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The familiar name and large size of the Titans have made them dramatic figures suited to market-oriented popular culture. ==General or collective references== * In the 2011 movie ''Immortals'' starring Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke, the Titans are locked away in Mount Tartarus until they are released by King Hyperion using the Epirus Bow. The Titans look like Gods but have dark orange helmets and their skin is a rock colour. There appears to be more Titans in the film than in actual mythology. * In the Disney animated film ''Hercules'' there are five Titans: four embody the four elements: earth, ice, fire, and wind, while the fifth is a cyclops. They terrorize the earth until Zeus imprisons them; however, Hades later releases them to aid in his attempt to usurp Zeus. These Titans bear little similarity to their mythological counterparts. Later, in the animated series, the Titan Kronos is mentioned. * In the 1981 film ''Clash of the Titans'', the Kraken, actually an entity from Norse mythology, is presented as "the last Titan". It also describes the usage of the head of Medusa, who is actually a Gorgon, to fight him, as "a titan against another titan". In the 2010 remake, the Titans are mentioned at the beginning, when it is claimed Hades created the Kraken to defeat them. Kronos appears in the sequel ''Wrath of the Titans'', where Ares turned to darkness and planned to revive his grandfather with Zeus' life force. * The Italian sword-and-sandal film ''Arrivano i titani'' shows the Titans first as prisoners in Tartarus, but they are later liberated by Zeus to take down the megalomanic King Cadmus. * The video game series, ''God of War'', which is based on Greek mythology, features many of the Titans, mainly Gaia, Cronos and Atlas. They attempt to reignite their Great War with the Olympians with the help of a Spartan warrior named Kratos, who became the God of War after killing Ares. * The Titans appeared in an episode of ''Charmed'' titled "Oh My Goddess" where Cronus, Demtrieus and Meta battled the Charmed Ones who became Goddesses. Eventually, the Titans were destroyed by Piper Halliwell. * The Titans occasionally appear or are mentioned in Renaissance Pictures' Hercules/Xena franchise. In the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' episode "The Titans," many Titans (far more than in the actual myths) were turned to stone by the Olympians, which Crius, Hyperion and Theia seek to undo. In the ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' episode "Let There Be Light," it is said that the Titans successfully defeated Dahak, but the battle left them too weak to resist the Olympians. Also, in the ''Hercules'' series finale "Full Circle," Oceanus, Helios and Atlas appear, having made a deal with Ares to destroy the Olympians but spare him. * Titan appears as a regular Earth-based summon in the video game series ''Final Fantasy''. *The Titans are a race of Eternal (god) in the World of Warcraft. They are tall, with metallic-colored skin and a very wise race. They defeated the Old Gods, who originally ruled Azeroth long ago, and then, the demons of the Twisted Nether attacked the worlds. They hired a champion, Sargeras, to defeat them, but he grew depressed and began to think chaos and evil were the law of the universe. He became evil, and now, the forces of good must face his evil group, the Burning Legion. His body was destroyed, and Aggamar became the next champion. * In the tabletop game, ''Warhammer 40,000'', Titans are phenomenally large war machines, capable of laying waste to entire armies and cities with their colossal weapons. They are often referred to as "god-Machines" by Imperial forces, for they are virtually unstoppable (generally the only threat to a Titan on the battlefield is a Chaos Titan, or similar constructs created by other races). * The largest class of combat vessels in the MMORPG ''Eve Online'' are classified as 'titans', and several of the Gallente faction vessels are named after Greek deities. * In the series ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'', the Titans are the main villains, attempting to take over Olympus and rule civilization once more, after most of them were imprisoned in the Underworld. * The DC Comics hero team originally consisting of the main heroes' sidekicks was called the Teen Titans. *In DC Comics the Titans were exiled to another world after their defeat, which they called New Cronos. Kronos, however, was imprisoned in a tree. The Titans raised Troia and gave her her powers. * Titans are depicted in Dante's ''Inferno''. * The tabletop roleplaying game Exalted features a number of titan-like Primordials who were usurped by the gods prior to the First Age. * In 2004, the Japanese automaker Nissan began production of a full-sized pickup truck for the North American market called the Titan. * In ''Resident Evil Outbreak File #2'', the giant zombie elephant rampaging throughout one scenario is called Titan. * In the Dune series created by Frank Herbert and his son, Brian Herbert a group of rebels conquest the Old Empire. They call themselves Titans and their reign the Time of Titans. * The popular Age of Empires Spin-off, Age of Mythology at first only contains three civilizations and mythologies: The Norse, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. Added in later in an equally-popular expansion, a fourth civilization was added, Atlantis, which worshipped the Titans. They are portrayed, as a whole, largely neutral with some Titans even switching sides at some points in the game for no reason. There are three Major Titans that can be worshipped: Chronos, Gaia, and Ouranos. Gaia is shown generally as good, Chronos as evil. Interestingly, Ouranos is mostly portrayed as a good force, but at one point in the game, his followers are on the evil side, however later still being the major god of the protagonists in one of the final battles. * In the Brutal Legend video game, Titans are a race of benevolent creatures who invented music and left it for the modern world. * In the Dennou Boukenki Webdiver, there is the final giant robot named Ditalion, which based on a Titan. * The primary antagonists in the anime series, Attack on Titan are called "Titans" and are depicted as a race of giant humanoid creatures that attack and eat humans on sight. In the series, the Titans had driven humanity to the brink of extinction and forcing the human race to retreat in a three-layered walled city. The human race continues to fight the growing Titan population, but with no progress of expansion. * In the manga ''Saint Seiya Episode.G'', the Titans are important villains, attempting to rule civilization once more, and Leo Aiolia and the Gold Saints are assigned to stop them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Titans in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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