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5Normally in nature no creature has more than one tail. Not so in fiction.
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7Any creature at all can have more than one tail, often to establish its other-worldliness. Sometimes the tails look like they might come from different creatures entirely. Usually such a creature is some form of supernatural or semi-divine spirit being, elemental, {{Kaiju}}, or demon.
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9The tail might split partway along into two or more tips, or there might be more than one complete tail springing directly from the base of the spine.
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11Compare AsianFoxSpirit and BakenekoAndNekomata, most instances of which will fall under this trope. Doesn't have anything to do with TwinTails. Compare and contrast MultipleHeadCase for the other end of the animal.
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19* Kuro the demon cat from ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' has two tails of the split version.
20* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', there are nine tailed beasts, {{Animalistic Abomination}}s that each have a different number of tails from one through nine. The Nine-Tailed Fox, his real name Kurama, is the strongest of the nine. [[spoiler: Each was a creation of the primordial Ten-Tailed beast which was created by Kaguya Otutsuki to retrieve her chakra from her sons.]]
21* Moro, the female Wolf God that raised San in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', had a two-pronged split-tail.
22* Right there in the first chapter of ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', the titular hero catches a Five-Tailed Sea Eagle (a giant eagle-creature with five reptilian tails) while catching some fish for lunch. Another notable example is the Yamata Scorpion, a monstrous scorpion with eight tails, each imbued with a different venom, which needs to be removed before consuming them.
23* ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'' stars a pair of [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]], one with nine tails and one with just three.
24* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'' has one villain taking the shape of a gigantic weasel monster with a fan of six tails.
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28* Cattus from ''Animation/BoBoiBoy Galaxy'' is a cat alien with three tails that allow him to disguise himself as a cactus.
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32* It appears even in Europe; in Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story "[[https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm038.html The Wedding of Mrs. Fox]]", Mr. Fox has nine handsome tails. When he fakes his death to test his wife's faithfulness she turns down several suitors with increasing numbers of tails before accepting one who also has nine tails, then Mr. Fox crashes Mrs. Fox's would-be second wedding.
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36* ''Art/RealisticPokemon'': {{Subverted}} with Vulpix and Ninetails, as their extra "tails" are actually massive dreads of matted fur, and these only appear in wild specimens; in domestic Ninetails, daily brushing transforms the dreads into a six-foot train of fur that resembles an opulent gown.
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40%% * [[MultipleHeadCase The Zipplebacks]] from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. %% This isn't enough info; how many tails does it have?
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44* King Ghidorah, who appears in several ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movies. He has two long tails (and three heads).
45* ''Film/TheNakedGun 2½'' has a nuclear power commercial, with the family dog having two wagging tails.
46* [[FinalBoss Slattern]] of ''Film/PacificRim'' possesses three main tails and several much smaller ones. They're prone to twirling at high speeds to mislead adversaries before striking.
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50* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' universe has (as mentioned in ''Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'') the [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Crup Crup]], which resembles a Jack Russell Terrier apart from its forked tail. They normally have the ends clipped in order to preserve TheMasquerade.
51* "Scraps", the FrankensteinsMonster of a BigFriendlyDog created by [[TheIgor Igor]] in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
52-->'''Nanny Ogg:''' He's as happy as a dog with two ... oh, he ''does'' have two tails.
53* In the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series Pernese dragons have forked tails.
54* One of ''Literature/AesopsFables'' (later adapted by Creator/JeanDeLaFontaine) concerns two travelers--a German and a Turk--who claim to have seen two dragons (one with a hundred heads and the other with a hundred tails) on the other side of a hedge. The multi-headed one was actually the ''least'' dangerous, because all its heads prevented it from going through the hedge, but the multi-tailed one passed through without issue (an allegory for the Holy Roman Empire having many armies each led by their princes, and the Ottoman Empire having only a single leader).
55* In ''Literature/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'', Pecora, the current {{Maou|TheDemonKing}}, has three tails.
