Highlights
Matt's Monsters

Matt's Monsters - Season 1 (2008)

Audience Score
100

Season 1 Plot

When the quiet town of Joliville's threatened by a crazy clothes eating monster, who's on the case? The Monster Agency of course! Meet 9 year-old Matt, his parents Bruce and Ellen, best friend Manson, and Dink the family pet. Monsters, beware!

Matt's Monsters Season 1 aired on December 20th, 2008.

Season 1 Episodes

1. Ice Scream, You Scream

December 20th, 200812 min

A frozen monster is laying siege to the frozen foods aisle at the Joliville supermarket. Can the Monster Agency stop him before he turns all the customers into frozen treats and eats his way through the Averages’ favorite flavors of ice cream?

2. The Monster Of The Lake

December 20th, 200812 min

When they arrive at their vacation spot, Matt and his family discover that a mysterious monster has been terrorizing the lake and making it impossible to go swimming. They decide to have a closer look. The Agency van turns into a submarine and our heroes plunge into the watery depths…

3. Appetite For Learning

December 21st, 200812 min

Matt’s grades are getting worse and worse. Ellen and Bruce take drastic measures: no more monster hunting until further notice! Matt has to stay home and study hard to improve his test scores. But a mysterious companion disturbs his efforts…

4. The Freak Of The Leak

December 21st, 200812 min

A mysterious monster comes out of the faucet and attacks Matt while he’s in the tub. Ellen thinks Matt is just trying to find a way to get out of taking a bath! When Ellen hears reports of other attacks in Joliville, the Agency gets involved, but the monster escapes. To protect the people of Joliville, the water is cut off throughout the city…

5. Bovary Strikes Back

December 22nd, 200812 min

Madame Bovary has found a foolproof way to capture monsters: hypnotize them. The Monster Agency can’t compete with a skill like that, so they get ready to shut down… but are Bovary’s powers as real as she claims?

6. Secret Weapon

December 22nd, 200812 min

Madame Bovary decides to deal a fatal blow to the Monster Agency. While Matt’s parents are away, she kidnaps Dink. This is more than Matt and Manson can bear. They soon find Dink but discover that he’s on Bovary’s side now…

7. Mold War

December 23rd, 200812 min

Mika doesn’t like being on a diet very much. When Bruce and Matt go shopping for a new telephone to replace the one that Mika gulped down, Mika follows them in the hope that he can eat a little more on the sly! But that’s nothing in comparison to what is awaiting the Agency: a mold monster is attacking the store Joliville’s garbage is up in arms!

8. Talkin' Trash

December 23rd, 200812 min

An enormous trash monster is spreading terror among the citizenry and the garbage men. Will the Averages, skilled sorters that they are, manage to stop the creature and restore tidiness to the city?

9. Let Sleeping Mantas Lie

December 24th, 200812 min

Manson, Matt, and their friend Sonia are going to visit a huge aquarium. When they get there, the find the guards paralyzed as if in a hypnotic trance! When even the sheriff is hypnotized, there’s no more room for doubt: a monster is hiding among the fish in the aquarium… so the Monster Agency decides to do a little deep-sea fishing!

10. Oil Rush

December 24th, 200812 min

The cars of Joliville are breaking down one after the other. It turns out the motor oil is the favorite food of the latest monster to attack the city. The Monster Agency must protect the last garage in town (that still has oil) from the ravenous creature.

11. Ready... Get Set... Sleep!

December 25th, 200812 min

During a perfectly normal monster hunt, Matt, Bruce, Dink, and Manson awaken a sleeping Gagab. The monster, who normally hibernates underground twelve months a year, is blinded by rage and begins to plunder the town. He has to be stopped, but how? He has to go back to sleep, which is no easy task for a Gagab once he’s awake…

12. Tickled Pink

December 25th, 200812 min

A pink monster is making the people of Joliville see the world through rose-colored glasses. It transmits its virus to grumpy people by blowing huge bubble gum balls. And they’re immediately all smiles and deliriously happy! Can the Monster Agency stop the virus from spreading before the entire town is wallowing in happiness?

13. Jukebox Jitters

December 26th, 200812 min

During a garage sale, Grandma Average sells her old jukebox to the Schwarzes. When they get home and plug it in however, the juke box turns into a “Juke Monster”, a creature capable of destroying the city with sound waves. The Monster Agency has to stop the monster before it starts an earthquake.

