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14	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matts_img006a_rgb.jpg]]
15	''Matt's Monsters'' is an animated series produced in 2009 and broadcast by Creator/DisneyChannel.
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17	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 Gothic GirlNextDoor. Together, they form the Average company, which will give the dangerous monsters a run for their money.
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20	!!This show provides examples of:
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22	%% * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ellen, Matt's mother, can fall occasionally on this trope.
23	%%* BadassAdorable: Matt, Manson and Dink.
24	* BewareTheNiceOnes: In an episode Sonja is required to scream with fury at an oak monster in order for it to free her, and her angry voice is enough to impress Manson.
25	%%* BerserkButton: Don’t call Manson a boy.
26	%% * BigEater: Mika can eat literally everything.
27	* BlandNameProduct: Segra for Creator/{{Sega}}.
28	%% * BlobMonster: Mika again.
29	%% * BodyHorror: Many monsters, though always in a funny cartoonish way.
30	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Murray does it in an episode after his DrivesLikeCrazy daily gag, telling Carlota to drive their police car instead of him the next episode.
31	%% * CreepyDoll: The Ludofractor.
32	* {{Cyborg}}: Implied with Appendix, whose cranium has a metallic half.
33	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Manson has her moments.
34	%% * DissonantSerenity: Manson typically displays this attitude until the real danger comes.
35	* EmbarrassingSlide: 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.
36	* FakeBand: "Metal Finish", Manson's favorite music band, which according to her plays neo-Gothic thrash metal.
37	%% * FantasyKitchenSink: Lots and lots of kinds of monsters.
38	%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Manson, complete with GirlishPigtails and ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow.
39	* EvilTwin: Straight and subverted. One episode reveals Dink had an evil identical ''cousin'' who held a grudge against him for overshadowing him throughout his life. However, at the end it's revealed that Dink was not his cousin and that there is a third Dink-like monster somewhere.
40	%% * EyesAlwaysShut: Appendix, though not with his glasses on.
41	* GadgeteerGenius: Matt and his father often devise weapons and vehicles to take the MonsterOfTheWeek, sometimes with not so effective results. Professor Appendix also counts.
42	* GenderBlenderName: Despite her predominantly male name, Manson is a girl, which doesn't help Matt's father to remember her gender.
43	* GirlyGirl: Ellen, Sonia, and other girls.
44	* HartmanHips: Matt’s Mother has them, as well as Madame Bovary.
45	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Matt and Manson do have some ShipTease moments, mostly due to Manson occasionally taking the role of TheTease, but otherwise are portrayed as just close friends with no romantic interest.
46	* InnocentBlueEyes: Matt and his mother.
47	* InvisibleParents: We never see Manson's parents, though unlike most of examples, they get mentioned at least once.
48	%% * IronicName: Matt's last name is Average. His life is anything but.
49	* LimitedWardrobe: The human characters always wear the same clothes.
50	%% * MadScientist: Professor Appendix looks like the classical stereotype.
51	* MeaningfulName:
52	** Average, anyone?
53	** Manson's name probably comes from UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, and it really fits her...
54	** Creator/{{Socrates}} really likes to mess with people.
55	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The episodes are created in this pattern, but except rare occasions, every monster always get a CallBack somehow.
56	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The episode "Clothes Make the Monster" involves a monster that steals peoples clothes, naturally causing this trope to occur. Along with a lot of cases of HandOrObjectUnderwear and SceneryCensor, and eventually a FullFrontalAssault.
57	* 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.
58	%% * NonHumanSidekick: Dink, one of the few non-evil monsters, serves as this.
59	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Not all monsters cause mayhem out of malice. More often than not, something is bothering them, and they stop their rampage the moment a solution is provided.
60	* OnlyOneName: Manson. We are never told her surname (or even if Manson is her given name to first with).
61	* OnlySaneMan: Bruce Average believes himself to be this, but it varies from episode on episode.
62	* PerkyGoth: Manson toys with the trope, as although she is pretty gloomy and snarky, she does have a more cheerful side and it is not difficult for her to show it up.
63	* PhonyPsychic: Madame Bovary, in line with her 19th century spiritualist 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.
64	%% * PunnyName: Average's two old neighbors are named Smith and Wesson.
65	* PuppyLove: Matt and Sonja are pretty open about being boyfriend and girlfriend.
66	* RunningGag: Several ones.
67	** Matt's father constantly mistakes Manson for a boy, despite her appearance isn't boyish or male-looking at all, and is surprised or even unbelieving whenever she corrects him. Manson gets increasingly annoyed with the confusion as the series advances.
68	** Another gag is Manson insisting she has a brother who is a monster and labeling 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.
69	** A minor one belongs to Murray, the Sheriff's aide, who is always tasked to drive their car while other characters constantly tell him alternately to go either faster or slower.
70	* ShockAndAwe: Dink has the ability of firing electrical discharges from his horns. He and Matt like to use this to [[MundaneUtility instantly pop popcorn]].
71	* ShoutOut:
72	** Madame Bovary's name is based in the book ''Literature/MadameBovary'', and her character in general brings echoes from UsefulNotes/NewAge mystic Madame Blavatsky.
73	** One of the toys possessed by the Ludofractor is a robot in-universe called [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]].
74	** 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.
75	%% * SpicyLatina: Carlota, sheriff Wayne's female coworker.
76	* 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 immediately pops with his electricity (see also ShockAndAwe above).
77	* StealthHiBye: Manson typically appears suddenly behind people, which startles Bruce in particular. Her very first apparition in the series sees her sneaking undetected in the Monster Agency van, all while wearing a monster costume.
78	* SummonBiggerFish: The Average company does this in a gruesome manner to take a large BlobMonster made of mold. After getting trapped by the monster, Matt and Dink just flush their own BlobMonster Mika, who swiftly ''devours'' the monster to nothing.
79	%%* TokenMinority: Sonja, who is Hindi.
80	%%* {{Tomboy}}: Manson and Madame Bovary.
81	* UnfazedEveryman: Most of the people of Joliville see monster attacks as they would see problems in their pipes.
82	* TheUnintelligible: Dink speaks in his own language, which only Matt can understand.

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