Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

1. The Switching Hour

Oct 29, 1994 · 24 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina hit the human world on Halloween night with disastrous results.

2. Monsters, Get Real

Nov 5, 1994 · 11 min

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.

3. Snorched if You Do, Snorched if You Don't

Nov 5, 1994 · 11 min

Ickis, having carelessly left his monster manual in the human world, faces the dreaded consequences of being Snorched.

4. Curse of the Krumm

Nov 12, 1994 · 11 min

Odiferous Krumm, who put the stink in distinct, loses his stench and fears his monstering days are over.

5. Krumm Goes Hollywood

Nov 12, 1994 · 11 min

A Hollywood director mistakes Krumm for an extra on his movie set, and turns him into a star

6. Monstrous Makeover

Nov 19, 1994 · 11 min

Wanting a face only a monster could love, Ickis contemplates plastic surgery. John Astin guest-stars.

7. A Wing and a Scare

Nov 19, 1994 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina get folded and spindled when they get themselves trapped in a suitcase and are loaded onto a plane bound for Wisconsin

8. Krumm's Pimple

Nov 26, 1994 · 11 min

Krumm sprouts a gigantic pimple. The pimple has its own personality and is a hit with the other monsters, putting the squeeze on Krumm's popularity.

9. Monster Hunter

Nov 26, 1994 · 11 min

Simon says there are real monsters in the world, But no one believes him. Simon says he'll prove it to the world.

10. Monsters Don't Dance

Dec 3, 1994 · 11 min

TV's loveable Murray the Monster is undermining good ghouls everywhere, because kids aren't afraid of him.

11. Gone Shopp'n

Dec 3, 1994 · 11 min

Tis the season to be scary, and Oblina, Ickis, and Krumm are happy to oblige. They terrorise shoppers in a mall, but the tables are turned when the trio find themselves locked inside after hours.

12. Old Monster

Dec 10, 1994 · 11 min

Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm are bored when Gromble's old teacher lectures at the academy. But when they escort him back to the dump, they learn that old monsters are the best monsters.

13. Mother May I?

Dec 10, 1994 · 11 min

Every boy and monster's worst fear is realised for the Gromble -- his mom shows up at the academy unannounced. The Gromble leaves her in the care of Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm for the afternoon with alarming results.

14. Don't Just Do It

Dec 17, 1994 · 11 min

Ickis gets a bad case of hero worship when he is befriended by an impulsive monster drop-out Puhg, who takes Ickis to the surface without adequate preparations.

15. Joined at the Hip

Dec 17, 1994 · 11 min

When the Gromble gets fed up with Ickis and Krumm, he merges them into a new monster called Krickis. They're two, two, two monsters in one.

16. Smile and Say Oblina

Dec 24, 1994 · 11 min

Even monsters get the blues, and Oblina proves it when she develops her first crush. Ian Ziering Guest-stars.

17. The Great Wave

Dec 24, 1994 · 11 min

Life is no ""day at the beach"" for Ickis as his self-esteem hits a rip tide when he is chosen to be a contestant in the Annual Riding of the Great Wave Competition.

18. Cold Hard Toenails

Dec 31, 1994 · 11 min

Ickis becomes rich when he discovers an unending supply of toenails, but soon discovers money doesn't make the monster. Jonathan Winters guest-stars.

19. Attack of the Blobs

Dec 31, 1994 · 11 min

Oblina becomes a baby-sitter and gets a job minding a blob only a mother could love.

20. Chip off the Old Beast

Jan 7, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis fears nobody will ever say, ""like father, like son,"" when his famous father visits the academy and dazzles the monster multitudes.

21. The War Is Over

Jan 7, 1995 · 11 min

The Gromble sends his three monster-students on a routine scare of an old house. But it appears the house is haunted. Monsters don't believe in ghosts -- or do they?

22. Where Have All the Monsters Gone?

Jan 14, 1995 · 22 min

The Gromble's students think he's all wet when he warns of dire consequences if Monsters stop scaring humans - until they start disappearing! Can Ickis save The Pool of Elders before they vanish for good?

23. Simon Strikes Back

Jan 21, 1995 · 11 min

He's baaaaaaack! The relentless Simon the Monster Hunter is up to his old tricks with new traps.

