History Main / AmphibianAtLarge

* 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]]

** Season one had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Terror Toad (who was actually adapted from the aforementioned Dora Boogaranan in ''Zyuranger''), 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.

* 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".

* The middle Permian temnospondyl ''[[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, far larger than even the largest crocodilians today.

* The middle Permian temnospondyl ''[[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, up there with the biggest extinct crocodilians.

* ''WebOriginal/Amphiterra'' is a SpeculativeBiology project about an alternate timeline where instead of mammals or dinosaurs dominating the earth, it was the ''amphibians'', producing forms such as the mammoth-like Eon Toad or the tyrannosaur-like Catastrophic Fraggon.

* ''ComicBook/MsMarvelVol4'': 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/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.

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/SeireiSenshiSpriggan'' has a giant frog monster as the boss in the swamp level, using its PrehensileTongue to lash out at the player's ship. Shoot its tongue [[TongueTrauma until it explodes]]; and the tongue-less frog then changes attack to spitting acid from its mouth.

* The Art/CrystalPalaceDinosaurs include three labyrinthodon recreated as giant frogs. [[ScienceMarchesOn Although its now believed they resemble giant salamanders built like crocodiles rather then frogs]].

* The middle Permian temnospondyl ''[[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 extinct crocodiles.

* 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 extinct crocodiles.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': MadScientist Ceasar Clown somehow managed to pass the powers of the Sala Sala Fruit Model: Axolotl to a enormous mass of toxic gas turned semiliquid, resulting in Smiley, a colossal BlobMonster who can transform into a truly gigantic salamander.

Frequently overlaps with AmphibianAssault, but not always. Some toads just wanna hang out and chill.

* Plague Toads ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are large, plague-filled toads that act as attack beasts for the armies of [[{{Plaguemaster}} Nurgle]]. Some Plaguebearers manage to corral them as mounts, taking up the mantle of Pox Riders.

* ''film/TheTheatreBizarre'': "The Mother of Toads" ends with Mere Antoinette transforming into the eponymous Mother of toads: a human-sized bipedal toad.

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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.

* ''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.

** Most editions have had large amphibians (such as giant frogs and toads) as fairly low-level monsters.

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'': The toads of Mount Myoboku can be summoned with jutsu. They come in a range of different sizes, including some gargantuan ones.

* ''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"''.