Characters of Monster in My Pocket

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Characters from Morrison Entertainment Groups's toy and book franchise Monster in My Pocket.

Contents 1 Monsters 1.1 Super Creepies 1.2 Dinosaurs 1.3 Space Aliens 1.4 Monster Wrestlers in My Pocket 1.5 Monster Sports Stars in My Pocket 1.6 Monster Ninja Warriors in My Pocket 2 Monster in My Pocket: The Quest (2003 relaunch) 3 2006 relaunch 4 Supporting Characters 4.1 comic book 4.2 "The Big Scream" animated special 4.3 "The Quest" animated series 4.4 2006 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Monsters

Although there were inaccuracies, often to make the monsters seem more monstrous in the most negative sense of the term, in the character descriptions on the information sheets packaged with the monsters, the introductory legend implied that readers were to take the information about the monsters as general knowledge and not applying to any specific characterization such as those in the comics; therefore, most of them can best be understood by reading the pages about them rather than describing them here. Series 1 is 1-48, Series 2 is 49-72, Series 3 is 73-96, and 97-120 consist of the Super Scary series, alternately identified as either "Series III" (as Series 3 was not formally released) or Series 4.

1. Great Beast
2. Hydra
3. Werewolf
4. Behemoth
5. Griffin
6. Tyrannosaurus Rex
7. Cockatrice
8. Cyclops
9. Tengu
10. Triton
11. Kraken
12. Jotun Troll
13. The Monster (Frankenstein's Monster)
14. Manticore
15. Karnak (probably Maahes)
16. Coatlicue
17. Bigfoot
18. Baba Yaga
19. Kali
20. Catoblepas
21. Harpy
22. Haniver
23. Hobgoblin
24. Windigo
25. Red Cap
26. Medusa
27. Goblin
28. Cerberus
29. Zombie
30. Chimera
31. Ghost (likeness probably inspired by Edvard Munch's Skrik)
32. Ogre
33. Vampire
34. Roc
35. Gremlin
36. Vampiress
37. Ghoul
38. The Phantom of the Opera
39. Mad Scientist or Mr. Hyde
40. Winged Panther
    • Dwelling in South America according to the trading card, "this eagle-winged, big pussycat has the loveable habit of hiding up in the trees so that it can pounce on its prey from above. Although it usually restricts itself to attacking unsuspecting herds and flocks, it will not hesitate to attack men who attempt to steal its feathers. You should know that the feathers of the Winged Panther are very sought after because they turn into pure gold when pulled from their owner."^[1]
41. Mummy
42. Charon
43. The Beast
44. Witch
45. Spring Heeled Jack
46. The Invisible Man
47. Skeleton
48. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
49. Dragon
50. Jabberwock
51. Warlock
52. Ymir
53. Swamp Beast (possibly inspired by Theodore Sturgeon's "It", The Heap, or Swamp Thing)
54. Golem
55. Scorpion Man
56. Loch Ness Monster
57. Tarasque
58. Bishop Fish
59. Herne the Hunter
60. Ancient Gorgon
61. Ectoplasmic Phantom
62. Ganesha
63. Elbow Witch
64. Minotaur
65. Merrow
66. Nuckelavee
67. Spectre (The Grim Reaper)
68. Bloody Bones
69. Sebek
70. Dryad
71. Undine
72. Gargoyle
73. Leviathan
74. Abominable Snowman
75. Anubis
76. Amphisbaena
77. Centaur
78. Orobas
79. Siren
80. Jimmy Squarefoot
81. Blemmyea

