Our Monsters Are Different

Basic Information

Our Monsters Are Different is a trope that occurs when the creator of a setting uses a familiar monster, but changes its powers and the way it normally works from its traditional description.

List of Related Tropes

• Our Angels Are Different
• Bond Creaturesl
• Our Demons Are Different
  • Horny Devils
• Our Dragons Are Different
  • Giant Flyer
  • Dragons Are Dinosaurs
• Our Dwarves Are All The Same
• Our Elves Are Better
  • Fairy Companion
  • The Fair Folk
  • Leprechaun
• Our Ghosts Are Different
• Golem
• Hobbit
• Witch Species
• Our Mermaids Are Different
• Mummy
• Obake (Japanese ghosts and monsters)
  • Cute Monster Girl (Often Half Human Hybrids of Japanese or American monsters)
• Our Orcs Are Different
• All Trolls Are Different
• Our Vampires Are Different
  • Chinese Vampire (Jiang-shi)
  • Friendly Neighborhood Vampires
    • Kiss Of The Vampire
    • Vampire Bites Suck
  • Your Vampires Suck
• Our Werewolves Are Different and
  • Wolf Man
  • Half Human Hybrid
• The Undead
  • Zombie Apocalypse
  • Dem Bones

See Also

Genre Tropes
Narrative Tropes
Otherness Tropes
Speculative Fiction Tropes

Sources

TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• Vary your classical monsters to keep your players on their toes.