History MonsterHunter / TropesHToM

** In ''World'', Palicoes can learn to befriend certain small monsters and ride on them during combat. In order to achieve this ability, both Hunters and Palicoes must gain knowledge from Lynian tribes in the wild, either by proving their worth or helping them with a problem. In ''Iceborne'', Hunters have 'Raider Ride', which is the ability to call small monsters and have it transport the Hunter to anywhere within the habitat. Examples of small monsters that can be ridden are Jagras, Gastodon and Wulg.
** ''Rise'' introduces Palamutes, canine companions that are big enough for Hunters to ride on. There is also the ability known as 'Wyvern Riding'. With the help of the Wirebug to get a monster into a mountable state, Hunters can get on top of the monster and control it for a limited amount of time.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Played straight by both monsters and hunters alike. It's entirely possible for monsters to eat herbivores ranging from a third to half their size in a matter of seconds, and then become starved after another couple of minutes. Hunters can also wolf down as many arm-length steaks as they want in no time at all. Justified to some extent with the Deviljho, who need to eat constantly to maintain their high body heat. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, eating only restores stamina, not health.

** The third ''World'' beta includes a quest to kill ''Nergigante''. Since this is just a beta, you only have a few basic weapons and armor sets, so your attacks may not do very much damage while its hit like a train. You're also given only 15 minutes to kill it, which is barely enough time to do so. If you do somehow manage to kill it (which is nigh-impossible unless you have a full group of four players), you'll get a pack that contains Nergigante parts that you can claim in the full game.

* KindaBusyHere: Beginning with the 3rd Gen games, [=NPCs=] can occasionally interrupt you mid-fight to deliver an important message or warn you of impending danger, which can be ''un''helpful if said danger is only a scant few meters away from your face. Thankfully, not only are such sequences few and far in between (with most occurring at the ''start'' of a quest), the game also [[TalkingIsAFreeAction pauses the action]] during the messages, though this only makes the phenomenon even weirder. The playable demo of ''4U'' was rather notorious for this if a player chooses to turn the "Beginner-Friendly Messages" on. This leads to a case of NowYouTellMe with the Guildmarm regarding the Frenzy virus from the Gore Megala, as she pipes up to explain what happens if you overcome the virus or succumb to it, and lampshades she brought it up ''right'' when you've already done so for the first time in either case.

* KindaBusyHere: Beginning with the 3rd Gen games, [=NPCs=] can occasionally interrupt you mid-fight to deliver an important message or warn you of impending danger, which can be ''un''helpful if said danger is only a scant few meters away from your face. Thankfully, not only are such sequences few and far in between (with most occurring at the ''start'' of a quest), the game also [[TalkingIsAFreeAction pauses the action]] during the messages, though this only makes the phenomenon even weirder. The playable demo of ''4U'' was rather notorious for this if a player chooses to turn the "Beginner-Friendly Messages" on.

* MakeMeWannaShout: While many large monsters have [[MightyRoar powerful voices]] that can immobilize a hunter, mention goes to the Tigrex, its subspecies, Akantor, and Ukanlos, all of which have roars so powerful that ''they can damage you.''

** Zorah Magdaros is a literal walking mountain - specifically, a volcano. Much like Miralis, it has magma inside its body that is the main cause of concern for its presence.

* MammalMonstersAreMoreHeroic: As a WorthyOpponent to the Admiral, who otherwise doesn't address individual monsters during expeditions. Another prominent example is [[HonorableElephant Gammoth]], which is so far the only Fanged Beast strong enough to ward off and kill tundra apex predators (the trailer to ''Videogame/MonsterHunterGenerations'': There's a battle between a Tigrex and the Gammoth which ends with the latter [[SquashedFlat flattening the former with its trunk]] in a first-person view).