01x21 - Best Fiends /Scareer Day

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- ♪ Monster, Monster High ♪

♪ We might give you a fright ♪

- ♪ Unique as can be ♪

♪ 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 percussive music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, iBall. It's been hectic.

You see, Ghoul Spirit Day sort of snuck up on me this year,

which is bad because as Student Bloody President

and Head Fearleader, it's a big day for me.

And I'd forgotten the most important to-do of all.

- Ugh, have you found the spell you need yet?

I've got places to be.

- Oh! Do you need to get presents

for Ghoul Spirit Day too?

- No, I don't even know what that is.

- It's a Monster High thing.

One of the ways to celebrate is to give presents

to monsters who make our school extra-never-ordinary.

- Ugh, has it occurred to you

that magic books have our own traditions?

Like tonight's annual book fair,

for which I'm already late.

- I just need to conjure something

for Frankie and Clawdeen.

- Ugh, try this: the BFF-friendship bracelet.

The only problem is, it's got a lot of pages

and I really must go.

- I can copy it down.

I'll write as fast as vampirically possible.

As soon as I find a notebook.

[gasps] Uh, here.

- Ugh, you need to clean your lair.

These dust frights are... [sneezes]

Out of... [sneezes]

Oh, control!

- Here it is.

That spell wasn't that long, Codex.

- Ugh, long enough when you've got places to be,

books to catch up with.

- Okay, I'll send you off.

By witching spell strong and hardy,

all the magic you need to party!

Now conjure time.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Friendship threads whorl and wind,

forever may you keep and bind.

Super easy and just my style.

Hmm, I must be getting better at witchcraft.

- Aah!

♪ ♪

Gifts for the boo crew, check.

Prepare Ghoul Spirit Day speech--

oh, uh!

Sorry, Toralei! - Meow!

Now I'll never get all these up before class.

[hisses] - Oh, don't worry. I'll help.

- No, I'll do it.

Don't you have things you need to do

as Head Fearleader or Student Bloody President

or any of the other titles bestowed upon you

by those who voted for you instead of me?

- Well, yes, I do have a lot to do.

Um...

sorry again. Bye!

- Huh, just my style.

- Happy Ghoul Spirit Day, students.

Today we'll be writing an essay.

- [sighs] - The subject will be

your favorite monster artist.

- Aah!

[curious music]

♪ ♪

[magical chiming][both grunt]

- Hey! - Excuse me!

[both groaning, sigh]

- Stop pulling me back.

- You're the one pulling me.

[frenetic music]

♪ ♪

[both exclaim]

- Why are you being pulled together?

- And does it have anything to do

with your matching glowing bracelets?

'Cause I want one.

- I made that for my boo crew. Take it off!

- I am trying.

- I must have messed up the spell.

- You put a spell on me? - No.

On the bracelet you stole!

That's for Clawdeen or Frankie.

Definitely not for you.

- Stole? I found it on the ground.

But there you go, thinking the worst of me.

[hisses] - [grunts]

If it's a spell, let's go ask the Codex how to fix it.

- He's off at the book fair, but maybe I can track him down.

- [strains] I can't miss the Fear Squad performance.

And neither can you.

- Aww, she's right.

I have Student Bloody President duties today too.

- Oh, that's okay. We can go.

- Oh, yeah, I love book fairs!

[both struggling]

- [groans] - We better hurry.

Those two won't survive a night stuck together.

- [growls]

Hmm.

So, uh, this is your usual table?

- [mews angrily]

- You know, we don't have to talk.

I need to write my Student Bloody President speech anyway.

- You haven't written it yet?

- Well, I've been really busy.

Between homework, my extra-peculiars,

researching the blood moon eclipse.

- [purrs] Hmm, what was that?

I zoned out.

- And that's why we take this day to say,

"Hooray for Ghoul Spirit."

With hallowed traditions

like the Fear Squad performance,

sharing gifts with our boo crews,

and, uh, um, something else, uh...

- [mews softly] The flag. - Yes!

- Aah! - And the raising

of our Ghoul Spirt flag!

- [sighs]

Are you done yet?

We have to get one last practice in.

- Vampires have to be very careful about the sun.

- It's night! - Hey, boos, you comin'?

