Little Monsters is the 9th episode of the sixth season and 120th overall episode of Charmed.
Summary[]
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The Charmed Ones believe that they can raise a half-demon infant to not be evil when they become foster parents after vanquishing the demon's parent.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
- Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
- Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
- Drew Fuller as Chris Halliwell
- Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
Guest Stars[]
Co-Stars[]
- Caleeb Pinkett as Virgil
- Alec Ledd as Tristan
- Armando Pucci as Wine Captain
- Brady Smith as SWAT Commander
Uncredited[]
- Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
- Unknown Actor as Manticore Baby
Magical Notes[]
Book of Shadows[]
The entry in the Book of Shadows.
Manticores[]
- Vicious demons with supernatural
- strength and venomous claws. Manticores
- communicate in high pitched cries and
- tend to travel in packs.
Spells[]
To Bless a Hero with Invincibility []
Paige casts this spell on Darryl to make him invincible. The spell had a side effect as it also gave Darryl the power of Super Strength, causing him to destroy several things in his environment.
- Blessed with powers from my destiny,
- I bless this hero with invincibility.
Potions[]
- Phoebe and Paige made Vanquishing Potions for the Manticores. According to Paige, those are the most powerful potions they have ever made (until that point).
Powers[]
- Empathy: Used by Phoebe to feel Jason's emotions and to try to sense whether the baby was good or evil.
- Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Paige, Chris, Wyatt and Leo.
- Elasticity: Used by Manticores to stretch their tongue.
- Hyper Speed: Type of Transportation used by Manticores.
- Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper when she tried to blow up a Manticore and Derek (as the Beast) and to blow up the rope around her hands. She also destroyed Derek's force field around his house with it.
- Telekinetic Orbing: Used by Paige to hit the Manticore with a power line.
- Enhanced Senses: Used by Derek (as the Beast) to smell traces of his baby and to hear the baby's sonic scream.
- Shimmering: Type of Teleportation used by the Beast, the Manticores and the Manticore Baby.
- Sonic Scream: Used by the Manticore baby to contact other Manticores.
- Super Strength: Used by Darryl (after Paige casts a spell on him) and by Derek (as the Beast) and Manticores to fight.
- Force Field: Used by Wyatt to protect himself and the Manticore Baby against Derek (as the Beast). Derek, as the Beast, also created a force field around his house.
- Healing: Used by Leo to heal Derek.
Artifacts[]
- Scrying Crystal - A magical pendant used for Scrying. Phoebe used it to scry for Piper and later for the Manticores.
Notes and Trivia[]
WB's promo
- The alternate name of the episode is "Hot Mamas".
- This is the only episode in the TV series where Darryl gains powers. He gains powers again in the comics when magic changes sides.
- Paige uses the phrase "raison d'être," which means "reason for being." This becomes a theme for Paige, and she uses the phrase again later in the season.
- This is the first time that the top of the Golden Gate Bridge appears in the show.
- There is another reference to Chris being Leo and Piper's son when Leo says "I'm a father first", the camera shows Chris smile.
- Piper says she doesn't see her self having anymore kids anytime soon but she gets pregnant with Chris just a few months later.
- Piper appears to break the fourth wall for the second, but not the last time, as she says "I ad lib a lot." to the Beast.
- This is the second episode in which the sisters take care of an infant threatened by evil, the first being Matthew van Lewen in "Reckless Abandon".
- This is the second time Piper is capable of blasting through a force field. The first time was in "Lost and Bound".
- Piper does not use her Molecular Immobilization power and Phoebe does not use her Premonition or Levitation powers.
Cultural References[]
- The title is a reference to the 1989 movie "Little Monsters".
- There are many allusions made in the episode to "Beauty and the Beast", such as Derek being known as the Beast, after trasforming himself into it; Piper returning to Derek when she could have escaped; and Piper helping Derek's wound when he returns with the maticore baby.
Continuity Errors[]
- When Paige and Phoebe are knocked over by the large monster, the rug moves itself from being spread across the floor to scrunched up under them between shots.
Gallery[]
Episode Stills[]
Behind the Scenes[]
International Titles[]
- French: Instinct paternel (Paternal Instinct)
- Finnish: Pikku hirviö (Little Monster)
- Italian: Piccolo mostro (Little Monster)
- Czech: Malí čertíci (Little Devils)
- Slovak: Malá obluda (Little Moster)
- Russian: Красавица и Чудовище [Krasavica i Čudovišče] (Beauty & the Beast)
- Spanish (Spain and Latin America): Pequeños Monstruos (Little Monsters)
- German: Kleine Monster (Little Monsters)
- Hungarian: Démoni mosoly (Demonic Smile)
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