History Main / VaginaDentata

** Don't write such a thing off as an urban legend just yet. An old white settler once told his son a story from "cowboys and Indians" days about a group of white men who gave chase to a group of Native American women with intent to rape them. One woman, however, resisted [[http://books.google.com/books?id=EtBV9_LRsWcC&pg=PA114&dq=lies+my+teacher+told+me+squaws+rape&hl=en&ei=kcEaTO-EKoa8lQfGq8CBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false by shoving sand into her vagina]]! Needless to say, this Troper found this [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome innovative form of resistance brilliant]]. [[AwesomeButImpractical (Though it surely hurt her worse than them.)]]

Several women's studies professors have advanced the theory that its NightmareFuel aspect has mainly to do with an inherent revulsion to female sexual power: to quote Stephen J. Ducat, "The fear of entering triumphantly, and leaving diminished." Post-structuralism might have a bone to pick with this notion, since it is based on the binary between lack and desire (i.e. a lack is somehow necessary for desire to be present), while post-structuralism (among other things) decries binarism as restrictive.

* The SoBadItsHorrible ''PenetrationAngst'' (which is actually a horror flick and not [[RuleThirtyFour vore porn]] ) features a girl whose vagina actually devours guys whole. A more accurate term for that would be '[[{{Unbirthing}} unbirth]].' [[{{YouDoNOTWantToKnow}} Please don't look it up.]]

* In BatmanArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth it was suggested the Joker would be beared to invoke this image, cause GrantMorrison went with a very sexually fucked up Batman.

* The FinalFantasy series' Malboros. Tentacles, teeth, bad breath...yep, Vagina Dentata.

* The FinalFantasy series' Marlboros. Tentacles, teeth, bad breath...yep, Vagina Dentata.

It's worth noting that if a woman really did have teeth down there, she would still need to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Kegel the crap out of her pelvic muscles]] to make them [[RequiredSecondaryPowers strong enough to tear skin]]. Otherwise, the teeth would do nothing more than [[FetishFuel feel weird against the penis]] (unless they were somehow [[AbsurdlySharpBlade exceptionally sharp]], although this would naturally run the risk of injuring the female in question as well).

* The Mask of Flesh from ''{{Inuyasha}}'' appears to be a harmless Noh mask of a woman until you put it on, at which point it permanantly attatches itself to your face and then splits open vertically to reveal a vicious set of teeth. And then comes the BodyHorror (multiple Body Horror, actually)...
* In YuGiOh, one of [[BigBad Marik's]] more usable [[NightmareFuel fantastic fiends]], Dark Jeroid, has two faces and a centaurian build. Of course, its forelegs look like distorted arms (complete with hands), and the second face is right at the bottom of the upright torso . . . with a mouth right at that crucial spot. This combined with the rest of the distorted visage, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Jeroid visible here]], qualify it [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel as one of the higher-octane nightmare-cards Marik handles, even if it isn't one of the strongest]].

* The comic Not Safe For Work has a recurring character pitching vagina dentata devices, akin to the Rapex below. [[http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw214.htm Here]] [[http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw215.htm are]] [[http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw217.htm the]] [[http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw.htm strips]]. Caution - the title of the comic ''very'' much applies.

Note that a woman with a Vagina Dentata would be an example of the [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Girl]].

Several women's studies professors have advanced the theory that its NightmareFuel aspect has mainly to do with an inherent revulsion to female sexual power: to quote Stephen J. Ducat, "The fear of entering triumphantly, and leaving diminished." An alternate theory suggested by some men says that this fear arises from the idea that having your penis bitten off would ''[[{{Understatement}} really fucking hurt]]'', but of course that doesn't even come close to explaining why they'd imagine teeth in a vagina ''in the first place''. [[FridgeLogic Strangely enough]], this trope has not diminished the male enthusiasm for fellatio. This may be explained by the fact that most legends of VaginaDentata show said toothed orifice as having a ''mind of its own'', whereas the standard mouth is manifestly under the control of its owner.

It's worth noting that if a woman really did have teeth down there, she would still need to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Kegel the crap out of her pelvic muscles]] to make them [[RequiredSecondaryPowers strong enough to tear skin]]. Otherwise, the teeth would do nothing more than [[FetishFuel feel weird against the penis]].

* While not quite teeth, there is an UrbanLegend about Vietnamese women who during the Vietnam War would carefully place razor blades inside there vagina, then get random American soldiers into bed.

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* The [[strike:BigBad]] DiscOneFinalBoss of ''PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', Scorpius, was designed with [[DefangedHorror a not-very-toothy one]] for a ''mouth''. Doubles as GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

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** Don't write such a thing off as an urban legend just yet. An old white settler once told his son a story from "cowboys and Indians" days about a group of white men who gave chase to a group of Native American women with intent to rape them. One woman, however, resisted [[http://books.google.com/books?id=EtBV9_LRsWcC&pg=PA114&dq=lies+ my+ teacher+ told+ me+ squaws+ rape&hl=en&ei=kcEaTO-EKoa8lQfGq8CBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false BY SHOVING SAND INTO HER VAGINA]]!!! Needless to say, this Troper found this [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome innovative form of resistance brilliant]]. (Though it surely hurt her worse than them.)

* The world's most primitive living fish, hagfish have a jawless mouth that opens parallel to their body length, with tooth-like gripping structures on either side.

** Don't write such a thing off as an urban legend just yet. An old white settler once told his son a story from "cowboys and Indians" days about a group of white men who gave chase to a group of Native American women with intent to rape them. One woman, however, resisted [[http://books.google.com/books?id=EtBV9_LRsWcC&pg=PA114&dq=lies+my+teacher+told+me+squaws+rape&hl=en&ei=kcEaTO-EKoa8lQfGq8CBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false BY SHOVING SAND INTO HER VAGINA]]!!! Needless to say, this Troper found this [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome innovative form of resistance brilliant]].