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A minion or henchman too big, strong or well 'ard to be an ordinary mook, but not interesting enough to be [[The Dragon]], the [[Big Bad]], a member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], or even a [[King Mook]]. Giant mooks usually require more effort to kill than ordinary [[Mooks]]; the hero may need to land a series of nasty martial-arts blows before they sink to their knees (they [[Kung Fu
Giant Mooks often lead mook squads. Usually the laws of [[Mook Chivalry]] dictate that they attack alone, after their underlings have been easily dispatched.
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The actors who play Giant Mooks in big-budget films may be well-loved as wrestlers or as [[Gentle Giant]] actors in TV shows or independent films, but they don't rate above a line or two and a violent death in a major production. If a giant mook actually receives characterization, he is [[The Brute]].
Video games, particularly Brawlers, [[First
In videogames, compare and contrast [[King Mook]], a boss which only has the appearance of a [[Giant Mook]]. Compare [[Smash Mook]], [[The Brute]], [[Elite Mooks]], an upgraded squad of mooks, and [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]. Contrast [[Fake Ultimate Mook]], which looks like a [[Giant Mook]] but goes down just as easily as anyone else, and [[Mini
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== Actors ==
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* Dave Prowse, strongman and spokesman for Road safety ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wz3uaChsNM the Green Cross Man]). Film Appearances:
** Writer's [[Gentle Giant]] bodyguard, ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.
** Third-stringer in the [[Hammer Horror]] talent stable (the Giant Mook strongman from ''Vampire Circus'', and the [[
** Bit part as Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard in the TV version of ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (TV)|The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]''.
** Finally got a [[Big Bad]] role as [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] (after refusing the part of Chewbacca), but as you can't see his face through that armour (and the face you later see is someone else's), and all his lines were dubbed by James Earl Jones, his contribution to the role consists mostly of being big.
** Considered for the part of Jaws in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' before the part went to Richard Kiel.
** TV role as the Minotaur (with a bull's head and a loincloth) in the ''Doctor Who'' story "The Time Monster."
* Richard Kiel, who is probably most famous for menacing [[James Bond]] as [[Giant Mook]] Jaws in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[Moonraker (Film)|Moonraker]]'' (although Jaws, being a chief henchman verged on [[The Dragon]] territory). He also played a caveman in the [[B
* Andrew Bryniarski:
** Slow-witted CIA agent [[Meaningful Name|Butterfinger]] in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]''.
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** Leader of prison escape in ''[[Police Academy]] IV: '''C'''itizens '''O'''n '''P'''atrol''
* Robert Maillet
** The Immortals' chained creature in ''[[
** The big French henchman Dredger in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
** The Minotaur in ''Immortals''
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** No, really. A lot of the bad guys are huge, and then there's Devil Rebirth, who appears to be at least twenty feet tall, and yet is considered a human.
** And then we have Zeed, the first villain in the series, who strangely [http://ridureyu.livejournal.com/2407.html changes size in mid-scene.]
* The finale of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'''s first season had the huge [[Mecha-Mooks|mecha mook]] that appeared near the end of the [[Theme Music Power
* ''[[Bleach]]'' has the Gillian, the lowest class of the menos (read: super hollows) which are basically giant hollows with even less common sense.
** {{spoiler|Fura}} is what happens when this trope gets turned [[Up to Eleven]].
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* In the movie ''[[
* "Dredger" in the [[Guy Ritchie]] ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' film. Played by Robert Maillet, who also played the giant mook in the abovementioned ''300''.
* "The Russian" from ''[[The Punisher (Film)|The Punisher]]'' is notable since he is the only [[Giant Mook]] from the comics to appear in the film.
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* In the comics, Bane is a [[Genius Bruiser]] (he figures out Batman's secret identity, comes up with a refreshingly simple plan to beat Bats, and is generally one tough bastard). In ''[[Batman and Robin (Film)|Batman and Robin]]'', he is basically an idiot caveman [[Giant Mook]] for Poison Ivy.
** To be fair, [[Uma Thurman]] in green spandex would have that effect on ''any'' man.
* One of the factions in Akira Kurosawa's classic ''Yojimbo'' has a giant mook with a [[Drop the Hammer|big hammer]] named Kannuki the Giant (Namigoro Rashomon). ''[[Last Man Standing (Film)|Last Man Standing]]'', the rather faithful remake (despite being set during Prohibition in America) starring [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]], also has a giant mook hanging around.
* ''The Mask of [[Zorro]]'' (Banderas version) has a seven-foot Mexican soldier attack the hero. True to [[Mook Chivalry]], all the other soldiers stand back and watch, even when Zorro picks up two cannonballs...
