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The Power Trio

Ickis

Our main hero, flawed as he is. Son of the legendary Slickis, he has a lot to live up to... but his Ugly Cuteness, nervous disposition and self-confidence issues combined with his tendency to slack off keep working against him. Still, one shouldn't underestimate him based his looks or personal problems; his scaring skills are nothing to laugh at...

• Acquired Situational Narcissism: Give him a situation where he temporarily gets popularity, riches or notoriety... and about five seconds. Hello again, cocky-ass Ickis!
• Adorkable
• Aesop Amnesia: A cronic case. See above.
• Berserk Button
• Big Damn Heroes: Surprisingly good at these when he put his mind to it.
• A Boy and His X: Once adopted a puppy that he named Fungus and tried to hide from the Gromble.
• Berserk Button: He's not a bunny!
• Brilliant but Lazy: Despite his self-doubt, he actually had real talent and wit; however, he spent a lot of time slacking off and neglecting his scares, leaving them to the last minute... and then panicking about it.
• Catch Phrase: "I hate my life."
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Forbidden Fruit: Was absolutely fascinated by human culture, despite the Gromble forbidding everything to do with it.
• Guile Hero: Since he didn't have much in the way of sheer physical strength, and going One-Winged Angel couldn't solve all his problems, he tended to rely more on quick thinking and Indy Ploys.
• Hey It's That Voice: Charlie Adler
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Inverted; he has one, but instead of the high-and-mighty airs being his default mode, he only assumes them when given the opportunity. The rest of the time, the emotional mess underneath is fully exposed.
• Keet
• Killer Rabbit
• Large Ham
• Let's Get Dangerous
• The McCoy
• Mood Swinger: Depending on the moment, he could go from cocky Jerkass to wide-eyed naivete to Deadpan Snarker to panicky Woobie.
• Mr. Vice Guy
• Naive Everymonster
• Not So Different: From his father or the Gromble.
• Parental Issues
• Ping Pong Naivete
• Red Eyes Take Warning: A signal he was going to start looming was his eyes turning red. The accompanying noises made it sound like they were actually filling with blood.
• Sizeshifter: Called 'looming', which also functioned as a One-Winged Angel mode for his victims.
• Strong Family Resemblance

Krumm

Ickis's best friend and fellow underachiever, a squat, hairy pink monster with free-rolling eyes that he normally carried around in his hands. Cheerful and carefree, he never stressed about scaring as much as his roommates, just enjoying whatever misadventures they got into.

• Curse: Suffered from the Curse of the Krumm for a period of time, but managed to break it with the help of his friends.
• Eyes Are Unbreakable
• Eyes Do Not Belong There
• The Fool
• His Name Really Is "Barkeep": His species is called "the Krumm". Apparently, Horvak wasn't very imaginative when it came time to name his son.
• The Kirk
• Strong Family Resemblance

Oblina

Though her family had enough toenails that she could lounge in the lap of luxury for the rest of her life, Oblina chose to attend the Monster Academy. Since she could pull her insides out, she quickly became top scarer in their class, despite having two of the worst students as her roommates. Frequently tries to get them to take their studies more seriously, and isn't above gloating whenever ignoring her advice gets them in trouble... but isn't above the antics herself, and still considers them her best friends.

• Action Girl: Or the scarer equivalent.
• Braces of Orthodontic Overkill: After a youthful indiscretion of brushing her teeth once, she had to get a set of these to unstraighten them. This grabbed the attention of the Romantic False Lead -- or rather, his reflection off of them did...
• Hey It's That Voice: Her voice actress provided the original voices for Chuckie Finster and Dexter.
• I Warned You: A common refrain on her part.
• Insufferable Genius
• Lonely Rich Kid
• Parental Issues
• The Spock
• Teachers Pet
• What the Hell Is That Accent?

Staff Members

The Gromble

Headmaster and head teacher, The Gromble certainly isn't afraid to berate, belittle and punish his students whenever they falter in their scaring or studies. Particularly likes to single out Ickis and his friends -- though admittedly, they do bring a lot of it down on themselves. For all his harshness, he really does care about his students and wants to see them succeed -- even if he has to beat every scrap of hard work out of them!

