History Main / LetsMockTheMonsters

* ''{{Retsupurae}}'' does it a lot with the {{jump scare}}s within the Arise series.

* ''BobAndGeorge'' regularly mixes this trope with AlternateCharacterInterpretation for the robot masters. While on the subject of ''Game/MegaMan'', the way the fandom treats him Bubble Man may as well be Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'s EvilCounterpart.

* The AngryVideoGameNerd has mocked many generic or poorly conceived monsters in his run. His [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/65116 Action52 review]] has the best variety ranging from safety pins to 'shit pickles'.

* ''PokemonQuartz'' has its {{Pokemon}} frequently made fun of.
** Zorak's LetsPlay being the most well-known mockery of the game. Available [[http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Quartz/ here]]

* DavidMitchell mentions this trope on ''MockTheWeek'' when discussing the Russian-Georgian war in 2008.

->''"Tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he’s got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna… HAHAHAHA…heh… LAAAAAAAUUUGH!"''
-->--''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM Pinkie Pie]]'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

-->--''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM Pinkie Pie]]'', ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* This trope gets its name from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXO9FsERhwg this]] ''{{Nezumiman}}'' review where, after naming this trope, the reviewers exercise it for half their review. It's also used repeatedly in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF8zQhlMDc this]] ''AlterAila'' review and is used in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG17Ce5Ks10 this]] ''CaveStory'' review by the same reviewer(s).

* ''BobAndGeorge'' regularly mixes this trope with AlternateCharacterInterpretation for the robot masters. While on the subject of ''MegaMan'', the way the fandom treats him Bubble man may as well be Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'s EvilCounterpart.

->''"Giggle at the ghostly!''
->''Guffaw at the grossly!''
->''Crack up at the creepy!''
->''Whoop it up with the weepy!''
->''Chortle at the kooky!''
->''Snortle at the spooky!''
->''And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone, and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wannna... HAHAHAHA...heh...LAAAAAAAUUUGH!"''
-->--[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM "Giggle At The Ghostie",]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Elements of Harmony"]]

-->--[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM The Laughter Song]] MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

* ''{{Adventurers}}'' has its [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0343.html infamous evil pants]].
* ''TheOrderOfTheStick'' gives us [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html acid-breathing sharks]] as a not-so-subtle TakeThat at the quality of certain supplements (an acid-breathing shark had appeared about a year before that strip in a supplement written by one [[SelfDeprecation Rich Burlew]]).

->''Guffaw at the Grossly!''

* ''BobAndGeorge'' regularly mixes this trope with AlternateCharacterInterpretation for the robot masters. While on the subject of ''MegaMan'', the way the fandom treats him Bubble man may as well be {{Aquaman}}'s EvilCounterpart.

!Examples
* This trope gets its name from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXO9FsERhwg this]] ''{{Nezumiman}}'' review where, after naming this trope, the reviewers exercise it for half their review. It's also used repeatedly in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF8zQhlMDc this]] ''AlterAila'' review and is used in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG17Ce5Ks10 this]] ''CaveStory'' review by the same reviewer(s).
* The AngryVideoGameNerd has mocked many generic or poorly conceived monsters in his run. His [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/65116 Action52 review]] has the best variety ranging from safety pins to 'shit pickles'.
* ''PokemonQuartz'' has its {{Pokemon}} frequently made fun of.
** Zorak's LetsPlay being the most well-known mockery of the game. Available [[http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Quartz/ here]]
** Yuoaman's LP on the Pokecommunity forums has this in spades as well. Can be found [[http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=202024 here]].
* From Headinjury dot com we have the following critiques ([[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article73.htm part 1]] and [[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article95.htm part 2]]) of stupid ''DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters.
* For more [=D&D=] monster mockery, visit the [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-monster-manual.php WTF DnD]] feature at SomethingAwful, as it takes the piss out of the artwork in tabletop game sourcebooks, usually focusing on ridiculous monster ideas.
* ''{{Adventurers}}!'' has its [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0343.html infamous evil pants]].
* ''OrderOfTheStick'' gives us [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html acid-breathing sharks]] as a not-so-subtle TakeThat at the quality of certain supplements (an acid-breathing shark had appeared about a year before that strip in a supplement written by one [[SelfDeprecation Rich Burlew]]).
* ''BobAndGeorge'' regularly mixes this trope with AlternateCharacterInterpretation for the robot masters.
** While on the subject of MegaMan, the way the fandom treats him Bubble man may as well be {{Aquaman}}'s EvilCounterpart.

* ''{{Goblins}}''' [[http://goblins.keenspot.com/tf7.html Rant Golemn]] seems to exist to mock everything else it encounters. Also an inversion appears in [[http://goblins.keenspot.com/d/20061222.html this strip]] where Complains finds out humans can't see in the dark and asks "Man. How have these creature's not been wiped out?"
* Happens in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' when Dr. [=McNinja=] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p22 punches a zombie and then taunts the helpless monster]].
* [[http://www.commissionedcomic.com/?p=243 See that scrawny catperson in tighty-whities?]] The player thinks his character is a hulking badass weretiger.
* From ''VGCats'' [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=1 You know, maybe we shouldn't be jamming the helpless critters into airtight balls]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=45 hemorrhoids]].
* ''Press Start Adventures'' [[http://www.darkmaze.com/pressstartadventures/episodes/019.html ep 19 up to code]]: "What happened to the bodies of these medusas?"

