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13	When someone has powers that relate to CastingAShadow, a very common way their attacks may manifest is as black tendrils or tentacles of darkness that grab or swipe an opponent. Sometimes they operate like normal tentacles and simply restrain or crush the target, other times they may actually blast the target with energy as a way to harm them. Almost always CombatTentacles.
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22	* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': Ryunosuke Akutagawa Ability is called "Rashomon". It allows him to alter the his black BadassLongcoat into various shapes, including black tendrils.
23	* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist''. The homunculus Pride has tendrils of darkness that appear from shadows and function like normal tentacles, though they can also sprout eyes.
24	* This is basically what the Quirk “Blackwhip” is in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. It allows the user to summon tendrils of dark energy. The first user, the pro hero Lariat, also became a wielder of One For All, and now it can be used by the current One For All user, Izuku Midoriya.
25	* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' Shikamaru's "Shadow Stitching" jutsu causes thin tendrils of his shadow to impale opponents.
26	* Shadow type magic in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' acts in this manner: creating physical darkness in the form of black tendrils which violently cut things, which one shadow-user Kagetarou used to slice the titular character's right arm [[CleanCut clean off]]. Being that they were in a [[MagicalLand magic world]] which had advanced medicinal techniques, [[HealingFactor he had it re-attached]]. Recently, a shadow mage has appeared who's so powerful he's capable of pulling Haruna's CoolAirship out of the sky (along with several others). It's [[ShoutOut explicitly compared to Cthulhu]].
27	* ''{{Manga/Radiant}}'': It is revealed through the [[MentalWorld Sidh]] that when Seth [[spoiler:as well as all of his horned brothers]] enters his SuperPoweredEvilSide a large shadowy being takes over his will with hundreds of tendrils making him go berserk but still being conscious of his situation, however after [[spoiler:Myr's training]] is possible to hide his presence from it while retaining the power boost, it's unknown what it is, [[spoiler:except that has a relation to their elder brother Piodon.]]
28	* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'', the Kishin of Darkness Dark can summon tentacles of darkness to attack anyone who sunk inside his Delta Zone.
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33	* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The card [[https://scryfall.com/card/som/65/grasp-of-darkness Grasp of Darkness]] shows tendrils of tangible shadow reaching out from the ground to ensnare a robotic angel.
34	-->''On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.''
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38	* ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'': Jackie's powers (Which actually come from a source called "The Darkness") include a pair of CombatTentacles with maws that can grab people or tear them in half, among other things.
39	* Franchise/TheDCU has a number of shadow manipulators who can do this such as ComicBook/{{Raven}}, ComicBook/{{The Shade\|DCComics}} and Nightshade.
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'' reveals that the symbiotes are comprised of "[[LivingShadow living abyss]]" -- the PowerOfTheVoid wielded by the primordial god of darkness Knull, and therefore all the tendrils and pseudopods that symbiotes project are this by default.
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44	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyTheMovie'': Fang stealthily grows tendrils of shadow from behind him while Bora Ra is busy talking in order to connect everyone for Ochobot to teleport them all out of harm's way. Unfortunately, Kiki Ta foils this by shooting Ochobot just before he can activate his power.
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48	* ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'': This is Gorr the God Butcher's forté. He uses his tendrils to trap Thor, his companions and their weapons during their encounters with him multiple times.
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52	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The Evard's Black Tentacles spell creates a large number of black tentacles within an area. They grab anything in the area and try to squeeze it to death, including inanimate objects.
53	* The third power of the [[CastingAShadow Obtenebration Discipline]] in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' allows the user to create black tentacles that act on the creator's will and do as they command.
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57	* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' the Makuta have a variation of this with the "shadow claw" ability, which has been seen to harm or kill those grabbed by it, simply grab a hold of objects, or pull things (and people) into their body to be absorbed.
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61	* In ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' the true Dark Genie uses these to restrain the sun giant before destroying it.
62	* Both ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'' games have shadow combat tentacles. They become more powerful in the second game, offering several brutal methods of instant killing enemies.
63	* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': The Void Tendrils are enemies found late in the game. Unlike most examples of this trope, they appear to be independent forces...[[AmbiguousSituation maybe]].
64	* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', whenever Sora taps into dark powers with Anti-Form or Rage-Form, tendrils of shadow will be radiating from his body and will lash out at enemies with certain radial attacks.
65	* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': both the forms of Giratina have tentacle-like wings made of shadow. As shown in Pokémon-Amie, they can't be grabbed or cradled, for they're as transparent as you may expect from a ghost.
66	* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''VideoGame/Prototype2'': Both Alex Mercer and James Heller can form black and red CombatTentacles.
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70	* Black Mage's superpowered form displays these in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', even using them to spear [[spoiler:White Mage]].
71	* In ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'' Joel's astral form fights with shadowy CombatTentacles.
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75	* ''WesternAnimation/DiGataDefenders'': Seth's Twisting Chaos spell has two effects; it either creates a giant worm of black energy or it grants him four shadow tentacles which increase his physical strength and mobility.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Nergal and Nergal Jr. can both create shadowy tentacles from their backs.
77	* Aku, from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is the shape-shifting master of darkness. Many of his forms have tentacles of darkness.
78	* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', the [[spoiler:Nibiru Entity's]] original form looks like a disembodied shadow, with tentacles coming out of it every which way.
79	* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' can do this. She has powers similar to those of ComicBook/GreenLantern and can cast objects and body parts made of pure darkness. But when black tendrils come from under her robe, that's a sign that things are getting dangerous.
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