History WesternAnimation / MonsterMash2000

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After years of failing to regain their former glory, being forced to take demeaning jobs as entertainers, and almost being sentenced to an eternity working children’s birthday parties, Frank, Drac, and Wolf, with the help of Tinklemeisters, manage to get reinstated into the Ghoul Guild for life, [[spoiler:with a testimonial from Spike on their behalf]] and and get indicted in the monster Hall of Fame by scaring the three monsters try to have them thrown out of the Ghoul Guild.

''Monster Mash'' is a 2000 Italian-American animated film by Creator/DiCEntertainment and RAI based on Bobby Pickett's novelty song of the same name and released DirectToVideo in 2000. It follows a trio of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror old-school monsters]], a vampire named Drac, a Frankenstein's monster named Frank and a werewolf named Wolf, who haven't aged well and now must prove that they still have what it takes to be scary. To do so, the three monsters are tasked with scaring a human family called the Tinklemeisters.

The home media release is relegated to a simple VHS or, for anything more, a DVD compilation with ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'' and four episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries''. An independent DVD release was also made by [=NCircle=] Entertainment in 2007.

For the live-action film, see ''Film/MonsterMash1995''. A makeshift soundtrack is [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xh0ZVdTnNy4u_JLJm8uSHins4Nq2ggt available here]].

* FalseTeethTomfoolery: Drac is established to have false fangs because he never heeded his dentist's advice to "floss between mutilations", with some scenes having Drac's dentures fall out for comic effect.

* FriendToAllChildren: Frank is shown to be fond of children, as he is seen befriending a young girl in the opening narration, smiles when a human baby kisses him during the monsters' trial and enjoys playing with Stella and Spike during his attempts to scare them.

* TheGrimReaper: The prosecutor of Drac, Frank and Wolf's trial appears to be the personification of Death, since he wears a shroud and wields a scythe.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Near the end, the trio become Hollywood producers and Wolf remarks that they should create an animated musical about their latest exploits.[[note]]This scene is cut on the [=NCircle=] release.[[/note]]

* MonsterMash: The main characters are vampire Drac, Frankenstein monster Frank and werewolf Wolf. Opposing them are a trio consisting of a slasher made of sentient pasta named Freddie de Spaghetti, a XenomorphXerox called the Alien Eater and a killer doll named Chicky.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Wolf at one point states that he got his watch for his bar mitzvah, but is never directly stated to be Jewish.

* WasOnceAMan: The prologue tells that Wolf is this, and if the rest of the film is any indication, he can't seem to turn back like werewolves in other media can.

* WasOnceAMa: The prologue tells that Wolf is this, and if the rest of the film is any indication, he can't seem to turn back like werewolves in other media can.

* UnfortunateNames: The human family Drac, Frank and Wolf are tasked with scaring are named the Tinklemeisters.

''Monster Mash'' is a 2000 Italian-American animated film by Creator/DiCEntertainment and RAI based on Bobby Pickett's novelty song of the same name and released DirectToVideo in 2000. It follows a trio of [[Franchise/UniversalMonsters old-school monsters]], a vampire named Drac, a Frankenstein's monster named Frank and a werewolf named Wolf, who haven't aged well and now must prove that they still have what it takes to be scary. To do so, the three monsters are tasked with scaring a human family called the Tinklemeisters.

''Monster Mash'' is an animated film by Creator/DiCEntertainment and RAI based on the novelty song of the same name and released DirectToVideo in 2000.

The film is about three monsters consisting of a vampire named Drac, a Frankenstein monster named Frank and a werewolf named Wolf, who haven't aged well and now must prove that they still have what it takes to be scary. To do so, the three monsters are tasked with scaring a human family called the Tinklemeisters.

* AnimatedMusical: This is an animated film with a lot of musical numbers.

