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* In ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'', the kiss of a Satan leaves the mark of said satan behind. It seems to give the Satan power over the victim {{spoiler|as with Noise}}, but can also be a sign that someone made a deal with a Satan {{spoiler|Arakune who turns out to be a traitor.}}

* When it's your turn to pilot Zearth in ''[[Bokurano]]'', you'll get a mark on your body. They're often [[Facial Markings]] (like {{spoiler|Ushiro}} and {{spoiler|Youko}}), but not always: Mako's marks were on her thighs, and Kirie's were on his stomach.

* Tsukune in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' when he first transforms into a ghoul. The markings are {{spoiler|Moka's}} blood creeping through his body and taking over his mind.

* Tsukune in ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' when he first transforms into a ghoul. The markings are {{spoiler|Moka's}} blood creeping through his body and taking over his mind.

* Miu from ''[[Akuma na Eros]]'' gains one on the back of her shoulder after making a [[Deal with the Devil]].

* In the backstory of ''[[Black Butler]]'' of which we see a flashback, Sebastian draws with his [[Femme Fatalons|long, sharp fingernail]] an elaborately decorated pentagram in [[Eye Scream|Ciel's right eye]] to mark the [[Deal with the Devil|contract between them]]. You can only imagine from Ciel's scream how painful that is. Sebastian also draws an identical mark on the back of his left hand.

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* In the framing story for the ''Books of Blood'', by [[Clive Barker]], a young man who'd made light of communication with the dead is marked all over his body -- even his genitals and eyelids -- by the irate words of outraged spirits, who carved them directly into his skin.

* [[Harry Potter|Lord Voldemort]] isn't a devil, merely a very powerful and evil human wizard, but the way he has his followers brand the Dark Mark (a skull with a snake coming out of the mouth) onto their forearms is strongly suggestive of this trope. It's a rare example of a [[Plot Coupon That Does Something|Mark with some practical purpose]]. LV uses it to summon his minions to him and, apparently, to track down renegades.

* The Sith in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] often (though not always) use distinctive tattoos as a symbol of membership and/or rank (most prominently, Darth Maul's full-body tattoos, which [[Star Wars Legacy|the One Sith]] later also adopt). Though not actually demons, they ''are'' a certified [[Religion of Evil]] and the most powerful and persistant evil faction in the setting.

== Live Action TV ==

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* The vampires of clan Gangrel in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' will receive what's actually called "the Beast Mark" each time they give in to the Frenzy. What it is differs depending on the circumstances.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' occasionally have marks of Chaos appearing on mortal worshippers. One mildly unnerving piece of art from one edition of ''Warhammer'' depicted a pair of eyes with the pupils turned into eight-pointed stars.

* Most of the [[Exalted]] have, as a side effect of using [[Ki Attacks|Essence]], the effect of generating a [[Battle Aura]]. One bit of this is the Caste Mark, a representation of your Caste that appears on your forehead. For Solars and Lunars, it's a golden/silver shining disk; for Sidereals, it's the astrological sign of the Maiden they were chosen by. Then you have the [[Omnicidal Maniac|Abyssals]]. Their Caste Marks ''bleed'' out of their forehead.

** The [[Deal with the Devil|Infernals]] get a similar deal -- they bear modified Solar Caste Marks that burn with the green fire of Ligier, Hell's sun. Each has its own special adornment based on the Caste's [[Our Demons Are Different|Yozi]] patron, of course, and the Fiend Caste (chosen of the [[Complete Monster|Ebon Dragon]]) get a special mark -- a solid disk of such utter darkness that it hurts mortals to look upon it.

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* Played with in the 9th and 10th ''[[Fire Emblem]] games'': The "branded", who are the result of mating between the games' two humanoid species (anthropomorphic animals and humans), {{spoiler|are really only viewed as wrong or evil in the story due to a character rewriting history}}.

* {{spoiler|Taboo Minamimoto}} from ''[[The World Ends With You]]''.

* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]]'' (or ''Lucifer's Call'' in Europe) has the main character receive insta-tattoos all over his body when he initially receives superpowers from a demonic parasite. (Technically, that would make it a ''symbiote'', but the game calls it a parasite and there are oodles of negative effects so...)

** {{spoiler|This makes it a literal Mark of the Beast, due to the [[Louis Cypher|true identity]] of the boy who forces the parasite on you.}}

* Also, the Dark Prince in ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Two Thrones''. Black skin with red tattoos seems to be quite popular.

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* Evil characters in the ''[[Fable]]'' series develop livid red cracks running across their skin.

* Samus' Phazon corruption in ''[[Metroid Prime]] 3'' gradually worsens, causing her suit (and, on those occasions when her face is visible, her skin) to develop glowing blue veins. Eventually one of her eyes begins to glow blue as well.

* {{spoiler|Sakura}} in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' gets spiky black lines that creep over her body at irregular points and then retract again {{spoiler|[[Freak-Out|after she goes]] into full fledged psychotic [[Yandere]] mode. Also, her hair turns entirely white.}}

* {{spoiler|Sakura}} in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' gets spiky black lines that creep over her body at irregular points and then retract again {{spoiler|[[Freak-Out|after she goes]] into full fledged psychotic [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] mode. Also, her hair turns entirely white.}}

* The l'Cie of ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' are marked with a brand somewhere on their bodies; it functions both as a symbol of their [[Cursed with Awesome]] status and a timer [[Death's Hourglass|indicating how long they have to fulfill their Focus before]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|they turn into horrifying Cie'th monsters.]]

* Kratos of the ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' series was branded with the Blades of Chaos {{spoiler|after making his deal with Ares.}}

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== Webcomics ==

* Inverted in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': It is the ''demon'' Reynardine who bears the mark of, and is therefore controlled by the heroine and human Antimony.