History VideoGame / KingOfTheMonsters

* Geon: A giant dinosaur (no monster brawler is complete without a giant reptile of some sort)
* Woo: King Kong's cousin
* Poison Ghost: A monster covered in toxic waste
* Rocky: A giant golem
* Astro Guy: A giant humanoid superhero
* [[PunnyName Beetle Mania]]: A large beetle-like creature, suggested to be an alien.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: The six monsters in the first game had the same movelist, with the only difference being what their projectile attack is and how they did certain moves. The three returning characters in the sequel have much more unique normals and specials.

* CaptainErsatz: Nearly ''everyone''.

* {{Acrofatic}}: King Famardy might be the most triumphant example in all of fiction: he weights well over half a '''million''' '''''TONS'''''[[note]]655,035 tons, according to the ending credits[[/note]], yet he can jump around just as easily as the player characters.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Videogame/GodzillaDomination'' for GBA is very clearly modeled on this game but it's more balanced to give players more fighting chance.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Videogame/GodzillaDomination'' for GBA is very clearly modeled on this series -- with most of the cheating elements and the ScrappyMechanic removed. It's a CultClassic.

* ReformulatedGame: The Genesis version of ''KOTM 2'' changed it to a more traditional 1-on-1 fighting game, removed the pre-boss fight sections, and all bosses besides Famardy are now playable.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The human who Eiffelyte uses get's blown into bloody pieces in the [=NeoGeo=] version after defeated, leaving only the head.

* PlayerVersusPlayer: A possible mode in both games, and a highlilght.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The human who Eiffelyte uses get's blown into bloody pieces in the NeoGeo version after defeated, leaving only the head.

Despite the name, this has no direct relation to ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]'' or anything else in the Franchise/{{Godzilla}} franchise (aside from a NotZilla). Also not to be confused with ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'', which shares similar themes.

* BalloonBelly: Aqua Slug can turn its foes into parade balloons by blowing odd glops of goop at them.
** Strangely, the victim does not pop. They would just appear back to their normal size and falls down.

* {{Kaiju}}

* PlayerVersusPlayer

* StuffBlowingUp

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: Applies to the second ''KOTM'' game. ''[[SNKBoss And how]].''

These three are the heroes of the series.

* LargeAndInCharge: Even considering all the characters are kaiju, Famardy is ''still'' larger than them all, and is one of the largest characters to ever appear in a fighting game. In fact, he is ''so'' large that he can ''swallow the PlayerCharacter whole'', which is a OneHitKill.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: While none of the cities the Monsters can rampage through are explicitly named, the "American City" level is blatantly meant to be New York. And while tearing skyscrapers off the ground to clobber your ennemies with or plain smashing them down for bonus points ''is'' funny, the fact that the game lets you do just that to what is ''obviously'' the World Trade Center Twin Towers became much less funny about a decade after the game came out...

* LargeAndInCharge: Even considering all the characters are kaiju, Famardy is ''still'' larger than them all, and is one of the largest characters to ever appear in a fighting game.

* SequelHook: The ending of the sequel clumsily states that "In 800 years, a few survivors will have power."

* ExcusePlot: The first game. Apparently, a group of random giant monsters just decided to beat each other up. In the second game it's a random alien invasion.

* Beetle Mania: A large beetle-like creature, suggested to be an alien.