Thanks so much for watching! What’s your favorite episode of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?

This whole show felt like a fever dream or a nightmare a 5 year old would have

One episode I greatly remember from this is when Ickis scares the crap out of an artist, and upon first hearing he'd be made as "The Personification of Fear" as his magnum opus, he considers it an honor at first... but, once he realizes his appearance will be so oversaturated, that he'll lose all ability to scare *anyone*, he panics. And then, desperately tries to stop it. I think a lot about that episode. Especially with the advent of the Internet, in how things like Slenderman, the Backrooms, even Cthulhu, they all lost their ability to invoke fear because of the oversaturation, overexposure, meme culture, and especially parody. That commentary feels a lot more significant today, in how scary things can end up losing their impact if they become *too* popular.

Man I remember this show! It was the "surreal show" before Invader Zim overtook it. This show didn't stand out as others (I often consider it and The Angry Beavers the least talked about Nicktoons shows) but I really do love the premise of it. Plus, it's the perfect show to watch through on Halloween lol

I remember visiting my Grandparents house and watching this in the middle of the night cause I was bored and my grandmother walked in to check up on me and Said “AHHH WHAT IS THAT?!” Hahaha, BEST Memory I have of her

I loved Oblina so much as a kid that when they released the episode where she had braces and she got her braces removed, I still remember a scene of her talking to a dead spider. That’s how excited she was and that’s how much it impacted me. I’m 35 now. 😅

Easily in my top 5 Nicktoons! I loved how grim and grimey and absurdly funny it was.

This show was a fever dream with the character designs, but left a nostalgic impact on my childhood!

What i loved about the main 3 was despite them all being WILDLY different, they were genuine good friends that you knew would go to any length to help each other out Despite being monsters, they really felt very human at times. That made it feel special for me as a kid ♡

I just got done rewatching this show. I always loved it. I think it helped shape my love of odd and spooky stuff.

This show got that scream in the intro that stays with you into adulthood.

YES!!!! Absolutely loved this show when I was younger! Still think of it fondly. Thank you so much for sharing and so happy for your contribution to helping it feel like Halloween (Spooky Season) is here!! 🦇🧙🍂🐈‍⬛

This is one of the first shows I remember ever watching. There are a few episodes I specifically remember seeing as a baby, and I didn't really understand what was going on or what anyone was talking about, I was way too young. But the visuals, world, and character designs really stuck in my brain for years to come, without entirely knowing what all that was associated with. So when I stumbled across it so many years later as an older teen, it felt like I was reliving a fever dream while simultaneously completing a weird puzzle in my brain that I have finally found the missing pieces to. I've recently started getting back into the show as an adult and it's actually become one of my favorite cartoons! I was surprised to see how little attention it got compared to other 90's Nicktoons, same with Angry Beavers.

This remains one of my most favorite cartoons of all time, I'm so glad to hear it talked about.

YES YES YES, I ADORED it in the 90s!! It was my favorite Nicktoon before 'Hey Arnold!' put it second, right before Doug:) Ickis was my favorite, totally the monster version of early Arnold right down to the SAME HEAD SHAPE:):) Thanks to also loving The Cryptkeeper back then, imagine my delight when I found out he was Ickis--AND Buster from 'Tiny Toons';) To this day, 'The Switching Hour' is my favorite episode...

This is my favorite childhood cartoon. I remember that when I first watched I liked Ickis but after watching this cartoon as an adult I developed a strong hyperfixation on Simon (I DON'T KNOW WHY)... And it hurts me to watch the episode "This is Your Brain on Ickis" 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Aaahh real monsters is my favorite klasky csupo show and one of the most underrated cartoons of the 90s as well as one of the most underrated nicktoons too.

My favorite part of the show was how surprisingly dramatic it was. My 10 years old me was super in love with Ikis xD, the characters were surprisingly complex, and had very interesting and different backgrounds that helped us understand why they were the way they were.. I still love this show. When it comes to the 90s Nickelodeon was my favorite, it may have been what motivated me to want to be an animator since I was a child along with the Looney Tunes, but to this day for me it will always be the best Nickelodeon show that most did not appreciate because of the grotesque aesthetics. The Angry Beavers was an other favorite.

Klasky Csupo really dominated the 90s and 2000s with its surreal yet charming animation style that pretty much defined Nickelodeon in general. _Aaah! Real Monsters!_ feels like Nick's answer to _Monsters Inc._ way before the movie even existed, which I was very fond with its similar premise as a kid.

I really enjoyed this show and thought it was pretty underrated. I can't help but feel that the world building in this show, Pixar's Monster's Inc. took some inspiration from, especially the whole needing to scare humans in order to live and thrive. Also Sulley and Mike having a similar character dynamic to Ickis and Oblina with both Ickis and Sully both coming from a family that has at least one member known for being highly praised for their talent for scaring and Oblina and Mike being the studious/ bookworm monsters.

