01x25 - Witchful Thinking/Monster Match

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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]

♪ ♪

- Eyes on me, Dance Committee!

I have the most haunting idea for this year's Monster Ball.

Behold! - What?

- What is it? - Is it a vase?

Or a lady?

Or both? - What, [scoffs] no.

Scarabs, show them.

It's Autumn Patch!

- Hey, Squashies!

I've been vining to show you my latest and greatest.

Meet Creeps, the spookiest DJ board in all of monsterdom!

Custom designed and built by yours truly.

Every time I DJ will be a--

- Scream! Scream!

Autumn Patch is my inspo for the Monster Ball.

The dance will have it all-- spooky decor,

delicious treats, our own turntables,

Creeps Junior, and Draculaura DJ-ing!

- Change and flow, bloom and grow!

- Draculaura?

Why are you staring at that bling instead

of your reigning Monster Ball Dance Committee queen?

Moi!

- Sorry, Cleo!

I'm trying to finish my admissions

test for Craft Camp.

- Ooh, love crafts.

Crocheted this last week.

- Scarily artistic, Frankie.

But Craft Camp is for witchcraft.

- And your admissions test is, what, how long

you can stare at that gem?

- [chuckles] Not exactly.

The test is to demonstrate my unique witchy power.

When I do that, the gem glows.

And that means I get to spend the semester

break at Craft Camp, where I'll level up my witchcraft.

- Wow, you're so brave.

First, you teach yourself witchcraft,

even though getting caught means getting expelled.

- [teeth chattering]

- Then, you're so into becoming a better witch

that you risk all the monster stuff you love because you

also really love witchcraft.

- I never thought of it that way.

- So what's your unique witchy power?

I bet it's cool. - Uh!

No idea!

And the deadline's tonight!

- You'll have that gem burning bright in no time.

- Heath's right.

But if you're going to get that glitz to glow,

you gotta focus on it.

- We'll take care of the dance planning.

- Thanks!

I should focus on witchcraft.

So even though I really want to,

I can't DJ the Monster Ball.

Sorry.

- Uh-uh, no.

No apologies necessary.

Go pursue your witchy dreams!

[electronic whirring]

- Oh!

I was so busy following Witchfinder, I wasn't looking.

Here, hold this a minute, would you?

- Um, Witchfinder?

- It's a new iCoffin app that detects witchcraft.

I know how desperate students get

at the end of the semester, and some might turn to witchcraft.

But with this, I'll catch anyone practicing

the forbidden craft.

- Heh. Well, there's definitely

no witchcraft here.

[electronic whirring]

- Hmm, it does seem unlikely.

Well, the app's still in beta.

But the new version should be out soon.

- Ooh, fang-tastic.

Gotta run!

Ahh, this potion's perfect.

Come on, glow.

- [purring, meowing]

- Thanks, Count Fabulous.

But it doesn't look like my unique witchy

power is potion-making.

Any idea what my power is, Codex?

- Not a clue.

The other witches I've been read by quickly

discovered their unique power.

But they were human witches.

Maybe it's different for vampire witches.

- Must be easier for human witches.

They're not witching under the threat of being expelled

or fear of letting down their dads

or some new Witchfinder app!

Ugh!

Can you believe there's an app for that!

- That does make it trickier.

Perhaps the "Truth Revealed" spell on page

will uncover your unique power.

- "Secrets covered deep in shroud, banished shadows

clear the cloud!"

[gasps] Bats?

- [meows]

- [whimpers] Be gone, unwelcome guest most hated,

return where you originated!

Spell fail!

[sighs] I already know I'm a vampire.

So a bunch of bats is not a truth revealed.

Aw, what could my unique power be?

Hmm, maybe I'll take a quick break to clear

the cobwebs from my head.

- Now leap!

Haunt!

Leap!

Haunt!

Uh, I thought you had something non-monstery to do tonight,

which is why I, the new co-head fearleader,

heroically took charge.

- Oh, I-- just wanted to see how

things were going without me.

And it looks like you need a vamp twist.

Leap! Haunt!

[gasps]

Sorry!

I was just trying to join in.

- And we were trying to help you by letting you shine

your witch gem or whatever.

Shouldn't you get back to it and leave us monsters behind?

- Hello, fearleaders.

Don't mind me, I'm just on a witch hunt.

- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, Headmistress,

I think I felt a witchy presence way over there.

- "Witchy feels are bad deals" is the monster motto.

Well done reporting your unfounded suspicions, Toralei.

- As I was saying, shouldn't you get back to it?

- Yes.

Thanks, Toralei.

