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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 (Advertising)|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/ and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'': Orochimaru-- withOrochimaru—with and without two-edged sword for extra amusement.
** The toad summons, of course.
* The [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi]] golem drawn by Haruna, with a 23.5cm5 cm tongue.
* Nnoitra Jiruga of ''[[Bleach]]'' gets a freakishly long tongue in his released form.
* All vampires in ''[[Hellsing]]'' have long tongues to lick up blood.
* In the ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' manga, Sumomo's [[Cute Monster Girl|Pokopenian form]] has one of these, long enough to wrap around Fuyuki's body several times (she apparently doesn't quite "get" the concept of a French kiss).
* Claude of ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler II]]'' as shown in episode 5 when he used it to lick cream from the middle of his nose.
* Shizuku of ''[[Omamori Himari]]'' has this as a snake-girl.
* Tambourine one of King Piccolo's children from ''[[Dragonball|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.
 
== ComicsComic Books ==
* 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.
 
== Commercials ==
* In the [[Orangina (Advertising)|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.
* In the ''[[X-Men]]'' film series a kid is briefly seen sticking out a long, blueblack tongue at a girl in a museum, showing he's a mutant.
** Let's not forget Toad, whose long tongue debuted in the film, and was later [[Ret Canon|added to the comics version as well]].
* Pairing this trope with [[In One Ear, Out the Other]] by having someone sexy seductively stick their tongue into someone else's ear is practically a minor stock trope in of itself in spoof movies, appearing as it does in such films as ''Mafia!'', ''Wrongfully Accused'' and ''Dance Flick''.
* Lilith from ''[[Bordello of Blood]]'', and it's strong enough to burst a man's heart out of his chest.
* Sammael from the first ''[[Hellboy]]'' film has a tongue that is freakishly long. It is also split at the end, prehensile, and can be used to lay eggs.
* The Tree Demon from ''[[Chinese Ghost Story|A Chinese Ghost Story]]'' has a tongue that chases and attacks the heroes from quite a distance.
* The demon in ''[[Violent Shit]]''.
* The hybrids in the ''[[Species]]'' series, culminating in a gory example of [[In One Ear, Out the Other]] in ''The Awakening''.
 
== Literature ==
* Dudley Dursley in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Of course, that was a temporary prank...
* Crowley in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', Apparently he can do "interesting things" with it.
* 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 -Action TV]] ==
* 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.
* Divatox from ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'', albeit used sparingly.
* The chameleon-themed Mele / Camille from ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' / ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''.
* Ka D'Argo of ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''.
* Giggerota of ''[[Lexx]]''.
* Androvax in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' has quite a tongue. Anyone he [[Body Snatcher|jumps into]] also gains one.
** So do the Silurians of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', at least in the 21st-century show, as was [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|memorably]] [[Power Perversion Potential|demonstrated]] by Madame Vastra in "A Good Man Goes To War".
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Doc, a demon in human form in "The Weight of the World" and "The Gift". He uses his tongue for fighting.
 
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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 (Tabletop Game)|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 Onon the Tin|Three guesses what it does.]]
* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'': Everything Slaanesh-affiliated will likely have this. Genestealers also have long tongues that are almost always shown hanging out of their mouths; justified, as a genestealer's tongue is an ovipositor used to deliver a [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong]] to its victims.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Yoshi, starting with his debut in ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]''.
** Shadow Mario is briefly shown to have one in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]''
* The Smoker in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''. Justified in that it's his ''intestines'', if [[Word of God]] is to be believed.
* The [[Pokémon]] Lickitung and its evolution Lickilicky are known for their long sticky tongues.
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* Busuzima in the ''[[Bloody Roar]]'' games has an extra-long tongue...in ''human'' form.
* ''[[Chameleon Twist]]'' and its sequel, naturally. Davy and [[Palette Swap|his friends]] use their tongues to swallow enemies for spitting, polevault, latch onto and drag themselves to objects (in the sequel), and [[Accidental Innuendo|wrap around poles]] for travel...Did I mention one of Davy's friends is a a girl comedian?
* Ghirahim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'' has one, which freaks Link out when Ghirahim lashes it out while leaning his head on Link's shoulder.
* The Fear from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' has a longer tongue than a human though it's not used for the usual grabbing of objects. He merely sticks it all the way out to be creepy. This could have been a way to take [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|Vamp's]] long tongue [[Up to Eleven]].
* Trigger Happy from " Skylanders: Spyros Advanture.
 
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* 'Legs' from ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|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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* ''[[Gorillaz]]'' bassist Murdoc Niccals, who was loosely based on Gene Simmons of [[Real Life]] band [[Kiss]].
** 2D's tongue is long enough to stick up his nose.
* Gene Simmons again, in a brief gag on ''[[Family Guy]]''--his—his tongue goes off screen, followed by Lois (also from off-screen): "Oh, ''hello'', Gene..."
** In an earlier episode, the normal-looking girl at the flag girl tryouts has her long tongue flop out when she tries to respond to Meg.
* Speaking of [[Overly Long Gag|Gene Simmons]], long-tongued, rock god Rock Zilla from ''[[My Dad the Rock Star]]'' was not only an [[Expy]] of Gene, the show was created by Gene Simmons.
* All three of the title characters of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' seems to have one, all the better for eating the oversized jawbreakers they're so fond of.
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' has Starfire have this as part of her [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].
** A talking alien dog had this in another episode, as shown when he licked Raven's face.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has Jun(e)'s Shirshu have a very long tongue that might have been prehensile and provided [[Instant Sedation]].
* Drew Saturday's [[Evil Twin]] from ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]
* Scratchy on ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]'' has a tongue so long that it can be shot via rocket to the moon without him even noticing it.
* In one of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Halloween episodes Homer messes around with the time space continuum and changes evolution drastically, and finally comes back home thinking everything is normal... only to see everyone eating by using their long froglike tongues. He shrugs and decides [["Close Enough" Timeline|it's close enough.]]
** Mr. Burns is shown to have a long snake-like tongue in the series.
*** So has Homer. He once darted a lengthy tongue out to lick a stray gob of ice cream off Marge's cheek.
* ''[[Invader Zim]]''.
* In [[Tex Avery]]'s "Deputy Droopy", a hapless safe robber gets glued to the floor, then has a stick of TNT shoved in his gob. He stretches his tongue out two miles to allow it to explode without waking the sleeping sheriff.
* In ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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".
** Spike's also got a pretty long one, which he combines with rapid spinning to clean frosting off of his body in "Lesson Zero".
* [[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|"Mom, may I please kill Cow?!"]]
* Marcieline from ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|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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