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For the separate cartoon series released in 2022, see Monster High.

Among the promotional material Mattel produces to bring attention to the Monster High dolls, the most prominent product is the Monster High cartoon series. Released as a mix of many webisodes of a few minutes long and a small amount of TV specials of around an hour, the cartoon is the primary medium through which new characters and accessories are brought to the audience's attention. The flash-animated material was produced by WildBrain during 2010-2012 and is produced by Six Point Harness since 2013, though Top Draw Animation has been continuously hired by both companies for supportive work after it took over from Caboom. Meanwhile, the TV specials were CGI-animated, and were produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment and DHX Media until Great Scarrier Reef. Sound was done by Salami Studios.

The cartoon finished its Generation 1 run in 2015 with Volume 6. Its Generation 2 run, which began in 2016, had two separate series, Meet the Ghouls and Adventures of the Ghoul Squad, both of which were quietly cancelled by at least 2018. The G2 CGI-animated material for the TV specials was produced by Flaunt Productions.

Currently, the cartoon is in its Generation 3 run, and is now co-produced by Nickelodeon. Instead of TV specials, the CGI-animated material is for the TV series, which is produced by Xentrix Studios.

The cartoon has had 16 TV specials. The cartoon is typically a 2D-animated webisode series, or web series.

Generation 1 webisodes[]

Volume 1[]

New Ghoul @ School - fearbook opening

Between May 5th and July 30th of 2010, Mattel released 15 webisodes featuring the students, teachers and staff of Monster High. This was followed by a 3-month hiatus until October 29th, starting which another 12 webisodes were released until January 20, 2011. The webisodes of Volume 1 are a little less than two minutes, with the average webisode being 1:47 minutes long. There is almost no continuity between the webisodes and all rely on the "gag-per-webisode" format. The Volume 1-associated TV special "New Ghoul @ School", which details Frankie Stein's first days at Monster High, functions as an alternative version of the webisodes' story.

  1. Jaundice Brothers
  2. Talon Show
  3. Fear Squad
  4. Substitute Creature
  5. Party Planners
  6. Blue Lagoona
  7. Copy Canine
  8. The Hot Boy
  9. Bad Scare Day
  10. Photo Finish
  11. Cyrano de Ghoulia
  12. Bad Zituation
  13. Clawditions
  14. Freedom Fight
  15. Totally Busted
  16. Freakout Friday
  17. Mad Science Fair
  18. Shock and Awesome
  19. The Good, the Bat and the Fabulous
  20. Rumor Run Wild
  21. Fur Will Fly
  22. Horrorscope
  23. Idol Threat
  24. Hatch Me If You Can
  25. Date of the Dead
  26. A Scare of a Dare
  27. Parent-Creature Conference

Volume 2[]

Volume2

Volume 2 was released between February 8th and November 17th of 2011. Its formula is drastically different from Volume 1's. Instead of only 1:47 minutes, Volume 2's webisodes have an average time of 3:32 minutes, almost twice as much. Unlike Volume 1, the Volume 2 webisodes are heavy on continuity, featuring multiple storylines at once that span multiple webisodes. The TV special "Fright On!" was released during Volume 2's run and takes place between Volume 2 and Volume 3. Volume 2 also saw the release of a special webisode to promote the Kind Campaign, though it isn't marked as Volume 2 and has to take place after "Fright On!". This season of the Monster High cartoon had some improvements in animation.

  1. Scream Building
  2. Why We Fright
  3. Fear-A-Mid Power
  4. Beast Friends
  5. Varsity Boos
  6. Gloomsday
  7. Falling Spirits
  8. Fatal Error
  9. Screech to the Beach
  10. Witch Trials
  11. Don't Cheer the Reaper
  12. Road to Monster Mashionals
  13. Queen of the Scammed
  14. Frightday the 13th
  15. HooDoo You Like?
  16. Fear Pressure
  17. Fear the Book
  18. Desperate Hours
  19. Miss Infearmation
  20. Hyde and Shriek
  21. Daydream of the Dead
  22. Nefera Again
  23. Back-to-Ghoul
  24. Abominable Impression
  25. Frost Friends
  26. Hyde Your Heart
  27. Ghostly Gossip
  28. Hiss-teria
  29. Phantom of the Opry
  30. The Bermuda Love Triangle
  31. Here Comes Treble
  32. Dueling Personality
  33. Neferamore
  34. Rising From the Dead
  35. Monster Mashionals Part 1
  36. Monster Mashionals Part 2

Volume 3[]

Preceded by three promotional webisode releases in October and November, the first of the regular Volume 3 webisodes was released on the Monster High channel and site on December 8, 2011. The end of Volume 3 is not any easier to define; the webisodes of the regular schedule stopped on December 10, 2013, but three final Volume 3 webisodes were released on the "Frights, Camera, Action!" DVD on March 25, 2014. All the Volume 3 webisodes are 2:31 minutes long, less than the length of Volume 2's webisodes, and mark a return to the "gag-per-webisode" format. There is still a sense of continuity a la Volume 2, but less so. Notably, Volume 3 introduced clip shows, which did help establish a sense of continuity. Nine TV specials belong to Volume 3, but none of them has a distinguishable position relative to the webisodes. Volume 3 was the longest running season for the Monster High cartoon, having over 50 episodes (not counting extra DVD specials).

