OH MY GOD! IT’S A MONSTER! Oh wait, is that actually a rabbit? What’s it doing with an umbrella? THAT THING IS HOLDING ITS EYES! Oh my. Ladies and gentlemen, that was awful acting, but I believe I made my point. After my review last week, I decided to run with the Nicktoons theme and move to one that is very popular based on a thread on the great F.A.N. I’ve already talked about “Doug”, “Hey Arnold” and “Rugrats” so we’re moving to the dark stuff here. Next week we’re going to get a little crude. This week though, get ready to get into the underground world of scaring (that seems to have been stolen by Disney to make a movie later, but let’s move on.)
The main characters of this little show are Ickis, Oblina and Krumm. But we’re going to focus on the main man, the head master of the Fresh Kills Landfill:
The scary monster that wears red heels is the main man at Monster Academy. He is just your normal teacher; he treats his best students well, the bad students poorly, and his eyes jut out above his head. He reminds me of my 6th grade English teacher. He’s tough as nails, but genuinely wants his pupils to succeed in their quest to scare the pants off of humans. Think of him as Mr. Feeny but a little more attractive.
Ickis is the main protagonist of “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.” He is considered a failure by most, because his father is the greatest student the Monster Academy has ever seen. Ickis’ issue is that humans think he is cute like a bunny. I’m not sure how that works since his dad looks the same, but we’ll overlook that. When the young monster goes to scare people, they think he’s cute because of his floppy ears. His power is to grow bigger, so he doesn’t have a lot of power. Luckily for this rascal, his two best pals always help him out.
See?
The other male in the main trio is Krumm. He is a short little monster that smells like crap, all the time. He’s got hairy armpits and a big nose. Oh, by the way, his eyes are detached from his body and he holds them in his hands. This punctuated by the fact that he has a ton of hair shooting out from his armpits. He is fairly quiet and nice, but always helps his stupid friend. He’s not the brightest bulb in the world, but luckily they’ve got that umbrella I mentioned.
Her name is Chuckie “Oblina” Finster; Oblina for short. She is like Ickis’ father in the sense that she is the best student at the Monster Academy. She’s also very pretty:
She is the most proficient in scaring among her friends. She can pull her guts out of her freaking body. She is also a shape shifter and tickle’s brains to induce nightmare. What I’m saying is that she needs to have a movie made after her. Despite this seeming terror, she is extremely well behaved and obedient. Scaring is what she does, not who she is. Her family is so rich in toenails that she doesn’t really need to be doing this, but her two idiot friends need her.
Other than the main group, we’ve got Slickis, who is the aforementioned dad that rocks the monster world. His exploits are well renowned and his son can never live up to him. Isn’t that true for a lot of people though?
“Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” was a pretty dark show. The era has a few examples of black humor, like “Rocket Power” for instance, so the monsters aren’t out there alone. Even with the dark backdrop, the show managed to weave together a lot of happy friendship stories and heartwarming stories. I suggest watching this stuff on Netflix like I have been, and playing that dope old video game.
What parent wouldn't have bought this?
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