I’m a 29 year old man who still watches cartoons 😂. A few years ago my wife and I bought the box set from Walmart because it was cheap and we vaguely remembered certain episodes. And now it’s a staple of the month of October for us. We will throw on the dvd and let it run in the background throughout the whole spooky month.

This was one of my favorite shows growing up, and that godly crossover with the Rugrats? Yes please

Another show i thought it was a fever dream.... felt like a long lost memory of watching it since i gained sentience...

Wow my whole childhood just came back to me! This and Rocco's modern life are gold! ❤

I remember Aaahh!!! Real Monsters?. Even watch it a few years back Dvd Season One set. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is one of those shows I watch on Nickelodeon did in the 90s with my siblings. One word Nostalgia.

This show still holds up! When my daughter was 4 or 5 I played it for her and she loved it. She's 7 now and still really likes it. Klasky Csupo really was superior in the 90s.

I’m 10 years old right now and I love this show ❤my my grandma on my mom side has a record player and she has a couple episodes of the show and I just watch them over and over again

I love this show. It is one of Nick's most underrated shows. The style was so different compared to a lot of their work, the characters were all memorable, and i just really like the world.

Dude one of my favorite shows.

"Ickus and Fungus, he's not a virus, don't call him Pustule"

Aaaah Real Monsters was one of my favorite shows.

What what perfect timing that you released this a week after The Amazing Digital Circus

I love this show...i was around 7 years old when we get satelite dish, so i was able to watch nick. I still remember how my dad was angry and keep pushing me watch cartoon network, because that time they have more "normal" cartoons. that was in year 94...how time flies

When I was a kid I loved the gritty world-building, the variety of monsters and how much fun I thought the creators had designing them. Also the opening theme was scarier than the show.

I enjoy the show and wished Nick would air it October! Back it aired, we came straight home ( and after trick or treating when it initially aired)! It was fun seeing the variety of monsters and characterization the show offered! Just sad we don't get shows like these anymore!❤

O man this brought me all the way back. Best times of our lives. The world was somehow simpler then.

Dude literally now one I know has heard of/ remembers this show, it was my favorite growing up!!

I wish this show had stuck around a little longer

Yes a finally a new episode! I absolutely love ur episodes

I still remember the night this cartoon aired. I was so excited to watch it, right from the beginning, and it's still one of my favorite cartoons.

Aaaah! Real Monsters was one my favorite shows from Nickelodeon in the 90s. Klasky csupo also did duckman, a Jumanji animated series, and the Ronald McDonald special video tapes.

90s kid. Ahh! Real Monsters was my favorite show when I was 5-7ish!

I was born in 99 but saw reruns of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters on TV and yeah while it wasn't my number one favorite or anything I definitely thoroughly enjoyed it. I had a tendency toward the "creepy" cartoons. What's funny is I actually started rewatching it yesterday and then this video came out today. I think Oblina was my favorite as a kid and might still be my favorite, though Ick is more relatable to me now, what with being somewhat unsure of his abilities and the fact that it seems to be something of a running gag for him to be considered cute when he wants to be scary/taken seriously.

As soon as he flashed on the screen before you said his name I said omg the Snortch! Man you always unlock a memory ❤

So this is Monster Inc before Monster Inc.......well gotta watch it...asap like now!

Damn you covered such a classic of mine! Can't wait for you to cover Moville Mysteries!

Now this is Nostalgia 👍

One of many of my childhood cartoon memories. The Angry Beavers being another.

I remember it. Recently I rewatched all episodes again (except for the first one, for some reason it's not avaliable in Brazil)

This cartoon was amazing for its time. I have a complete set of the toy line still in their packaging!

I used to be very obsessed with the show until I started having chest pains when I was nearly 17. Although I did related to Ickis when I was 16, as I grow up into adulthood, realize that I related to Oblina because how serious she is and very smart like I am. This and Gravity Falls are major influences for my show, Evelyn. Because how the stories and character development really helped me practice for my show I always wanted to make. And this and Gravity Falls means a lot to me even as an adult. Even though I miss this show so much. It’s like a modern version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with the first episode almost having the same plot Like Rocko's Modern Life being a modern version of The Wind in the Willows.

This was my show, now that it's on Paramount+ I binge watch every October.

This was the most wanted game for me on my Super Nintendo. It was also my favorite Nick show.

I'm the parent who showed my children this. And said watch this you'll like it 😂❤💯

Thank you for covering Aaahh!!! Real Monsters boy! btw, i would bite if you covered these in a future video (either part of the wait... remember series or not as part of the wait... remember series): Mappy Shiftylook Cartoon Sheep in the Big City Pig Goat Banana Cricket Bolts and Blip The Flintstone Kids Thanks!

I remember when this show first debuted back in '94. I watched on Nickelodeon throughout the 90s. Now I rewatch it on Paramount Plus.

I loved this show! and rocket power, and angry beavers😂

Oh being super in to this show as a kid explains a lot about me now at 30 LMAO

This was one of my favorite show when I was a kid.

