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* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has giant frogs as a recurring enemy. They fit the atmosphere well, as they are more comical than threatening, and their lack of teeth allows a RunningGag of them almost swallowing Aqua or Megumin before being messily killed.
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* Not that big compared to the others mentioned in this folder, the Cretaceous amphibian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebufo Beelzebufo]] was still a huge frog compared to most living species (estimated length of 23-42.5 cm). Plus its name means "devil toad".
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* Jiraiya is a mythological figure from the Myth/JapaneseMythology folklore "Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya"; he is a ninja who can transform into a gigantic frog via shapeshifting powers. His tale inspired several figures in the ''Naruto'' series mentioned above.
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* Tiddalik is a huge frog from Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths who drank all the water in Australia, and only released the water when the other animals could make him laugh and open his mouth.
* The second plague in the Literature/BookOfExodus is usually translated as the plague of frogs, but some rabbinic interpretations hold that it was one giant frog, or an AsteroidsMonster that kept splitting into more frogs every time the Egyptians hit it.[[note]]This gives us the [[JustForPun excellent pun]] ''{{Kaiju}}daism''[[/note]]
* The second plague in the Literature/BookOfExodus is usually translated as the plague of frogs, but some rabbinic interpretations hold that it was one giant frog, or an AsteroidsMonster that kept splitting into more frogs every time the Egyptians hit it.[[note]]This gives us the [[JustForPun excellent pun]] ''{{Kaiju}}daism''[[/note]]
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** Season one had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Terror Toad, a man-sized toad who transformed two of the Rangers into spheres and consumed them and then [[SwallowedWhole swallowed two others whole]] to increase his strength, requiring [[TheChick Kimberly]] to defeat him and save her friends.
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* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' has a few frog/toad kaiju.
** ''Series/UltramanTaro'' had the kaiju Tondaile (whose BossSubtitles are even Giant Frog Monster), which lived at the bottom of a large lake and ate people who got too close by trapping them inside of frogspawn-like capsules.
** Black Garon from ''Series/UltramanLeo'' was a part-toad, part-turtle FlyingSaucer Beast able to disguise itself as a small meteorite. Its main weapon was its OverlyLongTongue that it could use as a whip.
** One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' was Spittle, a frog-like kaiju with a flower-like frill around its neck that could enclose its head to form a protective cone.
** Frogos from ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is a giant fire-breathing amphibian Space Beast, although at 10 meters, it's actually on the smaller end of the scale for an Ultra kaiju.
** ''Series/UltramanTaro'' had the kaiju Tondaile (whose BossSubtitles are even Giant Frog Monster), which lived at the bottom of a large lake and ate people who got too close by trapping them inside of frogspawn-like capsules.
** Black Garon from ''Series/UltramanLeo'' was a part-toad, part-turtle FlyingSaucer Beast able to disguise itself as a small meteorite. Its main weapon was its OverlyLongTongue that it could use as a whip.
** One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' was Spittle, a frog-like kaiju with a flower-like frill around its neck that could enclose its head to form a protective cone.
** Frogos from ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is a giant fire-breathing amphibian Space Beast, although at 10 meters, it's actually on the smaller end of the scale for an Ultra kaiju.
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* In an early ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' story a man--presumably a mad scientist--drinks a potion which turns him into the enormous Garko, the Man-Frog. It's a apparently an unstable process, as he [[spoiler: further changes into a regular frog and gets run over by a police car.]]
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* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'': One of Impa?s special attacks involves summoning an enormous frog to flatten all opposition.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has several large, amphibian-based Pokemon. Notable examples include Quagsire, a giant salamander that stands at four-foot-six, and Seismitoad, Greninja, and Swampert who all stand at four-foot-eleven while being a toad, frog, and axolotl or mudpuppy respectively. Swampert's mega evolution is even larger at six-foot-three, with muscles that rival the Hulk's. Venusaur, who has some frog-like traits, is normally six-foot-seven, and its mega evolution is seven-foot-ten, and, far more extreme than any other Pokemon is its Gigantamax form, a whopping **78'09"**.
