Monster High (TV series)

Monster High
File:Monster High 2022 series logo.png
Genre	Comedy Fantasy
Based on	Monster High by Mattel
Developed by	Shea Fontana
Voices of	Gabrielle Nevaeh Green iris menas Courtney Lin Tony Revolori Kausar Mohammed Valeria Rodriguez Alexa Kahn Alexander Polinsky Debra Wilson
Theme music composer	Kelsey Kovar Ivan LaFever Stefanie Robyn Fink Glenda R. Proby Jason W. Gleed Michael Kotch Paul Jason Robb
Composer	Daniel Rojas
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Christopher Keenan Fred Soulie Co-executive producer: Shea Fontana
Producers	Nick Filippi (supervising producer) Rhonda Cox (line producer)
Running time	11–22 minutes
Production companies	Mattel Television Xentrix Studios (animation services) Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) – present
Related
Monster High (web series) Ever After High

Monster High is an American CGI-animated fantasy comedy children's television series based on Mattel's fashion doll franchise of the same name which premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on October 6, 2022. Shea Fontana, who previously developed the 2018 reboot of Polly Pocket, is its showrunner.

Premise

The series follows Frankie Stein, Draculaura and Clawdeen Wolf, the respective children of Frankenstein, Dracula and a Werewolf, as well as other children of famous mythical monsters they navigate the hilarity of high school in the hallowed halls of Monster High.

Cast

Main article: List of Monster High characters

• iris menas as Frankie Stein, a 15-days old the child of mad scientists Dr. and Dr. Stein, created using "the best and brightest minds in monster history". Unlike previous iterations, Frankie is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
  • menas also voices Goobert, the slime-monster.

• Gabrielle Nevaeh Green as Clawdeen Wolf, a 15-year old Afro-Latina werewolf-human, who is the daughter of a human father Apollo and a werewolf mother Selena. Unlike the movie, she discovered Monster High herself instead of hearing of it beforehand.

• Courtney Lin as Draculaura, a Taiwanese-American vampire and daughter of Dracula. She practices witchcraft, which is forbidden in the Monster World; unlike the movie where her magic was exposed and the students and staff accepted her.
  • Lin also voices Iris Clops, the daughter of the Cyclops.
• Tony Revolori as Deuce Gorgon, the calm, cool son of Medusa Gorgon, and barista at the school's Coffin Bean.
• Kausar Mohammed as Cleo de Nile, the daughter of the mummy, and the school's queen bee.
• Valeria Rodriguez as Lagoona Blue, the Honduran daughter of a gill-man, who knows little about the outside, due to growing up in a sunken castilo.
  • Rodriguez also voices Spectra Vondergeist, the daughter of the Ghosts.
• Alexa Kahn as Toralei Stripe, the Australian-British daughter of Werecat, who is antagonistic and manipulative.
• Alexander Polinsky as Heath Burns, the son of Hades and a Fire Elemental.
• Debra Wilson as Headless Headmistress Bloodgood, the African-American daughter of the Headless Horseman, who is in charge of the students at Monster High.
• Felicia Day as Ghoulia Yelps the daughter of a Canadian zombie couple, who is a gamer, and skilled skateboarder.
• Ken Marino as Count Dracula, the father of Draculaura.
• Delbert Hunt as Mr. Wolf, the African-American human father of Clawdeen
• Darius Johnson as Barkimedes, the son of a werewolf and member of the Werewolf Pack.
• Scott Menville as Romulus, the son of a werewolf and leader of the Werewolf Pack.
• Cole Massie as Finnegan Wake, a merman who is the son of a Mermaid.
• Victoria T. Washington as Howleen Wolf, a werewolf who is member of the Werewolf Pack. Unlike her counterpart from the original Monster High, Howleen isn't related to Clawdeen or Clawd at all, due to being a full werewolf.
• Jordan Coleman as Manny Taur, the son of the Minotaur and Draculaura's rival.
• Jonathan Melo as Clawd Wolf, the long-lost older brother of Clawdeen.
• Aishwarya Pillai as Abbey Bominable the Indian-American daughter of a yeti from Mount Neverest.
• Devika Parikh as Ms. Bominable, the yeti mother of Abbey.
• Krystina Alabado as Nefera de Nile, the older sister of Cleo.
• Sekai Murashige as Kuma, the Japanese onikuma, which is a demon bear.
• Salli Saffioti as Mrs. O'Shriek, the banshee teacher of Monster High. Salli has returned from the original Monster High and used to played Clawdeen and Cleo.
  • Saffioti also provides the voice of the school's Skulette P.A. System.
• Kayla Cromer as Twyla Boogeyman, the shy autistic daughter of The Boogeyman.
• Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci as Purrsephone and Meowlody, the twin daughters of the Werecat, and Toralei's best friends and cousins.
• Miles Brown as Gillington Webber, the son of the fresh water monster.

