Little Monsters is the 9th episode of the sixth season and 120th overall episode of Charmed.
Summary
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After vanquishing a demon, the Charmed Ones find a baby, left by the demon. When they find out the baby is a Manticore baby, they don't know what to do with him. Then, Piper gets kidnapped by a beast who wanted to get the baby. Phoebe and Paige make a deal with the Manticores to get Piper back and defeat the beast, when Piper finds out the beast isn't as evil as she thought he was. Meanwhile, Darryl asks Paige for magical help.
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
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
Invincibility Spell
Paige cast 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.
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 Manticore Baby.
- Sonic Scream: Used by the Manticore baby to contact other Manticores.
- Shimmer-Fading: Type of Teleportation used by Derek (as the Beast) and Manticores.
- Super Strength: Used by Darryl (after Paige cast 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.
Beings
Magical Beings
Mortals
Notes and Trivia
Little Monsters Trailer
- The alternate name of the episode is "Hot Mamas".
WB's promo
- The original air date for this episode was November 16, 2003. A year later, Chris Halliwell was born on this day.
- 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.
- Piper taking care of the beasts wound is reminiscent of a scene from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast.
- 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 forth wall for the second, but not the last time, as she says "I ad lib a lot." to the Beast.
- Phoebe threatens to bind the Manticore Baby's powers. This suggests that not only witches can have their powers bound, but also demons.
Glitches
- 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.
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: Krasavitsa yi tchudovishche (Beauty & the Beast)
- Spanish (Spain and Latin America): Pequeños monstruos (Little Monsters)
- German: Kleine Monster (Little Monsters)
- Hungarian: Démoni mosoly (Demonic Smile)
Photo Gallery
Episode Stills
Behind The Scenes
Screen Caps
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