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Comes with massive [[Power Perversion Potential]], natch. |
Comes with massive [[Power Perversion Potential]], natch. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* ''[[Naruto]]'': Orochimaru has a [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|snake]] [[Animal Motifs|motif]]; one of the most unsettling applications of this is his repeated use of his tongue as a weapon, which he does so efficiently that he was still able to defend himself when {{spoiler|he was briefly deprived use of his hands}}. All of this, of course, invokes ''[[wikipedia:Yamata no Orochi|Yamata-no-Orochi]]'', the so-called "Japanese Hydra." |
* ''[[Naruto]]'': Orochimaru has a [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|snake]] [[Animal Motifs|motif]]; one of the most unsettling applications of this is his repeated use of his tongue as a weapon, which he does so efficiently that he was still able to defend himself when {{spoiler|he was briefly deprived use of his hands}}. All of this, of course, invokes ''[[wikipedia:Yamata no Orochi|Yamata-no-Orochi]]'', the so-called "Japanese Hydra." |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* Anole, also from the [[Marvel Universe]], uses his prehensile tongue as a weapon and to reach distant objects. |
* Anole, also from the [[Marvel Universe]], uses his prehensile tongue as a weapon and to reach distant objects. |
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* Sugar-Man, from ''Generation Next'', uses his long tongue as a weapon. |
* Sugar-Man, from ''Generation Next'', uses his long tongue as a weapon. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* In ''La lengua asesina'' (The Killer Tongue), a woman gets a giant tongue that speaks and kills people. At first, the woman wants to get rid of it, but eventually learns to use it as a weapon against others. |
* In ''La lengua asesina'' (The Killer Tongue), a woman gets a giant tongue that speaks and kills people. At first, the woman wants to get rid of it, but eventually learns to use it as a weapon against others. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''Murasaki'' includes one alien species whose tongues also function as sexual organs. The human visitors have been known to cause scandals now and then by opening their mouths in public. |
* ''Murasaki'' includes one alien species whose tongues also function as sexual organs. The human visitors have been known to cause scandals now and then by opening their mouths in public. |
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* In [[Larry Niven]]'s [[Known Space]] Verse, the two-headed puppeteers use the long, dextrous tongues in their mouths as hand-substitutes, together with the mobile, fleshy knobs on their lips. |
* In [[Larry Niven]]'s [[Known Space]] Verse, the two-headed puppeteers use the long, dextrous tongues in their mouths as hand-substitutes, together with the mobile, fleshy knobs on their lips. |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* Silurians in the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The [[Power Perversion Potential]] is all but outright stated in "A Good Man Goes To War"... |
* Silurians in the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The [[Power Perversion Potential]] is all but outright stated in "A Good Man Goes To War"... |
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* [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Mele]] can use her tongue to ''stab'' people, or hit their pressure points and disrupt the flow of their chi. |
* [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Mele]] can use her tongue to ''stab'' people, or hit their pressure points and disrupt the flow of their chi. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* This is the main mechanic of [[Chameleon Twist]]. |
* This is the main mechanic of [[Chameleon Twist]]. |
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* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games feature the Lickers, who often use their elongated tongues to decapitate or impale people. |
* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games feature the Lickers, who often use their elongated tongues to decapitate or impale people. |
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* Different mutators in ''[[Goat Simulator]]'' can enact this trope on your goat, including the Inventory and Uncle mutators. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* Frellenti in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' got long tongue that not only gives them [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-08-22 acute sense of taste], but is quite prehensile and [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-01-29 as tough as a whipcord]. |
* Frellenti in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' got long tongue that not only gives them [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-08-22 acute sense of taste], but is quite prehensile and [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-01-29 as tough as a whipcord]. |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |