List of Monster High characters

Mattel's fashion doll franchise Monster High features a variety of fictional characters, many of whom are students at the titular high school. The female characters are classified as Ghouls and the male characters are classified as Mansters. The characters are generally the sons and daughters, or related to monsters that have been popularized in fiction. The franchise's official website identifies six of the characters as Original Ghouls. In addition to the listed Ghouls and Mansters, there are other characters who have been introduced in the franchise's related media including the web/video and book series. In 2016, singer Lady Gaga's sister Natali designed Zomby Gaga for the Monster High franchise as a partnership with the Born This Way Foundation.^[1]

Conception and development

The initial characters were created by Garrett Sander and his twin brother Darren.^[2] In researching the look, the Sander brothers went shopping with girls and noted they were buying goth fashion items such as skulls, chains, and black. They remarked that because the characters are monsters, they had more freedom to do things that ordinary kids could not do.^[3] Other inspirations include children's interests in Tim Burton and Lady Gaga.^[4] Kiyomi Haverly, Mattel's design vice president, said "Honestly, it was very surprising to us. We just noticed girls were into darker goth fashion." The dolls were created by Garrett Sander and illustrated by Kellee Riley.^[4][5]

Main characters

Six of the Monster High characters have been classified as Original Ghouls by the official website.^[6]

Frankie Stein

Frankie Stein (voiced by Kate Higgins, singing voice done by Allison Iraheta) is the daughter of Frankenstein's monster and his bride and the granddaughter of Victor Frankenstein's (since Victor had built her parents). Frankie is the sweetest, heartiest girl at Monster High, and believes that everyone's flaws make them unique. Starting at 15 days old, she is also the youngest student at Monster High. She is very optimistic and never gives up in the face of adversity. However, since all of her prior knowledge about teen relationships came from magazines, she can be a bit naive and inexperienced in teenage issues.

Being a Frankenstein's monster herself, she has light green skin and her body is literally stitched together. Because of this, her arms and legs can be detached from her body and still move, which she has used several times to help her friends. Early on, her limbs often flew off accidentally, but she has gotten much better at controlling them. Along with this, she is powered by lightning and has to be recharged every night as seen in "New Ghoul at School". She can also emit lightning for self-defense and to power electronics in a pinch, but most often ends up accidentally shocking people. Her eyes are two different colors, the right one being blue and the left one being green, and her hair is white with black streaks.

She has romantic feelings for Neighthan Rot as seen in "Monster High: Freaky Fusion", which seems to be mutual.

Clawdeen Wolf

Clawdeen Wolf (voiced by Salli Saffioti / Celeste Henderson)^[7] is the daughter of the Werewolf. She is fifteen years old, and comes from a large family. She has brown hair with a purple streak and dresses in a furry purple and black vest. She aspires to become a fashion designer and operates a shop called the Fierce Salon.^[8] Her profile states that her freaky flaw is having to pluck and shave her legs.^[9] She has a purple pet kitten named Crescent.^[9]

Cleo de Nile

Cleo de Nile (voiced by Salli Saffioti / Celeste Henderson)^[7] is the daughter of an Egyptian mummy. She has long black hair; an Egyptian-styled top; gold earrings, belt and boots; and bandage-wrap-style clothes and leggings.^[10] She is the student council president of Monster High, and captain of the Fear Squad. Her website profile currently lists her at 3,357 years old,^[11] but previous iterations as well as the videos had shown her age to be 5,842 years old.^[12] Her boyfriend is Deuce Gorgon.^[11]

Draculaura

Draculaura (voiced by Debi Derryberry) is a pink-skinned vampire with black and pink hair who is the daughter of Count Dracula. Her primary trademark name was originally Ula D, and now is a shortening for Draculaura, while she is called Lala for short in the books. The character was initially 1,599 years old and turned 1,600 in the webisode "Party Planners" along with Frankie and in the film Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love, with Mattel releasing a doll line based around her birthday.

Despite being a vampire, she is a vegan who consumes fruits, vegetables and "a lot of iron supplements" instead of blood.^[13] Mattel vice-president of design Kiyomi Haverly said "She's a vegan. She's turned off by meat. Girls could really relate to that because that's part of what they're thinking of these days."^[14]

Ghoulia Yelps

Ghoulia Yelps (vocal effects provided by Audu Paden) is the bespectacled daughter of a zombie couple and Cleo's personal assistant and best friend. She is also a zombie. She has a pet baby blue owl named Sir Hoots-a-Lot. The smartest ghoul at Monster High, Ghoulia is a shy and bookish girl, but Cleo de Nile refuses to let her be the wallflower at a party. She can only speak in the zombie language (moans and groans) due to physical limitations that all zombies have. Ghoulia's social life has improved greatly since befriending Cleo. She is the shortest girl at Monster High. Part of this may be because as a zombie, she never stands up straight.

Ghoulia has a romantic interest in Slo-Moe, a tall male zombie on the chess team. Ghoulia is well-known to be a hardcore fan of "Dead Fast", an in-universe comic book series. She also has a love for the game of dodgeball. Her favorite color is red.

Lagoona Blue

Lagoona Blue (voiced by Laura Bailey in 2010-2015, Larissa Gallagher in 2016–Present) is the daughter of the Gill-man Wade Blue and a sea nymph, who is all fish. She is a kind and loving girl, with a tomboyish style to her clothes, and has problems with Gil's parents due to her sea-monster heritage. However, they started to like her only for being a freshwater monster when she turned into one from Howleen's wish in "13 Wishes". Lagoona is a kind and friendly ghoul who loves swimming. She also loves Gloom Beach and playing water-volleyball. She is dating Gillington "Gil" Webber. Her childhood best friend was Kala Mer'ri, who turns out to be the daughter of the Kraken.

