Catch the Mystery Suspect If You Can! is the 8th and final Generation 3 webisode of the "Monster High Mysteries" web series.
Description[]
Volume 1, Episode 8: Things take a turn in this special episode when the suspect is finally revealed including why they have been sneaking around Monster High to stop the rally! Clawdeen, Frankie, Draculaura, Heath and more friends get this monster's perspective on why they took the casketball trophy. Plus, watch until the end to see if the rally still happens!
Summary[]
The choose-a-character screen is corrupted by the arrival and selection of the Hooded Figure. In a direct continuation from the previous webisode, the figure's hood falls off, caught onto a stone in the Catacombs. They try to make their escape, but as soon as they exit the Catacombs, they are greeted by Bloodgood, who catches them red-handed and demands an explanation. The Hooded Figure irratedly obeys, and we see the story through their perspective.
Whilst the figure was walking through the halls, they complained about everyone being worried about the Scare Rally. They overheard Bloodgood muttering that she would be cancelling the rally if one more thing goes wrong as she was cleaning up her mess at the trophy case. Finding the situation convenient, the figure chose between being the bigger monster or taking matters into their own claws, deciding on the latter. Opening Monsterfy on their iCoffin, they played a bird chirping sound effect that frightened Bloodgood, causing her to drop the trophy as she blocked her ears. As she left to find something to clean up her mess, the figure stole the trophy (leaving behind a small piece of the handle that Heath found), and hid when they heard Heath approaching, who was playing air-guitar. The figure considered Heath "a hot-headed sorry excuse of a monster" as they left. Later in the science lab, the figure plotted to stop the Boo Crew's investigation. They hid when Cleo arrived, who was checking her EekTok followers; Cleo then entered the closet using her "mummy senses". The figure almost made another delimma, with locking Cleo in being the first option, but instantly scrapped it and did the obvious option of doing the first choice. And lastly, when the lights went out earlier, it turned out the figure was amongst the rest of the Boo Crew in the creepateria's kitchen when it happened. They turned to their iCoffin when they received a text from an unknown being instructing them to turn out the lights, and text back a thumbs-up emoji. When they turn off their phone, their identity is finally revealed through the reflection: Toralei Stripe.
The Boo Crew and Bloodgood confront Toralei in Bloodgood's office. Toralei asks how they figured it out, with Frankie crediting their detective work whilst Draculaura reveals her name was stitched in her cloak. Just as they ask Toralei why she did all of this, Dracula arrives, and he embraces Draculaura before he and Frankie eat Deuce's ruined cupsnakes. The Boo Crew catch Dracula up to speed with what has happened across the night, and Bloodgood again asks Toralei why she tried to sabotage the rally when Toralei tries to excuse herself. Toralei reveals that she's upset that nobody respects her; not only is she still furious about Draculaura beating her in the head fearleader elections, but nobody wanted to listen to her ideas about how to update the fearleading routine for the rally, which is why she wanted it canceled. Frankie exclaims that they now have the culprit's motive. As Clawdeen apologizes to Toralei, Cleo livestreams everything on EekTok. Draculaura explains that Toralei's routine was too advanced and that they couldn't afford making mistakes, and tells her father Dracula that she wanted everything to be perfect to not let him down. Dracula realizes that even though he may have high expectations, all he wants is for his daughter to be happy, and the two embrace again. Toralei attempts to apologize but cannot bring herself to at least say "sorry", and hopes she won't be punished, but Bloodgood thinks otherwise. Dracula assures Bloodgood that he doesn't mind having to witness all of this, and almost gets off topic by mentioning something that happened between him and Ms Gargoyle when he was young. Bloodgood confirms that the rally is indeed back on and the Boo Crew celebrates this news. Draculaura and Clawdeen tell Toralei that they want to do her routine.
The rally begins, with everyone gathered in the clawditorium. The school's fearleading squad begins their performance on the stage, the fixed trophy standing next to them. Just as they begin Toralei's routine, it instantly goes horribly wrong - Toralei collapses and the trophy breaks yet again, much to the audience's shock. Toralei admits to Clawdeen and Draculaura they could've used a bit more practice. Frankie exclaims from the audience that at least this time they know who dunnit, to which Clawdeen groans and Draculaura giggles, thus concluding the episode and webseries.
Characters[]
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Notes[]
- Like the rest of the G3 webisodes, this episode's upload on the official Monster High YouTube channel was set to private in September 2024 for unknown reasons, making it lost media through official means.
- Interestingly, a few days before the upload was set to private, it was shortened after the first five minutes, abruptly ending after Dracula gets off track about what happened with him and Ms Gargoyle. The previous two Monster High Mysteries episodes had the exact same issue. Around the same time as well, several uploads from the channel of the TV series that were up to five minutes long were shortened to about a minute or so, but not set to private. The reasons for all of this are unknown.
- This episode is entirely in Toralei's point of view.
- It's revealed that Toralei was the Hooded Figure all along and the reason why she was trying to stop the rally and stole the trophy is because she's upset that nobody respects her.
- The Hooded Figure being Toralei is foreshadowed in this episode itself. One of the options for her first choice is "taking matters into their own claws", hinting at her monster species being a werecat.
Continuity[]
- Toralei mentions the events of the TV series episode "Witch Hitch" when revealing her motivation for sabotaging the rally. This continues to confirm that these webisodes take place in early season 1.
- It's revealed that when Toralei checked her phone and almost left the kitchen at the end of episode 5, she had received a text from what seems to be an accomplice. This other person is never revealed in this episode and any other G3 media, however.
- The name of the pre-installed sound file app used to scare off humans on every iCoffin, mentioned in the previous episode, is revealed to be Monsterfy, a pun on Spotify.
- Cleo exclaiming that she has so many EekTok followers contradicts the TV series; as revealed in "Werewolf Weekend", she only has 52, much less than Draculaura, who has 90,000. Although this could imply that she has grown more followers since then, the episode "Mummy in the Mirror" from Season 2 confirms she still is not that popular on EekTok.