History Main / OurOgresAreHungrier

--> ''[[{{Warhammer}} Warhammer Fantasy Battle: Ogre Kingdoms]]''

* In Puss-in-Boots, the ogre is a shape-shifting brute, who owns a large amount of land. In order to get his poor master some land to trick a king into thinking he is royal, the titular cat tricks him to turn into a mouse so he can eat him.
* A notable exception to the typical use of the trope is in the famous {{Jack and the Beanstalk}} story, where the giant's wife, who is usually portrayed as nice enough to try to get Jack to leave without harming him, is often described as an ogress.

* ''{{Shrek}}'': The titular hero is a green, seven-foot-tall humanoid who is actually well educated and merely wants to be left alone.

* FamilyGuy had that episode where a salesman tries to sell beach front property terrorized by an ogre.

* There was an episode of RenAndStimpy about an ogre and a new pair of sneakers.

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* Gregore from AKindofMagic.

* Gregore from [[A Kind of Magic]].

* The Ogre Magi appear as the Tier3 monsters for the Might faction in HeroesOfMightAndMagic 4, as an alternetive to the Cyclops. Interestingly, they bear some resemblence to elderly Native American shamans.

** Also, in a small subversion, in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' there's a quest where you run into a two-headed ogre who's quite intelligent, and insults you for thinking all Ogres speak in a YouNoTakeCandle fashion.

* In ''{{Disney}}'s {{Adventures of the Gummi Bears}}'', there is an army of villainous ogres residing in Castle Drekmore and led by Duke Igthorn, who attempt to conquer King Gregor and Dunwyn Castle.

* Master vampires in Nancy A. Collins's ''Sonja Blue Trilogy'' often employ ogres, both as dumb muscle and as walking garbage disposals, consuming drained corpses when the master doesn't want to add to his/her brood.

The name comes from the French for Hungarian, (who were rumored to eat small children, among other niceties) (and before that, the Latin "orcus", meaning hell). Ogres in folklore were portrayed as [[ChildEater child-eating]] monsters who sometimes had magical powers (the ogre from "Puss-in-Boots" is a classic example).

** Ogrun in the ''IronKingdoms'' setting are more like [[OurOrcsAreDifferent "Blizzard" orcs]], being a shamanist ProudWarriorRaceGuy PC race. Being a people who hold [[TheFetterred loyalty and service]] as the highest ideal, [[MyMasterRightOrWrong their sworn lord's alignment]] probably shapes much of their own behaviour.

* In ''DragonAge'' they have horns and look like wingless demons but are otherwise typical examples of TheOgre.

* Ubiquitous in ''DungeonsAndDragons''. Ogres have simple minds, ugly tempers, and voracious appetites. They are at least 9 feet tall, and depending on the edition, their body parts were a rainbow of disgusting colors (in 3E, they were mostly orange-yellow; in 4E, pink-gray). They wear skins and furs and keep captured prisoners as slaves (and/or snacks). They're not very bright and are often the first [[TheBrute Really Heavy Hitter]] enemy PCs come across. Ogres (as well as trolls) traditionally worship the evil god Vaprak.

* Ogres of ''{{Xanth}}''. Magic makes them strong, and also makes them rhyme.

The name comes from French (and before that, the Latin "orcus", meaning hell). Ogres in folklore were portrayed as [[ChildEater child-eating]] monsters who sometimes had magical powers (the ogre from "Puss-in-Boots" is a classic example).

See also OurGiantsAreBigger, AllTrollsAreDifferent, SmashMook. For the Japanese equivalent (Oni), see {{Youkai}}.