History Main / AnimalStampede

* A cattle stampede features prominently in Creator/JTEdson's first novel ''Trail Boss''. As one of the staple dangers of trail life, they also occur in several of his later books that feature {{Cattle Drive}}s.

** Chris puts the two teams' shelters to the test by sending a moose stampede their way in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUhSoThisIsMyTeam Uh, So This Is My Team?]]". The Pimâpotew Kinosewak have a treehouse, so they're safe, but the wizard's tower of the Wâneyihtam Maskwak doesn't survive. Therefore, the Pimâpotew Kinosewak win the challenge.

** Chris puts the two teams' shelters to the test by sending a moose stampede their way in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUhSoThisIsMyTeam Uh, So This Is My Team?]]". Pimâpotew Kinosewak has a treehouse, so they're safe, but the wizard's tower of Wanihtam Maskwak doesn't survive. Therefore, Pimâpotew Kinosewak wins the challenge.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Chris puts the two teams' shelters to the test by sending a moose stampede their way in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUhSoThisIsMyTeam Uh, So This Is My Team?]]". Pimâpotew Kinosewak has a treehouse, so they're safe, but the wizard's tower of Wanihtam Maskwak doesn't survive. Therefore, Pimâpotew Kinosewak wins the challenge.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Chris puts the two team's shelters to the test by sending a moose stampede their way in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUhSoThisIsMyTeam Uh, So This Is My Team?]]". Pimâpotew Kinosewak has a treehouse, so they're safe, but the wizard's tower of Wanihtam Maskwak doesn't survive. Therefore, Pimâpotew Kinosewak wins the challenge.

* In ''ComicBook/JudgeColt'' #2, an Indian tribe stampedes a herd of cattle through Buffalo City.

* The wicked witch Mombi from Creator/{{Filmation}}'s ''WesternAnimation/JourneyBackToOz'' meets her doom this way, when her troop of pachyderms are [[EekAMouse spooked by a mouse]], and flee ''en masse'' from the Emerald City. Mombi, disguised as a rose and rooted to the spot, gets trampled horribly [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by her own massive minions]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'', a herd of longhorn bison go on a stampede after attacked by a pack of ''Velociraptor'' cattle rustlers. Arlo and the ''T. rex'' family fight the rustlers among the stampeding bison.
* In ''Franchise/{{Asterix}} Conquers America'', TheChiefsDaughter runs from a stampede of buffaloes that Obelix single-handedly stops, saving her life and earning her gratitude.
* In one of the first scenes of ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', Kenai initiates a stampede of caribou (apparently, he was trying to milk one), which he and his brothers dodge by hiding behind their kayaks.

* In ''Film/KingKong2005'', a herd of ''Brontosaurus'' get startled by a pack of [[RaptorAttack raptor-like]] ''Venatosaurus''. The panicking brontosaurs clumsily run into canyon walls, fall off of cliffs, trip and tumble over each other, and in general harm themselves far more than the predators they're running from ever manage to. Some members of the film crew still get trampled by them.
* The CattleDrive that forms the main plot of ''Film/RedRiver'' is interrupted by a stampede. Many cattle are lost, a man is killed, and cattle driver Tom Dunson (John Wayne) starts growing more erratic under the pressure.

* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'':
** A variety of wildlife stampede through town after being freed by a dice roll, including [[RhinoRampage rhinos]], elephants, zebras and pelicans.
** In ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', the main cast must escape a stampeding horde of man-eating rhinoceroses via a damaged helicopter.
** The third movie, ''Film/JumanjiTheNextLevel'' has an ''ostrich'' stampede.
* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', a water buffalo stampede happens, but in a very different context from the book (see below). When Shere Khan ambushes Mowgli, he escapes from the tiger by jumping on a buffalo during the stampede.
* Humorously subverted in ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''. Butch attempts--at some length--to upset a pen of horses in order to get them to stampede [[WeNeedADistraction to cover the gang's escape]], only to be [[NoSell completely ignored]] by the creatures.
* In ''Film/TenThousandBC'', as the slaves try to escape, D'Leh scares a mammoth of burden and starts a mammoth stampede that trample the enemy guards.
* Played with in ''Film/{{Tremors}}''. Val yells "Stampede!" in Earl's ear while he's asleep, causing him to wake up in terror that he's in a stampede. This turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}}. At the climax of the movie Val uses an explosion to make the last Graboid (which has sensitive hearing) "stampede" out of the edge of a cliff and suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.
* ''Film/{{Australia}}'' is about a CattleDrive through the titular continent. When the cattle are scared by a fire set by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Carney]]'s men, they go on a stampede. [[TheAlcoholic Flynn]] gets trampled, but Nullah manages to stop the stampede before they fall into a canyon.
* In ''Film/CitySlickers'', Mitch accidentally starts a stampede by turning on his electric coffee grinder.
* At the climax of ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'', Tarzan stampedes a herd of wildebeest (with a few lions mixed in) through the city of Boma.

