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{{trope}}
[[File:Basilik coloré.jpg|frame|Bet you can't guess which one this is!<ref>As indicated by its file name, the artist refers to it as a basilisk.</ref>]]
{{quote|What though the Moor the Basilisk hath slain, and pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain, up through the spear the subtle venom flies; the hand imbibes it, and the victor dies.
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The basilisk is first explicitly described in Pliny's ''[[Natural History]]''. The word originates from the Greek form ''basilískos'' (Greek: βασιλίσκος; Latin: basiliscus), meaning "little king"; the serpent was reputed to have a ''mitre'' or crown-shaped crest adorning its head, leading some scholars to believe the description was based off that of various cobras. The basilisk remained an object of terror long after the collapse of the Roman empire, and was popular in bestiaries circulated within medieval-era Europe - they began attributing chicken-like traits to the beast, with the most prominent originating in the late 12th century: the basilisk was supposedly created by a cockerel hatching the egg of a serpent or toad.
Meanwhile, the cockatrice first appears in its 'modern' form
Modern incarnations of the basilisk and cockatrice, such as those seen in ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Harry Potter'' and various other fantasy media, portray them as distinct creatures: The basilisk is usually a vicious low-slung reptile that is either lizard-like or serpentine, and the cockatrice is usually a bird-like reptilian monster with a snake's tail, if not an outright snake-bird hybrid. These and the other following traits are generally associated with this pair of creatures:▼
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]:
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Both have serpentine features
* [[Poisonous Person]]: The basilisk and cockatrice have incredibly potent poisons that make any kind of contact with it fatal, often instantaneously so -
▲* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Naturally a subtrope of this, as they are usually a mix of a serpent and a chicken as detailed above; though this is slightly more associated with the cockatrice nowadays, the basilisk still retains its origin of "snake hatched by a chicken".
▲* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Both have serpentine features, frequently hide themselves away and are generally considered foul and nasty.
▲* [[Poisonous Person]]: The basilisk and cockatrice have incredibly potent poisons that make any kind of contact with it fatal, often instantaneously so - even [[Brown Note|eye contact]], [[Breath Weapon|contact with its breath]], handling its corpse, or (as per Lucan above) ''running the rotten thing through'' is enough for the venom to infect, spread and kill in seconds.
* [[Enemy to All Living Things]]: Both the basilisk and cockatrice actively seek out victims to kill with their venom, often because they were...
* [[Made of Evil]]: The pair are often invoked as symbols or literal incarnations of wrath and malice,
* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Some accounts assert that
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The instant fatality associated with them sometimes manifests as a form of petrification, possibly based off the fact that venom from cobras and other snakes can immobilize victims. ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' in particular popularized this aspect of the cockatrice.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In addition to its enmity with the ''ichneumon'', some legends say the crowing of a rooster will cause the beasts to drop dead. At least one story also says that it is vulnerable to its own gaze, and can be slain if it sees its reflection.
* [[Mister Seahorse]]: Some versions of the story say that the beast hatched from an egg laid by a rooster (a male chicken), often as the result of a [[Bad Moon Rising]]. Often this version claimed a snake or toad would find and hatch it.
▲Modern incarnations of the basilisk and cockatrice, such as those seen in ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Harry Potter'' and various other fantasy media, portray them as distinct creatures: The basilisk is usually a vicious low-slung reptile that is either lizard-like or serpentine, and the cockatrice is usually a bird-like reptilian monster with a snake's tail, if not an outright snake-bird hybrid.
For the manga named after the former creature, see ''[[Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls]]''. For "basilisk images" and other similar hazardous media, see [[Brown Note]], which [[The Basilisk]] redirects to. For other uses of the name, see [[Basilisk]].
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ''[[Rental Magica]]'' episode "Red-Headed Girl" (episode 7 in broadcast order, episode 11 in chronological order) has a basilisk as its initial threat
* The first episode of the 2017 ''[[Little Witch Academia (2017 series)|Little Witch Academia]]'' has a cockatrice as the main
* ''[[Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls]]'' is an [[Meaningful Name|aptly-named manga]] that employs the basilisk motif: eye contact is the most powerful asset that the main characters have. Gennosuke can reverse the murderous intent of any who meet his eye, thus [[Driven to Suicide|forcing them to kill themselves]], and Oboro can neutralize the ninja arts of any who meet her gaze.