Ghouls

The female characters in Monster High are referred to as Ghouls. The following have been listed on the Monster High official website:

Abbey Bominable

Abbey Bominable (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald)^[15] is the daughter of the Yeti. She has white hair with blue, pink and purple streaks; and blue skin. She has a baby wooly mammoth named Shiver.^[16]

Amanita Nightshade

Amanita Nightshade (voiced by Heather Moiseve)^[17] is a plant monster who is titled the "bad seed of the Corpse Flower". She has purple hair and light green skin.^[18] She is very vain and likes being the center of attention. In the episode "Bad Tomb-mates", she reveals that she and Cleo were rivals. She blooms once every 1300 years; when she came out, the villagers gifted her to the De Nile family and she became tomb-mates with Cleo. However, she has a habit of "borrowing" people's stuff and later disappearing.^[19] Her doll debuted in 2015.^[20]

Ari Hauntington

Ari Hauntington (voiced by Jonquil Goode)^[21] is the daughter of ghosts. She has purple hair with pale grey eyes and translucent pale white skin. She dresses in bohemian-style clothing. She is a pop singer who inspires monsters to be themselves.^[22] In the cartoons, she first appeared in the Welcome to Monster High film. Her doll debuted at the New York Toy Fair in 2016.^[23][24] There is also a singing doll of her that is activated by a press of the button and/or motion sensing. Her face also glows as she sings.^[25]

Astranova

Astranova is the daughter of the Comet Aliens, first appearing in the video Monster High: Boo York, Boo York. She has bluish-purplish skin and blue eyes.^[26]

Avea Trotter

Avea Trotter (voiced by Haviland Stillwell)^[27] is a hybrid monster: her father is a centaur and her mother is a harpy. She has blue hair and eyes, two-toned purple skin, and the body of a horse.^[28][29] She also has black feathered wings that fade to green.^[28] For clothing, she wears a top hat, a red jacket with blue ruffled shirt, black belt, and leg warmers. She transferred with other hybrids to Monster High. She first appears in the film Monster High: Freaky Fusion in 2014,^[30][31] where she and the other hybrids help Frankie Stein's friends after they were fused together on the return trip from the past. Although she has a body of a horse, she does not like to be ridden like a pony ride.^[29]

Batsy Claro

The daughter of the White Vampire Bat. She has light green hair, brown eyes, pale white skin and white wings. Her clothing is mostly green. She loves nature and protecting the environment.^[32] She was introduced with the Brand Boo line as an exchange student from Ghosta Shrieka (alternatively Ghosta Rica, a play on Costa Rica).^[33][34]

Bonita Femur

Bonita Femur (voiced by Geeg Friedman)^[27] is a hybrid monster: her father is a Mothman, and her mother is a skeleton. She has platinum-blonde hair with pink and black highlights, and pale-pink skin. Her ombre boned wings are upper half pink and lower half black. Her clothes are a moth-inspired print with shredded skirt and arms with pink netting. She wears a yellow netted boots and belt.^[35] She enjoys shopping for vintage fashions at the flea market. When she gets nervous, she chews through her own clothes, especially if they are made of wool or silk.^[36] Her debut was in Freaky Fusion.^[37]

Catrine DeMew

Catrine DeMew (voiced by Kate Higgins in "Scaris: City of Frights")^[38] is the daughter of the Werecat. She has purple shoulder-length hair with pink streaks, light blue eyes, and pale white skin. As a French ghoul from Scaris (equivalent of Paris), she enjoys visual arts such as panting and drawing.^[39] She likes to draw sidewalk chalk art. Her doll was first previewed at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2012,^[40][41] and would later appear in the cartoon Scaris: City of Frights and as a Wal-Mart exclusive in 2013.^[42] She is the subject of a Monster High online video game called Catrine Demew Real Makeover where players pick her appearance for her Monster High debut.^[43]

Catty Noir

Catty Noir (voiced by Missi Hale)^[44] is also the daughter of a werecat. She has magenta hair with a blue streak, pink eyes, and dark skin as a black cat. She enjoys concerts and is superstitious about eating the same foods beforehand as well as finding and wearing a piece of broken mirror glass.^[45] Her debut outfit was on Friday the 13th, where she has a pink tulle skirt with layers, flounces, and bodice with a spider web design with the number 13.^[46] Another outfit has her in a purple and silver dress with silvery shoulders and bodice treatment, blue shoes, a headband with cat ears, silver necklace, and pink fingerless gloves. She appears in Monster High: Boo York, Boo York where her style rivals that of Nefera de Nile.^[47]

Casta Fierce

Casta Fierce is the 19-year-old daughter of the witch Circe. She is the lead singer of Casta and the Spells, a pop band that plays live once a year on Halloween. She has long black hair with some orange and purple streaks, green skin, and clothes that have buckles and straps. In 2014, she and her band played at Monster High. As a witch, she has to be careful to sing the right lyrics in case she ends up turning audience members into animals.^[48][49] Her name is based on Sasha Fierce, an alter-ego of singer Beyoncé. Casta Fierce's doll debuted in 2014.^[50][51]

Clawdia Wolf

Clawdia Wolf (voiced by Joni Goode)^[52] is the daughter of the werewolf. She has mustard yellow hair, light brown eyes, and dark brown skin. She is an aspiring screamwriter who studied drama in Londoom and is hoping to make a career in Hauntlywood. She is not that good at sports, and is always studying.^[53] She is the older sister of Clawdeen, Clawd and Howleen.^[54] Her clothes consist of a gold and black accented dress, a sharp red jacket, red knee highs and studded golden Mary Jane heels. She sometimes wears black-framed glasses. She is a featured character in Frights, Camera, Action^[55] and her doll was previewed at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2013,^[53] and released later that year to go with the special.^[56]

Dayna Treasura Jones

Dayna is the daughter of the pirate Davy Jones. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a hat in the shape of an open treasure chest and parrot earrings.^[57] Her clothes include a black skirt with gold foil print of treasures that can be reversed to a blue satin skirt that looks like a treasure map. She also wears blue boots that pull off to reveal gold coins.^[58] She is featured in the Shriek Wrecked line of Monster High dolls introduced in late 2015 and showcased at Mattel's Toy Fair 2016.^[59][60][61]

