Monster High78%
TV
2010-05-05
3m
Comedy
Animation
Ratings
Combined
78.0
%
3 sources
IMDb
7.7
/10
1,577 votes
Trakt
80
%
173 votes
TMDB
77
%
50 votes
In the town of New Salem, the teenage children of famous monsters, such as Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Lagoona Blue, Cleo de Nile, Ghoulia Yelps, and Abbey Bominable, attend a school for monsters called Monster High.
View watch stats for Monster High →Status
Ended
Runtime
3m
Seasons
6
Episodes
178
Studios
Network
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Created by
Cast
Kate Higgins
Frankie Stein
Debi Derryberry
Draculaura
Laura Bailey
Lagoona Blue
Salli Saffioti
Cleo de Nile
Audu Paden
Ghoulia Yelps
Cameron Clarke
Deuce Gorgon
Ifigenia Staikou
Greek voice of Frankie
Argyro Michalakakou
Greek voice of Draculaura
Zoi Katsatou
Greek voice of Clawdeen
Afroditi Antonaki
Greek voice of Lagoona
Volume 1
- 1 Jaundice Brothers The ghouls make a video to persuade the Jaundice Brothers to play at Monster High's homecoming.
- 2 Talon Show Cleo pulls a nasty spotlight stunt to make herself look better than Clawdeen.
- 3 Fear Squad When it comes to the fear squad, Frankie is a natural. Fear captain Cleo gets annoyed when the new girl shows her stuff!
- 4 Substitute Creature A mean substitute creature makes Deuce take off his sunglasses in class. The result? A really rockin’ day at Monster High!
- 5 Party Planners Draculaura and Frankie both have birthdays. When they try to plan parties for each other, they end up getting a frightfully cool surprise!
- 6 Blue Lagoona Talk about embarrassing! Lagoona draws a dreamy picture of her underwater crush, then loses her notebook. Will she find it before he does?
- 7 Copy Canine Clawdeen panics when she realizes she forgot to study for the Scary Aptitude Test (SAT). Will she cheat by copying the ghoul sitting next to her?
- 8 The Hot Boy Draculaura is crushing on the hottest guy in school — literally! Cleo gives her a scary makeover. Will it kill her pal’s chances or totally backfire?
- 9 Bad Scare Day When Frankie accidentally puts her bolts on backwards, she gives her classmates quite a shock.
- 10 Photo Finish The girls try to ditch Study Howl to get ready for picture day, but their scheme doesn’t go exactly as planned...
- 11 Cyrano De Ghoulia Ghoulia has a killer crush on a zombie named Slow-Moe. Can the girls help her win his heart?
- 12 Bad Zituation The new sugar eyeballs in the school vending machine have a scary side effect. Find out about the icky condition sweeping Monster High!
- 13 Clawditions Cleo and Clawdeen compete for the lead in the school play. While they’re busy battling, someone else unexpectedly steals the show.
- 14 Freedom Fight Lagoona freaks out in Mad Science class. She can’t bear to dissect a frog! Frankie creates a distraction that ends in eyeball-rolling chaos!
- 15 Totally Busted Frankie and Cleo get in trouble for destroying school property. Find out what happens when they visit the Headless Headmistress!
- 16 Freakout Friday It's Friday the 13th & October 31st–the worst bad-luck day ever! The ghouls are freaking out. Will Ghoulia's plan create more chaos or save the day?
- 17 Mad Science Fair Cleo takes credit for Ghoulia's killer project and crowns herself queen of the mad science fair. Find out how Ghoulia gets the last ghastly laugh!
- 18 Shock and Awesome The ghouls are shocked when they find out Frankie's never seen a movie. Their mission to electrify her with a special screening sparks a major surprise!
- 19 The Good, the Bat, and the Fabulous Draculaura hasn't learned the oldest vampire trick in the book–turning into a bat. Find out how a freaky-fun twist of fate helps her save major face!
- 20 Rumor Run Wild Cleo mistakenly overhears that Clawdeen is after the Monster High Scream Queen crown. Of course, she's royally ticked off! Can you say scary sabotage?
- 21 Fur Will Fly Clawdeen challenges Heath Burns’ to a race around the track. Will the full moon heat things up or cause monster problems?
