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An iconic product of [[Mad Scientist|mad science]], the'''Frankenstein's creatureMonster''' has lumbered through scores of films and TV series, [[Tragic Monster|monstrous yet also pitiful]].
 
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In the original 1818 book by [[Mary Shelley]], Victor Frankenstein creates the monster, then, repulsed by his creation, immediately throws it out. Later, it returns and demands that Victor make it a wife. He agrees, then reconsiders and destroys the half-completed bride. The monster retaliates [[Revenge by Proxy|by killing Victor's best friend and threatening to kill his wife, should he ever marry]]. Victor immediately [[Not Blood Siblings|marries his adoptive sister]], [[Kissing Cousins|who is also his cousin, Elizabeth]], who is promptly killed. Victor then chases the monster into the Arctic, where the weather kills him. The monster then goes off and kills himself (or at least he says that's what he's going to do).
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* There's a short story about a father who tries to recreate his son by taking back the body parts the boy donated after dying.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Scraps, [[Igor]]'s "mixed-breed" terrier in ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'' is a Frankenstein's Dog.
** Also alluded to in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', when Jeremy Clockson comments that some people really come alive in thunderstorms, and Igor replies "Ah, that wath when I worked for Baron Finklethtein."
* Chopfyt in ''[[Land of Oz|The Tin Woodsman of Oz]]'' is arguably a Frankenstein's Monster, being constructed from the detached human bits of both the title character and the Tin Soldier.
* ''[[Fate/Apocrypha]]'' features a female version of Frankenstein's Monster, fully subject to the ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate]]'' universe's signature [[Artistic License]].
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* ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]] Meet Frankenstein''. A Universal Studios-style theme park hires Dr. Frankenstein to up the scare factor in their horror show, not realizing that he's brought real body parts to decorate. He immediately creates the monster, which breaks loose and runs away. He scares the Chipmunks at first, but then Theodore realizes he wasn't attacking and teaches him to be a good friend. Once they convince everyone else and teach him to talk, he's given a job at the park, and we last see him happily driving a tour trolley.
* The Emmy-nominated [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEFay_286U "The Monster Of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein"] has ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''{{'}}s ancestors creating a Frankenstein version of [[Everything's Better with Platypi|Perry.]]
* ''[[Igor]]'' has the [[The Igor|the title character]] create a giant female Frankenstein monster named Eva. Unfortunately for him she turns out to be good and wants to be an actress.
* ''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenhole]]'' has one that's fairly close to the book's version (not the [[Boris Karloff]] one though, as many characters point out). He's more like a mopey teenager than a monster though.
* ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School]]'' has Elsa Frankenteen, the daughter of Frankenteen Senior.
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