History VideoGame / WarOfTheMonsters

* HulaAndLuaus: Magmo and Agamo's level, Club Caldera.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Earth's scientists built new weapons to take down the flying saucers but when the saucers crashed, their leaked fuel spawned giant monsters.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The title of the poster for the Tsunopolis level translates as "Destroyer Wave". It not only means the GiantWallOfWateryDoom but also reveals that the giant saucer is [[spoiler: Cerebulon:'''Destroyer of Worlds''']].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The title of the poster for the Tsunopolis level translates as "Destroyer Wave". It not only means the GiantWallOfWateryDoom but also reveals that the giant saucer is [[spoiler:Cerebulon:Destroyer of Worlds]].

* TanksForNothing: Tanks are destroyed by the dozen in cutscenes, and deal next to no damage in actual gameplay.

* ManEatingPlant: Vegon, the venus flytrap-like boss on Atomic Island. If you don't hit it during its vulnerable mouth-open phase, it will swallow the player's monster, deal a bunch of damage, then spit it back out.

* TripodTerror: Cerebulon, the final boss of Adventure mode.

* YouNukeEm: Robo-47 launches a homing tactical nuke as his long-range special. It hurts.

* BodyHorror: Kineticlops is a security guard who was hit by lightning after he was contaminated with alien fuel, mutating him into an eye suspended in lightning.

* DemBones: Raptros' 4th skin, making him a {{Dracolich}}.
* DeflectorShields: Cerebulon has one whilst in its first form, protecting its brain case.
* DistaffCounterpart: One of Ultra V's bonus skins is Ultra VI, a female version of the giant mecha.
* DropTheHammer: Robo-47 will often transform its hands into different weapons to attack, including a hammer.

* EnergyBeings: Kineticlops, who is a massive being mainly comprised of electricity.

* AmericanRobot: Robo-47. He sports U.S. Air Force symbols, is loaded with appropriate chain guns and nuclear missiles, and comes with a Hammer of Justice. He even leads a [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks U.S. Army battalion]] against the player's monster in adventure mission 2.

* BigRedDevil: Togera's fourth skin is a gigantic crimson demon that honestly could pass as the Devil were he a kaiju.

* FacelessEye: Kineticlops is one surrounded by electricity.

* AnIcePerson: Congar's fourth skin is effectively him made of ice.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Ultra V uses a [[LaserSword laser katana]] for its close range finisher.
* KingKongCopy: One of the principal monsters (to the point he's featured on the game's cover) that you can play as is a gigantic ape called Congar, who's special attack is [[MakeMeWannaShout his devastating roar]]. He even scales a skyscraper during his introduction animation in story mode. His origin is revealed that he was a [[ApesInSpace chimpanzee launched in a rocket]] that collided with a crashing flying saucer.

* LivingLava: Magmo is a vaguely humanoid mass of lava that achieved sentience when an alien spaceship crashed into a volcano and spilled its mutagenic fuel into the magma. His various skins depict the lava in his body in different states. The first one gives him a mostly rocky outer hide with lava showing through the cracks, the second has him in a mostly liquid state, and the fourth skin has Magmo almost completely liquid and ''on fire''.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Magmo's got four arms of pain.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Preytor is the only female monster of the bunch, seeing as how one of the unused demos show that she had lain eggs.

* WolverineClaws: Togera has these ''all over his body''! The spikes on his wrists, shoulders, and legs can all be extended and retracted at will.

* RocketPunch: Ultra-V can use this to [[YouWillNotEvadeMe yank monsters over to him]] and stun them.

* TheTokyoFireball: Tsunopolis, a city based on Tokyo that features a single UFO floating on the edges of the map. If the UFO gets hit with any thrown weapon, it retaliates by causing a tsunami that crosses the whole stage.

* PraticalTaunt: Pressing the Select key will make your monster perform a taunt. If done while the energy bar is double-maxed, your monster enters a damage-boosted mode, indicated by a flame effect on both arms, that lasts until the flashing bar runs out.

* [[{{Notzilla}} Togera]] - A huge, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur-like]] reptile awakened and empowered after being hit by the UFO and inhaling its nuclear waste.

* DynamicEntry: Agamo is introduced in Adventure mode by kicking Magmo across Club Caldera and into a building. It's often seen in gameplay during large fights, as a duel between two monsters can be interrupted by a monster either jumping in or being ''thrown'' at the other two.

* TooDumbToLive: The scientist that inadvertently creates Preytor by feeding the mantis some of the alien fuel. He gets EatenAlive by her for his troubles when she grows.

* RewardingVandalism: A good way to rebuild your energy bar or find health is to destroy buildings, and frees up debris to hit your enemies with. It also gives points that can be used for unlockable skins and arenas.

* ManEatingPlant: Vegon, the venus flytrap-like boss on Atomic Island.

* PersonalSpaceInvader: Preytor's long-range special attack. To clarify, it's a giant parasite that latches onto your face, [[{{Franchise/Alien}} facehugger-style]].
* PlayingWithFire: Raptros' and Magmo's special attacks.

* RecursiveAmmo: One of Vegon's attacks

** The skybox and map ambience Atomic Island is a sickly shade of green. This is lampshaded by a billboard located in a 50s-style suburb right next to the plant facility, revealing its name to be "Glowing Acres".

** The skybox and map ambience Atomic Island is a sickly shade of green.

* RedShirtArmy: Earth's military forces.