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* In DigimonXrosWars Taiki unleashes Leviamon upon a Bagura Digimon.
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* ''AgeOfMythology'' has creatures ''[[InNameOnly called]]'' Leviathan and Jormund, but they're no bigger than most of the other Myth Units.

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* ''AgeOfMythology'' has creatures ''[[InNameOnly called]]'' Leviathan and Jormund, but they're no bigger than most of the other Myth Units. The Kraken is also a present myth unit.

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** There's also a fan-brew game on RPG.net, ''Leviathan: the Tempest'', which is all about playing the FishPeople in human form descended from primordial gods of the ocean. They have the ability to assume ungodly large forms, but don't do it except for dire circumstances as it tends to rend the {{Masquerade}} in two and drives humans into a state of holy terror.

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** There's also a fan-brew game on RPG.net, ''Leviathan: ''[[LeviathanTheTempest Leviathan: the Tempest'', Tempest]]'', which is all about playing the FishPeople in human form descended from primordial gods of the ocean. They have the ability to assume ungodly large forms, but don't do it except for dire circumstances as it tends to rend the {{Masquerade}} in two and drives humans into a state of holy terror.
*** And humans would utterly crush any Leviathan who tried it.
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* As you might expect, both the {{Sub-Mariner}} and {{Aquaman}} have tangled with these types of creatures. For obvious reasons, they stand a much better chance than do the land-dwelling, air-breathing humans.


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** While it never appeared in the original novels, the ''{{Dragonlance}}'' modules based on the Chronicles trilogy give us the King of the Deep. The King of the Deep is a nightmarish sea monster with the body of a huge fish covered in silver hairs, the head of a giant squid, and a pair of long, deadly lobster claws, created when ten (or twelve in the updated 3rd Edition version) of the corrupted priests of Istar offered themselves to the [[BigBad Queen of Darkness]], who turned them into this monster.
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* One of the monster types available in ''[[{{ptitlennp3clhl}} Crush, Crumble, and Chomp!]]'', particularly The Kraken.
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* Father from ''[[{{Animorphs}} The Ellimist Chronicles]]'', a sponge-like creature big enough to cover an entire planet.
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** Note that evidence suggests that ''it shared the ocean with'' {{Megaladon}}. Clearly the prehistoric ocean was not a place to fuck with.

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** Note that evidence suggests that ''it shared the ocean with'' {{Megaladon}}.{{Megalodon}}. Clearly the prehistoric ocean was not a place to fuck with.
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** Note that evidence suggests that ''it shared the ocean with'' [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Megaladon]]. Clearly the prehistoric ocean was not a place to fuck with.

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** Note that evidence suggests that ''it shared the ocean with'' [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Megaladon]].{{Megaladon}}. Clearly the prehistoric ocean was not a place to fuck with.
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** Note that evidence suggests that ''it shared the ocean with'' [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Megaladon]]. Clearly the prehistoric ocean was not a place to fuck with.
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** ForgottenRealms got Leviathan -- the superpowered whale working as Earthmother's divine minion for sea missions. She did never spawn avatars (until merging with Chauntea), such improved natural beasts were enough to deal with her problems.



* "[[T-Wurser-Fings-Ave-Appened-168572147 Wurser Fings 'ave 'appened @t Sea]]", [[TalkLikeAPirate matey]]. Just not that much of 'em.

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* "[[T-Wurser-Fings-Ave-Appened-168572147 "[[http://hesir.deviantart.com/art/T-Wurser-Fings-Ave-Appened-168572147 Wurser Fings 'ave 'appened @t Sea]]", [[TalkLikeAPirate matey]]. Just Jus' not that dat much of 'em.
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* "[[T-Wurser-Fings-Ave-Appened-168572147 Wurser Fings 'ave 'appened @t Sea]]", [[TalkLikeAPirate matey]]. Just not that much of 'em.

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->"It was big. Really, really, big. No, bigger than that. It was ''big''!"
-->Flavor text of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=159241 Polar Kraken]], ''MagicTheGathering''

->''The Kraken stirred. And ten million sushi dinners cried out for vengeance.''
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->''Legend speaks of a beast''
->''Three hundred miles from its tip to its tail!''
->''None have seen it, yet all know its name,''
->''Like the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail!''
-->''Leviathan, by Alestorm''


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* TheDreamlandChronicles: they venture to the cave of the kraken.
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** In the unused American ''Godzilla'' script by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Godzilla is explicitly likened to the Biblical Leviathan, and the [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent mutant griffin]] he faces in the climactic battle is likened to the Behemoth (despite the fact that, as a flying creature, [[DidNotDoTheResearch the Ziz would be a more apt comparison]]).
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** Though a couple references that aren't obscure by any stretch of the imagination are the Tyranids of the hive fleets named, you guessed it, Kraken and Leviathan. The third canonic hive fleet ([[DisContinuity ignoring Naga, Jormungadr, and Gorgon]]) is Behemoth, the first fleet to appear in the chronology.