- 22 Horrorscope Draculaura's horrorscope predicts she'll meet the boy of her dream... today! Can the ghouls help her find the perfect match before the sun sets?
- 23 Idol Threat Cleo brags that an ancient Egyptian idol will give her anything she asks for. Will it grant her wildest dream or will it backfire?
- 24 Hatch Me If You Can A revoltage assignment leaves the ghouls caring for Gargoyle eggs as if they were their own. Will the ghouls and their eggs crack under pressure?
- 25 Date of the Dead Frankie plays "wing-ghoul" for Ghoulia - but she wasn't expecting to be put in the hot seat! Can Ghoulia cool things down and still win Slo-Moe's undead heart?
- 26 A Scare of a Dare Frankie is sparking with excitement about her first sleepover. Will Cleo's games help Frankie plug into the fun or make her want to bolt?
- 27 Parent-Creature Conference Curses! Lagoona's teacher calls a Parent-Creature Conference. Can the ghouls fool the school with Lagoona's fake "Great Aunt Lantic"?
Volume 2
- 1 Scream Building Cleo's tirade leads to a furrrocious protest on the Fear Squad. Will they still make it to Gloom Beach? .
- 2 Why We Fright When no one shows up for Fear Squad tryouts, Frankie uses her electrifying personality to recruit the ghouls. Will her efforts turn out to be a voltageous fail? .
- 3 Fear-a-Mid Cleo orders the ghouls to cheer at every school event leading up to the big game. Will they knock'em dead, or will heads roll when a Gloom Beach judge appears in the crowd? .
- 4 Beast Friends Love bites, especially when you have to hide it from your beast friends. Will Draculaura's crush on Clawd lead to monstrous drama? .
- 5 Varsity Boos The Fearleading squad is determined to impress Cleo at the big spirit rally. Will sparks fly, or will the ghouls be mortalfied? .
- 6 Gloomsday With their invitation to Gloom Beach denied and Cleo in a royal funk, the ghouls have one last chance to prove they've got spirits! .
- 7 Falling Spirits The ghouls are horribly disappointed when they only get six hits on FrightTube.
- 8 Fatal Error The ghouls' Gloom Beach dreams appear to be doomed. Is it time to move on, or will they get the shock of their lives? .
- 9 Screech to the Beach Their bags are packed and their spirits are high! When the Gloom Beach bus arrives, the ghouls embark on the scary-cool trip of a lifetime. .
- 10 Witch Trials Scary Murphy issues some brutal chores to the Monster High Fear Squad. Cleo insists she has her reasons, but the ghouls aren't so sure.
- 11 Don't Cheer the Reaper Ghoulia creates a routine that's mathematically UHHHn-beatable, but a few catty traitors are looking for the purrrfect way to ruin everything.
- 12 Road to Monster Mashionals
- 13 Queen of the Scammed Fearing her reign as queen of the social scene is coming to an end, Cleo comes up with a royal plan to be the talk of the school. .
- 14 Frightday the 13th Cleo and the ghouls are in for an UHHHn-expected surprise when they brave the halls of Monster High for a sleepover on Friday the 13th. .
- 15 HooDoo You Like? Frankie turns to Teen Scream magazine to solve her boyfriend dilemmas and ends up creating a monsterific mess. .
- 16 Fear Pressure Draculaura and Clawd's differences aren't keeping them apart—until Clawdeen decides to throw a steak into their romance. .
- 17 Fear the Book Toralei plots to scratch up trouble at Monster High, beginning with exposing Gil and Lagoona's aqua-some relationship in the new Fearbook. .
- 18 Desperate Hours Toralei reveals her ghastly plot to set up the ghouls, but can they work together to save themselves from taking a monsterous fall? .
- 19 Miss Infearmation Rumors swirl at Monster High when the Ghostly Gossip posts a spirited invite to an epic summer bash at Cleo's house, unbeknownst to the royal hostess. .
- 20 Hyde and Shriek Holt Hyde keeps Cleo's party pumping with monsterific tunes, until an uninvited guest threatens to spoil the fangtastic bash. .
- 21 Daydream of the Dead Ghoulia's dreams of winning a first edition Deadfast comic book at Nekrocon are all but dead but an unexpected ghoul saves the day.
