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| 13 | [[quoteright:350:[[Film/TheMonsterSquad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster_mash_2.png]]]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies It's a graveyard smash!]]]] |
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| 16 | ->''The zombies were having fun\ |
| 17 | The party had just begun\ |
| 18 | The guests included Wolf Man\ |
| 19 | Dracula and his son\ |
| 20 | The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds\ |
| 21 | Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds\ |
| 22 | The coffin-bangers were about to arrive\ |
| 23 | With their vocal group, the Crypt-Kicker Five'' |
| 24 | -->-- '''Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers''', "Monster Mash" |
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| 26 | 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? |
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| 28 | Short answer: Yes. [[RuleOfCool Yes, it would.]] |
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| 30 | Most commonly found in a setting where the heroes live in a WorldOfWeirdness as part of a FantasyKitchenSink with a sprawling CrossoverCosmology, especially if they themselves are supernatural. The creatures, rather than becoming shut-ins who never leave their designated niche or dark corner of the world... ''socialize''. Vampires and werewolves, usually [[FurAgainstFang antagonistic]], agree to keep up a mutual {{Masquerade}} against humans. [[TheFairFolk Fairies]] and ghosts work together to scare local homeowners. And the wizards work with all of them to SaveBothWorlds. |
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| 32 | This is a common subtrope of CastOfExpies, in which many characters in a specific work are lifted from earlier works. |
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| 34 | On a personal level, individuals from these groups might [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits form loose bands]] (of {{Player Character}}s, usually) that work towards common goals, hang out, or terrorize humans for fun and profit. Or, if the setting permits, are all in on a secret, ancient conspiracy to control, manipulate, or convert humanity, eventually taking over and enslaving us all! [[EvilLaugh Bla-hahahaha!]] |
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| 36 | Named after the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6rfEiEtr4 1962 novelty song]] by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (quoted above), which topped the charts on its release and later became famous after being played on Creator/DrDemento's show. The song was also the basis for a 1995 musical comedy-horror film called ''Monster Mash: The Movie'', which starred Pickett as Dr. Frankenstein. |
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| 38 | 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. Expect all this fraternizing to result in a HybridMonster sooner or later. |
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| 40 | Compare with FairyTaleFreeForAll, for the fairy tale equivalent, and CrossoverCosmology, for the religious/mythological equivalent. See StandardFantasyRaces for another typical array of fantastic creatures. Not to be confused with MonsterMunch. |
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| 43 | !!Examples: |
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| 47 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 48 | * UsefulNotes/GeneralMills notably has a line of "Advertising/MonsterCereals" that consist of breakfast cereals that each have a monster as the mascot. The three most famous brands are a chocolate-flavored cereal with the mascot being a vampire named Count Chocula, a strawberry-flavored cereal associated with a Frankenstein monster named Frankenberry and a blueberry-flavored cereal that has a ghost named Boo Berry as its mascot. Two other cereals that are now discontinued (save for limited relaunches) are Frute Brute (a fruit-flavored cereal with lime-flavored marshmallows that was changed to cherry-flavored cereal for the relaunch and has a werewolf mascot) and Yummy Mummy (a fruit-flavored cereal with vanilla-flavored marshmallows that was changed to orange-cream-flavored cereal for the relaunch and has a mummy mascot). In 2021, General Mills celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Monster Cereals by launching a limited edition amalgam of the five cereals that was fittingly enough called "Monster Mash" and had promotional material portraying the five monsters as a defunct band that chose to return for a reunion. 2023 would see an addition to the group with Carmella Creeper, a zombie with a caramel apple-flavored cereal. |
| 49 | * This old [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WbPmvOORkEI Pepsi Halloween commercial]] features Frankenstein's monster bringing Pepsi and Doritos to a party of monsters hosted by Dracula. |
| 50 | * 2017/2018 commercials for Spectrum (a cable provider in the eastern United States) feature a group of creatures who try to live normal lives...except they constantly run into problems with their satellite television. So far, we've seen a demon, a mad scientist, a mummy, husband and wife vampires, a werewolf, the Grim Reaper, and even [[DemonicDummy a possessed ventriloquist's dummy]]. |
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| 53 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 54 | * ''Manga/{{Cowa}}'' is set in a world where humans, monsters and other MixAndMatchCritters coexist. The main characters are a half vampire/half koala-man hybrid, a shapeshifting ghost, another creature that resembles Gillman and a human sumo wrestler. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/CrescentMoon'': The Moonlight Bandits are a group of thieves made up of a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]], and a {{tengu}}. |
| 56 | * One ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' story had Nobita -- after being laughed at by everyone for being scared by an amusement park's haunted house, which his friends Gian, Suneo and Shizuka all thought are "for scaring toddlers" -- asking Doraemon for a gadget to turn his house into "Japan's scariest haunted house" in an attempt to get back at his friends. Said gadget is a monster dispenser that release robots depicting various classical monsters, from Japanese {{Youkai}}-themed creatures like {{kappa}}, {{oni}} and {{hitodama}} to Westernized ones like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and a FrankensteinsMonster. Predictably, the gadget goes out of control (as usual) causing the various robotic monsters to trap Nobita, Doraemon and everyone else in Nobita's house until Nobita's mother suddenly comes home from shopping and let out a loud, "Who made this mess in the house?"... cue all the monsters retreating in shock into the dispenser. |
| 57 | * In ''Manga/DragonBall'' Goku and his friends had to fight Uranai Baba's champions, which consisted of parody versions of a vampire, an invisible man, a mummy, a devil and a ghost (actually Grandpa Gohan's spirit). The old man Gohan is usually not part of Uranai Baba's main roster of fighters, so you only see four of her five actual warriors, but the 22nd Budokai featured Man-Wolf (a WolfMan who transforms into a human at full moon) who wouldn't be out of place within her roster. A lot of early ''Dragon Ball'' notably focused more on demons, monsters and spirits instead of aliens and gods like later on in the series. ''Anime/DragonBallSleepingPrincessInDevilsCastle'' for instance is full of demons, monsters and has the vampire-like BigBad called Lucifer. |
| 58 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': The Monster Academy present in [[MirrorUniverse Edolas]]. |
| 59 | * ''Literature/FateApocrypha'': As in all ''Fate'' media, Heroic Spirits are essentially "ghosts from the past", famous heroes who are summoned to participate in Holy Grail Wars. The Black Faction of the Holy Grail Great War has Vlad III, the inspiration of Dracula who can also transform into a vampire, a genderbent Frankenstein's Monster (who is actually the bride who was completed before her mate), a genderbent Jack the Ripper (who is just one of the possible versions of the killer), and Cheiron the centaur (who hides his horse legs most of the time and assumes human legs instead). The four are also summonable in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'', in addition to featuring the most known Yokai of folklore plus the "Mizuki-original" Yokai, features the classical monsters you would expect (such as Dracula, Frankenstein, a Werewolf, and a Witch as the most recurring ones), known as "The Western Youkai" led by Backbeard (who is partially based in Bugbear) in the Great Youkai War arc in both the original manga and its anime adaptations almost religiously in some way or another; though in the third anime it was made into a movie, it was loosely adapted in the fourth, and the sixth features Backbeard and a new set of Western Yokai (a willfully-shapeshifting Werewolf, an amalgamation of Dr. Frankenstein and the monster -as a Dual Mode-, Carmilla -yes, because she even predates Dracula in date of origin-, and a beautiful witch -and the sister of this arc's deuteragonist-) as the antagonists of a full-fledged 11-episode long story arc, as well in the Youkai World Rally in both the manga and some of the anime (barring the fourth, and as a theme park video for the fifth). |
| 61 | * ''Manga/HellsAngels'' and its AnimatedAdaptation ''Hells'' are set, surprise surprise, in Hell, where the recently deceased (?) main character attends an AllGhoulsSchool. Among her classmates there are a vampire, a four-armed mummy, gillwoman, a witch and a female Phantom of the Opera based upon ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise''. |
| 62 | * in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Millennium -- the bad guys -- are a Nazi army turned into vampires by a MadScientist, whose leadership includes a cyborg, a werewolf, a catboy with quantum-related powers, a MasterOfIllusion witch and a magical sharpshooter. Dracula is there too, but he's ''[[VillainProtagonist the good guy]]''. |
| 63 | * In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', most of the enemy Stands and their users are based on classic and slasher horror movie monsters/antagonists, which is appropriate since their leader, DIO, is a vampire. Dark Blue Moon is a Black Lagoon-esque fish person, Ebony Devil takes the form of a CreepyDoll, Yellow Temperance is a BlobMonster, J. Geil LooksLikeOrlok while the Hanged Man resembles a grave-rotted {{mummy}}, Enya Geil is a witch while Justice is a ghost with a SkullForAHead, Death 13 is a [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] MonsterClown with DreamWeaver powers, Osiris resembles a troll or ogre, Horus resembles an undead dinosaur, and Vanilla Ice is a vampire whose Stand, Cream, resembles a wraith. |
| 64 | * ''Kaibutsu-kun'', another one of Creator/FujikoFujio's works, is about a young shapeshifting prince accompanied by Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster (here called Franken), and Wolfman living out in the human world and meeting other monsters. |
| 65 | * ''Manga/{{Legendz}}'' is a {{Mon}}s series where all the creatures are based on monsters of folklore, myth, and urban legend. |
| 66 | * ''Manga/MagetsukanKitan'': Koudaira has just moved to the city in search of a job, but to do so, he also needs somewhere to stay. Sadly, he doesn't have tons of cash and all the offers he finds at the estate agent's are out of his budget. Except for one, a room for 9000 yen. It seems like a good deal but the room is actually in a monster mansion. So he goes there, falls in love with the landlady, freaks out, tries to leave then stays for good when he realizes than these monsters aren't out to get him. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'' has a vampire, a werewolf, a witch and a RobotGirl as flatmates. And they're {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, to boot. They also have a caretaker of sorts -- an invisible ghost named Cammy. In one of the special episodes, she appears as a nurse wrapped in bandages, so possibly invoking The Mummy or The Invisible Man. |
| 68 | * With a name like ''Manga/MonsterSoul'', one would say it's about oh um...monsters? |
| 69 | * The villains of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademiaHeroesRising'' aren't actually monsters, but certainly have this as a motif; Mummy is obvious, and Chimera is visually a wolfman, while Slice's powers are a ShoutOut to Marvel's Medusa (as in the Gorgon), and BigBad Nine is TheJuggernaut affiliated with electricity and multiple grafted Quirks, invocative of Frankenstein's Monster. |
| 70 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has a vampire, a CuteGhostGirl, a RobotGirl, and a half-bird demon in Negi's class, as well as a half-dog demon as his closest male friend. As of Chapter 294 you can add another half-demon and a demon. |
| 71 | * ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Chapter 43 is a parody of several slasher films, including Franchise/FridayThe13th and Franchise/{{Halloween}}. On the last page, students who look like Film/{{Hellraiser}}, [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], and a humanoid [[Film/{{Alien}} xenomorph]] appear. The class also includes a FriendlyZombie girl, a "vampire" (actually a leech girl), an invisible girl, and a CatBoy. |
| 72 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 73 | ** The Thriller Bark arc has a mansion filled with Zombies that do double duty as [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstein's Monsters]], an {{invisib|ility}}le {{Mix and Match Critter|s}}, an [[{{Invisibility}} Invisible Man]], a CuteGhostGirl who controls ghosts instead of being one, a MadScientist, and their leader, who bears a striking resemblance to a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] and has a special ability that renders its targets unable to touch sunlight without burning up. |
| 74 | ** The Punk Hazard arc adds a new roster of monsters: Centaurs, satyrs, dragons, a harpy and a BlobMonster. |
| 75 | * ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' has vampires, werewolves, robot girls and a demonic princess as the main cast. Most of the above are living in the same house. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' has a vampire, two witches, a yuki-onna, and a succubus as part of the UnwantedHarem and a werewolf as their sempai, with just about every other monster you can think of as antagonists. There's even a ShoutOut to a famous monster ''hunter'': at one point UnluckyEverydude Tsukune is given a whip that apparently was owned by [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont himself]]. |
| 77 | * ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' has the Three Commanders of the [[DownerEnding Bad End]] Kingdom; who are a WolfMan, an {{Oni}}, and a WickedWitch respectively, each from {{Fairy Tale}}s of a different variety, and they serve a MonsterClown ruler. |
| 78 | * ''Anime/{{Symphogear}} XV'': The Noble Red are a trio of villains whose bodies and powers are references to Frankenstein's monster, werewolves and vampires. |
| 79 | * Much of the cast of ''Manga/WitchWatch'' is a mix of {{youkai}} and horror movie monsters, all of which are able to pass as human. The main two characters are a witch and an ogre, while later additions include a werewolf and vampire. Several of them are the descendants of humanoid {{familiar}}s witches made from animals. |
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| 82 | [[folder:Card Games]] |
| 83 | * While ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has always had its share of vampires, ghosts, zombies, and other things that go bump in the night, the ''Innistrad'' block takes place on a plane directly inspired by GothicHorror. |
| 84 | * ''Monsters Party: Voodoo Madness'' an internationally distributed card game made by Costa Ricans is based on the Monster Mash motif including the basic classic monsters like a Vampire Girl, Frankenstein's Monster, a Mummy, a Zombie and a were-wolf. |
| 85 | * ''TabletopGame/SmashUp'' featured, as one of its numerous expansions, the very appropriately named ''Monster Smash'', starring Werewolves, Vampires, Mad Scientists (guest starring Frankenstein's Monster and Igor), and Giant Ants as new factions. The base game already had Aliens and Zombies, and other expansions added in Ghosts, Kaiju, Dragons and [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth Innsmouth's]] Fish People inhabitants. |
| 86 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' offers a [[FantasyKitchenSink huge selection]] of cards and archetypes all based on different kinds of monsters to choose from. But one specific archetype focused on this trope is [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Ghostrick ''Ghostrick'']], a group of [[SuperDeformed cute]] and [[BenevolentMonsters friendly]] Halloween monsters. |
