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8[[caption-width-right:350:But will it still come if you say "pspsps"?]]
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10->''"That... is one giant pussy."''
11-->-- '''Yuri Hyuga''', ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant''
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13ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[note]][[GratuitousGreek in two languages that]] [[GratuitousJapanese are not English]][[/note]]: [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Really Big Cats.]]
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15This trope is about cats that are exceptionally larger than is the norm for their species. For the standard "lions and tigers" variety of big cat, see PantheraAwesome. Fictional CatFolk species do not count for this trope, however big they may be.
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17The name is a combination of ''Mega-'' from Greek ''megas'', meaning large or great, and ''Neko'' from the Japanese word for cat. It should not to be confused with {{Meganekko}} (two Ks, one word, pronounced differently), which is about how bespectacled girls are cute. However, ''do'' compare with CuteKitten. If this trope and {{Meganekko}} do overlap, she'll be a CatGirl, or possibly a chibi kitten in glasses. Subtrope of DireBeast.
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19Just the thing for dealing with RodentsOfUnusualSize, but be wary of CanisMajor. Subtrope of AnimalsNotToScale and/or CuteGiant.
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27* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFhvQERkI4Q This ad]] from Argentinian instant coffee brand Arlistán, featuring a woman lounging on a giant cat in the winter while sipping some hot coffee.
28* Cross shinjuku vision have showcase a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykvq5TWcVrc giant cat theme advertisement demo]] as a first Digital 3D Advertisement
29* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4HTpjwYhoE This Japanese commercial]] shows someone chewing gum, which then summons a giant cat for 50 minutes.
30* Temptations used one in [[https://youtu.be/AY3oM_MUXnI this commercial]] to advertise their new Jumbo Treats. Well, at least at relative size.
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34* Cait Sith in the ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' series. As a King of Cats, it only makes sense he's more than human-sized.
35* The [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous Bakeneko]] of ''Anime/AyakashiSamuraiHorrorTales''. Unlike most of the examples on this page it is ''not'' cute.
36* From ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo-Dad![[note]][[MindScrew Except when he isn't...]][[/note]]
37* In ''Manga/BattleBDaman'', Armada is a cat who appears to have his eyes closed all the time, whatever that means in anime. He's pudgy, which is set off somewhat by his head being about a third of his body, and he's tall in relation to the more humanoid characters.
38* The demonic cats sent by Emperor Ganishka to Vritannis to terrorize the denizens in ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''.
39* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' has Kuro, a two-tailed cait sith that can swap freely between this and [[{{Sizeshifter}} the size of a housecat]].
40* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' episode 31, a cat enlarged by the Big Card (playfully) attacks Syaoran and Meiling. It returns to normal once Sakura seals the aforementioned card.
41** In another episode, Sakura is shrunk by the Little Card and runs into a cat which, compared to Sakura, is a MegaNeko. It tries to eat her.
42** And [[FairyCompanion Kero]] himself, once [[TransformationSequence his powers are fully unlocked]], becomes a fire-breathing winged lion. Too bad [[TheWorfEffect his powers often end up being useless]] against the MonsterOfTheWeek...
43** Similarly there is Spinner Sun, who spends most of his time as a small, winged black cat, but can transform into a massive winged panther at will.
44* Kaen of ''Manga/CatParadise'' is a nekomata who's at least ten feet tall. He's apparently able to make himself smaller at will, but only exhibits this once before becoming monstrous. On another note, [[MightyGlacier Musashimaru]] can potentially grow to several stories with the help of his owner's PowerUpFood.
45* Saber Leomon and Bancho Leomon are Mega leveled Neko Franchise/{{Digimon}}. Regular old Leomon does deserve a mention though considering he's taller than most adults.
46* In ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', [[spoiler:Shut]] transforms into one near the end of the series.
47* The villain of the third arc of ''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined'' uses a large number of {{blob monster}}s to turn into a giant housecat at one point. This MakesSenseInContext. Slightly.
48* Kirara from ''Manga/InuYasha''. Spends most of the time at normal cat size, but gets big enough to ride when needed.
49* The New Years Day Special episode of ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' has 'Jingorojira', a [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla-sized]] version of Jingoro, the Kasugas' much-suffering housecat.
50* Yukichi of ''Manga/TheMasterfulCatIsDepressedAgainToday'' started as a small black kitten, but eventually grew to be man-sized and is incredibly intelligent, acting as the beleaguered housekeeper for his workaholic owner Saku.
51* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'':
52** In episode 4, one of Suzuka's cats finds a Jewel Seed and grows to an enormous size. Nanoha tried standing on her back, but both were quickly defeated by Fate in her first battle against Nanoha in one of the most tragically hilarious boss battles in the series.
