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12[[caption-width-right:350:''Gods will fall, humanity will rise...'']]
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14->''"They counted on the humans to hide, to give up, to fail. They never considered our ability to stand, to endure, that we'd rise to the challenge."''
15-->-- '''Raleigh Beckett''', ''Film/PacificRim''
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17A plot trope that involves a fantastic version of the most basic conflicts: Man vs. Beast.
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19InAWorld[[note]][[TheUnmasquedWorld usually without]] the {{Masquerade}}[[/note]] where humanity is terrorized by a race of {{nigh invulnerab|ility}}le [[OurMonstersAreWeird behemoths]]. Humanity is at a disadvantage, but at some point, they discover their enemies' weakness, and now have a fighting chance. And thus begins the tale of their struggle.
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21The most basic form of this is that a [[ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction certain organization]] is in charge of recruiting people and equipping them with a specific set of equipment and[=/=]or skills vital to exploiting the weaknesses of the monsters they are fighting. In cases where there ''is'' a {{Masquerade}}, their purpose is to uphold it by preventing {{Muggles}} from discovering the existence of such monsters.
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23The organization is usually the only one of its kind, but within a global reach there will often be "branches." Size and scope also vary. They can be as large and publicized as the military, but an OddlySmallOrganization or a small TheSquad[=/=]FiveManBand would also do.
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25There usually isn't a prerequisite for its recruits; as long as they can fight, they can join. In verses that rely on AppliedPhlebotinum, [[TheChosenMany compatibility with the phlebotinum]] is the only requirement, and you usually [[{{Conscription}} cannot refuse to join them]], especially if compatible people are rare.
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27The monsters are usually characterized by being non-sentient beasts that devour or destroy humans or resources which make them a direct threat. Sometimes though, they are sentient but AlwaysChaoticEvil with little regard for self-preservation. Whatever their flavor, they're out to multiply and destroy, and our heroes' job is to stop them from doing so.
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29The monsters' origin usually varies from being simply aliens, a result of CreatingLife GoneHorriblyWrong, a mutant strain of an existing lifeform, a beastly sort of HenchmenRace created by the BigBad, coming from a single {{Hellgate}}, or simply just [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere popping out]] [[OutsideContextProblem of nowhere]]. Whatever their origin, there will [[LawOfConservationOfDetail already be quite a lot]] of them already by the time the story kicks in.
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31Whatever their origin, they will always have NighInvulnerability or a HealingFactor that makes them hard to kill. This doesn't mean they are invincible though. These monsters usually have an AchillesHeel -- usually in the form of AppliedPhlebotinum that is the only thing that can harm them (which our organization would [[DepletedPhlebotinumShells exploit]] as [[WeaponOfXSlaying weapons]]), or a certain [[AttackItsWeakpoint weak point]] in their body, which is usually a core [[ShieldedCoreBoss placed in a strategic part of its body]].
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33This trope has two common variations:
34* '''Kaiju Killing Corps''' -- Man vs Giant Beasts. They use conventional equipment like {{Mecha}}s, PoweredArmor or [[CoolPlane airplanes]] (or the closest NotQuiteFlight or GiantFlyer alternative) to fight giants.
35* '''Phlebotinum-Based Hunter Organization''' -- Man vs AbstractEater (or HordeOfAlienLocusts). They use WeaponOfXSlaying (DepletedPhlebotinumShells or [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]]-powered) to fight the invaders. They may or may not have support equipment (e.g. A MiniMecha or PoweredArmor to use {{BFS}}es). Common variations include [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirits]], TheHeartless or MadeOfEvil or MadeOfMagic Creatures.
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37Remember, for the trope to count:
38* There must be an organization, or at the very least a team. Solo examples count if they have a group backing them, or at least, it is implied they have offscreen members.
39* The monsters must be impersonal "forces of nature" -- as in, like the GenericDoomsdayVillain, they are largely defined by the threat they pose rather than their motivations. Ones with sentient higher ups or ones with a bunch of sentient monsters of the same kind still count.
40* The monsters may or may not have a weakness. Their ''having a single origin or kind'' is more important than them having a weakness, whether WeaponizedWeakness or AchillesHeel.
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42Within the subtropes, there is the common element of "being imprisoned". Whether by a [[TheWallAroundTheWorld literal wall]] (like in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' or ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst'') or by humanity being forced to live in [[CitadelCity Citadel Cities]] (like in ''Film/TheMatrix'' or ''Manga/StrikeWitches'') due to relentless attacks by the monsters. The plot will usually involve the organization finding ways for humanity to live outside these "walls" and have character dream about how TheWorldIsJustAwesome and that they and everyone else need to see it.
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44SubTrope of HunterOfMonsters. SisterTrope to BugWar, which is about humanity in general fighting BigCreepyCrawlies or HordeOfAlienLocusts, and may or may not employ this trope. Compare WhoYouGonnaCall, for an organization that tackles the supernatural in general in an otherwise normal world. Contrast AntiHumanAlliance, where a group of aliens, monsters and non-human creatures team up against humans. See also TheMenInBlack, an organization tasked with upholding the {{Masquerade}}. A particularly successful organization that wipes out a species may cross over with TheGreatExterminator.
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51* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[BadassArmy Soldiers]] equipped with 3D Maneuver Gear[[note]]3DMG is a lower-back-mounted [[SteamPunk compressed-air powered]] spool device for feeding wires to a pair of belt-mounted {{Grappling Hook Pistol}}s controlled through two triggers on the handle of a pair of swords with detachable blades which are ejected via a handlebar. The gas is carried through a pair of canisters tied on thigh-mounted spare blade carriers.[[/note]] vs. ''Titans''. They also employ other weapons like cannons, but the 3DMG is their main equipment; as it gives them the most mobility [[NotQuiteFlight without actually flying]] to reach the titans' [[AchillesHeel weak point]]: the back of their necks. The titans are simply [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]], creepy {{Humanoid Abomination}}s with [[DumbMuscle no discernible intelligence]] and few behavioral traits aside from a [[KillAllHumans desperate desire]] [[ImAHumanitarian to eat humans]]. Though [[ItCanThink there are]] [[GeniusBruiser some exceptions]].
52* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The Gotei 13 portrays itself as an organisation whose duty it is to protect humanity from the threat of hollows, human souls that have turned evil due UnfinishedBusiness literally eating out the heart of their soul. However, the Shinigami were originally Balancers, monitoring the flow of souls between the World of the Living and the Soul Society. At some point they fell from their original purpose and became hollow-hunters, although they do retain at least one of their original abilities in the form of Soul Burial. Despite their current path, only the low-ranked Shinigami engage in hollow-hunting to obtain the experience necessary for dealing with threats to the Shinigami rather than to humanity. They therefore struggle to combat the threat to humanity, resulting in humans with power of their own to band together to produce the Quincies (the "Destroyers") to protect humans from hollows where Shinigami couldn't. Unfortunately, their method of fighting threatens the Balance of the World. As a result, the Quincies and Shinigami are at war with each other, benefiting no-one.
53* The organization Red Shield from ''Anime/BloodPlus'' has made it its mission to chase the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent chiropterans]].
54* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' features the Order of the True Cross, a worldwide organization dedicated to hunting down and exorcising [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] that prey on humans. They're mostly content to leave the peaceful ones alone; some members even [[SummonMagic rely on them to fight]].
