Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Series, 1994, The '90s, Set in Under the city dump
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is #4 of 21 in release order and #4 of 21 in chronological order in the Nickelodeon Classics.
The story
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters recap
Under a city dump sits a school that trains young monsters to frighten humans. The show follows three students: Ickis, a small, jittery monster who can grow huge and who struggles to live up to his famous father Slickis; Oblina, a tall black and white striped top student from a wealthy family; and Krumm, who carries his eyeballs in his hands and fights with the smell of his armpits. Their headmaster, the Gromble, is a dramatic, temperamental figure in high heels, and the hall monitor Snorch enforces the rules. Each episode sends the trio up into the human world on assignments, where scares go wrong, they risk being seen, and they help each other through. The show runs four seasons, from 1994 to 1997, and stays episodic throughout, with recurring humans such as Simon, a monster hunter who keeps trying to prove monsters exist.
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ending explained
The final episode, "Rookie Monsters", airs in November 1997: trapped together in a trash compactor, Ickis, Oblina and Krumm look back on how they first met at the academy. It is a flashback episode rather than a farewell: there is no graduation, no final exam and no formal conclusion, and the three are still students when it ends. The show has not been revived.
Where to watch Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is streaming on Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon and Apple TV.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Rocko's Modern Life, before Hey Arnold!.
- Chronological order: after Rocko's Modern Life, before Hey Arnold!.
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)
- Bronson Pinchot as Deitrich Dunlap (voice)
- Tim Curry as Zimbo (voice)
- Shelley Duvall as Ocka (voice)
- Beverly Archer as The Library Monster (voice)
Created by Gábor Csupó, Peter Gaffney.