Monster High: Difference between revisions

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The official website has bios for all the characters and things like their favorite foods, colors, school subjects, and their flaws (which tend to be actual monster attributes rather than simple [[Informed Flaw|informed flaws]]). The dolls come with little diaries written by the charactes themselves that talk about their daily lives. Even the licensed game has bits of continuity you won't get anywhere else!

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Cleo in Season 1, then Toralei, and later Nefera (who [[Up to Eleven|outdoes them BOTH!]]) in Season 2.

** The half-hour special on Nickelodeon seems to be a different continuity from the webisodes, though the animation is exactly the same.

** The Webisodes seem to mostly follow the diaries, but do differ at some points. At the very least, three different continuities.

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Draculaura's outfit shows elements of this.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: "Neferamore" has Nefera recruit Toralei and her cat-girls to replace Cleo and the other girls in the Fear Squad. Given Cleo and the girls gave both grief at times, it's no surprise. {{spoiler|When Nefera cheats against Cleo in "Monster Mashionals" is the moment Toralei and her catgirls decide [[Even Evil Has Standards|enough's enough]] -- not to mention that they're ticked off that Nefera didn't believe in them -- and help foil the cheating.}}

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: There are a few examples. In the main canon, there's an undercurrent of monster-to-human prejudice (and schools seem to be ''segregated''), whereas in the book canon it's the other way around.

** [[Fur Against Fang|Vampires and werewolves]] don't like each other much, though Draculaura and Clawdeen are best friends, and neither do fresh water monsters and sea monsters, according to Gil's parents (though Lagoona thinks the whole thing's ridiculous). Some monsters are discriminated against by the wider monster community, such as zombies and trolls. According to a bonus story on the website, Monster High was the first school to let all types of monsters in, as opposed to the other schools we've seen that are all vampires, all werewolves, etc.

* [[Five-Man Band|Five Ghoul Band]]: As of season 2, the Fear Squad becomes this.

** [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Frankie

* [[Good Parents]]: Frankie's mom and dad. For a couple of mad scientists, they've got a remarkable knack for knowing what's best for their little girl and what makes her happy without spoiling her either.

** The second basic of Draculaura's diary reveals {{spoiler|that Dracula took her and Draculaura's mother in.}}

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Cleo and Frankie accidentally break a statue together in "Totally Busted", and Cleo blames it entirely on Frankie. {{spoiler|The headmistress is thrilled, because the statue had imprisoned the ghost of Professor Irene Maiden for years in a terrible [[And I Must Scream]] situation, and is incredibly grateful to Frankie for this service to the school, leaving Cleo to start to protest that she did it all ''herself'' instead.}}

* [[Gorgeous Gorgon]]: Deuce, a rare male example.

* [[Monster Mash]]: All the main characters are offspring of famous monsters or mythological creatures.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Ghoulia to Cleo as the two are "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|beast]] friends forever." They plan their schedules together, and she acts as Cleo's personal assistant. Cleo even gets her staff to help get a rare comic book for Ghoulia (though she gets the others not to let word of this leak as it might ruin her rep).

* [[Multicolored Hair]]: ''Every single character.''

* [[Mummy]]: Cleo de Nile, who only has [[Bandage Babe|bandages]] from [[Rule of Sexy|her chest to her knees]]. Her footwear is styled as bandages too.

* [[Nice Shoes]]: All the girls wear [[Tricked-Out Shoes|fancy shoes]] that have five inch heels. Even Ghoulia wears knee-high converse boots! This to the point to where the girls are rarely if ever seen barefoot. This includes at sleep overs and while at the beach.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: The most popular band among young monsters is the [[Jonas Brothers|Jaundice Brothers]].

* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: Averted; Ghoulia and the other zombies at the school are openly referred to as such.

* [[Official Couple]]: Cleo and Deuce throughout the entire series in every continuity. Everyone else's relationships fluctuate, and Draculaura especially seems prone to [[Degrassi Dating]], though she's been with Clawd for some time now.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Draculaura is really 1,599 years old (but becomes 1,600 in the webisode "Party Planners") and Cleo is 5,842 years old.

** If you think about it most of the characters are older than they look, even Frankie where despite being only forever 15 days old, its a good chance that the parts she is made from aren't.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Clawdeen goes into "werewolf mode" whenever a full moon's light (or anything resembling it, such as a spotlight) shines on her.

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: Ghoulia can’t speak anything other than zombie (grunt and groan), yet happens to be the smartest student in school and prefers fast food over brains.

* {{spoiler|[[The Power of Friendship]]}}: {{spoiler|When Nefera gets ready to cheat against Cleo and the Fear Squad, Deuce picks Cleo up to get back into the competition in "Monster Mashionals Part 2." He also mobilizes the other ghouls (who'd pledged to back the Fear Squad) to foil Nefera. Toralei and her own catgirls even help, disgusted that Nefera had that little faith in them to win this fairly.}}

* [[Product Placement]]: The book is rife with them, most which are going to be outdated within a year or so.

* [[Punny Name]] / [[Theme Naming]]: All the episode and student names have to do with horror concepts.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Clawdeen's hair is constantly growing and besides having to pluck stray hair several times a day she doesn't mind it, as it leads her to be more experimental with it.

* [[Shout-Out]]: By the boatload.

** Frankie is annoyed that her father greets her every morning with a teasing shout of "It's alive!"

** The headmistress of Monster High [[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|rides around on horseback and carries her own head by the hair]].

** Frankie's dad uses "Mary Shelley's ghost!" as an oath, and her mom is prone to "Karloff's crypt!" when most people would say "Good heavens!"

** Ghoulia’s owl is named “Sir Hoots-A-Lot”.

** Cleo invokes Egyptian deities ("Oh, my Ra!").

** Lagoona, in arguing with her dad about going to school on land, even writes in her diary, "I know he's just worried about me but I told him that everybody is really scary sweet and they treat me like everybody else and it's not like I've got to [[The Little Mermaid|give up my voice]] or something silly like that..."

** The "Escape from Skull Shores" TV special's plot was a giant [[Shout-Out]] to [[King Kong]].

* [[Sense Freak]]: Everything is new to Frankie, and she wants to experience all of it.

* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Frankie's hair is nothing but a mass of these.

* [[Stock Footage]]: Some of the webtoons reuse background footage of students walking by.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Lagoona has an Australian accent because she comes from the land down under. Underwater, that is. In fact, the series lives on this in general.