Simon Strikes Back
- Studio
- Klasky Csupo
- Distributor
- Nickelodeon Network
Synopsis
Simon the Monster Hunter returns with a bag of new tricks to once again try to trap a monster! This time, a TV station has offered to give him $1 million and a new car if he can get a hold of one. So when he captures our heroes, how can they away?
Characters
Ickis, Wise Guy, Ibalo, Oblina, Kid, Zimbo, Krumm, Snorch, The Gromble, Don, Burly Man, Cower, Manager, Bradley, Simon the Monster Hunter, Host, Guy, Lt. Arm, Sloop, Son, Kid, Mom, Wise Gal, Rt. Arm, Murray, Dad, Producer, Jed, Kilowog, Kriggle, Announcer, Grelch
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jim Duffy
- Assistant Directors
- Tony Bell, Adam Kopald, Herb Moore, Jeff Perlmutter
Producing
- Producer
- Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky
Writing
- Writer
- Susan Myers
- Story Editor
- David Adam Silverman
- Script Coordinator
- Sharon Altman
- Nickelodeon Story Editors
- Vince Calandra
Voices
- Voice
- Charles Adler (Ickis, Wise Guy, Ibalo), Christine Cavanaugh (Oblina, Kid), Tim Curry (Zimbo), David Eccles (Krumm, Snorch), Gregg Berger (The Gromble, Don, Burly Man, Cower, Manager), Brett Alexander (Bradley), James Belushi (Simon the Monster Hunter), Jim Cummings (Host, Guy, Lt. Arm), Alex Dent (Sloop, Son, Kid), Edie McClurg (Mom, Wise Gal, Rt. Arm), David Paymer (Murray), John Rubano (Dad, Producer), Micky Dolenz (Jed, Kilowog), Dorian Harewood (Kriggle, Announcer), Nancy Travis (Grelch)
Music
- Music
- Drew Neumann
Animation
- Timing Supervisors
- Rick Bugental, Jeff McGrath
- Sheet Timers
- Debbie Baber, Michel Lyman, Pete Michels, Herb Moore, Alan Smart, Neal Warner
- Checking Supervisor
- Zsuzsa Lamy
- Checkers
- Marisa Konwicka, Rumen Petkov
- Assistant Checkers
- Sharon Altman, Andy Houts, Patty Jausoro
- Lip Sync
- Kent Holaday
- Overseas Animation Facility
- Anivision Korea
Art Department
- Art Director
- Sergey Shramkovsky
- Storyboard Artists
- Debbie Baber, John Eng, Evgueni Delioussine, John Holmquist, Kelly Spencer James, Rumen Petkov, Steve Ressel, Jeff Scott, Gary Selvaggio, Tuck Tucker, Toni Vian
- Character Design
- Chris Battle, Vadim Medzhibovskiy, Rumen Petkov, Sergey Shramkovsky
- Title Sequence Design
- Craig Simmons
- Title Design
- Laslo Nosek
- Design & Backgrounds
- Brad Gake, Dan Krall, Stephen Lawes, Cathy Malkasian, Dmitry Malanitchev, Craig Simmons, Anita Ziobro
- Color Design
- Gordon Swan, Renan Tolon
Visual Effects
- Effects
- Ziplox
Editing
- Editor
- Michael Hutchinson
- Picture Editor
- Peter Tomaszewicz
- Negative Cutter
- Tim Heven
- Videotape Editor
- Michael Hutchinson
Sound
- Sound Editor
- Daniel Ben-Shimon
- Dialogue Editors
- Scott Curtis, Mike Myles
- Foley Mixer
- Scott Curtis
- Foley Artist
- Sean Rowe
- Track Reading
- Broughton Winicki
Casting
- Casting
- Barbara Wright
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Cella Duffy
- Production Coordinator
- Lisa Womble
- Post Coordinator
- Wendi McNeese
- Video Post Production
- Hollywood Digital
- Production Accountant
- Carole Ann McCoy
- Accounting Assistant
- Lupe Diaz
Crew
- Staff Writers
- David Litt, Marcy Gray Rubin, Susan Meyers
- A.D. Supervisor
- Samuel Williams
- Design Supervisor
- Alex Dilts
- Color Supervisor
- Robert King
- Recording & Mix Engineer
- Kurt Vanzo
- Overseas Supervising Director
- Ferenc Varsanyi
- Telecine
- Joe Cook
- Assistant to Producers
- Diana F. Bukowski
- Production Runners
- Estrella Capin, Tony Lopez, Jesse Gutierrez
- Computer Support
- Laszlo Lakits
- Nickelodeon Supervising Producer
- Ame Simon
- Thanks to
- Michele Jabloner
- Nickelodeon Executive Producer
- Mary Harrington
- Crew
- In Memory of Ray Johnson Jr, NICKELODEON
Companies and other credits
- Negative Cutter: D&A Negative Cutting
- Klasky-Csupo Inc
Production notes
Weirder than weird, grosser than gross, the Real Monsters were a perfect fit with Nickelodeon's gooey, goopy reputation. Created by the same studio that produced that network's Rugrats (Klasky Csupo), AAAHH!!! Real Monsters pushed the bounds of the bizarre to new extremes.
The stars of the show were a trio of students at the Monster Academy, located beneath a city landfill. Ickis was the neurotic one, a long-eared pipsqueak with a mischievous streak. Big, dumb Krumm was the hairy, gaseous slacker who held his eyes in his hands. The third member of this ghastly gang was Oblina, who looked like a black-and-white candy cane with eyes and lips. The brain of the group, Oblina also had a famously bad temper.
Training under the direction of the Gromble, Monster Academy's blue, four-legged (all in red pumps) Headmaster, the threesome took lessons on how to scare correctly. When the lessons went poorly, punishment was meted out by "punishment masters" the Snorch and Zimbo.
Human boy Bradley was a partner-in-fright with Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, but not all humans were so friendly. Hot on the trio's trail was Simon the Monster Hunter, committed to ridding the world of monsterkind.
Both the animation and the storylines edged toward the outrageous. In one episode, Krumm broke out with an enormous, living zit that ended up becoming more popular than he was. If parents were grossed out, they didn't stop their kids from watching it, as AAAHH!!! Real Monsters became a multi-season hit for Nick.
The stars of the show were a trio of students at the Monster Academy, located beneath a city landfill. Ickis was the neurotic one, a long-eared pipsqueak with a mischievous streak. Big, dumb Krumm was the hairy, gaseous slacker who held his eyes in his hands. The third member of this ghastly gang was Oblina, who looked like a black-and-white candy cane with eyes and lips. The brain of the group, Oblina also had a famously bad temper.
Training under the direction of the Gromble, Monster Academy's blue, four-legged (all in red pumps) Headmaster, the threesome took lessons on how to scare correctly. When the lessons went poorly, punishment was meted out by "punishment masters" the Snorch and Zimbo.
Human boy Bradley was a partner-in-fright with Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, but not all humans were so friendly. Hot on the trio's trail was Simon the Monster Hunter, committed to ridding the world of monsterkind.
Both the animation and the storylines edged toward the outrageous. In one episode, Krumm broke out with an enormous, living zit that ended up becoming more popular than he was. If parents were grossed out, they didn't stop their kids from watching it, as AAAHH!!! Real Monsters became a multi-season hit for Nick.