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* The various 'Symbiotes' in the [[Marvel Universe]] all have this, to varying degrees. Most noticeable is Carnage, a psychopathic serial killer whose symbiote tends to turn into a cloud of barbed tentacles whenever it feels like it. Also, the reason his suit is red is that it's made up of the Venom symbiote mixed with Cletus Cassidy's blood.

** Of course, in the ''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows'' videogame, Spider-Man's old 'Black Suit' symbiote also has the potential to turn into this, if you buy all its upgrades. Waves of writhing, black tentacles covering half a city block is just the beginning...

** And perhaps one of the tamest. At least Bruce maintains a totally humanoid form. There are a number of gamma mutates who aren't ''nearly'' so lucky...

* Top Cow seems to be fond of this. With two parts of their Triarchy, ''[[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]'' and ''[[The Darkness]]'' fitting the description. [[Combat Tentacles]] being just the start for both powers. The third of them, [[Light Is Not Good|the Angelus]], is more of a [[Holy Hand Grenade]].

* ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]'': Unitologists believe that the power of the Marker will allow them to become a new, immortal form of life... [[Gone Horribly Right|and they're not wrong]]. It just so happens that this "immortality" involves losing your mind and having your body transmuted into a specifically-formed zombie with no purpose than to harvest biological matter to propagate your species.

* Some lucky Infected in [[Left 4 Dead]] gain considerable powers, at the expense of their... human appearance. May not apply because you can't "Choose" to become a special infected, but the theory is there anyway.

* Nero Chaos in ''[[Tsukihime]]'' is a magus whose entire body consists of the loosely drafted together biomass of 666 wild animals, beasts and legendary monsters that he can either send out in their true form or, more in tune with this trope, use partially, such as generating black tentacles, fangs, claws and such out of his flesh.

* Being a direct and very obvious [[Shout-Out]] to Tetsuo, [[The King of Fighters|K9999]] has this power, particularly as part of his [[Limit Break|Desperation Attack]] (which, yes, turns his hand into a horrifying giant tentacle of flesh).