History Main / FrankensteinsMonster

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Brain of Morbius" was a clear {{Homage}}. And a robot version of the monster appeared in one episode of ''The Chase''.

* ''Series/{{MADtv|1995}}'' had a series of sketches featuring 'Funkenstein' in parodies of {{Blaxploitation}} films.

** Adam is a human / demon MixAndMatchMan...and he's also a {{cyborg}}, since he had machine and computer parts.
** There was also a one-shot version of this plot in "Some Assembly Required", with two high school students raising their dead friend as a "Monster"-like zombie, and then trying to assemble a partner for him out of female body parts.

** In another sketch entitled "Firelight" (that also parodied ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''), Music/TaylorSwift plays the female protagonist who falls in love with a Frankenstein Monster who's prone to strangling peope to death (accidentally).

Few of this book's tropes are original -- most are commonplace in Gothic novels of the eighteenth century -- but they provide the oldest examples that are still widely read today. In it, the monster is created a blank slate, but is driven to evil by the way society mistreats him. Tropes introduced by the novel include:

In [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the original 1818 book]] by Creator/MaryShelley, [[DrFrankenstein Victor Frankenstein]] creates the monster, then, repulsed by his creation, immediately throws him out. Later, the monster returns and demands that Victor make him a wife. Victor agrees, then reconsiders and destroys the half-completed bride. The monster retaliates [[RevengeByProxy by killing Victor's best friend]] and threatens more death should Victor ever marry. Victor [[NotBloodSiblings marries his adoptive sister]], [[KissingCousins who is also his cousin, Elizabeth]], who is promptly killed while Victor is dutifully staying away from her, thinking the threat was to him. Victor then chases the monster into the Arctic, but dies from the cold. The monster then goes off and kills himself (or at least he says that's what he's going to do).

* ''Spear of Destiny'', the sequel to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', has Dr. Schabbs' Uber-Mutant, a [[MultiArmedAndDangerous four-armed]] Frankenstein-type monster with a [[GatlingGood minigun]] [[ChestBlaster implanted in its chest]].
* The Uber Soldat in ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''.
* One of the early bosses in ''VideoGame/MystikBelle'', brought to life through {{lightning|CanDoAnything}} and everything!
* Kanji's Halloween outfit in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' resembles this trope.

* ''VideoGame/KeithCourageInAlphaZones'''s second boss, Stitch, is a Frankensteinian {{Cephalothorax}}.

* For the 2016 Halloween event of ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'', Roadhog was given a 'Junkenstein's Monster' skin, which makes him look like one of these creatures.
* Bryan Fury of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. A former, corrupt Interpol officer, Bryan was killed by drug dealers he had been involved with and ressurected as a cyborg by Dr Abel. Bryan certainly has the traits of Frankenstein's monster from the early films being created from a criminal, having pale white skin and an appetite for destruction.
* The main character of the Game Boy platformer ''Dr. Franken'' (and its expanded SNES port) is a young version of the monster called Franky.
* One of the playable characters in the Game Boy Advance game ''VideoGame/MonsterForce'' was a Frankenstein monster named Frank.
* The ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' universe has undead abominations. They're huge lumbering creatures made from stitched up corpses and reanimated with dark magic. In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' there are other similar creatures as well. One particularly noteworthy is Thaddius, a boss in the necropolis Naxxramas, who looks a lot like an enormous Frankenstein's monster and has lightning-based powers (the gimmick of the fight is his ability to "polarise" the raid, giving half of the players a positive charge and the other half a negative charge. Going too close to an opposite charge results in heavy damages to the players). Other types include more techno-chemical monstrosities fond of spewing disease at enemies, and even gigantic undead monster dogs.

* In ''VideoGame/FableII'' the quest "Love Hurts" is an allusion to Victor Frankenstein, as the gravekeeper, Victor, is trying to bring Lady Grey back to life; this is further reinforced by the name of the dungeon in the proximity of the mansion. The name of the dungeon is "Shelley Crypt"; Mary Shelley was the author of Frankenstein.
* Victor von Gerdenheim from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is the monster with a different name and story, as well as the ability to generate electricity. Victor sets out to resurrect his creator's daughter Emily, and in the end does so by sacrificing his own life to "power" her. His name could be considered an inversion of the IAmNotShazam issue the monster often faces.