55* In the setting of ''Anime/BlueGender'', BigCreepyCrawlies known as the Blue have taken over the world. Mankind's greatest hope for survival lies with the military, who combat the Blue using MiniMecha called Armor Shrikes.
56* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': While the stated mission of the Alchemist Army is to oversee all aspects of [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemy]] worldwide, and to create the Philosopher’s Stone, the fact that alchemical research has been at a standstill for centuries means that their everyday role is to hunt down and destroy the [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent man-eating homunculi]] created by insane alchemists.
57* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' has the Public Safety Devil Hunters Bureau, a GovernmentAgencyOfFiction dedicated to DemonSlaying. Since they work for the government, [[NonUniformUniform nearly]] every member is a BadassInANiceSuit.
58* The titular warriors in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' are [[BioAugmentation chimeric]] [[WorldOfActionGirls female supersoldiers]] designed to fight demons known as "yoma" and their [[TookALevelInBadass evolved forms]], giant monsters called Awakened Beings. The procedure to become a Claymore gives the user enhanced strength, speed, and abilities, but at [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie great cost]]. [[spoiler: This all turns out to be a front, as the Organization is actually breeding monsters in order to fight ''dragons.'']]
59* The Power is the organization responsible for protecting the [[BaseOnWheels moving city]] of ''Anime/DecaDence'' from the threat of the Gadoll, an alien life-form that threatens to destroy life on Earth. They train, arm, and provide incentives for the Gears and the handful of human Tankers that fight alongside them. The truth, of course, is a lot less glamorous and sinister than that.
60* The Demon Slayer Corps from ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' have been fighting and killing demons basically for as long as anyone can remember in order to protect humanity. Strictly speaking, they're supposed to exterminate any and all demons that they become aware of, but during the events of the series they've softened a little bit, though not without controversy within their own ranks. Namely, Tanjiro is a member of the Corps mainly because his family was killed by a demon and his sister Nezuko was turned into a demon during the attack but she's been conditioned to defend humans instead of attack them; the leader of the Corps was aware of this and okay'd it, but not everyone else was and were perfectly willing to kill Nezuko and Tanjiro for their perceived betrayal.
61* ''Manga/DGrayMan'' has the Exorcists from the [[TheOrder Black Order]] with their [[MorphWeapon Innocence]] vs Akuma. The innocence themselves are completely non-uniform and can be anything, but are capable of morphing and evolving. They fight the Akuma, who are [[MadeOfEvil created]] when a living human in mourning over the loss of a loved one makes a contract with the [[BigBad Millenium Earl]] to bring the soul of said lost loved one back. They goes around killing in order to grow and evolve to become stronger and better serve the Earl's purpose. [[SentientWeapon Innocence]], also known as [[PowerCrystal The Crystal of God]] is a [[AppliedPhlebotinum strange substance]] that can [[EmpathicWeapon bind with humans]] called Accomodators to form anti-akuma-weapons which come as Equipment type, [[BloodyMurder Crystal type]], and [[LovecraftianSuperpower Parasitic type]] used in fighting Akuma.
62* ''Anime/GaistCrusher'' is a very simplistic take on this. Humanity has harvested powerful minerals called Gaimetals, but an alien threat seems to be turning them into violent monsters called Gaist. In order to combat them, the government has established the Gaist Crushers, humans using PoweredArmor made of Gaimetal to fight. [[KidHero They're all very young for some reason]], and the main character gets recruited after being forced to don Gaist Crusher gear in an emergency situation.
63* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' is a DeadlyGame where the players are equipped with alien technology and sent to destroy aliens of various shapes and sizes hiding on Earth. The players' equipment includes [[PoweredArmor special suits that give the wearer superhuman strength]], [[AbsurdlySharpBlade absurdly sharp]], blade elongating [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]], and guns that shoot invisible, {{Painfully Slow Projectile}}s powerful enough to turn their target into LudicrousGibs. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler: the purpose of the game is to train soldiers capable of fighting an upcoming AlienInvasion by a race of giant-sized aliens. The technology used by the players comes from alien races previously exterminated by the invading alien race]].
64* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', there used to be a group of people dedicated to exterminate the {{Youkai}} who were causing mayhem in the villages. During a gory attack orchestrated by Naraku, all of them except two were killed. The two survivors are Sango and her brother Kohaku.
65* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': NERV is an organization that uses [[HumongousMecha EVAs]] to fight an alien race known as the Angels. The reason Angels can't be destroyed by conventional weapons is because they sport AT-fields, DeflectorShields that can completely block even the explosive power of a [[WeaponOfMassDestruction multi-megaton bomb]]. The most efficent way to penetrate the AT-field is stated to be via close combat, for which the [=EVA=]s use [[VibroWeapon high-frequency vibrating "Progressive Knives"]]. The [=EVA=]s can even build up an AT-field of their own, and eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler: the [=EVA=]s are actually created by [[OrganicTechnology cloning them]] from the same source the Angels themselves were born]]. The troops themselves are just ''three'' "Children" ([[GratuitousEnglish which is also singular in-universe]]), who are the only ones capable of piloting said mecha... and they [[DysfunctionJunction have issues]] to take care about themselves.
66* From ''Manga/{{Nobunagun}}'', there is DOGOO, an organization formed specifically fight against aliens designated as Evolutionary Invasion Objects. They fight these with super powered individuals who are the [[GeneticMemory genetic reincarnations]] of famous historical individuals.
67* The {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' use their phlebotinum-powered weapons to fight Witches, dangerous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s whose [[RealityWarper reality warping]] pose threats to humanity. [[spoiler:What [[BigBad Kyubey]], the [[MentorMascot critter who gave them their power]], ''[[YouDidntAsk doesn't]]'' tell them is that [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie every magical girl is doomed to become a witch]] due to the way that magic works in this universe]].
68* In ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd: Vampire Reign'', Earth's population is decimated by a virus, and the survivors are attacked by monsters or enslaved by vampires. Elite members of the army are able to make contracts with demons to earn phlebotinum weapons which are the only things capable of killing vampires.
69* The ''Anime/SkyGirls'' are Japan's main line of defense against the setting's remaining [=WORMs=] ('''W'''eapon '''O'''f '''R'''aid '''M'''achines). They are OlderThanTheyLook girls chosen for their compatibility to the available [[MiniMecha Sonic Divers]], TransformingMecha with plane and bipedal modes, ideal for high-speed travel and aerial combat. The [=WORMs=] are artificial lifeforms consisting of millions of nanocells that take the forms of creatures they see. The girls are required to wear LatexSpaceSuit made of nanocells for protection because of this.
70* In the anime version of ''Manga/SoulEater'', the DWMA was founded to train Meisters and [[EquippableAlly Weapons]] (who power up by eating souls) to hunt "Demon Eggs" (humans who have become corrupted by consuming the souls of the innocent), Kishin ({{Eldritch Abomination}}s that form from said humans when they get too powerful) and their strongest, [[BigBad Kishin Asura]], as well as [[MageSpecies Witches]] (from whom the weapons originally got their abilities). This trope didn't strictly apply to the manga, as it had no concept of Demon Eggs, and the DWMA hunted anyone [[BigGood Lord Death]] [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner considered evil enough to need to die]]. Many of them just happened to be [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous very inhuman looking.]]
