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[@MathewMcKenna]

hope ur ready for a very ranty video lmao

[@brucehill3808]

Yess I just started the video😂

[@brucehill3808]

😝🤪

[@elinswan8174]

If you want to watch the Monster High movies in order, here's the list (someone correct me if i'm wrong)_ 😊❤ 1. Monster High: Ghouls Rule 2. Monster High: Scaris - City of Frights 3. Monster High: 13 Wishes 4. Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! 5. Monster High: Freaky Fusion 6. Monster High: Haunted 7. Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (×) 8. Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef

[@Guest-ur8qb]

@@elinswan8174 You’re right for the most part but you forgot a few movies. These two movies offer background knowledge, so if you’re interested in that or not then I’d say they’re more optional. However I’d still highly recommend watching them for the information. 1. New Ghoul at School (2010) 2. Fright On (2011) This is when things change movie wise and the franchise really picks up. 1. Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2010) 2. Escape from Skull Shores (2011) 3. Friday Night Frights (2012) 4. Ghouls Rule (2012) 5. Scaris, City of Frights (2013) 6. 13 Wishes (2013) 7. Frights, Camera, Action! (2014) 8. Freaky Fusion (2014) 9. Haunted (2015) 10. Boo York, Boo York (2015) 11. Great Scarrier Reef (2016) 12. Electrified (2017) I personally don’t count these movies as ‘Monster High’, but because they’re in the franchise I’ll list them. 13. Monster High: The Movie (2022) 14. Monster High 2 (2023)

[@kenleigh_the_nerd9935]

For context about Frankie's age she's 15 days old because she was created like Frankenstein's monster stiched and sewn together so instead of 15 years it's 15 days because that's how long she's existed 🙂

[@brithebi7342]

For clarification, the characters are equivalents of teenagers (for each of their respective monster types. Draculaura’s around 1600, I can’t remember how old Cleo is but she’s also a few thousand years old, pretty sure Lagoona and Clawdeen are 15/16ish, etc). Frankie’s the only one who’s literally two weeks old because she was physically MADE, like stitched together and everything. She’s still the equivalent of a teenager, because that’s the way she was made, but she really doesn’t know much Also, Cleo is a MASSIVE bitch in the beginning. She gets development later on. Still kind of a bitch, but in a good way

[@meloetta1542]

This also he's watching some episodes out of order so cleo appears meaner in some episodes than others because she was mean in the beginning before becoming a friend later on

[@Jaysp9]

Cleo is ca 5842 years old ( based of a monster high book ) :)

[@Cllocopine]

@@Jaysp9 That doesn't make any sense though because that would make her older than the estimate of when the first Pharaoh ruled Egypt? Like, before the existence of the Egyptian empire? She should be somewhere between 2500-4000 years, because that would make her younger than the Pyramids and older than Cleopatra (who was the last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt). To narrow it down we can look at her father, who is canonically named Ramses. All three Pharaohs that were named Ramses lived around 1200 BC, so I feel like Cleo, her sister and their father should all be around 3200 years old.

[@jeanortiz1885]

Love this explanation 🥰

[@OliviaEmeraldlight]

The reason why Cleo is different in Boo York is because she had character development by then.

[@BonBon069]

The period 😭

[@8myH3art]

​@@BonBon069LMAOO

[@Victoria-_]

You’re not wrong 😂😂

[@CrYbAby_EaRthLing]

@@BonBon069?

[@timefliesaway999]

@@CrYbAby_EaRthLing period = dot = .

[@wolfishpotato6978]

Cleo's behavior: She has a very long character arc development where she starts out exactly as you originaly predicted in Boo York, just super self absorbed, full on princess complex, etc. And eventually reaches the place she is in Boo York Deuce: Pretty much the same way, he started off way more class clown ish and has some growth throughout the series. Birthdays: Different species age at different rates, vampires age very slowly, and Frankie started at highschool age bc she was created by her dad, Frankenstein's monster, who decided he wanted a daughter and just made her. Lagoona's brain comment: It's a monster school, some of them literally don't have brains lol. Don't question how they still function, they just do. Episode format: These were originally aired as like teasers and just filler episodes, there are eventually others that are longer and have more cohesive plot. I think the first one was New Ghoul In School? Something like that Monster High: Yes it is a one of a kind school as mentioned in Boo York, it' not the only monster school, it's just the only one that accepts _any_ monster. The rest are like vampire schools, and werewolf schools, yeti schools, etc. Each caters to a specific type of monster. There's actually a whole movie about the founding of Monster High where the main gang goes back in time to help out, it's fun.