==[[Comic Books]]==
* [[DC Comics]]:
** The 29th issue of Golden Age comic series ''Blackhawk'', a wartime creation of Quality Comics prior to its purchase by DC, features a villain named The Basilisk as the leader of a terrorist group called the B-Men.
* In [[Marvel Comics]], Basilisk is the moniker of four different characters:▼
** Another character named Basilisk appears as part of a superhero team parodying the [[X-Men]] in Showcase #65 - he is a clear pastiche of Cyclops (Scott Summers), with a gaze that turns victims to stone and requires the use of dark sunglasses to hide his eyes. If that wasn't clear enough, his real name is "Irish Autumns".
** [[Steven Ulysses Pervillain|Basil Elks]], a petty thief who broke into a museum to steal what he believed an ordinary emerald. However, it is actually alien Kree artifact called the Alpha Stone; when Elks is caught and fired upon by a security guard, the bullet accidentally hits and shatters the gem, causing an explosion that transforms Elks into a green, red-eyed humanoid reptilian with eye beams and the ability to flash-freeze victims (which he then turns upon the unfortunate guard). The newly-christened Basilisk has since faced off against Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Captain Marvel, the Mole Man, and the Punisher.▼
** In the Prime Earth continuity, Basilisk is a terrorist group first encountered by [[Black Canary]] and the [[Suicide Squad]]. Much of Basilisk's membership is composed of a cult dedicated to a powerful mythic snake that they believe to be the source of various metahuman-like powers.
** The second Basilisk is Wayne Gifford, who created the alternate persona through demon worship. Also a humanoid reptilian, Gifford posseses a paralyzing stare and is an enemy of the [[Anti-Hero]]ic [[Morbius the Living Vampire]].▼
▲* In [[Marvel Comics]], Basilisk is the moniker of four different characters, each with varying motifs derived from the namesake creature:
** The third was a mutant student at the Xavier Institute, who was persecuted in his youth due to his large form and bald head - he had [[Cyclopean Creature|a single eye with a camera-like device in the socket]] that allows him to control his mutant ability, a pulse of high-frequency strobe light emitted from his brain that paralyzes sentient viewers. He was characterized as somewhat dim and extremely aggressive, and would eventually join the Brotherhood of Mutants shortly before they took over New York City; Magneto accidentally kills him after he makes an insensitive joke about the "bad smell" of the marched human prisoners.▼
▲** The first is [[Steven Ulysses Pervillain|Basil Elks]], a petty thief who broke into a museum to steal what he believed an ordinary emerald
** A fourth Basilisk appeared in the ''[[Age of X]]'' crossover, a [[The Atoner|former executioner from Arcade's prison]] who killed him and defected to [[La Résistance|Magneto's resistance]]. {{spoiler|He is revealed to be the [[Alternate Reality|Age of X's]] Cyclops, who [[Eye Scream|had his eyelids removed]] and must use a special mask to control his powers}}.▼
▲** The second
▲** The third was a mutant student at the Xavier Institute, who was persecuted in his youth due to his large form and bald head - his mutant ability was a pulse of high-frequency strobe light emitted from his brain that paralyzed sentient viewers, and he had [[Cyclopean Creature|a single eye with a camera-like device in the socket]] that
▲** A fourth Basilisk appeared in the ''[[Age of X]]'' crossover
* ''[[Basilisk (comic)|Basilisk]]'' is the name of a supernatural horror comic series by Boom! Studios, written by Cullen Bunn with art by Jonas Scharf. The premise of the comic centers around five individuals with horrifying sense-based supernatural powers that wreaked havoc and death upon small towns - Regan, the one who possesses sight-based powers, has since escaped and gone into hiding, and the comic begins with a victim from her past tracking her down.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'':
** In
** Cockatrices are mentioned briefly in ''[[
** In ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', the first basilisk is reported to have been birthed by Herpo the Foul, a Greek Dark wizard and Parselmouth (able to communicate with snakes) who hatched a chicken egg under a toad. Basilisks are said to be uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, and are the mortal enemy of spiders (who flee from their presence). Their venom and stare are differentiated, but no less deadly than the original folklore, and the male basilisk's head has a distinct scarlet plume.
