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Monster High
TypeFashion doll, Web series, Book series, Dvd movie
CompanyMattel[1]
CountryThe United States
Availability2010–present
Slogan"Freaky Just Got Fabulous!" (2010-2011)
"Be yourself, be unique, be a monster!" (2011-2013)
"Where Screams Come True!" (2013-present)
Official website

Monster High is an American fashion doll franchise created by Mattel in July, 2010. The characters are inspired by monster movies, sci-fi horror, thriller fiction, and various demons therefore distinguishing them from most fashion dolls. They were created by Garrett Sander, with illustrations by Kellee Riley.[2]

The Monster High franchise also includes other consumer products such as stationery, bags, key chains, various toys and video games. There are also Monster High TV specials, a web series, a direct to DVD movie, and software. Lisi Harrison is the author of the Monster High books. The characters are depicted as being either related to or as offspring of famous monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Medusa, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Phantom of the Opera, and zombies or others that are undead, and more. The characters are usually referred to as ghouls.

Characters

Main and Major

  • Frankie Stein - Frankie is the daughter of Frankenstein's monster. (Better said than "Son of Frankenstein" or "Son of Frankenstein's monster"). Frankie is a high, super-happy, lovable, loving girl, and is a mint green-skin-colored girl with white-and-black hair held with a paperclip-looking thingy, head-bolt-like thing for a "hair clip" or "berette".

Frankie is (almost) biologically to her parents, being that they literally built her. Her parents are Victor Stein and Viveka Stein in the bookie, while the Bride and Victor Frankenstein's monster are her grandparents, while 'The Monster' and The Bride of Frankenstein are her parents in cartooning animation-making (revealed in the webisode "HooDude VooDoo" to actually be true, going in her father's lab; though this is an error, being the fact that in reality, the story tells; (and being a scientist and all) that it's really, actually Dr. Victor Frankenstein's lab, not the actual monster's labertory). Frankie is kind, sweet, gentle (a lot like Raven Queen, actually, or actually, vice-versa; Frankie being the first character ever created, but unlike Frankie, Raven is more like to have an actual human teenager's age rather than "days old"). Frankie is pale skinned (also like Raven), because her skin is mint green, although this is PROBABLY unusual, being that the original figure for the monster had had been a much deeper, much darker green, actually. Frankie is pretty sensitive (like Draculaura, sort of), but is a little tougher actually, and will get back on her feet in convidence when no one else feels "not so down", despite being the youngest of the group, showing a little more matury, probably either what she was destined with when she was built, her nature personality she's grown or, or both, as this matury was first shown in "Rising from the Dead", and even, unlike Cleo, not complaining when being in the corn crop maze for a while because of the lost of the map in "The Field of Screams". She is voiced by Kate Higgins octopus or squid like creature thing

