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, and ended on November 16, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes over the course of four seasons.
Series overview
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| Pilot | Unaired | ||||
| 1 | 24 | 13 | October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29) | February 26, 1995 (1995-02-26) | |
| 2 | 26 | 13 | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) | March 10, 1996 (1996-03-10) | |
| 3 | 26 | 13 | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) | December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08) | |
| 4 | 26 | 13 | August 24, 1997 (1997-08-24) | November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16) | |
Episodes
Pilot
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Pilot" | Igor Kovalyov | Peter Gaffney, Steve Granat, & Cydne Clark | Unaired | |
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Ickis accidentally leaves behind his Monster Manual during a failed attempt at a scare and must get it back or face The Womble's wrath. Note: The episode "Monsters, Get Real!" is a remake of this pilot, with added footage and better animation. | ||||
Season 1 (1994–95)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Switching Hour" | Jim Duffy | Marcy Gray Rubin & David Adam Silverman | October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29) | 001 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 2a | 2a | "Monsters, Get Real" | Igor Kovalyov | Peter Gaffney, Steve Granat, Cydne Clark & Lawrence H. Levy | October 30, 1994 (1994-10-30) | 002A |
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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. Note: This episode is a remake of the series' pilot with added footage and better animation. | ||||||
| 2b | 2b | "Snorched if You Do, Snorched if You Don't" | Jim Duffy | Lawrence H. Levy | October 30, 1994 (1994-10-30) | 002B |
| In a continuation of "Monsters, Get Real", Oblina and Krumm attempt to retrieve Ickis' monster manual before he is sent to the Snorch. | ||||||
| 3a | 3a | "Curse of the Krumm" | Andrei Svislotski | Bruce Kalish | November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06) | 003A |
| 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. | ||||||
| 5a | 5a | "Krumm's Pimple" | Andrei Svislotski | Michael Price, Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04) | 005A |
| 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. | ||||||
Season 2 (1995–96)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. households (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14a | 1a | "Spontaneously Combustible" | Igor Kovalyov | Mark Steen & Mark Palmer | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) | 014A | N/A |
| Ickis is diagnosed as spontaneously combustible, a condition that gives him explosive belching, and rumors of him literally exploding spread throughout the academy. | |||||||
| 14b | 1b | "Curse of Katana" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) | 014B | N/A |
| At a museum for a routine scare, Ickis plants Krumm's eyes into a mummy to frighten people, but they end up stuck. | |||||||
| 15a | 2a | "Monsters Are Real" | Igor Kovalyov | David Adam Silverman | November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05) | 015A | 2.09 |
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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. | |||||||
| 15b | 2b | "This is Your Brain on Ickis" | Jim Duffy | Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams | November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05) | 015B | 2.09 |
| 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. | |||||||
| 25a | 12a | "A Room with No Viewfinder" | Andrei Svislotski | Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams | February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25) | 025A | 2.34 |
| Ickis accidentally frees the viewfinder and now must find it before the Gromble finds out. | |||||||
| 25b | 12b | "Krumm Rises to the Top" | Igor Kovalyov | Story by : Lance Khazei, Michael Karnow & Steve Skrovan Written by : Steve Skrovan | February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25) | 025B | 2.34 |
| 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. | |||||||
Season 3 (1996)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. households (millions) |
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| 27a | 1a | "Festival of the Festering Moon" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) | 027A | 2.21 |
| 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. | |||||||
| 27b | 1b | "Simon's Big Score" | Andrei Svislotski | Story by : Steve Skrovan Written by : Carolyn Omine | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) | 027B | 2.21 |
| Simon bugs the monsters literally with a bug-shaped listening device and now his appearances lead to suspicion of a traitor in the academy. | |||||||
| 28a | 2a | "Krumm Gets Ahead" | Jim Duffy | Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams | September 22, 1996 (1996-09-22) | 033A | 2.24 |
| Krumm gets a prosthetic head so he no longer has to carry his eyes, but the new appendage goes to his head. | |||||||
| 28b | 2b | "It's Only a Movie" | Andrei Svislotski | Mark Palmer | September 22, 1996 (1996-09-22) | 033B | 2.24 |
| A cutesy cartoon bear has Ickis scared out of his mind, especially when it shows up at the dump when no one else is around. | |||||||
| 29a | 3a | "Monster Blues" | Zhenia Delioussine | Mark Palmer | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) | 037A | 1.74 |
| Ickis meets a blind human Bluesman who teaches him all about the Blues. | |||||||
