History Main / HandyMouth

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': While in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Pride Lands]], Sora wields the keyblade in his mouth due to taking on a lion form.

* ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'': In a scene when [[Manga/Ranma12 Ranko]] thinks she's a cat, she carries [[Anime/SailorMoon Ami]] [[http://sailorranko.com/comic/chapter-9-page-38 to safety that way]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' in tribal stage the chief of a tribe without hands holds his staff in his mouth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcaor5W3vU Around 3:45 in this film]].

* [[https://youtu.be/gplA6pq9cOs?t=350 Paul Alexander]], one of the last survivors of polio, lives in an iron lung. That means he cannot use his hands and has greatly restricted mobility. He typed a memoir using his mouth, a hammer-shaped plastic piece, and a keyboard.

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* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' a mod giving cats a grasping mouth allows to avoid error message "[[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/40d:Cat_cancels_Store_Item_in_Stockpile:_Too_injured Cat cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured]]". (They sometimes think that their hands are cut.)

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': After Master Fung is put in a full-body cast in "Finding Omi", he uses Kimiko's laptop to comunicate and a stick in his mouth to operate the keyboard.

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Humans who have been bound or otherwise incapacitated are also not averse to this, in a pinch. RuleOfFunny is powerful like that.

* In ''Videogame/DarkSouls'', Sif is a giant wolf boss that carries a sword in his jaws. He is able to swing the sword and shift it around his mouth quite adeptly.
* In ''Videogame/DwarfFortress'' a mod giving cats a grasping mouth allows to avoid error message "[[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/40d:Cat_cancels_Store_Item_in_Stockpile:_Too_injured Cat cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured]]". (They sometimes think that their hands are cut.)

* In ''Videogame/{{Spore}}'' in tribal stage the chief of a tribe without hands holds his staff in his mouth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcaor5W3vU Around 3:45 in this film]].

* ''Franchise/OnePiece'': Roronoa Zoro, the closest thing to the first mate of protagonist pirate crew, fights by elaborately using up to three full-size swords, first two in hands, third goes in his mouth. In one scene, he uses this technique to clean with three mops at once while infiltrating an enemy organization... which quickly blows his cover, forcing him to use them as {{Improvised Weapon}}s.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Tito the chihuahua is the hot-wire expert of Fagin's gang. He's seen pulling wires from underneath a limousine's dashboard with his teeth, and jumping the connections by holding select wires in his mouth and letting his saliva act as the conductor. He would later activate a freight elevator in Sykes' lair by pulling a wire with his teeth, then pressing the exposed end against the circuit board.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': One of the gadgets Batman has is a small lockpick he keeps in mouth. This is for when he finds himself shackled to walls and such, and his mouth is at least good enough to let him free himself if he can get close enough to the locks.

* The artist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Biffen Sarah Biffen]] was born without arms and only vestigial legs, but managed to learn how to sew, write, paint, and use scissors with her mouth.

* By virtue of their trunks being in part made with the upper lip, elephants use them to manipulate objects.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Tito the chihuahua is the hot-wire expert of the canine crew. He's seen pulling wires from underneath a limousine's dashboard with his teeth, and jumping the connections by holding select wires in his mouth and letting his saliva act as the conductor. He would later activate a freight elevator in Sykes' lair by pulling a wire with his teeth, then pressing the exposed end against the circuit board.

Compare NowThatsUsingYourTeeth and CutlassBetweenTheTeeth, which can intersect with this if the character also fights this way rather than just carrying the weapon. See also MultiPurposeTongue, which can overlap.

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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': One of the gadgets Batman has is a small lockpick he keeps in mouth. This is for when he finds himself shackled to walls and such, and his mouth is at least good enough to let him free himself if he can get close enough to the locks.

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* Tito the chihuahua from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is the hot-wire expert of the canine crew. Tito is seen pulling wires from underneath a limousine's dashboard with his teeth, and jumping the connections by holding select wires in his mouth and letting his saliva act as the conductor. Tito would later activate a freight elevator in the BigBad's lair by pulling a wire with his teeth, then pressing the exposed end against the circuit board.

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* In ''Videogame/{{Spore}}'' in tribal stage the chief of a tribe without hands holds his staff in his mouth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcaor5W3vU Around 3:45 in this film]]

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* In one ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'' strip, Brutus draws EvilEyebrows on a teddy bear for a self-defense lesson, holding the crayon in his mouth.

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* Since he has no arms or legs, this is about the only way that Bob Oblong from Jobsite Productions' ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' can do ''anything'', including changing his bedridden mother's adult diaper.

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* Insects such as ants often carry and manipulate objects in their mouths, since they usually need all six legs for walking, and the legs are only useful for carrying in some specialized cases like mantids.

* The artist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Biffen Sarah Biffen]] was born without arms and only vestigial legs, but managed to learn how to sew, write, paint, and use scissors with her mouth.* Golden Retrievers were bred to retrieve game undamaged, resulting in very "careful" mouths. They can be trained to safely carry around eggs and other very delicate objects.

* By virtue of their trunks being in part made with the upper lip, elephants use them to manipulate objects.

* Tito the chihuahua from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is the hot-wire expert of the canine crew. Tito is seen pulling wires from underneath a limousine's dashboard with his teeth, and jumping the connections by holding select wires in his mouth and letting his saliva act as the conductor. Tito would later activate a freight elevator in TheVillain's lair by pulling a wire with his teeth, then pressing the exposed end against the circuit board.

* In ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'' during Byzel Tournament, Hawk the pig proves to be rather proficient in making a doll-sized dress with just his mouth from a single piece of cloth for [[spoiler: a shrunken Elizabeth.]]

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': Nui Harime, the Grand Couturier (of the bad guys), is shown to sew with her mouth mighty fine, when sewing with her hands is no longer an option.

* WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}: During the battle with the Kakamora, Moana, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's carrying her rooster Hei-Hei with her]], needs both her hands to make use of an ImprovisedZipLine; she frees her hands by grabbing Hei-Hei (at the neck) in her mouth to carry him with her.

* In ''Videogame/{{Spore}}'' in tribal stage the chief of a tribe without hands holds his staff in his mouth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcaor5W3vU Around 3:45 in this film]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'': In one episode, after Dilbert accidentally knocks all satellites out of alignment, the world devolves back into Renneisance times. One holdover from the digital ways is shown panicking, trying to get his phone to work, and is put in a pillory for his troubles. Once he is, he's seen dialing the phone with his tongue.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ponies that aren't using their magic or hooves to carry or manipulate things sometime utilize their jaws -- the series gets somewhat schizophrenic about this issue.

* Golden Retrievers were bred to retrieve game undamaged, resulting in very "careful" mouths. They can be trained to safely carry around eggs and other very delicate objects.

* Pelicans have large lower beaks that they use to scoop water and take lots of fish on one swoop, then drain the water like a colander before swallowing the catch.

* The artist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Biffen Sarah Biffen]] was born without arms and only vestigial legs, but managed to learn how to sew, write, paint, and use scissors with her mouth.
* By virtue for their trunks being in part made with the upper lip, elephants manipulate objects.

Compare NowThatsUsingYourTeeth and CutlassBetweenTheTeeth, which can intersect with this if the character also fights this way rather than just carrying the weapon.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movies, Donkey's mouth is a very effective substitute for hands. - '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample - How does he do so?'''