Brady's Beasts



An animated series, which debuted in 2005, about the adventures of 12-year-old Brady Plunkett, who lives in a world where monsters are commonplace and make popular household pets. Brady is the local monster expert in the town of Ravenville; whenever there's a monster problem, be it a rampaging dragon or just a yeti who keeps getting into people's garbage cans, he's the guy you want.

Brady often enlists help from his best friend, 12-year-old Virgil Arp, which Virgil isn't too happy about. Occasionally, he'll also call upon the services of their other friend, 13-year-old Ember Tombs, another monster-lover with a style of dress that suits her name well.

A recurring plot point is Brady's search for his own pet monster, who went missing after being chased off by townspeople.

Tropes:

 * Adults Are Useless: Most adults have a close-minded attitude towards monsters, or are just plain incompetent when it comes to dealing with them.
 * Amazing Technicolor Population: Marvin and Gaye have pale purple skin, but they seem to be unique in this regard.
 * Bratty Teenage Daughter: Arlene, Brady's older sister.
 * Butt Monkey: Virgil.
 * Celibate Hero: Brady isn't interested in girls yet. In his words, "What 12-year-old needs a girlfriend when you can have a monster?"
 * Cool Pet: Monsters. Need we say more?
 * Cowardly Sidekick: Virgil.
 * Creepy Twins: Marvin and Gaye, Brady's younger siblings.
 * Dark World: Crowtown appears to be this, but it's actually a mundane town that just happens to look like a darker, mirror-flipped version of Ravenville.
 * The Drag Along: Virgil. Brady, for the most part, seems oblivious to his fear.
 * The Faceless: Brady's monster. Its face is always concealed by the hood of the cloak it wears.
 * Goth: Ember.
 * Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: All the episodes are titled "How to..." following by something related to the plot, except for the pilot, "How the monsters came to Ravenville".
 * Idiosyncratic Wipes
 * Monster Mash
 * Nightmare Fetishist: Pretty much any kid who likes monsters technically qualifies as one of these. Ember is a more obvious example.
 * Opaque Lenses: Virgil's glasses have these.
 * The Scrooge: Brady's dad. His money-saving ideas tend to inconvenience the rest of the family.
 * The Voiceless: Marvin and Gaye, who seem to work on Twin Telepathy.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair: Brady's mom. The twins and Ember have darker shades.