[@AshleysAdvice]

Yes there's also girls rule or something like that about the Halloween movie where they have to be accepting of monsters and humans with Jackson jackal and hold hide, are used to watch all the movies when I was younger and the episodes, but got the movies on DVD, my favourites for the Valentine's Day movie, skull Timothée roller maze and The Halloween one, until I watched Björk and the one about Dracula Laura, but those didn't come out until later when I was a bit older.

[@thebees9824]

@@AshleysAdvice Ghouls rule is such a good movie bro

[@Halloweenish]

Let’s give some respect to Ghoulia, our nonverbal, nerdy queen who, may I remind you, SAVED THE FREAKING WORLD LAST MOVIE!

[@hneylv9556]

I wholeheartedly agree with you! But , Ghoulia isn’t non-verbal. It’s a neat headcanon most people have, but she is actually just speaking zombie. Her friends learned her language to speak to with her. I think she’s a nice representation for people who speak other languages, not really for non-verbal individuals ( If this isn’t true please someone educate me, because I think this was the case and I dont want to sound rude if not !! )

[@Halloweenish]

@@hneylv9556 Yeah, good point 👍

[@kaninekorvid4923]

⁠​⁠@@hneylv9556in a sense it’s also good non-verbal representation bc the whole “friends learning her language” can also be interpreted as sign language or other forms of communication - it depends on the viewer rlly

[@buriedinbooks881]

@@hneylv9556the reason *some* non speaking people like me have attached ourselves to her is because there are zombies who CAN speak (Mr. Rotter is a zombie) and generally the zombies in g1 monster high are all kind of treated in very similar fucked up ways that disabled people are in real life throughout the webisodes like that aspect is a 1:1 to the ableism I’ve faced in real life and she was the only positive character who was in any way similar to me growing up. Actual real non speaking rep back then was like parents saying how much they wanted to kill their children or focused on how the non speaking person made everyone else’s lives miserable

[@Rembreiker_lychec9257]

So Monster High as a school was revolutionary. It was the first school made for many monsters and not just one type. There are schools for werewolves and vampires and etc. At Monster High different monsters can interact and grow up together.

[@B.itch.autumn9]

One the older movies t they showed students from a all vampire school and a all werewolf school. So yes monster high is the first all monster type school

[@vanillathebard]

To be fair to Deuce though, some teachers really will force students to take off things like hearing aids thinking they're ear buds, sun glasses even if they're recovering from a concussion, etc. even if the student tries to explain stuff like that. (Then again I had to survive the American education system specifically, so maybe it's different elsewhere)

[@average-art3222]

Geez, that is horrible and honestly, I can understand what you mean, like, even teachers go so far by pushing paralyzed kids off their wheelchairs, thinking that the students were faking it.

[@pompe221]

There was a story on Reddit where a teacher cut a student's insulin pump tubing because she thought the pump was a cell phone and the tubing was earbud wires or something.

[@aspensastrology7964]

@@average-art3222 There was a video of a teacher who stole a wheelchair from a nonverbal kid.

[@char_lattesnk1352]

I remember when I was a kid, I got an eye injury and needed sunglasses indoors and my teacher told me off for wearing them indoors. I told her couldn’t and I think maybe afterwards my mum let her know why and then she left me alone about the sunglasses lol (I was like 6 years old and barely remember lol)

[@average-art3222]

​@@aspensastrology7964yeah I watched it, that is by far, the biggest and most unreasonable sh*t to do. Not even that, they would go as far as to shove food that you're allergic to or let bullies bully the disabled.

[@kupaakaleo137]

The main girls are all based on old movie monsters Frankie - Frankenstein Draculaura - Dracula Clawdeen - The Wolf Man Cleo - Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Lagoona - Creature from the Black Lagoon (she's a Sea Monster) Deuce - Clash of the Titans (he's the son of Medusa) Ghoulia - Night of the Living Dead? They're also based on high school tropes Frankie is the New Girl Cleo is the Queen Bee/Cheerleading Captain (think like Regina George) Ghoulia is the Smart Girl/Nerd that serve's as the Popular Girl's underling Lagoona is the Athletic Girl/Lovestruck Juliet Draculaura is The Ditz/Girly Girl Clawdeen is the Fashionista/Protective Mom Friend Deuce is the Popular Jock that's dating the Popular Girl Every gag in the show is based on high school tropes mixed with monster tropes & humor

[@tessagray7899]

In Frankie’s defense on the whole “ no more than 4 eyes” thing, plenty of people have physical preferences just because someone is tall doesn’t mean that they have to be interested in other tall people. Frankie my be a reanimated corpse that was stitched together but, that doesn’t mean they aren’t allowed to have their own physical preferences when looking for someone to date. I love your videos but I had to point this out.

