Episode
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Ickis and the Red Zimbo
Overview
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!
Details
- Series
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1996-09-21
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
Ickis and the Red Zimbo is Episode 5 in Season 3 of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. It aired on 1996-09-21. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 4: Cement Heads
Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina go on a scare in an abandoned building. They spot four gargoyles, monsters condemned to live out their days in cement for a crime they claim they did not commit. Ickis frees them from their prison, but soon has to run for his life when he discovers they are guilty of the crime.
Episode 6: Oblina and the Three Humans
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Who'll Stop the Brain?
Oblina, overstudying for an upcoming exam, sneezes her brain out of her head. While the brain has the time of its life in the city, Ickis and Krumm must take Oblina's body and find the brain.
Episode 7: Baby It's You
Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina are saddled with babysitting the Gromble's nephew, Bomble. They take him along on a garbage hunting trip to a local hospital where the baby monster is accidentally switched with a new-born human baby. The trio must track down the Bomble at the home of his new human ""parents"" and replace him with the human.
Episode 2: Simon's Big Score
Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina sneak into Simon's house to scare him. After the scare, Simon seems to know the monsters' whereabouts. He shows up when they least expect it. How is he doing it?
Episode 8: Monsters Are Fun
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.
Episode 1: Festival of the Festering Moon
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.
Episode 9: Out of the Past
Ickis is in the middle of projecting a botched scare on the viewfinder when The Gromble sees something on the screen that makes him turn white as a sheet-- the red delivery van of Dick Jolly of "Jolly Rooter Sewer Service." Years earlier The Gromble tried to scare Jolly but was thwarted by Jolly's horrible "sewer eater" (the Roto-Rooter machine). The Gromble takes Ickis, Krumm and Oblina on a misguided search for Jolly.
Episode 10: Ship of Fools
Oblina is left in charge when the Gromble goes off to the Annual Academy Teachers Convention, and power goes to her head.
Episode 11: Eye Full of Wander
Ickis, Krumm and Oblina go for a romp in the sewer, tossing one of Krumm's eyes around in a game of catch. The eye accidentally falls into the water and is swallowed by a boa constrictor. The snake leads the trio on a a wild chase. It eventually ends up at a rock concert, where they finally capture it, along with Krumm's eyes.
Episode 12: Lifestyles of the Rich and Scary
When Oblina is invited home for the weekend, Ickis and Krumm come along and discover that being rich is no walk in the dump. Krumm and Ickis have to convince Oblina to stand up to her domineering mother after she insists that Oblina must leave the academy and return to the estate for good.
Episode 13: Krumm Gets Ahead
Krumm misplaces an eyeball for the seventh time in a week, and decides what he really needs is a head. Oblina refers him to a monster plastic surgeon, who gives Krumm the head of his dreams. It's big and square - and Krumm tops it off with an orange rug.