7.6/10222 votes#1 - The Switching Hour
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1994
Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina hit the human world on Halloween night with disastrous results.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Marcy Gray Rubin
7.6/10175 votes#2 - Monsters, Get Real
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1994
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.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: Cydne Clark, Peter Gaffney, Lawrence H. Levy, Steve Granat
7.4/10153 votes#3 - Snorched if You Do, Snorched if You Don't
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1994
Ickis, having carelessly left his monster manual in the human world, faces the dreaded consequences of being Snorched.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Lawrence H. Levy
7.5/10147 votes#4 - Curse of the Krumm
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1994
Odiferous Krumm, who put the stink in distinct, loses his stench and fears his monstering days are over.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: Bruce Kalish
8.4/10184 votes#5 - Krumm Goes Hollywood
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1994
A Hollywood director mistakes Krumm for an extra on his movie set, and turns him into a star
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: David Litt
8.3/10227 votes#6 - Monstrous Makeover
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1994
Wanting a face only a monster could love, Ickis contemplates plastic surgery. John Astin guest-stars.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: David Litt
7.2/10135 votes#7 - A Wing and a Scare
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1994
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
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.2/10138 votes#8 - Krumm's Pimple
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1994
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.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: Michael Price
7.1/10149 votes#9 - Monster Hunter
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1994
Simon says there are real monsters in the world, But no one believes him. Simon says he'll prove it to the world.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Susan Myers
7.6/10137 votes#10 - Monsters Don't Dance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1994
TV's loveable Murray the Monster is undermining good ghouls everywhere, because kids aren't afraid of him.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: Eric Mintz
7.3/10140 votes#11 - Gone Shopp'n
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1994
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.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: David Litt
8.0/10154 votes#12 - Old Monster
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1994
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.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Marcy Gray Rubin
7.8/10167 votes#13 - Mother May I?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1994
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.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Michael Price
NaN/100 votes#14 - Don't Just Do It
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1994
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.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: David Litt
NaN/100 votes#15 - Joined at the Hip
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/17/1994
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.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: Michael Karnow, Lance Khazei
NaN/100 votes#16 - Smile and Say Oblina
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/24/1994
Even monsters get the blues, and Oblina proves it when she develops her first crush. Ian Ziering Guest-stars.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: Gary Glasberg
NaN/100 votes#17 - The Great Wave
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/24/1994
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.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Scott Krager, David Pavoni
NaN/100 votes#18 - Cold Hard Toenails
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/31/1994
Ickis becomes rich when he discovers an unending supply of toenails, but soon discovers money doesn't make the monster. Jonathan Winters guest-stars.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Peter Gaffney
NaN/100 votes#19 - Attack of the Blobs
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/31/1994
Oblina becomes a baby-sitter and gets a job minding a blob only a mother could love.
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: Lawrence H. Levy
NaN/100 votes#20 - Chip off the Old Beast
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/7/1995
Ickis fears nobody will ever say, ""like father, like son,"" when his famous father visits the academy and dazzles the monster multitudes.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: Richard Marcus
NaN/100 votes#21 - The War Is Over
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/7/1995
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?
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: William Schifrin
NaN/100 votes#22 - Where Have All the Monsters Gone?
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/14/1995
A. The Scare-Meter and a visit to the Hall of Records informs the Gromble that monster scares are not as effective as they used to be in the human world. What will this mean for the future of the monster race? B. Ickis wants to prove the Gromble wrong and show other monsters that TV isn't bad for young monsters
Director: Igor Kovalyov
Writer: David Adam Silverman, Marcy Gray Rubin, David Litt
NaN/100 votes#23 - Simon Strikes Back
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/21/1995
He's baaaaaaack! The relentless Simon the Monster Hunter is up to his old tricks with new traps.
Director: Jim Duffy
Writer: Susan Myers
NaN/100 votes#24 - The Ickis Box
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/21/1995
The Gromble's students think he's all wet when he tells them about their legacy--The Pool of Elders.
Director: Andrei Svislotski
Writer: Peter Gaffney
The Best Episodes of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Season 1
Every episode of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Season 1!
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
Genres:AnimationComedyFamilySci-Fi & FantasyKids
Network:Nickelodeon
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Switching Hour" is the best rated episode of "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 222 votes. Directed by Jim Duffy and written by David Adam Silverman, Marcy Gray Rubin, it aired on 10/29/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Monsters, Get Real".