* Find someone who's never heard of ''Series/DoctorWho''. Show him a picture of a Dalek and tell him it's the most dangerous creature in the universe. Odds are high this trope will be his instinctual reaction. Even in their own series they get mocked. "What are you going to do? Sucker me to death?" [[TemptingFate and so it did.]]
* Even fans of ''Series/DoctorWho'' can't take the villains of "The Invasion of Time" seriously, due to some poor handling by the writer, uninspiring costumes, and a big heap of SpecialEffectsFailure. (Which is a pity, because their basic concept, had it not been mishandled, is frankly terrifying.) When they returned in the ExpandedUniverse, the Doctor's companion spent several minutes riffing on the theme of "Oh, good, it's only the Vardans!" ''to their faces''.
* ''OnePiece'' is rife with targets for this trope, constantly introducing impossibly stupid-looking monsters, only to have Luffy, as an inversion, call them really cool. Sanji tends to play the trope straight though, talking about how to cook monsters while beating them senseless.
* ''{{Futurama}}'', "Where No Fan Has Gone Before": Upon seeing EnergyBeing Melllvar, Bender's response is "What a cheesy effect!"
** "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch": Bender again. "What's that big, ugly thing? A frog? a toad? or [[YoMomma your momma]]?"
** "Benderama": The crew make a delivery to a giant alien and are warned not to remark on his hideous appearance. Natually, Bender (and the two clones of himself he created) let fly with the ugly jokes, and the giant attacks them. Later, the giant flies to Earth to apologize, but everyone is drunk because all water has been turned to alcohol (Bender's fault, of course) and ends up being insulted and going on the rampage all over again.
* On ''TheMonkees'' Mickey and Mike, confronted with a mummy, berate it for being dirty and smelly. The mummy retires discomfited. (Note that despite his bravado, Mickey is actually terrified.)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyVsHNEBeBk Jack Link's Beef Jerky presents: Messin' with Sasquatch]].
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer.'' "Who's a little fear demon?"
--> "Xander, don't taunt the fear demon."
--> "Why? Can it hurt me?"
--> "No... it's just tacky."
* ''PowerRangers''
** Every single episode.
** In ''PowerRangersRPM,'' the DarkerAndEdgier series couldn't always get around the goofy monster designs of the cracktastic ''{{Engine Sentai Go-onger}}'' and had to plunge in, with even the ''villains'' pointing it out. "It looks like a bottle of window cleaner. Are you going to ''destroy'' the city or give it a streak-free shine?"

-->In the Spooky Forest, you are attacked by one of the spookiest mummies you've ever seen. [...] This isn't saying much, though, since you've never found mummies to be particularly spooky. I mean, "Ooooh, no! I'll have to walk slightly faster if I want to escape!"
* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** There is a whole song about it in part 2 of the pilot, "Elements of Harmony", in which Pinkie Pie teaches her friends to literally laugh away their fears.
** In "A Dog and Pony Show", Rarity is initially intimidated by the Diamond Dogs who are holding her captive, but when they try to force her to find and dig up gemstones, she obstinately refuses, then goes on to mock their appearance, manners, and personal hygiene.
* ''{{Retsupurae}}'' does it a lot with the {{jump scare}}s within the Arise series.

--> '''Marisa''': But you're still a [[spoiler:{{tanuki}}]], right? The kind that [[spoiler:drums on their bellies on the night of the full moon]]? \\
'''Mamizou''': You are making light of us, are you not? What do you call yourself? \\
'''Marisa''': [[BlatantLies I'm Reimu Hakurei]]! \\
'''Mamizou''': [[{{Namedar}} Marisa Kirisame, is it]]? I'll be sure to remember that. I intend to take my revenge, so you'd best watch your back on the night of the full moon. \\
'''Marisa''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Hey, go after]] [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Miko]]]], [[ThisIsGonnaSuck not me...]]
* In a [[TheSimpsons Simpsons]] Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer mocks a [[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] Flanders, while he's being mauled!

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'''Mamizou''': [[LivingLieDetector Marisa Kirisame, is it]]? I'll be sure to remember that. I intend to take my revenge, so you'd best watch your back on the night of the full moon. \\

--> '''Marisa''': But you're still a [[spoiler:{{tanuki}}]], right? The kind that [[spoiler:drums on their bellies on the night of the full moon]]. \\

'''Marisa''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Hey, go after]] [[spoiler:FinalBoss Miko]], [[ThisIsGonnaSuck not me...]]

