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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Sekirei crests, located on the upper back, in ''[[Sekirei]]''
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** Hell, ''most'' alchemists who are dependent upon circles have them tattooed on their hands/arms for convenience. Scar's just happens to be a little more multi-purpose.
** And those Homunculus', too.
* The HiME marks in ''[[
** Lena Sayers in ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' has one as well.
* All chosen warriors in ''[[Fushigi Yugi]]''
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* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' and its Spiral Power: the users have generally spiral-shaped pupils. And Lordgenome has ''spiral body hair''.
* ''[[G Gundam]]''. Symbols of the Shuffle Alliance.
* +Anima markings in ''[[
* Orochimaru's Curse Marks in ''[[Naruto]]'', although they turn into [[Marked Change]]s when activated.
** Kyuubi's seal may also count.
* In ''[[King of Thorn]]'', Marco Owen is a [[Tattooed Crook]] to begin with, but one in particular marks his upgrade from [[Badass Normal]] to [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|when Alice alters his body so that he'll stand a chance against Zeus, he gains a large tattoo on his chest resembling the anarchy symbol}}.
* In ''[[D.Gray-man
** {{spoiler|Alma Karma too. Apparently, all of the Second Exorcists did. Or would have, anyway.}}
* ''[[
* Negi from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' gets these when he initially activates his [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Magia Erebea]]
* Brain from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has these and act as a [[Power Limiter]] sort of.
* After being [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|electrocuted]] by god, Olgrius is covered in markings in ''[[Wild Fangs|Wild Wind]]''. These pass on to his
* In ''[[Tokko]]'' people with [[Powers Via Possession|phantoms]] inside them develop tribal-looking tattoos when they first awaken their powers.
* Ai from ''[[Dragon Crisis]]'' has red markings on her right shoulder caused by the [[Transformation Trinket|Lost Precious]] inside her body.
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* The various manifestations of the Sigil in ''[[Cross Gen]] Comics''.
* ''[[Green Lantern]]'' villain the Tattooed Man (both of them) takes it a step further. His power is making his tattoos spring off his body and come to life.
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* Smaxx from ''Top Ten''. A tattoo unwittingly left on his chest by a dying princess is the focus of much power-usage.
* [[Doctor Strange]] has an ankh which will appear on his forehead if he is close to Death, or whenever he most needs an affirmation of life.
* [[Canon Immigrant|Aqualad II]] possesses Atlantean tattoos that glow when he uses his hydrokinesis.
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* Jennifer Lynn Barnes' novel ''Tattoo'' is about this. A woman from [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]] gives a girl named Bailey and her friends some stick-on tattoos that last for a week. Each of them gets a different power for the time they have their tattoos, though they don't know this when they get them.
* Mr. Dark, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'', controls the other carnies this way.
* Gorlist, drow warrior from novels of Elaine Cunningham, has a dragon tattoo. Its glow indicated the presence of a dragon somewhere around, as well as [[
* The Charter Mages in Garth Nix's [[Old Kingdom]] series. Among other unspecified things, the forehead marks allow "uncorrupted" Charter Mages to identify each other with a touch.
* Cassandra Palmer from Karen Chance's ''Touch The Dark'' has a pentacle tattoo on her back that's a ward.
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* The tattoos that Lindsay gets in ''[[Angel]]'' to hide himself from the senior partners.
* In the first season of ''[[Smallville]]'' when nearly every citizen in town got powers from [[Green Rocks]], a gang has tattoos with meteor rock ink that allow them to pass through solid matter.
* After being possessed by demons a few times, [[Supernatural (TV series)|Sam and Dean]] get protective tattoos to stop it from happening again.