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', {{spoiler|the diary was revealed to be one of Voldemort's [[Soul Jar|Horcruxes]] - Harry and Dumbledore eventually found another in the ring of Marvolo Gaunt. [[Chekhov's Gun|The basilisk's venom absorbed by the sword of Gryffndor]] allowed them to destroy the ring, and it was sought out in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|The Deathly Hallows]]'' in order to eliminate most of the remaining Horcruxes.}}
* In Chapter 4 of ''[[The Worm Ouroboros]]'', King Gorice shows Gro a live cockatrice.
* In ''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'', Jonathan Harker likens the titular vampire's gaze to a basilisk's as he attempts to destroy the sleeping Count, only for
* [[Walter Wangerin Jr.]] novel ''[[The Book of the Dun Cow]]'' features a cockatrice as the main villain, born of a rooster's [[Deal with the Devil]] ([[Meaningful Name|who is aptly named Wyrm]]). With the help of a sycophantic toad, he creates an army of wicked basilisks.
* As indicated by the
** Langford's later sequel to ''BLIT'', the 1999 ''"[[comp.basilisk FAQ]]"'', makes explicit mention of similar concepts in [[Fred Hoyle]]'s ''[[The Black Cloud]]'' (1957), [[J. B. Priestley]]'s ''[[The Shapes of Sleep]]'' (1962), [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Macroscope]]'' (1969), and [[William Gibson]]'s ''[[Neuromancer]]'' (1984).
** The works of [[Ken MacLeod]] and [[Greg Egan]] specifically refer to the idea as "the Langford hack" (''[[The Cassini Division]]'') and "the Langford Mind-Erasing Fractal Basilisk" (''[[Permutation City]]''). [[Charles Stross]]'s works also refer to a "Langford Death Parrot" (''[[The Fuller Memorandum]]'') and "Basilisk attacks" with "Langford fractals" (''[[Accelerando]]''). More modern works influenced by the concept include ''[[Eclipse Phase]]'' (the viral "Basilisk hacks") and ''[[SCP Foundation]]'' (cognitohazards, sometimes called "memetic kill agents").
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with the green and golden basilisk
That comes to lick his feet.}}
==[[Music]]==
* [[Owen Pallett]]'s "Basilisk" is [[Conversational Troping]] on the subject. Though a cheerful and catchy song, it's rife with subtle [[Nightmare Fuel]].
{{quote|[[Rage Against the Author|Owen]], Owen, protect me
From a life everlasting }}
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* [[The Bible]]:
** The English Revised Version of the [[Book of Isaiah]] has [[The Bible/Source/Isaiah|chapter 14:29]], the prophet's exhortation to the Philistines after the fall of Israel. The text claims that a "basilisk" shall arise from its remains, and the King James translation uses "cockatrice"; in either case, said beast represents the nation's resurgence, and would itself beget a "dragon" to threaten Philistia.
{{quote|Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be [[Our Dragons Are Different|a fiery flying serpent]].}}
:* In the Latin Vulgate and Septuagint translations of [[Book of Psalms]], [[The Bible/Source/Psalms|Psalm 91:13]] is translated as "You will tread on the lion and the dragon,/the asp and the basilisk you will trample under foot".
* [[Pliny the Elder]]'s description of the basilisk in ''[[Natural History]]'' arguably provides the [[Trope Codifier]], if not the [[Ur Example]]. Described after the catoblepas (a bovine-like monster with a similarly deadly gaze), Pliny attributes
** Some Romans were said to believe that a basilisk infestation resulted in the creation of the Sahara Desert.
* Similar creatures with varying amounts of resemblance to the basilisk and/or cockatrice crop up in folklore around the globe, such as the half-reptile half-bird snallygaster of eastern American folklore that originated from the tales of 18th-century German immigrants; Whittaker Chambers famously likened U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy to the monster during the [[Red Scare]] era. Others include the Chilota ''basilisco chilote'' and the Mapuche Colo Colo, both originating in South America.
