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* ''Film/TheNutcrackerin3D'': The film's villains are anthropomorphic rats donning Nazi-like attire and aesthetics, and ruled by a Rat King (who just goes by the name "Rat King", apparently), hoping to take over the world after being shunned to the sewers and forced out of the sunlight for so long. The Rat King is an eccentric character who dances to jazz music while children's toys are burned in a massive crematorium, rides a "rat bike" equipped with machine guns, and can shoot out his teeth at will, usually when agitated or angry, creating quite a terrifying effect.

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* ''Film/TheNutcrackerin3D'': ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'': The film's villains are anthropomorphic rats donning Nazi-like attire and aesthetics, and ruled by a Rat King (who just goes by the name "Rat King", apparently), hoping to take over the world after being shunned to the sewers and forced out of the sunlight for so long. The Rat King is an eccentric character who dances to jazz music while children's toys are burned in a massive crematorium, rides a "rat bike" equipped with machine guns, and can shoot out his teeth at will, usually when agitated or angry, creating quite a terrifying effect.
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* ''Film/TheNutcrackerin3D'': The film's villains are anthropomorphic rats donning Nazi-like attire and aesthetics, and ruled by a Rat King (who just goes by the name "Rat King", apparently), hoping to take over the world after being shunned to the sewers and forced out of the sunlight for so long. The Rat King is an eccentric character who dances to jazz music while children's toys are burned in a massive crematorium, rides a "rat bike" equipped with machine guns, and can shoot out his teeth at will, usually when agitated or angry, creating quite a terrifying effect.
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* ''Literature/LeftHandMagic'': A supernatural [[SwarmOfRats conglomeration of twelve New York street rats]] tries to eat the heroine's puppy. [[spoiler:Luckily, her witchy boyfriend's {{familiar}} instead ends up eating the rat king.]]

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* ''Literature/LeftHandMagic'': A supernatural [[SwarmOfRats conglomeration of twelve New York street rats]] tries to eat the heroine's puppy. [[spoiler:Luckily, her witchy boyfriend's {{familiar}} instead [[AlwaysABiggerFish ends up eating the rat king.king]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': There is a recurring antagonist named "the Rat King". He is a gigantic, muscle-bound rat in command of a gang of sewer rats.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': There is a recurring antagonist named "the Rat King". He is a gigantic, muscle-bound lab rat in command of a gang of sewer rats.
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-> ''"Through your eyes, brothers, I finally see the world for what it really is. This city is infested. Eight million parasites, scrambling around in their pointless lives, spreading disease, forcing us to live in the shadows, like vermin. No more. They are the true plague. Together, we shall rid this city of humanity, and reclaim it for ourselves."''

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-> ''"Through your eyes, brothers, I finally see the world for what it really is. This city is infested. Eight million parasites, scrambling around in their pointless lives, spreading disease, forcing us to live in the shadows, like vermin. No more. more! They are the true plague. Together, we shall rid this city of humanity, and reclaim it for ourselves."''
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* In the ''Realms of Pugmire'', rodents use the title "Rat King" [[spoiler: for any leader of a group of rodents, independent of their gender, status, alignment, or whether they’re a rat or mouse. In truth, no Rat King is true nobility, because unlike dogs and cats, there isn’t a centralized government for rodents since they don’t have their own lands]]. ''TabletopGame/MonarchiesOfMau'' has an add-on story "All Hail The Rat King!", which has [[spoiler: three of them, Luka, Meeka and Kola, each of which uses their own methods to try fighting against the discrimination rodents face]].
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-> ''"Through your eyes, brothers, I finally see the world for what it really is. This city is infested. Eight million parasites, scrambling around in their pointless lives, spreading disease, forcing us to live in the shadows, like vermin. No more. They are the true plague. Together, we shall rid this city of humanity, and reclaim it for ourselves. And no one, not even those vile turtles, shall stand in our way."''