Yessss I been waiting for this video. You been killing it.

You are the man, Jordan Fringe! It wouldn’t be a Halloween inspired marathon without talking about this show! I long Ickis. My favourite character in the show. Cutest monster ever!

I reference this show all the friggin time. EDIT: OMG THE DESIGN MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE WHEN YELLOW SUBMARINE IS CONSIDERED!! Thank you for pointing this out!

This show is truly an underrated nicktoon so I'm glad when I see anything talk about it, now if only nick would do something for it's 30th anniversary next year

Never watched this show, but finally, at 29 I watched the pilot today. I really liked at how creative this show is!

I was 6 when the show came out, loved it as a kid.

Jordan!!!!!!! Thank you for all the memories!!!!! Your videos are always amazing. Growing up, I watched Ahhh Real Mosters all the time. It is a great series. Krum is my favorite. Jordan you are amazing thank you again for all the nostalgia you keep bringing back. Now I need to find Ahh Real Monsters and watch the whole series again. Jordan KEEP Staying AWESOME!!!!!

This was one series I never could get into, try as I might. Never saw the appeal, but I should go back and give it another try.

One of my FAVORITE shows growing up. For me it was this and Rocko's Modern Life. 😁

I don't remember anything that happened in this show, but I do remember that I did watch it and loving it..

Glad I watched until the end because I was about to tell you to go easy on Krumm, then I heard you say he was the best character and... yeah, agreed.

My comfort cartoon

I actually remember this show quite well, i even still remember one of my favourite episodes, Ickus meets another older monster outside of the sewers, who gives him great advice on how to scare the humans, but the older monster is self-conscious about his own scariness, but Ickus is determined to make everyone aware of his existence and credit him for all the scare tactics he's given, and at the end of the episode it's revealed that he's actually a childhood friend of Gromble

This was the first show I remember intentionally waiting for the release date for as a kid.

Basically monsters inc before the Pixar movie ever came out. Truly ahead of its time.

i not only remember Aaahh!! Real Monsters, i was there for the premiere on Halloween Night (or was it All Hallow's Eve?) and i watched it every time it was on Nick. absolutely gross and spooky fun, Krumm is my spirit monster. XD RIP Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Oblina, Gosalyn Mallard and Bunnie Rabbot, she passed long ago, but i will always mention her when one of her best roles is highlighted. she was a big part of my childhood.

my favorite subplot that would appear every so often via flashbacks is the WW2 (aka the time of no scaring) story where a big secret was the monsters helped the allies run an underground resistance which the 3 found out about by following the headmaster to old vets home where they're drinking tea and the officer says could you imagine drinking tea in the old days and it shows them talking and head monster leaving and the rest of the story is them trying to get him to tell them about it and he finally does ....and then every so often him or another monster would tell a short story where the 3 would be the main characters....

Aaaahh! Real Monsters! should get a reboot. As unsettling as some folk find these characters, they'd be REAL nightmare fuel in CG! That said, this show was my favorite Nickelodeon cartoon growing up (followed Hey Arnold).

I remember my siblings and I had the toys. I think Krumm you could pull his armpit hair/ eyes or something? Oblina might've been bendy like a Betty Spaghetti? And Ickis, I believe you moved his ears and his eyes would swap to red? Man unlocking a very vague memory here with this show!

Man XD blast from the past! Use to watch this all the time

I've actually been re-watching this show recently. One of my favorite Nick shows. I like Ickis, Oblina and the Grumble the most.

I loved this show

Yeeeesss! I’ve been asking for this video thank you so so much!

This is one of my favorite shows, it was my first show i saw on Nick. Now I really appreciate the grotesque art style, the VA, and idea as a whole

Finally, i been waiting for this one to drop ever since i subscribed!

This was my childhood obsession I would draw Ickis so much I love him

I used to watch this show back in the mid-2000s. A few weeks ago, I decided to watch it again, and absolutely loved it.

Bro you’re pumping out videos holy sht lol

This show stuck in my head.

Remember the Nick or Treat Halloween event? I remember a kid picking the wrong door and Obleena saying "Prizes? Who said anything about prizes?"

I've been waiting for this video for so long. Thank you for finally covering my favorite show :)

Thank you! I love what you do so much man.

Ahh! Real Monsters was Monsters Inc before it was even a thing.

Im still waiting on HAMTARO... I just dont want to be the only one who rembers that 😂😂

Thank you for this video. Definitely brought me back to a simpler time.

Jordan Fringe on the binge! Great output the last week, man

I remember really enjoying the video game they made for it as a kid.

What they needed to do was make an Aaahh! Real Monsters & Duckman crossover episode. Both were produced by Klasky & Csupo and had nearly identical animation style.

Another Jordan fringe classic love the Halloween series of videos. This show was always so strange to me as a kid I watched a few episodes at first and couldn’t like it but I appreciated it more when I got older

One of my favorite NickToons

Literally just started watching this for the 1st time in over 20 years! Nostalgia ❤