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[[File:killer_rhinokiller rhino.jpg|link=Age of Conan|rightframe|<small>[[EverythingsEverything's Worse Withwith Bears|I'll see your bear cavalry and raise you...]]</small> ]]
 
{{quote|''The rhino is a homely beast, ''<br />
''For human eyes he's not a feast. ''<br />
''Farwell, farewell, you old rhinoceros, ''<br />
''I'll stare at something less prepoceros. ''|'''Ogden Nash'''}}
 
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Fun fact: A group of rhinos is called a "crash".
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', two of the fiercest creatures are Rhyhorn and Rhydon, both of whom are really big rhinos.
** The [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Generation IV]] games introduced another evolution for these two, Rhyperior.
* One of [[One Piece|Zoro's]] attacks is named "Sai Kuru" (Wheeling Rhino), and was also translated as "Rhino Rampage" in the 4Kids dub of ''Grand Adventure''.
** Post [[Time Skip]] Franky has created a rhino-themed [[Cool Bike]] called the Kurosai (Black Rhino) FR-U #4.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Rhino, originally a villain for [[Spider -Man]], has since challenged [[Iron Man]] and [[The Hulk]].
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' features a rhinoceros [[Heroic Sacrifice|intentionally charging ahead of the centaur General Oreius]] in order to save King Peter from the advancing hordes of the [[Ice Queen|White Witch]]. The beast [[Foe -Tossing Charge|handily tosses aside several attackers]] before being brought down.
* ''[[Jumanji]]'' features a summoned rhinoceros that casually shoulders aside a police car. This particular rhino gets its own gameplay mechanic in the tie-in boardgame. Simply put, when you land on a space with a rhino on it, you can use the rhino to block your adversaries' path.
* The battle-rhinoceros from ''[[Three Hundred|300]] ''. If the Persians had been fighting anyone other than the frigging '''Spartans'''...
* This trope was going to be used in ''[[Gladiator]]'', but eventually decided against the idea. There were a few reasons for this, mainly lack of time and money, but also because of how unbelievable it is in real life, as the summary above mentions.
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' completely inverts this. Tai Lung goes on a rampage and thrashes all 1,000 of his rhino guards without even breaking a sweat.
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* The Erumpent in [[Harry Potter]]'s ''Fantastic Beasts'' is basically a rhinoceros whose horn is [[Made of Explodium]].
* [[Douglas Adams]]'s unfinished novel ''The Salmon of Doubt'' has a chapter written from the point of view of a rhino which escapes from a zoo and goes on a rampage, killing several people before being shot to death.
* The [[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]] often favored morphing into rhinos (and elephants) for situations requiring lots of collateral damage.
* At the start of ''[[James and Thethe Giant Peach]]'', both of James' parents are killed (specifically, [[You Fail Biology Forever|eaten]]) by an escaped rhino.
** [[The Movie]] makes it worse. The Rhino is basically turned into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] made of clouds that represents all of James' fears.
* The ''[[Babar]]'' series gave us Rataxes, the aggressive King of Rhinoland and Babar's arch-rival. That the Rhinos have a destructive holiday called (you guessed it) the "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Rhino Rampage]]" makes things all the more troperiffic!
* In the Ionesco play ''[[Rhinoc Ã]]©ros'', everyone turns into one...
* The rhino from ''[[My FathersFather's Dragon]]''. He's quite fierce and angry, but he mostly just wants people to stay out of his weeping pool.
* The picture book ''A Porcupine Named Fluffy'' features a rhinoceros character with the name of... ...Hippo.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The Judoon, from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', are a race of humanoid rhinoceros [[Recycled in Space|space-cops]]. They are so [[Badass]] the Tardis can't translate their language.
** In the "Judoon platoon on the moon" episode, Martha hadn't travelled by TARDIS, explaining their incomprehensible dialect.
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''. The episode "Window Dressed to Kill" has Ned resurrecting a dead rhinoceros named Aloysius for no reason really connected to the plot. But a rampaging rhinoceros is always badass...
* ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' / ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' features a Rhino-Armadillo tagteam as part of the season's enormous [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]. The Rhino forms an alternative set of legs for the combined mecha, which ''kicks'' the Armadillo at the enemy as part of a soccer-themed finishing move. The pair may or may not be a [[Shout -Out]] to two American-exclusive monsters from the original ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', the [[American Football]]-themed Rhinoblaster & the [[Association Football]]-themed Soccadillo.
* Dominic, the (second) [[Sixth Ranger]] in ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'', channels the power of the rhino. Ironically, while the rhino's raw strength is played up as unrivaled in the animal kingdom, Dominic is more of a [[Trickster]] than [[The Big Guy]] you'd expect. His Japanese counterpart, Ken from ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'', is much the same.
* Kamen Rider Thrust from ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]'' and his Japanese counterpart Gai from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' have a rhino motif and use the Advent Beast Metalgelas, a hulking humanoid armored rhino.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_GerinTerry Gerin|Rhino/Rhyno]]
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'', all Juggernauts of Khorne are unholy rhino-shaped amalgamations of daemon, metal, and hellfire. The Blood Crushers are especially large versions.
** Warhammer Fantasy also has "Rhinoxen" as the answer to the question "what the hell could an Ogre ride on the back of?"
** Also in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' is the Rhino APC, the [[Super Soldier|Space Marines']] primary <s>[[Memetic Mutation|METAL BOX]]</s> transport vehicle.
* [http://beta.gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=27249 Crash of Rhinos] is a hard-hitting card from ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'''s Mirage expansion.
** From ''Shards of Alara'' onward, [[Retcon|the Rhoxes have been portrayed]] as humanoid rhinos. In earlier editions their design was closer to ankylosauruses.
* In ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' there are the Rhek, a race of hulking, anthropomorphic, [[Lawful Good]] humanoid rhinos. Their entry included one with levels in the [[Bare -Fisted Monk|Monk]] class. That's right, not only is this one a [[Badass]] man-rhino, but it knows kung-fu.
* [[Hero System|The Champions Universe]] features a villain named Ironhorn, who is basically a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Marvel's Rhino.
* The [[Fighting Fantasy]] series features Rhino-Men as the [[Mook|mooksmook]]s of [[Big Bad]] Balthus Dire.
 
