♪ Monster, Monster High ♪
♪ We might give you a fright ♪
-♪ Unique as can be ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And friends forever, literally ♪
♪ We might walk, might swim, might fly ♪
♪ Either way we gonna run the night ♪
♪ We're Monster, Monster High ♪
♪ Monster, Monster High ♪
♪ We might give you a fright ♪
♪ Monster, Monster High ♪
♪ Friendship never dies ♪
♪ We're Monster High ♪
♪ Monster High-igh-igh-igh ♪
[whispered] We're Monster High.
[eerie music]
[buzzer blares]
[crow cawing]
[grunts]
Nice, new posters of the Kaiju founders of casketball.
[Frankie] I knew having this poster of Gakaiju and Modirah
would be inspiring!
Which is also why I've been dusting all your lockers.
Intuition like that is why we asked you to be
the new student manager of the team, Frankie.
Thanks.
Got so many amazing ideas, I'm bursting at the seams!
[screams]
Again?
Oops. Oh, sorry, Ghoulia.
As my first duty as manager,
I'd like to discuss a new team mascot.
Ooh, how about the Monster High serpents?
Yes, behold our beauty.
Or a fire sprite!
[water gurgles] En tu sueños!
We should use my pet piranha, Neptuna.
Isn't she just precious?
But fire sprite fits when we're winning!
We'll be on fire!
Neptuna would strike fear in the hearts of our enemies.
I know! We'll put it to a vote.
We've got a fire sprite, Neptuna...
and Deuce, you said a serpent?
Nah, it's okay, Frankie. I'm cool with whatever. [crunching chomp]
[yelps] Yeah, Deuce doesn't care.
He's the most laid-back dude in school.
[Lagoona growls]
[whistle blows]
That must be Coach Klopman.
Now remember, team, practice gets us one step closer
to being the best team you can be, together!
Only then will we be ready to face--
Uh, Frankie?
Come on.
[grunts]
-[laughs] -[all] Gakaiju?
Isn't it great?
One of the founders of casketball is visiting
from the ghost world to help us practice.
Oh, but where's the other founder?
-Modirah? -No time to elaborate.
Practice now!
[all yelp]
[loud thud]
-Oops. You okay? -[Deuce coughs]
[weakly] Yeah. No, I'm fine. Game on.
[upbeat music]
What?
[screams]
[grunts]
Hey! Keep up the defense!
Ooh, walk it off.
Lagoona, square up your shoulders!
[Lagoona wailing]
Never mind.
Hey, Coach Klopman, is it okay if I work on my mech?
I wanna reprogram it to help with the team.
Sure, Frankie. I love that can-do spirit.
[players wailing]
[Gakaiju roaring] Um, good hustle, everyone!
As casketball manager, it's my sacred duty
to make sure the out-of-bounds balls are picked up.
The vacuum function on the mech will be perfect for that.
[upbeat music]
Whoa!
[all groan]
Frankie's mech looks how I feel.
Break.
Need break.
-[buzzer blares] -[laughs]
-Bye, Gakaiju. -See ya.
Adiós.
Wait!
What do you wanna to do next, esteemed fellows?
Sorry, Gakaiju. We got class.
Oh, I understand.
So you want me to join you in your academic journey,
snakehead one?
No, you have to tell her we don't want her to come with us.
Rad, shush. It's fine.
Maybe it's not my first choice on now I'd spend the day, but--
So excited to hang out all day!
Race to the class!
[Gakaiju laughs]
[hisses]
[upbeat music]
[person screams]
Ooh, I made it. I'm first!
I win! Uh-huh, yeah!
[Deuce gasps] This is the victory dance!
[laughs] Take it away!
Uh, what?
[groans] You missed the choreography.
Now I'll have to start over.
[trills tongue] Ho, ho, Ms. Gakaiju!
I had a vision we'd be joined by you
and your friend, Modirah.
You are incorrect, moth teacher.
It's just me
and, um, my new bestie, Dunce!
It's Deuce. You have to correct her.
It's fine. She can call me wherever.
Well, we're happy to have just you.
Having foreseen your arrival, I've brought-- [buzzes]
Supplies for you.
[trills] Now-- [buzzes] students, tonight,
we'll be making our very own prophecy potion.
Please be careful.
It is extremely volatile.
Psst, Dunce, look upon my works.
Hey, bestie, you're not looking!
What is it, Gakaiju?
[bubbling and whistling]
[gasps]
Everyone, duck!
[explosion]
[glass clinks]
[Gakaiju laughs]
Welcome, class.
Tonight, you'll be working on the...
[evil voice] Horrifying art of improv!
[clears throat]
Let's improvise a scene together.