* In ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness'' [[spoiler:one of your squad members, Frank Gaunt, ''is'' the creature himself. He's intelligent, well-spoken, and can summon giant fists of lightning to come out of the sky to blow up Panzer tanks. Oh and the Doctor's not left out either, his descendant is helping the Nazis develop an atomic bomb]].

* The ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' universe has undead abominations. They're huge lumbering creatures made from stitched up corpses and reanimated with dark magic. In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' there are other similar creatures as well. One particularly noteworthy is Thaddius, a boss in the necropolis Naxxramas, who looks a lot like an enormous Frankenstein's monster and has lightning-based powers (the gimmick of the fight is his ability to "polarise" the raid, giving half of the players a positive charge and the other half a negative charge. Going too close to an opposite charge results in heavy damages to the players). Other types include more techno-chemical monstrosities fond of spewing disease at enemies, and even gigantic undead monster dogs.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'''s Shivering Isles expansion introduces the Gatekeeper, a monster made of stitched together body parts given life through magic, with its "mother" Relmyna Verenim playing the role of Frankenstein.
* The Magician in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series. In the third installment, Curien himself becomes one.
* Arisen from ''VideoGame/AllodsOnline''. Corpses reanimated by inserting cyborg implants in them (their arms from slightly above the elbows down to the hands, their legs from slightly above their knees down to the feet and possibly the head too since they use a mask (and there must be a way to carry their soul in a dead corpse, as they have presumably still have the soul of the person the corpse belonged to). These aren't outright evil (apart from the Tep), as they basically have human souls, but on dead + cyborg bodies.
* ''Frankenstein: Through The Eyes Of The Monster'', a first person adventure game that puts you in the shoes of the monster itself. The monster is established as having the brain of a brilliant doctor whom Frankenstein admired and who was hanged after being wrongfully accused of murdering his daughter. The game has you exploring Castle Frankenstein, learning about the Doctor's sinister activities, attempting to escape the castle, and- ultimately- recreating the doctor's process of creating life to [[spoiler:resurrect your daughter, who was kidnapped and then killed by a bomb]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Elvira}} II: Jaws of Cerberus'', full of horror homages, has the haunted house basement with an inanimate Frankenstein's Monster in the basement. You even have to animate it for sake of solving a puzzle, and do it the classic way by summoning a thunderstorm. Upon coming to life, however, the monster just kills you if you don't stop it in time.
* The Frankenstein monsters are an enemy in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPC'', and the first enemy variant that needs two hits to kill. Specifically, they can be weakened by a flung torch, at which point they'll crawl back to their spawners to regenerate their health, and the player must damage it a second time before it reaches the spawner.

* The Super Mutants in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series. In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', Three Dog occasionally refers to them as "the Frankensteins". The BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Frank Horrigan]], is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Cyber Super Mutant]].

* In ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', two possible character backgrounds are "Frankenstein's Monster" and "Bride of Frankenstein". With both backgrounds, you can take more damage than normal people, have a dexterity penalty, and talk in HulkSpeak. The difference between the backgrounds is that the male version gives you a bonus to strength and the female version gives you a bonus to beauty.
* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, whenever he is in [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]], WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} will take on an appearance similar to Frankenstein's Monster, including a screw coming out of his head. This fits the tune of [[MonsterMash popular monsters]] that the trio become, since in this world, Sora is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] and Donald is wrapped like a {{mummy}}.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'': Junk Man might count. His body was constructed as a mishmash of robot parts, to the point where he has differently-coloured eyes.
* Then there's the Amalgam from ''VideoGame/MegaManRevolution'', which looks like a mishmash of the Robot Masters. He even takes his moveset from the Robot Masters who are being copied by him, and [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience changes his colour to signal his current weapon and weakness]].
* ''VideoGame/MonsterSanctuary'' has the Prometheans. According to the Monster Journal, they're reanimated corpses created by a scientist named Victor. Their name is a reference to the alternate title of ''Frankenstein'', ''The Modern Prometheus''.
* The arcade fighter ''Daraku Tenshi'' has Taro, who resembles a short, stout Frankenstein's Monster in overalls.
* ''VideoGame/EverybodyEdits'' has the Frankenstein [[DigitalAvatar Smiley]] added in the [[HolidayMode Halloween]] of 2011, along with the [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]].