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-> ''"Through your eyes, brothers, I finally see the world for what it really is. This city is infested. Eight million parasites, scrambling around in their pointless lives, spreading disease, forcing us to live in the shadows, like vermin. No more. They are the true plague. Together, we shall rid this city of humanity, and reclaim it for ourselves. And no one, not even those vile turtles, shall stand in our way."''
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': The Rat King in "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E11LittleBrother Little Brother]]" is the king of all rats, being a normal-sized rat with a crown and a cape hiding a legion of rats making him look taller.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': The Rat King in "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E11LittleBrother Little Brother]]" is the king of all rats, being a normal-sized rat with a crown and a cape [[TheWormThatWalks hiding a legion of rats making him look taller.taller]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfHaloJones'' has the heroine sign up in the Army to fight a deadly war on an alien planet. She discovers the heart of the supercomputer directing Earth's war effort is a malevolent and superintelligent Rat King plugged into the network as its CPU.

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* ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfHaloJones'' has the heroine sign up in the Army to fight a deadly war ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfHaloJones'': While working on an alien planet. She a star liner, Halo discovers that the heart hidden guest in the Presidential suite is a Rat King, but that one of the supercomputer directing linked rats is dying. She's tasked with finding a replacement rat before its HiveMind falls apart - and does so, saving its life. Much later, it's revealed that this was a [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero scenario - the Rat King was used to coordinate a 'Ratwar' for Earth's war effort is a malevolent and superintelligent Rat King plugged into the network as its CPU.military, murdering an entire world with targeted plagues]].
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* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The monster that tries to break into the hospital in Chapter 20 is a large rodent-esque monster themed around a rat king. It appears to be a constantly shifting amalgamation of shadowy purple rats, with heads, limbs, and tails all emerging and disappearing from the mass as if trying to escape.
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* ''Literature/BeyondTheSpiderwickChronicles'': The idea of a rat king is discussed when the protagonists find three salamander-like baby dragons with their tails fused together. It's later discovered that the dragons [[spoiler:are merging together into a massive Wyrm King, i.e., a hydra]].

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* ''Literature/BeyondTheSpiderwickChronicles'': ''Beyond Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'': The idea of a rat king is discussed when the protagonists find three salamander-like baby dragons with their tails fused together. It's later discovered that the dragons [[spoiler:are merging together into a massive Wyrm King, i.e., a hydra]].
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* ''Literature/{{Mouseheart}}'': Emperor Titus is the ruler of Atlantia, a kingdom of rats that live in the subway stations of Brooklyn. He's later succeeded by his son Zucker.
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* ''Literature/TheNutcracker''" The Mouse King has seven heads, which suggests that it might have been inspired by stories of Rat Kings. He's changed to the Rat King in many adaptations, since [[YouDirtyRat rats]] are seen as more villainous than [[NiceMice mice]].

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* ''Literature/TheNutcracker''" ''Literature/TheNutcracker'': The Mouse King has seven heads, which suggests that it might have been inspired by stories of Rat Kings. He's changed to the Rat King in many adaptations, since [[YouDirtyRat rats]] are seen as more villainous than [[NiceMice mice]].
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* ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden'': A Rat King is the BigBad of "Something Whiskered This Way Comes", leading a massive colony of rats in the sewers beneath the town. and plotting to [[spoiler: overthrow mankind with the help of a powerful supernatural entity.]]

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* ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden'': A Rat King is the BigBad of "Something Whiskered This Way Comes", leading a massive colony of rats in the sewers beneath the town. and plotting to [[spoiler: overthrow [[spoiler:overthrow mankind with the help of a powerful supernatural entity.]]



* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Patrick Poundstone aka [[http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Ratboy Ratboy]] from "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E9Rats Rats]]", who can control the giant rats that live below Gotham. He is a StalkerWithACrush to Dana Tan, Terry's LoveInterest and kidnaps her. When she rebuffs him, he orders his rats [[IfICantHaveYou to kill her]] but Batman manages to save her. [[spoiler: Other people were not so lucky.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has Patrick Poundstone aka [[http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Ratboy Ratboy]] from "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E9Rats Rats]]", who can control the giant rats that live below Gotham. He is a StalkerWithACrush to Dana Tan, Terry's LoveInterest and kidnaps her. When she rebuffs him, he orders his rats [[IfICantHaveYou to kill her]] but Batman manages to save her. [[spoiler: Other [[spoiler:Other people were not so lucky.]]
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* ''WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure'': The rats are lead by "the giant rat that makes all the rules". If the Giant Rat dies, another one grows in size and becomes the new leader.

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* ''WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure'': The rats are lead by "the giant rat that makes all of the rules". If the Giant Rat dies, another one grows in size and becomes the new leader.
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Rat kings in fiction tend to have [[ResourcefulRodent greater than typical intelligence, even on par with a human being]], and the right to command other rats, be it through some conferred rat respect or overt psychic control, potentially turning a dissociated nuisance into a [[SwarmOfRats swarming wave of diseased, omnivorous devastation]]. They may be viewed as the manifestation of a rat HiveMind, the rodent equivalent of a HiveQueen. Storytellers who haven't done the research or don't like the "several rats conjoined by their tails" image may instead depict Rat Kings as [[VisualPun royalty]] of some sort, typically RodentsOfUnusualSize or anthropomorphic RatMen imbued with greater intelligence and rule over other rats.

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Rat kings in fiction tend to have [[ResourcefulRodent greater than typical intelligence, even on par with a human being]], and the right to command other rats, be it through some conferred rat respect or overt psychic control, potentially turning a dissociated nuisance into a [[SwarmOfRats swarming wave of diseased, omnivorous devastation]]. They may be viewed as the manifestation of a rat HiveMind, the rodent equivalent of a HiveQueen. Storytellers who either haven't done the research or don't like the "several rats conjoined by their tails" image may instead depict Rat Kings as [[VisualPun royalty]] of some sort, typically RodentsOfUnusualSize or anthropomorphic RatMen imbued with greater intelligence and rule over other rats.
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-->- '''The Rat King''', ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E13IMonster I, Monster]]"

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-->- -->-- '''The Rat King''', ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E13IMonster I, Monster]]"
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* ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}'' These are one of the enemies encountered in the Fetid Mire's sewers, though they're just mundane rats stuck together. There are also Rat Queens, [[RodentOfUnusualSize dog-sized rats]] [[BodyOfBodies with multiple smaller rats seemingly growing out of their bodies]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}'': These are one of the enemies encountered in the Fetid Mire's sewers, though they're just mundane rats stuck together. There are also Rat Queens, [[RodentOfUnusualSize dog-sized rats]] [[BodyOfBodies with multiple smaller rats seemingly growing out of their bodies]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}'' These are one of the enemies encountered in the Fetid Mire's sewers, though they're just mundane rats stuck together. There are also Rat Queens, [[RodentOfUnusualSize dog-sized rats]] [[BodyOfBodies with multiple smaller rats seemingly growing out of their bodies]].
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* ''Literature/LeftHandMagic'': A supernatural [[SwarmOfRats conglomeration of twelve New York street rats]] tries to eat the heroine's puppy. [[spoiler:Luckily, her [[WitchSpecies witchy]] boyfriend's {{familiar}} instead ends up eating the rat king.]]

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* ''Literature/LeftHandMagic'': A supernatural [[SwarmOfRats conglomeration of twelve New York street rats]] tries to eat the heroine's puppy. [[spoiler:Luckily, her [[WitchSpecies witchy]] witchy boyfriend's {{familiar}} instead ends up eating the rat king.]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has the Mauswheel, three Maice (computer mouse-like enemies) bound by their tails into not just a clump, but a super-speedy ''[[RollingAttack wheel.]]'' It serves as a MiniBoss in Queen's mansion, with Kris and co. having to dispose of it because it's [[EekAMouse scaring]] the Swatchlings running the kitchen.

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