Reptar
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Reptar is a fictional dinosaur from the American animated television series Rugrats. Reptar is green and sometimes red-violet and lilac, with rounded, blue spike-like appendages on his back, which makes him a very strong parody of Godzilla.
Reptar was conceived by Rugrats story editors and producers and was featured in Louis Greenstein and Larry Loebell's episode, "Incident in Aisle 7."[citation needed].
Occasionally Reptar is seen as a hero that helps save the world, and on other occasions he is seen as a villain, reflecting the different ways Godzilla is portrayed. Reptar first appears in Rugrats on the packaging of a cereal box. From then on he gains popularity as he becomes a more important part of the story line. In the world of the Rugrats, Reptar has excellent marketing presence; he appears within movies, ice skating shows, food packaging, TV shows, action figures, amusement parks and all kinds of merchandising, as a parody of children's merchandising in real life. The Rugrats would often meet Reptar in their imaginations, or they would meet someone dressed like him. Most often, it would be at some sort of public event featuring a slightly-cranky guy in a Reptar suit (although his face is visible through the mouth) who would then be regarded as a hero by the kids and sometimes by other adults, like when a Reptar actor stopped Stu's crazy robotic dragon at a medieval faire. At the Reptar on Ice! stage show, the guy playing Reptar (who would wear a more realistic Reptar costume and mask than the other actors did) had a strong fear of lizards and disliked kids. Coincidentally, he was named Leo, like the actor who played Reptar at the carnival in Reptar's Revenge, except in that one Leo had brown hair and in Reptar on Ice Leo was blonde. He was voiced by John Schuck in his Reptar on Ice appearance.
Reptar also appears in the All Grown Up! episode Curse of Reptar, when the Pickles family builds a pool. While digging, one of the workers finds a Reptar toy hidden in the ground by Spike. At that point, Reptar seems to have lost popularity as Dil Pickles has no memories of Reptar, because he didn't like him and the rest of the kids only remember him from their early childhoods. Also, there is the Reptar Wagon, that says ``I Am Reptar, Hear Me Roar!, which is a parody of ``I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar.
There is a holiday spin-off screenplay of Reptar called Reptar versus the Snow Serpents.
[edit] In popular culture
- On the Christian Metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada's album "Plagues", there is a track called "Reptar, King of the Ozone". They also have a t-shirt, as well as a hoodie, featuring the character.
- On Smosh's video The Haunting, Anthony has a Reptar watch.
- Reptar merchandise is also sold as part of the Rugrats line.
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