14. Fog Gets In Your Eyes

December 26th, 200812 min

During a school field trip, the students in Matt’s class disturb a mysterious forest creature in its lair. The monster seeks its vengeance by covering Joliville with fog!

15. Double Dink

January 1st, 200912 min

A new monster is spreading terror throughout the city. The Monster Agency wastes no time, and it puts up a sketch of the terrible creature. And surprise: the eyewitnesses are all in agreement: it’s…Dink! Matt gets ready to do anything to prove the innocence of his faithful companion.

16. Ad Nausea

December 27th, 200812 min

The Bovary Company does such a good job of sabotaging the Monster Agency’s ad campaign that they’re no longer receiving any calls. Ellen decides to do something about it, so she comes up with a promotional offer: a free household chore for every monster captured. It works, and customers start to come back! But the members of the Agency are exhausted from doing everyone’s chores…

17. Bright Lights, Big Monster

December 28th, 200812 min

Matt has to track down a monster that is destroying all the sources of light in the city. Nothing should be easier for a monster expert like Matt unless he’s surrounded by a group of blissfully unaware senior citizens, who have come to the Monster Agency open house!

18. Holey Terror

December 28th, 200812 min

One morning, the city wakes up covered in holes. Buildings, cars, notebooks, dirt, cups: everything has holes in it as if a colony of termites had infested the city! Matt and the Agency are called to help, and they soon discover that this destruction is in fact the work of a monster who likes to punch holes in everything!

19. Toy Trouble

December 29th, 200812 min

An unusually speedy monster called the Ludofractor is attacking children’s toys, and each time the Agency arrives on the scene, it’s too late. To trap the monster, Matt forms an alliance with Socrates, who has the biggest toy collection in Joliville. But with such a selfish ally, surprises are bound to be in store…

20. Average Family Tales

December 29th, 200812 min

The Monster Agency is celebrating the capture of its 5000th monster. The press is gathered for the occasion, and Matt, Bruce, Ellen, and Dink tell the story of how they got started in monster hunting, when Matt was just a baby and Dink was still a wild monster…

21. Hair Guitar

December 30th, 200812 min

A monster is hiding in the hotel where the famous rock group The Scalps are staying. Anyone who comes into contact with the monster starts to sprout hair and a beard that grow at an astonishing rate. Which is bad luck for Matt and Manson, who have gone to interview the group!

22. Fright Christmas

December 30th, 200812 min

It’s Christmas in Joliville. Bruce’s mother has joined the Averages and the family is getting ready to enjoy Christmas dinner. But a monster alert spoils the evening’s festivities. A creature is attacking the city’s decorations. Grandma Average thinks that this is the work of the infamous Masskriss, a monster who wants to destroy Christmas…

23. Waves Of Love

December 31st, 200812 min

Manson is rehearsing a rock song in the Averages’ garage in the hope that she can play with her favorite group, Metal Finish. But her voice attracts a wavosaurus, and the monster shows up at the Averages and kidnaps Manson!! Matt has to save his friend, even if it means having to listen to her sing!

24. Panic At The Multiplex

December 31st, 200812 min

Matt is invited by his friend Sonia to the brand new multiplex in town to see Mr. Bunnylumps and His Cuddly Friends, and Dink and Manson, who are going to sea monster movie, have no end of fun at his expense! But when one of the monsters literally jumps out of the screen, Matt has to find a way to save the day without disturbing Sonia and keep the multiplex from descending into panic!

25. Bubble Trouble

December 27th, 200812 min

A bubble-like monster hides in a water-cooler at Matt’s school, causing its particles to eventually inflate everyone who drinks from it. After realizing the monster just wants to cool down, Matt and co. lure it into a refrigerator, which causes the monster to summon all of its particles from those still infected and deflating them. They send the fridge to Antarctica, where the monster then proceeds to inflate several penguins there.

26. Public Relations Nightmare

January 1st, 200912 min

A mysterious monster is turning children’s dreams into nightmares! This means all the kids show up for Mr. Rasmussen’s class completely sleep-deprived. For Socrates, the reason is clear: it’s all Matt’s fault for always telling monster stories during recess! Will Matt be able to flush out the nightmare monster and regain his rightful place among his friends?

27. The Hunting License

January 2nd, 200912 min

After his car is crushed during a monster hunt, Sheriff Wayne discovers that the Agency’s monster hunting license has expired. They have to take the test all over again! As if things weren’t bad enough thanks to a fussy test monitor who’s all theory and no experience, the plot really thickens when the Bovary Company decides to prevent our heroes from regaining their license by any means necessary!

