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[[File:scannablemanpicture.jpg|link=Hitman|frame|Attention K-Mart shoppers, we have a blue light special on [[Badass]]...]] |
[[File:scannablemanpicture.jpg|link=Hitman|frame|Attention K-Mart shoppers, we have a blue light special on [[Badass]]...]] |
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Simply put, the use of barcode tattoos in futuristic settings, particularly of the [[ |
Simply put, the use of barcode tattoos in futuristic settings, particularly of the [[dystopia]]n flavor. Maybe it's to mark them as being property of some [[Mega Corp]] or a [[Nebulous Evil Organization]]. Maybe they're [[Cloning Blues|clones]], [[We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future|slaves]], or prisoners. Maybe it [[Rule of Cool|just looks cool.]] Whatever it is, barcode tattoos are appearing more and more often in fiction. |
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Most often these tattoos are on the nape of the neck, but they can be in other places, as the picture shows us. |
Most often these tattoos are on the nape of the neck, but they can be in other places, as the picture shows us. |
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* "Barcode Kougaiji" in ''[[Saiyuki]]'' after he's reprogrammed by Goukumen and Nii. |
* "Barcode Kougaiji" in ''[[Saiyuki]]'' after he's reprogrammed by Goukumen and Nii. |
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* [[Wild Arms]] : Twilight Venom - Sheyenne Rainstorm has one on the sole of his right foot. (It's not, strictly speaking, ''his'' right foot, though....) |
* [[Wild Arms]] : Twilight Venom - Sheyenne Rainstorm has one on the sole of his right foot. (It's not, strictly speaking, ''his'' right foot, though....) |
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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'': Criminals in Neo Domino |
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'': Criminals in Neo Domino City—including [[The Hero]], natch—are marked with barcode tattoos so they can be tracked after they're released from prison. Marked criminals become societal outcasts, with no choice but to live in the Satellite (if they weren't originally from there already, which is highly likely). |
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== [[Fanfic]] == |
== [[Fanfic]] == |
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* Barcodes appear on just about everything in the world of Fforde's ''[[Shades of Grey]]''. |
* Barcodes appear on just about everything in the world of Fforde's ''[[Shades of Grey]]''. |
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** Which oddly enough overlaps with [[Author Appeal]] |
** Which oddly enough overlaps with [[Author Appeal]] |
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* In the early books of the ''Dumarest of Terra'' series, Earl Dumarest's credit account is tattooed into his forearm, to be |
* In the early books of the ''Dumarest of Terra'' series, Earl Dumarest's credit account is tattooed into his forearm, to be read—and altered as necessary—by magnetic scanner. |
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* The protagonist in Richard Morgans ''[[Altered Carbon]]'' muses that "anyone who bar-codes their employees isn't likely to be the forgiving type". |
* The protagonist in Richard Morgans ''[[Altered Carbon]]'' muses that "anyone who bar-codes their employees isn't likely to be the forgiving type". |
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* The slaves genetically engineered by [[Evilutionary Biologist|Mesa]] in the ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'' have barcodes on their tongues. They're not tattooed there; they're a combination of natural pigment and patterns of taste buds. Even if you cut the tongue off and regenerated it, the barcode would grow right back; it is ''possible'' to eliminate the mark, but it takes way more medical resources than most former slaves could ever get their hands on. |
* The slaves genetically engineered by [[Evilutionary Biologist|Mesa]] in the ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'' have barcodes on their tongues. They're not tattooed there; they're a combination of natural pigment and patterns of taste buds. Even if you cut the tongue off and regenerated it, the barcode would grow right back; it is ''possible'' to eliminate the mark, but it takes way more medical resources than most former slaves could ever get their hands on. |
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