GAMER LOUNGE 20XX (NO CASUALS!!)

[Kriven]

Uncle Sam, Frankenstein, Dracula, Hyde, Huckleberry Finn, they should all be in this game.

I don't know about the horror movie monsters. They seem to have a theme of characters originating from American folklore. So I'm hoping for Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Davy Crocket. Paul Bunyan might be too big? (insert Ridley joke here)

Literature, actually. Red Badge of Courage, Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan (which was actually written by a Scottish author), and Tom Sawyer. Bram Stoker (Dracula) was Irish and Robert Louis Stevenson was Scottish (although that puts him in the same boat as J. M. Barrie) and Frankenstein was by Mary Shelly, who is English. However, there's an awful lot of talk about "The Queen" in this one, and I notice that all the characters are themed in red coats.

Even assuming they stay to the realm of American authors, though (and Tiger Lily is some kind of exception because one of the developers just really loves Peter Pan [or because she's Native American as a character]) we could see characters created by Poe or Lovecraft (Cthulu being the alien leader would be awesome).

Sidenote: are you trying to say that Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and Mr. Hyde haven't become part of American folklore? Or part of folklore in general?