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* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'': Yooka the chameleon utilizes his tongue as a [[WhipItGood whip]] and grappling hook.

* ''Literature/KnownSpace'': The two-headed puppeteers use the long, dexterous tongues in their mouths as hand-substitutes, together with the mobile, fleshy knobs on their lips.

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'', the Headhunter's lizard form will attack Soma with its tongue. In ''Dawn of Sorrow'', capturing the soul of a Cave Troll will enable Soma to use a tongue attack himself.

* ''Series/SweetHome'': One prominent monster from early on in Season 1 has a long tentacle-like tongue. It uses it as a weapon and to drain its victim's blood.

* The titular weapon of VideoGame/{{Frogun}} is a sentient weapon that uses its tongue to grab and eject enemies, and use it as a grappling hook.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E13BetweenDarkAndDawn Between Dark and Dawn]]", Mr. Tortoise-Snap, a colossal tortoise, possess a long tongue that can coil around objects like a fully prehensile limb, which it uses to uproot full-grown trees to eat.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': Sting Chameleon uses this for two of his primary attacks. His melee attack comprises of a painful metal tongue lash, but he can also hang from the roof with it to cause spikes to rain down from the ceiling.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Lickitung and its evolution, Lickilicky, uses their tongues to gather food and to fight enemies, either by wrapping them up or licking them with their paralytic saliva.

* ''Webcomic/AsteroidQuest'': Members of the yich eater species have a tongue long enough to lick their own eye. Which they do in lieu of blinking, since they don't appear to have eyelids.

* ''WesternAnimation/Hero108'': Mystique Sonia has several uses of her long tongue, like using as a lasso, a whip, and even a fan to blow her enemies away. At one point, it acted as a ''chainsaw''

** ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'': Anole]has a prehensile tongue that is longer than his whole body. It's extremely sticky as well, allowing him to easily grab objects out of his reach. Anole has also used it in battle to trip up opponents or [[EyePoke hit them in the eye]].

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': Luxans have long tongues, tipped with knock-out venom. However, D'Argo has also used it for dangling off ledges and snatching objects in a hurry- though it takes a lot of practice to perfect.

* ''Webcomic/FifteenMinds'': The frog in the protagonist's party in ''Blue Moon Blossom'' is seen using their tongue as an appendage- first to grab the rabbit spirit, and second to tip a mug full of drink into their mouth. It's a good thing they can do this, [[{{Cephalothorax}} since they have no other appendages]].

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lickitung (and his evolution, Lickilicky) uses its tongue to gather food, and to fight enemies, either by wrapping them up, or licking them.

** [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse Sugar-Man]] uses his long, razor-sharp tongue as a weapon.
** [[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX Anole]] has a prehensile tongue that is longer than his whole body. It's extremely sticky as well, allowing him to easily grab objects out of his reach. Anole has also used it in battle to trip up opponents or [[EyePoke hit them in the eye]].

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Luxans have long tongues, tipped with knock-out venom. However, D'Argo has also used it for dangling off ledges and snatching objects in a hurry- though it takes a lot of practice to perfect.

* In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', Dehaka from ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' has the ''Drag'' as one of his basic skills, which makes him use his tongue to grapple onto opponents and drag them along as he moves.

* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'': ''Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus'' has the Fleeches, slug creatures that use their long tongues to ensnare their prey a'la frogs, [[BizarreAlienLocomotion as well as grappling hooks to navigate their environment.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase, while in a gecko form, [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/nanasecraft-20 uses her tongue]] to attach to a switch in midair which allows her to flip it despite failing to grab it with her hands.

* In ''Webcomic/AsteroidQuest'', members of the yich eater species have a tongue long enough to lick their own eye. Which they do in lieu of blinking, since they don't appear to have eyelids.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', [[{{Music/KISS}} Gene Simmons]] is often portrayed as having a multi-purpose tongue that he can extend at will.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', Bubbie's tongue is sometimes shown as being prehensile.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', Drew Saturday's EvilTwin from another dimension has a prehensile tongue that she uses as a whip.

* A one-shot ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' villain called the Tongue is a frog-like alien who can morph his tongue into various weapons and tools.

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* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'': One of Thorax's more disgusting abilities, though he notes that [[TooMuchInformation the ladies, and a few men, love him for it.]]
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* The titular protagonist of Malaysian superhero-parody film, ''Cicak-Man'' [[note]] "Cicak" meaning gecko [[/note]] has a long tongue which he uses to swing around Kuala Lumpur while patrolling the city, in a similar manner to Spider-Man using webs.

* In ''La lengua asesina'' (''The Killer Tongue''), a woman gets a giant tongue that speaks and kills people. At first, the woman wants to get rid of it, but eventually learns to use it as a weapon against others.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Some monsters, such as the froghemoth, mohrg and gouger, can use their tongues or equivalent appendages as limbs to aid in feeding or combat.

** ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming'': According to their splatbook, some sluagh have prehensile tongues. In combat, such a sluagh can lick an opponent, and, contrary to the Setite's tongue, have the opponent utterly overcome with revulsion.

** According to ''The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide'', a Bantha has a long prehensile tongue that it can use to hold objects and communicate with conspecifics. This has never been shown in the movies, and may no longer be canon.

* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
** Anole uses his prehensile tongue as a weapon and to reach distant objects. And considering that he's gay, naturally fans have [[PowerPerversionPotential taken this and ran with it.]]
** ''ComicBook/GenerationNext'': Sugar-Man uses his long, razor-sharp tongue as a weapon.
** ''ComicBook/XMen'':
*** Toad uses his long, prehensile tongue in combat as one of his primary abilities.
*** Amphibius, also from ''ComicBook/XMen'', has a long tongue he uses to capture people.
* A one-shot ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' villain called the Tongue was a frog-like alien who could morph his tongue into various weapons and tools.

** According to ''The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide'', a Bantha has a long prehensile tongue that it can use to hold objects and communicate with conspecifics.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'': The Luring Slurker in ''Hey! Pikmin'' can use its tongue to squish enemies.%%It also has the ability to drain its preys and water from their heat.%%Unclear grammar.

** Specialized predators of ants and termites, particularly aardvarks, pangolins and anteaters, use extremely long slender tongues to collect large numbers of insects from their nests with every lick.

* ''ComicBook/GenerationNext'': Sugar-Man uses his long, razor-sharp tongue as a weapon.

* "Literature/ArcturusTimesThree": A xenobiologist's consciousness is projected into alien organisms to observe them. One is an ambush predator with an extensible tongue, which is actually its own conjoined, budded offspring. When this "tongue" catches prey, it eats and grows larger, eventually becoming too big for its "parent" (now dying) to retract. It then sprouts a juvenile "tongue" of its own, and the process repeats.