History Trivia / MonsterHunter

* {{Shout Out}}s:
** The Rajang is a massive [[Manga/{{Dragonball}} Dragon Ball Z]] reference, and Lao Shan Lung looks suspiciously like Franchise/{{Godzilla}} when he stands up.
** Monster Hunter Tri brings you Godzilla shrunk down in the form of Deviljho. He has a destructive breath attack, will attack and kill other monsters, and this game did originally come from Japan, where Godzilla is revered.
** Also, the Master's Replica looks like a different sort of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Sword.]]
** The starting Great Sword in [=MHF2=] is called the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]].
** From Monster Hunter Tri:
--->'''Argosy Captain''': Now that other lands want to trade with you, we must formulate keikaku. [[Manga/DeathNote "Keikaku" means plan!]]
** During his first talk with you in the online mode, the Uppity Instructor says the following. Maybe a coincidence, but quite possibly a reference to ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
---> '''Uppity Instructor:''' "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney I have more money than the Guild. Screw the rules!]]".
*** And after he [[spoiler:is broke after clearing the 3rd urgent quest: "Screw the rules, What do I care? I'm flat broke!"]]
** Sadly exclusive to the Japanese version, there was an event that allowed you to actually wield Tessaiga, the weapon used exclusively by the half demon ''Manga/InuYasha''.
** "[[EliteBeatAgents Hunter is GO!]]"
** One of the dairy products available in the meal menu is "[[Film/PulpFiction Royale Cheese]]".
** "You will [[ConanTheBarbarian drive your prey before you and hear the lamentations of their mates.]]" -- The Savvy Hunter, on pulling off a perfect Spirit Slash combo.
** In ''Unite'' there is a quest that takes place in the Volcano area where you have to kill a certain number of large monsters. The name of the quest? "Hotter than Hell itself." [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Coffee, anyone?]]
** In ''Portable 3rd'', [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-11-20/negima-akamatsu-collaborates-on-monster-hunter-portable-3rd one of the available weapons]] is based on [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Asuna's]] BFS.
** A Shout Out in translation: The Male and Female Blademaster and Gunner sets for Jhen Mohran are all supposed to be named after Japanese Battleships or Aircraft Carriers. One doesn't have to wonder what the translator was thinking of when the Female Blademaster armor, supposed to be named after the Battleship ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hy%C5%ABga Hyuga]]'', got called [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Hinata]] instead.
** If you feed Kayamba a Well-Done Steak while he's wearing the False Felyne mask, he says, "[[MemeticMutation Om nom nom nom]]. [[LOLCats Kayamba can haz more?]]"
** After defeating the Ivory Lagiacrus, the Argosy Captain says AWinnerIsYou.
** Many, many quests allude to some form of pop culture. Examples include quests called [[Music/{{Prince}} "Purple Reign"]] (hunt a Purple Ludroth), "Mud Brothers" (hunt two Barroth), "Splash Damage" (hunt a Plesioth), "Pretty and Pink" (hunt a Rathian and Pink Rathian), "Crus Control" (hunt a Lagiacrus and Ivory Lagiacrus) and "Breaking the Ice" (hunt two Glacial Agnaktor).

** A quest to hunt the Royal Ludroth variant is called [[Music/{{Prince}} "Purple Reign"]].

** Also, the Master's Replica looks like a different sort of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Sword...]]

** Some of the armor sets (ex. [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Obituary]]) can be taken this way

*** [[spoiler:And after he is broke after clearing the 3rd urgent quest: "Screw the rules, What do I care? I'm flat broke!"]]
**** Also serves as a reference to how the amount of money you have in the game flunctuates a lot, with the prices always growing steadily higher.

** The Japanese version of Tri G is coming out with a certain Dual Swords set and armor that comes complete with [[Manga/AttackOnTitan 3D Maneuver Gear]].
** The color scheme, appearance and overall moveset of the Rebidiora heavily resembles [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]].

** [[Film/JurassicPark Jhoassic Park]], [[BreathWeapon Halijhosis]], [[ThatOneBoss Assjhole]], Evil Joe: Deviljho. The MOST common nickname however is [[GIJoe G.I.]] [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1057722 Jhooooooooooooooooooooooooo]] -- and ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck you're Cobra]]''.
*** [[Film/TheShining Heeeere's Jhonny!]]
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Since not every game gets released outside of Japan, some monsters will make their international "debut" in a different game.