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| 89 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 90 | * In the "9th Street Bridge" routine on his ''Revenge'' album, Creator/BillCosby describes going to the movies as a kid with his pal Old Weird Harold and seeing one particular film that featured "Frankenstein, Wolf Man, Dracula, the Hunchback, the Mummy... ''everybody'' was in it." Slightly averted in that we don't know whether the monsters actually teamed up onscreen, since -- despite sitting in the theater for several showings of the movie -- Bill and Harold never got up from hiding on the floor to actually look at the screen and see what happened. |
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| 93 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 94 | * In ''ComicBook/AllGhoulsSchool'', sophomore Becca Norman is caught in a huge cheating scandal and her only chance of redeeming herself is by spending the summer at a creepy old boarding school called Darkmoor Academy--but what Becca doesn't realize is that her new school is actually a finishing school for young female monsters...and she's been selected as the school's first human student. |
| 95 | * Used in the recently reprinted comic strip "Number 13" in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' and in the one-off strip "Phone-a-Fiend". |
| 96 | * ''ComicBook/TheBojeffriesSaga'': |
| 97 | ** Raoul is a werewolf. |
| 98 | ** Festus is a vampire. |
| 99 | ** Ginda is a JerkAss StrawFeminist with SuperStrength and super-genius. |
| 100 | ** Grandpa is a plant-like EldritchAbomination with reality-warping powers. |
| 101 | ** "The baby" is a never-seen radioactive monster kept locked in the cellar. |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/{{Boneyard}}'' features a vampire, a gillwoman, a Frankenstein's monster, a werewolf, a demon, a skeleton, and some normal dude. Yeah. |
| 103 | * Brazilian comic ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Bug-a-Booo]]'' is set in a graveyard inhabited by [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_83SMTvh_Mkg/SvNaj8ERuAI/AAAAAAAAA8c/iUoDcCIy7nc/s400/12.jpg among others]] the title BedsheetGhost character, a clumsy vampire, and [[TheGrimReaper Lady McDeath]]. |
| 104 | * 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. |
| 105 | ** In the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' timeline, the equivalent group is headed by the [[Comicbook/SevenSoldiers Frankenstein monster]] himself, with Velcoro as the vampire (the spelling of his name changes in modern versions), Griffith as the werewolf, and Nina Mazursky as a gillwoman. Lt. Shrieve fights alongside them in the war. |
| 106 | ** DC's 2011 reboot has [[ComicBook/FrankensteinAgentOfSHADE a modern-day version of the team]], featuring Frankenstein, Velcoro, Griffith, Mazursky, Frankenstein's Bride, and Khalis, a mummy. |
| 107 | * DCU's miniseries ''Gotham City Monsters'' features Frankenstein along with Killer Croc, [[ComicBook/IVampire Andrew Bennett]], Orca, Lady Clay and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Red Phantom]] teaming up in order to stop Mr. Melmoth. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/IHuntMonsters''...what do you think? |
| 109 | * In a parody one-shot story ''Illegal Aliens'' (not related in any way to the [[Literature/IllegalAliens book of the same name]]), a group of underemployed monsters from classic Universal Studios' films forms an alliance to wipe out new amazingly popular [[Franchise/AlienVsPredator alien creatures]], because [[PunBasedTitle they took away their jobs]] in the movie industry. The comic ends with [[spoiler:all monsters being smashed by... Godzilla]]. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/KidEternity'': The third story in the fourth issue of the 1946 series had Kid Eternity summon the aid of fictional characters to thwart Squire Humdrum's attempts at taking the gold Mark Miller is searching for. Among the characters who help out are a trio composed of Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and Mr. Hyde, who end up scaring Squire Humdrum away. |
| 111 | * 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. |
| 112 | * This also fills out the rest of the cast of the Slave Labor Graphics comic (which also ran in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'') called ComicBook/LittleGloomy (alternately titled "The Super Scary Monster Show") |
| 113 | * Occurs in several forms in Creator/MarvelComics: |
| 114 | ** ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies 4'' revolves around Characters/{{Morbius}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the Living Vampire]], [[ComicBook/WerewolfByNight Werewolf]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent by Night]], [[DarkMagicalGirl Jennifer Kale]], [[TheAntiChrist Daimon Hellstrom]], ComicBook/ManThing, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Dormammu]], and eventually [[PowersViaPossession The Hood]] teaming up to fight against [[FishPeople Piranha]], [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies The Zombie]], and [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Deadpool's]] [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass severed]] [[HandicappedBadass head]], which, by the way, is the most dangerous entity in the series. Yes, a severed head racks up one of the largest bodycounts in a ZombieApocalypse. |
| 115 | ** The Fin Fang Four is made up of classic Marvel monsters who represent cornerstones of ''giant'' monster movies. [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Fin_Fang_Foom_(Earth-616) Fin Fang Foom]] (giant reptile/dragon), [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Googam_(Earth-616) Googam]] (alien conqueror), [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Gorgilla_(Earth-616) Gorgilla]] (giant ape/gillman), and [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Elektro_(Earth-616) Elektro]] (giant robot). |
| 116 | ** In the universe known as Earth-666 ComicBook/TheAvengers comprise [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Capwolf]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frankencastle]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Lord of Vampires, Ice Mummy [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], BigCreepyCrawlies ComicBook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/BlackWidow, Demonic ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, hawkheaded ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and the ghost of Brother Voodoo. They follow the will of an undead Celestial. |
| 117 | ** The Howling Commandos have existed in several forms: |
| 118 | *** ''ComicBook/NickFurysHowlingCommandos'' featured a [[StealthPun werewolf]], a half-vampire and half-werewolf, a mummy, a clone of the Frankenstein monster, a gorilla with a human brain, and a zombie. Brother Voodoo and Satanna also join in on the fun. These are just the main, active members; the Howlers are indicated to employ just about every monster in the Marvel universe, including Lilith, daughter of Dracula, and ''both'' Abominable Snowmen (the cursed prospector and the representative of an entire yeti species, of course). A ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'' letter column featured a fan post in which the author made a joke about a Nick Fury[=/=]Jack Russell team-up called "Sgt. Furry and His Growling Commandos". Funny how that joke later became reality, in some sense of the word: ComicBook/NickFury actually never appeared in ''Nick Fury's Howling Commandos''; it was more a MythologyGag name and a pun on the monstrous nature of the team. |
| 119 | *** The ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' event features the title ''ComicBook/MrsDeadpoolAndTheHowlingCommandos'', which is made up of Shiklah, Werewolf by Night, N'Kantu the Living Mummy, the Invisible Man, Frankenstein's Monster, Man-Thing, and Marcus the minotaur with a symbiote trying to overthrow Dracula. |
| 120 | *** One of the titles of ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' is ''ComicBook/HowlingCommandosOfSHIELD'' and features [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Warwolf]], Vampire by Night, Hit Monkey, Teen Abomination, zombie Jasper Sitwell, Manphibian, robot Dum Dum Dugan, Orrgo, and Man-Thing. |
| 121 | ** The group known as the Legion of Monsters has also gone through several incarnations: |
| 122 | *** The name was first used as the title of a '70s comic and featured swamp monster ComicBook/ManThing, demon ComicBook/GhostRider, vampire Characters/{{Morbius}}, and ComicBook/WerewolfByNight. This group didn't exactly work together, however, and mostly just fought each other. |
| 123 | *** The name made a comeback with the new Legion of Monsters introduced in the 2010s, in which every original member but Ghost Rider returns, in addition to N'Kantu the Living Mummy, gillman Manphibian, MoleMen-like Moloids, classic Marvel monster Orggo, and ComicBook/ThePunisher as a Frankenstein's Monster. |
| 124 | *** 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. |
| 125 | ** 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/MarvelComicsBruceBanner 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. |
| 126 | * ''ComicBook/{{Melusine}}'': From the get-go, the castle where the eponymous witch works. The Count is a vampire, his wife is a ghost, the majordomo Winston is a Frankentstein monster, and the place hosts a mummy, animated armors, plenty other ghosts (mostly of the {{bedsheet|Ghost}} kind) and various other undead and monsters. Plus, Mélusine is dating a werewolf, and her aunt Adrazelle is a WitchClassic. Later in the series, Doctor Kartoffeln adds a MadScientist to the mix. |
| 127 | * The eponymous ''ComicBook/MonsterPlus'' is a one-man Monster Mash, being a vampire werewolf mummy zombie Frankenstein's Monster witch doctor. One of his teen sidekicks happens to be Kid Dracula (the other two are normal humans). |
| 128 | * Creator/{{Top Cow|Productions}} crossover ''ComicBook/MonsterWar'' featured Mr. Hyde, Count Dracula and Frankenstein's monster as the main villains trying to unleash HellOnEarth. Werewolves were also featured but as minor villains. |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/{{Perky}}'': A vampire, a werewolf, and Frankenstein's Monster all make an appearance in "Horror House". |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/ThePerhapanauts'' is set in a secret agency to deal with otherworldly things, and includes on the team we follow a super-intelligent sasquatch, a ghost, a mothman and a chupacabra. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' takes place in a hellish dimension populated by all sorts of monsters such as vampires, werewolves, ghouls, mummies, ogres, reptilians, twisted mutants and tortured ghosts among others with {{Dracula}} ruling this world as its EvilOverlord. Recent chapters also feature a titanic Frankenstein-like monster being created by mad scientists. The twist is that pretty much all of these monsters were humans that reincarnated in this afterlife in different forms according to their sins, except for the ghosts, who had the misfortune of being killed and victimized by evil people but still get trapped in Hell even if they are innocent, and they can only leave after they kill their tormentor. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/SantaVersusDracula'' features this as Dracula's main force which include his three vampire brides, an army of undead kids, a werewolf, Igor, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein's Monster and Mr. Hyde. He did have a witch in his group, but she annoys him so he sprays her with beer to make her melt. |
| 133 | * The eponymous rock band in the DCU comic ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'' had a vampire lead singer, a werewolf on lead guitar, a snake-boy on bass guitar, and a walking pile of sludge for a drummer. |
| 134 | * Fleetway comic strip ''Scream Inn'' and its later spinoff ''[[ComicBook/TheSpooktacularSeven The Spooktacular 7]]'' revolved around a vampiric innkeeper, a zombie maid, a witch, a ghost, a headless man, a skeleton, a devil and a talking spider. |
| 135 | * The Event Horizon clique that goes by the "Corpse Corps" from ''ComicBook/SuperboyAndTheRavers'' includes a vampire, a green alien who has been stitched together and reanimated Frankenstein's monster style, a girl who is a ghost or spirit of some type, a walking skeleton and a short extraterrestrial zombie even before they recruited Half-life, a greaser who got age stopped as a teen in the '50s when a spaceship horribly mangled him and left over half his body as transparent oozing green down to the bone. |
| 136 | * Creator/JackKirby's run in ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen'' had an arc involving MadScientist Dabney Donovan creating a tiny artificial planet called Transilvane that was inhabited by monsters, including a vampire named Count Dragorin, a werewolf named Lupek and a Frankenstein monster and mummy who are not given names. |
| 137 | * Archie's ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'' comic has a one-off villain named Monsterex, who is a fusion of the WolfMan, the Gill Man, FrankensteinsMonster, and a vampire. |
| 138 | * Also from Brazil, [[http://www.maniadegibi.com/loja/images/Turma_do_Arrepio_01.jpg A Turma do Arrepio]], which uses cutesy designs for its cast: a witch, a vampire, the monster from Frankenstein, a mummy and a werewolf. Later it was adapted as a Live-Action TV series in 1995. |
| 139 | * ''ComicBook/UrbanMonsters'' stars a fishman, a zombie, a satyr, and a sasquatch, in a world with no apparent {{Masquerade}}. |
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| 142 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 143 | * [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1993/10/31 The title panel for the Halloween 1993 strip]] of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' shows Garfield sitting in a movie theater with various monsters, including the Frankenstein monster and his bride, a werewolf, a mummy, the Gill-man and a vampire trying to reach for Garfield's popcorn. |
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| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 147 | * In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, the Ankh-Morpork City Air Watch is ''mainly'' composed of Witches with a passion for flight who ''mainly'' fly high-{{Magitek}}-enhanced broomsticks. They also boast [[{{Pegasus}} Pegasi]] and a Heavy Squadron of flying elephants. Associate members of the Air Watch include pilots who can fly without needing a broomstick -- a vampire and a banshee. The latest phase of the story will end [[spoiler:with their getting unit mascots to take on parade -- a flying sheep and, inevitably, an air-capable K'holli dog]]. |
| 148 | * Dracula's council from ''Fanfic/JoysOfTheParenthoodTheTepesEdition'' is composed primarily of the leaders of their own respective species, including an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-inspired]] vampire (Olrox), TheGrimReaper (Death), an [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Alpha male werewolf]] (Grimmane), a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] (Liliana) and [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent a merman]]. |
| 149 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12339958/1/Werehog-s-Roommate Werehog's Roommate]]'' by Creator/GothNebula stars [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the]] Werewolf Hedgehog[[note]]Can shapeshift into a wolf, is a werehog in normal form[[/note]], Amy the Vegetarian Werewolf Hedgehog, Tails the Frankenstein's Fox, Knuckles the Ghost Echidna, Rouge the Witch Bat, Shadow the Werewolf Hedgehog, Silver the Zombie Hedgehog, Blaze the Mummy Cat, Espio the {{Poltergeist}} Chameleon, Scourge the Werehog, Sticks the {{Wendigo}} Badger, [[SailorEarth Nebula]] the {{Dhampyr}} Hedgehog, and Hex the [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Genie]] Cobra. And they all live in the ''Toys/MonsterHigh''-esque Monster City. |
| 150 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13016684/1/Vampire-Wind-and-the-Innocent-Rose Vampire Wind and the Innocent Rose]]'', by the same author, stars Sonic the (King) Vampire Hedgehog, Tails the Frankenstein's Fox, Knuckles the Mummy Echidna, Shadow the Werewolf Hedgehog, Silver the Ghost Hedgehog, Blaze the Witch Cat, Rouge the Gargoyle-Bat, Cream the Boogeyrabbit, Scourge the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Vampire Zombie Hedgehog]], Fiona the {{Evil Sorcere|r}}ss Fox, Rosy the Grim Reaper's daughter, Nebula the Werecat-Hedgehog {{Hybrid| Monster}}, and Amy the Mortal ([[spoiler:later Vampire]]) Hedgehog. |
| 151 | * ''Fanfic/TheresMoreMagicOutThere'' is where the supporting characters of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' are monsters or magic users, and deal with the various magical elements in their lives. The first seven monsters of the main cast consist of a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] (Juleka), a [[SelkiesAndWereseals fox selkie]] (Alya), a [[TheFairFolk fae]] [[ChangelingTale changeling]] (Sabrina), a [[CuteWitch witch]] (Alix), a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] (Chloe), a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] (Aurore), and a [[BakenekoAndNekomata nekomata]] (Kagami). |