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* In the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse story "The Quest for Kalevala" Creator/DonRosa interprets [[Literature/TheKalevala Iku-Turso]] as a [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/8f/c0/278fc03dcf4cbb4ffce052ae045aa6a4.jpg giant amphibian]]. At the climax of the story it goes on a rampage across Helsinki.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The main antagonist of the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!" is Toad Liu Hai, an ancient spirit taking the shape of an anthropomorphic toad. In the episode's climax he takes a One-Winged Angel form, towering over the ducks.
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Frogs, toads and other amphibians come in a range of sizes, but are mostly tiny. The largest species are about fist-sized. In fiction, on the other hand, they tend to be scaled up. This can range from dog-sized to building-crushing -- a perfect storm of gross and disgusting. They could also be BewitchedAmphibians who keep their human size when turned into frogs.
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* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'': The toads of Mount Myoboku can be summoned with jutsu. They come in a range of different sizes, including some gargantuan ones.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': Lagoon Boy is an amphibian humanoid based on the ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': In one story, Dredd visits an alien world where people are fed to a giant toad named Sagbelly, a creature roughly twenty feet high. TheVillain extracts a substance called oracle spice in exchange for feeding this monster.
* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'': When Kamala learns that her friend Bruno, who's been crushing on her for as long as they've known each other, is now dating Mike Miller, she demands to know how they met. It turns out that it was in the middle of Kamala's superhero duties, where the two bonded while Ms. Marvel was battling an enormous frog.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': Issue #5 of the "[[StorybookEpisode Feary Tales]]" arc has Vampirella in a darker version of The Princess and The Frog in which the frog is a large and monstrous creature that eats people. After the "princess" punches him out for asking to stay in her bed, he returns to human form and Vampirella kills him for his crimes.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Ch'od, a member of the [=Starjammers=], is a large amphibian-like alien. His physiology allows him to survive both on land and in water and makes him a very fast swimmer.
* ''ComicBook/ZsazsaZaturnnah'' has a giant frog that came out of a magic volcano.
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* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'': One of Ophelia's tasks is to retrieve a key from the belly of a giant toad. Although it's not aggressive, it's large enough to scare her and gross her out. The fact that she has to make it vomit up the key is especially {{Squick}} inducing.
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* ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': One of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] Bandora sends after the Zyurangers is Dora Boogaranan, a man-sized toad monster whose primary method of attack is to [[SwallowedWhole swallow the Zyurangers whole]].
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
** Season one had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Terror Toad, a man-sized toad who transformed four of the Rangers into spheres and consumed them to increase his strength, requiring [[TheChick Kimberly]] to defeat him and save her friends.
** [[AnimalMecha The Frog Zord]] is Adam's new Ninja Zord in season three. Despite it's [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] as the lamest of the Zords, it has a surprisingly versatile weapons system which includes lightning whips and [[FireBreathingWeapon flame throwers]].
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** Most editions have had large amphibians (such as giant frogs and toads) as fairly low-level monsters.
** ''Deities & Demigods Cyclopedia''. The Melnibonean mythos has Quaolnargn, a huge (8 feet tall and wide) frog-like demon.
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* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'': The boss of Area 4 is a giant frog that attacks with its long tongue.
* In ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', on the fourth encounter with him, Balrog gets transformed by Misery into a large frog who proceeds to attack the protagonist.
* ''VideoGame/{{Chronicles}}'' has creatures called Brogs. They are frog-like in appearance, and most of them tower over the average human. The smallest ones in the game still come up to your waist.
* ''Videogame/ChronoTrigger'': One of [[BewitchedAmphibians Frog]]'s attacks drops a giant frog on the enemy, doing more damage the less [[HitPoints HP]] he has.
*In ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', Ribby and Croaks are large anthropomorphic frogs that tower over the main characters.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Bael and Dagon, two bosses fought by Nero in Mission 4 and Dante in Mission 15, respectively. They are large, toad-like demons each with [[AlluringAnglerfish two anglerfish like glowing feelers called Rusalka]] that they can use to lure prey or to attack defend themselves.
* The caverns in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' have Giant Cave Toads and Giant Olms - the Giant Olms also come in the more anthropomorphic Giant Olm Man variant.