• Achelous
• Ankou
• Banshee
• BasCelik
• Catarenha
  • "It arose from the anything 5000 years ago in Russian steppes. It has the body of an animal and a human head. It is very ugly and its character is insuffrable. One sees them run through the snow-covered Siberian prairies proffering insults to all aquelios that are crossed to them. It is an inoffensive monster."^[2]
• Djinn Shapeshifter
• Genie
• Grendel
• Hairy Boggart
• Headless Horseman (being unmounted, he was amusingly known as simply "The Headless Man", though his origin matched Irving's description)
• Hieracosphinx
• Hodag
• Jabalius
  • "It is not known when nor where it was born. It is horrible, with aspects of a wild boar that walks on two legs. It is thought that it is a lost link of human evolution. With its free hands it does not use tools nor it does vacijas of mud, prefers to hang to its enemies with them."^[3]
• Sciapod
• Talus
• Troll
• 96. Charun
• 98. Thunderdell
• 99. Hanuman
• 100. Yama
• 101.Ghilan
• 102. Astaroth (looking like Baal, as per Jeff Rovin's The Fantasy Encyclopedia)
• 103. Dybbuk
• 104. Lamia
• 105. Grave Watcher
• 106. Creature from the Closet
• 107. Slaughterford
• 108. Jenny Greenteeth
• 109. Houngan
• 110. Mad Gasser of Mattoon
• 111. Drude
• 112. Boogeyman
• 113. Alû
• 114. Fachen
• 115. Jersey Devil
• 116. Wurdulac
• 117. Poltergeist
• 118. Umi Bozu
• 119. Wildman of China
• 120. Imp

[edit] Super Creepies

• 121. Tarantula
• 122. Black Widow Spider
• 123. Jumping Spider
• 124. Wolf Spider
• 125. Turret Spider
• 126. Crab Spider
• 127. Soldier Beetle
• 128. Soldier Fly
• 129. Robber Fly
• 130. Armoured Cockroach
• 131. Vampire Leaf Hopper
• 132. Lightning Bug
• 133. Eatern Toe Biter
• 134. Stink Bug
• 135. One Eyed Jack
• 136. Clubtail Dragonfly
• 137. Dogface Butterfly
• 138. Horntail Moth
• 139. Scarface Scorpion
• 140. Mexican Bed Bug
• 141. Lady Bug
• 142. Horsefly
• 143. Cave Cricket
• 144. Hunchback Beetle

[edit] Dinosaurs

• 145. Tyrannosaurus rex (more realistic and less like Godzilla than before)
• 146. Apatosaurus
• 147. Triceratops
• 148. Stegosaurus
• 149. Ceratosaurus
• 150. Spinosaurus
• 151. Iguanodon
• 152. Plateosaurus

five that don't fit the title:

• 153. Woolly Mammoth
• 154. Cave Man
• 155. Pteranodon
• 156. Dimetrodon
• 157. Sabre-Tooth Tiger

• 158. Ankylosaurus
• 159. Chasmosaurus
• 160. Teratosaurus
• 161. Styracosaurus
• 162. Deinonychus
• 163. Struthiomimus
• 164. Kentrosaurus
• 165. Monoclonius
• 166. Parasaurolophus
• 167. Lambeosaurus
• 168. Baby Protoceratops

[edit] Space Aliens

Good:

• 169. Space Dinosaur
• 170. Floyd the Android
• 171. Blaster of the Universe
• 173. Full Moon Freak
• 173. Nova Scorcher
• 174. Jumbo Jupiter Junkeater
• 175. Laser Blaster
• 176. Asteroid Attack Android

Evil:

• 177. Venus Booby Trapper
• 178. Creature from the Black Hole
• 179. Meteor Monster
• 180. Star Scorpion
• 181. Saturn Scumsucker
• 182. Sun Poisoner
• 183. Martian Maniac
• 184. Radioactive Uranian Rodent

This takes us up to #184. There appears to be an extra in series 3, probably BasCelik, as he appears in the comic book centerspread of issue #3 but not in the Argentinian sticker book. A rumor persists that, along with the apparently unreleased Haunted House playset, figures of Hō-ō, Kitsune, Sleipnir, and Kirin were on display with Series 3 at the Matchbox booth at American International Toy Fair 1992, though no evidence of those monsters being added to the line (akin to the Argentinian sticker book or the centerspread image of Bash Tchelik in issue #3 of the comic book) has surfaced. Other Dinosaurs have been found with Morrison Entertainment Group copyrights and numbers 224-229. Some of the dinosaurs known (through the Cromy Club sticker book) to be included in this series include Baryonyx, Brachiosaurus, Camptosaurus, Coelophysis, Compsognathus, Corythosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Diplodocus, Elasmosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Kronosaurus, Megalosaurus, Ornitholestes, Prenocephale, Protoceraptops (adult), Psittacosaurus, Troodon, Tsintaosaurus, Vulcanodon.^[4] Distribution was so limited that a clearer picture has not been found by collectors. The later series, which were not made by Matchbox, renumbered each time.

