[eerie music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[gasping]
♪ ♪
[cheering] - Awesome!
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
- Dude, look out!
- Oh, no--[grunts] - [laughs]
[all gasping]
- Whoops.
- Doggie? - Hi.
- [screams]
- That's my cue.
♪ ♪
- Which way? - Did you see it?
- Where did it go?
- I don't see it. It's gone.
- That was crazy. - Did you guys hear something?
- What was that thing? - Was that a girl?
- It wasn't a girl. It was an animal.
- Come on, let's go. - That was crazy.
- It looked like a werewolf. - Whatever,
let's get out of here. - It was terrifying.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
- No, no, no, no! [crashing]
- Dad? - Clawdeen!
Freeze! Right there! Close your eyes.
Okay. - Huh, Dad?
- Sorry, sorry. No, no, no, you're fine.
You're fine, right. - What is happening?
- Nothing, just, just you wait for it.
And okay, all right.
Okay, open them. Surprise!
[party horn honks]
- You threw me a birthday party?
- I tried to,
but you came back so early from your hike.
Look, I made a cake.
Don't judge. - [chuckles]
Thanks, Dad.
Really nice of you.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- Okay, good.
So I made that tofu jalapeno casserole you like
with extra almonds this time.
- Dad, listen.
There's something I've gotta talk to you about.
♪ ♪
- What's this?
- That is my acceptance letter to Monster High.
- Honey, we talked about this.
- Mom had an amazing time when she went there.
- Your mother was a full monster.
I'm human, and I'm sorry, sweetie.
They don't accept half monsters.
- Well, they accepted me.
I have been living my whole life in hiding.
I mean, I can't even go to the park without getting chased.
- You were chased?
- Yes, and maybe I'll have better luck
in the monster world.
That's all I want, a chance to belong somewhere.
♪ ♪
- You've gotta find your place in the world.
I get it.
♪ ♪
My little girl is growing up.
- So is that a yes?
- Make a wish.
- [chuckles] [inhales]
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- It's here?
- Yes, it's right here somewhere.
- Monster High is a bunch of trees?
Fun.
- No, there's a--a thing.
It glows. Your mother showed me.
- Where, Dad?
[leaves rustling]
[shimmering tone]
♪ ♪
- Right here.
- Whoa, you found it.
- No...
it found you.
This is as far as I can go
being full-blown Homo sapien and all.
Oh, you need your stuff.
Don't forget to wear your re-fanger every night.
Did you remember your claw clippers?
- Yes. - School supplies?
- Uh-huh. - Your phone charger?
- Mm-hmm. - And all your clothes?
- My clothes, I forgot all my clothes.
- Really? - [laughs] No, Dad.
I've got everything. You don't need to worry.
- You say that like there's a button
I can push to turn it off.
Oh, sweetie.
I'm gonna miss you a lot, like, an unhealthy amount.
♪ ♪
- All right, I'm doing this.
♪ ♪
- Remember,
the school is serious about keeping humans out.
You've really gotta keep that part of you secret.
And if anything goes wrong, you can always come home.
I'll be awake, like, until you graduate.
♪ ♪
- I know, Dad.
♪ ♪
- I love you!
♪ ♪
- ♪ I've spent my life in the shadows ♪
♪ Creeping 'round the corners, trying to find a home to land ♪
♪ I've spent my nights feeling lonely ♪
♪ Dreaming of what could be ♪
♪ But this is where I take my stand ♪
♪ I might be nervous, but I'm an optimist ♪
♪ It's an adventure, ready to take the risk ♪
♪ Looking for monsters, looking for family ♪
♪ Could this be what I've been waiting for? ♪
[clock chiming]
Oh, shoot, I'm late!
[indistinct monster chatter]
♪ This is what I've been waiting for ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
♪ I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ Not afraid to show my secrets or my scars ♪
♪ ♪
♪ This is where I'm finally free ♪
♪ This is where I'm meant to be ♪
♪ Here I am, I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ Out of the dark ♪
- No, Draculaura,
your performance here must be exemplary.
I was top of my class here, as was--
- Your father, and his father, and his father
going back a thousand years.
I got it, Dad, no pressure.
- No, there is pressure. They're all still undead.
And don't think they won't call me
all the time asking how you're doing.
- ♪ So this is it back at school ♪
♪ Still living by his rules ♪
♪ How can I find some air to breathe? ♪
♪ I'm not a king, that's him ♪
♪ And no one tells him no ♪
♪ I just need a chance to find my wings ♪
- Hi, name's Frankie, Frankie Stein.
Mabuhay! Kumusta ka?
Name's Frankie. Shalom.
I'm 15 days old.
♪ I might be nervous, but I'm an optimist ♪
♪ It's an adventure, ready to take the risk ♪
♪ I see the monsters, they look like family ♪
all: ♪ This is what I've been waiting for ♪
- ♪ Here I am, I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ Not afraid to show my secrets or my scars ♪
♪ ♪
♪ This is where I'm finally free ♪
♪ This is where I'm meant to be ♪
♪ Here I am, I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ Out of the dark ♪
♪ ♪
- Cleo! - Lagoona!
- Welcome back, bestie. I just saw Deuce.
- I don't care. We broke up over the summer.
- What? I'm sorry.
You need me to eat him? [roars]
- No, it's fine. I'm so over him.
Completely and totally over him.
- Deuce, bro, welcome back.
- Keith, what up, man?
- I got a feeling this year is gonna be hot.
Hey, ready to make some more mischief?
- [yelps] - Yeah, I, uh--
I missed you, man, but I'm actually
switching things up this year,
trying to avoid mischief.
- Yeah, that sounds terrible. [laughs]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I might be nervous, but I'm an optimist ♪
- ♪ It's an adventure, ready to take the risk ♪
- ♪ I see the monsters, they look like family ♪
all: ♪ This is what I've been waiting for ♪
♪ Here I am, I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Not afraid to show my secrets or my scars ♪
♪ ♪
♪ This is where I'm finally free ♪
♪ This is where I'm meant to be ♪
♪ Here I am I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ Out of the dark ♪
♪ ♪
- Hi, Abbey Bominable, freshman.
♪ ♪
- Clawdeen Wolf, freshman.
- Mr. Gorgon!
I've got my eye on you this year, Deuce.
- Won't be any trouble from me this year, headmistress.
- Gorgons are always trouble.
- Oh, my uncle Stan got turned to stone by Gorgon.
Aunt Rita had to put him in the yard.
- Hm.
- I'm just psyched to be here, headmistress, changing lives--
- [clears throat]
- And changing undeads.
We're making a difference. - Mm-hmm, well,
let's see how you feel after a few hundred years
of classes, Mr. Komos.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to chat up
a rich alumnus so we can pay our salaries.
Drac, welcome back to campus. You look so dead.
- No time for flattery, Bloodgood.
The founder's council has heard credible reports
that witchcraft is secretly being practiced on campus.
- Oh, dear, that's very serious.
- It is an abomination!
We must do all we can to keep this disgusting human practice
away from our children.
- I assure you we'll do everything in our power
to root out this abhorrent behavior.
Oh, and thank you very much
for the generous donation last year.
Always a delight.
[feedback squealing]
- Attention, students, class schedules will be
delivered to dorm rooms tonight by gargoyle.
If you are unhappy with your schedule...
- Hi.
- Do not provoke your gargoyle.
They will bite.
- Excuse me, how are we supposed to find our dorm room?
Did they email us something or--
- You don't find your room. Your room finds you.
School is alive.
[cackles]
♪ ♪
Okay, that always gets the freshmen.
- Sorry, it's just you have some dirt in your teeth.
I'm Clawdeen. - I'm Ghoulia.
- Hi, Ghoulia. Can you help me find--
- Okay, school is alive. Ask.
- Oh.