28. Spring Festival Blues

January 2nd, 200912 min

Bovary can’t stand the Spring Festival that the town’s inhabitants put on every year, This time, however, she’s decided to destroy it once and for all. When a monster that sucks the color out of everything arrives in town, she gets other ideas for spoiling the festival.

29. Monstroville

January 3rd, 200912 min

A group of monsters is meeting in secret because they’ve had all they can take from the Monster Agency! The Averages have been nothing but trouble since day one. A monster can’t even destroy a block of houses anymore without hearing from them! The monsters decide to kidnap the mayor of Joliville and replace him to gain control of the city and get rid of the Agency.

30. Rural Furor

January 3rd, 200912 min

Ellen wants Matt and Bruce to stop filling up on candy. From now on, they’re allowed to eat only fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, a monster has laid waste to all the farms in the area except for one! The Agency goes there to catch the creature or else Ellen can say good-bye to healthy meals!

31. Wild Game

January 4th, 200912 min

Adrian is the smartest kid in the class, and he’s also really good at video games. So when a jealous Socrates tries to steal his game console from him, he has no idea that he’s about to unleash a monster capable of turning the entire city into a virtual world. And the Monster Agency has to come up with a way to put a stop to it!

32. Bovary Gets A Job

January 4th, 200912 min

Ever since Ellen launched her new advertising campaign for the Agency, she hasn’t been home as much. And Bruce has trouble keeping up with the daily housework. When Madame Bovary shows up and asks to be their housekeeper, Ellen sees a chance to help Bruce out while offering Mme Bovary a chance at redemption.

33. Doubting Bruce

January 5th, 200912 min

34. All Mallow's Eve

January 5th, 200912 min

35. Paranoia City

January 6th, 200912 min

36. Groundshark Day

January 6th, 200912 min

Sly the mailman is quietly delivering the mail on his bike when the fin of a monster comes surging up from underground and heads right for him! Sly manages to escape, but the effects of the incident are immediately felt. The people of Joliville are terrified and no longer dare to go outside or set foot on the ground! The Agency has to find the monster’s Achille’s heel to save the day…

37. Mailbox Mayhem

January 7th, 200912 min

38. Dirty Business

January 7th, 200912 min

39. Monster Fatigue

January 8th, 200912 min

Matt is finding monster hunting to be a little repetitive these days, and his mini-monsters are wearing him out. At school, he doesn’t even draw monsters in the margins of his tests anymore! Dink is very worried to see his friend lose his enthusiasm for monsters. He has to discover why Matt is bored with monsters, and fast…

40. Mad Monster Disease

January 8th, 200912 min

After being exposed to sewer monster, Matt turns into a monster himself! It's a race against the clock to find the antidote for Matt before the vicious Madame Bovary captures him!

41. Black Forest Monster

January 9th, 200912 min

Sonia invokes an Indian curse that brings the city’s cakes to life. The Average Family is quickly entrenched in its house and surrounded by cakes that are led by a sinister Black Forest cake…

42. Monster-Skelter

January 9th, 200912 min

43. A Beastly Affliction

January 10th, 200912 min

Professors and scientists are falling victim to a strange illness. Their once-high IQs seem to have vanished: they're becoming stupid! Our heroes investigate and discover that a monster is behind this rampant disease. But when Bruce is infected, the Agency's thinking abilities are seriously compromised...

44. Monster Magnetism

January 10th, 200912 min

45. Monsters Are The New Black

January 11th, 200912 min

46. A Brother For Manson

January 11th, 200912 min

It wasn’t the first time Manson talked about her monster/brother in class. But this time, Socrates challenges her to bring him in. If Manson wants to save face, she has no other choice than to go looking for her “brother” for real. Fortunately, she can count on the Agency’s help!

47. Matt Suffers For His Art

January 12th, 200912 min

48. The Shadow Monster

January 12th, 200912 min

49. Clothes Make The Monster

January 13th, 200912 min

50. Commercial Success

January 13th, 200912 min

51. Pitch Perfect

January 14th, 200912 min

Manson does things her own way, and when she plays the guitar, she does so, in a strange, deafening manner that shatters everything around her to pieces! Finally, she meets her match: a monster that turns everything into glace… and Matt intends to find out why!

52. The Temp-O-Saurus

January 14th, 200912 min