01x15 - Growing Ghoulia /Casketball Jinx

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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 music]

♪ ♪

- Let me set the scene, iBall.

I was in Mr. Mothmanson's foresight class,

wishing I could use you to predict the future.

- Lagoona?

- Ha! Here!

- Manny? - Present!

- [trills tongue] Ghoulia?

- Here!

- [trills tongue] Draculaura?

- Here! - What? How?

- Hmm.

Today, students, you'll use your iBalls

to focus your psychic abilities.

Then-- [trills tongue]

A messenger arrives.

Students, we have survived another month together,

which means it's time for the--

[trills tongue] Horror Roll update.

Here are your past standings.

- The Horror Roll is our school's own leaderboard.

You earn school spirit points for excellence in academics,

like when Spectra aced her Hauntonomics pop quiz.

- [roars]

[dinging]

- You can get points for extracurriculars,

like clubs or sports,

plus bonus points

for demonstrating good monster-ship.

[splashing]

[dinging]

They say zombies never top the board,

but I've been working really hard to prove that just

because I like brains and I'm undead

doesn't make me brain dead.

[dinging]

- Now let's add the spirit points

earned so far this month.

[dinging]

- [gasps]

- Third place!

I knew I could do it, even if I don't play sports.

- Congratulations, Draculaura, on your first place position!

- Oh, I don't pay attention to the points.

- Oh.

I thought I did enough to top the board this month.

- Beware, my class.

You only have a few days to earn more points.

The top student will be named on Friday.

- Friday. I got this.

- Ghoulia, want to play "Infinite Skull-crossing"?

- Sorry, Lagoona,

but I'm hitting the grind for spirit points.

My schedule is full of classes, clubs, studying, casketball.

- Yikes, chica.

I don't know if one zombie can do all this.

[phone vibrating] - Oh, time to study.

Talk to you later.

[phone vibrating]

[gasps]

- Hey, Ghoulia.

Oh, did you want this book?

- Oh, no, no.

No, it's cool. [phone vibrating]

Ah, I'm already late for a totally unrelated thing.

Kay, thanks, bye!

- Welcome, everyone. - Hola!

- Draculaura? You're here too, uh, already?

- Of course.

I wouldn't miss the first meeting

of the Ghoul Wraith Alliance, a safe space for q*eer peers

and monsters of all kinds to chat and interact.

- So, as I was saying, welcome.

- I'm coming, Mortimer!

You'll get fed, and I'll get some sweet points.

- [grunts] Hey, Ghoulia.

Oh, uh, we probably shouldn't feed him seconds.

- [gasps] - [burps]

- Well, I'm off to study.

- [groans] [phone vibrating]

One last side quest on the agenda.

The volunteer cleanup crew's cleaning the Coffin Bean.

Yes!

[gasps]

[crashing, clattering]

- Are you OK? - Fine.

Stopping's not my thing.

But you were just-- and then I--how?

- I'll go get you some ice.

- How is Draculaura so fast?

- I got a cold pack from Abbey. Ghoulia?

Huh.

Guess she left.

- Let's see where she goes.

- Whew! Almost used up all my time-stopping potion

getting everything done tonight.

[rustling] Huh?

- [gasps]

- Whispering willows and sturdy oak,

your ancient powers I invoke.

Take what's resting at your roots,

and on your branches grow its fruits!

- Is that cloning magic?

[gasps] Draculaura is a witch!

That's so cool-- and so unfair!

I can't compete with that!

Huh? Where'd she--

[gasps] Oh, it's a time-stopping spell!

Time stops for her, and she goes wherever she wants

so it looks like she disappeared.

You grow whatever's planted at your roots, right?

Well, if I'm going to get more points, I need more me.

Uh, hey, tree,

I hope you can see for more points I plea.

Guess I'll bury me!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- It's Ghoulia's turn for a rebuttal.

- [groans] [mic screeching]

Points!

- Yep.

If you win, it's a point to your team.

- Points! Points! Points! [bell dinging]

[audience gasping] [thudding]

- Oh, Ghoulia, here for extra credit?

- Points!

Points! - Hey!

What in Lugosi's name do you think you're doing?

- Points! - Points!

- Points!

[thudding]

- Points!

- Points!

- Points!

- I am not a casketball hoop, Ghoulia!

- Points! - Yeow!

Ghoulia!

Good thing werecats always land on their feet.

- Points!

- Ugh, what is up with Ghoulia today?

She's acting so weird,

and I can't seem to get away from her!

It's like there's a million of her

stomping around Monster High. - Points!

[thudding]

- Points! - Points!

- Points!

- So many Ghoulias.

Oh, no! I'll be right bat--

I mean, right back!

Oh, what did Ghoulia do?

Ghoulia, is that you, the real you?

[grunts] Say something other than "points."

- Oh, brains. How long did I nap?

Who knew a shallow grave was so comfortable?

- Well, you slept right through a whole horde of Ghoulia clones

trying to get school spirit points!

- Hey, don't get mad just 'cause I modded your rules.

Now it's player versus player,

and I'm taking over the Horror Roll.

Bye, Draculaura.

