History Main / TombstoneTeeth

[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]

%%[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Real Life]]
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]

* Creator/RobLiefeld has a habit of drawing characters with ''far'' too many uniformly-shaped teeth. But the one that fits the most with this trope is Comicbook/{{Youngblood}}'s [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_large/5/56044/1630023-youngblood__1992_1st_series__05.jpeg Bedrock]], who also has them very long.

* ComicBook/TheJoker is often drawn with too many too-long teeth as part of his trademark rictus grin, highlighting his nature as a psychotic and sadistic killer.

* ComicBook/NormanOsborn is frequently drawn sporting a ghoulish grin as the Green Goblin, as are [[Characters/SpiderManGoblins the other members of the Goblin clan]]. His rival, the Hobgoblin, stands out in particular, especially when drawn by Creator/ToddMcFarlane.

* In a comedic case, Film/TheMask has the same oversized brick-shaped teeth from the comics, which make him more cartoonish and zany (Creator/JimCarrey even made an effort to learn to talk with the dentures so they'd appear full-time).

** Shinji Hirako and Nnoitra Gilga (the current page image) are both drawn with long, rectangular teeth, and zero distinction where their upper jaw's dentition ends and their lower jaw's begins. The former is the enigmatic leader of the Vizard -- a group of Hollowfied Soul Reapers -- and while creepy is on the side of good. The latter is a sadistic and misogynistic Arrancar and member of the Espada, and is one of the villains fought during the Hueco Mundo Invasion arc.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': Beloukas, better known by his occupational title of the Slave Trader, is a short, rotund man who styles himself after a [[RepulsiveRingmaster ringmaster]] -- running a circus-themed SlaveMarket -- and constantly sports a too-wide grin of unusually rectangular teeth. His [[AffablyEvil theatrically cheerful attitude belies a deeply sinister nature]] and serves mainly as a lure for potential customers and victims alike: he initially intended to enslave Naofumi; and eagerly offered to pay a significant amount to buy Raphtalia back upon seeing how much she'd grown, with the implied intent of selling her into prostitution due to him upping his offer when informed she was still a virgin.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': basically everyone who wears The Mask gets a set of large white buck teeth (exception being both Pretorius and Fish Guy having their teeth becoming [[FangsAreEvil sharp fangs]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': The Mask tends to have large white buck teeth unlike Stanley and the other mask personas also have them as well which The Mask and Eve tends to show them the most.

** Shinji Hirako and Nnoitra Gilga are both drawn with long, rectangular teeth, and zero distinction where their upper jaw's dentition ends and their lower jaw's begins. The former is the enigmatic leader of the Vizard -- a group of Hollowfied Soul Reapers -- and while creepy is on the side of good. The latter is a sadistic and misogynistic Arrancar and member of the Espada, and is one of the villains fought during the Hueco Mundo Invasion arc.

Depending on how it's used this trope can be either PlayedForHorror or PlayedForLaughs -- and sometimes both at the same time -- but is always [[UncannyValley meant to look weird and offputting]]. When used for comedic purposes, this trope is chiefly a form of SuddenAnatomy cueing the audience in that the character -- specifically one that doesn't usually have block-shaped teeth -- is up to something; and usually sets up some form of [[TheToothHurts dental retribution]]. In cases where it's played for horror, this trope is used to indicate at the very least that something is... off... about the person these teeth belong to. This trope is popular with the MonsterClown archetype and is often paired with a SlasherSmile, some yellowing, and a bit of crookedness -- all the better to better show them off while highlighting how uncanny the person who possesses them is.

A Subtrope of ScaryTeeth that often overlaps with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily. This style of teeth is often used as a sister trope to ToothStrip due to its simplicity, but characters just having block-shaped teeth as part of the artistic style -- without connotations of UncannyValley -- doesn't count as this trope.

* In a comedic case, Film/TheMask has the same oversized brick-shaped teeth from the comics, which him more cartoonish and zany (Creator/JimCarrey even made an effort to learn to talk with the dentures so they'd appear full-time).

* ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'': Hard-nosed producer Sayaka Kanamori is typically shown gritting her perfectly straight teeth. Her constant toothy grimace underlines her position as the least idealistic and the most unscrupulous of the main trio, only helping with the production of Asakusa and Mizusaki to make a profit and willing to use questionable means like half-lies and intimidation to get what they need.

* ''Treasure Island'': In this 1988 Soviet cartoon adaptation of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Dr. Livesey is depicted with long rectangular teeth. In his introductory scene his mouth doesn't open as he speaks, with him instead moving his lips around his teeth. Tellingly, most of the fanart of him focuses on his grin and is unsettling at best and straight-up horrifying at worst.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': As opposed to Gastly's CuteLittleFangs and Haunter's JaggedMouth, Gengar has large uniformly rectangular teeth that give it a creepy grin -- befitting a sadistic ghost that, according to its later Pokédex entries, delights in cursing and draining the life force of everyone around it.

* ''The Return of Treasure Island'': In this Soviet cartoon adaptation of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Dr. Livesey is depicted with long rectangular teeth that rarely open as he speaks, instead moving his lips around them. Tellingly, most of the fanart of him focuses on his grin and is unsettling at best and straight-up horrifying at worst.

* ''The Return of Treasure Island'': In this Soviet cartoon adaptation of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Dr. Livesey is depicted with unsettlingly long rectangular teeth that rarely open as he speaks, instead moving his lips around them.