Now, who should go first?
Not me, not me, not me.
Ooh, ooh, Dunce and I will go!
We will dominate improv
just like we dominate the casketball court!
Whoa, fantastic enthusiasm!
All right, class, let's give them
some suggestions for a scene.
They should be surfers!
Surfers at a barbecue!
Right, well, surfers at a barbecue who fall in love.
That sounds kind of fun.
Or should I say tubular?
-Whoa! -Nope.
No way.
I have a better idea. [laughs]
[hisses softly]
Oh, okay, cool.
Oh, I knew you'd love it!
That's why we get along so well.
You wanna do everything I wanna do!
I will get my revenge on you for making me endure improv.
You have to tell Gakaiju that we can't do this anymore.
And ruin my rep as the most laid-back dude in school?
No way. At least we can get some space during lunch.
Touchdown! Almost lost you there!
Don't worry! I got you lunch!
Think fast! [grunts]
Yum.
Ha! I'll get you another one.
Ooh, don't tell me what you want.
[Deuce gasps] I'm gonna make it a surprise.
[laughs]
Destroy her.
No, Wrath. I'm not an angry dude.
Whoa!
Here you go, Dunce.
[Gakaiju laughs maniacally]
-Are you OK, Deuce? -Whoa!
More lunch.
Oh! I'll get you another one.
-[both yelp] -[Gakaiju chuckles]
Hey, Frankie. Yeah, everything's fine.
Why did Gakaiju call you Dunce?
She got my name wrong,
and it's too much of a hassle to correct her.
But I'm okay with it, going with the flow, cool as a boo-cumber.
[hissing] No, we're not.
I don't let my wrath control me.
And I support that.
But it's okay to say what you need
without being all wrath-y about it.
Like I've been learning to tell my best friends
what I need and--
Best friend? That's it, Frankie!
Huh. Wonder what "it" is.
So tomorrow, we'll start with a super early practice.
Oh, look who's here.
[suspenseful music]
Modirah?
Oh, you just had to follow me, huh?
What? The gorgon kid invited me.
Yeah, right.
You're the one who wants to hang out all the time,
never giving me a break.
Ugh, so clingy.
[gasps] Clingy?
I thought you liked hanging out.
You never said anything! You just disappeared earlier.
Whoa. Hang on. Everyone, just take a breath.
Ha, good idea.
-[roars] -[grunts]
Always with the fire breath with you!
[Gakaiju grunts]
Like your laser eyes are any more original.
[growling and snarling]
Wait, wait, wait. Calm down.
[Gakaiju roars]
[dramatic music]
I thought you could use some backup.
Frankie, you're a genius.
Well, certainly got a few genius brain bits,
but I'm not sure if they apply in this situation.
What do kaiju love more than anything?
Well, it doesn't take a genius
to know the answer to that.
Fighting robots!
[roars]
If Gakaiju and Modirah fight this bot together,
they'll make up.
Then they'll be best friends again
and Gakaiju will leave me alone.
Come on.
[grunts]
[metallic clang]
Are you sure about this, Deuce?
Yeah, if these two want to fight, I'll give it to them.
Kaiju, I challenge you to a battle.
You want to battle? You got it.
Yeah, prepare to be annihilated, robot.
[both growl]
You're not hitting it right! Aim higher!
[wails]
You aim higher!
[trills]
[screams]
Oh, we're going to lose!
I always lost.
until I met you.
Me, too.
Teammates?
Teammates.
[energetic music]
-[Deuce grunts] -Whoa.
[Gakaiju laughs]
Take that!
Alley-oop!
Hey, new bestie Dunce! We beat the robot!
Oh, I can't wait to tell everyone at class tomorrow!
What? She's still not leaving?
And the mech's down for the count.
But what else am I supposed to do?
-I know. -You have to say something.
Tell Gakaiju.
Uh-huh. Oh, yeah.
This is the victory dance!
Ha, ha, ha. Oh, yeah.
This is the victory dance!
Hey, Dunce, did you see that?
Gakaiju, first off, my name is Deuce.
Uh, since when?
Since forever.
-[mechanical whirring] -The mech's malfunctioning!
Take cover!
And I know this might be hard to hear,
but right now, I think we should just
be casketball friends, not best friends.
Sure, that's cool, Deuce.
Thanks for telling me what you want.
Like I, uh, should have told Modirah.
Modirah, I do still want to be your best friend.
[Gakaiju grunts]
I mean, we are awesome together.
[grunts] But sometimes, I need a little space.
And I should tell you when I do
instead of just taking off and finding a new best friend.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
[Modirah grunts]
I totally respect your boundaries.
[both grunt]
We got to work on our communication.
