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* The Three-Tails and Eight-Tails from [[Naruto]].
* The Three-Tails and Eight-Tails from [[Naruto]].
** There's also a giant squid that was the guardian of an island where Killer B and A trained.
** There's also a giant squid that was the guardian of an island where Killer B and A trained.
* One of the magical creatures in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' from which the [[Ridiculously Human Robots|Wolkenritter]] took [[Mana]] was a many-eyed giant sea monster that emerged from a whirlpool.
* One of the magical creatures in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' from which the [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Wolkenritter]] took [[Mana]] was a many-eyed giant sea monster that emerged from a whirlpool.
* ''[[One Piece]]'', being a pirate-themed adventure, has lots of sea monsters — the sea kings being a pretty prevalent example.
* ''[[One Piece]]'', being a pirate-themed adventure, has lots of sea monsters — the sea kings being a pretty prevalent example.
* ''[[Digimon]]'' has an entire group of digimon devoted to this. Of particular note are the Seadramon family, which includes the season one baddie Metal Seadramon, and the enormous Demon Lord, Leviamon.
* ''[[Digimon]]'' has an entire group of digimon devoted to this. Of particular note are the Seadramon family, which includes the season one baddie Metal Seadramon, and the enormous Demon Lord, Leviamon.
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* The Sega arcade shooter ''The Ocean Hunter'' has its share of giant sea creatures, the biggest of which serve as boss and mini-boss fights.
* The Sega arcade shooter ''The Ocean Hunter'' has its share of giant sea creatures, the biggest of which serve as boss and mini-boss fights.
* ''[[La Mulana]]'' is maybe the only video game to use the Babylonian interpretation of Tiamat (fierce ocean goddess) rather than the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] interpretation (five-headed dragon queen).
* ''[[La Mulana]]'' is maybe the only video game to use the Babylonian interpretation of Tiamat (fierce ocean goddess) rather than the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] interpretation (five-headed dragon queen).
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' - The Demoman considers the Loch Ness Monster to be his mortal enemy, and he accidentally [[Self Made Orphan|killed his adoptive parents]] in an attempt to [[Mad Bomber|blow it up]].
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' - The Demoman considers the Loch Ness Monster to be his mortal enemy, and he accidentally [[Self-Made Orphan|killed his adoptive parents]] in an attempt to [[Mad Bomber|blow it up]].
* Del Lago from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' resembles some kinda giant newt.
* Del Lago from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' resembles some kinda giant newt.
* ''[[Banjo Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'' - The boss of the [[Under the Sea|obligatory underwater level]] is Lord Woo Fak Fak, a gigantic lanternfish who literally lives in Davey Jones' Locker. He can [[That One Boss|be a bit tricky]], but is much easier to fight if you use the Submarine transformation.<br /><br />Also in Jolly Roger's Lagoon is a giant fish that swallowed Merry Maggie the barmaid. Strangely, it doesn't try to attack you, even when you knock all the teeth out of its mouth in order to rescue her.
* ''[[Banjo Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'' - The boss of the [[Under the Sea|obligatory underwater level]] is Lord Woo Fak Fak, a gigantic lanternfish who literally lives in Davey Jones' Locker. He can [[That One Boss|be a bit tricky]], but is much easier to fight if you use the Submarine transformation.<br /><br />Also in Jolly Roger's Lagoon is a giant fish that swallowed Merry Maggie the barmaid. Strangely, it doesn't try to attack you, even when you knock all the teeth out of its mouth in order to rescue her.
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* The African country of Burundi is home to Gustave, a well-known man eating crocodile. Gustave weighs in at approximately one ton, is approximately twenty feet in length, and has been known to eat adult hippopotami. Given the number and variety of bullet-shaped scars which cover his body, it's quite possible that he's [[Immune to Bullets]].
* The African country of Burundi is home to Gustave, a well-known man eating crocodile. Gustave weighs in at approximately one ton, is approximately twenty feet in length, and has been known to eat adult hippopotami. Given the number and variety of bullet-shaped scars which cover his body, it's quite possible that he's [[Immune to Bullets]].
* Saltwater crocodiles can be even larger than Gustave. Large adult male saltwater crocodiles can be more than six meters long and weigh more than 2,600 lbs.
* Saltwater crocodiles can be even larger than Gustave. Large adult male saltwater crocodiles can be more than six meters long and weigh more than 2,600 lbs.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop The Bloop], or rather, whatever made the Bloop, an ultra-low frequency underwater sound that matched the profile of a living creature, but not any specific living creature we know. If it did come from a living creature, scientists agree that it would have to be several times larger than the Blue Whale, the largest known animal on earth.
* [[wikipedia:Bloop|The Bloop]], or rather, whatever made the Bloop, an ultra-low frequency underwater sound that matched the profile of a living creature, but not any specific living creature we know. If it did come from a living creature, scientists agree that it would have to be several times larger than the Blue Whale, the largest known animal on earth.
** Interestingly enough, the signal originated from a point in the South Pacific roughly 950 nautical miles from [[Cthulhu Mythos|the sunken home of another large monster.]] Now, if the Bloop was made by... '''THAT''', then we [[The End of the World As We Know It|might be in for a surprise]] sometime in the future...
** Interestingly enough, the signal originated from a point in the South Pacific roughly 950 nautical miles from [[Cthulhu Mythos|the sunken home of another large monster.]] Now, if the Bloop was made by... '''THAT''', then we [[The End of the World As We Know It|might be in for a surprise]] sometime in the future...
* ''Tullimonstrum'', a bizarre fossil invertebrate, bears a striking external resemblence to the Loch Ness Monster, except it's barely a foot long and found in North America.
* ''Tullimonstrum'', a bizarre fossil invertebrate, bears a striking external resemblence to the Loch Ness Monster, except it's barely a foot long and found in North America.
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