History MonsterHunter / TropesDToG

* DropTheHammer: The Hammer weapon class.

* FastballSpecial: If you consider the Kinsect to be an EquippableAlly, then the Insect Glaive's Extract Hunter Hunter Art is this. Upon activation, the Hunter twirls around the Insect Glaive as the Kinsect mounts its tip, then swings forward to launch the Kinsect at a monster at blistering speed. If the Kinsect makes contact, it will deal damage, and its Extract icon will flash rainbow. If you run over to the Kinsect and pick it up while it's flashing rainbow, you will instantly gain the "Triple Extract" SuperMode. Also applies to your online teammates if you have a [[{{BFS}} Greatsword]], Hunting Horn, or [[DropTheHammer Hammer]].

** ''World'' has Xeno'jiiva as its final boss.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: In a meta sense. There are a ''lot'' of saurian monsters in this world, and the full-blown dragons take a lot of anatomical cues from dinosaurs as well. This generally isn't commented on in-universe, however, since, well, everyone's used to seeing them.

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* DualTonfas: A weapon class introduced in ''Frontier G Genuine'' is this, with it having two modes: A typical tonfa mode where it deals Strike damage and a tonfa with a spike on the end which deals Pierce damage.

* DifficultySpike:
** The first happens once you start doing high-rank quests; it only takes a few mistakes to get clobbered, and some previously trivial monsters can knock you out with three hits, especially the ones that get new attacks. Once you're doing G-rank quests, all bets are off. Specific examples of this case include:
** The first big one is probably when the player fights a Yian Kut-Ku for the first time. Before this, missions were simple [[TwentyBearAsses slaying]] ''x'' {{Mook}}s and gathering missions. The Yian Kut-ku shows the lengths that the player has to go to beat the bosses without getting slapped silly (analyzing attack patterns, finding weak spots, figuring out what weapons are best, etc.)
** In Tri, the Barroth is the first sign that the [[WakeUpCallBoss gloves are coming off]], and it's usually considered to be a harder fight than the next couple of fights after it, largely in part of the fact that unlike some of the later fights, it has armor, is very fast, and that its [[BullfightBoss charge attack]] hits like a truck.
** 3 Ultimate also has the Purple Ludroth, the first "subspecies" that the player will encounter as well as the introduction to High-Rank quests. There is a reason that most high-rank armor usually has at least twice the base defense of low-rank armor, and it is borderline impossible to have any until the Ludroth is defeated, meaning that you are definitely going to feel the difference.
** In 4, replacing the "role" of Yian Kut-Ku is Kecha Wacha. Not only does a newer hunter have to do everything listed above in the Kut-Ku description, they also have to deal with the new vine/web swinging and climbing mechanics that this monster will happily abuse in some areas. There are Sonic Bombs in the supply box for a very good reason.
** ''Generations'' has Blangonga in the Hub quests due to its aggressiveness, speed, and power compared to the three-star monsters fought before it.
** ''World'' has Low Rank Diablos, which makes the monsters encountered before it look like wet noodles. It has astounding speed and ferocity compared to anything encountered before it, even ''Anjanath'', is rather foul-tempered, and is the first monster you encounter that can regularly hit for ''half your health in damage.'' The constant burrowing also prevents you from hitting it and lets it get surprise attacks on you, which complements its high attack power.

* FiveManBand: The Caravan in ''4''.
** TheLancer: The Caravaneer.
** TheSmartGuy: The Wycoon.
** TheBigGuy: The Man.
** TheChick: The Guildmarm.
** SixthRanger: Little Miss Forge.

* DownloadableContent: The games offer monthly DLC free of charge. The catch? The only immediate benefits you get are title phrases, poses, and wallpapers for your Guild Card, a set of starter items only available immediately after the release of ''4 Ultimate'', and bonus Palicoes; the rest of the DLC is Event Quests and Challenge Quests, some of which offer drops for special equipment as rewards, with the drops not being available in any other quest. In other words, the game is happy to provide you with DLC content to keep the game fresh at no monetary cost, but if you want, for example, the [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Varia Suit]] or the ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'' Hunting Horn, [[EarnYourFun you'll have to work for it]].

** Beginning in ''4U'', Hunters can use aerial melee attacks which can topple monsters with enough hits, but the two weapons that fit this trope best are the Lance and Insect Glaive, both of which have built-in leap attacks as opposed to other melee weapons that require a ledge or wall to jump off of. The Battle Tonfas in ''Frontier'' also have leap attacks in its repertoire, albeit taken UpToEleven since it can double-, triple-, or even ''quadruple''-jump. ''Generations'' expands on this even further with the Aerial Hunting Style. Not only does it give Hunters an even larger repertoire of aerial attacks than in ''4U'', but it also gives Hunters the ability to jump freely in the vicinity of large monsters, using the monster itself as a platform to make jumps off of.

