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* All citizens of Derse and Prospit have barcode tattoos in ''{{WebComic/Homestuck}}'', for reasons currently unknown, but it brought back "painful memories" for the Wayward Vagabond and [[spoiler:Spades Slick used it to open Lord English's safe]].
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* All citizens of Derse and Prospit have barcode tattoos in ''{{WebComic/Homestuck}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' to signify that they're clones. It's not just for reasons currently unknown, but it brought back "painful memories" for show, either-- in the Wayward Vagabond and Intermission, [[spoiler:Spades Slick used uses it to open Lord English's safe]].
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* In ''WebSite/GaiaOnline'', you can get these [[http://www.tektek.org/gaia/item_search.php?s=barcode all over, in a rainbow of colours,]] [[http://www.tektek.org/avatar/37067366 as modeled here.]]
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* The original katzetnik. True, they weren't barcodes, but they were unique serial numbers tattooed as identification on the arms of people interned in Auschwitz. Katzetnik tattoos are often shown as a visual shorthand for Holocaust survivors, as with the [[TheMovie film version]] of ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.
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* The original katzetnik. True, they weren't barcodes, but they were unique serial numbers tattooed as identification on the arms of people interned in Auschwitz. Katzetnik tattoos are often shown as a visual shorthand for Holocaust survivors, as with ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in the [[TheMovie film version]] of ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.Film/XMenFilmSeries and the second title character in ''Film/HaroldAndMaude''.
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* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', Madame Monstrosity imprinted a barcode on the back of Bailey's neck that proves he was one of her experiments. However, the barcode is useless in the present, as Bailey has been RetGone from all memories and records.
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* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/SpiderBoy'', Madame Monstrosity imprinted a barcode on the back of Bailey's neck that proves he was one of her experiments. However, the barcode is useless in the present, as Bailey has been RetGone from all memories and records.
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* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', Madame Monstrosity imprinted a barcode on the back of Bailey's neck that proves he was one of her experiments. However, the barcode is useless in the present, as Bailey has been RetGone from all memories and records.
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Simply put, the use of barcode tattoos in futuristic settings, particularly of the {{dystopia}}n flavor. Maybe it's to mark them as being property of some MegaCorp or a NebulousEvilOrganization. Maybe they're [[CloningBlues clones]], [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture slaves]], or prisoners. Maybe it [[RuleOfCool just looks cool.]] Whatever it is, barcode tattoos are appearing more and more often in fiction.
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Simply put, the use of barcode tattoos in futuristic settings, particularly of the {{dystopia}}n flavor. Maybe it's to mark them as being property of some MegaCorp or a NebulousEvilOrganization. Maybe they're [[CloningBlues clones]], clones, [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture slaves]], or prisoners. Maybe it [[RuleOfCool just looks cool.]] Whatever it is, barcode tattoos are appearing more and more often in fiction.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E12MissingInAction "Missing in Action"]] establishes that all [[CloningBlues clone troopers]] have barcodes on their forearms that are invisible unless scanned by an astromech droid. D-Squad does this to identify amnesiac clone Gregor.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E12MissingInAction "Missing in Action"]] establishes that all [[CloningBlues clone troopers]] troopers have barcodes on their forearms that are invisible unless scanned by an astromech droid. D-Squad does this to identify amnesiac clone Gregor.
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* ''Film/TheIsland''. The clones have a bar code on their wrists, which is one way of identifying them from the real ones.
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* ''Film/TheIsland''.''Film/TheIsland2005''. The clones have a bar code on their wrists, which is one way of identifying them from the real ones.
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** The barcode is a fully functional one, and scanning it reveals it's for a "Drawstring Double Dong Dildo Holder in Midnight Blue". One has to wonder whether this was intentional or if the creators just put in a random barcode which coincidentally belonged to an unfortunate item.
** He tries scalp the tattoo off his head in ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]'', since he's had enough with the Agency. That ought to be quite painful.
** He tries scalp the tattoo off his head in ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]'', since he's had enough with the Agency. That ought to be quite painful.
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** The barcode is a fully functional one, and scanning it reveals it's for a "Drawstring Double Dong Dildo Holder in Midnight Blue". One has to wonder whether this was intentional or if Considering that the creators just put numbers in a random the barcode which coincidentally actually held meaning for Agent 47 ("64-05-09" is the date of creation, "04" marks he is part of Series IV, "01" marks that he is the first, and "47" is to represent that he is the 47th clone) it was a complete coincidence that the barcode belonged to an unfortunate item.