* In ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', a hunting troop of chimpanzees, led by Caesar, make a herd of elk go on a stampede.

* ''Film/Alpha2018'': The cavemen hunt steppe bison by alerting them into a stampede, then directing the herd toward a canyon where they fall off the cliffs. Keda, the young caveman protagonist, unfortunately, gets attacked by a big bull who breaks from the herd, goring him and pushing him down the cliff as well.

* ''Literature/BenSnow'': In "Banner of Blood", the murderers used a cattle stampede to mask the true cause of the victim's death and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident.

* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', TheBeastmaster's ultimate skill, appropriately named "Stampede", summons Thunder Lizards to run in straight lines until they run into something and explode.

* The mobile game ''VideoGame/RodeoStampedeSkyZooSafari'' seems to be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but the gameplay itself is a subversion. Very few of the animals in the titular stampede present a direct threat to the player, and the only ways you can come to harm are either falling off a cliff, running into a wall or obstacle (though some animals can smash certain types of obstacles), or [[PredatorsAreMean being eaten by either a predatory steed or some other meat-eater]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeepDuckTrouble Starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'', there's a stampede of ostriches in the [[JungleJapes Jungle]]. Donald has to hop across the ostriches to get to the tree branch on the other side, avoiding falling and being stomped. The stampede stops when Donald gets to the branch.
* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': A stampede of various animals is used for the execution of [[spoiler:Gundham Tanaka]]. The victim makes no attempt to run away and is trampled to death.

* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', the baby Yoshi can call a stampede of Yoshis to attack all enemies on the stage.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'', the rhinoceroses celebrate a holiday called "RhinoRampage Day", during which they collectively go on a stampede. The conflict arises from the fact that elephants' peanut patch is in their way.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', George makes a bet with the billionaire Seymour Nudnick in who can call a bigger stampede of hippos. Seymour transfers hundreds of hippos with helicopters to the jungle, who then go on a stampede. George attempts to outdo him with his hippo-calling yell, but he uses the wrong yell, so instead he calls a gang of hippies.
* The protagonist of the Creator/DreamWorksAnimation short ''WesternAnimation/{{Bilby}}'' encounters two of these during his journey, one of emus and one of [[KangaroosRepresentAustralia kangaroos]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In his vignette in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se," Aang tries to help relocate the animals from the decrepit Ba Sing Se Zoo, but at first, [[EscapedAnimalRampage they just run amok all over the city]]. In a moment of inspiration, he takes a HUGE breath and blows his trusty bison whistle, causing them to charge off after him as he leads them outside the city gates.

* Yoshi's Final Smash in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', aptly named "Stampede!", has him summoned an army of Yoshis to plow through his opponents. This Final Smash also serves as a MythologyGag to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'''s intro video.

* Yoshi's Final Smash in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him summoned a stampede of Yoshis to plow through his opponents. This Final Smash also serves as a MythologyGag to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'''s intro video.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', the Baby Yoshi can call a stampede of Yoshis to attack all enemies on the stage.

* Yoshi's Final Smash in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him summoned a stampede of Yoshis to plow through his opponents. This Final Smash also serves as a MythologyGag to''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'''s intro video.

* In VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor, the Baby Yoshi can call a stampede of Yoshis to attack all enemies on the stage.

** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' has every remaining dinosaur on Isla Nublar outrunning the threat of an erupting volcano. Yes, even the meat-eating ones like ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Although, despite fleeing for their lives, the carnivores still take their time to [[SuperPersistentPredator snap at humans or other dinosaurs]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In his vignette in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se," Aang tries to help relocate the animals from the decrepit Ba Sing Se Zoo, but at first, they just run amok all over the city. In a moment of inspiration, he takes a HUGE breath and blows his trusty bison whistle, causing them to charge off after him as he leads them outside the city gates.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In his vignette in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se," Aang tries to help relocate the animals from the decrepit Ba Sing Se zoo, but at first, they just run amok all over the city. In a moment of inspiration, he takes a HUGE breath and blows his trusty bison whistle, causing them to charge off after him as he leads them outside the city gates.

* Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' has the orphan Mowgli engineer the demise of Shere Khan by receiving news that the tiger is prowling in a canyon, hoping to surprise a herd of water buffalo. Mowgli and his wolf pack allies launch a mock attack on the herd from the opposite side, driving them into the same canyon as where Shere Khan is staying. [[spoiler: The stampede results in a gruesome overkill.]]

* A cattle stampeded features prominently in Creator/JTEdson's first novel ''Trail Boss''. As one of the staple dangers of trail life, they also occur in several of his later books that feature {{Cattle Drive}}s.

* In one ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' strip, a cowboy is sitting next to a campfire, strumming his banjo, and singing "Home on the Range". Little does he realize that [[DeathByIrony a herd of stampeding buffalo is about to run him over]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' has a far less impressive stampede of rhinos. As Kiara and Kovu chase a bunch of birds, they fly towards a herd of rhinos who [[RhinoRampage charge at the heroes]]. Fortunately nobody gets hurt this time.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', the young Tarzan accidentally starts an elephant stampede when he tries to snatch some tail hair from them, and the elephants mistake him for a piranha. The elephants almost trample a baby gorilla, but Kerchak is fortunately quick enough to save the infant.

* In one of the first scenes of ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', Kenai initiates a stampede of caribou, which the three brother dodge by hiding behind their canoe.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'', Ryan the lion cub makes a herd of gazelles go on a stampede, interrupting the other zoo animals' curling match.

** In the original ''Film/JurassicPark'', Alan, Lex, and Tim get caught in a stampede of ''Gallimimus'' being hunted by the ''T. rex''.; they survive it by hiding behind a log.
** The sequel, ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', features a variety of dinosaurs stampeding while being chased by [=InGen=] hunters.

** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has a Gallimimus Stampede in Gallimimus Valley. In Gyrosphere Valley, a variety of dinosaurs do the same. This is the intent of both attractions, however.
** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' has every remaining dinosaur on Isla Nublar outrunning the threat of an erupting volcano. Yes, even the meat-eating ones like ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]''. Although, despite fleeing for their lives, the carnivores still take their time to [[SuperPersistentPredator snap at humans or other dinosaurs]].

** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' has every remaining dinosaur on Isla Nublar outrunning the threat of an erupting volcano. Yes, even the meat-eating ones like ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Although, despite fleeing for their lives, the carnivores still take their time to [[SuperPersistentPredator snap at humans or other dinosaurs]].

RhinoRampage is a subtrope involving stampeding rhinos. See EscapedAnimalRampage, if the stampeding animals escaped from a zoo or another confinement. May occur during a CattleDrive. Compare DashAttack, which usually done deliberately by a single person but may overlap with this if done by a big group, and OnrushingArmy, where a group of soldiers charges at another army in a similar manner. Not to be confused with ThunderingHerd, which is an angry mob of characters chasing someone, comically drawn as a giant dust cloud. In a video game, a stampede can be an AdvancingWallOfDoom.

Now imagine hundreds of those cows, running together and trampling everything in their way. Not so harmless anymore, right?

* ''Film/Alpha2018'': The cavemen hunt longhorn bison by alerting them into a stampede, then directing the herd toward a canyon where they fall off the cliffs. The young caveman protagonist, unfortunately, gets attacked by a big bull who breaks from the herd, goring him and pushing him down the cliff as well.

* ''Film/{{Alpha}}'': The cavemen hunt longhorn bison by alerting them into a stampede, then directing the herd toward a canyon where they fall off the cliffs. The young caveman protagonist, unfortunately, gets attacked by a big bull who breaks from the herd, goring him and pushing him down the cliff as well.