* Two of the bosses in ''VideoGame/MuppetMonsterAdventure'' are a Frankenstein-ized Kermit ("Ker-Monster") and a Bride-ized Miss Piggy ("The Goulfriend of Ker-Monster").

* In ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseSupernaturalInvestigations'', the player encounters [[spoiler:Adam [[SignificantAnagram Enstrom]], the assistant of Case #9 victim [[MeaningfulName Dr Lucrezia Stein]]]], [[MadDoctor who created him from various body parts as one of the many sick experiments she performed on]] [[BedlamHouse Blackmoor Asylum.]] [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Wanna guess who ended up killing her?]]]]

* ''LightNovel/TheEmpireOfCorpses'' features a race against time for Victor Frankenstein's original notes, with a young med student named [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes John Watson]] being caught up in it when he uses them to resurrect his colleague Friday.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' features a female version of Frankenstein's Monster, fully subject to the ''{{VisualNovel/Fate|StayNight}}'' universe's signature ArtisticLicense, summoned as the Berserker of Black. Her backstory involves originally being made by Victor Frankenstein as the first of a [[AdamAndEvePlot pair]], but he got cold feet upon seeing how "Eve" turned out and fled, with her chasing him and desiring that he finish the job and a mate like her ala ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''. She wields a powerful [[CarryABigStick mace]] that doubles as her power source and weapon that [[ShockAndAwe shoots lightning bolts]], and she [[BerserkButton really doesn't like it]] when people call her [[IAmNotShazam Frankenstein]].

* The protagonist from ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' creates one with his [[BlackMagic death magic]] using the remnants of the corpses from a long dead adventuring party and compensating the missing parts with monster organs. The end result is named Rapiéçage and she has the body of a mage, the head and muscles of a warrior woman, the limbs of an ogre, the tail of a snake with a bee stinger, the horns of a triceratops and the wings of a pterodactyl.

Part of the classic MonsterMash with {{Dracula}}, {{Mummy}}, and the WolfMan. Compare also with the FleshGolem and MixAndMatchMan.

* While ComicBook/SimonDark is clearly ''not'' Frankenstein's creation, given ''that'' fellow is running around with the Seven Soldiers, he is unabashedly inspired by him and is a patchwork of twenty-four dead teenagers brought to life with MadScience and DarkMagic.

* The "standard" appearance of the monster, usually consisting of a square (or just flat-topped) head, greenish skin (despite the classic Universal films all being released in black and white)[[note]]this is apparently based on color behind the scenes photos where Boris Karloff was wearing green makeup because it would show up as an inhuman, corpse-like white on black and white film and people assumed that was just how it was supposed to look if it were in color[[/note]], enormous proportions, a scarred [[ScaryStitches or stitched]] forehead, and bolts (actually electrodes) on either side of the neck. (To contrast, the most monstrous features of the novel's creature are his [[UncannyValley proportions and his jaundiced, soulless eyes]].) Nowadays this is a DiscreditedTrope, but can still be seen in spoofs and other comedic interpretations, or in intentional homages to the Universal version.

* In the ComicBook/{{Batman}} {{Elseworld}}s comic ''Castle of the Bat'', set in 1819 Germany, Bruce Wayne's desire to bring back his father leads him to play out the role of Dr. Frankenstein: He constructs a patchwork body from corpses, and places Thomas Wayne's brain inside. Then he injects the reanimated Thomas with "essence of bat" to fix his brain injury, causing Thomas to mutate and gain [[MixAndMatchCritters the head of a bat]].

** [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], in incarnations where he is an imperfect clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, is pretty much Frankenstein's Monster.
** ''Superman himself'' in one of the Elseworlds titles, which retells the tale of Frankenstein, but with Lex as the doctor, Superman as the Monster, and the story changed up a bit.

* Sally in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' is a ragdoll version of this trope, and can detach and reattach her limbs at will.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Post-Modern Prometheus" was a parody right down to its title, which was a play on the original book's subtitle.

-->"It's ALIVE!"

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** A teenaged version of this character, [[http://www.titanstower.com/young-frankenstein/ Young Frankenstein]], was briefly a member of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.

