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* Many Notorious Monster Species in FinalFantasyXI have special attack for players who get hate from behind, such as Behemoth with "Kick Out", Hydra with "Serpentine Tail", and Khimaira with "Plague Swipe". But the absolute kings of this trope are the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Wyrms]] with [[EpicFlail Spike Flail]] which is virtually an InstantDeathRadius for the Alliance fighting the mob if someone pulled hate from behind, or for anyone who happens to be near by in the case of certain powerful monsters like Nidhogg.

* You'd ''better'' beware the [[{{Fallout}}]] Radscorpion's stinger tail!]]

* Several ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' attacks, ex.: Tail Whip, Iron Tail, Poison Tail, Tail Glow, Aqua Tail, etc.

* The Scorpion from the {{Marvel}} comics, of course.

* Many crocodilians can twist around to hit an opponent with their tail.
** So can some lizards. This troper has been on the receiving end of a tail attack by a juvenile water dragon.

* One boss from ''TheLegendOfZelda: [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link To The Past]]'', the Helmasaur King, can attack with its tail.

** If tail-whipping counts, then imagine being hit by two of them. Last time I checked, plenty of Sonic game robots get this fate.

* In the ''{{DoDonPachi}}'' series, Hibachi, the eponymous [[InfernalRetaliation Angry]] [[TrueFinalBoss Boss]] [[EverythingsWorseWithBees Bee]] can shoot [[BulletHell Eleventy Billion bullets]] at you from her stinger and shoot the stinger itself and then pull it back with a chain that also shoots bullets.

* The villain Ankylosaur from ''{{Champions}}'' is a man wearing powered armor with a grenade launcher in his tail.

* Likewise, the 4th Edition Carnifex in ''[[Warhammer40K Warhammer 40K]]'' has either a scythe or mace tail upgrade option. The difference? The scythe tail has 1-3 weak attacks; the mace tail has one strong attack.

* The villain Ankylosaur from ''{{Champions}}''.

* The "Tsunami" Dragon Borg in ''Rifts'' has a particle-beam cannon for a tail.

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has Adiane.
* Cell from ''DragonBallZ''.

* Several ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' attacks, ex.: Poison Tail.

* In [[SpyroTheDragon The Legend Of Spyro]], Cynder has a metal blade at the end of her tail that can be used as a weapon in various ways, including inbueing it with her Poison element. Being she's the only Black Dragon shown, it's unknown if this is simply natural or something Malefor had done to her.

** If tail-whipping counts, then imagine being hit by two of them. Last time I checked, plenty of Sonic game robots get this fatwe.

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* Most dragon bosses in [[World of Warcraft]] do this in some manner.

A tail is used for things like balance or [[PrehensileTail grasping objects]]. Another use is a weapon, which can vary from [[EpicFlail flailing]], crushing, or [[CoolGun shooting stuff]] to just striking with a stinger on the end, which may or may not be poisonous.

* Likewise, the 4th Edition Carnifex in [[Warhammer40K Warhammer 40K]] has either a scythe or mace tail upgrade option. The difference? The scythe tail has 1-3 weak attacks; the mace tail has one strong attack.

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* Many prehistoric creatures, perhaps most famously Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus.
** The Other Wiki has a subtrope of this as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer Thagomizer]]" (taken from ''TheFarSide'').
* Many crocodilians can twist around to hit an opponent with their tail.
* Some bees, wasps, and ants can spray formic acid from the end of their abdomens.
* Stingrays. A peaceful fish, but bothering it is a very bad idea. Depending on the species, may have a spike up to 40 cm long stabbing with force enough to pierce a wooden boat's bottom.
* [[ScaryScorpions Scorpions]], of course.

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