Last squad practice before the big show.

both: Be right there.

- [growls] both: Aah!

[magical chiming]

[both groan]

- So this whole thing with you being tied together

might be a problem.

- We can do it.

We'll change the choreo.

But we're going to have to work together.

[all gasp]

- I agree. [all gasp]

What? School Spirit Day is important to me.

We've got to do this routine.

I'm not gonna let your spell gone wrong ruin tonight.

So as long as we're stuck together,

we'll work as a team.

- [gasps]

[both gasp] Of course! We did it!

The power of teamwork broke the spell!

I knew that would work.

- Huh? both: Whoa!

[both groan]

- This is why I hate witchcraft.

- Weird, all the book fairs I've gone to were

in the school gym.

- [grunts] Ha, the gym?

Humans are hilarious. Aah!

[loud crash] [groans]

Monster book fairs are carnivals

where books can party.

At least that's what the monster librarian part

of my frontal lobe thinks.

- Party's this way. - Whoo-hoo! Yeah, literacy!

- And my DJ ear hears what sounds like a book fair, ha ha!

- Good practice.

- The new routine is missing something--razzle.

- Don't we have confetti somewhere?

- Uh, we used it up at the casketball game,

and I haven't made more.

- You make the confetti?

- Some monster has to.

[lively music]

♪ ♪

- [exclaims]

♪ ♪

[record scratch][both gasp]

- You two have been spending a lot

of time together tonight.

- Oh, um, right, because-- - We're starting

a new fearleading pom-pom-picking tradition.

Whoo!

- Whoo!

- I love it!

This is what Ghoul Spirit Day is all about.

- I just have to hang this,

and then there's only the Fear Squad performance left,

and then I'm done with my Ghoul Spirit Day duties!

[groans]

- Ugh, I have to do everything.

♪ ♪

[triumphant music]

Oof.

- Thanks for all your help today.

- Don't take it personally.

I did it for Ghoul Spirit Day.

Even though you might not care,

Monster High means everything to me.

- I love Monster High too.

- Maybe, but like you said yourself,

you're busy with your witch stuff,

your blood moon research.

You're barely around as Head Fearleader.

- Announcement:

it's time for the Fear Squad rally

in the Clawditorium.

- We better go!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Codex, sorry to interrupt your amazing dancing,

but Draculaura needs your help!

- A spell went wrong! - Ugh, I'll come,

but you owe me a book club membership.

- He means a membership to a books-only dance club.

- Wow, the literary world is complex.

- Toralei, take it away.

- Ghoul Spirit Day, here we go! [all cheer]

[light chatter]

- Oh. - [gasps]

♪ ♪

[whistle blows]

[both laugh]

- Ooh!

[cheers and applause]

- [laughs] Wow! They're perfectly in sync.

- And happy. Is this another spell?

- No, it's just an incomplete BFF-friendship-bracelet spell.

She must've skipped a page when I sneezed.

Binds unwind!

[both gasp]

♪ ♪

[all cheer]

[cheers and applause]

- Ah, best Ghoul Spirit Day ever!

- Here, these should bind us together metaphorically

instead of literally.

Thank you for being the best fiends

at Monster High.

- They're so cute!

- And magic snap-free! [laughs]

- Uh, Toralei, wait! - Meow?

[soft music]

- We're supposed to give Ghoul Spirit gifts to monsters

who help make our school extra-never-ordinary.

And you're one of those monsters.

You're a great fearleader,

and you do so much for our squad

and our whole school.

You also helped me realize I've taken on too much.

I could really use a ferocious cocaptain

to carry the load.

What do you think? - Gladly!

I will be the fiercest cocaptain

the Fear Squad has ever seen.

And I must confess that you're a pretty good fearleader too.

But you better not cast a spell on me ever again!

- So are you and Toralei friends now?

- Maybe?

But nothing could ever replace my best boos.

- Go Bestie Bracelet Power!

That's what you do with friendship bracelets, right?

[all gasp]

- Oh, this is almost worth missing the fair for.

Almost.

[eerie percussive music]

♪ ♪

- [straw sucking]

[wincing]

[clears throat] All right, iBall.

Stoke those flames because we're getting

into the story of the day.

