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* ''ComicBook/TheMagicians2022'': The Big Magician, an anthropomorphic elephant magician, is a {{Jerkass}} who forces a group of frogs into being pawns in his schemes, tricks the children of a village into giving him food in exchange for "toys" (actually the aforementioned frogs temporarily changed into toys), and is rather abrasive toward his fellow magicians.
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** ''Anime/TheLawsOfEternity'': Right after Ryuta gives [[UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche Niches]] a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how the [[HollywoodAtheist "freedom"}] he speaks about is wrong and makes people unhappy, a demonic elephant named Bihimoss, controlled by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hisler]], shows up to crush Ryuta and his friends.

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** ''Anime/TheLawsOfEternity'': Right after Ryuta gives [[UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche Niches]] a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how the [[HollywoodAtheist "freedom"}] "freedom"]] he speaks about is wrong and makes people unhappy, a demonic elephant named Bihimoss, controlled by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hisler]], shows up to crush Ryuta and his friends.
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** ''Anime/TheLawsOfEternity'': Right after Ryuta gives [[UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche Niches]] a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how the "freedom" he speaks about is wrong and makes people unhappy, a demonic elephant named Bihimoss, controlled by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hisler]], shows up to crush Ryuta and his friends.

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** ''Anime/TheLawsOfEternity'': Right after Ryuta gives [[UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche Niches]] a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how the "freedom" [[HollywoodAtheist "freedom"}] he speaks about is wrong and makes people unhappy, a demonic elephant named Bihimoss, controlled by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hisler]], shows up to crush Ryuta and his friends.

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* ''Anime/TheGoldenLaws'': Devadatta and his group try to assassinate the Shakyamuni Buddha by letting loose an enraged elephant in the town he's in and wait for it to crush him. However, the elephant stopped as it was about to stomp him before backing down, getting on its knees, and crying.

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* In Happy Science movies, elephants are always depicted as villains. Given the organization's Buddhist roots, it's often a reference to Nalagiri, an angry elephant sent by Devadatta to crush Buddha.
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''Anime/TheGoldenLaws'': Devadatta and his group try to assassinate the Shakyamuni Buddha by letting loose an enraged elephant in the town he's in and wait for it to crush him. However, the elephant stopped as it was about to stomp him before backing down, getting on its knees, and crying.crying.
** ''Anime/TheLawsOfEternity'': Right after Ryuta gives [[UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche Niches]] a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how the "freedom" he speaks about is wrong and makes people unhappy, a demonic elephant named Bihimoss, controlled by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hisler]], shows up to crush Ryuta and his friends.
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* ''Anime/TheGoldenLaws'': Devadatta and his group try to assassinate the Shakyamuni Buddha by letting loose an enraged elephant in the town he's in and wait for it to crush him. However, the elephant stopped as it was about to stomp him before backing down, getting on its knees, and crying.
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Elephants also account for the most deaths in zoos on a yearly basis. [[https://www.elephant.se/elephant_mankillers.php The Elephant Database]] has records of more than 250 elephants that killed at least one human. [[note]]Keep in mind that some of this is not due to outright aggression, but the simple fact that elephants are very big and powerful animals. Even a simple flick of the trunk can easily crush a keeper.[[/note]] "[[ElephantsNeverForget An elephant never forgets]]" is literal advice for zookeepers, as in "Don't mess with an elephant, because one day, somehow, they'll get you back, and the consequences will be '''''deadly'''''." Heck there’s more truth to this as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_elephant elephants were used as methods of torture and capital executions.]]

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Elephants also account for the most deaths in zoos on a yearly basis. [[https://www.elephant.se/elephant_mankillers.php The Elephant Database]] has records of more than 250 elephants that killed at least one human. [[note]]Keep in mind that some of this is not due to outright aggression, but the simple fact that elephants are very big and powerful animals. Even a simple flick of the trunk can easily crush a keeper.[[/note]] "[[ElephantsNeverForget An elephant never forgets]]" is literal advice for zookeepers, as in "Don't mess with an elephant, because one day, somehow, they'll get you back, and the consequences will be '''''deadly'''''." Heck there’s more truth to this as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_elephant elephants were used as methods of torture and capital executions.execution.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has the famous tale of ''LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}}'', a SuccessionGame that spiralled into by far one of the absolute [[HilarityEnsues hilariously]] worst disasters imaginable in the history of the game, even by ''Dwarf Fortress'' standards. Right from the very beginning of the game, a pack of murderous elephants rampaged against the dwarves, and the players found it impossible to permanently get rid of them until they found a way to funnel [[KillItWithFire molten magma]] into the surrounding lands around the city of Boatmurdered itself. After that, the landscape quickly turned to a sea of elephant, goblin, and dwarf skeletons being rampaged by ''more'' murderous elephants!

