History Manga / Tomie

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Tomie herself has dark black hair and pale-colored skin.

* DrivenToMadness: The end result of exposure to Tomie for male characters in the manga (and a couple of female characters as well, but from jealousy rather than lust), and for [[BiTheWay pretty much everyone]] who gets too close in the film series.

* BiTheWay: [[AdaptationalSexuality Only in the movies.]] The original version from the manga is rather contemptuous of other females, but Movie!Tomie has a few SchoolgirlLesbian romances under her belt as well. Interestingly, she's a lot more gentle with her female lovers and less outwardly bitchy and demanding, at least at first, than with the boys.

* OffingTheOffspring: Tomie operates alone, and in spite of the hive mind all her incarnations possess, she seems to really hate other Tomies. Each Tomie will claim the others are fakes, and will try to get their thralls to kill any other "copies" they find. Lampshaded in the manga, where a thrall mentions that this hatred is odd, because a mother-daughter relationship between the "original" and the "offspring" would make more sense. This (either intentionally or unintentionally) functions as a way for Tomie to keep her own spread in check.

* DrivenToMadness: The end result of exposure to Tomie for male characters in the manga, and for [[BiTheWay pretty much everyone]] who gets too close in the film series.
** In the manga series, she does this to a couple of female characters as well, though she doesn't do it through lust but rather through jealousy.

* FarmerAndTheViper: Helping or showing kindness to Tomie will only bring misery.

It becomes evident that Tomie is an incredibly unpleasant person who seems to exist only to torment others. But the problem is that not even death can bring her down. And it's been tried. ''Several times''.

* '''''Tomie: Another Face '''''( 1999)

* BlackWidow: An incredibly strange example, where the title character does, indeed, go after the money like a typical Black Widow...except she often ends up the victim through her influence.

* CharmPerson: Tomie can make anybody fall in love with her and uses this to her advantage to spread destruction and chaos. The problem is that the people she charms are almost always driven to kill her violently...which just ends up keeping her alive.

** The male model who comes across Tomie, whose face is irreversibly, inoperably scarred for the sin of standing up for himself...and who eventually is ''badly'' burned trying to kill a mass of partially grown Tomies.

** Tomie kills and manipulates people into killing ForTheEvulz, and she always survives...even if she's killed. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted for one Tomie in the final arc, who was imprisoned until an old age and had to suffer losing her good looks. Although she's shown to have somehow escaped through a small crack, it's possible she escaped too late to preserve her beauty.]]

** Tomie kills and manipulates people into killing ForTheEvulz, and she always survives...even if she's killed. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted for one Tomie in the final arc, who was imprisoned until an old age and had to suffer losing her good looks. Although she's shown to have somehow escaped through a small crack, the protagonist at the time notes hearing some kind of plaintive moaning far away, suggesting she escaped too late.]]

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In "Little Finger", Tomie becomes obsessed with the [[{{Gonk}} very ugly Hiroya]] because he shows absolutely no interest in her. This also happens in "Gathering" to a lesser extent.

* {{Sadist}}: Tomie enjoys human suffering, finding it amusing, to the point of an infant-like Tomie ordering her current parents to commit arson for her to watch at night. She also goes out of her way to ruin people's lives, often out of petty grudges such as people not being attracted to her.

** In "Little Finger", a disfigured Tomie spawn is seemingly abused by the others when a man who spurned Tomie earlier rescues her, the disfigured Tomie-spawn immediately reverts to a regular Tomie form revealing she's part of the Tomie hive mind and gloats it was all a game to manipulate him. Tomie then [[UngratefulBastard leaves the man to die]].

* {{Fingore}}: In one chapter, a Tomie's severed fingers regenerated into five of her and the first four gang up on "Pinky" because she didn't regenerate as fast as the others.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted with Tomie. Prolonged exposure causes the victims to go crazy, and Tomie's repeated taunting is the berserk button that leads to her ending up a gory mess, yet her constant regenerative abilities means that such circumstances are only a minor setback at worst, and often an advantage, as she can duplicate and spread from wounds. It is likely that this is her intention (she noticeably switches her behavior in "Painter" on a dime, and the shift drives Mori to kill her) and the Tomie method of reproduction.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: One interpretation of Tomie is that she is living embodiment of lust and/or abuse and all their associated negative emotions.