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Food Fight" "Unfinished Brain-ness"	Shea Fontana Lila Scott	Kaela Lash & Jack McGee, Nick Bachman (director) Roan Helfer, Ashlyn Anstee (director)	October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06)	102	0.21
"Food Fight": Draculaura practices witchcraft, in which is forbidden at Monster High, to cast a spell during her assignment. However, she accidentally brought her tater tot to life and it is on the loose. She asks Clawdeen and Frankie for help to catch that living tater tot before her dad, Dracula, arrives for a visit. "Unfinished Brain-ness": Frankie is cursed with bad luck when they remember the past that is inside their brain. In order to break the curse, they get help from Clawdeen and Draculaura and find out what went wrong in the past. Note: This episode aired as a sneak peek after Monster High: The Movie.
2	"The Monstering"	Shea Fontana	Yujin Lee & Kaela Lash, Nick Bachman & Matt Whitlock (directors)	October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)	101	0.19
On her birthday, monster expert Clawdeen receives her mother's necklace from her father. It guides her to a hidden school called Monster High. She gets caught by Headless Headmistress Bloodgood and is kicked out for not being a monster. This occurs a lot when her other disguises fail. Monster High students Draculaura and Frankie befriend Clawdeen and help to find her inner monster. This ends up revealed to be a werewolf when Monster High gets invaded by what appears to be a normal bear as it grabs Deuce. Clawdeen uses her new werewolf abilities to rescue Deuce and subdue the bear which turns out to be an Onikuma due to the fact that it throws large rocks when threatened. Headless Headmistress Bloodgood accepts Clawdeen and the Onikuma into Monster High where a DNA test reveals that Clawdeen is 50% werewolf. Clawdeen's father is shown to know Headless Headmistress Bloodgood as he receives a letter from a messenger dragon and asks it to keep an eye on Clawdeen.
3	"Case of the Moondays" "Portrait of a Monster"	Leah Longoria Mae Catt	Fred Gonzales, Broni Likomanov (director) Jack McGee, Broni Likomanov (director)	November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04)	103	0.28
"Case of the Moondays": Clawdeen is worried that she will permanently turn back into human when the full moon hits. She gets tricked into going passed the school's veil when she had some consultation from the local werewolf students Romulus and Barkimedes. Now, Clawdeen must find a way to save Cleo and herself from being seen by monster hunters, by embracing her human side. "Portrait of a Monster": It's Picture Day at Monster High, and Frankie is panicking about getting their picture taken. In a fit of anxiety, they accidentally zap the school camera, sending it on a rampage as it sucks up every monster in sight. Frankie is the only monster left and they must save everyone from the menace of the camera.
4	"Witch Hitch" "Part of the Pack"	Leah Longoria Jordan Gershowitz	Ariel Song & Cheyenne Curtis, Ashlyn Anstee (director) Jack McGee & Roan Everly, Ashlyn Anstee (director)	November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)	104	0.14
"Witch Hitch": Draculaura and Toralei compete for Head Fearleader of the Fearleading Squad. However, Toralei knows Draculaura is a witch and threatens to expose her secret unless Draculaura drops out, with Lagoona tagging along with Toralei. In order to stop Toralei, Clawdeen and Frankie help Draculaura cast a spell on her, but not before Draculaura learns that Lagoona has a secret of her own and she cannot let Toralei expose Lagoona's secret as well. "Part of the Pack": Clawdeen keeps shedding her werewolf hair and must figure out how to stop shedding. Then, she meets Romulus and Barkimedes again and she also meets a new member of the werewolf pack named Howleen. At first, Clawdeen is not interested in joining the pack after that previous prank from the werewolf boys, but then she changes her mind and must pass the tests on joining the pack. However, Clawdeen has a choice to make: Clawdeen has to help Draculaura and Frankie pass their presentation assignments or she will ditch them and join the werewolf pack. When Clawdeen chooses the latter, she soon realizes that it is another prank made by the werewolf boys and they want to steal her pendant on a full moon.
5	"That Thing You Deuce"	Phillip Walker	Ariel Song, Ashlyn Anstee (director)	November 29, 2022 (2022-11-29)	105B	0.10
Deuce participates in a fundraiser by selling rock candy and collect enough money in order to win a trophy like his mom did. Clawdeen, Frankie, and Draculaura have decided to help him make more rock candies to sell, but the ghouls are overworked and took a break. To make things worse, Deuce's snakes used him to make even more rock candies and forced him to accidentally turn the other students into rock candy statues. Now, he must find a way to turn them back to normal with the help of the ghouls, even if it means giving up the fundraiser.
6	"Werewolf Weekend"	Scott D. Peterson	Yujin Lee, Nick Bachman (director)	November 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)	105A	0.22
Clawdeen visits her father at her own house for a weekend while maintaining her human side. But soon after, Clawdeen reveals her werewolf side to him, which he knew she is half-werewolf all along, though he doesn't know what happened to Clawdeen's mom, who was pure werewolf, after they got married and she mysteriously vanished. Meanwhile, Cleo was desperate into getting more views that will surpass Draculaura's views. She then escapes from Clawdeen's house to meet the humans in hopes to earn a lot of views. Clawdeen must stop her from being revealed as a monster in front of the humans before the ghouls get in trouble.
