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* DemiLovato and Giada [=DeLaurentiis=]... when they smile, you gotta wonder if those things just have hinges that fold away into the lower recesses of their jaw or what.

->''All those bulging eyes and buck-teeth... it's like Christmas at the Kennedy compound.''
-->--'''President Schwarzenegger''', ''TheSimpsons Movie''.

->''All those bulging eyes and buck-teeth...it's like Christmas at the Kennedy compound.''

* ''FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Some of the homunculi.
** Greed as well as (in the manga).
** Sloth have rather long shark-like teeth.
** A better example is Gluttony, who when in attack mode, reveals a hippopotamus-like mouth with extra rows of teeth inside.
** Pride's true form consists entirely of eyes, teeth, and shadow.

* The second form of the [[EnemyWithout berserked defense program]] in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's'', which had two massive heads filled with massive, pointy teeth.

This is a simple and common trope, playing on a natural fear of toothy predators. There are three common kinds of teeth you will see on a big scary thing: flat, triangular shark-teeth, conical teeth similar to those of crocodiles, or ridiculously pointy needle teeth of the kind only really seen in deep-sea fish. In all cases, the monster's mouth will often be so crammed with these that half of them would break off with every bite.

A large predator will often have a lot of the same kind of teeth, all the same size. [[hottip:*:Most real animals have a variety but Sharks, for example, have a mouth of nothing but the triangular teeth.]]

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* ''S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters'' is '''packed''' with teeth. Big, nasty teeth! Let's see who's the champ in the dental department, shall we?

** The flying polyp has two mouths of crocodile-type teeth. At least, two mouths visible in the picture. At least, that's how many that particular polyp's got. YMMV.

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* The ''Beetleborgs'' episode Buggin Out featured a gnat-like monster named Kombat Gnat who had several teeth like this and the power to shrink. This particular episode was a satire of David Cronenberg's remake of ''The Fly''. Flabber brings a drawing of a teleportation device to life and he tests it out. Kombat Gnat flies into the machine and their dna gets merged. This causes Flabber to slowly turn into Kombat Gnat- starting out with cute little vampiric fangs, then developing antennae and a row of razor sharp teeth like this.

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* In RealLife, [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks sharks]]. Not only do they have a complete set of choppers, but they have multiple replacement sets growing right behind the first set. This is because when you eat like a shark, you go though teeth ''fast''. Their ''skin'' is actually made of millions of microscopic teeth called "dermal denticles", each one a tiny version of the ones in their mouths. Shark skin can be used as sandpaper.
** Special mention goes to the extinct shark ''Helicoprion'' which didn't lose the teeth in its lower jaw, instead keeping all of them in a deadly whorl of teeth. Too bad we're still not sure how it looked.
** Let's also give it up for ''C. Megalodon''. Imagine a large Great White Shark. Now triple it's size. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Megalodon_jaws.jpg Or just look at this photo.]]

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* The [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=349 yellow salamander]] from Chapter 16 of ''GunnerkriggCourt'' had double rows of sharp fangs. NightmareFuel, literally: [[spoiler:it appeared in a character's nightmare, and it symbolized the house fire that ''killed his entire family''.]] Also: [[spoiler: Coyote's etherial form is a mishmash of teeth, eyes and night sky.]]
** Also Zimmy; she's nominally human, but her teeth resemble a shark more than a person.

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This is a simple and common trope, playing on a natural fear of toothy predators. There are three common kinds of teeth you'll see on a big scary thing: flat, triangular shark-teeth (particularly common in animation), conical teeth similar to those of crocodiles or certain predator dinosaurs, or ridiculously pointy needle teeth of the kind only really seen in snakes' fangs or deep-sea fish (which are NightmareFuel all on their own.) In all cases, the monster's mouth will often be so crammed with these that FridgeLogic suggests half of them should get broken off with every bite (though that's often the case with sharks, dinosaurs, and almost anything that isn't a mammal, who all regrow their teeth).

A large predator-creature will often have a lot of the same kind of teeth, all the same size. This is less common in RealLife, where a variety of different tooth shapes is more useful. (Sort of. Varied teeth are useful, but there are a number of groups of very successful homogeneous-toothed predators which have not missed them. Sharks, for example, have a mouth of nothing but the triangular teeth.[[hottip:* :Shark teeth however are basically modified scales. So, in one sense, a shark is covered in teeth...(In actuality they might as well be, as a microscopic-examination of a shark's skin looks like a carpet of knife-like teeth.)]][[hottip:** :That's because evolutionarily, teeth, scales, feathers, hair, bone - all variants of he same process.]])

Also see {{Phlegmings}}. ''Beware'' VaginaDentata. Stop by CheshireCatGrin for a less toothy but still creepy variation.

