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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/my_pet_monster_nelvana_cartoon.png]]
The AnimatedAdaptation of the popular 1986 plush toy of the same name, ''My Pet Monster'' is a 1987 MerchandiseDriven animated series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} that ran for a single season of 13 episodes on Creator/{{ABC}}. It was preceded in 1986 by a direct-to-video movie, also titled ''My Pet Monster'' (which has [[Film/MyPetMonster its own page on this wiki]]).
The cartoon follows a different plot than the movie. Whereas the movie had its protagonist transform into the eponymous monster whenever hungry after being cursed by a statue, the show has the kid (named Max, just like in the movie) as a separate character from the monster (named, umm, Monster), who is indeed his pet and best friend. Max has a magic pair of handcuffs that turn Monster into a plush when placed on his arms. He uses this to keep Monster's existence a secret from everyone else, with the only ones in on the truth being his older sister Jill and their friend Chuckie. The main adversaries of the show are Beastur, a bigger, scarier monster who hates light and seeks to take Monster back to Monsterland, and Mr. Hinkle, Max's neighbor who is very certain that Max is hiding something from him.
The show was short-lived but proved a modest success, boosting sales of the toys significantly. Some of the actors in the cartoon were also in the 1986 movie, such as Creator/AlysonCourt and Creator/ColinFox, although they often took on different roles. There was also a series of kids' books from Golden Books Publishing that shared a similar premise to the cartoon, with the main difference being that Monster lived in a cave under Max's house.
Nelvana has every episode on [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZNlAa1UKF7uSDNx967WDVIffOI2xWkH their Retro Rerun Youtube channel.]]
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! Tropes:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Max and Jill, who are blond, in this series, had brown hair in the movie.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Jill was known as Melanie in the movie
* AffectionateNickname: Jill calls Monster “Monzie” for short.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''My Pet Monster'' plush toy line.
* AnotherDimension: Monsterland, where Monster originally came from, is accessed via portal. Beastur regularly comes in and out of Monsterland via portal to try and capture Monster and take him back to his home.
* BenevolentMonsters: Monster himself is Max's goofy, fun-loving, mischievous pet and best friend.
* BigBadEnsemble: The series has two antagonists in the form of Monster's archenemy Beastur and Max and Jill's neighbor Mr. Hinkle.
* ABoyAndHisX: In this case, the "X" is a monster. As the title of the show (and the theme song) suggests, the focus of the series is on the friendship between Max and his pet Monster.
* CanonForeigner: Chuckie had no counterpart in the direct-to-video movie.
* CoolKey: The key that Max uses to unlock Monster's magic handcuffs. They also double as a homing device to track the handcuffs if Max loses them.
* DecompositeCharacter: Whereas Max was a kid with the ability to transform into Monster in the 1986 movie, Max and Monster and separate characters in this series.
* ADogNamedDog: Monster is a monster named Monster.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Monster ''loves'' to eat garbage. Just saying "the G-word" around him will get him all wild and excited.
* MerchandiseDriven: What else did you expect from an 80s cartoon based on a plush toy? It certainly doesn't help that Monster can be transformed into a stuffed toy whenever Max puts the orange handcuffs on him - the same orange handcuffs the plush monster came with in the toy stores!
* MisterMuffykins: Mr. Hinkle's pet poodle Princess fulfills this, although Monster loves messing with her.
* OnlyOneName: Max and Jill are only ever referred by their first names, although one episode reveals their last name to be Smith.
* PetMonstrosity: Monster, obviously. It's called ''My Pet Monster'' for a reason!
* SecretChaser: Mr. Hinkle, who is completely certain that Max has some kind of wild creature living with him and is determined to find out what it is so he can have it rid of.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Well, monster, in the case of Monster and Beastur.
* SecretKeeper: Jill and Chuckie help Max keep the existence of Monster a secret from the adults.
* SupernormalBindings: Monster's handcuffs transform him into a plush toy that allows Max to hide him from others as needed. When placed on Beastur, these handcuffs cause him to shrink to a weak and tiny version of himself.
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: Max's treehouse has one of these.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mr. Hinkle seems to be this to Dr. Snyder from the movie, being played by the same actor and fulfilling the role of primary human antagonist. Beastur likewise seems to be based on the final scene of the movie, where [[spoiler:Dr. Snyder gains the ability to transform into an even bigger, scarier monster.]]
* TeamPet: Monster is this for the PowerTrio of Max, Jill, and Chuckie.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The denizens of Monsterland are these; Monster himself however was so bad at scaring children that he ended up befriending them instead - something that didn't sit well with Beastur and the others.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Monster and Beastur both speak like this.
* TreehouseOfFun: Max, Jill, and Chuckie use a treehouse in Max's backyard as their primary base of operations.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Beastur's sensitive eyes make him very vulnerable to light, hence why he hates it.