Elissabat

Elissabat (voiced by Karen Strassman)^[62] is the daughter of the Vampire and the heir to the Vampire Queen's throne. She has dark black and purple hair with some red streaks. She is 1601 years old. She is a movie star who goes by the stage name Veronica Van Vamp, which she considers her alter ego.^[63] Her doll was first featured at the 2014 New York Comic-Con as part of their Frights, Camera, Action film's characters that would debut in 2014.^[64][65][66]

Elle Eedee

Elle Eedee is the daughter of the Robots. She has multi-colored blue, purple and black hair. Her favorite activity is being a DJ where she produces dance music. She first appears in Monster High: Boo York, Boo York.^[67]

Gigi Grant

Gigi Grant (voiced by Joni Goode)^[68] is the daughter of the Genie and is a featured character in Monster High: 13 Wishes which was released in 2013.^[69] She has pink hair with some orange streaks in it, and usually styles it in a ponytail. Her duties in the special were to grant the 13 wishes whether they be good or bad. Afterwards, Gigi is freed from her lamp and her shadow Whisp takes her place as granter of wishes so she can then attend Monster High as a student. One of her doll costumes was a colored blue top and black pants with gold detail. She has a pet scorpion named Sultan Sting.^[70][71]

Gilda Goldstag

Gilda Goldstag is the daughter of the Golden Hind. She has short pink hair, large horns, and gold skin. Her clothes consist of a green shirt, brown jacket, red belt, and brown pants.^[72] Her doll first appeared as part of the Student Disembody Council 5-pack released in 2014.^[73] In the council, she serves as the treasurer.^[74]

Gooliope Jellington

She is the daughter of Unknown. She has blonde hair with pink streaks, blue eyes, and pink skin. She is among the tallest ghouls in school, and comes from the nomadic Freak du Chic lifestyle where she had worked in the circus and its Scarnivals as the ringmaster.^[75][76] Her outfits consist of a red, yellow, and black dress with circus motifs, a black-and-white belt, and shredded underskirt. She wears a gold calliope headband, and her pink shoes have a carousel styled heel.^[77] She was the featured character in the Freak du Chic webisodes.^[78] Her doll was released in 2015 for the Freak du Chic line.^[76]

Honey Swamp

Honey Swamp is the daughter of the Honey Island Swamp monster. She has blue-green curly hair, green eyes, and blue-green skin.^[79] Her clothes include a dress with shredded hem and floral print, high scaled shoes, and a small pink hat.^[80] She is from New Goreleans (equivalent of New Orleans). She aspires to be a cinematographer,^[79] and her doll accessories include a video camera and a clapboard.^[80] She was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, and debuted in the cartoons in Frights, Camera, Action.^[81] She was released as a doll in 2014.^[82]

Howleen Wolf

Howleen Wolf (voiced by America Young)^[83] is the daughter of the werewolf, the little sister of Clawdeen, and the youngest of the Wolf siblings at Monster High. She has pink hair, brown eyes, and wolf fangs.^[84] She is the main character in the Monster High film 13 Wishes where she unleashes a genie and gets to make 13 wishes.^[85][86][87] The 13 Wishes doll set won a TimeToPlayMag's People Play Award in the category of "Dolls – Fashion" in 2013.^[88] Her outfits range from dresses^[89][90] to shirts and skirts.^[91]

Ariella Papa wrote in The Huffington Post that "Howleen Wolf is a confident cool character" and when her children had considered putting on makeup to look like the Wolf sisters, it raised some interesting issues regarding whether that was considered blackface.^[92] Christopher Moonlight of The Movie Pilot blog wrote about Howleen's significant role as a "insecure and spiteful underdog" in the Fright On film where she is convinced by Van Hellscream to join a "Were-Pride" faction that ends up sowing animosity between the werewolves and the vampires.^[93]

Iris Clops

Iris Clops (voiced by Paula Rhodes in Freaky Fusion)^[94] is the daughter of the Cyclops. Besides her singular large green eye, she has green hair styled in pigtails and green skin. Her clothing style also has patterns that include eyes in them. She tends to be a bit clumsy due to her lack of depth perception.^[95] Her doll was released as part of the I Heart Fashion line.^[96]

Isi Dawndancer

Isi Dawndancer is the daughter of a Deer Spirit. She has long blue hair and brown eyes, but has brown deer ears. She wears a headband with antlers. She comes from a line of Boo Hexican Deer Spirits. Her favorite activity is dancing. She dislikes bright lights though.^[97]

Jane Boolittle

Jane Boolittle is the daughter of the mad scientist Doctor Boolittle (a play on Doctor Dolittle). She grew up talking mainly to animals, and attends Monster High so she can interact more with monster teens like herself. She has black and red streaked hair, although her website profile shows a mix of purple and pink hair, blue eyes, and light purple skin. Her clothes are what she calls "jungle chic": faux fur, animal prints, and feathers. She carries a doctor-inspired purse and a walking stick.^[98] She has a light blue pet voodoo sloth named Needles who doubles as a backpack accessory for her doll.^[99] Her doll was revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2013,^[100] and her first appearance in the cartoons was in the two-part episode "Boolittle".