School's alive.
♪ ♪
Um...
Can you help me find my--
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Wow, this is for me?
- I know, right?
This school totally customizes our rooms for us.
It's so cozy.
I'm Frankie, pronouns they/them.
I'm only 15 days old.
- Hi, Clawdeen, she/her. Nice to meet ya.
- My full name is Frankie Stein.
I was just created by my parents,
but not in the way that others are created
by their parents, like werewolves.
I was actually made in the lab using some
of the world's most impressive historical figures as parts.
Did you know that the word werewolf comes
from the old English "werwulf,"
although many believe the original origin
is the Norse "varúlfur," which is hard to say.
It means "one in wolf's skin."
- I did not know any of that. [laughs]
- I didn't know I knew any of that.
I've got a bunch of famous brain parts in my head,
like Einstein, Marie Curie, Plato, some lady named Liz
who apparently invented the internet
but didn't get any credit.
I guess I've got all the knowledge too.
Oh, sorry, loose joints.
- So is it just us creeps in here?
- I don't think so 'cause there's
there's also that.
[dramatic organ music]
- How can you tell if they're home?
- Maybe we knock.
- Never knock on a closed coffin.
- Hi, I'm Clawdeen, and this is Frankie.
And we are your new-- - Roommates.
Welcome, I'm Draculaura.
Is this your first time sharing a dorm room?
- Yeah. - Yes, it is.
- Okay, great. Let's talk ground rules.
And don't take this the wrong way.
I'm just a private person. This side of the room is mine.
That side is yours. Got it?
- Yeah. - Wow.
Do you think of this as, like, a house or a bed?
- Okay, okay, out. My side. Remember?
You know, the type of monster
who loves to be surrounded with others
so they feel a real sense of connection and community?
- Yes, that's why I'm here.
- Yeah, I'm not one of those monsters.
So please, keep to your side of the room
and I won't have to suck all your blood out.
And no garlic, even garlic powder or anchovies
because they're gross.
- She's fun.
- I'm not even sure I have blood.
Well, first day of class tomorrow.
I'm all charged up, or I will be.
[electricity zapping]
[soft music]
- Remember, the school is serious
about keeping humans out.
♪ ♪
- Good morning, Monster High!
Classes begin today.
A reminder to all amphibious students to hydrate often.
[bell ringing]
- I can't believe it, school!
Here we are, walking down a hallway
with other kids like in the movies.
This is so cool, Frankie.
- This is all very confusing.
Most of my human parts were self-taught
or grew up before schools existed.
Am I walking right, high school-ish?
What kind of movies did you watch to prepare for this?
Also, what's a movie?
- Cool, these are our lockers.
- ♪ 'Cause this is who I am, this is who I am ♪
- I cannot wait to decorate mine.
- ♪ Someone who can understand ♪
- I'm so happy we're locker buddies.
- ♪ 'Cause I can be my true self, yeah ♪
- Look! How fun is that?
A vending machine with, like, snacks.
Jellied Newt Eyeballs,
okay, not my jam, but still fun.
- Look alive, ghouls.
[pounds]
♪ ♪
both: Wow.
- Hey, broski. - Hey, man.
- What's going on?
- Lagoona, how do I look?
- As spooktastic as always.
- Knew it.
- Hey, Deuce.
- Hey, Cleo.
- Your hair is fire, Heath.
- Thanks, totally ignited my pillow this morning.
Smelled like burnt cheese.
- It wasn't a compliment. It's scorching my gauze.
Please step back.
- Happy to.
- What's up?
- Oh, I just wanted to say
I'm officially totally good with our breakup.
Fabulous, actually.
I have a long list of other interested creatures
just waiting to date me.
- It's good to see that you've moved on, Cleo,
and that you're still the same impressively
self-involved monster I broke up with.
Hey, Heath, wait up, man.
- He totally wants you back.
- Check out the walking jigsaw puzzle.
- Hi, I'm Frankie.
I'm made from a collection of dead people's body parts.
- And that hair, there's a reason
a dead person let you have it.
- I totally disagree. I love the hair.
- Aww, who's this lost little doggy with her purple claws?
- Who you calling little? [growls]
- Okay, let's go before she gives us mange.
[soft music]
- Clawdeen, there is a very attractive monster
staring at you.
- Oh. Uh-- - Hey.
Standing up to Cleo like that?
Courageous move.
I'm Deuce. [snake rattles]
- You're a Gorgon.
- Oh, yeah, but not necessarily that kind of Gorgon.
I've got a strict no snake bites
or turning anyone to stone policy.
Thus, the slightly pretentious glasses.
- It's a good look. I'm Clawdeen.
- I'm Frankie. I'm 16 days old.
- Nice to meet you both.
And don't listen to Cleo. She's got mummy issues.
She was wrapped in linen for a thousand years.
Not great for the heart.
I should know. I dated her.
- My heart belonged to a dead fisherman named Earl.
- You dated her?
- Uh, yeah, but I'm trying not to be
who I was anymore, if that makes any sense.
- Weirdly, it does.
- Anyways, I'll see you around.
- Clawdeen Wolf, please report to the headmistress's office.
- Ooh, the headmistress, she is so terrifying.
- I said Clawdeen Wolf, to the headmistress's office!
- I got this. - Cool.
[clock chiming] [screaming]
[deep growling]
- I hate Mondays, too. So early in the week.
- 100% pure ogre bone, very rare.
It was given to me by Joan of Arc after her death,
of course, which was on a Monday.
[laughs]
- Is there a reason I'm here, Headmistress Bloodgood?
- Yes, right.
I just wanted to welcome you personally.
Your mother, well,
a true monster heart if there ever was one.
Out of respect for her,
I would like to bestow upon you a great honor.
Founder's Day is in a few weeks,
the day we celebrate the opening of the school
when we liberated ourselves
from the tyranny of human society.
There's an annual dinner, very exclusive,
for the school's most important and generous officers,
and I've selected you to be the student ambassador to it.
- Really, me?
- Yes, many of the guests were friends with your mother.
You'll represent the student body,
say a few words about yourself, your family.
- I'd be honored.
Wait, uh, my family? - Which reminds me,
you didn't mention your father on your application.
[tense music] [heart pounding]
You do have a father, don't you?
- Oh, yes, his name is...
Pierre.
- Pierre?
That's not a very monstrous name.
He isn't human, is he?
[heart pounding faster]
[laughs]
Humans are the enemy, always have been.
We can't have any at Monster High,
only true monster hearts.
- No, not human. He is all werewolf.
Pierre Wolf, he's French.
- Hmm, French werewolf,
that's pretty rare and very fascinating.
- Yep, huge teeth, great cook.
Oh, and his growl has this adorable French twang to it.
- I do love a monster with an accent.
I look forward to meeting him.
- Wonderful.
If you'll excuse me, I need to go to bed.
- Oh. - Yes.
♪ ♪
- Strange girl. [slurps]
♪ ♪
[both screaming]
- Hello, bathroom!
- Sorry! [toilet flushing]
Deep breaths. You're a monster.
You're--
- Knock much? - I'm sorry.
♪ ♪
[heart pounding]
What is happening to me?
- Yeah, I used to work on Maul Street, private eekquity.
It's good money, but just wasn't for me.
I wanted to give back, you know,
so I quit, and I came here.
♪ ♪
[school bell ringing]
- Hey, dude! - Broski?
[light music]
- Hi, Frankie.
- Oh, hey, roomie. I got a phone.
It'll help me build a healthy social network,
which is essential
to a successful high school experience
according to several hundred articles I just read.
- Yeah, go long, Abbey!
- Yeah, heads up!
All right, sweet catch.
- Yes, I love football!
Do we eat this now?
- After the game, Abbey. We eat the foot after the game.
- Oh, good that's not my foot. - All right!
