A page for characters from the Monster Rancher video games. Monster Rancher Anime covers the anime cast, while Monster Rancher Species covers the individual monster breeds featured in the games and anime.
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The Player
The Player
The protagonist of most Monster Rancher games, with the exception of Phayne from 4 and Julio from EVO, is you, the player. Your goal is To Be a Master, and with the help of your assistant and monsters you will accomplish this task.- Audience Surrogate: The protagonist in most games is intended to be you.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: You get to name yourself, as well as renaming Phayne and Julio. You can also choose your gender in some games, though the PS1 Battle Card game assumes you're male.
- Player Personality Quiz: 1, 2, and the Battle Card games have a quiz at the start. While it doesn't do anything in the main series, in the card games it determines your starting Monsters and deck.
- Really Gets Around: The reward for beating all the Zodiac Monsters in DS is for your rancher to have
◊ sex◊ with◊ every woman in the cast except Cleo, complete with the going-to-sleep music. - To Be a Master: This is your goal in most games.
Monster Rancher 1
Holly
The assistant in the first game, Holly is cheerful and outgoing. Holly also appears in 2, the Battle Card games, the Advance games, and DS. She is also a major character in the anime.- Friendly Rivalry: She and Colt develop one after encountering each other at the IMa-FIMBA Meet.
Master Tesca
Holly's mentor and a veteran monster breeder. He occasionally pops in to help out on the farm. Tesca also appears in Battle Card Episode II.- Old Master: He's a retired monster breeder, and has a lot of knowledge.
Pierre
The errantry clerk. He's a bit of a worrywart.Karnab
An explorer in 1. He appears in 2 as the headmaster of FIMBA during some tournaments. He has a much larger role in 4.- Ascended Extra: He was a minor character in 1, but acts as FIMBA's representative in 2 and 4.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In 4, he's become so desperate for FIMBA to surpass IMA that he allows illegal activities.
Monster Rancher 2
Colt
Colt is your assistant in 2 alongside her pet toucan Joy, and dislikes her full name, Coltia. Her personality is slightly more tomboyish than Holly's, though for the most part they're identical. Colt also appears in the Battle Card games, the Advance games (where she's become a proper breeder) and DS (where she changed jobs and decided to become a mailwoman). She is also a character in the anime.- A Birthday, Not a Break: At the start of Battle Card Episode II, Colt is celebrating her 15th birthday. Then she gets whisked away to Monster Paradise, setting up the entire game's premise to reclaim all monster cards and rescue her.
- Constantly Curious: Her curiosity shows up during some events.
- Damsel in Distress: The whole objective of Battle Card Episode II is to bring her back from the Monster Heaven, where she was transported to after completing an ancient tablet with all Battle Card monsters. Averted at the end, as she was never in any kind of dangers and was just chilling out up there waiting for you to get there. She also gets kidnapped in the final story bit of DS.
- Deadpan Snarker: Try doing some stupid task, like going to the Ranch with no monster or entering a battle rank way above your monsters', and see how she makes a sarcastic remark.
- Dislikes the New Guy: She doesn't take well to the 2nd Expedition guy, Kavaro. She replies to him indifferently when he arrives to ask for help in a expedition, and sighs in relief if you say no to his offer. It's never really explained why, but perhaps Kavaro's tendency to try to claim the rare items from the expedition for himself is to blame here. In contrast, she's really friendly with Talico and Rovest.
- Friend to All Living Things: Colt is really friendly to pretty much every character in the game, except the shady adventurer Kavaro. And while she shows shock, surprise or slight rejection at first sight of certain breeds of monsters, she'll help raise them with a smile all the same.
- Friendly Rivalry: She and Holly develop one after encountering each other at the IMa-FIMBA Meet.
- Happy Birthday to You!: Colt will sing a different version of the song for every year your monster lives. This is played up in DS, where she's so into singing it to monsters she'll appear at the ranch just in time to sing it to your monster every single year as well.