| 152 | ** Later additions to the cast include a [[OurGargoylesRock gargoyle]] ([[spoiler:Nino]]), a reluctant HunterOfMonsters with a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent snarky spirit attached to him]] ([[spoiler:Nathaniel]]), [[spoiler:a [[{{Hellhound}} Grim Dog born from her grave]] (Rose), a [[OurSirensAreDifferent siren with osprey wings]] (Kim), a {{Druid}} (Mylene), and an Incubus (Mirielle)]]. |
| 153 | * The quest ''WebOriginal/WhereNightmaresFearToTread'' has several monsters wandering around town, each with their own adventures in protecting a child now under their care. The main character is a [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight boogieman]] (Dule), who comes into frequent contact with a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] (Alex), a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] (Gunnolf), an [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] (Elijah), an EldritchAbomination (the Songsmith), and a {{Wendigo}} (the Beast), with a [[TheGreys Grey alien]] mentioned in the background. |
| 154 | * [[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. |
| 155 | * [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9716801/D951993 D951993's]] ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' 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. |
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| 158 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 159 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', the children turn their pets into expies of various classic horror monsters: a vampire-cat, a kaiju-turtle, a werewolf-rat, a mummy-hamster, a bunch of gillman-like sea monkeys, an invisible fish, and of course the main character, a dog resurrected like Frankenstein's Monster. |
| 160 | * ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. The main characters are Dracula and his daughter; their friends and guests include a mummy, a werewolf, Frankenstein, witches, an invisible man, a blob, and more. Justified by the title setting being, well, a hotel for monsters. |
| 161 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' has a VillainTeamUp of movie monsters including: {{Dracula}}, the {{Mummy}}, [[DemBones living skeletons]], [[spoiler:the [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 Kraken]], the Film/{{Gremlins}}, the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]] and Franchise/KingKong]], among others. |
| 162 | * The groovy Creator/{{Rankin Bass|Productions}} film ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'' has Baron von Frankenstein inviting Dracula, the Werewolf, the Invisible Man, Quasimodo, Dr. Jekyll and the Creature from the Black Lagoon to his private island in order to announce his retirement and appoint his successor as head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. Creator/TimBurton claims it as an influence on his later works. The film also has a prequel of sorts in ''Mad Mad Mad Monsters'', which had Baron von Frankenstein inviting the other monsters to the wedding of his monster and his new bride. |
| 163 | * The direct-to-video animated movie ''WesternAnimation/MonsterMash2000'' lives up to its name -- Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman have to prove that they are still scary while going up against parodies of "modern" monsters: spaghetti-based [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddie]] [[Franchise/FridayThe13th de Spaghetti]], killer wind-up doll [[Film/ChildsPlay Chicky]] and the otherworldly [[Film/{{Alien}} Alien Eater]]. |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFamily'' is about a family who are inflicted with a BecomingTheCostume curse by Literature/BabaYaga on the orders of Dracula, transforming them into a vampire mother, Frankenstein father, mummy daughter and werewolf son. |
| 165 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': CaptainErsatz versions of [[Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman the Fifty-Foot Woman]], Film/{{the Fly|1958}}, Film/{{the Blob|1958}}, the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, and Film/{{Mothra}} are gathered together to whoop alien butt. Literature/TheInvisibleMan also used to be a member of the team. |
| 166 | * The citizens of HalloweenTown in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' include living skeletons, ghosts, zombies, witches, vampires, a werewolf, a BigRedDevil, a MonsterClown and a MadScientist with his stitched-together creation, along with many original monsters. |
| 167 | * Two of the MadeForTV ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' films from the late 1980's used this trope. |
| 168 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'' had Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy volunteer to teach at a school for monster girls, the students being a vampire named Sibella, a Frankenstein monster named Elsa Frankenteen, a werewolf named Winnie, a ghost named Phantasma, and a mummy named Tanis. |
| 169 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'' has Shaggy turned into a werewolf against his will by a pair of hunchbacks called the Hunch Bunch so that Dracula can have him replace the recently retired werewolf racer in [[WackyRacing the Monster Road Rally]]. The other racers involved include FrankensteinsMonster, a dragon/fly hybrid named Dragonfly, a swamp monster addressed as Swamp Thing (no apparent connection to the Creator/DCComics character of the same name), a [[DemBones living skeleton]] named Mr. Bonejangles, a {{mummy}}, [[WickedWitch a pair of witches]] known as the Witch Sisters, and [[JekyllAndHyde a mild-mannered gentleman named Dr. Jackal who has constant and involuntary transformations into a hideous madman named Mr. Snide]]. |
| 170 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' has ghosts, zombies and [[spoiler:witches/were-cats]]. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 174 | * ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': [[spoiler:The third act involves Dana and Marty unleashing all of the Controllers' monsters -- which include, among other things, [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies]], a GiantSpider, a giant cobra, ghosts, a CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], [[AIIsACrapshoot killer robots]], a [[WolfMan werewolf]], masked killers, and a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent merman]] -- into their base]]. Special mention goes to the [[spoiler:evil unicorn, and the [[Franchise/EvilDead Angry Molesting Tree]]]]. [[http://thecabininthewoods.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Monsters Try learning the full list]]. It gets even more ridiculous when you see others, such as a group of three Klansmen. |
| 175 | * ''Film/TheCreeps'': The movie is about a MadScientist bringing Dracula, FrankensteinsMonster, a {{Mummy}}, and a werewolf into the real world. However, thanks to a flaw, they're only [[FunSize three feet tall]]. |
| 176 | * In the 1940s, Creator/{{Universal}} hit on the idea of pairing up their most popular [[Franchise/UniversalHorror horror movie characters]] in a series of so-called "monster rally" pictures. The first of these, ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'', had, well, FrankensteinsMonster [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin meeting the]] WolfMan. This was followed by ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'' and ''Film/HouseOfDracula'', both of which added [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] to the mix (albeit in separate storylines, with no interaction with the other two). The series ended -- nay, ''climaxed'' -- with the brilliant horror comedy ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', in which Bud and Lou stumble into the House of Dracula and run into not just the Frankenstein Monster but also Dracula, the Wolf Man, a brain-swapping mad scientist, ''and'' (in a surprise cameo) [[spoiler:the Invisible Man]]! Today, the interconnected "Universal Monsters" films of the 1930s and '40s are officially considered to be a forerunner of today's "cinematic universe" franchises, such as the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. |
| 177 | * ''Film/FreaksOfNature'' features a town of humans, vampires, zombies and [[spoiler:a werewolf family]] facing off against an alien invasion. |
| 178 | * ''Film/Goosebumps2015'' and ''Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween'' had monsters from the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' books that were released. |
| 179 | * ''Film/GorillaInterrupted'' features a MadScientist, a KillerGorilla, a [[TheQuincyPunk Quincy Punk]] with a [[ThePowerOfRock nuclear guitar]] and a GentlemanAdventurer facing an alien invasion and [[spoiler:Satan]]. |
| 180 | * ''Film/HouseOfTheWolfMan'' is an attempt at a Monster Mash in the vein of the classic Universal films. |
| 181 | * ''Film/HouseOnBareMountain'' has Krakow the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein's Monster all spying on, and eventually invading, a secluded girls' finishing school (although Dracula and Frankenstein's parts in this scheme are comparatively minor.) |
| 182 | * ''Film/IFrankenstein'' has the Frankenstein monster getting mixed up in a war between gargoyles and demons. |
| 183 | * Everybody's favourite MonsterClown Pennywise aka [=IT=] is one-man Monster Mash in both the [[Film/IT1990 1990]] and [[Film/IT2017 2017]] versions. Pennywise can turn into a [[spoiler:werewolf, a mummy, a headless child corpse, a leper, a skeleton, a bunch of dead children, a naked witch lady, a scary flute lady, a scary librarian, a creepy father and a GiantSpider]]. Ironically Pennywise's normal clown form is probably more terrifying than all his transformations combined. Interestingly, the 2017 film would have featured Pennywise turning into Freddy Krueger in a scene set in the 80s (since both that film and the ''Nightmare'' franchise were produced by New Line Cinema), but they later decided against it. |
| 184 | * ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', due to the presence of Mr. Hyde and a few others. |
| 185 | * Several legendary creatures decide get together to beat the shit out of each other in a wrestling-style tournament in ''Film/MonsterBrawl''. |
| 186 | * The 1980 British horror film ''Film/TheMonsterClub'', which starred Creator/VincentPrice as a vampire named Eramus who takes a fictional incarnation of horror author Creator/RChetwyndHayes with him to the eponymous club. He tells him stories about a hybrid monster's encounter with a GoldDigger, a son finding out that his father is a vampire, and a film director meeting a group of ghouls. The film ends with Eramus giving a speech on how HumansAreTheRealMonsters, which impresses the patrons so much that Eramus' human guest is declared an honorary monster and club member. |
| 187 | * ''Film/MonsterMash1995'' featured several monsters, which was appropriate given that the film was based on the Bobby "Boris" Pickett song of the same name. The monsters included were MadScientist Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, a hunchbacked assistant named Igor, Count Dracula and his wife Natasha, a werewolf and Music/ElvisPresley reincarnated as a mummy. |
| 188 | * ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' has Count Dracula attempting to raise an army of darkness with the assistance of Frankenstein's Monster, a werewolf, a mummy, and a gill-man. |
| 189 | * A recurring staple of the ''Wrestling/ElSanto'' series and other MaskedLuchador films. |
| 190 | * Downplayed in ''Film/SaturdayThe14th'', as while many of the classic horror movie monsters are present (vampires, werewolves, aliens, mummies, fish people, etc.), only the vampires have any direct effect on the plot (being there to obtain a book), with the alien and the fish-monster each being a OneSceneWonder and the rest appearing as background extras. |
| 191 | * ''Film/StanHelsing'' has parodies of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]. |
| 192 | * The 1985 farce ''Film/Transylvania65000'' has two tabloid reporters journey to Transylvania to seek out the truth behind reports of Frankenstein's monster roaming a town. After some false starts they wind up encountering not only it but also TheIgor and his similarly hunchbacked wife, a seductive female vampire, a WolfMan, a swamp creature, and a MadScientist who is keeping all of them in check and also keeps a mummy on the premises of the local castle. [[spoiler:Subverted in that none of them are actually monsters, just misfit humans the scientist is helping -- "Frankenstein's monster" is a car accident victim rebuilt with what the scientist could afford due to corrupt officials, the "wolf man" has hypertrichosis, the "mummy" is an ugly woman recovering from extensive plastic surgery, the "swamp creature" is a contortionist, and the "vampire" is a lovesick woman who adopted the persona to compensate for insecurity. The "hunchbacks" have the postures they do because they're constantly subservient to others.]] |
| 193 | * ''Film/TrickRTreat'' tells a series of interconnected stories set in a small town over Halloween Night. The stories include {{undead child}}ren, a SerialKiller, a vampire [[spoiler:(actually the above SerialKiller pulling a ScoobyDooHoax), werewolves]], and the whole thing is orchestrated by a CreepyChild dressed like a [[ScaryScarecrows scarecrow]] [[spoiler:who turns out to be a PumpkinPerson]]. |
| 194 | * ''Film/VanHelsing'' includes Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, Dracula, his brides, several werewolves, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and [[TheIgor a certain hunchback]] thrown in for good measure. Van Helsing mentions having fought gargoyles and warlocks in the past, and a deleted scene features a gillman-like creature living in Dracula's castle. Made by Universal, all this was an attempt at doing a throwback to the Universal Monsters "shared universe", [[StillbornFranchise though it never went beyond the one film]]. |
| 195 | * The ''Film/{{Waxwork}}'' films do this, and also incorporate RealLife baddies like the Marquis de Sade. The [[Film/WaxworkIILostInTime second flick]] steps outside the horror genre to include a fantasy EvilOverlord, although horror characters remain in the majority. |
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| 198 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 199 | * ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'' has this in the army emerging from the Black Gate of Fordor: |
| 200 | -->Forth from the gate burst a hundred thousand rabid narcs swinging bicycle chains and tire irons, followed by drooling divisions of pop-eyed changelings, deranged zombies and distempered werewolves. At their shoulders marched eight score heavily armored griffins, three thousand goose-stepping mummies, and a column of abominable snowmen on motorized bobsleds; at their flanks tramped six companies of slavering ghouls, eighty parched vampires in white tie, and the Phantom of the Opera. Above them the sky was blackened by the dark shapes of vicious pelicans, houseflies the size of two-car garages, and Rodan the Flying Monster. Through the portals streamed more foes of various forms and descriptions, including a six-legged diplodocus, the Loch Ness Monster, King Kong, Godzilla, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes, the Brain from Planet Arous, three different subphyla of giant insects, [[Franchise/TheThing the Thing]], [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061826/ It]], Literature/{{She}}, Film/{{Them}}, and [[Film/TheBlob1958 the Blob]]. The great tumult of their charge could have waked the dead, were they not already bringing up the rear. |
| 201 | * Creator/CliveBarker's short novel ''Literature/{{Cabal}}'', later filmed as ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}''. The monsters live in Midian in Canada. In the book Clive Barker's Nightbreed Chronicles, Barker explains the origins of many of these monsters, indicating that they did not share a common origin. One monster had its origin as a mutant engineered by the Central Powers during World War I (reminiscent of the G-8 series, which often featured paranormal entities devised by Central Powers researchers) and another a person mutated by a meteor (similar to Doc Savage's foe Mo-Gwei, Vandal Savage, Meteor Man, and L?Île aux trente cercueils by Maurice [=LeBlanc=]). |
| 202 | * ''Literature/CityOfDevils'', ''Literature/FiftyFeetOfTrouble'', and ''Literature/WolfmanConfidential'' take place in a world in which every Universal, b-movie, and legendary monster comprise the ordinary John and Jane Does of the world. |
| 203 | * Creator/KevinJAnderson's ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' novels take place in the Unnatural Quarter, a neighborhood set aside for undead, fairy-tale beings, and other supernatural folk generated by or emerged in the wake of the Big Uneasy. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/{{Department 19}}'' features werewolves, vampires and FrankensteinsMonster. |