24. The Ickis Box

Jan 21, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis wants to prove the Gromble wrong and show other monsters that TV isn't all that bad for young monsters by making his own TV set out of junk.

1. Spontaneously Combustible

Sep 9, 1995 · 11 min

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.

2. Curse of Katana

Sep 9, 1995 · 11 min

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.

3. Monsters Are Real

Sep 16, 1995 · 11 min

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.

4. This Is Your Brain on Ickis

Sep 16, 1995 · 11 min

In the course of giving Simon, the Monster hunter, a routine nightmare, Ickis gets sucked into Simon's brain. Ickis can see through Simon's eyes and discovers that he can control Simon's actions. Ickis takes Simon on a rampage through the city streets. Word spreads of this crazy man and he is finally detained by doctors. Oblina and Krumm must get Ickis out of Simon's brain before the cat scan reveals his existence.

5. Into the Woods

Sep 23, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis has to perform a group scare, so he turns to a human he knows for help. Ickis uses Bradley to set up a scare to frighten his boy scout campfire group. Bradley sets it up so that when his story mentions a monster, Ickis can come out and scare the others. On his way to the campfire Ickis faces a wild bear and a group of burly Lumberjacks.

6. Krumm Gets the Dreaded Nolox

Sep 23, 1995 · 11 min

Krumm gets a bad case of the hiccups or in monster terms, ""the Nolox."" Every time he Noloxes, something terrible happens. It's up to Oblina and Ickis to find a cure for the dreaded Nolox.

7. Mayberry UFO

Sep 30, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm are mistaken for aliens in a backwater town.

8. I Dream of Snorch With the Long Golden Hair

Sep 30, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis and Krumm are debating over who's the ""most fearless"" monster. Oblina is sick of listening to Krumm and Ickis and dares them to sneak into Snorch's room while he's sleeping and pluck a golden hair out of his nose. When the Snorch awakes and notices his prized possession missing, he gets into a horrible mood. He takes it out on everyone in the Academy including his best friend, Zimbo. Zimbo takes it upon himself to find out ""who done it.""

9. Garbage Ahoy

Oct 7, 1995 · 11 min

The Monsters are foraging in the dump. Suddenly, bulldozers move in and begin pushing the garbage onto a huge barge where it heads off to sea with Oblina, Krumm and Ickis on board. At first it's party time, but soon, everyone wants to go home.

10. Goin' (Way) South

Oct 7, 1995 · 11 min

Our three heroes get locked in a crate that lands in Antarctica, site of the world's greatest explorer's latest expedition -- and the monsters latest scare.

11. Monster Who Came in from the Cold

Oct 14, 1995 · 11 min

Oblina infiltrates the human race in a "human suit." When the suit malfunctions, and she thinks she's human, Ickis and Krumm have to rescue her.

12. Puppy Ciao

Oct 14, 1995 · 11 min

While above the ground, a puppy saves Ickis from being run over. He sneaks the puppy back to the academy and enlists his friends' help to hide it from the Gromble.

13. The Rival

Oct 21, 1995 · 11 min

Oblina, always the star pupil, finds herself challenged to the limit by a gifted transfer student from another dump.

14. Hats Off

Oct 21, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis steals a magician's hat, assuming that its powers will make him the most popular monster at the academy.

15. Eau de Krumm

Oct 28, 1995 · 11 min

When a human designer releases a new fragrance, the monsters discover it works as a toxic gas against them.

16. O'Lucky Monster

Oct 28, 1995 · 11 min

Oblina is not superstitious, but when she steps on a slug, she starts experiencing circumstantial "bad luck." Ickis and Krumm give her a lucky charm to turn her luck around.

17. Rosh-O-Monster

Nov 4, 1995 · 11 min

When the viewfinder stops working, Ickis, Oblina and Krumm tell very different versions of the same scare.

18. The Tree of Ickis

Nov 4, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis eats a seed from a tree, and soon finds that he's turning into a tree himself.

19. History of the Monster World

Nov 11, 1995 · 11 min

The Gromble teaches students about their proud heritage.