'''Mamizou''': [[LivingLieDetectir Marisa Kirisame, is it]]? I'll be sure to remember that. I intend to take my revenge, so you'd best watch your back on the night of the full moon. \\

** Zorak's LetsPlay being the most well-known mockery of the game. Available [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/PokemonQuartz/ here]]

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The heroes are walking through the dark catacombs. Is that [[NightmareFuelUnleaded heavy breathing]]? No, not wanting to imagine what could be so loathsome as to ''live'' in such a place, they dismiss it as the wind. They press on, then suddenly something terrible leaps out of the shadows and... the heroes burst into laughter.

Whether it's the CausticCritic harping on the quality of the game's monsters, or the actual characters within a story, this trope applies any time monsters are being ridiculed.

If the monster looks stupid but the characters treat it as if it were terrifying, that's not this trope.

See also: OurMonstersAreDifferent, MonsterMash, EverythingIsTryingToKillYou, MonsterOfTheWeek.

Has nothing whatsoever to do with: HeWhoFightsMonsters, TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, MuggingTheMonster or BullyingADragon.
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!Examples
* This trope gets its name from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXO9FsERhwg this]] ''{{Nezumiman}}'' review where, after naming this trope, the reviewers exercise it for half their review. It's also used repeatedly in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF8zQhlMDc this]] ''AlterAila'' review and is used in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG17Ce5Ks10 this]] ''CaveStory'' review by the same reviewer(s).
* The AngryVideoGameNerd has mocked many generic or poorly conceived monsters in his run. His [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/65116 Action52 review]] has the best variety ranging from safety pins to 'shit pickles'.
* ''PokemonQuartz'' has its {{Pokemon}} frequently made fun of. Zorak's LetsPlay being the most well-known mockery of the game. Available [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/PokemonQuartz/ here]]
* From Headinjury dot com we have the following critiques ([[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article73.htm part 1]] and [[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article95.htm part 2]]) of stupid ''DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters.
* For more [=D&D=] monster mockery, visit the [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-monster-manual.php WTF DnD]] feature at SomethingAwful, as it takes the piss out of the artwork in tabletop game sourcebooks, usually focusing on ridiculous monster ideas.
* ''{{Adventurers}}!'' has its [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0343.html infamous evil pants]].
* ''OrderOfTheStick'' gives us [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0543.html acid-breathing sharks]] as a not-so-subtle TakeThat at the quality of certain supplements (an acid-breathing shark had appeared about a year before that strip in a supplement written by one [[SelfDeprecation Rich Burlew]]).
* ''BobAndGeorge'' regularly mixes this trope with AlternateCharacterInterpretation for the robot masters
* ''MagicTheGathering'' descends into self-mockery every un-set with cards like [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8904 Hurloon Wrangler]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74236 Carnivorous Death-Parrot]], and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74257 little girl]].
* Many, many [=PCs=] do this when their DM reveals a custom monster he's spent all week lovingly crafting. Not that published monsters are exempt, especially those published by 3rd party publishers.
* Many [=PCs=] when they encounter something that would be terrifying... about five levels ago.
* ''{{Goblins}}''' [[http://goblins.keenspot.com/tf7.html Rant Golemn]] seems to exist to mock everything else it encounters. Also an inversion appears in [[http://goblins.keenspot.com/d/20061222.html this strip]] where Complains finds out humans can't see in the dark and asks "Man. How have these creature's not been wiped out?"
* ''{{Dr McNinja}}'' [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p22 punching a zombie and then taunting the helpless monster]].
* [[http://www.commissionedcomic.com/?p=243 See that scrawny catperson in tighty-whities?]] The player thinks his character is a hulking badass weretiger.
* From ''VGCats'' [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=1 You know, maybe we shouldn't be jamming the helpless critters into airtight balls]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=45 hemorrhoids]].
* ''Press Start Adventures'' [[http://www.darkmaze.com/pressstartadventures/episodes/019.html ep 19 up to code]]: "What happened to the bodies of these medusas?"
* {{Hamlet}} calls a ghost a "king of shreds and patches".
* Find someone who's never heard of ''DoctorWho''. Show him a picture of a Dalek and tell him it's the most dangerous creature in the universe. Odds are high this trope will be his instinctual reaction.
** Even in their own series they get mocked. "What are you going to do? Sucker me to death?"
*** [[TemptingFate And so it did.]]
* Even fans of ''DoctorWho'' can't take the villains of "The Invasion of Time" seriously, due to some poor handling by the writer, uninspiring costumes, and a big heap of SpecialEffectsFailure. (Which is a pity, because their basic concept, had it not been mishandled, is frankly terrifying.) When they returned in the ExpandedUniverse, the Doctor's companion spent several minutes riffing on the theme of "Oh, good, it's only the Vardans!" ''to their faces''.
* ''OnePiece'' is rife with targets for this trope, constantly introducing impossibly stupid-looking monsters, only to have Luffy, as an inversion, call them really cool. Sanji tends to play the trope straight though, talking about how to cook monsters while beating them senseless.
* ''{{Futurama}}'', "Where No Fan Has Gone Before": Upon seeing EnergyBeing Melllvar, Bender's response is "What a cheesy effect!"
** "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch": Bender again. "What's that big, ugly thing? A frog? a toad? or [[YoMomma your momma]]?"
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