The BEST Episodes of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2021
Network: Nickelodeon
Three monsters—Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm—attend a monster school to learn how to frighten humans while facing other struggles, often involving their strict instructor known as The Gromble.
#1 - Hats Off
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired Oct 21, 1995
Ickis steals a magician's hat, assuming that its powers will make him the most popular monster at the academy.
10.00 #2 - Rookie Monsters
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired Dec 6, 1997
Ickis, Krumm and Oblina get trapped in a garbage compactor and the only thing they can do is bicker. As their impending doom approaches, they remember their first days at The Academy.
10.00 
#3 - Battle of the Century
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired Sep 13, 1997
Simon the Monster Hunter builds the ultimate monster hunting machine; The Simon-Mobile, in an attempt to capture a real monster. When the monsters get wind of this, they build a machine entirely out of garbage and go head to head battle with Simon. With The Gromble at the helm, the monsters emerge victorious.
9.83 
#4 - Festival of the Festering Moon
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired Sep 7, 1996
The festival celebrates the shedding of skins that each monster must undergo as he or she moves from childhood to adolescence. As the festival approaches, Krumm is chosen to form a band and Oblina is chosen to perform the festival's ceremonial dance. Ickis, who shows no signs of shedding, feels left out.
8.75 
#5 - Ickis and the Red Zimbo
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Sep 21, 1996
Ickis discovers a remote control helicopter in the dump and uses it to scare humans from long distance. Zimbo hates the helicopter because he feels there's only room for one flying monster in the Academy. Soon he and the "Ickis Copter" get into a dogfight!
8.50 
#6 - Krumm Gets the Dreaded Nolox
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired Sep 23, 1995
Krumm gets a bad case of the hiccups or in monster terms, "the Nolox." Every time he Noloxes, something terrible happens. It's up to Oblina and Ickis to find a cure for the dreaded Nolox.
8.50 
#7 - Oblina and the Three Humans
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Sep 21, 1996
When the Gromble dumps his obnoxious nephew on Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, the only way they can find to keep him quiet is to tell him a story. Oblina treats the tyke to her own version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" where the Troll is the hero.
8.50 
#8 - The Monster Who Came In From the Cold
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Oct 14, 1995
Oblina infiltrates the human race in a "human suit." When the suit malfunctions, and she thinks she's human, Ickis and Krumm have to rescue her.
8.00 
#9 - History of the Monster World
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired Nov 11, 1995
The Gromble teaches students about their proud heritage.
8.00 
#10 - Quest for the Holy Pail
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired Nov 18, 1995
Ickis is chosen by mysterious forces as the monster to search for the holy pail -- the most sacred of monster objects.
8.00 
#11 - Amulet of Enfarg
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired Nov 9, 1996
Ickis is given the job of polishing The Gromble's sacred "Amulet of Enfarg", a medal given to the most honoured of monsters. Ickis gets so caught up in his daydream of one day being awarded the Amulet that he wears it to a group scare at a department store, and loses it.
8.00 #12 - The War is Over
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired Jan 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?
8.00 
#13 - Old Monster
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired Dec 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.
8.00 
#14 - Fear, Thy Name is Ickis
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired Nov 11, 1995
A famous artist creates a huge statue entitled "Fear" -- which is actually a clay sculpture of a looming Ickis.
8.00 #15 - Monsters Are Fun
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired Sep 28, 1996
A new carnival opens near town and The Gromble is insulted and outraged by one of its attractions - the "Monsters Are Fun" ride. He assigns his two top students, Oblina and Krumm, the task of scaring its riders and shutting down the attraction.
8.00 #16 - Things That Go Bump
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired Nov 23, 1996
A new transfer student arrives at the dump. The Skrink is a small, shy fellow with odd noise-making appendages. Ickis is paired with The Skrink for "pair-scaring", but isn't happy.
8.00 #17 - A Perfect World
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 13, 1997
Feeling like Ickis and Oblina are not paying him enough attention, Krumm moves out of their dorm room and into the room of two other monsters - Snav and Blib. These two monsters spoil Krumm with attention, which he needs - at first. But soon Krumm realises that being the centre of attention is not all it's cracked up to be.
8.00 
#18 - Curse of the Krumm
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Nov 12, 1994
Odiferous Krumm, who put the stink in distinct, loses his stench and fears his monstering days are over.
7.90 
#19 - Smile and Say Oblina
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired Dec 24, 1994
Even monsters get the blues, and Oblina proves it when she develops her first crush. Ian Ziering Guest-stars.
7.80 
#20 - Mother May I?
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Dec 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.
7.75 
#21 - Monsters, Get Real!
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Nov 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.
7.73 
#22 - Gone Shopp'n
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 3, 1994
Tis the season to be scary, and Oblina, Ickis, and Krumm are happy to oblige. They terrorize shoppers in a mall, but the tables are turned when our trio finds themselves locked inside after hours.
7.71 
#23 - Don't Just Do It
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired Dec 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.
7.67 
#24 - Into the Woods
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Sep 23, 1995
Ickis has to perform a group scare, so he turns to a human he knows for help. Ickis uses Bradley to set up a scare to frighten his boy scout campfire group. Bradley sets it up so that when his story mentions a monster, Ickis can come out and scare the others. On his way to the campfire Ickis faces a wild bear and a group of burly Lumberjacks.
7.67 
#25 - The Great Wave
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired Dec 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.
7.67