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* 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. Both incidents feel like weird genre-shifts in the middle of these stories; but still fun of course because, y'know, giant monsters, hey.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy accidentally wishes one up through sleep wishing.

* ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' ends with the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment, the villain of which is Chernabog, a demon lord so big, his wings fold up into the peak of the mountain.
* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', the titans are portrayed as gargantuan-sized elemental monsters who wrought havoc on Earth at the time of its creation until Zeus defeated them and imprisoned them in Tartarus. They are freed by [[BigBad Hades]] at the climax and help him take control over Olympus, but, thanks to [[BigDamnHeroes Herc's intervention]], they are defeated again and destroyed once for all. Likewise, the Lernaean Hydra which Herc fights earlier on the movie and many other monsters he confronts count as well.

* Played with in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' when Judy chases Duke into [[MouseWorld Little Rodentia]], where they (a rabbit and a weasel, respectively) are kaiju-sized by comparison.
* In ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', [[BigBad Ursula]] uses Triton's trident to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow expand herself to monstrous proportions]] for the climatic battle between her, Eric and Ariel. She does this pretty much every time she shows up as a boss in the ''[[VideoGame Kingdom Hearts]]'' franchise.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The climax of ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', in which the Things From The Dungeon Dimensions use movie magic to escape into the real world, involves a giant woman climbing the Tower of Art while clutching an ape. The other characters can't shake the feeling there's something wrong with this picture.[[note]]in fact, ''two'' pictures, with overtones of a third; a two-for-one ShoutOut to ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman, Film/KingKong1933'' and possibly ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''[[/note]]

** The [[SandWorm Thresher Maws]]. Regular Thresher Maws are ~90 meters long (albeit only ~30 meters in height above ground, for 2/3 of their bodies will be underground at all times) and [[LightningBruiser maneuverable]], with [[HollywoodAcid acid spit]] that can dissolve tanks and a natural armored carapace that can resist shots from [[MagneticWeapons 155mm hypervelocity coilguns]]. Kalros in the third game is one of these things scaled up to ''2,980 meters''.

** [[AmbiguousRobots Reaper]] [[EldritchAbomination Destroyers]] in the third game are really just the Reapers' version of [[StandardSciFiFleet space frigates]], but since they're so ridiculously large compared to everything else that's not in space (at around 160 meters in height and 55,000 m^3 in volume), they function as particularly powerful Kaiju whenever deployed on the ground. It helps that they've got unfoldable legs to let them stomp around in-atmosphere like HumongousMecha, seemingly solely because Bioware wanted to invoke Kaiju imagery. Without the [[HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasurement nuclear-scale railguns]] of large spaceships, Reaper Destroyers are essentially invulnerable. Even an orbital bombardment by the smaller broadside of guns of said spaceships (which despite being nothing compared to the main guns, still produced fireballs dozens of meters in diameter on every shot, on par with tactical nukes, and could fire multiple shots per second) were an absolute NoSell against the thinnest part of a Destroyer's armor on Rannoch. It took dozens of those shots directly to the Destroyer's [[AttackItsWeakPoint main cannon mid-priming]] to do any damage. However, they're [[AlwaysABiggerFish still extremely tiny compared to Kalros despite technically possessing greater firepower]], as the one on Tuchanka [[CurbStompBattle found out]].

* The thresher maws in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy, especially Kalros in the third part.

* The thresher maws in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy.

* Some of the bosses in ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Indiana Jones 2]]'' involve various ways to make giant monsters.
* The thresher maws in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' the Harmony Affinity has a unique unit called a “Xeno Titan”, which was described by Firaxis, the developers, as “basically a Kaiju.”
* In ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon The Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'', the background of one cutscene features hot giant-octopus-on-Konami-building action.
* In ''VideoGame/CosmicStarHeroine'', after the heroes have defeated a mecha all by themselves, its pilot unleashes the Blobmith, an artificial creature that grows into humongous proportions in seconds. To defeat it, the heroine Alyssa hijacks the mecha and starts a fistfight with the monster, and when it is defeated she activates the mecha's self-destruct command to wipe them both out. The whole scene [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment has nothing to do with anything]] besides being a homage to kaiju films and/or ''Pacific Rim''.