* ''Videogame/GoldenSun'':
** The first game has the Dodonpa's pet monstrosity (and BonusBoss) Toadonpa, a surprisingly tough giant toad with poisonous attacks. When defeated, it lands on Dodonpa as he sneaks up on the party to backstab them. Recolored variants appear in another BonusDungeon as Devil Toads.
** ''Videogame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has Sludge, a gigantic salamander-like creature living under Kolima who tries to drown the party as they explore the dungeon.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' has the Hylek, a race of humanoid frogs a little larger than a human.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'': One of Impa?s special attacks involves summoning an enormous frog to flatten all opposition.
* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has the Deku Toad, a gargantuan amphibian who drops from the ceiling and is defeated by hitting its tongue. Midna panics at the sight of it.
* In ''LordOfTheRingsOnline'' your character can encounter and battle fantastic amphibians of unusual size, among them toxic toads and fire-breathing salamanders (which are actually a class of ''dragon'').
* ''VideoGame/TheNightOfTheRabbit'': One of the magical realms has a giant, sleeping toad. Jerry must speak to it to learn a new spell. Jerry is initially scared of the toad, but he calms down when he realizes that the toad is harmless, if a bit grumpy. [[spoiler:The toad later appears in the villain, Zaroff's, PerilousPlay. Zaroff insists that the toad is a monster that will eat Jerry if Jerry gets too close, and brainwashes the toad to think so as well. Jerry restores the toad's memory, saving him from Zaroff's spell before he can do any harm.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has several large, amphibian-based Pokemon. Notable examples include Quagsire, a giant salamander that stands at four-foot-six, and Seismitoad / Greninja, who both stand at four-foot-eleven while being a toad and frog, respectively. Venusaur, who has some frog-like traits, is a (relatively) whopping six-foot-seven.
* ''Project VideoGame/AlteredBeast'': Due to the mutations by the [[TheVirus Genome Mist]], many toads and frogs grow to the size of (short) humans. One of the bosses, Sasquatch, is a much larger frog crossed with a gorilla with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'', when Big the Cat uses his All-Star move, his pet frog, Froggy, grows to an enormous size and hops across the track, with Big hanging onto Froggy's tail[[note]]the tail he acquired from Chaos in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''[[/note]] for his life.
* ''VideoGame/TouhouProject'': Suwako (a frog goddess) is often shown in fanon as being able to call giant frogs in battle, though she mostly uses them to punish Cirno (an ice fairy) when she freezes frogs.
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* ''WebComic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': In a flashback, the gang is hired to safeguard a class of apprentice mages learning to summon demons into the bodies of small animals. The professor conjures up an ancient, powerful one into the body of a toad, which promptly devours him, grows to giant size, rampages through the city, and attempts to open a portal to hell the size of an entire city block.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' takes place in a world of anthropomorphic amphibians scaled up to human size, which means larger species are gargantuan by comparison. The episode "Quarreler's Pass" features olms the size of dragons, and King Andrias, who is based on the Chinese giant salamander, is LargeAndInCharge taken to the extreme.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!", the main antagonist is Toad Liu Hai, an ancient spirit taking the shape of an anthropomorphic toad. In the episode's climax he takes a OneWingedAngel form, towering over the ducks.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch", one of the native species of Kif's planet is a "poisonous froad", a giant purple amphibian that almost eats Bender until Kif scares it off.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': In both [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the first animated]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 the 2012 Nickelodeon series]], the Punk Frogs are large, humanoid frogs.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander Chinese giant salamander]] is the largest extant amphibian, reaching the length of 1.8 meters. Its scientific name, ''Andrias'', means "human-like", appropriate for an animal near the size of a human.
* In prehistoric times, a number of gigantic amphibians lived, including ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsaurus Mastodonsaurus]]'' from the Middle Triassic and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolasuchus Koolasuchus]]'' from the Early Cretaceous.
* The middle Permian amphibian ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prionosuchus Prionosuchus]]'' was even larger than the aforementioned ''Mastodonsaurus'' and ''Koolasuchus'', with the largest found specimen estimated to be ''9 meters'' long, larger than the biggest extant crocodiles.
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[[caption-width-right:350:We are toadally screwed.]]