Jinafire Long

Jinafire Long (voiced by Stephanie Sheh)^[101] is the daughter of a Chinese dragon. She has black hair with green streaks, yellow eyes and skin, and a thin yellow dragon tail. Her clothes include a graphic shirt with electric print and shiny red pants, both of which have black-and-gold trim. She wears red lantern earrings, and jade colored shoes of which the heels are carved with lions. She also carries a school bag in the shape of a Chinese fan.^[102][103] She has appeared in multiple Monster High doll lines, including Scaris: City of Frights,^[104] Freak du Chic,^[105] Ghouls Getaway,^[106] New Scare-mester^[107] and Gloom & Bloom^[108]

Kala Mer'ri

Kala Mer'ri (voiced by Lyndsy Kail)^[109] is a sea monster ghoul introduced in the movie Great Scarrier Reef in 2016. She has purple and red hair, blue eyes and pink skin, but most notably she has four arms and tentacles for legs.^[110] Her doll glows in the dark with bioluminescent effects. She prefers to keep her heritage a secret.^[111]

Kiyomi Haunterly

Kiyomi Haunterly is a character in Monster High who debuts in the TV Special "Haunted". Kiyomi is the purple-haired daughter of the Noppera-bō (Faceless Ghost). Although Kiyomi has no face, but is able to project a likeness of eyes and a nose to appear more human, and she also has lips and a mouth.^[112] Fans have speculated that Kiyomi is named after Mattel's creative director Kiyomi Haverly.^[113][114]

Kjersti Trollsøn

Kjersti Trollsøn^{[lower-alpha 1]} is the daughter of a mountain troll.^[115] She has pink and blue hair, and wears pink bit-framed glasses, an aqua helmet with horns, a black and pink dress. She enjoys playing video games; her handbag is shaped like a video game console controller.^[116] She debuted as part of the Brand-Boo monster line as an exchange student from Goreway.^[115]

Lorna McNessie

Lorna McNessie is the daughter of the Loch Ness Monster. She is an exchange student from the Highlands of Rotland (Scotland). She has bright orange hair and blue-green skin with webbed hands and a tail. Her clothing includes a red plaid beret, shirt, and tartan skirt. Her favorite activity is photobombing. In her storyline, she transfers to Monster High to avoid the publicity that came from appearing out of the Loch. Graeme Ambrose, of Loch Ness Bid organization praised the concept: "The monster is shrouded in mystery and perhaps slightly scary in a nice way for children and it is therefore of little surprise that Mattel have chosen to introduce this character, daughter of the Loch Ness Monster. ... I am sure that it will have many children begging their parents to take them to Loch Ness which can only be of benefit to the area."^[117] Her doll is part of the Monster Exchange line introduced in December 2014.^[118]

Luna Mothews

Luna Mothews is the daughter of the Mothman, first appearing in Monster High: Boo York, Boo York. She has black hair and yellow skin. She is from Boo Jersey and aspires to work on show-biz especially Bloodway.^[119] Her style is described as "goth-moth".^[120]

Marisol Coxi

Marisol Coxi is the daughter of South American Bigfoot and becomes an exchange student to Monster High from her homeland of Monster Picchu (a play on Machu Picchu). She is fairly tall and has pink hair, purple skin, and bright green braids. She likes big and loud fashion: her clothing includes a bright orange striped sweater jacket with bigfoot prints, a strapless short dress that is pink on top and black with floral designs and a green skirting at the bottom. She has pink platform shoes to go with her elongated feet.^[121] Her doll was part of the Monster Exchange line introduced in December 2014.^[121]

Moanica D'Kay

Moanica D'Kay is a daughter of the Zombies. She has purple hair with a yellow streak, green eyes, and a grey body.^[122] Her doll was released to go with the Welcome to Monster High reboot film in 2016,^[123] in which she plays its villain who is hoping for a zombie apocalypse where she commands an army of "zomboys". She enters as a rival candidate for student council on the platform that peace can be achieved through coercion. M. Enois Duarte, a DVD reviewer for Hi-Def Digest described her as "a zombie outsider with a chip on her shoulder who speaks from her dead-hearted, prejudiced and undiplomatic gut.".^[124] Clothing includes a green and pink ribcage-bone print top; acid denim vest; pink necklaces, belt, and shoes; and a pair of black denim pants with white splotches. Her doll was originally packaged with Draculaura as part of a Monstrous Rivals set.^[125][126]

Mouscedes King

Mouscedes King is the daughter of the Rat King. She has pink hair and gray skin and mouse ears, as well as ballet shoes. However, she is lactose intolerant; her favorite food is sharp cheddar cheese made of rice. She first appears in Monster High: Boo York, Boo York.^[127]

Nefera de Nile

Nefera de Nile (voiced by Wendee Lee) is a mummy and the eldest daughter of Ramses de Nile. She is Cleo's older sister by three years. She is cold-hearted, self-centered, and contemptuous towards most other monsters. She enjoys making life miserable for Cleo and takes pleasure in humiliating her younger sister at every turn.

Nefera is first mentioned in Clawd's diary and her first webisode mention is in "Miss Infearmation". Her first webisode appearance is in "Hyde and Shriek". Nefera was the fearleading squad captain until she graduated from Monster High, but in spite of this, Nefera continues to manipulate the squad's activities, solely to make life difficult for Cleo. She had Toralei, Purrsephone, and Meowlody reinstated to the squad after they quit, and demands that Cleo keep them on. For some time after graduation, Nefera worked as a model, which only served to further heighten Cleo's feelings of inferiority towards her. Nefera's diary reveals that she actually suffers from an inferiority complex so severe that if she feels that someone is insulting her in the slightest, she breaks down and suffers a blackout. Her pet is a Scarab beetle named Azura.

Despite her nasty nature, Nefera has had her moments of kindness, some of them being in the webisode "Kind: The Shockumentary," where Cleo tells Nefera she is a great older sister. Nefera smiles sincerely and kindly lets the Kind Campaign leaders though the doors.

Operetta

Operetta (voiced by Gigi Sarroino in volume two, Cindy Robinson in volume three and five) is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the Phantom of the Opera. Her name is a pun and based on "operetta", a shorter, lighter form of opera. In the English-language version of the series, she speaks with a tight southern drawl. Her family moved to Monster High as part of a job to fix an old opera theater that is within the school's catacombs. Her diary is unique in that it is written as a letter to her guitar teacher and friend, Fynn (monster type unknown). Operetta has red hair, wears 1950's rockabilly-styled clothing and a music note mask over her right-hand eye. She has musical annotation and swirls etched down that side of her face and down one arm. She is a talented musician like her father, but her voice is only safe to listen to on a recording. She has a recording studio underneath the catacombs. Operetta was first mentioned in Holt's diary where the two go on a date. Operetta is mentioned again when Spectra spreads a rumor that Deuce is cheating on Cleo with Operetta; in reality, Operetta was merely assisting Deuce with writing a song for Cleo. Operetta's first appearance was in "Hiss-teria". She is BFF's with Deuce Gorgon and Jackson Jekyll's Holt Hyde form. Despite phantom only released to be a type of ghost in "Monster High: Haunted", though the word "Phantom" was always a synonym for ghost, she is a breed of ghost.

