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Werebeasts, also known as werecreatures, are a type of monster present in the Monster High universe. They are living monsters that are characterized by possessing both human and animal qualities.
There are werewolves, wererats, weredogs, and werecats in Monster High. But in other media, there are many different types of werebeasts, such as werebirds, werecows, weredeers, werelizards, and the list goes on. The origins of these remarkable beings can be traced back to different corners across the globe.
Monster High[]
Generation 1[]
Werebeasts in the "Monster High" franchise are anthropomorphic creatures who do not transform (Until "Welcome to Monster High", they are finally for the first time shown to transform). Clawdeen Wolf is the series' featured werewolf character, as well as her siblings Clawdia Wolf, Clawd Wolf, and Howleen Wolf, and friends Romulus, Dee O'Gee , and Brocko. They are for the most part human, with subtle animal qualities such as canine ears and fangs. (But they might be just anthropomorphic wolves and not humans). A key feature in their monster heritage is their rapid hair growth, which is similar to fur, much to Clawdeen's displeasure, as she has to shave 2-3 times a day.
Clawdeen shares several characteristics with the Lon Chaney, Jr. character, including canine characteristics such as fur and claws. Werewolves have a strong sense of smell, which is referred to as "the nose knows", which was said by Clawdeen in "Fashion Emergency", Clawd in "Scaris: City of Frights", and Howleen in Twyla's 13 Wishes diary.
She also has trouble controlling her inner wolf when she sees a full moon, or a full moon-like object such as a spotlight.[1]
Toralei Stripe, Meowlody, Purrsephone, Catrine DeMew and Catty Noir are werecats, which are much more animal like than their canine monster counterparts. Unlike Werewolves, they seem to be covered in fur, have tails, and even have cat-like noses in the webisodes. When Toralei was shown as a baby, she was literally just a kitten with human-like hair. Possible werecats include: the animal girl, catgirls and the catboys.
In "The Nine Lives of Toralei", there were four weredogs: a bulldog, a purple poodle and two unknown type of dogs.
In multiple webisodes and in "Boo York, Boo York" we are introduced to wererats one being Mouscedes King.
Werewolves along with zombies were servants to vampires if not slaves as well. It's unknown if other werebeasts like werecats, weredogs or wererats were also servants of vampires too. Being servants to vampires and werewolves having enough not wanting to be used anymore is what caused the war between werewolves and vampires, not much is known about the war between them or who even won but it's most likely the werewolves won as they no longer serve vampires.
Mummies also seem to be big fans of werecats as cats were sacred to the Ancient Egyptians. As Nefera de Nile is friends with the werecats Toralei Stripe, Purrsephone, and Meowlody. And the De Niles seem to be fans of cats in general.
One of Gigi Grants finders was a werecat girl. [Source] Finnegan Wake is familiar with wereweasels. [Source]
Generation 2[]
Werebeasts in the "Monster High" franchise are anthropomorphic creatures. The werewolves in this generation can transform into full-fledged wolves at will (first shown in "Welcome to Monster High").
Generation 3[]
Werebeasts in the "Monster High" franchise are anthropomorphic creatures. The werebeasts are all ruled by a leader (the current leader being Clawdeen Wolf). All werebeasts can take on their human form during the full moon as long as they're under the moonlight. The werebeast leader usually holds the Moonclaw tailsman/necklace. The Moonclaw talisman gifts its owner with incredible strength and speed, it also allows its owner to transform from a werebeast to a human and vice-versa whenever they want, without needing a full moon.
Description[]
Generation 1[]
Werebeasts are anthropomorphic creatures. There are four kinds of werebeasts werewolves, werecats, wererats, and weredogs. (Wereweasels have also been mentioned) They come in many different shapes and sizes and can have different fur and skin colors. Werecats also have slit pupils, much like a real-life cat, and werebeasts have long nails in general.
Generation 2[]
Only werewolves are shown in generation 2, and they don't look that different from werewolves in generation 1, but are shown to have more visible fur.
Generation 3[]
There are a multitude of werebeasts, that range from wereskunks, wererabbits, werefoxes, and werebears.
Abilities[]
- Enhanced Sense of Smell: Werewolves have a heightened sense of smell. It's unknown if other werebeasts have this ability, but it's implied they do.
- Enhanced Hearing: Werebeasts have heightened hearing, being able to hear things from miles away.
- Lunar Extra-Power: Werewolves, during a full moon, can become stronger and faster.
- Enhanced Strength: Werewolves have been shown to be very strong, being able to take out other strong monsters easily, and be even stronger if a full moon is out.
- Enhanced Speed: Werewolves are already really fast, and with the addition of the full moon, they become even faster.
- Rapid Hair Growth: This is most likely a problem for all werebeasts growing a lot of hair; werecats are covered in hair. Werewolves sometimes shave off this fur but they have to shave multiple times as the hair grows back very quickly.
- Feline Instincts: Werecats have cat-like instincts such as having claws and a fear of dogs.
- Athleticism: Werebeasts are said to athletic (with some exceptions).
- Agility: Werecats are said to be flexible and have high agility. They can always land on their feet.
- Polymorphism: In Generation 2, werewolves can switch between full-fledged wolf and werewolf as shapeshifting.
- Full Moon Transformation: In Generation 3, when werebeasts come of age, they can take on a human form under the full moon's light. However, those who have the Moonclaw Talisman (like Clawdeen for example) can transform into a human without the full moon.
- Moonclaw Tailsman: The Moonclaw Talisman is an item from Generation 3. The abilities of the talisman include incredible strength and speed, and also allows its owner to transform from a werebeast to a human and vice-versa whenever they want, without needing a full moon.
Weaknesses []
- Distracted Easily: Because of their animal-like instincts, for example, werecats get distracted by laser pointer lights. While werewolves, if you were to throw a tennis ball, they will forget what they were doing and drop everything just to chase after the ball. They also chase after cars.
- Sensory Overload: Even if their senses are helpful, an overload of sensory information can overwhelm the were-beast. For instance, loud sounds can cause damage to a were-beasts' hearing and pungent odors can knock out the were-beasts through their sensitive sense of smell.
Known Werebeasts[]
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Gallery[]
Etymology[]
Therianthropy refers to the metamorphosis of humans into other animals. Therianthropes are said to change forms via shapeshifting. Therianthropes have long existed in mythology, appearing in ancient cave drawings.
Notes[]
- There has been a wererat-like student as a backgrounder character in one webisode: "Bad Scare Day".
External links[]
- https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/11/beyond-werewolves-strange-were-beasts-of-the-world/
- http://mythicalrealm.com/humanoid-mythical-creatures/shapeshifters-around-world/
- https://www.historicmysteries.com/werewolf-legends/
- https://www.audenjohnson.com/2014/09/mythical-creatures-werecats.html
- https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/395639
References[]
- ↑ "Talon Show"