Frogs, toads and other amphibians come in a range of sizes, but are mostly tiny. The largest species are about fist-sized. In fiction, on the other hand, they tend to be scaled up. This can range from dog-sized to building-crushing -- a perfect storm of gross and disgusting. They could also be BewitchedAmphibians who keep their human size when turned into frogs.
Compare FrogMen for specific humanoid examples. Also compare MegaNeko, GiantSpider, RodentsOfUnusualSize, and BigCreepyCrawlies for other giant animal tropes.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'': The toads of Mount Myoboku can be summoned with jutsu. They come in a range of different sizes, including some gargantuan ones.
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[[folder:ComicBooks]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': Lagoon Boy is an amphibian humanoid based on the ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': In one story, Dredd visits an alien world where people are fed to a giant toad named Sagbelly, a creature roughly twenty feet high. TheVillain extracts a substance called oracle spice in exchange for feeding this monster.
* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'': When Kamala learns that her friend Bruno, who's been crushing on her for as long as they've known each other, is now dating Mike Miller, she demands to know how they met. It turns out that it was in the middle of Kamala's superhero duties, where the two bonded while Ms. Marvel was battling an enormous frog.
* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': Issue #5 of the "[[StorybookEpisode Feary Tales]]" arc has Vampirella in a darker version of The Princess and The Frog in which the frog is a large and monstrous creature that eats people. After the "princess" punches him out for asking to stay in her bed, he returns to human form and Vampirella kills him for his crimes.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Ch'od, a member of the [=Starjammers=], is a large amphibian-like alien. His physiology allows him to survive both on land and in water and makes him a very fast swimmer.
* ''ComicBook/ZsazsaZaturnnah'' has a giant frog that came out of a magic volcano.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'': One of Ophelia's tasks is to retrieve a key from the belly of a giant toad. Although it's not aggressive, it's large enough to scare her and gross her out. The fact that she has to make it vomit up the key is especially {{Squick}} inducing.
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': One of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] Bandora sends after the Zyurangers is Dora Boogaranan, a man-sized toad monster whose primary method of attack is to [[SwallowedWhole swallow the Zyurangers whole]].
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
** Season one had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Terror Toad, a man-sized toad who transformed four of the Rangers into spheres and consumed them to increase his strength, requiring [[TheChick Kimberly]] to defeat him and save her friends.
** [[AnimalMecha The Frog Zord]] is Adam's new Ninja Zord in season three. Despite it's [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] as the lamest of the Zords, it has a surprisingly versatile weapons system which includes lightning whips and [[FireBreathingWeapon flame throwers]].
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[[folder:LightNovel]]
* In ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'', Gloria is a Dragoon that manifests as a gigantic frog and chases Pacifica around until Zefiris disperses her form.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the fifth ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' book, ''Dread Mountain'', has the giant toad Gellick, servant of the Shadow Lord and guardian of the emerald, which is lodged in his head.
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[[folder:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** Most editions have had large amphibians (such as giant frogs and toads) as fairly low-level monsters.
** ''Deities & Demigods Cyclopedia''. The Melnibonean mythos has Quaolnargn, a huge (8 feet tall and wide) frog-like demon.
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'': The boss of Area 4 is a giant frog that attacks with its long tongue.
* In ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', on the fourth encounter with him, Balrog gets transformed by Misery into a large frog who proceeds to attack the protagonist.
* ''VideoGame/{{Chronicles}}'' has creatures called Brogs. They are frog-like in appearance, and most of them tower over the average human. The smallest ones in the game still come up to your waist.
* ''Videogame/ChronoTrigger'': One of [[BewitchedAmphibians Frog]]'s attacks drops a giant frog on the enemy, doing more damage the less [[HitPoints HP]] he has.
*In ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', Ribby and Croaks are large anthropomorphic frogs that tower over the main characters.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Bael and Dagon, two bosses fought by Nero in Mission 4 and Dante in Mission 15, respectively. They are large, toad-like demons each with [[AlluringAnglerfish two anglerfish like glowing feelers called Rusalka]] that they can use to lure prey or to attack defend themselves.
* The caverns in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' have Giant Cave Toads and Giant Olms - the Giant Olms also come in the more anthropomorphic Giant Olm Man variant.
