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{{quote|'''Buttercup''': What about the R.O.U.S.'s?<br />
{{quote|'''Buttercup''': What about the R.O.U.S.'s?<br />
'''Westley''': [[Trope Namers|Rodents of Unusual Size]]? [[Blatant Lies|I don't think they exist]].<br />
'''Westley''': [[Trope Namers|Rodents of Unusual Size]]? [[Blatant Lies|I don't think they exist]].<br />
'''ROUS''': RAGH! (''attacks Westley'')|''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]''}}
'''ROUS''': RAGH! (''attacks Westley'')|''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''}}


Are they so named because they are unusually ''small'', you ask? Heh, heh, heh...
Are they so named because they are unusually ''small'', you ask? Heh, heh, heh...


Rats, [[As You Know|as you know]], are probably the most formidable and tenacious mammals in existence, being blessed with swift feet, durable incisors, impressive cunning and intelligence, [[Zerg Rush|numbers]], and an all-consuming sense of self-preservation. The only thing they lack, it seems, is [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|physical size and power]]<ref> and longevity (the average rat is very lucky to make three years) but don't expect to see ''that'' brought up often</ref>. Then, given that final boon, they would surely transform from shadow-scurrying scavengers to [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|feared, flesh-rending predators]] that would have leather-clad barbarians knocking their knees together.
Rats, [[As You Know]], are probably the most formidable and tenacious mammals in existence, being blessed with swift feet, durable incisors, impressive cunning and intelligence, [[Zerg Rush|numbers]], and an all-consuming sense of self-preservation. The only thing they lack, it seems, is [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|physical size and power]]<ref> and longevity (the average rat is very lucky to make three years) but don't expect to see ''that'' brought up often</ref>. Then, given that final boon, they would surely transform from shadow-scurrying scavengers to [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|feared, flesh-rending predators]] that would have leather-clad barbarians knocking their knees together.


Incidentally, if you don't find the regular-sized rats particularly worrisome already, then we hasten to point out that they are also world-class swimmers and can hold their breath more than long enough to reach the other end of the pipe leading to your [[The Can Kicked Him|toilet]]. (Thankfully, ''giant'' rats can rarely fit through the plumbing.)
Incidentally, if you don't find the regular-sized rats particularly worrisome already, then we hasten to point out that they are also world-class swimmers and can hold their breath more than long enough to reach the other end of the pipe leading to your [[The Can Kicked Him|toilet]]. (Thankfully, ''giant'' rats can rarely fit through the plumbing.)
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== Anime ==
== Anime ==


* ''[[Galaxy Angel (Anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' had this alien hamster thing which they found in the ruins of a once great city.
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' had this alien hamster thing which they found in the ruins of a once great city.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has a monster outright called "Giant Rat". Then there are Nimble Momonga, which is just a very large flying squirrel, and a bunch of other more pathetic low-level monsters.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has a monster outright called "Giant Rat". Then there are Nimble Momonga, which is just a very large flying squirrel, and a bunch of other more pathetic low-level monsters.


== Comic Books ==
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Beasts of Burden]]'' has a Rat king leading the sewer rats, and his general is a rat larger than the two cats who fight him.
* ''[[Beasts of Burden]]'' has a Rat king leading the sewer rats, and his general is a rat larger than the two cats who fight him.
* There's a [[Donald Duck]] comic where Don and his cousin Fethry team up to fight giant rat ghosts. Unusually big rodents shouldn't be a foreign concept to Donald, considering [[Mickey Mouse|whom]] he used to co-star with early on his animated career...
* There's a [[Donald Duck]] comic where Don and his cousin Fethry team up to fight giant rat ghosts. Unusually big rodents shouldn't be a foreign concept to Donald, considering [[Mickey Mouse|whom]] he used to co-star with early on his animated career...
* The [[Spider Man]] villain Vermin is a humanoid rat.
* The [[Spider-Man]] villain Vermin is a humanoid rat.
* Prince Raffendorf, from Larry Elmore's ''Snarfquest'' comic strip, was a human prince before being turned into a giant humanoid rat by an evil wizard.
* Prince Raffendorf, from Larry Elmore's ''Snarfquest'' comic strip, was a human prince before being turned into a giant humanoid rat by an evil wizard.
* In [[Bone]], the Giant Rat Creatures, despite that they are drawn without snouts and that they cut off their rat tails as a cultural ritual.
* In [[Bone]], the Giant Rat Creatures, despite that they are drawn without snouts and that they cut off their rat tails as a cultural ritual.
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== Film ==
== Film ==


* [[Trope Namer|Named]] after the R.O.U.S. from ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]''.
* [[Trope Namer|Named]] after the R.O.U.S. from ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''.
* The movie adaptation of H. G. Wells' ''[[The Food of the Gods]]'' features giant rats besieging some people in a cabin. Or rather, it features normal rats romping around a miniature set, and a few prop rat-heads that make "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" look like ''Aliens'' by comparison.
* The movie adaptation of H. G. Wells' ''[[The Food of the Gods]]'' features giant rats besieging some people in a cabin. Or rather, it features normal rats romping around a miniature set, and a few prop rat-heads that make "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" look like ''Aliens'' by comparison.
* The film ''Altered Species'' has a giant lab rat released by protesters who thanks them by trying to eat them all.
* The film ''Altered Species'' has a giant lab rat released by protesters who thanks them by trying to eat them all.
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* The anthology-film ''Nightmares'' had a segment in which a rat the size of an SUV terrorized a suburban family.
* The anthology-film ''Nightmares'' had a segment in which a rat the size of an SUV terrorized a suburban family.
* Scrat from ''Ice Age'' is a squirrel with Canine Teeth Of Unusual Size, and is obsessed with Acorns Of Even More Unusual Size. Does that count?
* Scrat from ''Ice Age'' is a squirrel with Canine Teeth Of Unusual Size, and is obsessed with Acorns Of Even More Unusual Size. Does that count?
* One appears in the 60s [[B-Movie|B]] sci-fi/horror flick ''[[Journey to The Seventh Planet]]''. It has no hair, and one eye.
* One appears in the 60s [[B-Movie|B]] sci-fi/horror flick ''[[Journey to the Seventh Planet]]''. It has no hair, and one eye.