53** Got upgraded to a PantheraAwesome that could grow wings in TheMovie. It was probably a good thing that Fate went on the attack this time.
54* [[UnluckyEverydude Tasuke]] is attacked by one in ''Manga/MamotteShugogetten'' as a trial by a [[SealedGoodInACan newly awoken spirit]].
55%%* Nekomaru from ''Anime/MoeyoKen''.
56* ''Manga/NagasareteAirantou'' has Taiga and Shima-tora, the Northern and Southern leaders, both giant two-tailed cats.
57* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has the two-tailed beast Matatabi, who is a giant nekomata (a two-tailed cat).
58* Nyanko-Sensei from ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' is quite portly in general, being occasionally referred to as a 'pig-cat' - and when he jumps out of SleepModeSize, he's a huge ''[[CanisMajor dog]]''. But the point where he really turns into this trope is in episode 12, when he comes into contact with a curse-mark that screws his powers up. His SleepModeSize shrinks to the size of a teacup, making him [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter hilariously cute]], but when he attempts to assume his 'true' form, he instead winds up as... a severely overweight cat the size of a small elephant.
59* Kamisama, the wacky, color-changing, vending machine-dwelling, KingOfAllCosmos cat-thing with a VerbalTic from ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''.
60* Kyaa from ''Manga/PleaseSaveMyEarth'', the giant cat-like alien companion of Shion's adoptive father, named after the scream of delight most people let loose upon seeing him for the first time. (Shion uses Kyaa as a bed at one point.)
61* Another "mecha-mega-neko" example" in the third ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movie, Eva 02's Beast Mode gets upgraded from its original MonstrousHumanoid form to a huge feline.
62* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' has Rokumon the black cat, who sometimes is one of these. Let's just say Creator/RumikoTakahashi seems to love this trope.
63* In ''Anime/{{Shinzo}}'' (''Mushrambo'' in Japan), Kutal is a cat creature who also has that type of eyes. His height isn't a whole more than his companions', but he's quite rotund. Then there's his leonine hyper-form, which is much less bulky and much more badass.
64* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Kuma]] in ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}''. When one of Sora's friends mentions coming across the bear-like cat, Sora corrects how big his head width was. Yeah, he's a big kitty (but still manages to beat Mike in a height superiority contest).
65* The tank in ''Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' gets possessed by a cat spirit. Just pause for a moment to consider the behavior of a tank that thinks it's a kitten...
66* In the first episode of season 3 of ''Anime/UFOUltramaidenValkyrie'', Cat-Eared Maid-Chief Sanada-san breaks out a [[HumongousMecha Mecha-]]Mega Neko in order to fight a [[{{Brainwashed}} Brainwashing]] {{Meganekko}}. She counters by giving it a gigantic pair of glasses, thus turning it into a [[OverlyLongGag Mecha-Meganekko-Mega-Neko]]. Perhaps a borderline example, but too awesome not to mention.
67* In ''Ultra Maniac'', episode 7: 'Gigantic Pets', a magical growth-portion makes its rounds at the school. Among the 'victims' is Sakura's familiar, the usually-tiny kitten, Rio. By the time the girls realize what's happening, he's eye-height with them, and still growing. By the end of the episode, it can barely fit in the gym-hall.
68* Kotatsuneko from ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' and Maomolin the Bakeneko from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' are both huge ghost cats.
69* In [[Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury all]] [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury of]] [[Anime/ZoidsFuzors the]] ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' [[Anime/ZoidsGenesis animes]], the protagonist pilots a Liger-type [[HumongousMecha Zoid]].
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73* Rock Jaw (or more accurately, [[InsistentTerminology Roque Ja]]) from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' is a giant mountain lion who guards the eastern mountains of the Valley. While he's ultimately [[WildCard a pretty neutral player in the war between dragons and the Hooded One]], that's because he HatesEveryoneEqually -- the sole reason he doesn't eat the protagonists on sight [[CatsAreMean is because he enjoys screwing with and lording over them]].
74* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': The "Lovely Angels" have Mughi, their technician/partner/pet. He's essentially a huge alien puma with a sharp mind, claws that can tear through hullmetal, and mental command over the electromagnetic spectrum thanks to his facial tentacles. (He also has an addiction to bad soap operas, according to Warren and Ellis...)
75* One Italian WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comic]] had Donald's pet tomcat Tabby (who had appeared in a few comics before, usually as a foil to Fethry) drink a mysterious growth serum and grow to be bigger than a tiger. Interestingly enough, Tabby did not return to his normal size at the end of the story, and has not appeared in any comics since then.
76* ''ComicBook/{{Melusine}}'' has the title protagonist face at one point a giant black cat. Makes even more sense if you consider her assistant is superstitious and actually afraid of black cats.
77* ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' has Lying Cat, a giant blue-green cat resembling a Sphynx that [[LivingLieDetector can tell if someone is lying or not]].
78* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Explored in the short story "Dream of a Thousand Cats". According to Dream, [[HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies cats were initially on top of the food chain]], towering over humans like they now tower over rats. Humans changed this by [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve simultaneously dreaming of a world]] where they were at the top. The cat protagonist then goes off to try to convince a thousand cats to turn the world back into what it was -- but have you ever tried to get that many cats to all do the same thing? The story ends with one kitten dreaming of that world... but no need to worry, since it's implied that she's the only one.
79* Adrian Veidt's genetically modified pet Bubastis in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', a large pink lynx.
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83* JustForFun/InspectorSpacetime's {{anime}} spin-off FE-Line can transform into one of these, crossing with HumongousMecha.
84* After its Prologue, ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' begins with the same giant cat incident that occurred in the anime. In the fic, the cat in the trope image is a girl kitten named Vesta, and while she still doesn't stay giant for long she [[ChekhovsGunman reappears later in the story]] [[AscendedExtra with an]] [[OCStandIn expanded role]].
85* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' lets the Two-Tails from Naruto canon throw down at full size on two different occasions.
86* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12023508/1/Kaitō-Kokoro Kaitō Kokoro]]'': [[spoiler:For much of the story, Kiku took on the form of a Clouded Leopard. However, he was much larger than the average Clouded Leopard.]]
87* Shamisen, Kyon's cat, at one point of ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''. [[spoiler:Achakura]] referred to it using the trope name, having read this very page.
88* In the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FadingIntoTheStolenLight'', Eva 02 is trapped in ShapeshifterModeLock as one of these, as a reference to its "beast mode" from the movies. Bardiel's physical form also counts.
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92* Meowthra in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'' who is a normal-sized cat in a world of LEGO minifigures.
93** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'' reveals that Unikitty somehow gained the ability to transform into a larger version of herself called Ultrakatty. Like Meowthra, though, she's only giant by comparison since all the characters are LEGO minifigures.
94* The Cat Bus from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. In Japanese folklore, cats, like {{tanuki}}, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can change shape at will]] -- so the Cat Bus is an ordinary cat who got bored and decided to spend some time being a bus. As you do.
95** In the short film/sequel ''Mei and the Kittenbus'', the titular kittenbus is about the size of a child's toy car -- [[http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/museum/mei/images/Page1_small.jpg just big enough to hold Mei]] -- but we also find out that there are [[http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/museum/mei/images/Page2_small.jpg cattrains]] and what can only be described as a [[http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/museum/mei/images/Page3_small.jpg catliner]].
96* One of the alley cats that threaten WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry during the BigLippedAlligatorMoment from the infamous ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' for some reason, is the same height as a human.
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100* In ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' the team is menaced by "panthers" that are very clearly just regular house cats. In this case, the fact that the characters were all marionettes meant that they didn't even have to cheat to make the cat look big. It overlaps with {{Slurpasaur}}.
101* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_%28ROTF%29 Ravage]] from ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}, isn't he just adorable?
102* ''Film/VillageOfTheGiants'' briefly has a giant cat as the result of the growth formula experiments.
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106* Anne Bishop's ''Literature/BlackJewels'' trilogy features plenty of [[TalkingAnimal intelligent, telepathic animals]]. The most impressive of them is Kaelas, an Arcerian cat, described as "eight hundred pounds of feline fury".
107* ''Literature/TheBookOfLostTales'', the unfinished early draft of ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', featured Tevildo, Lord of Cats. He was later replaced by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]].
108* Literature/TheCatInTheHat is a six foot tall housecat.
109* ''Literature/TheCatInTheStacksMysteries'': Diesel, the titular character, is a massive and very intelligent 36-pound Maine Coon (a breed that's naturally very large; see the Real Life section for more) who is said to be about half the size of a full-grown Labrador and accompanies his owner Charlie Harris everywhere on a leash and harness. The small Mississippi town they live in are still adjusting to the sight of him (and some don't even realize he's a cat at first). It's explained in-story that Charlie had found him as a stray six-week-old kitten and, due to his size, had mistaken him for an adult cat until the vet corrected him.
110* The picture book ''Literature/{{Catzilla}}'' is about a giant kitten.
111* Llyan, from Lloyd Alexander's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''. Fflewddur tames her with his harp and rides her in lieu of a horse.
112* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Witches books, Nanny Ogg has a massive tomcat named Greebo who's known for fathering most of the other cats in Lancre and attempting to fight anything he can't mate with. This includes ''a bear''. He actually succeeded in scaring it away, too. (Rather amusingly, Nanny Ogg does ''not'' think Greebo is a terrifying badass cat, like everyone else does; she still sees him as a CuteKitten.)
113* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden's cat Mister is easily 30 pounds and is described by Harry as being possibly part-bobcat.
114-->"He's huge! What do you feed him?"
115-->"Sheep."
116* Firecats, the companions of certain Sun Priests in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' novels, are built like housecats (the book covers depict them as red-pointed Siamese) but stand as tall at the shoulder as a mastiff.
117* The French children-oriented magazine ''J'Aime Lire'' had a story in an early 1978 issue, ''Paul et le chat vert'' ("Paul and the green cat"). The protagonist, Paul, is a young boy living in an extremely - and deliberately - polluted city and he decides to make things better... and then he suddenly meets a giant green talking cat who helps him on his quest. Why there is a giant green talking cat is never explained.
118* Grati, Ishtar's cat from the ''Literature/{{Kadingir}}'' series, falls by accident through a dimensional portal that transports her to planet Ki... But since the portal adjustments were off, she grows up to the size of a whale and starts wrecking havoc in a world that doesn't even know what cats are.
119* ''Literature/KatKong'' is a children's book by Dav Pilkey featuring pictures of a "giant" cat running around a model city.
120* ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'': Guenhwyvar, the animal companion of Drizzt Do'Urden, may qualify as Mega Neko. She is described as being a six-hundred-pound panther. This would make her about the size of a large Siberian tiger. She's still given the stats of an ordinary leopard for the tabletop game, for whatever reason.
121* ''Literature/LegendsAndLattes'': A dire-cat (a cat roughly the size of a wolf) starts hanging around the coffee shop, so Tandri names her Amity and feeds her pastries. She occasionally scares off unsavory customers, [[spoiler:wakes Viv and Tandri when the coffee shop goes up in flames, and kills the arsonist Fennus in the epilogue]].
122* Edgewood Dirk, the prism cat, in Terry Brooks's ''Literature/MagicKingdomOfLandover'' series.
123* Although it's never specified in Bulgakov's ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' how big Begemot/Behemoth is, Vladimir Bortko's TV adaptation of the novel portrays him as really huge, the height of a small human when standing.
124* Bustopher Jones, described as the "stoutest of Cats" and a "twenty-five pounder" in ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats''.
125* ''Literature/PorterhouseMajor'' is a children's book by Margaret J Baker concerning the cat Porterhouse who grows to gigantic size (and acquires sentience) as a result of his child owners performing a magic spell involving the skull of a giant.
126* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series features several felines. They're usually larger than the heroes, so in story context they might be MegaNeko, but keep in mind the heroes of Redwall are ''mice.''
127* One of the stories from ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'', called "Wait 'Til Martin Comes", featured three black cats. One of them is a normal-sized cat, the second is the size of a wolf, the third is the size of a tiger. [[spoiler: In the end, none of them are Martin, and the story ends with the protagonist running away without seeing Martin, who is implied to be much bigger.]]
128* In the ''[[Literature/EarthsChildren Clan of The Cave Bear]]'' sequel ''The Valley of Horses'', Ayla rescues and raises a baby cave lion. The cave lions were larger than their modern counterparts to begin with, but [[FluffyTheTerrible Baby]] was supposedly gigantic even for his species; because Ayla always made sure he had enough food and was not menaced by other lions or the weather, he was able to grow to his full potential. He was described at his full size as being as tall in the shoulder as a horse, and considerably longer from head to tail.
129* "F-lions", from ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' are feral felines descended from domestic housecats and/or wildcats, which grew almost to cougar size while surviving in the depopulated ruins of North America.
130* In "Literature/TheYellowDwarf", the titular dwarf [[HorseOfADifferentColor rides]] on a gigantic Spanish cat.
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134* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants Plant of Giants]]", the TARDIS crew are menaced by a gigantic housecat. (In reality, the cat is normal sized but they have [[IncredibleShrinkingMan been shrunk]] so it is gigantic to them).
135* One episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'' ended with a stray cat Richie brought home becoming giant-size, thanks to Urkel's transformation chamber malfunctioning.
136* In a parody of Franchise/SuperSentai's TransformingMecha tradition, the White Racer from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' has Radiecar Robo, a car which transforms into a MegaNeko.
137* ''Series/TheGoodies'' had Twinkle a.k.a "Kitten Kong". This is the result of Graeme feeding Twinkle specially formulated growth mixture which also leads the kitten to go on an adorable but destructive rampage across London - tearing down the Post Office Tower, destroying St. Paul's Cathedral and squashing the [[NewscasterCameo news anchor Michael Aspel]]. The Goodies have to try and dress up as mice to lure the kitten back to the antidote.
138* The Smilodon Dopant in ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. Unlike the other Dopants, who are human when untransformed, the Smilodon Dopant's true identity is a cat.
