History Main / Orochi

* In ''{{Kanokon}}'' [[spoiler: the female protagonist [[{{Kitsune}} Chizuru]] is revealed to be its reincarnation.]]

* In ''VideoGame/LenEn'', it's revealed that after Orochi died, fragments of his body transformed into more Orochis. By the time of the game, only two of them are alive. Adagumo no Yaorochi wants to restore the Kusanagi sword asnd provokes the incident. Yes, she might be the BigBad, but she is not evil whatsoever, it's just that she feels a connection with the sword because she was born from Orochi's arm.

* King and Queen Hisstocrat of ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' might be this. Their giant heads dressed in regal clothing emerge from the sands, and they can summon a maximum of seven smaller snakes each to help fight. Their smaller snakes are a different color than the Hisstocrats and you don't see them connect, but damaging the Hisstocrat causes all of their summoned snakes to take damage, implying them to be like the example listed up in Ranma 1/2.

* The final boss of the first ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' is called Orochi, where it is depicted as a humanoid snake construct with just five necks, with only one of its necks having a head. [[spoiler:It is later explained that Orochi here is an [[TheHeartless yoma]], and represents the grief of all of the Serpent Girls who have died.]]

* King and Queen Hisstocrat of ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' might be this. Their giant heads dressed in regal clothing emerge from the sands, and they can summon a maximum of seven smaller snakes each to help fight. Their smaller snakes are a different color than the Hisstocrats and you don't see them connect, but damaging the Hisstocrat causes all of their summoned snakes to take damage, implying them to be like the example listed up in Ranma 1/2.

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed, eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, [[BarrierMaiden Princess Kushinada]]. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]] (with the real one [[ShapeShifting turned into a comb that he was wearing]] on his long hair), and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o [[RandomlyDrops found]] the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed, eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, [[BarrierMaiden Princess Kushinada]]. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]] (with the real one [[ShapeShifting turned into a comb that he was wearing]] on his long hair, and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o [[RandomlyDrops found]] the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

*** In ''XIII'', it turns out that [[spoiler: Ash is a mix of FakeDefector, WellIntentionedExtremist and GuileHero whose actions have been one long BatmanGambit to counteract the ambitions of his {{time travel}}ing [[IdenticalGrandson identical]] [[UncannyFamilyResemblance ancestor]] Saiki, the leader of Those From the Past. In an unforeseen HeroicSacrifice, Ash attempts to take Saiki's own powers, and when Saiki performs a GrandTheftMe on Ash (the infamous SNKBoss Evil Ash), Ash regains control and stays in the future, creating a TemporalParadox: as Saiki is stuck in the present, [[RetGone Ash will be erased from history]], [[TakingYouWithMe with Saiki in tow]]. All to protect the LadyOfWar who was supposed to battle Those of the Past instead, Elisabeth Blanctorche, who doubled as Ash's OnlyFriend and CoolBigSis. This causes a ''massive'' CosmicRetcon, which reverts everything back to the way it was before ''2003''. End of story? Orochi's still sealed away. [[AlasPoorScrappy And Ash became a post-mortem hero for at least half the fandom]].]]

** The very premise of ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' is that Orochi himself essentially got bored and squished Japan's Sengoku era and China's Three Kingdoms era together (represented by characters and areas from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'') in order to fight history's greatest warriors. Predictably, he's the final boss of every story mode in the first game and is rather difficult to beat. Although it takes a fair amount to unlock Orochi in the first game, you're able to play him right off the bat in the second. And in both he's still about as absurdly powerful when you're in command of the giant snake man with the funny hat as he is as a boss!
*** The third game has the more familiar form of Orochi called Hydra (lit. "demon snake"/Youja in Japanese), which is stated to be the actual Orochi's power running wild after his defeat in the previous game(s). The expansion expanded Orochi's origin further. [[spoiler:Instead of a demon out of nowhere, it turns out he used to a mythological ''Chinese'' Dragon, Yinglong, who rebelled against the Celestial Emperor because he saw the Emperor enslaving demons via a magic merror and thinks that's terrible. Breaking the mirror to give the demons free will corrupted him into Orochi. [[MST3KMantra Don't mind how doing such thing can change one's nationality.]]]]

*** The third game has the more familiar form of Orochi called Hydra (lit. "demon snake"/Youja in Japanese), which is stated to be the actual Orochi's power running wild after his defeat in the previous game(s).

* In ''Manga/ShamanKing'', Bokuto no Ryu's [[spoiler:spirit ally Tokagero's Oversoul form is an eight-headed dragon on top of a Formula One car.]] In addition, one of Ryu's strongest attacks is his "Ame-No-Murakumo that slew Yamato-No-Orochi", which surrounds his wooden sword in cloud-like swirls of energy before slashing. A bit of a mix-up of the legend's particulars[[note]]as mentioned above, the ame-no-murakumo was found ''after'' the orochi was killed[[/note]], but cool either way.

* In ''Anime/{{Persona 4}}'', Yamato no Orochi is one of Yu Narukami's personas. Notably, it's the first persona Yu created through fusion.

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, [[BarrierMaiden Princess Kushinada]]. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]] (with the real one [[ShapeShifting turned into a comb that he was wearing]] on his long hair, and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o [[RandomlyDrops found]] the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

* In ''ShamanKing'', Bokuto no Ryu's [[spoiler:spirit ally Tokagero's Oversoul form is an eight-headed dragon on top of a Formula One car.]] In addition, one of Ryu's strongest attacks is his "Ame-No-Murakumo that slew Yamato-No-Orochi", which surrounds his wooden sword in cloud-like swirls of energy before slashing. A bit of a mix-up of the legend's particulars[[note]]as mentioned above, the ame-no-murakumo was found ''after'' the orochi was killed[[/note]], but cool either way.