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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has the famous tale of ''LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}}'', ''Blog/{{Boatmurdered}}'', a SuccessionGame that spiralled into by far one of the absolute [[HilarityEnsues hilariously]] worst disasters imaginable in the history of the game, even by ''Dwarf Fortress'' standards. Right from the very beginning of the game, a pack of murderous elephants rampaged against the dwarves, and the players found it impossible to permanently get rid of them until they found a way to funnel [[KillItWithFire molten magma]] into the surrounding lands around the city of Boatmurdered itself. After that, the landscape quickly turned to a sea of elephant, goblin, and dwarf skeletons being rampaged by ''more'' murderous elephants!
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* ''Anime/BeastWarsNeo'': Elphaorpha is a massive, sadistic Blentron who is not only TheBrute, he's so strong he can ''punch holes through space'' to allow the Blentrons to instantly travel across the universe. His alt-mode is a [[MixAndMatchCritter mash-up between an elephant and an orca whale]]. And he can also spit HollywoodAcid from his mouth. Charming.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' The Maelephant is a type of fiend that has the head of a demonic elephant. In addition to their fearsome strength, they can blow a cloud of "mind toxin" out of their trunks that poisons everyone inside it and causes them to temporarily forget their abilities. They often form contracts with powerful evil beings to act as guards, being willing to stand watch for years at a time.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabarAndTheAdventuresOfBadou'': Blacktrunk is an evil pirate captain and the most notable elephantine villain in the franchise.
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* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'': The elephant demons are some of the nastier enemies in the game, between their massive hit points and deceptively fast wide-arc attacks.

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* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'': The elephant demons are some of the nastier enemies in the game, between their massive hit points and deceptively fast wide-arc attacks. They combine this with HonorableElephant, however, as they are also the only type of demon that are not entirely evil, like one being the right-hand man of the benevolent fox deity.
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** Becoming a rogue in his later years, [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} terrorized the world's airlines.

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** Becoming a rogue in his later years, [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] later years]], WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} terrorized the world's airlines.



** A few strips set in HollywoodPrehistory show mammoths antagonizing cavemen - sometimes accidentally, sometimes not. In one such strip, a mammoth notices a squashed caveman on his foot and says, "I ''thought'' I smelled something." (Some publications tried to {{Bowdlerize}} it to "You know, I heard something squeak." If anything, that still carries the grim implication that it callously ignored the cry of the caveman being crushed to death...)

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** A few strips set in HollywoodPrehistory show mammoths antagonizing cavemen - sometimes accidentally, sometimes not. In one such strip, a mammoth notices a squashed caveman on his foot and says, grumbles, "I ''thought'' I [[RoadApples smelled something.something]]." (Some publications tried to {{Bowdlerize}} it to "You know, I heard something squeak." If anything, that still carries the grim implication that it callously ignored the cry of the that poor caveman being crushed to death...)

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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': An [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} terrorizes the world's airlines.

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** Becoming a rogue in his later years,
[[EvilOldFolks elderly]] WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} terrorizes terrorized the world's airlines.airlines.
** Another comic has a pair of elephants about to toss a van full of panicking tourists off a cliff. "On the count of three, Vinnie. Ready?"
** A few strips set in HollywoodPrehistory show mammoths antagonizing cavemen - sometimes accidentally, sometimes not. In one such strip, a mammoth notices a squashed caveman on his foot and says, "I ''thought'' I smelled something." (Some publications tried to {{Bowdlerize}} it to "You know, I heard something squeak." If anything, that still carries the grim implication that it callously ignored the cry of the caveman being crushed to death...)
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* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' has rampaging elephants that are included in the stampede of animals.