[sighs] Focus!

Just need the right spell to show my unique witchy power.

[gasps] Uh-huh! This one!

- That spell?

You don't want to do that spell.

- Well, I've tried everything else

except a shapeshifting spell.

Maybe because I'm a shapeshifter

and Count Fabulous is a shapeshifter,

that's my unique witchy power?

It has to be what I need to make this gem glow, right?

- I'm warning you, shapeshifting spells always

go awry.

- Let's see, um, shift my shape, face and body blend.

I want to look like--

let's see, um-- Frankie, my friend!

I'm Toralei?

That's not right!

I said, Frankie, my friend!

How about Lagoona, my friend?

Cleo, my friend?

Eek!

- I won't say "I told you so."

Kidding!

I will absolutely say it.

I told you so!

Oh, I love saying that.

- Oh, caskets.

But speaking of Frankie, maybe they or one of their brains

has some insight.

Hey, Frankie.

Oh, what's all this?

- Just making Creeps Junior for the Monster Ball.

Cleo put me in charge of music since you're busy.

Ah, there's my spooket wrench.

- Ooh, spooky!

Fantastic setup, Frankie.

Guess Cleo really didn't need me to DJ.

[gasps]

- [groaning]

- Oh, sorry!

Are you OK?

- Ah, just a bit lightheaded.

So did you get the gem to glow?

- Not yet.

- Then what are you doing here pushing my buttons?

You don't have long to finish.

- You're right.

I got to focus on my witchcraft.

Bye!

[electricity zaps]

Everyone is helping me figure out my unique witchy power,

but I keep messing up their monster stuff.

- Don't forget that you're also burning moonlight.

- I've read every spell in the book.

But maybe other books will have inspiration!

To the library!

- Oh, sure!

Replace me!

It really dog-ears my pages!

Ugh!

[laughter]

- It's time for puzzle-ology study group?

- You're up, Barkimedes.

"I hold, run, and charge.

"The more I work out, the weaker I get.

What am I?"

- Oh, it's so easy.

But I need to focus.

Mm. [chuckles]

- A-- vampire?

No, a bat!

A bat, tree?

Bat-tree?

[gasps] Battery!

- That's it!

Twyla, what's another word for encryption algorithm?

- [squeals]

- The sky is falling!

- Draculaura?

Wait, didn't you say you were going to miss study group

today because of an important admissions test

you were working on?

- I did, and I do need to work on it.

But I love puzzles so much, I didn't want to miss out.

And the answer is cipher.

[electronic whirring]

- Witchcraft in the library?

But no student would dare practice

witchcraft so publicly, not when

they know they'd be expelled.

- Go do the doozy of a gem puzzle, Draculaura.

Study group will still be here next semester.

- But will I?

- Witchfinder updating.

hours remaining!

- What is wrong with me?

Every time I try to find my power,

I end up doing monster stuff.

- My Sigmonster Freud brain thinks

maybe your subconscious doesn't want to go to Craft Camp.

Everyone helped you so you could focus on your gem,

but it's still not glowing.

- And I'm thankful everyone's so supportive

of me pursuing my dream.

But what if going to Craft Camp is how Bloodgood learns

I'm a witch and I get expelled from Monster High

and I lose all my monster things forever

and everyone's fine without me and I'm totally replaced.

- OK, maybe fearleading and dances and puzzle club

would go on without you.

But you can't be replaced.

You're one of a kind, Draculaura.

- If you got expelled, guess you might have

to give up some monster stuff.

But you'll always have the most important

part of being a monster--

your boo crew!

That's me, Clawdeen, Cleo, Deuce, oh,

Lagoona, Ghoulia, oh, Twyla.

- What Frankie's trying to say is,

if you still want to pass that test,

there's time for one more spell.

- [sighs] Here goes nothing.

Swirling darkness, ink-black night--

Ugh, thanks for helping me try.

But I feel like all my spells are just

going into a big black hole.

[whooshing]

both: Ohh!

- Oh, stakes!

I messed up the spell!

- Unmess it!

- But there aren't any witch spells to stop black holes!

- [screams] Then maybe try a non-witch spell!

[both screaming]

- [gasps]

- Yeah, you're the best vampire witch!

- [gasps]

both: Ahh!

- No!

Spark and Howl, come back to Fangs!

Return to me like boomerangs!

Full of friendship, love and life, void of nothing,

take a hike!

- [burps]

- Tater Tyke?

- [growling]

- But more importantly, we're alive!

How'd you do that!

- I'm not sure.

I've never done witchcraft with such force before.

Maybe doing the spell with my bat wings changes things.