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** In ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' the tradition of [[The Magocracy|Thayan Red Wizards]] teaches [[Status Buff|personal enhancements]]<ref>like spell resistance, casting level and ability scores improvement</ref> via tattoo, usually on their faces or shaved heads. The spell "Create Enchanted Tattoo" (AD&D) / "Create Magic Tattoo" (D&D3) makes a temporary empowered tattoo, and can be made permanent like other spells. It requires at least ''some'' degree of tattoo skill. Quite often done on their shaved heads.
*** 3e [[Forgotten Realms]] [[Sourcebook]] ''Lords of Darkness'' has Tattoo Magic as item creation feat (mostly, for Red Wizards) -- this variety holds an arbitrary low-level spell affecting the bearer, is touch-activated and counts as a magical item worn on the inscribed body part..
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* Caste marks appear on the foreheads of all Celestial ''[[Exalted]]'' if they spend peripheral Essence.
* Sample character Kane Taoka in ''[[Scion]]'' has birthright tattoos, put on his body by the Titan Mikaboshi. One of them is a dragon he can summon at will, and two more are wings.
*
**
* In ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'', a tattoo that you can change at will is something humans have been known to make a [[Deal with the Devil]] to obtain.
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** Mysteriously, villain Blados has similar markings on his forehead. Their purpose is unknown, but [[Epileptic Trees|speculated]].
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'': Ammon Jerro in the original campaign. Safiya in ''[[Expansion Pack|Mask of the Betrayer]]''. In both cases, derived from the [[The Magocracy|Red Wizards of Thay]].
* [[Dungeon Fighter Online]]: The [[Leeroy Jenkins|Male Fighter]]'s subclass, [[Ki Attacks|Nen Master]], makes use of tattoos to harness the power of nen without having to devote time. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513122742/http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net/GameGuide/Characters.aspx?page=malefighter According to the websight], these tattoos [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|decrease someone's life span by several years.]]
* The never-released game [[Tattoo Assassins]] revolved around fighters with magic tatoos. It isn't nearly as good as it sounds.
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* In ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'', Dan's clan mark finally manifests during his fourth battle with Dark Pegasus, indicating that he has exceeded some sort of power threshold.
* In ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' this is actually subverted. Kili the shaman has such powerful spiritual sight that she'd lose her mind if it weren't for the tattoos that [[Power Limiter|suppress]] her spirit vision.
* Two ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' teachers [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=521 got a magical tattoo] giving remote access to the [[Magitek|device]] that that protects from Renard's [[Body Surf]] and binds him. And have lots of [
* Susan from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-10-05 has a mark] shaped like Venus symbol on her back. [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-26 She needs it] to call magical weapons, but the specific shape was [[Straw Feminist|her own]] choice.
** Dex, a background character, seemingly spontaneously develops [[Summon Magic]] in one story arc. Other characters realize the power was actually bestowed on him by an Immortal when they see that he has a marking like Susan's, in the shape of a fairy on his chest.
** Later we find out that {{spoiler|Justin}} has a tattoo that makes him stronger, and {{spoiler|Rhoda}} has one that lets her make things bigger. Both characters are unaware of the tattoos or the powers.
* Graham in ''[[Wizard School]]'' receives a magical tattoo on his face while in a drunken stupor - making him look like [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151213/http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1228 "Rainbow F***ing Brite."]
== Web Original ==
* [
* Talies from ''[[The Motley Two]]'' (as well as other [[Geometric Magic|Writer-Mages]]) has a rune inscribed on his palm that, apart from marking him as part of the order, gives him a sensitivity to the flow of magic.
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** Also "Combustion Man" fires powerful beams from his third-eye tattoo.
* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' has the new Aqualad, whose arms are tattooed. They [[Power Glows|glow]] when he is using his hydrokinesis.
* In ''[[Little Demon]]'', Chrissy's mother Laura is a [[Crazy Prepared]] [[Action Mom]] and [[Mama Bear]] who has spent thirteen years training with the intent to fight [[The Devil| Chrissy's father]], and her [[Hot Amazon| ripped physique]] is covered with magical runic tattoos for this purpose.
== Real Life ==
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