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{{trope}}
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Ogres are a staple of fantasy and fairy tales, and so appear in many forms. Most have the following traits in common:
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Not to be confused with trolls. Even though they can often be indistinguishable in fairy tales (when English/French tales reached Scandinavia, "ogre" would usually be translated as "troll"), trolls are generally a type of fae rather than a generic evil monster.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Most [[Fairy Tale]] ogres are the stupid and brutal kind.
* 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 eponymous 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
* In ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', the prince's mother is an evil ogress who tries to eat her own grandchildren.
* In one ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Ogres of ''[[
* In the ''[[Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave the world, ridding it of all humans.
** Mulgarath actually dosn't fit into any of the archetypes listed above. He's very smart, very cunning, and knows when to change forms, even if the new form is weaker. A better fit to the above archetype are the trolls, who are supposedly [[Big Eater|afflicted with never ending hunger]].
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* In [[Tamora Pierce]]'s books that revolve around the [[Tortall Universe]], there are two kinds of ogres: peaceful farmers and warlike monsters. Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book ''Wolf-Speaker'', the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.
* 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. In reference to their Western [[Fairy Tale]] origins, they have a tendency to be [[Nightmare Fuel|child molesters]].
* Ogres and ogre/human hybrids are fairly common in the ''[[Garrett
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* In the British science-fiction series ''[[
** Also in ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* Ubiquitous in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
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** Ogre magi are similar to ogres, except that they are much cleverer (more intelligent than most humans), have magical powers, unnaturally-colored skin ([[Red Oni, Blue Oni|red and blue being the most common]]), horns, and Japanese-style attire. An ogre mage is often found leading an ogre tribe. In 4E and ''[[Pathfinder]]'', they're actually [[Youkai|oni]], spirit creatures that merely resemble ogres (and may still associate with them). According to the 3E article "Ecology of the Ogre Mage" in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine #349, ogre magi are descended from one of the demigod sons of Vaprak.
** In ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', the origin story of the ogres is that they are the cursed progeny of the giant goddess Othea, who was raped by Vaprak.
** Ogres in ''Al-Qadim''
** The ogres of ''[[Pathfinder]]'' are basically giant hillbilly rapists.
** Ogres are a very common race in ''[[Dragonlance]]'' and are even more inclined toward evil than [[Our Goblins Are
** Merrows are an aquatic offshoot of ogres. They breathe underwater, have scaly blue skin, and use spears instead of clubs, but are otherwise similar to normal ogres. (Note that in real-world Irish folklore, merrows were actually a kind of (generally good-natured) [[Our Mermaids Are Different|merfolk]].
** Ogrun in the ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'' setting are more like [[
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Ogres have a society influenced by the Mongols, and wield a strange form of Gut Magic, which depends on what the caster ate. They literally worship the concept of hunger and practice rampant cannibalism, eating both other sentient races and their own kind; a [[Klingon Promotion]] generally entails the usurper devouring its predecessor. Some are captured by the Skaven to be turned into Rat Ogres.
* In ''[[Warhammer 40
** Specifically they become mostly capable of acting civilized after being upgraded to ''merely stupid'' with neural implants.
* Hungarian tabletop RPG/book series "World of Chaos" (like Tolkien except all the elves and dwarves are missing -imagine a [[WoW]] where the Horde has won - with the half-orc Skandar Graun acting as the main protagonist). Ogres are a major race and are given even more mutations (extra horns, heads, limbs etc.) to pick from.
* ''[[
* The Ogres of ''[[GURPS]]: Banestorm'' are among the Elder Folk of Yrth but by far the least advanced of everyone, even the orcs are cultured and intelligent compared to them. Their only saving grace is that they're stronger and tougher than every other species.
* In ''[[
** In the older ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'', "ogre" was often used to refer to Unseelie Trolls, but Ogres proper were a separate race of fae associated exclusively with the Unseelie Court. They're typically extremely strong and resilient, but dumber than lobotomized rocks.
* Ogres are a staple creature type for red and black in [[Magic:
* Ogres in [[Shadowrun]] are a variant of Orc who are actually rather short. Also hairless, with protruding jaws.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
** Also, in a small subversion, in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' there's a quest where you run into a two-headed ogre who's quite intelligent, and heckles you for thinking all Ogres speak in a [[You No Take Candle]] fashion.
** Actually, one Alliance questgiver advised the player to never consider them to be the idiots that they appear to be, because that's when they usually strike.
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* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' ogres are a type of darkspawn created from qunari. They have horns and look like wingless demons but are otherwise typical examples of The Ogre.
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' had an Ogre as [[Underground Monkey|the first in a series of hairy muscular humanoids]] that use physical attacks and counters.
* In ''[[
* Enemy ogres in [[Dungeon Crawl]] are [[Glass Cannon
* The Super Mutants seem to fill this role in the post-apocalyptic setting of [[Fallout 3]]. Super mutants from the other games are more akin to "Blizzard" orcs than ogres.
* Ogres have appeared in many of the [[Heroes of Might and Magic]] games.
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* In the ''[[Guild Wars]]'' universe there are two definitions of Ogres. In the first game, Ogre acts as a classification for large humanoids that do not qualify as a giants; this covered Jottuns, Ettins, and Yetis. In the second game, a race identified as Ogres have invaded the Blazeridge Mountains. Their culture revolves around beasts and all members of their society tame beasts for use in battle.
* The Oni in ''[[Touhou]]'' are somewhere between this and Orcs, with a heavy dose of [[Blood Knight]]. They would challenge everyone that will accept their challenge, usually of drinking and fighting (or drunken-fighting, natch). Too bad modern people refuse to acknowledge the existence of the supernaturals, so they retreated underground since they don't have anything fun to do with humans anymore.
* [[
* ''[[Puzzle Quest]]'' has the hungriest ogre of all, Drong. He has a series of side quests, all revolving around getting him different things to eat. Things such as [[
* In ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', ogres are huge, powerful brutes that live in certain evil plains. They're highly aggressive, very powerful and tough, and ''will'' path to any building laying outside, wreck them, then proceed to find their way to the inside of the fortress. If you see a pack of ogres at the very beginning, you're better off restarting the game. Goblins sometimes bring them in sieges.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* 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. They are almost all hulking morons, with the exception of Igthorn's majordomo Toadwart (who is as tall as a human child and of average intelligence) and Toadwart's cousin Tadpole (who is a
* In ''[[The Smurfs]]'' animated series, an ogre named Bigmouth occasionally befriended the title characters while making life for the evil wizard Gargamel difficult.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' had that episode where a salesman tries to sell beach front property terrorized by an ogre.
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