* ''[[Braindead]]'' (known in the US as ''Dead Alive'') a 1992 "zomedy" by Peter Jackson features the Sumatran Rat-Monkey of Holmsian fame as the carrier of a zombie virus. Peter Jackson later referenced this in his 2005 remake of "King Kong" by having a crate carrying a Sumatran Rat-Monkey located in the cargo hold of the S.S. Venture.
* ''[[Braindead]]'' (known in the US as ''Dead Alive'') a 1992 "zomedy" by Peter Jackson features the Sumatran Rat-Monkey of Holmsian fame as the carrier of a zombie virus. Peter Jackson later referenced this in his 2005 remake of "King Kong" by having a crate carrying a Sumatran Rat-Monkey located in the cargo hold of the S.S. Venture.
* ''[[Of Unknown Origin]]'' is a surprisingly good movie about a New Yorker who's terrorized by one of these. It's not a mutant. It's not an alien or magical. It's just a big, mean, nasty, and EXTREMELY determined ''Rattus norvegicus'', which figures his apartment is its territory.
* ''[[Of Unknown Origin]]'' is a surprisingly good movie about a New Yorker who's terrorized by one of these. It's not a mutant. It's not an alien or magical. It's just a big, mean, nasty, and EXTREMELY determined ''Rattus norvegicus'', which figures his apartment is its territory.
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* ''Mulberry Street'' has a virus break out in Manhattan, one that causes people to mutate into homicidial rat creatures.
* ''Mulberry Street'' has a virus break out in Manhattan, one that causes people to mutate into homicidial rat creatures.
* The title dollhouse in ''[[The Amityville Horror|Amityville Dollhouse]]'' transforms a regular mouse into a giant one. It dies when the house is tipped over.
* The title dollhouse in ''[[The Amityville Horror|Amityville Dollhouse]]'' transforms a regular mouse into a giant one. It dies when the house is tipped over.
* ''[[The Killer Shrews (Film)|The Killer Shrews]]'' features giant shrews. (Well, giant for shrews, at least. Theyr'e played by German-shepherd-sized dogs in cheap prosthetics.)
* ''[[The Killer Shrews]]'' features giant shrews. (Well, giant for shrews, at least. Theyr'e played by German-shepherd-sized dogs in cheap prosthetics.)


== Literature ==
== Literature ==
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** And in Rick Boyer's ''The Giant Rat of Sumatra'', it's a {{spoiler|tapir}}.
** And in Rick Boyer's ''The Giant Rat of Sumatra'', it's a {{spoiler|tapir}}.
* The last verse of ''Genesis's All in a Mouse's Night'' has a cat getting beaten up with one blow by a giant mouse.
* The last verse of ''Genesis's All in a Mouse's Night'' has a cat getting beaten up with one blow by a giant mouse.
* The rats from ''[[The Nutcracker (Literature)|The Nutcracker]]''. Although, technically they were no bigger than the Nutcracker...
* The rats from ''[[The Nutcracker (novel)|The Nutcracker]]''. Although, technically they were no bigger than the Nutcracker...
* ''[[The Underland Chronicles]]'' has these as main characters- not to mention the giant insect and bats....
* ''[[The Underland Chronicles]]'' has these as main characters- not to mention the giant insect and bats....
* Ratmen (and a genius ratgirl) play a part in Glen Cook's ''Garrett P.I.'' series. It seems the wizards of a few generations back had quite a fad for the creation of new sentient lifeforms, and they shared real-world scientists' preference for using rats as research subjects.
* Ratmen (and a genius ratgirl) play a part in Glen Cook's ''Garrett P.I.'' series. It seems the wizards of a few generations back had quite a fad for the creation of new sentient lifeforms, and they shared real-world scientists' preference for using rats as research subjects.
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* The Doormouse is a once-human businessman in the [[Nightside]], who had himself changed into a giant bipedal mouse because he likes being cute and fuzzy. Not a ''dor''mouse; his name came about because he's in the business of renting out use of his [[Cool Gate]] collection.
* The Doormouse is a once-human businessman in the [[Nightside]], who had himself changed into a giant bipedal mouse because he likes being cute and fuzzy. Not a ''dor''mouse; his name came about because he's in the business of renting out use of his [[Cool Gate]] collection.
** [[Alan Dean Foster]] pulled the same pun in his [[Spellsinger]] series, although the doormouse (majordomo in a brothel) was in fact a dormouse. (Spellsinger rodents are ''much'' larger than their Earth equivalents, even more so than in [[Narnia]].)
** [[Alan Dean Foster]] pulled the same pun in his [[Spellsinger]] series, although the doormouse (majordomo in a brothel) was in fact a dormouse. (Spellsinger rodents are ''much'' larger than their Earth equivalents, even more so than in [[Narnia]].)
* ''[[All Quiet On the Western Front (Literature)|All Quiet On the Western Front]]'' briefly mentions "corpse" rats, which are basically rats that have gotten huge and fat by [[Squick|eating the corpses of dead soldiers]]. When the men aren't making war on the enemy they are making war on the rats.
* ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' briefly mentions "corpse" rats, which are basically rats that have gotten huge and fat by [[Squick|eating the corpses of dead soldiers]]. When the men aren't making war on the enemy they are making war on the rats.
* ''[[Angelina Ballerina]]''
* ''[[Angelina Ballerina]]''
* ''Three Skeleton Key''
* ''Three Skeleton Key''
* The average rat in ''[[Domina (Literature)|Domina]]'' is about the size of a small dog. That's what happens when you let mad scientists play with a [[Bio Augmentation]] device.
* The average rat in ''[[Domina]]'' is about the size of a small dog. That's what happens when you let mad scientists play with a [[Bio Augmentation]] device.
* The Rh/attes are an aptly-named alien race from ''Chess With A Dragon''.
* The Rh/attes are an aptly-named alien race from ''Chess With A Dragon''.


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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (considered a [[Special Effect Failure]] in actual execution though)
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (considered a [[Special Effect Failure]] in actual execution though)
* ''[[The New Avengers]]'' episode "Gnaws".
* ''[[The New Avengers]]'' episode "Gnaws".
* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' has it in "Back in the Red"- ''Red Dwarf'' has been built far too large and is returning to normal size. ''Starbug'' encounter a huge rat and ends flying into its backside, propelling it along.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' has it in "Back in the Red"- ''Red Dwarf'' has been built far too large and is returning to normal size. ''Starbug'' encounter a huge rat and ends flying into its backside, propelling it along.
