History MonsterHunter / TropesSToZ

** Ever wonder why the food you seem to eat before hunts are as fattening as possible? The reason why has to do with real life excising: many athletes bulk up on highly caloric foods in order to ''survive'' their workout regimens, as the constant exercise they do runs the risk of literally depleting their body and killing them. Thus, the meals you eat in ''Monster Hunter'' are designed to give you as many calories as possible before a hunt so that carrying your armor, weapon and inventory doesn't completely exhaust you by the end of it. Even then, eating before a quest does not stop the hunter's stamina from depleting as they burn through these excess calories.

** Nearly every monster gets angry when you hurt it enough, and gains power, speed, and new moves while enraged. Usually they'll calm down after a while, but the less health a monster has, the less damage it takes to make them angry again. On the plus side, you can get a rough idea of how close a monster is to dying based on how quickly they get mad.

** Fireblight, in which you're literally on fire, can be put out by rolling three times (think "stop, drop, and roll" from fire drills in many schools)...or only once, if you're on wet ground. However, this is averted for if you simply submerge yourself in knee-deep water (e.g. by crouching), which will not put out Fireblight.

* WorldOfBadass: This game has two parties. The giant, ancient, powerful [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] and dragons that walk the land and destroy whatever comes in their way, and their [[BadassNormal hunters]], who actually manage to beat these monstrous creatures with wit, skill, and sheer determination. It's further emphasized with the use of RedBaron for the wyverns and DescriptionPorn for the items, to make sure you have an idea just what kind of beasts you are dealing with.

* WeaponOfChoice: The closest thing we have to a class system in ''Monster Hunter'', each weapon style is unique and plays differently, filling a different role in a hunting party. The exact number of different weapon styles varies between each game. Here's a rundown:

*** Poison causes DamageOverTime, starting at the green section of the health gauge. There are more potent variations of it: Noxious Poison (renamed Venom in the fifth-gen games), which has three dots in its icon instead of two, and Deadly Poison, which has four dots in its icon. Noxious Poison is exclusive to High Rank and above and inflicts damage at a much faster rate than normal Poison. Deadly Poison is exclusive to Deviants, inflicts damage at a faster rate than Noxious Poison, and is so potent that the Negate Poison skill can only reduce it to Noxious Poison. As of the fifth-gen games, Venom cannot be nullified, only mitigated by Poison Resistance; in ''Rise'', Venom can be nullified by Teostra Blessing [=Lv3=].

* SpinAttack: A few weapons get them, but of note is the Dual Blades weapon class, which heavily enforces spin attacks when it's not hacking the stuffing out of whatever it is you're trying to hunt. ''World'' takes this UpToEleven, with the addition of even ''more'' spin attacks, including a new aerial action that has drawn several comparisons to [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Levi's]] SignatureMove.

** Gunlance: MightyGlacier turned UpToEleven. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's just a Lance with a built-in cannon; the Gunlance is much more powerful on the offence with its Wyvernfire shots but loses many of the ordinary Lance's mobility and defence options, though the guard is still excellent. It also, unfortunately, wears out the sharpness like no-one's business.

** In a very bizarre example, Rathian's special attack is a draconic air-backflip that will poison you. ''World'' [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]] the backflip by allowing you to remove its ability to poison by lopping off its tail[[note]]In previous games, cutting the tail would reduce the hitbox's size, but wouldn't take away the poison effect[[/note]].

* YouNoTakeCandle: Cha-cha in ''Tri'' talks like this, as does Kayamba in 3 Ultimate. His in-game chat changes depending on whatever mask he's wearing, ranging from [[PungeonMaster toe-curlingly bad puns]] to [[AntiquatedLinguistics quite sophisticated, old chap]].

* VendorTrash:
** In general, if the FlavorText for an item ends in "...but of no use to a Hunter" or something along the lines of "sell it for cash", you can sell it for cash without screwing over a potential combination or equipment purchase.
** Eggs that are given as quest rewards, especially Silver and Gold Eggs, often sell for four- or five-digits zenny. However, silver and gold ones are also necessary to craft Fate jewels.

* TheStormbringer: a handful of Elder Dragons with mastery over the Wind element have enough power to summon storms, but Amatsugamatsuchi (whose name can be translated as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Heavenly God of Calamity]]") takes the take. It lives ''inside'' hurricanes and only its death brings back the sunshine in the wrecked landscape where it's fought. Other notable examples include:
** Kushala Daora, another marginally less-destructive wind manipulator.
** Zorah Magdaros, a monster that completely disrupts the tides in a wide area thanks to a combination of being a living volcanic vent and [[{{Kaiju}} sheer size]].
** Dire Miralis, basically a smaller, hotter Zorah Magdaros that boils the local ocean even when it isn't sinking entire islands.