Teini-ikäinen Zach Cooper kärsii kulttuurishokista, jonka muutto suurkaupungista pienelle paikkakunnalle on aiheuttanut. Järkytystä pehmentää kuitenkin se, että hän tutustuu naapurissa asuvaan nättiin tyttöön nimeltä Hannah. Mutta ei niin hyvää, ettei aina jotain karmivaakin. Zach saa nimittäin tietää, että Hannahin salaperäinen isä on menestyksekkään Goosebumps-kirjasarjan kirjoittaja R. L. Stine. Samat hirviöt, joista hänen kirjansa tunnetaan, ovat todellisia, ja Stine suojelee lukijoitaan pitämällä ne lukittuina kirjojensa kansien väliin. Kun Zach tulee päästäneeksi monsterit irti teosten käsikirjoituksista, ne alkavat kaikkien kauhuksi terrorisoida kaupunkia. Ja niin Stine, Zach ja Hannah käyvät yhteistuumin työhön palauttaakseen hirviöt, mukaan lukien Slappy-nukke, noidutun naamion tyttö, puutarhatontut ja monta muuta, takaisin sinne minne ne kuuluvatkin, kirjojen lehdille.
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
Citronella, a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood, nervously waits outside her first group therapy session, while the Pill Bug therapist, Dr. Pill tries to calm a neurotic group of bugs, each suffering from a mental-health issue: An OCD germaphobic Fly freaks when he runs out of hand sanitizer. A Dragonfly couple struggle with co-dependency; she's literally on top of him. A Grasshopper, addicted to coffee, is so jumpy, he launches himself in mid-sentence. A Praying Mantis who doesn't pray because she thinks she is God. A terrified Spider is deathly afraid of -- spiders. And, a perfectly-camouflaged Stick Bug complains that no one ever "sees" him. Throughout all this, Citronella battles her urge to flee - while Dr. Pill implores her to share her "embarrassing" problem.
A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
An animated ode to Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith's weird, wild and wonderful novel.
The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.