Toonsylvania is an American animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids Network block[1] (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids' shows such as Goosebumps and Eerie, Indiana) in its first season, then was moved to Monday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until January 18, 1999, when it was cancelled. It was executive produced in part by Steven Spielberg, as DreamWorks' first animated series.[1]
The show had recurring cartoon series that appeared in each episode. Unlike Animaniacs, Toonsylvania did not have a wide range of characters and almost every episode had the same content. The main segments were "Frankenstein", "Night of the Living Fred" (most episodes on season one), "Attack of the Killer B Movies" (some episodes from season 1), "Igor's Science Minute", and "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals".[2]
A typical episode of Toonsylvania starts with a cartoon series called "Frankenstein" (a parody of Mary Shelley's novel of the same name) about the adventures of Dr. Vic Frankenstein (voiced by David Warner), his assistant Igor (voiced by Wayne Knight) who always sets out to prove that he is a genius like his master, and their dim-witted Frankenstein Monster known as Phil (voiced by Brad Garrett).
During the season two restructuring, Igor, Dr. Vic Frankenstein and Phil interact with a variety of new characters, including a snooping next-door neighbor Seth Tuber (voiced by Jonathan Harris), who was based on Norman Bates from Psycho. He interacted with his "immobile" mother by putting his hand over his mouth and talking into it. There was also a typical Transylvanian angry mob that was, in fact, a cheerful group of Beatles-esque hipsters. Most of these new characters were voiced by Paul Rugg, who also improvised many of their lines.
Before the second cartoon, there is an animated vignette where Igor is on the couch with Phil and tries to use the remote control, only for a problem to occur (a running gag akin to the couch gags seen on The Simpsons) before the TV turns on to show the cartoon in question.
A segment about a family of zombies that consists of Fred Deadman (voiced by Billy West), his sister Ashley Deadman (voiced by Kath Soucie), his mother Stiffany Deadman (voiced by Valery Pappas), and his father Dedgar Deadman (voiced by Matt Frewer in season one, Jess Harnell in season two). This segment was created by cartoonist Mike Peters.[3]
Sometimes, a parody of a B-list horror movie would air instead of a "Night of the Living Fred" cartoon. Most of them involve Ace Deuce (voiced by Tom Kenny), Professor Man (voiced by Billy West), Professor Man's daughter (voiced by Kath Soucie) whose name and occupation keeps getting changed, Ace's friend Newark (voiced by Billy West), and the general (voiced by Jim Cummings) of an army fighting different monstrous threats.
A short segment where Igor gives a science lesson (be it a musical piece or a spoken piece) that always ends in disaster.
When Phil does something bad, Igor punishes him by reading a horror tale from the book "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals". It involves a bratty girl named Melissa Screech (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) who does not heed the warnings of adults like her mother (voiced by Kath Soucie) and suffers the consequences for it one way or another. After the story is told, something tied in with the story happens with Igor and Phil. This segment was created by Chris Otsuki.
During season two, Melissa Screetch starred in a new segment called "The Melissa Screetch Show". Whenever Melissa was disappointed with a friend or a family member, she would go home and cover herself under her bed sheets where she pretended to host a show. She then had her transgressor on as a guest star and often did away with them in an ironic manner.
In season two, Bill Kopp and Jeff DeGrandis left the show and were replaced by Paul Rugg. The series' format changed into more of a sitcom style.
The only other backup segments to re-materialize in season two were the B-movie parodies (though some episodes of "Night of the Living Fred" aired) and Melissa Screetch in a new segment called "The Melissa Screetch Show".
Note: All episodes in this season were directed by Jeff DeGrandis.
"Darla Doiley – Demon Doll": Igor buys Phil the Monster a doll bent on murdering its owners.
"The Importance of Being Urnie": Zombie kids Fred and Ashley Deadman track down their Uncle Urnie after he gets mixed up with a bag of cash during a bank robbery.
"Clone of Be Cloned": Igor teaches viewers the process and consequences of cloning as he tries to make some playmates for Phil.
"Blind Date of Frankenstein": On advice from his reflection (who represents his successful self), Igor builds a girlfriend for his arrogant master Dr. Vic Frankenstein.
"Football...and Other Body Parts": Fred and Ashley must prove their worth during a school football game.
"Helium and Hot Air Balloons": Igor inflates Phil as part of his lesson about air displacement and how helium is the lightest element on the periodic table.