* In the antique store fight in Jet Li's ''[[Kiss of the Dragon]]'', a [[Scary Black Man]] [[Giant Mook]] is memorably introduced with his own ''theme song''. I guess his name was Dirty Dawg or something...
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* Karnov appears as the Stage 1 boss ''[[Bad Dudes]]'' and re-appears as a mook in a green-colored variant named Kusamochi Karnov (a possible [[Shout Out|reference]] to the Green Abobo in ''[[Double Dragon]]'').
* ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' tends to use these. Extra-large versions of the normal characters have popped up ever since the original game, and are usually strong enough that players get allies in order to keep balance together. Brawl's Subspace Emissary mode uses giant versions of non-playable enemies -- they aren't particularly difficult, unless you have problems [[Goomba Stomp|stepping on a Goomba]] six times rather than one.
* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', as the party [[
* The ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' series is fond of placing giant versions of basic enemies (generally, Eye Goos) as [[Pinata Enemy|experience pinatas]]. That's not to say that they are harmless, but they generally are worth every bit of trouble taking them down (that is, unless they have some glaring weakness, such as being highly vulnerable to Death spells as some of these Giants are).
* The Politician in level 6 of ''[[Prince of Persia]]''. And the Gatekeeper who replaces him in the remake.
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions]]'' featured the Genolla, who is literally a Godzilla-sized Genome Soldier. There's also the Mecha Genolla and the Gurlugon (a giant Gurlukovich Mercenary) in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2|Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance]]''.
* The ''[[Castlevania]]'' series has its share of Giant Mooks; Giant [[Goddamned Bats|Bat]] the [[Recurring Boss]], giant skeletons, Peeping Big, just to name a few.
* The final stage of ''[[Gradius]] Gaiden'' has the third-to-last boss, Heavy [[Spell My Name With an "S"|Dakker/Ducker]], a giant version of those walking robots that walk on the floors and ceilings of some stages.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inversion]]: some games in the ''[[Mario]]'' franchise (starting with ''[[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 3]]'') have the Micro-Goomba, a smaller (and ''much'' more annoying) version of the usual [[Mascot Mook]]. ''[[Super Mario World (Video Game)|Super Mario World]]'' has the Thwimps, which are tiny versions of Thwomps.
** Almost all the platform games also play this straight, though. [[Macro Zone|World 4]] in ''SMB3'' is almost entirely populated by giant mooks.
** ''[[Super Mario World (Video Game)|Super Mario World]]'' has the Banzai Bills. ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'' has Tiny-Huge Island, which inverted it and played it straight.
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Plants vs. Zombies]]'' has the Gargantuar, which is a huge muscular zombie with a [[Made of Iron|lot of health]], and can [[One
* Any giant (insert name of your favorite ''[[Touhou]]'' character here) that shows up in the fan-made game ''[[Patch Con]]''.
* ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' produces one when you slaughter one too many standard enemies. It's easiest to do with Guays and Stalchilds. The bigger ones are no stronger then the normal ones however and go down just as fast. They keep getting bigger however if you keep killing the smaller Mooks.
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* [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Super-Mutant_Behemoth Super mutant behemoths] from Fallout3 are around 20 foot tall. Thankfully they are quite rare, with only five appearing in the game.
* ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards (Video Game)|Kirby 64]]'' has numerous boss fights against giant versions of regular mooks.
* ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!'' had the only [[Mini Boss]] in the game, a giant version of the (literal) Army Ants you were fighting throughout the level. It took only five hits to kill it, but it fired out five times the amount of grenades that the normal ones could.
* After the [[Wake Up Call Boss|first one]], the Ogres in ''[[Dragon Age Origins|Dragon Age: Origins]]'' tend to act as giant mooks.
* In ''[[Astro Boy Omega Factor (Video Game)|Astro Boy Omega Factor]]'', the first few things to see after you progress through the first stage are giant version of mooks in the first screen.
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* In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "Siege of the North", after easily defeating a group of standard-issue, hammer-wielding Fire Nation [[Mooks]], Aang is suddenly attacked by a single, much larger soldier. With ''two'' hammers! On chains! Almost gets him, too.
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', the Kolossus appearing in three late episodes of Season 4 is very much a GIANT mook. It destroys the virtual submarine of the heroes in just one mighty sweep of his blade-arm.
* The legendary [[Highly
* ''[[Batman:
** Rhino is actually the Ventriloquist's perennial bodyguard in the comics, so...
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' has the villainous Fiendish Organization for World Larceny (FOWL), along with a sizable group of mooks. This group has a single [[Giant Mook]], who could always put up a good fight.
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