- Iconic Sequel Character: Colt made her first appearance as the assitant of the second game in the series, and the closest to a Breakout Character the series had showing up in Advance 1 and 2 as IMA representative, DS as mailman and alternative assistant choice, and Ultra Kaiju as IMA representative and Errantry breeder. To wit, Colt have almost as much appearance as Holly despite debuting a game later, and the only assistant in the series who have made an appearance after their debut and sequel game.
- Loyal Animal Companion: Colt gets an assistant for herself in the form of Joy, a toucan. Joy takes care of most tasks around the ranch, from handing down food and requests/rewards to the monster, warn Colt for certain events and even serve as an instructor during Drills.
- Signature Mon: As IMA representative, Colt usually shows up with her Mocchi, the mascot of Monster Rancher 2.
- Skepticism Failure: During the Metalner unlocking scenes, Colt is very dismissive of Master Pabs's claims about the strange marks on the crops being caused by alien monsters. That night, she's proven completely wrong when the spaceship does show up, much to Pabs's complete joy.
- Trademark Favorite Food: She is delighted when a monster finds a Galoe nut; Galoe is her hometown.
Master Pabs
Colt's mentor, and a veteran monster breeder. He occasionally pops in to help out on the ranch. Pabs also appears in Battle Card Episode II.- Agent Mulder: In the Metalner unlock scenes, he's a fierce believer of the ancient story detailing aliens visiting Earth and gifting humanity with a pillar of light, even though Colt dismiss it as a fairy tale. He gets so much joy the next night when proven completely right.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: His opinion on the current generation of Breeders, as well as the reason he established the Legend Cup. He thinks breeders start to slack off once they win the Major-4 and offers the Legend Cup (and getting added to the Hall of Fame) as an incentive to continue improving afterwards.
- The Comically Serious: Most of the time he's serious and composed, but there are times where his more childish side shines through, like when proven right about Metalner's alien origin or when he gets the Joker Mask stuck to his face.
- Final Boss: As the breeder of the White Mocchi Most, one of the two final opponents in the Legend Cup and last obstacle to fully complete the game.
- Idiot Ball: When you find the Joker Mask, Pabs wears it without doing any research on it and gets the evil mask stuck to his face.
- The Mentor: Is one for Colt and, by association, the player. He always has some words of advice to give most of the times he appears.
- Old Master: Just like Tesca, he's a long-retired monster breeder.
- Retired Badass: Given he raised Most, one of the top strongest monsters in the entire game, this goes without saying.
Wyola
The market lady who gives out free monsters, as well as buying properly-trained ones for cash. She also appears in Battle Card Episode II and 4 under the retranslated name Viola. She's Dadge's younger sister.- Starter Mon: The Market she runs offers a few basic breeds that can be obtained right away and with no CDs involved.
Chaille
The shrine maiden who regenerates monsters for you to raise. She also appears in Battle Card Episode II, where it's revealed she's April's daughter.Dadge
The lab technician who freezes and revives monsters and helps you combine them into new ones. He's Wyola's older brother. Colt is intimidated by him. He also appears in Battle Card Episode II.- Awesomenessby Analysis: By using the Analyze option in the lab, Dadge can tell the Battle Skills your monster possess only by looking at them.
- Merging Machine: Dadge's lab offers the option to combine monsters in order to create a new, hopefully better, fresh new monster to raise.
- The Stoic: He's terse and very blunt in his lines and attitude. This is probably the reason Colt feels intimidated.
Errow
The errantry clerk. Initially a complete jerk who's dismissive of you, he becomes impressed, and then a sycophant, as you rise in rank. He also appears in Battle Card Episode II.- Break the Haughty: Errow starts out smug and dismissive... until you start climbing ranks. By the end, he's become a complete sycophant.
- Price on Their Head: Errow offers a reward if the player's monster defeats one of many wild monsters rooming the Errantry areas and attacking other trainers. The prize money gets better the harder/higher ranked the monster defeated.
Auntie Verde
The item store lady and an acquaintance of Colt. She also appears in Battle Card Episode II and in the spin-off Monster Rancher Explorer, when she was in her twenties.- Discount Card: Randomly during the weeks the player can receive a letter from the item shop advertising a discount sale.
- Identical Stranger: Young Verde looks strikingly similar to Battle Card Episode II's Cue. It's possible they are related in some way.