- A witchy bat vamp is totally unique.

And, Draculaura, look!

- [squeals] My unique witchy power!

I did it!

- You have been accepted to Craft Camp.

Details to follow. Goodbye.

- What happened?

I can't see a thing from in here.

- Codex!

That "Truth Revealed" spell was right, in a way.

I found my unique witchy power by putting my monster

side into witchcraft.

- Congratulations!

And by the way, my spells are never wrong.

Speaking of-- those bats are back.

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

- Today's chef's special is Chilly cheese-stakes

with Franken-fries.

Hope you've been studying for semester finals,

because they will be terrifying!

And the Monster Ball is scheduled for next Friday.

Now have a dreadful night at Monster High!

- Come to the Monster Ball.

Come to the Monster Ball.

Come to the Monster Ball.

[gasps] Come to the Monster Ball.

- Thanks, Cleo.

But we all know about it.

We're on the Dance Committee, remember?

- Yeah, I copied those flyers.

- I know, I'm just so excited.

Come to the Monster Ball!

- Que romantico!

All of this excitement for the Monster Ball

reminds me of my favorite terror novella--

"Bailando en las Constelaciones."

Except that had parallel realities, long-lost brothers,

treasure hunts in caves, and shapeshifters

impersonating loved ones.

- Actually, that sounds scarily similar to what we've been

through this semester, except for the shapeshifters

impersonating your loved ones.

[laughter]

- Any spooky sweethearts or bestial besties you

all want to ask to the dance?

- No dates for me, friend or otherwise.

The dance is the same time as the Blood Moon eclipse.

I'll cut a rug after I get my mom back.

- I have someone, but I don't want to jinx it.

Reversing romance jinxes is a bit advanced for me.

Though my crush curse casting is at a th-grade level!

- I'm charged up to ask--

someone.

Oh, volts, the Monster Ball is going to be such a blast!

Whoa.

Oh, that's weird.

This incredibly long fuse isn't usually here.

- Yeah, no kidding.

Where did it come from?

[all gasp]

[fuze hissing]

- [gasps]

[gasps]

- Abbey, you are the spark that ignites my heart fire.

Will you go to the Monster Ball with me?

- Yes, of course!

Ah! I'm so happy, I'm icing!

- [chuckles]

[together] Oh, yeah! Whoo-hoo!

Abbey and Heath forever!

- Oops, I put out your hair.

- No worries, my little spark plug.

- What a beautiful Monster Match.

- Monster Match?

- It's a grand gesture you do when

you want to ask a friend--

- Going to the dance.

- Yeah! - --crush--

- Eeee!

- --or love of your afterlife to the Monster Ball.

- Oh, like a prom-posal.

Kids used to do them at human school.

Like, last year someone spelled out "Go to prom with me,

Kaylee" in flowers on the football field.

- No, no, Monster Matches are completely different.

- How?

- Well, monsters do them.

[laughter]

- [gasps] Idea!

I'll do a Monster Match to ask my somebody!

How much do you think it would cost

to have a sasquatch theater troupe perform

a full-length rock opera that culminates

in a heartfelt ballad where I ask her to the dance?

- Frankie, I'm glad you're excited.

But don't get too caught up trying to do something big

and elaborate.

It's just a silly tradition.

- Draculaura?

- Clawd?

What's this?

- Clawdeen told me that the tradition in this dimension is

to ask someone to a dance by giving them a "boot, 'kay"?

But I thought if one boot was good,

lots would be better.

- Clawd, I said "bouquet."

- [gasps] How did you know I love vintage footwear!

I will go to the ball with you!

[together] Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

Clawd and Draculaura forever!

- That was voltageous!

Now I got to do a Monster--

oh!

- Come to the Monster Ball!

Come to the Monster Ball!

Come to the Monster Ball!

- Gotta go!

Zaps you later!

[giggling]

- Frankie.

- Whoa!

Oh, hey, Deuce, and Pride, Gluttony, Envy,

Sloth, Lust, Wrath, Greed. What's up?

I'm kind of in the middle of something.

- No, no, no, don't worry.

This will only take a minute.

Frankie, these spookies are a symbol

of me being sweet on the idea of going

to the ball with you--

as friends.

- Wait, wait, wait, go to the Monster Ball with you?

- As friends!

Dances are boring unless you go with someone chill.

Will you help me pass the time?

- Oh, um, well--

[snakes hissing]

Sure.

- Yay.

- I can't wait to spend the most

romantic night of the year with someone

I'm completely platonic with.

See ya, buddy.

- What am I gonna do!

