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This trope goes all the way back to the Gud-alim of [[Mesopotamian Mythology]], so it's [[Older Than Dirt]]. The [[Older Than Feudalism|later myth]] [[Greek Mythology|of the Minotaur]] has directly inspired about 99% of all examples below.
Compare [[Big Badass Wolf]] and related tropes. See also [[
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* The Apostle form of Nosferatu Zodd from ''[[Berserk]]'' is that of a giant minotaur with a tiger's face and gigantic bat wings.
* Ilfort Grantz from ''[[Bleach]]''.
** Not to mention {{spoiler|the latest form of Ichigo's [[Super
* [[Embarrassing Middle Name|Pantyhose]] [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Tarou]] from ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', whose [[Cursed With Awesome|cursed]] [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|form]] is a [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|two story-tall]] [[Giant Flyer|winged]] [[A Load of Bull|minotaur]]. With an [[Mix and Match Critters|eel for a tail]]. And [[Biological Mashup|octopus]] [[Combat Tentacles|tentacles]]. You see, he was baptized and named in the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Spring of Drowned Yeti Riding an Ox While Carrying a Crane and an Eel]]. Later, he splashed himself with water from the Spring of Drowned Octopus (neither the octopus' presence, nor the drowning, nor the method of application is ever explained) to get the tentacles.
* Minotaur from the ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' 2001 series.
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* In [[Greek Mythology]]:
** The Minotaur, [[Ur Example]] and [[Trope Maker]].
*** Its origins are about as [[Squick|squicky]] as you'd imagine: Pasiphaë, the wife of Cretan king Minos, had fallen in love with a white bull, given to the king by the Gods. [[Interspecies Romance|To cut a long and rather uncomfortable story short]], Minos locked the [[Half
** Heracles' 7th labor was to capture the Cretan Bull. Incidentally, this was the same bull that fathered the Minotaur.
** Heracles' 10 labor was to obtain the cattle of Geryon
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** Their spiritual heirs, the Baal-Hadad (alternatively, "Gudthabak"), appear in ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' and are much less nice. They are a race of Helios (sun-spirit) worshippers who are convinced it is their purpose to rule over humans as "lords of the herd" and who only reproduce by magically transforming wolf-blooded humans into their own kind.
* The ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' setting ''[[Freedom City]]'' has Taurus, who in addition to being the original Minotaur, has prospered quite well since his days of being locked up in the Labyrinth on Crete. Now, he runs another sort of Labyrinth, a criminal organization operating behind so many shell companies that few individuals get a glimpse of the whole thing.
* [[Scion]] introduces Minotaurs as a Demigod level threat (and potential followers)... and makes their origin even more [[Squick|squicktastic]], by virtue of making Poseidon even more of a [[Jerkass]] then [[Classical Mythology]] ''normally'' makes its [[Jerkass Gods|gods]]! In the myths, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë to fall in lust with the White Bull after King Minos tried to cheat his way out of giving it back to Poseidon. In Scion, the White Bull's first act upon emerging from the sea was to '''rape''' Pasiphaë, then rampage across Crete raping any woman it could catch! King Minos couldn't do anything to stop the creature as, while Poseidon took no interest in what it was doing, he knew that harming it would draw the Sea God's wrath -- the only relief came to Crete when Heracles came and carried the White Bull off as one of his labors. In its wake, it left a considerable brood of Minotaurs, which are still a [[One
* One of the signature Lunar [[Exalted]] is Strength of Many. Since his Spirit Totem is a bull, his war form greatly resembles a minotaur. His [[Glamour Failure|Tell]] is having the hooves of a bull for feet.
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* Originally, [[Big Bad|Bowser]], the main villain of the ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' series games was actually not perceived as a turtle-dragon, but instead an ''ox''.
* Minotaurs appear as mooks in ''[[Will Rock]]''. They throw axes at you and can split up into two smalle Blood Minotaurs if killed with anything but the Sniper Crossbow, the Acid Gun, Medusa Gun or Atomic Gun.
* Minotaurs appear as [[Demonic Spiders]] in ''[[Warriors of Might and Magic]]'', having lots of HP and being very strong in battle. The best way to kill them is using Air magics like [[Shock and Awe|Thunderbolt]] and [[Big
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]'', a minotaur disguises itself as a tree and infects Kaeli (one of the hero's traveling partners) with poison.
* Xain from ''[[Legend of Legaia (Video Game)|Legend of Legaia]]''.
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* A story in ''[[The KA Mics]]'' [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5226681/ featured a minotaur named Bob]
* ''[[The Dreadful (Webcomic)|The Dreadful]]'' gives us Boozloaf, who doubles as a somewhat [[Badass Preacher]] and [[Pungeon Master]].
* Dagg the Fierce in ''[[At
** Also, his cousin supposedly once attacked main characters Ally, Reece and Sheila, with a .44 Magnum at that.
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' has Turg. Sort of cool big chap, but as the only member of his species around, very lonely -- until he met a {{spoiler|Sphinx and chose to stay with her. [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action|Yeah.]]}}
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* ''[[Mighty Mouse the New Adventures]]'' had archvillain The Cow -- walks on two feet, (super)humanoid physique, clearly male and thus should be "The Bull", but...
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness]]'' has Temutai, a Water Buffalo who is a somewhat of a [[Genuis Bruiser]] who can also seriously challenge Po with his physical strength alone.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Putting Your Hoof Down" introduces minotaurs to the mythology of Equestria, in the form of a motivational speaker named Iron Will.
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