71* The ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' are one of the many squads of [[CuteWitch witches]] [[FightsLikeANormal equipped]] [[SmallGirlBigGun with]] [[{{BFG}} vehicle mountable guns]] who wear Striker Units against "The Neuroi". Striker Units are [[BuffySpeak plane enginesque]] legwear that amplifies their magic and allows them to fly[[note]]there are also tank-like variant for ground-based combat[[/note]] and project [[BarrierWarrior Force Fields]] to guard against Neuroi attacks which include [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], bullets, and full-on WaveMotionGun. The Neuroi are aliens which take the form of huge aircrafts ([[http://anonym.to/?http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3152/neuroi.png pic]]) and literally [[WalkingWasteland consume swaths of the earth]] to gain their power.
72* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'' has the Mobile Disaster Response Corps who have the so called "Valkyries", girls attuned to [[PhlebotinumDuJour mysterious crystals]] called [[LoyalPhlebotinum Relic]], which allows [[HenshinHero them]] to transform said crystals into PoweredArmor which comes with free weapons [[ThePowerOfRock via singing]] -- which amplifies the inherent but dormant powers of the crystal. They fight the Noise, aliens which vaguely take the shape of earth creatures and have NaturalWeapon. They [[EldritchAbomination do not follow the law of conservation of energy]] and disintegrate any humans [[TakingYouWithMe along with themselves]] if they come into direct contact with one.
73* The Ganmen of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are HumongousMecha which were originally used in lunar resource exploration, but were repurposed [[spoiler:to battle the Anti-Spirals' [[EldritchAbomination Ashtanga]] during the time of Lordgenome as their leader. Until he had to back down and force humanity underground.]] as [[InvertedTrope goons by the Beastmen to keep humans from living in the surface]].
74* The Commission of Counter-Ghoul (CCG) in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' has very intentionally cultivated this trope to their advantage. The organization brands itself as the upholders of justice and protectors of humanity, while enforcing the idea that Ghouls are inhuman monsters to be killed on sight. Because Ghouls are highly resistant to most conventional weaponry, Ghoul Investigators employ special weapons called Quinque to kill Ghouls. These weapons are made by harvesting the predatory organ of a Ghoul, and building it into some sort of weapon system. In reality, there are [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire peaceful Ghouls]] that merely want to live quietly, or even actively enjoy the company of humans, whom the investigators [[VanHelsingHateCrimes mercilessly torture and slaughter anyway]], while the organization itself is involved in some very shady activities such as [[spoiler:deliberately preserving the ForeverWar between humans and ghouls]]. As for the Quinque, those are frequently recognized by loved ones and used as a form of sadistic psychological warfare.
75* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'' features the Border Defense Agency against the [[AlienTropes aliens called Neighbors]], who's members use the aliens' own [[AppliedPhlebotinum Trion energy]] powered weapons called ''Trigger''. Their members are people who have high trion levels. The BDA was formed specifically to defend against the neighbors. Although it was revealed in the first episode that what they were fighting were actually just their drones called Trion Soldiers and that the neighbors are actually HumanoidAliens.
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79* ''ComicBook/{{Artemis}}: Requiem'' sees the title character team up with an organization of demon hunters known as the Hellenders. She returns to ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' on a mission to kill ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}, unaware her organization has been mislead about him as part of a plot by Neron to kill Diana.
80* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' has the ComicBook/{{BPRD}} ('''B'''ureau of '''P'''aranormal '''R'''esearch and '''D'''efence) which is dedicated to protecting humanity from the supernatural threats.
81* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' has the [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonsters Monster Hunters,]] who are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. They were (via {{Retcon}}) a team that operated in the days before the ComicBook/FantasticFour, when Marvel Earth seemed to be under constant attack from [[{{Kaiju}} giant monsters]].
82* In ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'', The Graveyard Shift is a group of religious fanatics whose mission is to eradicate vampires. They killed most of the Skorzeny vampires in Markovia but Nina Skorzeny was able to escape. They tracked Nina to America but many of their number were killed when they ran afoul of an ancient vampire while tracking her.
83* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'':
84** During the 90s, Vampirella was allied with the Danse Macabre, an organization that fought supernatural threats with considerably more extreme measures. A later run in 2001, introduced a covert branch of the FBI tasked with fighting supernatural threats called the World's End Circus.
85** The Catholic Exorcism Initiative Office (OCEI) is another organization dedicated to fighting supernatural evils. Yes, they also enlist [[NunTooHoly Warrior Nuns]]. Vampirella has occasionally allied with them as well, but it's significantly more [[TeethClenchedTeamwork teeth-clenched]]; while she's a HunterOfHerOwnKind, several priests consider her a borderline abomination as well.
86* ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' is a descendant of the famous lawman Wyatt Earp and the top special agent for a special unit known within the {{US Marshal}}s as The Monster Squad, battling supernatural threats, and taking care of some outstanding Earp family business along the way, alongside her fellow Marshals.
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90* ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived'': PlayedForLaughs when President Orion has to bribe [[CrazySurvivalist Dollar]] to tell a lie about her arena, and her price is that he establish a zombie-fighting branch of the Peacekeepers even though there aren't any actual zombies outside of Dollar's arena.
91* ''Fanfic/HuntingSeries'': The hunters are actually a group of loosely organized rebels around the Matrix's version of the world that delete 'supernatural' programs that kill innocent people. Examples of smaller teams are Sam/Jessica and formerly the team of John Winchester and Bobby Singer.
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95* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': General Monger leads a covert ops team that captures monsters and confines them in a secret base to keep the populace safe. Later, the monsters themselves become one such team, sent to battle an AlienInvasion.
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99* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': The Ghostbusters are a four-man team, capturing ghosts one at a time before squaring off against Gozer.
100* ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'' involves a group of vampire hunters out to stop the head vampire from getting a cross which will let him go out in the sun. There are other vampire hunting teams all around the world, all funded by the Catholic church.
101* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' franchise:
102** In ''Film/TheMatrix'', Neo and the rest of the [[LaResistance Red Pills]] fight against [[HumanoidAbomination The Agents]] [[TheMenInBlack of The Matrix]]. who try to uphold the {{Masquerade}} within the {{Cyberspace}} for the Machines. their "real world" counterparts are The Sentinels mentioned under Kaiju Killing Corps.
103** In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', the Machines' main force for hunting humans in the real world are Sentinels, killer robots resembling cephalopods. In the human city of Zion, Captian Mifune leads a defense force of [[PoweredArmor Armored Personnel Units]], capable of dual-wielding guns big enough to take down the Sentinels. (Humans working outside can use {{EMP}}s to defend themselves from Sentinels, but for a variety of reasons, those are not practical to use anywhere near Zion.) This becomes a major plot point in ''Revolutions'', when an army of Sentinels invades Zion, and Captain Mifune's team is the main line of defense.
104* ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'': {{Subverted|Trope}} with [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]]. The organization was originally formed by the government and military with the explicit end-task of finding ways to exterminate any [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]] they discovered, but Monarch's own operatives tend to grow to admire and even revere the creatures after studying them up close, and they recognize both Godzilla and Kong as protectors of humanity against the more hostile Titans as well as the human race's only liable line of defence. Combine that with Monarch's findings that the Titans are essentially crucial antibodies to the Earth's ecosphere which human life can't survive without. By the start of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', Monarch's top brass are actively in a legal battle opposing the government's mounting pressure to see all the Titans indiscriminately exterminated. [[EvilInc Apex Cybernetics]] in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' see themselves as this or at least make themselves out to be this with their anti-Titan MugglePower plan, but in reality they're nothing more than [[TooDumbToLive obscenely]] [[{{Pride}} hubristic]] and amoral bastards using MugglePower as an excuse for their own selfish and thoroughly villainous end-goals.
