Monmouth

is a Japanese-American adventure-fantasy video game series created by Yokota Masayuki, being developed by Colin Crew under its main Japanese division with some games being done by various developers and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment since March 7th, 2000.
==Synopsis==
In a world where men and women are against each other due to a war that changed them forever, five teenage besties living in a girls-only desert city called Monmouth find a magical male wolf that becomes their pet and can turn into any weapons as they must make sure their city are safe from harm while exploring all over the desert for secrets.
===First Game===
After meeting the spiritual wolf named Dune, five teenage besties decide to go out on the desert and aim to stop a beast from planning to destroy Monmouth as his revenge for the warriors of Monmouth being responsible for the half-extinction. Will our heroines stop him?
===II: Rise of the Men Army===
Set seven months after the events of the first game, the Monmouth gang learn about the war between men and women and also learn that a man is planning to do a bloodbath of the Monmouth, so they have to stop them... but it proves to be a further harder problem when they also have to face against a mysterious veil-wearing girl who has been tracking them down.
===III: Fire and Ice===
Duke Snapperclaw ends up discovering two orbs, one of fire and one of ice as he uses it to power up an army of unbeatable golem warriors as Ari and her friends have to gain their own orbs and master fire and ice to stop Snapperclaw's latest scheme.
===IV: Welcome to Azerdon===
Ari and her friends enter a new female village named Azerdon where they learn that the warriors from the newly-discovered village are disappearing as they need to find where they are and put a stop to this.
===The Mysterious Sea===
===Rise of Emperios===
Ari and her gang learn about the mysterious new empire named Emperios that could prove great danger to not just Monmouth, but the whole desert. With Marnia joining along, they are forced to team up with Duke Snapperclaw to put an end to the rising empire in the desert. However, the empire ends up having something that traumatizes both Ari and Marnia... both related to their respective abysmal and tragic pasts they had before moving to Monmouth.
==Characters==
===Main ===
*Arianna "Ari" (voiced by Jill Talley) - a stressed out, yet emotional and focused teenage girl who first discovered Dune during her time on exploring the desert as, along with her two best friends, aim to use Dune and their abilities to their advantage to save the world from harm. It's revealed she has depression at times, and can be self-conscious about stuff at times due to the abysmal past she had.
*Vera (voiced by Tara Strong from 2000 til 2020 and Anna Brisbin since 2021) - a cocky, comedic, daredevil-ish and brawn, yet well-meaning teenage girl who is one of Ari's four best friends as she can use her strength she got from doing tricks to go through places the weak can't, though her cockiness can become the problem and, at times, make things worse. She is the comedic relief of the gang.
*Gale (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) - a seductive and vain-y, yet friendly fashionista teenage girl who loves to make fashionable desert clothes and even running a shop, which she usually puts her sister in charge during her times with her pals, as she is also pretty smart, being able to manipulate people into doing her bidding, which can make things worse... or can be useful too as she is one of Ari's four best friends.
*Sunshine "Sunny" (voiced by Melissa Disney) - a giddy and air-headed teenage girl who is one of Ari's four best friends as she finds Dune very adorable and wants to snuggle him, much to Dune's dismal. She does have a clingy side, being very clingy to her besties and hates being alone.
*Arid (voiced by Kat Cressida) - a snarky, sarcastic and cynical non-binary person who is the only non-binary person of the gals, but is accepted into Monmouth anyway, considered as a female as they is one of the four best friends of Ari and they often get annoyed by their friends' antics and does have a sarcastic personality, but deep down, they care for their friends and is willing to protect them.
*Dune (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) - a short-tempered spiritual wolf spirit who was first discovered by Ari as he has an ability to keep anyone who is near him healed, and can turn into variety of weapons for Ari to use, as he can grant her spells and attacks as he can get annoyed into antics, especially Sunny's.
===Supporting===
====Introduced in the first game====
*Kimberly "Kimmy" (voiced by Jodi Benson) - a stern and calm young adult woman who is the ruler of Monmouth who, at first, had no faith in Ari and her friends in saving Monmouth and the entirety of the desert, but after they defeated Duke Snapperclaw in the first game, gained trust on them and is willing to help them if they need to.
*Storm (voiced by Billy West) - an adventurous teenager who is a traveling salesman, often selling goods for anyone, including the Monmouth girls, and can have stuff that can be useful. In the sequel, it is revealed that he used to be a Wonston citizen, but has been exiled due to not wanting to fight any females.
*Arizona (voiced by TBD) - a seductive, yet smart-mouthed and at times annoying teenager who is Gale's sister as she is usually put in charge of Gale's shop while she is on missions with her friends, much to her chargin, but is usually a good shopkeeper substitute though.
====Introduced in II: Rise of the Men Army====
*Marnia (voiced by Janice Kawaye) - a cynical and emotional, yet caring and confident teenage girl who moves in to Monmouth and wearing a veil, which was unexplained at first, but uses a veil to cover her sharp-teeth that she was born with and was mocked and abused due to it, as she started off as a villain, being manipulated by a mysterious person into killing the Monmouth mains, but had a serious change of heart and is now willing to fight with them, but is an anti-hero.
