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* Zorak, ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'''s greatest foe, was an alien that looked an awful lot like a praying mantis, traits which were played up even more in ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''.
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Often a case of LeanAndMean, if the mantis is a villain. GreenAndMean is also common, although they ''do'' come in different colors.
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Often a case of LeanAndMean, if the mantis is a villain. GreenAndMean is also common, although they ''do'' come in different colors.
colors. See also MantisMatingMeal for another trope specific to mantises.
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* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'': One member of the Furious Five is a mantis who's very powerful despite being the size of, well, a mantis.
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* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'': One member of the Furious Five is a mantis [[PintSizedPowerhouse who's very powerful despite being the size of, well, a mantis.mantis]].
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** Takadox is mantis-like post-Pit Mutagen change, as his design was based on the mantis shrimp.
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** Takadox is mantis-like post-Pit Mutagen change, as his design was based on the mantis shrimp. His main weapons are his mantis "claws", which are actually knives instead of a natural feature.
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* ''Toys/LegoGalaxySquad'': The Star Slicer is [[MechanicalInsects a giant mechanical mantis]] that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin slices]] with its claws.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': One of the many MechaMooks employed by [=McFist=] is a [[MechanicalInsect huge mantis mecha]].
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* ''Literature/EatThemAlive'' is a very violent horror novel about giant praying mantises who eat people in excruciating detail.
* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': One of the types of chimeras that Ophelia Salvadori makes in volume 3 is a towering praying mantis-like beast that can regenerate severed limbs and also [[SpikeShooter fire barrages of spikes at its enemies]].
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* ''Literature/EatThemAlive'' is a very violent horror novel about giant praying mantises who eat people in excruciating detail.
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* ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'' features giant mantis-like [[BioweaponBeast Zeugles]] as an uncommon [[UndergroundMonkey family]] of EliteMooks. Of particular note is an enemy simply named "Mantis". It's the first [[OptionalBoss Gigant Zeugle]] you encounter, and yet is one of the strongest. Make a mistake of bumping into it, and it will ''end'' you.
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%%* ''VideoGame/StarCraft'': The Zerg have scythe-like limbs that, along with their aggressive behavior and chitinous shells, make them similar to mantises.%%That's one half of this trope. How are they scary or fearsome?
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** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' is home the Xixchil, an InsectoidAliens species of humanoid praying mantises whose racial hat is MadDoctor; they have a religion that is essentially a form of transhumanism, believing that the body is the "house" of the soul and, as such, it is the duty of an individual to customize and tailor their body to better express their soul's inner nature. Modifications range from completely aesthetic, such as embedding gemstones or inlaying precious metal into their carapace, to fully functional, such as implanting concealed daggers and dart-throwers. They're even capable of [[GenderBender completely changing an individual's biological sex]]. Unlike thri-kreen, they ''do'' have bladed limbs, as well as an ability to produce venom, which they can tailor to an individual's biology to make it function as a paralytic, anesthetic, or deadly neurotoxin. Which makes them natural surgeons and assassins. However, they ''don't'' share the aesthetic senses of the {{demihuman}} races, and because they believe that form follows function, this often leads to problems when others request their surgical talents. In contrast to thri-kreen, xixchil are also characterized as extremely individualistic, with a SocialDarwinist attitude. Many fans speculate that the zik-chil of Athas are stranded and possibly devolved xixchil. They received an "Ecology of the Xixchil" article in Magazine/{{Dragon}} #266.
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** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' is home to the Xixchil, an InsectoidAliens species of humanoid praying mantises whose racial hat is MadDoctor; they have a religion that is essentially a form of transhumanism, believing that the body is the "house" of the soul and, as such, it is the duty of an individual to customize and tailor their body to better express their soul's inner nature. Modifications range from completely aesthetic, such as embedding gemstones or inlaying precious metal into their carapace, to fully functional, such as implanting concealed daggers and dart-throwers. They're even capable of [[GenderBender completely changing an individual's biological sex]]. Unlike thri-kreen, they ''do'' have bladed limbs, as well as an ability to produce venom, which they can tailor to an individual's biology to make it function as a paralytic, anesthetic, or deadly neurotoxin. Which makes them natural surgeons and assassins. However, they ''don't'' share the aesthetic senses of the {{demihuman}} races, and because they believe that form follows function, this often leads to problems when others request their surgical talents. In contrast to thri-kreen, xixchil are also characterized as extremely individualistic, with a SocialDarwinist attitude. Many fans speculate that the zik-chil of Athas are stranded and possibly devolved xixchil. They received an "Ecology of the Xixchil" article in Magazine/{{Dragon}} #266.