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The AnimatedAdaptation of the popular 1986 plush toy of the same name, ''My Pet Monster'' is a 1987 MerchandiseDriven animated series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} that ran for a single season of 13 episodes on Creator/{{ABC}}. It was preceded in 1986 by a direct-to-video movie, also titled ''My Pet Monster'' (which has [[Film/MyPetMonster its own page on this wiki]]).
The cartoon follows a different plot than the movie. Whereas the movie had its protagonist transform into the eponymous monster whenever hungry after being cursed by a statue, the show has the kid (named Max, just like in the movie) as a separate character from the monster (named, umm, Monster), who is indeed his pet and best friend. Max has a magic pair of handcuffs that turn Monster into a plush when placed on his arms. He uses this to keep Monster's existence a secret from everyone else, with the only ones in on the truth being his older sister Jill and their friend Chuckie. The main adversaries of the show are Beastur, a bigger, scarier monster who hates light and seeks to take Monster back to Monsterland, and Mr. Hinkle, Max's neighbor who is very certain that Max is hiding something from him.
The show was short-lived but proved a modest success, boosting sales of the toys significantly. Some of the actors in the cartoon were also in the 1986 movie, such as Creator/AlysonCourt and Creator/ColinFox, although they often took on different roles. There was also a series of kids' books from Golden Books Publishing that shared a similar premise to the cartoon, with the main difference being that Monster lived in a cave under Max's house.
Nelvana has every episode on [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZNlAa1UKF7uSDNx967WDVIffOI2xWkH their Retro Rerun Youtube channel.]]
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! Tropes:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Max and Jill, who are blond, in this series, had brown hair in the movie.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Jill was known as Melanie in the movie
* AffectionateNickname: Jill calls Monster “Monzie” for short.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''My Pet Monster'' plush toy line.
* AnotherDimension: Monsterland, where Monster originally came from, is accessed via portal. Beastur regularly comes in and out of Monsterland via portal to try and capture Monster and take him back to his home.
* BenevolentMonsters: Monster himself is Max's goofy, fun-loving, mischievous pet and best friend.
* BigBadEnsemble: The series has two antagonists in the form of Monster's archenemy Beastur and Max and Jill's neighbor Mr. Hinkle.
* ABoyAndHisX: In this case, the "X" is a monster. As the title of the show (and the theme song) suggests, the focus of the series is on the friendship between Max and his pet Monster.
* CanonForeigner: Chuckie had no counterpart in the direct-to-video movie.
* CoolKey: The key that Max uses to unlock Monster's magic handcuffs. They also double as a homing device to track the handcuffs if Max loses them.
* DecompositeCharacter: Whereas Max was a kid with the ability to transform into Monster in the 1986 movie, Max and Monster and separate characters in this series.
* ADogNamedDog: Monster is a monster named Monster.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Monster ''loves'' to eat garbage. Just saying "the G-word" around him will get him all wild and excited.
* MerchandiseDriven: What else did you expect from an 80s cartoon based on a plush toy? It certainly doesn't help that Monster can be transformed into a stuffed toy whenever Max puts the orange handcuffs on him - the same orange handcuffs the plush monster came with in the toy stores!
* MisterMuffykins: Mr. Hinkle's pet poodle Princess fulfills this, although Monster loves messing with her.
* OnlyOneName: Max and Jill are only ever referred by their first names, although one episode reveals their last name to be Smith.
* PetMonstrosity: Monster, obviously. It's called ''My Pet Monster'' for a reason!
* SecretChaser: Mr. Hinkle, who is completely certain that Max has some kind of wild creature living with him and is determined to find out what it is so he can have it rid of.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Well, monster, in the case of Monster and Beastur.
* SecretKeeper: Jill and Chuckie help Max keep the existence of Monster a secret from the adults.
* SupernormalBindings: Monster's handcuffs transform him into a plush toy that allows Max to hide him from others as needed. When placed on Beastur, these handcuffs cause him to shrink to a weak and tiny version of himself.
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: Max's treehouse has one of these.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mr. Hinkle seems to be this to Dr. Snyder from the movie, being played by the same actor and fulfilling the role of primary human antagonist. Beastur likewise seems to be based on the final scene of the movie, where [[spoiler:Dr. Snyder gains the ability to transform into an even bigger, scarier monster.]]
* TeamPet: Monster is this for the PowerTrio of Max, Jill, and Chuckie.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The denizens of Monsterland are these; Monster himself however was so bad at scaring children that he ended up befriending them instead - something that didn't sit well with Beastur and the others.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Monster and Beastur both speak like this.
* TreehouseOfFun: Max, Jill, and Chuckie use a treehouse in Max's backyard as their primary base of operations.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Beastur's sensitive eyes make him very vulnerable to light, hence why he hates it.
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