| 29b | 3b | "I Heard the Snorch Call My Name" | Andrei Svislotski | Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) | 037B | 1.74 |
| Tired of not being able to express his true intellect or talk to Oblina, the Snorch has a voice box implanted that allows him to speak. | |||||||
| 30a | 4a | "Amulet of Enfarg" | Andrei Svislotski | Story by : Michael Price Written by : Victor Wilson | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) | 036A | 2.08 |
| Ickis loses the Gromble's prized award when he brings it to a scare and it becomes a human fashion statement. | |||||||
| 30b | 4b | "Bad Hair Day" | Jim Duffy | Michael Price | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) | 036B | 2.08 |
| A series of pranks costs Krumm his pit hair, but a case of discarded hair tonic could bring it back. | |||||||
| 31a | 5a | "Who'll Stop the Brain?" | Igor Kovalyov | Story by : Mark Steen Written by : Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green | October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13) | 028A | 2.10 |
| Oblina loses her mind, literally, when her nonstop studying causes her overheated brain to leave her head. | |||||||
| 31b | 5b | "Cement Heads" | Andrei Svislotski | Steve Skrovan | October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13) | 028B | 2.10 |
| Ickis frees three monsters from their cement gargoyle prisons, unaware they are ruthless robbers with a grudge against the Gromble. | |||||||
| 32a | 6a | "Ickis and the Red Zimbo" | Igor Kovalyov | Steve Skrovan | October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) | 029A | 2.10 |
| Ickis starts relying on an R/C helicopter to do his scaring rousing the anger of Zimbo, the only flying monster in the academy. | |||||||
| 32b | 6b | "Oblina and the Three Humans" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) | 029B | 2.10 |
| 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 | October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) | 030A | 2.14 |
| A mix-up at a human hospital gives the monsters a human baby and new parents with the Gromble's bon-sty nephew. | |||||||
| 33b | 7b | "Monsters Are Fun" | Andrei Svislotski | Denise Donner, Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green | October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) | 030B | 2.14 |
| The monsters work overtime to scare the humans when an amusement park ride paints monsters as silly and friendly. | |||||||
| 34a | 8a | "You Only Scare Twice" | Igor Kovalyov | William Schifrin | November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) | 034A | 2.25 |
| An important scare has the monsters after a secret agent who in turn is out to stop a mad scientist bent on world domination. | |||||||
| 34b | 8b | "Less Talk, More Monsters" | Andrei Svislotski | Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams | November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) | 034B | 2.25 |
| A human contest threatens exposure of the monsters when $50,000 is hidden in the dump. | |||||||
| 35a | 9a | "Out of the Past" | Andrei Svislotski | Michael Price | November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10) | 031A | 2.16 |
| The Gromble sees an opportunity to make up for a past failure by scaring someone he couldn't before | |||||||
| 35b | 9b | "Ship of Fools" | Igor Kovalyov | Story by : Steve Skrovan Written by : Mark Palmer | November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10) | 031B | 2.16 |
| Oblina is left in charge with the Gromble absent and clashes with Ickis during the worst possible time, a flood in the dump. | |||||||
| 36a | 10a | "Eye Full of Wander" | Jim Duffy | Sib Ventress | November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17) | 032A | 2.26 |
| One of Krumm's eyes is swallowed by a snake, which ends up in the hands of a heavy metal musician. | |||||||
| 36b | 10b | "Lifestyles of the Rich and Scary" | Igor Kovalyov | Story by : Mark Palmer Written by : Roger Eschbacher | November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17) | 032B | 2.26 |
| Oblina receives an order from her overbearing mother to quit the academy and come home to her rich family. | |||||||
| 37a | 11a | "Fistful of Toenails" | Zhenia Delioussine & Igor Kovalyov | Story by : Mary Elizabeth Williams & Spencer Green Written by : Victor Wilson | November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) | 035A | N/A |
| Old human westerns have the monsters behaving like the characters in them, despite the Gromble's stern objection to the behavior. | |||||||
| 37b | 11b | "Blind Love, Monster Love" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) | 035B | N/A |
| Ickis becomes enamored with a Judy puppet from the Punch and Judy Show. | |||||||
| 38a | 12a | "Wake Me When it's Over" | Jim Duffy | Story by : Spencer Green & Mary Elizabeth Williams Written by : Ron Nelson | November 29, 1996 (1996-11-29) | 038A | N/A |
| Ickis's scares lately have all been first rate, but the only problem is that they were done in his sleep. | |||||||
| 38b | 12b | "Things That Go Bump" | Andrei Svislotski | David Regal | November 29, 1996 (1996-11-29) | 038B | N/A |
| Ickis is paired with a new student for a pair scare, but the new student isn't scary... or is he? | |||||||
| 39a | 13a | "The Master Monster" | Zhenia Delioussine | Michael Price | December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08) | 039A | 2.17 |
| The Gromble's by the book superior takes over when he finds his not by the book teaching unacceptable. | |||||||
| 39b | 13b | "Slumber Scare" | Jim Duffy | Roger Eschbacher | December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08) | 039B | 2.17 |