"Love Potion Number Nein": Igor steals Dr. Vic's love potion and uses it as a perfume for Natalie Nightshade, a once-famous Hollywood actress who now haunts the castle. The potion however has a dangerous side effect that may cost Igor his life.
"Attack of the Iguana People": A monster movie parody where Mr. Big's minion Fez Rococco kidnaps Professor Man for a growth serum that a giant insect created during the struggle. Ace Deuce, Professor Man's daughter, and Newark must lure the giant insect to the volcano while working to rescue Professor Man.
"The Big Bang": Igor traps Phil inside a giant popcorn machine as part of his lesson on the big bang theory.
"Baby Human": Igor creates a humanoid baby with an insatiable appetite
"Earth vs. Everything": A B-movie parody in which a monster known as "Everything" plots to rule the world as it is consisted of a literal "abominable snowman", a swarm of giant ants, and a group of UFOs. It's up to Ace Deuce and Professor Man's daughter to stop the "Everything".
"Blunder and Lightning": Igor teaches viewers about lightning, but cannot stop getting struck by it.
"Built for Speed": While on his way to a mad scientists' potluck, Dr. Vic learns that his rival (now reduced to a head after eating Vic's nine-alarm chili) booby-trapped his car to explode if it gets below 60 miles per hour.
"Captain Beaumarchais' Fish Flakes": A short commercial parody for a breakfast cereal made of fish.
"A Kiss Before Dying": Ashley sets up a kissing booth at the school carnival while Fred tries to go on The Twirl 'n Hurl.
"Gravity": Igor pushes Phil off the Eiffel Tower in this warped lesson on gravity.
"Spawn of Santa": In this twisted Christmas episode, Dr. Vic switches Santa Claus' brain with the brain of a bank robber named Debbie.
"Dead Hard": Fred is sentenced to overnight detention and must escape by traveling through the school's air vent to save his date for the school dance from the school bully.
"Periodic Table of Elements": Igor sings about the periodic table.
"Doom with a View": Mr. Death wants to go on vacation and stays at the castle (which Igor and Phil set up as a bed and breakfast while Dr. Vic was gone), but Igor and Phil's antics get on Mr. Death's nerves and Dr. Vic (who came back early and thinks he's terminally ill) thinks Mr. Death is after him personally.
"Dead Dog Day Afternoon": Fred takes his dead dog to a dog show.
"Evolution and the Attorney": Igor sings about the evolution of man.
"Love Hurts": Igor, Dr. Vic, and Phil appear on a Dating Game-style game show called "Love Hurts" where Dr. Vic keeps getting injured during the physical challenges.
"One for Mall and Mall for One": The Deadmans head to the mall for a family photo, where Stiffany gets her hair done, Ashley gets her ears pierced, Fred tries to win a video game at the arcade, and Dedgar is roped into donating blood (which he doesn't have because he's dead) after seeing a plate of free cookies on a counter.
"The Brain": Igor literally picks Phil's brain during a song about the organ.
"Phil Feel Smart": Phil ingests all the chemicals in the lab to wash out the taste of the five-alarm chili Igor made and suddenly becomes the smartest person in the world which Igor and Dr. Vic want to exploit for their own benefits.
"Voodoo Vacation": The Deadmans vacation in Hawaii where they are mistaken for an ancient god.
"The Universe": Igor sings about the universe.
"WereGranny": Dr. Vic's grandmother comes to visit, and Igor thinks Phil accidentally spiking her tea with wolfsbane which turns her into a werewolf whenever she sees the full moon anywhere or hears the word moon.
"The Lobster of Party Beach": A B-movie parody about a lobster monster mutated from leftover nuclear waste ruining a teen beach party that Ace Deuce, Professor Man's daughter, and their friend Newark are attending.
"Luck is Not a Factor": Igor teaches viewers about the scientific reasonings behind luck.
"Family Plot": Igor resurrects Dr. Vic's ex-wife and her family.
"A Zombie is Born": Fred and Ashley sign up for the school talent show.
"Earthquake Boogie": Igor sings an Elvis Presley-inspired song about earthquakes.
"Phil's Brain": Igor tries to get Phil's brain to help him out with taking out the trash—but Phil's brain is lonely and wants a bride.
"Jurassic Putt": Fred goes on a mini-golf date with a Goth girl.
"Bites and Stings": Igor sings about the effects of bites and stings to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.
"The Inferior Decorator": Dr. Vic forces a tired Igor into remodeling his bedroom and Igor replaces Phil's brain with the brain of an interior decorator.