** Bizarro, in incarnations where he is an imperfect clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, is pretty much Frankenstein's Monster.

* In ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} faces several malformed, monstrous clones of herself created by Harry Hokum's head geneticist. The clones are depicted as mindless, tragic and pitiable creatures who only attack people because they have been ordered to.

* In the Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Elseworld}}s comic ''Castle of the Bat'', set in 1819 Germany, Bruce Wayne's desire to bring back his father leads him to play out the role of Dr. Frankenstein: He constructs a patchwork body from corpses, and places Thomas Wayne's brain inside. Then he injects the reanimated Thomas with "essence of bat" to fix his brain injury, causing Thomas to mutate and gain [[MixAndMatchCritters the head of a bat]].

** In ''Comicbook/DarkReign'', [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Daken}}, son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, killed Frank Castle, Comicbook/ThePunisher, and he was resurrected as Franken-Castle, who led the new Monster Squad, with ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire, ComicBook/WerewolfByNight and Comicbook/ManThing, into combat]].

* ''Series/TheMunsters'' featured a GentleGiant version as a BumblingDad.
* ''Series/FantasyIsland'': Anne Frankenstein appeared in one episode.
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Brain of Morbius" was a clear {{Homage}}. And a robot version of the monster appeared in one episode of ''The Chase''.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Post-Modern Prometheus" was a parody right down to its title, which was a play on the original book's subtitle.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''[=/=]''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** The Frankenstein Monster is the MonsterOfTheWeek in the first HalloweenEpisode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. Funnily enough, due to how the source material was adapted (the original 'Monster' was the first form of a monster from the original ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'' whose later forms would be adapted into completely different monsters in future episodes), the throwaway reference gives the Rangers and their Zords one of their toughest fights in Season 1. The monster also has the odd distinction of being one of the few [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] in either ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' or ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' [[NonstandardCharacterDesign to be played by a person in makeup rather than a rubber monster suit]].
** In ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', the BigBad employed several [[TheDragon Dragons]] inspired by classic horror monsters throughout the series run. The first one is called Branken and is inspired by Frankenstein's monster. But instead of a lumbering GentleGiant TorturedMonster, he is a short-tempered demonic cyborg bent on conquering the surface world.
** Frankenstein's Monster also appears in ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' as one of the "Western {{Youkai}}", alongside his fellow classic horror monsters WolfMan and {{Dracula}}.

* ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'': One of the monsters living in Hillhurst Mansion is a Frankenstein CaptainErsatz named "Frankenbeans". Like the other monsters in the mansion, he's bloodthirsty, but ultimately an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* Both the good doctor and his creation turned up as ghosts in ''[[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters The Ghost Busters]]''; there, Dr. Frankenstein tried to make his idiotic monster obedient by giving it "the brain of the world's most gullible fool." And guess what? Ghostbuster Spenser fits the bill quite nicely...
* In the ''Series/WeirdScience'' episode, "In Search of Boris Karloff," Lisa takes Wyatt and Gary into the world of Frankenstein. In this version, the Creature (specifically referred to as ''not'' Frankenstein himself) lives with his creator. He is portrayed as quite dimwitted and prone to anger (the latter a result of constantly being mistreated), but he is a GentleGiant to Lisa, as she showed him nothing but kindness.
* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS7E7TheresNoPlaceLikeHome There's No Place Like Home]]" features a lunatic who's convinced that he can bring his older brother back by making him a new body and exposing it to a tornado (the thing that killed his brother). ''Frankenstein'' is brought up by Reid when they finally discern the motive.

* There's the unusually-named 1970's made-for-TV movie ''Frankenstein: The True Story'', which features a very handsome Creature who is beloved by Victor, only for their relationship to disintegrate as the Creature's good looks begin to decay. As you can expect, contains varying amounts of HoYay and camp.
* In 2004, The Hallmark Channel (of all channels) produced a faithful, if dull, miniseries adaptation of the novel, starring Luke Goss as the Creature.

* ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' had a series of sketches featuring 'Funkenstein' in parodies of {{Blaxploitation}} films.

