Monsterland and Monster Island - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Several references to "Monster Island" are likely based on this element from the Godzilla series.

• The Simpsons: In the episode "Lisa on Ice", Lisa imagines being sentenced to Monster Island for failing Physical Education. The judge informs her that the term "Monster Island" is just a name, but Lisa discovers that the island is in fact the home of several daikaiju. Fleeing from the giant creatures (which are Mothra, Rodan, and Gamera), Lisa is informed by one of her fellow inmates that what the judge meant was that Monster Island is in fact a peninsula.
• The Monsta Island Czars are a hip-hop group from New York City, most of whose individual names are parodies of daikaiju names.
• In Warren Ellis' s Planetary series, there is Island Zero, home to many kaiju, including what is apparently King Ghidorah, Godzilla and Mothra, all dead. A green, flying kaiju similar to Rodan has, however, survived.
• In Marvel Comics, Monster Island (or Monster Isle, in some comics) is the home of the Mole Man, and the various monsters that inhabit it are the descendants of the Deviants
• In DC Comics, Dinosaur Island was often called Mystery Island or Monster Island during the its initial appearances in the pages of Star Spangled War Stories.
• On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xander Harris likes living near the Hellmouth rather than living on Monster Island.
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: In the Cartoon Network original movie Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, the race that Team Grim and Team Boogey had to go through to win the privilege to fight Horror included getting past Monster Island, and encountered the Toho monsters Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Gamera. Interestingly enough, Godzilla has his roar from the Heisei series.
• The Powerpuff Girls: In the episode "Super Zeroes", a giant slimy teal blob-like monster named Steven explains to the girls that going to Townsville to encounter the Powerpuff Girls and return (alive) from fighting them is a symbol of honor on Monster Isle, where most of the show's city-destroying antagonists reside.
• Top Ten includes a character named Gograh (a Godzilla-like monster) who is said to live on 'Monster Atoll' (presumably an island near Neopolis) with other giant monsters.
• In Scott Ciencin's Godzilla junior novels, Monster Island first existed as a government research facility created to study Anguirus and Rodan. Eventually, through the psychic influence of a pair of children, Godzilla and a troop of other monsters (including Varan, Kamacuras, Kumonga, and several over-sized animals) travel to the island and make it their new home.
• Monster Island is a playable arena in the videogames Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla: Save the Earth and Godzilla: Unleashed. In the latter, it has, like the game's other arenas, been affected by the spread of alien crystals. Early speculation was that the island would be partially flooded, but the arena is the same as that in the first two games other than the presence of the crystals. Producer Shelby Wills explained that the island is the "starting point" for the playable faction, Earth Defenders, in the game and so does not show the same signs of apocalyptic damage as the game's other environments.
• Monster Island has also returned in IDW comic's Godzilla canon, particularly the Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths miniseries.