139* Oversized black felines were featured on ''Series/{{Monsterquest}}'', which concluded that the investigated sightings were either escaped pet leopards, jaguars returning to their historical range, or ordinary housecats mistaken for giants due to a lack of nearby objects to show perspective.
140* The enormous cat in a ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' animated segment which defeats the Killer Cars by walking on two legs.
141* The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E7Catspaw Catspaw]]" features a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien who turns herself into a giant cat. Unfortunately, the drama is ruined by low-budget SpecialEffectFailure. The "giant" cat is very clearly just a regular house cat that was stuck in a box made to look like one of the hallways. It doesn't help that we've already seen her in regular-sized cat form -- played by the same cat.
142%%* Steve French in ''Series/TrailerParkBoys''.
143* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E16 The Elevator]]", Roger and Will find a dead house cat that grew as large as a lion or tiger after eating the super food created by their father to solve world hunger. They are concerned because it was clearly killed by something larger, which turns out to be a GiantSpider.
144* An episode of ''Series/UncleMortysDubShack'' has giant kittens terrorizing the city, and are just too darn cute to do anything about.
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148* The rather SurrealMusicVideo for Music/{{MGMT}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnRzEjpUmE "Time To Pretend"]] from ''Music/OracularSpectacular'' features a few MegaNeko, including one with a person ''riding'' it.
149* A parody of "My Grandfather's Clock", "My Grandmother's Cat" tells of an overfed feline that grows to tiger-like proportions and attempts to eat its owner.
150* Shonen Knife's album Genki Shock includes a song called Giant Kitty (though apart from the TitleDrop the lyrics suggest it's really normal sized).
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154* Icelandic Christmas folklore has the Yule Cat, a giant feline that eats people who don't get new clothes for Christmas (yes, seriously).
155* Myth/IrishMythology has the Cat Sidhe, a mystical feline from the Otherworld that takes the form of a huge black cat. Stories exist of heroes such as Fionn Mac Cumhaill battling these giant creatures. Played with in the fact that they can size shift to look like regular housecats to be incognito.
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159* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
160** The game includes, among its many kinds of DireBeast, dire lions and dire tigers that can respectively reach twenty and thirty-five feet in length and three thousand to six thousand pounds in weight. For reference, this would put them in the same size range as rhinos.
161** Dating from the first edition ''Fiend Folio'', the Hellcat or Bezikara is an infernal cat-like creature the size of a tiger. If that isn't enough, it's also incorporeal, invisible most of the time and with telepathic abilities.
162** The third edition ''Epic-Level Hnadbook'' describes the tayellah, a three-headed panther the size of a dragon and with a poisonous stinger on its tail, which typically hunts prey like giant eagles.
163* ''TabletopGame/{{Pachimon}}'', a {{kaiju}}-based collectible trading card series, have a few giant cat kaiju in its roster, including a black winged feline ''larger than the airplane it's about to destroy''.
164* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The grogrisant, a legendary six-eyed lion, stands eighteen feet at the shoulder -- for reference, bull African elephants typically just pass ten.
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168* [[CallARabbitASmeerp Muaka]], the giant cyborg felines of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''.
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172* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' naturally has them in large quantity, the outstanding examples being [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Titan Cat]] and the [[EldritchAbomination Nekolugas]].
173* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' has a number of gigantic demonic cats that protrude from massive vortexes in the background. According to their bestiary entries they're the reanimated vengeful spirits of regular cats that died in the castle and have come back for revenge, and as such are largely unaggressive to Miriam provided she doesn't attack them first... or run around in front of them for too long. After all, they ''are'' cats and still love to swat at small quick-moving things.
174* The [[PantheraAwesome Laser Panthers]] in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' are as big as horses. Eddie can ride on them.
175* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' features a large talking cat (roughly the size of a grizzly bear) named Alvina, who is also one of the game's covenant leaders. The game also features enemies called Great Felines, who are a fair bit bigger than Alvina.
176* ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'': The Catsaber can become one if another monster fuses with it.
177* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Giant versions exist for all normal animals, including tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, lynxes and bobcats. Giant tigers are over three times the size of a cow, while giant bobcats -- the smallest giant cats and based on a creature no more than a half meter[[note]]about a foot and a half[[/note]] in height -- are bigger than regular tigers.
178* In ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'', the Hollywood stage, "Makes No Difference", chronicles the making of the fictional action film ''Romancing Meowzilla'', in which there is a giant cat. Not a real one, of course, but that's pretty justified since where would the film studio get one?
179* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': one of the combinations in Cait Sith's Slots Limit Break causes him to grow to enormous proportions.
180* ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body'': A subtle inversion can be found in one of the levels, which features the protagonist being shrunk to the size of an action figure and forced to ride on a normal-sized (but relatively huge) calico. This is based in an chapter/episode of the manga/anime, where Mikami is under a curse that progressively shrinks her. Only that she rides on ''Yokoshima'' instead, even using reins.
181* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' features cats roughly the size of horses that are used in greyhound-style races.
182%%* ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'': Nago is unique from Kirby's other [[PowerupMount Animal Helpers]] in that he essentially ''rides you'' by rolling you into a ball. It gets bizarre once you have the Parasol power equipped...
183* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' has the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Catastrophe_(Legends_of_Runeterra) "Catastrophe"]] card, consisting of Professor Von Yipp (a MadScientist who [[FreakyFridayFlip got stuck in a cat's body]] after a body-swapping test gone awry) piloting an enormous cat-themed PoweredArmor. [[InfinityPlusOneSword It's ridiculously slow to summon, but once he's on, he's pretty much an instant win]] as he has by far the best stats in the entire game by a ''very'' steep margin (and in a game including hordes of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt planet-destroying space dragons]] and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who can [[DeaderThanDead obliterate whole decks from existence]], that's saying a lot).
184-->'''FlavorText''': Your end is MEOW.
185* ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'': One of the enemies is a robotic cat several times Mega Man's size.
186* Miike in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' can become this if she enters her Avatar mode while in human form, due to her being a nekomata. Amusingly, she can also become a giant cat ''head'' made up of a massive amount of tortoiseshell cats if she enters Avatar mode while in cat form.
187* ''VideoGame/PilgrimRPGMaker'': The Giant Cat in Storey 2 is a cat about as big as the teenage Akemi.
188* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan2'' has a HumongousMecha, built by three guys in a warehouse, facing off against the giant cat monster Nyaragon.
189* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Persian, Espeon, Delcatty, Liepard, and a whole bunch of other leopard-sized kitties.
190** Funnily enough, [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY male Pyroar]] are rather ''undersized'' compared to their real-life lion inspiration. Pyroar are 4'11" (1.5 m) and 179.7 lbs. (81.5 kg), while male lions range 5'7" to 8'2" (170 to 250 cm) and 418 lb (189.6 kg). Guess being able to [[PlayingWithFire blast fire from your mouth]] makes up for size, though.
191** A cat Pokémon that's been Dynamaxed or gigantamaxed in VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield would fit. Special mention goes to Gigantamax Meowth, who looks like a homage to Longcat further down this page and is the tallest Dynamaxed[=/=]Gigantamaxed Pokemon in the game at 33 meters.
192* The third boss of ''VideoGame/{{Riot}}'' seemingly appears to be a regular man in a military uniform. But as soon as you enter, he transforms into a giant cat, flanked by wolves, cue boss battle.
193* ''VideoGame/{{Roki}}'': The Yule Cat of Icelandic folklore appears in the game. However, Tove discovers him getting old and grey, and the Yule Cat requests her help in finding something to make his fur black again so that he'll once more be feared by humans.
194%%* The Tabby Gordo in ''Videogame/SlimeRancher''.
195* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
196** In ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', [[{{Otaku}} Francis]] has two gigantic ROBOT cats called [=BigMeows=].
197** ''VideoGame/BowsersFury'':
198*** In order to fight {{Kaiju}} sized Bowser, Mario transforms into a {{Kaiju}} sized version of his cat form using a Giga Bell.
199*** Oyaneko are roughly lion-sized calico cats.
200* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series:
201** ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'': The boss Andre is a cat that stands taller than any of the party members, leading to Yuri saying one of the funniest lines ever:
202--->'''Yuri:''' ''"That... is one giant pussy."''
203** ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld'': Mao is also a giant talking cat, but she's on ''your'' side, despite being a gangster capo DrunkenMaster under Al Capone.
204* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' introduces us to a character actually named "Big the Cat." As if his fat body and structure wasn't obvious enough for you...
205* ''VideoGame/UmiharaKawase'': [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in regards to Emiko's pet cat "Shakemaru". Official art for ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase'' had it at a more normal size. In ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'' it's played much more straight, where it's the size of a large bear. Her story reveals that [[spoiler:this was due to a bug that occurred when she and Shakemaru were transferred over by the Motes]].
206* In ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch'', in Lewis' sequence there is a huge version of the family's cat, Molly, in the throne room scene. If you look around Lewis' (and later Edith's) room there are toy figurines that look exactly like the people in the throne room. Compared to them, the cat is to scale. It means that as the scene plays out in Lewis' imagination, he becomes one of his toys, and the size of the cat is justified.
207* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[TheBeastmaster Shiki’s]] Mr. Mew is usually an adorable stuffed little cat. However, raise your [[CombinationAttack Fusion]] to Level 3 with her and he can grow into a kaiju-sized giant that can even shoot EyeBeams at every enemy on the field.
