History Main / FrankensteinsMonster

* Creator/KennethBranagh directed and starred in ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' in 1994, [[WTHCastingAgency featuring]] Creator/RobertDeNiro [[WTHCastingAgency as the monster]].

* Serves as the OnlySaneMan in ''WebComic/{{Nightmarish}}''.

* 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.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsPenthouse", Bimbo and Koko the clown work in a potion's lab and one of thier concoctions ends up turning into a monster that greatly resembles the Frankenstein monster. Bimbo even yells out, "It's alive!" upon seeing it.

* The monster also featured in ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}, where he was forced by a Mexican MadScientist (who bought him) to fight Hellboy in a [[MaskedLuchador wrestling match]]. He got his own spinoff series in 2015.

* Frank Jr., the final boss of ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' spinoff ''Arm Wrestling''.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "Castle High" has Dodgers doing everything by the book.

* The latter of the two title characters in the comic book miniseries ''Doll And Creature'' is essentially a '50s greaser version of Frankenstein's monster from a freaky future world. Doll is a human woman, but she has the classic Bride of Frankenstein two-tone beehive hairdo.

** "All in a day's work...for FRANKENSTEIN!"

* The monster also featured in Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}, where he was forced by a Mexican MadScientist (who bought him) to fight Hellboy in a [[MaskedLuchador wrestling match]]. He got his own spinoff series in 2015.

* ''Little Gloomy'' has Frank, who is, well, the Monster. He's slightly dim (''slightly''), and parts of him occasionally fall off and need to be restitched. He's actually one of the main characters, with a crush on Gloomy herself (though eventually he gets a "bride", Shelley).
* The 'actual' Frankenstein's Monster has showed up many times over the years in comic books, but DC's ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' also had The Patchwork Man, a normal man who was 'repaired' (badly) by Swamp Thing's enemy the MadScientist Anton Arcane. Adding to the tragedy, the unfortunate in question was Anton's brother, and the father of Swamp Thing's human girlfriend.
* Volume 2 of Creator/AlanMoore's ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' comic book includes a "bonus" world almanac of fantastical places, which reveals that after jumping off the ship at the end of the original novel, the creature found his way into Toyland, and married the queen. He later appears in person in the comic's final volume alongside other "Frankensteins" (aka versions of the monster from other works of fiction) that his wife ordered built so that he wouldn't be lonely. He also seems to think of himself as just Frankenstein; when Mina tells him that most people think he should be properly referred to as "Frankenstein's Monster", he bitterly asks if that's supposed to make him feel better.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], in incarnations where he is an imperfect clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, is pretty much Frankenstein's Monster due to being an artificial being who is usually portrayed as a tragic figure who is shunned for his frightful appearance in spite of meaning no intentional harm.
** ''Superman himself'' in the Elseworlds title ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'', which retells the tale of Frankenstein, but with Lex as the doctor, Superman as the Monster, and the story changed up a bit. Interestingly enough, the story has the Superman Monster initially appear pale and deformed, making him resemble the aforementioned Bizarro.
** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #531, story, Superman battled the Monster (and {{Dracula}}) though they may not have been the genuine creatures but rather [[RealityWarper creations of a dead writer's mind]]. ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger helped.
** ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' has a scene taking place in 1959 have Superman transform into a Super-Giant and go on a rampage after exposure to red kryptonite. Superman has a flat head and green skin in this state, making him resemble a gigantic Frankenstein monster in a Superman costume.
* In ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'', Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} 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.
* Like {{Dracula}}, Creator/DellComics turned Frankenstein's Monster into an honest to goodness SuperHero.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', Frakenstein's Monster [[StupidJetpackHitler was animated by Nazis during World War II]]. Bigby fought the monster (in a reference to the 1943 film ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'') when he and a squad of Allied soldiers stormed the castle where the experiment was being performed. The Monster's [[LosingYourHead still-animated head]] is kept in the business office in the Woodlands building where Bigby chats with him from time to time. He often has phantom thirst and is given drinks by Bufkin, though the last time this happened, the bottom of his cage rusted out.
* In the ComicBook/{{Batman}} {{Elseworld}}s comic ''ComicBook/BatmanCastleOfTheBat'', 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]].

** The monster features as a member of STAKE, AKA the Howling Commandos, SHIELD's team of monstrous operatives.

* There is a comparison between the monster and Marv from ''Comicbook/SinCity''. Both hulking near indestructible abominations who go to extreme lengths for love, and were 'created' in a sense.

* Pvt. Elliot "Lucky" Taylor of the ''Creature Commandos'' in Franchise/TheDCU - Lucky barely survived stepping on a mine. He was stitched back together against his will so he resembles the Frankenstein monster and has damaged vocal cords.

