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*** Averted with the Skar King in ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'', who wants to conquer the surface world after being banished to a wasteland in the Hollow Earth by either Godzilla himself or a member of his species. Played straight, however, with Shimo, another Titan which the Skar King has under his control through a Hollow Earth crystal that causes intense pain whenever he waves it in her direction. [[spoiler: Almost as soon as the crystal is destroyed during the climax, Shimo turns on him and freeze-blasts the Skar King so that Kong can kill him, then peacefully returns to the Hollow Earth with Kong as a willing ally.]]

*** In general, most of the Titans behave largely like real life wild animals following their own instincts with little to no regard for humans one way or the other. Most of the damage they cause is simply a byproduct of their immense size, such as the Mexican town being torn apart by the tornado-like winds that Rodan inadvertantly creates by flapping his wings while flying overhead. They typically will only deliberately attack humans after the humans provoke them or when they're following the orders of an openly hostile Alpha like King Ghidorah. The two notable exceptions are King Ghidorah (an invasive alien entity) and Mechagodzilla (a robotic human-built Titan whose programming is subsequently hijacked by [[spoiler: Ghidorah's last surviving head]]), who both exist outside of Earth's natural order.
*** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'': Godzilla's not particularly interested in fighting with humans and goes out of his way not to fight them even when they are opening fire on him. Like Creator/GarethEdwards has said, humans are like ants to him. You don't go out of your way to stomp on every ant you see, do you?

** Princess Flurry Heart in her debut episode is, personality-wise, your standard sweet-natured baby: unfortunately her ''mind-blowing'' level of [[GooGooGodlike magical power]] combined with said baby whims wreaks havoc on the Crystal Empire, culminating when she is separated from [[FriendToAllChildren Pinkie Pie]] and cries, unleashing a [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic blast]] that shatters the Crystal Heart and nearly dooms the city to a freezing death.

* In the short story "Elegy for a Demon Lover" (part of the ''Literature/TheNecromanticMysteriesOfKyleMurchisonBooth''), Kyle realizes that even though Ivo is (obliviously) a life-force-draining incubus, "he did love me. To him, I was the world."

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureInTheSouthSeas'' have the gang travelling to the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy and realizing the seas to be infested by assorted {{Sea Monster}}s... which turns out to be artificially-created beasts made by an EvilutionaryBiologist and his boss, with the intentions of selling them in the future's black market. The beasts are driven into rage by microchips planted in their minds, but once the villains are defeated they went back to being docile. The largest and strongest of the bunch, [[KrakenAndLeviathan the Leviathan]], actually escapes at the end of the story, but since the villains controlling it are arrested the Leviathan is content with happily spending it's days at the bottom of the ocean (where it unintentionally inspires the [[LegendFadesToMyth real-life Leviathan mythos]]).

** PlayedWith in ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': Godzilla makes his first appearance very early in the runtime, and while he attacks one of the Japanese watchtowers on Odo Island he almost seems more disoriented actually aggressive...until the soldiers open fire on him and then he attacks them, very deliberately massacring them almost to a one. Once he's satisfied that annoyance is dealt with, though, he leaves and doesn't return until after he happens to be caught in a nuclear detonation test, causing him to develop a deep hatred for humans as a species and, at this point, he starts going out of his way to slaughter people. If this version of Godzilla ''started'' as a Non-Malicious Monster, he certainly wasn't one by the end of the film.

** Hedorah in his debut film ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''. As horrifying and destructive as he is, Hedorah's role in the film is akin to an invasive species; he isn't intentionally targeting the humans he kills, and his actions are more means to secure his own survival. That being said, his existence as a monster that both consumes and propagates pollution threatens the entire Earth, and thus he must be stopped.

*** Even some returning monsters are less aggressive than they once were. There are some species that attack a hunter on sight, but this is noted as being evidence of aggressive or territorial behavior, not malice. Some monsters will now give a warning roar and leave it at that if the player leaves, some will only attack if the hunter dances around like they're trying to get its attention, and a few [[SavageSetpiece couldn't care less]] until the hunter attacks first.

* ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'': While not necessarily presented this way in the source material, FrankensteinsMonster tends to get this treatment in modern media, since he was given a disfigurement, an abnormal brain (in most versions), and then spurned by the person that created him. The only people he befriends are those that either can get past his appearance or [[BlindAndTheBeast can't see it at all]]. In fact, a common saying about the film is that ''knowledge'' is knowing that Dr. Henry Frankenstein [[IAmNotShazam isn't actually the monster]] in the movie, while ''wisdom'' is understanding that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he actually is]].

* The Doodlebug, one of the monsters in the ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' series, releases a poisonous gas as it runs around. Olimar notes that some creatues evolve musk producing organs to fight off predators, but this isn't the case for the Doodlebug. It's simply just farting.