* The theoretical Shagrat, from ''[[The Future Is Wild]]''.
* The theoretical Shagrat, from ''[[The Future Is Wild]]''.
** The poggle, from 45 million years later in the same program, was a Rodent Of Unusual Staying-power, having survived to be the last mammal on Earth. Not that this did it much good...
** The poggle, from 45 million years later in the same program, was a Rodent Of Unusual Staying-power, having survived to be the last mammal on Earth. Not that this did it much good...
* The [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp|widderen]] in ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]''. [[Nightmare Fuel|Naked Mole Rats Of Unusual Size]].
* The [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|widderen]] in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. [[Nightmare Fuel|Naked Mole Rats Of Unusual Size]].
* On ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]],'' we hear the Quizmaster on the phone with an exterminator complaining that the rat in his apartment in the Other Realm is making long-distance calls on his phone and listening to his CDs without putting them back. (Whether he pays rent or not is ''not'' the point.) They are apparently unsuccessful since we meet the ROUS in another episode when he introduces himself as the Quizmaster's "roommate."
* On ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]],'' we hear the Quizmaster on the phone with an exterminator complaining that the rat in his apartment in the Other Realm is making long-distance calls on his phone and listening to his CDs without putting them back. (Whether he pays rent or not is ''not'' the point.) They are apparently unsuccessful since we meet the ROUS in another episode when he introduces himself as the Quizmaster's "roommate."
* SPG, the pet hamster of Vyvyan on ''[[The Young Ones]]'', was usually played by a puppet the size of a guinea pig rather than the size of a real hamster. In one episode, he scarfed down an entire potfull of lentils and swelled up to volleyball size.
* SPG, the pet hamster of Vyvyan on ''[[The Young Ones]]'', was usually played by a puppet the size of a guinea pig rather than the size of a real hamster. In one episode, he scarfed down an entire potfull of lentils and swelled up to volleyball size.


== Music ==
== Music ==


* The ''[[Weird Al Yankovic|Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars]]''.
* The ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic|Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars]]''.
* Green Day had an album cover where a gigantic Hamster was attacking society.
* Green Day had an album cover where a gigantic Hamster was attacking society.
* There's a New York punk band named ''Rats of Unusual Size''.
* There's a New York punk band named ''Rats of Unusual Size''.
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*** [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Rat...]] [[Bleach|MORNING]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|STAR!]]
*** [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Rat...]] [[Bleach|MORNING]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|STAR!]]
** One highly popular adventure from the early days of ''Dungeon'' magazine shrank the PCs down to the size of gaming miniatures, making ordinary rats appear enormous by comparison. Other humanoids, who'd previously fallen victim to the same magic, used rats as steeds.
** One highly popular adventure from the early days of ''Dungeon'' magazine shrank the PCs down to the size of gaming miniatures, making ordinary rats appear enormous by comparison. Other humanoids, who'd previously fallen victim to the same magic, used rats as steeds.
* [[Magic the Gathering|Magic: the Gathering]] has 'Rat' as a creature type, from the classic [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=77 Plague Rats] that only the four-of-a-card deck construction limit really keeps from growing arbitrarily dangerous to the Kamigawa block's nezumi (rat-people complete with their own warriors, rogues, shamans and ninja).
* [[Magic: The Gathering]] has 'Rat' as a creature type, from the classic [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=77 Plague Rats] that only the four-of-a-card deck construction limit really keeps from growing arbitrarily dangerous to the Kamigawa block's nezumi (rat-people complete with their own warriors, rogues, shamans and ninja).
** [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=135236 Relentless Rats] was designed and printed to allow people to enjoy plague rats without the four-of-rule, explicitly stating that it ignores it. Also is much better.
** [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=135236 Relentless Rats] was designed and printed to allow people to enjoy plague rats without the four-of-rule, explicitly stating that it ignores it. Also is much better.
** The original art of [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?printed=true&multiverseid=153 Giant growth] featured a giant rat. Now it's a bear.
** The original art of [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?printed=true&multiverseid=153 Giant growth] featured a giant rat. Now it's a bear.
* An enemy from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' is called a Ghoul Rat. It is the size of an Irish Wolfhound.
* An enemy from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' is called a Ghoul Rat. It is the size of an Irish Wolfhound.
** There is also a changing breed in the World of Darkness called the Ratkin, that are sometimes born as humans (that have the ratkin genetics) and contract a disease that, should they overcome it, turns them into wererats. They were given the charge by Gaia to help control the human population by eating their food and spreadin disease.
** There is also a changing breed in the World of Darkness called the Ratkin, that are sometimes born as humans (that have the ratkin genetics) and contract a disease that, should they overcome it, turns them into wererats. They were given the charge by Gaia to help control the human population by eating their food and spreadin disease.
*** These Ratkin can take a talent to be able to transform into a giant rat that can stand approx. 4 ft. at the shoulders.
*** These Ratkin can take a talent to be able to transform into a giant rat that can stand approx. 4 ft. at the shoulders.
* In [[Shadowrun (Tabletop Game)|Shadowrun]], devil rats are Awakened rodents the size of a border collie. They're nasty, vicious, disease-carrying, and (for some reason) bald all over.
* In [[Shadowrun]], devil rats are Awakened rodents the size of a border collie. They're nasty, vicious, disease-carrying, and (for some reason) bald all over.
* The [[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]] has Beshilu, one of the two iconic races of the bizarre half-spirit Hosts (the other being the [[Giant Spider|Azlu]]). Like their cousins, they start off looking like normal rats, but quickly gain size and sentience as they eat real rats and lesser Beshilu. They then gradually gain the ability to [[Everything's Deader With Zombies|control human corpses]] and eventually become humanoid, where they become far more social then other Hosts, froming tribal societies. That wouldn't be so bad-they don't prey on humans all that much-except that they also are driven by instinct to gnaw holes in the barrier between the [[Spirit World]] and the human one, which, given where they live (ie, where normal rats live), quickly becomes a haven for disease-spirits, who of course, [[Captain Obvious|exist to spread disease]]. And like other hosts, killing them simply causes a large one to [[Asteroids Monster|split into a swarm of rats]], with one of the component rats containing his soul-which, if left alone, [[From a Single Cell|will eventually grow back to full size and power]].