Recently, Monster in My Pocket figures distrubted by Cromy in Argentina as Collector's Club premiums have appeared on eBay. Some of the more recognizable monsters have included an club-bearing Minotaur with a shield, a Nāga (a cobra with an over-large head and tiny body), and an Empusa among others, including a squat, two-headed creature (the yellow figure to the left in the photo to the right--the orange figure is not one of those here described), a gill man, a wizened creature with a cane, a spiked ball with arms, a beaked serpent with arms, a frog-like creature, a head with wings, a humanoid with enormous ears, an octopus-faced merman, and a creature resembling Sebek but with horns, not unlike those of the the 2006 Charon, along with other more nondescript humanoids and reptilians. They appear cheaply made and their status as genuine Monster in My Pocket figures is disputed by fans, even shown mint in package, a clear plastic pouch with a stapled-on card.

The following characters have appeared in Monster in My Pocket fan fiction but are not known to be part of the series: Afrit, Argos, Bunyip, Charybdis, Chrysaor, Cynocephaloid (a background character in issue #4 of the comics appears to be one), Echidna, Euryale, Gnome, Ladon, Men in Black, Morag, Orthos, Pegasus, Penanggalan, Shiva, Scylla, Sphinx, Stheno, Terrible Monster, Typhon, Unicorn, Women in White, Yara-ma-yha-who, and Yowie. An internal advertising page ("Sid's Bits" by Sid Jacobson) in issue #2 of the comics mentioned The Electronic Monster in a brief list of some of the included monsters, in this case evil. It is unlikely that the rights were paid to use this machine from Charles Eric Maine's novel Escapement, and this can presumably be considered an error (the 1958 film version was retitled "The Electronic Monster" in the United States). Jacobson also listed Hobgoblin as one of the evil monsters, contrary to the comics as published.

[edit] Monster Wrestlers in My Pocket

Wrestler Number	Monster Wrestler Name	Points
W1	Iron Mighty	50
W2	Jester Minute	50
W3	Brad the Barbarian	75
W4	Texas Turbo	100
W5	Shark Bite	75
W6	Mane Man	100
W7	Cross Bones	75
W8	Frank the Stone	50
W9	Tony the Coach	100
W10	Double Header	100
W11	Hog Stomper	25
W12	Nuclear Ninja	75
W13	Simian Smasher	25
W14	Howlin' Prowlin' Werewolf	100
W15	Sabretooth	50
W16	Toad Trasher	25
W17	Gizzard the Lizard	25
W18	Piranha the Piledriver	75
W19	Grunt	25
W20	One Eyed Jack	50
W21	Gargoyle	25
W22	Bulldog Drumhead	25
W23	Bloodsucker the Vampire	100
W24	Stickleback	25
W25	Crusher Cossack	25
W26	Steel Slammer	100
W27	General Mayhem	50
W28	Man O' Arms	50
W29	Goonie	25
W30	Julio the Mauler	75
W31	Chain Gang Chomper	75
W32	The Executioner	75
W33	Kongo King	30
W34	Bully Beef	50
W35	Smasher Basher	75
W36	Headbanger	25
W37	Seargant Strangle	50
W38	Coach Harry Headlock	0
W39	Referee 'Double' Nelson	0
W40	Referee 'Final' Countdown	0
W41	Tongue Tied	25
W42	Pin Head	50
W43	Ortho the Ogre	50
W44	Deadly Night Nurse	75
W45	Dr. Suture Self	100

[edit] Monster Sports Stars in My Pocket

These were not formally numbered. They were made of harder material and sold as a premium from Frosties cereal. The first eight also came one per box. They were labeled Set A, Set B, and Set C, the latter four being mail-order only. Sometimes they are informally numbered in the order given below because of how they appeared left to right on the box.

