Reptar

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 resemble Godzilla.

Reptar (played by Ben Ulman) was conceived by Rugrats story editors and producers and was featured in Louis Greenstein and Larry Loebell's episode, "Incident in Aisle 7." .

Occasionally, Reptar is seen as a hero who helps save the world, and on other occasions he is seen as a villain, reflecting the different ways Godzilla has been portrayed. However, since the kids all love him and look up to him, he is more often than not shown to be heroic which is another similarity with Godzilla. Reptar first appeared as a Rugrats character on the packaging of a cereal box. He gained popularity as he became a more important part of the story line. In the world of the Rugrats, Reptar has excellent marketing presence; he appears in movies, ice skating shows, food packaging, TV shows, action figures, amusement parks and various merchandising.

The Rugrats would often meet Reptar, or someone dressed like him, in their imaginations. Most often, it would be at some sort of public event featuring a slightly-cranky man in a Reptar suit, although his face is visible through the mouth. He would then be regarded as a hero by the kids and sometimes by other adults, such as when a Reptar actor stopped Stu's crazy robotic dragon at a medieval faire. At the Reptar on Ice! stage show, the man playing Reptar (wearing 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." In that episode, however, 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, and the rest of the kids only remember him from their early childhoods. Also, there is the Reptar Wagon, which says "I Am Reptar, Hear Me Roar!," which is a parody of "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar."

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.
 * Reptar is featured on Smosh's video The Haunting.