7	"Paw-zzle Pieces"	Story by : Taneka Stotts Teleplay by : Han-Yee Ling	Fred Gonzales & Jack McGee, Broni Likomanov (director)	December 1, 2022 (2022-12-01)	106	0.16
Clawdeen and her father discover a book from Monster High that may be a clue about her mom's disappearance. Clawdeen, Frankie, and Draculaura go to a library and find a book that was overdue a decade ago. They then discover a puzzle that opens the gate where Clawdeen's necklace must be inserted. However, an unknown creature was unleashed and stole Clawdeen's pendant. To stop the Splitzies from destroying Monster High, the Wolf siblings sing a lullaby and put them all to a machine that will merge them back together. Headless Headmistress Bloodgood warns that opening the gate that's not on the blood moon eclipse will destroy not only Monster High, but the entire world. The monsters enjoy their time of their own at Monster High.
8	"Nightmare Nightmore"	Leah Longoria	Ariel Song, Fred Gonzales, Jack McGee, Katherine Hashimoto & Roan Everly, Ashlyn Anstee (director)	December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)	107	0.16
Draculaura plans to celebrate "Nightmore", a Holiday for monsters to have fun, but her witchcraft is disabled. She invites Clawdeen, Clawd, Frankie, Lagoona, and Heath to celebrate at an abandoned mansion where there is snow. When Clawdeen steps outside, she is buried in the snow and they all encounter a Yeti girl named Abbey Bominadle. Abbey explains her story and the monsters decide that she should celebrate Nightmore with them, which Draculaura accepts. Abbey's mom attacks Monster High and Draculaura, Abbey, and the rest are on the road back to Monster High. After leaving the mountains, Draculaura and the rest convince Bloodgood to let all Yeti kind in at Monster High, and they celebrate Nighmore at Monster High in a song written by Draculaura.
9	"Out of Step" "Pyramid Scheme"	Jordan Gershowitz Han-Yee Ling	Jojo Baptista & Miche Perez, Nick Bachman (director) Fred Gonzales & Kyle Menke, Broni Likomanov (director)	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)	108	0.13
"Out of Step": Draculaura is paired up with Clawd for the Monster High Dance-Off, and they need to follow the scroll's dancing steps to win the dance-off like the Boogeyman did. However, it may have been a bad idea for Draculaura, for her vampness level keeps lowering every time she is being laughed at by Toralei and everyone else, which causes her to decompose. In order to stop decomposing and raise her vampness level high enough, she has to get Clawd to wear the enchanted dancing shoes in order to dance better. But suddenly, the shoes can't stop him from dancing, so Draculaura, Frankie, and Clawdeen must help him in order to stop dancing. "Pyramid Scheme": Cleo is hoping that she will get her lead role for the upcoming school play, but her sister, Nefera, came back from her trip to Scaris for a visit. Seeing that she doesn't want Nefera to take the lead role away from her like she did in the past, Cleo must go inside her family's ancient tomb and grab the Heart of Cleopatra necklace. While Clawdeen distracts Nefera, Cleo and Frankie went inside the ancient tomb. Suddenly, Frankie was kicked out because only the De Nile family may step into the tomb. Upon grabbing the necklace, however, Cleo activated a booby trap and put Nefera in danger. Now, Cleo must make a sacrifice in order to shut off the booby trap and save her own sister.
10	"What's Up, Watzie?" "So Familiar"	Che Grayson Phillip Walker	Roan Everly & Miche Perez, Ashlyn Anstee & Ariel Song (directors) Jack McGee, Broni Likomanov (director)	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)	109	0.14
"What's Up, Watzie?": While building a robot, Frankie and Watzie witnessed a calendar with the dragons picture, and Frankie noticed Watzie's dragon tail wiggling. Headless Headmistress Bloodgood explained to Frankie that it's the dragon migration, and all dragons must go to their natural habitat in order to migrate. However, Frankie doesn't want to let Watzie go, despite the fact that Watzie is part dragon. With the help of their ghoul friends, they are going to do everything they can in order to make him stay with them. Unfortunately, he is not satisfied with any of those activities. With no other choice, Frankie let him go so he can migrate with his fellow dragons for a long time. "So Familiar": Draculaura, Frankie, and Clawdeen came back from their school break, but they haven't done their homework for a while. And what's worse for Draculaura is that Count Fabulous, a little bat with manners, is babysitting her because he treats her like a "baby bloodsucker". Clawdeen then shows her a witchcraft codex that can only be opened by true witches with their familiar. The ghouls must find Draculaura's familiar, a cat, so they can open the book for her to cast a spell that will help them finish their homework before the deadline. However, if they don't find her familiar in time, the book will self-destruct and Draculaura may never cast a spell like a true witch again.
11	"Crushed" "Over Bro-tective"	Lila Scott Leah Longoria	Alysa Vilac & Conner Dow, Matt Whitlock (director) Mike Tisserand & Tenaya Anue, Mike Tisserand & Nick Bachman (directors)	March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)	110	0.18