In Monster High: Haunted, Operetta is among the ghost students that are abducted from Monster High by Principal Revenant.

Peri and Pearl Serpentine

Peri and Pearl Serpentine (voiced by Rachel Staman and Cherami Leigh)^[109] are the two-headed daughters of the Hydra, first introduced as part of the Great Scarrier Reef special and product line. They share the same body, but have two different heads: Peri has dark blue hair while Pearl has platinum blonde hair. They have white arms with webbed hands, a purple and aqua body that ends in a scaly tail, and purple fins that glow in the dark. They love bing, and adorn gold jewelry such as a necklace and chain-and-bead belt.^[128][128]

Posea Reef

Posea Reef (voiced by Paula Rhodes)^[109] is the daughter of the sea god Poseidon. She tends her father's seascape on the Great Scarrier Reef. Her favorite phrase is to "go with the flow". She has purple hair with multi-colored streaks, greenish-blue eyes, blue skin, webbed hands, and coral-like strands for feet. Her clothing consists of a purple/black top that is printed with sea images and a large purple coral frame on top. Her skirt is aqua blue and is covered with light green seaweed. Her doll glows in the dark.^[129][130]

Purrsephone and Meowlody

Purrsephone and Meowlody (both vocal effects provided by America Young in 2010-2015, Cindy Robinson in 2016) are twin werecats. Both have dark gray fur, though Purrphone's hair is predominantly black with a single white streak with black highlights on it, and Meowlody's hair is predominantly white with a single white strand with black streaks on it. Though they do not dress exactly alike, their clothes are stylistically similar. The pair have a "mirror" theme running through their design with Meowlody having stripes on her right side, and Purrsephone's stripes on her left. Their dolls have tails that are curved in such a way to form a heart shape when the girls are placed side by side. Their cartoon forms do not have tails at all, but might be tucked in under their skirts taped under. They used to have a pet canary, but one of them turned out to be allergic and they had to give the bird away. The twins are annoyed by the assumption that, because they are twins, they think alike. Purrsephone seems to be the "nicer" twin, the meeker quieter one to Meowlody's stronger will. The werecat twins are best friends with Toralei Stripe. Purrsephone and Meowldoy are seen as Toralei's clique but as seen in scare borne infection they actually stick up for Frankie and briefly ditch Toralei. They don't always agree with Toralei's actions, again evidenced in the Night in Scare-adice web event where they question her sabotage. There is a webisode where Toralei and Spectra claim Toralei and the twins met at the pound, but the twins' diary would contradict that. The end of that webisode implies it's another one of Spectra's "invented backstories" that Toralei approved to spread. The twins have never yet actually spoken, though they do sometimes meow and hiss.

River Styxx

River Styxx (voiced by Ashley Peterson) is the daughter of the Grim Reaper (also known as "Death") and the niece of Charon. She dresses in a "pastel goth" fashion. River has purple skin which is transparent on her lower limbs so that her bones are visible. Her hair is blue, pink and purple. River considers herself a "Reaper in Training" where she is only allowed to carry a staff instead of a scythe. She loves to make people laugh and smile, and is always telling stories, planning parties and fun events for others, particularly the spirits she and her father transport to the Ghost World. The diary of River Styxx mentions that her father has a cousin in the form of a former Reaper who broke the rules and was banished to the living world where he now works as a high school guidance counselor.

Robecca Steam

Robecca Steam (voiced by Julie Maddalena Kliewer) is a robot who is the 116-year-old daughter of Hexaciah Steam. Her heart is actually "the vampire's heart" that was taken by Elissabat and given to Hexaciah to hide so that no one would know that Elissabat was the queen of the vampires (for fear she would be controlled by her uncle Lord Stoker) as seen in "Frights, Camera, Action". Her skin is copper (or rather, her metal is copper) and she is a famous roller-maze champion. She was broken to pieces during a match many years ago and reassembled by Ghoulia Yelps during "Friday Night Frights". She tends to follow her instincts, and is very sweet. She can do a lot of tricks and perform monstrous stunts using her rocket boots. She is friends with Venus McFlytrap and Rochelle Goyle and one of the main characters in the book series "Ghoulfriends Forever".

Rochelle Goyle

Rochelle Goyle (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald) is the daughter of a Gargoyle (probably referring to her father) and is 415 years old. Rochelle is from Scaris, France and an old transfer student at Monster High. Rochelle is very protective of her friends, but this can tend to get in the way of friends who don't desire her protection. Purrsephone and Meowlody once encountered a French gargoyle who ruined a prank they were trying to play on Ghoulia. Rochelle has an unrequited crush on Deuce Gorgon and he can look at her without his sunglasses on as gorgons' and basilisks' stares do not affect gargoyles. Rochelle knows about Deuce's girlfriend, Cleo, but still has a crush on him. In the movie she is shown to have had a love interest in Scaris that was left behind but goes back to find him. Rochelle loves to sculpt and is fond of architecture. Her pet is a gargoyle griffin named Roux. She was revealed at the NYC Toy Fair and released in May.