- 22 Nefera Again While back to school shopping the ghouls devise a plan to overthrow Nefera's summer dynasty.
- 23 Back-to-Ghoul The first day of school is a hair-raising experience, especially for Frankie who finds herself on thin ice with the new ghoul in school.
- 24 Abominable Impression Frankie and the new ghoul Abbey are handcuffed together as punishment. While being handcuffed to her Abbey tries to get Frankie to like her.
- 25 Frost Friends Still trapped together, Frankie and Abbey try to teach three conniving kitties a lesson.
- 26 Hyde Your Heart Frankie forgives Jackson for standing her up at Cleo's party,so they go to a movie together.
- 27 Ghostly Gossip Tired of all the rumors being spread about them, the ghouls try to figure out who is the ghostly gossip.
- 28 Hiss-teria Cleo forms a mob of ghouls to back her up when she catches Deuce acting shady in the school's catacombs.
- 29 Phantom Of The Opry After Cleo accuses her of stealing Deuce, Operetta tries to get revenge.
- 30 The Bermuda Love Triangle Frankie seeks her ghoulfriends' advice about a monster dilemma and Cleo catches Deuce rocking out with Operetta.
- 31 Here Comes Treble Deuce rocks his musical tribute to Cleo, meanwhile, Frankie's in for an electrifying surprise.
- 32 Dueling Personality Frankie works to piece together a friendship between two total opposites.
- 33 Neferamore Nefera's dreadful attitude threatens to destroy the Fear Squad just as they're preparing for Monster Mashionals.
- 34 Rising From The Dead After Nefera replaces the fearleading team, Frankie convinces the ghouls not to give up.
- 35 Monster Mashionals Part One
- 36 Monster Mashionals Part Two Nefera brings every idol to prevent the ghouls from winning, with help from their friends they stop her plans.
Volume 3
- 1 Fashion Emergency Frankie and Clawdeen help Draculaura find a dress she has never worn for a dance.
- 2 Super Fan Ghoulia and the other ghouls try to stop the other Casket Ball team from cheating.
- 3 Zom-Beach Party The ghouls try to teach goulia how to relax and have fun.
- 4 Dodgeskull Ghoulia, Frankie, and Lagoona devise a creeperific plan to prove to the school that zombies know how to take on even the most fearsome competitors.
- 5 Game of DeNile The ghouls conjure up their competitive spirits to play Cleo's favorite sleepover game.
- 6 Uncommon Cold A germ-filled attack on Monster High threatens to ruin the ghouls' class trip to Monte Scarlo.
- 7 Ghosts with Dirty Faces A mysterious caper haunts Spectra as she tries to prove Heath's innocence.
- 8 Hickmayleeun Cleo teaches Operetta to act proper after she gets tickets to meet her favorite singer.
- 9 No Place Like Nome The ghouls try to cheer up a homesick Abbey by making Monster High feel more like home.
- 10 Sibling Rivalry Clawd devises a plan to get his feuding sisters into doing his chores.
- 11 The Nine Lives Of Toralei Spectra uses her beast reporting skills to uncover personal secrets about Toralei.
- 12 Unlife to Live Ghoulia reveals a freak-peek of her secret, behind-the-screams life at Monster High. .
- 13 Abyss Adventure Lagoona and Frankie venture into the deep end of the Monster High pool to retrieve Draculaura's necklace and discover a wealth of other ghoulish treasures. .
- 14 Unearthed Day Frankie helps Venus devise a freaky-fab plan to get the student bodies charged up about recycling.
- 15 Creepfast Club Mr. Rotter sentences the ghouls to detention, but for the unlife of them, they can't figure out what sinister acts they've done to wind up there. .
- 16 Home Ick Frankie uses her mad skills to impress Mrs. Kindergrübber on her Home Ick project. .
- 17 Hoodoo that Voodoo that you Do Toralei gets close to Hoodude to use his powers to torture the student bodies, until the ghouls figure out how to beat this conniving kitty at her own game.
- 18 I Know What You Did Last Fright Jackson tries to resurrect his unmemorable evening after waking up by the school fountain.
- 19 Honey, I Shrunk the Ghouls After Heath shrinks the ghouls they have 5 minutes to get back to their normal size before Mr. Hack returns to the classroom.
