Monsterology: The Complete Book of Fabulous Beasts: The Complete Book of Monstrous Creatures

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Magic Wand: There is a section of Wizardology that details these among other wizard tools, claiming that the type of magic a wand is good for depends on what sort of wood you use. Curse: A priest of Isis warns Emily Sands and her team that the tomb of Osiris is cursed. They don't listen, and that's the last we hear of them. Lost World: Yannapalu in Dinosaurology is an island near South America that is inhabited by Living Dinosaurs. In October 2012, it was reported that Carlos Saldanha, the director of the Ice Age and Rio films, was developing for 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios an animated feature film based on Alienology: The Complete Book of Extraterrestrials. [7] Our Centaurs Are Different: Classical centaurs are found in Greece and the lower Balkan Peninsula. They do not use tools as complex as those of even iron age humans, but sometimes craft rudimentary bows.

Western dragons are split between three subspecies — the common European kind (which in artwork is shown as either the usual quadrupeds or as theropod-like bipeds), which live in mountain caves and hoard gold and gems; the smaller gargouilles, adapted for life as arboreal ambush predators but equally at home perching on high buildings; and the arctic dragons, always shown as quadrupeds, who migrate yearly between the North and South poles and breathe ice. Horse of a Different Color: A number of fantastic creatures are mentioned as possible steeds in the books, including dragons, pegasi and kelpies. Sweet Polly Oliver: Arabella Drummond dressed up as Captain Lubber’s cabin boy to spy on him. Her origin story also involves this as a means of escaping into piracy. Our Mermaids Are Different: Monsterology has a pretty traditional take on Merfolk, except that they mean no harm to the people they charm with their song. They simply don't realize that humans are unable to breathe underwater. Conversely, they can't breathe air for long and Ernest Drake muses that an "overwater suit" could be designed to allow them to travel on land. During this quest, you are tasked with traveling to Unicorn Way and collecting a Lost Soul Essence. Once you enter a battle with a Lost Soul, add an animus collection spell to your primary hit card. If animus collection is successful, you will see a small symbol above the mob that resembles the monstrology icon.Humans Are Special: In Alienology, the only living creatures in the galaxy that can nullify S.L.I.M.E. are intelligent humans.

Universal and 20th Century Fox have announced plans to release film adaptations of Dragonology and Alienology, respectively. What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Played with in Monsterology. Sphinxes, cyclopes, fauns, centaurs and gorgons are listed as man-like beasts and mostly described as intelligent animals, despite sphinxes being noted as highly intelligent and capable of speech, cyclopes being credited with having built ancient Cretan ruins and fauns and centaurs both crafting and using complex tools. Giants and gnomes, by contrast, are noted to be as intelligent as humans and only given cursory descriptions, as the narrator says that a zoology book isn't the right place to talk about them.Mix-and-Match Critters: Plenty in Monsterology. Chimeras are lions with additional goat and snake heads and dragons' tails; nues are a Japanese relative of chimeras with catlike bodies, monkey faces and snakes for tails; bakus are tapir/elephant crosses with tiger paws; manticores have lion bodies, human heads and scorpion tails; griffins and hippogriffs, as per usual, have eagle-like front halves and lion- or horse-like, respectively, hindquarters.

Bakus, instead of devouring bad dreams and leaving the good ones, are described as simply having a catlike soothing effect on people when stroked. Shapeshifter Showdown: The Wizardology book describes one that occurred between Cerridwen, a powerful witch, and Gwion, a servant who gained magical powers by accident. Cerridwen technically won, but Gwion was reborn from the experience and became an incredibly powerful wizard. Dark Action Girl: Arabella Drummond, a female pirate captain who is the subject of Captain Lubber’s quest in Pirateology. Kroll, Justin; Abrams, Rachel (October 25, 2012). " 'Rio' helmer Carlos Saldanha inks Fox pact". Variety . Retrieved October 26, 2012. Sir Lancelot Marshall is the last descendant of William Marshall, and his squire is the last descendant of Sir Bedivere himself.

Tropes in the series include:

For anyone who has ever wondered whether legendary beasts still wander among us, this lush look at an astounding array of creatures offers everything a true believer would want to know.

Shout-Out: The main plot of Illusionology (via booklets) is that of a teleporting device wan to be used by an illusionist. Where have we heard that before? Taken for Granite: The man borrowing Lady Hestia’s book in Mythology should have looked over the Midas myth a bit more carefully before making that wish...Fauns and Satyrs: Fauns are goat-legged/horned humanoids with pointed ears; they cannot speak, but communicate with a complex system of panpipe melodies. Pirate Parrot: In the finale of Pirateology, the rescued castaway’s pet parrot flies over to Drummond’s pirate ship. Medusa: Gorgons, native to Europe, Africa and the Americas, resemble human women with huge, batlike wings and snakelike hair. Their gaze is hypnotic rather than petrifying, and they use it to keep prey still while they spray it with poison from their "hair". Steampunk: Some of the books go into it, but Illusionology (set in 1915) takes the cake, having lots of gear imagery and motifs on it, as well as discussing early electric technology and automatons.