A corrida ficou conhecida como o Mondoshawan .
Do script original ;
CORNELIUS: (to the President) The Mondoshawans don't belong to the Federated Territories, but they are peaceful... in their possession are the four elements of life. These elements when they are gathered around a fifth: The Supreme Being, ultimate warrior, created to protect life......
Eles são descritos como
"an alien species [...that...] had existed for countless years. They served as the protectors and guardians of a weapon that was arranged around four elements; fire, water, air and earth that surrounded the fifth element which was a supreme being and a member of the Mondoshawan race. This was done so in order to combat the Great Evil that approached every five millenia. The Fifth Element thus created what was known as the Light of Creation that destroyed the Great Evil as well as brought life to every corner of the cosmos."
O DVD continha um extenso documentário sobre Confecção intitulado " O Quinto Elemento: Criando o Mondoshawans "no qual Nick Dudman (Supervisor de Efeitos de Criatura do 5º Elemento) e Monique Brown (Animatronic Designer) discutem as dificuldades de construir e operar os modelos.
Na trilha sonora oficial, eles têm sua própria música temática intitulada " Mondoshawan " que contém uma mistura de descendentes tons e linguagem Mondoshawan.