- Um, listen, in that amazing brain of yours.
Have you ever heard of the monsters randomly changing?
[chuckles] Like, I don't know,
maybe into something crazy, like a human or something?
- Nope, don't think so.
Actually, yes, I do. I know all about it.
It only happens to part monsters.
As they get older, usually during adolescence,
their true nature starts to appear
when they experience fear or anger,
the fight or flight response
can temporarily transform them into human form.
Wow, I know so much. It's awesome.
- Yeah. - Oh, hey, fellow students!
Hello, fellow students. I also have a phone.
I said I also have a phone.
- I think they actually communicate with each other
using the phone, you know, social media and stuff.
- Oh, that makes sense. I need some social media.
You're a genius, just like me.
[bell rings] - [snoring]
- Heath! - Ah! [farts]
- Ugh! - Dude!
[laughter]
- Excuse me.
- Okay, I'm Mr. Komos, and I know what you're thinking.
History, supes boring, right? Wrong.
Why don't we start with some fun local history,
the history of Monster High itself?
[laughs]
Who can tell me when Monster High was built?
Yes, you.
- Name's Frankie, pronouns they/them.
The school was built in 1071.
- Frankie, point you.
And who can tell me why Monster High was built?
- Frankie, again.
- To be a safe place for all monsters
to be their true selves.
- Wow, you all are killing this.
Who can tell me
what the greatest threat to monster kind is?
Oh!
Could we give Frankie a hand? Would you mind?
Okay, Frankie, I'm just gonna assume
that you know all the answers
before I even ask the questions.
Let's hear from you.
- Humans. Humans are the greatest threat to monster kind.
- Exactly right, which is why
they are banned from Monster High.
Here, we only accept those
of true monster heart.
- Mr. Komos, quick question. Are all humans bad?
[laughter]
- Thank you, Clawdeen.
That actually brings me exactly back to my point.
I'm gonna share a little history
about how bad humans can be.
- Please tell me he's not gonna sing.
- [strums guitar] Have you ever heard the story
of dear old Mr. Hyde?
- And he's singing.
- Half-human and half monster, whom everyone despised.
It's a cautionary tale that should never be forgotten.
His secret was his undoing.
Then things turned out really rotten.
Give me a beat!
[stomping to beat]
♪ ♪
♪ Mr. Hyde, he tried and tried to fit in with his kind ♪
♪ Monsters hated human Jekyll ♪
♪ And humans hated the Monster High ♪
♪ Could you imagine being both and neither at the same time? ♪
♪ Mr. Hyde, he was truly cursed ♪
♪ 'Cause we know monsters are the best, yeah ♪
♪ And humans are the worst ♪ Bleh!
♪ Humans are scariest, smelliest, and hairiest ♪
♪ They're all a bunch of creepy freaks ♪
♪ We're the coolest of the cool ♪
♪ We all know that monsters rule ♪
♪ Clap along if you agree ♪
♪ Don't be afraid to show ♪
♪ Your true monster heart ♪
♪ Don't be afraid to show ♪
♪ Your true monster heart ♪
♪ Okay, okay, okay, yeah, go ahead and let it out ♪
♪ You know it's time to shout ♪
♪ Do what us monsters do and show your true ♪
♪ Show your true monster heart ♪
all: ♪ M, O, N, S, T, E, R ♪
♪ Show them who you really are ♪
- ♪ I said ♪ all: ♪ H, U, M, A, N, S ♪
♪ Humans are the worst, and we're the best ♪
- ♪ Mr. Hyde was put on trial, his crime, hiding the truth ♪
all: ♪ The truth ♪ - ♪ No one would believe him ♪
♪ 'Cause his heart was half untrue ♪
- ♪ Untrue ♪
- ♪ Rules are rules and when monsters chose ♪
♪ To enforce the rules, it got gruesome ♪
- It got gruesome! - ♪ No one ever had his back ♪
♪ Hyde was shunned, that's a fact ♪
♪ They were scared 'cause he was half-human ♪
- Wow. - Ugh.
- ♪ Humans are unbearable, all together terrible ♪
- ♪ Just a bunch of freaky creeps ♪
- ♪ Humans smell like dirty socks ♪
- ♪ We all know that monsters rock ♪
- ♪ Clap along if you agree ♪
- ♪ Don't be afraid to show your true ♪
♪ True monster heart ♪
♪ Don't be afraid to show your true ♪
♪ Your true monster heart ♪
♪ Okay, okay, okay, yeah ♪
♪ Go ahead and let it out, you know it's time to shout ♪
♪ Do what these monsters do and show your true ♪
♪ Show your true monster heart ♪
all: ♪ M, O, N, S, T, E, R ♪ - Monster!
all: ♪ Show them who you really are ♪
- Let's go! all: ♪ H, U, M, A, N, S ♪
- Ugh. all: ♪ Humans are the worst ♪
♪ And we're the best, hey ♪
- Hey!
- Yes, Clawdeen.
- So what happened to him?
- Great question.
After he was kicked out of Monster High,
he was hunted down by an angry mob of humans and killed.
See, who says history isn't cool?
[bell rings] Oh, okay, awesome class.
Do not forget, your first report is due in two weeks.
- See ya. - Two weeks, not three.
- Later, later. - Later, hey.
- That was awesome. - Hey, thank you.
Frankie, high five.
- Sorry, I don't know what that means.
- Oh, it's an act of celebration.
You just put your hands together.
- High five!
- Good enough, okay.
- Hi, question, for the first report,
I was wondering if I could do it on that Hyde guy?
- Mr. Komos, can I just say
how excited I am to be in your class?
- Oh, and that's great, Cleo, thanks.
- You wanna do your report on Hyde?
I think that's really cool.
- I also have some questions about the report I was--
- I'm just gonna help Clawdeen here for a sec,
but I'll be in my office after lunch.
Why don't you stop by then?
- Thanks. - No, thank you.
You were saying?
- Yeah, this whole Hyde story seems cool.
I'd love to learn more.
- The magic words that every teacher loves to hear.
He was super smart, had this incredible scientific mind.
He was always trying to cure his humanness.
Rumor has it that he built a secret lab
right here on campus.
Though, no one ever found it.
- Did he ever figure it out, how to be fully monster?
- According to legend, yep.
Made a potion that could ixnay his human side,
but he was kicked out of school before he could take it.
It's probably still there in his lab,
along with all his other cool research.
- Imagine finding it.
- I love that you're so into this.
You know, he kept meticulous lab journals.
- He did? - Yep.
Marked by his signature clasped hands.
I've heard they're still in the science archives.
Might be a good place to start researching that report.
- Okay, perfect. Thank you.
[curious music]
♪ ♪
- Clasped hands, Hyde's symbol.
♪ ♪
[faint whispering]
Hello? Somebody there?
♪ ♪
Okay, Ghoulia, you got me.
Seriously, this isn't funny. [heart pounding]
♪ ♪
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
♪ ♪
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
[panting]
What?
[heart pounding louder]
♪ ♪
- Hello? - [screams]
- What is this?
- Magnesium carbonate. It's very calming.
Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is.
- I am a real, live, living human.
Half of me is.
- This is why you asked about monsters transforming?
- Yes, and you heard what Mr. Komos said.
It didn't turn out so great for Hyde.
- Wow, this is a pickle.
How can I help?
- Okay.
So this Hyde guy, he might have a cure
for humanness hidden in a secret lab somewhere
if I can just find it.
I hoped his old lab journals might have some clues,
but there's just full of gobbledygook.
- No idea what gobbledygook is, but it sounds delicious.
Oh, that's not handwriting. That's code.
- How did you-- - Alan Turing's cortex.
He cracked the German code in World War II
and saved the world.
He was awesome.
This is definitely Hyde's diary.
