History WesternAnimation / MattsMonsters

%% * BadassAdorable: Matt and Manson.

%% * FiveManBand

%% * {{Adorkable}}:
%% ** Adrian the school nerd.
%% ** Sid the Mini-Monster, who is essentially a dragon with NerdGlasses.

** In the episode with the video-game monster, every time a character is sucked inside a video-game it shows a game over screen with the "lost a life" jingle from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' playing over it.

** In the episode with the video-game monster, every time a character is sucked inside a video-game it shows a game over screen with the "lost a life" jingle from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' playing over it.

* {{Adorkable}}: Adrian the school nerd, as well as Sid the Mini-Monster, who is esentially a dragon with NerdGlasses.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ellen, Matt's mother, can fall ocasionally on this trope.
* BadassAdorable: Matt and Manson.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an episode Sonja is requered to scream with fury at an oak monster in order for it to free her, and her angry voice is enough to impress Manson.
* BigBad: There isn't a well-defined one, but Madame Bovary tends to take this role.
* BigEater: Mika can eat literally everything.

* BlobMonster: Mika again.
* BodyHorror: Many monsters, though always in a funny cartoonish way.

* CreepyDoll: The Ludofractor.

* DeadpanSnarker: Manson has her moments.
* DissonantSerenity: Manson typically displays this attitude until the real danger comes.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots and lots of kinds of monsters.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Manson, complete with GirlishPigtails and ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Appendix, though not with his glasses on.
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Matt
** TheLancer: Manson
** TheBigGuy: Dink
** TheSmartGuy: Bruce
** TheChick: Ellen
** TheSixthRanger/TeamPet: The Mini-Monsters

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Subverted. When Matt takes Sonja to the cinema during a date, he chooses a mushy romance movie on the assumption it is the genre she will enjoy the most. It turns out that while she liked it, she would have preferred a horror film or a kung fu flick.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Matt and Manson do have some ShipTease moments, mostly due to Manson occasionally taking the role of TheTease, but otherwise are portraited as just close friends with no romantic interest.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Matt and his mother.

* IronicName: Matt's last name is Average. His life is anything but.

* MadScientist: Professor Appendix looks like the classical stereotype.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: The episodes are created in this pattern, but except rare ocassions, every monster always get a CallBack somehow.

* NonHumanSidekick: Dink, one of the few non-evil monsters, serves as this.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Not all monsters cause mayham out of malice. More often than not, something is bothering them, and they stop their rampage the moment a solution is provided.

* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritist gimmick, claims to have supernatural powers, which are actually faked by her assistant Appendix. One episode, however, shows that she is really very adept in hypnosis.
* PunnyName: Average's two old neighbors are named Smith and Wesson.

** Another gag is Manson insisting she has a brother who is a monster and labelling any particularly creepy monster they find as him. This is brought up in one episode, when she happily ends up getting a real monster sister by accidentally messing up a clonation process.

** One of the toys possesed by the Ludofractor is a robot in-universe called [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]].
** In the episode with the videogame monster, every time a character is sucked inside a videogame it shows a game over screen with the "lost a life" jingle from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' playing over it.
* SpicyLatina: Carlota, sheriff Wayne's female coworker.
* SpotTheImposter: In the episode involving Dink's evil, identical cousin, this scenario naturally shows up eventually. Matt is able to sort out who is the real Dink by throwing a kernel at the two, which Dink immediatly pops with his electricity (see also ShockAndAwe above).

* TokenMinority: Sonja, who is Hindi.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Matt.

* {{Expy}}: With its doll shape, empty eyes and KnightOfCerebus status, the Ludofractor resembles the initial form of Charlotte from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. However, ''Matt's Monsters'' actually predates ''Madoka'' by two years.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In an episode the Monster Agency is presenting a slideshow about monsters to the mayor when Matt accidentally slips several photos of his father partying and dancing while dressed in drag. No words are needed.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Monster]]: Matt and his orange monster friend Dink.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Matt and Manson do have some ShipTease moments, mostly due to Manson occasionally taking the role of TheTease, but otherwise are portraited as close friends with no romantic interest.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Not all monsters cause mayham out of malace. More often than not, something is bothering them, and they stop their rampage the moment a solution is provided.

* ShockAndAwe: Dink has the ability of firing electrical discharges from his horns.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: One episode involves a monster that steals peoples clothes, naturally causing this trope to occur. Along with a lot of cases of HandOrObjectUnderwear and SceneryCensor.

** In the episode with the videogame monster, every time a character is sucked inside a videogame it shows a game over screen with the "lost a life" jingle from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamland'' playing over it.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an episode Sonja is requered to scream with fury at an oak monster in order to get liberated from it, and her anger mode voice is enough to impress Manson.

* BodyHorror: Many monsters, always in a funny cartoonish way.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Murray does it in an episode after his DrivesLikeCrazy daily gag, mutting Carlota to drive their police car instead of him the next episode.

* {{Expy}}: With its doll shape, empty eyes and KnightOfCerebus status, the Ludofractor resembles Charlotte from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. This is particularly notable as ''Matt's Monsters'' actually predates ''Madoka'' by two years.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots and lots of kinds of monster.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Behind his glasses, Appendix's eyes remind this trope.