105* In ''Film/TheMonsterClub'', The Blini, or The B-Squad, are a division of the police responsible for investigating blood-based crimes. Unfortunately, their methods often result in VanHelsingHateCrimes.
106* ''Film/PacificRim'': Giant, city-destroying monsters (actually called "{{Kaiju}}" in-universe) emerge from a portal on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The governments of the world realize that these Kaiju aren't going to stop coming, and that conventional weapons aren't suited to kill them without massive collateral damage. So the Jaeger program--consisting of HumongousMecha, each piloted by two brain-linked humans--is created to deal with the threat. However, by the time of the film, the Jaeger program is about to be shut down in favor of a massive Anti-Kaiju Wall, thanks to the [[EvilEvolves increasing lethality]] of the Kaiju making the Jaegers too expensive to continue using. Unsurprisingly, the Wall is utterly ineffective in keeping the Kaiju out.
107* ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'': Adam Van Helsing and his father are a part of P.U.R.G.E., an organization dedicated to fighting vampires.
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111* D.I.A.P.P., the Division for the Investigation and Appropriation of Paranormal Phenomena from ''Literature/AngelOfDeath'', is a division of the US government who, among other things, work to combat the numerous liches who go about devouring human souls.
112* Played with in ''Literature/DateALive''. The AmazonBrigade [[KnightTemplar Anti-Spirit Team]] is tasked of fighting the [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirits]], PersonOfMassDestruction that has been causing phenomena called Spacequakes-- which are "earth" quakes [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]].[[note]]Actually just quakes not occurring on the ground but on the atmosphere.[[/note]] The thing is, they are ''horribly ineffective'' at fighting the spirits (except for the two elites among them, who are [[OneManArmy One Women Armies]]) since the spirits have powerful DeflectorShields. This trope is subverted in two ways: one, the spirits are sentient and can be reasoned with. They can also have their powers sealed, reducing them into normal humans. so there really isn't much reason fighting them (unless they're [[PsychopathicManchild psychos]]). And two, the AST has their rival organization: [[Myth/NorseMythology Ratatoskr]], who decided to have someone ''[[DatingTropes date]]'' these spirits to submission, since they conveniently all happen to be [[BishoujoGenre girls]]. [[spoiler:This is because their leader is also sort of one, and had her powers sealed as well.]]
113* ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' is set on a human colony-world [[SpaceAmish that has shunned technology]], so [[OurDragonsAreDifferent a native life-form that looked like miniature dragons]] were genetically engineered and used as ''planes'' to fight against the lifeform called "Thread", which normally lives in deep space but occasionally Falls on Pern, where it will [[HordeOfAlienLocusts eat anything made of organic material]].
114* The ''Milites Dei'' in ''Literature/TheFeyAndTheFallen'' is a ChurchMilitant monster-hunting organization dedicated to killing demons. Unfortunately, [[PoorCommunicationKills they can't tell the difference between actual demons and faeries]]...
115* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has the Agency, a mysterious group of psychics who fight [[TheHeartless manifestations of Haruhi's teen angst]] in a PhantomZone of sorts. ItMakesSenseInContext.
116* The Covenant in ''Literature/InCryptid'' see themselves as this, but they actually end up being VanHelsingHateCrimes [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]]. Humans are nowhere near endangered, but plenty of sapient and non-sapient cryptids are thanks to the Covenant exterminating anything they see as "monsters".
117* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'':
118** The Dragon's Lair warrior guild trains its members in the use of mercenary magic and combat spirit techniques for the purpose of fighting monsters. With these skills, they can leave walled cities to trim the monster population and escort civilians. These monsters are all mindless carnivores (even the plants) because of the {{mana}} addling their brains.
119** The ICDMM (International Community Dedicated to Mana Mutation) sends out field agents to collect monsters (dead or alive) for the purpose of dissection and experimentation. Their goal is to understand mana mutation so that they can cure and/or treat it.
120* The titular ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark'' specialise in battling Tenebrous, extradimensional shadow monsters breaking into our world from the Tenebrae. Members are TheChosenMany, wielding [[WordsOfPower speech-based]] [[LightIsGood light powers]], though the organisation goes out of its way to avoid {{conscription}}, giving unwilling Knights enough training to keep control of their powers before letting them go their own way. Most choose to join, even though members tend to die young, brave and alone.
121* ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'': The titular PrivateMilitaryContractors for one. The Monster Control Bureau is a corrupt government version. The UK and the Vatican are revealed to have similar organizations.
122* The shadowhunters in ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' are also such an organization. They are [[{{Nephilim}} nephilim]], and have the task of protecting humanity from the demons. But also from evil vampires, werewolves, [[TheFairFolk fairies]] and [[MageSpecies warlocks]]. In their past, the shadowhunters were [[VanHelsingHateCrimes far from good]].
123* The Bright Cross Disaster Prevention Foundation from ''Literature/MyVampireOlderSisterAndZombieLittleSister''. Publicly, they're a charity organisation that provides relief to victims of disasters. Privately, they specialize in hunting down and executing Archenemies (the setting's name for supernatural beings like vampires and zombies), seeing them as another "disaster". [[spoiler:But it's later revealed that the organisation was originally founded by Archenemies, to direct and control the anti-Archenemy sentiment of humans]].
124* Creator/GrahamMasterton's ''Night Warriors'' series is about a loose network of individuals chosen by God to protect humanity from evil supernatural forces (mostly of demonic origin). Since their enemies can haunt dreams, the Night Warriors have one specialist individual who can transfer a team back and forth through the dreamscape and each Night Warrior has special powers while there. In the real world, the Night Warriors are just regular humans, so often their enemies can rampage for a significant amount of time before they can hunted successfully in dreams.
125* The eponymous ''Literature/RedRoom'' is one of these, hunting down monsters as well as covering up the supernatural for an AncientConspiracy. Part of protagonist Derek's problems is he'd rather be doing the former than the latter.
126* The Lakewalkers in ''Literature/TheSharingKnife'' exist to hunt and kill Malices (Blight Bogles).
127* Played with in the Night's Watch from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. They were a prestigious BadassArmy created specifically to defend the realm from magical ice demons called the Others (and their minions, the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent wights]]), but by the time the series begins, centuries of peace have led the organization to devolve into a severely undermanned ArmyOfThievesAndWhores that no longer remembers how to fight the Others, let alone believes they exist. Although as the series goes on, they may be played straight, as [[spoiler:the Others begin making their comeback, and dragonglass is (re)discovered to be ''very'' effective in fighting them]].
128* The eponymous witchers in ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series hunt all kinds of monsters, but specifically those who invaded the world after the Conjunction of the Spheres. They would fall under the phlebotinum-powered subtype, since they are enhanced with potions and spells starting in childhood and have number of supernatural traits to complement their TrainingFromHell.
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132* Several in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''; the Watcher's Council in England, a secret branch of the US Army known as The Initiative and later the Slayer's Army made out of Slayers as the name implies. They all capture and/or kill creatures loosely define as demons. Whilst the Council sees them as supernatural magical creatures, The Initiative thinks they are unknown animal life forms and treat them as such.
133* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
134** UNIT is a military organisation which operates under the auspices of the United Nations, initially under the name of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce until being renamed the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, alternately known as the United Intelligence Taskforce. Its remit was to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to the Earth.
