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'''''Monster Force''''' is a 1994 [[Monster of the Week]] cartoon about a group of teenagers wearing [[Powered Armor]] and fighting classical [[Monster Mash|Universal Monsters]]. Produced by [[Universal]] Studios and Lacewood Productions in [[The Nineties]]. 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]] behind some of the stories which explains the quality behind some of the stories.
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''Not to be confused with the [[Game Boy Advance]] game of the same name. For that, see [[Monster Force (Video Game)]].''


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Not to be confused with the [[Game Boy Advance]] game of the same name. For that, see ''[[Monster Force (video game)]]''.
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A [[Monster of the Week]] cartoon about a group of teenagers wearing [[Powered Armor]] and fighting classical [[Monster Mash|Universal Monsters]]. Produced by [[Universal]] Studios and Lacewood Productions in [[The Nineties]]. 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 behind some of the stories which explains the quality behind some of the stories.
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=== ''[[Monster Force (Animation)|Monster Force]]'' provides examples of following tropes: ===


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* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Doc and Frankenstein.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Doc and Frankenstein.
* [[Cut Short]]: Only 13 episodes, bah!
* [[Cut Short]]: Only 13 episodes, bah!
* [[Dracula]]: The series' [[Big Bad]].
* [[Dracula]]: The series' [[Big Bad]].
* [[Enemy Mine]]: In one ep, the heroes discover a ritual that Dracula wants to do to become [[A God Am I|all powerful]]. He gathers several powerful vampires for the attempt (with the premise that he'll share the power) and the heroes are virtually powerless to stop them. However, Shelley uses her [[Psychic Powers]] to show the vampires an image of Drac intending to use them as a sacrifice. They turn on him, distracting Drac long enough for the heroes to destroy the ritual ground and stop Drac's plan. After he flees, the vampires start to turn on the group, but withdraw as 1) the sun is coming up and 2) they presumably owe Monster Force for saving them. As one of the vampires says, "Just this one time".
* [[Enemy Mine]]: In one ep, the heroes discover a ritual that Dracula wants to do to become [[A God Am I|all powerful]]. He gathers several powerful vampires for the attempt (with the premise that he'll share the power) and the heroes are virtually powerless to stop them. However, Shelley uses her [[Psychic Powers]] to show the vampires an image of Drac intending to use them as a sacrifice. They turn on him, distracting Drac long enough for the heroes to destroy the ritual ground and stop Drac's plan. After he flees, the vampires start to turn on the group, but withdraw as 1) the sun is coming up and 2) they presumably owe Monster Force for saving them. As one of the vampires says, "Just this one time".
* [[Fish People]]: The original [[Creature From the Black Lagoon]], in fact.
* [[Fish People]]: The original [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]], in fact.
* [[Five-Man Band]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]]: Doc
** [[The Hero]]: Doc
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* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Niles Lupon, alias Bela the Werewolf, seems to be a harmless old man. Also, Luke is a [[Wolf Man]].
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Niles Lupon, alias Bela the Werewolf, seems to be a harmless old man. Also, Luke is a [[Wolf Man]].
* [[Powered Armor]]: The EMACS.
* [[Powered Armor]]: The EMACS.
* [[Shout Out]]: A surprising one in the Bride of Frankenstein episode, where the [[Leitmotif|Leitmotifs]] for the Monster and the Bride from the original 1935 film show up in the soundtrack.
* [[Shout-Out]]: A surprising one in the Bride of Frankenstein episode, where the [[Leitmotif|Leitmotifs]] for the Monster and the Bride from the original 1935 film show up in the soundtrack.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Shelley is the Monster Force's only female member.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Shelley is the Monster Force's only female member.
* [[The Something Force]]: The "Monster Force", to which the series owes its title.
* [[The Something Force]]: The "Monster Force", to which the series owes its title.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The [[Creature From the Black Lagoon]] is not only more muscular here than in his original movie, but is presented as more or less a walking force of nature. He is said to have sunk an entire city and slaughtered its inhabitants single-handed, takes on four power-armored monster fighters and a [[Wolf Man]] with nothing but his bare claws -- and ''wins'', and shrugs off energy blasts that have killed vampires in one shot as though they were fleabites.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]] is not only more muscular here than in his original movie, but is presented as more or less a walking force of nature. He is said to have sunk an entire city and slaughtered its inhabitants single-handed, takes on four power-armored monster fighters and a [[Wolf Man]] with nothing but his bare claws -- and ''wins'', and shrugs off energy blasts that have killed vampires in one shot as though they were fleabites.
* [[Town With a Dark Secret]]: The aptly titled "Dark City" which is more like Dark Town but whatever.
* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]: The aptly titled "Dark City" which is more like Dark Town but whatever.
* [[X Meets Y]]: The series' premise: a [[Darker and Edgier]] version of the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' fights the [[Universal]] Monsters.
* [[X Meets Y]]: The series' premise: a [[Darker and Edgier]] version of the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' fights the [[Universal]] Monsters.


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Latest revision as of 17:55, 19 February 2020

Monster Force is a 1994 Monster of the Week cartoon about a group of teenagers wearing Powered Armor and fighting classical Universal Monsters. Produced by Universal Studios and Lacewood Productions in The Nineties. 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 behind some of the stories which explains the quality behind some of the stories.

Not to be confused with the Game Boy Advance game of the same name. For that, see Monster Force (video game).

Tropes used in Monster Force (animation) include:
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