40 Fun Facts About Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what do monsters use as money in their own working economy?

Toenails are the most precious thing a monster can own, and Ickis turns into a bragging snob when he stumbles on hundreds of them during a scare.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what does the hairy monster Krumm usually carry around in his hands?

His eyeballs are not attached to his body, and a running gag has Krumm losing them and scrambling to get them back.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, the academy that teaches young monsters to scare lies beneath what?

A city dump hides the school, which suits the monsters: they live off what humans throw away and panic when people stop discarding things.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, the red monster Ickis is often mistaken for which animal, to his dismay?

A rabbit is the last thing Ickis wants to be taken for, since he is the son of the famous scarer Slickis and under pressure to live up to him.

The character designs in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters were partly inspired by which animated film?

Yellow Submarine, the 1968 Beatles film, shaped the look of the monsters, and the Gromble closely resembles its villains, the Blue Meanies.

Which actor voiced Simon, the human monster hunter, in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

Jim Belushi played the monster-obsessed Simon, and in the same half-hour that introduced him he also voiced Steve, a talking pimple on Krumm's head.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what does the four-legged headmaster the Gromble wear on every foot?

Red pumps, one for each of his four feet, finish off the Gromble's outfit, alongside a belt, a beard and two tufts of hair.

Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Oblina in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, also voiced which Rugrats character?

Chuckie Finster was her other Nickelodeon regular, and when Cavanaugh retired in 2001 the part passed to Nancy Cartwright, her co-star on The Critic.

Which animation studio, already behind Rugrats, produced Aaahh!!! Real Monsters for Nickelodeon?

Klasky Csupo made the series after Nickelodeon approached the studio's founders for a follow-up to their hit about talking babies.

Which English actor voiced Zimbo, the Gromble's bee-like assistant, in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

Tim Curry gave the petty, jealous Zimbo his voice, then stayed with the same studio to play Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Oblina has a body shaped like what?

A candy cane is the shape, but Oblina's real scare is reaching inside herself and pulling out her own internal organs.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what is Krumm's most valuable weapon when he sets out to scare a human?

His armpit stench does the work, and when Krumm loses the smell in one episode he fears his days as a monster are numbered.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what is Ickis's scare technique of growing huge and baring his fangs called?

Looming runs in the family: Ickis shares the trick with his father, the famous scarer Slickis.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, which city's skyline can be seen across the river from the monsters' home?

New York sits just over the water because the series is set in Hudson County, New Jersey, a location Ickis confirms when he name-checks Newark.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what chair-like device does the Gromble use to replay his students' scares?

The Viewfinder lets the Gromble grade every assignment, so when it breaks down his students must describe a scare themselves and each tells a different story.

Which ogre-like disciplinarian punishes misbehaving students for the Gromble in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

Snorch is the name students dread, though the silent brute has a voice box implanted in one episode so he can finally show off his intellect.

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters was the fifth Nicktoon; which series, the fourth, arrived just before it?

Rocko's Modern Life came fourth, after Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show, which made the monsters the second Nicktoon from the Rugrats studio.

In the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episode "Monsters, Get Real!", what vital item does Ickis leave on the surface?

His Monster Manual is the all-important handbook, and in the follow-up story Oblina and Krumm race to fetch it before Ickis is punished.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, how does Oblina, the Gromble's best student, give sleeping humans nightmares?

Tickling their brains does it: Oblina slips a finger into a sleeper's ear, one of several talents that make her the star of the class.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what is the source of all monster existence, made from the substance of fears?

The Pool of Elders sinks when monsters stop being scary, and in one story the students start disappearing along with it.

Which voice actor, also Cow and Chicken on Cartoon Network, played Ickis in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

Charlie Adler later worked behind the microphone for the same studio, voice directing Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power.

In the 1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters video game, what do the characters hurl at enemies as their main weapon?

Trash is the standard ammunition, and the game also lets Ickis, Oblina and Krumm stack on top of one another to grab items that are out of reach.

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters earned a 1995 nomination for which award, losing the animation prize to Rugrats?

A Daytime Emmy nomination put the monsters up against Animaniacs and 2 Stupid Dogs, but the trophy went to their own studio stablemate.

The 1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters video game came out on the Super NES and which rival console?

Sega Genesis owners got the same platformer, in which players swap between the three friends to pass the Gromble's midterm exam.

Which toy company produced a line of four-inch Aaahh!!! Real Monsters action figures in 1995?

Mattel gave each figure an action feature, part of a merchandise wave that also ran to trading cards, plush toys, backpacks and even gum.

The co-creator of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, an animator who co-founded its studio, was born in which country?

Hungary left its mark, one reviewer felt: he tied the show's perverse humor and European style to its co-creator's background.

Which magazine ranked Aaahh!!! Real Monsters first among the worst new shows of the 1994 season?

Parenting put the cartoon at number one on its worst-new-shows list and called it plain gross, while a Chicago Sun-Times critic found it cute and clever.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what does Ickis eat that slowly turns him into a tree?

An acorn starts the change, and his slow transformation becomes a real emergency once loggers start coming around.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, which object so fascinates the trio that they end up locked inside a mall?

A lava lamp distracts Ickis, Oblina and Krumm after they terrorize shoppers at a mall celebrating Christmas in July, and they are locked in.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, where do the three friends travel to scare a hard-to-scare explorer?

The South Pole is the destination, in a second-season episode punningly titled Goin' (Way) South.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, overexposure to what gives Krumm hiccups that only a big scare can cure?

Air freshener brings on an illness the monsters call the Dreaded Nolox, and the hiccups will not stop until Krumm himself gets a fright.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, stepping on which creature is bad luck in the monster world, as Oblina learns?

A slug underfoot convinces Oblina she is cursed, and it takes a lucky fish head to persuade her otherwise.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, which legendary creature is the Gromble's hero, who wears him out on a visit?

The Loch Ness Monster drops by the academy, and the thrilled Gromble soon finds he cannot keep up with his idol's pace.

In the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episode "Puppy Ciao", what does Ickis name the stray dog that follows him home?

Fungus is the affectionate name Ickis picks, and the two bond quickly, a soft spot that fits the one monster who takes a real interest in humans.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, what must students do at the Festival of the Festering Moon or leave the academy?

Every student has to shed their skins, and the last to do so must leave, which puts Ickis in danger when he shows no sign of changing.

Oblina's voice in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters was modeled on which actress from the sitcom Bewitched?

Agnes Moorehead, who played Endora, was the model Christine Cavanaugh used when she created Oblina's voice.

Which voice actor, also Odie in the Garfield cartoons, played the Gromble in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

Gregg Berger worked for the same studio twice over in those years, also voicing Cornfed Pig on its adult cartoon Duckman.

In Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, which fairy tale does Oblina retell, starring a monster named Anilbo?

Three Billy Goats Gruff gets a monster makeover: Anilbo, whose name is Oblina's spelled backwards, takes the troll's part and a trio of humans replace the goats.

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters was compared by some outlets to which MTV cartoon about grotesque humanoids?

The Brothers Grunt lasted only eight months on MTV, and the monsters' co-creator rejected the comparison, calling his own show more story- and character-driven.

Which General Mills cereal once packed Aaahh!!! Real Monsters flip books in its boxes?

Cinnamon Toast Crunch boxes carried small promotional flip books of Ickis, Krumm, Oblina and the Gromble, one of the odder tie-ins the series inspired.