11 April (2020-04-11) – 16 December 2020 (2020-12-16)
Monster Beach is an Australian television series created by Bruce Kane, Maurice Argiro (who also createdKitty Is Not a Cat) and Patrick Crawley, which first premiered as a 70-minute TV special onCartoon Network on 31 October 2014 and was then later commissioned as a full series airing in 2020. Originally produced by the companies Bogan Entertainment Solutions (later Studio Moshi) and Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment (in association withCartoon Network Asia Pacific), it's the second locallyanimated production to be commissioned by the channel afterExchange Student Zero.[1] It was released on DVD on 1 June 2016 fromMadman Entertainment.
In 2017, a series was greenlit by Cartoon Network[2] for a 52-episode TV series consisting of 11-minute episodes; apilot episode based on the televised film itself was announced, but never released.[3]
The series started airing on Cartoon Network Australia on 11 April 2020 and won Best Animated TV Programme at the 2020 Content Asia Awards.[4]Monster Beach is animated by Studio Moshi[5] in Australiaand Inspidea[6] in Malaysia.
Jan and Dean are visiting their Uncle Woody on Iki-Iki Island for a relaxing Summer vacation at Monsoon Beach, however they soon discover that it is now become "Monster Beach" when the late king's son Dr. Knutt used voodoo magic to curse the friendly beach-goers (and accidentally himself) into monsters. Eventually the two siblings enjoy hanging out with their new ghoulish friends and have fun adventures with them, but often have to deal with anything that ruins their fun like Dr. Knutt trying to takeover his late father's island with the help of his Tiki minions, and the business antics of greedy resort tycoon Frances Butterfield.
Jan (voiced byKazumi Evans): Dean's thrill seeking sister who likes to explore around the beach.
Dean (voiced by Elishia Perosa): Jan's tech-wiz brother who has no experience in surfing.
Uncle Woody (voiced byGarry Chalk): Jan and Dean's laid-back uncle who is put in charge of the beach by the late King Aina Haina. He was given ownership of the island because the late king saw he actually cared for the island and its inhabitants. Woody and Aina Haina were great friends back then. Woody taught the king how to surf while Aina Haina taught Woody how to find hissubconscious dude. He is the only human unchanged by Knutt's curse because the deed makes him immune to his magic.
Brainfreeze (voiced by Bill Newton): The mellowed and forgetful owner of a surf shack who was turned into anogre.
Widget (voiced byKelly Sheridan): A beach girl who got turned into a stitched upzombie, resulting her to try to put herself together.
The Mutt (voiced byRove McManus): The wild mechanic of a repair shop who got turned into awerewolf. It turns out that during a full moon, he will transform into a human accountant named Walter.
Amphibia (voiced by Nadeen Lightbody): A Jamaican yoga instructor who got turned into aswamp creature and has an octopus named Octavia on her head to act as her hair. She is shown to have the ability to speak to animals and create tsunamis when she gets angry.
Stress Leave (voiced byHiro Kanagawa) A stressful Japanese work accountant who got turned into agremlin and usually does his job inside a phone booth.
Lost Patrol (voiced byBrian Dobson): The drill sergeant lifeguard of the beach who was turned into a mechanizedfrankenstein.
Mad Madge (voiced by Patrick Crawley): The owner of the diner who got turned into afrog, serving disgusting food that mostly the monsters would eat.
Headache (voiced byBrian Dobson): Madge's brutish fry cook that became ashrunken head who hates it when anybody complains about his cooking, he will yell out a huge roar when he is enraged.
The Murmurmaids (voiced byKazumi Evans andKelly Sheridan): Two snobby beach-goers who got turned intomermaids, however refuse to go into the ocean.
Mummy's Boy (voiced byBrian Dobson): An accident-pronemummy who often get his bandages loose.
Teddles (voiced by Patrick Crawley): A childishanglerfish monster that lives inside a trailer home.
Dr. Knutt (voiced byRove McManus): A wannabe sorcerer and King Aina Haina's son who is responsible for turning the beach-goers into monsters in an attempt to take over the island, unfortunately he was turned into a fierytiki head.
The Tikis (all voiced byBrian Drummond): Small bumbling tikis that Dr. Knutt brought to life as his loyal minions.
Frances Butterfield (voiced byStephen Hall): The greedy resort tycoon who tries many business schemes to make money, he also seeks to rid the monsters off of Iki-Iki Island due to them scaring off the tourists.
Hodad (voiced byRove McManus): Butterfield's cowardly assistant who unwillingly does what his boss wants.
