History WesternAnimation / MonsterForce

* LightningCanDoAnything: Frankenstein was granted life from it, just like the movies. He can also absorb for ShockAndAwe powers:
** fire lightning blasts
** make himself even stronger physically or 'recharge' himself if he is injured or tired.

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Frankenstein and the Wolfman help their human teammates fight the truly evil monsters. Though the former does so due to being friends with Shelly while the latter, Luke, does it because if werewolf curse is hereditary and he wishes to destroy the head werewolf that inflicted it on his family. Using the change for good in the meantime.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler: In episode 9, the main villain is a MadScientist named Dr. Ducaine who discovers the Bride and hopes to use her as a template to create other beings for an army he can control. Ducaine sees no problem with dismembering her to study her physiology and invokes WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, seeing the Bride as an "It" and that she was the creation of one scientist and he, another scientist, has right to do with her as he pleases. He later captures Crawley and [[TheDragon his security officer]], after they discover his secret, planning to use them as "parts" for his own undead creations. Ducaine ends up arrested at the end of the episode.]]

* ItIsDehumanizing: In "The Rage of Frankenstein's Bride", Dr. Ducaine insistently refers to the Bride of Frankenstein as "it".

** The team likewise never go VanHelsingHateCrime, only going after monsters that wish to harm humans. When they come across a vampire mother who stops an ambush on the group and the daughter vouches for her. They're more the cordial with this if just a little surprised since they rarely run into benevolent monsters. Considering they got two monsters on their team, it make sense.
--> '''Luke''': Never judge a monster by it's fangs.

* YoureInsane: In "The Rage of Frankenstein's Bride", Dr. Reed Crawley calls Dr. Ducaine insane after finding out that Ducaine plans to create an army of monsters by reverse-engineering them from the Bride of Frankenstein.

* WholePlotReference: "Prisoner of Kaliaga" is pretty much "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E41TheHowlingMan The Howling Man]]" from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. With a werewolf instead of Satan.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Episode 12 which features a mother-daughter duo. Throughout most of the episode, it was just assumed that the mother was being forced to do the antagonist's dirty work for fear of her daughter's life. Then near the climax, as he is about set his plan into motion he tells the mother to "show her true colors". The woman reluctantly vamps out, showing that she hass been undead the whole time while apologizing to her daughter (who isn't a vampire, thankfully; more than likely the mother sacrificed her humanity to prevent this). Apparently this is her daughter's first time seeing it too but she claims she always knew and knows her mother is not evil. When the MF crew come looking for Frankenstein (who was captured by the antagonist), the mother prevents a vampire ambush. She's also a rather curious exception to other vampires in the series who turned evil upon being turned.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Episode 12 which feature a mother-daughter duo. Throughout most of the episode it was just assumed that the mother was being forced to do the antagonist dirty work for fear of her daughter's life. Then near the climax as he about set his plan into motion tell the mother to "show her true colors". The woman reluctantly vamps out, showing she's been undead the whole time while apologizing to her daughter (who isn't a vampire, thankfully; more than likely the mother sacrificed her humanity to prevent this). Apparently this is her daughter's first time seeing it too but she claims she always knew and knows she's not evil. When the MF crew come looking for Frankenstein (who was captured by the antagonist), the mother prevents a vampire ambush. She's also a rather curious exception to other vampires in the series who turned evil upon being turned.

Like a lot of syndicated cartoons of the 90s, it got lost in the crowded market of similar [[MercandiseDriven to-y based shows]] leading to a short run at 13 episodes. At the least the first seven episodes have been released on DVD, so if you haven't heard of the show, you can go look for it now.

Like a lot of syndicated cartoons of the 90s, it got lost in the crowded market of similar toy based shows leading to a short run at 13 episodes. At the least the first seven episodes have been released on DVD, so if you haven't heard of the show, you can go look for it now.

Alas like a lot of syndicated cartoons of the 90s, it got lost in the crowded market of similar toy based shows leading to a short run at 13 episodes. At the least the first seven episodes have been released on DVD, so if you haven't heard of the show, you can go look for it now.

* TheTeam:
** TheHero: Doc, as the oldest and most experienced monster hunter on the team.
** TheBigGuy: Trip, who is the largest of the teens and whose armor most supports direct combat, with energy-blaster fingers and extendable powered arms.
** TheSmartGuy: Luke, who is the most scholarly of the teens, though he also doubles as another Big Guy with his ability to transform into a WolfMan.
** TheLancer: Lance, whose main specialty is using the team's heavier artillery.
** TheChick: Shelley, whose armor gives her levitation and enhances her PsychicPowers to grant her MindOverMatter and Telepathy.
** TheSixthRanger (and a bigger Big Guy): Frank, aka the FrankensteinsMonster, who helps out occasionally.