Scarah Screams

Scarah Screams (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald,^[131] and Paula Rhodes^[132]) is the daughter of the Banshee. She has long black hair with greenish-yellow streaks, eyes that have no irises, and likes to wear clothes that have green in them. In the cartoon, she wears a green dress and a green hairband. She is a bit reserved as whenever she speaks, the other monsters misinterpret it as a bad omen.^[133]

Scarah Screams was one of three prototype dolls (alongside Headless Headmistress Bloodgood and Daughter of Arachne) that were featured at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2011. Mattel conducted a poll at the convention as well as online as to which of the three would be made.^[134][135] Scarah Screams won the poll; her official doll was released at San Diego Comic-Con 2012.^[136][137]

Sirena Von Boo

Sirena Von Boo (voiced by Paula Rhodes) is one of the new "hybrid" students of Monster High. She is a daughter of a mermaid (mother) and a ghost (father). She has purple hair, white pearlescent skin, and a black mermaid tail. She mysteriously has black parts of her body. Sirena is sometimes described as an "air fin" (airhead) because she loves to daydream and follow her imagination. She has a go with the flow attitude, and doesn't like to be pinned down. Sirena loves hunting for treasure in the sea and frequenting antique shops on land. This curiosity about the unknown has translated into a love of archaeology; she is highly interested in the world around her. She is carefree and likes to go her own way, though she will have concern about her friends and protect them as seen in "Freaky Fusion".

Skelita Calaveras

Skelita Calaveras (voiced by Laura Bailey) is a 15-year-old Calaca from Hexico, and daughter of the Eskelitos or Hexican skeletons (based on Mexican skeletons, or Mexican Calacas). She told the heritage of her necklace that she wears in her basic (Scaris: City of Frights outfit) in "Scare-itage". Skelita is very close with her family, and tries to help them each way she can. Her best friends forever are Jinafire Long and Clawdeen Wolf.

Spectra Vondergeist

Spectra Vondergeist (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald) is the daughter of a ghost couple. Her real age is 16 in monster years, same as Ghoulia. Spectra can float through walls and floors. She posts the "Ghostly Gossip" blog, which often gets entirely the wrong impression from things she overhears and sees. She's prone to jumping to conclusions. In her diary it's hinted that she's constructed a mysterious, fanciful history for herself, and even began to believe it herself, but that the truth about her family is actually quite tragic (though it's never revealed). This may be why she's still a ghost; she hasn't "moved on" from whatever happened to them in life.

Her name was originally trademarked as "Spectra Von Hauntington".

Spectra has a pet ferret named Rhuen.

Toralei

Toralei (voiced by America Young) is 15 years old, but on her first nine lives, and the daughter of a werecat. She is an orange werecat with black stripes who was introduced in the webisode "Scream Building," along with Purrsephone and Meowlody. Toralei, who hates to be rubbed the wrong way, is extremely catty and justifies her attitude by stating that it is her desire to see cause-and-effect. She was a fearleader until she and the rest of the fearleaders, except Frankie, grew tired of Cleo's perfectionism and quit. She later tries to rejoin, but is rejected. Cleo's most recent diary reveals that Toralei, Purrsephone, and Meowlody are on the squad because of the influence of her older sister Nefera who apparently keeps in touch with the trio after having graduated.

Toralei's diary reveals why she harbors ill will towards Cleo; Toralei had helped Cleo practice her gymnastics skills to help her make the fearleading squad, which Cleo never thanked her for. To add insult to injury, Nefera named Cleo the new captain of the fearleading team over Toralei, who was expecting to be chosen. Despite her extreme dislike of Cleo, Toralei refuses to resort to using dirty tricks to ensure that her squad beats Cleo's in competition.

Toralei's doll has a tail, unlike her depiction in the webisodes and CGI animation (either that or it is just hidden under her clothes on purpose).

Her pet is a baby saber-toothed tiger cub named Sweet Fang.

Twyla

Twyla (voiced by Jonquil Goode)^[138] is the daughter of the Boogey Man. She has purple skin, violet eyes and mint green hair with purple highlights. She is very shy, and likes to sleep and hide under people's beds. She likes dark blue and deep purple colors.^[139] She debuted in Monster High: 13 Wishes.^[140] She was among the 13 Wishes dolls that won the TimeToPlayMag.com People's Play Award for Fashion Dolls / America's Wishlist in 2013.^[141][142] The 13 Wishes dolls were also nominated for Toy Industry Association's Girl Toy of the Year in 2014.^[143][144]

Vandala Doubloons

Vandala Doublouns (voiced by Haviland Stillwell) is an upcoming character in Monster High who debuts in the TV special "Haunted". She is the daughter of a pirate ghost and has a peg-leg. Vandala owns her own pirate ship called the Salty Spectre, which is complete with a "skeleton crew" consisting of actual skeletons. She loves to take the ship out to sea and explore. Her only problem is that she gets seasick very easily which is something she feels is not conducive to being a pirate captain.

She is transferred to Monster High after "Haunted."

Vandala owns a pet cuttlefish ghost named Aye who wears an eyepatch and constantly says "Ay ay".

Venus McFlytrap

Venus McFlytrap (voiced by Julie Maddalena) is the fifteen-year-old daughter of a male Plant Monster. She dresses in what she calls "eco punk". She is a strong-advocate for environmental issues and sometimes she blows pollen that persuades monsters to her cause. Her pet is a Venus flytrap named Chewlian. She has green skin, blue eyes with green dots, and a half shaved head with pink hair with green highlights.

Viperine Gorgon

Viperine Gorgon (voiced by Yeni Alvarez)^[145] is a gorgon daughter of Stheno, whose sister is Medusa. She works as a makeup artist in Hauntlywood and is originally from Barcelgrona. She has pink hair, underneath which is a nest of vipers. She and Deuce Gorgon are cousins. She first appears in the 2014 movie Frights, Camera, Action.^[65][146] Her doll was released as part of the film's characters.^[66]

Wydowna Spider

Wydowna Spider is the daughter of Arachne, a humanoid spider monster. She has bright red hair, dark skin, six arms and multiple red eyes. She is good friends with Ghoulia Yelps and is involved in various creative projects including illustrating and sewing. Although she can multi-task, sometimes it burns her out.^[147] She and Ghoulia have been working on a comic book series called Power Ghouls where she stars as a fictional superhero Webarella. Her first speaking role was on "Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef".

