Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animated television series created by Gábor Csupó and Peter Gaffney, and produced by Klasky Csupo in the United States. The show focuses on three young monsters: Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm, who attend an institute for monsters under a city dump to learn how to frighten humans. It premiered on Nickelodeon on October 29, 1994,[1] and ended on November 16, 1997,[2] with a total of 52 episodes over the course of four seasons.
On Halloween, Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm go out after the Gromble told them not to. Little do they know, Nicky, the human that Ickis scared the night before, dressed up as Ickis for Halloween, resulting in Oblina and Krumm thinking that Nicky is the real Ickis.
Odoriferous Krumm, who put the stink in distinct, loses his stench and fears his monstering days are numbered.
3b
3b
"Krumm Goes Hollywood"
Jim Duffy
David Litt
November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06)
003B
A famous Hollywood director accidentally mistakes Krumm for his extra on his movie set and turns him into a huge star.
4a
4a
"Monstrous Makeover"
Igor Kovalyov
David Litt
November 13, 1994 (1994-11-13)
004A
Due to having issues at school, Ickis leaves and talks to a guy at the Klasky Medical Center to perform makeovers on people (giving a girl 3 nostrils). Oblina and Krumm try to get him back.
4b
4b
"A Wing and a Scare"
Jim Duffy
Peter Gaffney
November 13, 1994 (1994-11-13)
004B
Willing to scare a little girl, 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.
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.
5b
5b
"Monster Hunter"
Jim Duffy
Susan Meyers
December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)
005B
Simon says there are real monsters in the world, But no one believes him. Simon says he'll prove it to the world.
6a
6a
"Monsters Don't Dance"
Igor Kovalyov
Eric Mintz
December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
006A
Thinking Murray the Monster is betraying the idea of being a monster by putting on a charade to sell merchandise, Oblina, Krumm, and Ickis try to teach him to actually be scary. However, Oblina, Krumm, and Ickis are shocked when they realize that Murray is just wearing a costume and is actually a merchandise salesman pretending to be a monster for financial gain.
6b
6b
"Gone Shopp'n"
Jim Duffy
David Litt
December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
006B
'Tis the season to be scary, and Oblina, Ickis, and Krumm are happy to oblige. They terrorize shoppers in a mall celebrating Christmas in July, but the tables are turned when the trio find themselves locked inside when they had discovered an object that seemed really special: a lava lamp.
7a
7a
"Old Monster"
Andrei Svislotski
Marcy Gray Rubin & David Adam Silverman
December 18, 1994 (1994-12-18)
007A
Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm are bored when Shroink, the 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.
7b
7b
"Mother, May I"
Jim Duffy
Michael Price
December 18, 1994 (1994-12-18)
007B
Every boy and monster's worst fear is realized 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.
8a
8a
"Don't Just Do It"
Jim Duffy
David Litt
January 8, 1995 (1995-01-08)
008A
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.
8b
8b
"Joined at the Hip"
Igor Kovalyov
Michael Karnow & Lance Khazei
January 8, 1995 (1995-01-08)
008B
When the Gromble gets fed up with Ickis and Krumm, he merges them into one and nicknames them "Krickis".
9a
9a
"Smile and Say Oblina"
Andrei Svislotski
Gary Clasberg
January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22)
009A
Even monsters get the blues, and Oblina proves it when she develops her first crush, on a monster named Gruge who starts noticing her after she got braces.
9b
9b
"The Great Wave"
Jim Duffy
Scott Kregor & David Pavoni
January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22)
009B
Life is no "day at the beach" for Ickis as his self-esteem hits a tide when he is chosen to be a contestant in the Annual Riding of the Great Wave Competition.
10a
10a
"Cold Hard Toenails"
Jim Duffy
Peter Gaffney
February 5, 1995 (1995-02-05)
010A
Ickis finds hundreds and hundreds of toenails (the most precious thing known to monsters) while trying to scare a human, and is now rich. But when he dumps his friends for toenails, brags about his wealth, and becomes a rude snob, he wants his old life back!
10b
10b
"Attack of the Blobs"
Igor Kovalyov
Lawrence H. Levy
February 5, 1995 (1995-02-05)
010B
Oblina has never blobsat before, but that was no problem, unless, of course, the little blob hatches into a bon-sty and tries to eat everything in sight, including the blobsitter.
