Tail Slap: Difference between revisions

There is a reason most vertebrates have tails. They can propel you through the water, free up your other limbs for multitasking, are great for balancing, can bait predator and prey alike, are good for showing your intentions and they can swat flies. Why stop there? If it works on a small pest, why not a larger one? You may not have the thumbs necessary for cracking a whip or swinging a chain, but youra tailfirm '''Tail Slap''' can be just as good.

[[Prehensile Tail]]s can be flexible enough to hit things, but not all of them are powerful enough to be effective deterrents. For added power, some tails have a weapon attached. See- see [[Beware My Stinger Tail]] for some of those. Also compare with [[Combat Tentacles]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' has Goku, Korin and Freeza do this. Usually for comedy.

* Meroune Lorelei from ''[[Daily Life with Monster Girl]]'' is a mermaid, and so her tail packs a similar musculature and strength to a human's legs. A tail slap from her is thus akin to a roundhouse kick, and can easily knock a man off his feet.

==[[Comic Comics Books]]==

** Also,This also applies to the Lizard's copy cat Komodo from the ''Avengers'' stories is capable of this.

== [[Film]] ==

* Littlefoot's mother in ''[[The Land Before Time]]''; (see the dinosaur [[#Real Life|Real Life]] example below).

* The Raptorsraptors in ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' occasionally butdo theythis, but use their claws more.

* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', Master Viper's fighting style is based primarily around this in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', despite being a viper.

* The Supertitular Sharkmonster fromof [[Syfy]]'s movie ''Super Shark'' attacks this way, which would be fine(see real life) except it does not seemed to be based off a species known for it. Then again, it is "super".

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Raptor Red]]'' by Robert T. Bakker uses the Diplodocus version, calling them 'whip-tails'.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Dinosaurs]]'':, the four-leggerquadrupedal Monica gets a job as a tree pusher at Earl's job site. She can knock over a whole lot of trees at once by slapping with her tail.

== Mythology[[Oral Tradition]], Folklore, Myths and ReligionLegends ==

== Real[[Tabletop LifeGames]] ==

== Tabletop[[Video Games]] ==

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* This is primarily how [[Gex]] fights.{{context}}

* ''Jurassic Park Warpath'' makes use of the dinosaur versionthis.{{context}}

* Nearly dittoIn ''[[Primal Rage]]''.: Sauron (no not [[Lord of the Rings|THAT one]]) and Diablo (no not [[Diablo|THAT one]]) have tail-swinging blows, as does Vertigo).

* In ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'', the campaign unit Merman Brawlers can use their fish tails to hit and stun their enemies, slowing them. Also, theThe downloadable setting "Era of Magic" has the lizardfolk's [[Dragon Rider|Chaos Riders]], who can use their Chaos Wyverns to perform a "tail sweep" at the enemies.

* In ''[[BlazBlue]]'', Makoto (a* [[Little Bit Beastly|squirrel Squirrel-girl]]) doesMakoto uses her thistail infor some of her grab attacks.

* Crocodile-likeThe various crocodile enemies in ''[[EarthBound]]'' can "swing their tail very hard" as ana high-damage attack.

* Bullsquids from ''[[Half Life]]'' possess a surprisingly powerful spinning tail-smack finisher which often reduces a victim to [[Ludicrous Gibs]].

== [[Web Animation]] ==

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Grimlock from ''[[Transformers]]'' when not in Robotrobot mode.

* The Kangaroo Monsters of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'':

* The white whale from ''Moby Dick''.{{context}}

* Again theBoth ''Godzilla'' animated series feature this. [[The Godzilla Power Hour|Both]]'' ofand ''[[Godzilla: The Series|them.]]'' feature this with the title character.