** In another sketch entitled "Firelight" (that also parodied ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''), Music/TaylorSwift plays the female protagonist who falls in love with a Frankenstein Monster who's prone to strangling peope to death (accidentally).
* The Mountain in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has been compared to this as after almost dying in the duel against the Viper, he is taken by Qyburn (a rogue maester suspected of performing necromancy and black arts) and is experimented upon. Qyburn turns him in some sort of zombie-like, red-eyed, giant, hulking, speechless monster with greenish skin that lumbers about killing people on Cersei's orders [[spoiler:and eventually kills its creator]]. The fandom gives him the nickname Frankenmountain.
* British series ''Series/TheFrankensteinChronicles'' with Creator/SeanBean takes the Frankenstein myth into a police drama: A police inspector is investigating a series of murders apparently made in order to collect human body parts to recreate a creature.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'': Stephen Colbert once suspected that the Vatican was attempting to use the skin and blood of dead Popes to build a "Franken-pope".

* ''Series/Thelibrarians2014'': The monster is magically conjured from the original book. Ezekiel attempts to scare him off with fire, before the others explain to him that this version was conjured from the book and the fear of fire was [[AdaptationDisplacement added in the movie]]. The heroes are able to end his rampage when they inform him that modern plastic surgery could probably make him look perfectly normal.
* ''Series/LilHorrors'' has Duncan Stein, based on Frankenstein's monster from the 1931 film ''[[Film/Frankenstein1931 Frankenstein]]''. [[BigEater Gluttonous]] yet friendly, and yet also [[DumbMuscle dim-witted]] and [[NoSocialSkills sorely lacking in social skills]].
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Quarantine", Cat calls Kryten "Frankenstein", which leads the latter to point out the following:
--> '''Kryten:''' Frankenstein was the ''creator'', not the monster. It's a common misconception held by all completely stupid people.
* Frangen, a two-faced Frankenstein's Monster-themed [[MonsterOfTheWeek Akuma Clan Captain]], appears as the villain of an episode of ''Series/Akumaizer3''.

* In [[WebAnimation/PlanetDolan Super Planet Dolan's]] dark version of Hickory Dickory Dock, there was a segment depicting Danger Dolan dressed as a mad scientist (presumably as DrFrankenstein) using the clock to successfully revive FrankensteinsMonster, although with mismatched body parts.

* Probably the first depiction in an animated television series was 1965's ''WesternAnimation/MiltonTheMonster'', a comedy cartoon about a monster made by a MadScientist that is too nice as it had too much tenderness in his formula.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'':
** The ''New Super Friends'' episode "The Rise and Fall of the Superfriends" featured Batman and Robin fighting a manifestation of the Frankenstein monster summoned by Mr. Mxyzptlk.
** In ''The World's Greatest [=SuperFriends=]'' episode "The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein", a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein creates a conventional Frankenstein monster and subsequently creates another monster by [[PowersAsPrograms transfering the powers]] of Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman to a "featureless target body" after the first monster is defeated by Batman and Robin.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Demona and Xanatos use a set-up much like the classic MadScientistLaboratory where they use both [[{{Magitek}} magic and technology]] to create the cyborg Coldstone out of the parts of three Gargoyles. When it moves, [[NerdInEvilsHelmet Xanatos screams]]: "It's alive, ALIVE!" then calmly turns to Demona and says: "IAlwaysWantedToSayThat".
* The animated series ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' revealed that Frankenstein's monster, along with werewolves, mummies, and ghosts were actually species of alien that sometimes visit earth -- with Frankenstein's monsters being a species of extra-terrestrial cyborg. The titular character later gains the ability to transform into one.

* In ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', the character of Rampage doesn't fall far from the smarter and more vengeful incarnations of this monster, vengeful against those who cursed him with his freakish existence, against those who caged him like a beast, and driven by a cruel and sadistic nature, he frightens in a very Shelleyan way.
** Done more traditionally with the creation of Dinobot II, with Megatron playing the part of the Doctor and Waspinator as his Igor.
--->From the tempest fury, the spark ignites! To sire new life! Transmetal 2 life!
* Also, in the original 80s ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' show, there was an early 2nd season episode where Spike was mortally wounded, and his father Sparkplug and Autobot MadScientist Wheeljack decided the logical solution was to build a robot body out of spare parts and transfer Spike's mind to it until his body fully healed. This eventually led to Spike complaining about being a "freak," and he went berserk and started shooting everyone. Just in case you didn't get it, the episode began with Spike watching a black-and-white version of ''Frankenstein'', and referenced it several more times throughout. In fact, Spike watching the movie again is what really sets him off and he starts calling himself a "metal Frankenstein Monster".
* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinsCat'' is an animated series about Dr Frankenstein's first creation: a cat named Nine, stitched together out of nine different cats.
* Frankenstein's Monster is one of the good guys in ''WesternAnimation/MonsterForce'', referred to as "Franky". This is evidently sort of a family nickname, as the granddaughter of Dr. Frankenstein (Shelly Frankenstein) is also part of the team.