* The [[New World of Darkness]] has Beshilu, one of the two iconic races of the bizarre half-spirit Hosts (the other being the [[Giant Spider|Azlu]]). Like their cousins, they start off looking like normal rats, but quickly gain size and sentience as they eat real rats and lesser Beshilu. They then gradually gain the ability to [[Everything's Deader with Zombies|control human corpses]] and eventually become humanoid, where they become far more social then other Hosts, froming tribal societies. That wouldn't be so bad-they don't prey on humans all that much-except that they also are driven by instinct to gnaw holes in the barrier between the [[Spirit World]] and the human one, which, given where they live (ie, where normal rats live), quickly becomes a haven for disease-spirits, who of course, [[Captain Obvious|exist to spread disease]]. And like other hosts, killing them simply causes a large one to [[Asteroids Monster|split into a swarm of rats]], with one of the component rats containing his soul-which, if left alone, [[From a Single Cell|will eventually grow back to full size and power]].
* In the miniatures game ''[[Song Of The Splintered Lands]]'' (based loosely on ''[[Redwall]]'') all of the "evil" talking animals were cannibalistic carnivores -- ''except'' the rats. The rats just had a bit of a problem with the [[Benevolent Emperor|Druid's]] edicts about population control.
* In the miniatures game ''[[Song Of The Splintered Lands]]'' (based loosely on ''[[Redwall]]'') all of the "evil" talking animals were cannibalistic carnivores -- ''except'' the rats. The rats just had a bit of a problem with the [[Benevolent Emperor|Druid's]] edicts about population control.
* [[Mortasheen|Morta]][http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm sheen] has a few, including the amoebic; thieving [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/gravesnitch.htm Gravesnitch] , the oddly-toothed [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/gnawful.htm Gnawful], the cold-loving [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/abomignash.htm Abomignash], and the absolutely disturbing [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/vermoeba.htm Vermoeba] (Which is based on the Rat King detailed below)
* [[Mortasheen|Morta]][http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm sheen] has a few, including the amoebic; thieving [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/gravesnitch.htm Gravesnitch] , the oddly-toothed [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/gnawful.htm Gnawful], the cold-loving [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/abomignash.htm Abomignash], and the absolutely disturbing [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/vermoeba.htm Vermoeba] (Which is based on the Rat King detailed below)
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* [[Pokémon]] has quite a few of these, often [[Com Mons]]. Examples include Rattata, Pachirisu, and of course, the Pikachu family.
* [[Pokémon]] has quite a few of these, often [[Com Mons]]. Examples include Rattata, Pachirisu, and of course, the Pikachu family.
** [[Super Smash Bros]] has very scary implications if it weren't for the fact that the characters are trophies. Imagine, if you will, dropping a life-sized Pikachu on [[Kirby|Pop Star]] or [[Pikmin|Hocotate]]. A malicious Pikachu (or however many more) in either of those settings would be a Cthulhuesque horror upon the populations of those worlds, as it fits ALL of the ROUS criteria without the use of [[Super Mario Bros|Super 'Shrooms]].
** [[Super Smash Bros]] has very scary implications if it weren't for the fact that the characters are trophies. Imagine, if you will, dropping a life-sized Pikachu on [[Kirby|Pop Star]] or [[Pikmin|Hocotate]]. A malicious Pikachu (or however many more) in either of those settings would be a Cthulhuesque horror upon the populations of those worlds, as it fits ALL of the ROUS criteria without the use of [[Super Mario Bros.|Super 'Shrooms]].
*** Somewhat justified because they are usually cute, big eyed and not very menacing. Not even those with teeth bared are all that terrifying.
*** Somewhat justified because they are usually cute, big eyed and not very menacing. Not even those with teeth bared are all that terrifying.
* ''[[Ultima Underworld]] II'' features giant rats of various types.
* ''[[Ultima Underworld]] II'' features giant rats of various types.
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** For ''starters''. [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil|Pig rats are the size of the vault dweller's leg, and mole rats, the vault dweller]].
** For ''starters''. [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil|Pig rats are the size of the vault dweller's leg, and mole rats, the vault dweller]].
** ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has a robot you can activate in the Old Olney Tunnels that mentions something during its startup sequence about an infestation of rodents of unusual size. {{spoiler|It is usually torn to pieces soon after by the 10 foot tall Deathclaws infesting the tunnels}}.
** ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has a robot you can activate in the Old Olney Tunnels that mentions something during its startup sequence about an infestation of rodents of unusual size. {{spoiler|It is usually torn to pieces soon after by the 10 foot tall Deathclaws infesting the tunnels}}.
** ''[[Fallout New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has a direct quote from ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (see quote at top) when doing the Debt Collector quest's final part in Broc Flower Cave, which is of course filled with [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Rodents of Unusual Size]].
** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has a direct quote from ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (see quote at top) when doing the Debt Collector quest's final part in Broc Flower Cave, which is of course filled with [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Rodents of Unusual Size]].
* ''Elder Scrolls III'' had giant rats, and in an expansion, tamed giant rats that carried extra stuff for your character.
* ''Elder Scrolls III'' had giant rats, and in an expansion, tamed giant rats that carried extra stuff for your character.
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV'' had a vast array of underground catacombs and Romantic secret passages lit by torchlight. [[Discworld|It was damp. There were rats.]]
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV'' had a vast array of underground catacombs and Romantic secret passages lit by torchlight. [[Discworld|It was damp. There were rats.]]
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* ''Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords'' has giant rats, scorpions, bats, and wasps. The first two can be captured and ridden, granting the player a different stat bonus and additional spell, depending on which one you choose.
* ''Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords'' has giant rats, scorpions, bats, and wasps. The first two can be captured and ridden, granting the player a different stat bonus and additional spell, depending on which one you choose.
* ''[[Suikoden II]]'' had a giant, mutated Sewer Rat for a boss. Which could attack twice per turn, and hit all of your party with each attack for a ''lot'' of damage. [[Goddamn Bats|Goddamn]] [[Just for Pun|rats.]]
* ''[[Suikoden II]]'' had a giant, mutated Sewer Rat for a boss. Which could attack twice per turn, and hit all of your party with each attack for a ''lot'' of damage. [[Goddamn Bats|Goddamn]] [[Just for Pun|rats.]]