- 20 HooDude Voodoo Hoodude makes an unlikely friend when he tags along with the ghouls to see Frankenstein's Lab.
- 21 Undo the Voodoo Scarah helps the ghouls rewire the buttons and yarn inside HooDude’s brain to make him feel freaky fabulous about himself.
- 22 Night Of A Thousand Dots Draculaura is so spooked by an untimely breakout, she's considering missing Cleo's big party, but not if the ghouls can help it.
- 23 Beast Ghoulfriend
- 24 Aba-Kiss Me Deadly When technology goes dead at Monster High, Robecca's seemingly old fashioned methods send spirits soaring.
- 25 Bean Scare Done That Nefera tries to foil the Fear Squad's fundraiser, but little does she know, the ghouls have a few tricks up their sleeves to fix the epic fail.
- 26 A Perfect Match The ghouls hope to find Abbey a scorchin' date to the Dance of the Dead by piecing together a voltage speed-dating plan.
- 27 Hiss-toria Take a haunting lurk back at Monster High throughout the years and how the school's student bodies have come to celebrate their differences.
- 28 The Need for Speed Ghoulia works her fingers to the bone to pay for a scooter that's quicker than DeadFast, but her speedy dreams are dashed when the bike is mysteriously stolen by Toralei.
- 29 The Halls Have Eyes Stone cold serious about her new roll as Safety Monitor, Rochelle fears she may have to choose between her honored title and her beasties.
- 30 Mauled Zombies have been camping out all day in the hopes of being first in line for tomorrow morning's sale of the century at the local maul, much to Cleo's dismay.
- 31 Scare-Born Infection A cootie breakout at Monster High has the student bodies creeped out, until Frankie puts a voltage stop to the fearsome spread.
- 32 Boo Year's Eve
- 33 Franken-Styled The ghouls beccome utterly possessed when faced with haunting task of picking the most freaky-fab picture day outfits.
- 34 Defending Your Lagoona Gil dives in head first and tries to teach his parents how to let go of ancient prejudices.
- 35 Freaky Fridate An ancient curse wreaks havoc on Ghoulia and Cleo's double date and threatens to ruin Ghoulia's chance at finally capturing her first kiss.
- 36 Ghoulest Season Abbey and Cupid argue over which season they should do for their project, Spring, or Winter.
- 37 Fright Dance When the competition for a dance solo got too fierce for Rochelle, Invisi-Billy helps make her dancing screams a rock-solid reality.
- 38 Scare-itage
- 39 Tough As Scales Jinafire shows the boys that a strong will and sharp mind will help defeat even the freaky-fiercest of problems.
- 40 Tree of Unlife Venus and the ghouls work feverishly to help save the oldest living tree at Monster High.
- 41 No Ghouls Allowed When the guys all say they can't make it for there dates because of guys night out,the ghouls go digging for answers.
- 42 I Scream You Scream When Cleo forgets to study, she goes to Scarah to help.
- 43 Frankie's Joltin' Juice Deciding to serve refreshments at a dance, Frankie gets into a hilarious encounter when she states that she'll give free refunds to unsatisfied customers.
- 44 Tortoise and The Scare Ghoulia shows Toralei it’s better to be scary smart than freaky fast.
- 45 Fierce Crush Howleen finds that romance can be furrociously tricky when she discovers her crush on Romulus is one-sided.
- 46 Invasion of Ghoul Snatchers Frankie and Draculaura go on the haunt for proof that aliens have invaded Monster High.
- 47 Flowers for Slow Moe Slow Moe gets a potion from Cleo to be smart like Ghoulia but he just gets rejected by her because she likes the original him.
- 48 Ready, Wheeling and Able When Rider rolls into Monster High, the ghouls learn there's more to this wheelchair-bound new student body than meets the eye.
- 49 Creature of the Year Headless Headmistress Bloodgood unexpectedly realizes that she’s got an ogre achiever right in front of her.
- 50 Party Undead Heath is convinced that the fearsome creatures in his video game are coming to take over the freaktacular Friday the 13th dance.
- 51 Student Disembodied President Frankie decides to run for office so she can stand up for Slo-Moe and the zombies but soon discovers she might not be the beast candidate for the job.
