Friday, 23 July 2010

House monsters

I am working on a little story series centered around the Hillhurst monster gang from Saban's Beetleborgs.  It not only features Flabber and his house monster gang from the tv series but also features new characters created for the story including a Weregrinch named Growler (that's my one),  a pikachu-like monster named Becky (that's Rebecca's character),   a Judge Doom-like character named Dave,  and a catwoman named Andria (who is Andria's character and is named after her).

In case you aren't familar with Flabber and the house monsters,    here are some quick bios of them:



Flabber




Flabber is a blue skinned phasm from the 7th dimension, he is loosely modelled on Elvis Presley but to some resembles Jay Leno of the Tonight Show. His mannerisms are similar to Jim Carrey's famous character Ace Ventura including his laugh. He serves as the offical leader of the house monsters and is the one that has to intervene whenever Wolfie, Fangula and Mums attempt to try and eat the kids. He is also a friend of the Beetleborgs and is the one who gave them their superpowers after being freed from the pipe organ by Jo. He knows some pretty powerful magic spells but sometimes his magic backfires. He has a rather quirky sense of humour. He often works well with Art Fortunes (creator of Beetleborgs comics) as the two often work together - Art draws the pictures and Flabber brings them to life with his magic. He is often occupied by three girls known as The Pipettes (each of them have their own names). He is also quite a musician and loves music.





Mums

Mums is a 50, 000 year old mummy who is second in command of the house monsters, he can unwrap his bandages to reveal a grim reaper-like form underneath. In terms of personality he is pretty much the straight man type although he can be quite sarcastic at times.


Frankenbeans

Frankenbeans is a lumbering frankenstein's monster type creature who isn't too bright but is a big softy, he is also rather strong and probably the second strongest house monster next to Growler. He is also a creation of Dr Baron Von Frankenbeans.



Wolfgang

Wolfgang Smith or Wolfie as he is often called is a werewolf who is treated more like a house pet than a monster, he talks in a manner similar to Astro from the Jetsons or Scooby Doo. And as such nobody else can understand him except for Count Fangula, he is perhaps the bravest and most cunning of the house monsters as he is the only one who has tangled with the villains.



Fangula

Count Fangula is a vampire but a not-so-good one, but a vampire nonetheless. He is loosely based on Dracula and is often the first to attempt to eat the children. He is the only one who can understand what Wolfie is saying and often serves as his translator.



Little Ghoul


Little Ghoul is a small Jawa-like ghoul who lives in the basement, rarely ever coming out. She has a hooded cloak with two eerie red eyes, she has a rather short temper which kind of frightens the other monsters even more than what her true appearance under her hood looks like. She has a sick sense of humour and is a bit of a mischief maker at times. It is revealed that she is related to the Grim Reaper.



Ghoulum

Ghoulum is a living stone statue monster, he is not the most active monster but he is still considered a member of the group even though he has little to do or say with what the other monsters do. Most of the time he does what statues do best - which is of course standing in place. On rare occassions he often helps the other monsters out.



Growler (my house monster persona)

Growler is a weregrinch - a rather intelligent and sly one at that. He resembles the Jim Carrey version of the Grinch from the live action Grinch movie. He became the way he is after Jim Carrey bit him on a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood. He is the strongest member of the group next to Frankenbeans and the second most crafty next to Wolfie. He has super keen senses, super strength, stealth and agility as well as enhanced grinch-like abilities. He has his own grinch lair at Hillhurst which is the guest room. Sometimes his grinch instincts kick in including the urge to eat garbage.



Andria (Andria Kilgore's house monster persona)

Andria is a beautiful, strong willed, intelligent catwoman at Hillhurst. She is a close friend of Growler's and is loosely based on Michelle Pffieffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns. Because she is rather feline-like Wolfie is always trying to chase her, but she always outruns him and easily escapes. Her look is visually based on the Na'vi from Avatar.



Dave


Dave is perhaps the scariest monster residing at Hillhurst, probably because of the fact he is a Monster Toon and he is a lot like Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He is often seen trying to teach the other monsters to be better at scaring people. He has toon based magic and is often having magic contests with Flabber.



Becky (Rebecca's house monster persona)


Becky is a 6'2 pikachu-like monster who in addition to being cute is also rather spunky. She has some electric powers which mirror abilities used by electric type pokemon, she can also hijack machinery and cause power outages to happen to all electrical devices that her various enemies have.
 

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