Editing Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (section)

=====''The Pet'' (1921)=====
[[File:Winsor McCay (1921) The Pet.webm|thumb|alt=Early animated film ''The Pet''|''The Pet'' is likely the earliest "[[kaiju|giant monster attacking a city]]" film.]]
The series title is pluralized for this title. ''The Pet'' depicts a couple who adopt a mysterious animal with an insatiable appetite. It consumes its milk, the house cat, the house's furnishings, rat poison, and passing vehicles, including airplanes and a blimp, while growing larger and larger.{{sfn|Telotte|2010|p=59}} As it wanders among the skyscrapers of the city a swarm of airplanes and [[zeppelin]]s gather to bomb the beast.{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=198}}

A ''Rarebit Fiend'' strip from March 8, 1905, inspired  ''The Pet'',{{sfn|Bissette|2007}} which was released around September 19, 1921.{{sfn|Telotte|2010|p=59}} The dark film was the last over which McCay had "total creative control", according to McCay biographer [[John Canemaker]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=198}} Cartoonist [[Stephen R. Bissette]] called it "the first-ever 'giant monster attacking a city' motion picture ever made".{{sfn|Moody|Bissette|2010}}