About this episode

The episode discusses the 90s Nickelodeon show Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and its cultural significance.

Nickelodeon was at the height of their powers in the 90s when they decided to start throwing more and more Nicktoons down the chute. This led to them trying to capture the grotesquery of Ren & Stimpy without any of its transgression. Thus, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters was born, a show about monsters who live in a dump trying to learn to scare humans. This predated Monsters, Inc. by several years, but still feels derivative of that movie!

Topics covered

• Nicktoons
• 90s television
• animation
• monsters
• humor
• cultural impact

Keywords

• Nickelodeon
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
• 90s
• animation
• monsters
• Ren & Stimpy
• Monsters, Inc.

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nickelodeon

Books & works: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Monsters, Inc., Ren & Stimpy

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