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Kurt Tail1.png|Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics) using his tail for a non-combat purpose.
 
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My Little Pony The Movie Capper Dapperpaws Prehensile Tail.gif|Capper Dapperpaws (My Little Pony series) can use his tail to not only grab things like fruit, but use it to throw paint all over a civilian into tricking him in being infected with a fake disease that Capper himself made up.
 
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Splinter tail.gif|Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014) using his prehensile tail to floors the Ninja Turtles.
 
Splinter tail.gif|Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014) using his prehensile tail to floors the Ninja Turtles.
 
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Revision as of 19:19, 12 February 2020

The power to have a tail that can be used as an extra limb. Variation of Natural Weaponry, Prehensility and Tail Manifestation

Also Called

  • Manipulating Tail

Capabilities

User has or can grow a prehensile tail adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects. Fully prehensile tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects, and in particular to aid arboreal creatures in finding and eating food in the trees.

Applications

  • Aids balance
  • Can use tail in combat.
  • Hold objects, including extra weapons
  • May be able to retract tail into body.
  • May have multiple tails.
  • Use it to swing or otherwise assist in climbing

Associations

Limitations

  • In some cases, the user may only be able to touch objects but not grab them.
  • Tail may be weaker than other limbs.

Known Users

See Also: Prehensile Tail

Folklore/Mythology

  • Dragons (Mythology)
  • Ahuizotl (Aztec Mythology)

Literature

  • Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)

Comics

  • Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
  • Azazel (Marvel Comics)
  • Mac Gargan/Scorpion (Marvel Comics)
  • Curtis Connors/Lizard (Marvel Comics)
  • Doreen Allene Green/Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)
  • Nocturne (Marvel Comics)
  • Melati Kusuma/Komodo (Marvel Comics)
  • Tail Terrier (DC Comics/Krypto The Superdog)
  • Vermin the Cybernik (Sonic the Comic)
  • Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
  • Tangle the Lemur (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Cartoons

  • Gargoyle species (Gargoyles)
    • Goliath
  • Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo)
  • Doctor Viper (Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron)
  • Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long)
  • Dragon (Shrek)
  • Me-Mow (Adventure Time)
  • Sylvia (Wander Over Yonder)
  • Kat Nebulans (Kid vs. Kat)
    • Kat
  • Kinecelerans (Ben 10 Series)
    • XLR8
    • Kevin 11
  • Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10)
  • Discord (My Little Pony series)
  • Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony series)
  • Fluttershy (My Little Pony series)
  • Capper Dapperpaws (My Little Pony series)
  • Poki (Lilo & Stitch)
  • Doc (The Land Before Time)
  • Luci (Disenchantment)

Anime/Manga

  • Mashirao Ojiro (Boku No Hero Academia)
  • Saiyans (Dragon Ball)
  • Korin (Dragon Ball)
  • Pirate Robot (Dragon Ball)
  • Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)
  • Cooler (Dragon Ball Z)
  • Adiane (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
  • Rin Okumura (Ao No Exorcist)
  • Lessar (To Aru Majutsu No Index)
  • Bambina (Toriko)
  • Acacia (Toriko)
  • Berg-Katze (Gatchaman Crowds)
  • Shiro (Houseki no Kuni)
  • Hamsuke (Overlord)
  • Opera (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

Movies

  • Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 film)

Live Television

  • Cadence Nash (The Troop)
  • Gino Nash (The Troop)
  • Blood Thrashers (The Troop)

Video Games

  • Lily (SiSREN and V/H/S)
  • Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
  • Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
  • Dulcy the Dragon (Sonic SatAM)
  • Zidane (Final Fantasy IX)
  • Bowser (Super Mario Bros)
  • Lina (Blade Strangers)
  • Centroids (Quake: Scourge of Armagon)
  • Alpha Skullcrawler (Kong: Skull Island)
  • Monkeys (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
  • Willosaurs (Spore E3 2005)
  • Aipom-Ambipom (Pokemon)

Other

  • Master Shake (Super/Lette)
  • Vanarans (Pathfinder)
  • Sun Wukong (RWBY)

Gallery