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** ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' has Karathen, who is the biggest creature seen in the DCEU so far and more than capable of easily destroying the largest Atlantean crafts in a single bite.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': During the ''Dissension'' tie-in novel, Ravnica is attacked by giant monsters. First there's some [[OurMonstersAreWeird Nephilim]] that grow giant-sized and start smashing things, then the Izzet's dragon guildmaster Niv-Mizzet flies in to fight them off, and eventually [[BlobMonster Experiment Kraj]] and [[BigRedDevil Rakdos the Defiler]] join the fray as a result of a GambitPileup. Widespread destruction ensues.

* In the third act of ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', Stuart is accidentally enlarged by one of the villain's inventions, and stomps his way through London to save the others.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' has the SeaSerpent called Wyrm, which lurks somewhere between the island kingdom of Numenor and the Middle-earth continent. Despite its name, is not very draconic in its appearance, it has whale-like proportions with the spiked fins of a scorpion fish, its head has the upturned snout of a sturgeon, and has a shark-like aspect overall. In its first appearance, the Wyrm attacks a ship and kills most of its passengers, but is not clear if did it out of malevolence, was just a animal defending its territory, or [[spoiler:felt Sauron's presence on the ship and tried to attack him actually]].

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' has the SeaSerpent called Wyrm, which lurks somewhere between the island kingdom of Numenor and the Middle-earth continent. Despite its name, is not very draconic in its appearance, it has whale-like proportions with the spiked fins of a scorpion fish, its head has the upturned snout of a sturgeon, and has a shark-like aspect overall. In its first appearance, the Wyrm attacks a ship and kills most of its passengers, but is not clear if did out of malevolence, was just a animal defending its territory, or [[spoiler:felt Sauron's presence on the ship and tried to attack him actually]].

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''has the SeaSerpent called Wyrm, which lurks somewhere between the island kingdom of Numenor and the Middle-earth continent. Despite its name, is not very draconic in its appearance, it has whale-like proportions with the spiked fins of a scorpion fish, its head has the upturned snout of a sturgeon, and has a shark-like aspect overall.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward's house becomes one in "Good Neighbors".
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Super Best Friends:" David Blaine brings the statue of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln to life and it rampages across Washington DC. It's subdued by a giant stone John Wilkes Booth.
** And the "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E12MechaStreisand Mecha Streisand]]" episode.
** [[spoiler:WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse]] suddenly and inexplicably grows to large size and destroys UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} with his firebreathing powers in the Music/JonasBrothers episode.
* In a "Treehouse of Horror" episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', giant advertising mascots come to life and terrorize the town
** In another episode, they go to UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}; when they leave the pilot makes the following announcement:
--->Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with Gamera and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.
%%* Ultra-Peepi from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Dexter and Mandark bring Abraham Lincoln and George Washington to life, using their heads off Mt. Rushmore.
** Also, in the half-hour episode "Last But Not Beast", an axe-themed {{Kaiju}} MonsterOfTheWeek appears, and the majority of the episode is spent dealing with it.
** Another episode has Dexter and Dee Dee mutating themselves into bigger and bigger monsters.
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'': 95% of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]] that come to destroy Townsville are usually some variation of this.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Super Zeroes" where the girls learn that the reason so many monsters invade Townsville is because they consider being defeated by them to be some form of honour and whoever makes it back to the island is hailed as a hero by the other monsters.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'': A Gojira CaptainErsatz shows up along with other Japanese cultural stereotypes.
* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode where the Warners do "Jack and the Beanstalk" (along with a parody of "Green Eggs and Ham"): Would you, could you, in Japan, with Godzilla ''and'' Rodan?
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' features the accidental awakening of the massive ''Zillo'' Beast in one episode [[spoiler: and its transfer to Coruscant the next, with predictable results]]. In the Russian translation, the beast is even called "''Gad Zillo''" ("The Zillo Reptile"), to make the ShoutOut even more blatant.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe]] Reptar, a child-friendly BrandX knock-off of Godzilla. Supposedly, Godzilla creator Toho sued Creator/KlaskyCsupo over Reptar which explains why the creature kind of disappeared in later seasons up to the show's cancellation. By the time ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' rolled in, Reptar is seemingly all but forgotten. in a episode, the gang reminisces about the character being popular when they were kids and Dil doesn't actually remember him or his shows.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': The Season 1 finale features Aang and the Ocean Spirit fusing into a spectacular, Godzilla-esque OneWingedAngel to defeat an enormous fleet of Fire Nation ships.
* The monsters in ''WesternAnimation/YamRoll'' mostly exist as an excuse for Yam Roll to use his superpowers, or to give him more opportunities to make passes at Minamiko.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': In "Papa's Big Snooze", the Smurfs have to cross a lake inhabited by a monster fish called 'Carpzilla'.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' featured a ''literal'' example when [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Cecil B. de Vil]] borrows the "Choc-zilla" animatronic from his studio to attack the Dearly farm.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' cartoon, he's a big fan of Schmodzilla, a near-identical version of Godzilla.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** The Season 1 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" has the Ursa Minor, a bear-like creature larger than a two-story building, rampaging through Ponyville because of Snips and Snails waking it up. It is at first thought to be an Ursa ''Major'' because of Trixie's boastful claims, but no -- the Ursa Minor is just a baby. The mother Ursa Major is an absolutely massive monster who can cradle the Ursa Minor in its arms; it's probably the biggest creature ever portrayed in the show.
** In the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of my Excess]]", when Spike is exposed to greed he grows prematurely into a giant adult dragon which promptly rampages through Ponyville, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He also parodies ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'' by kidnapping Rarity and climbing to the tallest building with her clutched in his hand. Season 8 episode "Molt Down" would eventually clarify that this premature growth isn't at all like a dragon's natural maturity, showing Spike going through the dragon equivalent of puberty [[spoiler:capped off with growing a pair of wings, though otherwise remaining about the same size as before]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver'', the small and adorable winterchilla transforms into a towering, aggressive ''winterzilla'' at night, growing to a good few stories in height and going on a rampage through Ponyville, easily smashing its way into Twilight's crystal castle before being calmed down.
* Both of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe's'' original [[FiveEpisodePilot Five Episode Pilots]] have kaiju in them. While hunting for radioactive heavy water to power the MASS device, the Joes and Cobra are attacked by giant tube worms. And while retrieving part of the Weather Dominator from the tropical Palace of Doom, the Joes are attacked by a giant animate statue -- and saved when it gets distracted by a convenient giant Cobra robot, and the two destroy each other.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': The titular creature in "Bronto Bear". He's actually a literal GentleGiant unless he's awakened from his hibernation, which the Black Hole Gang do as part of an EvilPlan.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "I Am My Monster", [[spoiler: Steven's emotional turmoil reaches the point where he "corrupts", turning into a giant pink Godzilla-like ''kaiju''. The Crystal Gems and the Diamonds have to team up to subdue Steven and talk him down.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' special "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP02MiraculousWorldShanghai Miraculous World: Shanghai – The Legend of Lady Dragon]]", Mei Shu's akumatized form, Yan Woshi, is a towering giant, and he soon enough start leaving a trail of destruction over the city.

