School's Out

''"Monster High welcomes our new ghouls." ''

- Narration in the School's Out commercial.

The 'School's Out' doll line is the second subline of a franchise-spanning main line of dolls that features the characters in non-themed, day-to-day outfits. This main line, and as a consequence its sublines too, is without a name, which emphasizes the line's lack of theme. The second subline received the name School's Out from fans as a way to distinguish its dolls from the previous Basic releases. The School's Out line was released June-July 2011 and the characters featured are the following: Frankie Stein, Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, Lagoona Blue, Cleo de Nile, Clawd Wolf, Abbey Bominable and Spectra Vondergeist.

Within the fandom, there are two interpretations to the term School's Out and with that the way the main line is divided. The original eight dolls were all unique characters in non-themed clothes, which caused them to be referred to as Basic. The same term would've been applied to the second subline of main dolls if it hadn't been for several characters getting another doll released in the main line. Preferring not to have one term for two dolls, the name School's Out was adopted, taken from a caption under one of the first photos of the line found, for the second subline. However, due to the self-evidence of the name Basic, fans generally reserve the term School's Out for the dolls of characters with one earlier release in the main line, while the new faces are referred to as Basic. In contrast, the Monster High wiki goes with the less common approach of declaring all the first main subline dolls Basic, and all the later whatever their subline is called, because there is unity in each subline in terms of marketing, release period and diary content. Selecting within a subline denounces that unity and makes it more difficult to describe its position within the franchise. It would also prioritize the term Basic over other subline names, while all are equally unofficial.

Since Holt Hyde and Ghoulia Yelps were the last Basic dolls released, they got the short stick as far as promotion and shelf time go compared to the earlier released six. As such, their boxes originally advertised the Basic dolls, but when School's Out came around, the boxes were modified to the School's Out design, including advertisement for the School's Out dolls. Since the dolls and diaries remained the same, the wiki considers them Basic only.

The School's Out line received one commercial, which paid special attention to the releases of Abbey, Spectra, Clawd and Draculaura, the latter since she was sold with Clawd in a 2-pack. In the webisodes, the School's Out outfits have only shown up once, during the first party in "Fright On!". This is in spite of the line's intention to be the new default look for the characters, who proceed to be drawn in their Basic outfits normally.