"Bang!": The Deadmans meet their new human neighbors at a barbecue.
"Parasites": Igor sings about how having a parasite for a pet is cheaper than a real animal.
"Something Weenie This Way Comes": After discovering that they are broke, Dr. Vic and Igor take jobs at Weenie on a Twig while Phil is mistaken for a video game at the local arcade.
"Ideadical Cousins": Fred and Ashley Deadman play with their French cousin who wants to get rid of Ashley and live her life
"Igor's Replacement": Igor gets a new job with a different mad scientist Dr. Weirdlove, Dr. Vic's rival scientist after Dr. Vic refuses to give into his demands. However, little does Igor know that Weirdlove has plans in store for Igor.
"My Fair Monster": In this parody of My Fair Lady, Igor trains Phil to be the stand-out of the Westminster Monster show after Dr. Vic refuses to let him enter.
"The Nosey Face": The angry villagers recite a poem about a stranger with a strange nose.
"The Doomed Odyssey": A movie crew invades the castle and Igor, Dr. Vic, and Phil fight back.
"Attack of the Fifty Footed Woman": A B-movie parody where a sleepy Western town called Schools is attacked by an overgrown woman with 50 feet after someone resembling Professor Man's daughter put their feet in a radioactive waste pool. It's up to Sheriff Ace Deuce and Deputy Newark to save Scholls from the Fifty-Footed Woman.
"The Longest Day": Dr. Vic, Igor, and Phil endure a boring visit to the DMV after Dr. Vic gets a misprinted license plate.
"Take Us to Your Liter": A B-movie parody in which aliens want America to switch over to the metric system. It's up to Ace Deuce and Newark to come up with a plan to defeat the aliens.
"For Your Info-Mation": Dr. Vic sells his fountain of youth potion on an infomercial.
"In Or Out": The Deadman kids are expelled for being dead.
"Melissa Makes a Wish": On the night of her birthday, Melissa wishes for a Black Ops helicopter. After being declined by the Birthday Fairy, Melissa airs her latest TV show where she takes action by raiding a meeting of holiday figures in order to get her birthday wish fulfilled.
"Some Weird in Time": Igor, Dr. Vic, and Phil go time-traveling after being fed up of following Dr. Vic's orders by alternating the timeline for himself as an all-powerful, mystic ruler. Therefore, Vic and Phil must stop Igor before he damages the space-time continuum.
"Vittles with Vic": Dr. Vic hosts his own cooking segment.
"Parents Opposed to Television Innappropriateness": A network censor with P.O.T.T.I (Parents Opposed To Television Inappropriateness) speaks out against the show's violent content.
"Phil and Igor in Don't Axe, Don't Tell": An Igor/Phil segment gets toned down by the censor from the previous segment.
"News from Around the World": A newsreel parody shows how the Deadman family changed history.
"A Man of No Importance": An unknown extra points out the scenes he appears in on the show.
"Cyranot": Phil falls in love with a female monster, but Dr. Vic ends up stealing her.
"Igor III": A parody of Shakespeare's Richard III has Igor as the protagonist.
"Running of the Bullies": The Deadman kids fight back against their bullies.
The music for the series was written by Michael Tavera, Keith Baxter, Christopher Neal Nelson, John Paul Given, Christopher Klatman and Thom Sharp. The main title song was written by Steve Bernstein and Julie Bernstein with lyrics by Paul Rugg.
On August 31, 1999, a VHS cassette of Toonsylvania was released, which contained selected episodes. The episodes seen were "Darla Doiley, Demon Doll", "Voodoo Vacation", "Baby Human", "Dead Dog Day Afternoon", "Igor's Science Minute" ("Clone or Be Cloned", "The Brain", "Earthquake Boogie", and "Gravity and the Eiffel Tower"), "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals" ("The Boogeyman", "Stop Making Ugly Faces", "Here There Be Monsters", and "Melissa Screetch: Earth Ambassador"), "Phil's Brain", "Football...and Other Body Parts", "Bang!", and "WereGranny".
In 2014, Netflix in Latin America streamed the entire series.
A Toonsylvania video game was developed by RFX Interactive and released by Light & Shadow Production and Ubi Soft for the Game Boy Color in 2000.[4][5]
Toonsylvania action figures and playsets were developed by Pangea Corporation and released by Toy Island. Burger King distributed toys based on Toonsylvania in their kids' meals for a short period of time.
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