Editing Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (section)

===Reviews===
Reviews for ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' were very positive. Josef Adalian of ''[[The Washington Times]]'' praised the show's animation and sense of humor, although it was not as "hip and witty" as ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' or ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Although he felt the show would appeal to children over nine as well as adults, he said it may not appeal to those who "react negatively to semi-scary sights and gags about body odor, physical punishment or abusive older siblings".<ref name="Adalian1028">{{Cite news |last=Adalian |first=Josef |date=October 28, 1994 |title=C Metropolitan Times – Arts & Entertainment – Channel Surfer |work=[[The Washington Times]] |page=C18}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' writer Matt Roush called it "garish and blissfully silly" and praised the show's "outrageous characters have just enough ''Ren & Stimpy'' grodiness, but tempered with exceptional sweetness".<ref name="Roush1028" /> Ginny Holbert of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called it a "cute and clever" series with "wit and inventive creatures", and compared the animation to the work of artist [[Peter Max]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holbert |first=Ginny |date=October 24, 1994 |title=Big News for Little Viewers – Nick Jr. Improves Kids' TV Picture |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |page=35}}</ref> [[Gannett Company|Gannett News Service]] writer Mike Hughes called it a "terrific cartoon series",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mike |date=October 28, 1994 |title=For a Change, Good Viewing on Sunday |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> and said the show's "wildly perverse humor" had a "distinctly European style" that reflected Gábor Csupó's Hungarian background.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mike |date=December 27, 1994 |title=To Some Jaded Souls, This Is the Ghost of Glories Past |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' writer Tom Feran called the show "good fun" and favorably compared the series' premise to that of the animated film ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.<ref name="Feran1029" /> ''[[Boston Herald]]'' writer Frances Katz wrote, "If there was ever a great title for a cartoon, it has to be Nickelodeon's ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'''."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Katz |first=Frances |date=October 30, 1994 |title=Just for Kids – Monster Mania |work=[[Boston Herald]] |page=011}}</ref> Not all reviews were positive. The November 1994 issue of ''[[Parenting (magazine)|Parenting]]'' magazine listed ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' as #1 in its top ten list of the worst new shows of the television season, describing it as "Graphic and scatological; it's just plain gross."<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 1, 1994 |title=On Television – Parenting Picks 10 Best and Worst |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-parenting-picks/173021743/ |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |page=E10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Some media outlets pointed out similarities between ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' and ''[[The Brothers Grunt]]'', an [[MTV]] animated television series created by [[Danny Antonucci]] about a group of grotesque humanoid characters. Gábor Csupó rejected these comparisons and claims his show was more story- and character-driven with a different visual style, while Antonucci's show was idea-driven.<ref name="Mendoza1030" /> Csupó did not want ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' to be lumped together with ''The Brothers Grunt'', especially since that show received low ratings and negative reviews, lasting for 8 months, and that Danny Antonucci called it "MTV's dirty little secret".