* Agrajag in HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy is described like this, adding to the horrors of his patchwork body. {{Lampshade}}d, in that it is mentioned that Agrajag's excessive and deliberately unpleasant teeth don't all quite fit nicely into his mouth, resulting in them lacerating his lips and mouth. There are some sticky plasters covering the nastier wounds; this doesn't necessarily make him a [[NightmareFuel humourous or pitiable sight]], however.

* Shabranigdo from ''{{Slayers}}'' might not have that many teeth (perhaps fewer than I do, I didn't count), but they're HUGE. Huge and awesome.
* Some of the homunculi of ''FullmetalAlchemist'' qualify for this trope. Greed as well as (manga) Sloth have rather long shark-like teeth. A better example is Gluttony, who when in attack mode, reveals a hippopotamus-like mouth with extra rows of teeth inside.

* The Tsuyoshi family (those short people with shark teeth) in GreatTeacherOnizuka qualify as the human, friendly version.

* [[GreenLantern Parallax]] has a few sets of these, forming the shape of the Sinestro Corps symbol with his throat as the hole. [[NightmareFuel It's freakier looking than it sounds.]] Also a few Sinestro Corpsmen themselves, including Tri-Eye, who has three wide-ass mouths and teeth on the edges of all three faces, and Maash, who has three entire heads piled on top of each other.
* The Corinthian in ''{{Sandman}}''. Though his eye-teeth are usually just straight, smaller copies of the teeth in his mouth, spinoffs and fanart tend to make them pointed.

* Some images of the TheJoker show his (non-pointy) teeth as being so long, it looks as if the chemical he'd gotten dumped in must've given him ever-growing dentition like a rodent's, as well as weird coloration.
** This is noticeable in Tim Sale's art (TheLongHalloween and Dark Victory in particular), though certain panels exagerate this more than others. [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/4/46/Tim_Sale_Joker_01.jpg Here's a noticeable example.]]

* Phil Foglio's artwork in the ''MythAdventures'' comics depicts Aahz this way. Even in the novels, Aahz is described more than once as ''dropping'' his smile when he wants to put people at ease.
** Phil Foglio seems to be fond of this to some degree. (See also: any number of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s in ''{{XXXenophile}}''.)
*** Not to mention the grins the Jaegermonsters (and occasionally some of the Sparks) have in ''GirlGenius''

* The kraken in PiratesOfTheCaribbean.

* The reapers from ''Blade II'' don't necessarily have ''more'' teeth than a human being, but their odd placement sure makes it look that way.

* "Jeff", the 600 foot alien worm from MenInBlack II who lives in New York's subway stations and makes his first appearance by munching on one of the subway trains.

** And the winner is ... the DHOLE! Not least, because it's probably eaten most of the other contestants by now.

* Prisoner Zero in ''DoctorWho'' had a lamprey-like mouth in its natural form. And these teeth are sometimes visible in its human mouths.
** The "vampires" in [[ExcatlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Vampires]] in Venice.

* Manticores. Those things have ''three rows'' of metal teeth. Fortunately they don't exist, but still...

* In RealLife, [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks sharks]]. Not only do they have a complete set of choppers, but they have multiple replacement sets growing right behind the first set. This is because when you eat like a shark, you go though teeth ''fast''.

*** Let's also give it up for ''C. Megalodon''. Imagine a large Great White Shark. Now triple it's size. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Megalodon_jaws.jpg Or just look at this photo.]]
** Crocodiles/alligators too. And piranhas.
*** ''Most'' kinds of bony fishes, especially the predatory ones, have teeth on their tongues and the roofs of their mouths, not just along the jawline.
*** What's even more fun about crocs is that their teeth aren't designed like most teeth (sharp teeth for cutting or cube like teeth for grinding) but are designed for grabbing and holding as mentioned below. So their shaped more like dull rail road spikes that are driven into your limbs so they can rip chunks off of you.
*** Several predatory dinosaurs, as well as some herbivores who had ''several thousand'' teeth in their mouths. Dental battery ''indeed.''
*** Say hello to [[http://www.national-geographic.cz/assets/archeologie-a-historie/06_biz-dino_corr_gall.jpg Masiakasaurus.]]
*** While TyrannosaurusRex might not've had a jaw ''that'' freaky, the tooth size more than makes up for it. Including the part firmly rooted inside a ''skull designed for crushing bone'', which had possibly the greatest bite force of anything on the continent at that time, the Rex's teeth could be a foot long.
*** Sharks still have them all topped, if it's pure quantity we're after. Know why? Their ''skin'' is actually made of millions of microscopic teeth called "dermal denticles", each one a tiny version of the ones in their mouths. Shark skin can be used as sandpaper.
** For real Nightmare Fuel. Check out the Shark Week advertisement that has Mike Roe from Dirty Jobs with shark-like teeth. ''Yiiiiiiiikes!''

* Lampreys have a sucker that is FULL of sharp teeth. [[NightmareFuel And they use it to latch on to a fish, so they can suck on its blood, until said fish dies.]]

** While it's not the same structurally, the extinct lobopod [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opabinia ''Opabinia regalis'']] has a mouth "under its chin" - and a tubular proboscis ''thing'' tipped with claws that extends from the front of its head and looks an awful lot like a pair of jaws on a trunk.
* Goblin Shark also have a Xenomorph jaw that extends out to grab hold of prey. They seem UglyCute and harmless, with their huge duck-billed nose, until -- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4 OH THE HORROR!]]'' Mostly found in the waters of [[GiantEnemyCrab ancient Japan]].

* Opossums have more teeth than any other mammal; 50 teeth in something that size [[http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/gallery/opossum021.jpg is really saying something]].
** Any other ''land'' mammal, you mean. Dolphins can have [[http://img.allposters.com/6/LRG/26/2677/VMCUD00Z.jpg around a hundred teeth.]]
* The RealLife kings of the trope though, are snails, who have several ''thousand'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radula pairs of teeth]].
* DemiLovato and Giada [=DeLaurentiis=]...when they smile, you gotta wonder if those things just have hinges that fold away into the lower recesses of their jaw or what.
* For some of the biggest non-tusk teeth in the world, see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_melvillei Leviathan melvillei]]- a whale with a mouthful of [[http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/6/30/1277901299026/Artists-impression-of-gia-002.jpg very big teeth]]

* The Tyranids of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', partly inspired by the above-mentioned Xenomorphs, have ridiculous numbers of teeth, somewhere between the dinosaur type and the needle type. Tyranid Rippers seem to be composed of ''nothing but teeth''. The basically unusable nature of the teeth is justified because they ''are'' nothing but weapons - Tyranid battle organisms do not have digestive systems, and are expected to simply throw themselves into pits of digestive juices after the battle. Assuming they survive, of course.
** Then you have the Squigs (pictured at the top of this page) of both 40K and ''{{Warhammer}}'' fantasy.
*** Ironically, Squigs are not only edible even by humans, but described as delicious- the taste of well-cured ham with the consistency of young chicken. Or was it the other way around? Either way, the Monster Manual sourcebook for WarhammerFantasy Roleplay mentions a merchant who makes quite a nice profit selling squig meat to roadside inns. Admittedly he doesn't tell them what they're buying, but that's because he's afraid they'll either stop buying due to it being ForeignQueasine, report him to the Witch Hunters, or start getting it on their own.
** Then there's the Orcs/Orks, who in either setting use "teef" as money. Teef are acquired by either using your own, or ripping out someone else's.

* The ''DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement ''Tome of Magic'' contains a bizarre monster that is essentially a bear literally ''coated'' in teeth. Rather than skin, it has gums.
** Reactions vary, but everyone agree this relates directly to nightmares... [[NightmareFuel One way]] or [[NightmareRetardant the other]].
*** For those who want to know, the creature is called (unimaginatively enough) a Tooth Beast. [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96076.jpg See it here.]] (It has teeth for ''eyes'', what was ''wrong'' with the guy who made this up?!)
** Along with the Tooth Beast, there is also [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96039.jpg Dahlver-Nar's Manifestation]]. Again, gums for skin and teeth everywhere...''except'' the mouth.
** The gibbering mouther is basically an ooze made out of goo, eyeballs, and mouths with sharp teeth. Lots and ''lots'' and LOTS of teeth.
*** And its big brother the Squamous Spewer, which is made of ''dragon'' eyes and teeth.
** Who didn't mention the beholders? Look at those teeth! http://www.giantbomb.com/dungeons-dragons/62-167/
** Dungeons and Dragons: Book of Vile Darkness - The Whirlwind of Teeth. The caster can create an opaque area of swirling energy taking the form of roaring, screeching mouths full of teeth
** The 3.5 Edition Monster Manual IV introduces the Fang Golem, a construct made entirely from teeth and fangs of various animals. It resembles a four-legged beast covered in ivory spikes, with a whirling tunnel of pointy death for a mouth.
* The Legion of Everblight from [[IronKingdoms Hordes]] features warbeasts with no eyes, ears or noses. Just mouths full of large, sharp teeth.

* TimeSplitters: As the page quote up top implies, the titular enemies have a LOT of teeth. Big ones, too.

* Baraka from ''MortalKombat 2'' has a mouth full of pointy teeth, as do others of his race. His teeth in his first appearance were [[SassyBlackWoman acryllic nails]] glued to a cheap Nosferatu mask.
* The Protopets from the second ''RatchetAndClank'' game. Give a [[StarTrek tribble]] the jaws and personality of a Great White Shark, and you've got a pretty close approximation.