[laughs] I'm going to have so many--

[students screaming]

- [trills tongue] We're doomed!

No amount of points will satiate

the zombie horde hungry for academic excellence!

- Points!

- Run, students! - Points!

Save the future by saving the past!

[trills tongue]

- See?

I have to stop time so we can get rid of the clones.

- No! Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I must have done the spell wrong.

I just need to fix the me's!

- Points! - Points!

- Whoa!

- One drop of potion, for a moment time is frozen!

- Stop! - Whoa!

[booming]

[gasping]

- Points! - Points!

- No!

With this amount of potion,

time will be frozen for us for centuries!

- Well, I was this close to topping the Horror Roll.

I didn't know what else to do.

It's hard for zombies to get points.

We're not as fast as other monsters.

I wanted to be the first zombie to be number one

and show everyone they misjudged us.

- [sighs] I get it.

I love being a witch, but I feel a lot of pressure

to make sure I'm doing everything else perfectly

so I won't be judged when monsters

find out I do witchcraft.

- But then you used your magic for selfish reasons

like it was a cheat code.

- [sighs] You're right.

With how busy I am being head fearleader

and student bloody president,

I don't have a lot of time for other stuff.

But I feel like I have to do everything,

which I couldn't do without using witchcraft to stop time.

I didn't think about how that would take away

from your accomplishments.

I'm really sorry.

- I'm sorry too.

I wanted to win, and now look what's happened.

- Maybe we shouldn't feel like

we have to do everything all the time.

- Yeah, but now we have all the time in the world, huh?

- Hmm, not necessarily.

If I remove the enchanted band on this tree,

all the magic it caused will be reversed.

- You mean it's like a game?

It'll put us at the last place we saved?

- Right. I first used it Monday.

Oh, but you'd lose your new spirit points.

- When I do second playthroughs of my games,

I'm able to slow down

and appreciate the experience more.

Now I'll get to do it in real life.

[both grunting]

- Keep pulling!

[grunting]

- Manny? - Present!

- [trills tongue] Ghoulia?

- Here!

- [trills tongue] Draculaura?

- Here!

Sorry I'm late.

I just ran out of time.

- I had a vision you two would become friends,

and--ahh!

Whew.

Didn't see that one coming.

[mellow music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, hey, iBall.

So casketball tryouts happened,

and I made the team!

I am over the moon about it!

- I'm open!

- Now that I'm getting to know Howleen as a teammate

instead of a pack mate, she's not so bad.

And so far, balancing fearleading and casketball

has been a breeze.

- Aw, coals!

- Ah, cool those jets, Heath.

Casketball is just for fun.

[all gasping]

- Clawdeen, what have you done?

- What? What did I do?

I just meant it's not worth it if it's not fun.

[thundering]

[all gasping]

- [groans] It smells just like the low tide in August.

[eerie music]

[rumbling]

[shouting]

- We're doomed! - Clawdeen!

- How was that my fault? I was on the bottom.

- You said casketball was just for fun.

You blasphemed the spirits of the casketball creators.

And now our team is jinxed!

- A jinx? Oh, come on.

Is this some sort of initiation prank?

I'm not falling for it. - Oh!

See?

I'm not putting myself at risk by playing with a jinx.

I'm undead, not brain dead.

- So what?

You're never going to play again?

You're not afraid of some jinx, huh, Lagoona?

- Oh, OK.

I am not afraid.

- Oh! - [grunts]

Ah!

This is not OK!

- Lagoona!

- Believe us now?

- Why me?

[air hissing]

- Oh, we really are jinxed.

- OK, jinx or no jinx, we have a game to play.

If we work together, we'll be k*ller out there.

Come on, team. Let's go!

- Whoo-hoo! Yeah! [all cheering]

- I haven't lost that bad since

the time I set "Monster Beats" to expert on my first try.

- This is my fault. I have to reverse the jinx.

- Whoa, Clawdeen.

That's not how casketball works.

We're a team, and that means--

- Time to go co-op mode. - We are with you.

- We'll help. - So what's the plan?

Lucky charms, an ancient ritual,

ooh, or transfer the jinx onto somebody else?

- What? We can't jinx someone else.

I say we go to the library to learn

more about those casketball players who jinxed us.

- I'll sit this one out.

- No, gracias.- I can't.

No, no, books and fire don't mix.

- I'll go 'cause we're a team.

- Thanks, Deuce.

- And I'll do a little of my own research.

- This is everything the library has on casketball.

I read a bit on the way over. Couldn't help it.

And it says that casketball was invented by ancient athletes

right here at Monster High, Modirah and Gakaiju--

very competitive, super vindictive,

known for casting jinxes on their rivals.

- Cool, but how do we get rid of the jinx?

- What if we just asked them?

- You got after-afterlife service on your iCoffin?

- No need!

May I recommend chapter , Communicating with the Kaiju?

[thunder booms]

- So this is how we summon kaiju.

- Oh, great and glorious dribble demons

and goalie ghosts, we lowly endzone errors

beseech thee to give us an assist

and take the jinx offsides so we can rebound

and play the game we love with no further delay.

Scrimmage volley grand slam!

- [gasps]

- Manny?

