In this list, we introduce you to 5 women who are more than meets the eye. Not just strong characters or important figures in the story, but above all, one thing: They all harbor a monster in their own way.
Female characters in video games have evolved significantly since the early games and now come in a wide variety – not just as heroines but also as antagonists and even dangerous entities.
This list includes 5 female characters from video games who either hide or suppress their monstrous side, or whose true nature only emerges later. They are not in any ranking but all deserve a mention. Here, no lady is pitted against another, as they are all monstrous in their own way yet iconic enough.
Here you can see the trailer for a new game from a horror series that is also featured in this list:
Even though these are women with a monstrous side, not all candidates have to come from a horror game. The first one is even from a game that is already accessible to children of all ages in Germany.
Samantha from Pokémon Sun and Moon
One might think that Pokémon games, which are generally rated for children, cannot hide frightening content. However, in Pokémon Sun and Moon, which both released in November 2016 for the 3DS, Pokémon dared to delve into a comparatively dark story about a character that goes beyond merely “having control over a legendary Pokémon.”
We are talking about Samantha, the president of the Aether Foundation and the mother of the companion Lilly, who fled with her Cosmog from the experiments of the Aether Foundation.
Samantha, who presents herself as a calm and extremely polite individual, claims to love all Pokémon from every region, does not seem capable of causing harm to any Pokémon. However, she harbors a dark secret and a deep obsession that comes to light in the finale of the game through a (for a Pokémon game quite eerie) transformation.
She is so fanatically fascinated by these beings that she begins to lose her own identity and even pushes her children away. She does not shy away from putting Pokémon under immense stress or harming them to achieve her goals.
At the end of the game, Samantha vanishes into the Ultra Dimension, from which she will never return, seeking to gain control over all her beloved Ultra Beasts, but that is just the first step: Samantha is obsessed with creating a world where only she and her beloved beast Anego exist.
For this, she undergoes a somewhat jellyfish-like fusion with Anego, consisting of the woman and the Ultra Beast. She has multiple tentacles with eyes; her design shifts from bright and radiant to dark purple and black, and she appears to be covered in a gelatinous structure. Her movements also resemble those of a jellyfish more than a human.
Due to the art style of the Pokémon games, it is not particularly disgusting or grotesque, yet it serves as a somewhat cartoonish but thematically dark entry into body horror. And her fanaticism, conveyed in her words and gaze, makes the encounter truly frightening.