** Tomie herself seems to understand and exploit others' buttons , most likely to be killed and replicate through regeneration. The clearest case may be in the "Painter" chapter. By laughing at Mori's first portrait of her, she seemingly identifies his button on the first try, as he gets very upset about it. Later, she throws a fit about his ghoulish final painting, but he keeps unhingedly insisting it's good instead of getting upset. She then has a noticeable pause before suddenly starting to laugh instead, the final push of the button that gets him to kill her.

* BookEnds: In a way. The first multiple-part Tomie storyline shows Tomie having another face growing out of her head when she gets upset enough, this being a major reveal to Tsukiko about her true nature. So does the last storyline; [[spoiler:after trying to protect the Ayaka Tomie for so long so that she doesn't regenerate, Yasuko and Ryo make her angry and a face starts to grow out of her head. Ryo puts her in cement to keep the new Tomie from forming.]]

* ForTheEvulz: We're shown that Tomie seems to have plenty idea that what she does is wrong; she just does it for amusement.

* FromASingleCell: While fire can kill a Tomie for good, if even a small amount of tissue remains it will regenerate into a new Tomie or even worse, several new Tomies.

** Hiroya's brothers are overjoyed at their fathers death, and imprison and starve their brother, ultimately framing him for Tomie's murder. Everything indicates they completely escape justice.

* MoodSwinger: Tomie frequently changes her attitude and behavior on a dime, with a noticeably analytic pause in her emotions preceding such a change. Examples include her silence and sudden anger when she gets a plush rabbit thrown at her, and a scene when she is found silent at the scene of a would-be murder before instantly bursting into tears to gaun sympathy from her unexpected rescuer. These pauses and sudden changes indicate that she often reassesses the situation so she can change her tactics to be as damaging as possible, both to her victims, and ultimately, to her so she can spread.

* NonActionBigBad: Tomie herself usually doesn't actively kill anyone, but the mere sight of her has some effect on everyone she interacts with that incites an obsessive murderous attraction towards her, or a want to do anything she says.

** {{Greed}}: Shee has a taste for the finer things in life, and many of her victims have bankrupted themselves to pay for her expensive tastes in jewelry/clothes/food/etc.

* NighInvulnerable: Tomie is the regeneration type taken to its logical extreme. Even when submerged in acid, it only slows the regeneration process and prevents her decapitated head from dissolving. The only way truly to kill Tomie is to burn her to the point that the tissue is completely carbonized; anything less than that and she can still regenerate.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: One interpretation of Tomie is the living embodiment of lust and/or abuse and all their associated negative emotions.

* TheButlerDidIt: Well, the [[spoiler:maid]], who in the "Orphan Girl" chapter was responsible [[spoiler:for the deaths of all the girls the old couple adopts, seeking their fortune]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted with Tomie. Prolonged exposure causes the victims to go crazy, and Tomie's repeated taunting is the berserk button that leads to her ending up a gory mess, yet her constant regenerative abilities means that such circumstances are only a minor setback at worst, and often an advantage, as she can duplicate and spread from wounds. It is likely that this is her intention (she noticeably switches her behavior in "Artist" on a dime, and the shift drives Mori to kill her) and the Tomie method of reproduction.

* KillItWithFire: Burning Tomie's remains is the only [[JustForPun sure-fire]] way to dispose of her for good. Otherwise, as little as a drop of her blood can regenerate into a new Tomie. Even then, if the burning isn't thorough enough, new Tomies can still grow from those parts, as seen in "Pinkie".

** In "Pinkie"/"Little Finger", a disfigured Tomie spawn is seemingly abused by the others when a man who spurned Tomie earlier rescues her, the disfigured Tomie-spawn immediately reverts to a regular Tomie form revealing she's part of the Tomie hive mind and gloats it was all a game to manipulate him. Tomie then [[UngratefulBastard leaves the man to die]].

* BerserkButton: Tomie doesn't handle being criticized or ignored well, and will tend to act hysterically, which causes her involuntarily to start to spawn a new Tomie from her head.

Tomie is an unusually beautiful girl with wavy hair and a distinctive [[BeautyMark mole]] below her left eye. Structured as an anthology, the manga revolves around Tomie as she [[JustForPun starts a new life]] in one city after another, influencing new people, making new friends... and new enemies...

It becomes evident that she's up to something, but there's no way to stop her. Not even death can bring her down. And it's been tried. ''Several times''.

* BlackWidow: An incredibly strange example, where the title character does, indeed, go after the money like a typical Black Widow...except she gives men an odd feeling of wanting to kill her.