[@marylii04]

So, the reason Cleo acts differently to how she did in Boo York is that these mini episodes are from the very beginning of Monster High, and they changed Cleo's character later on. The reason was, as far as I'm aware, that a lot of girls liked Cleo so the creators decided to make her a better person, because otherwise she would've had a bad influence on children I rewatched the show some time ago and noticed a similar thing with Toralei. She is still a troublemaker in movies and later episodes, but early on she's insufferable half the time

[@rafaelmatos5851]

Yeah, they made a good work with Cleo's character. They still kept her spoiled behavior, while making her kinder and more considerate without forcing it.

[@nctzen2308]

I hate Toralei in web-series, but she's quitely nice in 3d movies, like Scaris or Freaky Fusion

[@marylii04]

@@nctzen2308 Toralei is my favourite character in MH, but the irritation (bordering on rage) I felt while rewatching early episodes and Friday Night Frights is indescribable

[@Salems_Territory.]

Throughout the web series and the movies several of the characters get a lot of character development. Cleo has always been full of herself but she genuinely cares about her friends and slowly gets nicer :)

[@v.v365]

The way Frankie’s limbs work is never explained, but to me I think it’s a combination of Frankie being made up of various people, the electrical signals running through those limbs being somewhat magic since most monsters in this series run on some kind of magic, and maybe the phantom limb phenomenon where maybe her hand still feels like it has a whole person attached to it so it can do what it wants based on the placebo effect? This is why you don’t try to make sense of Monster High, you just let the cool fashion, dark aesthetic, and interesting characters wash over you 😅

[@cedel_delce8510]

Frankie is the daughter of the Frankenstein , she is only 15 days old because she has just been made , like Frankenstein 😅

[@v.v365]

There are different degrees of story progression in Monster High. The character bios and little booklets in the doll boxes which set things up but doesn’t get much continuity between stories, the book series which feels like a separate canon, the web series which is very basic, just meant to market new characters and hook audiences with funny bits, and the movies which allow for character development but take cues from the web series in terms of comedy and randomness

[@madiesfirstadventure5536]

as an autistic this show is how i learned how to be social so now i see why people think im weird. okay bit of explanation, Frankie is a Frankenstein monster so shes made from a bunch of dead people.she was created by her parents 15 days before coming to monster high. not EVERYONE is 15 days old Draculaura is like almost 16 hundred. and Cleo learns through the show how to be considerate of others because if she wants to be adored she needs to not be a bitch. and goulia is a zombie so only some people can understand her.

[@abbyswayze7429]

They’re short because it started as webisodes (same as EAH). After it started growing they got longer

[@dreamowl3639]

To clarify the age thing, a lot of them are centuries old and in high-school bc monster lived in complete isolation so they went to monster high to get an education and learn more of the modern world. For example Cleo was trapped in a pyramid and was let out recently. The world is very different than ancient Egypt so she needs to become acclimated same with some vampires and old ghosts. Also monster high is new in the idea for all monsters to go to the same school and be a cultural mix while other schools are segregated by monster type

[@hikarukinomoto]

The fact that Ghoulia (the zombie girl with glasses) just moans and is understood by everyone....I love this SOOOOO much

[@rafaelmatos5851]

The Zombie language (which is basically just moans as zombies can't use their lips and tongues to speak) is actually understood by most monsters. And, for the minority that doesn't understand them, zombies carry translators so they can be understood.

[@rafaelmatos5851]

Lagoona and Gil's relationship is one of the best, as they face some obstacles for being different types of aquatic monsters. Lagoona is a saltwater monster, while Gil is a freshwater one, and their respective kind have a very troubled past. This doesn't come as an issue for Lagoona's family, who are actually very openminded and supportive, but Gil's parents were relentless in trying to separate them, going from enrolling Gil in another school or threatening to find a job far away so they could move.

[@SabrinaTwyla]

Yeah they started with simple one off episodes to show the base characters and personalities, then they did webisodes with an overarching plot, then started with the movies, then the movies kind of connected and continued its own storyline, all throughout developing the characters into more rounded characters. Cleo started as the typical Mean Girl bully, but as a new mean girl Toralei appears, Cleo basically learns to be more of a team player and develop. You have to start with “The New Ghoul At School” special that introduces all the characters officially, then watch the Volume 2 connecting story webisodes that REALLY start the overarching lore and go from there. 🙌🥰💖 LOVE seeing more of this! G1 Monster High was ICLAWNIC!