"Crushed": The tryouts for the Fearleading Squad has ended, and the following students were selected: Clawdeen, Clawd, Iris, and Kuma. Unfortunately, Frankie were not chosen for the Fearleading Squad, which makes them disappointed. Then, they followed Heath's advice to "bottle up their feelings", and they did, literally with their lightning in a bottle. But, during the Fearleading Squad showcase, Frankie tried to bottle up their feelings again until they accidentally cause a blackout. Now, they must follow Cleo's advice to let go of their feelings by crying their eyes out, and it worked. Now that they are calm enough, Frankie must save the Fearleading Squad showcase. "Over Bro-tective": After his reunion with his dad, Clawd got an urgent phone call from Clawdeen and he met her in a secret hideout, which turns out that it's play time in the catacombs with Frankie, Draculaura, Lagoona, and Deuce. During their games, Clawd became overprotective with Clawdeen by trying to keep her safe, which irritates her. As they are playing a game of "Hide n Shriek", the Wolf siblings fell down to a trap where the Flying Venus Trap lives there. After many failed attempts, Clawdeen is fed up with Clawd overprotecting her just because he is technically one year older than her. However, they made amends with each other and found a way to get out of the Flying Venus Trap room to reunite with their friends.
12	"Horoscare" "Flaunt Your Skeleton"	Leanna Dindal Mariko Tamaki	Fred Gonzales, Broni Likomanov (director) Yujin Lee, Mike Tisserand (director)	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)	111	0.18
"Horoscare": Cleo becomes obsessed with a newly-installed app called "Horoscare" when she believes that her jewel idol, Pearl Ryuzaki, will arrive at Monster High. She gets Frankie to help her make a welcome party for Pearl, and they are starting to develop feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Toralei believes from the Horoscare that the humans might arrive, so she sets up a trap in front of Monster High. After making their final preparations for the welcome party, Cleo and Frankie stepped outside to welcome Pearl. But, they will have to get through Toralei and avoid her traps. Upon opening the gates, however, it may not be what Cleo is hoping for. "Flaunt Your Skeleton": Ghoulia is excited when her idol, Skelly Vonderbone, arrives at the auditorium to practice with the Boo Crew for their performance. However, when she was about to sing in front of Skelly, Ghoulia gets a case of "brain freeze", a symptom where zombies yell "brains" for whatever reason, and was humiliated. Frankie and Lagoona have decided to help Ghoulia conquer her fear, but it wasn't enough for Ghoulia to stop yelling "brains". When Ghoulia is about to quit, Skelly gives her a useful advice (or rather a secret code for her DDR video game) on how to conquer her fear by embracing her heart out, right before Ghoulia and the rest of the Boo Crew get to perform with Skelly.
13	"Creepover Party" "Creature Clash"	Jordan Gershowitz Che Grayson	Ariel Song, Ashlyn Anstee & Ariel Song (directors) Tenaya Anue, Mike Tisserand (director)	March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)	112	0.13
"Creepover Party": Draculaura, Clawdeen, and Frankie are having trouble eating lunch at the table that was broken down. They tried to sit at the new lunch table, but Toralei beat them to it. The Boo Crew and Toralei made a bet that the Boo Crew must have a sleepover at the library, and if they leave before nightfall, Toralei wins. Later, they meet Twyla, an autistic boogey monster who hates loud noises, who shows Clawdeen a book that may be related to her moonclaw. But, Toralei watches from behind and tries to sabotage the sleepover with a stinkworm, which turns out to be a bookworm that eats books and grows. Now, the Boo Crew and Twyla must find a way to get rid of the bookworm. "Creature Clash": It's the scare-itage event at Monster High, and Frankie witnessed Kuma's scare-itage as he demonstrated what do the Onikumas do, such as lifting giant rocks. After the event, Frankie was interested and they would like to know more about the Onikumas. Kuma then explained to them about the Onikuma ritual, and as he left, Frankie have decided that they should do the ritual in order to surprise him. However, after the ritual was done, Frankie sees Ghoulia, Draculaura, Spectra, and the rest being possessed like zombies and causing havoc at Monster High. When Kuma returned, Frankie explained the mistake they made and they must find a way to turn the Boo Crew back to normal while Lagoona holds them off.
14	"Monster Movie" "Earworm"	Phillip Walker Mike Carrier	Ariel Song, Roan Everly & Nazul Sobrino, Ashlyn Anstee & Ariel Song (directors) Ariel Song (also director)	April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)	113	0.16
"Monster Movie": Lagoona wanted to make a movie based on her real life, so she becomes a director for her movie with Draculaura playing as her and Deuce playing as the love of her life. However, the Boo Crew are requesting to make some changes for her movie, making Lagoona bite some of the furniture out of anger. After finishing the movie, Twyla talked to Lagoona about how she is feeling, which Lagoona explained that she has a case of the chomps, where her family once had an argument with each other and started chomping things. Now that she felt better thanks to Twyla, Lagoona must stand up to herself and fix her movie without chomping. "Earworm": Toralei is feeling jealous that nobody in Monster High wants to sit next to her during lunchtime. When she looked at the flier with all kinds of worms, Toralei became interested in the earworms and she has a devious plan to make the monsters like her. She and her cousins, Purrsephone and Meowlody, form a band called "The Hissfits" and performed a song while releasing the earworms Toralei stole to possess them and force them to like Toralei, which her cousins are feeling like she is using them. Things go awry, however, as Toralei is trying to get away from the possessed monsters who love her too much. With no other choice, she gets help from the Wolf siblings in order to remove the earworms.

