History Main / MonsterShapedMountain

* "Billy The Mountain", a monstrous mountain from Music/FrankZappa's "Billy The Mountain" from ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' (1973) and "The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary" from ''Studio Tan'' (1978) and ''Läther'' (1993).

** In the Fourth Doctor episode "The Face of Evil", a gigantic carving of the Evil One's head is what taught the Sevateen what this terrifying villain looks like. Too bad for the Doctor that it had the face of Tom Baker...

* The Cave of Souls from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', which is not so much just a mountain. When approached, it comes to life as a Judgement entity.

* In the ''Cars'' films, a number of mountains and rock formations resemble automobiles or parts of them. This counts as this trope, as all self-propelled vehicles in this Verse are living creatures.

* Chicken Ridge from ''[[VideoGames/NancyDrew The White Wolf of Icicle Creek]]'' looks just like you'd expect from the name, at least when it's covered in snow.

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* ''ThePrydainChronicles'' novel ''The High King''. Mount Dragon was so named because its peak was in the rough shape of a monstrous, crested dragon's head with gaping jaws, and on either side the lower slopes spread like outflung wings.

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* The card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=279708 Hamletback Goliath]] from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' is given to be this. The card art depicts a couple of goblins living on the Goliath's back, and plant growth that makes it look like a mountain.
* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting:
** In the adventure "Neither Man Nor Beast", the beach where the player characters become marooned on Markovia is covered with giant stone figures buried waist-deep in the sand or just offshore.
** Graben Island is shaped like a three-clawed monstrous hand.
* The entrance to the infamous ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'' [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] adventure is through one of the openings in a skull-shaped cliff.
* The ''{{Dragonlance}}'' game-setting has Skullcap, cranium-shaped site of a long-ago evil wizard's stronghold, and the cover of the module ''Dragons of Light'' features a huge dragon statue carved out of a mountaintop.
* A short adventure from ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine was located at the site where a huge dragon and the flying ship it'd attacked had crashed into a pool of lava. Several of the caverns in the resulting dungeon were shaped like dragon-parts, as the lava had congealed around its skull, limbs, ribcage and tail.
* The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement ''Draconomicon'' reveals that this is how a dragon can die - rather than suddenly succumbing to the centuries, a dragon can choose to consume its [[DragonHoard hoard]] and undertake a ritual that allows it to merge with the landscape. The resulting hills or lakes are typically shaped like a dragon head or footprint, and are ideal nesting sites for future generations, as eggs laid there are magically hidden from danger, while wyrmlings can commune with the departed dragon's spirit for guidance.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': the "Dragons of Eberron" supplement has a mountain in Sarlona that closely resembles a giant dragon's head, although without being recognisable as any specific breed of dragon. The dragons themselves believe it to be proof that the progenitor wyrms exist and that Eberron ''really is'' made of an ancient dragon.

* Snake Mountain in the ''He-Man'' franchise; in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 the 2002 series]], it was eventually revealed to actually ''be'' a giant snake frozen in place when King Hiss and the Snake Men take over.

* In the [[Series/{{Merlin-1998}} 1998 miniseries]] ''[[Series/{{Merlin-1998}} Merlin]]'', the Rock of Ages is a sentient mountain resembling a man lying half-buried in the ground. Merlin asks it to hold Excalibur [[ExcaliburInTheStone until a worthy wielder appears]].

* In an episode of ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'' about erosion, the class's trip along a mountainside triggered a series of rockfalls and stream-diversions that re-shaped the terrain to resemble a human figure.
* The ''AdventureTime'' episode "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain", in which the titular mountain is living, has a face, and cries boulders. A female mountain, also with a living face at its peak, appears as well.

* The MonsterShapedMountain actually ''is'' [[ThatsNoMoon a tremendous creature]], one that was either [[RockMonster made of stone]] to begin with or TakenForGranite. If it's dead or merely inert, it may be overgrown with vegetation; locals might even have built homes on its surface, making the possibility that it might wake up and start moving a serious concern. In cases when the creature is openly known to be alive, it will often fulfill some benign protective role for nearby inhabitants. If the Mountain is intelligent as well as living, it's a type of GeniusLoci.

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* Skull Rock in the various versions of ''Literature/PeterPan'', where Captain Hook takes the kidnapped Princess Tiger Lily.
* In ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', the Land of Iron's signature landmark is the Three Wolves, a mountain that is shaped like 3 wolves' heads.

* In ''Film/TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey'', after being rescued by the Eagles, the dwarves' party is set down on a mountaintop resembling the head of a bear.
** Gargantuan carvings of kings, both human and dwarf, appear in other Creator/PeterJackson [=LotR=] films.

** The Paps of Scilla, a mountain on the caravan-route from Zemphis to Ankh-Morpork, has stirred a lot of speculation about the lady in question, because it has [[{{Multiboobage}} eight peaks]].

* Dzur Mountain is one of the major locations in the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' series, and is shaped like the ferocious feline it's named for.

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] adventure "Neither Man Nor Beast", the beach where the player characters become marooned on Markovia is covered with giant stone figures buried waist-deep in the sand or just offshore.
* A short adventure from ''Dungeon'' magazine was located at the site where a huge dragon and the flying ship it'd attacked had crashed into a pool of lava. Several of the caverns in the resulting dungeon were shaped like dragon-parts, as the lava had congealed around its skull, limbs, ribcage and tail.
* Graben Island, in the {{Ravenloft}} setting, is shaped like a three-clawed monstrous hand.
* The entrance to the infamous ''Tomb of Horrors'' D&D adventure is through one of the openings in a skull-shaped cliff.
* The {{Dragonlance}} game-setting has Skullcap, cranium-shaped site of a long-ago evil wizard's stronghold, and the cover of the module ''Dragons of Light'' features a huge dragon statue carved out of a mountaintop.

* In the casual game ''Drawn: Trail of Shadows'', one of the painted worlds is home to a mountain-sized stone giant with huts built on its shoulders. Events in-game have saddened it, so a slender waterfall of tears streams from its gargantuan eye.
* In ''Icewind Dale'', the dungeon of Dragon's Eye is much in the shape of a dragon's head, hence the name.
* In the fourth ''Azada'' casual game, a path leads up a hill shaped like a giant canine.

* In ''TheLostCrown'', Saxton folklore holds that the jagged rocks along the shoreline are spines on the back of Grindle, a dragon from local legend.

** In ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'', several trolls which Rincewind meets transform into vaguely-humanoid boulders when the sun comes up.

* Malibu, also near Catalina, has a mountain resembling a gorilla's head. Amusingly, it's nearby where ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' was filmed.

* A photo from the Viking probe which went to Mars in the 1970s showed a feature in the Cydonia region which looked eerily like a human face, and was the object of a lot of AncientAstronauts speculation, including a [[http://www.amazon.com/Face-Mars-Randolfo-Rafael-Pozos/dp/0914091867 popular book]] on the subject. More recent photography of the area by probes showed a more mundane geological image, and that the face seen in the original was probably a coincidence caused by shadows.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', "the rock that looks like a Longneck" is one of the landmarks that Littlefoot's mother teaches him to look for on the way to the Great Valley.