- Oba-san: Colt calls her this almost exclusively. It is uncertain if she's her actual aunt or not, thought.
- Permanently Missable Content: There are two elements tied to Verde's shop that become lost forever: you need to reach Breeder Rank 4 before the store is fully upgraded or Verde will never give you the seeds needed to unlock the Mock monster, and once a certain item is added to the store the Int Errantry high-level enemy King Ape will never appear again, locking the player out of obtaining its Monster Card.
Dr. Talico
The first Expedition character. An archaeologist from the Torble University out searching the shrine where legends say God hid all the monster disc stones. As he needs assistance from a monster to sort the obstacles to get there, he requests help to Colt and the player's monster. Colt takes a liking to him and is always eager to go on an expedition with him, and he's also an old friend of Master Pabs.- Adventurer Archaeologist: He goes out adventuring in active-volcano areas to find ancient temples and objects. He does not, however, have the Indy skills to do so alone and needs the player's assistance.
- Adventurer Outfit: He wears a beige Safari adventurer suit with a backpack and hat.
- Antepiece: The first expedition you go with him has very low required stats (Rank D at least), and the expedition itself is the most basic one, with a straight map with a single road to the only searchable area and only 2 obstacles to destroy. All expedition maps afterwards are larger, more complex and filled with obstacles and buildings/areas to explore.
- Justified Tutorial: His first expedition serves as a tutorial for the latter ones, with an easy trek around a volcano where no one can get lost and losing is hard without actually trying.
- Left Hanging: Talico's quest for the shrine of God, the whole reason he's going in expeditions, is never brought up again after his first visit.
- My Card: He presents one to Coltia when first visiting.
- Nerd Glasses: Wears a pair of round glasses befitting of an university professor.
- The Professor: Works as one in the university.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Talico's probably the most sensible character in the game, admonishing others for doing careless things and bringing in knowledge and research when called, and obviously he wears a lil' pair of glasses to show it.
Kavaro
The second Expedition character. A self-proclaimed treasure hunter that travels all around in search of historic treasures. He wants to go to Parapare Jungle to dig up some ruins, but needs assistance from a well-known trainer like the player. Colt really doesn't like the man, and is visible annoyed at him and relieved every time the player turns his offer down.- Adventurer Outfit: He dresses like Indiana Jones basically, hat included.
- Dislikes the New Guy: Colt never warms up to him, and is always annoyed when he appears and visibly relieved when the player turns him down.
- Immortality Seeker: He's really eager to take a bite out of the life-extending Gold Peach when first found, but Colt forces him to relent as the item belongs to the monster who found it. Oddly enough he doesn't try again next time you find one.
- Jungle Japes: His expeditions take the player to the exotic Parepare Jungle.
Rovest
The third Expedition character. A biologist from Torble University and Talico's son, Rovest is out there investigating rumors of a mysterious monster in the Torble Mountains, and comes seeking your help to go explore the area. He's straightforward and to the point, and Colts also seems to take a liking to him.- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: His quest for the mysterious monster seems based on the usual Sasquatch legends, and well he does gets the Jill breed unlocked so...
- Fantastic Drug: Rovest's Expedition is the only way to get Paradoxine, the best drug in the game for stat gains.
- Slippy-Slidey Ice World: His Expedition takes the player to the icy mountain areas of Torble.
Monster Rancher Battle Card games
Cue
Colt's best friend and an expert Battle Card player. She dislikes her full name, Curie.- Childhood Friends: with Colt.
Alice and Toy
Two young Battle Card players who love the game. They are members of the Junior Fire Dragons, a group for those too young to join the regular Fire Dragons.Miller and Ellie
Two rivals to the player who use your own deck against you.- Precocious Crush: Ellie has a really obvious crush on the player.
BCB Band
A group of Battle Card players who also form a rock band.- Wake-Up Call Boss: Juras, the BCB drummer, uses a team of Zilla, Golem, and Monol. He teaches players that dodging is a necessity, as his cards have high GUT requirements but very heavy attacks. His team is also made up of Stone Walls, so Cherry Tapping is less effective than it would be.