** Bananasaurus, Sponge, [[SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]]: Royal Ludroth.
** [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], Lenosaurus Rex or [[TheFairlyOddparents The Crimson Chin]]: Uragaan, for his prominent rocky chin.

** The color scheme and jump-and-smash fighting style of the Brachydios strongly resembles the berserk form pf [[NeonGenesisEvangelion a certain giant purple robot.]]

* NoExportForYou: A little under half the games are only available in Japan.
** Also, unless you have custom firmware or a (friend with a) Japanese copy of the game, you can't get some of the extra goodies that come from Japanese-only download quests for the Freedom games. Some are joke items like a giant stuffed animal Hammer (Polytan) while others, like the Jolly Roger set, are quite useful.
** Reversed in Monster Hunter Tri, in which you can get three exclusive fan-designed weapons only in the ''international'' version of the game. And the [=WiiSpeak=] support for online play.
*** Any event items in the game that aren't the same between regions each have a Japanese and a foreign variant. While the two versions are different in appearance, they have the exact same stats. For example, the [[OnePiece Pirate Axe]] [[ShonenJump J]] has the exact same stats as the [[YinYangBomb Sinister Saints]].

** A quest to hunt the Royal Ludroth variant is called [[Creator/{{Prince}} "Purple Reign"]].

** At the onset of ''Tri'' and ''Tri Ultimate'', Junior says that [[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames he's so hungry, he could eat an Aptonoth]].

** Reversed in Monster Hunter Tri, in which you can get three exclusive fan-designed weapons only in the ''international'' version of the game. And the [=WiiSpeak=] support for online game.

*** [[spoiler: and after he is broke after clearing the 3rd urgent quest: "Screw the rules, What do I care? I'm flat broke!"]]
** Sadly in the Japanese version there was an event that allowed you to actually wield Tessaiga, the weapon used exclusively by the half demon ''Manga/InuYasha''.

** The translators wanted to call the Purple Ludroth "Purple Royal Ludroth," but the maximum length a monster's name can be was 16 characters, so they had to drop the "Royal" part.

** "Rouge Qurupeco" was considered for Crimson Qurupeco at one point, but due to how easy it was to mix up [[RougeAnglesOfSatin ''rouge'' with ''rogue'']], they decided to stick with crimson.

** Arzuros was derived from azure and ursus, resulting in various {{Punny Name}}s before they could settle on its name.
** Zeograth was considered for Zinogre at one point, being a combination of Zeus and wrath. However, because Zinogre's name already appeared on some merchandise in English, the director requested that its name stay Zinogre.
** The Stygian Zinogre's initial name was Scarlet Zinogre, but the Japanese development team wanted its name to have more emphasis on its {{Hellhound}} appearance.

** The Rajang is a massive [[Manga/{{Dragonball}} Dragon Ball Z]] reference, and Lao Shan Lung looks suspiciously like {{Godzilla}} when he stands up.

** Arzuros was derived from azure and ursus, resulting in various {{PunnyName}}s before they could settle on its name.

** Arzuros was derived from azure and ursus, resulting in various {{PunnyName}}s before they could settle its name.

** A Shout Out in translation: The Male and Female Blademaster and Gunner sets for Jhen Mohran are all supposed to be named after Japanese Battleships or Aircraft Carriers. One doesn't have to wonder what the translator was thinking of when the Female Blademaster armor, supposed to be named after the Battleship ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hy%C5%ABga Hyuga]]'', got called [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Hinata]] instead.

** [[Film/JurassicPark Jhoassic Park]], [[BreathWeapon Halijhosis]], [[ThatOneBoss Assjhole]], Evil Joe: Deviljho. The MOST common nickname however is [[GIJoe G.I.]] [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1057722 Jhooooooooooooooooooooooooo]] -- and ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck you're Cobra]]''.

** [[Film/JurassicPark Jhoassic Park]], [[BreathWeapon Halijhosis]], [[ThatOneBoss Assjhole]]: Deviljho. The MOST common nickname however is [[GIJoe G.I.]] [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1057722 Jhooooooooooooooooooooooooo]] -- and ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck you're Cobra]]''.

** [[JurassicPark Jhoassic Park]], [[BreathWeapon Halijhosis]], [[ThatOneBoss Assjhole]]: Deviljho. The MOST common nickname however is [[GIJoe G.I.]] [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1057722 Jhooooooooooooooooooooooooo]] -- and ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck you're Cobra]]''.