- Oh, I didn't know you were still here.

Sorry. Carry on.

- Defense, defense, defense!

[dramatic music]

[roaring]

- Oh, my Zeus.

- Oh, uh, hi. I'm--

- Oh, we know who you are, kid who just wants to have fun.

We are the all-time triumphant champions

of all that is casketball!

- Casketball is life and afterlife!

And casketball will decide your fate.

- Now, when you say fate, that sounds a bit ominous.

- We challenge you to the ultimate casketball game.

If you win, the jinx will be removed.

But if you lose-- and you will--

you can never play casketball again!

[laughs]

- So that's the deal.

If everyone agrees, we play the kaiju.

But I think maybe we shouldn't.

This is way serious, and casketball should be fun.

- Stop saying that!

You're going to double jinx us. - Clawdeen is right.

I'm not letting some moldy monsters ruin our fun.

- Yeah!

Hands in if you're up to play some cranky kaiju.

Deuce in. - Lagoona in!

- Ghoulia in! - Howleen in!

- Heath in! - Clawdeen in!

Team Monster High!

all: Team Monster High!

- Clawdeen, I did a little digging,

and I found a ritual that can pass a jinx to someone else,

namely those jinxing jerks.

We can use a crystal as a conduit to transfer the jinx.

- But that's not fair.

- It's exactly fair.

We're treating them like they did us.

As Heath would say, we're just fighting fire with fire.

- Maybe you're right.

- Yes!

Go, Monster High!

- You got this! - Whoo!

- Hello?

Evil kaiju sport ghost dudes, are you coming?

♪ ♪

[roaring]

- Prepare to witness champion casketball players,

game-winning moves, unbeatable skills.

- Whoa, competitive much?

- The most competitive, way more competitive than you.

Let the devastation begin!

[sniggering]

- Whoa, slow your roll, fleshies.

Two on two.

You take turns playing, to be fair.

- Hey! You really want to be fair?

Remove the jinx.

[laughter]

- No.

- Whoo-hoo!

Go, Monster High!

[laughs]

- [grunting]

[bell dings]

- Whoo! [laughs] Yeah!

Whoa! [grunts]

- [grunts]

[bell dings] - Oof!

That's zero for Monster High, for the kaiju.

- What are you doing, werewolf kid?

- Who, me? Oh, uh--

- Oh, she's just getting ready for halftime, obviously.

- We got spirit!

Yes, we do!

We got spirit!

How about you?

[laughter]

- We actually are spirits, so yeah.

- Oh, right. Well--

- We are the monsters of Monster High!

You can hear the power in our monster cry!

Monster--

both: High.

- Monster--

- High.

- [grunting]

- [grunting] [bell dings]

- [growls]

[grunting]

[bell dinging]

- [groans]

- Zero to ?

Boo!

[laughter]

- It's now or never, Clawdeen!

- Put me in, Deuce!

- [groans]

[grunting]

- Whoa!

[panting]

[grunting] [bell dings]

[buzzer blaring]

[laughter]

[laughter]

[grunts]

[slowed laughter]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- [grunts] [groans]

Casketball should be fun.

I can't take that away from anyone.

[laughter]

Even cranky kaiju.

If this is our last casketball game ever,

let's spend it having fun.

- Yeah! - Fired up for fun!

- Let's go, team! Whoo-hoo!

- Huh? What are they doing?

- Yeah! - This is silliness!

- Whoo!

- [laughs] [grunts]

[buzzer]

- Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

[laughter]

- [grunts]

[roars]

- Whoo! - [laughs, grunts]

- [grunts, howls] [buzzer]

- Howleen, the slam dunk queen!

- Hey!

- What manner of madness is this?

You lose, yet you laugh?

- You may be the best players,

but you sure can't compete when it comes to having fun.

- We can compete at anything!

- Prepare to be crushed with fun!

[laughter]

- We're having a blast!

- So fun!

- Blue sliding in for the steal!

- I'm open!

- I got it!

Oops.

[laughter]

- You wouldn't know fun if it laid eggs in your ectoplasm.

- Your words are hurtful and destroy my enjoyment levels.

- Oh, so it's my fault?

- Hey, hey, hey. It's not worth it.

Like I said, if it's not fun, why do it?

[both gasping] - Sacrilege!

- When you first started, wasn't it because

you actually liked to play?

But now you're jinxing monsters and fighting with your friend.

- We have defiled the game we love!

- Aw, there, there.

But hey, you can always change.

Refocus on the fun.

Forget the fighting and the jinxing?

- The furry one speaks truth.

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

- [sniffs] Hey, I don't smell fish rot anymore.

Too bad.

[buzzer] - The jinx has left the court!

[all cheering] - Totally tidal!

- Major burn! - [howls]

- How did you know that would work?

- If I couldn't appeal to their fun-loving side,

I knew I could trigger their competitive side.

Now let's play some casketball for fun,

if you two think you can handle it.

- Oh, she's trash talking us now.

Bring it, teeny tots of terror!

- We didn't win.

In fact, we lost by a lot.

But we had fun, and I think they did too.

- [groans] Fearleading isn't even fun anymore.

[thunder booms]

[gasps]