* In {{Kanokon}} [[spoiler: the female protagonist [[{{Kitsune}} Chizuru]] is revealed to be its reincarnation.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Hiyori Sarugaki's Zanpukuto is called ''Kubikiri Orochi''. It's Shikai is a saw sword.

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, [[BarrierMaiden Princess Kushinada]]. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]] (with the real one [[ShapeShifting turned into a comb that he was wearing]] [[BadassLonghair on his long hair]], and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o [[RandomlyDrops found]] the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

** Another spiritual example/reference is Happosai, a [[TheAlcoholic sake-swilling]] DirtyOldMan who ''goes into withdrawal'' if he is unable to sate his perversion and perhaps ''the'' most powerful martial artist in the series. In his BackStory, he was only beaten when his students re-enacted the myth; left out enough sake for him to drink himself into a stupor. Then, lacking any weapon they trusted to cut the nut's head off, they sealed him in a cave with a bundle of dynamite by means of a {{Shimenawa}}-adorned boulder. He of course returns to bug Ranma, and finds himself thwarted time and time again by his intended victim - a HotBlooded "[[TestosteronePoisoning Manly Man]]" acting as a perfect Susanoo figure, complete with an AttractiveBentGender curse that Happosai always falls for.

* In ''TheSecretWorld'', [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated The Orochi Group]] is the name of an AmbiguouslyEvil multinational [[MegaCorp megacorporation]] based in Tokyo.

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, Princess Kushinada. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]], and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o [[RandomlyDrops found]] the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, Princess Kushinada. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]], and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o found the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

** Another spiritual example/reference is Happosai, a [[TheAlcoholic sake-swilling]] DirtyOldMan who ''goes into withdrawal'' if he is unable to sate his perversion and perhaps ''the'' most powerful martial artist in the series. In his BackStory, he was only beaten when his students left out enough sake for him to drink himself into a stupor, after which they sealed him in a cave with a bundle of dynamite by means of a {{Shimenawa}}-adorned boulder. He of course returns to bug Ranma, and finds himself thwarted time and time again by his intended victim - a HotBlooded "[[TestosteronePoisoning Manly Man]]" acting as a perfect Susanoo figure, complete with an AttractiveBentGender curse that Happosai always falls for.

* The BigBad of the ''KamenRiderHibiki'' movie is actually Orochi, but it only has one head. But other elements of the legend are used : the villeagers are forced to give one of their daughters as sacrifice each year, and Ibuki disguises himself as the sacrifice.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Hiyori Sarugaki's Zanpukuto is called ''Kubikiri Orochi''. It's Shikai is a saw sword.

** There's also a Susanoomon. He also has a BFS, though - ''named Orochi.'' [[hottip:*:Well, maybe it's the doohickey that projects it is named Orochi. Not much difference there, though. How big? It's more of a BFG whose beam has a fixed length. Imagine a lightsaber the length of a football field and the width of a tree trunk.]] Sadly, he and Orochimon never met, and Susanoomon being an end-of-season super-duper mode and Orochimon being a mid-season MonsterOfTheWeek the previous year, they're not really in the same league.
* In ''ShamanKing'', Bokuto no Ryu's [[spoiler:spirit ally Tokagero's Oversoul form is an eight-headed dragon on top of a Formula One car.]] In addition, one of Ryu's strongest attacks is his "Ame-No-Murakumo that slew Yamato-No-Orochi", which surrounds his wooden sword in cloud-like swirls of energy before slashing. A bit of a mix-up of the legend's particulars[[hottip:*:as mentioned above, the ame-no-murakumo was found ''after'' the orochi was killed]], but cool either way.

The ''Yamata no Orochi'' is a eight-headed and eight-tailed serpentine monster in JapaneseMythology, similar in appearance to the [[ClassicalMythology Lernaean Hydra]], give or take a head or two. According to Shinto legend, the Orochi was defeated by the storm god Susano-o, who while WalkingTheEarth after getting booted out of Heaven answered a request for aid by two earthly deities who were forced by the Orochi to hand over one of their daughters every year to be devoured by the beast, and were now down to their eighth and last one, Princess Kushinada. Just to distinguish the tale from Western dragon slaying myths, Susano-o first [[AttractiveBentGender lured]] the Orochi out by [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguising himself as Kushinada]], and then killed it by setting out a bowl of strong sake for each head, letting it drink itself into a stupor, ''then'' lopping them off. Inside Orochi's body Susano-o found the sword ''[[NamedWeapons Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi]]'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"]]) that was later re-named "Kusanagi" ("Grass Cutter"), and is one of [[PublicDomainArtifact Japan's Three Sacred Treasures]].

* In ''TheSecretWorld'', Orochi is the name of an AmbiguouslyEvil [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated multinational]] [[MegaCorp megacorporation]] based in Tokyo.

* One of the Childs of the [=HiME=] in ''[[MaiHiME Mai-HiME]]'' has "only" six heads but is otherwise modeled after the orochi ([[spoiler: Kiyohime, Child of [[{{Ojou}} Shizuru]] [[PsychoLesbian Fujino]], to be precise]]).
** This is because [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyohime Kiyohime]] is a ''different'' snake monster.