Wydowna was originally introduced as "Daughter of Arachne" at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con. She was one of three possible prototypes in which participants can vote on to be made into a doll.^[134][135] She made her official debut in 2013 San Diego Comic-Con with her Webarella costume.^[148][149]

Zomby Gaga

Zomby Gaga was designed by Lady Gaga's sister Natali Germanotta and the doll was released in October 2016 as part of Mattel's partnership with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. She has pink hair styled in a high ponytail, and wears a black tuxedo and dark sunglasses; her style was based on Lady Gaga's character in the "Born This Way" music video. One of her life goals is to spread love to the world.^{[150][151][152]}

Headless Headmistress Bloodgood

Headless Headmistress Bloodgood (voiced by Laura Bailey in a deep, manly voice) is in charge of the students at Monster High where she also teaches Trigular Calcometry 101. She is the daughter of the Headless Horseman. Like her name implies, she can take off her head whenever it pleases her. She rides her horse Nightmare throughout the school halls and uses horse analogies when she feels it is appropriate. Bloodgood is a good friend of Abbey Bominable's parents and lets Abbey stay at her home during the school week.

Mansters

The following male characters in Monster High are referred to as Mansters:

Clawd Wolf

Clawd Wolf (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in "Fur Will Fly," Ogie Banks in later appearances, Marcus Griffin in "13 Wishes" and "Frights, Camera, Action") is the son of a werewolf who is also the seventeen-year-old brother of Clawdeen, Howleen, and Clawdia. According to "Bat Dialing Disaster", he has already had his birthday, which must officially make him eighteen years old. He is the oldest child still living in his parents' house. He dated Cleo prior to Frankie attending Monster High in the dolls' diaries when he was struck by one of C.A. Cupid's arrows. Eventually, the magic wore off and he broke up with Cleo who began dating Deuce the next day. Clawd is the Big Monster on Campus and plays on the casketball team with Deuce. He owns a pet gargoyle bulldog named Rockseena. He is also overprotective of his sisters Clawdeen and Howleen according to "Fright On!". Despite being long-time friends since younger youth, he finally falls for Draculaura in Volume 2, and she did the same thing for him, but first. Clawd has dark brown fur and bright yellow eyes.

Deuce Gorgon

Deuce Gorgon (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volumes 1 and 2, Cam Clarke in Volume 3, Evan Smith for the rest of Volume 3, Volume 4, and 5) is the son of the gorgon Medusa. Like his mother, he has snakes for hair, which he styles in a "snake-hawk". He is 16 years old and hopes to get his driver's license soon. He is a member of the casketball team. He also loves to cook and is quite a skilled chef, but he is too self-conscious to showcase his culinary ability to anyone. Deuce inherited his mother's ability to turn people into stone, though he has been able to control the effect so that it lasts for only about twenty-four hours. His petrifying stare does not work on gargoyles which he learns by bumping into Rochelle Goyle. He takes off his sunglasses only when he talks to her. In "Hiss-teria", he reveals that he accidentally petrified his first pet (a dragon named Smokey) when he was a young boy and the effect has lingered to the present day. Deuce is dating Cleo, who seems to always find new ways for him to spend all his money on her. Despite that, Deuce genuinely loves Cleo and wrote a song to express his feelings for her. His pet is a two-tailed rat which he named Perseus after Perseus who Medusa clashed with in her past. Understandably, Medusa is not amused. His favorite color is neon green, which neon green is the color of his hair and Neon Green eyes. His favorite food is "Greek Fusion" (his own creation). Deuce's first name is clearly, obviously named after part of Medusa's name by Sander, the "dus" part, such as "Meh-DEUCE-uh".

Finnegan Wake

Finnegan Wake is a merman who is the son of a mermaid. He is shown to be wheelchair bound on land which leads the ghouls to underestimate his abilities. Finnegan is shown to be a daredevil and thrill seeker who doesn't let his disability get in the way of what he wants to do. He was originally referred to as Rider in the webisode, which may be a nickname. He was originally called "Ryder" or "Rider".

Garrott DuRoque

Garrott DuRoque (voiced by Evan Smith) is a French gargoyle from Scaris, France and son of a Gargoyle who is Rochelle Goyle's boyfriend. He now comes in a doll two-pack with Rochelle. His flowers are his "pets" and he is a perfectionist.

Gillington "Gil" Webber

Gillington "Gil" Webber (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volumes One and Two, Evan Smith in later seasons, the CGI specials and Fright On!) is the son of two freshwater-river monsters and is Lagoona Blue's boyfriend. He was first introduced in the webisode "Blue Lagoona" and has made recurring appearances since. Gil is one of the top members on the swim team alongside Lagoona. When on land, Gil has to wear a water-filled helmet over his head in order to breathe, though "Hatch Me if You Can" and the Gloom Beach arc shows that he can be on land for a short period of time without it. Gil is from freshwater, which is why it is hard for him and Lagoona (who can survive in saltwater) to be together.

Heath Burns

Heath Burns (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Volume 1, Cam Clarke in the other volumes) is the teenage son of two Fire Elementals. In the Polish version of Monster High webisodes, his name is Ross Burla and in the French EU he is named Thomas Cramé. Heath was first seen as a background character in "Substitute Creature". In "The Hot Boy", he was shown to be Draculaura's short-lived crush. In "Fear Pressure", he mentions that Jackson is his human cousin, a possible reference to when many fans confused Heath Burns for Holt Hyde. Heath's first mention in the dolls' continuity is in Abbey's diary where he is constantly hitting on her with corny one-liners. Heath primarily serves as the comedy relief, being the butt of many physical jokes and the class clown. He and Abbey are now dating. He thinks she's "hot" and she likes that he "makes her laugh". He often calls Abbey "baby" which she corrects him over constantly, telling him her name is Abbey not Baby. In the first novel, Heath appears to be a normie (human). In Book 2, "The Ghoul Next Door", this Heath is revealed to be a RAD (monster) when he sneezes fire. He explains that his ability appeared when he turned fifteen. Starting out as gassy outbursts, Heath's ability is still dangerous. Heath has yellow skin, red eyes and orange hair that bursts into flame when he's excited. He's shown as being close friends with Manny Taur, the two are often seen hanging out together.