♪ ♪
"I've never felt so happy.
I feel like I finally belong."
- I can relate to that.
- "I need to hide my work.
It's too dangerous working in the school lab."
- Where did he hide it? - What's this?
Delimited degrees, minutes, seconds.
They're map coordinates.
Yes.
♪ ♪
Nah.
No.
Here.
♪ ♪
Coordinates point here, the campus graveyard,
but that's strictly off-limits.
- True.
So we sneak in under the cover of night, baby.
High five!
We'll need to work on that.
[howling in distance]
- Is that written in blood? Who does that?
- It's not coming off.
- Scrub harder, Greigor.
- Thanks, that's useful.
- I'm so confused.
I thought our students were above this type
of pathetic vandalism.
Not cool.
- Let's hope it was only a student.
- Oh, who else would it be?
Looking good, Greigor. Headmistress?
- The school sent an invitation
to parents' weekend.
It was addressed to Pierre Wolf.
- Oh, yeah, about that, we definitely need
to keep the fact of, you know, you under wraps.
- I dig it.
This is, like, the first time in my life
I'm actually dangerous. - [laughs]
- An international man of mystery.
- Hm.
- Otherwise, you okay?
- Yeah, I made a friend.
In fact, we have plans later tonight,
and I'm even giving a speech at a big alumni dinner.
- Wow!
- Yeah, apparently, it's a big honor.
They chose me because of Mom.
- That's very nice. - Yeah.
[door shuts] Gotta go to bed, Dad. Love you.
- I love you too, Clawd.
♪ ♪
- Oh, hey, Frankie.
- Oh, hey! This thing is so inventive.
All of the genius parts of my brain love it.
It has a flashlight and compass.
We'll need that tonight.
And who invented the selfie cam?
It's like a mirror in a camera.
And I love being constantly connected.
I've signed up for eight social media platforms.
Of course, I haven't actually figured out
the whole connected part yet.
I don't have any followers.
[screaming]
Wait, I just got one.
- Oh, yeah, that'd be me. Now, we can beasties online.
Fun.
Night-night, ghouls.
♪ ♪
- You know what? Forget about her.
I'm gonna follow you right now.
- That doesn't count. - Oh.
- Ooh, cute Gorgon.
- Hey, Clawdeen, Frankie. How's it going?
- Deuce, hi, good. [heart pounding]
- Hey, you're giving the speech
at the Founders' Day dinner, right?
- Yes, right. - I usually help out at it.
So I've heard a bunch of student ambassador talks.
If you wanted to jam on your speech sometime,
maybe I could help.
[heart pounding faster] Wow, that sounds...
- No pressure.
Just, you know, if you wanna hang out--
- Gotta go, bye.
- I'm with her, so--
Hey.
- Okay.
- You okay?
- You know that whole strong emotion fight or flight thing?
Apparently, Deuce triggers it. He really triggers it.
- Oh. I wonder why. Oh, is it because you like him?
- What--no! Stop!
♪ ♪
- Your intense emotional reaction makes perfect sense.
It's so interesting when monsters
are attracted to each other.
My spleen wrote a lot about it, actually.
It was Shakespeare's. - I'm not attracted to him.
- I mean, I totally get it. He's handsome, nice--
- No, no, no, no, no-- - A little dangerous--
- No, I don't like him.
- Too loud. - Not like that.
He's, you know, just a nice guy.
- Hi, I couldn't help but overhear
you have a crush on Deuce.
- Much too loud. - No, I don't.
And it's none of your business anyways, Cleo.
- Well, allow me to offer a little advice.
- Please, don't.
- Forget him. Don't get me wrong.
I know how you're feeling.
Even I was once a little naive mummy's girl,
believe it or not.
- Not.
- You can trust me, okay? I don't bite, but Deuce will.
- I don't like Deuce. - Okay.
Well, good, 'cause he's way out of your league.
- Perfect skin in its place, put a pimple on her face.
- You don't stand a chance, little puppy.
- Cleo, oh, my.
It looks like you've got a new friend there.
- What? - Whoa.
♪ ♪
- How did-- [screams]
I never get pimples! I have perfect skin!
[sobbing]
- Attention. Curfew is now in effect.
Students, for your safety, please report
to your dorm rooms and stay there.
Nocturnal feeders,
please report to the cafeteria.
No more eating in the halls.
- That's our cue.
[adventurous music]
[howling in distance]
♪ ♪
[rattling fence]
Okay.
[grunts]
- What? - I know. [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Wow, werewolf powers are cool.
What else can you do?
- Well, there's super-hearing, super-night vision,
super-smell, though that's not always so great.
- Oh, hey, it's my uncle Phil's grave.
He died sad and alone.
I have his thigh.
I wonder if I have his social skills, too.
Can I tell you something personal, Clawdeen?
- Frankie, you literally know my deepest, darkest secret.
- My parents designed me to be brilliant
at everything, and I am,
except this whole making friends thing.
My brain has all these parts. - Mm-hmm.
- I know it works differently from everyone else's,
but I feel like there's a rule book for all this
that I never got to read.
All of my social media apps,
I've literally made one friend beside you, and it's Cleo,
and that's only to make fun of me.
- Frankie, I've been alone my whole life
so I don't know anything about that rule book either.
All I know is I'm your friend,
and I like you, and your brain, and all your parts.
- Thanks, I think all my parts needed to hear that.
- [groaning]
Will you get off my bed? I'm trying to sleep.
- Sorry, Ghoulia. - [groans]
♪ ♪
- Okay, the coordinates point right inside this
very secure-looking stone structure.
- Hm.
♪ ♪
- There's no knob or handle. - Or even a keyhole.
♪ ♪
- Wait.
- What is it? - [sniffs]
♪ ♪
- Power potion, bring me motion.
♪ ♪
- Unexpected.
♪ ♪
- [sniffs]
[shimmering tone]
- What?
- Uh.
Come on.
Uh.
Holy mother of Minotaur!
- What are you doing here? - What are you doing here?
Is that witchcraft?
- What? No, definitely not.
- It is, isn't it?
Wait, you made that pimple appear on Cleo's face.
- No--yes, yes.
Just please don't tell my dad.
Vampires have been at war with witches for centuries.
He'd kill me if I wasn't undead.
- Our lips are sealed.
- You can actually stitch mine shut if you'd like.
- Really?
- How did you learn how to do this?
- Well, it's not easy. You've got to practice a lot.
- And smelling it makes you float?
- Yeah, it's called a power potion.
It's supposed to lift you way off the ground.
Though, right now it's more of a pathetic potion.
It's missing something. I just don't know what.
I'm not very good yet.
- You seem pretty good.
I know everyone says witchcraft's
a filthy human habit, but I love it.
- [chuckles]
- Wait, what are you doing here?
- Uh--
- So you're half-human, and you need to find a potion
made by a dead half-monster scientist
that may or may not be in a secret lab
behind that locked door,
all before the Founders' Day dinner next week?
- Yup. - Wow, you summed it up
really nicely there, yeah. - Hm.
- That is complicated.
Man, my secret is big, but yours is apocalyptic big.
- Yeah, I'd get kicked out of the only place
I've ever really belonged.
- What's this?
[mysterious music]
- A palm print? There is a lock.
It's just some kind of biometric hand-reading lock.
If Hyde made this, he was ahead of his time.
- We did it.
♪ ♪
Um, okay.
Your parents didn't happen to give you Hyde's hand, did they?
- Frida Kahlo's.
You should see my self-portraits.
- You know, there's probably a spell for that door.
- Wait, you'd help me?
- Here, the perfect spell, mist of releasing.
- Sounds like a laxative. - It does.
- Oh, no, it's a powder spell. Seriously advanced.
I can't even pull off basic cauldron work yet.
I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to do this.
- So you practice.