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* Tunnel Rhino from ''[[Mega Man X]] 3'', whose horn and right arm are [[This Is a Drill|drills]] that help him tunnel underground. In true rhino fashion, he mainly fights by ramming the player.
* One of the challenges in ''Zoo Tycoon 2'''s "Endangered Species" expansion-pack involves providing for a rare variety of rhino and getting it to breed.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'s Ixis Naugus is one third [[Bat Out of Hell|bat]], one third rhinoceros, and one third lobster.
* There is a hero in [[Heroes of Newerth]] appropriately named as Rampage who is riding a rhino.
* The [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Gun]] in each game of the [[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet & Clank]] series is usually called the RYNO.
** [[In Name Only]]. "RYNO" is an acronym for "Rip You a New One".
* Gohma Chargers from ''[[AsurasAsura's Wrath]]'', along with charging like a traditional rhino, are capable of causing small tremors by stomping it's front legs.
* In the ''Congo Bongo'' level Rhino Rampage, the enemies are rhinoceroses charging from all directions.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the [[Homestar Runner]] universe, Strong Bad invents a videogame called "Rhino Feeder" which is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120806081549/http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/funny/bloodcyber.html Rhinoceruses don't play games. They f**king charge your ass.]" ('''Warning: NSFW''')
* The ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' has a supervillain named Pygmy Rhino, a super-humanly strong, superhumanly fast, [[Nigh Invulnerable]] dwarf who gets a kick out of running his opponent's down.
* [[The Descendants (Literature)|The Descendants]] has Embarr, the mount of the Ape Knight. An evil sorceress mistook her of a fat, slow unicorn and used magic to make her faster, smarter and gave her a ton more endurance.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Commander Vachir, warden of the prison holding [[Big Bad]] Tai Lung in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', is clearly a [[Badass]]. (What else do you expect from a character voiced by Michael Clark Duncan?) Unfortunately for him, [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome|Tai Lung is an even bigger badass]].
* Rocksteady from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' is a villainous example.
* Rhinox from ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' is very badass (and part-time [[Number Two]] to Optimus Primal).
** As a subversion, he is also the [[The Smart Guy|resident scientist]] in the group.
** The original Transformers had two, Ramhorn for the Autobots and Headstrong for the Decepticons.
** [[Transformers Cybertron]] has Backstop, the Jamaican-accented pacifistic rhino. Also, one of the Japan-only G1 sequels has characters who can deploy animal-like minions from their chests a la Soundwave. One of them is a rhino.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Homer sets off a chain-reaction of events at the zoo by shooting a lemur with a slingshot, that eventually culminates in a rhino stampede.
* The halberd-carrying [[Mook|Mooks]]s of Prince John in Disney's ''Robin Hood'' are rhinos. They are not portrayed as terribly bright, but they have a mean charge.
* Originally, the Disney animated film ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' was going to feature a rhinoceros character named Rocky (voiced by Frank Fontaine) that was going to appear at the end of the film (during the scene with the vultures), but the character was ultimately dropped from the final script.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': The Fire Nation uses Komodo Rhinos as mounts in battle. That's right, a rhino crossed with a freakin' ''komodo dragon.''
* Rhinos actually appear as background characters in the Disney animated film ''[[The Lion King]]''. One rhino appeared just right after the sunrise at the very beginning of the film (Nants ingonyama! Bagaithi baba, Sithikum ingonyama nyea!...), while two others appeared during the song "I Just Can't Wait to be King" (both of them were pestering Zazu).
** In the sequel, Kovu and Kiara scare away some birds so Timon and Pumbaa can eat the worms. Unfortunately, the birds happen to have a herd of angry rhinos on their side and like the wildebeests from the original, the rhinos stampede after Kiara and Kovu. Thankfully no one got trampled!
* A rhinoceros actually disguises itself [[That's No Moon|as a rock]] during the song "Following the Leader" from ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]''.
* The second to last animal Mad Madam Mim turns into during the [[Wizard Duel]] from ''[[The Sword in The Stone (Disney)|The Sword in Thethe Stone]]'' is a pink rhinoceros, which is then thrown off a cliff and into a river by Merlin (now turned into a ram), but then Mim comes out [[Loophole Abuse|in the form of a...]]
* Subverted with Lulu from ''[[Ni Hao, Kai -Lan]]''.
* Also subverted with Clam from ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''. Played straight if you're Scoutmaster Lumpus, however.
* Carl and Frank from ''[[Ice Age]]'', a pair of Brontotheres, which despite their appearances, [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying|aren't even actual rhinos at all!]]
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