| 205 | * ''The Devil's League'' has near-perfect attendance: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], a [[MadScientist mad scientist]], a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]], a [[OurGargoylesRock gargoyle]], an [[Literature/TheInvisibleMan invisible man]], [[WitchClassic witches]], [[EvilSorcerer sorcerers]], [[FishPeople fish people]], [[ArtificialAnimalPeople human-beast hybrids]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], multiple [[HunterofMonsters monster hunters]], a [[BandageMummy living mummy]] [[Film/TheScorpionKing and his scorpion man]], and featuring a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] protagonist (who later [[spoiler:becomes a [[HybridMonster triple-hybrid-monster]]]]). Now ''that's'' a graveyard smash. |
| 206 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 207 | ** As of ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', the Ankh-Morpork Police Department has, in addition to various humans: a werewolf, a vampire, a zombie, some gargoyles, a golem, an [[MagiTek imp-based PDA]], a gnome, an [[TheIgor Igor]], a KingIncognito, a {{Medusa}}, many trolls, many dwarves, a Nac Mac Feegle raised by gnomes [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Cpl. Nobby Nobbs]]. |
| 208 | ** And for those of you who haven't read the books, Nobby really does deserve a place on that list. He carries a card, signed by the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork and a local midwife of some skill, stating that, [[AmbiguouslyHuman on the balance of probability, Nobby really is a human being]]. That's all you really need to know about him. |
| 209 | ** In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', before all the monsters started joining the Watch, the Fresh Start Club included two zombies, one [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshee]], one [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight bogeyman]], a vampire, the vampire's wife who [[VampireVannabe isn't a vampire but insists on acting like one]], a ghoul (retired), and a wolf who turns into a WolfMan at full moon. |
| 210 | ** And of course there is [[Series/{{Cheers}} Biers]], the bar where ''[[ShoutOut everybody knows your shape]]'', which is ''literally'' where Ankh-Morpork's monsters and Undead go to unwind over a drink. |
| 211 | * The ''Donal Riordan'' a.k.a ''Tristopolis'' novels by British sci-fi writer John Meaney are set in another dimension where necromancy and other magic is just part of the local TwentyMinutesInTheFuture technology and humans co-exist with banshees, zombies, hellhounds, ghosts and other things that bump in the night. |
| 212 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. The main character is a wizard and frequently [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire teams up with an incubus]], which in this setting is the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent most humanlike kind of vampire]]. Other occasional assistants/sidekicks include werewolves, faeries and [[KnightInShiningArmor Knights in Shining Armor]]. In addition, a few villains resemble this trope, particularly the phobophages (shapeshifting faeries that feed on fear) that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin disguised themselves as movie monsters]] to use their reputations for horror, including CaptainErsatz versions of [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a Xenomorph]]. And [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]]. |
| 213 | * ''Literature/ExtremeMonsters'' was a book series published by Penny Candy Press about preteen monsters who enjoyed playing extreme sports. The main group consisted of a skateboarding vampire named Val, a street luging witch named Jinx, an in-line skating werewolf named Wulf, a BMX biking Frankenstein monster named Steiner, a speed climbing mummy named Mumford and their mad scientist coach Doc. |
| 214 | * The novel ''Literature/FamilyBites'' by Lisa Williams is about a family of friendly neighborhood werewolves whose new neighbors turn out to be {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s. |
| 215 | * S.A. Sidor's WeirdWest adventure ''Fury From The Tomb'' features mummies, ghouls, vaguely-Lovecraftian shape-changing worms, jiangshi, weird monastic death cultists, a portal to the afterlife, and a voodoo witch. The sequel, ''The Beast Of Nightfall Lodge'', adds jaguar shape-changers, a ghost-summoning spirit medium, a decapitated alien head in a keg of booze, the chemically-revived corpse of Billy the Kid, a talking mastiff, and a nigh-unstoppable wendigo to the roster of weird. |
| 216 | * Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' not only features a boy raised by ghosts, but also an organisation called the Honour Guard consisting of a vampire, a werewolf, a mummy and some sort of djinn. |
| 217 | * Norman Bridwell wrote ''How to Care for Your Monster'' and ''Monster Holidays'', in which children were shown how to treat classic monsters as essentially pets. |
| 218 | * ''Literature/InCryptid'': |
| 219 | ** The Baker family is a homage to ''Series/TheMunsters'', with a [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstein Monster]][=/=]RevenantZombie as the dad, a [[PsychicPowers Johrlac]][[note]]A species of {{Backstory Invader}}s invented by the author[[/note]] as the mom, and their three adopted children: A human, a bogeyman, and another Johrlac. |
| 220 | ** Dave's Fish and Strips, the bogeyman-run strip club Verity works at in the first book (later renamed The Freakshow) is staffed almost entirely by cryptids. Species working there include [[GorgeousGorgon gorgons]], {{tanuki}}, and [[{{therianthrope}} waheela]]. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/WaywardChildren'' has the world of The Moors, a GothicHorror setting where power is divided up between the vampire aristocrats, human {{Mad Scientist}}s who can raise the dead by harnessing the power of lightning, werewolves, and the Lovecraftian Old Gods. The four groups are all antagonistic to each other and serve to act as a balancing force for each other: if a vampire lord starts becoming too cruel and destructive, a mad scientist is likely to attack him with an army of his reanimated victims, for example. |
| 222 | * The eponymous ''Literature/{{IT}}'' can [[IKnowWhatYouFear become the heroes]] worst fears i.e Film/{{The Mummy|1932}}, WolfMan (the teenage Werewolf), {{Dracula}}, FrankensteinsMonster, Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, Film/{{Rodan}}, and a witch (specifically the one from Literature/HanselAndGretel). IT also has less iconic forms such as Film/TheCrawlingEye and a Paul Bunyan statue. It's more than likely that The Loser's Club watching Horror Movies at cinema as children played part in the eponymous antagonist's {{Shapeshifting}} especially since IT generally looks different to each member of the club. And of course its default appearance is a MonsterClown and while YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm, the closest we get is a GiantSpider. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/KittyNorville'', likewise, features both friendly and unfriendly [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. As the [[MeaningfulName ironically named]] main character is a werewolf, you'd expect most of the bloodsuckers to be villains, but she's allied to more than she's made enemies. The werewolf packs and nearest vampire families usually keep a cooperative connection. The best example of a Monster Mash in this series is ''Kitty's House of Horrors'', where the premise is a reality show starring all the B-list celebrities who are or claim to be supernatural: Kitty the werewolf talk radio host, a werewolf pro wrestler, a were-seal state legislator, a TV medium and stage magician who are both the real thing, a vampire beauty pageant winner, and a psychic supernatural debunker TV show star. |
| 224 | * The ''Literature/MercyThompson'' series has both friendly and [[FurAgainstFang unfriendly]] fae, werewolves, vampires, witches, sorcerers and walkers (Native American shapeshifters) so far. Wizards, druids and angels are mentioned, and Charles' mother gave him Native American magic similar to shamanism. The various species don't ''like'' each other -- we are talking TheFairFolk and AlwaysChaoticEvil vamps whose best defector gleefully [[ShootTheDog shoots]] and [[KickTheDog kicks the dog]] -- but there are nastier things out in the night. Like demons or politicians. |
| 225 | * ''The Monster Club'' by Creator/RChetwyndHayes. Hidden beneath the streets of London is a dark and dreadful establishment known as The Monster Club, where vampires indulge in a rather different kind of Bloody Mary and ghouls tear into their gruesome repasts. Here, along with the usual monsters -- vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and some of Dr Frankenstein's more freakish creations -- you'll find other, less familiar ones. You'll meet the frightening Fly-by-Night, the hideous shaddy, the horrible mock, and the dreaded shadmock, perhaps the most terrible of all. Later made into [[Film/TheMonsterClub a film]]. |
| 226 | * ''Literature/ANightInTheLonesomeOctober'' by Creator/RogerZelazny features versions of Literature/{{Dracula}}, Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}, Film/{{The Wolf Man|1941}} (who's [[Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon American]]), Literature/SherlockHolmes, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, and UsefulNotes/{{Rasputin| the Mad Monk}}, as well as a CuteWitch, a [[HoYay pair]] of {{Evil Sorcerer}}s, a Druid, a SinisterMinister, and their TalkingAnimal {{Familiar}}s. |
| 227 | * With the possible exception of Godzilla, any common monster or member of the undead is likely to be found drinking in Strangefellows in one ''{{Literature/Nightside}}'' book or another. |
| 228 | * Daniel Gonzalez's ''Literature/{{Ravencraft}}'' series has Laura Talbot (a werewolf), Lucilla (a vampire), Abigail Valdemar (a zombie/Frankenstein-like creature) and Donovan Fort (a monster hunter) as main characters. Also Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and other many evil werewolves, vampires and other monsters as villains. |
| 229 | * The ''Literature/ShiversMDSpenser'' entry, "Watch 'em Kill", where the protagonist unesxpectedly comes into posession of a bunch of pills [[MiracleGroMonster turning out to be compressed monsters]], growing on contact with water. All the monsters are the stock variety lifted from Universal Horror films, ranging from a mummy to a werewolf and a vampire. |
| 230 | * ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' initially appears to be based on this to most readers, though it is not exactly on a voluntary basis -- the WizardingSchool, Magisterius University, has ''graciously'' established a separate dorm for the non-humans and part-humans, supposedly to make them feel less pressured to conform to human ways but in actuality at least in part to keep the freaks out of sight. The characters' foibles, both personal and racial, make up a significant part of the series. |
| 231 | * Kelley Armstrong wrote a novel with only werewolves. She then called the series ''Literature/WomenOfTheOtherworld'' and included witches, demons, and other supernaturals to be able to not be stuck only writing about werewolves. |
| 232 | * ''Literature/MonsterOfTheYear'': The basic premise of the entire novel. The cast includes a Frankenstein's monster, a vampire, a gill man, a wolfman, a mummy, two hunchbacks (Quasimodo and Igor), a miniature Godzilla expy, and a Phantom of the Opera in a "Blink-And-You'll-Miss-It" cameo. |
| 233 | * ''Literature/UniversalMonsters'': Book 6 sees the return of all the previous monsters -- Dracula, Larry Talbot's Wolf Man, the Frankenstein Monster, the Mummy and the Gill Man -- and introduces the Bride, bringing the six creatures together for the first time in the setting. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 237 | * A 1983 failed TV pilot ''1313th Avenue'' had a group of monsters and supernatural beings sharing an apartment building while trying to maintain a {{Masquerade}}. |
| 238 | * ''Series/Akumaizer3'': The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Akuma Clan]]'s ranks include [[DemBones walking skeletons]], western monsters like {{Dracula}} and FrankensteinsMonster, {{Wicked Witch}}s, {{Oni}} brothers, other {{Youkai}}, [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and other Japanese mythological monsters like Namazu. |
| 239 | * In the ''Series/ANTFarm'' episode, "[=MutANT=] Farm", while the older students are humans, all of the [=ANTs=] Are Monsters: |
| 240 | ** Chyna: Medusa |
| 241 | ** Olive: Mad scientist |
| 242 | ** Fletcher: Vampire |
| 243 | ** Gibson: Mummy |
| 244 | ** Angus: Zombie |
| 245 | ** Wacky: Werewolf |
| 246 | * The BBC 3 show ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'' (and its Syfy [[Series/{{BeingHuman|US}} remake]]) have a vampire, a werewolf and a female ghost as flatmates. |
| 247 | * ''Big Bad Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'' had a mummy, a vampire, a Frankenstein-style monster, a group of pixies, a ghoul, a living statue, and a "phantasm" all sharing a haunted house. Surprisingly, while ''they'' were real, the heroes and villains of the show were ''not'': the Beetleborg powers were pulled out of the world of fiction by a spell the phantasm cast, and the villains were also pulled out of that world as a GoneHorriblyWrong side effect. |
| 248 | * ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'' certainly counts to a degree. The main character, a werewolf is routinely tasked with fighting many supernatural threats, which range from traditional monsters like demons, vampires and other werewolves, to fantastical beings like warlocks, spider people and a genie, to the more esoteric like robots, a Freddie Krueger analogue with cable-based powers, an imaginary friend and even a greaser pulled out of a fictional 50s movie. |
| 249 | * The ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'' is a big ol' Monster Mash having abundance of Vampires, Witches, Werewolves, Frankenstein Monsters, Ghosts, Mummies, Dragons, Zombies, living ventriloquist dolls, a shit load of demons, cyborg ninja assassins and more than a couple EldritchAbomination(s). |
| 250 | ** In Season 4 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Adam attempts to create an alliance between vampires and demons to fight humans. |
| 251 | --->'''Giles:''' ...And yet you say that the, the vampire went to the demon's aid. The two of them were working as a team?\ |
| 252 | '''Buffy:''' Everything except giving each other little pats on the behind. |
| 253 | ** Buffy's own group of friends is a bit like a monster mash, too. There are Slayers (Buffy and Faith), Vampires (Angel and Spike), Witches (Willow, Tara and Giles), a Werewolf (Oz), an ex-Demon (Anya), a Demon (Clem), with a couple of [[BadAssNormal normal humans]] thrown in the mix. |
| 254 | * A ''Series/ChappellesShow'' sketch had a mummy, werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster who were roommates and all victims of FantasticRacism. |
| 255 | * ''Series/DarkShadows'' had witches, vampires, a werewolf, a FrankensteinsMonster, ghosts, {{Captain Ersatz}}es of Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde, and even an EldritchAbomination. They managed to miss mummies, though. If it had lasted long enough, they might have gotten mummies and a robot. ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' (original version, also produced by Dan Curtis) made up for the lack. |
| 256 | * The 1965 ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]" had a cameo by Frankenstein's monster, Dracula and a ghost called the Grey Lady [[spoiler:or rather, androids based on them]]. |
| 257 | * The 1979 HalloweenSpecial ''The Halloween That Almost Wasn't'', released on video as ''The Year Dracula Saved The World'', in which DenserAndWackier versions of Count Dracula (played by Creator/JuddHirsch), Igor, the Werewolf, the Frankenstein Monster, the Zombie and the Mummy all try to convince The Witch to not quit her job in order to save Halloween. |
| 258 | * The 1970s Canadian 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]]. |
| 259 | * ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' has an overall horror theme, specifically based on the Universal Monsters. As a result, the villains are vampires and the main character is a {{Dhampyr}} whose Rider powers come from a talking bat and include alternate forms based on a werewolf, gillman and a [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstein Monster]], as well as a base of operations which is a dragon bonded to the mold of a castle. TheMovie introduces two villainous Riders with powers based off of demons and Yeti, as well as another monster race whose members include a Gorgon, a Mandragora, a Gargoyle and a Mummy. |
| 260 | * There was a short lived 70s TV series called ''Series/MonsterSquad'' ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks unrelated to the movie pictured above]]) that is too campy to be believed. About a wax museum security guard whose "Crime Computer" brings the replicas of Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and The Wolf Man to life. They solve crimes to [[TheAtoner make up]] for their namesakes' past misdeeds. |
| 261 | * From ''Series/MrShow'': Monster Parties: Fact or Fiction? |
