4. Mimic - Dungeons & Dragons

Monsters that take the form of various objects, Mimics lure in unsuspecting passersby and adventurers for a little snackin’.

If you ask any Dungeons & Dragons fan what the most iconic monster is, I’ll bet you the most common answer will be a Mimic. They’re versatile and fun, and great for surprise encounters. Mimics aren’t really strong, but that doesn’t make them any less popular. They lack any kind of concern beyond survival, with their biggest goal being the procurement of their next meal. I can relate.

Just remember: when you’re traversing a dungeon, anything can be a Mimic.
Mimics are most known for:

• Being one of the most popular monsters in the D&D universe.
• Shapechanging, which they use to hunt for tasty adventurers.
• Usually taking the form of a treasure chest, since most adventurer’s are greedy.

3. Creeper - Minecraft

Creepers are monsters in Minecraft that like to absolutely ruin your hard work. They are an enemy that attacks by charging and exploding.

Imagine this. You’re in survival mode. You’ve spent hours farming resources to build a nice house, maybe you even spent time creating blocks like sandstone. You’re finally almost done, when all of a sudden you hear it. That familiar hiss.

It’s too late- you try and run, but you’re blown up with a massive part of your house. Creepers have been the bane of many a Minecraft build, and the only thing that can keep them away are cats and ocelots.

I remember when I was doing a Minecraft challenge (if I died, I had to delete the world and start over). I was building in the desert with sandstone, and I was usually pretty good about luring the creepers away. Until I wasn’t. One blew up right next to me, destroyed my house, and apparently destroyed the blocks keeping me up because I fell into a cavern and died. I’m still bitter about it.
Creepers are most known for:

• Being deadly to newer players, who don’t know how to lure them away or defend against them.
• Being a source of music discs, which require a little finesse to get them to drop.
• Going out with a bang.

2. Flying Monkeys - The Wizard of Oz

Bound to service by the Wicked Witch of the West, the Flying Monkeys are agile and aerial, and will do anything their mistress tells them… well, until she dies.

The Flying Monkeys were not a large part of the original Wizard of Oz film, seen only a handful of times and no real information given about them. Oz, the Great and Powerful expands on their lore, with two additional races of Flying Monkeys. Baboons, which are in service to Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East, and the smaller race Finley is a part of.

If the rest of his race is like him, then they are weaker and smaller, but more amiable and intellectual. The Baboons had great strength, though Flying Monkeys as a whole are lacking any remarkable powers.

We don’t love them because of their powers, though. We love them because they’re adorable Flying Monkeys.
Flying Monkeys are most known for:

• Their service to the Wicked Witch of the West in the original film, due to her possessing a golden cap that gave her control over them.
• Having variation in species as seen in Oz, the Great and Powerful.
• Successfully capturing Dorothy and Toto and bringing them back to the Wicked Witch.

1. Dracula - Bram Stoker’s Dracula

The vampire of legend, Dracula. Following the suicide of his beloved wife Elisabeta, and the claims that she will burn in hell for taking her own life, Dracula denounces God and desecrates the chapel, swearing to avenge his wife with all the powers of Darkness. Drinking the blood of the cross, he becomes a vampire.

I could have chosen any incarnation of Dracula, really, but I like how Bram Stoker’s Dracula is less… gimmicky, I guess? It holds more closely to the original 1897 novel, and the story of Vlad the Impaler. Dracula is a charming and eloquent fellow who believes Mina Murray, the fiancée of local solicitor Jonathan Harker, is the reincarnated soul of his wife Elisabeta.

Dracula hosts many powers and abilities, like superhuman strength and speed, hypnosis, telekinesis, shapeshifting, control over beasts, weather manipulation, and of course, sharing his vampiric “gifts”.

Really, any version of Dracula would suffice. He’s synonymous with vampirism. I, personally, just prefer the Bram Stoker version and the connection to Vlad the Impaler. It’s a refreshing take, and brings new life (or unlife I guess) to a classic.
Dracula is most known for:

• Being one of the most famous and well known vampires in history.
• His charm and eloquence, which is what lowers the guard of his victims.
• In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, his love for his wife is what fuels his darkness. Hearing her besmirched drives him to the extreme.
• Being based on Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracul III), a famous ruler of Wallachia.

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