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* Melman the Giraffe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''.

* [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Titania]] from ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has one, which makes her more... ''[[UncannyValley off]]'' compared to the rest of the frames.

* Karl Hadrika's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcchrgJgryo "Becky Prim"]] proof-of-concept {{pilot}} has Norville, the show's {{nerd}}, who's [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/858f3480771c8bb72c9c1901aea5dba8/tumblr_njsy736nCu1sl8kr5o1_1280.jpg neck is so long that it blends into his chin]].

* Khezu from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' can stretch its neck to bite from a long distance.

* The Questing Beast, pursued by several knights from [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]], was described as having a snake-like head and long neck.

* ''VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}}'''s Nebula Oblongata is the Rukurokubi daughter of the HeadlessHorseman, Mayor of Hallowee Ville. Despite her stretching neck, she insists that she's a cosmic traveler trapped in a normal human's body in the middle of a town of monsters.

* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmaresII'' has the Teacher. She initially seems like a normal woman, larger-than-average head aside... but within promotional material and the game itself, it's revealed she can stretch her neck to absurd lengths.

** Many dinosaurs as well: sauropods (actually called 'long necks' in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''), spinosaurids, therizinosaurids, ornithomimosaurs, coelophysids, ''Miragaia''...

* ''Blog/{{Slimyswampghost}}'': Taken UpToEleven by the Trevor Henderson monster Long Horse, a [[DarkIsNotEvil surprisingly benevolent]] AnimalisticAbomination with an ''infinitely-long'' neck that gives it its name, although most of it is hidden away thanks to AlienGeometries.

Also a frightening type of BodyHorror in horror movies, because it is such an unusual sight. Compare other creepy long body parts: CreepyLongFingers, CreepyLongArms, SinisterSchnoz, ThinChinOfSin, and sometimes VillainousCheekbones.

In comedic stories, a long neck is usually stretched out by accident. The neck is either fully erect and only able to rise and down, or it can be bent into all kinds of shapes like a snake. Long necked characters are usually able to see things from great distances. Or when swimming, they're able to use their neck as a periscope. Disadvantages of this condition are that the character's neck will frequently be tied in knots or bump against lower objects or people.

One way of making a character look bizarre or comedic is to give him a long neck. He/she/it can be born with it as due to some strange birth defect. Or when the character is anthropomorphic and has a long neck because of his real life animal counterparts like giraffes, geese, swans, sauropod dinosaurs, snakes, tortoises,...

In comedic stories a long neck is usually stretched out by accident. The neck is either fully erect and only able to rise and down or it can be bent into all kinds of shapes like a snake. Long necked characters are usually able to oversee things from great distances. Or when swimming, he is able to use his neck as a periscope. Disadvantages of this condition are that the character's neck will frequently be tied in knots or bump against lower objects or people.

Also a frightening type of BodyHorror in horror movies, because it is such an unusual sight. Compare other creepy long body parts: CreepyLongFingers, CreepyLongArms, SinisterSchnoz, ThinChinOfSin, VillainousCheekbones (sometimes.) On the other hand: in women it is sometimes seen as a sign of beauty. There are cultures where women artificially lengthen the appearance of their necks by wearing heavy necklaces. Compare StatuesqueStunner.

* When Alice starts to grow after drinking from a magic potion in ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' her entires body stretches, including her neck.

* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story ''Literature/TheSixServants'' has a character with a very long neck who's able to see things from enormous distance. In the fairy tale attraction park De Efteling he is named Langnek ("Long neck") and has a statue of him in the park. His neck raises and lowers and he is one of the mascots of the park.

* Before the first X-Men movie, Fox aired a making-of special with a FramingDevice of Senator Kelly telling the rest of the Senate about the mutant threat. In a presumably non canon moment, the special ends with the Kelly's daughter greeting him and revealing herself as a RubberMan mutant...by creepily stretching her neck out about a foot. Even with the dated effects, it's still kind of horrifying.

* ''Blog/Slimyswampghost'': Taken UpToEleven by the Trevor Henderson monster Long Horse, a [[DarkIsNotEvil surprisingly benevolent]] AnimalisticAbomination with an ''infinitely-long'' neck that gives it its name.

* Amedeo Modigliani frequently drew women with exaggeratedly long necks.