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** Also, the great fish that ate Jonah
*** Leviathan represents the sin of Envy. "Envy lurks in the hearts of men, as Leviathan lurks beneath calm waters."

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** Also, the great fish that ate Jonah
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Leviathan represents the sin of Envy. "Envy lurks in the hearts of men, as Leviathan lurks beneath calm waters.""
** Job also makes reference to something called a Behemoth, which has similarly entered the lexicon as a catch-all term for "crazy-great-big-thing". [[spoiler:It's a hippo.]]
** Also, the great fish that ate Jonah.

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** There's also Scylla (or is it Charybdis?), from ''TheOddyssey''.

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** There's also Scylla (or is it Charybdis?), Charybdis?),from ''TheOddyssey''.
*** Scylla was a six headed, snake necked creature that sat atop a cliff and snatched sailors
from ''TheOddyssey''.passing ships. The reason they didn't just sail around was because of the creature opposite the cliff, Charbydis. Basically she was a giant mouth under water. Everytime she opened her mouth, a whirlpool formed to suck everything down. The original rock and hardplace.
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*** They could have used Typhon. But I doubt Zeus would ever authorize his release. What with the thing being able to oust Zeus himself from Olympus.
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* Alestorm, a [[CrazyAwesome Scottish Pirate Metal band]], has a song called (and glorifying) The Leviathan on their album "Black Sails At Midnight".

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* Alestorm, a [[CrazyAwesome Scottish Pirate Metal band]], has a song called (and glorifying) The Leviathan "The Leviathan" on their album "Black ''Black Sails At Midnight".
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* Alestorm, a [[CrazyAwesome Scottish Pirate Metal band]], has a song called (and glorifying) The Leviathan on their album "Black Sails At Midnight".
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->''Legend speaks of a beast
Three hundred miles from its tip to its tail!
None have seen it, yet all know its name,
Like the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail!''

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->''Legend speaks of a beast
Three hundred miles from its tip to its tail!
None have seen it, yet all know its name,
Like the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail!''
-->''Leviathan, by Alestorm''

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** There's also Scylla (or is it Charybdis?), from ''TheOddyssey''.




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* ''AgeOfMythology'' has creatures ''[[InNameOnly called]]'' Leviathan and Jormund, but they're no bigger than most of the other Myth Units.
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* The Kraken from the ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series gets bonus obfuscation points for being called "Davy Jones' Leviathan" once.

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* The Kraken from the ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series gets bonus obfuscation points for being called "Davy Jones' Leviathan" once. Maybe they just meant leviathan as in "really big thing".
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* Drowned Wednesday from the KeysToTheKingdom series was cursed to turn into a massive, omniphagic whale.




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* And then, of course, there's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Kraken and the Leviathan]].
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* Um,[[{{Pokemon}} Kyogre]] anyone? It's an obvious {{Expy}} of the Biblical Leviathan.

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* Um,[[{{Pokemon}} Um, [[{{Pokemon}} Kyogre]] anyone? It's an obvious {{Expy}} of the Biblical Leviathan.
* ''DragonQuestIX'': at Port Llaffan, you meet Jona, a girl with the ability to call Leviathan... a gift the other townsfolk abuse by making the great whale provide the whole town with fish, completely giving up their own fishing efforts.
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*** Probably because it's a fairly weak name. Try saying "Unleash the Cetus!" in a way that is in any way badass.
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They'll live in the deepest depths and their appearances are saved for the end of days when the world is to be shattered by their movements. They'll maybe even be {{Cosmic Horror}}s. There will be little shyness about their inspirations, they'll be unabashedly named after the Norse legend of Kraken or the biblical Leviathan. The Kraken tends to take the form of a [[CombatTentacles tentacle laced]] [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods giant squid or octopus]], while the Leviathan is more variable, ranging from a colossal whale to a [[SeaMonster massive]] [[FinalFantasy sea serpent]]. However, since OurMonstersAreDifferent, the title of kraken or leviathan may be given to all kinds of terrors of the deep.

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They'll live in the deepest depths and their appearances are saved for the end of days when the world is to be shattered by their movements. They'll maybe even be If they're not {{Cosmic Horror}}s.Horror}}s, they're the next best thing. There will be little shyness about their inspirations, they'll be unabashedly named after the Norse legend of Kraken or the biblical Leviathan. The Kraken tends to take the form of a [[CombatTentacles tentacle laced]] [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods giant squid or octopus]], while the Leviathan is more variable, ranging from a colossal whale to a [[SeaMonster massive]] [[FinalFantasy sea serpent]]. However, since OurMonstersAreDifferent, the title of kraken or leviathan may be given to all kinds of terrors of the deep.

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