** The ''basilisco chilote'' is described as a rooster-crested serpent, while the Colo Colo is unusual in that is much more ratlike than other similar creatures - both are still hatched from an egg laid by a snake and incubated by a rooster. They like to hide in inhabited houses and [[Squick|feed on the residents' saliva and phlegm]], and already-hatched ones are usually impossible to get rid of (short of [[Kill It with Fire|burning down the entire house]]).
* On that note, it was not uncommon to hear tales of "basilisk hunts" - among the most famous of them is [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/on-the-trail-of-the-warsaw-basilisk-5691840/ the "Warsaw basilisk" of 1587], which is sometimes cited as the last of the great basilisk hunts.
* The collected first two volumes of [[Thomas Bulfinch]]'s ''[[The Age of Fable]]'' has "The Cockatrice, or Basilisk" as one of the monster descriptions in chapter sixteen. In addition to [[Trope Codifier|establishing many now-current characteristics of the "king of serpents"]] and providing the page quote, the book asserts that there were many species of basilisk. It also mentions that the corpse (or perhaps a likeness thereof) was used in the temple of Apollo and private houses to ward off spiders; similarly, another was used within the temple of Diana, said to scare off swallows.
* [[Pierre de Beauvais]]'s ''[[Bestiarie]]'' contains one of the earlier examples of the "snake-rooster" hybrid form of basilisk. According to the work, a small "abnormal" egg lain in a dunghill by an old rooster and hatched by a toad would birth a basilisk,
* In Korean folklore, there is a creature known as a ''gye-lyong'' (Korean: 계룡; Hanja: 鷄龍, lit. "chicken-dragon"); while not as common as "actual" dragons, they are sometimes seen as chariot-pullers for important legendary figures or their parents. The princess of the Kingdom of Silla was said to have been born from a cockatrice egg.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' has several
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Basilius,_Familiar_of_the_Evil_Eye "Basilius, Familiar of the Evil Eye"] is a serpentine familiar that is part of the fittingly-named [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Evil_Eye "Evil Eye"] archetype.
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/The_Fabled_Kokkator "The Fabled Kokkator"] is a heavily-stylized cockatrice of the "bipedal scaly rooster" kind.
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Heraldic_Beast_Basilisk "Heraldic Beast Basilisk"] is a less-stylized monster of the same variant, and has an effect that destroys any monster it battles with after damage calculation, not unlike the "deathtouch" ability associated with basilisks in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' (discussed further below).
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Mythical_Beast_Bashilisk "Mythical Beast Bashilisk"] is a two-mouthed reptilian monster that seems somewhat closer to its namesake, though it's quadrupedal and Spellcaster-Type.
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/
**
** And finally, [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Hazy_Flame_Basiltrice "Hazy Flame Basiltrice"] appears as a hybrid of the ''D&D''-styled creatures.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has both cockatrices and basilisks.
** Cockatrices are bipedal and chicken-like hybrid creatures the size of a large turkey or goose with a yellow beak and feet and golden-brown feathers, as well as bat wings and a reptilian tail. They occur in almost any region and typically inhabit temperate or tropical regions, nesting either underground or in plains areas above-ground; scattered numbers could also be found in the Elemental Plane of Earth. Cockatrices attacked any creature they perceived as a threat, and flocks of them would attempt to overwhelm or confuse opponents, often flying at their faces - cockatrice bites were minorly-damaging, but could permanently turn any creature to stone, and in pre-Time of Troubles eras (analogous to earlier editions) their petrifying aura could extend into the Astral and Ethereal planes. They are immune to their own bites and those of other cockatrices, but can be petrified through other means; the petrifying venom is harvested by some creatures as a commodity.
** Basilisks are cold-blooded reptiles that resemble fat twelve-foot-long alligators with six or eight legs and glowing green eyes; their bodies have a single row of bony spines that line their backs, and a few have a curved horn atop their noses. Unlike the active and malicious cockatrices, basilisks are more lethargic with a slower metabolism that makes hard pursuit difficult - they were still capable of cunning, and would often await prey in hiding to surprise and petrify them with their gaze. The basilisk eats their petrified prey using strong jaws and a gullet that un-petrifies food, and only requires one large and roughly humanoid-sized meal a month at most. Like cockatrice venom, basilisks and their eyes, eggs and parts are also highly-sought commodities.