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* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' has rampaging elephants that are included in ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'': At one point after one of the characters roll the dice, the board makes a stampede of animals.animals appear, among them being rampaging elephants.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': An [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' is shown attacking an air plane.

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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': An [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' is shown attacking an air plane.WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} terrorizes the world's airlines.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': An [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' is shown attacking an air plane.
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* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduces Great Tusk, the Quaking Earth Titan [[spoiler:and the past Paradox form of Donphan]]. Not only is it even more aggressive and violent than Donphan, but the Scarlet Book says that it attacked and ''killed'' someone.

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* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduces Great Tusk, the Quaking Earth Titan [[spoiler:and the past Paradox form of Donphan]]. Not only is it even more aggressive and violent than Donphan, but the Scarlet Book says that it attacked and ''killed'' someone. ''Violet'' has Iron Treads, [[spoiler: the future Paradox form of Donphan]]. Like Great Tusk is it a violent and dangerous beast which also killed one of the original Paldean Caldera explorers, but instead of being a primitive monster it is a mechanical beast.
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* If you're unlucky enough in ''VideoGame/FearAndHungerTermina'', you will come across Chaugnar, a humanoid beast with an elephant-like head that chases you through the bunker and is capable of [[YourHeadASplode blowing out your eardrums]] with the sheer noise of its trunk. The worst part? [[spoiler:That thing [[WasOnceAMan used to be]] [[SexyScandinavian Abella]]]].
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If I remember correctly, Asian elephants are more closely related to mammoths than African elephants, so if the previous text there was accurate, "elephant" would be paraphyletic"


Elephants, and their prehistoric relative, [[MammothsMeanIceAge the mammoth]], are usually seen being [[HonorableElephant wise and honorable.]] [[HerbivoresAreFriendly They're herbivorous]], intelligent and come off as the [[GentleGiant gentle giants]] of the savanna. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Not all elephants in fiction are characterized like this, though.]] With their size, their formidable-looking tusks, and their ability to overpower just about any other animal they encounter, elephants can just as easily been seen as intimidating, and they are often portrayed as such in fiction. Consequently, there are numerous portrayals in fiction of elephants that are aggressive, hostile, and at least morally ambiguous. These elephants like to throw their weight around, usually depicted as [[TheBully bullies]] or TheBrute, though they're just as capable of being [[EvilGenius intelligent]], making them the {{Xenophobic Herbivore}}s at worst.

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Elephants, and their prehistoric relative, including [[MammothsMeanIceAge the mammoth]], are usually seen being [[HonorableElephant wise and honorable.]] [[HerbivoresAreFriendly They're herbivorous]], intelligent and come off as the [[GentleGiant gentle giants]] of the savanna. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Not all elephants in fiction are characterized like this, though.]] With their size, their formidable-looking tusks, and their ability to overpower just about any other animal they encounter, elephants can just as easily been seen as intimidating, and they are often portrayed as such in fiction. Consequently, there are numerous portrayals in fiction of elephants that are aggressive, hostile, and at least morally ambiguous. These elephants like to throw their weight around, usually depicted as [[TheBully bullies]] or TheBrute, though they're just as capable of being [[EvilGenius intelligent]], making them the {{Xenophobic Herbivore}}s at worst.
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* Many editorial cartoons critical of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Republican party]] draw an anthro elephant standing for it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E4LessThanHero Less than Hero]]", one of the animal henchmen of supervillain the Zookeeper is "an elephant that never forgets... to kill!" During the Zookeeper's attack at the natural history museum, the elephant is shown eating one of the museum workers.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E4LessThanHero Less than Hero]]", one of the animal henchmen of supervillain the Zookeeper is "an elephant that never forgets... to kill!" During the Zookeeper's attack at the natural history museum, the elephant is shown [[AscendedToCarnivorism eating one of the museum workers.workers]].
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* In ''Fanfic/KaijuRevolution'', the [[https://www.deviantart.com/transapient/art/Kaiju-Revolution-SKULL-ISLAND-MENAGERIE-3-775614294 Diretherium]] is a species of elephant kaiju native to Skull Island that appears to be in a permanent state of musth, making them highly aggressive towards anything and everything they see.
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* ''Film/TheElephantMan'': Merrick supposedly got his moniker because his mother was attacked by an elephant when she was pregnant, which people in-universe [[ArtisticLicenseBiology claim is the reason for his deformities.]] As we only see the elephant attack happen [[UnreliableNarrator in Merrick's imagination,]] it's unclear if there's any truth to it.