| 262 | * ''Series/TheMunsters'' as a case of a CreepyFamily, has the father Herman (a FrankensteinsMonster), the mother [[Myth/{{Lilith}} Lily]] (a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]), the grandfather [[{{Dracula}} Sam "Grandpa" Dracula]] (a [[{{Shapeshifting}} vampire/werewolf]]), the only son [[WolfMan Eddie]] (a werewolf with some vampiric tendencies), the niece [[TokenHuman Marilyn]] (the DamselInDistress), [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Spot]] (the [[{{Kaiju}} Godzilla-like dragon pet]]) and [[CatsAreMagic a black cat]] [[PantheraAwesome that roars like a lion]], all similar in looks (albeit not in behavior) to the classic Universal Monsters. |
| 263 | * ''Series/PennyDreadful'' is a megacrossover of famous Victorian horror literature that features characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'', and in the final season [[spoiler:''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'']], as well as less work-specifically witches, a werewolf, and {{Satan}} himself. |
| 264 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is a veritable FantasyKitchenSink, but this trope is explicitly invoked in one episode during Season 4, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]", where the Winchesters investigate killings apparently perpetrated by the famous silver-screen monsters (See header picture above) themselves. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a {{Shapeshift|ing}}er who specifically tries to emulate them.]] The entire episode is a ShoutOut to classic horror movies. |
| 265 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': |
| 266 | ** In an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', Adam has a dream where his friends are a vampire, a werewolf, a mummy, a witch, a mad scientist, TheIgor, and a Film/BrideOfFrankenstein-like monster. |
| 267 | ** The villains of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''/''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' had this kind of horror motif, starting with a Frankensteinish cyborg, a vampiress, a WolfMan (actually a knight in wolf-themed armor, but the reference is there), and zombie-like {{Mooks}}. The Frankenstein later got replaced by a mummy, then a whole other group came in led by a [[FishPeople gillman]], and they all worked for a Cthulhu-like EldritchAbomination. |
| 268 | ** The summer vacation arc of ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' feature a trio of "Western Youkai" based on Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man, summoned by Ariake-no-Kata. They all got adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', but they don't appear together even in the Halloween episode (in fact, only the Dracula-based one appears in it!). |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 272 | * The {{Trope Namer|s}} is "Monster Mash", a classic 1962 novelty hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. Narrated by a MadScientist with a Creator/BorisKarloff-type voice, it mentions [[FrankensteinsMonster his monster]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] (including {{Dracula}} and [[Film/SonOfDracula his son]]), the [[Film/TheWolfMan1941 Wolf Man]], [[TheIgor Igor]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] and [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]]. Pickett would record several additional tunes in the same vein, most notably the [[ChristmasSongs Christmas-themed]] "Monster's Holiday". |
| 273 | * Music/DieArzte has a song called "Monsterparty" which has the protagonist attending a party at [[{{Dracula}} Dracula's castle]] where he meets [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]], Franchise/KingKong, FrankensteinsMonster, Film/{{The Wolfman|1941}}, [[DemBones a skeleton]], [[Film/{{Jaws}} the Great White Shark]], The {{Mummy}} and [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]]. |
| 274 | * "Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor" by Music/TheBigBopper, released as the B-side to his 1958 hit "Chantilly Lace". |
| 275 | * The spoken preamble to "A Gorey Demise", by Music/CreatureFeature, is a group of undead monsters having a dinner party. |
| 276 | * The song "Crasher-vania" from ''Music/StarBomb'', released by the WebVideo/GameGrumps, tells of Dracula throwing a big party for himself and all of his monster friends, when Simon Belmont crashes the party (twice) and kills everyone except Dracula [[VillainsOutShopping under the misguided assumption that they were all up to no good]]. Although when Dracula asks [[WhatTheHellHero what Simon's deal is]], Simon admits that it was because he never gets invited to parties. |
| 277 | * On Halloween 2013, Music/{{Megadeth}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne8M8vkwA2U performed for Jimmy Kimmel as classic monsters]]: Dave Mustaine hid all his hair under Frankenstein's head, bassist David Ellefson was a werewolf, Chris Broderick dressed as the Phantom of the Opera (though he removed the mask fairly early) and drummer Shawn Drover became Dracula. |
| 278 | * Ookla the Mok's "Bride of the Wolfman" starts out with the WolfMan angsting about how he feels unloved. Then the mummy comes to cheer him up. Dracula and Frankenstein are mentioned as mutual acquaintances. |
| 279 | * Music/BuckOwens had a 1974 single called "(It's a) Monster's Holiday" (no relation to the Bobby "Boris" Pickett Christmas tune mentioned above). Incidentally, it was one of the last songs to feature the talents of Don Rich, who died in a motorcycle accident shortly after this song was recorded: |
| 280 | -->''Frankenstein was first in line\ |
| 281 | And the Wolf Man came up next\ |
| 282 | Dracula was doing his stuff\ |
| 283 | Breathing down my neck...'' |
| 284 | * In 1973 the all-female dance troupe Pan's People made a video to the original song in which they dressed as CuteMonsterGirl versions of a vampire, a bat, a {{mummy}}, Franchise/KingKong and an [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien]]. Only one of these monsters was mentioned in the song, but top marks for originality. |
| 285 | * Music/PaulAndStorm's "Lame Monster Party", which parodies the theme (but not the tune) of "Monster Mash". |
| 286 | * Music/AdamWarrock's "Zombie Girl": It's implied that the eponymous character's friends are Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and The Wolfman. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 290 | * The music video of Music/BackstreetBoys' song "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" features each band member as a different monster (Brian is a werewolf, Howie is Dracula, Nick is a mummy, A.J. is the Phantom of the Opera, and Kevin is [[JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]] with [[TwoFaced half of his face covered in makeup]]). |
| 291 | * Music/ChinaAnneMcClain's music video "Calling All the Monsters" features all sorts of monsters. |
| 292 | * Low bass cover by Geoff(s) Castellucci(s) of the VoicePlay acapella group. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 296 | * ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters'' is centered around one of these, in the form of a barbecue party. |
| 297 | * The pinball machine ''Pinball/MonsterBash'' requires the player to gather the Franchise/UniversalHorror mainstays Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Creature From The Black Lagoon so they can re-form their rock band. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 301 | * The fine folks of the Amnesty lodge in ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty''. Aubrey is a magician (who can use actual magic), Dani is [[InsistentTerminology not a vampire]], Moira [[spoiler:and Dewey, now]] are ghosts, and the Lodge's chef is a(?) Bigfoot named Barclay. Indrid Cold/Mothman and two different species of [[BeastMan goat-people]] (one being a bureaucrat living on another planet named Vincent, and the other being a defected minion who looks exactly like Ryan Gosling and can only say "Duck", "pizza", and "grow" named [[{{Pun}} Billy]]) also appear. |
| 302 | * The dimension-hopping Gemini arc of ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' takes the girls to a GothicHorror world where [[spoiler:''they'' become the classic monsters. Summer's a Frankenstein, Autumn's a werewolf, Spring's an invisible woman, Winter's a gillman, and Vivaldi's the Phantom of the Opera. Later on they find that Ethan and his mother are vampires, and Harmony developed a Hyde-esque potion]]. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 306 | * Invoked by the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1995, as [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea the Master (King Curtis Iaukea)]] and [[Wrestling/KevinSullivan "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan]] assembled the initial group of [[TheGiant giants]], [[WrestlingMonster monsters]] and oddballs such as [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake the Zodiac]], [[Wrestling/JohnTenta the Shark]], and [[Wrestling/RonReis the Yeti]] for [[LegionOfDoom the purpose of]] destroying [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]]. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 310 | * ''Series/LilHorrors'' is set in an AllGhoulsSchool with a student body consisting of a [[VegetarianVampire vampire]]; a FrankensteinsMonster; a {{Mummy}}; a [[FishPeople gill man]]; a GorgeousGorgon; a [[WolfMan werewolf]]; a [[TheIgor hunchback]]; and two [[OurGargoylesRock grotesques/gargoyles]]. |
| 311 | * The HalloweenEpisode of ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' has an ImagineSpot song with Holly as a witch, Jacob as FrankensteinsMonster, Gloria as a MadScientist, and Iggy as a ghost. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 315 | * ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' had a sourcebook more or less revolving around this: "Cold Hands, Dark Hearts". In a twist rather like Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer, almost all modern monsters are actually 'watered down' descendents of the real big nasties who once dominated the world before being sealed away. Vampires, Ghosts, Oni (the descendents of humans who bred with demons), Nephelim (their angelic counterparts), several types of animal spirit (including Minotaurs and Tengu) and Revenents (basic "dead body walking" type monsters that could, among others, resemble zombies, liches, or FrankensteinsMonster) are some of the creatures covered. For an extra twist, these were your ''player races''. |
| 316 | * In TabletopGame/{{chess}}, the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation of the Vienna Game was named by Tim Harding as the answer to the question, "If the Frankenstein Monster and Count Dracula were to sit down to a game of chess, what would happen?" This is an insanely unorthodox opening in which a White Knight fork forces Black to sacrifice a whole Rook. The December 1978 issue of ''Chess'' included a Frankenstein-Dracula game supposedly from a deleted chapter of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' (which followed the RealLife game of Hansen-Nunn, Students' Olympiad, Teesside 1974). |
| 317 | * ''Creature Feature'', a supplement for the ''TabletopGame/{{Chill}}'' [=RPG=], may have been the first to do this for player characters. Unlike [=WoD=] or ''[=NightLife=]'', it kept the monsters as inherently evil, and gave points for killing heroes and scaring the crap out of hapless human victims. |
| 318 | * Even plain ol' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the potential for this. |
| 319 | ** Especially ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'', the gothic horror setting. And even more so in "TabletopGame/MasqueOfTheRedDeath", set in 19th century Earth, complete with stats for Dracula and Frankenstein. |
| 320 | ** The ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' supplement ''Night Howlers'', while it focused specifically on lycanthropes, had more than enough different strains of werebeast in it to constitute a Monster Mash. |
| 321 | ** 5th Edition's player races include a few watered-down versions of classic monsters, including [[{{dhampyr}} dhampir]], shifters (minor lycanthropes that are only a LittleBitBeastly), hexblood (children of [[MageSpecies hags]] or TheFairFolk), and reborn (who can either be FrankensteinsMonster type constructs or more conventional undead). There's also the locathah FishPeople, although they look less like the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon than they did in previous editions. Dhampirs, reborn, and hexbloods were all added in the same book, ''Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft'', so the Monster Mash potential is likely deliberate. |
| 322 | * The ''raison d'etre'' of the [[CoOpMultiplayer cooperative]] board game ''TabletopGame/{{Horrified}}'' is to pit the players against horror's greatest hits: Dracula, the Wolf Man, Frankenstein and his Bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. |
| 323 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' makes it quite easy to build a Monster Mash party, with its own playable dhampirs, skinwalkers and changelings (equivalent to ''D&D'''s shifters and hexblood, respectively), and [[FishPeople Deep One]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]] straight out of ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''. The Alchemist class is also well-suited to making a JekyllAndHyde type character, and there is an entire host of [[BadPowersGoodPeople sinister options available to heroic characters]]. |
| 324 | * ''TabletopGame/MustBeTuesday'' has a list of 20 playable monsters. Vampires? Yup. Angels? Sure. Robots? Cool. Blob Monsters? Go wild. |
| 325 | * This is basically the entire premise behind the game ''TabletopGame/NightLife'', which features a bewildering array of monsters (many of them usable as player characters) trying to maintain a common {{masquerade}} viz. a humanity that still has them horribly outnumbered while ''also'' keeping themselves both fed and sane. |
| 326 | * In the ''TabletopGame/TrailOfCthulhu'' adventure book ''Shadows Over Filmland'', the player characters have the opportunity to battle CaptainErsatz versions of Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} ('Doctor Gravenhurst'), Literature/TheInvisibleMan ('the Non-Euclidean Man'), and {{Dracula}} (a vampiric dream-spirit of the historical UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler) in individual adventures. In the the adventure "The Preserve", all three are lured to an island where they can face off against their old foes, the player characters, in exchange for the Necronomicon. |
| 327 | * ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness:'' |
| 328 | ** In both the [[TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness old]] and [[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness new]] versions of the [=WoD=], [=PCs=] play any one of a number of horror movie mainstays, and at the behest of the [[GameMaster Storyteller]], can encounter and (most likely) try to kill each other. |
| 329 | ** The original ''World of Darkness'' was specifically built to make crossover games a bad idea, so ''[[http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=52316&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 After Sundown]]'' started as a homebrew fix tailored to allow players to actually play "Monster Mash" type games. After finishing the ruleset, the author decided to strip out the IP for public domain stuff and make it a stand alone game. |
| 330 | ** ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'', what ''New World Of Darkness'' was renamed to after the Second Edition, has a more flexible ruleset that allows crossovers, providing rules and books specifically for it. The "Dark Eras" series focuses on supernatural crossovers at various different time periods: "The Contagion Chronicles" focuses on an entire ''organization'' of supernaturals working together, and ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial'' posits a possible meta-origin for ''all'' brands of monsters via a mythical MonsterProgenitor. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 334 | * OlderThanRadio: Creator/AugustStrindberg's ''The Ghost Sonata'' (1907) includes a mummy, two vampires, a ghost, and a walking dead man. |
| 335 | * ''House of Frankenstein'' by [[http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Downing/e/B001KE26FW/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1270575397&sr=1-4 Martin Downing]] has this as its central premise. Dracula, the Wolfman, and the latest girl stalked by the Phantom of the Opera come to Dr. Frankenstein to have their problems solved by him. HilarityEnsues. This is really the template for most of the scripts he's put out. |
| 336 | * ''Theatre/ImSorryTheBridgeIsOutYoullHaveToSpendTheNight'' was written by Bobby Pickett who wrote the {{Trope Namer|s}} song and has Dracula, Dr Frankenstein, his monster, a werewolf and a mummy living together. Was adapted into ''Film/MonsterMash1995''. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 340 | * Promotional material for the Ride/DisneyThemeParks during the Halloween season often features WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and his associates as classic monsters. Mickey as a vampire, WesternAnimation/{{Minnie|Mouse}} as a witch, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck as a Wolf Duck or devil, and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as a Frankenstein monster seem to be the most common. |