20. Fear, Thy Name Is Ickis

Nov 11, 1995 · 11 min

A famous artist creates a huge statue entitled ""Fear"" -- which is actually a clay sculpture of a looming Ickis.

21. Quest for the Holy Pail

Nov 18, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis is chosen by mysterious forces as the monster to search for the holy pail -- the most sacred of monster objects.

22. Garbage In, Garbage Out

Nov 18, 1995 · 11 min

When the city mayor declares a ""Dump the Dump"" recycling effort, the lack of garbage cans causes a crisis at the Academy, as the monsters run out of food.

23. A Room With No Viewfinder

Nov 25, 1995 · 11 min

Desperate to avoid being strapped to the viewfinder, Ickis attempts to dismantle it -- and the viewfinder escapes.

24. Krumm Rises to the Top

Nov 25, 1995 · 11 min

Ickis and Oblina find themselves monster-sitting a swollen, helium-voiced and cranky Krumm when he swallows a helium tank.

25. The Five Faces of Ickis

Dec 2, 1995 · 11 min

The Gromble insists that Ickis come up with five scares in one day. In desperation, Ickis lets a huckster clone him five times so he can get the job done.

26. Bigfoot, Don't Fail Me Now

Dec 2, 1995 · 11 min

Simon the Monster Hunter is hot on the trail of Bigfoot, who turns out to be one of the Gromble's ex-students.

1. Festival of the Festering Moon

Sep 7, 1996 · 11 min

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.

2. Simon's Big Score

Sep 7, 1996 · 11 min

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?

3. Who'll Stop the Brain?

Sep 14, 1996 · 11 min

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.

4. Cement Heads

Sep 14, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina go on a scare in an abandoned building. They spot four gargoyles, monsters condemned to live out their days in cement for a crime they claim they did not commit. Ickis frees them from their prison, but soon has to run for his life when he discovers they are guilty of the crime.

5. Ickis and the Red Zimbo

Sep 21, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis discovers a remote control helicopter in the dump and uses it to scare humans from long distance. Zimbo hates the helicopter because he feels there's only room for one flying monster in the Academy. Soon he and the "Ickis Copter" get into a dogfight!

6. Oblina and the Three Humans

Sep 21, 1996 · 11 min

When the Gromble dumps his obnoxious nephew on Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, the only way they can find to keep him quiet is to tell him a story. Oblina treats the tyke to her own version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" where the Troll is the hero.

7. Baby It's You

Sep 28, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina are saddled with babysitting the Gromble's nephew, Bomble. They take him along on a garbage hunting trip to a local hospital where the baby monster is accidentally switched with a new-born human baby. The trio must track down the Bomble at the home of his new human ""parents"" and replace him with the human.

8. Monsters Are Fun

Sep 28, 1996 · 11 min

A new carnival opens near town and The Gromble is insulted and outraged by one of its attractions - the ""Monsters Are Fun"" ride. He assigns his two top students, Oblina and Krumm, the task of scaring its riders and shutting down the attraction.

9. Out of the Past

Oct 5, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis is in the middle of projecting a botched scare on the viewfinder when The Gromble sees something on the screen that makes him turn white as a sheet-- the red delivery van of Dick Jolly of "Jolly Rooter Sewer Service." Years earlier The Gromble tried to scare Jolly but was thwarted by Jolly's horrible "sewer eater" (the Roto-Rooter machine). The Gromble takes Ickis, Krumm and Oblina on a misguided search for Jolly.

10. Ship of Fools

Oct 5, 1996 · 11 min

Oblina is left in charge when the Gromble goes off to the Annual Academy Teachers Convention, and power goes to her head.

11. Eye Full of Wander

Oct 12, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm and Oblina go for a romp in the sewer, tossing one of Krumm's eyes around in a game of catch. The eye accidentally falls into the water and is swallowed by a boa constrictor. The snake leads the trio on a a wild chase. It eventually ends up at a rock concert, where they finally capture it, along with Krumm's eyes.

12. Lifestyles of the Rich and Scary

Oct 12, 1996 · 11 min

When Oblina is invited home for the weekend, Ickis and Krumm come along and discover that being rich is no walk in the dump. Krumm and Ickis have to convince Oblina to stand up to her domineering mother after she insists that Oblina must leave the academy and return to the estate for good.

