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* What better animal to [[wikipedia:Dudley The Dinosaur|teach your kids to take better care of their teeth]]?
== Anime
* The villains in ''[[Dinosaur King]]'' mainly use a ''T. rex'' for fighting. [[Fridge Brilliance|The word "King" isn't there for nothing]].
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', former Rear Admiral [[Defector From Decadence|X. Drake]] of [[Future Badass|The Eleven Supernovas]] has eaten a Ancient Zoan type [[Touched by Vorlons|Devil's Fruit]] that turns him into this. His is smaller than a real one, but like other Zoans, he has a yet-to-be seen half-man, half-''T. Rex'' form, and can bite through a [[Mecha Mook]] whose head is harder than steel.
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* The protagonist of the film ''[[You Are Umasou]]'' is a ''T. rex'' named "Heart", who raises a baby ''Ankylosaurus''.
* ''[[Kinnikuman]]'': Sneagator's true form is a T. Rex foot. He proceeds to squish Kinnikuman during their match. Kinnikuman makes a comeback by placing Sneagator's middle finger into a bear hug and places it into a suplex.
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]''▼
** ''T. rex'''s [[Badass]] status is parodied with their joke set card [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=74235 Old Fogey].▼
** But in a "serious" set, they have [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Imperiosaur Imperiosaur], who is an obvious [[Expy]] of the ''T. rex'', down to the name.▼
== Comic Books ==
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* One of the many adversaries which [[Judge Dredd]] has to overcome during "The Cursed Earth" arc is cloned a ''T. rex'' named Satanus.
* Although set in the paleolithic era, ''[[Rahan]]'' sometimes features throwback dinosaurs, including a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in one issue. Rahan manages to kill it by planting a metal spear on its head during a thunderstorm, which then attracts lightning, frying the ''T. rex''.
* Quoth ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Tyrannosaurs in F-14s!]]"▼
{{quote|'''Calvin:''' This is so cool!▼
'''Hobbes:''' This is so ''stupid''. }}▼
== Films -- Animation ==
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* Since the above says he's based on one, [[Blue Öyster Cult|oh no! They say he got to go, go go]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed0IixNz71M Godzilla]!
* [[Schoolhouse Rock]] has a song called "Tyranosaurus Debt", which portrays America's national debt as a dinosaur that keeps growing larger and is always hungry for more money.
* "Gor-Gor" by [[GWAR]] is about the [[Crazy Awesome|titular giant, mutant, crack-fueled Tyrannosaur destroying America.]]
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* Quoth ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Tyrannosaurs in F-14s!]]"
▲{{quote|'''Calvin:''' This is so cool!
▲'''Hobbes:''' This is so ''stupid''. }}
== Puppet Shows ==
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* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'': While technically belonging to a birdlike species, [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080303213907/warhammer40k/images/b/b8/Greater_Knarloc_Model.jpg there is no denying a Kroot Greater Knarloc] is just as badass.
* The [[Lizard Folk|Lizardmen]] of [[Warhammer Fantasy]] can use a Carnosaur as a mount, which is essentially a ''T. Rex'' in all but name.
▲** ''T. rex'''s [[Badass]] status is parodied with their joke set card [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=74235 Old Fogey].
▲** But in a "serious" set, they have [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Imperiosaur Imperiosaur], who is an obvious [[Expy]] of the ''T. rex'', down to the name.
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