Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Difference between revisions

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* [[A Boy and His X]]: "Puppy Ciao" involved Ickis trying to keep a puppy, Fungus, and hiding it from the Gromble.

* [[Braces of Orthodontic Overkill]]: Oblina ended up with these once, because her teeth were ''straight'' (due to her youthful indiscretion of brushing her teeth once). This actually caught the attention of the [[Romantic False Lead]], who admired his reflection in the massive things.

* [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]]: Monsters have their own names for certain 'human' things; for instance, dogs are called 'barknbites'.

* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: Monsters have their own names for certain 'human' things; for instance, dogs are called 'barknbites'.

* [[Camp Straight]]: The Gromble was expressive and melodramatic, and wore bright red high heels on all four of his feet.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The Snorch punishes students through such horrors as square dancing.

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* [[Eyes Are Unbreakable]]: Played straight with Krumm and Horvak, save for the above incident. Which is good, considering how many times Krumm lost or misplaced one or ''both'' of his...

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Eyes should not be free-rolling!

* [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself]]: In "The Switching Hour", we learn monsters are actually ''forbidden'' from doing this, as it runs the risk of exposing the [[Masquerade]]. Naturally, the main trio does it anyway, and runs into trouble when Oblina and Krumm accidentally bring back a boy in a red rabbit costume instead of Ickis...

* [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself]]: In "The Switching Hour", we learn monsters are actually ''forbidden'' from doing this, as it runs the risk of exposing the [[Masquerade]]. Naturally, the main trio does it anyway, and runs into trouble when Oblina and Krumm accidentally bring back a boy in a red rabbit costume instead of Ickis...

* [[Forbidden Fruit]]: Ickis's fascination with human culture partly stemmed from the Gromble forbidding everything to do with it.

* [[G-Rated Sex]]: "Dancing."

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* [[The Informant]]: The Gromble's spy Zimbo.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: When it came to scaring, Oblina usually knew what she was talking about, and gave her roommates good advice (like doing their scaring homework on time instead of putting it off). Unfortunately, she came off as extremely overbearing and a smarmy know-it-all. Didn't help that she loved rubbing it in Ickis' face when she was proven right.

* [[Is That What He Told You]]: When Krumm learns {{spoiler|Horvak didn't willingly drop out of the Academy; he flunked out.}}

* [[Is That What He Told You?]]: When Krumm learns {{spoiler|Horvak didn't willingly drop out of the Academy; he flunked out.}}

* [[It's Personal]]: The first time they met, Simon was just trying to prove monsters existed. After Ickis and the others thwarted and humiliated him, however, he developed a personal vendetta against Ickis and went out of his way to target ''him''.

* [[Jerkass]]: Zimbo. The Gromble was a [[Sadist Teacher]], but often showed that he ''did'' care about his students; The Snorch handled their [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|Cool And Unusual Punishments]], but was actually pretty nice overall. Zimbo, meanwhile, was just a flat-out ''creep'' who enjoyed making the students' lives miserable, and would go out of his way to get them in trouble and torment them. And all the while, he relied on The Snorch's reputation to keep him safe.

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* [[The Masquerade]]: Humankind is unaware that monsters are real, and the monsters want to keep it that way, because [[Humans Are Bastards]]. Several episodes revolved around the risk of exposure, such as getting 'flashed' by a photographer or caught by Simon.

* [[Mickey Mousing]]

* [[Mood Swinger]]: '''Ickis''', whose emotional state swept from cocky [[Jerkass]] to [[Wide Eyed Idealist|wide-eyed eagerness to learn more about human culture]] to [[Deadpan Snarker|bitterly sarcastic]] to panicky and insecure [[The Woobie|woobie]].

* [[Mood Swinger]]: '''Ickis''', whose emotional state swept from cocky [[Jerkass]] to [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|wide-eyed eagerness to learn more about human culture]] to [[Deadpan Snarker|bitterly sarcastic]] to panicky and insecure [[The Woobie|woobie]].

* [[The Movie]]: It was in the works but went splat.

* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Ickis was both horribly insecure ''and'' [[Pride|incredibly arrogant]].

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* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]

* [[Sadist Teacher]]/[[Stern Teacher]]: The Gromble managed to be both. He genuinely enjoys tormenting his students but does also genuinely want to teach them.

** Taken [[Up to ~~Eleven|Up To~~ Eleven]] when the Gromble actually ''physically inhales Ickis'', leaves him in there for a few moments, and then [[Humiliation Conga|spits him back out]] in full view of the ''entire class''.

** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] when the Gromble actually ''physically inhales Ickis'', leaves him in there for a few moments, and then [[Humiliation Conga|spits him back out]] in full view of the ''entire class''.

* [[Shaming the Mob|Shaming The Cowards]]: The Gromble berates the entire student body for spreading rumors about Ickis' spontaneous combustibility and their trepidation around him because of it. Basically they were acting like everything they hate: {{spoiler|[[Humans Are Bastards|humans]]}}.

{{quote| '''The Gromble:''' IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA ACT LIKE!? A BUNCH OF {{spoiler|HUMANS}}!?}}

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Bradley, Ickis's human friend.

* [[The Short Guy ~~With~~ Glasses]]: In the pilot, Ickis has a pair of glasses. They don't appear in the actual series, however.

* [[The Short Guy with Glasses]]: In the pilot, Ickis has a pair of glasses. They don't appear in the actual series, however.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Sublima, Oblina's mother, made her call her "[[Mommy Dearest|Mumsy dearest]]" and was a [[My Beloved Smother|complete control freak]].

* [[Sizeshifter]]: Ickis.

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* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: Zimbo.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Ickis and Krumm looked a ''lot'' like their fathers, Slickis and Horvak. The Gromble also strongly resembled his mother. Oblina, on the other hand, took traits from both of her parents, as revealed when they finally showed up. She was also one of the only characters who ''had'' both parents appear.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: A trio of monsters who were run through the cement mixer and turned into gargoyles for seventy-five years. {{spoiler|Later, when they attempted to do the same thing to Ickis, The Gromble had one of his own [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments and [[Hoist By His Own Petard|returned them to their former imprisonment]].}}

* [[Taken for Granite]]: A trio of monsters who were run through the cement mixer and turned into gargoyles for seventy-five years. {{spoiler|Later, when they attempted to do the same thing to Ickis, The Gromble had one of his own [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments and [[Hoist by His Own Petard|returned them to their former imprisonment]].}}

* [[~~Teachers~~ Pet]]: Oblina

* [[Teacher's Pet]]: Oblina

* [[They Called Me Mad]]: Simon, who took the typical [[Mad Scientist]]-style route.

* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Monsters are taught that if humans ever learned of their existance, they'd be hunted down, experimented on, and slaughtered.