You put your mind to it, you can do anything.
You've got this.
And we're here to help.
- Really? - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- What's wrong?
- It's just, I never thought I'd see another monster
actually be supportive of this.
It's cool.
Okay, so we practice.
Let's give it a shot.
♪ So I've been hiding the truth ♪
♪ 'Cause I know they don't approve ♪
♪ But now I'm spilling my secrets around you ♪
- ♪ Felt like I didn't belong, part of a pack, now it's on ♪
♪ Goodbye to living a lie now I found you ♪
- ♪ Putting the pieces in place ♪
♪ So good to finally say ♪
all: ♪ It's like, oh ♪
♪ We'll be makin' 'em I believe in us ♪
♪ So, yeah, we can own it just by being us ♪
♪ Put us all together, there's no getting in our way ♪
♪ No messing with the three of us ♪
- ♪ Taking the sum of our parts ♪
♪ Using our brains and our hearts ♪
♪ Now finally someone who's speaking my language ♪
- ♪ I like not being afraid ♪
- ♪ We're gonna do it our way ♪
- ♪ Don't need permission from no one to ♪
all: ♪ Change it ♪
- ♪ Putting the pieces in place ♪
♪ So good to finally say ♪
all: ♪ It's like, oh ♪
♪ We'll be makin' 'em I believe in us ♪
♪ So yeah, we can own it just by being us ♪
♪ Put us all together, there's no getting in our way ♪
♪ No messing with the three of us ♪
♪ It's like yeah, after everything we've been through ♪
♪ Yeah, taking the power back to live our truth ♪
♪ Put us all together, there's no getting in our way ♪
♪ No messing with the three of us ♪
- ♪ Put us all together ♪ - ♪ Put us all together ♪
all: ♪ There's no getting in our ♪
- ♪ Put us all together ♪
all: ♪ There's no getting in our way, way, way ♪
♪ Yeah, put us all together, there's no getting in our way ♪
♪ No messing with the three of us ♪
- Ahh! [laughter]
- Okay.
- It's totally fine if it was an accident.
- Oh, I mean, it still looked like it was part of the spell.
- Oh! - Right.
- Why didn't you just fly with your bat powers though?
- I didn't think of that.
[all laughing]
[ominous music]
- Good morning, Monster High.
The casketball tournament pep rally has been moved
to the clawditorium.
[water splashing] - Go Demons!
- ♪ Used to flying solo ♪
♪ It feels strange and fun and new ♪
♪ Trusting in a trio ♪
♪ And joining in a crew ♪
♪ 'Cause you know the truth in my secrets ♪
♪ And you've got the words when I'm speechless ♪
- Okay, for the mist of releasing spell,
there's a few ingredients we need to find.
- Like a scavenger hunt? I love it.
- Okay, most of these are easy. - Mm-hmm.
- Witch hazel, rosemary, mayonnaise--
but a couple are harder.
Powdered mace wing, ogre bone--
- Ogre bone? - Yeah, why?
- Bloodgood's mug, it's pure ogre bone.
- We just need to find a time when she's out of her office,
then shave a little bone off the mug.
- 9:17 a.m.
- Huh? - Every morning at exactly 9:17,
she leaves her office and uses the bathroom.
She's very regular.
Okay, don't worry, it's not like I have a thing
for tracking everyone's bathroom habits or anything.
My brain just remembers everything,
including everything that everyone does ever.
Did you know that you moisten your lips
every 32 to 34 seconds?
- What?
- So tomorrow, Bloodgood hits the lavatory at 9:17,
we sneak in and shave the mug.
- There, you just did it. 34 seconds.
[clock ticking] [birds cawing]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[stomach growls] - Oh.
♪ ♪
- So weird, 9:17 exactly.
- Okay, you have five to seven minutes.
It varies, naturally.
- Okay, you two keep watch.
♪ ♪
[exhales]
♪ ♪
[clock growls]
♪ ♪
- Four minutes. - What's taking so long?
[toilet flushes] - [humming]
Oh. Good morning, Scary.
- Not Bloodgood!
- What? Stall her. - How?
- Chat her up, make conversation.
Go! - Okay.
♪ ♪
- Headmistress! - Oh, hello.
- How was the bathroom? Was it fun?
- That's a personal matter, Frankie.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
- Oh, wait. - Yes?
- Speaking of bathrooms,
did you know that the flushable toilet
was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harington?
He happened to be the godson of Queen Elizabeth I,
who, as we all know, became one heck of a ghost.
- Fascinating.
Headmistress Bloodgood, I have the minutes
from today's student council meeting.
- Please just put them on my desk, Cleo.
- Certainly. - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- No-- - Well, that was informative.
- And did you know...
that the oldest toilet in the world
is still functioning, 4,000 years after it was built?
♪ ♪
[clock growls]
- Hey, Cleo!
You're in the wrong place.
All the helpless kids you like to insult
to make yourself feel better are elsewhere.
- Don't Cleo-patronize me.
I need to drop this off on Bloodgood's desk.
- In her office?
- Yes, as that's where her desk is.
Now, out of my way, bat girl.
- Okay, Cleo.
♪ ♪
[gasps quietly] Oh, no.
[clock groaning]
- What?
- Change your body, change your face,
put another in your place, though inside the same,
you'll be changed outside while others see.
♪ ♪
- What?
♪ ♪
- Who's there?
[both scream]
- Oh, my gauze. Headmistress Bloodgood.
- Yes, it's me--I.
It is I, Headmistress Bloodgood in the flesh.
What are you doing in my office?
- You just told me to drop these on your desk.
- I did? - Yes, just now in the hall.
- Oh, sure. Totally--I mean right.
- How did you get in here so fast?
- Uh, well, uh--
I've had lots of highly caffeinated scorpion blood.
Speeds me up.
[slurps] Mmm, that's nasty.
Hoo. Anyway, run along.
I have important headmistress business to attend to.
[soft music]
And, Cleo? - Yes?
- Be nicer. - What?
- Be nicer in life.
This whole mean mummy queen of the school thing,
it's not cool.
Cut it out. I'm watching you.
Got it? - Yes, ma'am.
♪ ♪
- Beat it. [clock growls]
♪ ♪
- This is weird.
- Imagine how I feel.
[exhaling] Oh.
- Be nicer?
- Worth a shot. [laughter]
- And, since manufactured paper didn't appear in Europe
until the 15th century,
it wasn't until 1857 when manufactured toilet paper
became available and--can't talk, see you.
- Ah--
- Ms. Wolf? - Yes?
- How's your speech coming along
for the Founders' Day dinner?
- Oh, right, yes. Amazing. Gonna be a big hit.
- Excellent.
- Which is why dragons were so misunderstood
until the treaty of 1375,
which is when people realized...
- How we doing? - We're almost there.
Powdered mace wing, witch hazel, rosemary.
Who knew mayonnaise would be so hard to find?
- Mayonnaise? On it. [bell rings]
- Oh, okay, guys, awesome class.
Do not forget, for your research reports,
please take notes so that you can cite your sources.
Frankie?
Hey, Clawdeen, your report outline was due yesterday.
You okay? You still writing about Hyde?
- Oh, yeah.
Sorry, I just--there've been some setbacks in my research.
- Well, look, I need it on my desk by tomorrow, okay?
- Thanks. Yes, tomorrow for sure.
- You got this. - Thank you.
- Your portrait has been quiet, Draculaura.
Why haven't you called?
- Kids use the phones nowadays, Dad.
- Ah, phones. How's school, princess?
- Everything's going good. I'm learning a lot.
- What score did you get on your first exam?
- Oh, you know, good.
- What exactly constitutes good?
- A 92.
- 92? You may as well have failed.
- I tried, Dad. I really did.
- You must apply yourself more diligently, Draculaura.
Shape up, or there will be consequences.