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211* In the old ''Webcomic/CatNine'', [[http://radstylix.deviantart.com/art/Myan-s-Dream-159248898 this is supposedly what Myan was dreaming about]].
212* ''Webcomic/{{Fillbert}}'': Fillbert the cat [[{{Sizeshifter}} can grow at will]]; in one comic they grow so much they're mistaken for a planet.
213* [[spoiler: Otilia]] in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' eventually comes to inhabit the body of a giant, mechanical cat. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101213 Here]] is her appraisal of it.
214** The Incorruptible Library has a catmaster who directs clowders of giant cats.
215* Adult Goblin Cats in ''Webcomic/HarpyGee'' are easily the size of a large house.
216* The knight protagonist of ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Legend of Legendary Mighty Knight]]'' uses a creature that appears to be a cat's head atop a slug's body as their mount. It's cuter than it sounds, and the mount is about the size of a car.
217* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Betelgeuse is a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore with a feline body]], who is so large that she never leaves her cave to avoid accidentally demolishing her village.
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221* In ''WebVideo/OneForAll'', a series of short skits about a group of people playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' which switches between real life and in game scenes, when Lumi the cat (who normally only appears in the real-life scenes) jumps on the gaming table, to the player characters she appears as a [[{{Kaiju}} tarrasque-like behemoth]] and she proceeds to step on them all (knock the minis off the table).
222* ''WebVideo/{{Kittisaurus}}'': DD is a Norwegian Forest Cat, who appears to be rather chunky (not helped by his love for food, specifically bread). Claire, his owner, repeatedly makes jokes about it.
223* WebOriginal/LOLCats:
224** Longcat is [[OverlyLongGag looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong]]!
225** And Tacgnol, Longcat's [[DarkIsEvil Color Swapped]] EvilTwin.
226* And then there is Longcat vs Tacgnol -- The Movie: [[http://www.allbenchmark.com/video Catzilla]].
227* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': In "The Semi-Finals", Ian reveals that mummy terrorists used the Power Brick to summon their giant cat goddess, Pockets, to Legondo. However, similar to Meowthra from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'', it's actually a normal-sized cat in a LEGO universe.
228* ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'': The clone cats produced from a potions mishap on Day 47 are {{sizeshifter}}s can grow to be as tall as a human when sitting down, or be tall enough to reach humans' door handles at shoulder height.
229-->'''Jimmy:''' ''(on a clone cat that grew to be as big as the Laundry Room)'' That is the ''ultimate'' Chonk, oh my gosh.
230* The disproportionate edits at [[http://Savingroomforcats.Tumblr.Com Saving Room for Cats.]]
231* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erUMp1WZ6l4 "Second Wind"]]: A man and a giant cat end up in a story about life & death.
232* The Twitter Feed "Giant Military Cats" is nothing but cute cats photomanipulated into various military equipment. Take a look [[https://twitter.com/giantcat9 here.]]
233* Ambassador Rythax of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. When Gateway first summons him, he's like a black panther the size of a tiger. With wings. He can be other sizes.
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237* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'', Bubbles, the pet cat of Joey's dad, got turned into one when he ate some hair accidentally supercharged by Atomic Puppet's TransformationSequence.
238* The ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'' short "Baymax Dreams of Mochizilla" features the titular Mochizilla, a Kaiju version of Mochi the cat.
239* The ''WesternAnimation/CaptainStar'' episode "Waiting for Sputnik" features a cat that grows so big it endangers the planet.
240* Fat Cat from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' towers over his cat henchmen, as well as the other feline characters.
241%%* Super Kitty in WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents.
242* In at least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield becomes super-sized in an AttackOfThe50FootWhatever plotline. (Some would argue that ''normal'' Garfield is a MegaNeko already.)
243** The regular comics already played on this. One comic cover shows him blotting out the sun, and in one long cartoon, he dreams he becomes large enough to [[PlanetEater eat Saturnus]]!
244* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', the green tigeresque Battle Cat and purple pantheresque Panthor are both big enough to be steeds of He-man and Skeletor respectively, but their colors are more unusual than their size. However, the [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002 reboot]] had King Grayskull's lion-like mount, which was bigger than Battle Cat and Panthor combined!
245* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'': Cringer is normally a tiger the size of a horse. When he transforms into Battle Cat he becomes a tiger the size of a rhinocerous!
246* In Tex Avery's classic ''WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary'', the same growth formula which creates the title bird is also consumed by the cat who fed the formula to the canary; he is planet-sized by the end of the cartoon.
247* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'':
248** Yumyan Hammerpaw and his fellow Timbercats are the size of grizzly bears.
249** In season two [[spoiler: Kipo]] becomes a Mega Jaguar the size of an elephant. Growing to skyscraper size in the season finale (and sprouting two more legs, extra tails, and ear tufts).
250* ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'': Both the web series and television series feature a ginormous red cat as one of the titular "fiends".
251* On the ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013 Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' series, a kitten gets infused with some of Ginormica's quantonium, turning it into "Ginormicat".
252* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The sphinx in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E17DaringDone Daring Done?]]" Since there are no humans in ''MLP'', something that extends to partly human creatures, it has a face like that of a pony instead of a human, which combined with its body makes it resemble nothing so much as a giant winged cat -- one that so happens to be the size of a house.
253* WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, a frequent antagonist in the Creator/{{Disney}} universe, is a massive and obese cat.
254* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Sideshow Bob's Emmy nom for Best Supporting Actor on a children's show was shared with Colonel Coward, a clown called "Droopy Drawers", Suck-Up the Vacuum, and (seated in the audience in costume) Pepito, The Biggest Cat in the Whole Wide World.
255* ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' has a long tradition of characters with animal alt-modes, including cats, which are bigger than their organic counterparts. Prominent examples from G1 included the Predacons Razorclaw (a lion) and Rampage (a tiger), Ravage (a jaguar, who, despite being very small for a Decepticon was still as tall at the shoulders as a human), and Sky Lynx, who turned into a dragon or [[InformedSpecies "lynx"]] the size of a space shuttle.
256* In the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', thanks to being the regent of Earth, [[spoiler:Cornelia's sister Lillian]] is able to give powers to others to be her bodyguards and protectors. Among those she changes is [[spoiler:her familiar, the cat Napoleon]] who can become a badass MegaNeko at will.
257* One of the costars in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcOz-uC4R4k this short]]. The giant kitty is both adorable and terrifying when appropriate.
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261* Ligers, the hybrid offspring of a male lion and female tiger, are the largest cats in the world. [[note]]Tigons, the offspring of female lions and male tigers, don't grow larger than their parents due to how the genes interact[[/note]]. They only appear in captivity since the animals' natural habitats don't overlap anymore (and thousands of years ago when they still did, the two species probably didn't interbreed naturally). Still, they're impressively huge. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/hercules-liger-worlds-largest-cat-photos_n_3920158.html Hercules]] is the largest Liger on record, weighing over 922 pounds and is expected to live a long and healthy life.
262* The Maine Coon breed is generally considered to be the largest domestic cat breed, with some weighing in at over 25 pounds and 4 feet in length. See [[http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bigcat2.asp here]] for a picture of one large-looking specimen. While most housecats stop growing at about a year old, Maine Coons don't stop growing until then are about four years old. The kitty in that picture was only about two and one 4-year-old Maine Coon was [[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/San-Jose-Maine-Coon-27-pound-house-cat-wild-animal-6768570.php big enough]] to be mistaken for a lynx by unsuspecting passersby. They're also ''incredibly'' affectionate, to the point that they're often considered the cat equivalent of a BigFriendlyDog.
263* Norwegian Forest Cats are very similar in size and appearance to Maine Coons, but with a sturdier build and variation in head shape thanks to their native origins in Scandinavia. Here's one seeing off [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450732/Outfoxed-Fearless-Forest-Cat-turns-guard-dog-chases-rival-fox-land.html a fox]] (though, in fairness, even small domestic cats can do this. Foxes prefer not to tangle with cats). Even better, wild ones are known to fight ''bears'' to defend their territory. Considering that their claws are strong enough to let them climb stone, they're even strong enough to drive them off!
264* The Puma ([[IHaveManyNames or cougar, or mountain lion, or any of its many other names]]) is fairly medium-sized among big cats, even bigger than the lanky cheetah. But for a very long time, it was classified in the genus ''Felis'', technically making it the largest direct relative to the ''domesticated housecat''. It's now in its own genus and classified closer to the cheetah and lynx, but is still closer in genetic relation to housecats than to other big cats of the genus ''Panthera''.
265* Ragdoll cats are not so far in this regard compared to Norwegians and Maine Coons.
266* While not as huge as some of the fictional examples, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SZEPNYHMKQ Savannah Cats]] are pretty big as far as pet cats go.
267* A fully grown ''Smilodon populator'' (sabertoothed cat) may have weighed up to 1,100 lbs, comparable to a record sized ''polar bear'' (though most paleontologists estimate that it was probably more along the lines of 600-700 lbs, which is still a danged big animal). The American lion, ''Panthera atrox'' (formerly ''Panthera leo atrox'' until it was determined to be a distinct species rather than a subspecies of modern lions) and Ngandong tiger, ''Panthera tigris soloensis'' were both more than 25% larger than modern lions and tigers, and grew in excess of 750 lbs.
268* Tigers are the largest non-hybrid felines. Siberian tigers are considered the largest based on weight and shoulder height.
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