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** Another prehistoric R.o.U.S. is the ''Phoberomys pattersoni'', weighing in at approximately 550 pounds and related to the modern guinea pig. Upon its discovery in the early 2000s, it was given a nickname by the media: "guineazilla."
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* ''Videogame/DeadEstate'' has Chunks, a giant mutant rat who chases the player down [[StalkedByTheBell if they take too long on a floor]]. While he can be taken down with sufficient firepower, it only stops him for that one floor and he's only dealt with in the ending, where he's either the FinalBoss or by completing the Alternate Floors [[spoiler:he's hit with an antidote that turns him back into a regular rat]].
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* Third in size as living rodents are the porcupines, particularly Old World species. New World species, however, are also no runts, the North American species being the second largest living rodent of the Northern Hemisphere after the beaver.

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* Third in size as living rodents are the extant porcupines, particularly the Old World species. species especially. New World species, however, are also no runts, the runts as North American species being are the second largest living rodent of in the Northern N. Hemisphere after the beaver.beavers.
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* Third in size as living rodents are the porcupines, particularly Old World species. New World species, however, are also no runts, the North American species being the second largest living rodent of the Northern Hemisphere after the beaver.
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they're not of any large size.


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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the Piranha Brothers sketch, Dinsdale Piranha is a notorious gangster, although he often had fears that he was being followed by a giant hedgehog, whom he referred to as Spiny Norman. At the end of the sketch, when the Piranhas escape prison, it turns out Norman is real, and would make infrequent appearances on the programme.
-->'''Spiny Norman''': Dinsdale?
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* In ''Series/TheNewAvengers'' episode "Gnaws", an experimental isotopic fluid spilled down a drain causes a sewer rat to grow to gigantic size.

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* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In ''Series/TheNewAvengers'' the episode "Gnaws", an experimental isotopic fluid spilled down a drain causes a sewer rat to grow to gigantic size.



* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has it in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIIBackInTheRedPartI Back in the Red]]" - ''Red Dwarf'' has been built far too large and is returning to normal size. ''Starbug'' encounters a huge rat and ends flying into its backside, propelling it along.
* On ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch,'' we hear the Quizmaster on the phone with an exterminator complaining that the rat in his apartment in the Other Realm is making long-distance calls on his phone and listening to his [=CDs=] without putting them back. (Whether he pays rent or not is ''not'' the point.) They are apparently unsuccessful since we meet the ROUS in another episode when he introduces himself as the Quizmaster's "roommate."
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "The Elevator", Roger and Will learn that their father's super food causes extreme growth when they find several dead giant rats in his factory, each bigger than the one before. They later find a [[MegaNeko giant cat]], [[CanisMajor giant dog]] and a GiantSpider.

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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' has it in episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIIBackInTheRedPartI Back in the Red]]" - Red: Part 1]]", ''Red Dwarf'' has been built far too large and is returning to normal size. ''Starbug'' encounters a huge rat and ends flying into its backside, propelling it along.
* On ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch,'' In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', we hear the Quizmaster on the phone with an exterminator complaining that the rat in his apartment in the Other Realm is making long-distance calls on his phone and listening to his [=CDs=] without putting them back. (Whether he pays rent or not is ''not'' the point.) They are apparently unsuccessful since we meet the ROUS in another episode when he introduces himself as the Quizmaster's "roommate."
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "The Elevator", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E16 The Elevator]]", Roger and Will learn that their father's super food causes extreme growth when they find several dead giant rats in his factory, each bigger than the one before. They later find a [[MegaNeko giant cat]], [[CanisMajor giant dog]] and a GiantSpider.
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* ''Videogame/SuikodenII'' had a giant, mutated Sewer Rat for a boss. Which could attack twice per turn, and hit all of your party with each attack for a ''lot'' of damage. {{Goddamned|Bats}} [[JustForPun rats.]]

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* ''Videogame/SuikodenII'' had a giant, mutated Sewer Rat for a boss. Which could attack twice per turn, and hit all of your party with each attack for a ''lot'' of damage. {{Goddamned|Bats}} [[JustForPun rats.]]
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* ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'': The all-too-sapient rats in ''The Swords of Lankhmar'' are of standard size -- until the right magic comes into play, late in the novel.



* ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'': The all-too-sapient rats in ''The Swords of Lankhmar'' are of standard size -- until the right magic comes into play, late in the novel.

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* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' by Creator/GeorgeOrwell features enormous rats, apparently capable of chewing straight through a man's head. The Party uses them as a torture device [[spoiler:on Winston in {{Room 101}}, knowing that [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Winston is terrified of rats]]]].



* In ''Fort Freak'', a Literature/WildCards novel, Vincent "Ratboy" Marinelli is an effective member of the Department of Internal Affairs, aka the Rat Squad. He is a "Joker" w/ the shape of a giant (4-foot) brown rat. [[http://wildcards.wikia.com/wiki/Ratboy For a little more, see another wiki.]]
* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Monster Blood II'' had a 10-foot tall hamster in it.

