History Main / FlowerMouth

* ''Film/TheHost'': The mutant fish/amphibian monster has several pairs of beak-like and toothed mandibles surrounding numerous layers of fleshy lobes that can open very wide to swallow people whole.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Ben's Blitzwolfer form has a snout that opens in four different directions.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'': The giant tardigrade in the space-station episode opens one right at the camera.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': The Gravemind is reminiscent of a giant flower, and its mouth is reminiscent of a flower's petals as well.
** The [[ProudWarriorRace Sangheili]] have four petal-like mandibles lined with differing amounts of teeth, varying by game.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The leech monster in "The Cursed Caldera" has a three-lobed mouth.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' series introduces some dragon species that have a lower jaw that splits into two. The Snaptrapper specifically goes full on with the flower resemblance; its multiple heads lie still with their three lobed jaws open, luring in prey with a sweet smelling scent.

* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'': The carnivorous mouth part "Dietrap" opens up like a blooming flower with plenty of teeth abound.
* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'': The Mesmer has a mouth that splits open four ways to reveal four tentacle-like appendages lined with teeth that lead to its actual throat.
** ''VideoGame/SubnauticaBelowZero:'' The Squidshark resembles a Great White Shark with a mouth that can do this. This monstrosity can OneHitKill the player if they grab you at low health.

* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'', the giant SandWorm that chases Ori and Seir out of the Windtorn Ruins has triradial mouthparts similar to the ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' worms.

* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': In ComicBook/TheJoker vs [[Literature/{{It}} Pennywise]], there is an impressive special effect where Pennywise opens up his head like this. It's incredibly creepy.

* The ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series introduces some dragon species that have a lower jaw that splits into two. The Snaptrapper specifically goes full on with the flower resemblance; its multiple heads lie still with their three lobed jaws open, luring in prey with a sweet smelling scent.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The leech monster in "The Cursed Caldera" has a three-lobed mouth.

* The titular beings in ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' are similar to the example of ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' in their capacity for this. They commonly use their shapeshifting to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parasyte_nf.jpg unfurl the entirety of their disguise]] as the head on their host bodies to devour massive chunks out of their prey.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'': The titular Biollante's final form has a technique where she can expand her jaws into something resembling a grotesque, fleshy flower; it's fitting, considering that Biollante's ancestry is one-third plant, one-third human, and one-third Godzilla.

* ''Film/{{Krampus}}'': Der Klown the jack-in-the-box has a bottom jaw that splits into two.
* ''Film/TheThing1982'': The Dog-Thing first reveals itself as an alien beast in the kennel with the other dogs by opening its head like a flower before attacking them. In a more literal sense, it later tries to attack the humans by shooting out a flower ''[[BodyHorror made out of dog tongues lined with teeth]]''.
* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'': The graboids and their subsequent forms have large beaks and side mandibles that make their open mouths resemble disgusting flowers. The [[Film/Tremors5Bloodlines African species]] has an even more prominent blossoming maw.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The head of Sertrous' aspect is a set of five snake heads, missing their lower jaws and arranged radially like petals around a gaping maw.

* Several species of Tyranids from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' have these, like the Mawloc and Haruspex.

Compare ManEatingPlant, which tends to have a big mouth. SubTrope to MonsterMouth.

** ''VideoGame/SubnauticaBelowZero: The Squidshark resembles a Great White Shark with a mouth that can do this. This monstrosity can OneHitKill the player if they grab you at low health.

Compare ManEatingPlant, which tends to have a big mouth. SubTrope to MonsterMouth

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': The Demogorgon and the Demodogs have mouths that split open into multiple petal-like mandibles.

* Some [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs]] from The Real Cost involve an alien monster that represents what cigarettes would look like if they looked as dangerous as they are. It has a mouth that opens into 6 "petals" that have [[NestedMouths mouths on them as well]]. An example can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKHq5WsASUM here]].