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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Sekirei crests, located on the upper back, in ''[[Sekirei]]''
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** 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.}}
* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' has the Huckebein, all of whom possess a tattoo on their body to identify their Eclipse infection. Cypha, for example, has one on the left side of her neck. As Tohma shows, these turn into [[Marked Change]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|when the Eclipse goes out of control]].
* 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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* 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.
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* 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 ==
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* 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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