In Space No One Can Hear You Game
This science fiction game series derives its name from combining the words 'Metro' and 'Android'.
Metroid
Boasting snakes for hair and a bad attitude, one look from this gorgon will turn you to stone.
Medusa
This composer has the most Oscar nominations of any living person. He received the honor for Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. and Schindler's List.
John Williams
Coelophysis and Plateosaurus are among the oldest dinosaurs in the fossil record living over 200 million years ago in this first period of the Mesozoic era.
Triassic
The titular Alien of the 1979 Ridley Scott film receives a proper classification in the sequel and is referred to as this.
Xenomorph
In Portal 2, the Space Core gets to live its dream of drifting in space for eternity along with this less than enthused companion.
Wheatley
Sailors beware and civilians take heed, hearing their call forecasts doom.
Siren
Howard Shore made use of this melodic woodwind instrument in several of his compositions for The Lord of the Rings, not the Dragon Ball character.
Piccolo
Crikey! While a far cry from the Earth shakers of the past, this apex predator is largest living archosaur today.
Saltwater Crocodile
Peter Jackson's King Kong utilized motion tracking technology the director previously used in the Lord of the Rings films. Fittingly, this actor returned to don the mocap suit to perform the eponymous ape.
Andy Serkis
A mainstay in the Mario Kart games, Rainbow Road takes place high above the Earth and falling off the track will send you plummeting as a meteor downward in this entry to the franchise.
Mario Kart Wii
Gaea is the supreme Earth goddess in Roman mythology, and is the origin of this maternal namesake for our planet.
Mother Earth
Game director Masahiro Sakurai heavily pushed for a fully orchestrated soundtrack in the second installment of this game series that has enjoyed it for every entry since.
Super Smash Bros.
With the aid of aerodynamics and gravity, this raptor reaches top speeds of 200 mph, making it the fastest animal alive.
Peregrine Falcon
Ishiro Honda's radioactive pop culture icon debuted in this year, making Godzilla the longest running franchise in film history.
1954
This invading doppelganger serves as the final boss of both Godzilla games it appeared in of the Atari Pipeworks Trilogy.
Space Godzilla
The central god or kami of Japanese Shinto belief, she embodies the sun. But you may know her better as the lead canine in Capcom's Okami.
Amaterasu
Literally meaning 'Leading Motif' in German, this musical device is a short, recurring melody that refers to a person, place or thing.
Leitmotif
The term dinosaur was coined in the 1800s and, even though we now understand they are more closely related to crocodilians and birds, means this.
Terrible Lizard
Killer sand worms are seen many times in fiction, but in the 1990 film Tremors they are known as this.
Graboids
Palkia is the deity of space in the Pokémon games. It is said space grows more stable with of these it takes.
Breath
League of Legends' Ahri and nine tailed vixens like her are based on this fox of Korean folklore.
Godzilla's iconic roar was originally created by dragging a leather glove across the loosened strings of this large orchestra instrument.
This nation is the location of the Chicxulub Impactor site. It is the crater from the meteor believed to have brought about the dinosaur's ultimate demise.
Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula
The Japanese word Kaiju is often erroneously translated to giant monster, when it translates more closely as this.
Strange Beast