| 341 | * Franchise/TheHauntedMansion has ghosts, zombies, and a mummy throwing a raucous party in a seemingly abandoned (and very haunted) mansion. The ''Haunted Mansion Holiday'' adds the [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas citizens of Halloweentown]] to the mix. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 345 | * Franchise/{{LEGO}} did it three times with the ''Toys/LEGOStudios'' line[[note]][[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]], {{Mummy}}, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], FrankensteinsMonster, plus MadScientist and TheIgor, who was actually [[TheRenfield paired with the vampire]][[/note]], the ''Toys/LEGOMinifigures'' line[[note]][[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], FrankensteinsMonster, the {{Mummy}} plus MadScientist and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombie]], and then an entire monster-themed series reprising all but the Mummy[[/note]], and the ''Monster Fighters'' line[[note]][[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] and bat monsters, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], FrankensteinsMonster, the Mummy, Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghosts]] plus MadScientist and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombies]][[/note]]. The Scooby-Doo line also invoked this, just with costumed people from the show.[[note]]Vampire, Headless Horseman, Mummy, Swamp Creature, Zombie, Ghosts[[/note]] and Toys/LEGOVidiyo featured the "Monster Metal" genre of musicians.[[note]]Banshee, Werewolf, Vampires, Zombie[[/note]] |
| 346 | * ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' springs from this concept, with the main and supporting cast including children of all of the classic Universal monsters and many more mythological and classic horror monsters besides serving as the parents of the freaky characters. |
| 347 | * The very concept of ''Toys/MonsterInMyPocket'' was that the toyline consisted of pocket-size figurines of various monsters from a variety of sources. These include iconic ones such as the Vampire and FrankensteinsMonster, mythological creatures like the [[OurHydrasAreDifferent hydra]] and [[BasiliskAndCockatrice cockatrice]], obscure [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptids]] like the Haniver and the Catoblepas, and even religious beings such as Behemoth and the Great Beast. |
| 348 | * An old discontinued toyline called Titanium '[[http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/3443.shtml Monsters of Rock]]' was pretty much this [[ThePowerOfRock as a rock]] [[RecycledINSPACE band]], with the members being a vampire vocalist and lead guitarist named Brooklyn Von Doom, a werewolf named DJ "Wolfgang" Bones on the turntables, a Frankenstein monster drummer named Franklinstein Fright, and a mummy bassist named Skinny Gawz. |
| 349 | * A cancelled ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' subline of ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' was to consist of Transformers based on horror movie monsters, the only specific figures planned being Count Dracula (who turned into a bat), [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon the Gill-Man]] (who turned into a fish) and [[Film/TheFly1958 The Fly]] (who turned into a giant fly). It is widely believed that the subline was cancelled because of copyright issues (while Dracula is a PublicDomainCharacter, ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' was a Creator/{{Universal}} film and the rights to ''The Fly'' were owned by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]). |
| 350 | * The defunct Xevoz line had an undead faction (the "Unnaturals") that included vampires, ghosts, skeletons, mummies, and Frankenstein monsters in their ranks (the wolfman ended up in the "[[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Meta-Beast]]" faction). And this isn't counting the insects, cyborg/robots, dragons, ''elemental forces of nature personified...'' |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 354 | * The arcade LightGunGame ''VideoGame/AfterDark'' has you playing as two bounty hunters going after various monsters. |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/BarnyardBlast'' have you playing as an andromorphic pig HunterOfMonsters who goes around shooting all sorts of supernatural creatures, including mummies, zombies, pumpkin-headed monsters, and assorted creeps. The game itself is an AffectionateParody of old-school horror-action games like ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' and ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''. |
| 356 | * ''[[VideoGame/BloodyPawsPassionUnleashed Bloody Paws: Passion Unleashed]]'' have you playing as a werewolf, and your enemies being classic monsters, including mummies, zombies, the invisible men, the Grim Reaper, and a FrankensteinsMonster who tries electrocuting you with lightning coils. |
| 357 | * ''Battle Monsters'', a Japanese Mortal Kombat-clone is a fighting game where monsters like a dullahan, a tengu, a gorgon and a Frankenstein's Monster are fighting to win rulership of the monster kingdom which had been held for millennia by a being made of 4 classical elementals. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/BooParty'' is a Steam game that is essentially ''VideoGame/FranksAdventure'' [[RecycledInSpace with]] [[CuteMonsterGirl monster girls]]. The photographer main character is asked by a parapsychologist to take pictures of, among others, a vampire, a witch, a mummy, a mermaid, a werewolf, a plant girl, a demon, a gorgon, a bakeneko (Japanese cat spirit) and even a couple of OctopoidAliens masquerading as human(oid) girls. |
| 359 | * ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' has a young man named Lance Galahad hired by a BrainInAJar named Dr. Nero Neurosis to fix his computer. To get out of paying for his services, Neurosis has his [[TheIgor psychotic hunchbacked assistant Fritz]] try and kill Lance. Lance then must avoid Fritz's attempts at killing him and thwart Neurosis' scheme for world conquest while exploring Neurosis' castle and ends up running into other monsters along the way, including a FrankensteinsMonster named Moose, a pair of witches, and a curvaceous vampire named Vivi. |
| 360 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' practically runs on this trope, with demons and mythical monsters thrown in for extra variety. |
| 361 | ** Hell, even Cthulhu makes an appearance, as does Leatherface (in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia''). The [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI first game]] had almost all of the Universal Studios monsters (Wolfman didn't show up until ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''). |
| 362 | ** The last four paintings in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' all feature the classic movie monsters as the bosses of each area: a buried pyramid for Mummy Man, a chaotic circus for Medusa, the streets of London for the Werewolf, and a haunted academy for Frankenstein's Monster. |
| 363 | * The Council in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' have ''scientifically created'' ([[AppliedPhlebotinum somehow]]) vampires and werewolves that can work together (though are rarely seen together at the same time). During the Halloween event, generic vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, witches and pumpkin people are all about as likely to spawn from Trick or Treating. Really. |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/CoolCoolToon'' features several types of monsters such as a werewolf, invisible men, [[FrankensteinsMonster flesh golems]], mummies, and fish creatures. |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is essentially a Monster Mash in fighting game form. Many classic Universal monsters are represented, including Felicia as one of the fairly obscure Cat People, in addition to later horror movie mainstays like Lord Raptor (zombie), Bishamon (ghostly samurai) and Pyron (alien) -- Morrigan was redone as a succubus (originally she was going to be another vampire and still retains those vampire elements). And then, introduced in one of the sequels was [[CuteAndPsycho B. B. Hood]], a girl who is [[TokenHuman a regular human]], and also an amoral and sociopathic professional monster hunter. She was introduced, in part, to contrast against the monsters, to show that humans [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters have the potential to be as bad, or worse by comparison.]] |
| 366 | * In the Creator/DataEast game ''VideoGame/DeathBrade'', the fighters include a werewolf, a minotaur, a golem and even a fire-breathing dragon. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/DemonsWorld'' is an arcade shooter where your enemies are all classical monsters, from zombies to skeletons and Frankenstein monsters and ghosts. There are also stages which takes you to Asia, where you fight {{Yokai}} for a change. |
| 368 | * The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series include a variety of fantasy staples like succubi, dragons, zombies, ghosts, and cat girls, many of which have class ranks named after various mythological creatures. Made more amusing in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}'', where said monsters can be your school classmates or members of your political party, respectively. |
| 369 | * In ''Dracula: Crazy Vampire'' for the Game Boy Color, the player controls Count Dracula. The main objective is to ally himself with other vampire leaders and recruit them for the final battle (but they only appear in a single screenshot before the last boss). In one stage, Dracula rescues Frankenstein for his bride, and fights a werewolf and a mummy as bosses of their respective stages. |
| 370 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': |
| 371 | ** Among the hundreds of Heroic Spirits you can summon, they also include Vlad III (two versions) (the inspiration of the vampire Dracula), Yu Mei-ren (an Elemental, who is pretty close to a vampire) Frankenstein's Monster (she's the bride, but completed first and otherwise has the same story as the groom), Hessian Lobo (the Hessian is the HeadlessHorseman), several Oni and yokai, Kheiron the centaur, Asterios the minotaur, serial killers (which include Jack the Ripper, the Phantom of the Opera, Gilles de Rais who is the inspiration of Bluebeard), Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, witches (including Medea and Circe), Medusa and her monstrous version called Gorgon, Mephistopheles who is also a MonsterClown, girls who got powers from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s from the Cthulu mythos, giants, robots, etc. |
| 372 | ** Enemies are usually monsters like werewolves, wyverns, dragons, ghosts, living snowmen, golems, zombies, skeletons, ghouls, killer birds, killer insects, killer crabs, killer robots, murder dolls, demon boars, demons, homunculi, giants, possessed samurai armor, sphinxes, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, sentient seed-monsters, sentient alien trees, etc. |
| 373 | * ''Frankenstein'' (or ''VideoGame/FrankensteinTheMonsterReturns'') for the NES features part of the gallery of classic film monsters as bosses: the forest stage has a Merman as an avoidable encounter in a lagoon and a Medusa as the stage boss, and the Manwolf, the Vampire and Frankenstein as bosses in the final stage (surprisingly for the game, the vampire is '''not''' the final boss, but Frankenstein's monster is). |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', a lesser known ''Castlevania'' game, operates with a similar Monster Mash logic just like its parent series: mummies and zombies are common mooks; Medusa, a Golem, and Frankenstein are stage bosses, and Dracula is the last boss. |
| 375 | * All the members from the [[AllGhoulsSchool Occult Team]] in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' are based on popular horror characters. There's a slasher villain, a werewolf, a vampire, a mummy, a Frankenstein monster, a creepy child, a jiang-shi, a killer doll, an alien, two witches, two zombies, three ghosts, and a Dr. Jekyll {{Expy}} as their coach. But in a {{subverted|Trope}} case, none of them are real monsters, just [[CreepyChild weird kids who like the everything supernatural]]. |
| 376 | * The fifth release of ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack'' features a dating game with this premise called ''Monster Seeking Monster''. |
| 377 | * ''VideoGame/KillingZone'' is a monster-themed FightingGame featuring various classic monsters. The protagonist is a muscular wolfman named Gush, and the assorted combatants includes a mummy, a Frankenstein's monster, a living skeleton and inexplicably a gorgon, a harpy and a minotaur. |
| 378 | * 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 [[Franchise/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. |
| 379 | * ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' has the Mad Castle level for this. The {{Mooks}} are zombies (but bandaged up like mummies); the first area's bosses are the Shamans, a pack of werewolves; the second area's boss is [[ThatOneBoss Frank]], FrankensteinsMonster; and the last area's boss is Elise, somewhere between a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] and a vampire. |
| 380 | * The EdutainmentGame ''[[VideoGame/BlasterMysterySeries Math Blaster Mystery: The Great Brain Robbery]]'' has a MadScientist named BigBad Dr. Dabble as the BigBad. His mansion contains monsters who give you puzzles and word problems to solve. They include a bald vampire named Fang, an [[TheIgor an Igor-esque hunchback technician]], a witch known as Granny, a Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon knockoff named Scales, a hooded fellow who looks like TheGrimReaper and two characters called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mummy Lady and Frankenbunny]]. |
| 381 | ** ''Reading Blaster Mystery'' has a cycloptic alien (?) hero trying to foil Dr. Dabble's plot with the help of a ghost. |
| 382 | * The PC game ''VideoGame/MonsterBash'' features several different horror-themed mooks, including but not limited to [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies]], [[DemBones skeletons]], [[HelpingHands severed hands]], [[MundaneMadeAwesome possessed rocking horses]]... |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterBash1982'' has the hero using the power of a magic sword to defeat first Dracula, then Frankenstein's Monster, and finally Chameleon Man; defeat all three, and [[EndlessGame you get to do it again]], at increased difficulty... |
| 384 | * The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game ''VideoGame/MonsterForce'' had the main characters consisting of a vampire named Drac, a werewolf named Wolfie and a Frankenstein monster named Frank, with a mummy named Mina and a female vampire named Drew being included as unlockable characters. |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPC'' have its enemies being classic monsters lifted from Hammer Horror, including vampires, ghosts, werewolves, the Lagoon Creature (looking exactly like the one from the film) right up to mummies, blobs, and the Grim Reaper (who serves as a boss). For some odd reason, the game have {{Man Eating Plant}}s as TheGoomba. |
| 386 | * The NES game ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' had a boy named Mark team up with a gargoyle named Bert to fight an assortment of monsters, including ghosts, dancing zombies, a minotaur, a gorgon, a man-eating plant, and a GiantSpider. |
| 387 | * The obscure [=PlayStation=] RacingGame, ''VideoGame/MonsterRacer'', which recycles the format from ''Mario Kart'' but adapts it in a monster world. You can play as a Frankenstein's monster, a vampire, a floating skeleton, an Igor-esque MadScientist, a witch (on a FlyingBroomstick, of course) among other public-domain monsters. |
| 388 | * In ''VideoGame/MuppetMonsterAdventure'', Franchise/TheMuppets are transformed into classic monsters. Gonzo becomes Nose-feratu the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]], Kermit becomes Ker-Monster (FrankensteinsMonster), Piggy becomes the Ghoulfriend of Ker-Monster (the Bride), Fozzie becomes a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Wocka-Wocka Werebear]] and Clifford becomes a [[FishPeople Muck Monster]]. There's also a FinalBoss who is meant to be the Phantom of the Opera. |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/NightSlashers'' is an arcade BeatEmUp with various movie monsters as enemies. The boss fights include a MadScientist, a FrankensteinsMonster, an EvilPuppeteer and his living puppet, a rock monster, a vampire, a mummy, TheGrimReaper, and a robotic skeletal demon named King Zarutz as the final boss. |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nosferatu}}'': Imagine Castlevania but set in modern times and the whip was exchanged for kickboxing. You get ''Nosferatu'' where you try and rescue your girlfriend from the vampire Nosferatu and his minions -- elite and otherwise such as wolfman, golem, mummies, zombies and etc. |