  • Clawdeen Wolf - Clawdeen is the daughter of the Wolfman (or probably the "Wolfman" from the 1924 film; or being more modern-timed and the same year by be the 2010 film addressed "The Wolfman"), and has an older brother named Clawd Wolf, one younger sister named Howleen Wolf and one older sister named Clawdia. But she has many other brothers and sisters which is briefly mentioned in a Monster High episode ("The Burmuda Love Triangle"). Clawdeen and Clawd have stated that there are more than one litter in their family. She is 15 years old and is covered with fur, with two piercings in each of her pointed wolf ears. Her pet is a tiny cat named Crescent. She is voiced by Salli Saffioti, though in Scaris: City of Frights, she goes under the alias Celeste Henderson. She also had a controversy about her hair.
  • Draculaura - Draculaura is the daughter of Count Dracula. She was 1599 years old and is now 1600 years old as of Valentine's Day. She has a pet bat named Count Fabulous. She is in a relationship with Clawd Wolf, who is the brother of her best friend, Clawdeen. Although a vampire, she is a vegan and does not drink blood, and is scared to say the word "blood" as she faints when she hears it. Her fangs are visibly seen protruding from her mouth, even when not talking. Her skin is a pale pink. She is voiced by Debi Derryberry, though in Monster High: Ghouls Rule and Scaris: City of Frights, she goes under the alias Dee Dee Green.
  • Cleo de Nile - Cleo is the 5,842 year old daughter of the Mummy and has an older sister named Nefera who is 5,844, two years older than Cleo and a father named Ramses de Nile. She has a pet snake named Hissette who is venomous. She is the fearleading squad captain, the queen of the social scene and Deuce Gorgon's girlfriend. She is a self-centered diva but also a good friend. Like Clawdeen, Cleo is also voiced by Salli Saffioti, though in Scaris: City of Frights, she goes under the alias Celeste Henderson.
  • Deuce Gorgon - Deuce is the 16-year-old son of Medusa. His whole family can turn anything to stone. He has a passion for cooking, but he keeps it a secret from most other students. He is the captain of the casketball team and loves skateboarding. Deuce is shown to be friendly, outgoing, confident, and with many friends. He is dating Cleo de Nile. He wears sunglasses to prevent him from turning other people to stone temporarily and has green snakes on his head. He was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the webisodes. Cam Clarke filled in for part of Volume 3 until Evan Smith was cast to be the new voice for Deuce for the rest of Volume 3 and all CGI animations.
  • Lagoona Blue - Lagoona is the 15 year old daughter of the monster of the black lagoon. Lagoona is a from "Down Under", which refers to her Australian accent (people from Australia are often described as being from "down under"). She is able to talk to water animals. She is also a lovable and sporty ghoul who is shown and said to have many friends around Monster High. Her skin dries out very easily and she has to use lots of moisturizer. Her pet is Neptuna, a Pirahna. She is the girlfriend of Gillington "Gil" Webber whos parents dont like her. She is voiced by Laura Bailey.
  • Ghoulia Yelps - Ghoulia is the daughter of zombie. At age 16 (in monster years), she is said to be the 'smartest ghoul in school', but she can only speak in moans and groans (or 'Zombie'). She is voiced by Audu Paden. She acted like a servant for Cleo de Nile for a time, but she is now treated more like a friend. She is dating "Slo-Mo" Mortavitch.

Recurring/Minor/Secondary

  • Howleen Wolf, youngest sister out of all of the werewolves. She seems to have a crush Romulus, a friend of Clawd who used to "puppy-sit" her.
  • Clawd Wolf, older brother of Clawdeen, and Howleen, younger brother of Clawdia, all werewolves (The "Wolf"-last-name family). In a relationship with Draculaura.
  • C.A. Cupid, the adopted daughter of Eros and Psyche. She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald. She has transferred to Ever After High, and is now working there.
  • InvisiBilly, no one knows his last name. He is the son of the Invisible Man. InvisiBilly's real full actual name is InvisiBilly, and he's light blue with pale gray eyes. InvsiBilly is known for playing pranks on people, especially tying together people's shoe laces.
  • Spectra Vondergeist, daughter of the Ghosts, the gossip ghoul of the school. Spectra looks like she may be old but she is currently 16 years of age. She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald.
  • Abbey Bominable, daughter of the Yeti, an exchange student from the Himalayas. She is 16 years old. Abbey loves snowboarding and is stronger than most boys in Monster High. She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald since the other episode of Volume 1 she appeared.


