Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 342083 226176795 2008-07-17T04:36:09Z Joekid 7487890 {{infobox Television | | show_name = Aaahh<nowiki>!!!</nowiki> Real Monsters | image = [[Image:ARMlogo.JPG]] | caption = Aaahh!!! Real Monsters logo | rating = {{TV-Y}} | format = [[Animation]] | runtime =30 Minutes | creator = [[Gabor Csupo]]<br />Peter Gaffeny | starring = [[Charles Adler (voice actor)|Charles Adler]]<br />[[Christine Cavanaugh]]<br />David Eccles<br />[[Gregg Berger]]<br />[[James Belushi]]<br />Tim Kerry | country = {{flag|United States}} | network = [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] | first_aired = [[October 29]] [[1994]] | last_aired = [[March 28]][[1999]] | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 52 | list_episodes = List of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episodes | imdb_id = 0108684 |}} '''''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[animated television series]] about adolescent [[monster]]s in training, developed by [[Klasky Csupo]] for [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]. The show ran for four seasons on Nickelodeon's main [[United States]] cable channel and was rerun on [[Nicktoons Network]] until 2006. The show focuses on three monsters in particular (Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm) who attend a school for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans. Many of the episodes revolve around the monsters making it to the surface in order to perform "scares" as class assignments. The show takes place in a [[landfill]] near [[New York City]], in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. This was referenced twice in the episode 'Monstrous Makeover'. Unlike the vast majority of animated productions, the three principal voice-over actors ([[Charles Adler (voice actor)|Charles Adler]], [[Christine Cavanaugh]] and David Eccles) recorded their lines together in the same studio. In a Nickelodeon interview, they said that this greatly helped their characterizations as it allowed them to play off each other more smoothly.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} ==History== Before the final title was chosen the series had the tentative title ''Monsters.''<ref>Warner, Fara. "NICK ROCK(O)S LICENSING BOAT." ''Brandweek''. Volume 35, Issue 5. [[January 31]], [[1994]].</ref> The show currently airs on comcast's FEARnet. ==Characters== ; Ickis : Ickis is the son of the legendary monster Slickis, a fact that has left him with a bit of an [[inferiority complex]]. He is short and magenta, with long ears and big feet. Because of this, his scares often fail when he is mistaken for a [[rabbit]]. Ickis has the ability to inflate himself to an enormous size when he needs to. Ickis is a student at the Monster Academy, a [[boarding school]] for young monsters learning to scare. ; Krumm : Like the rest of his family, Krumm's eyeballs are not attached to his body. Thus, he is usually seen carrying them in his hands, though if he requires the use of both hands, he can carry his eyes delicately in his mouth. His most valuable tool in scaring is his overwhelming armpit stench. ; Oblina : Oblina comes from a wealthy monster family, and is considered to be The Gromble's best student. She is shaped like a black and white candy cane, with a pair of big, red, removable lips. One of her favorite methods of scaring humans is reaching within herself and pulling out her internal organs, and she also has considerable talent for shapeshifting into far more terrifying forms than her default. ; The Gromble : The Gromble is the intimidating [[headmaster]] of the monster school, who demonstrates his ''[[tough love]]'' by belittling his students for poor scares. He is a tall, green-gray monster with two tufts of head hair, a beard and a tail, who wears a belt and a red pump on each of his four feet which makes him look like a scary clown. In a controversial move in the first episode, The Gromble can be seen eating one of his students in one bite (although he spits him out after chewing him up). The Gromble's voice and appearance resemble those of the Chief of the Blue Meanies in ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''. ; The Snorch : The Snorch is a large and seemingly unintelligible monster who performs punishments on students who break the rules. Some of the punishments that The Snorch has handed out are square dancing and listening to human music. It is later revealed that he is actually quite intelligent when he is given an artificial voice box. It breaks quickly, leaving him unable to speak properly once again. ; Zimbo : Zimbo is a monster who resembles a bee with one [[mammal]]ian leg and a humanoid face with green hair. Because of his small size and flying ability, he works as a spy for The Gromble, reporting any unruly behavior by the other monsters. Also, he's the only one who understands the Snorch's speech. ; Simon : Simon is an egotistical monster hunter who has dedicated his life to capturing monsters, particularly Ickis, and proving their existence to the world. His character is similar to that of [[Mr. Crocker]] from [[The Fairly Odd Parents]], and [[Plankton]] from [[Sponge Bob Squarepants]] with some differences: Mr. Crocker is employed as a teacher, Plankton works at an "empty" restaurant and Simon does not appear to have a job of any kind. Despite his state of unemployment, Simon is actually quite wealthy. He is shown to have a stash of money, which he once used to hire other hunters to do his work for him. ; Slickis : Slickis is Ickis' famous dad. He is featured mainly in the episode ''Chip off the Old Beast''. We find out some of the reasons he is famous in the "History of the Monster World." Ickis is always under stress to live up to his accomplishments, until he showed him that even he had a rough time in school. ; Horvak : Horvak is Krumm's father and thus, not only looks like Krumm but also carries his eyes in his hands. He lost one eye, literally, at the [[Battle of Lexington]], when a [[minuteman]] mistook it for a bullet and used to fire the first shot of the [[American Revolution]]. As such, he wears a black glove on that hand(instead of having a black patch over an eye). He