- 52 Clawbacks
- 53 Field of Screams
- 54 Angry Ghouls
- 55 The Stitchuation
- 56 Scarah-Voyant
- 57 Inscare-itance Cleo and Nefera go to dynastic lengths to prove their love to their grandmummy and win her most prized possession.
- 58 Playing the Boos When Johnny Spirit, Monster High’s resident bad boy, emerges from centuries of detention, his arrival proves to be music to Operetta’s ears.
- 59 Monster-Morphoseas
- 60 Games Ghouls Play
- 61 Crime Scream Investigation
- 62 Fashion Emergency
- 63 Super Fan
- 64 Zom-Beach Party
- 65 We Stop Hate
- 66 The Shockumentary
- 67 Department of Monster Vehicles
- 68 Royal Pest Sitter
- 69 Cookie Creeper
Volume 4
- 1 Eye of the Boo-holder The ghouls use their mad art skills to create monsterpieces for the scaritage art show.
- 2 Who's the Boo Girl? After years in the jungle, new ghoul Jane Boolittle experiences culture shock when she arrives at Monster High.
- 3 Boo Ghoul at School The pets of the Monster High ghouls befriend Jane Boollittle and help her to overcome her shyness.
- 4 Creature Creepers Adventures Part 1: Bat Dialing Disaster The pets of the Monster High ghouls work together to help Draculaura avoid a batdialing disaster.
- 5 Scream Spirit When the Fear Squad can't perform, Frankie Stein recruits Venus McFlytrap, Slow Moe and Spectra Vondergeist.
- 6 Scareful what you wish for Toralei discovers wishes can have scary consequences when she asks Gigi Grant for one wish too many.
- 7 Monsters of Music Go behind the screams for an in-the-coffin lurk at the life and career of monster pop star, Catty Noir.
- 8 Tales from the Script Howleen Wolf thinks her sister Clawdia Wolf’s adventurous stories are fangtastic—whether they’re fact or over-the-top monster fiction.
- 9 Boogey Mansion When Cleo accidentally releases the Boogey Man’s shadow nightmares from a mysterious box at Twyla’s house, the ghouls must figure out howl to get these chilling escapees to go bac…
- 10 Boolittle Too Late Jane Boolittle finally works up the courage to attend school with the other ghouls.
- 11 Jungle Boo-gie Jane Boolittle uses her jungle survival skills to survive her first dance.
- 12 Just Ghost to Show Ya Honey Swamp and the ghouls head to a party in the bayou to film a documentary.
- 13 Master of Hiss-guise Elissabat goes undercover at Monster High to prepare for a boovie role.
- 14 Zombie Shake Ghoulie made a potion that cause her to dance funky and spreads to everyone of Monster High in this music video.
- 15 Just One of the Ghouls Catty Noir takes a break from her music career and goes to Monster High. But, her fans at school are giving her a tough time for her to be a regular student.
- 16 In Plain Fright Catty attends Tywla and Invisi Billy's Disappearing Club meeting, just to get away from her fans. Tywla and Billy decided to help her by teaching her how to disappear.
- 17 Join the Scream When vampire girls insult Toralei, she decided to help the ghouls in sport activities to win against the vampires.
- 18 We Are Monster High Join Catrine DeMew for your orientation at Monster High.
- 19 Creature Creepers Adventures Part 2: Coin Calamity The Monster High Secret Creeper pets work together to recover Ghoulia’s prized DeadFast coin before she even discovers it’s missing.
- 20 Creepateria The ghouls campaign for a fresher menu in the Creepateria and wind up getting a spooktacular new outdoor dining area, too.
- 21 I Only Have Eye for You When Draculaura tries to set up Iris and Manny Taur, she figures out a fangtastic plan to get these opposites to attract.
- 22 So You Think You Can Date The ghouls help Manny Taur impress Iris with a scary-sweet date in the Catacombs.
- 23 Inner Monster 1.0 Ghoulia creates a freaky-fab app that understands the student bodies’ inner thoughts and emotions.
- 24 Inner Monster 2.0 Iris turns to the Inner Monster app to try to better understand Manny Taur.
- 25 Graveball Grates Eternal benchwarmer Neighthan Rot stumbles across the ghoul line to help Monster High win the big game.
- 26 Happy Howlidays Lagoona and Spectra introduce Sirena Von Boo to two new howlidays—New Tide’s Eve and Chainsgiving--celebrating her fusion scaritage.
