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{{trope}}
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Some characters have tongues which exceed what should be a plausible length for a human. Jokes tend to abound. Also, some nonhuman species have tongues proportionally much longer than those of humans as a matter of course. In extreme cases, the tongue may be used as a lasso.
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== Advertising ==
* In the [[Orangina]] fur-I mean [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bi3erz2Ek8 commercial], one of the species dancing is a chameleon (in Chippendale clothing even!), and he extends his tongue around a plant girl.▼
== Anime
* ''[[Naruto]]'': Orochimaru—with and without two-edged sword for extra amusement.
** The toad summons, of course.
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* Tambourine one of King Piccolo's children from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' showed he had this ability which he used to attempt to constrict Goku to death.
* Jimushi Juubei from ''[[Basilisk]]'' has this and {{spoiler|[[Hidden Weapons|a weapon concealed in his throat]]}} to use with it.
* Tsuyu from ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' is a frog themed aspiring hero. Naturally her tongue is long and powerful.
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* A frog-like minor ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' villain called Ze Tongue.
* [[Spider-Man|Venom's]] insanely long tongue (and the toothy mouth surrounding it) is the main distinction between him and black-suit-Spidey. Well, that and the muscle mass...
* ''[[X-Men]]'' villain The Toad.
▲* In the [[Orangina]] fur-I mean [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bi3erz2Ek8 commercial], one of the species dancing is a chameleon (in Chippendale clothing even!), and he extends his tongue around a plant girl.
== [[Film]] ==
* The alien commander's girlfriend in ''[[Battlefield Earth]]''.
* [[Star Wars|Jar Jar Binks]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100426104632/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Jar_Jar_tongue.jpg as seen here].
* In ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' [[Jim Carrey]] as Wiploc proves he has a long tongue by using it to retrieve ice from the bottom of a tall glass. Valerie's friend exclaims [[I Want to Bear His Children|"I want his baby!"]] on seeing this.
* The Rome sequence in ''[[History of the World, Part I]]''. While pretending to be a eunuch, Josephus (Gregory Hines) is tested by having a woman perform an erotic dance in front of him. He gives himself away by having his very long tongue plop out of his mouth as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJ7zYRP0mU here].
* The velociraptors in the stop-motion animation storyboard version of ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', before they were informed that the raptors didn't have tongues like that.
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* The vampires in ''[[The Strain]]'' subvert this. The things coming out of their mouths aren't tongues, but venom stingers that grow in their throats.
== [[Live
* The Denobulans in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe. In one episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', Denobulan Dr. Phlox is seen using a tongue scraper to groom it.
** The pilot episode has Malcolm Reed amazed by a couple of beautiful alien dancers with long tongues that they shoot out to catch butterflies.
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* As pictured above, [[Garfield|Odie]].
* Bill the Cat in ''[[Bloom County]]'', at least when he leads the metal band Deathtöngue (later Billy and the Boingers).
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* [[Kiss|Gene Simmons]].▼
** Anyone who's watched more than one episode of ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]'' knows Nick Simmons has inherited it; if Sophie has, she's not showing it off on television.▼
* Chameleons and frogs.▼
* Woodpeckers, some species of which have a tongue so long [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/woodpecker/woodpecker.html it actually loops up around their brain].▼
* Giraffes and their lesser known relatives, Okapis. In fact, an okapi's tongue is so long it uses it to wash its eyelids and clean out its ears (both inside and out) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhc67wopg40▼
* Anteaters▼
* Nectar bats, at least one species of which has a tongue longer than its entire body.▼
* Kinkajous.▼
* [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/SjlHRqWRcOI/AAAAAAAAEv8/1Hu73ObqZdE/s400/bear+tongue.jpg Certain bears.]▼
* Buster Bloodvessel of [[Bad Manners]].▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Characters in ''[[In Nomine]]'' can learn a suite of Songs called Numinous Corpus, which allow the performer to augment his or her body in various ways. One of these Songs is Numinous Corpus: Tongue. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Three guesses what it does.]]
* ''[[Warhammer
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* 'Legs' from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is an armless, wingless<ref>vestigal stubs, technically</ref> quasi-bird alien, who possesses a several-yards-long prehensile tongue. It comes in handy surprisingly often.
* Rare female example with ''[[Gai-Gin]]'''s Gin, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031091955/http://www.gai-gin.com/comic_0177.shtml apparently].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140327053701/http://www.schoolbites.net/d/20100122.html Fujiko] of ''[[School Bites]]''.
* [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/tipofhertongue/ Monica] of ''[[Wapsi Square]]''
* The [[Our Vampires Are Different|Nicoletti siblings]] in [[Webcomics/Bloody Urban|Bloody Urban]] all have unusually long, flexible tongues. [http://bigfootzillareptoid.tumblr.com/post/13395175150/preview-of-newest-comic Especially Shaun.]{{Dead link}}
* Ben from [[Goblin Hollow]] can lick his own eyebrow. Justified since he's a bear. [http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00329.html It causes an interesting reaction when the cousin of his future wife witnesses it.]{{Dead link}}
* A ''[[Girl Genius]]'' side story shows that Maxim can lick bloody wounds that are nowhere near his face. The fangirls were intrigued.
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* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', the first of Minerva Mink's many takes when she sees a male mink she's attracted to has her tongue making a huge pile on the ground.
** Dot Warner also extends her tongue to great lengths to try to get a pastry, even when it's wrapped around her.
* Mystique Sonia from ''[[Hero: 108]]''
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' Christmas episode, [[The Krampus]] crashes Rusty's party. He starts licking Triana, to her horror.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Pinkie Pie extends her tongue longer than her body to slurp up a cake near the beginning of "Swarm of the Century".
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* Marcieline from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' has this in a few of her spontaneous monster transformations.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* [[Kiss|Gene Simmons]].
▲** Anyone who's watched more than one episode of ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]'' knows Nick Simmons has inherited it; if Sophie has, she's not showing it off on television.
▲* Chameleons and frogs.
▲* Woodpeckers, some species of which have a tongue so long [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/woodpecker/woodpecker.html it actually loops up around their brain].
▲* Giraffes and their lesser known relatives, Okapis. In fact, an okapi's tongue is so long it uses it to wash its eyelids and clean out its ears (both inside and out) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhc67wopg40
▲* Anteaters
▲* Nectar bats, at least one species of which has a tongue longer than its entire body.
▲* Kinkajous.
▲* [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/SjlHRqWRcOI/AAAAAAAAEv8/1Hu73ObqZdE/s400/bear+tongue.jpg Certain bears.]
▲* Buster Bloodvessel of [[Bad Manners]].
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