13. Krumm Gets Ahead

Oct 19, 1996 · 11 min

Krumm misplaces an eyeball for the seventh time in a week, and decides what he really needs is a head. Oblina refers him to a monster plastic surgeon, who gives Krumm the head of his dreams. It's big and square - and Krumm tops it off with an orange rug.

14. It's Only a Movie

Oct 19, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis' boasting gets the better of him after he sits through a cutesy movie, just to prove that he can. The movie doesn't give him bad dreams, but Zimbo does, when he dresses as the main character and begins to torment Ickis.

15. You Only Scare Twice

Oct 26, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina pick a seemingly mild-mannered Englishman to scare, thinking it will be a piece of cake. The trio soon discover the scare is not as easy as it looks. The Englishman is a secret agent, dodging danger at every corner.

16. Less Talk, More Monsters

Oct 26, 1996 · 11 min

A wacky radio DJ announces that $50,000 has been hidden in the dump. Soon humans are swarming there and the monsters can't get rid of them. Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina find the DJ and scare him, getting the humans out of the dump by announcing the money is at the radio station.

17. Fistful of Toenails

Nov 2, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina discover an old movie in the dump, which they watch constantly despite the Gromble's protests. They begin to ape the characters in the movie and even try some dangerous cowboy movie stunts in their scaring.

18. Blind Love, Monster Love

Nov 2, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis falls head over heels in love when he spots the screeching hook-nosed Judy from a street corner Punch and Judy show. Not knowing she's a puppet, Ickis finally shares his feelings with his friends, who help him to present himself to the object of his desire.

19. Amulet of Enfarg

Nov 9, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis is given the job of polishing The Gromble's sacred "Amulet of Enfarg", a medal given to the most honoured of monsters. Ickis gets so caught up in his daydream of one day being awarded the Amulet that he wears it to a group scare at a department store, and loses it.

20. Bad Hair Day

Nov 9, 1996 · 11 min

When Krumm loses his pit hairs as the result of a "Monster Mischief Day" prank, Ickis vows to do anything to get him his hair back. Ickis finds a stash of discarded "Super Grow" hair tonic in the dump and rubs it in Krumm's pits--to disastrous results.

21. Monster Blues

Nov 16, 1996 · 11 min

When Ickis runs away from the Academy he falls in with an old bluesman who cannot be scared because he's blind. The two become friends as the bluesman teaches Ickis a thing or two about being your own man -- or monster. Ickis returns the favour when he scares the demolition crew that arrives to destroy the old man's building.

22. I Heard the Snorch Call My Name

Nov 16, 1996 · 11 min

The Snorch, tired of not being able to communicate, gets a new voicebox installed by Dr. Buzz Kutt which gives him a beautiful speaking voice. Oblina, impressed by his intelligence and eloquence, shows him how to scare and they become fast friends - leaving Zimbo, Ickis, and Krumm out in the cold.

23. Wake Me When It's Over

Nov 23, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis accidentally eats a chocolate Easter bunny. The human food gives him a bad case of sleepscaring - the monster equivalent of sleepwalking. Terrified of his middle of the night scares, he turns to his friends for help.

24. Things That Go Bump in the Night

Nov 23, 1996 · 11 min

A new transfer student arrives at the dump. The Skrink is a small, shy fellow with odd noise-making appendages. Ickis is paired with The Skrink for "pair-scaring", but isn't happy.

25. The Master Monster

Nov 30, 1996 · 11 min

The Gromble is up of his job review at the hands of Balook The Granfaloon, a puny, "by the book" Bureaucrat, who fires The Gromble for breaking a trivial rule against students celebrating after a scare.

26. Slumber Scare

Nov 30, 1996 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm and Oblina are bored. Oblina has the bright idea to organise a slumber party. Girl monsters only. Ickis, Krumm and their friends, with nothing better to do, decide to sabotage the girls' night.

26. Rookie Monsters

Dec 6, 1997 · 11 min

Ickis, Krumm and Oblina get trapped in a garbage compactor and the only thing they can do is bicker. As their impending doom approaches, they remember their first days at The Academy.