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11	[[quoteright:230:[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raziel.png]]]]
12	[[caption-width-right:230:Losing your entire jaw really bites.]]
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17	A standard way to make monstrous figures appear alien is to mess around with their anatomy in ways that are "atypical" (to put it mildly) of human beings or, more broadly, most real-life animals.[[note]]Emphasis on "most", because [[RealityIsUnrealistic unlike what many people would think]], real-life biology can be [[TruthInTelevision as bizarre as fiction]], if not moreso at times.[[/note]] One such trait that always looks menacing and foreboding is the mouth, whether by giving it an irregular or distorted shape, [[ScaryTeeth making the teeth within it look hideous or terrifyingly deadly]], [[BellyMouth putting it somewhere where it logically should]] '''[[BellyMouth not]]''' [[BellyMouth be]], [[TooManyMouths having there be more than one,]] or a number of other methods.
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19	SuperTrope to:
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21	[[index]]
22	* {{Cthulhumanoid}}
23	* FlowerMouth
24	* LampreyMouth
25	* MonstrousMandibles
26	* ScaryTeeth
27	** JaggedMouth
28	** MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
29	** TombstoneTeeth
30	* TooManyMouths
31	** NestedMouths
32	** BellyMouth
33	* VaginaDentata
34	[[/index]]
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36	Can be a SubTrope to either BizarreAlienBiology or BodyHorror, depending on whether the mouth in question is "supposed" to look like that. Frequently occurs in conjunction with NightmareFace. No connection to FacialHorror, as that trope deals with injury and disfigurement. See also GoodLipsEvilJaws.
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38	'''NOTE''': Please only list examples that do not fit neatly into one of the [[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]].
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41	!!Examples:
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45	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
46	* The Reapers from ''Film/BladeII'' have type three MonstrousMandibles that hide a protrusile FlowerMouth via NestedMouths.
47	* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] has intimidating-looking [[JaggedMouth jagged jaws]], which themselves contain ''rows of buzzsaws'' designed to violently tear through the hide of any Titan that Mechagodzilla bites down on (although we never see the Mecha using them in combat).
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50	[[folder:Literature]]
51	* Gugs are a [[OurMonstersAreWeird very strange]] monstrous race in ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath'', with unsettling mouths that run vertically, rather than horizontally, across their faces. This is perhaps their most distinctly weird trait, but not the only one.
52	* In ''Literature/TheScar'', the Anophelii are a species of humanoid "mosquito people" whose females' jaw hides a thick, foot-long, blood-draining spike. Their all-consuming HorrorHunger and the atrocities of their short-lived "Malarial Queendom" make them [[TheDreaded infamous]] even in the CrapsackWorld of Bas-Lag. The males, however, have toothless, sphincter-like mouths, and are rather silly-looking to a human visitor.
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55	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
56	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
57	** The Nausicaans, a race of brutish mercenary thugs, are easily recognizable for their wide, upside-down "V"-shaped jaws with exterior teeth.
58	** The Kradin, who resemble Nausicaans with even more teeth.
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61	[[folder:Video Games]]
62	* ''Videogame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'': The Grunts' mouths are split open down the length of one cheek and their jaws are allowed to hang freely.
63	* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'': Among the many changes they undergo, the most striking characteristic of Necromorphs are the protruded jaw lines.
64	* The Cabal species in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' all have [[https://www.destinypedia.com/File:Cabal_Facial_Expressions.JPG natural, teeth-baring lip clefts]] under their helmets, making their default expression a snarl or sneer.
65	* In ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver'', Raziel has no lower jaw.
66	* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', the Elites -- or "Sangheili", as they call themselves -- have a relatively ordinary upper jaw, but what they have in place of a lower jaw [[ArtShift varies by franchise installment]]: sometimes it's a double set of type 2 MonstrousMandibles, sometimes it's one half of a FlowerMouth, sometimes it's somewhere in between.
67	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
68	** The Elcor have mouths consisting of a series of vertical slits reminiscent of shark gills that wiggle up and down as they speak.
69	** The mouth of a [[SandWorm Thresher Maw]] seems to consist of four long tendrils surrounding a tentacle-like, un-retractile tongue.
70	* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', Endermen have mouths that raise their entire upper head when opened, making their mouths see-through.
71	* Gryftrot and [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Photoshop Flowey]]]] from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' both have a mouth that takes elements from both VaginaDentata and type 2 MonstrousMandibles. More specifically, take the process by which one turns a human mouth into a vagina dentata (rotating it 90 degrees) and apply it to something like an alligator or horse's mouth.
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74	[[folder:Webcomics]]
75	* ''WebComic/ElGoonishShive'': Sirleck. Dear squirrely goodness, ''Sirleck.'' [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2017-04-28 Case in point.]]
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78	[[folder:Web Videos]]
79	* ''WebVideo/AlienBiospheres'', being dedicated to the [[SpeculativeBiology speculative evolution]] of a planet of StarfishAliens, features all ''sorts'' of wacky chompers.
80	[[/folder]]

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