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Compare [[Big Badass Wolf]], which is when this trope gets ''scary''.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Fenrir's real form in ''[[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]]''; see below under [[Norse Mythology]].
* Digimon Tamers - Dobermon, a giant doberman pinscher digimon, accompanied by a human partner, is sent by the Digimon Sovereigns to assist the tamers in battling the D-reaper by giving them the ability to biomerge in the real world.
** Gabumon's evolved form, [http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Garurumon Garurumon], should also count.
** There's also the shiba-inu dog, [http://vodpod.com/watch/2802367-digimon-data-squad-gaomon-digivolve-to-gaogamon Gaogamon]{{Dead link}}, in Digimon Data Squad.
** [http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Seasarmon Seasarmon], the lion-dog digimon, and [http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Caturamon Caturamon] the Dog-deva digimon.
** [http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberumon Cerberumon].
* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' - Holo is a harvest diety whose true form is a very, VERY large wolf.
* ''[[One Piece]]'' featured a zombie Cerberus, and a squad of dog-riders in Enies Lobby. There was also wolf-man Jabura, and possibly Mr. 4's dog-gun Lassoo.
* ''[[Naruto]]''
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Pictured above: ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''. The girl over there is his owner, Emily Elizabeth.
* The one-and-only Fluffy from ''[[
** Also in Harry Potter, Sirius Black can transform into a Canis Major at will. ([[Fanon]] says he's a Newfoundland. The "Sirius" stories of the [[Paradigm of Uncertainty]] [[Fan Verse]] may have started this one.)
* Orcs in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' occasionally ride Wargs, which are giant wolflike beasts.
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* Fully grown [[Big Badass Wolf|direwolves]] in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are the size of a pony.
* Conrad's dog Bortan in [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''This Immortal''
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* The Ay in the [[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]. And [[Undead]] to boot.
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** Orthros, also of [[Classical Mythology|Greek Mythology]]. The hound of Geryon, Orthros had two heads and a snake for a tail.
* Garm of [[Norse Mythology]], which, like Cerberus, guards the Underworld (Hel).
** Though somewhat overlapping with [[Big Badass Wolf]], [[Norse Mythology]] also has Fenrir,<ref>(The son of Loki and a giantess, who bit off the hand of the god Tyr; fated to kill Odin)</ref>
*** Fenrir in particular is enormous. When he opens his mouth his lower jaw is on the ground and his upper jaw hits the sky.
* Black Shuck, the mysterious [[Hell Hound|Black Dog]] from Norfolk folklore, is sometimes said to be the size of a horse. Smaller than some other examples here, but still much bigger than a dog should be.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has [http://magiccards.info/shm/en/68.html Hollowborn Barghest], a very big dog. That's not dry grass it's standing
* The [[Space Wolves]] of [[Warhammer
* Worgs and winter wolves in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', wolf-like creatures big enough to be mounted by humans. ''[[Pathfinder]]'' allows druids and other classes with access to wolf animal companions to get it to Large size (equivalent to a horse) at level 7, and the mammoth rider [[Prestige Class]] gives an even more ridiculous option with a Huge wolf mount (as big as an African elephant).
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Giant wolves in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' games.
* The Mystic Beasts in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series are large horned canids, and seemingly a popular form of transportation, judging from some scenes in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''. In the same game, they can [[Make My Monster Grow|become even bigger]] in battle if another monster merges with them.
* Orcs in ''[[Warcraft]]'' games ride large wolves too.
** Some bosses in [[World of Warcraft]]. Mostly [[Meaningful Name|Fenrus the Devourer.]] That thing is MASSIVE.
* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' Arcanine, which is big enough to ride around on.
* The mutated dog-boss in ''[[Fur Fighters]]''. An unusual boss as it saw two mutated spouses instead of one. The other rode around on-top of the beast.
* The Great Grey Wolf Sif in ''[[Dark Souls]]'', a giant wolf with [[BFS|an equally giant sword]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', Hinjo's mount Argent is a rather oversized dog/wolf. Also subverted when Belkar wishes for a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0140.html riding dog].
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Reynardine's true form is that of a large fox, and Ysengrin is an even larger wolf. But it is Coyote himself who can [[Shape Shifter|become]] [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=286 truly massive,] towering over even Ysengrim.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120720144040/http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/?m=20051019 Mitzi] from ''[[Rhapsodies]]''.
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' author Jeph Jacques is the proud owner of a Great Pyrenees, one of the huge breeds, named Shelby. Inevitably, she's appeared in his non-canon work a [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 couple] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 times].
* Giant dogs serve as draft animals and guard dogs in ''[[Unsounded]]''
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the episode "Ace in Hole" in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' Terry (aka Batman) is locked in the dog fight ring with a vicious gigantic mutated mastiff.
* The ghost dog in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has the ability to grow several size its normal height whenever its threatened. Lots of destruction occurs.
* In ''[[The Fairly
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' Korra's [[Canine Companion]] is Naga, a [[Mix-and-Match Critters|polar-bear dog]] so massive that she easily serves as Korra's [[Horse of a Different Color]], [http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/07/avatar_the_legend_of_the_biggest_damn_dog_and_to_a.php as seen here].
* Due to the shifted scale Toby from [[The Great Mouse Detective]] qualifies. He's an ordianry pup, but all the other characters are mice.
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