History Main / RentAZilla

* Name comes from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', where there was a service called this. In addition, there was a rampage by TheAlcoholic uncle of the {{Gamera}} family.

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* The Tarrasque in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial is not in any way, shape or form lifted from]] ''Film/{{Godzilla}}''. [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tarrasque None]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FANmdEFwSV4/TpeqVbEhA8I/AAAAAAAAAmI/7VZ-yvfc_yo/s1600/Godzilla98.jpg whatsoever]].

* In cult comedy director "Savage" Steve Holland's film ''OneCrazySummer'', inspired by childlike wonder and curiosity, actor Bobcat Goldthwait dons a costume which bears a striking resemblance to, but is never specifically referred to as one of the Giant Rubber Monster incarnations of Godzilla. When he is unable to remove the costume after a lit cigar is thrown into the open mouth of the suit, he goes on a terror-driven rampage (coincidentally destroying a scale model of a proposed housing development in the process, mouth smoking all the while, to Godzilla-like music) to the delight of the attending Japanese investors.

* MarvelComics also has Red Ronin, a SuperRobot (based in ''Anime/{{Reideen}}'') created to fight Franchise/{{Godzilla}}; it becomes a rent-a-zilla after that series when it is used in comics such as Comicbook/TheAvengers.

* MarvelComics also has a Red Ronin, a SuperRobot created to fight Franchise/{{Godzilla}}; it becomes a rent-a-zilla after that series when it is used in comics such as Comicbook/TheAvengers.

* ''DudeWheresMyCar?'' starts out with two stoner dudes looking for their car, but ends with them running from a giant alien babe.
* In ''{{Shrek}} 2'', Shrek storms the castle with the help of a giant gingerbread cookie named Mongo.

{{Godzilla}}, or some LawyerFriendlyCameo, [[FountainOfExpies is a common choice, of course.]]

* MarvelComics also has a Red Ronin, a SuperRobot created to fight {{Godzilla}}; it becomes a rent-a-zilla after that series when it is used in comics such as Comicbook/TheAvengers.

* In ''Manga/ToAruKagakuNoRailgun'' when the Level Upper network of 10000 espers went out of control a giant growing fetus-monster-thing made of ambient psychic power spontaneously appears and starts rampaging around Academy City ([[TheTokyoFireball which is located right next to Tokyo]]). The randomness of this is lampshaded when it randomly starts heading for a nearby nuclear power plant.

** Likewise, the 1962 film Gorath features a brief scene where the heroes fight against a giant walrus (Yes, you read that right) named Maguma. Interestingly enough, the dub of the film removes this scene since, well, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it has nothing to do with the main plot of the film]].

Compare InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha, InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons.

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* The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', and the second film had them using positive ghost slime to turn the Statue of Liberty into one.

* ''[[DudeWheresMyCar Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' starts out with two stoner dudes looking for their car, but ends with them running from a giant alien babe.

* Name comes from ''{{Megatokyo}}'', where there was a service called this. In addition, there was a rampage by TheAlcoholic uncle of the {{Gamera}} family.
* ''SluggyFreelance'' has used a couple (not counting all the ones during the ''{{Voltron}}'' parody). There's the [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19991214 Crudosaur]] as well as [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20070223 one of]] Aylee's [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting transformations]].

* The ''SouthPark'' episode "Super Best Friends:" David Blaine brings the statue of AbrahamLincoln to life and it rampages across Washington DC. It's subdued by a giant stone John Wilkes Booth.

* ''DextersLaboratory'': Dexter and Mandark bring Abraham Lincoln and George Washington to life, using their heads off Mt. Rushmore. Giant Abraham Lincoln is almost a subtrope in and of itself.

* The Season 1 finale of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' featured Aang and the Ocean Spirit fusing into a spectacular, Godzilla-esque OneWingedAngel ([[FanNickname nicknamed "Koizilla" by the fans and creators]]) to defeat an enormous fleet of Fire Nation ships.

* The 1950s Toho film ''The Mysterians'', a film about aliens, has two brief scenes involving a giant robot named Moguera.

* {{Rugrats}} had the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe]] Reptar, a child-friendly BrandX knock-off of Godzilla.

* Preceding all the other "Animated Lincoln Statue" references in this page: An issue of CaptainAmerica from the 1970s had him attacked by the statue after it was animated by the [[{{telekinesis}} telekinetik]] villain Animus. Yes, ''Captain America battled Abraham Lincoln.''

* The Tarrasque in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' is not in any way, shape or form lifted from ''Film/{{Godzilla}}''. [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tarrasque None]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FANmdEFwSV4/TpeqVbEhA8I/AAAAAAAAAmI/7VZ-yvfc_yo/s1600/Godzilla98.jpg whatsoever]].

* In ToAruKagakuNoRailgun when the Level Upper network of 10000 espers went out of control a giant growing fetus-monster-thing made of ambient psychic power spontaneously appears and starts rampaging around Academy City ([[TheTokyoFireball which is located right next to Tokyo]]). The randomness of this is lampshaded when it randomly starts heading for a nearby nuclear power plant.

* ''[=~Dude, Where's My Car?~=]'' starts out with two stoner dudes looking for their car, but ends with them running from a giant alien babe.

* In ToAruKagakuNoRailgun when the Level Upper network of 10000 espers went out of control a giant growing fetus-monster-thing made of ambient psychic power spontaneously appears and starts rampaging around Academy City ([[TheGreatTokyoFireball which is located right next to Tokyo]]). The randomness of this is lampshaded when it randomly starts heading for a nearby nuclear power plant.

** Events in the parent series ToAruMajutsuNoIndex suggest that this was not quite so random, and was in fact a CallForward to [[spoiler: the creation of the Fuze=Kazakiri artificial angel]].

* One level in ''{{Psychonauts}}'' has the player character as a giant rampaging through a Tokyo-like city of fish people.

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* From the {{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?