* ForTheEvulz: We're shown Tomie seems to have plenty idea that what she does is wrong; she just does it for amusement.
* {{Fingore}}: In one chapter, a Tomie's severed fingers regenerated into five of her and gang up on "Pinky" because she didn't regenerate as fast as the others.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted with Tomie. Prolonged exposure causes the victims to go crazy, and Tomie's repeated taunting is the berserk button that leads to her ending up a gory mess, yet her constant regenerative abilities means that such circumstances are only a minor setback at worst, and often an advantage, as she can duplicate and spread from wounds. It is likely that this is their endgoal and their method of reproduction.
* HumanoidAbomination: Tomie may appear to be an extremely beautiful woman, but there's still something incredibly ''off'' about her.

** Tomie kills and manipulates people into killing ForTheEvulz, and she always survives...even if she's killed. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted for one Tomie in the final arc, who was imprisoned until an old age and had to suffer losing her good looks. Although she's shown to have escaped, the protagonist at the time notes hearing some kind of plaintive moaning far away, suggesting she escaped too late.]]

* NotQuiteDead: Even when apparently dead, Tomie's body will eventually revive itself and regrow any lost tissue unless it is thoroughly burnt.

* {{Sadist}}: Tomie enjoys human suffering, finding it amusing. She also goes out of her way to ruin people's lives, often out of petty grudges such as people not being attracted to her.

* VillainBasedFranchise: The various ''Tomie'' works revolve around her and the havoc she creates.

** BookEnds: In a way. The first multiple-part Tomie storyline shows Tomie having another face growing out of her head when she gets upset enough, this being a major reveal to Tsukiko about her true nature. So does the last storyline; [[spoiler:after trying to protect the Ayaka Tomie for so long so that she doesn't regenerate, Yasuko and Ryo make her angry and a face starts to grow out of her head. Ryo puts her in cement to keep the new Tomie from forming.]]

* '''''Tomie: Replay''''' (2000) -- Tomie: Replay contains elements of the manga chapter Basement. The film begins with a six-year-old girl being rushed into a hospital ER with an unusually distended stomach. Doctors begin to operate and find a disembodied head, Tomie's head, alive and growing inside the girl's belly. The head is placed in a tank of alkaline solution in the basement of the hospital for further observation. Soon after, all five of the hospital workers present during the operation mysteriously leave the hospital or disappear entirely.

* '''''Tomie: Beginning ''''' (2005) -- This straight-to-video movie is a prequel to the rest of the series, shot on HD, and based on the first Tomie manga by Junji Ito. It deals with the chain of events that occurred right before the first film takes place. Tomie (Rio Matsumoto) shows up as a transfer student at a high school, quickly enchanting all the males, and raising the ire of the females. As is often the case in the Tomie films, she fixates on one solitary girl whom she befriends, with overt lesbian overtones. She displays all of her typical powers, and it isn't long before the murders and madness begin. In this movie we are introduced to the teacher who promises to kill her no matter how many times he has to do the "favor" as well as the eye-patch-wearing boy of the first movie in the series.
* '''''Tomie: Revenge''''' (2005) -- [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt As you can tell]], Another home-video release shot on HD, this one partly based on the Tomie manga "Revenge" by Junji Ito. This time round, Tomie is played by Anri Ban. The story revolves around a young, female doctor (Hisako Shirata), and an unidentified naked woman she runs down on the road one night. In her search for the wounded girl (who has a mole under her left eye) the doctor ends up in an abandoned house filled with bodies, madmen and an unconscious girl. Surely Tomie is not too far away...
* '''''Tomie vs Tomie''''' (2007) -- Partially based on the manga "The Gathering." A young man with a past begins work in a factory, where he attracts the amorous attention of a mysterious woman who lurks behind the scenes. He is a relatively unique young man, perhaps a genetic one-off, in that he feels no particular attraction to Tomie. This of course intrigues Tomie, and she begins to become obsessed with him. Soon, he is caught in a vicious struggle between two rival Tomies. And neither Tomie will die.

!!Tomie provides examples of:

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: One intereptation of Tomie is the living embodiment of lust and/or abuse and all the negative emotions that go along with it.

* ArtEvolution: The Tomie series starts out looking a bit rough around the edges, but smooths out into Creator/JunjiIto's familiar style as it progresses. Also, Tomie's hair goes from slightly wavy to completely straight.

