Li'l Horrors
Li'l Horrors is an Australian children's comedy puppetry television series which screened on the Seven Network in 2001. The series contained 52 episodes each 12 minute, 30 seconds in length, with double episodes usually screened in a 30-minute time slot.
Plot
Li'l Horrors takes place in the home of horror actress Morbidda Bates. The series follows the adventures of little monster characters based on classic, fictional horror characters such as Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Werewolf, Gill-Man, Zombie, Quasimodo, Medusa and Gargoyles.Characters
- Vladamir "Vlad" Bloode, a vampire based on Dracula from Bram Stoker's gothic horror novel of the same name. A notorious trickster around Maug Stone Hall, his favourite pastime is to pull practical jokes at the other Horrors' expense.
- Duncan Stein, based on Frankenstein's monster from the 1931 film Frankenstein. Gluttonous yet friendly, and yet also dim-witted and sorely lacking in social skills.
- Cleo Patra, an Egyptian mummy based on modern pop culture. Uses a lot of Valley Girl filler in her speech. Ironically her namesake was not a native-born Egyptian but a Greek immigrant.
- Webster Swampson, a piscine boy based on various sea monsters. School Brainiac and a bit of a nerd. Often turned to, to get the other Horrors out of a crisis. Storylines based around him involve some invention of his.
- Abercrombie Necros, a zombie who does little more than watch television. When the set is faulty, broken, or otherwise out of order, he often melts down, simply by repeating phrases often appearing on television sets without reliable signals. These meltdowns don't happen every time though.
- Medusilla Venimski, a pretty monster based on the youngest of three gorgons, Medusa. Very vain as she often admires her beauty, which does not turn others to stone, unlike the ugliness of her namesake. Her hair can talk as well, as evidenced in several episodes.
- Claudia Howell, a werewolf girl, who, unlike her mythological basis, appears to have no human form. Acts and communicates like a dog, for example, growling when angered or insulted. Sensitive to insults towards categories she falls within, and often the target of Vlad's trickery.
- Quasi Modo, a thorough spoof of Quasimodo from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Does not appear in every episode.
- Garg, one of two grotesques
- Goyle, Garg's permanent companion
- Bruce
- Ratso Risotto
- Humpfree
- Morbidda Bates, the owner of Maug Stone Hall. Unseen but referred to in most episodes. Her voice addresses the Horrors in the opening credits.
List of episodes
Monsters 'r Us by Brendan LunoLolly Folly by Robert GreenbergFangs for Your by Robert GreenbergTime Out ! by Brendan LunoGhost of a Chance by Kevin NemethGhoul Friends by Kevin NemethRock Shock by Glen DolmanTrial and Terror by Glen DolmanI Want my Mummy by Jamie ForbesWere-with All by Beverley MacDonaldWebster the Brave by Nancy GrollThe Morbida Mystery by Nancy GrollTrouble Double by Clare MadsenThe Coming of Quasi by Clare MadsenStop and Gough by David PhillipsIce Scream by David PhillipsThe Cubby House War by Brendan LunoBeelzebubba by Brendan LunoLove Lettuce in the Sand by Jamie ForbesPlay's the Thing by Hugh StuckeyHumpy Birthday to You by Anthony WattSend in the Clones by Anthony WattThe Magic Hat by Glen DolmanThe Treasure of the Scary Madre by Glen DolmanComet Through the Wry by Adam ToddThe Bleurgh with Project by Adam ToddWho Wants to Flea a Million Heirs by Anthony WattThe Spaceman Cometh by Anthony WattWouldn't it be Nice Revolting by Brendan LunoMirror, Rirrom by Brendan LunoNow You See Me, Now You Don't by Glen DolmanThe Good, the Bad and the Fluffy by Glen DolmanFor whom the Bell Tolls by Annie FoxMummy, Dearest by Annie FoxRevenge of the Zombie by Meg MappinVlad and Duncan's Excellent Adventure by Penelope TrevorHall of the Mounted Things by ForbesHome Alone by Anthony WattI Dream of Greenie by Anthony WattWho Dares Wins by David RapseyUnder Your Spell by David RapseyFollow the Black Asphalt Road by Anthony WattHappily Ever Laughter by Anthony WattAltered States by Brendan LunoHamelot in Camelot by Brendan LunoStinging in the Reign by Peter HepworthI Won't, Dunce by Peter HepworthPants on Fire by Nancy GrollHead of the Class by Ray BoseleySpeak No Evil by Chris AnnastasiadesThe Wolf Who Cried Boy by Nancy GrollVoices
- Paula Morrell
- Ric Herbert
- Rachel King
- Richard Hart
- Abbe Holmes
- Michael King
- Matthew King