* The first Franchise/{{Superman}}[=/=]SpiderMan team-up opens with ComicBook/LexLuthor attacking Metropolis with a [[HumongousMecha giant robot.]] Because that's just the kind of thing Lex does. Supey defeats it, the whole thing only lasting a handful of pages. It's really just to set-up Lex going back to prison where he will meet Doc Ock and get the real plot rolling.

* In the horror novel ''Literature/{{Jago}}'', when everybody's fears and obsessions are coming to life and causing havoc, there is a scene in which an enormous fire-breathing Godzilla creature puts in appearance. [[spoiler:In a bit of comic relief, it turns out not to be one of the supernatural manifestions, but an inflatable animatronic that's part of a publicity stunt for a rock band. And it almost immediately gets a puncture and deflates.]] Once the scene is over, it's never mentioned again.

* The first season of Telltale Games' ''SamAndMax'' series has an episode in which the VillainOfTheWeek converts the Lincoln Memorial into a giant robot that claims to be the reincarnation of the original, to run for President when the previous robot president is "assassinated" by the famous duo.

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

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', the titans are portrayed as gargantuan-sized elemental monsters who wrought havoc on Earth at the time of its creation until Zeus defeated them and imprisoned them in Tartarus. They are freed by [[BigBad Hades]] at the climax and help him take control over Olympus, but, thanks to [[BigDamnHeroes Herc's intervention]], they are defeated again and destroyed once for all. Likewise, the hydra which Herc fights earlier on the movie and many other monsters he confronts count as well.

* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' has a scene where a giant inflatable T-rex is unmoored and goes careening down the street, at which point two Japanese bystanders start up this conversation:

* A Gojira CaptainErsatz shows up in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', along with other Japanese cultural stereotypes.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' has them accidentally awaken the massive ''Zillo'' Beast in one episode [[spoiler: and bring it 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.

* The Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/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.

** 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.
** 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]].

* From ''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.

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* [[TropeNamers Name]] comes from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', where there was a [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1060 service called this.]] In addition, there was a rampage by TheAlcoholic uncle of the Film/{{Gamera}} family.

* Hannibal from ''Series/TheATeam'' takes time from his career as a mercenary escaping justice to play a Godzilla expy in {{BMovie}}s.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'', Shrek storms the castle with the help of a giant gingerbread cookie named Mongo.
* Played with in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' when Judy chases Duke into [[MouseWorld Little Rodentia]], where they (a rabbit and a weasel, respectively) are kaiju sized by comparison.

* The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and the [[Film/GhostbustersII second film]] had them using positive ghost slime to turn the Statue of Liberty into one.
** In the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}} 2016 reboot]], ''the team's own logo'' becomes one of these.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]] ends with [[MakeMyMonsterGrow the robot growing to giant size]] and stomping its way through an English village.
** The Loch Ness Monster rampaging through Scottish roads in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons "Terror of the Zygons"]] — also a CryptidEpisode.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom "The Seeds of Doom"]] finale has the Krynoid plant-monster grow to titan size.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor "The Next Doctor"]] has Victorian London being torn to pieces by a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha giant Cyberman]] called the Cyberking.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath "Deep Breath"]] has Victorian London being besieged by a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' the size of Big Ben. However, she's not malicious, and is in fact killed early on by the ''real'' villains.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' had one named "[[GoshDangItToHeck Golly]]zilla."

Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, or NotZilla, is a common choice, of course.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' Season 2 episode "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]].

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

* [[TropeNamers Name]] comes from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', where there was a [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1060 service called this.]] In addition, there was a rampage by TheAlcoholic uncle of the Franchise/{{Gamera}} family.