History WesternAnimation / MadMonsterParty

-->'''Yetch''': Francesca, it's me, your Don Juan!\\
'''Francesca''': I "Don Juan" (don't want) to look at you!

-->'''Chef Machiavelli''': Yetch, what are you a-doing in my kitchen, huh? You no-good snake in the grass, you dirty swine, you ugly rat!\\
'''Yetch''': Oh, thank you for those kind words. I hope I can live up to them.

-->'''Chef Machiavelli''': Oh, it's nothing. [''sings to the tune of "Funiculi, Funicula" and starts pinching Yetch'']Just a pinch-a this, a pinch-a that, a pinch-a this, a pinch-a that...\\
'''Yetch''': [[LampshadeHanging Ow! Stop already with the pinching!]]

* CardCarryingVillain: It goes without saying when you live on a place called the “Isle of Evil” doesn’t it?

* CardCarryingVillain: It goes without saying when you live on a place called the “Isle or Evil” doesn’t it?

** Yetch's voice and character design are modeled on Creator/PeterLorre; those of [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]] (insofar as he can be seen), on Sydney Greenstreet. Felix's voice is very similar to that of Jimmy Stewart, though the character design does not resemble him much.

Today, ''Mad Monster Party'' is considered by many to be the precursor to ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

Produced by [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] and released in 1967, the StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") feature-length film ''Mad Monster Party'' is a get-together of many classic monsters, as designed by ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' cartoonist Jack Davis.

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[[caption-width-right:280:Promotional art by Creator/FrankFrazetta.]]

A Creator/RankinBassProductions StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") feature-length production from 1967, ''Mad Monster Party'' is a get-together of many classic monsters, as designed by ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' cartoonist Jack Davis.

[[AristocratsAreEvil Baron]] [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} (voiced by Creator/BorisKarloff), creator of the Monster and his [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein Mate]], has [[MadScientist created]] a vial of potion capable of destroying matter. Delighted by his latest success, the Baron decides to retire while he is still on top, and invites nearly a dozen monsters to the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Isle of Evil]] for a [[FeteWorseThanDeath party]]. There, at the party, he intends to retire as head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters, and hand over the position, and the secret of destruction, to his nephew, the nerdy Felix Flanken. Attending the party are the Monster and his Mate (voiced by Phyllis Diller), Literature/{{Dracula}}, the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame, [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]], the [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Creature]], [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and his alter-ego]], and [[Franchise/UniversalHorror the Mummy]]. Also present are the Baron's assistant, the attractive redhead Francesca, and the zombie butler Yetch, who is obsessed with her. Not invited to the party is a monster the Baron only identifies as "It," who, in the climax, is revealed to be [[spoiler: Film/KingKong]]. Needless to say, when the monsters find out that the Baron is handing over his secrets to his nephew instead of one of them, they are outraged. Hilarity and chaos ensue.

* NotSoDifferent: Baron von Frankenstein feels that Felix isn't too different from himself as a youth.

* InTheBlood: Baron von Frankenstein believes that Felix's Frankenstein blood will make him a natural heir to his job as head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. Felix is less certain of this.

* LethalChef: Literally! Chef Machiavelli serves a salad made with poisonous plants in the world, and has actual poisons (and nitroglycerin!) as side dressings. One of his appetizers is black widows served in their own poison.
* LifeOfTheParty: The werewolf is this, with Dracula noting that the conventions going to be a blast with him around.

* InvisibleStreaker: The Invisible Man, natch. Although he ''is'' somehow able to make his fez and gflases appear out of nowhere even after chucking them away.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: [[spoiler:Francesca apparently has ''blood''. O-negative, to be precise]].

* NiceGuy: For all of his faults, Felix is a friendly, unassuming person.

* SuperStrength: Quasimodo is demonstrated as having this.

'''Francesca''': I don't want to look at you!

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Yetch is unusually energetic for a zombie.

* {{Skeletal Musician}}s: Little Tibia and the Fibias, a rock band composed of [[DemBones skeletons]].

* ActorAllusion This isn’t the first time Allen Swift [[WesternAnimation/Underdog played a vampire]].

* Actor Allusion This isn’t the first time Allen Swift [[WesternAnimation/Underdog played a vampire]].

[[AristocratsAreEvil Baron]] [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} (voiced by Creator/BorisKarloff), creator of the Monster and his [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein Mate]], has [[MadScientist created]] a vial of potion capable of destroying matter. Delighted by his latest success, the Baron decides to retire while he is still on top, and invites nearly a dozen monsters to the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Isle of Evil]] for a [[FeteWorseThanDeath party]]. There, at the party, he intends to retire as head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters, and hand over the position, and the secret of destruction, to his nephew, the nerdy Felix Flanken. Attending the party are the Monster and his Mate (voiced by Phyllis Diller), Literature/{{Dracula}}, the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame, Film/TheInvisibleMan, the [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Creature]], [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and his alter-ego]], and [[Franchise/UniversalHorror the Mummy]]. Also present are the Baron's assistant, the attractive redhead Francesca, and the zombie butler Yetch, who is obsessed with her. Not invited to the party is a monster the Baron only identifies as "It," who, in the climax, is revealed to be [[spoiler: Film/KingKong]]. Needless to say, when the monsters find out that the Baron is handing over his secrets to his nephew instead of one of them, they are outraged. Hilarity and chaos ensue.

** Yetch's voice and character design are modeled on Creator/PeterLorre; those of Film/TheInvisibleMan (insofar as he can be seen), on Sydney Greenstreet. Felix's voice is very similar to that of Jimmy Stewart, though the character design does not resemble him much.

** In the prequel, though Baron von Frankenstein is voiced by Allen Swift, he still sounds like Creator/BorisKarloff; Dracula sounds even more like a stereotypical Creator/BelaLugosi; and [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Harvey's doctor]] sounds rather like [[Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda Ronald Colman]].

* ParentalBonus: The prequel has some witty dialogue and mature jokes, such as the Invisible Man's wife remarking that men are all alike, Igor sharply stating that the details of what the Frankenstein monster did at the office party should not be discussed and Modzoola getting into an argument with his wife because, as Baron Frankenstein put it, "he has eyes for the ladies."

* WrittenSoundEffect: The opening credits song "Mad Monster Party" is filled with ''Series/{{Batman}}'' style illustrated onomatopoeiac words: "Ugh!" (Frankenstein), "Phew!" (the mummy) "Yipe!" (It), "Zap!" (Ethel Ennis), "Zing!" (Killer Joe Piro), "Zowie!" (Joseph E. Levine), "Gulp!" and "Gluggle!" (Arthur Rankin, Jr.)

* MediumAwareness: After Francesca has an InnerMonologue about her plan to use Dracula to steal Baron von Frankenstein's secret of destruction, the Monster's Mate tells the Monster ([-AKA-] Fang) that she suspects Francesca is up to something. "Besides, it's her own fault for thinking too loud."

* AdaptedOut: The comic book adaptation by Dell Comics leaves out the Creature.

* ParentalBonus: The prequel has some witty dialogue and mature jokes, such as the Invisible Man's wife remarking that men are all alike and Modzoola getting into an argument with his wife because, as Baron Frankenstein put it, "he has eyes for the ladies."

* ParentalBonus: The prequel has some witty dialogue and mature jokes, such as the Invisible Man's wife complaining that men are all alike and Modzoola getting into an argument with his wife because, as Baron Frankenstein put it, "he has eyes for the ladies."