| Oblina hosts a girls-only slumber party in the dorm room which the boy monsters crash. | |||||||
Season 4 (1997)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. households (millions) |
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| 40a | 1a | "Oblina Without a Cause" | Anthony Bell | Kat Likkel & Denise Downer | August 24, 1997 (1997-08-24) | 044A | 2.11 |
| Tired of being seen as a stick in the mud, Oblina adopts a new rebel attitude which endangers her during a storm. | |||||||
| 40b | 1b | "Slick Ick" | Andrei Svislotski & Bob Hathcock | David Regal & Mark Steen | August 24, 1997 (1997-08-24) | 044B | 2.11 |
| An accident leaves Ickis covered in slippery wax and unable to stay still. | |||||||
| 41a | 2a | "Showdown" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31) | 051A | N/A |
| Simon hires three of the best hunters to finally capture Ickis, but he must work with his enemy when the hunters decide to take Ickis as their own. | |||||||
| 41b | 2b | "Internal Affairs" | Jeff McGrath | Kat Likkel | August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31) | 051B | N/A |
| Ickis and Krumm take a fantastic voyage inside Oblina to rid her of a parasite that gives her a monstrous appetite. | |||||||
| 42a | 3a | "Battle of the Century" | Norton Virgien | Story by : Mark Steen & Peter Hixson Written by : Mark Steen | September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07) | 040A | N/A |
| Simon unleashes his most brilliant plan to capture the monsters, a giant robot armed with anti-monster weaponry. | |||||||
| 42b | 3b | "A Perfect World" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07) | 040B | N/A |
| Feeling unnoticed, Krumm moves in with two monsters who show him nothing but attention that soon turns smothering. | |||||||
| 43a | 4a | "The Lips Have It" | Bob Hathcock & Andrei Svislotski | Michael Price & Peter Hickson | September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14) | 041A | N/A |
| Oblina loses her lips to a human girl looking to stand out in the modeling world. | |||||||
| 43b | 4b | "Escape Claws" | Igor Kovalyov | Kat Likkel | September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14) | 041B | N/A |
| Ickis brings back a bunch of lobsters to the dump, thinking they were captured monsters, and can't decide what to do with them. | |||||||
| 44a | 5a | "Walk Like a Man" | Rick Bugental | Michael Price | September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21) | 042A | N/A |
| Ickis becomes stuck in a toilet and his only hope of getting back to the dump is to disguise himself as a human. | |||||||
| 44b | 5b | "A Friend Indeed" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21) | 042B | N/A |
| Ickis meets an adult monster who is unusual even by monster standards: he has the face of a human. | |||||||
| 45a | 6a | "Watch the Watch" | Jeff McGrath | Michael Price | September 28, 1997 (1997-09-28) | 043A | 1.89 |
| A routine scare end with Ickis hypnotized into believing he is a Texas human. | |||||||
| 45b | 6b | "She Likes Me?" | Rick Bugental | Victor Wilson | September 28, 1997 (1997-09-28) | 043B | 1.89 |
| Krumm is dumbfounded when he believes that Oblina likes him as more than a friend. | |||||||
| 46a | 7a | "Nuclear and Present Danger" | Rick Bugental | Ron Nelson & Kat Likkel | October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05) | 045A | 1.99 |
| The monsters are mistaken for mutated humans at a nuclear plant and are being chased by scientists who want to study them. | |||||||
| 46b | 7b | "Loch Ness Mess" | Jim Duffy | Bill Braunstein | October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05) | 045B | 1.99 |
| The Gromble's hero, the Loch Ness Monster, visits and he is thrilled until he finds himself unable to keep up with his idol's pace. | |||||||
| 47a | 8a | "Super Ickis" | Jeff McGrath | Michael Price & Mitch Watson | October 12, 1997 (1997-10-12) | 046A | 2.00 |
| Ickis dons a cape to emulate his favorite comic book hero, but he may end up in way over his head. | |||||||
| 47b | 8b | "The Substitute" | Jim Duffy | Mark Palmer | October 12, 1997 (1997-10-12) | 046B | 2.00 |
| 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. | |||||||
| 51a | 12a | "Clockwise" | Rick Bugental | Michael Price | November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09) | 050A | 2.32 |
| The Gromble gives the perpetually late Ickis an unusual gift, a clock that can control time. | |||||||
| 51b | 12b | "Gromble Soup" | Anthony Bell | Denise Downer | November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09) | 050B | 2.32 |
| The Gromble is sick and his substitute (Conchata Ferrell) is horrible so the monsters try to cure him with an old remedy. | |||||||
| 52a | 13a | "Laugh Krumm Laugh" | Jim Duffy | Michael Price | November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16) | 052A | N/A |
| Eating a feathered headdress makes Krumm laugh uncontrollably during a multi-academy competition. | |||||||
| 52b | 13b | "Rookie Monsters" | Rick Bugental | Steve Skrovan | November 16, 1997 (1997-11-16) | 052B | N/A |
| While trapped in a trash compactor, the monsters remember back to when they first met. | |||||||
Crossover episode with Rugrats (1999)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ghost Story" | Jeff Scott | Barbara Herndon & Jill Gorey Story by : James Peters, Barbara Herndon & Jill Gorey | March 27, 1999 (1999-03-27) | 103A | 5.52 3.36 (HH) |
| Note: Aired as an episode segment in Rugrats. | |||||
Notes
- (HH) indicates the amount of households an episode was viewed in when it premiered.
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