** He tries to scalp the tattoo off his head in ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolutionAbsolution]]'', since he's had enough Absolution]]'' with a razor blade in an attempt to conceal himself from the Agency. That ought to be quite painful.He spends the rest of the game with a band-aid stuck over where the tattoo was.
** He tries to scalp the tattoo off his head in ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution
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** Invoked temporarily with scannable patient ID bracelets, anklets, and stickers to make sure that the patient is who you think they are. Some now have RFID tags embedded.
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** In ''VideoGame/Hitman3'', the Chongqing level partly takes place in an ICA facility where [[PsychoForHire Hush]] is experimenting on human test subjects, one of whom has a QR code on the back of his head. [[EasterEgg Scanning it gives you]] [[https://www.ioi.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/QR_CODE.png a lovely photo of a few of the game's developers waving]].
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** In ''VideoGame/Hitman3'', the Chongqing level partly takes place in an ICA facility where [[PsychoForHire Hush]] is experimenting on human test subjects, one of whom has a QR code on the back of his head. [[EasterEgg Scanning it gives [[spoiler:[[EasterEgg The QR Code is also legitimate, and scanning prior to 2023 gave you]] [[https://www.[[https://oldwebsite.ioi.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/QR_CODE.png a lovely photo of a few of the game's developers waving]].waving]]]].
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** He tries scalp the tattoo off his head in ''Absolution'', since he's had enough with the Agency. That ought to be quite painful.
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** He tries scalp the tattoo off his head in ''Absolution'', ''[[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]'', since he's had enough with the Agency. That ought to be quite painful.
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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Stiyl Magnus, under the eye.
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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Stiyl Magnus, under the eye.
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* Parodied in the AffectionateParody fanfic of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}} 2'', ''FanFic/HitmanMiami''. In one of the missions, 47's barcode will set off an alarm as he leaves a supermarket, subjecting him to a [[NonstandardGameOver traumatizing cavity search]]; to avoid this, he must rub his head across a cashier's barcode scanner, which then displays "GNTCLY ENGNRD CLONE: $12.32".
* Parodied in the AffectionateParody fanfic of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}} 2'', ''FanFic/HitmanMiami''. In one of the missions, 47's barcode will set off an alarm as he leaves a supermarket, subjecting him to a [[NonstandardGameOver traumatizing cavity search]]; to avoid this, he must rub his head across a cashier's barcode scanner, which then displays "GNTCLY ENGNRD CLONE: $12.32".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'''s hero, Agent 47, has a barcode on the back of his skull, in both video game and movie versions. Its significance is most important in the final level of the first game: the only access to Dr. Ortmeyer's lab is through a airlock chamber with a barcode scanner out of which the 47 clones are unleashed to go after 47 and kill him (they get scanned before being unleashed). If 47's head tattoo is scanned, access is denied and he gets gassed to death. If 47 uses a dead clone of himself on the scanner, access is granted and the gate of Ortmeyer's lab opens.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'''s ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'''s hero, Agent 47, has a barcode on the back of his skull, in both video game and movie versions. Its significance is most important in the final level of the first game: the only access to Dr. Ortmeyer's lab is through a airlock chamber with a barcode scanner out of which the 47 clones are unleashed to go after 47 and kill him (they get scanned before being unleashed). If 47's head tattoo is scanned, access is denied and he gets gassed to death. If 47 uses a dead clone of himself on the scanner, access is granted and the gate of Ortmeyer's lab opens.
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* The Bible in Revelation 13 describes how the "beast" will force all people "both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name."
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* The Bible in Revelation 13 describes how the "beast" will force all people "both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name."
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* They're standard on one specific moon in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''; Faye identifies an old "friend" by recognizing his.
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* They're These are standard on one specific moon in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''; in "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession15MyFunnyValentine My Funny Valentine]]", Faye identifies an old "friend" by recognizing his.
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* Raiden of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' is revealed to be covered in bar code tattoos during the naked sneaking section of the game. Continued in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''; Raiden's upgraded body has a barcode on his forehead, as does [[PsychopathicManchild Sundowner]].
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* Raiden of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' is revealed to be covered in bar code tattoos during the naked sneaking section of the game. Continued in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''; Raiden's upgraded body has a barcode on his forehead, as does [[PsychopathicManchild Sundowner]].
