History Main / HunterOfMonsters

** The Dreen are a group of mysterious creatures in long robes and conical hats. They are apparently extra-dimensional hunters who want to fight the giant monsters that are attracted by time blockages. Since they don't percieve time in the same way as everyone else they've been hanging around for several centuries waiting for Klaus to create a time stoppage in Mechanicsburg that will summon one of these monsters for them to fight.

* Some characters in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' and its sort-of sequel ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' fits hunter archetype.

* Mordecai Chalk from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is a cyborg monster hunter whose missing body parts were destroyed by occult creatures. Chalk makes quite an impression for a character who was only 'on screen' for a handful of panels.

* In issue #3 of ''ComicBook/LucyDreaming'', about a 13-year-old girl who possesses random heroes every time she falls asleep, one of the heroes is a werewolf mother who, along with her teenage daughter, both hunt and kill monsters in their town.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
** Ulysses Bloodstone is the premier monster hunter in the Marvel Universe. As shown in ''ComicBook/MarvelUniverse1998'', for a time, Ulysses was even on a team called the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Monster Hunters,]] which also included [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Dr. Druid]], Makkari of ComicBook/{{the Eternals}}, the warrior woman Zawadi of the [[ComicBook/BlackPanther Wakandas]], and the giant ape creature Gorgilla. Following his death, the mantle passed to his daughter [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]].
** The eponymous hero of ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' is a [[{{Dhampyr}} half-vampire]] hunting down full vampires and other supernatural creatures. His reasons are a serious combination of a few of the above-mentioned ones. In ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'', in which Blade was first introduced, there's also Quincy Harker and ''his'' band of vampire hunters working occasionally alongside Blade.
** Robert Hellsgaard, who features in ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'''s Franken-Castle storyline, is out to kill every single monster on Earth after his family was killed by werewolves.

* Graveyard Shift from ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'' is a church-sanctioned organization of vampire hunters.

* ''Literature/TheScholomance:'' Orion is a OneManArmy who focuses his magical ability on slaughtering the various monsters that eat magical children. Initially, people put this down to ChronicHeroSyndrome, but Orion eventually admits that the thrill of the fight means just as much to him, if not more, than the GoodFeelsGood emotions that come from saving lives.

* What does Takeshi Kovacs of ''Woken Furies'' do after his ex-girlfriend is burnt at the stake by a fundamentalist religion? Why, he tracks down the priests involved, and kills them. Then he kills everyone in the village who was eighteen or older at the time, and could have reasonably been expected to speak up. Then the starts killing ''every member'' of the Knights of the New Revelation on the ''planet''. Because once you start killing people, it's hard to stop. He says this himself when the person whom he confessed it to asks "Where does it end?" The answer: "It doesn't."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheStrangeChores'' has Old Man Helsing (yes, he's named after THAT Helsing), who was considered the world's greatest monster hunter at the prime of his life and is still pretty good at capturing and subduing vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural horrors. Protagonist Charlie dreams of succeeding him as the world's best monster hunter someday. Notably, Helsing differs from a lot of examples here in that he does have a few monster allies, namely the StringyHairedGhostGirl Que and his pet monster Snorp.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': As a human, Carlisle was the son of a 15th century ChurchMilitant pastor who led like-minded individuals in hunts for vampires, witches, and werewolves, with his efforts mostly resulting in BurnTheWitch fates for innocent people while the real monsters eluded them. When Carlisle takes over from his father, Edward notes "At first Carlisle was a disappointment; he was not quick to accuse, to see demons where they did not exist. But he was persistent, and more clever than his father. He actually discovered a coven of true vampires that lived hidden in the sewers of the city[.]" He and his fellows went after the vampires with TorchesAndPitchforks but were badly outmatched, and it's not clear whether they killed any of the vampires due to their enemies' superior strength, speed, and durability. Carlisle was bitten in the fight, and became the first-known VegetarianVampire, leading to the events of the main series centuries later.

* ''Series/OctoberFaction'': Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out benign or neutral at least]]]]).

* (Super)natural instinct. There are a surprisingly large number of "hunter species" (compare with WitchSpecies) that hunt monsters just because that's kind of what they do, per their inherent impulses. Many of them are artificially created.

* As expected from a horror story set in a world of monsters, there are some in ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'', though they are few and sorely outnumbered. Gertrude Robinson, the former Head Archivist of the titular archives, is the most prominent and relevant to the plot, having spent most of her life countering [[spoiler:rituals concocted by the Dread Powers to enter our world and remake them in our image]]. Gerard Keay is a relatively minor one, working with Gertrude and supporting her in her work. Adelard Decker never appears in person, but was a very skilled hunter in his heyday, having killed or neutralized many monsters and [[WasOnceAMan avatars]].

* Creator/HarryPartridge's ''[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F2HtmYmU0vQ Trilby Dogtooth]]'' is a DeconstructiveParody of this trope. All the cool, dangerous monsters like vampires or werewolves [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome have been driven to extinction long ago thanks to constant hunting from humans]], and thus modern monster hunters like the titular Dogtooth are glorified exterminators wasting their talents on dumb, harmless creatures that do stuff like eating garbage cans.

* ''Fanfic/GensokyoTokyo'': Matthjis Vos was known as the Silver Ripper in Japan. He was part of a long linege of accomplished hunters whatever supernatural things threatened humans, but some devastating tragedy wiped out most of the family, which caused him to unravel and led him down [[VanHelsingHateCrimes a darker path]]. His traumatized daughter eventually grows up to be [[spoiler:Sakuya Izayoi.]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37004083/chapters/92324395 Link]].

* A ''lot'' of ''Franchise/{{Dracula}}'' adaptations turn Abraham Van Helsing from an [[TheSmartGuy aged professor of Medicine]] into this sort of character. The Film/HammerHorror Dracula films are known for this, and ''Film/VanHelsing'' follows in the tradition.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Star regularly fights monsters due to her possession of the Royal Magic Wand, which monsters like Ludo want to overrun Mewni. Her ancestor, Queen Solaria the Monster Carver, is revered by Mewni as a hero who cut a swathe through the monster hordes. But as the story goes on, both of their actions are put in a much harsher light, and Solaria is shown to have become a genocidal psychopath near the end of her life who wanted nothing less than the total extermination of all monsters, insisting that they'd be "happier this way".

Contrast with OccultDetective (an investigator of supernatural mysteries), plus NaziHunter and VigilanteMan (the character hunts [[AcceptableTargets human "monsters"]]).

* In ''Webcomic/BlackHole2019'', Diana Nox works for an organization of paranormal investigators and travels the world to both investigate and eliminate any supernatural threats. The twist is that, instead of killing them, she simply drains their energy through her SexMagic. She also doesn't display any FantasticRacism towards the monsters and otherworldy beings she faces, but does think they can be a danger to regular people and tries to contain them as much she can.