Week 2 - Decision Time - Which Monster Species?

It's a very exciting time - time to choose which monster species will feature in our monster book.

Thank you to every body who sent me ideas. I've been chuckling all weekend.

Let's make sure you know the difference between a species and a character. A species is a type of creature, like a sheep, ogre or human. A character is an individual, such as Shaun the Sheep, Shrek or Willy Wonka.

What we need to choose this week is some species.

I've selected seven monster species that I think would make funny, exciting stories. They're are all based on your work.

Now I need your help again. Which would you most like to see in our book and why?

How many types of monster do you think we should include?

Please read the descriptions carefully and think about the stories each type of creature could inspire. Once you're read them, you will be able to vote.

The Flabby Gobble

A flabby gobble is a horrible creature, as slimy and ugly as a slug. They are as tall as a small tree and weigh as much as the fattest man in the world. Although they have no arms, are slow and dumb, these monsters’ brains are good for something.

If they do not scare you off with their repulsive looks and smell, (they have two forms, good and bad; good form looks and smells like your aunt Tessie and bad looks like a gothic slug that smells like nappies) they push their jelly brain out of their tiny ears and it starts chasing you.

This is how they hunt. Once the brain catches you it goes back through the ear and makes a wet trumping noise as it digests.

The Lumipoo Momp

The lumipoo momp looks like a large duck covered in spikes. It has crazy purple feathers that stick out in all directions. Instead of ‘quack quack’, it says ‘momp momp’. It’s fair to say that the lumipoo momp looks and sounds ridiculous.

But if you see a lumipoo, don’t stand around pointing and laughing – it charges at people and jabs them many times with its spikes.

Like most ducks, the lumipoo loves water. However, it's afraid of its own reflection so prefers to swim with its eyes closed.

Catching a lumipoo is very tricky. Not only do they have sharp spikes but they can turn into puddles.

However, their poo is purple and glows in the dark, making them easy to follow. So if you see a puddle surrounded by purple slime, it's probably a lumipoo momp. A lumipoo momp in puddle form can be sucked up the vacuum cleaner or evaporated with a hair dryer.

A simple kiss can make a lumipoo duck fall asleep instantly. But nobody  has ever tried to kiss one – why would you kiss a deadly, spiked duck?

The Tig

Tigs look a bit like little boys and girls, but smell like sweaty football boots and like to pick their bums. They have big ears and their chest hair is so long that it can be formed into moustaches. Unlike children, they have six legs and can fly.

They are the most misunderstood monsters of all time. They want to be friendly, yet somehow keep ending up at the top of police most wanted lists. Why? Because they eat children.

They don't mean to, but nasty children keep bullying them because of their odour and bad habits. Tigs don't know how to deal with people making fun of them - their solution is to eat them.

Tigs would keep away from children, but they really love playing football. Whenever they see children kicking a ball around, they have to join in.

Tigs are very strong but afraid of zebras, zebra crossings and anything even remotely resembling a zebra. Tigs originated from the coast of Portugal, so can swim really well.

They are really hard to catch because their big ears mean that they can hear when the police are coming for them. 

The Fredanielawrobyus

The Fredanielawrobyus is brave and friendly. They are good at pushing, but can’t help telling fibs. They have many super powers including stun farts, laser eyes and turning invisible when they eats hot and spicy pizza. Their eating habits are terrible – they like to eat dirty pants and paper as well as trousers. They like to spend their time planning world domination and enjoy making new friends ... and eating them!

They don’t like the dark and hate cleaning. They are scared of fireworks. The typical Fredanielawrobyus has a voice that sounds like a tiger crossed with an owl, and he speaks very good English.

They smell like a KFC bargain bucket made from skunks rolled in mouldy onions and cheese.

They are taller than a school and wider than a cupboard. Their skin is bluey-greeney-purple and one eye has a pupil while the other one doesn’t! Most wear braces on their teeth which are sharp and pointy. They have claws on their fingers and toes. They have pierced ears and likes to wear red and gold earrings.

The Tubster of Terror
This creature was created when a scientist injected a hamster with DNA from the monster Count Crocular. The animal mutated and turned into a mad, tentacle-armed Tubster of Terror.

Size
The size of the species is 10 to 20 centimetres tall and 5
– 10 cm wide!

Strengths & Weaknesses
The Tubster of Terror is only afraid of two things, puppies and styrofoam. Strange huh, well it has the strength of 101 men and isn’t afraid of anything apart from puppies.

Smell and Other Facts
The tubster eats anything but inherited its tastes for delicacies from Count Crocular - snot-filled pies and snake soup. The tubster changes smell depending on how it feels and sometimes it’s so smelly it can cause death! As soon as you enter its mouth you’ll start to feel queasy, that’s because you’re dying. The only thing that it got from the DNA, other than the madness and tastes in food, is tentacle arms. They stretch out and wrap around its prey and suffocate it like a boa constrictor. It eats anything!

The Treghorned Crusher

A treghorned crusher is a ferocious, savage creature as vile as vomit soup and dirty football kits. It feasts on teachers, children who are on Father Christmas’s ‘good’ list and, for some reason, violins.

Treghorned crushers have long, blue skin with fur that’s tougher than gold. They have horrible horns and evil, red eyes. Each one has a unique moustache above its drooling mouth. They all have razor sharp teeth, with long fangs that reflect the moonlight at night. Their mouths can extend to double their original size, so that they can fit teachers in. Although its fur is tough, the treghorned crusher’s belly is bald and feels like disgusting worms wiggling around on spongy, mashed potato. It has huge hands and feet that are mammoth. It’s so strong that it can smash walls.

The treghorned crusher smells as loathsome as a rotten, blue-cheese sausage left in the porch on a hot day, then put into a sock with some dog poo and then smashed against the wall – that’s pretty smelly.

When it steps it sounds like boulders crashing and volcanoes erupting. Despite its big size, its voice is squeaky, like birds tweeting. This is very useful because these monsters can turn themselves into beautiful women, by spraying themselves with strawberry perfume. This helps them capture children to eat. Each treghorned crusher has a different girl alter ego.

Treghorned crushers love picking their noses, scratching their hairy bottoms, swimming in muddy ponds and fishing for slugs.

The Snaggy Boop

The snaggy boop comes from the planet Zoggle, which is inhabited by snaggy boops and stupid people. The species is facing endangerment because they feed on brains and if there’s one thing in short supply on Zoggle, it’s brains. So a small number have flown to earth to try and survive.

These snaggy boops like to eat teachers, because teachers have big, juicy brains. They also enjoy gobbling bogie cupcakes.

Frightful snaggy boops are a musty green colour. They have bronze horns and ears so big that it is not unusual for birds to nest in them. They have bouncy bellies like trampolines, which can be used to fling people though the air.

The snaggy boop has incredibly stringy bogies and really big lungs. This means he can squirt a bogie out of his nose until it sticks to something, and then use it as a zipline. It likes to throw bombs filled with ketchup. It has stinky breath, which makes its prey faint.

When a snaggy boop speaks, it sounds like a deep rumbling from underneath you. Despite their terrible voices, snaggy boops enjoy singing.

Another reason why snaggy boops are facing extinction, is that they are incredibly tasty - the favourite food of many other creatures.

If you sent in a monster species that hasn't been selected this week, don't worry. There will be many more challenges to complete so there are still opportunities to get your ideas included in the book. Also, you can use your monster ideas to create your own brilliant stories, poems and pictures.

Vote now
Deadline for voting: Friday 17th January.

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