* GenderBlenderName: Despite her predominantly male name, Manson is a girl, which doesn't help Matt's father to notice her as a female.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Matt and Manson do have some ShipTease moments -mostly due to Manson occasionally taking the role of TheTease-, but otherwise are portraited as close friends with no romantic interest.

** Manson's name probably comes from Music/MarilynManson or UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, and it really fits her...

* NonHumanSidekick: Dink, one of the few non-evil monsters, serves as TeamPet.
* OnlyOneName: Manson. We are never told her surname.
* OnlySaneMan: Bruce Average believes himself to be this, but reality is another.
* PerkyGoth: Manson toys with the trope, as although she is mostly gloomy and snarky, she does have a more cheerful side and it is not difficult to her to show it up.
* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritist gimmick, claims to have supernatural powers, which actually are help from her assistant Appendix. One episode, however, shows that she is actually very adept in hypnosis.

** Matt's father constantly mistakes Manson for a boy, despite her appearance not being boyish or male-looking at all. His reactions to this vary from surprise to unbelief, while she looks increasingly annoyed with the confusion as the series advances.
** Another gag is Manson insisting that she has a brother who is a monster, and labelling any particularly creepy monster as her brother. This is brought in one episode, where she happily ends getting a real monster sister by accidentally interfering in a clonation process.
** A minor one belongs to Murray, the Sheriff's aide, who is always charged to drive their car and other characters constantly tell him alternatively to go faster or slower.

* StealthHiBye: Manson typically appears in a ninjalike manner behind people, which startles Bruce Average. Her very first apparition in the series sees her sneaking undetected in the Monster Agency van, all while wearing a monster costume.

** Manson's name probably comes from Creator/MarilynManson or UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, and it really fits her...

* RedHeadedHero: Matt.

'''''Matt's Monsters''''' is an animated series produced in 2009 and broadcast by Creator/DisneyChannel.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matts_img006a_rgb.jpg]]''Matt's Monsters'' is an animated series produced in 2009 and broadcasted by Creator/DisneyChannel.

''Matt's Monsters'' is an animated series produced in 2009 and broadcasted by Creator/DisneyChannel.

** TheLancer: Bruce

** TheSmartGuy: Manson

** TheSixthRanger/TeamMascot: The Mini-Monsters

* {{Adorkable}}: Adrian, the school nerd, as well as Sid the Mini-Monsters, who is esentially a dragon with NerdGlasses.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In one occasion Sonja is requered to scream with fury at an oak monster in order to get liberated from it, and her anger mode voice is enough to impress Manson.

* {{Cyborg}}: Implied with Appendix, whose cranium is half metallic.
* DeadpanSnarker: Manson, although not as much as her appearance may suggest.

** TheSixthRanger: The Mini-Monsters

* GenderBlenderName: Manson is a girl, which doesn't help Matt's father to notice her as a female.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one episode, the Monster Agency is presenting a slideshow about monsters to the mayor when Matt accidentally slips several photos of his father partying and dancing while dressed in drag. No words are needed.

* NightmareFetishist: Manson loves everything related to monsters and creepy things, to the point she enjoys actual nightmares. Matt is a less disturbing but equally valid example, as according to his father, the only way to put him to sleep when he was a baby was showing him monster films.

* OnlyOneName: In case of Manson, we never are told her surname.

* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritist gimmick, claims to have supernatural powers, which actually are helps from her assistant Appendix. One episode, however, shows that she is actually very adept in hypnosis.
* PunnyName: Average's two other neighbors are named Smith and Wesson.

* StealthHiBye: Customarily Manson appears in a ninja-like manner behind people, which usually startles Bruce Average. Her very first apparition in the series sees her sneaking undetected in the Monster Agency van, all while wearing a monster costume.

InAWorld where monsters live freely among the humans and cause trouble, a boy called Matt Average runs a monster hunting company to help the people from the tranquil city of Joliville. He will tag along Bruce, his [[BumblingDad over-enthusiast father]]; Dink, his [[NonHumanSidekick friendly monster pet]]; and Manson, the laid-back [[PerkyGoth Gothic]] GirlNextDoor. Together, they form the Average company, which will give the dangerous monsters a run for their money.

* PerkyGoth: Manson, of course.

* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritist gimmick, claims to have supernatural powers, which actually are helps from her assistant Appendix. One episode, however, shows that she is actually very adept in hypnosis.

* {{Adorkable}}: All the main characters in at least one occasion.

* BodyHorror: Many monsters.
* {{Cyborg}}: Implied with Appendix, whose cranium has a metallic half.

* DissonantSerenity: Manson typically displays this attitude.

** "Average", anyone?
** Manson's name, which probably comes from Creator/MarilynManson or maybe UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, really fits her...
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The episodes are created in this pattern.

* OnlyOneName: Manson.

* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritist gimmick, claims to have supernatural powers, which actually are helps from her

* RunningGag: Matt's father constantly mistakes Manson for a boy, despite her appearance not being boyish or male-looking at all.
** Another one is Manson labelling any particularly creepy monster as her brother.
* ShockAndAwe: Dink's ability is firing electrical discharges from his horns.
* ShoutOut: Madame Bovary's name is based in the book ''Literature/MadameBovary'', and her character in general brings echoes from UsefulNotes/NewAge mystic Madame Blavatsky.
* SpicyLatina: Carlota, the sheriff's female coworker.