** ''[[Final Fantasy III (Video Game)|Final Fantasy III]]'' had one too. It is unusual, in that it is a normal-sized rat, but your ''party'' has to use the ''Mini'' condition to reach the [[Plot Coupon]] it's guarding. Since the ''Mini'' status effect cuts Defense and Attack to 1, you're basically forced to go at it with a party of [[Squishy Wizard|Squishy Wizards]]. Best bet is to change your physical fighters into Red Mages for the duration of the dungeon, since you don't have the advanced spells they're locked out of at this point of the game.
** ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'' had one too. It is unusual, in that it is a normal-sized rat, but your ''party'' has to use the ''Mini'' condition to reach the [[Plot Coupon]] it's guarding. Since the ''Mini'' status effect cuts Defense and Attack to 1, you're basically forced to go at it with a party of [[Squishy Wizard|Squishy Wizards]]. Best bet is to change your physical fighters into Red Mages for the duration of the dungeon, since you don't have the advanced spells they're locked out of at this point of the game.
*** ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' has a similar situation where the party gets shrunk down in a sewer and meets the same itty bitty mice which they can encounter as GIANT KICKBOXING MICE.
*** ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' has a similar situation where the party gets shrunk down in a sewer and meets the same itty bitty mice which they can encounter as GIANT KICKBOXING MICE.
* ''[[Shining Force]] 2'' has rat enemies of both varieties as the above examples. On the first battle on the field, the party encounters Huge Rats. Later in the game, the party gets shrunk down as part of the storyline and faces normal-sized rats. Your stats don't suffer the debilitating effects of Mini like in FFIII, but those normal rats are still hella strong. And led by a super-rat named Willard.
* ''[[Shining Force]] 2'' has rat enemies of both varieties as the above examples. On the first battle on the field, the party encounters Huge Rats. Later in the game, the party gets shrunk down as part of the storyline and faces normal-sized rats. Your stats don't suffer the debilitating effects of Mini like in FFIII, but those normal rats are still hella strong. And led by a super-rat named Willard.
** Not to mention Slade the rat thief who started the entire mess in the game by stealing the Jewels of Light and Evil. Including him in the fight with Willard causes instant [[Furry Confusion]] because Slade is anthropomorphic.
** Not to mention Slade the rat thief who started the entire mess in the game by stealing the Jewels of Light and Evil. Including him in the fight with Willard causes instant [[Furry Confusion]] because Slade is anthropomorphic.
* In the "Down the Tubes" and "Tube Race" levels of ''Earthworm Jim'', the only way to get through several corridors full of tiny bruisers who will slam you around and throw you back where you came from is to ride a giant, foe-eating hamster (''"Whoooooooa Nelliiiiiiiie!"'').
* In the "Down the Tubes" and "Tube Race" levels of ''Earthworm Jim'', the only way to get through several corridors full of tiny bruisers who will slam you around and throw you back where you came from is to ride a giant, foe-eating hamster (''"Whoooooooa Nelliiiiiiiie!"'').
* The ''[[Magi Nation]]'' series mostly features decidedly non-real-looking creatures, but the [[Always Chaotic Evil]] Core region does get one very large rat-like creature. It's even named "Rous," in a direct [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Trope Namer]].
* The ''[[Magi Nation]]'' series mostly features decidedly non-real-looking creatures, but the [[Always Chaotic Evil]] Core region does get one very large rat-like creature. It's even named "Rous," in a direct [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Trope Namer]].
* Mouser from ''[[Super Mario Bros|Super Mario Bros 2]]'' is a gigantic bomb throwing killer mouse boss. Who has probably the most ironic kind of name ever for such a creature (considering the word 'mouser' means 'cat which catches mice').
* Mouser from ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros 2]]'' is a gigantic bomb throwing killer mouse boss. Who has probably the most ironic kind of name ever for such a creature (considering the word 'mouser' means 'cat which catches mice').
* ''[[Ever Quest]]'''s Ratonga are prime examples of what happens when you give a ROUS opposable thumbs and knives. An entire race of automatically Evil aligned ROUSes with a penchant for being thieves and assassins. Throw in Roekillik, their Minime counterpart race, and it seems someone at Sony [[Author Appeal|rather likes this trope]]
* ''[[Ever Quest]]'''s Ratonga are prime examples of what happens when you give a ROUS opposable thumbs and knives. An entire race of automatically Evil aligned ROUSes with a penchant for being thieves and assassins. Throw in Roekillik, their Minime counterpart race, and it seems someone at Sony [[Author Appeal|rather likes this trope]]
* Every roleplaying game Spiderweb Software has ever made, with the exception of the original ''[[Geneforge]]'', has giant rats in it. They're usually the very first enemies you fight before you go on any quests.
* Every roleplaying game Spiderweb Software has ever made, with the exception of the original ''[[Geneforge]]'', has giant rats in it. They're usually the very first enemies you fight before you go on any quests.
* ''[[Castle of the Winds (Video Game)|Castle of the Winds]]'' has Giant Rat, but it's pitifully weak. No, it's the ''ants'' that new characters should watch out for.
* ''[[Castle of the Winds]]'' has Giant Rat, but it's pitifully weak. No, it's the ''ants'' that new characters should watch out for.
* ''[[Adventure Quest (Video Game)|Adventure Quest]]'' has BURPS, which stands for "Big Ugly Rat Pests". They're [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. And every other year there's a war fighting nothing BUT those guys. They also qualify as [[Goddamned Bats]] because they're a pain in the ass to hit, where as the bigger ones deal quite a bit of damage. At higher levels you'll still be fighting the guys, often in groups.
* ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' has BURPS, which stands for "Big Ugly Rat Pests". They're [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. And every other year there's a war fighting nothing BUT those guys. They also qualify as [[Goddamned Bats]] because they're a pain in the ass to hit, where as the bigger ones deal quite a bit of damage. At higher levels you'll still be fighting the guys, often in groups.
** It gets better--one of their [[Underground Monkey|variants]] is actually called the ROUS.
** It gets better--one of their [[Underground Monkey|variants]] is actually called the ROUS.
* ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' had mutated rodents that tried to kill you. And giant squirrels, too.
* ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' had mutated rodents that tried to kill you. And giant squirrels, too.
* ''Rattus giganteus'' is a common creature in ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]].'' While it's not as big as other examples of this trope (nor as its name would suggest), it occurs in such numbers that [[Goddamn Bats|it's still a hindrance.]]
* ''Rattus giganteus'' is a common creature in ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]].'' While it's not as big as other examples of this trope (nor as its name would suggest), it occurs in such numbers that [[Goddamn Bats|it's still a hindrance.]]