* Frankie from ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies''.
* A Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' actually had Frankenstein's monster fight a Wolfman. Bonus points for them ACTUALLY calling it "Frankenstein's ''monster''", and not just "''Frankenstein''", [[IAmNotShazam like many other people...]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Dr. Venture resurrects on of the Monarch's [[RedShirtArmy fallen minions]] and names the result "Venturestein". Venturestein is actually kind of scrawny, but he's got the requisite HulkSpeak, stitched-together head, and neck bolts.
* ''WesternAnimation/TimewarpTrio'' had the eponymous trio travel back to Lake Geneva in 1818, where they not only encountered Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and John Palidori, but also the Frankenstein's Monster himself (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* The champion of Monster Truck Wrestling as revealed at the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Monster Truck Mater]]'' is actually Doctor Frankenwagen's Monster.

* The Emmy nominated "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheMonsterOfPhineasNFerbenstein The Monster Of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein]]" has WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's ancestors creating a Frankenstein version of Perry. Also referenced in the theme song, with one verse being about "discovering Frankenstein's brain".

** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' had Chickenstein as a MonsterOfTheWeek, a hybrid of FrankensteinsMonster and... well, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin giant chicken]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' fell into the IAmNotShazam predicament when a father had to deal with his daughter being in a relationship with Frankenstein. The father finally comes to terms with the pairing until he realizes she married Franken''stein'' and chased after the monster because he's Jewish.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Hollywood Capers", Beans accidentally awakens and is chased by a Frankenstein monster in the film studio. The Monster has also apapeared in such shorts as "Have You Any Castles?", "Sniffles and the Bookworm", and "Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare", the later having him being created by WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. Bugs briefly impersonates him in "WesternAnimation/HareTonic".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short "WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain", Dr. Frankenollie[[note]]A reference to the name Frankenstein, but based on the names Frank and Ollie, two of Disney's legendary animators[[/note]] is the mad scientist and Julius[[note]]Modeled after Pete, but not in-universe recognized as such[[/note]] his gigantic monster.[[note]]This is because Julius is also based on Franchise/KingKong[[/note]] All Frankenollie still needs to complete his creation is a brain, and Mickey's will do nicely...
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', Goofy inherits a castle from a distant relative called Dr. [=FrankenGoof=], who had a created a monster that bore a striking resemblance to Pete. The episode also portrays the monster as a good-natured and helpful being, with Peg even calling out the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob that was chasing him]], demanding to know what it ever did to them, which [[HeelRealization they realized was nothing]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode, "Phranken-Runt" a female mad scientist (with Bride of a Frankenstein harido) creates a monster Frankenstein dog and tries to give it Runt's brain. She also has a Frankenstein monster rat assiting her.

