History Main / LickingTheBlade

* One of the girls from the music video for QueensOfTheStoneAge's "3's and 7's" is seen licking a knife blade in one shot.

* The line "She drinks the blood from a jagged edge" from the JimiHendrix song ''Dolly Dagger''.
* Lita Ford and Ozzy Osborne sing a duet called "Close my Eyes Forever." In the middle of the second verse:

* Seras Victoria licks a sword she's holding, while she and it are covered in blood, in the TitleSequence of the TV series version of ''{{Hellsing}}''; however, she's trying to stop herself from doing so. This is probably a depiction of her fear of losing what's left of her humanity.

* Guitar, the swordsman general of the Mazoku in ''ViolinistOfHameln'' does this from time to time.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Strikers'' has Due, one of the combat cyborgs, who does this after assassinating [[spoiler: the TSAB high council.]] Somewhat squicky though, since they are just [[spoiler:brains in jars of life sustaining fluid.]] Still pretty damn creepy.

* The eponymous creature on the ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Magic]]'' card [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=3864 Necrite]].

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* Tetsuo Tamashiro from ''VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku 3'' does this right before challenging Kazuma to a [[BossBattle battle]].

* Billy Tallent from ''HardCoreLogo'' does this during a drug trip. It's... disturbing, in a squiggly-feelings kind of way.

* TheAtom villain Dwarf Star AKA Sylbert Rundine really likes to do this.

* Mion Sonozaki [[spoiler: (who, in this case, is actually [[TwinSwitch Shion posing as Mion]])]] from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' (Watanagashi-hen) does this with a nail. She then prepares to hammer the nail, and several others, into Keiichi's finger joints. [[{{Yandere}} The girl]] [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon is a bit]] [[AxCrazy batshit insane]] in this particular arc.

* In ''[[GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman R.I.P.]]'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this [[spoiler:and cuts his own tongue doing so.]]

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* Bearclaw on the cover of ''ElfQuest: Wolfrider''. He ''is'' more of an anti-hero than his son in the chronologically-later stories.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheHeroYoshihikoAndTheDevilKingsCastle'' when a random {{Mook}}, caught up in his own awesomeness and shows off to the heroes, licks ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbEW74BrQYc his very own poisoned knife]]''. TooDumbToLive indeed.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheHeroYoshihikoAndTheDevilKingsCastle'' where a random {{Mook}} licks ''[[http://24.media.tumblr.com/929fce082e339882952e22c8f63fe05a/tumblr_mi0h9pR6cl1r1hdaho1_1280.jpg his very own poisoned knife]]''. TooDumbToLive indeed.

A common characteristic of blade-wielding evildoers is their tendency to lick their weapons, whether clean or bloodied, as if their weapon was a cherry-flavored popsicle of non-diabetic death. Borders on [[TooDumbToLive Too Dumb To Live]] when licking the sharp edge or a poisoned weapon.

A common characteristic of blade-wielding evildoers is their tendency to lick their weapons, whether clean or bloodied, as if their weapon was a cherry-flavored popsicle of non-diabetic death. Borders on [[TooDumbToLive]] when licking the sharp edge]] or a poisoned weapon.

A common characteristic of blade-wielding evildoers is their tendency to lick their weapons, whether clean or bloodied, as if their weapon was a cherry-flavored popsicle of non-diabetic death. Often [[TooDumbToLive the sharp edge]], no less.

* Happens twice in the second episode of ''{{Slayers}}'', after the cursed knife turns a shop-keeper [[AxeCrazy homicidal]].
* Almost every single scene with {{mooks}} in ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' has at least one of them licking a weapon. The pic shown is that of Club, who licks Kenshiro's blood off his claw after scoring a hit on him. It's the only major hit the bad guy scores on him before being rendered [[YouAreAlreadyDead already dead]].

* Tsukiyomi from ''MahouSenseiNegima'' does this before her fight against her [[SempaiKohai sempai Setsuna]]. She does so while referring to Setsuna as [[EvilTastesGood "delicious"]] and asking for [[EvilFeelsGood satisfaction]], [[StalkerWithACrush all the while drooling]] in a woozy state of [[PsychoLesbian carnal bloodlust]].
** Later on in another battle against Setsuna, she pulls this again, in an arguably [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v35/c318/2.html creepier way]].
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Strikers'' has Due, one of the combat cyborgs, who does this after assassinating [[spoiler: the TSAB high council.]] Somewhat squicky though, since they are just [[spoiler:brains in jars of life sustaining fluid.]] Still pretty damn creepy.

* In ''{{Change 123}}'', after Hibiki fends away a potential rapist [[OneHitKO with a single kick]], there is a scene where he plans a revenge while recovering from the injuries. In one panel, his maniacal gaze is shown reflected in the blade of his katana as he licks it.

* In 'MyHeroAcademia'' the villain Stain does this a lot [[spoiler:because he has the ability to paralyse people if he ingests their blood.]]

* [[TheLegendOfDrizzt Drizzt Do'Urden]] does this at one point, believe it or not - he just tried to eat mutton off his dagger in the middle of battle for some reason. For what it's worth, it would not be surprising at all if the chapter involving this, "Biggrin's House", were run as an actual D&D session to determine how it went, so the OOC of the mutton thing may be excused.

* In novelized accounts, [[{{Ravenloft}} Strahd von Zarovich]] does this to the bloodied dagger with which he murdered his brother Sergei. Justified in this case (even though he's not AxCrazy) because this murder initiated Strahd's own transformation into D&D's most infamous vampire.

* In the 3.0 edition ''ForgottenRealms'' Campaign Setting, one of the [=NPCs=] statted out in the book is a CN mercenary troll with a cursed sword (minor curse- leaks blood constantly) He has the habit of licking it.

* Parodied in ''{{Anime/Persona4}}'', in an early scene when Yosuke shows Yu a sword... acquired... to help fighting the shadows. Cut to a police officer approaching the two boys, preparing to arrest them.

* {{Storm}} from ComicBook/{{X-Men}} did this once after drawing first blood. Her opponent is a mutant who could produce knives out of bone, with one being the blade Storm used. So she was licking her opponent's blood from a bone knife, made out of the body of her enemy.

* King Gor does this during the final battle of ''[[GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]]''. Did I mention it was ''his'' blood on a Getter Tomahawk he had just pulled from his shoulder?

* TheGamingPixie does this at the end of [[http://www.gamingpixie.com/99/all-videos/gamereviews/game-review-eversion-halloween-special/ her review]] of {{Eversion}}.

* A minor {{Mook}} does this in ''{{Berserk}}'' - and promptly cuts his tongue when the hero shoves him out of his way.

* Ash's possessed girlfriend does this after attacking him with a knife in the original ''Franchise/EvilDead''. Thanks to the solid white contacts the actress wore, the scene looks [[{{Narm}} more goofy than scary]] as she fumbles her lips around the blade that she can't even see.
** Done fairly memorably in the 2013 remake as well, with the blade splitting the Deadite's tongue in half gruesomely.