| 391 | * ''VideoGame/OmenOfSorrow'' is a horror FightingGame featuring {{Dracula}} (as a TragicMonster), a werewolf, a mummy, a Frakenstein-kind golem, Quasimodo the Hunchback, Mr. Hyde having completely taken over Jekyll's body, a succubus, a headless horseman and an chaos goddess. The only human playable character is not fully human himself and risks becoming a monster. |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' has a party that includes a hideously scarred immortal/regenerating human, a floating talking skull [[spoiler:which is actually a damned soul]], a part-demon girl with a tail, a succubus with pink bat wings, a githzerai (tall, thin, pointy-eared extraplanar humanoid), a malfunctioning clockwork robot, a perpetually burning man who is a living conduit to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and a ghost in a suit of armor. |
| 393 | * The band Deuil from ''VideoGame/PopnMusic'' consists of a vampire, a werewolf, and a mummy. |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', set in {{Uberwald}} with the villains being heavily inspired by Franchise/UniversalHorror monsters. Mother Miranda is a somewhat a mix of a FallenAngel and a WickedWitch, Alcina Dimitrescu and [[VampiresHarem her "daughters"]] are about as close to {{Classical Movie Vampire}}s as you can get in a game that's still technically SciFiHorror rather than supernatural, Donna Beneviento is an EvilPuppeteer with an army of {{Creepy Doll}}s and a strong ghost motif, Salvatore Moreau resembles a cross between the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon and [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]], and Karl Heisenberg is a {{steampunk}} MadScientist in [[DrFakenstein the mold]] of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]]. The monsters you face in the village itself, meanwhile, strongly resemble [[WolfMan werewolves]]. |
| 395 | * ''VideoGame/SavageHalloween'' have monsters from the afterlife escaping after Halloween,with you battling assorted enemies from {{Frankensteins Monster}}s to ghosts to vampires and the Grim Reaper throughout. You notably get to play as three monsters yourself; a StingyJack named James, a witch named Dominika, and a werewolf named Lulu. |
| 396 | * 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. |
| 397 | * With the right expansion packs -- particularly the Supernatural pack --, you can turn ''Videogame/TheSims'' into this. Your Sim family can be populated with vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, and even mermaids. |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' eschews classical movie monsters for those of '80s slasher movies and splatterpunk novels. Rick take on poltergeists, fishmen, zombies, worm things, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, unclean spirits, chainsaw wackos, gorier versions of Frankenstein's monster and a MadScientist. Heck, with his Terror Mask, Rick himself is like an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. |
| 399 | * During a Solar Eclipse in ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', hordes of classical monsters attack on the surface, such as Reapers, Swamp Things, Frankenstein's Monsters, Vampires, and Cyclops Zombies. Pity there are no werewolves or skeletons, as they can only appear at night or underground respectively. In the 1.3 update, various monsters based on horror monsters were added, such as Film/{{Psycho}}, [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Creature From the Deep]], [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Butcher]], [[Film/TheFly1958 Dr. ManFly]], Film/{{Mothr|a}}on, [[Film/TheExorcist The Possessed]], [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Nailhead]], [[Film/{{Phantasm}} Deadly Spheres]], and [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Fritz]]. |
| 400 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Gensokyo, being pretty much the definition of a FantasyKitchenSink, hosts plenty of tea parties between witches, vampires, {{miko}}, ghosts, fairies, aliens, oni, goddesses, and more. |
| 401 | * ''VideoGame/TheUltimateHauntedHouse'' features a ghost (based on and voiced by the game's creator Gahan Wilson) with a SplitPersonality, a MadScientist (whose assistant is also named Igor), a vampire woman, a FrankensteinsMonster, a two-headed monster, a living skeleton who's under a curse, and various other monsters such as a zombie and a BlobMonster all living in the titular haunted house. Furthermore, the game's soundtrack includes the {{Trope Namer|s}}. |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/UrbanRivals'': Half of the Nightmare clan consists of common monsters such as zombies, ghosts and vampires, others are based off horror movie characters. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/VampireSurvivors'' has hordes of zombies, skeletons, mummies, werewolves, ghosts, carnivorous plants, medusae, witches, warlocks, cockatrices, chimeras, minotaurs, lizardmen, even [[spoiler:Biblically-accurate angels]]... [[NonIndicativeName but not a single vampire.]] The [[MonsterCompendium bestiary]] is very specific that the swarms of bats are simply animals, "and nothing more." |
| 404 | * The Undead Scourge from ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' has waking skeletons, zombies, mummies, vampiric demons, {{Frankensteins Monster}}ish abominations armed with hooks and meat cleavers, magic devourers, gargoyles, undead dragons, necromancers, cultists, and fallen paladins make up its ranks. Not to mention [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent worgen]] opposing them come the release of the Cataclysm expansion for ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' apart from the eponymous zombies, has killer dolls, chainsaw psychos, mummies, aliens, blobs, fishmen, vampires, werewolves and giant babies. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 409 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': The Fifth Holy Grail War has three Greek heroes, two of them being [[spoiler:Medusa and the witch Medea]]. The former isn't portrayed as the typical monster you would imagine, due to the fact that she isn't summoned as [[spoiler:Gorgon]]. |
| 410 | * ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' and its sequel, naturally given its premise. Players play as either a LivingShadow, [[OurGeniesAreDifferent a djinn]], an AttractiveZombie, and a FrankensteinsMonster. The main romance options of the first game consist of a BigRedDevil, a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]], a CuteGhostGirl, a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]], and a GorgeousGorgon. The Second Term DLC adds an AdorableAbomination and a ArtificialIntelligence to the main romances -- characters who were secret romances before the DLC. That's not getting into all the side characters and secret romances! |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 414 | * The [[http://www.bogleech.com/flash/FEARHOLE1-PILOT.html pilot]] of [[http://bogleech.com/animations.html The Fear Hole]] has the classic universal monsters as the first creatures to come out of the titular hole. Well, them and [[OurMonstersAreWeird THE CREEPING COLON!]]. Whose film was shot into the sun. |
| 415 | * ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'' gives the trope a robotic twist. In addition to each episode paying a tribute to horror movies, the Disassembly Drones are clearly robotic equivalents to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], Doll and Uzi's Absolute Solver abilities allude to [[WickedWitch witchcraft]], with [[spoiler: Uzi's transformation]] being reminiscent of the [[spoiler: horror depiction of [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent lycanthropy]]]], and there are literal [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie drones]]. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 419 | * ''Webcomic/AllSaintsStreet'' is the story of monsters from around the world -- a demon, a vampire, a werewolf, a mummy and his raven familiar, a zombie, their angel landlord, and the drunk cat {{youkai}} that lives by -- all sharing a Chinese apartment. |
| 420 | * ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' has a main cast featuring a werewolf, a ghoul, and a vampire. Among the supporting characters are a Frankenstein, a mad scientist and her dinosaur sidekick, an invisible man, and a blob monster. |
| 421 | * The original concept of the [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/ comic]] ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' was to play with this particular trope. Living in the same cabin in the woods are a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]], an [[DreamWalker alp]], two [[TheUndead zombies]] (one is a [[CuteWitch witch]], the other a hoodoo practitioner) a bipedal merboy (basically a [[FishPeople Gillman]]), a wizard, a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] and a [[FrankensteinsMonster patchwork monster]] pet/servant. |
| 422 | * During the Storm of Souls arc in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', the main characters are witness to a fight between an infernomancer and a werewolf. Donovan Deegan mentions that, in his day, they had a name for such fights: A Monster Mash. |
| 423 | * ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' has a mishmash of different monsters going to an AllGhoulsSchool. |
| 424 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is full of {{Mad Scientist}}s and their [[TheIgor Igors]]. Some of said madboys managed to create zombies (revenants), werewolves (Tweedle's knights), dragons (Franz), and {{Frankenstein Monster}}s. Also, though not ''strictly'' a demon, [[BigBad the Other]] does ''behave'' like one. |
| 425 | * ''Webcomic/TheGlassScientists'' is a GaslampFantasy setting wherein [[JekyllAndHyde Dr.Jekyll/Mr.Hyde]] runs a Society (or more like a sort of refugee center) for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] and supernatural creatures, who have been [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman persecuted]] since the time of FrankensteinsMonster. Aside from the aforementioned Dr.Jekyll, the story so far features appearances from [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], Dr.Moreau from ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' and [[GenderBender her]] monster, as well as ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'' among others. |
| 426 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' features a fox demon, a LivingShadow, a ghost, and a Minotaur. |
| 427 | * ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has thus far had a zombie SupportingProtagonist, a werewolf, some vampires, a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-selkie]], and a ghost. And it's barely into its third chapter. |
| 428 | ** Pretty much every main character seems to have ''something'' paranormal about them. We don't even know what's up with Hanna or Ples yet, but at best even they are only AmbiguouslyHuman. |
| 429 | * In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', it turns out that [[HiddenElfVillage reclusive]] [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfeet]] like to ride {{Unicorn}}s because Bigfeet leave big obvious tracks, while Unicorns leave no tracks at all. |
| 430 | * ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'' has a world full of monsters of all kinds, from classic undead ones (zombies, vampires, ghosts) to mythological ones (gorgons, Loch Ness monsters, mummies), uncommon ones like ragdolls, golems and homunculi, and even some hybrid monsters (Zombpyre). The first chapter focuses on the Addams High AllGhoulsSchool. |
| 431 | * ''Webcomic/{{Nightmarish}}'' features alternate versions of Main/{{Dracula}}, Main/FrankensteinsMonster, Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde]], {{Medusa}}, the WolfMan, the {{Mummy}}, and the HeadlessHorseman engaging in comedic acts that often border onto BlackComedy. |
| 432 | * ''Webcomic/OwMySanity'' is a pastiche of the UnwantedHarem set in the Chtulhu mythos, with the hapless guy getting the attention of several lovecraftian ladies. So far he has encountered the [[SugarAndIcePersonality kuudere]] Servitor Nancy, an unnamed shoggoth in the form of a young girl with hand mouths, the Sleeper of N'Kai (a {{Yandere}} frog-girl) and CoolBigSis neighbour "Shubby". |
| 433 | * ''Webcomic/PortSherry'': "[[http://portsherry.com/comic/thats-no-moon/ That's no moon]]": Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy give their Werewolf friend a moon lamp as a gag gift. |
| 434 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. The main character is currently a {{mook|s}} in the service of a supervillain, and has a sword powered by the blood of the innocent. He's good friends with an alien from a species that reproduces by destroying the host planet, a vampire, a witch, a psychotic KillerRabbit, and a mad scientist. He also owns a zombie head on a stick. And he's one of the good guys. Ostensibly. |
| 435 | * ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': The initial group is composed of one normal human (Crystal), a sorcerer (Jack), a demon (Sandra), an anthropomorphic rabbit (Sam), a werewolf (Wally), and a talking book (Tomie) who [[spoiler:got a human form at some point]]. Later in the comic, Sandra's hometown attracts a lot of monsters, with now vampires, ghouls and other kinds of creatures roaming in the streets. |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 439 | * There's an online meme called [[OurMonstersAreDifferent "30 day]] [[CuteMonsterGirl monster girl]] [[http://fuckyeahmonstergirls.tumblr.com/post/26751189905/30-day-monster-girl-challenge challenge]], where you draw a specific [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin monster girl type or challenge daily, for a month.]] The list includes mythological creatures like the [[SnakePeople naga]] and [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]], to [[LittleBitBeastly more creature types]] like insect girls and [[CatGirl feline girls]], to horror types like the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost girls]], to [[FantasyKitchenSink even SCIFI types]] like the [[RobotGirl robot girls]] and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe aliens!]] There even some that ask for [[ExaggeratedTrope even more]] [[HumanoidAbomination bizarre]] [[OurMonstersAreWeird types than that!]] Challenge 28 specifically asks for an entire group of monster girls in one pic, making this trope go anywhere from downplayed, to exaggerated... |
| 440 | * ''[[https://myweirdwriting.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/the-monsters-of-bremen/ The Monsters of Bremen]]'' is a retelling of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians'' with a ghostly donkey, a mummified cat, a vampire dog and a Frankenstein's Monster-like rooster. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 444 | * The Website/CollegeHumor sketch "The Six Monsters You'll Have for Roommates" personifies college roommates as these. The NeatFreak is the Robot, HeWhoMustNotBeSeen is the Ghost, TheCasanova is the Vampire, the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} is the Alien, and TheSlacker is the Zombie. The Mummy apparently has his own place off-campus. |
| 445 | * ''WebVideo/TheKeyOfAwesome'' parodied the {{Trope Namer|s}} with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx1mboWYn0c "Modern Monster Mash"]], with the singer aghast at the modern monsters he'd recruited to appear using visceral and gory violence as opposed to the original song's monsters' lighter antics. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 449 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' had this happen in the HalloweenEpisode "Nightmare in Retroville", where he creates a machine that makes people look like monsters and uses it to turn Carl into a vampire and Sheen into a werewolf. Things go awry when Jimmy's dad Hugh later uses the machine to accidentally turn himself into Frankenstein's monster and Sheen and Carl's personalities become more like an actual werewolf and vampire and manage to turn Libby and Cindy (the latter who went as a Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer expy). Jimmy saves the day by using his machine to turn into Hugh's favorite monster Octopus Man. |
| 450 | * ''Franchise/Ben10'': |
| 451 | ** In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' we are introduced to monster-themed alien villains: a mummy, a werewolf, a Frankenstein monster, and a ghost. Of course, Ben gained the ability to turn into each of these himself (he actually had the ghost all along, but this was when the others debuted and were all made a group). These guys are all from the same star system -- and at the end of ''Secret of the Omnitrix'' zombies from another planet in the same system (Anur Ormeron) are mentioned. |
| 452 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' devotes a plot arc to revisiting the premise, with the return of the Anurian villains and Ben's alien versions (including a new fifth monster alien, a vampire), unrelated horror villains and shoutouts to additional works. |
