The upcoming reboot changes it so that while still looking like they did before the change, they now can shift into a wolf form to better hide from humans. Broken Aesop: Kiyomi Haunterly, a ghost with no face, and no identity, can confound the "be yourself" message of the brand, since the only way for her to find confidence is to imitate others. Adaptational Jerkass: G1's Howleen could be self-centred and impulsive, but she never stooped to theft and sabotage to get ahead as this Howleen is prone to. Domino Mask: A few in Power Ghouls, and several dolls and characters have facial patterns to this effect, like the shading on the Ghost Create-A-Monster and Getting Ghostly dolls, and several of the Inner Monster faceplates.

Advertised Extra: Occasionally happens with the movie-introduced characters, who are sometimes sidelined next to the established main characters and play a smaller role in the plot, and often make no appearances after their debut specials.

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Zigzagged; while the characters all have the same body type (save for Manny and Finnegan), they still have different facial features and hairstyles, and several of them have body detailing to set them apart.

Intrigued by Humanity: She has a fascination with human culture, and is eager to learn things about it from Clawdeen. The Grim Reaper: Haunted introduces River Styxx, his bubbly party-loving daughter, who likes to borrow his yacht for joyrides. Diaries Are Girly: Most dolls typically come with a booklet made to look like a composition notebook. The Ghouls' booklets are typically referred to as "diaries", while the Mansters' are referred to as "journals." After the Fearleading Squad has their routine stolen by Toralei and it's given to Smogsnorts, a rival school of vampires in "Road to the Monster Mashionals", Cleo remembers what Scary Murphy put them through and telling the girls "Follow my lead" and "Just believe" leads them into an improvised new routine based on the chores they had to do (doubles as Indy Ploy) that beats the Smogsnorts team, wins Scary Murphy's respect and the Spirit Staff—and foils Toralei's revenge. Masquerade Ball: The Ghouls Rule! outfits and the "Dance the Fright Away" costumes from Welcome to Monster High.Mythology Gag: The franchise is built on this trope; virtually everything is a reference to classic horror, and later lines play upon established traits of characters before. Some examples even cross generations, like G3 Frankie having a budget doll release with an outfit that looks highly similar to their G1 counterpart's signature clothing. Stretched a little with Rochelle—she’s French; this apparently means she knows mime well enough to perform as one. Foreshadowing: The characters' interactions in the beginning of Freaky Fusion foreshadow which ghouls will be fused. Snakes For Hair: Deuce has poisonous, talking serpents in place of hair. They each have their own personalities corresponding to their names, and have their own individual consciousnesses. Spider-Sense: She has "werewolf instincts" that warn her about danger, manifesting as a voice only she can hear.

Younger Than They Look: Frankie, while possessing the knowledge and manner of a 15-year-old girl, is at most only a couple years old. Hoodude is even younger, considering she made him. Nefera de Nile is one of the main antagonists of Monster High. She is the daughter of the Mummy and the evil sister of Cleo de Nile. The initial doll diaries, which soon conflicted with webisodes, which also soon conflicted with Monster High New Ghoul At School. Volume 1 of the webisodes eventually became Canon Discontinuity with a few exceptions so that the canon could better weld itself together.One of the 2016 SDCC exclusives is a Ghostbuster Frankie, to promote the film coming out the same year. Universal Horror: The main 6 ghouls are (spiritual) descendants of Universal's horror titans and the CG specials are produced by Universal themselves.

Gretzky Has the Ball: In the webisode 'Dodgeskull', Ghoulia secures a series of outs after dropping the ball. This incident counts as this trope as the rules of dodgeball explicitly state that after a ball has touched the floor or a wall, hitting a person cannot be counted as an out. Art Shift: Starting with the 3rd special, all of the films have been done in CGI thanks to Nerd Corps. All Electrified doll dresses have neon colors, plastic frills, and transparent shoes and/or accessories. Exotic Eye Designs: While the characters themselves are no strangers to this, this is exemplified with the Monster High Minis, which give each character unique eye-reflection designs reflecting their theme. The webisodes developed much better animation through the volumes, and character designs also get a bit of tweaking... perhaps most noticeably with Frankie come Volume 5, as she received a dramatic face model change.Kaleidoscope Hair: Pretty much any character with multiple dolls has been depicted with a varying range of hair colors. Even Evil Has Standards: Nasty as she's been, even she's horrified by her mother's attempts to pressure Clawdeen to give up the Moon Claw, an heirloom from her Missing Mom. Prior to the beginning of the series, Deuce and Cleo had briefly been in a romantic relationship together. However, they ultimately decided that they were better off as friends, and their romance ended amicably. [8] Timeline [ ] She has a cat-like attitude, and is self-assured, with a touch of a sarcastic purr. In "Scream Building", she stands up for the fearleaders when Cleo critiques them, but it seems like it was more about taking Cleo down a peg. She is an opportunist and a manipulator, whose clique of followers never speak for themselves and do her bidding. She causes a lot of trouble for the ghouls, whether it's by revealing their secret routine to their fearleading rivals, texting rumors about them or spreading dissent by playing to people's insecurities. Draconic Humanoid: The Create-A-Monster Dragon, Jinafire Long, and the Spooky Sweet mode of the Fierce/Sweet Inner Monster.