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* In ''Fort Freak'', ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'':
** The theoretical Shagrat, sheep-sized at least.
** The poggle, from 95 million years later, was
a Literature/WildCards novel, Vincent "Ratboy" Marinelli is an effective member Rodent of Unusual Staying-power, having survived to be the Department of Internal Affairs, aka the Rat Squad. He is a "Joker" w/ the shape of a giant (4-foot) brown rat. [[http://wildcards.wikia.com/wiki/Ratboy For a little more, see another wiki.]]
* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Monster Blood II'' had a 10-foot tall hamster in it.
last mammal on Earth... not that this did it much good...



* The Creator/StephenKing short story ''Graveyard Shift'' has a lot of rats of usual size...[[spoiler:until you go down to the sub-basement where there are not only rodents of unusual size but they're mutated as well, the "queen" of which is big enough to eat a man]] (appears in the collection ''Literature/NightShift'').



* In the Creator/SMStirling book, ''[[Literature/TheLordsOfCreation In the Courts of the Crimson Kings]]'', when the protagonist rescued from a prison, his [[TransplantedHumans Martian]] rescuer warns him that the tunnels under Olympus Mons are inhabited by all manner of unpleasant creatures including rodents of unusual size. [[SubvertedTrope They turn out to be thousands of tiny rodents that swarm like army ants.]]
* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknights'': When [[KidHero the Midknights]] decide to go through a mountain cave, they find themselves having to deal with rats the size of a human being with bat wings. When the battle starts, though, the rats flee soon after[[spoiler:, because a large dragon shows up]].

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* ''Literature/TheLordsOfCreation'': In the Creator/SMStirling second book, ''[[Literature/TheLordsOfCreation In ''In the Courts of the Crimson Kings]]'', Kings'', when the protagonist is rescued from a prison, his [[TransplantedHumans Martian]] rescuer warns him that the tunnels under Olympus Mons are inhabited by all manner of unpleasant creatures including rodents of unusual size. [[SubvertedTrope They turn out to be thousands of tiny rodents that swarm like army ants.]]
* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknights'': When [[KidHero the Midknights]] decide to go through a mountain cave, they find themselves having to deal with rats the size of a human being with bat wings. When the battle starts, though, the rats flee soon after[[spoiler:, because after [[spoiler:because a large dragon shows up]].



* In ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Myth-Taken Identity]]'', the mall-rats are about the size of spaniels, while their boss Rattila is twice their size. In the previous book, ''Myth Alliances'', a big rodent-like beast is seen pulling a cart on one of the visited dimensions.

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* ''Literature/MonsterBloodII'' features a 10-foot-tall hamster.
* ''Literature/MythAdventures'':
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In ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Myth-Taken Identity]]'', the mall-rats are about the size of spaniels, while their boss Rattila is twice their size. In the previous book, ''Myth Alliances'', a big rodent-like beast is seen pulling a cart on one of the visited dimensions.dimensions.
** In ''Myth-Taken Identity'', the mall-rats are about the size of spaniels, while their boss Rattila is twice their size.
* The ''Literature/NightShift'' short story "Graveyard Shift" has a lot of rats of usual size... [[spoiler:until you go down to the sub-basement, where there are not only rodents of unusual size, but they're mutated as well. Their "queen" is big enough to eat a man]].



* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' features enormous rats, apparently capable of chewing straight through a man's head. The Party uses them as a torture device [[spoiler:on Winston in Room101, knowing that [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Winston is terrified of rats]]]].



* In an in-Verse example, the populace at large in ''Literature/RatmansNotebooks'' start speculating about a human-sized man/rat hybrid on the loose after the VillainProtagonist begins using his trained SwarmOfRats to commit crimes. Amused, he plays along with these rumors by donning a rat mask on his later criminal forays.

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* In an in-Verse in-'Verse example, the populace at large in ''Literature/RatmansNotebooks'' start speculating about a human-sized man/rat hybrid on the loose after the VillainProtagonist begins using his trained SwarmOfRats to commit crimes. Amused, he plays along with these rumors by donning a rat mask on his later criminal forays.



* In the ''Literature/WildCards'' novel ''Fort Freak'', Vincent "Ratboy" Marinelli is an effective member of the Department of Internal Affairs, a.k.a. the Rat Squad. He is a "Joker" with the shape of a giant (4-foot) brown rat. [[http://wildcards.wikia.com/wiki/Ratboy For a little more, see another wiki.]]



* ''Series/TheFutureIsWild'':
** The theoretical Shagrat, sheep-sized at least.
** The poggle, from 95 million years later, was a Rodent Of Unusual Staying-power, having survived to be the last mammal on Earth. Not that this did it much good...

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