** Taken UpToEleven with the Brachydios, a Brute Wyvern whose main feature is an explosive slime that coats its fists. Anything hit by this will explode after a few seconds, and the weapons forged from it provide a similar effect for the Hunter.

* EventFlag: The series has what are known as "key quests", specific quests that must be completed to trigger the story-progressing and HR-raising Urgent Quests. Other quests can help you gain materials for new equipment and to make village upgrades (such as better canteen ingredients), but they will not bring you closer to the next Urgent.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: So far: the oafish Congalala (with younger congas and the badder Emerald version), the proud Blangonga (with its mob of blangos and its desert-based Copper cousin), the terrifying Rajang (and its numerous Manga/DragonBall-themed variants), the literal spidermonkey Gogomoa (mothering its kokomoa whilst fighting), the lemur-like Kecha Wacha (and its fire-breathing cousin), the double team of Ray and Lolo Gougarfs, and last but not least, the mischievous {{Tengu}}-like Bishaten.

** Not a single human character in the game besides you seems to have an actual name. And even in your case, everyone usually just calls you "Hunter" anyway. A few examples of civilization-dwelling characters that ''do'' have names include the two Shakalakas, Cha-Cha and Kayamba. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in ''4U'' by [[TheBlacksmith The Man]]:

** This can cause a character to change names between games -- ''4 Ultimate's'' Ace Cadet and ''World's'' Excitable A-Lister are the same person.

* DummiedOut: ''Generations Ultimate'' has the Weakness Exploit skill for Palicos and Prowlers, which works the same way as its Hunter counterpart (increases Affinity (CriticalHit chance) when hitting a monster's weakest areas). But in the Western versions in particular, it cannot be obtained through legitimate means by yourself. Not through Palico scouting and not even through DLC; the DLC Palico that's supposed to carry it was never released for these particular versions. The only way to get it is to hack the game or [[ViralUnlockable receive a Palico from another player that has it]].

* GameBreakingBug: An infamous one plagues ''Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate'', both on Wii U and 3DS. When you create a character, the game will determine which charms you can find by choosing between different charm tables. The problem is, some charm tables are "cursed": instead of offering a variety of about 20000 charms, those tables only offer ''200 to 800'' different charms (and not the good ones: none of the cursed tables offer any charms with 3 gem slots). This doesn't stop here: some of these cursed charm tables prevent you from finding rustshards, which mean you won't be able to find or craft some weapons and armors at all. You can find more info on this on [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/monster_hunter/go/thread/view/7451/29805389/athenas-mh3gu-charm-table-search-v032b the official forums]] (including ways to determine which table you got).[[note]]The tables first came about with ''Tri'', which actually only had one table that everyone shared. And then ''Portable 3rd'' had multiple, but they were chosen upon starting the game up and not on character creation, so they cycled every time you stared a new session.[[/note]]

* GangUpOnTheHuman: [[JustifiedTrope You ARE the most dangerous thing in Monster Hunter's ecosystem, after all]]. But only because, for some reason, you never die even when taking a full bite from a set of jaws that's larger than your entire body. At worst, you just "faint" and once you've fainted, the monster leaves you alone instead of finishing you off.[[note]]Though according to some [[AllThereInTheManual easily-missed dialogue]] in ''Unite'', this may be justified with the Felyne emergency team [[BigDamnHeroes rushing in]] to cart you back to base before anything worse happens.[[/note]]
** Finally {{Averted}} in ''World'' - certain monsters, should they meet up when attacking the player, they ''will'' fight each other. [[CoolVsAwesome It's exactly as spectacular as it sounds.]]

** The [[ThatOneBoss Tigrex]] is incredibly fast and attacks low to the ground with annoying accuracy. This makes it very difficult with every weapon except the Insect Glaive, which lets you easily jump over the majority of its attacks. Charge Blade is also highly effective against it because its charges are easy to counter with a well-timed Guard Point.

** The music in the first generation games (''Monster Hunter'' and ''G'') sounded a lot less like an epic fight and had a more mysterious/eerie tone, highlights include the Old Swamp and Old Volcano themes which had mostly unnerving tones.

** The various KingMook dinosaur bosses from the first few games were very different from every other boss in the game - they had no breakable body parts and would run away when near death, rather than start limping. From ''Tri'' onwards, they were brought in line with the rest of the bosses, as players could now break their crests and they would limp when injured. ''Tri'' also adds a special MiniBoss battle music for them, as in prior games they simply used the standard area theme.