* [[Project Eden]] features normal sized rats that [[Shapeshifter Baggage|transform]] into giant [[Nightmare Fuel|acid spraying monstrosities]]
* [[Project Eden]] features normal sized rats that [[Shapeshifter Baggage|transform]] into giant [[Nightmare Fuel|acid spraying monstrosities]]
* Played for laughs at the start of ''[[The Bards Tale]]'', where the eponymous Bard goes into the basement of a tavern to kill a rat for the hostess. After some patronising dialogue from the narrator, a giant rat emerges from the darkness, and ''[[Breath Weapon|breathes fire]]'' on the Bard, forcing him to retreat back above ground. Turns out it was all just a prank, which the drunken patrons got a good laugh out of.
* Played for laughs at the start of ''[[The Bards Tale]]'', where the eponymous Bard goes into the basement of a tavern to kill a rat for the hostess. After some patronising dialogue from the narrator, a giant rat emerges from the darkness, and ''[[Breath Weapon|breathes fire]]'' on the Bard, forcing him to retreat back above ground. Turns out it was all just a prank, which the drunken patrons got a good laugh out of.
* The ''[[Duck Tales (Video Game)|Duck Tales]]'' video game for the NES had that giant rat boss guarding the Green Cheese treasure in The Moon stage.
* The ''[[DuckTales (video game)|Duck Tales]]'' video game for the NES had that giant rat boss guarding the Green Cheese treasure in The Moon stage.
* Played with in ''[[Baldurs Gate|Baldur's Gate]]'', where Minsc's pet rodent Boo is an unusually ''small'' "miniature giant space hamster". "Go for the eyes, Boo!"
* Played with in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'', where Minsc's pet rodent Boo is an unusually ''small'' "miniature giant space hamster". "Go for the eyes, Boo!"
* The Kodama Rats in ''[[La-Mulana]]'', which explode.
* The Kodama Rats in ''[[La-Mulana]]'', which explode.
* The bonus-content version of the credits from ''[[Nancy Drew (Video Game)|Resorting To Danger]]'' includes a clip of Casper the albino squirrel, grown to the size of an elephant, destroying the laboratory by shooting [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser beams]] [[Eye Beams|from his eyes.]]
* The bonus-content version of the credits from ''[[Nancy Drew (video game)|Resorting To Danger]]'' includes a clip of Casper the albino squirrel, grown to the size of an elephant, destroying the laboratory by shooting [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser beams]] [[Eye Beams|from his eyes.]]
* [[Mirrors Edge|Mirror's Edge]] breaks realism to include one, if you fire at a certain sign with a sniper rifle.
* [[Mirror's Edge]] breaks realism to include one, if you fire at a certain sign with a sniper rifle.
* The second ''[[Resident Evil]] Out Break'' game features those rats that spread the T-Virus attacking one of HUNK's men after he'd been felled by Birkin. There was also artwork showing muntant rats that didn't make the game.
* The second ''[[Resident Evil]] Out Break'' game features those rats that spread the T-Virus attacking one of HUNK's men after he'd been felled by Birkin. There was also artwork showing muntant rats that didn't make the game.
* [[Earthbound|EarthBound]] features a Sanctuary Guardian called the Plague Rat [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|of Doom]].
* [[Earthbound]] features a Sanctuary Guardian called the Plague Rat [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|of Doom]].
* In the Human Noble origin in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'', you fight a bunch of giant rats who got into the kitchen larder.
* In the Human Noble origin in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'', you fight a bunch of giant rats who got into the kitchen larder.
* ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]] 2'' fills several levels of its sewer with them.
* ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2'' fills several levels of its sewer with them.
* Giant rats were the most basic enemy type in the ''[[Gauntlet]]'' clone ''Demon Stalkers''.
* Giant rats were the most basic enemy type in the ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]'' clone ''Demon Stalkers''.
* The GBC versions of the [[Harry Potter]] games feature giant rats as enemies.
* The GBC versions of the [[Harry Potter]] games feature giant rats as enemies.
* The Rat-Men from [[Titan Quest]]. You first fight the weak, thin ones in Greece and then meet their larger, [[Demonic Spiders|strongers]] cousins in Orient.
* The Rat-Men from [[Titan Quest]]. You first fight the weak, thin ones in Greece and then meet their larger, [[Demonic Spiders|strongers]] cousins in Orient.
* The Wolf-Rats from [[Drakensang]]. Expecially [[That One Boss|Mother Ratinsky]] and [[Bonus Boss|Great Chief ''Rat''zinger]].
* The Wolf-Rats from [[Drakensang]]. Expecially [[That One Boss|Mother Ratinsky]] and [[Bonus Boss|Great Chief ''Rat''zinger]].
* ''[[The Sims Medieval (Video Game)|The Sims Medieval]]'' has dire ''[[Fluffy the Terrible|chinchillas]]''.
* ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'' has dire ''[[Fluffy the Terrible|chinchillas]]''.
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has these. Very predictable and easy to kill but inflict poison.
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has these. Very predictable and easy to kill but inflict poison.
* In ''[[Battletoads (Video Game)|Battletoads]]'', large humanoid rats are the Dark Queen's primary contingent of [[Mooks]].
* In ''[[Battletoads]]'', large humanoid rats are the Dark Queen's primary contingent of [[Mooks]].
** There's also "Big Bad Blag" which is a giant, fat anthropomorphic rat even larger than the toads themselves.
** There's also "Big Bad Blag" which is a giant, fat anthropomorphic rat even larger than the toads themselves.
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' has regular-sized rats attacking Duke... after he's been hit by the effects of a [[Incredible Shrinking Man|shrinking device]]. Duke then quips "''Talk about your rodents of unusual size!''"
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' has regular-sized rats attacking Duke... after he's been hit by the effects of a [[Incredible Shrinking Man|shrinking device]]. Duke then quips "''Talk about your rodents of unusual size!''"
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*** Lars is understandably worried.
*** Lars is understandably worried.
*** Even so, sixty centimeters is pretty sizeable for a rat; especially since, during the approximate time period Girl Genius takes place in (assuming sometime during the 1700s, given a couple hints), the most prevalent variety would be the black rat, as the Norway rat was at that point only getting started driving the black rat to warmer areas. Norway rats are noticeably bigger than black rats, and even for them, sixty centimeters (about two feet) tip-to-tail is pretty big.