* BerserkButton: Tomie doesn't handle being criticized well, and will tend to act hysterically, which causes her involuntarily to start to spawn a new Tomie from her head. Another thing that angers Tomie is ignoring her.
* BiTheWay: [[AdaptationalSexuality Only in the movies]]. The original version from the manga is rather contemptuous of other females, but Movie!Tomie has a few SchoolgirlLesbian romances under her belt as well. Interestingly, she's a lot more gentle with her female lovers and less outwardly bitchy and demanding, at least at first, than with the boys.

** Chie's face when [[spoiler:she puts hairs all over it.]] And Miki's [[spoiler:whole body being rapidly overgrown with hair, even through her eyes and mouth.]]

* TheButlerDidIt: Well, the [[spoiler:maid,]] who in the Orphan Girl chapter was responsible [[spoiler:for the deaths of all the girls the old couple adopts, seeking their fortune.]]

** The poor folks who receive an organ transplant from Tomie- the organs will take over and eventually turn the patient into Tomie.

* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: Once Tomie is well enough to have a say about what she's eating she'll start demanding fancy food, usually foie gras and caviar (until she gets sick of it in a later volume.)

* {{Greed}}: Despite being a HumanoidAbomination, Tomie is a materialist who desires valuables. These include: [[KillAndReplace killing and replacing]] a rich man's daughter, arranging for the death of a rich couple that adopted her, and marrying an older man for his money, then driving him [[DrivenToSuicide to suicide]].
* TheGrotesque: The main character of Little Finger, Hiroya, is a [[{{Gonk}} very ugly man]] with a good heart who is abused by his evil brothers. While Hiroya resists Tomie's advances, he shows sympathy to a deformed offspring of Tomie, helping her out. The Tomie, however subverts this, revealing at the end she's part of the HiveMind and gloats over tricking Hiroya, leaving him to die.
* HealingFactor: An extreme example reaching to FromASingleCell levels. It's virtually impossible to kill her permanently, because any part of her body can turn into an entire new version of her. Burning may work, but even it's hit or miss because of how extreme her regenerative capabilities are. Even when she doesn't regenerate, Tomie demonstrates an ability to heal quickly from various traumas, including being poisoned, cut, or even subjected to extreme cold.
* HiveMind: While they do not act in unison under one intelligence, all of the Tomies share the same personality and memories, which is best shown in Little Finger. Despite this, the Tomies are known to fight among themselves either ForTheEvulz or not willing to share even with a HiveMind.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted with Tomie. Prolonged exposure causes the victims to go crazy, and Tomie's repeated taunting is the berserk button that leads to her ending up a gory mess, yet her constant regenerative abilities means that such circumstances are only a minor setback at worst, and often an advantage, as she can duplicate and spread from wounds. It is likely that this is their endgoal and their method of to production.

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In ''Little Finger,'' Tomie becomes obsessed with the [[{{Gonk}} very ugly Hiroya]] because he shows absolutely no interest in her. This also happens in ''Gathering'' to a lesser extent.

* MadLove: Tomie's admirers eventually succumb to this; most notably Daichi and her teacher, both of whom become her slaves.

** {{Lust}}: Tomie is practically the embodiment of this, evoking insane and murderous lust in nearly every man she comes into contact with. She's also rather lustful herself.
** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: Tomie enjoys gorging herself on very expensive, luxury foods such as caviar and foie gras while making her admirers pay for it.

** {{Greed}}: Tomie has a taste for the finer things in life, and many of her victims have bankrupted themselves to pay for her expensive tastes in jewelry/clothes/food/etc.
** [[LazyBum Sloth]]: Tomie rarely does anything herself, preferring that her victims do all of the work for her. She spends most of her time lounging about and enjoying the expensive things that have been bought (or stolen) for her.

** In Pinkie/Little Finger, a disfigured Tomie spawn is seemingly abused by the others when a man who spurned Tomie earlier rescues her, the disfigured Tomie-spawn immediately reverts to a regular Tomie form revealing she's part of the Tomie hive mind and gloats it was all a game to manipulate him. Tomie then [[UngratefulBastard leaves the man to die.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted with Tomie. Prolonged exposure causes the victims to go crazy, and Tomie's repeated taunting is the berserk button that leads to her ending up a gory mess, yet her constant regenerative abilities means that such circumstances are only a minor setback, and often an advantage, as she can duplicate and spread from wounds.