*** Basilisks possess both darkvision and the ability to view either the astral or the ethereal plane with concentration - by doing this, they can kill astral creatures and turn creatures on the ethereal plane into an "ethereal" stone (an ability cockatrices shared pre-Time of Troubles). The range of the gaze can "extend" depending on how keen the victim's eyesight is, and allows it to (at least reportedly) petrify anyone viewing it remotely, such as via arcane eye spells and crystal balls - creatures with gaseous forms were immune. Unlike cockatrice gazes, basilisks are not immune to the gazes of other 'lisks (a complication accounted for when mating), and victims are chemically converted to a more porous type of stone that leaves them [[And I Must Scream|alive, but in a form of suspended animation]]; this petrification can at least be reversed, though the statue is also breakable. Items carried or worn by a victim are not turned to stone, and any worn protective magic items still affect the victim's statue.
** The pyrolisk is a far more dangerous and aggressive variant of the cockatrice that could cause a victim to literally burst into flames with its gaze - unfortunately, the only way to tell a pyrolisk from an ordinary cockatrice was a single red feather in its tail, and pyrolisks often occupied similar tropical climates to cockatrices. The phoenix was [[Arch Enemy|its mortal enemy]].
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' adventure ''The Great Supervillain Contest'', one contestant was Brother Basilisk, who had the power to (temporarily) turn creatures to stone.
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', basilisks are a type of creature that typically have "deathtouch" - [[One-Hit Kill|any amount of damage it inflicts to a creature destroys it outright]]. Examples include [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=447310 Daggerback Basilisk], [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=527495 Underdark Basilisk] and [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=438731 Greater Basilisk]; those that lack deathtouch,such as [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39731 Serpentine Basilisk] and [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397398 Lowland Basilisk] (whose [[Flavor Text]] states that it turns victims into "flowstone", a form of 'liquid stone') are given very similar effects.
** [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=532586 "Basilisk Collar"] gives the equipped creature deathtouch and lifelink; [[Life Drain|the controller of a lifelink creature gains life equal to any damage the creature inflicts]].
** [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8905 Sylvan Basilisk] destroys any creature that blocks it at the end of that combat, while [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3550 Rock Basilisk] destroys any non-[[Stone Wall|Wall]] creature that blocks it or is itself blocked by it. [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=159275 Thicket Basilisk] has the same effect as Rock Basilisk without the Wall exclusion.
** The joke expansion Unhinged adds [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74246 Stone-Cold Basilisk], which has the same effect on any creature with fewer letters in its name that engages it in combat - [[Schmuck Bait|it also petrifies the opponent if they read it]]!
** [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=430615 Turntimber Basilisk] has deathtouch and landfall, which forces a target creature to block it if able (and thus immediately die) any time a land you control enters the battlefield.
** [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29983 Stone-Tongue Basilisk] destroys any creature it deals combat damage to and has Threshold - while seven or more cards are in your graveyard, all creatures able to block Stone-Tongue Basilisk ''must'' do so.
** [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=107347 Simic Basilisk] can "graft" a similar ability onto other creatures via the +1/+1 counters it generates with; the controller can move one such counter onto another creature that enters the battlefield, and can also spend 2 mana (1 green) in order for a target "grafted" creature to destroy any other creature it damages.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[NetHack]]'', the cockatrice is a class of creatures represented by the <code>
** Even a well-armored player character can be turned to stone if bitten: After
** The corpse and eggs of a cockatrice or its young are just as dangerous to monsters as they are to you - wield a corpse with gloves and you have an [[Improvised Weapon]] that can take out most non-acidic monsters in one hit, [[Weaksauce Weakness|up to and including many later bosses!]] Players tend to call the corpses [[Fan Nickname|"rubber chickens"]], and also use the eggs as "stoning grenades" (though it's easier to hit by wielding one and breaking it on your target). This being ''NetHack'', intelligent enemies that can wear gloves ''will'' do the same to you if they find a corpse, and will also throw footrice eggs at you if they come across any - thankfully, this is non-instantaneous as with the cockatrice's attack above.
