Season 1
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 1994 ⏱ 11 min
Beneath the city's surface, three unlikely students navigate a fantastical world where scaring humans becomes a lesson in empathy. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters transforms the monster institute into a playground where laughter and heart intertwine, revealing that true connection transcends the boundaries between the ordinary and the extraordinary. As these young creatures stumble through their chaotic lessons, they discover that understanding fear is the first step toward genuine friendship and belonging.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
1994
Year
11
min / ep
4.4
Watch Hours
1/4
Season No.
⭐ 6.0
Best Episode
Ep. 1 · The Switching Hour
🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 6.0
The Switching Hour
Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina hit the human world on Halloween night with disastrous results.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ David Adam Silverman
2
Monsters, Get Real
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.
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ Peter Gaffney
3
Snorched if You Do, Snorched if You Don't
Ickis, having carelessly left his monster manual in the human world, faces the dreaded consequences of being Snorched.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Lawrence H. Levy
4
Curse of the Krumm
Odiferous Krumm, who put the stink in distinct, loses his stench and fears his monstering days are over.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ Bruce Kalish
5
Krumm Goes Hollywood
A Hollywood director mistakes Krumm for an extra on his movie set, and turns him into a star
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ David Litt
6
Monstrous Makeover
Wanting a face only a monster could love, Ickis contemplates plastic surgery. John Astin guest-stars.
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ David Litt
7
A Wing and a Scare
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
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Peter Gaffney
8
Krumm's Pimple
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.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ Michael Price
9
Monster Hunter
Simon says there are real monsters in the world, But no one believes him. Simon says he'll prove it to the world.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Susan Myers
10
Monsters Don't Dance
TV's loveable Murray the Monster is undermining good ghouls everywhere, because kids aren't afraid of him.
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ Eric Mintz
11
Gone Shopp'n
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.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ David Litt
12
Old Monster
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.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ David Adam Silverman
13
Mother May I?
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.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Michael Price
14
Don't Just Do It
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.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ David Litt
15
Joined at the Hip
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.
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ Michael Karnow
16
Smile and Say Oblina
Even monsters get the blues, and Oblina proves it when she develops her first crush. Ian Ziering Guest-stars.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ Gary Glasberg
17
The Great Wave
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.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Scott Krager
18
Cold Hard Toenails
Ickis becomes rich when he discovers an unending supply of toenails, but soon discovers money doesn't make the monster. Jonathan Winters guest-stars.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Peter Gaffney
19
Attack of the Blobs
Oblina becomes a baby-sitter and gets a job minding a blob only a mother could love.
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ Lawrence H. Levy
20
Chip off the Old Beast
Ickis fears nobody will ever say, ""like father, like son,"" when his famous father visits the academy and dazzles the monster multitudes.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ Richard Marcus
21
The War Is Over
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?
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ William Schifrin
22
Where Have All the Monsters Gone?
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?
🎬 Igor Kovalyov ✍️ David Adam Silverman
23
Simon Strikes Back
He's baaaaaaack! The relentless Simon the Monster Hunter is up to his old tricks with new traps.
🎬 Jim Duffy ✍️ Susan Myers
24
The Ickis Box
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.
🎬 Andrei Svislotski ✍️ Peter Gaffney