King Rat may mean:
- Uromys rex, a species of rat
- King Rat (1962 novel), a novel by James Clavell set in World War II
- King Rat (film), released in 1965, based on the James Clavell novel
- King Rat (1998 novel), an urban fantasy novel by China Miéville
- "King Rat" (song), a 2 track vinyl promo by Modest Mouse
- King Rat is the head of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a music hall society of Great Britain
- King Rat, the nickname of the Ulster loyalist Billy Wright, and an autobiography he wrote detailing his activities
Famous quotes containing the words king and/or rat:
“Of an old King in a story
From the grey sea-folk I have heard,
Whose heart was no more broken
Than the wings of a bird.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 85, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)
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