Multipurpose Tongue: Difference between revisions

 

Comes with massive [[Power Perversion Potential]], natch.

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[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."

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Anole, also from the [[Marvel Universe]], uses his prehensile tongue as a weapon and to reach distant objects.

* Sugar-Man, from ''Generation Next'', uses his long tongue as a weapon.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* 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.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''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.

* 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.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Silurians in the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The [[Power Perversion Potential]] is all but outright stated in "A Good Man Goes To War"...

* [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Mele]] can use her tongue to ''stab'' people, or hit their pressure points and disrupt the flow of their chi.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* This is the main mechanic of [[Chameleon Twist]].

* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games feature the Lickers, who often use their elongated tongues to decapitate or impale people.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* 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].

 

== [[Web Original]] ==