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* Rabites from the ''[[Seiken Densetsu|Mana]]'' series: Small, legless creatures with rabbit-like ears, a cottonpuff tail, and at their higher levels especially, [[Killer Rabbit|one mean bite]]. Some entries in the series even allow you to have a Rabite as [[Mon|your own sidekick]].
* [[Rune Factory]] has the Woolies, adorable bipedal sheep. Since the series a spin-off of [[Harvest Moon]] with monster battles and exploration added, the woolies can actually be tamed and used as a source of wool.
* [[Dark Souls]] has the [http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/24378/532172_full.jpg Black Knights], who dominate official artwork and promotional material.
== Anime & Manga ==
* Zakus are arguably almost as iconic as the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam]] itself, with or without the [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|red paint]], antenna and [[Ace Custom|3x boost to]] ''[[Ace Custom|everything]]''. And if you fuse them with Servbots, you get the Zakos from ''[[SD Gundam Force]]''.
** The Acguy, a ridiculously obscure Zeon mobile suit, is similarly adored in many places, often accompanying the Zaku.
** Even when the designs of the Gundams are changed from formula (''[[Turn
* Although ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' basically used a [[Monster of the Week]] formula, two of Mazinger's first opponents: Garada K7, a skull-faced Mechanical Beast with two detachable scythes on its head; and Doublas M2, a beast with two serpentine laser-shooting heads, are among the most iconic, and show up in just about every adaptation and ''[[Super Robot Wars]] game (even if no other Mechanical Beasts appear).
* ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'' has the ropers, possibly chosen because they don't really look at all marketable.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Who could forget the [[Doctor Who|Daleks]]? The most [[Freakazoid|toyetic]] heartless, genocidal, world-destroying engines of destruction you'll ever meet.
* The [[Ultra Series]] has several mascot monsters for each entry.
* The ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise has the Shocker Soldiers, the grunts from the [[Kamen Rider (TV series)|original series]], who returned in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' to lead up to the big teamup movie, and then there was their use in the ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' teamup net movies... their wacky 'Yee!' noises and hand movements made them good for comedy fodder, to the point that by now it's ''awkward'' to watch them in an actual Shocker-related movie. They're basically Kamen Rider's Pikachu by now, and here they are ''with knives. Attacking people. People we like.'' You don't see that every day anymore!
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* The Murlocs from ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. They got their own song, and are sold as plushy toys. Most famous critter in the game, mostly due to the sound it makes when it attacks.
* Fallens and Goatmen are the better known enemies of the ''[[Diablo]]'' franchise. appearing in all 3 games.
* The Porings, ''[[Ragnarok Online]]'s'' [[Expy|expies]] of the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' Slime.
* ''[[Maple Story]]'' has a the Orange Mushroom, but a number of other cute monsters, such as Slimes and Pigs, are prominent in the game.
* ''[[La Tale]]'' has the prrings and their palette swaps, the original of which is the first monster you fight. They were so popular that they were later made available as a pet. The shaggies are also popular, with some players actually trying to make real world replicas of their [[Vendor Trash]] drop - the shaggy doll.
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** Sniper Joes, although they're mainly locked into the Classic series. In exchange, not a single one of those games doesn't feature some variant of them.
* Moo from the ''[[Klonoa]]'' series is a big round blank-faced creature that mills around aimlessly, waiting for Klonoa to use it as either a springboard or a missile. Their inherent harmlessness coupled with their adorable appearance easily makes Moo the second-most recognizable character in the franchise ([[Needs More Love|not that there are many who would recognize Klonoa in the first place, mind you]]).
* Every enemy in the ''[[Kirby]]'' games (besides some Final Bosses) counts as one of these. From the toddling Waddle Dees to the [[Invincible Minor Minion|invincible]] Gordos, to the scowling pink Bronto Burts.
* The Pipo Monkeys from the ''[[Ape Escape]]'' games. No need to [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|say why]]. In fact, your objective is to [[Gotta Catch Em All|capture them!]]
* The [[Mecha-Mooks|Biankies]] of ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'', who also resemble the Putties of ''[[Power Rangers]]''.
* The Dopefish from ''[[Commander Keen]]'' is iconic enough to be the subject of many [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]] from a wide variety of other games.
* The Hoodmongers from ''[[Rayman|Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. It should be noted that there is nothing cute, adorable, or "wuvable" about them; they're basically potato sacks with large hats and shotguns.
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== Survival Horror ==
* [[Implacable Man|Pyramid Head]] and the nurses from ''[[Silent Hill]]'' are easily the most recognized monsters from the series. The latter have managed to appear in almost every game to date.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Frogzards in ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' and Sneevils in ''[[Dragon Fable]]''.
** A Dev made non-canon magazine suggests that they evolved from each other.
* Fyoras in ''[[Geneforge]]'' are this, [[Monster Allies]], and the commonest of [[Com Mons]] all rolled into one. Physically, they're fire-spitting bipedal lizards--mentally, [[All Animals Are Dogs|they're dogs]], and in one ending of game 2 the main character is shown passing time in prison by teaching one to roll over for treats.
* Mud crabs in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games. While they're not even a threat to starting players and go down easily, they still have the honour of being famous for starring one as, inexplicibly, a ''merchant'' in ''Morrowind'', and as a topic of discussion amongst [[NPC|NPCs]] that quickly spawned memes in ''Oblivion''.
* Big Daddies from [[Bioshock]].
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