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Monster Energy

Monster Energy, also known as Monster energy drink, is an energy drink launched in April 2002 by Hansen Natural, which renamed itself Monster Beverage Corporation in 2012.

Monster Girl Doctor

Monster Girl Doctor, known in Japan as Monster Musume no Oisha-san, is a light novel series by Yoshino Origuchi about a human physician treating monster girls.

Monster group

The Monster group, also called the friendly giant, is the largest of the 26 sporadic finite simple groups, with order about 8 × 10^53, predicted by Fischer and Griess in 1973.

Monster High

Monster High is Mattel's fashion doll and media franchise launched in 2010, featuring the teenage children of classic monsters such as Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, and Frankie Stein, spanning webisodes, films, a Nickelodeon series, and collector doll lines.

Monster High (2010 TV series)

Monster High (2010) is Mattel's animated web series for its fashion doll franchise, on YouTube May 5, 2010 to October 30, 2015, six volumes, 175 two-minute webisodes about monster teens, created by Garrett Sander.

Monster House (film)

Monster House is a 2006 American animated horror-comedy film directed by Gil Kenan, in which three children discover a neighbor's house is a living monster.

Monster Hunt (捉妖记)

Monster Hunt (捉妖记) is Raman Hui's 2015 Chinese live-action/CG fantasy comedy about Song Tianyin pregnant with the monster king Huba. Costing 3.5亿 RMB after Kai Ko's reshoot, it grossed 24.28亿, briefly China's all-time box-office champion.

Monster Hunt 2

Monster Hunt 2 (捉妖记2) is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy comedy sequel directed by Raman Hui, starring Tony Leung, Bai Baihe, and Jing Boran; it set a Chinese single-day box office record on Lunar New Year 2018 and grossed $361.7 million worldwide.

Monster Hunter (film)

Monster Hunter is a 2020 American monster action fantasy film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, starring Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, and Ron Perlman.

Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター)

Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター) is Capcom's cooperative hunting action game series, launched March 2004 on PlayStation 2; over 100 million copies sold, with Monster Hunter: World (2018, 30M+) and Monster Hunter Wilds (2025) as milestones.

Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター) (video game)

Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター) is Capcom's 2004 PlayStation 2 cooperative hunting action game, the first in the series. Built for PS2 online play, it started slowly but spawned a franchise topping 108 million units by 2024.

Monster Hunter 4 (モンスターハンター4)

Monster Hunter 4 is Capcom's 2013 Nintendo 3DS hunting action game, the first in the series with height-based 3D action and online multiplayer, introducing the Insect Glaive and Charge Blade.

Monster Hunter Generations

Monster Hunter Generations (Monster Hunter X in Japan) is Capcom's 2016 Nintendo 3DS action RPG celebrating the series' legacy with four Hunting Styles, Hunter Arts, playable Felyne Prowlers, the Fated Four monsters, and the Switch expanded edition Generations Ultimate.

Monster Hunter Outlanders

Monster Hunter Outlanders (モンスターハンターアウトランダーズ) is a free-to-play open-world mobile hunting action game by TiMi Studio Group under Capcom license, launching on iOS and Android October 29, 2026, set on Aesoland with Radiant Species monsters and 4-player co-op hunts.

Monster Hunter Rise

Monster Hunter Rise is a hunting action role-playing game by Capcom, released on Nintendo Switch in 2021, in which players hunt giant monsters around the village of Kamura.

Monster Hunter Stories

Monster Hunter Stories is Capcom's turn-based JRPG spin-off of Monster Hunter, begun on 3DS in 2017, where Riders bond with egg-hatched monsters called Monsties via a Power/Speed/Technical rock-paper-scissors combat system; sequels include Wings of Ruin (2021) and Twisted Reflection (2026).

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is Capcom's turn-based monster-collecting RPG, third in the Stories spin-off series, released March 13, 2026 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, set in the warring nations of Azuria and Vermeil.

Monster Hunter Tri (モンスターハンター3(トライ))

Monster Hunter Tri (モンスターハンター3(トライ)) is Capcom's 2009 Wii action RPG, third main Monster Hunter entry and first on a Nintendo home console, known for underwater combat, seven weapon classes, four-player online co-op, and the monster Lagiacrus.

Monster Hunter Wilds

Monster Hunter Wilds (モンスターハンターワイルズ) is Capcom's hunting action game released February 28, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC; it sold 8 million copies in 3 days, a Capcom record, but PC performance issues drove sales collapse and negative Steam reviews.

Monster Hunter: World

Monster Hunter: World (モンスターハンター:ワールド) is Capcom's 2018 action RPG for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Its series-first worldwide simultaneous launch made it Capcom's best-selling title, reaching 25 million units including Iceborne.

Monster Indian

Monster Indian is a 1968 oil painting by Fritz Scholder depicting a Native American figure in a distorted, expressionist style, an early work of his Indian series.

Monster Jam

Monster Jam, also known as USHRA Monster Jam, is a live monster truck competition series promoted by Feld Entertainment, staging more than 250 events a year in stadiums and arenas.

Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet is a New Jersey stoner/space rock band formed in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf, John McBain and Tim Cronin; known for Spine Of God (1992) and the 1998 gold album Powertrip with the hit Space Lord.

Monster Mash

Monster Mash is a 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. It is known for its Boris Karloff impression and its status as a popular Halloween song.

Monster Munch

Monster Munch: British baked corn claw snack launched 1977 by Smiths as The Prime Monster, now a Walkers/PepsiCo brand; core flavours Pickled Onion, Roast Beef, Flamin' Hot; separate French Vico/Intersnack brand.

Monster Musume

Monster Musume (モンスター娘のいる日常, "Everyday Life with Monster Girls") is an ongoing harem comedy manga by OKAYADO, serialized in Comic Ryū since 2012, published in English by Seven Seas, adapted as a 2015 TV anime, and a New York Times #1 manga bestseller.

Monster of Florence

Monster of Florence (Il Mostro di Firenze): unidentified killer of eight double murders, 16 victims, near Florence 1968–1985, using a Beretta .22 series 70 with Winchester H cartridges. Pacciani and the Compagni di Merende were convicted; key verdicts fell; the case remains unsolved.

Monster Pig

Monster Pig was a hog shot by 11-year-old Jamison Stone in Alabama in May 2007 and claimed as a 1,051-pound wild pig; it was actually a farm-raised pig named Fred, and the famous photo used forced perspective.

Monster Rancher

Monster Rancher, known in Japan as Monster Farm (モンスターファーム), is a monster-raising simulation series by Tecmo, first released in 1997, where monsters are generated from data on real-world CDs.

Monster Strike

Monster Strike (モンスターストライク) is MIXI's 2013 slingshot action RPG for smartphones with four-player co-op and gacha collection; over 64 million users by May 2025, it revived Mixi's finances and relaunched globally as STRIKE WORLD in India in 2026.