** Of note is that [[golem]]s and [[Dem Bones|skeletons]] are also immune, partly due to being non-living
* [[:Category:NetHack variants|''NetHack'' variants]] often add an additional spin on the cockatrice and its kin, and some even introduce its close cousin in the basilisk
▲** Of note is that [[golem]]s and [[Dem Bones|skeletons]] are also immune, partly due to being non-living. Golems have their body turned to stone but remain mobile otherwise, while skeletons are completely unaffected - likely as a result of not being bothered by instant fossilization.
** ''[[SLASH'EM]]'' adds both the basilisk and ''another'' close relative
▲* ''NetHack'' variants often add an additional spin on the cockatrice and its kin, and some even introduce its close cousin in the basilisk. ''NetHack'' itself has the fiery-gazing pyrolisk.
** ''[[SpliceHack]]'' has ''[[Our Werebeasts Are Different|werecockatrices]]'' - werebeasts capable of wielding their instadeath power ''and'' capable of summoning even more of their brethren.▼
▲** ''[[SLASH'EM]]'' adds both the basilisk and ''another'' close relative to both in the asphynx - they can petrify the player in a manner similar to cockatrices, and are different classes of monster from them, making "solving" the stoning problem via [[Kill'Em All|scrolls of genocide]] much more difficult.
▲** ''[[SpliceHack]]'' has ''[[Our Werebeasts Are Different|werecockatrices]]''.
** ''[[EvilHack]]'' improves enemy monster AI to the point that glove-wearing monsters 'lucky' enough to get a wish might well choose a footrice corpse to smack you with!
* In ''[[Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand]]'', cockatrices appear as enemies in Sol City.
* ''[[Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time]]'' features the cockatrice from the first episode of the anime (as mentioned in Anime & Manga above) as a dungeon boss in the underground labyrinth.
* ''[[Mother 3]]'' has the [https://wikibound.info/wiki/Slitherhen Slitherhen]
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has both basilisks and cockatrices as recurring enemies, starting with [[Final Fantasy I|the very first game]].
** Basilisks frequently appear as giant lizards with bulging eyes - depending on the game, they are chameleon-like with horns, or else more serpentine in appearance; in ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]'', they are a variant of cockatrice. They commonly have the ability to Petrify characters using their stare: this is usually a gradual process a la the Doom spell, but is instantaneous in some games. In some other cases, petrification is actually their biggest weakness.
** Cockatrices are typically recurring avian enemies, though the ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'' Cockatrice is a Basilisk recolor, and ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'' gives them reptilian scales. Cockatrices also possess the ability to petrify the party, and are sometimes attuned to the Lightning element.
** In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Basilisk Steel (or Break Blade) is one of Tidus's weapons, and can occasionally petrify enemies.
* The various tie-in video games for the ''Harry Potter'' franchise involve basilisks in similar capacities to the books, with the cockatrice featured occasionally.
** In ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]'', the French National Quidditch team emblem is a white cockatrice holding a broomstick on a blue-and-beige background.
** In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', ''[[Harry Potter for Kinect]]'' and the video game for ''Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets'', {{spoiler|the basilisk within the Chamber of Secrets serves the same role as it did in the books}}.
* The first and third games in ''[[The Witcher]]'' franchise feature both cockatrices and basilisks, where they appear as a sort of pterosaur-like reptile. Both have bestiary entries that allude to their real-world folkloric traits, including their petrifying glare and hatred of living things.
* The Cockatrice card in ''[[Circle of the Moon]]'' can add a petrification effect to your weapons or abilities.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'':
** In the the Deepholm area, there is a group of basilisks that petrify their enemies. Their work is scattered around them. It's worth noting that their targets were already made of stone, but now they're made of stone and can't move.
* In ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', one of the questlines has this happen to [[Casanova Wannabe]] Gilbert, who got "hard" for a [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-basilisk woman]]. When he pushed her too far, well... [[Taken for Granite|he got ''hard'', indeed]].
* ''[[Total Annihilation Kingdoms]]'' features the basilisk, who can turn targets to stone.