*** Even so, sixty centimeters is pretty sizeable for a rat; especially since, during the approximate time period Girl Genius takes place in (assuming sometime during the 1700s, given a couple hints), the most prevalent variety would be the black rat, as the Norway rat was at that point only getting started driving the black rat to warmer areas. Norway rats are noticeably bigger than black rats, and even for them, sixty centimeters (about two feet) tip-to-tail is pretty big.
* Not surprisingly, [[Furry Comic]] ''[[Super Mega Topia]]'' has several larger anthropomorphic rodents, including [[Misty The Mouse|Distraction Damsel]] (though she's only really big [[Most Common Superpower|where it counts]], [[Superman|Mighty Mighty Hamster]], and of course, the [[Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever|World's Largest Hamster]].
* Not surprisingly, [[Furry Comic]] ''[[Supermegatopia]]'' has several larger anthropomorphic rodents, including [[Misty The Mouse|Distraction Damsel]] (though she's only really big [[Most Common Superpower|where it counts]], [[Superman|Mighty Mighty Hamster]], and of course, the [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|World's Largest Hamster]].
* ''Secretary'', the second arc of ''[[Nature of Natures Art|Nature of Nature's Art]]'', plays with this trope. All of the important characters are rodents in this arc, and some are bigger than others. In the end, though, the only one who plays the trope straight is the advanced class teacher - he makes degus (SV and NT) and chinchillas (SV's teacher) look ''small'', and early in the arc, a mouse called NT "huge".
* ''Secretary'', the second arc of ''[[Nature of Nature's Art]]'', plays with this trope. All of the important characters are rodents in this arc, and some are bigger than others. In the end, though, the only one who plays the trope straight is the advanced class teacher - he makes degus (SV and NT) and chinchillas (SV's teacher) look ''small'', and early in the arc, a mouse called NT "huge".
* Hamstard, the Bastard Hamster mascot of ''[[Erfworld]]'''s in-character blog, qualifies by virtue of being incredibly fat. Really, Parson should've gotten the little blob an exercise wheel before being swept off to another dimension...
* Hamstard, the Bastard Hamster mascot of ''[[Erfworld]]'''s in-character blog, qualifies by virtue of being incredibly fat. Really, Parson should've gotten the little blob an exercise wheel before being swept off to another dimension...
* In the ''[[Blade of Toshubi]]'' we have Toshubi, a human-sized anthropomorphic mouse from a village of human-sized anthropomorphic mice.
* In the ''[[Blade of Toshubi]]'' we have Toshubi, a human-sized anthropomorphic mouse from a village of human-sized anthropomorphic mice.
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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==


* Actually older than [[Web Original]], as it goes back to Usenet, the [http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/ Internet Oracle] has as his arch enemy Woodchucks. The reason is the infamous Woodchuck question he is constantly asked, "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?". Some of his enemy woodchucks were rather large. After ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'' came out, they were given the official name of "R.O.U.S.".
* Actually older than [[Web Original]], as it goes back to Usenet, the [http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/ Internet Oracle] has as his arch enemy Woodchucks. The reason is the infamous Woodchuck question he is constantly asked, "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?". Some of his enemy woodchucks were rather large. After ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' came out, they were given the official name of "R.O.U.S.".
* Squirrels are one of the eight [[Insistent Terminology|sentient (i.e., humanoid)]] species in [[Tasakeru]]. They're the only rodent species among sentientkind; the others are canines (wolves and foxes), mustelids (badgers, ferrets, raccoons, and skunks), and lepines (rabbits).
* Squirrels are one of the eight [[Insistent Terminology|sentient (i.e., humanoid)]] species in [[Tasakeru]]. They're the only rodent species among sentientkind; the others are canines (wolves and foxes), mustelids (badgers, ferrets, raccoons, and skunks), and lepines (rabbits).
* [http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/monster-slayers Monster Slayers] features these as one of the enemies.
* [http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/monster-slayers Monster Slayers] features these as one of the enemies.
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* [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey Mouse]] is a three foot tall mouse. Good thing he's not dangerous. [[Kingdom Hearts|Well,]] [[Epic Mickey|usually]]
* [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey Mouse]] is a three foot tall mouse. Good thing he's not dangerous. [[Kingdom Hearts|Well,]] [[Epic Mickey|usually]]
** [[Robin Williams]] jokes that his son was traumatized by the actor playing Mickey Mouse at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]].
** [[Robin Williams]] jokes that his son was traumatized by the actor playing Mickey Mouse at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]].
* Rattrap, of ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'', transforms into a giant rat, a choice influenced by [[Transformation Conventions]]. While not the genuine article, his personality is such that he might as well be, and he certainly seems to think of himself as one.
* Rattrap, of ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines]]'', transforms into a giant rat, a choice influenced by [[Transformation Conventions]]. While not the genuine article, his personality is such that he might as well be, and he certainly seems to think of himself as one.
{{quote| Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeah, I ''like'' it!}}
{{quote| Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeah, I ''like'' it!}}
** The quote above was said immediately after all the Maximals had a breakthrough of sorts resulting in the merging of their Transformer and animal psyches. Just saying.
** The quote above was said immediately after all the Maximals had a breakthrough of sorts resulting in the merging of their Transformer and animal psyches. Just saying.
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*** They're actually just as intelligent as gorgonzola is, make of that what you will.
*** They're actually just as intelligent as gorgonzola is, make of that what you will.
* [[Biker Mice From Mars]].
* [[Biker Mice From Mars]].
* [[Looney Tunes|Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny,]] [[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Babs and Buster Bunny]] [[Running Gag|(no relation)]], [[Loonatics Unleashed (Animation)|and Ace and Lexi Bunny]], all from Warner Brothers.
* [[Looney Tunes|Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny,]] [[Tiny Toon Adventures|Babs and Buster Bunny]] [[Running Gag|(no relation)]], [[Loonatics Unleashed|and Ace and Lexi Bunny]], all from Warner Brothers.
** Actually, these are Lagomorphs of Unusual Size, since Lagamoprha is a separate Order from Rodentia. However, this [[Taxonomic Term Confusion]] is not so much [[You Fail Biology Forever]] as [[Science Marches On]]; lagomorphs were considerd to be rodents until the early 1900s.