* In ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'', [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/victrossus.htm Victrossus]] is definitely created with this trope in mind. It deals with the "brain" aspect a bit interestingly, as Victrossus is normally mostly brainless, with a neural "ladder" controlling its basic functions. But, it is meant to have a brain put in it, and enslaved by said neural "ladder" for their master to control it for their whims.

--> '''Kryten:''' Frankenstein was the ''creator'', not the monster. It's a common misconception held by all completely stupid people.

* The Creator/AdultSwim series ''WesternAnimation/{{Minoriteam}}'' featured a member of the [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]] villain team White Shadow known as Racist Frankenstein. As his name would indicate, he's a Frankenstein monster who is racist. His DumbMuscle and HulkSpeak tendencies made him a parody of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' incarnation of Solomon Grundy.
-->'''Racist Frankenstein:''' Racist Frankenstein hit blacks with hands!
* The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "Ollie and Frank" is about a boy who creates a Frankenstein monster dog.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Total Rickall", one of the BackstoryInvader parasites takes on the form of Frankenstein's monster.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': In "Autobot Spike", Sparkplug builds [[HomemadeInventions a robot out of spare Autobot parts]], called Autobot X. His son Spike gets mortally wounded, and Sparkplug and Autobot MadScientist Wheeljack decide the logical solution is to transfer Spike's mind into Autobot X until his body fully heals. This eventually leads to Spike complaining about being a "freak," and he goes berserk and starts shooting everyone. Just in case you didn't get it, the episode begins with Spike watching a black-and-white version of ''Frankenstein'', and references 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".

* 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".

* There's a 1981 anime adaptation of Shelley's original novel. The monster never gets beyond inarticulate grunting, there's a poorly executed [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Christ metaphor]], and to cap it all off, the ending is pure TraumaCongaLine as [[spoiler:the monster, realizing that he's hurting people, throws himself off a cliff in front of the little girl he befriended. As she's mourning him, her father, one of the people who persecuted the monster, ''shoots himself''. Poor little girl]]. The best place to find this is the Anime Hell panel of several American conventions.

* Nobuhiro Watsuki (creator of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' and ''Manga/BusoRenkin'') made a one-shot called ''Manga/{{Embalming}}: Corpse and Bride.'' The main character is a monster called John Doe, and other monsters are the bad guys. A modified version with new main characters (but with John lurking in the background) is now running under the title ''Manga/{{Embalming}}: The Another Tale of Frankenstein.'' The premise of both is that Frankenstein's notebooks survived his death, and a thriving underground corpse-raising industry has resulted.

* The original ''Manga/DragonBall'' Goku befriends the Red Ribbon Army's Android #8, who was an obvious reference to the Monster. Strangely enough, he only plays a bit part in ''Z'', although several other androids in the same line show up and play major roles in the storyline.
** The real Frankenstein's Monster is Cell, who was created from the cells of Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Frieza, and King Cold.

* Creator/JunjiIto has done a manga adaptation. With his signature artistic style, it's quite creepy and notable for following Shelley's original story very faithfully.

* ''Literature/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]].

* Subverted in "Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Frankenstein''" novels, in that both the creature and Dr. Frankenstein have survived to modern times. Both characters have [[WalkingTheEarth lived all over]] in the interim and taken new names; the creature calls himself ''Deucalion'', while the Doctor is now known as Doctor Helios. In addition, Dr. Helios spent the intervening time figuring out what went 'wrong' with his first creation and has decided to replace all of humanity with his custom-designed 'much-better models'. Deucalion has decided to oppose him, aided by a pair of local police detectives. The only signature feature that Koontz has added to all of the synthetic beings he has made (back to and including the original) is the presence of two hearts.

* No such inventory is complete without the pastiche commercial {{Mascot}} [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Frankenberry]].

* Abra Cadaver from ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId''.

* Len Wein's ''Spawn of Frankenstein'' feature that ran as a back-up feature in ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger'' starred an interpretation of the Frankenstein monster who was faithful to the monster's depiction in Mary Shelley's original novel and took his creator Victor Frankenstein's name as his own.

* Len Wein's ''Spawn of Frankenstein'' feature that ran as a back-up feature in ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger''.

** He goes on to get a ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' miniseries and a subsequent ongoing, ''ComicBook/FrankensteinAgentOfSHADE'' Incidentally, in the former he ends UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by ''killing Hitler''.

* ''ComicBook/DialHForHero'': The 162nd issue of ''House of Mystery'' had a story where Robby Reed used the superheroes the H-Dial turned him into to combat citizens of Littleville who have transformed into monsters. One of them was a man named Mr. Brody who turned into a Frankenstein monster.