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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': The Frelenti have prehensile tongues. Legs, the Toughs' Frelenti member, uses hers when piloting shuttlecraft or to wield a pugil stick as part of the Toughs' combat courses (and despite the pugil sticks normally being communal use, she has her own with her name written on it because of this fact). It's also hypersensitive. Legs can track by taste nearly as well as Schlock can, but dislikes doing so for sanitary reasons.

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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': The Frelenti Frellenti have prehensile tongues. Legs, the Toughs' Frelenti Frellenti member, uses hers when piloting shuttlecraft or to wield a pugil stick as part of the Toughs' combat courses (and despite the pugil sticks normally being communal use, she has her own with her name written on it because of this fact). It's also hypersensitive. Legs can track by taste nearly as well as Schlock can, but dislikes doing so for sanitary reasons.

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* ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'': Steeds of Slaanesh have whip-like tongues several meters long, which are coated with a paralyzing poison. The Steeds use these tongues to attack their enemies, immobilizing the opponent so that they are helpless against their rider's tender mercies.

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* ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'': ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'':
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Steeds of Slaanesh have whip-like tongues several meters long, which are coated with a paralyzing poison. The Steeds use these tongues to attack their enemies, immobilizing the opponent so that they are helpless against their rider's tender mercies.mercies.
** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': The Piercing Tongue mutation, one of the mutation options in the 2E ''Tome of Corruption'', turns its bearer's tongue into "a long, sinous, sharp monstrosity", which can be used to deal ranged attacks to up to four yards away.
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PowerPerversionPotential abounds. Can fall under BizarreAlienLimbs. Usually, this trope needs an OverlyLongTongue just to function.

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PowerPerversionPotential abounds. Can fall under BizarreAlienLimbs. Usually, this trope needs an OverlyLongTongue just to function. Not to be confused with SleightOfTongue.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}'': Leo possesses a chameleon-like tongue, which he uses to catch insects and other prey items from a distance. He also uses it for other things, like pulling the fire alarm at school and catching a picture frame from falling over.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One of the antagonistic alien species is a sort of six-foot-tall anthropomorphic lizard-salamander thing. Apparently their tongues can be fired from their mouths with enough force to knock out a human being, among other uses.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'': One of the antagonistic alien species is a sort of six-foot-tall anthropomorphic lizard-salamander thing. Apparently their tongues can be fired from their mouths with enough force to knock out a human being, among other uses.

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Orochimaru has a [[AnimalMotifs snake motif]]; one of the most unsettling applications of this is his repeated use of his tongue as a weapon, which he does so efficiently that he was still able to defend himself when [[spoiler:he was briefly deprived use of his hands]]. All of this, of course, invokes ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi Yamata-no-Orochi]]'', the so-called "Japanese Hydra."

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
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Orochimaru has a [[AnimalMotifs snake motif]]; one of the most unsettling applications of this is his repeated use of his tongue as a weapon, which he does so efficiently that he was still able to defend himself when [[spoiler:he was briefly deprived use of his hands]]. All of this, of course, invokes ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi Yamata-no-Orochi]]'', {{Orochi}}, the so-called "Japanese Hydra.""
** [[FrogNinja Fukasaku and Shima]] both have long tongues that are used in combat. Fukasaku uses his as a sword that can tear people in half, while Shima uses hers as a tracking device.
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* ''Film/CicakMan'' (''Gecko-Man''): The titular protagonist has a long tongue which he uses to swing around Kuala Lumpur while patrolling the city, in a similar manner to Spider-Man using webs.

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* ''Film/CicakMan'' (''Gecko-Man''): The titular protagonist has a long tongue which he uses to swing around Kuala Lumpur the fictional city of Metrofulus while patrolling the city, in a similar manner to Spider-Man using webs.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': In ''Franchise/{{Venom}} vs. [[Manga/SoulEater Crona]]'', at one point in the fight, Venom retreats into the rafters of the church they're fighting in, grabs Crona's ankle with his long, prehensile tongue, and uses it to slam them into the floor repeatedly -- in other words, [[VisualPun giving them a literal tongue-lashing]]. Afterwards, Crona has CirclingBirdies surrounding their head.

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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': In ''Franchise/{{Venom}} ''ComicBook/{{Venom}} vs. [[Manga/SoulEater Crona]]'', at one point in the fight, Venom retreats into the rafters of the church they're fighting in, grabs Crona's ankle with his long, prehensile tongue, and uses it to slam them into the floor repeatedly -- in other words, [[VisualPun giving them a literal tongue-lashing]]. Afterwards, Crona has CirclingBirdies surrounding their head.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': Five frequently uses his tongue to grasp objects his hands can't reach.
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* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'': One of the creatures has an extendible tongue tipped with a second, predatory head.

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* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'': ''Film/Evolution2001'': One of the creatures has an extendible tongue tipped with a second, predatory head.
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* Giraffes and okapis possess long, prehensile tongues strong enough to tear small branches off of trees to transport the leaf-covered sticks into their mouths.

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* Giraffes and okapis possess long, prehensile tongues strong enough to tear small branches off of trees to transport the leaf-covered sticks into their mouths. They're also used to clean their ears and noses.

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* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
** The [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skullcrawlers]] which debuted in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' have elongated, forked tongues which they use to grasp nearby prey and drag them into their maws.
** ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'': The chameleon monsters that Kong fights in episode 7 have extra-long tongues that they use to drag their victims into their mouths.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'': The chameleon monsters that Kong fights in episode 7 have extra-long tongues that they use to drag their victims into their mouths.

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* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Season 2, Episode 4 features a [[Characters/{{Primeval}} killer shark from the future]], which is killed by the team fairly early on. They take the body back to the ARC to examine it, and discover that it has an extendable, multi-pronged tongue covered in teeth which it can fire from its mouth to grab prey and clue them in.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'': Drew Saturday's EvilTwin from another dimension has a prehensile tongue that she uses as a whip.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'': Drew Saturday's EvilTwin EvilDoppelganger from another dimension has a prehensile tongue that she uses as a whip.whip.
* ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'': The chameleon monsters that Kong fights in episode 7 have extra-long tongues that they use to drag their victims into their mouths.

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* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Season 2, Episode 4 features a [[Characters/{{Primeval}} killer shark from the future]], which is killed by the team fairly early on. They take the body back to the ARC to examine it, and discover that it has an extendable, multi-pronged tongue covered in teeth which it can fire from its mouth to grab prey and clue them in.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'': Drew Saturday's EvilTwin from another dimension has a prehensile tongue that she uses as a whip.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'': Drew Saturday's EvilTwin EvilDoppelganger from another dimension has a prehensile tongue that she uses as a whip.whip.
* ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'': The chameleon monsters that Kong fights in episode 7 have extra-long tongues that they use to drag their victims into their mouths.

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