The Blue Wolves
A cutthroat band of Battle Card players willing to go to any lengths to win.- Exact Words: Isabella uses this when you first duel her. After playing a game with her Monster Card Mew, she says that she didn't say she'd be betting the card on the duel. She tries to pull this again in your second duel with her, but the other members tell her to give it up.
The Fire Dragons
A well-respected group of Battle Card players and the Blue Wolves' main rivals.April
A Battle Card player who works at the church. The shrine maiden Chaille from the second game is his daughter. He has an unhealthy obsession with Pixies.Esparda
A top-ranking Battle Card player who won't give you the time of day at first.Nelson
The top-ranked Battle Card player in IMA. He runs a stall deck. Monster Rancher 3
Fleria
Your assistant in 3, and one of the last Tochikans. She was aged into a teenager for the overseas releases, but keeps her childish attitude and personality.- Cryptic Background Reference: She was first mentioned in 1 before appearing in 3, a prequel.
Gadamon
Your main rival. Gadamon is feisty, but never seems to win when it counts.Grandpa Bragma
The Tochikan Shrine Master. He was the first to win four out of the Great 5 tournaments, but retired early to run the Shrine after the previous Shrine Master died.- Honorary Uncle: The Tochikans call him 'Grandpa' even if they're unrelated.
Grandma Mosha
A skilled monster breeder in her own right, and a contemporary of Bragma. She wears a cat on her head. Mosha was the first to battle Ragnarox/Ragnaroks in battle, but could not defeat it.- Honorary Uncle: Like Bragma, the Tochikans call her 'Grandma' even if they're unrelated.
Master Lus
An elderly breeder mistakenly accused of attacking people with his Golem.Nahze
Nahze is a scientist known for his experiments with the Zan species. He was the first person to find and unlock a Zan and raised it after the Tochikans banned them. Monster Rancher 4
Phayne
The main hero of 4. Phayne was expelled from school, and makes a new living as a monster breeder.- Bedmate Reveal: Phayne snuck into Teetee's bed on the ship while acting as a stowaway. She was not pleased when she found out.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: No less then three girls (Rio, Philia, Yuri) develop obvious crushes on Phayne, with no indication he reciprocates or even notices.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Phayne had no family to return to after being expelled, letting him get strong-armed into running a ranch.
- Dark and Troubled Past: His expulsion from Elives Academy is a major plot point.
Yuri
Your first assistant in 4, though only for the first rank. Afterward Yuri runs the item shop.- Blush Sticker: Yuri blushes in a way that is almost entirely circular and smooth, similar to this trope.
- Crush Blush: Talk to her enough times and late in the game Yuri will be brightly blushing when you visit her shop.
- Genki Girl: She's quite hyperactive and eager.
- Mr. Exposition: As the first ranch helper, she spends a lot of her screen time tutoring you.
Philia
One of Phayne's classmates from Elives Academy. She has an obvious crush on him.Rio
Your second assistant in 4, Rio becomes your helper full-time. She has the unique ability to communicate with monsters and understand their hearts, but her past is a mystery.- Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts out aloof, but gradually warms up to Phayne throughout the game.
- Expy: Of Holly from the anime. Both are young, mysterious girls with a connection to the Phoenix and Gaia Stones, and rally everyone around them to fight off evil.
Teetee
A well-endowed Ms. Fanservice, and your first main rival. Later she works under Wit.- Bedmate Reveal: Phayne snuck into Teetee's bed on the ship while acting as a stowaway. She was not pleased when she found out.
- Hot Librarian: She invokes this in an attempt to impress Wit.
Gram
A rival who uses ancient gadgets to beef up his Golem to catch up with you.Diehl
A rival who's efficient to the point of cruelty, making monsters train non-stop and axing those that can't handle the regime.- Hate Sink: Nothing is likable about this guy at first.
- My God, What Have I Done?: After he learns Wit was just using him, Diehl visits you to figure out where he went wrong and decides to start over, with a proper ranch.
- Sore Loser: After you beat him in B Rank, he claims you cheated to win and refuses to accept it.
Nazzeni
A scientist who uses ancient materials to modify monsters out of misguided love.- Dude Looks Like a Lady: His appearance is very feminine.