I saved the world!

[laughs] This morning, my plan was simple:

for Scareer Day, I'd learn about

fighting screamhouse gases.

- Gather in for Scareer Day.

- Hola, Heath! Is your dad coming?

I've always wondered what being CEO

of the underworld is like.

- [chuckles] My dad? Volunteer?

Uh, my dad's never done anything,

you know, unless there's something in it for him.

Dad, you remembered my birthday!

- Birthday? I was just craving

the Triple Layer Death by Chocolate Cake.

It's absolutely sinful.

[wolfs]

So this is Dracula's mansion.

- Um, why are we sneaking?

I thought we were asking Dracula

if we could borrow a cup of sugar.

- Ask?

The president, CEO, and lord of the underworld doesn't ask.

He takes, and to do that,

I need you to be a decoy for Batty's booby traps.

- But that's unethical. Hey!

[grunting] Aah! [cats mewing]

Ghost kittens?

So Laguna, what I'm trying to say is,

my dad is cold-hearted in the most uncool way.

- Students, please pick the parent whose scareer

most interests you.

- Um, Ms. Bominable, um,

I thought that your latest article

about screamhouse gases was straight fire.

[laughs nervously] Every monster needs

to do their part to help the planet.

- Thank you.

So nice to meet a budding environmentalist.

- Hi, Amma. I'm so excited

to spend the day with you at the ice caps.

- Snow angel, there is no greater honor

than one's child desiring to follow

in their snow prints.

- Savin' the planet, hanging out with Abbey?

[laughs] Best Scareer Day ever.

[engine roaring]

- Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

- Driving the Ghoul Mobile is a real treat,

and with Frankie's charge, energy-efficient too.

So today we're helping restore the polar ice caps.

Who knows why? - Me, me, me, me, me!

Because screamhouse gases make the glaciers melt.

- Yes, but what many don't know

is that part of protecting the planet

is to ensure the slumber pixies stay sealed in the ice.

- Exciting. - Uh, slumber pixies?

- These vicious little creepies, if released,

they'll recklessly consume the wellsprings of power,

which would spell disaster for monsters.

- Wellsprings of power?

- [laughs] Hope you brought a snack.

My mom can talk about them forever.

- They are fascinating, Abbey.

Wellsprings of supernatural power are found

across the monster world.

Let me show you on this thingamabob.

There is even one beneath Monster High.

The founders chose the location because of the power.

Now it fuels the shadow of secrecy

and helps make Monster High

the incredible place that it is.

[iCoffin chimes] - Amma!

- Oh, ooh, sorry.

Vacation photos. [laughs] How did I get there?

- So we must protect the wellsprings

by restoring the ice caps.

[both gasp]

- Dad! - Son.

When I got to Monster High, you were already gone.

- But what a coincidence that Mr. Hades' field trip

was to the ice caps too. - Exactly!

Son, you can join Lakedrop and Bear Boy

in learning all about my scareer

as President and CEO of Underworld Incorporated.

- But I've told you!

Your planet-k*lling screamhouse gas-emitting corporation

is what got me caring about saving the environment

in the first place.

And their names are Lagoona and Kuma.

- Your dad is terrifying.

- Then why did you pick him?

- To face my fears. - I'll just...

- Aah! - Hang back

while you do your Scareer Day thing.

[dramatic music][gasps]

- Away from the glacier, Hades.

You know what happened the last time

the slumber pixies got out

and I had to clean up your mess.

- No, water under the bridge, Tundra.

But since we're all here,

why don't we consider a field trip merger?

- Fine, so I can keep my eye on you.

- Ugh!

- Don't worry, Heath.

We'll still have a fun Scareer Day.

- So as I was saying, we must use our yeti powers

to add new ice to the glacier.

Abbey, lend a claw.

- Way to protect the planet!

[light percussive music]

- What you doing, Mr. Hades?

- Hades? - Oh, as a good business

monster, I'm always looking for new resources

to add to our portfolio.

- Ms. Bominable? Can you-- [both gasp]

Dad! [both gasp]

- [gasps] - Aah.

- [growls]

[iCoffin beeping rapidly]

- The pixies are headed for Monster High.

[dial tone]Oh, frostbite.