Production

On February 23, 2021, Mattel, through its television division, announced the second return of the Monster High brand, promising new content and products for the following year, including an animated TV series of 26 episodes and a live-action musical film.

Shea Fontana, previously the showrunner of the 2018 reboot of Polly Pocket, was announced as the series' showrunner and co-executive producer.

On July 13, 2022, the cast was announced with Gabrielle Nevaeh Green as Clawdeen Wolf, Courtney Lin as Draculaura and iris menas as Frankie Stein.

On September 26, 2022, the series' premiere date was revealed as October 28, 2022, but began airing earlier than planned on October 6; it was branded as a sneak peek after Monster High: The Movie.

On November 17, 2022, Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 20-episode second season.

Soundtrack

Monster High: Animated Series Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Monster High
Released	January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
Genre	Children's Music
Length	22:20
Label	Arts Music

The series's soundtrack album was released on digital platforms on January 27, 2023 by Arts Music, which contains 8 songs.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Monster High Theme Song (From the 2022 Television Series)"	Glenda "Gizzle" Proby Ivan LaFever Jason Gleed KZ Nova Michael Kotch Paul Robb Stef Fink	Monster High	2:24
2.	"Hear My Howl"	Jason Gleed Julia Piker Sheléa Melody McDonald Stef Fink	Monster High	2:00
3.	"My Moon"	German Briseno Jason Gleed Julia Piker Stef Fink	Monster High	2:40
4.	"Party Don't Stop"	German Briseno Jason Gleed Stef Fink	Monster High	2:46
5.	"Flaunt Your Skeleton"	Annelise Noronha German Briseno Jason Gleed Stef Fink	Monster High	3:25
6.	"Cool Cat"	Hayden Wolf Jason Gleed Jayli Wolf Stef Fink	Monster High	2:27
7.	"This Monster Life"	Annelise Noronha German Briseno Glenda "Gizzle" Proby Stef Fink	Monster High	2:28
8.	"Light It Up"	German Briseno Stef Fink	Monster High	2:41
Total length:				22:20

Reception

Diondra Brown from Common Sense Media gave the series three-out-of-five stars, calling it "a funny and clever animated series, geared towards tween audiences."

External links

• Official website
• Monster High at IMDb