135** The Torchwood Institute (or ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' for short) is an organisation founded in 1879 to protect the British Empire (later Great Britain) from extraterrestrial threat, to capture the Doctor (whom Queen Victoria regarded as one such threat) and to secure alien technology for Britain.
136* ''Series/FirstKill'' has The Guild, an ancient order that trains hunters to kill any monster they can find and keeps records of everything they know about killing them. Though it's not discussed in-depth in the first season, we're told they have various ranks (the Burns family are "Blades" while their friends are above them as "Helms") and they have an academy somewhere that gives hunters more training.
137* ''Series/{{Legacies}}'' has Triad Industries, a private organization that captures supernatural creatures and throws them into a pit of black goo that somehow also {{Unperson}}s them, leaving only the physical evidence of their existence but no memories. Originally, they were tasked with capturing only the evil supernaturals, but eventually the organization became corrupt and self-serving, tossing anyone they didn't like into the pit, including humans. Triad is also fully aware of the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted but chooses to ignore them... for now.
138* The ''Series/MonsterWarriors'' are a group of teenagers that who come together to battle monsters that have been brought to life by a former monster movie creator.
139* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', there is a loose network of hunters, with Bobby serving as mission control, and later we learn about the Men of Letters, which catalogue knowledge on supernatural entities. There's even an English Men of Letters branch separate from the US one, which later came into direct conflict with the American hunters. By season 14, the Winchesters have also managed to save an entire settlement from an apocalyptic hellworld by bringing them over to their own dimension, most of whom are then reconfigured into a massive hunter organization.
140* The various attack teams in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' that assist the Ultras (and whom their human hosts/forms are usually a member of) are prime examples of the Kaiju Killing Corps variation.
141** The SSSSP/Science Patrol from the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
142** The Ultra Garrison from ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'', however unlike most of the other examples they're portrayed in a far grayer light with their actions often questioned and at times finding themselves at odds due to the weight of their actions. ''Series/HeiseiUltraseven'' even shows that in an alternate universe where they were the only defense team, there were divisions among their ranks leading to corruption from various places.
143** MAT from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman''.
144** TAC from ''Series/UltramanAce''.
145** ZAT from ''Series/UltramanTaro''.
146** MAC from ''Series/UltramanLeo''. [[spoiler:Unlike most examples, they don't make it out alive of the series and are completely destroyed at the start of the last arc.]]
147** UGM from ''Series/UltramanEighty''. A notable accomplishment of theirs is that [[spoiler:they get to defeat a Kaiju all on their own without help from 80 or Yullian, thus proving mankind can now defend themselves from Kaiju without the need for Ultraman.]]
148** UMA from ''Series/UltramanTowardsTheFuture''.
149** WINR from ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero''.
150** GUTS from ''Series/UltramanTiga'' and it's successor Super GUTS from ''Series/UltramanDyna''
151** GUARD and its sub-organization, XIG, serves as this in ''Series/UltramanGaia'', the sheer vastness of their forces lead to several squads receiving rotating focus across the series.
152** HEART from ''Series/UltramanNeos''.
153** EYES from ''Series/UltramanCosmos'', though they're far more peace-oriented. In the same series JDSF does serve as a more straightforward example.
154** TLT/Night Eyes from ''Series/UltramanNexus'' which also employ LaserGuidedAmnesia to cover up the existence of Kaiju. In a variation of the usual formula, Nexus' deunamists/hosts are not members of the team... [[spoiler:At least until [[TheHero Komon]] transforms into Nexus in the finale.]]
155** DASH from ''Series/UltramanMax''.
156** GUYS from ''Series/UltramanMebius'' who employ knowledge and equipment of past defense teams to improve their own tactics.
157** ZAP Spacy from ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'' is a variation, while they do fight monsters it is not their main job to do so.
158** XIO from ''Series/UltramanX'', they also have powers and equipment tied to their Ultraman, X, which allows them to perform combination attacks and even boost X's power or use X's own techniques.
159** STORAGE from ''Series/UltramanZ'', though they employ {{Humongous Mecha}}s to fight kaiju with.
160** GUTS Select from ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', they're heavily based on the original GUTS and employ remote-controlled weaponry to fight kaiju with. [[spoiler:They're also one of the few examples of a team deliberately modeled after a previous one, since its founder Mitsukuni Shizuma, was a member of GUTS in the past.]]
161* In ''Series/WynonnaEarp'', the Black Badge Division (BBD) is a special USMarshal division that works to keep the world safe from Revenants and Demons. They operate all over the world but are currently stationed in Purgatory, recruiting Earp heir Wynonna to help them kill and capture demons.
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165* The Pine Guard from ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty'', founded in 1988 to protect the little town of Kepler, West Virginia by hunting down the Abominations that come through the Gate around the full moon.
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169* The fittingly named ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'' is a game focusing on [[HunterOfMonsters humans hunting various kinds of supernatural beings]] in a setting filled with them. While some of them act alone, or in small groups known as “Cells”, some cells have grown into large organizations, such fitting this trope. Overall, these organizations are divided between Compacts (regional groups who [[BadassNormal rely solely on mundane means to fight monsters]]) and Conspiracies (world-wide associations who have access to “Endowments” giving them supernatural abilities). In a twist on the trope, however, the monsters they fight ''aren’t'' AlwaysChaoticEvil- [[{{Deconstruction}} plenty of them are just as varied in personalities as humans (and a few of them might even be harmless or defend humanity), meaning these organizations are sometimes misguided or bigoted]].
170* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' Vampires have at all times had to deal with being hunted by humans aware of their existence. While individual vampire hunters are rarely more than a nuisance, groups of organized hunters can potentially pose a bigger threat, and even worse are the organisations that have the backing of an official government: The Society of Leopold is a secret division of the Catholic Church, which back in the Middle Ages led the "Shadow Inquisition" against Vampires and other supernatural creatures. In the [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasqueradeFifthEdition 5th Edition]], there is the Second Inquisition, a black ops international collaboration between the world's intelligence agencies.
171* Atypical example: Monster Hunters from ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' are former members of the Buro's elite Supernatural Entity Retrieval Units ([=SERUs=]), sent from the Buro's home juncture of 2056 into the Netherworld. Their objective, unlike many examples of this trope, is to capture demons from 69 AD and bring them back so that the CDCA, the Architect {{Mad Scientist}}s that create arcanotech, can turn them into Abominations, the altered demons that the Buro uses to fight its wars. They use a [[{{Magitek}} twisted hybrid of magic and technology]] called arcanowave technology that both gives them an edge against the monsters they face and [[TheCorruption sends bent magic into their system whenever they use it]], and which threatens to [[BodyHorror turn them]] [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie into Abominations themselves]] if they use it too much.
172* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
173** The Inquisition is one organization with three major branches, each dedicated to the destruction of a different threat to humanity:
174*** The Ordo Malleus deals with the Threat Beyond, facing down [[OurDemonsAreDifferent daemons]] and other [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Warp-related phenomena]].
175*** The Ordo Hereticus deals with the Threat Within, rooting out [[TheHeretic heretics]], mutants, and renegade psykers.
176*** The Ordo Xenos deals with the Threat Without, investigating and eliminating alien influence and plots.
177** The Deathwatch is an organization made up of veteran SpaceMarines from different Chapters who work with the Ordo Xenos to provide the kind of concentrated firepower that mere humans can't provide.
