Purrsephone

Purrsephone is the dark-haired sister of the werecat twin duo. She is close with her sister Meowlody and their best friend Toralei, who functions both as their third sister and leader. Between the three of them, Purrsephone is the most insecure about herself and the most manipulatable, but also much more good-natured.

Portrayers
Purrsephone is rarely heard speaking, but she occasionally makes cat sounds. In the English version of the cartoon, credit for this goes to America Young, who also voices Toralei and Meowlody.

Personality
Being a twin is a matter of cruelly balanced pros and cons to Purrsephone. On one hand, she has a constant companion in her sister Meowlody. On the other, she and her sister's closeness is regularly perceived as interchangeability by others. Though Meowlody is more than fine with this, Purrsephone is determined to become recognized as an individual. She has yet to figure out a way to accomplish her goal though.

Between her and her sister, Purrsephone has a more cautious nature, but she's still easily convinced by her sister and, presumably, Toralei to participate in risky pranks. On the other hand, Purrsephone is better at handling it when a prank backfires as long as she doesn't fare worse than her partners-in-crime.

Purrsephone has an allergy for birds, which is a secret to everyone outside of her family because Purrsephone is embarrassed by the way it affects her. Her allergy causes her hairballs and was the reason she and Meowlody had to part with their pet canary.

Appearance
Purrsephone has a mirror theme going on with her sister in how they look and how they dress. Both have a grey skin or fur and white facial marking. They also have white stripes running over their legs and arms, but Purrsephone has her stripes on her left arm and right leg, while Meowlody has them on her right arm and left leg. Purrsephone is more easily distinguished from her sister by her hair though, which is black, whereas Meowlody's is white. In line with the white markings on their limbs, Purrsephone has a black-and-white striped lock of hair hanging from her right side, which Meowlody has hanging from her left side.

Purrsephone and Meowlody dress in similar outfits because it's easier for them. Like Toralei, they have a biker look going for them, but the twins' choice of clothes reaches more for the feminine. The main colors they go for are white, black, crimson, and orange, with white and crimson being more dominant in Purrsephone.

Classic Monster
Just like Toralei, Purrsephone and Meowlody are werecats. According to folklore, they are humans who transforms to human-like cats, panthers or tigers. Werecats are similar to Werewolfs, as Werecats are also known as "shape-shifters".

Werecats are not featured as often as Werewolves are in popular culture, but a notable movie with Werecats is Cat People directed by Val Lewton. It tells the story of a young woman, who believes herself to be a descendant of a race of people who turn into cats.

Family
Purrsephone is the twin sister of Meowlody. They live in a good household, where their pranks are not approved of but generally not reported on either. Their mother dotes on them and has so far denied Purrsephone the possibility to throw away embarrassing photos from when she was a child and affected by hairballs because she thinks the photos are cute.

In her diary, Toralei says that Purrsephone and Meowlody are "like [her] sisters". This sentiment is presumably shared by Purrsephone.

Friends
Purrsephone's best pals in life are Meowlody and Toralei.

Pet
Until some years ago, Purrsephone and Meowlody owned a male canary who would sing them awake every morning. However, Purrsephone developed an allergy to the bird, forcing the sisters to give him away. They still miss him.

Romance
Purrsephone does not seem to be looking for romantic involvement at the moment. However, she and Meowlody went for the same werewolf when looking for a dance partner in "Fright On!", suggesting she has a similar taste in dates as her sister.

Campus Stroll

 * Line: Campus Stroll
 * Release: February 2012
 * Assortment number: None
 * Model number: W9215
 * Purrsephone wears a sleeveless, tiger print shirt in horizontal white and black. She combines this with a crimson skirt and a red, sleeveless jacket. The jacket features a high collar, silver lining, six diagonal silver stripes at the top and one black horizontal stripe decorated with silver studs at the bottom. On her right hand, she wears an orange glove, and on her left arm she wears a studded black and crimson bracelet. On her left wrist, she has a studded crimson bracelet. Her shoes are black boots reaching almost to her knees. They feature crimson wedge heels, bootlaces over the entire length, buckles at the top, and open toes.
 * The doll comes with a crimson, ball of yarn-shaped purse, and one diary which she shares with her sister.
 * Purrsephone's doll is only available in a 2-pack with Meowlody. They lack a brush and stand, and are the only dolls of the Campus Stroll line of which the stockphoto doesn't suggest otherwise. The dolls were also only sold in a 2-pack with each other.

Meta Timeline

 * December 3, 2010: Mattel requests the trademark for Purrsephone.
 * February 8, 2011: Purrsephone makes her 2D cartoon debut in "Scream Building".
 * June, 2011: Purrsephone is finally named insofar that she could be either Purrsephone or Meowlody, and makes her diary debut in Cleo's School's Out diary, Clawdeen's School's Out diary, and Frankie's School's Out diary.
 * November 13, 2011: Purrsephone's profile art is revealed on the Monster High Facebook account. The artist reveals on Flickr that the dark-haired sister is Purrsephone.
 * January 10, 2012: Purrsephone's shared profile is published on the Monster High website.
 * February 12, 2012: Purrsephone makes her 3D cartoon debut in "Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?".
 * February 28, 2012: Purrsephone's first doll is released as part of the Campus Stroll series.