- Nice talking to you too, Dad.
- He's tough. - Just a bit.
- He'll come around eventually.
You're plotting your own course here, not his.
♪ ♪
- I'm gonna tell him, look him right in the eye
and say, "Dad, I practice witchcraft.
"Yes, I know vampires and witches have been at war
for centuries, but it's who I am."
- Wow, I could never do that.
For the first time in my life, I feel like I belong somewhere.
I'd lose everything if they knew the real me.
- We are quite a pair. - [chuckles]
So what do we do?
♪ ♪
- We fix it, all of it.
We're gonna find this potion,
and I'll tell my dad the truth on my own terms somehow.
- Yeah, we will.
But until then, I do know one thing,
being able to talk about it makes it better.
- It does.
- I found mayonnaise!
[upbeat music]
[bell rings] - Attention, all students.
Monster biology is canceled until further notice.
Please return all stolen limbs to the biology department,
and if you've eaten the limb and cannot return it,
please digest it and disregard this message.
- Okay, let's see.
Just one more ingredient left to find, and it's a doozy.
Snake venom.
- The only native snake species
to Monster High's ecosystem is a giant swamp viper,
but they're 40 feet long
and tend to bite your head off if you get too close,
but I could probably get another head, so I'm game.
- No, I know where we can find some.
It's just not gonna be easy.
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- ♪ Pretty sure this is better than sunlight ♪
♪ What's the opposite of panic attack? ♪
- Hi. - Hi.
You gonna run away again?
- Not this time, hopefully. [chuckles]
I was wondering since you have the inside scoop
on these Founders' dinner speeches,
maybe I'd take you up on that offer to work on mine?
- Deal.
[creature growling]
- Cool spot. - Right?
There's no cell signal,
so nobody comes up here anymore.
It's peaceful.
- So you come here to gather your thoughts?
- Yeah, I do. [both chuckle]
Monster High can definitely be a little intense at times.
Your mom was a big deal here, right?
- Uh, yeah.
- See, I'm the first one in my family
to ever go to Monster High.
Gorgons aren't exactly the most beloved of monsters.
- Maybe it's the deadly snake hair.
- Are people that shallow?
- Yes. [both laugh]
- Yeah, they are.
- So are they really super poisonous?
Think I could see them for a sec?
- Not a great idea.
You know, that's the thing.
You know, deadly hair, deadly eyes.
Everyone makes assumptions about me, you know?
- I get it. Believe me.
- In the last few years, I was headed down a dark path
so I changed things up.
It's like I know what I don't wanna be.
Now, I just gotta figure out who I am.
- A guy like you, you can be anything.
Heck, you could run for student council.
- Well, who'd ever vote for a gorgon?
- Well, me. You can totally do it.
"Vote for the candidate with killer hair."
It has bite.
If you want it, go for it.
Just believe in who you really are,
not who people expect you to be.
[upbeat music]
- Easier said than done.
♪ Asking for a friend who's got some insecurities ♪
♪ Acts like he's so confident, but it's just make-believe ♪
♪ Wanting to be myself, but, no, it ain't easy for me ♪
- You mean your friend. - Right.
♪ He wants to feel less like he's some kind of freak ♪
♪ Ay-yi-yi, something about when I look ♪
♪ In your eye-eye-eyes ♪
- You? - Yeah.
♪ Makes me feel like I can be my real self ♪
♪ Oh, I'm so sick of trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ Can I tell the truth, feel like I can trust you ♪
Now, imagine never taking these glasses off.
No one trusts me. Teachers think I'm sleeping.
- Could I see you without them? - Ooh, dangerous.
- I just wanna see the real you.
- ♪ Had a lot of fake friends in my life ♪
♪ Who never had my back ♪ - Oh, yeah?
- ♪ But I can tell that ain't you ♪
- ♪ Who would ever, who would ever do a thing like that?
- ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Feel like I can count on you ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I feel the same way, too ♪
- ♪ Ay-yi-yi, something about when I look ♪
♪ In your eye-eye-eyes ♪
♪ Makes me feel like I can be my real self ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, I'm so sick of trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ Can I tell the truth, feel like I can trust you ♪
So how's the real me?
- It must be so hard
never being able to stare into somebody's eyes.
- Especially a wolf like you.
both: ♪ Ay-yi-yi ♪
♪ Something about when I look in your eye-eye-eyes ♪
♪ Makes me feel like I can be my real self ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, I'm so sick of trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ Can I tell you the truth, feel like I can trust you ♪
- I have to admit something.
I didn't just wanna work on my speech and hang out.
I did, I did, but there's also something else I need.
- What?
- Snake venom.
I can't really talk about it, but it's important.
- Snake venom from my snakes?
- Yeah.
- Well, why didn't you just say so?
Sure. All you had to do is ask.
Okay, the trick is not to look them in the eye.
They're a little feisty. - Really? Oh.
- Yep. All right, guys, be nice.
She's a friend. [snakes rattling, hissing]
- Hi. [laughs]
- He has a snake named Mo?
- Yeah, and let me tell you, you don't wanna mess with Mo.
- So he just gave you the venom?
- Yeah. - It was that easy?
- Yes, we're friends. - He is so into you.
- What? - Totally into you.
- No.
- Definitely into you.
- Really? - Yes.
Now let's open that door.
- [groans]
- Okay, mace wing.
Now the ogre bone. Mm, just a pinch.
- And now it just says, "Mix ingredients well."
♪ ♪
- Okay, let's hope this works.
Bring the power to my fist,
release the hold with gathered mist.
♪ ♪
- Try again.
♪ ♪
- Bring the power to my fist,
release the hold with gathered mist.
♪ ♪
I guess I'm just not good enough.
- Oh.
- So we try again tomorrow. - Right, right.
♪ ♪
- Well, well, what do we have here?
- Oh, sparks.
- What's the punishment
for students out after curfew, Mr. Komos?
- Per ghoul code, one month detention.
- That's right.
But we have a much more serious problem, don't we, students?
The fundamental values of Monster High
have been betrayed.
Our unnatural order has been offended.
- Headmistress, I can explain--
- Witchcraft.
- Wait, what?
- It has been reported that you, Draculaura,
have been practicing witchcraft.
- In my mortal life, I studied with Heka,
god of magic and medicine.
I know an incantation when one's thrown at me.
- Thank you, Cleo.
Open your bag, please.
- [sighs]
[tense music]
- Witchcraft will not be tolerated at Monster High.
- I'm so sorry. I'll never do it again.
- What will your father think? - Please, you can't tell him.
- You've left me no choice. And you two, encouraging her.
You should be ashamed
for not living up to the standards expected of you.
[growling and shrieking]
- What is that?
- It's like the school is screaming!
♪ ♪
- Oh! - Look out!
- [screams]
- Is everyone all right? Is anyone hurt?
- I'm all right.
- [panting]
- You saved me.
- You're welcome. - Go to your rooms now.
Use the south stairs.
I didn't wanna believe that this could happen again,
but these signs, it's the school itself crying out,
and it can only mean one thing.
There's an untrue monster heart among us.
- A human? - Yes.
And if we don't find out who it is
and get rid of the threat,
the school could tear itself apart.
- The Founders' Day dinner is tomorrow.
Do we postpone? - It's such an important event.
The donors that keep this school open.
- Keep the dinner, headmistress.
I'll help find the human.
♪ ♪
- Bloodgood really is terrifying.
- Draculaura, I'm sorry. It's me.
I'm the one destroying the school.
I'm putting everyone in danger.
I'm sorry for all of it.
- She'll be okay.
[somber music]
[howling in distance]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Here I am, I'm coming out of the dark ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Was it all a mistake ♪
♪ To show my beating heart? ♪
- Goodbye.