[@melancholyjones2873]

Yeah the 1st volume of webisodes is very different from the rest of the series. I def reccomend skipping straight to the "new ghoul @ school" special & volume 2 to really learn the concept & cast, & maybe go back to volume 1 afterwards.

[@rafaelmatos5851]

The webisodes that you are watching are from the very beginning and, during those, Cleo is very vain and selfish. Eventually, she becomes more caring as her friendship with the other ghouls (a term to refer to the monster girls) evolves. Later on, she is still vain and selfish, but much more well-balanced thanks to the good influence of her friends.

[@Fazzyland.M]

He's in his doll era💅

[@ezjimenez]

lagoona’s “if you have a brain” comment isn’t meant to be insulting- some monster high students genuinely might not have brains (such as the giant eyeball guy from Boo York you really hated. hard to have a brain when your entire head is an eye) or, for example, the zombies. stereotypical zombie lore explains their need to eat brains being due to them not having one, but the show kinda plays on this by making Ghoulia (a zombie) the smartest girl in school.

[@kmarlyd6169]

The first special “New Ghoul @ School” is the real intro to the show And Cloe is like that because Boo York took place in season/volume 6, after her character development

[@dropletq3477]

monster high is 'mythical' but its also just a normal school. its like the Cambridge or Harvard of highschools in the monster world. unlike in EAH in which they are actually the only one of their kind

[@emilloudobson1862]

no one tell him about the movie where they literally have to reassemble a missing-presumed-dead girl limb by limb, 'organ' by 'organ' because her body was torn to shreds piece by piece and her severed parts were hidden around the campus because she was just too good at rollerskating

[@kittycheshire5099]

Unlike EAH, Monster High doesn't really have a built in plot, so most of Volume 1 of the Moster High shorts are disconnected and don't have an overarching plot, but Volume 2 does. There are multiple plot threads and characters that are developed in Volume 2, and it feels like it's actually is going somewhere.

[@ariaphoenix2760]

Frankie is supposed to be the equivalent of Frankenstein’d monster in this universe, so her being only a few weeks old is a reference to the book where the monster is made as a grownup and released on the world pretty much immediately after its conception.

[@madicl8033]

Matthew not realising Frankie is the daughter of Frankensteins monster and she was made

[@faitodeyo7019]

He does, but he’s totally right about her birthday being everyday lol which is confusing tbf.

[@mycatshuman]

Omg more Monster high yes!!! So, some context. The original monster high movies and the webisodes are a bit tricky in that they sometimes seemingly contradict each other? I don't know it's hard to explain. But the webisodes are more just random moments throughout monster high while the movies are more thought out and with a longer plot. In 2016, monster high goes through a reboot with a new kind of storyline, two new movies (different animation style) and new episodes. Character personalities mostly stay the same but they've got slightly different stories as well as the school itself has a different story. Then fast forward to 2022 and we have a revival of Monster High. New Characters, new looks, some personality changes and backstory changes, new school, new characters, and 2 live action musical movies (thus far.) It can be a lot to take in and the three different generations could leave someone confused without context. Also, Frankie as the child of Frankenstein's monsters, is sent to school 15 days after they were created. It's a thing unique to them because they were created the same way Frankenstein's monster was created. Although they never really add days throughout the story, they always just say Frankie is 15 days old.

[@itaricalderon4337]

Cleo grows a lot throughout the seasons, boo York is one of the lasts movies

[@Guest-ur8qb]

Here’s a list of the Monster High movies in order. If you wanna start from the very beginning or just pick and choose. These two movies offer background knowledge, so it’s optional if you want that or not but I highly recommend watching for the information. 1. New Ghoul at School (2010) 2. Fright On (2011) This is when things change movie wise and the franchise really picks up. 3. Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2010) 4. Escape from Skull Shores (2011) 5. Friday Night Frights (2012) 6. Ghouls Rule (2012) 7. Scaris, City of Frights (2013) 8. 13 Wishes (2013) 9. Frights, Camera, Action! (2014) 10. Freaky Fusion (2014) 11. Haunted (2015) 12. Boo York, Boo York (2015) 13. Great Scarrier Reef (2016) 14. Welcome to Monster High (2016) 15. Electrified (2017) I personally don’t count these movies as ‘Monster High’, but because they are in the franchise I’ll list them. 16. Monster High: The Movie (2022) 17. Monster High 2 (2023)

[@user-ts2og7lc1z]

Yeah, Monster High the live action movie I don’t think counts. Did you know the second live action Monster High came out decently so he could also watch that if he wanted too. I didn’t really like the first live action so idk if I’m going to check out the second but you can list it.