• Agony of the Feet: Those fetching red high-heels were accidentally obtained during his first trip into the human world... when they got wedged on his feet.
• Badass Teacher
• Camp Straight
• Dean Bitterman
• Large Ham
• Not So Different: It was implied several times that when he was Ickis' age, he suffered a lot of the same problems and stumbling blocks.
• Pet the Dog: Getting these moments now and then showed how much he really cared about his students.
• Sadist Teacher/Stern Teacher
• Spell My Name With a "The"
• Strong Family Resemblance: To his mother.

The Snorch

The Unintelligible monster who handles all the Cool And Unusual Punishments rule-breaking students have to suffer. Very intelligent, with a love for the very same things he uses as punishments, like opera and square dancing. Unfortunately, the communication barrier makes it difficult to share his interests and thoughts with others...

• Berserk Button: Don't mess with his golden hair... he's very protective of it.
• Cool and Unusual Punishment: His speciality.
• Hidden Depths
• Loud of War: Music is a preferred punishment method of his.
• Spell My Name With a "The"
• The Unintelligible

Zimbo

As the only monster capable of understanding The Snorch -- and a craven little coward with a tiny body and no real physical strength of his own -- Zimbo likes to stick close to The Snorch and leech off his fearsome reputation. Also uses his size to his advantage by spying on the students and reporting back to The Gromble.

• Hey It's That Voice: Tim Curry
• The Informant
• Jerkass
• The Stool Pigeon

Parental Units

Slickis

Ickis's father and the most famous graduate of Monster Academy. Living up to his legacy is quite the responsibility...

• The Ace
• Boisterous Bruiser: Extremely friendly, cheerful and happy, making yet another stark contrast with his emotional son.
• Generation Xerox
• Not So Different: Has admitted that he didn't have the easiest time in school and was a lot like Ickis.
• Parental Issues
• Strong Family Resemblance: Was a little taller than Ickis and had a stockier, sturdier build.

Horvak

Krumm's father, an equally cheerful monster who makes his living as a muck farmer. Has only one eye, and wears a black glove over his empty hand.

• Curse: Like his son, suffered the effects of the Curse of the Krumm. Unlike his son, was never able to break it, and lost his stench for good.
• Eye Scream: He attempted to scare people in pre-Revolutionary America, but dropped one of his eyes as a soldier dropped a box of bullets. The soldier grabbed Horvak's eye by mistake, loaded it and... well, it was the Shot Heard Round the World.
• Eyepatch of Power
• Generation Xerox
• Perma Stubble
• Strong Family Resemblance: Basically looked like an older version of his son.

Sublima

Oblina's rich and overbearing mother. She disapproves of her daughter becoming a common scarer, and would much rather see her return to the lap of luxury.

• My Beloved Smother

Skeech

Oblina's meek and submissive father, who only wants to see his wife and daughter happy.

Important Humans

Simon D. Hunter

As his title implies, Simon is a self-declared monster hunter, determined to break the masquerade and prove once and for all that he isn't insane. Develops a very personal grudge against Ickis after the little monster thwarts his plans and keeps humiliating him. His surname and middle initial were given in his expired driver's license in the episode "Battle of the Century."

• Even Evil Has Standards: Despite constantly trying to capture the monsters, Simon means no particular harm to them. In the episode "Showdown" he even rescues Ickis from some more ruthless monster hunters who want to kill Ickis instead of capturing him alive.
• Hey It's That Voice: James Belushi
• The Hunter
• It's Personal
• Not-So-Harmless Villain
• Small Name, Big Ego
• They Called Me Mad

Bradley

A somewhat nerdy young boy who became curious about monsters after first encountering them. Briefly became Simon's apprentice; however, when Ickis told him what would happen if monsterkind was revealed to humanity, he promptly helped them escape and became a Secret Keeper.

• Chekhov's Gunman
• Heel Face Turn
• Secret Keeper