  • Toralei - the reigning mean girl. She is fifteen years old and on the first of her 9 lives. Her sidekicks are Purrsephone and Meowlody. She is said to be mean because she was left at birth. She is voiced by America Young.
  • Operetta, daughter of The Phatom of the Opera. She loves music and is very competitive. She usually hangs out at the catacombs during break time. She was voiced by Gigi Sarroino in Fright On!, and currently Cindy Robinson.
  • Nefera De Nile - the older sister of Cleo (by two years) and daughter of the mummy. She works for a modeling company. Nefera used to study at Monster High and was a fearleader. She and Cleo don't get along. She is even a more self-centered diva than Cleo. She is voiced by Wendee Lee.
  • Meowlody and Purrsephone - twin daughters of werecats. They are both Toralei's sidekicks. They are voiced by America Young.
  • Scarah Screams - Daughter of a banshee. Scarah can use telepathy, the ability to read and speak into another's mind. She uses this to help Cleo De Nile with her Home Ick project in one webisode. She first cameo appeared in the Volume 1 intro and is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald since the first episode of Volume 2.
  • HooDude VooDoo - A voodoo doll designed and created by Frankieto be her "emergency boyfriend." If he is holding something of another monster's, what ever he does will happen to them. Toralei Stripe takes advantage of this in one of the webisodes. He is voiced by Cam Clarke.
  • Jackson Jekyll, son of Dr. Jekyll and the alter ego of Holt Hyde. He is voiced by Cindy Robinson.
  • Holt Hyde, son of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and the alter ego of Jackson Jekyll. He is voiced by Cindy Robinson.
  • Skelita Calaveras, daughter of esqueletos as said on doll box (daughter of the skeletons). She is a fashionloving, creative, and sweet Mexican girl. Her character was inspired by Dia De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead).
She is voiced by Laura Bailey.
  • Jinafire Long, daughter of Chinese dragon. She is competitive and wise. She creates fashions in Scaris City of Frights. She is voiced by Stephanie Sheh.
  • Catrine de Mew, the artistic daughter of a werecat. She makes several cameo appearances in Monster High: Scaris: City of Frights. She was voiced by Kate Higgins.
  • Catty Noir, pop star and daughter of another werecat.
  • Robecca Steam, a robot created by a mad scientist. Robecca is an extreme daredevil and is always performing crazy stunts to entertain her fellow monsters. Her best friends are Rochelle Goyle, Venus McFlytrap and Frankie Stein. She is voiced by Julie Maddalena.
  • Rochelle Goyle, daughter of a French gargoyle. She is best friends with Venus McFlytrap, Robecca Steam and Ghoulia Yelps. She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald.
  • Venus McFlytrap, daughter of a plant monster. She has 'persuasive pollens' that she can use to persuade monsters to do something and she can talk to nature. She is best friends with Robecca Steam, Rochelle Goyle, Lagoona Blue and Gillington "Gil" Webber. She is voiced by Julie Maddalena.
  • Headmistress Bloodgood, headmistress of Monster High and daughter of the headless horseman. She is voiced by Laura Bailey.
  • Gigi Grant, daughter of The Genie. She appears in the 2013 movie, 13 Wishes. She is voiced by Jonquil Goode.
  • Twyla, daughter of the Boogeyman. Just like Gigi Grant, she first appears in the 2013 13 Wishes movie. She is best friends with Howleen Wolf and Spectra Vondergeist. She's also voiced by Jonquil Goode.
  • Heath Burns, son of the fire elementals. Heath tends to set things on fire and tends to be clumsy. He is the cousin of Jackson Jekyll/Holt Hyde. He was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volume 1 and New Ghoul @ School and is currently voiced by Cam Clarke.
  • Gillington "Gil" Webber, son of fresh water monsters. In a relationship with Lagoona Blue.
  • Sloman "Slo Mo" Mortovitch, who was previously called Moe "Slo Moe/Slo-Moe" Deadovitch, son of a Zombie. In a relationship with Ghoulia Yelps. Slo-Mo was voiced by Audu Paden.
  • Iris, a green elf/goblin. Iris first cameo appeared in the Volume 1 intro of Monster High and in 4 episodes of volumes 2-3, she was voiced by Kate Higgins.
  • Belle, a green tentacle/alien. Belle was voiced by Kate Higgins in Fierce Crush.

Website and media

Further information: List of Monster High webisodes

The Monster High website went live on May 5, 2010.[3] Visitors can access games, character bios, several downloads and several more activities.[4] The site also makes available online webisodes for Monster High.[5] song, simply titled "Fright Song," is available for viewing on YouTube and can be purchased on iTunes. The behind-the-screams video was also made available for viewing. Another song was released in 2013, the MH student anthem "We are Monster High"

Monster High has also had several TV specials on Nickelodeon, including "New Ghoul @ School", "Fright On!", "Ghouls Rule", "Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love", "Scaris:City of Frights", and "Escape from Skull Shores". Also "Ghouls Rule" and "Friday Night Frights" were released.

