Line #4 Trivia/MonsterRancher


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2	!!The Video Games
3	* DemandOverload: Physical copies of ''Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher'' sold out in many storefronts shortly after release, to the point that the official Twitter account issued an [[https://twitter.com/ukmf_game/status/1585919300820312064 apology.]]
4	* DuelingGames: ''Monster Rancher'' was formally accepted as one of Sony's counters to Nintendo's ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'', even going so far as to include Platform/PlayStation references in the animated series. However, it stopped being a [=PlayStation=]-exclusive series with the release of ''Monster Rancher Advance'' for Platform/GameBoyAdvance.
5	* DummiedOut:
6	** Lepus, a Pixie/Hare, has Hare's 1-2 Punch in Japan as a default move but the English releases beefed the hex conversion and the tech was lost.
7	** International releases of [=MR2=] censored Kato's Oil Fire and Oil Flame techniques. Still doesn't change the fact that NPC Katos can have them, though.
8	* FandomVIP: The late Lisa Shock, owner of the popular fansite Monster Rancher Metropolis and known for her research into the game mechanics, who is credited under "special thanks" in the third, fourth, and fifth game and in the UpdatedRerelease of the first two games.
9	* FollowTheLeader: The mobile game ''Monster Farm Line'' plays almost identically to ''VideoGame/UmaMusumePrettyDerby'', the only real difference being that instead of automated races you have the classic monster rancher battle system.
10	* NoExportForYou:
11	** The original ''Monster Rancher'' never came out in PAL regions.
12	** The first Platform/NintendoDS game was never released outside Japan.
13	** ''Monster Farm Online'', the MMORPG. Even if you go through the trouble of signing up for a Japanese account, you can't play it because it blocks all foreign [=IPs=].
14	** ''Monster Farm POP 1'', ''2'', and ''Monster Farm Travel'' were never released outside Japan.
15	* SequelFirst:
16	** The original ''Monster Rancher'' never came out in PAL regions--instead, its sequel, ''Monster Rancher 2'', came out first with the number dropped. This caused certain aspects of the anime and the spinoff games to become cases of MarthDebutedInSmashBros--the Dino species were [=MR1=] only.
17	** Similarly, the original DS game never came out in English. English-speaking markets got ''DS 2'' instead, with the similarly-dropped number.
18	* TechnologyMarchesOn: One of the most well-known features of the early games is their ability to accept [=CDs=], [=DVDs=], and game disks to create monsters. Then the first game got an UpdatedRerelease to platforms that don't ''use'' disks whatsoever. The solution? An online "CD Database" that allows you to look up [=CDs=] (including modern releases!) and Nintendo Switch games via a search engine and produce monsters with the results.
19	* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Monster Rancher Metropolis, a well-known site for ''MR'' data and gameplay tips, got several things wrong that snowballed into rumors only debunked in 2018.
20	** The Fairy Hare was said to have a boosted Speed stat due to a glitch in early versions of the game, but it actually had a boosted Guts regeneration.
21	** The requirements to get a Beaclon, while strict, aren't as bad as many thought, and there is no random element if you do everything right.
22	** Mocchis do not have a hidden luck stat.
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24	!!The Anime
25	* ActingForTwo: Besides Genki Sakura, Creator/SaffronHenderson also voices Pixie. The said characters had a conversation in episode 10.
26	* BreakawayPopHit: The third Japanese OP, "Close to Your Heart," became a hit single.
27	* DuelingShows: To ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' back in 1999.
28	* ExecutiveMeddling: The series has an egregious example of this, deliberately editing any and all references to ''Monster Farm'' and ''[=TECMO=]'' due to the fact, supposedly, since they could not advertise within the series. This is despite the fact the series was one '''''huge''''' advert for the original game.
29	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For years only the first season was released on VHS, and all the UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s are out of print. Eventually averted when Hulu began to stream the entire anime. Later, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-02/discotek-media-adds-monster-rancher-tv-anime-series Discotek would rescue the entire series.]]
30	* MissingEpisode: The episodes "Tiger's Battle with Destiny" and "The Battle with the Big Bad Four" only aired once, and were taken out of syndicated airings until the series was released on DVD.
31	* NetworkToTheRescue: The syndicated BKN broadcasted the anime early weekday mornings, and only reran (repeatedly) the first season. Creator/FoxKids not only ran the first season on its Saturday morning line-up, but also broadcasted the second season. Unfortunately, they only ran the second season in full once.
32	** Then, out of nowhere in 2002, it was quietly picked up by Kids WB, but only for its weekday block. Regardless, it only aired episodes of the first two seasons.
33	* TheOtherDarrin:
34	** Genki Sakura's voice actor changed from Creator/SaffronHenderson to Creator/AndrewFrancis. The reason for this is the former's wedding, which took place sometime in January or February 2001, conflicted with her voice acting commitments.
35	** Golem's voice actor changed midway through season 2 from Creator/RichardNewman to Doc Harris.
36	** Monol was voiced by Creator/DavidKaye in the first season before being replaced by Creator/BrianDrummond in the next two seasons.
37	** On the Japanese side of things, Creator/TsutomuKashiwakura replaced Creator/KanetoShiozawa as Gali during season 3 after the latter passed away between appearances.
38	* PostScriptSeason: The third season was produced after it was UnCanceled. And after the shock of the second season's ending, the third season was... a jarring shift, to say the least.
39	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The first season was rerun into the ground, and the second season was only aired in full once, with two episodes swiftly being removed from rotation afterward: "Tiger's Battle with Destiny" and "Battle with the Big Bad Four": the final confrontations with Gray Wolf and Naga. The third season was dubbed but never aired in the US.

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