* Frankentyke in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' is described on [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] as a mix between the Frankenstein monster and Bart Simpson.
* A dim-witted and obese Frankenstein monster named Phil was the creation of Dr. Vic Frankenstein on ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}''.
** Incidentally voiced by Brad Garret. The same actor as in the above mentioned Apple ad.
* The Frankenstein monster never actually appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (except as an illusion alongside other book characters made by Proteus in "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster") but a Frankenstein-like dog artificially made by a kid appears in episode "Loathe Thy Neighbor" as the family pet of an [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]] expy [[CreepyFamily the Micawb]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'''s Id looks like the Frankenstein Monster and is called Prankenstein, as we learn in an episode inside [[MentalWorld Beetlejuice's head]].
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' has the eponymous creature of "Gadget Meets the Grappler", who was created by MadScientist Professor Dummkopf and bears a passing resemblance to Dr. Frankenstein's monster.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBaskervilles'': The Frankensteins are the Baskerville's neighbours in Underworld: Frank, Fran, Young Frank, and Little Monster Annie.
* The 1966 Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr'' stars a cyborg superhero version of the monster created by boy genius Buzz Conroy.
* Although none of them ever actually appeared in the original series, ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' had four different versions of "Frankenstone", three of which are technically the same character, but which contradict the other two. The first appears in an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing The New Fred and Barney Show]]''. This version is named "Frank Frankenstone" and has his own family, similar in concept to ''Series/TheMunsters''. A completely different Frankenstone appears in the TV special, ''The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone'' as Rockula's partner. Frank Frankenstone and his family would later appear in the four half-hour Flintstones TV specials[[note]]Which would reintroduce them as the Flintstones' "new neighbors" (the first special they appear in is even called by that exact name).[[/note]], and would even get their own segment in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneComedyShow''[[note]]The show from the 1980s, as opposed to the [[SyndicationTitle name given to later reruns]] of "The Flintstones Comedy Hour", which was essentially the second season of ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow''.[[/note]], but with Frank having a completely different personality.

* One of the monster animals featured on ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm'' was a Frankenstein monster pig named Frankenswine.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Parasites Lost" had Fry attempt to play the holophonor after the parasites that improved his intelligence are removed from his body, his loss of the ability to play well demonstrated by the instrument projecting a growling Frankenstein monster head.
-->'''Leela''': What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Fry''': I don't know. I got nervous, and I started thinking about neck bolts.
* ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'': Frankenstein's monster and his bride occasionally appear among vampire Vlad's circle of monster friends. Frank's most prominent role is in the short "Frankenfrog", where the chaos caused by the frog Mina brought back to life ends with the monster making the frog his pet.
* The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "Ollie and Frank" is about a boy who creates a Frankenstein monster dog.
* ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'': In the MusicalEpisode, Norma compares herself to Frankenstein's monster in light of discovering her idol Pauline Phoenix [[spoiler:has been lying to and using her fans for years. And is also a ghost possessing her park impersonators to live forever]].
-->'''Norma:''' ''You're my Frankenstein\\
And I'm your monster\\
Your films gave me life\\
Like lighting and thunder.''
* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries'': Frankenstein monster couple Frank and Eunice from the original film series appear in minor roles, with their son Hank being one of the main characters as well as one of Mavis' friends.

* In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[CameBackWrong attempts to revive the dead with alchemy]] results in Homunculi, Frankensteinian monsters with special powers. Several of these monsters also feature the same kind of pathologies and relationships with its master as Frankenstein's original monster.

An iconic product of {{mad science}}, the creature has lumbered through scores of films and TV series, [[TragicMonster monstrous yet also pitiful]].

* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Kaiser[[note]]Emperor[[/note]] combined the [[AllYourPowersCombined copied data]] of Adult[[note]]Champion[[/note]] and Perfect[[note]]Ultimate[[/note]] level Digimon to create Chimeramon[[note]]Kimeramon[[/note]]. Chimeramon was meant to be the Kaiser's partner, but it went out of control and would have destroyed everything [[spoiler:if not for Wormmon's sacrifice giving Mangamon the strength he needed]].

* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon EKaiser combined the [[AllYourPowersCombined copied data of Adult and Perfect level Digimon]] to create Chimeramon. Chimeramon was meant to be the Kaiser's partner, but it went out of control and would have destroyed everything [[spoiler:if not for Wormmon's sacrifice giving Mangamon the strength he needed]].

* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Emperor combined the [[AllYourPowersCombined copied data of Champion and Ultimate level Digimon]] to create Kimeramon. Kimeramon was meant to be the Emperor's partner, but it went out of control and would have destroyed everything [[spoiler:if not for Wormmon's sacrifice giving Mangamon the strength he needed]].

* Frankentyke in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' is described on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] as a mix between the Frankenstein monster and Bart Simpson.

* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "There's No Place Like Home" featured a lunatic who was convinced he could bring his older brother back by making him a new body, and exposing it to a tornado (the thing that killed his brother). ''Frankenstein'' is brought up by Reid when they finally discern the motive.

* Probably the first animated incarnation was 1965's ''WesternAnimation/MiltonTheMonster'', a comedy cartoon about a monster made by a MadScientist that is too nice as it had too much tenderness in his formula.