Come on, let's go home.
Whoa!
See you around.
[all] Bye!
[soft upbeat music]
Mm, tastes rubbery.
I still say Neptuna.
And I still want a fire sprite!
[hisses softly]
Hey, I've got something to say.
I want us to consider that serpent again.
Hey, all right!
Fantástico!
[thudding footsteps]
I knew this mech would be helpful.
[eerie music]
Good evening, Coach Thunderbird.
Hi, Mr. Klopman.
Oh, Mrs. O'Shriek!
Here's the new Howl Guide.
I knew you were next on the waitlist,
so I brought it for you.
Oh, thank you, Manny.
[soft upbeat music]
Headmistress Bloodgood, wait!
I finished cleaning your first edition rule book.
I love spending so much time with the rules.
Oh. [chuckles] Looking forward to reading it.
Reading it? That's strange.
I thought the headmistress had all the rules memorized.
I re-read my favorite books.
Yeah, maybe Headmistress does, too.
Anyway, here's my stop, Boo-ology.
Time to go in.
Don't block the door, Brain-otaur.
It is frog reanimation day!
[howls]
Whoo. Right behind you.
[panting]
Manny, you dropped this. Why didn't you go into class?
Because I still can't do that class.
What do you mean?
I was supposed to take it last semester
with Lagoona and Clawd, but I convinced Headmistress
to let me do study hall instead.
The idea of reanimating a frog and then de-animating it?
I don't want to do that.
Then why did you sign up for the class?
Taking boo-ology is the first step
to becoming a veterinarian.
And ever since I got Splitzy, that's my dream.
I'm usually good at school stuff,
but this is different, hard in a different way.
I understand.
When something's hard to do,
it helps me to take a deep breath.
[takes deep breath]
And say, "I can do this," over and over.
I can do this. I can do this.
I can't do this.
These are synthetic frogs made out of special jelly
just for high school kids like you to use for this assignment.
Now, next step is add one drop of boo-oxide
to your bring-alivium.
And now pour a drop onto your frog.
Ms. Ziz, do reanimated frogs have feelings?
No, they're not really alive.
They were made to act like frogs.
Nothing more.
Fun, huh?
Uh, sure.
Okay, if she says no feelings, no feelings.
Flies.
[laughs] This is so cool.
Flies.
And now it's time to begin de-animation.
Apply the antidote, please.
I've read about this. I can do this.
It's just a not alive frog.
Hey, watch the spray!
-[Ghoulia rasping] -Ghoulia! Oh, no!
I de-animated you.
Manny, I am not reanimated.
I've always been a zombie.
Humans are the ones
making their monster lore all about them,
but zombies are zombies.
Not reanimated, undead humans.
Totally different.
When you're finished with the assignment,
please place your de-animated frogs in the cooler.
[quirky suspenseful music]
Flies?
[panting] Sorry, Headmistress!
But I did the reanimation, just like I promised!
[Splitzy sighs]
[door opens] [Splitzy trills]
Splitzy, don't get attached.
We're not keeping Groggy.
Oh, no, I named him.
That's textbook for getting attached.
I just need to de-animate this unalive, unfeeling--
Oh, Groggy!
[strains]
Flies?
Okay, the rules say I have to de-animate you
to pass boo-ology, but there's nothing that says
I can't make your final moments nice.
So ready to have some undead fun?
Flies?
Yes, we can find flies.
[babbles indistinctly]
[chuckles] Gotcha.
Well, golly gasp, we're one frog short.
Someone must have stolen it.
Who would break the rules like this?
-Romulus. -It wasn't me.
In fact, how about I track down the thief for you?
In exchange, you can endorse me in the were-election.
I'm trying to rebrand myself as a claw and order candidate.
Doesn't voting end tomorrow?
Little late for an endorsement, but fine, whatever.
[chuckling] Great. I think?
Here, use this pest bubbler to catch it.
I am on the case.
[Ms. Ziz gasps and yelps]
Hey, I--
[chuckling uncomfortably] On the case.
And that's how we got to the Great Scarier Reef.
History's fun, huh?
Flies?
Manny, how was the reanimation?
Oh, it worked.
Did you ask Ms. Ziz to take the frog home?
No, I wasn't supposed to.
I wanted to show Groggy a little fun,
but he doesn't seem to feel anything.
Ooh! I guess Ms. Ziz was right.
I should bring him back and de-animate him.
[sniffing] Frog was here.
[sniffing] Mm, Frog was here.
Frog is...
here! [laughs]
-Huh? -Wait, you stole the frog?
I know. I'm surprised, too.
It just felt wrong to de-animate it.
But if Ms. Ziz says it's the right thing to do,
it's gotta be.
