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*** A later version of the Legion of Monsters appeared in ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and featured Satanna, N'Kantu, Werewolf by Night, the original Frankenstein's Monster, and the zombie Simon Garth. The term "Monster Mash" is even used to describe them in the recap page of ''Daredevil'' #33.

* DC also had several groups under the name ''ComicBook/CreatureCommandos'': the first group (an extreme experiment in psychological warfare during World War II) was made up of Lt. Matthew Shrieve (normal), Warren Griffith (Werewolf), Sgt. Vincent Velcro (Vampire), Pvt. Elliot "Lucky" Taylor (Frankenstein's monster) and Dr. Myrra Rhodes ({{Medusa}}). They often teamed up with fellow ''Weird War Tales'' headliner GI Robot. Of some note is the fact that though Shrieve was "normal", he was quite explicitly [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the worst of the bunch]]. A reboot in 2000 also featured a gillman, and a new crew introduced in 2003 and never seen again finally added a mummy.

* The original line-up of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' included Literature/TheInvisibleMan and [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde]]. Various other monsters have appeared throughout the series as well, including vampires and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

Hey, wouldn't it be cool if {{Dracula}} (or another ClassicalMovieVampire), the WolfMan, the {{Mummy}}, FrankensteinsMonster, [[FishPeople Gillman]], and all those other classic monsters hung out together in the HauntedCastle or CreepyCemetery?

* [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics already updates the franchise's trope (see below in Video Games) with Katakura Kojuro becoming a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] (though he can change [[VoluntaryShapeshifting at will]]), UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi's [[FanCreatedOffspring daughter]] Kagehime, another [[OurWitchesAreDifferent witch]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic entities]] Kuroryuko, Kuroiryu, and Kuraitora, and UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura's son Masa's [[JekyllAndHyde Hyde-like]] SplitPersonality Sei.

* In the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' series, there are characters that have some attributes to certain spooks from horror fiction; like Oichi and her sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria are both {{Hot Witch}}es (with Oichi having some [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghostly]] vibes), Oichi's older brother [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Oda]] [[DemonKingNobunaga Nobunaga]] having much in common with demons, UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide and Goto Matabei both behave like AxCrazy slashers, Otani Yoshitsugu being all [[BandageMummy bandaged up]] resembling a mummy, Sen no Rikyu with a Dr. Jekyll (Wabisuke) and Mr. Hyde (Sabisuke) SplitPersonality, and Honda Tadakatsu paying some homage to Frankenstein's Monster.

 
 

* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, Sora, Donald and Goofy take on the form of monsters in [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]]. Of the trio, Sora becomes a vampire with an orange eyepatch, Donald becomes a mummy, and Goofy becomes a parody of FrankensteinsMonster. Their forms are very popular with the fandom. So much, that a second set of forms for [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monstropolis]] was added in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', although only Sora's appearance is drastic, in that he becomes [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent a werecat]], with his right eye covered by his hair as a nod to his Halloween Town form.

* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9716801/D951993 D951993's]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee TheGhost and Molly McGee]] Monster AU [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14316767/1/Franken-Mollie Franken-Mollie]] has several characters as monsters including Molly and Ollie as a two-headed Frankenstein monster, Libby as a mad scientist, Darryl as a werewolf, Sharon as a kitsune, Andrea as a vampire, Patty as a witch, Pete as a reaper, June as a swamp creature, Ruben as a monster hunter turned ghoul, Ester as a succubus, Kat as a mummy and Scratch as (already) a ghost just to name a few

* https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9716801/D951993 https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee Monster AU https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14316767/1/Franken-Mollie has several characters as monsters including Molly and Ollie as a two-headed Frankenstein monster, Libby as a mad scientist, Darryl as a werewolf, Sharon as a kitsune, Andrea as a vampire, Patty as a witch, Pete as a reaper, June as a swamp creature, Ruben as a monster hunter turned ghoul, Ester as a succubus, Kat as a mummy and Scratch as (already) a ghost just to name a few

* The Ghost and Molly McGee Monster AU https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14316767/1/Franken-Mollie has several characters as monsters including Molly and Ollie as a two-headed Frankenstein monster, Libby as a mad scientist, Darryl as a werewolf, Sharon as a kitsune, Andrea as a vampire, Patty as a witch, Pete as a reaper, June as a swamp creature, Ruben as a monster hunter turned ghoul, Ester as a succubus, Kat as a mummy and Scratch as (already) a ghost.

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* With the possible exception of Godzilla, anything on the list above is likely to be found drinking in Strangefellows in one ''{{Literature/Nightside}}'' book or another.

* ''VideoGame/UrbanRivals'': The Nightmare clan is are expy's on half of the examples above, others are based off horror movie characters.