Promotional/DVD Extra[]

Regular[]

  1. Dodgeskull
  2. Game of DeNile
  3. Uncommon Cold
  4. Ghosts with Dirty Faces
  5. Hickmayleeun
  6. No Place Like Nome
  7. Sibling Rivalry
  8. The Nine Lives of Toralei
  9. Unlife to Live
  10. Abyss Adventure
  11. Unearthed Day
  12. Creepfast Club
  13. Home Ick
  14. Hoodoo That Voodoo That You Do
  15. I Know What You Did Last Fright
  16. Honey, I Shrunk the Ghouls
  17. HooDude VooDoo
  18. Undo the Voodoo
  19. Night of a Thousand Dots
  20. Best Ghoulfriend
  21. Aba-Kiss Me Deadly
  22. Bean Scare, Done That
  23. A Perfect Match
  24. Hiss-toria
  25. The Need for Speed
  26. The Halls Have Eyes
  27. Mauled
  28. Scare-born Infection
  29. Boo Year's Eve
  30. Franken-Styled
  31. Defending Your Lagoona
  32. Freaky Fridate
  33. The Ghoulest Season
  34. Fright Dance
  35. Scare-itage
  36. Tough As Scales
  37. Tree of Unlife
  38. No Ghouls Allowed
  39. I Scream, You Scream
  40. Frankie's Joltin' Juice
  41. Tortoise and The Scare
  42. Fierce Crush
  43. Invasion of the Ghoul Snatchers
  44. Flowers for Slow Moe
  45. Ready, Wheeling and Able
  46. Creature of the Year
  47. Party Undead
  48. Student Disembodied President
  49. Clawbacks
  50. Field of Screams
  51. Angry Ghouls
  52. The Stich-uation
  53. Scarah-Voyant
  54. Inscare-itance
  55. Playing the Boos

Volume 4[]

On November 21, five Volume 4 webisodes were uploaded on YouTube. Volume 4, like Volume 3, started while the previous volume had yet to reach its end. This season of the Monster High cartoon had the same length (in minutes) like Volume 3, but some episodes were 3:00. The webisodes varied in the 2:30-3:00 range, with the same “gag-per-episode” format. The animation in this season mostly stayed the same, with some small improvements.

  1. Eye of the Boo-holder
  2. Who's the Boo Girl?
  3. Boo Ghoul at School
  4. Creature Creepers Adventures part 1: Bat Dialing Disaster
  5. Scream Spirit
  6. Scareful what you Wish for
  7. Boogey Mansion
  8. Monsters of Music
  9. Tales from the Script
  10. Boolittle Too Late
  11. Jungle Boo-gie
  12. Just Ghost to Show Ya
  13. Master of Hiss-guise
  14. Zombie Shake
  15. Just One of the Ghouls
  16. In Plain Fright
  17. Join the Scream
  18. Creature Creepers Adventures part 2: The Coin Calamity
  19. We are Monster High
  20. Creepateria
  21. I Only Have Eye for You
  22. So You Think You Can Date
  23. Inner Monster 1.0
  24. Inner Monster 2.0
  25. Graveball Grates
  26. Happy Howlidays
  27. Boys Fright Out
  28. Creature Cribs
  29. Draculocker
  30. Stage Frightened

Volume 5[]

On October 2, 2014, a Volume 5 webisode was uploaded onto YouTube. Much like Volume 4, Volume 5 started before the previous volume had come to its end. Notable changes in Volume 5 are an increased running time and a slight improvement in the animation itself, such as more varied facial expressions, new looks for some characters, and more. Monster High's main building exterior is changed to look more like the school, as seen in the movie specials. In other countries, sometimes the Volume 5 webisodes are categorized in the Volume 4 section.

  1. Casta Vote
  2. I Casta Spell On You
  3. Sayonara Draculaura
  4. Lochness Lorna
  5. Meet You In Monster Picchu
  6. Looks Gil-ty
  7. The Agony of D'Feet
  8. Gloom and Bloom, Part 1
  9. Gloom and Bloom, Part 2
  10. Bad Tomb-mates

Volume 6[]

On June 19, 2015, Volume 6 began. Volume 6 carried on the new changes made in Volume 5, including multiple-part webisodes. It ended with Decomposition Class on October 30, 2015, and stands as the last set of webisodes for Generation 1. Just like the Volume 5 webisodes, this season of the Monster High cartoon was sometimes categorized as Volume 5 webisodes. This season of the cartoon is the shortest of all of the seasons produced for the web series.

  1. Freak Du Chic Act 1
  2. Freak Du Chic Act 2
  3. Freak Du Chic Act 3
  4. From Fear to There Part 1
  5. From Fear to There Part 2
  6. Decomposition Class

Special[]

In addition to the storyline webisodes, there have also been two special webisodes released in honor of Monster High's partnership with the Kind Campaign in 2011 and WeStopHate in 2012.