A video game titled Monster High: Ghoul Spirit was released on October 25, 2011. It is available for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii with special "Ghoulify" feature for Nintendo DSi. A couple of apps titled Ghoul Box and Sweet 1600 are available on iTunes for the iPad and iPhone. Another video game for Nintendo DS and Wii titled Skultimate Roller Maze was released in November 2012. The third video game for Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS titled 13 Wishes: The Official Game was released in October 2013. The MH Website has also released a series of catacombs themed web games: "trick or trance", "phantom roller" and "scary sweet memories".

A live-action, around-the-world adventure, ten chapter Monster High musical movie is listed as in development with Universal Pictures.[6][7]

An animated movie Monster High 13 Wishes is being released in Vue Cinemas on the 21 and 22 September with tickets available from the 2nd August before being released on DVD and Blu-ray. The movie is taglined "be scare-ful what you wish for...". The movie is about Howleen wanting to be popular but after a stunt gone wrong she and the other ghouls are forced to clean up the mess leading to her finding a genie. However after a few too many wishes Howleen becomes paranoid and forgets just who her real friends are. It's up to Frankie, Clawdeen and Draculaura to help her. The movie was first advertised in Issue 17 of the official UK Monster High magazine and again on the Monster High YouTube channel on August 16.

Books

The Monster High young adult novels are written by Lisi Harrison, who is known for writing the popular book series The Clique and The Alphas. The books take place in a different fictional universe than the webisodes and deal with the Regular Attribute Dodgers (RADs) and their struggles with love, social life, school and not be outed as monsters to humans.

Mattel released the first Monster High novel on September 26, 2010. The book revolves around Frankie Stein and Melody Carver. The second book in the series, The Ghoul Next Door, was released at the end of March 2011 [8] and features chapters on Cleo de Nile. The third book featuring Clawdeen Wolf is titled Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way and was released on September 29, 2011. The fourth novel titled Back And Deader Than Ever was released in early May 1, 2012 [9] and features Draculaura. A Monster High book called Drop Dead Diary was released on January 19, 2011; true to its title, it is in diary format. It is written by the alias Abaghoul Harris.[10]

A book by Gitty Daneshvari, titled Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever, was released on September 5, 2012. The book is about Venus Mcflytrap, Robecca Steam, and Rochelle Goyle and their friendship at Monster High and a continuation/sequel titled "Monster High: Ghoulfriends Just Want To Have Fun" has already been released April 2, 2013.[11] The next book in the Ghoulfriends series is "Who's that Ghoulfriend?" and was released in September 10, 2013.[12] These books are about Rochelle Goyle, Robbeca Steam and Venus McFlytrap.

Spin-off

In July 2013, a new spin-off line launched as a companion line to Monster High, called Ever After High.[13] Ever After High is based on the children of Fairytale characters. Monster High's Cupid is a main charcater in the Ever After High webisodes.

References

  1. ^ Kjærulff, Anders (12. marts, 2011). "Barbie skal glatbarberes, vokses og flirte". Ekstrabladet. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help) (danish)
  2. ^ By Andie Tse (2010-06-04). "'Monster High': Mattel's Big, Bold Move". TheStreet. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  3. ^ "Monster Games | Monster Videos | Monster Activities". Monster High. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  4. ^ "Monster Games | Kids' Online Games | Online Activities". Monster High. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  5. ^ "Monster High - Fright Song Behind The Scene". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  6. ^ DreadCentral.com - "Mattel Launches Monster High"
  7. ^ Monster High live-action film IMDB page
  8. ^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/lisi-harrison/
  9. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/back-and-deader-than-ever-lisi-harrison/1106980980?ean=9780316099172
  10. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/monster-high-drop-dead-diary-abaghoul-harris/1102057087?ean=9780316186612
  11. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/monster-high-gitty-daneshvari/1112411951?ean=9780316222532
  12. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/monster-high-gitty-daneshvari/1114505275?ean=9780316222549
  13. ^ http://www.everafterhigh.com Ever After High website
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