began working as a mold-farmer after flunking out of Monster Academy, although Krumm believes he dropped out willingly. Carrier of a family curse called "The Curse of the Krumm" which causes those affected to lose their horrendous stench. ; Mama Gromble : Mama Gromble is the Gromble's embarrassingly overprotective mother. Although she means well, she insists on treating her son like a child. ; Sublima : Sublima is Oblina's mother. Oblina calls her "mumsy" but Sublima usually makes Oblina call her "mumsy dearest", a pop culture reference to American actress [[Joan Crawford]]. Sublima does not like scaring and wants Oblina to leave the academy to learn how to take care of the family fortune. ; Skeetch : Skeetch is Oblina's father. He is skinny just like her and is the nicer one of her parents. He is proud of Oblina, whom he calls "Stripes". While Ickis and Krumm's fathers look identical to them, Oblina takes traits from both her parents (Her mother's black and white strips coloration, eyes and lips, and her father's stick-like body). This may be a hint as to how each monster has his own unique look. ==Episodes== {{main|List of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episodes}} == Showtimes == From October 1994 to around 2000, ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' was on Nickelodeon. Then in 2002 it started airing on Nicktoons TV. In 2006 it was taken off [[Nicktoons Network]] (formerly known as Nicktoons TV) and now is shown occasionally on Sundays on Nickelodeon's "Nick Rewind." It often appears on Nick.com's Turbonick, an online programming broadcast. As of January 2008, ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' still airs on [[Nicktoons UK|Nicktoons]] daily at 9:30pm in the UK. In Germany from Monday to Friday at 11:45pm on the regular "Nick" channel ===Airing history=== * '''USA''' ** Nickelodeon (1994-1999) ** Nicktoons Network (2002-2006) * '''UK''' ** [[Channel 4]] ** [[Nickelodeon UK|Nickelodeon]] (1994-1998) ** Nicktoons (2002-2007) * '''Australia''' ** [[Nickelodeon Australia|Nickelodeon]] (1995-2007) * '''Turkey''' ** Nick on [[Star TV (Turkey)|Star TV]] (1995-1996) Two episodes, 1-04 ''(Monstrous Makeover / A Wing and a Scare)'' and 4-06 ''(Nuclear and Present Danger / Loch Ness Mess)'', are now banned from being shown on US TV and were missed during Nicktoon TV's looped reruns. Reasons for the episodes banning could be related to the [[September 11 attacks]] as one of the episodes contained a plane crash. However, both these episodes still air on the British version of Nicktoons TV.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} ==Video releases and merchandising== From 1995 to 1997, select episodes of ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' were released on [[VHS]]. There is yet to be an official [[DVD]] release of the series. [[Mattel]] produced a series of ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' [[action figures]] in 1995. They each stand approximately 4" tall and include an action feature. Other products based on the cartoon include [[Fleer]] [[trading cards]], books, plush toys, and videos. At one point, [[General Mills]] also included small, promotional [[flip book]]s of Ickis, Krumm, Oblina, and the Gromble in its [[Cinnamon Toast Crunch]] [[breakfast cereal|cereal]]. ===Video games=== {{main|Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (video game)}} A [[video game]] based on the TV series was released for the [[Super NES]] and [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] by [[Majesco]] in 1995. Ickis also appeared in ''[[Nicktoons Racing]]'' for the [[PlayStation]], [[Personal computer|PC]], and [[Game Boy Advance]] yet was missing from the [[Game Boy Color]] version. A [[Game Boy Advance]] release would end up being the last ''Real Monsters'' and ''[[Ren & Stimpy]]'' video games. The characters were also created in full [[3D computer graphics|3D]] for [[Microsoft]]'s ''[[Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker]]''. Ickis will be playable in ''Nicktoons: Globs of Doom''. ==Cultural references== {{Trivia|date=March 2008}} * In the episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'', "Ghost Story", the babies are in a haunted house. In one of the doors they open, you can see Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm. In a scene where Chuckie gets a bed, David Eccles provides the voice of the monster under the bed. * In the ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode "Bestest Friend", Zim has a twisted vision of what is going to happen when people come to his house for a surprise [[party]]. The regular painting on the wall of a [[monkey]] is briefly changed to Ickis' head. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * {{imdb title|id=0108684}} * {{Tv.com show|id=1382}} * [http://www.cooltoons2.com/realmonsters/ ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' area on cooltoons.com] * [http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/display_show.jhtml?show_id=aaa ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' area on nick.com] * [http://www.real-monsters.co.nr/] * [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/K/Klasky_Csupo/AAAHH____Real_Monsters/index.html ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters''] at the [[Big Cartoon DataBase]] * [http://www.findadeath.com/funstuff/Real%20Monsters/www.htm Pictures of building in Hollywood (used by Klasky-Csupo before they moved onto Sunset) decorated with Real Monsters characters] * [http://www.hey-arnold.com/monsters.html ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' episode guide and goofs] {{Nicktoons}} [[Category:Animated television series]] [[Category:Fictional monsters]] [[Category:Nicktoons]] [[Category:1990s American television series]] [[Category:1994 television series debuts]] [[Category:1998 television series endings]] [[Category:Nickelodeon shows]] [[Category:1990s Nickelodeon shows]] [[Category:Television shows set in New Jersey]] [[Category:Action figures]] [[de:Aaahh!!! Monster]] [[es:Aaahh Monstruos de Verdad!]] [[he:מפלצות אמיתיות]] [[la:Aaahh!!! Monstra]] [[pl:Prawdziwe Potwory]] [[pt:AAAHH!!! Real Monsters]] [[fi:Aaaah! Real Monsters]] [[uk:Ааахх!!! Справжні монстри]]