====Introduced in III: Fire and Ice====
====Introduced in IV: Welcome To Azerdon====
*Alexis (voiced by TBD) - a seductive and friendly, yet stern girl who is the ruler of Azerdon as, after the five gals discover the town, commissions them on saving it when the warriors of Azerdon were disappearing.
===Antagonists===
==== Introduced in First Game ====
*Duke Snapperclaw (voiced by Neil Ross) - a sinister and power-hungry, yet comedic winged shapeshifting crab-based desert beast who is the gals' arch-nemesis who, after the warriors of Monmouth wiped out half of his species and tribe, wants to make sure Monmouth is no more, often being stopped by the girls. He also loves to mock the Monmouth citizens, as well as anyone that dares mocking him.
====Introduced in II: Rise of the Men Army====
* David the IV (voiced by TBD) - a chill, yet sinister and cold-hearted young adult man who is the leader of the corrupt man-only desert city of Wonston, as he sets off to continue his father's goal to wipe out the entire Monmouth army.
*Marnia (voiced by Janice Kawaye) - see above.
====Introduced in III: Fire and Ice====
====Introduced in IV: Welcome To Azerdon====
* Savannah (voiced by TBD) - an egotistical sorceress and warlock who operates out of Azerdon as she had been kidnapping the warriors of her own town to find a suitable host to a dark god known as Emperios as she believes that Emperios will give her the power she needs to rule the world.
=== Enemies ===
==== Introduced in First Game ====
* Snapperunts - small miniature Snapperclaws who work under Duke Snapperclaw as they are quite easily defeated and are implied to be created through cloning.
* Horned Pigs - horned variants of pigs who are extremely aggressive as they like charging towards people being a common enemy.
*Gluttons - gluttonous wolf-like animals that love to devour anything on its path, especially animals and humans, but they can be easily defeated.
*Ant Behemoths - monstrous ants that love to roam around the desert at night, preying for its favorite food: Sand Lions but it won't hesitate on eating humans too.
====Introduced in II: Rise of the Men Army====
====Introduced in III: Fire and Ice====
====Introduced in IV: Welcome To Azerdon====
===Species===
==== Introduced in First Game ====
*Sand Lions - Sea lion-like creatures who are common around the desert, as they are often used as transport vehicles by the desert people, especially the Monmouth citizens.
*Kokos - small whimsical little bean creatures who run adorable little villages as they are being used as an energy source by Snapperclaw, soon being freed by the Monmouth citizens.
*Snapperclaws - winged shapeshifting crab-like creatures that reside in the desert that went through 50% extinction due to the warriors of Monmouth wiping them out.
====Introduced in II: Rise of the Men Army====
====Introduced in III: Fire and Ice====
====Introduced in IV: Welcome To Azerdon====
==Games==
===Main series===
# (2000)
# II: Rise of the Men Army (2003)
# III: Fire and Ice (2005)
# IV: Welcome To Azerdon (2008) (NOTE: Last game to use the roman numerals as future sequels don't use the numbers)
#: The Mysterious Sea (2011)
#Monmouth: Rise of Emperios (2014)
#TBD (2016)
#TBD (2020)
#TBD (2025)
===Handheld===
#Monmouth: Twisted World (2005)
=== Desert Match series ===
===Spin-offs===
#Monmouth Party! (2007)
#Dune's Solo Quest (2012)
#[game focusing on Vera] (2015)
#Monmouth Super Party! (2024)
#Marnia and the Broken Kingdom (2025)
===Others===
#Monmouth Stories Remastered (remasters of the first seven games made for modern consoles)
#Build Your Own Monmouth! (a mobile app since 2019)
==Gameplay==
==Media==
===Television shows===
====2005-2013 TV show====
See Monmouth.
====Illumination series====
See Monmouth.
The 10-episode series was confirmed in 2022, being in production alongside with the 2024 CiTNW movie. It was confirmed that Keanu Reeves would be voicing Duke Snapperclaw and Idris Elba would be voicing Dune and in terms of the 5 human mains, it was confirmed that Dakota Fanning would voice Arianna "Ari" with Kristen Wiig voicing Vera, Emily Blunt voicing Gale, Alison Brie voicing Sunshine "Sunny" and voicing Arid. The show is currently aimed for its May 2025 release and is slated to premiere on Amazon Prime Video with the teaser rumored to be revealed at the Game Awards. With a big budget for the series, it is to be Illumination's expensive show to date and is expected to be on par with the movies.
==Lore==
See /Lore.
==Trivia==
*According to the creator of the franchise, the mains' ages are the following:
**Ari is 16 years old
**Sunny is also 16 years old, but 7 months younger than Ari
**Vera is 15 years old
**Gale is also 15, but is three months younger than Vera and technically making her the youngest
**Arid is 17, making them the oldest member of the gang.
*The creator stated that none of the mains nor Marnia will get any love interests canonically, but does let fans ship whatever they want.
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