[@Guest-ur8qb]

@@user-ts2og7lc1z I didn’t realize they did a second one, thanks for mentioning it!

[@girlinthetardis.0418]

You forgot Welcome to Monster High in between GSR and Electrified

[@Guest-ur8qb]

@@girlinthetardis.0418 I hadn’t heard about this movie before, thank you for telling me about it!

[@Northstarboysvsp]

Skip new movies they ain't right

[@BAChambers-235]

16:14 wait till he finds out how old Cleo is lol

[@thenerdytiger9306]

16:40 frankie is 16 days old because she was sewn together and brought to life 16 days ago. Draculara is a vampire. In vampire years she would be considered 16(hence her being in school) but in human years she is 1600

[@honeydewof7975]

The characters develop as the series develops, that’s why cleo seems so shallow and btchy. The movies are made around the first couple seasons

[@tomsparrow1823]

the birthday episode is really funny bc its basically retconned by one of the movies. why do ghouls fall in love made it so that Draculaura doesn't share her birthday with any of the main cast but it is on valentine's day. you should definitely watch that movie btw its so good

[@Anna-B]

Love Monster High! I don’t like the show as much as the movies, but it’s still good

[@Kai-bf3qq]

PLEASE watch more of the movies because they are honestly just iconic

[@abbeyBominable123]

Season 2 is when they start getting more story focused with an over-arching plot. You should watch "New Ghoul @ School" and then watch Season 2.

[@HectorRodriguezCruz02]

Boo York is one of the latest movies in the Monster High universe. That's why the characters are so different. Some of them, like Cleo and Deuce, have grown A LOT through the course of the series and movies :D

[@melancholyjones2873]

I reccomend you skip the rest of volume 1 & just watch "new ghoul @ school" followed by volume 2 of the webisodes. Volume 1 just establishes the concept of "teen comedy but monsters". "New ghoul @ school" is the actual "pilot" episode that explains everything, & volume 2 is when they start doing multi-episode plotlines & expanding the characters' relationships. Another thing to look out for is that a lot of characters are introduced in the movies & then appear in the webisodes w/ the expectation the audience already knows who they are (or the reverse, they get introduced in a webisode & then show up in a movie as if they've always been there). It's usually side characters who don't affect the plot much, but it can save you some confusion to watch the webisodes & movies in tandem.

[@Lov.e788]

Frankie was (I believe) built by Frankenstein himself because he wanted a daughter. So she was assembled, and because she has the body of a teenager, she educated herself and started going to high school

[@rafaelmatos5851]

No, Frankenstein is Frankie's GRANDFATHER. He was the very first person to create a frankenmonster (naming those type of simulacrums), who was Frankie's dad, Viktor Stein. Afte that, he created the lattest's wife, Viveka. Viktor and Viveka became scientists themselves and, after gathering the necessary parts and circunstances, they decided to build their own child, Frankie.

[@arieyannamclin912]

She's Frankie Frankenstein, which means she was created and was alive for 14 days

[@fork-it-over-ya-runt]

I thought her name was Frankie Stein?

[@sbscarlett]

I wanna see Mathew watch Ghouls Rule just to see him loose his shit over the trick or treatment

[@KingSilverTheNightWolf23]

The effort that Matthew puts into his videos in insane huge props

[@Gamer-xy9rf]

What I love about Matthew, is that he has to overthink and question everything.😅

[@angeliqcore]

monster high is supposed to be a very progressive school where monsters of all types can attend and interact. the norm was that each type of monster had their own schools. the schools we get introduced to throughout the series are vampire, werewolves, ghost and human school

[@fantasylover4evr371]

Clicked on this so fast! So happy you're finally getting to Monster High 😀

[@Ella16360]

You should definitely react to some Scooby Doo songs! Here are some good ones: Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “That’s the Way We Go” Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “Blow Ye Winds” Scooby Doo and The Cyber Chase- “Hello Cyberdream” Scooby doo and the Goblin King- “Goblin Oogie Boogie” Scooby doo on Zombie Island- “It’s Terror Time Again” Scooby doo and The Alien Invaders- “How Groovy” Scooby doo! Mystery Incorporated- “Trap of Love” Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air” Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “I’m a Hex Girl”

[@BAChambers-235]

Lmao Matthew turning on Cleo 😂

[@katethevampire]

Multiple people have already said this but at the beginning of the Monster High series Cleo was a stereotypical mean girl, I don't remember exactly when but she progressively gets more character development (why she was nicer in boo York boo york, that movie came out in the last two or three years of the original monster high) also there isn't as much as a clear plot in these episodes? To get overarching stories you'd have to look at playlists since they're spread out across each episode (ex. Jackson and Holts storyline, Hoodude's storyline, etc.). The playlists are on the Monster High KZbin channel.

