History Film / MyPetMonster

* TheCameo: Two other characters appear in the 8-bit opening that aren't seen in the movie itself - Beastur, Monster's ArchEnemy, and My Football Monster, a spin-off of the toy.

* ScoobyDoobyDoors: The villain fell off of a window ledge and exited a building using the door. No explanation is given for how this might be possible.

In 1986, the American Greetings Corporation released a line of plush dolls of a horned, blue-furred monster with orange plastic handcuffs that had a breakaway link on them. Known as ''My Pet Monster'', this was one of the very few male-oriented plush toys of the day and proved quite the hit. So much so that American Greetings began working with the Canadian entertainment company Creator/{{Nelvana}} to produce media featuring the character. And the first result of this endeavor was simply titled ''My Pet Monster''.

In 1986, the American Greetings Corporation released a line of plush dolls of a horned, blue-furred monster with orange plastic handcuffs with a breakaway link to them. Known as ''My Pet Monster'', this was one of the very few male-oriented plush toys of the day and proved quite the hit. So much so that American Greetings began working with the Canadian entertainment company Creator/{{Nelvana}} to produce media featuring the character. And the first result of this endeavor was simply titled ''My Pet Monster''.

''My Pet Monster'' is a 1986 direct-to-video movie distributed by Hi-Tops Video (a subsidiary of the now-defunct Media Home Entertainment) and standing out as one of Nelvana's few non-animated productions. This MerchandiseDriven film follows Max, a young boy who gains the ability to transform into a monster whenever he's hungry after visiting a museum and being exposed to the mysterious powers of an ancient statue depicting the creature. With the help of his sister Melanie, Max must escape the clutches of the scientist who discovered the statue, Dr. Snyder, who seeks to capture Max for publicity purposes.

The ''My Pet Monster'' movie was created with the intention of being the PilotMovie for a full TV series, but this ultimately never came to be. Instead, a year later Nelvana would produce an AnimatedAdaptation of the same name, which ran on Creator/{{ABC}} for 1 season. Unlike the film, which had very little to do with the toyline it was based on beyond the monster's appearance, the cartoon stuck much more closely to the idea behind the plush (namely having the monster as Max's friend instead of being something he turns into). It also featured several actors from the movie, such as Creator/AlysonCourt and Creator/ColinFox, although some of them took on slightly different roles.

The ''My Pet Monster'' movie was created with the attention of being the PilotMovie for a full TV series, but this ultimately never came to be. Instead, a year later Nelvana would produce an AnimatedAdaptation of the same name, which ran on Creator/{{ABC}} for 1 season. Unlike the film, which had very little to do with the toyline it was based on beyond the monster's appearance, the cartoon stuck much more closely to the idea behind the plush (namely having the monster as Max's friend instead of being something he turns into). It also featured several actors from the movie, such as Creator/AlysonCourt and Creator/ColinFox, although some of them took on slightly different roles.

''My Pet Monster'' is a 1986 direct-to-video movie distributed by Hi-Tops Video (a subsidiary of the now-defunct Media Home Entertainment) and produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} based on a toy of the same name. It's about a young boy named Max who goes to a museum and sees a statue resembling the titular monster which somehow turns him into a monster (but only when he's hungry).

Also turned into an AnimatedAdaptation by Nelvana a year later, where Max is the best friend of a creature from a world where everyone's a monster, instead of a kid who turns into a monster himself. A series of storybooks based on the property had a similar set-up, where the monster lived in a cave that let out into the basement of Max's new house.

* BaldOfEvil: Schneider has male pattern baldness.
* BigBadEnsemble: Schneider and the dognappers are separate threats.

* ChildHater: Dr. Schneider hates being a tour guide to "brats".

* GreaterScopeVillain: The statue that transforms Max and transforms Schneider at the end.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Schneider.

* VillainousUnderdog: Dr. Schneider wants to catch Max to use as a specimen to boost his career, but really has nothing that makes him a match for a [[SuperStrength super-strong]], [[SuperSpeed super-fast]] monster that can [[ExtremeOmnivore eat anything]]. Had there been a sequel he would've been on more even footing with a monster form of his own.

* TheCameo: Two other characters appear in the 8-bit opening - Beastur, Monster's ArchEnemy, and My Football Monster, a spin-off of the toy.