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The original release ended with a music video setting clips of the film and old Creator/{{Universal}} horror films to the original Bobby "Boris" Pickett version of the Monster Mash song. The [=NCircle=] release omits the music video because of licensing issues.
* DemBones: There are a lot of animate skeletons in the film.
* {{Dracula}}: Count Dracula is one of the main characters.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: At one point, Mrs. Tinklemeister sucks off Drac's clothes with a vacuum cleaner, leaving him in black boxer shorts with red bats on them.
* TheGrimReaper: The prosecutor of Drac, Frank and Wolf's trial appears to be the personification of Death, since he wears a shroud and uses a scythe.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Near the end, Frank, Drac and Wolf end up becoming producers and Wolf remarks that they could create an animated musical about their latest exploits.[[note]]This scene is cut on the [=NCircle=] release.[[/note]]

* SuddenlySpeaking: At the end, Spike [[spoiler:reveals that he can talk, explaining that he whistled all the time because reading about monsters at a young age made him too scared to speak]].
* TakeThat: Freddie de Spaghetti, the Alien Eater and Chicky are blatant potshots at modern movie monsters. The Tinklemeisters even remark that they lack the charm of the classic monsters like Drac, Frank and Wolf.

''Monster Mash'' was an animated film by Creator/DiCEntertainment and RAI based on the novelty song of the same name and released [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] in 2000.

For the live-action film, see ''Film/MonsterMash1995''.

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The original release of the film ended with a music video setting clips of the film and old Creator/{{Universal}} horror films to the original Bobby "Boris" Pickett version of the Monster Mash song. The [=NCircle=] Entertainment DVD release omits the music video because of licensing issues.

* FriendToAllChildren: Frank is shown to be fond of children, as he is seen befriending a young girl in the film's opening narration, smiles when a human baby kisses him during the monsters' trial and enjoys playing with Stella and Spike Tinklemeister during his attempts to scare them.

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Near the end of the film, Frank, Drac and Wolf end up becoming movie producers and Wolf remarks that they could create an animated musical about their latest exploits.[[note]]This scene is cut in the [=NCircle=] Entertainment DVD release.[[/note]]

* {{Narrator}}: The film is narrated by a talking skeleton dog.

* SuddenlySpeaking: At the end of the film, Spike Tinklemeister [[spoiler:reveals that he can talk, explaining that he whistled all the time because reading about monsters at a young age made him too scared to speak]].

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: At one point, Mrs. Tinklemeister sucks off Drac's clothes with a vacuum cleaner, leaving him in black boxer ahorts with red bats on them.

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Near the end of the film, Frank, Drac and Wolf end up becoming movie producers and Wolf remarks that they could create an animated musical about their latest exploits.

The home media release is relegated to a simple VHS or, for anything more, a DVD compilation with ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'' and four episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries''.

* CreepyDoll: One of the modern monsters is an evil wind-up doll named Chicky, the Doll of Destruction. She's a CaptainErsatz of [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], only differentiated by her green skin and other gender. She wears her hair in GirlishPigtails, but one of the tails is the wind-up key. Her weapon of choice is a remote control with which she can change the environment around her.

* DemonicDummy: One of the modern monsters is an evil wind-up doll named Chicky, the Doll of Destruction. She's a CaptainErsatz of [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], only differentiated by her green skin and other gender. She wears her hair in GirlishPigtails, but one of the tails is the wind-up key. Her weapon of choice is a remote control with which she can change the environment around her.

* LivingToys: One of the modern monsters is an evil wind-up doll named Chicky, the Doll of Destruction. She's a CaptainErsatz of [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], only differentiated by her green skin and other gender. She wears her hair in GirlishPigtails, but one of the tails is the wind-up key. Her weapon of choice is a remote control with which she can change the environment around her.

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* PerversePuppet: Chicky is an evil doll.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Before the finale, yes.

* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Spike Tinklemeister [[spoiler:reveals that he can talk, explaining that he whistled all the time because reading about monsters at a young age made him too scared to speak]].

''Monster Mash'' was an animated film by Creator/DiCEntertainment and RAI based on the song Monster Mash and released direct-to-video in 2000.

The film is about three monsters consisting of a vampire named Drac, a Frankenstein monster named Frank and a werewolf named Wolf, who haven't aged well and now must prove that they still have what it takes to be scary. To prove that they still have what it takes, the three monsters are tasked with scaring a human family called the Tinklemeisters.

* TheFilmOfTheSong: An animated film based loosely on the song The Monster Mash.

* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Spike Tinklemeister reveals that he can talk, explaining that he whistled all the time because reading about monsters at a young age made him too scared to speak.

* SuddenlyVoiced: At the end of the film, Spike Tinklemeister reveals that he can talk, explaining that he whistled all the time because reading about monsters at a young age made him to scared to speak.