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler: The Dark City in the episode of the same name. It appears every 100 years and lures people inside so it can use their life force as a food. It reappears randomly around the world each time and consumes all the people around it within 24 hours. The team inadvertingly end up walking into it ''while looking for it'' and just barely escape thanks to Frankenstein managing to blow open the entrance.]]

* AncientArtifact: In episode 2, the introduction to the werewolves and Luke's curse, it is revealed that the reason Luke's grandfather was attacked is because he came into possession of a gypsy cane that supposedly allows the owner to control ALL werewolves. Niles and Luke fight in a river and over a waterfall to gain possession of it. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, Niles is shown alive [[RaisedHandofSurvival by raising it out of the water in his hand.]] It's never mentioned or brought up again.]]

** TheSixthRanger (and a bigger Big Guy): Frank, aka the FrankensteinsMonster.

* WholePlotReference: "Prisoner of Kaliaga" is "The Howling Man" from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Doc, as the oldest and most experienced monster hunter on the team.
** TheBigGuy: Trip, who is the largest of the teens and whose armor most supports direct combat, with energy-blaster fingers and extendable powered arms.
** TheSmartGuy: Luke, who is the most scholarly of the teens, though he also doubles as another Big Guy with his ability to transform into a WolfMan.
** TheLancer: Lance, whose main speciality is using the team's heavier artillery.
** TheChick: Shelley, whose armor gives her levitation and enhances her PsychicPowers to grant her MindOverMatter and Telepathy.
** TheSixthRanger (and a bigger Big Guy): Frank, aka the FrankensteinsMonster.

* ActionFigureFileCard: The toys had them.

* ArchEnemy: Doc and Dracula; Luke Talbot and Niles Lupon.
* BadassLongcoat: Doc and Frank both wear these.

* {{Dracula}}: The series' BigBad.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Honor Santiago, the security officer in episode 9. She called in the Monster Force, helps them out, and does not blindly follow the scientist she works for.

* VampireHarem: In the first episode, Dracula is shown with his three brides. Two of which help capture Luke and find and turn a associate of the team who was scouting the area for them

A MonsterOfTheWeek cartoon about a scientist and three teenagers, including the (female and psychic) descendant of Doctor Frankenstein, wearing PoweredArmor and fighting classical [[MonsterMash Universal Monsters]] alongside Frankenstein's Monster and the teenage grandson of the Wolf Man. Produced by Creator/{{Universal}} Cartoon Studios and Creator/LacewoodProductions in TheNineties (hence, it was paired with fellow Universal action series ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' in first-run syndication). The first seven episodes have been released on DVD, so if you haven't heard of the show at the very least you can go look for it now. The show is also noticeable for having comic book writer Marv Wolfman as one of the show's writers which explains the quality behind some of the stories.

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler: The Dark City in the episode of the same name. It appears every 100 years and lures people inside so it can use their life force as a food. It reappears randomly around the world each time and consumes all the people around it within 24 hours.]]

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Frankenstein and the Wolfman help their human teammates fight the truly evil monsters.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Quite literally.

* YourInsane: In "The Rage of Frankenstein's Bride", Dr. Reed Crawley calls Dr. Ducaine insane after finding out that Ducaine plans to create an army of monsters by reverse-engineering them from the Bride of Frankenstein.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler: In episode 9, the main villain is a MadScientist who discovers the Bride and hopes to use her as a template to create other beings for an army he can control. He sees no problem with dismembering her to study her physiology and invokes WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, seeing the Bride as an "It" and that she was the creation of one scientist and he, another scientist, has right to do with her as he pleases. He later captures Crawley and [[TheDragon his security officer]], after they discover his secret, planning to use them as "parts" for his own undead creations. He ends up arrested at the end of the episode.]]

A MonsterOfTheWeek cartoon about a scientist and three teenagers, including the (female and psychic) descendant of Doctor Frankenstein, wearing PoweredArmor and fighting classical [[MonsterMash Universal Monsters]] alongside Frankenstein's Monster and the teenage grandson of the Wolf Man. Produced by Creator/{{Universal}} Cartoon Studios and Creator/LacewoodProductions in TheNineties (hence, it was paired with fellow Universal action series ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' in first-run syndication). Recently, the first seven episodes have been released on DVD, so if you haven't heard of the show at the very least you can go look for it now. The show is also noticeable for having comic book writer Marv Wolfman as one of the show's writers which explains the quality behind some of the stories.