Generation 2 webisodes[]

Meet the Ghouls[]

On August 19, 2016, the Generation 2 webisodes began with the Meet the Ghouls story-arc. These follow the storyline set up with Welcome to Monster High, and thus use the new character and school design. Mattel released a new webisode weekly as long as an arc is running via the Monster High YouTube channel and the video portion of the Monster High website. These webisodes never had an official ending, and were quietly cancelled due to Generation 2's overall discontinuation in 2018.

Adventures of the Ghoul Squad[]

Adventures of the Ghoul Squad is an animated series with ten-minute episodes, which started in August 2017. Set in the second generation, it features the main five ghouls as they travel around the world, searching for lost monsters to bring to Monster High, following the Welcome to Monster High story-arc. Much like Meet the Ghouls, these webisodes never had an official ending, and were quietly cancelled due to Generation 2's overall discontinuation in 2018.

  1. Calling All Ghouls
  2. Island Ghouls
  3. A Tale of Two Mountains
  4. Gobsmacked
  5. Boo-tiful Music
  6. Gargoyle and Water
  7. Too Much Scream Time
  8. Monster High's Got Talent... Shows
  9. The Sands of Toralei
  10. Garden Ghouls

Generation 3 webisodes[]

Volume 1: Monster High Mysteries[]

Monster High Mysteries

On November 18, 2022, the official Monster High YouTube channel released the first episode of Monster High Mysteries. This series contained eight full episodes, each up to 4-5 minutes long. The first four webisodes released in 2022 before taking a month hiatus. The webisodes later came back in early 2023, with the fifth episode being posted on January 13, 2023. Additionally, this mini-series relied on continuity, with each webisode occuring through the POV of one of the characters via a video game-like style of multiple choice interactive story ones. In this volume, the Boo Crew try to investigate and find out who is terrorizing the scare rally.

  1. Casketball Trophy Is Stolen!?
  2. Clawdeen Finds A Clue!
  3. Lagoona Investigates A Mysterious Sound!
  4. Did Cleo Solve The Case?!
  5. Heath Hides A Secret?
  6. Draculaura Uses Magic To Find Answers!
  7. Deuce Chases a Mysterious Suspect!
  8. Catch the Mystery Suspect If You Can!

Volume 2: Sparks and Spells[]

Sparks & Spells A Monster High Musical

On May 5, 2023, the official Monster High YouTube channel released the first episode of Sparks and Spells: A Monster High Musical. The series contained 8 episodes, each up to 3-5 minutes long, and yet again relied on continuity for each episode. Unlike Monster High Mysteries, the animation is slightly improved, with more varied movement in the 2D puppet-animated character models. The series focuses on a singular night, where the Boo Crew comes together for a talent show. One (or more than one) ghoul performs a song each episode, culminating to the final showstopper in the last episode. The series also features a narrator (voiced by Merk Nguyen[1]) who speaks at the beginning and end of every episode, providing viewers conxtext on an episode's events. The first, fourth, and eighth webisodes re-use songs featured in Monster High: The Movie; these are "Spark", "Here I Am", and "We Are Monster High" respectively. The rest of the webisodes each contain original songs.

  1. Draculaura Sings "Spark" w/ Clawdeen & Frankie
  2. Frankie Sings "I Love Myself"
  3. Deuce Sings "My Own Monster" w/ Heath & Toralei
  4. Clawdeen & Lagoona Sing "Here I Am"
  5. Draculaura Sings "Perfect Night"
  6. Cleo & Frankie Sing "Look Over There"
  7. Iris Sings "Back In the Dark"
  8. Draculaura & Frankie Sing "We Are Monster High"

Volume 3: Monster Ball Homecoming[]

Monster Ball Homecoming

On October 27, 2023, the official Monster High YouTube channel released the first episode of Monster Ball Homecoming. The episodes are exactly 5 minutes long, and yet again relied on continuity for each episode. Similarly, to Monster High Mysteries, the Boo Crew try to figure out who is sabotaging the Monster Ball, but the animation moreso resembles how it was done for Sparks and Spells, abandoning the video-game like narrative entirely.

It is currently unknown if this volume is meant to take place during the Monster Ball arc in the 2022 animated series, specifically in the season 1 finale, "The Monster Way". Both star the Boo Crew attending the Monster Ball and they wear the same attires, but the night of dance occur in different sets of events. This would follow a trend from the G1 webisodes, in which continuity from Volume 1 would later be rewritten in the TV specials.

  1. Cleo & Clawdeen Get Hypnotized!
  2. Clawdeen & Draculaura Find an Unlikely Suspect!
  3. Toralei & Draculaura Fight a Giant Earworm!
  4. Deuce & Frankie Investigate the Earworm Prank!
  5. Cleo Keeps a Secret From Frankie & Lagoona!
  6. Clawd & Deuce Get Trapped By the Shadows!
  7. Lagoona & Clawdeen Figure Out Who Took Dracula?
  8. Frankie Uses Their Brain To Find The Phantom!

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