Monster High is an American animated fantasy comedy television series based on the eponymous fashion doll franchise and its 2022 television film by Mattel and Mattel Television, respectively. It aired on Nickelodeon in the United States and globally from October 6, 2022, to October 24, 2024.
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Premise
The series follows Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, and Frankie Stein, as well as other children of famous mythical monsters, as they navigate the hilarity of high school in the hallowed halls of the eponymous Monster High.
Cast
Main
Gabrielle Nevaeh Green as Clawdeen Wolf, a 15-year old Afro-Latina werewolf-human hybrid, who is the daughter of a human father Apollo and a werewolf mother Selena. Unlike the movie, she discovered Monster High herself on her birthday instead of hearing of it beforehand. She is the leader of the Boo Crew.
Courtney Lin as Draculaura, a Romanian-Taiwanese vampire and daughter of Dracula. She practices witchcraft, which is forbidden in the Monster World; unlike the movie where her magic was exposed and the students and staff accepted her.
Lin also voices Iris Clops, the daughter of the Cyclops, Moonalisa Lightpaw, the werecat and the ghost and she was the original were-ruler when she met Clawdeen, Yap, the blue-haired Werewolf pup and younger brother of Romulus and Blair, the human from the human world who used to bully Clawdeen and now she has become a monster hunter.
Iris Menas as Frankie Stein, the child of mad scientists Dr. and Dr. Stein, created using "the best and brightest minds in monster history". Unlike previous iterations, Frankie is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Menas also voices Goobert, the slime-monster, and Whiskerene the elderly werewolf and she is the mayor of West Furham and the rightful new wereruler.
Tony Revolori as Deuce Gorgon, the calm, cool son of Medusa Gorgon, and barista at the school's Coffin Bean.
Kausar Mohammed as Cleo de Nile, the daughter of the mummy, and the school's queen bee.
Mohammed also voices Whiskerbeth the elderly werewolf and she is the mayor of East Furham, and Raine, the human from the human world used to be bully Clawdeen and now she to be come a monster hunter.
Valeria Rodriguez as Lagoona Blue, the Honduran daughter of a gill-man who knows little about the outside due to growing up in a sunken castillo.
Recurring
Sekai Murashige as Kuma, an onikuma (a bear Yōkai).
Felicia Day as Ghoulia Yelps, the daughter of a Canadian zombie couple, who is a gamer, and skilled skateboarder.
Day also voices Anxiety Monster, the brain monster.
Darius Johnson as Barkimedes, the son of a werewolf and member of the Werewolf Pack.
Johnson also voices Skunkrates, the son of wereskunk and Pawl, a Werewolf pup and the twin brother of Pawla from Monster Middle School who befriended Mouscedes during Big Paw, Little Paw program.
Scott Menville as Romulus, the son of a werewolf and leader of the Werewolf Pack and the older brother of Buzz, Yap and Fur-Edrick.
Menville also voices Buddy, a human from the real world who is befriend of Barkimedes in human disguise.
Cole Massie as Finnegan Wake, a merman who is the son of a Mermaid and the cousin of Lagoona who moves around land in a wheelchair.
Victoria T. Washington as Howleen Wolf, a werewolf who is member of the Werewolf Pack. Unlike her counterpart from the original Monster High, Howleen isn't related to Clawdeen or Clawd at all, due to being a full werewolf.
Jordan Coleman as Manny Taur, the son of the Minotaur and Draculaura's former rival now friend.
Coleman also voices Sugar Rush Bandit the Raccoon.
Jonathan Melo as Clawd Wolf, the long-lost older brother of Clawdeen.
Guest
Trixie Mattel as Skelly Vonderbone, the skeleton famous singer and Monster High alumni.
Matthew Waterson as Witchcraft Codex, a spell book gifted to Draculaura by Clawdeen.
Jenny Yokobori as Gakaiju, a Godzilla-resembling kaiju.
Andrew Kishino as Modirah, another Japanese kaiju.
Wayne Knight as Ralph, a human from the real world who is a monster researcher and the Wolf family's neighbor.
Michael Beattie as Mer-Dad, the Merman father of Finnegan and the husband of Mer-Mom.
Erin Anderson as Mer-Mom, the Mermaid Mother of Finnegan and the wife of Mer-Dad.
John O'Hurley as Hades Burns, the greek god of the Underworld and Heath Burns' father. He is the former president and CEO of Underworld, Inc., and Lord of the Underworld.
Nisa Ward as Autumn Patch, the Pumpkin Monster and the DJ of Monster High for Monster Ball.
Cristina Pucelli as Superintendent Slugerson, the Slug monster superintendent of Monster High.
ViviAnn Yee as Yi-Ling, a human from the real world who befriended Draculaura at Witchcraft camp
Sofia Sanchez as Bunny Earickson, a Werebunny from Monster Middle School who befriended Clawdeen during Big Paw, Little Paw program, she has Down syndrome.
Carla Tassara as Hisstina, a Werekitten from Monster Middle School who befriended Toralei during Big Paw, Little Paw program.
Episodes
Production
On February 23, 2021, Mattel, through its television division, announced the second return of the Monster High brand, promising new content and products for the following year, including an animated TV series of 26 episodes and a live-action musical film.
Shea Fontana, previously the showrunner of the 2018 reboot of Polly Pocket, was announced as the series' showrunner and co-executive producer.
On July 13, 2022, the cast was announced via Twitter with Gabrielle Nevaeh Green as Clawdeen Wolf, Courtney Lin as Draculaura and iris menas as Frankie Stein.
The series originally premiered officially on October 28, 2022, with the first episode airing directly out of the premiere of Monster High: The Movie on October 6.
On November 17, 2022, Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 20-episode second season, which premiered on March 11, 2024 and concluded on October 26, 2024.
Soundtrack
The series's soundtrack album was released on digital platforms on January 27, 2023 by Arts Music, which contains 8 songs.
Season 2
Arts Music released the soundtrack album for the second season of Monster High on May 31, 2024 on digital platforms, which contains 10 original songs from the series.
Reception
Diondra Brown from Common Sense Media gave the series three-out-of-five stars, calling it "a funny and clever animated series, geared towards tween audiences."
Accolades
Monster High received a nomination for Outstanding Children's Programming at the 35th and 36th GLAAD Media Awards and for Favorite Animated Show at the 2024 and 2025 Kids' Choice Awards.