- ♪ Is there nowhere I can be free? ♪
♪ Is there no place I'm meant to be? ♪
♪ Here I am, I'm crawling back into the dark ♪
♪ Back into the dark ♪
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[wings flapping]
- Ow, sunlight.
Not my favorite. - What are you doing here?
- Nice, you get me busted,
and you're the one with the attitude.
♪ ♪
- I'm sorry about your dad.
- He'll forgive me someday. I have eternity on my side.
♪ ♪
- I think we've almost caught up to her.
Oh, hi.
- How did you find me?
- You didn't turn off your "Find my Fiends App."
It's alarmingly accurate.
- That's right. We're friends, remember?
We're not letting you run away when you need us the most.
[heartbeat pounding] - If I go back,
I just put everyone in danger.
Let's face it.
I'm not monster enough for Monster High.
[heart beating faster]
Look at me.
I don't belong here. I don't belong anywhere.
- You belong with us, Clawdeen.
- But I don't know how to stay with you!
[grunts] both: Clawdeen!
♪ ♪
- Wait, is that...
- It looks like... - It sure does.
- So you think? - I don't know.
- It's worth a shot, right?
♪ ♪
[gate creaking]
♪ ♪
Clawdeen!
- Look at you. You are so handsome.
- The Founders' Dinner. I totally forgot.
- My dad's coming.
Aren't you supposed to give a speech?
- Yes, to honor my mother.
Let's just get this done.
- Madam, silver is your color. Drinks inside.
Enjoy your evening.
Any trace of the human?
- No, not yet.
- Hello, welcome back. So wonderful to see you again.
♪ ♪
- Now, what?
Do we need to freak you out so you turn human?
- Pretend I'm Deuce. - What?
No, I think I've got this now.
[heartbeat pounding]
- It's like you have a superpower
that makes you less powerful.
- Hopefully not for long.
♪ ♪
[clanking]
♪ ♪
[chuckles] Holy headless horsewoman!
It worked! - It just needed a human hand.
- Hyde's secret half.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
What is this?
- It's just a tomb.
- An ogre's tomb, from the looks of it.
Hey, it's Agmon the terrible.
- No. No, no, Hyde's lab is here.
It has to be.
He locked that door to protect it.
There's gotta be another door.
♪ ♪
- Hey, look at this.
Under the monocle, it's Hyde's code.
- What does it say? - It says "push."
- It's a button! - It's an eye.
- It's a button. - It's an eye.
- It's a button. Try it.
[eyeball squishes] - It's an eye.
[rumbling]
♪ ♪
- And a button.
- We're both right.
- Great.
♪ ♪
- We did it.
♪ ♪
- There's a switch.
♪ ♪
[electricity zapping]
[machinery whirring]
- Wow.
♪ ♪
- Hyde kept busy.
- Is that calcium chloride?
Ammonium nitrate?
Oh, is this plutonium?
Oh, have I died again and gone to mad scientist monster heaven?
- Stay on mission, Frankie.
- Can I just make one teensy inteensy little explosion first?
♪ ♪
- Hyde's code.
It's his formula.
No more human.
♪ ♪
I'm free.
- Remember, the school
is serious about keeping humans out.
♪ ♪
- We found it.
- That's fangtastic!
- High five!
- What's wrong?
- If I drink this...
it's like I'm erasing him.
- Erasing who?
- My dad.
My secret half is him.
Do I really wanna just give up who I am?
- No, you don't. [all gasp]
What?
- No-- - Mr. Komos, we can explain.
- There's no need to explain, Frankie.
I was worried this was your plan.
Clawdeen, do not take that potion.
Trust me.
I know what it's like to feel like an outsider,
to have to keep secrets.
♪ ♪
I'm part human, too.
- What? - Really?
- Yes, and giving up who you are,
this isn't the answer.
♪ ♪
I know a better way.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
all: No!
- No! - What are you doing?
- [grunts]
I haven't been entirely forthcoming with you.
[retches] - Mr. Komos?
- Nope.
Komos was my mother's maiden name.
My name is Hyde.
Hyde Junior, technically.
I was named after my father. [grunts]
- You're Hyde's son?
- That's what I just said. Try to keep up, Clawdeen.
You listen so well in class.
I have been looking
for this place ever since I arrived this year.
I found the lab journals, of course.
Cracking that code-- [laughs]
I've got to admit, I was stumped. Whew!
That was pretty genius there, Frankie.
[groaning]
[dramatic music]
And opening that door was clever.
Dad didn't pass down his alter ego.
So without a true human hand, I was never gonna open it.
Clawdeen, you get an A+.
- So you just wanted to turn a monster, too?
- So you could stay at Monster High?
- [laughs] Oh, I don't wanna stay at Monster High.
[grunts]
I'm going to destroy Monster High.
[screaming]
[yelping] [clothes ripping]
♪ ♪
[laughs] Ohh.
See, this potion doesn't just turn you into a monster.
It turns you into the ultimate monster.
My dad was a smart man.
His formula was gonna be his revenge
against all those monsters that ruined his life.
Though, of course, he was expelled
before he could take it,
so I'm here to finish the job.
- Ahh!
- Draculaura!
- [laughs]
[bat screeching]
[laughs]
Neat! - What have you done to her?
- I've stolen her powers.
Her very monster essence.
It's perfect.
And tonight is the perfect night.
They're all here-- Bloodgood
and all the school's most prestigious officers.
Once I've brought down Monster High,
I'll move on to those that actually killed my father.
Humans.
Oh, man, I feel good!
Look at this rockin' bod!
- Quick, run! - Ahh! Ahh!
Go! - [groaning]
♪ ♪
- Hurry.
- He's not gonna stop. - I'm so weak.
- We need to get her help and warn everyone.
[Hyde Jr. screams] [glass shattering]
- Wait, no! He locked the door. We can't get out.
- Very smart, Frankie!
You can't get out. [pounding door]
- Draculaura! No, no, no, no, no.
[thudding]
- What do we do? - Quick, call someone.
- Okay. - Clawdeen!
- How?
- You haven't used your phone as a phone yet?
- I just thought it was for social media.
And the only friends I have in here are you two.
And well...Cleo.
- Cleo? Go live!
- Okay-- [slams door]
[phone chimes]
- What's this?
- Cleo, we need your help.
Mr. Komos is actually Hyde's son.
He's gone psycho!
He's here for revenge to destroy Monster High.
We're trapped, and Draculaura's hurt.
Please get help.
♪ ♪
[slams table] [gasping]
- Bloodgood,
I find it highly disrespectful...
[cell phone buzzes] - That she would be so late.
- I know. I'm mortified.
Clawdeen's been such a conscientious student.
Any word from her?
- Uh, no. I'm sorry.
[phone buzzing]
Cleo, I can't talk right now.
What?
[pounding on door]
- That door's not gonna hold.
- All right! - Gotta get out of here.
- Enough fun and games!
- Hey? - Huh?
- I can try the spell it again.
The mist of releasing, I have some left.
- Your powers are gone.
- My monster powers. Witchcraft is different.
Help me.
Come on.
[shouting, pounding]
Bring the power to my fist,
release the hold with gathered mist.
♪ ♪
- You did it!
Draculaura! [pounding on door]
- Clawdeen, Clawdeen!
Is she okay? - I don't know.
Komos did this. He can take our powers.
- What? - Oh, my Ra!
- Where's Komos? - Why is he doing this?
♪ ♪
- You know, you kids are really starting to annoy me.
[cracking neck]
- Is that Komos? - Yes.
- Oh, good, we have company.
[wind shrieking]
- What is that?
- The school is alive!
- Ugh, and it's not happy.
- Wow, that is loud.
This school is so weird.
- I wouldn't do anything you don't want the world to see.
- Oh, don't you worry.
I'm gonna do exactly what I want the world to see,
destroy this school.