11a
11a
"Chip Off the Old Beast"
Andrei Svislotski
Richard Marcus
February 12, 1995 (1995-02-12)
011A
Ickis fears nobody will ever say, "like father, like son," when Slickis, his famous father, who is the best student ever graduated from The Academy, visits Ickis and dazzles the monster multitudes.
11b
11b
"The War is Over"
Jim Duffy
William Schifrin
February 12, 1995 (1995-02-12)
011B
The Gromble sends his three monster students on a routine scare of an old house. But it appears the house is haunted. And they're not sure if ghosts can scare a monster. But monsters don't believe in ghosts...or do they?
12
12
"Where Have All the Monsters Gone?"
Igor Kovalyov
David Litt, Marcy Gray Rubin & David Adam Silverman
February 19, 1995 (1995-02-19)
012
The Gromble's students think he's all wet when he tells them about their legacy--the Pool of Elders. But they realize it's descending when they stop being scary, and the monsters start disappearing.
13a
13a
"Simon Strikes Back"
Jim Duffy
Susan Myers
February 26, 1995 (1995-02-26)
013A
The host of a talk show offers Bradley, Murray, and Simon (all previous scare victims) a brand new car and 1 million dollars if they bring a monster at the talk show within 1 week. This gets Ickis captured, and he has to help the first person he scared.
13b
13b
"The Ickis Box"
Andrei Svislotski
Peter Gaffney
February 26, 1995 (1995-02-26)
013B
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 television set out of junk.
Ickis is diagnosed as spontaneously combustible, a condition that gives him explosive belching, and rumors of him literally exploding spread throughout the academy.
Ickis makes front-page news when a photographer snaps his picture and now he must retrieve every copy before the Gromble finds out.
Note: Gossamer from the Warner Bros.Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons appeared in this episode where he was shown as one of the best monsters to scare people and animals.
Simon the monster hunter has Ickis on the brain, literally, when the monster becomes trapped in Simon's head.
16a
3a
"Into the Woods"
Jim Duffy
Story by : Marcy Gray Rubin Written by : Marcy Gray Rubin, Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green
November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)
016A
N/A
Ickis has to rely on his human friend Bradley in order to complete an important group scare assignment or be expelled.
16b
3b
"Krumm Gets the Dreaded Nolox"
Igor Kovalvov
Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green
November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)
016B
N/A
Over exposure to air freshener gives Krumm a case of hiccups that will not go away until he is given a big scare.
17a
4a
"Mayberry UFO"
Jim Duffy
Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green
November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)
017A
N/A
The monsters become stranded in a rustic town with an angry mob that thinks they are aliens and only one working toilet.
17b
4b
"I Dream of Snorch with the Long Golden Hair"
Igor Kovalyov
Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams
November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)
017B
N/A
Ickis and Krumm risk the Snorch's wrath when they steal his prized golden nose hair right from under his nose.
18a
5a
"Garbage Ahoy"
Jim Duffy
Story by : David Adam Silverman Written by : Steve Skrovan
December 10, 1995 (1995-12-10)
018a
N/A
While frolicking in the dump, the monsters become stranded on a floating garbage barge with no way back.
18b
5b
"Goin' (Way) South"
Igor Kovalyov
Mark Steen
December 10, 1995 (1995-12-10)
018B
N/A
The monsters must journey to the South Pole to scare a hard-to-scare explorer.
19a
6a
"The Monster Who Came in from the Cold"
Igor Kovalyov
Steve Skrovan, Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams
December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)
019A
N/A
Oblina goes native when an excursion into the human world, thanks to an experimental human suit, leads the young monster to think she's actually human.
19b
6b
"Puppy Ciao"
Jim Duffy
Steve Skrovan
December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)
019B
N/A
A stray dog, whom he affectionately names Fungus, follows Ickis back to the dump and they quickly bond.
20a
7a
"The Rival"
Igor Kovalyov
Roger Eschbacher
December 31, 1995 (1995-12-31)
020A
N/A
Oblina becomes a green-eyed monster when a new student named Smelldra arrives and her achievements seemingly outshine her own.
20b
7b
"Hats Off"
Jim Duffy
Mark Palmer
December 31, 1995 (1995-12-31)
020B
N/A
Ickis takes a magician's hat and finds himself in a wonderland of sorts when he falls in and is crowned Bunny King.