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* ''Film/TheElephantMan'': Merrick supposedly got his moniker because his mother was attacked by an a wild elephant when she was pregnant, which people in-universe [[ArtisticLicenseBiology claim is the reason for his deformities.]] deformities]] - this was a common bit of folk belief during the Victorian Period, when the movie is set. As we only see the elephant attack happen [[UnreliableNarrator in Merrick's imagination,]] it's unclear if there's any truth to it. In real life, his mother was supposedly frightened (though not physically attacked) by a circus elephant while pregnant, though this story may be apocryphal.

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* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': One of the new machines is the Tremortusk, a massive, highly aggressive combat class machine that resembles a four-tusked mammoth that's [[WalkingArmory bristling with guns]]. And if the guns don't get you, [[TrampledUnderfoot its massive, pounding feet will]].

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* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': One of the new machines is the Tremortusk, a massive, highly aggressive combat class machine that resembles a four-tusked mammoth that's [[WalkingArmory bristling with guns]]. And if the guns or tusks don't get you, [[TrampledUnderfoot its massive, pounding feet will]].


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* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduces Great Tusk, the Quaking Earth Titan [[spoiler:and the past Paradox form of Donphan]]. Not only is it even more aggressive and violent than Donphan, but the Scarlet Book says that it attacked and ''killed'' someone.
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Elephants also account for the most deaths in zoos on a yearly basis. [[https://www.elephant.se/elephant_mankillers.php The Elephant Database]] has records of 250 elephants that killed at least one human. [[note]]Keep in mind that some of this is not due to outright aggression, but the simple fact that elephants are very big and powerful animals. Even a simple flick of the trunk can easily crush a keeper.[[/note]] "[[ElephantsNeverForget An elephant never forgets]]" is literal advice for zookeepers, as in "Don't mess with an elephant, because one day, somehow, they'll get you back, and the consequences will be '''''deadly'''''." Heck there’s more truth to this as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_elephant elephants were used as methods of torture and capital executions.]]

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Elephants also account for the most deaths in zoos on a yearly basis. [[https://www.elephant.se/elephant_mankillers.php The Elephant Database]] has records of more than 250 elephants that killed at least one human. [[note]]Keep in mind that some of this is not due to outright aggression, but the simple fact that elephants are very big and powerful animals. Even a simple flick of the trunk can easily crush a keeper.[[/note]] "[[ElephantsNeverForget An elephant never forgets]]" is literal advice for zookeepers, as in "Don't mess with an elephant, because one day, somehow, they'll get you back, and the consequences will be '''''deadly'''''." Heck there’s more truth to this as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_elephant elephants were used as methods of torture and capital executions.]]
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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' gives us Girimehkala, who in Sri Lankan folklore was Mara's mount, and has a single eye that curses whoever looks in it. His ''SMT'' incarnation is best known for his ability to [[AttackReflector repel most or all physical attacks]] and throw [[OneHitKill Mudo]] skills around in addition to using slashing attacks. He's also one of the demons the Demi-Fiend uses in his infamous BonusBoss battle in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''.

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* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' gives us Girimehkala, who in Sri Lankan folklore was Mara's mount, and has a single eye that curses whoever looks in it. His ''SMT'' incarnation is best known for his ability to [[AttackReflector repel most or all physical attacks]] and throw [[OneHitKill Mudo]] skills around in addition to using slashing attacks. He's also one of the demons the Demi-Fiend uses in his infamous BonusBoss OptionalBoss battle in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JasonAndTheHeroesOfMountOlympus'': Mars, the god of war, is depicted as an anthropomorphic elephant. Unlike the other gods, he’s quite short-tempered and standoffish, and rather dismissive towards Jason, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but he’s still on the side of good guys]].
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* ''Literature/{{Underworlds}}'': Mammoth, one of the fire monsters from the Babylonian Underworld, attacks the children and later on aids Loki in destroying Pinewood Bluffs.

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