History Main / MarkOfTheBeast

** Tatsuya Suou in ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'' is branded with a black monstrous hand wrapped around his own. The BigBad left it on him to remind him on his failures, and side material implies that it affects his control over his emotions to some degree.

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** The mark also appears on [[spoiler:the alternate version of Comstock]] in the DLC game ''Burial At Sea: Part 1''.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet "The Impossible Planet"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]], the character who gets covered in the untranslated language and glowing red eyes when he is possessed by the Ultimate Evil truly exemplifies this trope.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', [[spoiler:Qilby]] gets this along with a PowerUpFullColorChange when he [[spoiler:merges with the Eliacube]] and reveals his villainous nature.

* Most of the TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} have, as a side effect of using [[KiAttacks Essence]], the effect of generating a BattleAura. One bit of this is the Caste Mark, a representation of your Caste that appears on your forehead. For Solars and Lunars, it's a golden/silver shining disk; for Sidereals, it's the astrological sign of the Maiden they were chosen by. Then you have the [[OmnicidalManiac Abyssals]]. Their Caste Marks ''bleed'' out of their forehead.

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* The Sith in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse often (though not always) use distinctive tattoos as a symbol of membership and/or rank (most prominently, Darth Maul's full-body tattoos, which [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy the One Sith]] later also adopt). Though not actually demons, they ''are'' a certified ReligionOfEvil and the most powerful and persistant evil faction in the setting.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', you have "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" two-parter. The character who gets covered in the untranslated language and glowing red eyes when he is possessed by the Ultimate Evil truly exemplifies this trope.

* Inverted in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': It is the ''demon'' Reynardine who bears the mark of, and is therefore controlled by the heroine and human Antimony.
* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'': Gort gains an intricate flame-like tattoo when he [[DealWithTheDevil agrees]] to come BackFromTheDead as a powerful servant of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Archdevil]] Mephistopheles. Komiyan, a Mephistopheles worshiper himself, explains that the tattoos usually only symbolize claiming strength from one's victims, but suggests that, since Gort was resurrected through mass HumanSacrifice and is now TheNeedless, the meaning is entirely literal for him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', [[spoiler:Dipper]]'s eyes turn a shade of yellow and his pupils slit when [[spoiler:Bill Cipher takes control over his body]].Of course, this being Gravity Falls, [[WeirdnessCensor every single character fails to notice this.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', [[spoiler:Qilby]] gets this along with a PowerUpFullColorChange when he [[spoiler:merges with the Eliacube]] and reveals his villainous nature.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', when Billy is given a cursed tricycle that is sentient and violently attacks anyone that wrongs him (a la Literature/{{Christine}}) Grim confirms that it's cursed with the Mark of the Beast. As it turns out, the mark of the beast is actually a ''brand name'' by a company that specialises in making cursed products.

* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'': Gort gains an intricate flame-like tattoo after being brought BackFromTheDead through a mass HumanSacrifice ritual as a powerful servant of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Archdevil]] Mephistopheles. Komiyan, a Mephistopheles worshiper himself, explains that the tattoos usually symbolize claiming strength from one's victims, but suggests that in Gort's case the meaning is entirely literal.

->''Pain, Agony, Suffering, Torment. When the Rune is invoked, even the earth shall resonate its anguish. Torment of the mind. Torment of the body. Torment of the soul. All will be made clear when the Circle is drawn.''

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'', people with the power to wield holy weapons were said to have a mark on their body (Diadora/Deirde for example had her mark hidden by her circlet).
** Played with in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'': The "branded", who are the result of mating between the games' two humanoid species (anthropomorphic animals and humans), [[spoiler:are really only viewed as wrong or evil in the story due to a character rewriting history]].
** And then inverted and played straight in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' with the Marks of Naga and Grima respectively.

* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', when the Book of Darkness awakens [[spoiler: and takes over Hayate]], red lines spread all over her body. These lines disappear once the Book of Darkness is cleansed of its corrupted self-defense program.

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* Inverted completely in the ''Dead Gods'' universe. Heralds are granted brands that gradually cover their whole bodies, but those brands were specifically created to be not repulsive by the patron deities. They also allow the Heralds to conjure incredible powers, including communing with the local demons, none of whom are anything but benevolent.

* Played with in the 9th and 10th ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games: The "branded", who are the result of mating between the games' two humanoid species (anthropomorphic animals and humans), [[spoiler:are really only viewed as wrong or evil in the story due to a character rewriting history]].
** And then inverted and played straight in the 13th game with the Marks of Naga and Grima respectively.
*** Well, in the 4th and 5th games, people with the power to wield holy weapons were said to have a mark on their body (Diadora/Deirde for example had her mark hidden by her circlet).

* In ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'', we have the Blood Sin, which controls the Gran Grimoire. Whoever acquires it has control of Lea Monde. [[spoiler: Sydney already has it. Everyone else wants it, and Guildenstern cuts the tattoo from Sydney's back to graft onto his own.]]

* Inverted completely in the Dead Gods universe. Heralds are granted brands that gradually cover their whole bodies, but those brands were specifically created to be not repulsive by the patron deities. They also allow the Heralds to conjure incredible powers, including communing with the local demons, none of whom are anything but benevolent.

* The Sith in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse often (though not always) use distinctive tattoos as a symbol of membership and/or rank (most prominently, Darth Maul's full-body tattoos, which [[Literature/StarWarsLegacy the One Sith]] later also adopt). Though not actually demons, they ''are'' a certified ReligionOfEvil and the most powerful and persistant evil faction in the setting.