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to depict a pair of battling dragons via use of camera perspective. However, the cliffhanger of the ninth episode of the same serial had a man in a rubber suit play the Fire Dragon, which picks up a doll representing Flash in its claws. The cinematic monster cycle eventually wore thin, having a
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franchise, where it is used to refer to cute fictional creatures that resemble real-world animals. Characters in games may refer to all of such creatures as "monsters". Another role playing game that has many different fantasy creatures (monsters and dragons alike), is
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is an archetypal monster: deformed, brutal, and with enormous strength, he raids a human settlement nightly to slay and feed on his victims. The modern literary monster has its roots in examples such as the monster in
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5066:Urban legend
4968:Magic school
4941:Astral plane
4936:Hollow Earth
4629:Magic system
4582:Dragonslayer
4477:Skin-walkers
4325:The Inklings
4318:Harry Potter
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3326:Weird menace
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3163:Splatterpunk
3143:Dark fantasy
2963:White savior
2933:Straight man
2867:Dragonslayer
2816:Black knight
2784:Seme and uke
2766:Mountain man
2756:Noble savage
2651:Wise old man
2472:Magical girl
2444:Femme fatale
2421:Loathly lady
2376:Monster girl
2221:Nazi zombies
2196:Monster girl
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2125:Double agent
2098:Antivillains
2052:Space pirate
1985:Tricky slave
1932:Space marine
1896:Byronic hero
1878:Youngest son
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4744:Incantation
4697:Magic sword
4255:Méliès d'Or
4156:Weird Tales
3909:Dying Earth
3888:Mythopoeia‎
3866:Low fantasy
3831:Fantastique
3603:Horror host
3586:LGBT themes
3581:Conventions
3510:Fantastique
3425:Sea monster
3373:Evil clowns
3133:Creepypasta
3073:Video games
2908:Mole people
2751:Feral child
2633:Scaramouche
2505:Valley girl
2467:Jungle girl
2439:Dragon Lady
2416:La Ruffiana
2361:Loosu ponnu
2283:Il Capitano
1906:Tragic hero
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1531:30 December
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1135:Grim Reaper
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567:Peter Lorre
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5120:Teratogens
5109:Categories
5054:Tokusatsu‎
5003:Fairy tale
4946:Dreamworld
4844:Hobgoblins
4779:Witchcraft
4749:Necromancy
4729:Divination
4724:Demonology
4687:Magic ring
4677:Magic item
4660:Ceremonial
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4470:Werewolves
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2574:Gamer girl
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1250:Mapinguari
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4557:Barbarian
4517:Skeletons
4440:Gargoyles
4418:Familiars
4378:Creatures
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4105:Magazines
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3550:Tokusatsu
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3321:New weird
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3058:Magazines
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1997:Harlequin
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5115:Monsters
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2005:Scapino
2003:,
1999:,
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1435:Yaoguai
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4592:Heroes
4507:Liches
4502:Ghosts
4492:Undead
4455:Nymphs
4401:Ghouls
4396:Devils
4391:Demons
4386:Angels
4369:Tropes
4320:fandom
4290:Fandom
4270:Saturn
4265:Nebula
4220:Dragon
4205:Balrog
4198:Awards
4039:Comics
3921:Shenmo
3876:Mythic
3861:LitRPG
3856:Isekai
3795:Comedy
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3535:Shenmo
3462:Ghosts
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3366:Ghouls
3361:Devils
3356:Demons
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965:Bunyip
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