This is the holding bin for the candidates to be a Monster of the Week on TV Tropes The TV Show. This is not the place to add characters who will be recurring on anything resembling a regular basis or who will be important characters for a particular arc. Please add a brief description of the character (at least the parts that would matter to a Monster of the Week) for those who are not familiar with the show.
Erik, the Phantom, is deformed man and master signer/musician living under an opera house who takes a rather stalker-ish interest in one of the female performers. He wears a mask that conceals his twisted features, though how much of his face is covered depends on the version of the story. The Phantom is sometimes the hero, sometimes an Anti-Villain, and his skills vary from version to version, but he is generally at least a borderline Badass.
Terrence is a London gangster and Loan Shark, who also happens to be a Serial Killer. He is sadistic and power-hungry. At one point, he was abducted by an evil secret society and recruited as a bodyguard, and was subjected to their training regime, which involved, among other things, the use of drugs that gave him greatly enhanced awareness, stamina and muscle strength, possibly at the cost of his sanity. Terrence is fond of a variety of slightly improbable weapons, most memorably killing two enemies with a blowtorch. He sometimes behaves in a suggestive manner towards female victims. He seems to derive amusement primarily from exercising power over people. He repeatedly stresses the importance of "finishing people off" when necessary.
Weldar is a giant, sentient welding torch who guards a factory. Mild mannered but violent, he tends to carry out his duty of destroying intruders without any remorse and with the attitude of one who is merely doing his job. Despite his size (and lack of feet), he is surprisingly fast and agile when upright. However, he must crawl slowly along on his front to fit through small spaces, making him appear quite harmless and even pitiful. He attacks by launching fireballs out of his mouth, by bouncing up into the air and attempting to crush his opponents, and by spitting up animated nuts and bolts, which attack. He also attacks by inhaling, which creates a powerful vacuum; however, since he is mechanical he cannot digest his prey, and instead spits them back out from a height, inflicting damage that way. He is Nigh Invulnerable, but he does have two key weaknesses: his poor eyesight, and the fact that he is filled with flammable gas.
These two are possibly affiliated with Professor Moriarty, although the professor is skillful enough to hide his involvement.
Sylar, real name Gabriel Gray, is a New York watchmaker turned Supervillain. He is exceptionally good at analysing things. He is a Serial Killer who takes other people's super powers by cutting open their heads using telekinesis and examining their brains. His powers include telekinesis, enhanced hearing, enhanced memory, lie detection, clairsentience, spontaneous regeneration, alchemy, the ability to cause objects to shatter or melt, painting the future, and attacking with electricity, ice, radiation and sound. Although Sylar dislikes killing people who are of no use to him, he is driven by an uncontrollable "hunger" to obtain as many powers as possible. He believes himself "special", and tends to view other human beings with disdain. Sylar was adopted, and has a plethora of psychological issues relating to his parents.
SCP Foundation notes: SCP-058 resembles a bovine heart, albeit with some serious differences, mainly being four (4) crablike legs used primarily for movement, and ten (10) tentacles of adjustable length, and covered with razor sharp spines. These appendages can be "whipped" to a distance of 12.19m (40ft) at a speeds of up to 321.87km (200mi) per hour. SCP-058 is capable of climbing walls much like a spider, using its claws to pierce the surface it is climbing to gain leverage and stability, and occasionally utilizing its other appendages to pull itself to other surfaces at high speeds. Subject has been known to secrete a substance similar to napalm, squirting it out at high speeds from a stinger on its rear side. To date SCP-058 has been responsible for the deaths of over one hundred and forty nine (149) Class-D personnel and fourteen (14) Agents at current site. In addition to being extremely hostile, SCP-058 has been noted to speak in a human voice, with vocal tone and accent of a British male in his late fifties, and speaks with a slight lisp and deep voice. SCP-058 constantly talks as it goes about its typical motions. Even when it is attacking its voice and pace of speech are unaffected. Subject appears to be rambling about random topics with no correlation to previous topics or the situation at hand.
Gangster mook vikings that ride around in futuristic space-cars designed to look like war machines. Easily bribed with meat and fur. Incredibly stupid and brutal. Drive 400-mph futuristic cars filled with various weaponry such as sledgehammers, balls and chains, and of course - beehive catapults.
Beastly, hunched over humanoid felines with horns. They wear armour and use weapons. They basically hate everybody that isn't them, and want to take over the world. They don't really get that chance, because of all the infighting.