21a
8a
"O'Lucky Monster"
Igor Kovalyov
Story by : Marcy Gray Rubin Written by : Mark Palmer
January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)
021A
N/A
Oblina is convinced she's cursed when she steps on a slug, which is bad luck in the monster world, and it's up to a lucky fish head to convince her otherwise.
21b
8b
"Eau de Krumm"
Jim Duffy
Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams
January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)
021B
N/A
A new perfume hits the stores and it causes quite a stink to the monsters who find the smell unbearable.
22a
9a
"Rosh O' Monster"
Jim Duffy
Michael Palmer
January 21, 1996 (1996-01-21)
022A
N/A
The viewfinder is down and now the monsters must tell the Gromble what took place during their last scare, but everyone has a different version of the events.
22b
9b
"The Tree of Ickis"
Igor Kovalyov
Steve Skrovan
January 21, 1996 (1996-01-21)
022B
N/A
Ickis eats an acorn and slowly turns into a tree which is bad enough before loggers start coming around.
23a
10a
"History of the Monster World"
Jim Duffy
Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams
February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)
023A
N/A
The Gromble relates to his students the highlights of monster history and how it related to human history.
23b
10b
"Fear Thy Name is Ickis"
Igor Kovalyov
Steve Skrovan
February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)
023B
N/A
Ickis becomes popular after his newest scare lands him the praise he always wanted.
24a
11a
"Quest for the Holy Pail"
Igor Kovalyov
Story by : Steve Skrovan & Mark Palmer Written by : Mark Palmer
February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)
024A
N/A
Ickis must take a perilous journey to retrieve the fabled Holy Pail just as monsters before him have.
24b
11b
"Garbage In, Garbage Out"
Jim Duffy
Roger Eschbacher
February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)
024B
N/A
A new human policy threatens the monsters food supply when humans stop throwing out their garbage.
Krumm swallows a helium tank and now risks floating away unless Ickis can save him.
26a
13a
"The Five Faces of Ickis"
Jim Duffy
Michael Karnow, Lance Khazei & Steve Skrovan
March 10, 1996 (1996-03-10)
026A
N/A
Ickis is faced with an impossible assignment -- completing five scares in one day! But can he do it alone?
26b
13b
"Bigfoot, Don't Fail Me Now"
Igor Kovalyov
Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green
March 10, 1996 (1996-03-10)
026B
N/A
The Gromble and his students must venture into the wilderness to retrieve Bigfoot, who is a monster that allows himself to be seen by humans, before Simon the monster hunter.
The time has come for the students to shed their skins and Ickis shows no signs of the change, which is bad since the last to shed must leave the academy.
Oblina tells a monster version of the Three Billy Goats Gruff to the Gromble's nephew she is babysitting. In her version, a monster named Anilbo ("Oblina" spelled backwards) replaces the troll and three human brothers named Hans, Dieter, and Udo replace the goats.
33a
7a
"Baby it's You"
Jim Duffy
Story by : Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams Written by : Michael Price
The Gromble is absent and Oblina finds his replacement's fun-loving approach at teaching poor and his behavior suspicious.
48a
9a
"The Great Escape"
Zhenia Delioussine & Bob Hathcock
Bill Braunstein
October 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)
047A
N/A
Ickis is taken to human jail when he is mistaken for an escaped convict in disguise.
48b
9b
"Beast with Four Eyes"
Anthony Bell
David Regal
October 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)
047B
N/A
Krumm begins losing his sight and must wear glasses that earn him teasing from the other students until he is the only one able to help them.
49a
10a
"Side by Side"
Jeff McGrath
Kat Likkel
October 26, 1997 (1997-10-26)
048A
N/A
Ickis must work with his least favorite monster, Zimbo, in order to pass an important class.
49b
10b
"Hooked on Phobics"
Rick Bugental
Steve Skrovan
October 26, 1997 (1997-10-26)
048B
N/A
After being injured and humiliated during his last scare, Ickis purchases a phobia kit which gives him success, until he meets a human without a phobia.
50a
11a
"Spy vs. Monster"
Jim Duffy
Michael Price
November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)
049A
N/A
A drawing done by Ickis is switched with top-secret plans sought by a secret agent.
50b
11b
"Misery Date"
Jim Duffy
Mark Palmer
November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)
049B
N/A
The gang set the Gromble up on a date with the Library Monster after seeing him swoon over her.
