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* Nami from ''[[One Piece]]'' first had the Arlong pirate's crest on her shoulder, but after breaking ties with them, changed it into a homage to her adoptive mother Bellemere and surrogate father figure Genzo. (Her adoptive older sister Nojiko, despite not being a crook, also got a tattoo to show her sympathy for her.) Also, Luffy's brother Ace has A<s>S</s>CE on his bicep and the Whitebeard Pirate's crest on his back, which in the manga contained a Maji, but was changed [[No Swastikas|into a cross in the Anime]] and retconned into the manga.
** ''[[One Piece]]'' seems to like this trope. In more recent chapters, Boa Hancock and her sisters Marigold and Sandersonia were revealed to have a tattoo on their backs {{spoiler|called the "Hoof of the Soaring Dragon", the crest of [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Celestial Dragons]]. It is a mark that is burned into people who are slaves to the nobles, and signifies that they are "less than human", which explains why they invented the story of the Gorgon so nobody would look at their backs}}.
** Speaking of that, {{spoiler|after Fisher Tiger freed a whole lot of slaves of the Celestial Dragons' (the Boa sisters included), he took most of the Fishmen slaves, and re-branded their tattoos into what resembled sun tattoos, effectively making it the symbol of the Pirates of the Sun, which he and Jinbei captained, until Tiger died and Jinbei became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.}}
*** {{spoiler|Arlong and much of his crew all sport these tattoos because they were once members of the Pirates of the Sun.}}
** Trafalgar Law has a number of tattoos, including "Smile" tattoos on his arms, tiny cross-shapes on the backs of his hands, and "DEATH" on his fingers.
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* In ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'', Train has a tattoo of the number XIII on his chest. It signifies that he belonged to [[Nebulous Evil Organization|Chronos]], and is generally viewed by people as being fearsome. He doesn't seem to mind showing it though.
* Many characters in ''[[Gokusen]]'' like to let their jacket fall open to reveal a heavily tattooed shoulder, for intimidation purposes. Kumiko sometimes does this unconsciously while yelling at her students (although she doesn't seem to have any tattoos).
* Delinquent Jacuzzi Splot from ''[[Baccano!]]!'' has a scimitar tattooed on his face, as a symbol of solidarity to Nice, who got her face scarred in an accident.
* In ''[[King of Thorn]]'', Marco Owen is identified by the other survivors as a criminal due to his prominent prison tattoos.
* Inverted example in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': while Marik Ishtar is a [[Big Bad]] and the leader of his own criminal organization, what caused him to become a crook in the first place was the painful coming of age ritual where he received his large tattoo covering his back. This tattoo is merely associated with becoming Pharaoh Atem's tombkeeper and not with crime; however, this reception of the tattoo augmented Marik's hatred toward Atem as well as created his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], which he would harbor until he would actually become an active [[Big Bad]].
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*** Played straight in 5D's, criminals are given facial scar-like tattoos when incarcerated, even for seemingly minor crimes.
* Cabbage from ''[[Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin]]'' has a tattoo on his bicep. His criminal activities are just an act of violence while drunk, but it's possible he had the crime pinned on him because the suspicious tattoo.
* Horada from ''[[Durarara!!]]!!'' sports a butterfly tattoo on his left wrist. The butterfly logo also can be found on his shirt and the hood of his car. {{spoiler|He is also one of the more ruthless gang members, also being a former Blue Square higher-up that was involved in the kidnapping and crippling of Kida's girlfriend Saki}}.
* ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]'' features two tattooed former criminals, one Thai and the other Italian, who have both become Catholic priests.
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* ''[[Sin City]]'' has the occaisional tattooed criminal with the most obvious example actually comoing from a corrupt federal agent who had a big black tattoo of an eagle across his face.
* El Diablo from the 2011 ''[[Suicide Squad]]'' series, a slumlord turned holy man with tats all over his upper body; the ones on his head in particular make it look like a skull.
* After Hun was brought into the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage|Mirage comics]] from the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|second cartoon]], his stylized Dragon tattoo was made exponentially more elaborate, full of scales and covering his entire arm.
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* The skinheads in ''This Is England'' have home made tattoos. At one point, they give a Shaun one too, a cross on [[Knuckle Tattoos|his left middle finger]].
* The Finglerling in ''[[The Number 23]]''.
* In ''[[Little Odessa]]'' [[Tim Roth]] plays a hitman for the Russian mob with his tattoos occasionally on display. The Russian mob is known for its use of meaningful tattoos.
* In ''Captives'', [[Tim Roth]] plays a prisoner with tats.
* Lester has an Ace of Spades tattooed on his arm in ''[[Rounders]]'', calling it the ace up his sleeve.
* [[Bar Code Tattoo|Barcode Tattoos]] are marks of prisoners in ''Alien 3''. This is one of the few remaining elements of [[William Gibson]]'s version of the script.
* Darth Maul from ''[[Star Wars]]''. See also the Expanded Universe entry below.
* Tran, the 10-year-old drug kingpin from ''[[Tropic Thunder]]''.
* Operates as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] for <s>Aragorn</s> Viggo Mortensen's character in ''[[Eastern Promises]]''. It says something that while taking a break, he accidentally scared several Russian Immigrants into thinking he was the real McCoy.
* Corky from ''[[Bound]]''.
* Nig in ''Once Were Warriors''. In an unusual but in-setting variation, his tattoos are a mixture of criminal gang markings and traditional Māori face markings, or ta moko.
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* The Monarch, in a direct reference to ''Red Dragon'', has a full back tattoo of a minotaur at one point in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. It turns out he was just trying to get his villain on again and used it to intimidate a prostitute; it late came off in the shower.
* The assasin Combustion Man from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a Third Eye tattoo.
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003), several members of the Purple Dragons gang sport the gang's trademark dragon as a tattoo. Their leader, Hun, sports the dragon tattoo along his left arm, and wore a tattoo of the Foot insignia on his left.
* Lockdown from ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has large black decals on both his robot and car mode that resemble tattoos.
** This is also true with [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[The Starscream|Starscream.]]
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