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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog: One of Dr. Eggman's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original designs]] was ''a walrus.''

->''"And to assert dominance, the walrus needs a bigger mouth, so it can eat all our childrens. Because walrus '''don't have sympathy.'''"''

Sometimes, fictional walruses are presented as even more predatory than they are in real life. They may eat animals like penguins and seals, or [[ToServeMan even humans]], even though they do not eat any of these in real life.

* 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]].]]

* Maguma, a Kaiju-sized walrus from the Creator/{{Toho}} film ''Gorath'', who [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere suddenly shows up to]] menace the humans when they're setting up a base in Antarctica to deal with the collision of the title asteroid. The scene was cut out of the American edit though.

* Strangely handled in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. House Manderly has a resemblance to walruses as their motif, except it's not as spelled out as for some other houses. Their male house members tend to resemble walruses, the names they give their children tend to start with W, and the head of their house displays pretty much all the traits accounted for in the Trope description, except he takes a while to truly grow into / display his (oddly enough, heroic) FatBastard side. One gets the impression that the trope being full at work flies over the head of other characters in-universe, specifically because most people who interact with Manderley's don't seem to be familiar enough with walruses to be able to spell it out for themselves. This goes so far that their house sigil doesn't display a Walrus, as it most certainly would as they resemble them more than most other houses resemble their animal motif, but a "merman" instead - and pinnipeds (seals, walruses and such) were the real-life inspiration for tales of merfolk in the first place.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' has Walrein, the final evolution of Spheal. They aren't particularly mean or dangerous, but can put up a hell of a fight thanks to their impressive bulk and immense strength. A particularly tough Walrein is the ace Pokemon of Hoenn Elite Four member Glacia, and it can potentially OneHitKill your Pokemon with the incredibly dangerous Sheer Cold move.
* One of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman's]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original designs]] was ''a walrus.''
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': one of the animals that can be encountered in the game are horkers, a fantasy equivalent to the walrus and other giant pinnipeds. They're peaceful enough unless you provoke them, but are considered quite dangerous in-universe, with a whole in-game book dedicated to it called ''Horker Attacks'' and contains advice for fighting them. In the [=DLC=] pack ''Dragonborn'', a minor location on Solstheim is an island full of horkers with evidence all over the place that a group of bandits set up camp there not too long ago and they were all killed by the horkers, with a particularly large one being surrounded by piles of bones and having a bunch of human skulls in its inventory--in other words, it ''ate'' them.
* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' has the father-son duo [=MacTusk=] and [=WeeTusk=], who appear during winter time and will harass the player. They do drop some nice loot is you defeat them.

* Trott from [[LetsPlay/{{HATFilms}} Hat Films]] has an anthropomorphic walrus as his ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' avatar, and he's generally the wiliest of the boys in their Let's Plays.
* One of {{Website/Bogleech}}'s dreams featured in ''Literature/NightmareBeings'' was about a malevolent humanoid walrus with painted on eyes that moved in a fast motion like sped-up video footage.

* Dr. Rusell the (very boring) science teacher in the short-lived Creator/FoxKids show ''Zazoo U'' is walrus.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko has an AccidentalPervert encounter with Gladys, who ends up launching him out to sea. When he gets back to the beach (with a literal buoy in his shorts), a walrus with glasses and a pipe informs him (in a strange, vaguely-British accent), "Boy, you've got a buoy in your pants!"

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* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Rocko has an AccidentalPervert encounter with Gladys, who ends up launching him out to sea. When he gets back to the beach (with a literal buoy in his shorts), a walrus with glasses and a pipe informs him (in a strange, vaguely-British accent), [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Boy, you've got a buoy in your pants!"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'': The Walrus from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" was bad enough in the original novel (See [[AC:Literature]] below), but in this adaptation, he goes through quite a bit of AdaptationalVillainy, and gains a DastardlyWhiplash-esque appearance to match. He takes all the oysters for himself instead of sharing with the Carpenter, like he did in the poem. Also, this movie portrays the oysters as youngsters, [[EatsBabies making the Walrus seem even more monstruous]]!

