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"Substitute Creature" is the fourth episode of the Volume 1 of Monster High. It is the fourth episode of the webseries overall. It premiered on May 10, 2010.

Description[]

A mean substitute creature makes Deuce take off his sunglasses in class. The result? A really rockin' day at Monster High!

Summary[]

. At the same time, Lagoona and another student consider the benefits they can reap from the fact that today's Trigular Calcometry 101 will be handled by a substitute teacher. At the same time, Cleo wonder what happened to Headless Headmistres Bloodgood, who is the regular teacher, and a noncommitted discuss the rumors they've heard, wonder what happened with Ghoulia. They discuss the rumors they've heard, but become silent when the substitute creature arrives and writes his name arrives and contributes with a particularly gross rumor.

The substitute teacher demands silence so he can begin class. He introduces himself as Lou Zarr and writes his name on the chalkboard, prompting Heath to loudly pronounce it as "loser", making the class laugh. Mildly exasperated, Zarr corrects him and orders the students to open their books. He adds that since he doesn't know how much of its content has already been covered in the previous lessons, they're going to do the whole book. At that moment, Deuce comes walking in like he's not late at all, but Zarr isn't willing to let it slip. Deuce, surprised that Bloodgood isn't teaching, asks the substitute teacher's name and ends up pronouncing it "loser," too, making the whole class laughs again. Annoyed by this once more, Zarr demands that Deuce takes off his sunglasses in his class. Only for Deuce to answer that Mr. Zarr wouldn't want that, but then claims that he insists. As such, Deuce obeys, not a little amused, and only after his classmates have covering their faces with the books.

Lou Zarr is petrified by Deuce's gorgon glare. Without the teacher, Deuce announces "class dismissed". The rest of the class happily pours into the hallway, though not after leaving paint, a lampshade, and a banner reading "dork award" on Zarr's petrified form. Deuce stays a little longer to semi-apologize and tell Zarr that the effects of his glare wear off in a couple hours... usually.

Characters[]

  1. Heath Burns
  2. Cleo de Nile
  3. Frankie Stein
  4. Draculaura
  5. Lagoona Blue
  6. Clawdeen Wolf
  7. Ghoulia Yelps
  8. Lou Zarr
  9. Iris Clops
  10. Deuce Gorgon
  11. Otto Maton


Notes[]

  • This webisode features the first time that Ghoulia says something in Zombie that the other girls respond to in disgust. This is later done again in "Frightday the 13th", including Frankie's exact response that is "Oh, that's ghastly!".
  • This is one of only three appearances of Lou Zarr. The other times are in "New Ghoul @ School" and the Monster High website game Creepateria Food Fright. Though called a substitute teacher in "Substitute Creature", he appears to be a regular teacher in his other appearances.
  • Most of Lou Zarr's animation was also used in "New Ghoul @ School".
  • Deuce's biggest pet peeve in the Monster High website game Registration is "substitute creatures". That is a reference to this webisode, as the biggest pet peeve on his profile is just "people who annoy me".

References[]

Continuity[]

  • Lou Zarr calls the class "little freaks", which somewhat implies that humans discriminate against monsters. This was confirmed in "Escape from Skull Shores" and "Ghouls Rule". Similarly, the class appears having little willingness to deal with Zarr, which matches the theme that would be introduced with Jackson Jekyll from "Fear Pressure" onwards.
  • The TV special "New Ghoul @ School" incorporates the story of "Substitute Creature" into itself, having Lou Zarr lose control of the class because he is boring rather than agitated, and thus represents an alternative sub-continuity.

Milestones[]

Errors[]

  • The description of the webisode states that Mr. Zarr is "mean". This is a rather biased description, considering several other teachers would turn out to be much meaner than him without provocation and still receive much more respect from the students. If anything, it's the students who are mean in "Substitute Creature".
  • The moment the class gets surprised by Mr. Zarr saying "Oh, I insist", Heath along with the other two students above Lagoona and Clawdeen have disappeared.
1st Generation Webseries
Volume 1
  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
  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
  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
  1. Eye of the Boo-holder
  2. Who's the Boo Girl?
  3. Boo Ghoul at School
  4. 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. 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
  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
  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
Bonus/Promo
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