Toonsylvania is an American animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids Network block[1] (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids' shows such as Goosebumps and Eerie, Indiana) in its first season, then was moved to Monday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until January 18, 1999, when it was cancelled.
Unlike Animaniacs, Toonsylvania did not have a wide range of characters and almost every episode had the same component segments.
During the season two restructuring, Igor, Dr. Vic Frankenstein and Phil interact with a variety of new characters, including a snooping next-door neighbor Seth Tuber (voiced by Jonathan Harris), who was based on Norman Bates from Psycho.
[3] Sometimes, a parody of a B-list horror movie would air instead of a "Night of the Living Fred" cartoon.
A short segment where Igor gives a science lesson (be it a song or spoken piece) that always ends in disaster.
When Phil does something bad, Igor punishes him by reading a horror tale from the book "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals."
It involves a bratty girl named Melissa Screetch (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) who does not heed the warnings of adults like her mother and suffers the consequences for it one way or another.
Whenever Melissa was disappointed with a friend or a family member, she would go home and cover herself under her bed sheets where she pretended to host a show.
In season two, Bill Kopp and Jeff DeGrandis left the show and were replaced by Paul Rugg.
"Attack of the Iguana People": A monster movie parody where Mr. Big's minion Fez Rococco kidnaps Professor Man for a growth serum that a giant insect created during the struggle.
"Baby Human": Igor creates a humanoid baby with an insatiable appetite "Earth vs. Everything": A B-movie parody in which a monster known as "Everything" plots to rule the world as it is consisted of a literal "abominable snowman", a swarm of giant ants, and a group of UFOs.
"The Lobster of Party Beach": A B-movie parody about a lobster monster mutated from leftover nuclear waste ruining a teen beach party that Ace Deuce, Professor Man's daughter, and their friend Newark are attending.
"Ideadical Cousins": Fred and Ashley Deadman play with their French cousin who wants to get rid of Ashley and live her life "Igor's Replacement": Igor gets a new job with a different mad scientist Dr. Weirdlove, Dr. Vic's rival scientist after Dr. Vic refuses to give into his demands.
"The Nosey Face": The angry villagers recite a poem about a stranger with a strange nose.
"The Doomed Odyssey": A movie crew invades the castle and Igor, Dr. Vic, and Phil fight back.
"Attack of the Fifty Footed Woman": A B-movie parody where a sleepy Western town called Schools is attacked by an overgrown woman with 50 feet after someone resembling Professor Man's daughter put their feet in a radioactive waste pool.
It's up to Sheriff Ace Deuce and Deputy Newark to save Scholls from the Fifty-Footed Woman.
"Take Us to Your Liter": A B-movie parody in which aliens want America to switch over to the metric system.
The episodes seen were "Darla Doiley, Demon Doll", "Voodoo Vacation", "Baby Human", "Dead Dog Day Afternoon", "Igor's Science Minute" ("Clone or Be Cloned", "The Brain", "Earthquake Boogie", and "Gravity and the Eiffel Tower"), "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals" ("The Boogeyman", "Stop Making Ugly Faces", "Here There Be Monsters", and "Melissa Screetch: Earth Ambassador"), "Phil's Brain", "Football...and Other Body Parts", "Bang!
[6] Toonsylvania action figures and playsets were developed by Pangea Corporation and released by Toy Island.
Burger King distributed toys based on Toonsylvania in their kids' meals for a short period of time.