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** The Cabbie Killer from season 4 carves "L2729" on the back of his victims' necks with a piece of gravestone. The last episode of his arc reveals that it stands for [[spoiler: Leviticus 27:29, which refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. He fancied himself the Greek god Charon, a.k.a. The Ferryman of Hades, whose duty it was to transport the newly dead down the River Styx.]]
** The leader of the vampire coven in "Sanguine Love" uses a sharpened ankh to carve the same symbol into the inside of all the members' left wrists.

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** The Cabbie Killer from season 4 carves "L2729" on the back of his victims' necks with a piece of gravestone. The last episode of his arc arc, "[[Recap/CSINYS04E20 Taxi]]", reveals that it stands for [[spoiler: Leviticus 27:29, which refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. He fancied himself the Greek god Charon, a.k.a. The Ferryman of Hades, whose duty it was to transport the newly dead down the River Styx.]]
** The leader of the vampire coven in "Sanguine Love" "[[Recap/CSINYS06E14 Sanguine Love]]" uses a sharpened ankh to carve the same symbol into the inside of all the members' left wrists.
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* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': Although their body paint makes it hard to see at a distance, many of the [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Iwi]] also have numerous tribal symbols and hieroglyphs carved into their very skin.
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* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', Astarion bears an infernal scar on his back, resembling a kind of ritual circle, which was given to him by his former master Cazador. [[spoiler:The scar is actually part of a dark ritual to sacrifice him along with his fellow vampire spawn for Cazador to become a DaywalkingVampire.]]
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* In ‘’Literature/SharpObjects’’, Camille has a compulsive need to carve words into her own skin. She always wears conservative clothing to hide the scars.

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* In ‘’Literature/SharpObjects’’, ''Literature/SharpObjects'', Camille has a compulsive need to carve words into her own skin. She always wears conservative clothing to hide the scars.
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* In ‘’Literature/SharpObjects’’, Camille has a compulsive need to carve words into her own skin. She always wears conservative clothing to hide the scars.
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* ''Film/TheLovedOnes'': Lola's CallingCard is the hearts she carves into her victims' chests as part of their torture.
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* ''Fanfic/OwlsHellThatEndsWell'':
** Octavia has a intricate one on the back of her neck. Said carving it revealed to be part of an enchanted spell, that keeps her from being detected by Stolas, and other spell casters, or even other hellhounds. [[spoiler:It's later revealed to possess some of Metatron's own power, something that should be impossible.]]
** Baron has a horrifying one on his chest, which he reveals to a young Octavia, saying: [[spoiler: Property of Baroness Eathelin, with the Baroness Eathelin striked out and replaced with: NOBODY.]]
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* In the show ''Series/SharpObjects'', the lead character Camille has numerous words written in scars all of over body out of self-harm.

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* In the show ''Series/SharpObjects'', the lead character Camille has numerous words written in scars all of over body out done as acts of self-harm.
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* In the show ''Series/SharpObjects'', the lead character Camille has numerous words written in scars all of over body out of self-harm.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Not the skin exactly, but [[PsychoForHire The Rail Tracer]] threatens [[KidsAreCruel Czeslaw]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Mayer]] with torture involving "stripping away each individual arm muscle and doing intricate carvings on the exposed bone."

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* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Not the skin exactly, but [[PsychoForHire The Rail Tracer]] threatens [[KidsAreCruel Czeslaw]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Mayer]] with torture involving "stripping away each individual arm muscle and doing intricate carvings on the exposed bone."
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* In ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'', "Corruption" is a process where another demon chooses a demonic name and horrifically carves said name into another human or demi-human, turning that human/demi-human into a demon.

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* In ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'', "Corruption" is a process where another demon chooses a demonic ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': All demons have their name and horrifically carves carved somewhere on their body, as carving said name into another human or demi-human, turning that human/demi-human someone is part of the process by which they were turned into a demon.one.
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* In ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'', "Corruption" is a process where another demon chooses a demonic name and horrifically carves said name into another human or demi-human, turning that human/demi-human into a demon.
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* In the 1996 movie ''Film/{{Fear}}'' David carves the name Nicole (the girl he's {{Yandere}} for) into his chest.

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* In the 1996 movie ''Film/{{Fear}}'' ''Film/Fear1996'' David carves the name Nicole (the girl he's {{Yandere}} for) into his chest.
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* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' DarkFic ''Fanfic/TheFaceless'', L carves his own name into his flesh while being held prisoner at Kira's POWCamp [[SanitySlippage in an attempt to remember who he is.]]