Common guests include:

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], often {{Dracula}} or some other ClassicalMovieVampire, perhaps accompanied by a [[TheRenfield Renfield]].
* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]], and other [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebeasts]].
* FrankensteinsMonster, possibly with [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein Bride]].
* MadScientist. Sometimes Victor Frankenstein himself, a [[IdenticalGrandson descendant]] or DrFakenstein.
* {{Mummy}}. Usually once a [[NephariousPharaoh pharaoh]] or his [[EvilChancellor trusted advisor]] and/or HighPriest.
* {{Fish Pe|ople}}rson. Usually an {{Expy}} of the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, if not the creature himself.
* [[JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]
* Literature/TheInvisibleMan
* Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, or [[TheatrePhantom an imitation]].
* [[TheIgor Igor]], or sometimes [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]].
* WitchClassic, especially if she's one as a [[MageSpecies species]] rather than as a profession. May have [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green skin]] in reference to the WickedWitch of the West in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghosts]], especially ones in [[BedsheetGhost white sheets]].
* [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]] or [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombies]], depending which side of the 1960s the fiction is from.
* {{Botanical Abomination}}s, often a ManEatingPlant à la [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids Triffids]] or [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]].
* {{Blob Monster}}s
* [[GorgeousGorgon Gorgons]] from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
* [[PumpkinPerson Pumpkin creatures]] are a must-have if Halloween factors into the plot.
* [[DemBones Skeletons]]
* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]]
* [[OurGargoylesRock Gargoyles]]
* [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] and/or [[OurImpsAreDifferent Imps]]
* [[OurSlashersAreDifferent Slashers]], kudos if they don a [[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw hockey mask and wield a chainsaw]].
* [[AlienTropes Aliens]]
* {{Kaiju}} and {{Youkai}}, if this happens in Japan.
* [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious Cryptids]]
* And whatever other kinds of [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever crazy-ass spooks]] you can dream up.

You can also expect all this fraternizing and canoodling to result in a HybridMonster sooner or later.

SubTrope of MassiveMultiplayerCrossover. SuperTrope to AllGhoulsSchool, where the monsters' children (or their own younger selves) all go to class together. Possibly denizens of a {{Halloweentown}}. If they're related to each other, they may be a CreepyFamily.

* BotanicalAbomination, often a ManEatingPlant à la [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids Triffids]] or [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]].
* BlobMonster

* BotanicalAbomination, often a ManEatingPlant, à la [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II.]]

* The 1970s Canadian Saturday Morning children's show ''Series/TheHilariousHouseOfFrightenstein'' is basically this, with a MadScientist Dracula [[{{Expy}} expy]] named Count Frightenstein (He's supposed to be the 13th son of Dracula) and his sidekick, [[TheIgor Igor]], their incapacitated FrankensteinsMonster expy named "Brucie" (which they [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption could never]] revive) and a host of other kooky, classic-horror-themed characters [[note]]like a goofy old witch with a spoof [[CookingShow cooking show]] segment, goofy furry monsters & a sea serpent, a creepy old Librarian who tells innocuous folk tales & nursery rhymes, real-life physicist/mathematician Julius Sumner Miller in MadScientist mode with ''Mister Wizard''-like demonstrations, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent a cool]] [[WolfMan Wolfman Jack-like]] radio D.J. playing actual popular hits of the day and a bunch of other stuff. And Creator/VincentPrice spouting spooky poetry. Just because.[[/note]].

* [[AlienAmongUs Aliens]]

* Creator/JackKirby's run in ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen'' had an arc involving MadScientist Dabney Donovan creating a tiny artificial planet inhabited by monsters, including a vampire named Count Dragorin, a werewolf named Lupek and a Frankenstein monster and mummy who are not given names.

* In the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' series, there are characters that have some attributes to certain spooks from horror fiction; like Oichi and her sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria are both {{Hot Witch}}es (with Oichi having some [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghostly]] vibes), Oichi's older brother [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Oda]] [[DemonKingNobunaga Nobunaga]] having much in common with demons, UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide and Goto Matabei both behave like AxCrazy slashers, Otani Yoshitsugu being all [[BandageMummy bandaged up]] resembling a mummy, and Sen no Rikyu with a Dr. Jekyll (Wabisuke) and Mr. Hyde (Sabisuke) SplitPersonality.

** In ''Spider Island 2'', a tie-in to ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}} III'', Agent Venom turns the spider versions of Captain America into [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Steven_Rogers_(Earth-19919) a werewolf]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] into [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Carol_Danvers_(Earth-19919) a vampire]], [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] into [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Earth-19919) a lizardman]], and ComicBook/IronMan into [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Anthony_Stark_(Earth-19919) a Green Goblin]] to free them from Spider Queen's control.