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* WorfEffect: For being the Center's leader, she does get captured or possessed by many of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the week]] whenever she's involved in a mission, although most of the time, she isn't expecting it.


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* WorfEffect: TheWorfEffect: For being the Center's leader, she does get captured or possessed by many of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the week]] whenever she's involved in a mission, although most of the time, she isn't expecting it.

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* {{Doppelganger}}: For lack of a better term, of Martin. Ironically enough, Martin's the only one who spots the similarity, while everyone is mostly focused on how great he is (of course, it doesn't stop M.O.M from punishing him for his screw-ups). As TheOtherWiki states, he's like a Bizarro version of Martin: similar yet different.
* {{Greed}}: Occurs when he intentionally looked for a Leprechaun's charm, in the hope it would bring him good luck. Of course, it results in an InvoluntaryTransformation into a Leprechaun.
* RecurringCharacter: Technically doesn't affect the story line in any way, but still is an example. Appears twice in Season 1, twice in season 2, with only one appearance in season 3.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's this in his first two appearances.



* Greed: Occurs when he intentionally looked for a Leprechaun's charm, in the hope it would bring him good luck. Of course, it results in an InvoluntaryTransformation into a Leprechaun.
* RecurringCharacter: Technically doesn't affect the story line in any way, but still is an example. Appears twice in Season 1, twice in season 2, with only one appearance in season 3.
* Doppleganger: For lack of a better term, of Martin. Ironically enough, Martin's the only one who spots the similarity, while everyone is mostly focused on how great he is (of course, it doesn't stop M.O.M from punishing him for his screw-ups). As TheOtherWiki states, he's like a Bizarro version of Martin: similar yet different.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's this in his first two appearances.
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* Greed: Occurs when he intentionally looked for a Leprechaun's charm, in the hope it would bring him good luck. Of course, it results in an InvoluntaryTransformation into a Leprechaun.
* RecurringCharacter: Technically doesn't affect the story line in any way, but still is an example. Appears twice in Season 1, twice in season 2, with only one appearance in season 3.
* Doppleganger: For lack of a better term, of Martin. Ironically enough, Martin's the only one who spots the similarity, while everyone is mostly focused on how great he is (of course, it doesn't stop M.O.M from punishing him for his screw-ups). As TheOtherWiki states, he's like a Bizarro version of Martin: similar yet different.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's this in his first two appearances.
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* OurLichesAreDifferent: Appears to be an undead spirit, and is humanoid in appearance, matching the standard appearance of Lich.

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* OurLichesAreDifferent: Appears to be an undead spirit, and is humanoid in appearance, matching CliffHanger: His still being around at the standard appearance end of Lich.the episode. As mentioned above, it is never mentioned what happened next during Season 3.



* OurLichesAreDifferent: Appears to be an undead spirit, and is humanoid in appearance, matching the standard appearance of Lich.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not exactly, but after his [[OrIsIt Or is it]] moment at the end of the episode, we suddenly jump into Season 3, with no explanation as to how he was defeated again, or how Martin and Co, and M.O.M found out he was still alive.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not exactly, but after his [[OrIsIt Or is it]] moment at the end of the episode, we suddenly jump into Season 3, with no explanation as to how he was defeated again, or how Martin and Co, and M.O.M found out he was still alive.
* CliffHanger: His still being around at the end of the episode. As mentioned above, it is never mentioned what happened next during Season 3.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not exactly, but after his [[OrIsIt Or is it]] moment at the end of the episode, we suddenly jump into Season 3, with no explanation as to how he was defeated again, or how Martin and Co, and M.O.M found out he was still alive.
* CliffHanger: His still being around at the end of the episode. As mentioned above, it is never mentioned what happened next during Season 3.



* BlondesAreEvil
* CompleteMonster: She seems to tread upon this territory. She has zero tolerance for failure, and agents who fail to capture the monsters she requires are mutated into hideous creatures, and have their essences extracted, leaving mindless creatures under her control.
* DisproportionateRetribution: She was fired from the Center for not being a good enough agent. Her response? Spend years creating an Ultimate Monster to destroy the Center, and get revenge on M.O.M.



* DisproportionateRetribution: She was fired from the Center for not being a good enough agent. Her response? Spend years creating an Ultimate Monster to destroy the Center, and get revenge on M.O.M
* CompleteMonster: She seems to tread upon this territory. She has zero tolerance for failure, and agents who fail to capture the monsters she requires are mutated into hideous creatures, and have their essences extracted, leaving mindless creatures under her control.
* BlondesAreEvil
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Billy is [[TheVentureBrothers Dean Venture]].


