History Headscratchers / MonsterHunter

* How come rolling into water/swimming doesn't cause waterblight while being spit by a ludroth (or basically water monster in general) does?
** because you're not covered in Leviathan spit.

* How do I get ''bones'' from a Daimyo Hermitaur? It's a giant ''crustacean''!

* How do I get ''bones'' from a Daimyo Hermitaur? It's a giant ''crustacean''!
* How did Moofahs get onto Moga Island / Deserted Island in ''Generations''? They weren't there in the third-generation games and it's highly unlikely they just somehow managed to swim their way onto the island.

* How did Moofahs get onto Moga Island / Deserted Island? They weren't there in the third-generation games and it's highly unlikely they just somehow managed to swim their way onto the island.

* How do I get ''bones'' from a Daimyo Hermitaur? It's a giant ''crustacean''!

** Same way Jay Leno does.

* Ukanlos, how do they eat with such a small mouth and a massive chin like that?

* Why does Tidal Najarala of all monsters have an Apex form?

** For the same reason the hunter doesn't die when jumping from those same heights, but the small monsters still manage to hurt them with hits that have no real force behind them.

** [[CaptainObvious Or it could just be that in the Monster Hunter world, they discovered gunpowder before us, technology wise, therefore, they'd have guns at more "primitive" stages of technology]]

* Why is it that an egg can withstand you jumping down several stories while holding it, but is otherwise so fragile it will break if you so much as breathe on it?

* Why is it that an egg can withstand you jumping down several stories while holding it, but will otherwise break if you so much breathe on it?

* Why is it that an egg can withstand you jumping down several stories while holding it, but will otherwise break if you so much look at it?

* Well-Done Steak gives you a higher stamina boost than Rare Steak, but why? In RealLife, cooking food to well-doneness causes the nutrients to burn or evaporate away.

** because you're not covered in Leviathan spit.

*** This troper always thought that the crossbow parts were simply the analogue to the spring and firing pin in a modern firearm's bolt assembly, seeing as the player character even draws the bowstring lever back when loading a Bowgun. The SchizoTech might have been such that the helical spring may not have been developed fully yet, with simpler, more familiar leaf springs and toughened bowstrings in place of the coils modern firearms use (note that in real life the helical spring wasn't developed until the 15th Century CE). Otherwise, ArtisticLicense simply comes into play for many of the designs, and the terminology may simply have stuck with the weapon InUniverse regarding the more modern designs, like the Amatsumagatsuchi HBG.

*** This troper always thought that the crossbow parts were simply the analogue to the spring and firing pin in a modern firearm's bolt assembly, seeing as the player character even draws the bowstring lever back when loading a Bowgun. The SchizoTech might have been such that the helical spring may not have been developed fully yet, with simpler, more familiar leaf springs and toughened bowstrings in place of the coils modern firearms use (note that in real life the helical spring wasn't developed until the 15th Century CE). Otherwise, ArtisticLicense simply comes into play for many of the designs, and the terminology may simply have stuck with the weapon InUniverse.

** This troper always thought that the crossbow parts were simply the analogue to the spring and firing pin in a modern firearm's bolt assembly, seeing as the player character even draws the bowstring lever back when loading a Bowgun. The SchizoTech might have been such that the helical spring may not have been developed fully yet, with simpler, more familiar leaf springs and toughened bowstrings in place of the coils modern firearms use (note that in real life the helical spring wasn't developed until the 15th Century CE). Otherwise, ArtisticLicense simply comes into play for many of the designs, and the terminology may simply have stuck with the weapon InUniverse.

** This troper always thought that the crossbow parts were simply the analogue to the spring and firing pin in a modern firearm's bolt assembly, seeing as the player character even draws the bowstring lever back when loading a Bowgun. The SchizoTech might have been such that the helical spring may not have been developed fully yet, with simpler, more familiar leaf springs and toughened bowstrings in place of the coils modern firearms use (note that in real life the helical spring wasn't developed until the 15th Century CE). Otherwise, ArtisticLicense simply comes into play for many of the designs.

** This troper always thought that the crossbow parts were simply the analogue to the spring and firing pin in a modern firearm's bolt assembly, seeing as the player character even draws the bowstring lever back when loading a Bowgun. The [[SchizoTech]] might have been such that the helical spring may not have been developed fully yet, with simpler, more familiar leaf springs and toughened bowstrings in place of the coils modern firearms use (note that in real life the helical spring wasn't developed until the 15th Century CE). Otherwise, ArtisticLicense simply comes into play for many of the designs.

* How come rolling into water/swimming doesn't cause waterblight while being spit by a ludroth (or basically water monster in general) does?

** The extra taste gives the hunter all the motivation to keep going.