History Main / BewareMyStingerTail

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': E-113 Xi, a quadrupedal, feline-based variant of the E-100 series Badniks, has a tail-mounted laser.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' features scorpion people in the desert outside Oasis Town. The female variant just swipes at you when you come close, but the males will jab their stinger through the ground to hit you from farther away.

A tail is used for things like balance or [[PrehensileTail grasping objects]]. Another use is [[TailSlap a weapon]], which can vary from [[EpicFlail flailing]], whipping, or crushing. It is only logical then that a combatant would add things to make their tail hit harder like a club. Why just hit when you can also [[CoolGun shoot stuff]] or stab with a stinger on the end, which [[PoisonedWeapons may or may not be venomous?]] This trope is about ''weapons'' on tails, be they {{natural|Weapon}} or not. May cause their opponent to AttackTheTail in order to deprive them of it.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has the eponymous character, who defeats his enemies by jumping on them with his stinger tail. There are also ''literal'' army ants that fire grenades out of their stingers, as well as scorpions (who rarely use their tail, preferring to attack with their claws instead).

* ''WebOriginal/CodexInversus'': Chimericats have long, agile tails tipped with sharp blades, which they use to skewer flying or leaping prey and to slash at larger opponents.

* The long tails of lizards can be used as either an escape mechanism via autotomy or as weapons. Many large lizards such as monitors and iguanas can [[TailSmack whip their tails in self-defense]] and cause painful injuries, while some smaller species such as the aptly-named spiny-tailed lizards opt for sharp scales on their short but strong tails that they can use like a stegosaur's tail spikes to discourage attackers.

* Stingrays. Peaceful fish, but bothering them is a very bad idea. Depending on the species, they may have a spike up to 40 cm long stabbing with force enough to pierce a wooden boat's bottom, and it's often venomous as well.

* Porcupines defend themselves by turning their backs on their attackers and lashing their spine-filled tails in the would be-predator's face. Note that this only applies to the North American porcupine native to Canada and the United States. Other species of porcupines either lack long tails (like the African and Asian species), or have a spineless, prehensile tail (South American arboreal porcupines).
* Many large lizards such as monitors and iguanas can whip their tails in self-defense and cause painful injuries.

Part of the AnatomyArsenal. If the tail is tipped with actual biting ''jaws'', see also AHeadAtEachEnd. Frequently seen on ScorpionPeople. Compare CombatTentacle.

Part of the AnatomyArsenal. If the tail is tipped with actual biting ''jaws'', see also AHeadAtEachEnd. Frequently seen on ScorpionPeople.

** ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'': Scorponok, being a giant scorpion mecha, has one much like a real scorpion.

** ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': Scorponok, being a giant scorpion mecha, has one much like a real scorpion.
** ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'': The HoneyTrap Decepticon is equipped with one, and uses when trying to kill Sam.