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* HeyItsThatGuy: M.O.M.'s voice actress, Teryl Rothery, was the first dub voice for Kodachi Kuno in ''RanmaOneHalf''.
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* OnlySaneMan: Besides Diana.
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* MeaningfulName: See "TeamMom" below.
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!! Two-part Episode Villains

These villains and monsters are notable in the fact that their appearances invoke a two-part episode. There are four such two-part episodes in the series, each one headed by different villains.

!!Space Pirates

Members of a Space Pirate army Billy once led back when he was Ganthar. They appear in They Came From Outer Space.

* CurbStompBattle: Martin and Co are absolutely no match for the Space Pirates, and Billy has to interfere to save them.
* SpacePirates: Obviously. They are a variant along the lines of Metroid Space Pirates.
* GalacticConqueror
* KillItWithIce: Highly vulnerable to a fire-retardant like substance M.O.M was extracting from an insect earlier in the episode.
* ShapeShifting: Capable of this, and even morphing into one super-alien.
* KillItWithFire: After their combined form is frozen, Ganthar tosses them into some computer equipment, making an explosion, destroying them.
* PlanetLooters: Upon conquering a planet, they use up all available resources, and move on to other planets to conquer, leaving a line of barren worlds in their wake.

!!Gatekeeper

Appears in Season 2 Finale, They Came From The Gateway. Due to the two-part episode's nature, it is likely they intended for him to be the final monster of the series, until they continued Martin Mystery for a third season. He is the Guardian of the Gateway, a pool located in Tibet that is the source of all paranormal evil.

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Appears to be an undead spirit, and is humanoid in appearance, matching the standard appearance of Lich.
* OmnicidalManiac: As part of his nature, upon corrupting M.O.M with the Gateway's power, he turns all the creatures within it against the Earth, aiming to plunge the world into an eternal world of darkness.
* OrIsIt: At the end of the episode, he is seen in the now shut down Center, eying Martin and M.O.M's U-watches. This is after he was supposedly frozen outside the Gateway in Tibet.
* UltimateEvil: While we do see him, he does fit the bill, considering he's the guardian to the Gateway of the Underworld, the source of all Paranormal evil.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not exactly, but after his [[OrIsIt Or is it]] moment at the end of the episode, we suddenly jump into Season 3, with no explanation as to how he was defeated again, or how Martin and Co, and M.O.M found out he was still alive.
* CliffHanger: His still being around at the end of the episode. As mentioned above, it is never mentioned what happened next during Season 3.

!! Borack the Faceless One

An entity located in another dimension. He holds dominion over all shadows, and surfaces once every 1000 years to attempt a take-over of the world. Appears in the two-part episode, Day of the Shadows.

* EldritchAbomination: Takes the form of a living shadow, and upon the day of his take-over, he is able to drag nearly every living being on the planet into his Shadow Dimension when there are shadows around them. Martin, Diana, Billy, and Kaitlin (Martin's temporary girlfriend), only escape this fate due to being around light on the initial night of Borack's awakening.
* LivingShadow
* FateWorseThanDeath: While in his realm, everyone is being slowly turned into shadows themselves.

!! Octavia Paine

The series' official final villain. She is also one of the few human adversaries that Martin and Co have come up against. Appears in the series finale, It's Alive.

* EvilMentor: Is one to Diana, who she decieves into joining her organization.
* DisproportionateRetribution: She was fired from the Center for not being a good enough agent. Her response? Spend years creating an Ultimate Monster to destroy the Center, and get revenge on M.O.M
* CompleteMonster: She seems to tread upon this territory. She has zero tolerance for failure, and agents who fail to capture the monsters she requires are mutated into hideous creatures, and have their essences extracted, leaving mindless creatures under her control.
* BlondesAreEvil
* NotSoDifferent: Attempts to use this on Diana to get her to join her, after revealing her true nature.
* TheRival: Has a history with M.O.M.


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!!Monsters/Villains

This section is dedicated to a select number of creatures (or villains) that Martin and Co come across. The main ones posted here are those who at least appear in more than one episode, or have some significance to a character aside from one-shot monsters.

!!Gastromo

Gastromo was the first monster that M.O.M ever caught as an agent, and appears in Beast From Within.

* PuppeteerParasite: forcibly takes over his hosts, and through his touch, can also make other beings his slaves.
* NightmareFuel: He might be this to some, since upon taking over his victims, they look like some disgusting slug-human, and turns others into his slaves via worm-like creatures that come off his body.
* WeaksauceWeakness: One linked to real life; slugs can't stand salt, and neither can Gastromo. Also, he consumes so much iron, the host becomes attracted to magnets.
* BigEater: He makes his hosts into this to an extent, and he prefers to eat raw meat, since he requires a heck of a lot of iron.