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59* Korean drama ''Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox'', in the case of which the eponymous girlfriend is a magical nine-tailed fox spirit taking human form.
60* Twin Tail from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' has ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. His bizarre "upside-down" design had made him amongst the most iconic Ultra monsters and a FountainOfExpies in {{toku}}satsu, so he tends to reappear often. Also supposedly inspired the TwinTails hairstyle in Japan.
61* ''Series/UltramanMebius'': The first kaiju of the series is Dinozaur, a two-tailed space dinosaur whose tails contains nerve clusters in them.
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65* Myth/EgyptianMythology: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_animal The Seth Animal]], the creature that the Egyptian god Seth is supposed to have the head of, has a forked tail.
66* Myth/JapaneseMythology: {{Youkai}} especially are known for having multiple tails, the most famous example being the ''[[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]]'', which is depicted with up to nine tails. The ''{{Nekomata}}'' is another commonly portrayed multi-tailed youkai, which has the appearance of a two-tailed cat. Aside from the Nekomata and Kitsune, there are other Youkai with multiple tails. The ''Orochi'' is a giant serpent with eight ([[LostInTranslation or possibly infinite]]) heads and sometimes the same number of tails, and the ''Raiju'', or Thunderbeast, is depicted as various animals, sometimes described with multiple tails. One particularly powerful nekomata is described as having seven tails rather than two, a result of its great age.
67* [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Maly_statni_znak.PNG A lion with crown and bifurcated tail]] is the historical sign of Czech Republic.
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71* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
72** The demon lord Demogorgon has two tails.
73** Warped Beasts have multiple flail-like tails.
74** Dracohydras have multiple snakelike tails forking from a common base.
75** A crystal dragon's tail forks in two about halfway down its length.
76* ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'': The players are [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] who are awarded additional tails by the kitsune elders for tricking sinful mortals. The first one to get nine tails wins.
77* ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'': "Twin Tailed" is a possible morphism. It's considered one of the more "attractive" morphisms and many Vectors have tails surgically added to mimic them. In fact it's so common among Canidae that true twin tails are assumed to have had surgery and take a social penalty among their own kind.
78* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The first generation of Slivers possessed a serpentine body that split into two or more prehensile tails. In their latest appearance, said tails appear to have evolved into legs. Their new humanoid shape comes as a bit of a shock, but considering their predilection for spontaneously sprouting all manner of extra appendages, legs are small time.
79* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Player characters of the Kitsune race have access to a feat that grants them additional tails and associated magical abilities, and can be stacked up to 8 times for a total of 9 tails.
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83* ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades'' has one of the bosses, Vaeryth, who has two tails. And can use them both to perform an epic TailSlap capable of covering half the arena.
84* Many species in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' have multiple tails, such as Vulpix (six),[[note]][[AllThereInTheManual According to Pokédex entries]] it starts with one at birth and gradually grows more. Side media confirms this, but in-game you'll only ever see six.[[/note]] Ninetales ([[{{Pun}} obvious]]), Tauros (three). Espeon has a forked tail with two tips, as do Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. Buizel and Floatzel have two (they even use them as propellers), as well as Ambipom, Electivire and Meowstic. There are also some ambiguous cases such as Grovyle (which has branching fern leaves for a tail) and Suicune (which has two ribbon-like appendages for a tail).
85* More like 'Multiple-Tailed BadassAdorable', but [[PunnyName Miles "Tails" Prower]] in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series has two tails, and frequently uses them to helicopter around. As a nod to folklore concerning Japanese ''kitsune'', he is the smartest character in canon and employs lots of transforming or disguised machinery as weapons and transportation.
86* In the video games of ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'', there are several references to the [[https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Gytrash Gytrash,]] which are ghostly dogs with forked tails. The gytrash is a creature in English folklore, though only the ''Harry Potter'' games describe it with a forked tail.
87* Sanbi from ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' has three tails that it uses to communicate its moods and intentions.
88* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', with its focus on youkai, unsurprisingly has this.
