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9'''monster''' / ''n'', pl. monsters:
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11# A being of frightening and inhuman appearance and/or demeanor, and quite possibly inhuman origin.
12# A term so broad and popular for work titles that we had to write this page to cover all our bases (and Website/TheOtherWiki covers even more of them than we do).
13# The one under your bed that eats your shoes.
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15!! ''(The) Monster(s)'' may refer to:
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17[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
18* ''Manga/Monster1994'': A manga [[Anime/Monster2004 and anime]] written by Creator/NaokiUrasawa about a doctor who must hunt down a SerialKiller he feels responsible for letting loose on the world as a child.
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20[[AC:Fan Works]]
21* ''Fanfic/MonsterADeathNoteAU'': A ''Manga/DeathNote'' DarkFic.
22* ''Fanfic/MonstersAofie'': A fanfic crossover between ''Series/OnceUponATime'' and ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
23* ''Fanfic/TheMonstersWhoAlwaysLie'': a ''Manga/DeathNote'' {{Continuation}} fic.
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25[[AC:Films - Animated]]
26* The ''Franchise/MonstersInc'' franchise:
27** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', the Pixar film with monsters playing the role of PunchClockVillain.
28** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', the prequel film where monsters attend a college to learn about proper scaring.
29** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'', a Creator/DisneyPlus series continuing from the end of the first film (but before the epilogue).
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31[[AC:Films - Live Action]]
32* ''Film/TheMonster1925'': A 1925 horror movie starring Creator/LonChaney.
33* ''Film/Monster1999'': A direct to video film about a film director whose monster movies come to life every three years to wreak havoc on a small town.
34* ''Film/Monster2003'': A 2003 American film BasedOnATrueStory about a female serial killer played by Charlize Theron. It won Theron several awards including an Oscar Award and Creator/RogerEbert called it one of the best films of that decade.
35* ''Film/Monsters2010'': A British sci-fi thriller released in 2010, directed by Creator/GarethEdwards.
36* ''Film/TheMonster2016'': A 2016 horror film by Brian Bertino about a mother and her estranged daughter who encounter a monster on a secluded road.
37* ''Film/Monster2023'': A 2023 Japanese film directed by Creator/HirokazuKoreEda, unrelated to the manga.
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39[[AC:Literature]]
40* ''Literature/TheMonster1948'': An AlienInvasion short story by A. E. Van Vogt.
41* ''Literature/MonsterMyers'': A 1999 YoungAdult novel by Creator/WalterDeanMyers with a 2018 FilmOfTheBook
42* ''Literature/Monster2009'': A 2009 book about a guy named Monster Dionysus trying to survive real life around his job of capturing cryptozoological monsters while putting up with a girlfriend who's a real monster.
43* ''Literature/MonsterANovelOfFrankenstein'': An adaptation of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' from the POV of the creature.
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45[[AC:Live Action Television]]
46* ''Series/Monsters1988'': A horror anthology series from TheEighties about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin monsters]].
47* ''Series/Monster2022'': A Creator/{{Netflix}} anthology series about notorious murderers.
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49[[AC:Music]]
50* ''Monster'': A song by Music/{{Skillet}}.
51* ''Music/MonsterKISSAlbum'': The musical album by Music/{{KISS}}.
52* ''Music/MonsterREMAlbum'' The musical album by Music/{{REM}}.
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54[[AC:Video Games]]
55* ''VideoGame/MonsterDoujinSoft'': A {{Doujinshi}} FightingGame developed by 8105graphics that fell into {{Vaporware}}.
56* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': a popular video game series that bears some semblance to other games with {{Mons}} but replaces the cute monsters with big nasty dinosaur monsters and the GottaCatchEmAll with "kill or be killed".
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58[[AC:Western Animation]]
59* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': a Nickelodeon cartoon about three monsters who live under a dump and attend monster school.
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61[[AC:Web Comics]]
62* ''Webcomic/MonsterBitstrips'': A shortlived web-comic hosted by Bitstrips.
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65* CompleteMonster: a YMMV item about a villain who is the most degenerate in a work, provokes fear or hatred in all the characters and is completely devoid of redeeming features. Its namespace is Monster/.
66* {{Mons}}: Little (often cute) monsters that you capture and train to fight for you against each other. See ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' et al.
67* YouMonster: a StockPhrase characters say ''to'' people they consider monsters.
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