In his own universe, Dick Dastardly is a frequent participant in Wacky Racing that never seems to win a race. Mostly it's because Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat, despite his ability to win races if he didn't. He shows up in the episode Go Karting with Bowser to compete against the tropers and fictities, primarily Nintendo psuedo-villains. Fortunately for him, dirty tactics such as banana peels, fake item blocks, and Bullet Bills to mow down opposition do not get him disqualified in Mario Kart, so he now has a huge advantage against the other competitors.
Illidan Stormrage, an elf who has become a half-demon hybrid and now sports horns, claws, wings, and hooves in addition to being able to wield some kinds of demonic magic. He's on the run from his former boss, a powerful demon lord, and is looking for some world where he can live out his life...and he happened upon ours. Though Illidan is quite capable of evil actions, he's really just a selfish fugitive who wants to be left alone. Possible secondary characters:
The aquatic serpentine naga forces led by the Medusa-esque Lady Vashj, who has been working with Illidan for some time
The magic-addicted Blood Elves in exile, led by Prince Kael'thas, who are following Illidan in hopes that he can help them with their addiction
The Night Elf hunters led by Maiev Shadowsong, the Inspector Javert who guarded Illidan's cell and who has been hot on his tail ever since he was released
Not quite a Stalker with a Crush, but a Stalker With A Burger. He seems to sneak up behind you and show up everywhere just to present you with a burger, and with such an Uncanny Valley appearance, it becomes even more unsettling. All around town, people have been confronted by the King, and he even managed to harass a few tropers. What exactly is up with him, anyways?
She sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina. She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize. Famous for her completely off-the-wall cases of theft (she took their Seoul in South Korea, for example), as well as her distinctive red fedora and trenchcoat. Tracking her down would likely require elementary knowledge of geography and a handful of plane tickets.
Huntsmen of Annuvin Huntsmen in service of Arawn from Prydain Chronicles. A Proud Warrior Race who have signed a contract with evil. They travel in small groups, but can band together to make larger groups if necessary. For the Furiko/Murky/Hikari episode of season 1. They are strong enough to fight against the three and become stronger as more of them die. Also they are smart enough that they could capture Hikari and Furiko.
A race of aliens that invades planets in the form of "sleeper agents", who resemble normal native species in every respect, apart from an undetectable sleeper cell hidden behind a forcefield, which picks up information about the planet. Sleeper agents are not aware that they are aliens, and have the personalities of ordinary members of the native species, until the cells decide the time is right and activate themselves. When this happens, the Cell 114 personality takes over, and they become merciless killing machines, armed with explosives, an arm that transforms into a blade, and a self-destruct mechanism. They use the knowledge they have gathered to bring down planets before the natives know what has hit them. If threatened, a cell will temporarily activate to dispatch an attacker, leaving the original personality with no memory of the event.
Eventually figuring out that sending a Zerg Rush of powerful enemies is more effective than sending each individually to attack the tropers, The Dark Lodge decided to call upon a swarm of malevolent dragon fictites to assault the troper base. Unfortunately for the tropers, the Stormtrooper Effect ends up being subverted as each dragon is capable of holding its own in combat despite the presence of the others. The swarm includes Ridley, a Hungarian Horntail, Maleficient - Dragon Form, Yiazmat, etc. This does not disqualify them from appearing individually earlier in the show.
A very powerful dragon that shows up as a random encounter in the "Keep Out Zone" above Gizamaluke's Grotto early in Final Fantasy IX, it has the power to quickly decimate unprepared opponents with stats far higher than your party at the time and deadly Poison and Thunder elemental attacks, although with the right strategy it proves very valuable for experience farming. For the tropers, it serves as a Season 1 That One Boss, being far more powerful than any other opponent faced thus far.
Koh, The Face Stealer—Koh is an ancient spirit who knows more about the world of spirits than perhaps any other being. Though his large body resembles a centipede, he has multiple human (and humanoid) faces. The true horror of Koh is where he got the faces: he can steal them from anyone who shows emotion. While Koh is most definitely not a benevolent being, he does not actively leave his home to perform acts of evil. Koh would likely not be the primary antagonist of an episode; instead, the tropers would likely have to go to him for information.
Etna◊, a playful Little Miss Badass, quickly took the chance to rampage freely when she got across the Fourth Wall. She is very skilled with the spear she carries, but she has no ranged weapons other than her Mooks, the penguin-likePrinnies◊. They are weak in combat, but they carry Cartoon Bombs and explode when thrown. Etna acts entirely on her own accord now that she's away from her boss, Lord Laharl, but she may have been brought to Earth by the Dark Lodge to cause terror and chaos. An encounter between the Tropers and Etna would probably be seen in a less serious but still action-focused episode, perhaps one themed around JRPGs.