There's not enough signal to warn them.

- All right, aspiring rulers,

your first lesson is-- [gasps]

Stop those pixies!

[mysterious music]

♪ ♪

- I'm sure students will trickle in

to learn about scareers in deaducation.

[knock at door]

Slumber pixies? Oh, no!

I must alert Skullette before--

- Did you learn nothing last time?

- Yes! I mean, no? What was the question?

I wasn't really paying attention.

- Why don't you ever listen, Dad?

- Oh, don't get so fired up.

I only wanted one pixie

for Underworld Inc's research and development.

A pixie could really disrupt the old nightmare business.

- Oh, snuff it.

We have to save our school.

- Fine.

But I get to drive Batty's car!

Let's burn some rubber!

[all gasp]

[all snoring]

- Be on the lookout.

The pixies will be heading for the catacombs.

- This way!

- Pixies! - Stop them!

- So many fears!

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Huh? - [roars]

♪ ♪

- That's right. Come to Hades.

- [grunting]

- [whimpers]

- [whistles]

- Oh, icicles!

They found the entrance to the catacombs!

- In my novelas, this is where

the brave heroine saves the day!

- Hey! What about me?

- Perhaps now would be the time to use your fire powers.

- Oh, what's the point?

Heath despises me, and I don't even know why.

- I heard a few reasons why today.

Perhaps you weren't listening.

- Listening?

Ooh, that feels weird.

Tastes weird. Hmm. Bleh!

- Weird, but worth it.

Not long ago, I wouldn't listen to Abbey,

and I almost lost her.

- I can't lose Heath.

Frankly, he's the only family I have

who I love to be around.

There are a lot of bad apples in the Greek God family tree.

- Then you need to listen to Heath.

Ask him what's going on.

- The CEO of the underworld doesn't ask.

I demand. I order.

Monsters do what I say.

But I'll give it a whirl.

[dramatic music]

- Block the exit!

- They'll find the wellspring of power.

We need a plan.

- Hello, son. After careful consideration,

I am no longer trying to capture a pixie.

And now I'd like to ask you what you need me to do.

And I will listen.

- Dad, use your flames to herd the pixies.

- Just tell me what to burn.

♪ ♪

- [squeaks]

- The slumber pixies are out of sleep dust!

♪ ♪

- [groans] - Huh!

Whoo-hoo! Yah!

The day is saved!

I must wake my friends from their siestas

and tell them the story!

- I'm going too. Bye!

- Are you okay? It didn't get your strong,

amazing--

I mean, you all good?

- Yes. Thank you.

- Oh, I see what's going on here.

You know, Abbey, when Heath was a baby,

he was a natural elemental.

There wasn't a thing he couldn't set on fire!

He'd pick his nose just to set his boogers blazing.

- [laughs] - Dad!

- I used to pick my boogers just to freeze them.

I better help my mom with these before they get loose again.

See you later, Heath.

- So I should probably go.

- Wait, Heath. Please?

Ooh, another weird word.

I'm ssssawrry?

That's the word, right?

I know parents can be difficult.

I mean, my dad, Cronus, ate me and my siblings.

It's a long story, a lot of twists and turns

in the Greek God fashion.

I know I can't just demand a better relationship,

but I'm going to try to do better.

I even commanded--uh, asked my assistant

to make a therapy appointment as you suggested.

- If you wanna do better, I know a good first step.

- If Tundra Bominable catches wind of this,

I'll never live it down.

- Ah, chill, Dad.

Ms. Bominable is the leading expert

on screamhouse gases.

Making sure everyone in Underworld Incorporated

reads a copy of her book is a great start.

- Right, yes, making an effort and all that.

You know, if you want to grab a zapaccino,

I can push my next meeting, if you're free.

- So iBall, healing the planet

will take a lot of time and work,

and healing the relationship between me and my dad

will take a lot of time and work,

but I'm ready to put in the effort,

and I think he is too.

- And if you need any pointers about your yeti friend--

Abbey was her name?

[laughs]

I used to be quite the heartbreaker myself.

- No, Dad. I absolutely will not

accept dating advice from the lord, president,

and CEO of the underworld.

Thank you.

[eerie percussive music]

♪ ♪