Series synopsis
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animation comedy family sci-fi & fantasy kids television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on October 29, 1994. It ended on December 6, 1997. It was created by Gábor Csupó, Peter Gaffney. It stars Charlie Adler, Christine Cavanaugh, David Eccles and Gregg Berger.
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
Premise
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Charlie Adler as Ickis (voice)
- Christine Cavanaugh as Oblina (voice)
- David Eccles as Krumm / Snorch (voice)
- Gregg Berger as The Gromble (voice)
- Jim Belushi as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Blorp 2+4 / Woman (voice)
- Lacey Chabert as Girl (voice)
- Michael Dorn as Borl / Chauffer (voice)
Supporting cast
- Bronson Pinchot as Deitrich Dunlap (voice)
- Tim Curry as Zimbo (voice)
- Shelley Duvall as Ocka (voice)
- Beverly Archer as The Library Monster (voice)
- Edward Winter as Dr. Buzz Kutt (voice)
- Billy Vera as Slickis (voice)
- Marcia Strassman as Harryette (voice)
- Bill Fagerbakke as Carl (voice)
Guest cast
- Susan Blu as Mom / Hair / Kid 4 (voice)
- Aaron Michael Metchik as Kid 3 / Kid 6 (voice)
- Erik von Detten as Vic / Tough Kid (voice)
- Jarrett Lennon as Kid 1 (voice)
- George Segal as J.B. (voice)
- Andrea Martin as Gromble's Mom (voice)
- Ian Ziering as Gludge (voice)
- Bruce Weitz as Luxor (voice)
- Fyvush Finkel as Jackie the Shtickman (voice)
- Brock Peters as The Pool (voice)
- Sven-Ole Thorsen as Lars Halverson (voice)
- Gary Owens
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 102 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | October 29, 1994 | January 21, 1995 |
| Season 2 | 26 | September 9, 1995 | December 2, 1995 |
| Season 3 | 26 | September 7, 1996 | November 30, 1996 |
| Season 4 | 26 | September 13, 1997 | December 6, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Switching Hour Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina hit the human world on Halloween night with disastrous results. |
October 29, 1994 |
| 2 |
Monsters, Get Real Ickis, Oblina and Krumm pull off a good scare in Bradley's room, only to discover that Ickis has left his all-important monster manual on the surface. |
November 5, 1994 |
| 3 |
Snorched if You Do, Snorched if You Don't Ickis, having carelessly left his monster manual in the human world, faces the dreaded consequences of being Snorched. |
November 5, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spontaneously Combustible Ickis is diagnosed as spontaneously combustible -- which means he could explode at any moment. His friends feel sorry for him, but at the same time are reluctant to be near him for fear that he could "go at any moment." The Gromble refers to the Academy monsters as "humans" because they are afraid of something they do not understand. |
September 9, 1995 |
| 2 |
Curse of Katana Krumm, Ickis, and Oblina are sent on a scare mission in a museum. They come upon an old Egyptian mummy. Ickis thinks up a creative scare and places Krumm's eyes in the mummy's head. The museum curator thinks the mummy has come to life and puts it under heavy security. The scare was successful. The only problem is that Krumm's eyes are now stuck in the mummy. Our heroes must remove Krumm's eyes without getting caught. This episode features a romantic moment when Krumm is reunited with his eyes. |
September 9, 1995 |
| 3 |
Monsters Are Real Ickis gets "flashed" (gets his picture taken) by a celebrity reporter. If this picture runs on the front page, monsters' existence will be revealed to humans. Our heroes must band together and go above ground to retrieve every newspaper copy before dawn. |
September 16, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Festival of the Festering Moon The festival celebrates the shedding of skins that each monster must undergo as he or she moves from childhood to adolescence. As the festival approaches, Krumm is chosen to form a band and Oblina is chosen to perform the festival's ceremonial dance. Ickis, who shows no signs of shedding, feels left out. |
September 7, 1996 |
| 2 |
Simon's Big Score Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina sneak into Simon's house to scare him. After the scare, Simon seems to know the monsters' whereabouts. He shows up when they least expect it. How is he doing it? |
September 7, 1996 |
| 3 |
Who'll Stop the Brain? Oblina, overstudying for an upcoming exam, sneezes her brain out of her head. While the brain has the time of its life in the city, Ickis and Krumm must take Oblina's body and find the brain. |
September 14, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Battle of the Century Simon the Monster Hunter builds the ultimate monster hunting machine; The Simon-Mobile, in an attempt to capture a real monster. When the monsters get wind of this, they build a machine entirely out of garbage and go head to head battle with Simon. With The Gromble at the helm, the monsters emerge victorious. |
September 13, 1997 |
| 2 |
A Perfect World Feeling like Ickis and Oblina are not paying him enough attention, Krumm moves out of their dorm room and into the room of two other monsters - Snav and Blib. These two monsters spoil Krumm with attention, which he needs - at first. But soon Krumm realises that being the centre of attention is not all it's cracked up to be. |
September 13, 1997 |
| 3 |
The Lips Have It A case of mistaken identity leaves Ickis thinking six lobsters are actually six monsters. He saves them from being served as dinners and promises to see them safely home. |
September 20, 1997 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nickelodeon |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 29, 1994 |
| Last aired | December 6, 1997 |
| Runtime | 11 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday |