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1	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Famous CashCowFranchise gaming series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is called ''Pocket Monsters'' in Japan but [[WritingAroundTrademarks the name was changed to avoid legal issues with this franchise]].
2	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were several things about this series that could have been great, with a whole list of things that show so much promise.
3	** There were also three play sets: Monster Mountain, Haunted House, and Monster Pack. The Mountain and fold-out ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' style Pack made it to retail stores but the Haunted House was either never produced or only had a short run.
4	** The comic book actually had a nice start and could have made it to at least 12 issues before being killed off. Marvel's revision of the comic didn't help matters.
5	** There were at least 20 unreleased figures including four only available by purchasing certain products like the NES video game, going to certain restaurants, sending in $5 for a grab-bag offer, and even going to local radio and TV offers to obtain them.
6	** The animated movie was supposed to launch a 15-episode television series to boost the sales of the toys but after ExecutiveMeddling by Universal Studios who claimed the rights to certain 'monsters' (despite being open source legends, content, and from open source books and stories) the deal with the animation studio (who later went on to create ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' instead) fell through.
7	** There was also an attempt by a third-party company in 2004 to buy the rights from Morrison Group after the failed revival attempt was made with a re-release of Series 1; it was planned to have a whole new series of the figures including the unreleased creatures and some based on cryptids like TheFlatwoodsMonster, Grey aliens, Mongolian Death Worm, and the Giant Octopus.
8	** Although a 2006 relaunch occurred, it ended up never finishing as expected with a full recreation of all the Series 1 - 4 of the Monster figures, instead only launching a mix of the first two.
9	** An attempted animation series from Australia and the United Kingdom called ''The Quest'' was made in an attempt to reboot the series with new material but it got the boot after only one episode. In fact, it was also to run in the United States on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
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