- You'll have to get by us first.
- Not a problem.
- Mr. Komos--Hyde, please.
You don't have to do this.
- Clawdeen, I'm sorry you got mixed up in all this.
You're just like me,
an innocent victim with no place in the world.
But what can you do?
- Leave her alone!
[snakes hissing, rattling]
- Ohh-hoo-hoo-hoo. Close.
♪ ♪
- [groaning]
- No.
♪ ♪
[grunts]
- Deuce! - Deuce, no!
No.
♪ ♪
No, no, no, no.
- At least I finally got to stare into your eyes.
- No. [sobbing]
No. [heartbeat pounding]
[panting]
[pounding intensifies]
Ah! [grunts]
[snakes hissing, rattling]
[all gasp]
- I knew there was something about her.
[wind shrieking]
- One less thing to destroy.
- [sobbing]
- Clawdeen.
♪ ♪
For Deuce.
- Oh, my gosh!
Friendship, sacrifice.
This is all so touching.
All my dad wanted was to stay here,
where he thought he belonged,
but everyone betrayed him
just because his blood wasn't true enough.
Well, it's vengeance time. So if you'll excuse me.
- No.
- Clawdeen?
♪ ♪
- Kinda hard to take my monster powers when I'm only human.
- What are you gonna do?
Don't you understand what kind of powers I have?
- Yeah, I know exactly what powers you have.
Smile.
- No, no.
♪ ♪
No, no! What have you done?
♪ ♪
- Think of it as extra credit.
- Yes! [laughter]
- That's what I'm talkin' about!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
- She's okay!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
- Deuce!
♪ ♪
- Clawdeen?
- Yeah.
- Wow.
- This way!
♪ ♪
Clawdeen.
- Draculaura!
Oh, my little demon.
- I'm okay, Dad. I'm okay.
- Thank bats.
- Headmistress Bloodgood, it was Mr. Komos, he--
♪ ♪
- You're human?
- Yes, I am.
I'm monster, and I'm human.
♪ ♪
This is the real me.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[whirring]
- Clawdeen!
You okay, sweetheart?
- It's all right, Dad. I'm ready to go.
I'm not gonna hide who I am anymore.
The world's gonna see me as I am.
It'll be okay.
Just gonna say goodbye to my friends.
[indistinct chatter]
- There she is.
Hey. - Hey.
- Clawdeen. - What did they say?
♪ ♪
- Clawdeen Wolf, please stop.
♪ ♪
- Headmistress Bloodgood--
- Your father's not here to take you home.
- Wait, what? - You were never the problem.
Komos was.
The school is clearly now fine.
We've been wrong all these years.
An impure monster heart was never about being human.
You've demonstrated as much true monster heart
as any student I've ever known.
Your mother would be proud.
- She would be so proud.
- Today we are rewriting the school charter.
We no longer revile humans,
at least not all of them,
no matter how tasty their veins may look.
- We're honored to have you as a student here.
That is, if that is what you want.
- Really? Yes, that's what I want.
[all cheering]
- Silence!
Headmistress Bloodgood would like to make an announcement.
[upbeat music]
[phones beeping] Again with the phones.
Does nobody paint anymore?
- Hello, Monster High.
I am proud to announce
that a new moon has risen over these hallowed halls.
From now on, true monster heart will mean exactly that,
who you truly are on the inside.
And so I ask you to join me in welcoming our first--well,
second, but first officially known student with human blood,
Clawdeen Wolf!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
[howling together]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Won't hide behind a lie another single day ♪
♪ Won't run away I won't pretend ♪
♪ I'm confident and strong, I'll always be okay ♪
♪ I'll never doubt myself again ♪
- You changed the world, baby cub.
- Come on. Let me show you my school.
- Okay. - Hi, I'm Frankie.
- Hi, Frankie. I'm Apollo.
- ♪ This is me so here I am ♪
♪ Not ashamed, come and catch me if you can ♪
♪ What you see is what you get now ♪
♪ And I won't change a thing ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm sorry, I ain't sorry ♪
♪ 'Cause I like being me ♪ [all yelping]
- Frankie, be in my story?
- ♪ So no more waiting on the sidelines ♪
♪ No more hiding on the inside ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
♪ Say no more, don't need your approval ♪
♪ What for, breaking all the rules so no apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
- A vampire practicing witchcraft is simply not done.
So you must be the very best witch ever.
- Yes!
- ♪ No one's built quite perfectly ♪
♪ But who cares, I am everything I need ♪
- ♪ Fitting in is overrated ♪
♪ So don't just play some part ♪
- ♪ Never copied, duplicated ♪
♪ Just be who you are ♪
all: ♪ So no more waiting on the sidelines ♪
♪ No more hiding on the inside ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
- Hey, I'm running for Student Council.
- Oh, you're gonna kill it.
I mean, be great.
[laughs]
all: ♪ So no more waiting on the sidelines ♪
♪ No more hiding on the inside ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
♪ Say no more, don't need your approval ♪
♪ What for, breaking all the rules so ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
- I think I've cracked the code
to this whole having friends business.
- Yeah? What is it?
- It's simple. You just need really good ones.
all: ♪ So no more waiting on the sidelines ♪
♪ No more hiding on the inside ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
♪ Say no more, don't need your approval ♪
♪ What for, breaking all the rules so ♪
♪ No apologies ♪
♪ Love it or hate it, I'ma just be me ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I'm addicted to the madness ♪
- She's the one,
the key to destroying the vampires once and for all.
Bring her to me.
- ♪ Yeah, we run to the thunder ♪
- ♪ Here I am ♪
♪ There's no turning back ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
♪ I know where I'm at ♪
♪ Nothing left to hide, I'm coming alive ♪
♪ These are my monsters and this is my vibe ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
[cheering]
- ♪ I know what it's like to hide in the shadows ♪
♪ Never let anyone ♪
♪ Open up the doors or look through the windows ♪
♪ All my life I have been waiting so long ♪
♪ To embrace the light that I find somewhere ♪
♪ That I can belong ♪
♪ And come out of the darkness ♪
♪ I'm ready now ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Ready now ♪ - Action!
♪ ♪
- Whoops! I--
♪ ♪
♪ I look around and see ♪
♪ A world that's waiting for me ♪
♪ Where I can fit in ♪
♪ And make some real friends ♪ - What?
- ♪ I'm gonna run through your halls ♪
♪ I wanna do it all ♪
♪ This is my moment ♪
♪ I wanna own it ♪
♪ I always dreamed ♪
♪ Of a perfect place like this ♪
♪ Where I'm not afraid ♪
♪ To be seen ♪
♪ Oh, and I can just be me ♪
♪ This is who I am ♪ - ♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ And it feels like for the first time ♪
♪ My life can begin ♪ - ♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
- Action! - Deuce, no!
- ♪ This is where I'm meant to be ♪
♪ And I don't have to hide ♪
♪ This is who I am ♪ - ♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ And I feel like for the first time ♪
♪ I fit in ♪ - ♪ Whoa, oh, whoa, oh ♪
[laughter]
- Draculaura!
That's how you do it.
- [laughs] Here's the entrance to the graveyard.
They're setting up a bunch of stuff,
but this is what it takes to film a movie,
especially this one.
- ♪ Oh, oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Whoa, oh ♪
- ♪ I feel so high off the ground ♪
♪ And I feel my heartbeat is pounding ♪
♪ Finally, you don't wanna ever leave ♪
♪ 'Cause now I know where I'm supposed to be ♪
♪ This is who I am ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ And it feels like for the first time ♪
♪ My life can begin ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ So I step out into the light ♪
♪ 'Cause this is where I'm meant to be ♪
♪ And I don't have to hide ♪
♪ This is who I am ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ And I feel like for the first time ♪
♪ I fit in ♪