| 453 | * The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' episode "Revenge of the Monsters" featured a team-up between robotic vampire NOS-4-A2, cyborg werewolf the Wirewolf, and the Frankenstein's Monster-esque PsychoPrototype XL. |
| 454 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool'' featured an AcademyOfAdventure filled with all sorts of different monsters, including a werewolf, a zombie, a mummy, and of course a ghost. |
| 455 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' of course has plenty of monsters with obvious examples of Vampires, a {{Dhampyr}} and {{Dracula}}, then there's also gargoyles, zombies, a crow woman, {{Cyclops}}, [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent the Minotaur]] and assorted demons. There's also a witch-- er, female magic user Sypha. |
| 456 | * Camp Mini-Mon, in the show ''Mini Monsters'' (part of the AnimatedAnthology ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''), is filled with kids of various monsters, ghosts and ghouls. |
| 457 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' has the titular [[{{Dracula}} Count]] and co. being chased by a {{Mummy}} he inadvertently brought back to life, a FrankensteinsMonster {{Expy}} accidentally resurrected by Igor, a WolfMan who came to the castle to escape from the full moon but got exposed and transformed due to Nanny's interference, a space invader [[ItMakesSenseInContext taking the form of a cabbage]], and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Goosewing]]. At the end, [[spoiler:Duckula gets all the monsters outside the castle then transports it to a lagoon ... which turns out to contain a SeaMonster]]. The episode is appropriately named "The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Frankenduckula's Monster and the Wolf-Man and the Intergalactic Cabbage...". |
| 458 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Monsters R Us", the trope is demonstrated twofold. Morgana Macawber's family is introduced in the episode, with her relatives including an aunt who is a hunchbacked witch, a green blob monster cousin named Blobby, and another cousin who is a cyclops. The other group of monsters comes when Morgana's father Moloculo turns Darkwing into a werewolf, Gosalyn into a FrankensteinsMonster and Launchpad into a vampire bat to try and prove that monsters are superior to "normals". |
| 459 | * ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' is about a MadScientist named Dr. Sidney Zitbag who runs a pet shop specializing in monster pets. He is assisted by a skeletal dog named Horrifido as well as a zombie bunny named Zombunny and frequently tries to win the affections of the vampire twins the Exorsisters. |
| 460 | * ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack'', a short-lived SaturdayMorningCartoon from the 80s, features the teenaged descendants of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man joining forces to fight a Vincent Price-esque criminal mastermind and his henchpersons: a female vampire, a mummy, a toad-like hunchback and a fly/human hybrid. |
| 461 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "The Ducky Horror Picture Show" had a collection of classic monsters (Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and Bride, Quasimodo, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Blob, The Mummy, and [[Franchise/KingKong Ping Pong]]) booking a get-together at Scrooge's mansion before protesting a movie theater that Scrooge owned which played monster movies, saying that the movies gave them a bad name. Fortunately it turned out that the movies instead made them popular, and they happily accepted jobs as actors in more monster movies. |
| 462 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The Trickening" has [[spoiler:a Vampire, a Werewolf, a Frankenstein Monster and a Witch]] impersonating more modern movie monsters like [[Film/It2017 Pennywise]] and [[Film/TheRing Samara]] in order to scare children out of candy. |
| 463 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' HalloweenEpisode ''Recap/EdEddNEddysBooHawHaw'', Ed, after watching too many horror movies, hallucinates seeing the cul-de-sac kids as monsters of a different variety: |
| 464 | ** Kanker Sisters: A trio of [[WickedWitch witches]] |
| 465 | ** Jimmy: An [[LittleGreenMen alien]] |
| 466 | ** Sarah: A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiress]] |
| 467 | ** Nazz: A [[GorgeousGorgon gorgon]] |
| 468 | ** Kevin: A HeadlessHorseman |
| 469 | ** Jonny: A [[GiantSpider spider monster]] |
| 470 | ** Rolf: A [[{{Cyclops}} one-eyed]] [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] |
| 471 | ** Plank: [[FrankensteinsMonster FrankenPlank]] |
| 472 | * The ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' RoguesGallery is a team of monsters including BigBad Prime Evil (some sort of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot skeleton cyborg ghost wizard]]), a [[DemBones living skeleton]], a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]], a {{mummy}}, a [[TheVamp Morticia Addams-looking]] VainSorceress, a [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshee]] and what seems to be the ghosts of a [[GreatWhiteHunter safari hunter]], [[KnightTemplar medieval knight]] and a [[GhostPirate pirate]]. |
| 473 | * The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "The Horror Hostess" had a woman named Vivacia kidnap Jon Arbuckle and shrink him down along with other men so they could play in a baseball game with rodents to entertain her guests. Vivacia's guests are a vampire, a werewolf, a ghost, a slug monster, a hunchback, a mummy, a skeleton and a Frankenstein monster. |
| 474 | * The short-lived series ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' had a vampire, a werewolf, a zombie, a gorgon, a mummy, a Frankenstein's monster, an invisible boy, and some sort of Igor-type being going to a monsters' high-school where one of the teachers is a human. Humorously enough, the vampire's name is Vinnie Stoker (His last name being a ShoutOut to ''Dracula'' author Creator/BramStoker) and the gorgon's name is Doozer (Short for "Medusa"). |
| 475 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has featured quite a few monsters. TheGrimReaper himself is one of the main protagonists, his rival is [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight The Boogeyman]], and one HalloweenEpisode had a pumpkin-headed prankster. There's Jeff the giant spider, an Underworld creature named Fred Fredburger (among other Underworld creatures), and a demon named Nergal and his HalfHumanHybrid son Nergal Jr. There was even an episode that had a retirement home for monsters, with the episode focusing on the Bride of [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstein]], the [[WolfMan Wolfman]], and {{Dracula}}! Dracula would later be a recurring character. And as it turns out, [[spoiler:his son married a {{Mummy}}, and the two had [[{{Dhampyr}} Ir]][[BlackAndNerdy win]], making him a [[HybridMonster mummy-vampire]]]]. |
| 476 | * The ''Dingbat and the Creeps'' segments of ''[[ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}} The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show]]'' feature a vampire dog, a living skeleton and a talking jack o'lantern. |
| 477 | * The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' HalloweenEpisode "Trick or Threat" has Klarion summon a bunch of monsters, the group consisting of two vampires, a werewolf, a FrankensteinsMonster, a pair of demons and [[PumpkinPerson a being with a flaming jack-o-lantern for a head]]. |
| 478 | * The latter-day ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Night of the Living Duck" had WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck dreaming that he was a lounge singer in a club full of classic movie monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein's monster (with Bride), Wolfman, the Mummy, the Fly and Godzilla (all names changed to be protected against the most terrifying of them all, copyright, of course). He ends up singing (with the voice of Mel Torme) "Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives". |
| 479 | * ''WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole'' included Dr. Frankenstein and his monster as main characters with the supporting cast including the Invisible Man, Count Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a werewolf named Stewart Lawrence and a mummy. |
| 480 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' had "Night of the Living Monster-Bots". Dr. Wily creates a bunch of classic horror movie-inspired robots to terrorize the English countryside; a {{Mummy}}, a [[WolfMan Werewolf]], a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]], and a [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstein-esque monster]]. |
| 481 | * The obscure Fox Family show ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm'' was about a young man named Jack Haylee inheriting a farm inhabited by monster animals. The monsters are a vampire rooster named Count Cluckula, a goat {{Kaiju}} named Goatasarus Rex, a werewolf dog named Scare-Woof, a FrankensteinsMonster pig named Frankenswine, a zombie cow named Zombeef, a mummy cow named Cowapatra and a meek bespectacled sheep named Dr. Woolly who [[JekyllAndHyde transforms into a deranged brute named Mr. Ewwe whenever he gets wet]]. |
| 482 | * ''Monster Tails'' (an animated section inside the live action show ''Wake, Rattle, and Roll'') have animal versions of the classic Franchise/UniversalHorror monsters like Dracula's cat Catula, FrankensteinsMonster's dog Frankenmutt, the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein's she-dog Elsa, Dr. Jekyll's dog Veenie, the {{Mummy}}'s dog Mummfrey and the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon's gold fish. |
| 483 | * The ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episode "[[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS1E37ParentsDay Parents Day]]": reveals that Enid is part of a family of monsters, with herself being a witch, her father being a werewolf, her mother being a vampire, and younger twin brothers who are a FrankensteinsMonster and a PumpkinPerson. The Season 2 episode "[[Recap/OKKOLetsBeHeroesS2E22MonsterParty Monster Party]]" guest-stars the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool Ghoul School girls]] mentioned above in the "Films -- Animation" folder, who happen to be old friends of Enid. |
| 484 | * ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'': HalloweenEpisode "Fangs But No Fangs" features... a vampire (as you might be able to guess from the title), the vampire's {{Familiar}}-esque bat companion, TheIgor as the vampire's servant, and last but not least three other movie monsters (a werewolf, a mummy, and FrankensteinsMonster) who were, uh, [[HouseSquatting "guests"]] in the vampire's castle. |
| 485 | * ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon'' episode "There Goes the Neighborhood" has a Monster Mash mix with CreepyFamily. A new family in town ends to be made of a vampire Dracula-like father, a mummy mother, a Frankenstein monster-like grandpa and their only werewolf son. How this makes sense genetically... who knows? |
| 486 | * ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' did this in the episode "The Boy Who Cried Ghost", which featured a vampire, a werewolf, a Frankenstein's monster Valkyrie, and a ghost. |
| 487 | * The ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short "6 Monsters" stars a PumpkinPerson named Cathy, a ghost named Gaillard, a black cat named Buck, an ape-man named Roy, a demon named Lulu and Lulu's skeleton grandfather who works as a janitor. |
| 488 | * ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'': A teenage HotWitch hanging out and playing music with werewolves, vampires, FrankensteinsMonster and the likes. |
| 489 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScaryLarry'' is about a band consisting of a vampire vocalist, a wolfman guitarist, a Frankenstein's Monster drummer, a mummy bassist, and an alien keyboardist. |
| 490 | * ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': |
| 491 | ** The ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" has the gang dealing with Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and a Wolfman in a creepy Transylvanian castle. All three monsters turn out to be the same VillainOfTheWeek. |
| 492 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'' episode "Who's Minding the Monster?" had Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy tasked with babysitting a werewolf baby for his vampire parents when the baby's usual Frankenstein monster babysitter wandered off. |
| 493 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' episode "A Halloween Hassle in Dracula's Castle" had the gang find themselves at a Halloween party for real monsters (such as Frankenstein's monster, a werewolf, and the Invisible Man) being hosted by Dracula and his wife. The traditional ScoobyDooHoax was also [[InvertedTrope inverted]] to an extent in that Scooby and the gang were hired by the monsters to defend them from the ghost of Van Helsing, who turns out to be Igor in disguise trying to scare away the monsters so he'd have the castle to himself. |
| 494 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScreamStreet'' focuses on Luke Watson, a young boy who used to live a normal life with his parents. But after he starts turning into a werewolf, Luke and his parents are relocated to Scream Street, a town inhabited by monsters. Luke befriends two other residents of Scream Street, a vampire named Resus Negative and a mummy named Cleo Farr. |
| 495 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 496 | ** Briefly featured in a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV parody]] of ''Film/TheShining'', when Homer is released from the pantry. Unlike in the original film (which kept things [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane somewhat ambiguous]]), Homer is blatantly dragged out by Moe's ghost, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, Dracula, Jason Voorhees, Pinhead, and Freddy Krueger. They also appeared in a deleted scene showing them hiding in the rooms watching Bart as he explored the house. |
| 497 | ** The {{Trope Namer|s}} song gets played in universe on the radio once... on Valentines Day: |
| 498 | --->'''DJ Bill:''' Marty, why did you play that song today? There must be thousands of love songs.\ |
| 499 | '''DJ Marty:''' Well, it's-- it's kind of a love song, all the monsters, enjoying each other's company, dancing... holding their evil in check.\ |
| 500 | '''DJ Bill:''' You played the wrong record, didn't you?\ |
| 501 | '''DJ Marty:''' Why are you doing this to me? |
| 502 | *** Then when the episode ends: |
| 503 | ---->'''DJ Bill:''' Hey, hey! Bill and Marty here... wrapping up a beautiful Presidents' Day.\ |
| 504 | '''DJ Marty:''' To George and Abe and all the rest, here's a special song just for you!\ |
| 505 | ''♪ I was working in the lab, late one night, when my eyes beheld, an eerie sight. ♪''\ |
| 506 | '''DJ Marty:''' Doggone it! |
| 507 | * Franchise/SpiderMan: |
| 508 | ** The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode "The Bride of Dracula!" pitted Spider-Man, [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]], and Firestar against Dracula, a robotic Frankenstein monster, and a werewolf butler. |
| 509 | ** In ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', the Howling Commandoes consisted of Werewolf by Night, Frankenstein's monster, the Living Mummy, Man-Thing, and Max the Invisible Man. |
| 510 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman'' episode "Dracula's Revenge" had Spider-Woman fight Dracula, the Wolfman, and FrankensteinsMonster. |
| 511 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' had this in the episode "This Man-Thing, This Monster!", where Iron Man worked with the Supernatural Hero Squad (whose members included Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing) and fought against Dracula and an army of Living Mummies. Cameos are also made by Frankenstein's Monster and the Zombie. |
| 512 | * ''WesternAnimation/SuperMonsters'': The Super Monsters and their families are comprised of werewolves, mummies, Frankenmonsters, vampires, witches, zombies, dragons, and gargoyles. |
| 513 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': A four-episode arc in season 5 has [[ConquerorFromTheFuture Savanti Romero]] travelling across time to recruit Dracula, a werewolf, an Egyptian mummy and Frankenstein's Monster to aid him. |
| 514 | [[/folder]] |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 517 | * Halloween parties and cosplay events where there are "monsters" and paranormal creatures of all sorts represented. Really, Halloween in general could count. |
| 518 | * While far short of a ''genuine'' threat, the live herp-and-arthropod sections of pet stores, nocturnal or reptile houses at zoos, and the home of anyone with varied tastes in exotic creepy-crawly companion animals can come across as this to those with phobias about snakes, spiders, cockroaches, lizards, scorpions, toads, etc. |
| 519 | [[/folder]] |
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