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Compare [[Marked Change]], where the marks generally cover more of the body, but only when someone has powered up. See also [[Volcanic Veins]], which similarly glow. A person ''covered'' in these is a [[Human Notepad]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* In ''[[D Gray Man (Manga)|D Gray Man]]'', Kanda has that huge tattoo over his chest. Or at least the left side of it. It's related to his [[Healing Factor]].
** {{spoiler|Alma Karma too. Apparently, all of the Second Exorcists did. Or would have, anyway.}}
* ''[[Magical Girl 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
* 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.
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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 (Literature)|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 [[Colour
* 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 of the Checkmate Four in ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]''
* In ''[[The Invisible Man (TV)|The Invisible Man]]'', Darien's quicksilver Indicator tattoo on his wrist. Doubles as [[Mark of the Beast]], as when it's red it means he's in the throes of quicksilver madness.
* Played straight in ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' with [[Super
* This was the point of ''[[Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills]]'', an early 90's [[Follow the Leader|knock off of]] ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''. [[Tropers/Lucky Mc Dowell|I'm]] somewhat ashamed I remember it.
* The tattoos that Lindsay gets in ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' to hide himself from the senior partners.
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** The Al-Qadim spell Tattoo of Power allows the caster to make a single-use tattoo with another spell -- just like writing a magical scroll, but implanted in the skin and discharged by touch and command word instead of reading; also requires the caster learn tattooing as such.
** 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.
** Dragonmarks in ''[[Eberron]]''. Well, halfway between [[Power Tattoo]] and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]].
** Not to mention the new Spellscarred option in Forgotten Realms 4e, those affected by the spellplague (but not completely monster-ized) usually have the spellscar somewhere on the body. It tends to glow with blue fire when activated.
** There's also the Tattooed Monk prestige class.
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* Heraldry in the ''[[Star Ocean]]'' series, the equivalent of magic, uses symbols drawn on the body.
* The Mystics in ''[[Legend of Legaia (Video Game)|Legaia II: Duel Saga]]'' all have tattoo-like birthmarks on their body. One of them, of course, has it somewhere that doesn't get shown.
** The Hero Lang and Big Bad Avalon have their tattoos in visible sight (Lang's a bit too open about his). [[Shrinking Violet]] and [[Magical Girl]] Maya shyly refuses to reveal the location of her tattoo. Another character almost too eagerly explains the location of her tattoo. And nobody cares where [[The Obi
* ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' has the Atma Marks as this. Bonus points because you can get one ANYWHERE on the body and the transformation pose has the character reaching out to touch it or show it off (hint: Jinana has hers on one of her butt cheeks).
** Likewise, in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne|Nocturne]]'', the main character gets [[Power Glows|glowy]] sorta-power-tattoos all over his body, "sorta" in that they're a natural part of his demon body.
* Shanoa of ''[[Castlevania]]'' has a nice set of three Power Tattoos, one on each upper arm and a large one on her back, which use Glyphs to cast her spells.
* When Jin Kazama of ''[[Tekken (Video Game)|Tekken]]'' becomes [[Super
* The Rood Inverse tattoo of ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' is quite literally a ''Power'' Tattoo, as it unlocks the power of Lea Monde and grants its user complete control over the city and its spirits. It makes [[Anti
* [[The Heartless|The Noise]] in ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' all have tattoos which make up part of their bodies. In a particular example, the Psychedelifox, Ambiefox, and Progfox, who can steadily gain extra tattoo-tails during battle, which in turn allow them to do more vicious attacks.
* Although never seen due to graphics limitations, enemy mages in ''[[Baldurs Gate]] 2'' have these. They operate as an improved Contingency spell [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|granting the ability to simultaneously cast multiple spells of any level]].
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* The Tsoo from ''[[City of Heroes]]'' gain their powers from these.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', l'cie have "the mark of a l'cie", which varies in design based on the fal'cie that chose them. It glows when they use magic or summon Eidolons, and changes over time to serve as a sort of countdown. If the l'cie doesn't complete their focus before it finishes changing, they become a cie'th, basically an undying inhuman monster.
* In ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Two Thrones'', the Prince becomes infected by the [[The Corruption|Sands of Time]], and occasionally transforms into a unique being known as the Dark Prince, which functions as a [[Super
* Almalexia in ''[[The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind]]''.
* These act as powerups of a sort in ''[[Clive Barkers Undying]]''.
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