* The finale of the anime adaptation of Deltora Quest leads to a battle between the Shadow Lord and the spirit of the Belt of Deltora, both of which take the form of gigantic spirits. Said battle was created entirely for the anime adaptation, never occurring in the original book.

* One scenario in the original ''VideoGame/SimCity'' has a Godzilla-like monster attacking Tokyo in 1961. This monster is replaced with [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] in the SNES version.

%%* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The Tarrasque.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': The Greater Krayt Dragon from "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E1Chapter9TheMarshal Chapter 9: The Marshal]]". It's large enough to swallow an entire Bantha whole, and as massive as it appears on-screen, that's only a fraction of it since most of its body is still submerged under the sand.

%%* The Tarrasque in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Colossal-sized creatures qualify as this, like colossi or the Spawn of Rovagug. Creatures with the Massive rule like Leviathan or Ulunat take this a step further, as they can only be flanked by creatures of a large enough size and can move easily through any terrain short of walking straight through buildings or trees.

Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, or NotZilla, is a common choice, of course. A KingKongCopy is probably the second most popular option, with a [[Film/Mothra Mothra]] expy as a distant third.

Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, or NotZilla, is a common choice, of course. A KingKongCopy is probably the second most popular option.

* Hannibal from ''Series/TheATeam'' takes time from his career as a mercenary escaping justice to play a Godzilla expy in [[BMovie B-Movies]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward's house becomes one in "Good Neighbors"

** [[spoiler: MickeyMouse]] suddenly and inexplicably grows to large size and destroys UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} with his firebreathing powers in the Music/JonasBrothers episode.

* Ultra-Peepi from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.

** In the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of my Excess]]", when Spike is exposed to greed he grows prematurely into a giant adult dragon which promptly rampages through Ponyville, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He also parodies ''Film/KingKong1933'' by kidnapping Rarity and climbing to the tallest building with her clutched in his hand. Season 8 episode "Molt Down" would eventually clarify that this premature growth isn't at all like a dragon's natural maturity, showing Spike going through the dragon equivalent of puberty [[spoiler:capped off with growing a pair of wings, though otherwise remaining about the same size as before]].

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': ''Literature/DeadBeat'' gives us Sue [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs the dinosaur]].