89** There are Ran, a nine-tailed [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]], Chen, a twin-tailed [[{{Catgirl}} nekomata]], and, somewhat oddly, Orin, a [[{{Catgirl}} kasha]], who looks just like a nekomata despite the fact that they're mythologically unrelated.
90** Fujiwara no Mokou is often seen with a three-tailed phoenix, sometimes one she creates out of fireballs.
91* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ahri, the Nine-Tailed Fox]]. Her lore is clearly inspired by the Gumiho (Korean version of the Kitsune mythology).
92* Chimaeras, the two-headed dragons([[OurDragonsAreDifferent ?]]) from ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' also have two tails. This partially helps to differentiate them from their Draenor counterpart in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Rylak.
93* A late-game {{mook}} in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' called the [[{{Pun}} Cat O' 9 Tails]] is, as can be inferred, a cat-like creature with multiple tails. If Diddy or Dixie gets too close, it gets up and start spinning about, entangling and tossing them with its tails if it catches them.
94* The Shaikahan in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' looks like a lion with two tails.
95* One of the enemie types in ''VideoGame/{{Miscreated}}'' is a giant quadrupedal monster that has three tails.
96* A rare mutation in ''VideoGame/{{Wobbledogs}}'' allows dogs to have more than one tail.
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100* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace's [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-02-09 omega form]] is a three-tailed squirrel-girl.
101* ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse'': The demon 'Red' once [[spoiler:she's put into the body of a cat]]. Not yet known whether these twin tails are [[PrehensileTail prehensile]] like her single tail was. [[spoiler:As the cat is probably a magical construct rather than a real cat being possessed, this is best described as GlamourFailure rather than MarkOfTheSupernatural.]]
102* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Valyn is a five-tailed lion chimera beast, and Vivi is a two-tailed [[MixAndMatchCritter Scottish Fold/puppy]] beast.
103* While mutated rather then supernatural, the {{Hellhound}} ActionGirl Surama from ''Webcomic/{{Wurr}}'' has two tails.
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107* Website/{{Subeta}} has the Escalade, Darkonite, and Kora pets (although in that last case, they're more [[CombatTentacles tentacular]] than anything else).
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111* Akita from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' can [[{{Animorphism}} transform]] into a three-tailed wolf.
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115* Very rarely, animals are born with extra limbs, tails included. For example, here's a [[http://www.messybeast.com/freak-tail.htm twin-tailed cat found in Canada.]]
116* Though usually born with only one tail, lizards that have the ability to regenerate their tails can end up growing more tails than they had to begin with after the original tail is broken off. This could be because the old tail was not completely severed and regrows with the new tails or if the lizard had suffered enough damage to stimulate multiple points along the tail where regeneration normally takes place, causing multiple tails to grow. [[http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/lizard-grows-six-tails-once-setting-new-world-record/ Just]] [[https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28404-first-known-case-of-a-lizard-growing-six-new-tails-at-once/ look]] [[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150928-tails-lizards-animals-science-regenerate at]] [[http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/10/a-lizard-with-three-tails-and-other-tail-tales/ some]] [[http://www.anoleannals.org/2012/06/24/two-tailed-lizards-howd-that-happen/ examples]].
117* For an example of an animal that ''always'' has more than one "tail", there's the marine polychaete worm ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllis_ramosa Syllis ramosa]]''. Each individual worm has a body that splits into multiple branches known as stolons. These can detach and travel to the surface of the ocean, where they release eggs and sperm.
118* [[https://whyevolutionistrue.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/egyptian-slit-faced-bat.jpg?w=547&h=364 Slit-faced bats]] have tails that split at the end into a "T" shape, with both ends being attached to the body by a membrane. The fork at the end of the tail is made up of cartilage rather than bone.
119* Some insects have multiple "tails", though they're not like vertebrate tails: [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/SteinfliegenLarve2.JPG Stoneflies]] have 2 cerci, while [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Mayfly_nymph_dorsal_view_wing_buds_paired_gills.JPG mayflies]] have 2 cerci and one median caudal filament.
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