Monster Beach


Monster Beach is an Australian television series created by Bruce Kane, Maurice Argiro and Patrick Crawley, which first premiered as a 70-minute TV special on Cartoon Network on 31 October 2014 and was then later commissioned as a full series airing in 2020. Originally produced by the companies Bogan Entertainment Solutions and Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment, it's the second locally animated production to be commissioned by the channel after Exchange Student Zero. It was released on DVD on 1 June 2016 from Madman Entertainment.
In 2017, a series was greenlit by Cartoon Network for a 52-episode TV series consisting of 11-minute episodes; a pilot episode based on the televised film itself was announced, but never released.
The series started airing on Cartoon Network Australia on 11 April 2020 and won Best Animated TV Programme at the 2020 Content Asia Awards. Monster Beach is animated by Studio Moshi in Australia
and Inspidea in Malaysia.

Synopsis

Jan and Dean are visiting their Uncle Woody on Iki-Iki Island for a relaxing Summer vacation at Monsoon Beach, however they soon discover that it is now become "Monster Beach" when the late king's son Dr. Knutt used voodoo magic to curse the friendly beach-goers into monsters. Eventually the two siblings enjoy hanging out with their new ghoulish friends and have fun adventures with them, but often have to deal with anything that ruins their fun like Dr. Knutt trying to takeover his late father's island with the help of his Tiki minions, and the business antics of greedy resort tycoon Frances Butterfield.

Characters

  • Jan : Dean's thrill seeking sister who likes to explore around the beach.
  • Dean : Jan's tech-wiz brother who has no experience in surfing.
  • Uncle Woody : Jan and Dean's laid-back uncle who is put in charge of the beach by the late King Aina Haina. He was given ownership of the island because the late king saw he actually cared for the island and its inhabitants. Woody and Aina Haina were great friends back then. Woody taught the king how to surf while Aina Haina taught Woody how to find his subconscious dude. He is the only human unchanged by Knutt's curse because the deed makes him immune to his magic.
  • Brainfreeze : The mellowed and forgetful owner of a surf shack who was turned into an ogre.
  • Widget : A beach girl who got turned into a stitched up zombie, resulting her to try to put herself together.
  • The Mutt : The wild mechanic of a repair shop who got turned into a werewolf. It turns out that during a full moon, he will transform into a human accountant named Walter.
  • Amphibia : A Jamaican yoga instructor who got turned into a swamp creature and has an octopus named Octavia on her head to act as her hair. She is shown to have the ability to speak to animals and create tsunamis when she gets angry.
  • Stress Leave A stressful Japanese work accountant who got turned into a gremlin and usually does his job inside a phone booth.
  • Lost Patrol : The drill sergeant lifeguard of the beach who was turned into a mechanized frankenstein.
  • Mad Madge : The owner of the diner who got turned into a frog, serving disgusting food that mostly the monsters would eat.
  • Headache : Madge's brutish fry cook that became a shrunken head who hates it when anybody complains about his cooking, he will yell out a huge roar when he is enraged.
  • The Murmurmaids : Two snobby beach-goers who got turned into mermaids, however refuse to go into the ocean.
  • Mummy's Boy : An accident-prone mummy who often get his bandages loose.
  • Teddles : A childish anglerfish monster that lives inside a trailer home.
  • Dr. Knutt : A wannabe sorcerer and King Aina Haina's son who is responsible for turning the beach-goers into monsters in an attempt to take over the island, unfortunately he was turned into a fiery tiki head.
  • The Tikis : Small bumbling tikis that Dr. Knutt brought to life as his loyal minions.
  • Frances Butterfield : The greedy resort tycoon who tries many business schemes to make money, he also seeks to rid the monsters off of Iki-Iki Island due to them scaring off the tourists.
  • Hodad : Butterfield's cowardly assistant who unwillingly does what his boss wants.

    Episodes

  1. It Cone From Outer Space
  2. Knutt Drops In
  3. Ghoul Vibrations
  4. Frights! Camera! Action!
  5. Striking Bad
  6. Doommates
  7. I Lava To Surf
  8. Tiki'D Off
  9. Next To Dogliness
  10. Termite Nation
  11. Gone Wishin
  12. Swampy Thing
  13. Lagoon Goons
  14. High Seas High Jinx
  15. Widget Loses her Head
  16. Knutty And Nice
  17. Surf Power
  18. Treasure Hunters
  19. Bored Games
  20. Talk to the Hand
  21. The Back Nine
  22. Madge's Mug
  23. Switch Doctor
  24. Micro Monsters
  25. Monster Safari
  26. Pet Rocked
  27. Lost and Found Patrol
  28. Brain Thaw
  29. Fun Service
  30. Whale of a Problem
  31. Euro So Talented
  32. Butterknutt Squash
  33. The Murmurmen Boys
  34. Boo Plate Special
  35. You've Been Served
  36. Daredevil May Careful
  37. Monster Wrestling
  38. Jailhouse Mutt
  39. Monster Make Over
  40. 3 Monsters and a Tiki
  41. Dr. BFF
  42. Monster Nerd Out
  43. Short on Shorts
  44. Where Wolf
  45. Mayor or Mayor Not
  46. Rain Damage
  47. Teddle's Teddy
  48. Invisible Manny