Prehensile Tongue

Prehensile Tongue
The Entity as Freddy Krueger (Wes Craven's New Nightmare) demonstrates.
Power/Ability to:	Possess a highly maneuverable and elongated tongue.

"You've mastered a dead tongue. But can you handle a live one?"

― Groundskeeper Willy (The Simpsons)

The power to use one's tongue to grasp and manipulate objects. Sub-power of Tongue Manipulation. Variation of Natural Weaponry and Prehensility.

Also Called

• Elastic Tongue
• Frog/Toad Tongue
• Tongue Extension

Capabilities

The user may be able to make their tongue grow longer and grasp and manipulate objects. Particularly strong users may even be able pierce their target.

Associations

• Amphibian Physiology
• Chameleon Physiology
• Elasticity
• Jiang Shi Physiology
• Multiple Tongues
• Natural Weaponry
• Prehensility
• Sex Appeal Combat
• Tongue Manipulation
• Venomous Tongue

Limitations

• Tongue can receive severe damage from powers such as Fire Manipulation, Acid Generation and Electric Manipulation unless user has elasticity.
• User may receive diseases from using their tongue to touch dirty things.
• Tongue may become stuck or damaged by target.
• May be limited to how far the user can stretch their tongue.
• Vulnerable to Cutting.
• User can taste whatever they grab with their tongue.

Known Users

See Also: Overly Long Tongue and Multipurpose Tongue.

• The American Dragon/Jake Long (American Dragons Jake Long)
• Minos (Dante's Inferno)
• Luxans (Farscape)
• Gamao (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
• Spongebob Squarepants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Gourmands (Ben 10 Series)
  • Peak Upchuck
  • Murk Upchuck
• Incurseans (Ben 10: Omniverse)
  • Bullfrag
  • Milleous
  • Attea
• Galvans (Ben 10 series)
  • Grey Matter
• Barnacles (Hλlf-Life series)
• Combine Advisors (Hλlf-Life 2 series)
• Sammael (Hellboy)
• Tamaraneans (DC Comics)
• Mutated Humans (DOOM); movie version only
• Tahm Kench, the Riven King (League of Legends)
• Mortimer Toynbee/Toad (Marvel Comics)
• David Haller/Legion/Hugh Davidson (Marvel Comics)
• Scorpion (Marvel Comics)
• Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Legion (Marvel Comics)
• She-Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Magik (Marvel Comics)
• Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Amphibius (Marvel Comics)
• Bliss (Marvel Comics)
• Darkchylde (Marvel Comics)
• Gelt (Marvel Comics)
• Hanna Levy (Marvel Comics)
• Lizard (Marvel Comics)
• Sugar Man (Marvel Comics)
• Lady Viper (The Wolverine)
• Gungans (Star Wars)
  • Jar Jar Binks
• Bugs (Men in Black)
  • Edgar
• Serleena (Men in Black II)
• Reptile (Mortal Kombat Series)
• Buyon (Dragon Ball)
• Doc (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Anole (Marvel Comics)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Toads (Naruto)
• Midora (Toriko)
• GOD (Toriko)
• Wrecking Ball (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
• Picolet Chardin II (Ranma 1/2)
• Lickers (Resident Evil series)
• Killer (Super Smash Stadium)
• Terror Toad (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Evil Bookala (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Saliguana (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Divatox (Power Rangers Turbo)
• Lizwizard (Power Rangers In Space)
• Slob Goblin (Power Rangers Ninja Storm)
• Tambourine (Dragon Ball)
• Yoshi (Super Mario)
• Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Smokers (Left 4 Dead series)
• Silurians/Homo Reptilia (Doctor Who)
• Moby Lick (Street Sharks)
• Lickitung (Pokémon)
• Lickilicky (Pokémon)
• Greninja (Pokémon)
• Pokémon that can use "Lick" (Pokémon)
• Frog (Chrono Trigger)
• The Entity as Freddy Krueger (Wes Craven's New Nightmare)
• Manticores (Charmed)
• Chirk (Battlefield Earth)
• Dumahim vampires (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
• Mystique Sonia (Hero: 108)
• Kiwuns (Sendokai Champions)
• Tadpole (The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy)
• Sir Raleigh (Sly Cooper)
• Tung Swampton (Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist)
• Hong En-Lai (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
• Yan-bao (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
• Le Toad (Miraculous: Tales of Cat Noir And Ladybug)
• Skullcrawlers (Kong: Skull Island)
• Buff Frog (Star vs. The Forces of Evil)
• Various kaiju (Ultraman series)
  • Arakunia
  • Large Lesser Bogar
  • Nosferu
  • Sabotendar
• Wart (Super Mario Bros. Series)
• Mr. Dank (Lavender Castle)
• Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia)
• SCP-682 (SCP Foundation); temporarily
• Do-S (One Punch Man)
• Demon KISS (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: rock and roll mystery)
• Scooby-doo (Scooby-Doo)
• Feast (Miraculous Ladybug)
• Tublappa (Yo-kai Watch)
• Lappinitup (Yo-kai Watch)
• Akaname (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Mucus Toad (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Karakasa-Obake (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

Gallery

Jake Long (American Dragons Jake Long)

A Barnacles’ (Hλlf-Life series) tongue can reach impressively long distances, to snatch prey wandering too close.

Combine Advisor’s (Hλlf-Life 2 series) tongue is not only prehensile, but strong enough to impale their victims.

Lady Viper (The Wolverine)

Lickers (Resident Evil series) truly live up to their namesake.

Doc (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) attacks with his tongue.

Tambourine (Dragon Ball) uses his Lick Twister attack on Goku.

Yoshi (Super Mario) extends its tongue to grab things into its maw.

Gelt (Marvel Comics) can also extend his tongue at will, for instance, he demonstrates this when trying to devour a Squirrel.

Mortimer Toynbee/Toad (Marvel Comics) showing his mutant power.

Venom (Marvel Comics)

Sugar Man (Marvel Comics) has an extendable tongue, which is powerful enough to pierce through virtually anything.

Orochimaru (Naruto) can extend his tongue, which also hides his sword.

Divatox (Power Rangers Turbo)

Wrecking Ball (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)

Frog (Chrono Trigger)

Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Reptile (Mortal Kombat Series)

Upchuck (Ben 10 series)

Bullfrag (Ben 10: Omniverse)

Serpent King with his snake tongue.

Sir Raleigh (Sly Cooper) can use his tongue to fight.

Tung Swampton (Dex Hamilton)

Yan-bao (Akatsuki Otokojuku) grabs Yuan-Shao's hair with the Wave Tongue technique

Hong En-Lai (Akatsuki Otokojuku) grabs a knife from someone and kills them with the Wave Tongue technique

A Silurian (Doctor Who) using its venom tongue

Buff Frog (Star vs. The Forces of Evil) picks a lock using his tongue.

Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia)

Reptile's (Mortal Kombat) tongue

Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo) licking demon KISS in the face...

... who returns the favor.