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' has Walrein, the final evolution of Spheal.

* Heroic example: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', and ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' have Ikkakumon, Zudomon, and Vikemon, the Champion, Ultimate, and Mega level forms of Joe's digipartner [[SweetSeal Gommamon]]. All three exhibit Gommamon's wit and cunning in battle, which gives them a BrainsAndBrawn advantage over most foes.

* Heroic example: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 2'', and ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' have Ikkakumon, Zudomon, and Vikemon, the Champion, Ultimate, and Mega level forms of Joe's digipartner [[SweetSeal Gommamon]]. All three exhibit Gommamon's wit and cunning in battle, which gives them a BrainsAndBrawn advantage over most foes.

* Heroic example: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 2'', and Digimon Advernture Tri have Ikkakumon, Zudomon, and Vikemon, the Champion, Ultimate, and Mega level forms of Joe's digipartner [[SweetSeal Gommamon]]. All three exhibit Gommamon's wit and cunning in battle, which gives them a BrainsAndBrawn advantage over most foes.

* A heroic example: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'',. ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2'', and ''Anime/DigimonAdverntureTri'' have Ikkakumon, Zudomon, and Vikemon, the Champion, Ultimate, and Mega level forms of Joe's digipartner [[SweetSeal Gommamon]]. All three exhibit Gommamon's wit and cunning in battle, which gives them a BrainsAndBrawn advantage over most foes.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':

** It's even worse in the children's book adaptation. Not only is the walrus illustrated to look straight-up [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous]], he outright states his intention to ''[[WouldHurtAChild eat]]'' Pingu, right up to the classic [[StockPhrases "You'll never escape me!"]] line as he runs away. The meant to be humorous stretching-Pingu-like-a-rubber-band sequence is adapted out, but whether or not that's for the better is anyone's interpretation.

** In one of the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, Dr. Hibbert owns an island where he turns people into animals. Homer is turned into a walrus.

** It's even worse in the children's book adaptation. Not only is the walrus illustrated to look straight-up [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous]], he outright states his intention to [[WouldHurtAChild ''eat'']] Pingu, right up to the classic [[StockPhrases "You'll never escape me!"]] line as he runs away. The meant to be humorous stretching-Pingu-like-a-rubber-band sequence is adapted out, but whether or not that's for the better is anyone's interpretation.

** It's even worse in the children's book adaptation. Not only is the walrus illustrated to look straight-up villainous, he outright states his intention to ''eat'' Pingu, right up to the classic [[StockPhrases "You'll never escape me!"]] line as he runs away. The meant to be humorous stretching-Pingu-like-a-rubber-band sequence is adapted out, but whether or not that's for the better is anyone's interpretation.

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* TropeCodifier: The Walrus from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'''s poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" manipulates a group of oysters into following him so he can eat them. In [[Disney/AliceInWonderland Disney's adaptation]], he's even ''worse''.

* ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'': The Walrus from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" was bad enough in the original novel (See [[AC:Literature]] below), but in this adaptation, he goes through quite a bit of AdaptationalVillainy, and gains a DastardlyWhiplash-esque appearance to match. He takes all the oysters for himself instead of sharing with the Carpenter, like he did in the poem. Also, this movie portrays the oysters as youngsters, [[EatsBabies making the Walrus seem even more monstruous]]!

Compare MonstrousSeal. 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.)

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 molluscs (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.

* 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'' indimidating, due to his sheer brute strength and his goals of causing random destruction ForTheEvulz.

** One episode portrayed an alternate version of the characters where Fry, Kif, and the others are walruses, and Bender, as TheRival of the other characters, is a great example of the negative walrus stereotypes (since the normal version of the character is a {{Jerkass}} in ways that translate well to the walrus stereotypes). This episode's use of the trope is unusually realistic in that it bases itself on the questionable sexual habits of RealLife walruses, with Bender controlling a harem and bullying all other males into staying away from the females and thus [[CasanovaWannabe having no females of their own]].