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181* In ''VideoGame/AlienShooter'', similar to the better known ''VideoGame/XCom'' and ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce'' the Earth has an umbrella anti-alien task force known as United Earth Forces. In ''Alien Shooter TD'', you lead an affiliated team (possibly milita) called "Opposition to Extraterrestrial Aggression" which gets funding and supplies from the aforementioned larger group.
182* In the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series, the Grey Wardens are an international task force dedicated to fighting the darkspawn, the monstrous descendants of the survivors of a doomed expedition to conquer Heaven, who were mutated by the Maker (and/or the Corrupted Throne) for their hubris. Officially, Grey Wardens can conscript ''anyone'', from nobodies to serial killers to even ''reigning kings'', though practically they don't usually get choice picks. Grey Wardens are at the height of their political power during a Blight, a period of apocalypse when the darkspawn manage to find a titanic dragon called an Old One and infest it with their corruption until it goes mad and attacks the surface. This is because the Grey Wardens have partaken rituals that give them the power to permanently kill an Old One, who ''has ResurrectiveImmortality'' otherwise.[[note]]When an archdemon dies, it automatically latches onto the nearest entity infected with Darkspawn corruption and reincarnates, by possessing them as a host and then magically growing them back into their original titanic and draconic form. Except, if that entity is a Grey Warden, then they've been forced into a body that has been prepared to self-destruct, mutually destroying both the archdemon's pattern and the unfortunate Grey Warden.[[/note]]
183* ''VideoGame/DragonProject'' is [[RunningGag yet another]] mobile [[AllegedlyFreeGame Gacha]] monster hunting game where the Kingdom of Heiland hires teams of hunters to take down mighty beasts called Behemoths. Hunters can use the tanky [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Sword And Shield]], the mighty [[{{BFS}} Greatsword]], the precise Spear, the agile [[DualWielding Dual Blades]], and the ranged [[BowsVersusCrossbows Bow]], depending on the Behemoth they're fighting. To make the job easier, hunters also wield powerful Magis that offer them [[DamagerHealerTank extra magic damage, healing powers, and supportive buffs.]]
184* ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce'' has the global anti-alien army, the E.D.F battling everything from giant ants sent by aliens to extra-terrestrial {{Giant Robot}}s
185* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
186** Throughout the series and in background lore, there are numerous such organizations. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] hunter organizations are an especially popular type, mainly in western Tamriel, where knightly orders of all kinds thrive in High Rock and Hammerfell. [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Were-creature]] hunter groups are likewise quite popular.
187** The [[AncientOrderOfProtectors Blades]] got their start based off of the [[{{Wutai}} Akaviri]] Dragonguard, hunting and slaying dragons in service to a Dragonborn leader. With the [[NotSoExtinct presumed extinction]] of the dragons, their role shifted to become [[SecretPolice spies]] and [[PraetorianGuard bodyguards]] for the emperors of Tamriel.
188** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', these duties fall to the [[CorruptChurch Tribunal Temple]]'s ChurchPolice, which is dedicated to the worship of the Tribunal, a trio of [[OurElvesAreDifferent Dunmeri]] {{Physical God}}s. What they hunt includes vampires, [[{{Necromancy}} necromancers]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Daedra]] worshipers, [[EldritchAbomination Ash and Corprus]] creatures, and many more. Their most elite soldiers are the Buoyant Armigers, warriors hand-picked by Tribunal deity Vivec himself. They tend to primarily operate in Vvardenfell's harshest environments, including [[LethalLavaLand Molag Amur]] and [[{{Mordor}} within the Ghostfence]].
189** The Order of the Virtuous Blood in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' is an organization of vampire hunters [[SmallNameBigEgo in name only]], who admit that they don't actually have the resources to ''hunt'' vampires. They are unaware that the [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer sewers]] beneath Imperial City are crawling with them, that [[RightUnderTheirNoses their leader is a vampire]], and that the man accused of being a vampire [[TheScapegoat isn't one]]; if the player character is a vampire, they miss that too.
190** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
191*** The Vigilants of Stendarr are a [[ChurchMilitant militant order of priesthood]] that dedicate themselves to hunting anything Daedric, witches, werewolves, and any other supernatural threats they find. The order was established following the events of the Oblivion Crisis, with the intent of preventing such calamities in the future. They're ''mostly'' benevolent, generally doing acts of good, but have some KnightTemplar traits as well, such as demanding that travelers hand over Daedric artifacts when they are found, even if the artifact in question comes from one of the less-malevolent [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]].
192*** The Silver Hand is a particularly ruthless group of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] hunters. Armed with [[SilverHasMysticPowers silver weapons]] and often carrying potions/items which cure disease in the event they are [[ViralTransformation infected]], they hunt, capture, torture, and kill any werewolves they find. They are also known to attack non-werewolves who stumble into their strongholds, making them little better than bandits.
193*** With the return of the dragons, the surviving Blades go back to their dragon-hunting roots in service to the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]].
194*** The ''Dawngard'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]] allows you to join the titular vampire hunting organization. When the particularly ambition clan of vampires they hunt comes into contact with the Skyrim Vigilants of Stendarr branch, [[CurbStompBattle the Vigilants are very quickly all but wiped out.]] You can lead them to victory over the vampires or join the vampires to wipe out the Dawnguard.
195* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'' has multiple of these:
196** PMEC: A general monster-hunting company founded and funded by [[GadgeteerGenius Platinum]], who is joined by her friends [[DemonSlaying Kurogane]] and [[TheEmpath Emerald]]. Enjoys a FriendlyRivalry with Fei and Ri=ko given the occasional overlaps in their targets.
197** SPICA: A mercenary organization led by Werner von Gerstenbüttel employing tactical and scientific experts. They focus on fighting the Bem, a parasitic species that [[TheAssimilator assimilates humans]] and transforms them into grotesque monsters. Employs Gradius, a bem, [[HunterOfHisOwnKind as a weapon against his own species]].
198** Kinkreikan: Technically a secret organization that participates throughout global politics, commerce and intelligence, they employ [[KungFuWizard Fei Hong Rong]] and [[CuteMonsterGirl Ri=ko]] to eradicate monsters in East Asia, frequently [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]] created by Master Wu.
199* ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'' is, [[OverlyLongGag you guessed it]], another monster-hunting game, except it takes place in a resource-starving {{Dystopia}}. The Panopticon's Sinners are sent out on missions to take down skeletal robots called [[HumongousMecha Abductors]] to clear their [[LongerThanLifeSentence 1,000,000 year sentence.]] To make their jobs easier, Sinners carry an [[WeaponSpecialization Ibara Thorn]] that allows them to swing around the battlefield, drag Abductors down, [[DamagerHealerTank stun Abductors, create barriers, and heal allies]]. Sinners are also equipped with ranged weapons like [[MoreDakka Sub-Machine Guns, Assault Rifles]], {{Sniper Rifle}}s, [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Shotguns]], [[EnergyWeapon Laser Guns]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Homing Rocket-Launchers]], [[StuffBlowingUp RPGs, Grenade Launchers]], [[GatlingGood Miniguns]], [[LethalJokeWeapon Web Cannons]] and [[KillItWithFire Flamethrowers]]. If the Sinners need some melee combat, then [[HeroesPreferSwords Light Swords]], [[ChainsawGood Chainsaws]], [[KukrisAreKool Kukris]], Knives, [[{{BFS}} Traditional Buster Swords]], {{Laser Blade}}s, [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katanas]], [[CarryABigStick Massive Clubs]], Spears, Bidents, [[ThisIsADrill Drill]] [[JoustingLance Lances]], and [[MagicStaff Staves]] will suffice.
200* ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst'' is about the [[TitleDrop God Eaters]] of [[TheEmpire Fenrir]]. They are [[{{Conscription}} conscripted]] for their compatibilty to the [[WeaponOfXSlaying God]] [[LivingWeapon Arcs]] -- weapons that come as [[{{BFS}} swords]] or [[{{BFG}} guns]], with some [[SwissArmyWeapon able to switch between the two]]. They use these to fight the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Aragami]] organisms made up from colonies of [[HiveMind Oracle]] [[TechnoBabble Cells]] which [[YouAreWhoYouEat eat and take the appearance of whatever they eat]]. They can only be damaged by other colonies of oracle cells. Which is what the God Arcs are made up of, making them technically Aragami as well. ''God Eater 2'' features The [[TheSquad BLOOD Squadron]] who are still teenagers. There are also new God Arc types the [[CarryABigStick Boost Hammer]] and Charge Spear and [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Shotgun]].
201* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' has several of these throughout history, thanks to the cyclic nature of the Honkai threat.
202** ''Schicksal'' is the primary organization that has led the fight against the Honkai throughout the centuries, originating in 7the century Europe and heavily intertwined with the Christian Church. The organization has long been led by House Apocalypse, and supported by the exceptional warriors born from Houses Kaslana and Schariac. The organization makes use of special anti-Honkai weaponry and enhanced soldiers known as Valkyries. The majority of the cast are Schicksal Valkyries studying at St. Freya Academy, an AcademyOfAdventure that trains Valkyries.
203** Schicksal America's branch split off in the mid-20th century, reforming itself as ''Anti-Entropy''. This organization focuses on scientific advancements to fight the Honkai, and deploys unmanned {{Mecha}} to fight instead of relying on enhanced human soldiers. It is notably led by Welt Yang, a [[ProHumanTranshuman Herrscher fighting for humanity]] against the Honkai.
204** In the Previous Era, ''Fire MOTH'' was the military and scientific organization that fought against the Honkai. It used incredibly advanced technology and human experimentation, creating the MANTIS soldiers by implanting humans with Honkai Beast genes. The surviving MANTIS soldiers, the Flamechasers, would go on to play vital roles in guiding humanity's fight against the Honkai in the current era.
205** ''World Serpent'' is a shadowy organization formed by some of the surviving Flamechasers, dedicated to using whatever means necessary to defeat the Honkai. It takes a mostly hostile role towards the other organizations, due to its extreme methods and fantatical devotion to victory over the Honkai at any cost.
206* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
207** The series has the Keyblade Wielders with their Keyblade vs ''Heartless/Unversed/Nobodies/Dream Eaters''. The organization part is covered by the first keyblade wielders [[spoiler:who fought in the Keyblade War, a legendary conflict that involve factions of those who sought [[LightIsGood light]], [[DarkIsEvil darkness]], [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil balance]], and [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans those who just wanted power]]]]. Although the trio of [[LandSeaSky Terra, Aqua, and Ventus]] counts since they exclusively hunted down Unversed in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Organization XIII]] is also this, but only in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. Keyblades are SwissArmyWeapon that function as a CoolSword and MagicWand. it is also capable of transforming into a "Keyblade Glider" which is exactly what it sounds, or other weapons like bazookas. though mostly known as the [[WeaponofXSlaying most effective weapons]] against creatures of darkness, which are TheHeartless as they consume people's "[[SoulAnatomy hearts]]": Nobodies (introduced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''),[[note]]who are born when a Heart is swallowed by darkness and becomes a Heartless. They are the remaining parts left behind by the heart: the body, giving a Nobody form, and the soul, giving the Nobody life.[[/note]] the Unversed of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'',[[note]]formed from the negative emotions produced when [[spoiler:Vanitas was created from Ventus]].[[/note]] and Dream Eaters who are a species of creature introduced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.[[note]]As their name suggests, they consume dreams. They fall under two major categories, Nightmares , which eat good dreams and plant bad ones, and Spirits, which eat bad dreams.[[/note]]
208** Interestingly enough, Xehanort discusses this exact trope [[spoiler: when gloating to Mickey.]] He actually ''wants'' to draw more Keyblade wielders out of the depths of space which Maleficent hasn't ravaged, so he can restart a long-dormant war. He's counting on there being more of these, based so far from the one of which he was a part that he hasn't interacted with them directly. [[spoiler: He wants to use them to fulfil the summoning criteria for a blade that can open the route to the titular Kingdom Hearts so he can restart civilization.]] However, in the final game of the Dark Seeker arc, he fails to do so. All of the Keyblade wielders he finds are people he already knows of, and none of them are really this trope.
209* In ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'', the Warsworn were originally the Firstsworn, an order dedicated to hunting down the chaos demons known as Niskaru. After the threat of the Niskaru was apparently defeated, the order lost its sense of purpose and eventually rebranded itself as a mercenary order that fights for the highest bidder. [[spoiler:The Warsworn faction questline sees the Niskaru threat re-emerging, culminating in the Fateless One and the Warsworn facing the very same threat (a Niskaru Lord) that the Firstsworn's founder Eagonn faced. Depending on the player's choice at the end, the Warsworn either re-dedicate themselves to their original purpose of fighting the Niskaru... or are wiped out by the Niskaru Lord's new champion, the Fateless One.]]
210* The world of ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' has Flora Girls' Academy and the other schools across the world that train, educate, and coordinate the operations of MagicalGirl [[IdolGenre idols]] called "witches". Their primary duty is the extermination of the Magical Monsters that constantly plague humanity, alongside investigating supernatural activities, and finally performing "Operas" which help power city infrastructure through song and dance.
211* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Following the increase of the population of monsters (derived from the resurrection of Ganondorf), a number of Hylian soldiers have begun to form a society of crusaders (with their base of operations being the Lookout Landing) in search of monster camps across the land of Hyrule to raid them. How Link can help them is twofold: He can head to the whereabouts of the crusaders to plan a raid strategy and get rid of the monsters (usually led by a Boss Bokoblin, which serves as the leader and also the most powerful target), receiving rewards for lending his services; and he can also receive quests in the Lookout's underground shelter to hunt specific boss monsters lurking in the overworld (Molduga, Hinox, Frox, etc.), also receiving rewards for succeeding.
212* In the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' games, an organization of hunters known as The Guild hires people so they can find and kill (or capture, depending on the case) large monsters, among which Elder Dragons are the biggest priority due to their exceptional level of danger. From a meta perspective, the hunters hired are the players who connect online (or locally, depending on the game; the fourth generation games feature both options) and play together to complete the hunting quests.
213* The main casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} 4]]'' consist of groups of teenagers (with some exceptions) who can summon Personas, [[TakesOneToKillOne which is necessary to defeat]] [[TheHeartless Shadows]]. However, while 4's Investigation Team mainly kills shadows in the course of rescue operations, SEES was specifically formed to hunt down Shadows and keep them from attacking people. Mitsuru Kirijo, a former member of SEES, would later form the Shadow Operatives to deal with Shadows on a global scale.
214* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' has the Other Suppression Force (OSF), an organisation of psionics who fight the [[OurMonstersAreWeird Others]]. While [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture 99,9% of the population are psionics]] in this world, the OSF accepts only those with the highest potential, and sometimes specifically scouts particularly talented candidates. They are rigorously trained and recieve various enhancements, that allow them to go toe-to-toe with the Others. As a result, even one OSF agent is far more efficient than entire squads of heavily-armored, firearm-wielding soldiers of National Defence Force. To preserve OSF members' strength for as long as possible, they are given LongevityTreatment, that stops their aging for several decades. The goverment plays up the heroic aspect of the organisation, and calls them the '''Scarlet Guardians''', something that older members of the OSF usually grow to hate.
215* ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice'' is, of course, another monster-hunting game where you play as a magic-wielding sorcerer/sorceress who takes down monsters [[BodyHorror horrific]] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s called Archfiends; epic-class monsters who [[WasOnceAMan were once humans]] until they [[DealWithTheDevil made a pact]] with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Sacred Chalice]]. There are three organizations of hunters, each with their own philosophy on what to do with the defeated monsters. Avalonians tend to Sacrifice their targets, executing them (painfully) and devouring their souls to gain new powers. Sanctuarians try to save their targets by Purifying them, and archfiends who respond well can be recruited as allies. And then there's the Grim, who do ''[[NothingIsScarier something]]'' to their targets, but it's never written...
216* ''VideoGame/StyxShardsOfDarkness'': The organization of C.A.R.N.A.G.E, which was specifically created to hunt goblins. Goblins are not particularly dangerous in themselves, but their numbers, coupled with the fact that they carry many diseases, are. So humans created these specialized squads to combat this threat.
217* ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2]]'' has the OriginalGeneration DM (Dimensional Monster) Busters.
218* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'' is [[RuleOfThree another]] monster hunting game with a similar premise. Set in the land of Nakatsu. Your character is a ''Mononofu'', One of the [[TheChosenMany Warriors]] who specialize in fighting Oni. You and several other Mononofu live in and protect the village of Utakata from Oni attacks. Mononofu are armed with conventional weapons like Kusarigama, Bows, Longswords, and Gauntlets, but they also able to channel [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Mitamas]]-- spirits of Ancient Warriors, to augment their abilities and attacks.
219* [[VideoGame/XCom XCOM]] is more properly the E'''x'''traterrestrial '''Com'''bat Unit, a [[BenevolentConspiracy secret multinational organization]] dedicated to fighting against an AlienInvasion. They're by no means the only group resisting the aliens, and the world's conventional militiaries are doing their best, but XCOM is the only faction with the expertise to [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame reverse-engineer the aliens' technology]] to eventually fight them on equal footing. The downsides are that XCOM's resources are limited and highly dependent on keeping the Council of Nations backing the group happy, and they don't have the manpower to be everywhere at once, leading to {{Sadistic Choice}}s over which concurrent crisis to address.
220* While the military organization BLADE (acronym of "Builders of the Legacy After the Destruction of Earth") in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has different functions, two of the divisions that constitute it are explicit Creature Hunter Organizations: The Harriers and the Interceptors. Since the planet humanity crash-landed into (Mira) is infested by dangerous lifeforms (known as Indigens), their function is to exterminate any monster or entity that is considered too dangerous for the survival of humans. Harriers focus on the Tyrants (seemingly normal creatures that have buffed strength and skills), while Interceptors seek to kill the creatures that approach New Los Angeles.
221* The extinct-animal expanded versions of ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' give you the option of adding a Dino Capture Team to your zoo, whose team members round up and tranquilize dinosaurs that escape their exhibits and go on property-destruction rampages.
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225* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': [[Characters/HelluvaBoss D.H.O.R.K.S.]] are an antagonistic example. In their pursuit of uncovering the truth about things that may be related to Hell, they're also a government agency that hunts demons. Unlike most examples, their goal is to break the {{Masquerade}} rather than uphold it -- fortunately, they're not all that smart.
226* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The [[ExtranormalInstitute Huntsman Academies]] are a system of combat schools that are designed to train students to become [[HunterOfMonsters Huntsmen]]. Huntsmen aren't just trained to fight with [[GreenRocks Dust]] and [[MixAndMatchWeapon highly customised weapons]], they're also trained to manipulate their [[LifeEnergy Auras]] and unlock [[OnePersonOnePower Semblances]], effectively making them "super-soldiers" when compared to ordinary people and standard military. The job of Huntsmen is to protect the people from the [[TheSoulless Creatures of Grimm]] that [[DeathWorld swarm the world]] and try to [[KillAllHumans destroy humanity's existence]]. A Huntsman's first duty is to the people, so they're expected to remain free of Kingdom allegiance or politics.
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230* ''[[http://salamanstra.keenspot.com/ The Hunters of Salamanstra]]'' by [[Webcomic/TheLounge John]] [[Blog/AskPrincessMolestia Joseco]] features The Swords of Ariel, one of several hunters guilds in this comic's world. Main character Kessah is a junior member of said guild, working her way up the ranks, trying to live up to the reputation of her late sister, [[TheAce Diana, "The White Wolf"]].[[labelnote:*]]It should be noted that Diana was stated to be killed not by a monster, but by a rival guild.[[/labelnote]]
231* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has the Hero Association, an organization that coordinates the heroes and their efforts against the monsters that pop up just about every other day, classifying them by threat level (Wolf, Tiger, Demon, Dragon, and God), and warning civilians about monster attacks so they can evacuate. The heroes themselves get paid by the Association, leading to a very toxic working environment where the less scrupulous heroes are more interested in their own rankings than keeping people safe.
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235* ''Website/TheFederalVampireAndZombieAgency'', as the name implies, deals with vampires and zombies.
236* One of the many roles filled by the ''Website/SCPFoundation''. However, the Foundation isn't in the business of killing monsters, instead preferring to capture, contain, and study them for scientific research; they will only destroy anomalous entities as a last resort if they're far too dangerous and unpredictable to be reliably imprisoned alive. Their main rivals, the Global Occult Coalition, have the same goal of [[{{Masquerade}} hiding all things paranormal from the world]], but they prefer to do so by destroying supernatural threats with brute military force.
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241** The Slayer's Take in Vasselheim is an organization that takes contracts to hunt down dangerous monsters and harvest valuable resources from them. They also serve as one of Vasselheim's first lines of defense, but they only mobilize if the price is right. Vox Machina (minus Pike) become official members over the course of the "Trial of the Take" arc, during which they proved their worth by tracking down and killing a Rakshasa and an Adult White Dragon.
242** There's also the Claret Orders, an organization of Blood Hunters (and the primary example of the homebrew class of the same name) who use BloodMagic in conjunction with their extensive knowledge of the supernatural and martial skill to hunt down supernatural threats. They're also technically outlawed in many party of the world where they operate and have to work covertly. They're also explicitly inspired by ''Literature/TheWitcher'', of which Creator/MatthewMercer is a fan.
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246* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'', the lesser known animated series falls under the same premise as the other Ghostbuster organizations described below..
247* From ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' there is Providence, a [[LawEnforcementInc privately funded organization]] created to cure, contain or kill E.V.O.s. These are mutants accidentally created after the [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent Nanite Event]] that 90% of the time rampage through any city/town they find given [[TorturedMonster they are not sentient anymore and can't control themselves]].
248* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', especially because the word "ghost" is very broad, in one episode they even deal with Cthulhu. Also the sequel series ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters''.
249* ''WesternAnimation/TheSeaBeast'': Downplayed. Sea monster hunting crews are basically the equivalent of privateers- they are employed by the royal family but otherwise operate with little oversight. A central part of the plot is the royals' impending decision to build a navy directly under their control for monster-hunting, making the old hunting crews obsolete.
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