Invisi Billy

Invisi Billy (voiced by Evan Smith) is the son of the Invisible Man. Invisi Billy can be seen as a bit of a prankster, but he can be kind and sweet, as in helping Rochelle Goyle with her dance in "Fright Dance". He loves drama, particularly special effects which are his forte. His girlfriend is Scarah Screams (who is also his BFF) as they got together in the webisode "Scarah-Voyant" thanks to Frankie. Catty Noir is also Invisi Billy's BFF. Invisi Billy first appeared as an April Fool's joke on Facebook, picturing an empty box with the blurb "How do you know I'm not in the box?" Since then, his character and design have been refined and changed. His doll has very pale blue/grey skin that fades to transparent blue are his feet. He has dark blue hair and grey eyes. His ears are both gauged, making him the first Monster High boy to have both ears pierced.

Jackson Jekyll / Holt Hyde

Jackson Jekyll (voiced by Cindy Robinson) is a normie boy at Monster High, and enjoys sports (particularly casketball) and video games. Jackson is the son of "Dr. Jekyll", though it's unclear if this is his father, though in the books, Dr. Jekyll is his mother, Sydney Jekyll. His diary implies the original Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were his grandfather and his mother seems to possess the ability to shift. In the web series, Jackson is related to Heath Burns (they are cousins) but through which parent hasn't been clearly explained. Jackson is depicted as a major nerd in the webisodes and specials, though he seems to possess a wicked sense of humour ("Oh I fit in... my locker, trash cans... you'd be surprised what those guys fit me into"). He is first mentioned in Draculaura's diary where he unsettles her father by telling him he needs to "drive a stake into something". Jackson has black hair with blond or yellow streaks. His eyes are blue. He wears glasses, has one eyebrow pierced and has a Yin Yang symbol tattooed between his shoulder-blades.

Holt Hyde (also voiced by Cindy Robinson) is the alter-ego version of Jackson Jekyll and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyde, who Jackson turns into when loud music plays (when he sweats in the Lisi Harrison novels). Originally in the diaries, it was the sun setting that triggered Jackson's transformation into his alter ego. His diary explains that the trigger is likely to change several times as he ages before finally settling. Holt on the other hand seems to be more fire elemental than normie. His skin is bright blue, his eyes are red and he has fiery-colored hair. He's depicted in the webisodes and specials as rather excitable and loud. He loves to DJ and is friends with Operetta. They tried to date once, but Holt's hot temper spoiled things. In the prom website event called "A Night in Scare-adise" on Monsterhigh.com he and Operetta attended prom together. Operetta was quoted as saying he "rocks my l'il ol' face off." Holt is often shown as a DJ at school dance events. He annotated Jackson's diary with sarcastic remarks. Like Jackson, Holt has a Yin Yang tattoo on his back and a pierced eyebrow. (His Swim Class doll is missing this detail however). In the books, his name is DJ Hyde.

Jackson and Holt share a pet Chameleon named Crossfade.

Neighthan Rot

Neighthan Rot (voiced by Josey Montana McCoy) is one of the new "hybrid" students of Monster High. He is the son of a zombie (father) and a unicorn (mother). He has long black hair with blue, yellow, and red highlights in a ponytail, and he wears a colorful shirt and pants whose color splash patterns seem remincient of anatomical models. Neighthan is somewhat clumsy, but he is a social monster who loves hanging out with his beast friends. He doesn't like monsters judging other monsters based on their appearances. He has the ability to heal thanks to his unicorn horn. He makes his first webisode appearance in "Graveyard Grates". He looks a little less like a unicorn because he only has a tail, a horn, a tail, and rainbow hair, with the zombie side, he has grey zombie-skin, and a marking on the left side of his face around his eye, and legs and feet instead of horse-like legs and hooves. He has a blue unicorn-horn, and wears a ponytail with a strand of hair coming down the left side of his face. He also wears a T-shirt with a rib cage on it and difficult multi-colors. He has romantic feelings for Frankie Stein, which seems to be mutual.

Porter Geiss

Porter Geiss (nicknamed Paintergeist) (voiced by Todd Haberkorn) is a character in Monster High who debuts in the TV special "Haunted". He is the son of the Poltergeist and is an expert artist where he often gets in trouble with Haunted High's Hall Moanitors. Porter falls in love with Spectra Vondergeist in "Haunted," but decides to continue attending Haunted High instead.

Sloman "Slo-Mo" Mortovitch

Sloman "Slo-Mo" Mortovitch (vocal effects provided by Audu Paden) is a zombie who was originally addressed as Moe "Slow Moe" Deadovitch instead throughout the series, before any dolls were released and before it was officially addressed on Monster High's website in the description of "Flowers for Slo Moe". He is Ghoulia's official boyfriend.

Other characters

Main characters from book series

The following characters are exclusive to the book adaptions of this franchise:

Melody Carver

Melody Carver is the co-protagonist of the Monster High novels by Lisi Harrison. She and her family are from Beverly Hills and moved to Salem, Oregon to help with Melody's asthma.^[153] Melody has just recovered from rhinoplasty that was meant to help her with her breathing, but is implied to have been mostly to please her parents' family image. Melody's family is neighbors with Jackson Jekyll, whom Melody eventually dates. Melody is the one who reveals the truth behind Jackson's blackouts through a recording on her iPhone. Unfortunately, she forgets to delete it and it gets in the hands of Bekka Madden, a RAD hater and primary antagonist of the series. This video leads to the RADs community becoming exposed, Melody forming the NUDIs (Normies Uncool with Discriminating Idiots), and a documentary on their secret lives. At the end of the second novel, Melody learns from Manu, Cleo's father's aide, that she might be the daughter of Marina, a siren. This is confirmed at the end of the third novel. Melody develops the ability to persuade people to do whatever she asks with her voice. She also grows olive and blue feathers with gold tips. This inspires her to make a dress and jewelry out of them.

Notes

References

Book references

• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN 9781476616452. 

External links

• Characters at MonsterHigh.com
• Monster High's channel on YouTube