Monster Allergy (TV series)

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Monster Allergy
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Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Francesco Artibani
  • Bruno Enna
  • Earl Kress
  • Anne-Marie Perrotta
  • Tean Schultz
  • Kurt Weldon
Directed by Iginio Straffi
Creative directors
  • Marco Storani
  • Michel Rodrigues
Voices of(Zick, Elena, Bombo and Timothy-Moth)
(Italian version)
(French version)
(Both Bombo and Timothy-Moth)
(German version)
(unknown)
(English version)
Theme music composer
  • Mike Shields
  • Hal Beckett
  • Scott Bucsis
  • William Anderson
  • Matt Ouimet
Composers
  • Roberto Belelli
  • Francesco Sardella
  • Michele Bettali
  • Stefano Carrara
  • Michele Bettali
  • Stefano Carrara
  • Fabrizio Castania
Country of origin
  • Italy
  • France
  • Germany
Original languages
  • Italian
  • English
  • German
  • French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Joanne Lee (Rainbow S.p.A.)
  • Philippe Delarue (Futurikon)
  • Annita Romanelli (Rai)
  • Natalie Altmann (M6)
  • Nicole Keeb (ZDF)
ProducerIginio Straffi
Animators
Editors
  • Beatrice Latini
  • Giorgia Tranquilli
Running timeApproximately 30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release23 September 2006 (2006-09-23) 
18 August 2009 (2009-08-18)

Monster Allergy is an internationally co-produced animated television series co-created by Katja Centomo, Francesco Artibani, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa, based on the Italian comic book series of the same name. [1] It was jointly produced by Futurikon, Rainbow, M6, Rai Fiction, and ZDF. [2] It was initially broadcast on Rai 2 in Italy, and later aired on M6 in France, on KiKa in Germany, on YTV in Canada, and on Kids' WB in the United States.

Contents

Beginning on 13 March 2018, the series has been officially made available for streaming on YouTube. [3] [4]

Plot

Monster Allergy is based on a comic book series of the same name. The series follows a young boy Ezekiel Zick (nicknamed Zick) who suffers from various allergies and has the ability to see the invisible monsters that live among us. Along with help of his best friend, Elena Potato, and his talking cat, Timothy, Zick hopes to hone his powers to one day become a Monster Tamer just like his dad, Zobedja Zick. [5] [6]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Pilot January 31, 2009 (2009-01-31)
1 26September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23)January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)
2 26December 27, 2008 (2008-12-27)August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18)

Characters

Tamer

In the fiction of the show Tamers are beings with special powers; their main characteristic is The Dom, an energy that is passed from parent to child. With the passing of the generations, powers and knowledge are passed on which lead to real dynasties of Monster Tamers.

The five Dom powers are:

Dom Items

The Dom Items are valuable items that are given by the Tutors to experienced Tamers.

Broadcast

In Italy, Monster Allergy premiered on 6 February 2006 on Rai 2. [29]

In France, the series premiered on M6 [30] (a co-producer of the series) on 18 October 2006 as part of its M6 Kid strand.

In Germany, the series premiered on 23 October 2006 on KiKa.

In the United States, the series premiered on 23 September 2006 on Kids' WB television block broadcast on the affiliates of The CW network. [31] It was shown with scenes edited or cut for time constraints and due to censorship, [32] [33] and the airing order did not follow production order. The series was later made available in its unaltered English dub to watch on Netflix.

in the United Kingdom the series aired on BBC One and CBBC from 2006, and later on Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Too from 2008.

In Canada, it was broadcast on YTV during Crunch and The Zone.

In Latin America it was aired on Jetix in 2007, only season one was broadcast.

Reception

For Common Sense Media, Emily Ashby gave Monster Allergy a mixed review. She wrote that "cartoon violence (explosions, laser blasts from eyes) is commonplace throughout the show" and that it "exists mostly as TV fluff." [34]

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  4. Monster Allergy. "Monster Allergy Season 2 [FULL EPISODES]". YouTube . YouTube, LLC. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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  6. Monster Allergy summary in motionpic.com Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. See Season 1, Episode 1: "House of Monster"
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 See Season 1, Episode 9: "Canned Monsters"
  9. See Season 1, Episode 2: "Monster Pod Under Oldmill"
  10. See Season 1, Episode 4: "The Monster Next Door"
  11. See Season 1, Episode 8: "Terror in the Deep"
  12. 1 2 See Season 1, Episode 3: "Cat in the Pot"
  13. 1 2 See Season 1, Episode 5: "The Pyramid of Invulnerable"
  14. See Season 1, Episode 13: "Mugalak!"
  15. See Season 1, Episode 7: "Pirates Hideout"
  16. 1 2 See Season 1, Episode 17: "The Return of Magnacat"
  17. See Season 2, Episode 32: "The Fall of Barrymore House"
  18. See Season 2, Episode 33: "Moog's Revenge"
  19. See Season 2, Episode 18: "The General Inspector"
  20. 1 2 See Season 2, Episode 40: "The Invisible Enemy"
  21. See Season 1, Episode 22: "The Secret Door"
  22. See Season 2, Episode 29: "The Dragon's Awakening"
  23. See Season 2, Episode 35: "The Snowman"
  24. See Season 2, Episode 36: "The Island Rebels"
  25. See Season 2, Episode 38: "Sinistro's Circus"
  26. See Season 2, Episode 39: "The Tamers' Tournament"
  27. See Season 2, Episode 51: "The House in the Swamp"
  28. See Season 2, Episode 52: "The Hundred and First Door"
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