That's why we're bringing him back.
Dude, I don't need your whole story.
I just need that frog.
Friends?
-Did you hear that? -He said "friends."
More like...
[zombie voice] Friends.
I can't de-animate him now.
Groggy is more than some synthetic frog
acting like a real frog.
Ms. Ziz is wrong.
But she's a teacher.
She knows everything about those frogs.
I thought so, too. But you heard him.
He wants more than flies.
Friends.
So he wants friends. Doesn't everyone?
He's not special.
Friends.
Romulus, are you okay?
It's just he wants friends, just like everyone.
Just like me.
Forget about claw and order!
If this little guy wants friends,
I say we get him some!
Team Groggy! [howls]
Me, too. Team Groggy!
So you're going from science class rule enforcer
to renegade reanimated frog defender?
Big switch.
Eh, the other weres probably won't care about
Ms. Ziz's endorsement anyway.
And besides, I break rules for breakfast.
[snarls]
[lock clicks]
Meet you outside, Twyla?
Yes, after my mission to research reanimated frog care.
Or more likely, general frog care.
Bye.
Friends?
If you want friends, I'll get you friends.
Let's do this.
So now add one scoop of boo-oxide
to your bring-alivium.
[gasps]
Uh, Romulus, if I may, you're adding bring-alivium
to the boo-oxide.
But for scientific compounds, order of operations is key.
You have to do things in the right order or it won't work.
Oh, got it.
-[Romulus chuckles] -Yeah!
Now, one drop per frog.
-Flies. -Flies.
Flies.
Friends!
Whoo-hoo-hoo! We did it!
Yes, we did, Romulus!
What in the hopping sciences is going on in here?
Get out of here, sweet frogs!
Go be friends somewhere far, far away from where anyone
will ever try to de-animate you!
[gasping] Not a fan of pouncing frogs!
[gasping]
Attention, fellow teachers and faculty.
We have a frog problem.
I repeat, we have a frog problem.
-Flies. -Flies.
We have to get the frogs out of here.
-Flies. -Flies.
If they're made to want flies like real frogs, we need flies.
But how do we get flies?
We don't. We do this Romulus-style.
Fake it till we make it.
Buzz!
-Buzz! -Flies.
Flies.
Buzz!
-Buzz! -Flies.
Buzz!
Hey, that's a foul, reanimated frog!
Ghoulia, help us buzz!
We have to lead the reanimated frogs away!
Turns out they're complicated creatures that need compassion.
Buzz!
Oh, sure.
I'm all for helping complicated creatures.
[all buzzing]
Manny and Romulus, where are you taking my lab supplies?
Colleagues, set your spray bottles to de-animate
and get those frogs.
Hey, come on, kids.
Let's do this the easy way.
Oh, dear.
I did not want it to come to this.
[shrieks]
Forget buzzing! Just grab them!
[frogs croaking]
-Flies. -Flies.
My frog research concluded when in doubt,
always add flies.
-Flies. -Flies.
Run, frogs, run!
[dramatic music]
Time to put this test to rest.
[groans] I gotta do something.
[Manny grunts]
You can't block us forever.
They're closing in.
Why are you doing this, Manny?
You were always such a good student.
Tell her about Groggy.
Because though you're teachers
and you know a lot and are really super smart
and I respect you so much,
I think there's something you don't know about.
These frogs that you want to de-animate,
they have something to say.
Please stop and listen to them.
Really listen.
Friends.
-Friends. -Friends.
I've never heard that before!
-Oh, interesting. -Frog's got feelings.
There's so much more to learn
if we don't de-animate these frogs.
I think doing the experiment like this is just wrong.
You got chutzpah telling a teacher she's wrong.
But I like chutzpah.
Well, looks like today the student has become the teacher.
I've always been a fan of studying reanimated frogs,
but maybe I was going about it the wrong way.
Thanks for showing me, Manny.
But next time, present the new scientific evidence
that changes everything
before we get to the big chase situation.
Okay?
Manny and I are happy to welcome you all
to the groundbreaking for Monster High's
Reanimated Frog Sanctuary.
According to Twyla's research,
our first step will be planting dillweed to attract flies.
Splitzy! We talked about this.
-Friend. -[Splitzy trills]
-[phone rings] -[Clawdeen] Hey, Catty!
Yeah, I'm at Furball Hall.
It does feel weird that it's my last day as were-ruler.
I'm even packing up my office.
Anyway, the reason I called was to talk about the concert
after the election results are announced.
We can meet there and then head over to Monster High and--
I'll call you back.
Wait, is that the shapeshifter's whale toy?
[tense music]
[spooky music playing] shifter's whale toy?