Mona the Vampire

Mona the Vampire is an interesting show for children. The show centres around a young girl (Mona) and her friends as they attempt to defeat often exaggerated evil beings. Reality changes into fantasy, creating interesting combinations, such as an evil fashion designer trying to turn everyone into mannequins.

The programme is suitable for children of all ages, but it's gentle pace may not interest all children. It is the complete opposite to all the comic and action cartoons that we are used to today. The characters are quite plain and the only real interesting characters are Mona's alter ego and also the class snob (Mona's mortal enemy)Even so, the programme is entertaining and light-hearted, which makes it worth a look.

Mona the Vampire was part of my early early (5:30-6am) morning line-ups when I had to go to school as a snot-nosed kid.

The animation was colorful. Theme Song was cool. Voice Actors done well (many recognizable) and the premise made you think you were part of an inception.

Mona The Vamp is kind of like Scooby Doo but better because I don't like Scooby Doo. It's about a girl, 2 friends and a cat that solve mysteries in her town. Mona has exaggerated interpretations of events like a mean substitute teacher is an alien but it turns out she was a robber or like the video game episode where the game turns everyone into zombies state where in reality the game was addictive.

Mona's assumptions and mind leads her to investigate. Often times her suspicions are wrong that she was still right. Her fantasies leads to the town and people coming to a conclusion of a crime or problem.

With Mona being out of the world personality, she has helped her town in various ways in every episode. She and her friends are heroes.

Her parents try their passive best to have Mona stop pretending to be a Vamp but she never does.

Mona the Vampire was a just a lovely mind perception show.

Verdict: Mona the Gold Vampire.

Episodes dated 1999 that I have are magnificent. I bow down to these.

I note that I found my first Mona disk, Worst Witch too, Tina Turner At Amsterdam, Looking For Alibrandi, etc, when I was new to watching video. These had an impact that I find difficult to appreciate now. The closest I get is if I hold off from watching any Tina Turner for a while and then come back.

Saying that, I now find these to have a magnificence still. Especially some episodes, such as Robot Babysitter and X Change. Despite the DVD versions being 4x3 images.

The first 2001 episodes I purchased are okay too, but I now watch them with the sound turned down to 40%, closer to the DVD feature speech level.

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DVD adverts do not always list the episodes. The DVD compilations in the UK and known to me at January 2007 are:

Book Of The Slimy – episodes dated 1999 in the end credits: - 1 - Book Of The Slimy - 2 - Sam n Ella - 3 - The X Change Student - 4 - Red Moon Monsters

The New Adventures Of Mona The Vampire – episodes dated 1999 in the end credits: - 1 - Attack Of The Living Scarecrow - 2 - The Robot Babysitter 3 - Von Creepsula Runs Amok - 4 - The Nefarious Computer Virus - 5 - The Miserable Phantom Dog - 6 - Jurassic Parking Lot - 7 - The Dreaded Human Spider - 8 - The Living Mannequin

Witch Watch – episodes dated 2001 in the end credits: - 1 - Witch Watch - 2 - The Hexed Mansion Of Agatha Misty - 3 - Ghouls Rule - 4 - The Transylvanian twist - 5 - Creature From The Depths - 6 - Mona And The Werewolf

Mona The Vampire – episodes dated 2001 in the end credits: - 1 - The Ninja's Curse - 2 - Hal T Neander - 3 - The Transformation Of Frankstein - 4 - Taking The Cake - 5 Potato Fish Creepers - 6 - Its All Relative

At October 2008+ there are also, sound no problem:

The Hair Scare – episodes dated 1999 in the end credits: - 1 - The Hair Scare - 2 - Cupid's Mark - 3 - Ghouls And Dolls - 4 - Two Magicians

Flea Circus Of Horror – episodes dated 2001 in the end credits: - 1 - Flea Circus Of Horrors - 2- Pixies - 3 - Bird Boy - 4 - The Droll Troll

Brainwash Boogie – episodes dated 2001 in the end credits: - 1 - Brainwash Boogie - 2 - Von Creepsula's Return - 3 - Shame On The Shaman - 4 - Programmed Pioneers - 5 - Granite Goliath - 6 - Intergalactic Space Campers

The Two Magicians – episodes dated 1999 in the end credits: - 1 - Two Magicians - 2 - Ventrillo-Creep - 3 - The Alien Magician - 4 - Garage Sale Genie - 5 - The Devious Doppelganger. - - - Two Magicians is also in the Hair Scare collection.

I do agree Mona the Vampire isn't for everyone, but one thing for certain, I like this programme. Of course the pacing is very gentle and there are a few characters that lose my interest at times, but what I like about Mona the Vampire is that it is light-hearted and entertaining.

The animation is how I like it to be, crisp, colourful and smooth. I love the colours and the backgrounds and I think the characters are drawn well too. The music is excellent I feel, the theme tune is really catchy and memorable with terrific vocals. The writing is strong and funny and the story lines are interesting. I like the characters in general, especially Mona and Angela, while the voice acting is top notch.

Overall, I like this show, not outstanding but if you want an animated show that has a nice light touch this is for you. 8/10 Bethany Cox

This was good cartoon! Nostalgia gives me vibes of old cartoons and used to read one of the books back in primary school in the library would recommend to watch a lot as this cartoon would be animated by the people who created Arthur! So if anyone thinks this cartoon doesn't look good or anything just letting you know this cartoon will worth your time! You can even invite others who haven't red or watched. Mona The Vampire! Try this as it has exciting episodes! Also has 4 seasons the only regret I would've had was ignoring this show and saying it's bad out of context go right now and watch it friend!