Line #14 WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm


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3	''Monster Farm'' was a short-lived animated series from Saban that aired one season on the Fox Family network (now Creator/{{Freeform}}) from 1998 to 1999, on an afternoon kids' show block called "The Basement" that included this show alongside ''WesternAnimation/BadDog'', ''Walter Melon'', and reruns of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
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5	The series was about a young man from the [[CityMouse city]] named Jack Haylee and the farm he inherits from his great Uncle Harloff. When he arrives, he finds a bizarre collection of farm animals. Together, this unlikely menagerie must work to help their new owner save their home from the curiosity seekers who threaten their wacky world.
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7	!!''Monster Farm'' contains examples of:
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9	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song of the Italian dub is "Quella Strana Fattoria", which was sung by Music/CristinaDAvena.
10	* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: In "Tractor Terror", the farm's tractor comes to life and goes on a rampage after being [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]].
11	* BabyMorphEpisode: "Pablum Problem" has an accident result in Goatasarus Rex, Count Cluckula, Frankenswine, Zombeef, Cowapatra and Dr. Woolly being turned into infants, with Jack having to look after them before he can fix the machine that caused their age regressions and turn them back into adults.
12	* BenevolentMonsters: The monster animals are in fact all quite friendly. The only actually dangerous one is the mindlessly aggressive Mr. Ewwe, who is just the occasionally-surfacing SuperpoweredEvilSide of the otherwise mild-mannered Dr. Woolly.
13	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: In the episode "Bigfoot, Sweetie Baby", a Bigfoot director offers to make Goatasarus Rex, Frankenswine, Count Cluckula, Zombeef and Cowapatra movie stars, but is really tricking them so that a bunch of other sasquatches can eat them.
14	* ClassReunion: "State of Reunion" had Jack Haylee attending his high school reunion with the monster animals trying to help him shed his reputation as a loser.
15	* CloneByConversion: The episode "A Pair of Jacks" had Count Cluckula drink a potion that turned him into a copy of Jack Haylee.
16	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In "Tractor Terror", the berserk tractor snags off the bandages wrapped around Cowapatra's pelvis, revealing polka dot bloomers.
17	* DaywalkingVampire: Vampire rooster Count Cluckula is never shown to have any problems going about during the daytime.
18	* EmbarrassingTattoo: In "Fangs for the Memories", Goatasaurus Rex elects himself leader of the monster animals by threatening to blackmail everyone with humiliating secrets, one of which is that Dr. Woolly has a risque tattoo somewhere on his body that can only be seen when he's sheared.
19	* ElvisImpersonator: In "Elixir of Chicken", Count Cluckula's first attempt at making himself more handsome with Dr. Woolly's formula has him turn into an Elvis impersonator.
20	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Zombeef is a zombie cow.
21	* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: "The Meaning of Life" ends with Dr. Woolly annoying the rest of the cast by playing bagpipes.
22	* ExpositoryThemeTune: The theme song explains how Jack has inherited the farm and found that it is inhabited by monster animals.
23	* FlyCrazy: Goatasaurus Rex spends most of the episode "P.S. I Love Ewwe" trying to swat at a fly that's bothering him.
24	* FrankensteinsMonster: Frankenswine is a Frankenstein monster pig.
25	* FreudianCouch: Frankenswine lies on a couch and tells Dr. Woolly his problems in the episode "7 Year Stench".
26	* HiccupHijinks: The episode "Country Hiccups", which was among the half of the series that didn't air in the United States, had Goatasaurus Rex gain the hiccups after late night snacking and the other monsters having to find a way to cure him because his fiery breath made his hiccups very destructive and dangerous.
27	* JekyllAndHyde: Dr. Woolly is a gentle sheep scientist who mutates into a crazy sheep monster named Mr. Ewwe whenever he gets wet and changes back when he gets wet a second time.
28	* JumpingOutOfACake: In "P.S. I Love Ewwe", the episode where Zombeef falls for Dr. Woolly's monstrous alter ego Mr. Ewwe, Dr. Woolly's bachelor party includes a cake that Count Cluckula expects to have a beautiful woman pop out of. Instead, a scientist mixing chemicals comes out of the cake and ends up blowing himself up from the concoction he creates.
29	* LightningCanDoAnything:
30	** The episode "Tractor Terror" has the farm's tractor come to life and go on a rampage after being struck by lightning.
31	** In "Short Circuit Swine", Frankenswine gets struck by lightning and gains the ability to repair technology by touching it.
32	* ManEatingPlant: The first episode "Back to the Roots" has a plant monster that tries to eat Jack.
33	* MonsterMash: The cartoon revolves around a group of monster animals consisting of a vampire rooster named Count Cluckula, a goat {{Kaiju}} named Goatasaurus Rex, a werewolf dog named Scare-Woof, a FrankensteinsMonster pig named Frankenswine, a zombie cow named Zombeef, a mummy cow named Cowapatra and a meek bespectacled sheep named Dr. Woolly who has JekyllAndHyde-type transformations into a deranged brute named Mr. Ewwe whenever he gets wet.
34	* {{Mummy}}: Cowapatra is a mummy cow.
35	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Goatasaurus Rex is reptilian and can breathe fire.
36	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Count Cluckula is a vampire rooster.
37	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Scare-Woof is a werewolf dog.
38	* PsychoShowerMurderParody: The iconic shower murder scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' is parodied in "The Trouble with Woolly" when the butler searching for Dr. Woolly's calorie-free chocolate spray attacks a showering Count Cluckula with a plunger.
39	* PunnyName: All of the monsters' names are puns (e.g. Zombeef is a zombie cow whose name is a portmanteau of "zombie" and "beef").
40	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits Jack and the monsters.
41	* RumpRoast: Zombeef gets her rear end set on fire in "State of Reunion".
42	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: A rich man named Pa and his son Jimmy Earl keep threatening to take the Monster Farm from Jack and do whatever they can to get it, even if it's unethical or illegal.
43	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Dr. Woolly wears glasses and is the smartest of the monster animals.
44	* TokenHuman: Jack is the only member of the main cast who is a human being rather than a monster animal.
45	* TransformationRay: Dr. Woolly becomes Mr. Ewwe whenever he's splashed with water.
46	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Zombeef and Cowapatra are the only two female monster animals.
47	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Jack Haylee doesn't seem to mind the farm being filled with monster livestock one bit.
48	* WelcomeEpisode: The series premiere "Back to the Roots" has Jack meet the monster animals for the first time. Count Cluckula is the first monster animal he encounters and Cluckula subsequently introduces Jack to the other monster animals.

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