[@tofanpurnomowaisaka503]

Watching Mathew's brain melt is fun. XD I just accepted their ages because it made sense given their monster types. Although if you want a more focused plot only season 2 has that, the other seasons are separate fillers/slice of life stories. You can just watch the specials & movies, hopefully in chronological order or you're going to be confused with their character undevelopment.

[@kitkat_moushi]

I would honestly recommend that you check out some other monster high songs, there aren’t that many other than boo York but there are some good ones - Party like a monster - Electric Fashion - We’re the monstars - Feeling so amazing - Witching Hour -Hear my howl

[@hazel1779]

I actually love how you take everything so seriously from a logical perspective 🤣

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Lagoona giving Marinette vibes in her short

[@ella33308]

it'd be cool if you wanted to react to more of these episodes or maybe another one of the movies. i'd watch for sure - imo "ghouls rule" is one of the best monster high movies

[@lemoncake242]

I feel like a very helpful episode would be the first episode where Frankie goes to school for the first time

[@maxhatterschannel5140]

6:00 Noone tell him there are older schools in the real world 😂

[@wildstarfish3786]

Also the fashion show is separate from the school

[@emmaswanson2866]

7:03 I love how Frankie and Draculaura are just living for this in the background!

[@GiannaAragona]

Frankie is only 15 days old because she is based off of Frankenstein who was a manmade creation with the brain and body parts of a full grown human fused together. All the other creatures are either high school aged or if they're vampires, possibly much older.

[@ellouisejohnson1277]

frankie was created by her mother and father frankinstiens monster and in the series that was fifteen days ago but she has the mentality of a teenager

[@emilyschomer6715]

15:00 A teacher once took a kids hearing aide thinking it was an airpod, and later yelled at him for not paying attention before being told "I needed it, but you refused to listen" so that's probably what would have happened. Plus its a joke for kids

[@Shythalia]

My guy, Frankie is a Frankenstein's Monster type of creature. If she's 15 (now 16) days old and in high school, that means her creator created her already as a teenager, just like how Frankenstein's Monster was created already as an adult.

[@emilyschomer6715]

7:16 Pavlovian reaction, the light just subconsciously brought out her instincts I guess

[@amarvelousgeek222]

If we're going down the Monster High rabbit hole AFTER the Ever After High one, I'm going to preemptively bring this up: C. A. Cupid from Monster High is the SAME C. A. Cupid from Ever After High. She's a transfer student, which also means that Monster High and Ever After High are set in parallel universes.

[@cinnamonpumpkin7655]

Early Monster High was wild ! I forgot how it was. It gets more wholsome later on !

[@Lmerc]

This show is set before Boo York, so this is when they are stupid and have no character development. By the time Boo York rolls around in the time line, they have all had character development and became better people? creatures? monsters?

[@arigogrr]

The substitute teacher is a human in a monster school, which is why he’s not well respected and why he doesn’t respect the students. He wouldn’t have believed Deuce even if he did warn him about his powers since Mr. Zaar thinks all of them are freaks anyway. He probably would’ve taken it as an excuse. He doesn’t seem to have an understanding of his environment nor does he seem to want to either. I believe he is the only normie teacher at school, aside from Mr. Hack who acts more monster than human (partially since he was based off of Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre.)

[@user-ho8ii4gu8o]

There’s a sort of a first episode about Frankie’s first day at school you should watch it. It explains most of the basic lore and info on the show

[@TinyJem101]

you really need to watch New Ghoul in school for the beginning of this journey.

[@ShiningStar396]

There's also a TV series with 11 minute episodes (some are longer) and it came out last year. It's in 3d.

[@vanishingllama7342]

I've been rewatching this series this month and I have SO MANY questions about the lore of this show cause from what I've learned: 1. God exists in this world BUT so do the other mythologies 2. Frankie maybe a reanimated corpse of an explorer who died a VERY pain and gruesome death 3. Gil's parent's are specist! 4. Cleo is like DECADES old. 5. Pennywise... may exist in their universe, there was a crossover doll they made in a collaboration with "It" he has a daughter! And if that doll is a canon character THAT means Pennywise is real in their world and if Pennywise is real.... WHO ELSE IS?!?!?!?!?!