* ''Videogame/GoldenSun'':
** The first game has the Dodonpa's pet monstrosity (and BonusBoss) Toadonpa, a surprisingly tough giant toad with poisonous attacks. When defeated, it lands on Dodonpa as he sneaks up on the party to backstab them. Recolored variants appear in another BonusDungeon as Devil Toads.
** ''Videogame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has Sludge, a gigantic salamander-like creature living under Kolima who tries to drown the party as they explore the dungeon.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' has the Hylek, a race of humanoid frogs a little larger than a human.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'': One of Impa?s special attacks involves summoning an enormous frog to flatten all opposition.
* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has the Deku Toad, a gargantuan amphibian who drops from the ceiling and is defeated by hitting its tongue. Midna panics at the sight of it.
* In ''LordOfTheRingsOnline'' your character can encounter and battle fantastic amphibians of unusual size, among them toxic toads and fire-breathing salamanders (which are actually a class of ''dragon'').
* ''VideoGame/TheNightOfTheRabbit'': One of the magical realms has a giant, sleeping toad. Jerry must speak to it to learn a new spell. Jerry is initially scared of the toad, but he calms down when he realizes that the toad is harmless, if a bit grumpy. [[spoiler:The toad later appears in the villain, Zaroff's, PerilousPlay. Zaroff insists that the toad is a monster that will eat Jerry if Jerry gets too close, and brainwashes the toad to think so as well. Jerry restores the toad's memory, saving him from Zaroff's spell before he can do any harm.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has several large, amphibian-based Pokemon. Notable examples include Quagsire, a giant salamander that stands at four-foot-six, and Seismitoad / Greninja, who both stand at four-foot-eleven while being a toad and frog, respectively. Venusaur, who has some frog-like traits, is a (relatively) whopping six-foot-seven.
* ''Project VideoGame/AlteredBeast'': Due to the mutations by the [[TheVirus Genome Mist]], many toads and frogs grow to the size of (short) humans. One of the bosses, Sasquatch, is a much larger frog crossed with a gorilla with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'', when Big the Cat uses his All-Star move, his pet frog, Froggy, grows to an enormous size and hops across the track, with Big hanging onto Froggy's tail[[note]]the tail he acquired from Chaos in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''[[/note]] for his life.
* ''VideoGame/TouhouProject'': Suwako (a frog goddess) is often shown in fanon as being able to call giant frogs in battle, though she mostly uses them to punish Cirno (an ice fairy) when she freezes frogs.
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[[folder:WebComics]]
* ''WebComic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': In a flashback, the gang is hired to safeguard a class of apprentice mages learning to summon demons into the bodies of small animals. The professor conjures up an ancient, powerful one into the body of a toad, which promptly devours him, grows to giant size, rampages through the city, and attempts to open a portal to hell the size of an entire city block.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' takes place in a world of anthropomorphic amphibians scaled up to human size, which means larger species are gargantuan by comparison. The episode "Quarreler's Pass" features olms the size of dragons, and King Andrias, who is based on the Chinese giant salamander, is LargeAndInCharge taken to the extreme.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!", the main antagonist is Toad Liu Hai, an ancient spirit taking the shape of an anthropomorphic toad. In the episode's climax he takes a OneWingedAngel form, towering over the ducks.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch", one of the native species of Kif's planet is a "poisonous froad", a giant purple amphibian that almost eats Bender until Kif scares it off.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': In both [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the first animated]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 the 2012 Nickelodeon series]], the Punk Frogs are large, humanoid frogs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander Chinese giant salamander]] is the largest extant amphibian, reaching the length of 1.8 meters. Its scientific name, ''Andrias'', means "human-like", appropriate for an animal near the size of a human.
* In prehistoric times, a number of gigantic amphibians lived, including ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsaurus Mastodonsaurus]]'' from the Middle Triassic and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolasuchus Koolasuchus]]'' from the Early Cretaceous.
* The middle Permian amphibian ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prionosuchus Prionosuchus]]'' was even larger than the aforementioned ''Mastodonsaurus'' and ''Koolasuchus'', with the largest found specimen estimated to be ''9 meters'' long, larger than the biggest extant crocodiles.
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