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* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' DarkFic ''Fanfic/TheFaceless'', ''Fanfic/TheFacelessDisguiseOfCarnivorism'', L carves his own name into his flesh while being held prisoner at Kira's POWCamp [[SanitySlippage in an attempt to remember who he is.]]
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* ''Film/{{Anazapta}}'' is the [[TitleDrop word]] carved onto the back of the various corpses that start cropping up after Jacques de Saint Amant arrives in town. Jacques himself has a scar [[EveryScarHasAStory from the cross that was carved on his chest when he was a baby.]]
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*''Series/{{Utopia}}'':
**In series 1, Milner tells the tale of a man who had a carving of the Chinese character for "rabbit" on his stomach. Later in the series, it is revealed that The Assistant bears that carving after getting killed. But in the finale [[spoiler: it is revealed that [[RedHerring it was all a lie]] and that the real Mr. Rabbit was [[TheManBehindTheMan Milner all along.]]]]
**In the finale of series 2, [[spoiler: Wilson Wilson carves the character onto his stomach as the heroes are kidnapped.]]
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* ''Film/JuliaX'': The SerialKiller known as 'the Brand Killer' [[MarkOfShame brands the buttocks]] of his victims with a letter of the alphabet before he murders them. He brands an 'X' on Julia's butt, but she escapes before he can kill her.

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* ''Film/JuliaX'': The SerialKiller known as 'the Brand Killer' [[MarkOfShame brands the buttocks]] buttocks of his victims with a letter of the alphabet before he murders them. He brands an 'X' on Julia's butt, but she escapes before he can kill her.



* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Creator/AdamWest [[ButtBrand branded]] his initials on [[PainToTheAss Meg's ass.]] They were once in a relationship.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Creator/AdamWest [[ButtBrand [[IntimateMarks branded]] his initials on [[PainToTheAss Meg's ass.]] They were once in a relationship.
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* ''Film/JuliaX'': The SerialKiller known as 'the Brand Killer' [[ButtBrand brands the buttocks]] of his victims with a letter of the alphabet before he murders them. He brands an 'X' on Julia's butt, but she escapes before he can kill her.

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* ''Film/JuliaX'': The SerialKiller known as 'the Brand Killer' [[ButtBrand [[MarkOfShame brands the buttocks]] of his victims with a letter of the alphabet before he murders them. He brands an 'X' on Julia's butt, but she escapes before he can kill her.
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* ''Film/TheTripper'': When Samantha finds the naked bodies of her fiends in the van, the killer has written 'JUST SAY NO' across the corpses. The words 'JUST SAY' have been carved into two of the bodies while 'NO' has been [[CouldntFindAPen written in blood]] on a third.
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* In the ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' fic ''[[http://audreys-efanfic.freeservers.com/lostandfound.html "Lost and Found"]]'', Gage has three parallel lines carved into his abdomen with a knife by his captor. The man's earlier victims had them as well. He tells John it marks him as his.

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* In the ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' fic ''[[http://audreys-efanfic.freeservers.com/lostandfound.html "Lost and Found"]]'', Gage has three parallel lines carved into his abdomen with a knife by his captor. The man's earlier victims had them as well. He tells John it marks him as his.



* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'': It's a tattoo rather than a cut, but the principle is the same when Lisbeth Salander tattoos her rapist with the words "I am a sadistic pig, a pervert and a rapist". (Plus, the line is extremely blurred anyway as she is doing it for the first time and it's ''very'' painful looking.)

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* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'': ''Literature/MillenniumSeries'': It's a tattoo rather than a cut, but the principle is the same when Lisbeth Salander tattoos her rapist with the words "I am a sadistic pig, a pervert and a rapist". (Plus, the line is extremely blurred anyway as she is doing it for the first time and it's ''very'' painful looking.)
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
** The Cabbie Killer from season 4 carves "L2729" on the back of his victims' necks with a piece of gravestone. The last episode of his arc reveals that it stands for [[spoiler: Leviticus 27:29, which refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. He fancied himself the Greek god Charon, a.k.a. The Ferryman of Hades, whose duty it was to transport the newly dead down the River Styx.]]
** The leader of the vampire coven in "Sanguine Love" uses a sharpened ankh to carve the same symbol into the inside of all the members' left wrists.

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