[@Nevertoleave]

Do you mean centuries?

[@vanishingllama7342]

@Nevertoleave Ya. My bad meant centuries

[@marylii04]

Ooooh, where's the info about Frankie being a reanimated corpse of an explorer from? I remember like... a frame of Frankie wearing explorer clothes but nothing beyond that

[@Mirani.]

@@marylii04fan theory that frankie was the explorer that was in the flashback in escape from skull shores and thats the reason the monster loved her, because she was the explorer before she was cut up and killed. or at least her face is.

[@wyla]

btw the reason they speak of monster high like it’s a mythical place is because it’s it only school in the world with all monsters every other school is exclusively one monster.

[@cephy8102]

"your phone is fine" Bold of you to assume I would use such a peasant way of enjoying youtube. Smart Fridge screens are the true endgame here. /s

[@chibi_peach]

Glad your reacting to this! Please continue theres SO MANY characters and i love them all! (Except for Gil nobody likes Gil) and i can't wait for you to meet them especially some of my favorites!

[@ProcrastinationQueen]

Wdm nobody likes Gil? I’ve never heard anyone say that, and I personally like him. So I’m very confused about your statement 😅

[@chibi_peach]

@@ProcrastinationQueen oh dude your totally missing out it's like a whole joke in the monster high fandom! 😂 It's been going on for a while!

[@user-lf9ug8rl4h]

​@@ProcrastinationQueenI like him too

[@ProcrastinationQueen]

@@chibi_peach that’s so odd. I’ve been semi keeping up with the fandom, and I watch quite a lot of Clawdeena9 yet I’ve never seen this joke going around. I guess I’ve just somehow avoided it? 😅

[@chibi_peach]

@@ProcrastinationQueen I guess your love for gill protected you from the haters somehow lol! 🤣

[@starshine_lue5823]

The series is very much the beginning of the story, so they haven't gotten any character development or anything yet, combined with the short episodes there isnt a lot of time for continuity or depth, its more like a mix between a tv show and a two minute skit

[@msgangstr]

YES MORE MONSTER HIGH 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@katestatt]

concerning the ages of the monsters: Frankie is only 15 days old because she was made from different body parts and she was modeled to be a teenager, she already knows how to walk and speak and stuff, so she's not a baby, she can already go to school cause mentally she's already 15 years old and her individual body parts too probably. with Draculaura it's sorta the opposite, she was turned into a vampire when she was like 16, so she retains the emotional maturity of a teenager. and it's common in vampire fiction for the vampires to go to school over and over again to stay up to date on current social ettiquettes and rules.

[@salemkitty5786]

Cleo gets a lot of development, dont worry lol

[@mjm3091]

Not gonna mention all the other stuff people mentioned - like Cleo being mean earlier episodes and getting progressively better after a major character arc. 10:20 To be fair she is 16 days old and her father is a crazy white man scientist. Obviously she would be racist against 8+ eyes people. 11:40 It's less than cartoon, it's doll advertisement. Kinda shocked they made it into more expanded storylines and even made Ever After High ofshoot. 14:30 Love how Cleo is still kinda looking, to see the effect and get a good look at her boyfriend as well. I guess as a mummy, she isn't as scared about curses. Not to mention she is the classic c-wordy b-word archetype. 17:20 Its easy to forger every day events, when you are an Immortal vampire living for 1600 years. 19:00 Sounds like normal high-school. The amount of murderous teenage boys that can't control their body parts is quite shocking.

[@alyssaaug8253]

Yeah...Cleo goes through character development, especially in Ghoul's Rule(I think it's the first movie but I'm not sure)

[@emilyschomer6715]

11:13 You're not ready to hear about the Addams Family lol

[@AshleysAdvice]

Laguna is salt water and Gill is freshwater, this comes up in the island movie skull Shores, but there are a few episodes that touch on it, they're kinda like Romeo and Juliet it's a fair bit in love because salt water and fresh water do not like each other.

