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Fists occupied? Feet unavailable? Thirty-two weapons are still available: the teeth!
This trope is about biting someone in combat. Biting is typically a desperate last resort employed when limbs are pinned. However, it is a move that can turn the tables in an instant. The true [[Combat Pragmatist]] will bite anytime he fancies: an unexpected bite to the throat can take a foe down quickly. That kind of savagery can also be a sign of being [[Raised
A bite can result in some of the worst flesh damage a character can do to another, without a weapon. Most other unarmed attacks depend on blunt force. Expect the bitee to react with pain, shock and horror. As this is a trope about pragmatism, humans and other organisms not expected to bite should only be listed. No dogs, no vampires, ect.
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* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', Goku was prone to use this, most notoriously when fighting against Freeza and Kid Buu.
* In a flashback within a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' episode, Anzu bites the arm of a rapist (thief in the dub) after he knocks Yugi down.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[One Piece]]'' [[Filler Arc]] Little East Blue, Yoko uses biting as her way to attack.
* In ''[[Baccano!]]'', [[Creepy Child]] Czeslaw Meyer tells world-renowned assassin and [[Crazy Awesome|complete]] [[Ax Crazy|lunatic]] Claire Stanfield that he's not afraid of him, having been hurt and tortured in horrible ways for years. Claire's response is to grab Czeslaw's hand and ''bite his fingers off.''
* In ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'', Shijima occasionally bites people in combat.
== Comic Books ==
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* In the ''[[Sin City]]'' story "The Big Fat Kill," Gail does this to {{spoiler|Becky}}, nearly ripping her throat out, after learning that she {{spoiler|sold her and the girls of Old Town out to the mob}} to save her own neck.
{{quote|'''Gail:''' Your neck, your neck, your precious little neck...}}
== Film ==
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* Not shown, but a security guard in ''Ocean's Thirteen'' is decoyed away from his post by a fake phone call from his son's school, claiming that his kid just bit the lunch lady again.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* In the rebooted ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', a rape is averted when the intended victim bites off her attacker's ear.
* Jack Bauer kills a terrorist guard this way in the Season 6 premiere of ''[[24]]'', biting the guy's throat out.
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{{quote|'''Cordelia''': See how ''you'' like it!}}
* On ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', somewhat crazy detective Mick Belker occasionally bit suspects. The HSB page even refers to him as a [[Rabid Cop]]. At least once, he was ordered to stop, just before he could sink his teeth into a fellow's leg, because Captain Furillo could see the perp was already subdued. A few criminals made panicked "he was trying to '''eat''' me!" sort of comments.
== Literature ==
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* One of Norm's favorite attacks, and apparently also erotic for him, in ''[[Rose Madder]]''.
* [[Cute Bruiser|Jeremiah]] toward squad leader [[The Stoic]] Asher in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Elses War]]''. Jeremiah is seven, so perhaps it's a little more justified.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* A move traditionally used by [[Heel]]s (especially those with a "savage" gimmick), but may be employed by smaller, weaker [[Face]]s as well. As with any comparisons of Heels and Faces, expect some [[Moral Dissonance]].
* [[
* Dementia of ''Glow'' always did this, more than any of the other rude ones. It only worked on jobbers or wrestlers unfamiliar with her, more technical wrestlers would use it to their advantage.
* Classy Freddy Blassie began his performance career biting the heads off small animals, it only made sense he'd start biting other people when he wrestled.
== Tabletop Games ==
* One of the Rage Powers available to a Barbarian in ''[[Pathfinder]]'' is "Animal Rage," which gives your barbarian a bite attack and allows them to execute this trope on their enemies.
== Video Games ==
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* [[Street Fighter]] veterans should be familiar with seeing this as a grapple from [[Wild Child]] mutant Blanka. And [[Husky Russkie]] Zangief can get in on the delicious facechomping action. Yummy!
* Side-scrolling [[Beat'Em Up]] ''Warriors of Fate'' featured this as an option for one of the heroes, in-game known for his love of eating. Enemies seem to count for his appetite, it seems.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* A ''[[Newshounds]]'' story arc had Lorna thinking she was a dog, and watching a bad man (her father) chewing out Kevin. One of the other dogs compliments her technique (while watching in shock).
== Web Original ==
* In the [[Darwin's Soldiers]] [[Expanded Universe]] story ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', [[Badass Bookworm|James]] [[The Hero|Zanasiu]] bites [[Funny Animal|Richard]] [[Big Bad|"Ricky"]] Warden during the climactic battle {{spoiler|inside a wormhole to break free from a chokehold to seize his knife and kill him with it.}}
* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' v1, Cody Jenson kills Madelaine Shirohara this way after raping her, ripping out her throat with his teeth.
== Western Animation ==
* Often played for laughs in [[Warner Bros]]. cartoons, usually some animal-based Toon chomping on another Toon's leg or biting his bottom.
* ''[[Justice League]]'': [[Wonder Woman]] bites a Thanagarian.
== Real Life ==
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* [[Bruce Lee]] once said [[Combat Pragmatist|he wouldn't be above biting someone in a fight if he believed it was necessary]].
* See also the [[Man Bites Man/Analysis|Analysis page]].
* "[https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-woman-arrested-after-biting-jogger-who-pepper-sprayed-her-dog-police California woman arrested after biting jogger who pepper-sprayed her dog]" (article has a link to the police report).
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