Ickis is diagnosed as spontaneously combustible -- which means he could explode at any moment. His friends feel sorry for him, but at the same time are reluctant to be near him for fear that he could "go at any moment." The Gromble refers to the Academy monsters as "humans" because they are afraid of something they do not understand.

Ickis gets "flashed" (gets his picture taken) by a celebrity reporter. If this picture runs on the front page, monsters' existence will be revealed to humans. Our heroes must band together and go above ground to retrieve every newspaper copy before dawn.

Ickis steals a magician's hat, assuming that its powers will make him the most popular monster at the academy.

Oblina is not superstitious, but when she steps on a slug, she starts experiencing circumstantial "bad luck." Ickis and Krumm give her a lucky charm to turn her luck around.

When the viewfinder stops working, Ickis, Oblina and Krumm tell very different versions of the same scare.

Ickis is chosen by mysterious forces as the monster to search for the holy pail -- the most sacred of monster objects.

The festival celebrates the shedding of skins that each monster must undergo as he or she moves from childhood to adolescence. As the festival approaches, Krumm is chosen to form a band and Oblina is chosen to perform the festival's ceremonial dance. Ickis, who shows no signs of shedding, feels left out.

When the Gromble dumps his obnoxious nephew on Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, the only way they can find to keep him quiet is to tell him a story. Oblina treats the tyke to her own version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" where the Troll is the hero.

Oblina is left in charge when the Gromble goes off to the Annual Academy Teachers Convention, and power goes to her head.

Ickis' boasting gets the better of him after he sits through a cutesy movie, just to prove that he can. The movie doesn't give him bad dreams, but Zimbo does, when he dresses as the main character and begins to torment Ickis.

Ickis falls head over heels in love when he spots the screeching hook-nosed Judy from a street corner Punch and Judy show. Not knowing she's a puppet, Ickis finally shares his feelings with his friends, who help him to present himself to the object of his desire.

When Ickis runs away from the Academy he falls in with an old bluesman who cannot be scared because he's blind. The two become friends as the bluesman teaches Ickis a thing or two about being your own man -- or monster. Ickis returns the favour when he scares the demolition crew that arrives to destroy the old man's building.

Feeling like Ickis and Oblina are not paying him enough attention, Krumm moves out of their dorm room and into the room of two other monsters - Snav and Blib. These two monsters spoil Krumm with attention, which he needs - at first. But soon Krumm realises that being the centre of attention is not all it's cracked up to be.

When Ickis meets a monster with a human face, he not only gains a private tutor, he makes a friend. As a youngster this human-faced monster was the object of such ridicule that he ran away from the dump and has hidden in the human world ever since. Now it is up to Ickis to convince him that the monster world has matured enough to accept this handsome monster as he is.

A substitute teacher arrives, announcing that The Gromble has "gone away" and that he will be taking over. The substitute lets the students do whatever they want - even garbage fights are allowed!

The Gromble is in love with the Library Monster, and he's not as strict as he used to be. Ickis is thrilled and wants to make sure that The Gromble stays in love, but The Gromble is unsure how to behave with a lady -it's been so long- so he asks Oblina for helpful hints.

Simon the Monster Hunter hires three of the greatest hunters in the world to help him capture Ickis and prove to the world that monsters do exist. When Ickis proves to be more difficult to catch than the hunters had anticipated, the hunters' pride gets the best of them. They turn away Simon's money and set their sights on doing more than just "capturing" Ickis.