* Just in case you didn't figure out Chancellor Cole was an EvilChancellor before then in ''TheLegendOfZelda: Spirit Tracks'', the last you see of him before he explicitly outs himself as one is him flashing an evil grin full of pointed, shark-like teeth.
* The [[EldritchAbomination Thresher Maws]] in MassEffect are described in the Codex as "abominations of tentacles and teeth." They're even ''[[ItGotWorse scarier]]''.

* Fuzzles from OddWorld. They start out looking tiny cute little furballs, until they go into attack mode where they become rabid and reveal their mouth filled to the brim with razor sharp teeth.

* The Jägermonsters from GirlGenius have [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080512 far]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031103 too]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080618 many]] long, sharp teeth to fit into their (sometimes) human-sized mouths. NightmareFuel, anyone?
** Hy em ''not'' gun eatchu.
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030203 Onless dats de only vay to shot hyu op!]]
** Also, Krosp has teeth more suited to a shark than a cat.
** Don't forget the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050404 horse monster beastie]].
*** ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050413 Seriously!]]''

* Florence Ambrose of ''{{Freefall}}'' has these, but only sometimes. Example; [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01696.htm SNAP!]]
** All the time, but she struggles to keep them hidden, as long as she remembers, since humans tend to react badly to them. TruthInTelevision for real wolves, by the way.
* LookingForGroup has a [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/389 subterranean worm]] that has this in spades.

* The aptly-named villain Megabyte from ''ReBoot''.
** [[http://micro_hue.tripod.com/hex2.gif Hexadecimal, too.]]

* FamilyGuy once had a cutaway gag about this trope, featuring the Osmond family with buck teeth.
* A majority of monsters from Courage the Cowardly Dog, notably the weremole and the giant alien worm from the episode "Tulip's worm". Even Courage ''himself,'' especially in the theme song.
* EVERY SINGLE MONSTER from the little known 1990s cartoon, Mega Babies.
* The bulldog from the classic TexAvery [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Chilly Willy]] cartoon "The Legend of Rockabye Point".
* {{Chowder}}, in an episode of the TV series, in a NightmareFuel moment that would make {{Flapjack}} proud.
* One of Sylvester the Cat shorts had him try to catch fish [[TooDumbToLive in piranha aquarium]]. After he gets out, he quips "nah, they're just skin and teeth", and the fish give him a CheshireCatGrin.

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->''Never tangle with anything that's got [[TropeNamer more teeth than the entire Osmond family.]]''
-->--'''Arnold Rimmer''', ''RedDwarf'', "Polymorph".

->"Shoot anything with teeth bigger than its face!"
-->--'''Random marine''', TimeSplitters: Future Perfect.

-->--'''Marine''', "Timesplitters: Future Perfect".

* The [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=349 yellow salamander]] from Chapter 16 of ''GunnerkriggCourt'' had double rows of sharp fangs. NightmareFuel, literally: [[spoiler:it appeared in a character's nightmare, and it symbolized the house fire that ''killed his entire family''.]] Also: [[spoiler: Coyote's etherial form is a mishmash of teeth, eyes and night sky.]]
* Florence Ambrose of ''{{Freefall}}'' has these, but only sometimes. Example; [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01696.htm SNAP!]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark Goblin Shark]] also have a Xenomorph like jaw that extends out to grab hold of prey. They seem UglyCute and harmless, with their oversized duck-billed proboscis, until -- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4 OH THE HORROR!]]'' Mostly in the waters of [[GiantEnemyCrab ancient Japan]].

* DemiLovato and Giada DeLaurentis...when they smile, you gotta wonder if those things just have hinges that fold away into the lower recesses of their jaw or what.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark Goblin Shark]] also have a Xenomorph like jaw that extends out to grab hold of prey. They're actually UglyCute and harmless, with their oversized duck-billed proboscis, until -- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4 OH THE HORROR!]]'' Mostly in the waters of [[GiantEnemyCrab ancient Japan]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark Goblin Shark]] also have a Xenomorph like jaw that extends out to grab hold of prey. They're actually UglyCute and harmless, with their oversized duck-billed proboscis, until -- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4 OH THE HORROR!]]'' Mostly found in the waters of [[GiantEnemyCrab ancient Japan]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark Goblin Shark]] also have a Xenomorph like jaw that extends out to grab hold of prey. They actually look UglyCute and harmless, with their oversized duck-billed proboscis, until -- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4 OH THE HORROR!]]''

* In the ''Coneheads'' movie, Beldar demonstrated how many teeth coneheads have when he went to the dentist to get them capped... ''all four rows of them''. And he can open his mouth ''reeeeeeally'' wide.

* Remulakians from {{Coneheads}} have three sets of pointy teeth in their mouths.

* The RealLife kings of the trope though, are snails, who have several ''thousand'' pairs of teeth.