A variety of mons, from a free-to-play browser-based monster raising sim, created by British game developers and funded by soulless corporations. These Funny Animal Fictites have become sick and tired of grinding one Mini-Game after another for minimum wage. They had planned a peaceful protest, but the high-level munchkin pets wanted to show off their combat skills, so there are now riots in the streets of Stockholm. The British Tropers are sent in to clean up (or possibly even come to a peaceful solution...).
Stick figures from another free browser MMORPG, this one more traditional in gameplay mechanics and less traditional in everything else. These Player Characters were hired by the British Parliament to act as riot police during the Neopets Wage Rebellion, and have only managed to isolate the damage to Stockholm. Their Comedic Sociopathy, ability to drink an entire six-pack of beer without getting drunk, and strange, pasta-themed magic are almost as bad for the surrounding environment as their intended target, and since neither side can actually kill the other, a third party will have to interfere.
"Dr. Caligari" is a director of an insane asylum who became obsessed with a tale of a Dr. Caligari from the XVIII century, who used a somnambulist to murder people as a traveling act. The XX century Dr. Caligari imitates his predecessor: he keeps a somnambulist called Cesare in a cabinet, and shows an act in a circus: Cesare (who supposedly had "slept for many years" and can answer every question) giving prophecies to people. In the movie, Cesare foretells that a circus-goer shall die before tomorrow dawn: a self-fulfilling prophecy, for Cesare himself murders Alan the next day while sleepwalking.
Dr. Caligari and Cesare are traveling around the U S of A, and put on their show in every major city they end up in. However, when Dr. Caligari noted that their popularity was low ("guy coming out of a box and saying something cryptic" isn't very attractive when there's a concert next door), he decided to stray a little from his XVIII century forerunner, and now they have formed a band called "The Cabinet Boys" (not too happy with the name, ideas?). The doctor hasn't yet decided what genre of music they would play; sometimes they play as a jazz-band, sometimes the doctor plays the banjo while Cesare sings; they even tried a hula dance once, though failed spectacularly. In the episode, they dedicate a song to one of the members of the audience... and make an attempt on his/her life the next night.
An unstoppable cyborg, Stalker Fang was created from the body of devout Anti-Traction League agent Anna Fang as a leader for the radical splinter group the Green Storm, as a figurehead for their campaign. However, not even they could predict the lengths she'd go to to make the world green again, even being willing to wipe out the entire human race in order to achieve that goal. After crossing the Fourth Wall during the Convergence, she initially believed that she had arrived in a utopia free of pollution, but a closer inspection dispelled this view and reaffirmed her belief that humanity must be destroyed in order to save the world from becoming the Dystopia from which she came.
A textbook example of a neutral technology misused, the Fabrication Machine was singlehandedly responsible for the downfall of humanity in it's world. Transported across the fourth wall by the Convergence, the Machine didn't even skip a beat or even notice. It just kept on doing what it did best- that is, assembling nightmarish steampunk hunter-killers from anything that was lying around, be it technological, organic, or even a ghastly combination of the two. To make matters worse, some of it's drones carry a deadly biochemical weapon that can kill most anything alive. If you can get to the Machine, it can be swiftly dispatched... but first you'll have to get through a whole host of monstrosities that (if they don't kill you first) will give you a bad case of insomnia. Fortunately, the Machine has a relatively small sphere of influence, in a bombed-out district of London.
The Buggers don't really know what they're doing. All they're concerned about is trying to establish a colony on this world... but the vast variety of monsters, demons, and villains running around have severely hampered their efforts. So aloof are they that they fail to recognize that the beings they are fighting with are sentient, hence their ruthless battle tactics. Their Hive Queens breed like rabbits, meaning that they're never short on man (or bug) power, which gives them a massive horde with which they can overwhelm their enemies. The Buggers broke through the Fourth Wall, and since then they have held their ground spectacularly against the hardiest of foes.
Few details about the appearance of this fictite are defined with any sort of clarity (jaws that bite, claws that catch, and eyes of flame). It may or may not be humanoid, have wings, be covered in scales, etc. So long as it looks like a "manxome foe" that wanders around the "tulgey wood". Provides a sidequest in the form of figuring out what a "vorpal blade" is and where the team can get one so they can slay the Jabberwock with it.
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