History Main / WilyWalrus

Villainous walruses are a popular version, combining BaldOfEvil, FangsAreEvil, GoodHairEvilHair, and FatBastard into one ObviouslyEvil package. This portrayal finds further fuel in the fact that [[PredatorsAreMean they're predators]] who feast on all sorts of animals, from fish, to mollusks (such as clams and squid), to crustaceans (such as crabs), to occasionally other seals. They hunt in the murky depths of the ocean, in waters [[EvilIsNotWellLit dark]] and [[EvilIsDeathlyCold cold]]. They also eat large amounts of food, making them seem like {{Villainous Glutton}}s. The TropeCodifier for the villainous variety is the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', featuring a sneaky, gluttonous walrus luring innocent oysters to their doom. He has been the inspiration for many a Wily Walrus.

May or may not overlap with SluggishSeal. Compare MonstrousSeal, who might be working for this guy, and AngryAngryHippos. Contrast WarmHeartedWalrus. Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel. Has nothing to do with a team-up between Doctors [[Franchise/MegaMan Wily]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]]. (Although this ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide has]]'' happened before.)

* ''Fanfic/SognicMalltiverseOfMadness'': Roter.exe, the BigBad, is an EvilCounterpart to the friendly [[WarmHeartedWalrus Roter Warlus]]. He "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy corrupts]]" various characters around the mall, turning them into his slaves, and he uses their bodies and powers to try and make them kill Sognic and friends. %%Please don't try to correct the spelling of "Roter Warlus," as this is a bit of StylisticSuck that applies to several characters in the fanfic.

* Invoked in ''Film/{{Tusk}}'', where a madman is trying to create "the perfect human walrus" through a painful process that involves [[BodyHorror amputating his victim's legs and stitching their fingers together before stitching the body into a walrus suit made from human skin]]. [[spoiler:Wallace, who ends up the victim of this horrible procedure, was a {{Jerkass}} before. After he ends up in the walrus suit, he manages to kill the madman by stabbing him with his tusks.]]

* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'': Tusk is a massive walrus with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] who created an army of snowmen to destroy Sensei and the other penguins. [[spoiler:He used to be childhood friends with Sensei; but after being trapped within an avalanche as a result of him using most of his power during a sparring match, Tusk became the power-hungry pinniped he is today.]]

Their wrinkly skin, bald heads, and bushy snouts resembling big mustaches give them the appearance of a GrumpyOldMan. As a result, female and/or young walruses in media are rare. They're also [[FatBastard big]] and [[FatSlob blubbery]], leading to their portrayal as [[LazyBum lazy]], [[BigEater gluttonous]], and [[MightyGlacier slow-moving]]. Despite this perceived passivity, their massive tusks and sheer bulk make them appear powerful and potentially dangerous, so they’re also sometimes portrayed as being very physically strong, if a bit poorly motivated.

* Subverted with Harman from ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'', a walrus who is part of the benevolent United Animal Security Council. [[spoiler:While he ''is'' evil, being TheMole who was sent by the villains to infiltrate the Council, it is later revealed that he is not actually a walrus, but [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent a newt]] piloting [[RoboticReveal a robot walrus body]].]]

* Franchise/SpiderMan foe The Walrus is a DumbMuscle supervillain who is mocked InUniverse not only for his general incompetence, but also for his rather bizarre choice of an [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing animal theme]]. To be fair, he is at least ''somewhat'' intimidating, due to his sheer brute strength and his goals of causing random destruction ForTheEvulz.

Walruses are strange creatures, and ones that most people have little experience with. Perhaps this is the reason why they are less commonly featured in media compared to cats, foxes, reptiles, etc. Perhaps it is also the reason that their depiction in the media is so heavily influenced by their appearance. RealLife walruses are commonly seen as fat blobs who lay around on rocks, but many of their features translate readily into an anthropomorphized character with a distinctive personality.

Another factor that may have lead to their villainous portrayals - especially the more brutish ones - is the remarkable sounds they make. Would you believe that walruses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CohJksnlT1g grunt and growl]]? In fact, walruses were even used for some of the dinosaur sounds in ''Film/JurassicPark''!

In video games, walruses are commonly seen as enemies - or even bosses - in the SlippySlideyIceWorld. While this is logical, as walruses are mainly found in the Northern seas, they are sometimes paired with animals such as penguins, which is ''[[MisplacedWildlife not]]'' logical.