[@wildstarfish3786]

Gill not girl

[@aspensastrology7964]

@@wildstarfish3786 *Gil

[@AshleysAdvice]

You have to understand that at the beginning of the show all the characters have set personalities that as the series goes on changes I think that there are like eight movies or something, with boo York being one of the newer ones if you don't count the reboot which a lot of people don't because that's a whole separate thing, but in terms of the original show with the original characters and character arcs, stories etc as the movies go on they get a bit more depth and the stories able to progress a bit more in the longer format, also the movies have a different artistic style as you can probably tell from watching the show, but I highly recommend watching the movies if you want a bit more deaths and stories, the little episodes are really good though but it just depends on personal preference, if you do want to start by watching the movies I recommend the Halloween movie first then the Valentine's Day and roller maze movies followed by the island movie then New York movie then the one with Dewjulira And I think that's all the ones from the old series that match up with these episodes, I haven't said the names of the films because there's too many puns and they're hard to spell, but hopefully my descriptions will help you went finding the names of the films to check out if you want to watch them.

[@BlueAmberShade]

1. Cleo gets character development by the time of Boo York, which is one of the later movies 2.Frankie was created, so she can be a "teen" while only technically existing for a few weeks 3. lots of zombies, that speak zombie and are slow. 4. Frankie isn't necessarily judging him for the amount of eyes, that's just not her type, which is fair. 5. draculara hasn't always been at monster high, is a vampire, so she ages differently ( 1 century = 1 human year approximately) also the amount of specific events doesn't mean the age of the school, just how long they've been doing that event. 6. they retcon draculara's birthday later in the series. 7. it's the SATs bro

[@jellyowl2644]

4:30 most of the monsters are around 16 years old, but Frankie was made in a lab

[@queenrogue22]

Whenever you go back to the movies the actual first movie is 'Why do Ghouls fall in love' and it follows Draculaura

[@staytiny10]

There's 2 monster high movies I think would be fun to watch. Freaky Fusion would definitely be more interesting for you to watch with the way you look into things (I do the same thing), but 13 wishes is another good one, my personal favorite.

[@carolinahernandezroy6579]

Another entry in the Mathew Doll shows era and I'm not complaining😂

[@geekyjulia6053]

Early episodes Cleo was pretty much a bully diva, gotta wait for her growth a bit. Yes, Ghoulia is the smartest despite her lack of words and which makes her the one of best ones out of all. Frankie was made as a "teenager" and put straight into school, there should be episodes of her first few days and explenation about that. The brain thing wasn't her calling him stupid, there are monsters in the school who just don't have one but it probably came out wrong either way. (We have ghost for exsample who aren't fully physical.)

[@rafaelmatos5851]

I love how they developed Cleo without forcing it. I mean, she is still spoiled and selfish, but also kinder and more considerate to her friends. I love that Ghoulia serves as an example that zombies are not stupid. She is the smartest ghoul on school. Frankie's family is my favorite (along with Lagoona's), because I love how close she is to her parents, who are very loving and supportive.

[@BloodyRoses-gy2yq]

I want to mention that when Lagoona said if he does have a brain- that was literally her trying not to discriminate since yknow some of the students they go to school with legitimate don’t have them

[@thenerdytiger9306]

14:52 well his surname is gorgon a mythical creature that petrified people with it's gaze

[@JuniorD.]

I loved him reacting again to Monsters High, please watch the movie Freaky Fusion (my favorite) Haunted etc. And don't forget Ever After High❤❤

[@xxmathiasnofacexx]

Mathew.. do you know how animals have different amount of years to live? That’s the case for the different races. For vampires (like draculaura) a human year equals to 100 years for vampires (like when a human is at the stage of 14 years old, a vampire would be 1400 at the same stage). It’s different for each kind of monster.

[@theredwolfs2806]

No only Frankie does she was born as a teenager but by the fact she was born as a teenager kind of still makes her a child it's very complicated

[@vampirecat4250]

This is what happened before the show started New Ghoul At School™️| Monster High™️ | English Movie part 1

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

Frankie is 15 days old because she's a Frankenstein monster, she was created.

[@xxmathiasnofacexx]

Actually monster high is different from most school in the monsterverse, usually the schools are segregated for each common race. Monster high is a school that doesnt segregate them, mainly because there’s monsters that are unusual and maybe don’t really have a known race, like Frankie, who is frankensteins daughter. She’s the only stein who exists, so yeah.

[@xxmathiasnofacexx]

There’s a werewolf, a werecat, a vampire, a gargoyle and a zombie Highschool we know of

[@deaththegirl3371]

Ok, tbf to the drawing the line at 8 eyes, you know what has that many eyes? Spiders and some insects, as an arachnophobe, I too would draw a line there (though there is something to be said about this being a monster world so spiders should probs be more like cute pets than things to be scared of but there are always outliers so...)

[@masaniroberts2495]

i need you to watch 13 wishes. Just so you can see their personalities more