• Slam Dunk (basketball, and twice as high as any other figure; vampire)
• Full Back Drac (Association Rules football; vampire)
• Angry Oddity (tennis)
• Scrumdown (rugby)
• Completely Batty (cricket; vampire)
• Spooky Sprinter (running; skeleton)
• Werewolf Slugger (baseball; werewolf)
• Tony the Referee
• The Big Dipper (diving; gill man)
• Abominable Snowboarder (snowboarding; yeti)
• Hard Puck (hockey)
• Howlin One (golf; werewolf)

[edit] Monster Ninja Warriors in My Pocket

1. Franken Ninja
2. Sumo Stomper
3. Rotten Hood
4. Skeleton Samurai
5. Dirty Hari Kari
6. Mohican Warlord
7. Eye-do-jujitsu
8. Kung Fu-Neral
9. Shogun Slasher
10. Sayonara Sucker
11. Terror Dactyl
12. Fear Wolf
13. None Chuck
14. Bigfoot Kickboxer
15. Cyber Samurai
16. Ninja Vulture
17. Karate Sid

[edit] Monster in My Pocket: The Quest (2003 relaunch)

more information needed

[edit] 2006 relaunch

• The Humanoids
  • Big Foot
  • Werewolf
  • Hobgoblin
  • Red Cap
  • The Monster
  • Vampire

• The Beasts
  • Centaur
  • Cyclops
  • The Beast
  • Ogre
  • Cerberus
  • Gremlin

• The Winged
  • Roc
  • Cockatrice
  • Griffin
  • Catoblepas (does not appear to have wings in this likeness)
  • Harpy
  • Winged Panther

• The Ancients
  • 6-Armed Sorceress (obviously Kali)
  • Haniver
  • Charon
  • Tengu
  • Hydra
  • Manticore

• The Ghosts
  • Boogeyman
  • Ghost
  • Invisible Man
  • Poltergeist
  • Phantom
  • Siren

• The Dead
  • Grim Reaper
  • Zombie
  • Grim Watcher (obviously Ankou)
  • Mummy
  • Headless Man
  • Skeleton

• The Sea Monsters
  • Leviathan
  • Swamp Beast
  • Triton (now with a conch)
  • Loch Ness Monster
  • Kraken
  • Bishop Fish

• The Maniacs
  • Vampiress
  • Squarefoot
  • Mad Gasser
  • Mad Scientist
  • Monkeyman (obviously Hanuman)
  • Windigo

[edit] Supporting Characters

[edit] comic book

• Jack Miles
• Tom Miles
• Mr. Miles
• Mrs. Miles
• Tina
• Mr. Apothecary, chemistry teacher at Burt Convy High School
• Frank Rook/The Exterminator (also his wife and daughter in flashback)
• Theresa
• Theresa's Mother
• Nacy's toy department clerks
• Vampire's victim in issue #1
• SWAT Team and asylum orderlies

[edit] "The Big Scream" animated special

• Carrie Raven
• Edgar Raven (never seen)
• Helga (the Ravens' maid) (April Winchell)
• Ray Faye (B.J. Ward)
• Projectionist (Frank Welker)
• Jerk at Drive-In (Rob Paulsen)

[edit] "The Quest" animated series

• Morlock
• apprentice (anyone know his name?)

[edit] 2006

none introduced thus far

[edit] See also

• Cryptozoology
• List of fictional species
• List of legendary creatures
• List of dinosaurs
• Book of Imaginary Beings
• Goetia
• The Lesser Key of Solomon

[edit] References

1. ^ Panini sticker album, page 40.
2. ^ Translated from Cromy Club sticker album, p. 24
3. ^ Translated from Cromy Club sticker album, page 13.
4. ^ Some of these confer on [1]. Somewhat unclear photos of the album appear in the members-only photo section of MIMP Yahoo group.