- Obliviously Evil: He thinks he's doing what's best for monsters, and upon realizing the truth, apologizes.
Wit
An old classmate of Phayne's. As his name implies, Wit is quite smart.- Can't Catch Up: All of his schemes are to get revenge on Phanye for always winning.
- The Smart Guy: Wit is one of the top students at Elives Academy.
Talt
A monster veterinarian who decided to help monsters after losing his monster, Mochina.- Dude Looks Like a Lady: His appearance is very feminine.
Xevion
An ancient evil force created by the Dark Arts, Xevion has the power to control stray monsters with an evil aura. It once destroyed the world, fighting human and monster alike. Xevion was eventually defeated by the efforts of a young Tochikan princess.- Expy: Of Moo from the anime. Both are ancient experiments gone wrong, have a way to control other monsters, and have two different forms, with Xevion's Battle Mode sharing Moo's color scheme.
Suzaku
The Phoenix, an ancient force of good that once saved the world from Xevion. After its victory, it slumbered alongside the soul of the princess that helped save the world. Monster Rancher EVO
Julio
The protagonist of EVO, he works at the Orcoro Circus. At the beginning of the game his Mocchi runs away, forcing him to use a Piroro as a new monster.Nayuta
Your assistant in EVO. She can regenerate monsters with a special dance, and detect darkened Anima.Marlene
A fellow circus performer and a Cool Big Sis. Her past is explored throughout the game.Albert
A fellow circus performer and a Big Brother Mentor. His past is explored throughout the game.Gaufre
A fellow circus performer who never takes his mask off. His past is explored throughout the game.Tico
A wild boy who was raised by Maya in a forest. He joins your group later.Dotty and Petty
Members of the Violet Cats, by-the-book villains who are always out to annoy or impede you.Daisy
A member of La Résistance and underground monster battle promoter who works to overthrow the tyrannical Geonyte factory in the town of Grabad.King Dilong
The king of the World of Warp. He plans to destroy both worlds by using Moo.Queen Jhuchu
The queen of the world of Warp. She sponsors a monster battling contest at the Grabad arms factory, and defeats Julio in a Hopeless Boss Fight.Woo
A mysterious old man with connections to Moo. He hails from the World of Warp.Moo
A giant dragon and a supreme force of evil. It has enough power to destroy worlds.- Breakout Character: Moo was a ??? species of Dragon in 2. After being used as the Big Bad of the anime, he appeared in several other games, including Battle Card Episode II as a secret card and EVO and Lagoon as the final boss.
- You Don't Look Like You: In EVO, Moo looks very little like its 2 and anime self, resembling the Pokemon Mewtwo more than a dragon.
Monster Rancher Advance games
Aroma
Your assistant in Advance 1. She is impulsive and a bit inexperienced.Zest
Aroma's older brother, who she's always trying to set up on dates. Monster Rancher DS Games
Cleo
Your perky assistant in DS. She dislikes her full name, Cleopatra.- Dub Name Change: In Japan, her name is Claire.
Elektra
The president of BOMBA, she promises the wish-granting Star Rock to whoever becomes the very best.Errick
A woman-chasing rival in DS. He has a tendency to get rather tongue-tied.- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His attempt to wish for a date with Cleo ends up summoning the Four Heavenly Kings, who kidnap everyone.
The Four Heavenly Kings
Four of the strongest monsters in the universe, including Centaur, Gali, Monol, and Naga. They invade the land after a wish on the Star Rock goes wrong. Monster Rancher Online/Lagoon
Litova
Your assistant in Monster Farm Online and your first assistant in Monster Farm Lagoon. She started out working on her family's farm, but was later apprenticed as a breeder.Furaseru
Your second assistant in Monster Farm Lagoon. He's asked by the Elders' Guild to help you navigate across the land safely.Moo
An ancient force of evil and the final boss of Lagoon. Compared to EVO he looks much closer to his form in 2 and the anime. Monster Rancher mobile games
Sonia Chan
Sonia Chan is your assistant in Monster Farm Travel. She acts as a tour guide to the countries that you visit.- Identical Stranger: She looks nearly identical to Holly.