- 27 Boys Fright Out The mansters geek out when Deuce and Gil go head-to-head in an epic board game battle.
- 28 Creature Creepers Adventures, Part 3 The Monster High Secret Creeper pets share their haunting cribs with their new pet friends: Dustin, Chewlian, Cushion and Sweet Fangs.
- 29 Draculocker
- 30 Stage Frightened
Volume 5
- 1 Casta Vote The Monster High student bodies cast their votes to win a Halloween concert by pop sensation Casta and the Spells.
- 2 I Casta Spell On You Toralei provides the purrfect distraction to help Casta overcome her stage jitters during her Halloween concert at Monster High.
- 3 Sayonara Draculaura Lured by its ultra-modern cities, freaky-fab fashions and scary-serene gardens, Draculaura decides to spend a scaremester in Shibooya, Japan.
- 4 Lochness Lorna Monster Exchange student Lorna McNessie, daughter of the Loch Ness monster from the Frightlands of Rotland can’t resist a scary-fun photobomb op.
- 5 Meet You in Monster Picchu Before leaving for her scaremester at Monster High, Marisol Coxi, daughter of the South American Bigfoot, shares the furrrocious highlights of her village with her cousin Abbey Bo…
- 6 Looks Gil-ty As Lagoona prepares for her scaremester in Madread, she worries that Gil might have already found a new fresh-water ghoulfriend.
- 7 The Agony of D'Feet After almost getting tripped up worrying about the size of her feet, Marisol Coxi encourages the ghouls to embrace their freaky flaws.
- 8 Gloom and Bloom, Part 1 Lorna McNessie just got dumped by her boyfriend - via iCoffin! Luckily her ghoulfriends and Gil are there to frighten up her day!
- 9 Gloom and Bloom, Part 2 At the Gloom and Bloom dance, The corpse flower blossoms and reveals not just a bloom, but a ghoul, Amanita Nightshade, a long-lost frenemy from Cleo de Nile's past.
- 10 Bad Tomb-mates Ever since Amanita Nightshade emerged from the Corpse Flower blossom, she and Cleo have been fighting like bats and dogs. A game of truth or scare compels Cleo and Amanita to reve…
Volume 6
- 1 Freak Du Chic Act 1 With the help of their new friend Gooliope Jellington, Frankie and the ghouls set out to perform a big circus show to save the canceled art programs at Monster High.
- 2 Freak Du Chic Act 2 Gooliope gives the ghouls a crash course in circus performing as they work to put together the greatest show unearthed!
- 3 Freak Du Chic Act 3 It's the night of the big circus performance! Will the ghouls be able to raise enough money in time to save the art programs at Monster High?
- 4 From Fear to There Part 1 Meet three new creepy cool Monster Exchange ghouls, Batsy Claro, Kjersti Trollson and Isi Dawndancer as they begin their fateful journeys towards Monster High.
- 5 From Fear to There Part 2 New ghouls Batsy Claro, Kjersti Trollson and Isi Dawndancer learn that the interests that originally brought them to Monster High may not be what ultimately keeps them there.
- 6 Decomposition Class Frankie rallies her decomposition classmates together after Mr. Rotter asks each of them to describe why they belong at Monster High.
Specials
- 2 New Ghoul at School Being the new girl is totally terrifying.
- 4 Fright Song - Behind The Scenes A behind-the-screams look into the making of the Monster High Fright Song music video. Get the inside scoop on Director Nigel Dick's vision for creating this video's killer style.
- 5 Kind Campaign Shockumentary The ghouls lose sight of their kind spirits, so Ghoulia calls help from the Kind Campaign.
- 6 Meet Clawdeen Wolf
- 7 Meet Draculaura
- 8 Meet Frankie Stein
- 10 Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love? It's Draculaura's 1600 birthday and Valentine's Day. Toralei, in revenge of not getting invited, calls up Draculaura's ex-boyfriend named Valentine. She knows he only wants to ste…
- 11 Escape From Skull Shores Based on the 2011 doll line Skull Shores. It's Spring Break and the ghouls and guys are going to Skull Shores for a vacation. But when Frankie is offered as a sacrifice to an anci…
- 14 Scaris City Of Frights
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