** Actually, these are Lagomorphs of Unusual Size, since Lagamoprha is a separate Order from Rodentia. However, this [[Taxonomic Term Confusion]] is not so much [[You Fail Biology Forever]] as [[Science Marches On]]; lagomorphs were considerd to be rodents until the early 1900s.
** Slappy Squirrel, her nephew Skippy, and their neighbor Candie Chipmunk, all from ''Animaniacs'', do qualify.
** Slappy Squirrel, her nephew Skippy, and their neighbor Candie Chipmunk, all from ''Animaniacs'', do qualify.
* ''[[Godzilla the Series]]'' featured the titular reptile chasing down giant rats in New York City in an episode entitled "Cat and Mouse."
* ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' featured the titular reptile chasing down giant rats in New York City in an episode entitled "Cat and Mouse."
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' had Pee-Pee the hamster. Zim used his newfound knowledge of the human weakness to cute things to make Pee-Pee into a virtually unstoppable monster.
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' had Pee-Pee the hamster. Zim used his newfound knowledge of the human weakness to cute things to make Pee-Pee into a virtually unstoppable monster.
** ...of course, then he realized he had no way to control said unstoppable monster, leading to an [[Enemy Mine]] situation.
** ...of course, then he realized he had no way to control said unstoppable monster, leading to an [[Enemy Mine]] situation.
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* ''[[South Park]]'' was attacked by giant carnivorous guinea pigs. The guinea pig community was quite full of [[Squee]] over it.
* ''[[South Park]]'' was attacked by giant carnivorous guinea pigs. The guinea pig community was quite full of [[Squee]] over it.
* ''[[The Tick]]'' had Speak, his pet capybara (see Real Life, below), much to [[Sidekick|Arthur]]'s dismay.
* ''[[The Tick]]'' had Speak, his pet capybara (see Real Life, below), much to [[Sidekick|Arthur]]'s dismay.
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'': Hero example: in one episode, the Rescue Rangers (a fly and four rodents) are enlarged to human size.
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'': Hero example: in one episode, the Rescue Rangers (a fly and four rodents) are enlarged to human size.
* That ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode about the world being destroyed by [[wikipedia:Year 2000 problem|Y2K]]. The Griffins leave Joe to fight a giant mutant rat. His response? [[Badass|"Bring It On!!!]]
* That ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode about the world being destroyed by [[wikipedia:Year 2000 problem|Y2K]]. The Griffins leave Joe to fight a giant mutant rat. His response? [[Badass|"Bring It On!!!]]
* An episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'' featured rat people, who were only slightly shorter than Jasmine and Aladdin.
* An episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' featured rat people, who were only slightly shorter than Jasmine and Aladdin.
* Ratigan from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' gets especially scary looking in the climax of the movie.
* Ratigan from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' gets especially scary looking in the climax of the movie.
* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' featured a rat bigger than a horse attacking [[Fat Idiot|Beezy]].
* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' featured a rat bigger than a horse attacking [[Fat Idiot|Beezy]].
* More than one cartoon from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' involved Sylvester '''thinking''' he's encountered this trope, but it's really a young kangaroo that keeps swapping places with the mouse he's after and smacking him around.
* More than one cartoon from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' involved Sylvester '''thinking''' he's encountered this trope, but it's really a young kangaroo that keeps swapping places with the mouse he's after and smacking him around.
** And of course [[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Jerry]] pulled the same trick on Tom, with a ''baby elephant''.
** And of course [[Tom and Jerry|Jerry]] pulled the same trick on Tom, with a ''baby elephant''.
* In ''[[Back At the Barnyard]]'' when everyone got a clone, said clones were all mini-sized.. except Pip's, who went the other way.
* In ''[[Back at the Barnyard]]'' when everyone got a clone, said clones were all mini-sized.. except Pip's, who went the other way.
* ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' in their animated incarnations. They're chipmunks and are never implied to be anything but chipmunks, but they're generally about four feet tall. The newer CG-animated remake has them at actual chipmunk size.
* ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' in their animated incarnations. They're chipmunks and are never implied to be anything but chipmunks, but they're generally about four feet tall. The newer CG-animated remake has them at actual chipmunk size.
* Mr. [[Punny Name|Ratburn]] from ''[[Arthur]]''.
* Mr. [[Punny Name|Ratburn]] from ''[[Arthur]]''.
* Alcazar's friend Rat Man and his girlfriend, from [[Futurama]].
* Alcazar's friend Rat Man and his girlfriend, from [[Futurama]].
* [[Godzilla the Series]] Has Godzilla Jr. fight among the [[Monster of the Week]] giant mutant rats http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Rats of various types and even a giant mutant shrew http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Shrewster.
* [[Godzilla: The Series]] Has Godzilla Jr. fight among the [[Monster of the Week]] giant mutant rats http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Rats of various types and even a giant mutant shrew http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Shrewster.
* The [[Tex Avery]] classic ''[[King Size Canary]]'' has a cat trying to make a decent meal out of a puny canary by feeding it fast-growth plant food. It works alarmingly well, and soon the cat, the bird, a mouse, and a bulldog are all taking swigs of the stuff, jockeying for size supremacy. The cartoon ends with the cat and mouse waving goodbye to us, standing on a relative beach ball sized planet Earth.
* The [[Tex Avery]] classic ''[[King Size Canary]]'' has a cat trying to make a decent meal out of a puny canary by feeding it fast-growth plant food. It works alarmingly well, and soon the cat, the bird, a mouse, and a bulldog are all taking swigs of the stuff, jockeying for size supremacy. The cartoon ends with the cat and mouse waving goodbye to us, standing on a relative beach ball sized planet Earth.
* One episode of ''[[Cyberchase (Animation)|Cyberchase]]'' involved The Hacker using a giant hamster called a hamborg (which for some reason resembled a capybara) as part of his evil plan.
* One episode of ''[[Cyberchase]]'' involved The Hacker using a giant hamster called a hamborg (which for some reason resembled a capybara) as part of his evil plan.
* In the ''[[Wile E Coyote and The Roadrunner]]'' cartoon "Chariots of Fur", Wile E. tries to catch the Roadrunner with a giant mousetrap. Instead, he snags a giant mouse, who then turns the tables on him.
* In the ''[[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner]]'' cartoon "Chariots of Fur", Wile E. tries to catch the Roadrunner with a giant mousetrap. Instead, he snags a giant mouse, who then turns the tables on him.




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