that he "started worshipping it (her fake hand)" and did "some freaky stuff with it (as well as her stump)". Given his obsession with dismemberment, it is implied that he may have used the parts of his victims for this as well.
* In ''[[Dexter]]'', the Ice Truck Killer is referred to as having chosen not to kill a hooker when he realised she was an amputee. She says that he "started worshipping it (her fake hand)" and did "some freaky stuff with it (as well as her stump)". Given his obsession with dismemberment, it is implied that he may have used the parts of his victims for this as well.
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{{quote| "I'm sorry now I killed you, for our love was something fine/But till they come to get me I shall hold your hand in mine!"}}
{{quote| "I'm sorry now I killed you, for our love was something fine/But till they come to get me I shall hold your hand in mine!"}}
** Lehrer made it a point to joke that, of all the songs he'd ever sung, that was the one he got the most requests ''not'' to.
** Lehrer made it a point to joke that, of all the songs he'd ever sung, that was the one he got the most requests ''not'' to.
* "Bowling Balls" by [[Insane Clown Posse (Music)|Insane Clown Posse]] is about a man who has a disturbing obsession with human heads, and keeps them as his friends. [[I Love the Dead|Sometimes girlfriends.]]
* "Bowling Balls" by [[Insane Clown Posse]] is about a man who has a disturbing obsession with human heads, and keeps them as his friends. [[I Love the Dead|Sometimes girlfriends.]]
* "TV Set", by [[The Cramps (Music)|The Cramps]]:
* "TV Set", by [[The Cramps]]:
{{quote| "Oh baby, I see you in my TV set, oh baby, I see you in my TV set,<br />
{{quote| "Oh baby, I see you in my TV set, oh baby, I see you in my TV set,<br />
I cut your head off and put it in my TV set, I use your eyeballs for dials on my TV set...." }}
I cut your head off and put it in my TV set, I use your eyeballs for dials on my TV set...." }}
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* Dr. George Greggs, the operator of the ? Organ Replacement Lab? in the videogame ''[[Dead Space (Video Game)|Dead Space]]'''s Fourth "Misplaced Affection" Webisode, kept Jane Gauthier's fingers with him while he was locked up in his lab. At the end, he is seen stroking them, and when he is killed by the necromorphs that break in, his severed arm and her fingers mutate and become connected. CECL-RC notes the irony in Greggs' wish to forever be with Gauthier; because of the Necromorphs, the two will always be together "in sickness, though not in health."
* Dr. George Greggs, the operator of the ? Organ Replacement Lab? in the videogame ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'''s Fourth "Misplaced Affection" Webisode, kept Jane Gauthier's fingers with him while he was locked up in his lab. At the end, he is seen stroking them, and when he is killed by the necromorphs that break in, his severed arm and her fingers mutate and become connected. CECL-RC notes the irony in Greggs' wish to forever be with Gauthier; because of the Necromorphs, the two will always be together "in sickness, though not in health."
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV: Oblivion'', the traitor to the [[Murder, Inc.|Dark Brotherhood]] keeps the mummified head of [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|his mother]] ({{spoiler|who was killed by the Brotherhood previously}}) in his cellar.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV: Oblivion'', the traitor to the [[Murder, Inc.|Dark Brotherhood]] keeps the mummified head of [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|his mother]] ({{spoiler|who was killed by the Brotherhood previously}}) in his cellar.
* In Tears to Tiara JRPG, Arthur offers to make a dried head out of a Demon Lord his sister has taken a liking to. He objects to their marriage, you see. Fortunately, he never gets to actually fulfilling this threat.
* In Tears to Tiara JRPG, Arthur offers to make a dried head out of a Demon Lord his sister has taken a liking to. He objects to their marriage, you see. Fortunately, he never gets to actually fulfilling this threat.
* Happens in ''[[Dragon Age]] II''. {{spoiler|You investigate the disappearance of several women who disappear either completely, or you only find part of their remains. It's revealed that the abductor/killer sends the victim while lilies before abducting them. Not too much later, your Mother disappears and you find white lilies that were delivered. You track down your mother, you find that the killer was abducting women in an attempt to stitch together his dead wife, and the last piece was your mother's head.}}
* Happens in ''[[Dragon Age]] II''. {{spoiler|You investigate the disappearance of several women who disappear either completely, or you only find part of their remains. It's revealed that the abductor/killer sends the victim while lilies before abducting them. Not too much later, your Mother disappears and you find white lilies that were delivered. You track down your mother, you find that the killer was abducting women in an attempt to stitch together his dead wife, and the last piece was your mother's head.}}
* {{spoiler|Kusaka}} in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' takes a bunch of body parts and puts them all together and has sex with them.
* {{spoiler|Kusaka}} in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' takes a bunch of body parts and puts them all together and has sex with them.
* ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate Stay Night]]'' [[Visual Novel]] Bad End #01 of 40: {{spoiler|Ilyasviel kills Shirou and rips his head off, while casting a spell that makes him unable to die unless his head gets smashed, and takes him home to do God knows what.}}
* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' [[Visual Novel]] Bad End #01 of 40: {{spoiler|Ilyasviel kills Shirou and rips his head off, while casting a spell that makes him unable to die unless his head gets smashed, and takes him home to do God knows what.}}
* ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend (Video Game)|Hatoful Boyfriend]]'' has this happen {{spoiler|if you romance Doctor Shuu, in which case he severs your head to preserve it.}}
* ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]'' has this happen {{spoiler|if you romance Doctor Shuu, in which case he severs your head to preserve it.}}
* [[Lollipop Chainsaw]] is a game about making zombie-killing look [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] cute. Which is why Juliet amputates to save her boyfriend from an infected bite on the arm by severing his head. Remember, Juliet looks like a (censored). Also this is a Suda51 game.
* [[Lollipop Chainsaw]] is a game about making zombie-killing look [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] cute. Which is why Juliet amputates to save her boyfriend from an infected bite on the arm by severing his head. Remember, Juliet looks like a (censored). Also this is a Suda51 game.