* In ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'', basilisks pop up in several areas, including one set controlled by an insane gnome. One of your dialogue choices when talking to him is funny - but when you [[Fridge Horror|think about it later]], it's truly callous: "Okay, Mr. psycho gnome, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but we're really not interested in your rock garden". Those are real, very unfortunate (or stupid) people, not just statues!
==[[Web Comics]]==
* During the ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', part of O-Chul's torture regimen as Xykon's captive involved a "basilisk staring contest". Jirix notes that O-Chul technically won, due to being petrified and unable to blink.
* One ''[[Johnny Wander]]'' [http://www.johnnywander.com/comic/delilah-and-the-basilisk-1 short story] features a [[Kid with the Leash|small blind girl]] named Delilah and a basilisk, which she treats as her [[Cool Pet]]. This basilisk is [[Ugly Cute]] and somewhat resembles an especially scaly [[Final Fantasy|Chocobo]], though it's no less deadly - and Death [http://www.johnnywander.com/comic/delilah-and-the-basilisk-epilogue isn't entirely thrilled] about trying to figure out what to do with its victims.
* In the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' "Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions", characters start turning mysteriously into chocolate. It's suspected to be the work of a creature similar to this {{spoiler|(specifically a "chokolisk")}}, but it turns out they're instead victims of a [[Jerkass Genie]] who just 'randomly' happened to interpret everyone's wishes as "Turn me into chocolate". This parodies the way that {{spoiler|the basilisk in ''The Chamber of Secrets'' never actually killed anyone with a direct look (minus Moaning Myrtle and Nearly Headless Nick, who were already ghosts).}}
==[[Web Original]]==
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. Z]]'' features
* In ''[[Arcana Magi Zero]]'', everyone and every object, including the museum walls, are turned to stone by a shadow-shaped basilisk. Alysia Perez [[And I Must Scream|experiences the pain]] first hand.
* The ''[[SCP Foundation]]'' has [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1013 SCP-1013] - a nearly six-foot (181cm) reptilian creature with a frilled neck and an unfeathered head resembling that of a male chicken, which is essentially this trope in all but name. The beak of SCP-1013 is serrated and full of needle-like teeth, and its neck frill is adapted to produce a loud snapping sound; its body has a very flexible tail that makes up two-thirds of its length, and is used to trip and distract large prey. Discovered near a facility in Egypt, SCP-1013 is very aggressive and will attempt to draw the attention of intruders by snapping its neck frill, then fully paralyze them for a few seconds by making eye contact; it will "attack" multiple targets in rapid succession this way, and other instances are immune to the gaze. Its bite causes outer skin tissues [[Taken for Granite|to rapidly and irreversibly calcify]], taking 15 minutes for a human victim and expanding outward from the wound - this leaves most internal tissues untouched [[And I Must Scream|and the victim still alive]]. SCP-1013 feeds by pecking through a calcified victim's flesh and eating them alive from the inside; it can compress itself to fit through small openings such as the eyes, [[Eye Scream|which it often favors targeting first]]. SCP-1013 instances are known to hunt for sport and food storage and can reproduce asexually, with juveniles nearing adulthood seeking out cool, dark places such as ventilation shafts, plumbing, or discarded clothing/shoes in which to molt and grow. {{spoiler|A lock-down event was caused when one thousand such instances were reported within a facility, resulting in multiple staff deaths.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In one episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', a cockatrice
* In ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'', the Chicka-lisk is a chicken-like demon that can turn people to stone with a stare and eats gold.
* In an episode of ''[[Little Devil]]'', Chrissy rides a cockatrice (given to her by her father, [[The Devil]]) that looks like a dragon with a rooster's head and legs, covered with black feathers, a long, barbed tail, and breathes fire. [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|It seems a little offended when Chrissy calls it a "dragon".]]
* In ''[[The Owl House]]'', a basilisk is a [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|shapeshifting Beast-type demon]] whose true form resembles a snake with arms and human-like features. Basilisks are not necessarily evil, as Vee (revealed to be one) is friendly towards Luz and company and gladly assists them. The greater basilisk can consume magic drained from spells and magical beings - one is suspected to have been a henchman of the Emperor's Coven, and unlike Vee they are [[Obviously Evil]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
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