!!Venasso

Venasso was the first monster that Martin Mystery ever caught, sharing that trait with Venasso. Appears in Lovespell from the Underworld.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Venasso is a mutant chameleon able to change her shape.
* ShapeShifting: Venasso's primary ability, is to change her shape. Like a normal chameleon, she can take the colour of her environment, making her invisible. She can also change her shape to look like whoever she wants to, like M.O.M, Vivian Michelle (Martin's first crush), and Martin himself.
* OverlyLongTongue: Of course, being a chameleon.

!!Djini

One of the few recurring creatures in the series. First appears in Crypt of the Djini, and later on in Return of the Djini

* JackassGenie: In spades. Wish for a one-of-a-kind statue? [[TakenForGranite She turns you into the statue.]]
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: Trapped in a purple gemstone skull.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Can't stop granting wishes, no matter what it is. One time though, another wish is reflected back at her, with similar results.
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* InvisibleParent: Not Gerard, per se, but we never see Diana's mother in the entire series.

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* WorfEffect: For being the Center's leader, she does get captured or possessed by many of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the week]] whenever she's involved in a mission, although most of the time, she isn't expecting it.


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* TheAce: [[SubvertedTrope WAS]] this during his first two appearances.
* Greed: Occurs when he intentionally looked for a Leprechaun's charm, in the hope it would bring him good luck. Of course, it results in an InvoluntaryTransformation into a Leprechaun.
* RecurringCharacter: Technically doesn't affect the story line in any way, but still is an example. Appears twice in Season 1, twice in season 2, with only one appearance in season 3.
* Doppleganger: For lack of a better term, of Martin. Ironically enough, Martin's the only one who spots the similarity, while everyone is mostly focused on how great he is (of course, it doesn't stop M.O.M from punishing him for his screw-ups). As TheOtherWiki states, he's like a Bizarro version of Martin: similar yet different.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's this in his first two appearances.
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!!Gerard Mystery
* SkepticNoLonger: After the second time he gets involved in the paranormal (which involves him being possessed by a pre-historic worm), he is finally told of the Center.
* ParentalFavoritism: Doesn't mean it, but he does like Diana a bit more than Martin. A bit of a TearJerker, considering Martin's his biological child.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], and hard. Their interests are completely the total opposite of each other, which results in some conflict in the episodes he's with Martin, which is both of his appearances (his video call with Martin and Diana on the Christmas episode doesn't count).
* ScienceVsMagic: Firmly on the science side, until he finds out about the Center.
* InvisibleParent: Not Gerard, per se, but we never see Diana's mother in the entire series.

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* AscendedExtra: In-universe. At the beginning of the third season, he begins appearing as a regular at Torrington, after gaining a FullBodyDisguise that makes him look human (even though's he's about one foot and six inches tall).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: You can't be a former space pirate overlord, and not have this.



* RunningGag: He always appears out of nowhere on missions, scaring the main trio.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: You can't be a former space pirate overlord, and not have this.
* RunningGag: He always appears out of nowhere on missions, scaring the main trio.
* AscendedExtra: In-universe. At the beginning of the third season, he begins appearing as a regular at Torrington, after gaining a FullBodyDisguise that makes him look human (even though's he's about one foot and six inches tall).

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* TeamMom: She is Diana and Martin's boss, and seems to be close to them. Still, she got a bit heavy-handed when she once tried to play the role literally.

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* RunningGag: He always appears out of nowhere on missions, scaring the main trio.
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* TeamMom: She is Diana and Martin's boss, and seems to be close to them. Still, she got a bit heavy-handed when she once tried to play the role literally.
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* SpacePirates: Once the leader of a vast army, but it became too much for him, and after years of behavioural adjustment at the Center, became the Billy we know and love.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: You can't be a former space pirate overlord, and not have this.
* RunningGag: He always appears out of nowhere on missions, scaring the main trio.
* AscendedExtra: In-universe. At the beginning of the third season, he begins appearing as a regular at Torrington, after gaining a FullBodyDisguise that makes him look human (even though's he's about one foot and six inches tall).

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* TeamMom: She is Diana and Martin's boss, and seems to be close to them. Still, she got a bit heavy-handed when she once tried to play the role literally.
* BerserkButton: Every single time Martin breaks something in her office.
* LethalChef: It was once suggested that she take up cooking to alleviate her stress. The office looked like it had been attacked, and the "cookies" she baked looked like they were made of sludge.
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