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* Turns up in the "Shuinji and the Suicide Girl" stories on ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' once or twice (probably more).
* Turns up in the "Shuinji and the Suicide Girl" stories on ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' once or twice (probably more).
* The page image is from ''[[Contemplating Reiko]]''
* The page image is from ''[[Contemplating Reiko]]''
* [[Oglaf]] [http://oglaf.com/salome/1/ did a take on this] which involved an adult [[The Bible (Literature)|Salome]] secretly making out with a severed head presented to her with the intention of mocking her adolescent follies.
* [[Oglaf]] [http://oglaf.com/salome/1/ did a take on this] which involved an adult [[The Bible|Salome]] secretly making out with a severed head presented to her with the intention of mocking her adolescent follies.
* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', Gamzee finds the dead body of Tavros, who had been one of his best friends in life, and with whom he was in love. He rips off his head and is then shown [[Flash Step|Flash Stepping]] back and forth, kissing it and covering his mouth with Tavros's brown blood.
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', Gamzee finds the dead body of Tavros, who had been one of his best friends in life, and with whom he was in love. He rips off his head and is then shown [[Flash Step|Flash Stepping]] back and forth, kissing it and covering his mouth with Tavros's brown blood.




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{{quote| '''Molotov''': "Awww, you kept it."}}
{{quote| '''Molotov''': "Awww, you kept it."}}
** Also, Baron Ãœnderbheit has the heads of his seven wives mounted on the wall, as well as keeping the hand of one (still wearing the wedding ring).
** Also, Baron Ãœnderbheit has the heads of his seven wives mounted on the wall, as well as keeping the hand of one (still wearing the wedding ring).
* Averted in ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog (Animation)|Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. The thief, Maria keeps her husband's severed hand around with her. Averted in that the hand is ''alive.'' It isn't her husband's hand, the hand ''is'' Mano, her husband.
* Averted in ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. The thief, Maria keeps her husband's severed hand around with her. Averted in that the hand is ''alive.'' It isn't her husband's hand, the hand ''is'' Mano, her husband.


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