[sighs] You know, like, honestly, going with a friend

sounds voltageous.

And I like Deuce, but I don't like-like him.

And why would I go to a dance with someone

I don't like-like when I already have someone

I like-like for the dance?

- Then tell him you don't want to go with him.

- But it'll crush him.

- And how cool is it that of all his friends

he wants to spend time with me?

- Then go with him.

- Oh, but I wouldn't be able to enjoy myself.

And I really, really want to do a Monster Match.

- So then don't go with him.

- You know what?

Maybe I'm getting too caught up in all

this Monster Match stuff.

Maybe I should chill, stop being

so attached to an outcome and just enjoy the moment.

Or maybe I should totally stress out!

- Frankie, we've been talking about this

through a whole plate of cookies.

- And we're no closer to figuring this out.

- Look, it's great that you're taking Deuce's

feelings into consideration.

But it's not fair to you or Deuce

if you go to the dance with him when you'd rather

be there with someone else.

I'm sure if you explain the situation, he'll be fine.

And hey, I bet a zappuccino he can find someone else

to share his spookies with.

- You're right.

OK, I'm going to tell Deuce.

Then I'm Monster Matching with Cleo!

[both gasp] Frankie likes Cleo!

[crows cawing]

- And that's why, I'm sorry, but I can't

go to the dance with you.

- Wow, that was a really long story.

But thanks for being honest.

If you've got someone you're feeling,

I want you to go to the dance with them.

- [squeals] Thank you so much.

- Oh, for sure.

Good luck.

And actually, I already know which pal

I'm gonna Monster Match next.

We've been doing a lot of work on our friendship

since we broke up, and it's paying off.

Well, see ya.

I got to go grab another plate of spookies so I can ask.

If I don't hurry, she'll find someone else to go with.

- Bye, Deuce!

- Wait a minute.

Didn't Deuce used to go out with Cleo?

I'm supposed to be asking Cleo!

Oh, no, I got to ask Cleo before Deuce gets to her!

But how am I going to find her?

- Hey, Scarab Hive--

- Cleo!

- --thank Ra you're here!

- Goobert, can I see that?

- Sure thing, Frankie.

- --about what I have to tell you.

It's the most extraordinary thing.

I'm here at the Scratching Post waiting

in line at a totally boo-dacious

Autumn Patch sighting.

- The Scratching Post?

Thanks, Goobert!

Ooh, I gotta hurry.

[panting]

Whoa!

- Lagoona said to follow the map to the treasure chest.

- [screams]

- Hola, Gil.

If you go to the ball with me, we will make memories that we

will treasure for a lifetime.

- Yeah, Goonie!

[together] Lagoona and Gil forever!

- [panting] Sorry, I'm in a hurry.

Congratulations!

[bats screeching]

- Whoa!

Ugh!

- [growling]

[together] Bram and Deadward forever!

- [squeals]

[electric guitar music]

- Duh, of course I'll go to the dance with you, Finnegan.

[together] Spectra and Finnegan forever.

- [groans]

Whoa!

Ahh!

Ugh!

[crackling]

[mystical shimmering]

- [growls]

[together] Kuma and Nefera forever!

- [hisses]

- What a wonderful, relaxing walk.

- [gasps] Whoa!

[door opens]

[gasps]

Oh, no, where's Cleo?

- I'm sorry, everyone, but my manager is

saying it's almost time to go.

I can only stay for a few more minutes.

[muffled thudding]

- Huh?

[footsteps echoing]

- Whoa!

[loud crash]

- Frankie?

- [gasps] Frankie!

- Y-- you OK?

- Oh, yeah, I get a little clumsy when I'm nervous.

- Oh, thank Ra you're all right.

Hey, hold on one second.

[sighs] Autumn's gone.

That really messes up the Monster Match that I

was planning to do for--

you, Frankie.

- You were going to ask me to the Monster Ball?

- Yeah!

I was going to do an EekTok talk with Autumn and ask you.

I find I express myself best in a format

where every action can be virtually applauded.

- This is nine-volt-level voltageous!

I was gonna ask you!

- Really?

Really!

- Did you say you wanted me to help with your Monster Match?

- Ah!

Autumn Patch!

- [chuckles] Yeah, that's me.

I was touring when my Monster Ball happened,

so I didn't get to do a Monster Match.

That would have been so cool to help you kids out,

but I guess I missed my chance.

- That's so true.

You miss % of the graves you don't dig.

You know, if you're feeling really bummed about it,

you could make it up to us.

See, I'm the head of the Dance Committee,

and we're still looking for a DJ for our Monster Ball.

So you in?

- Yeah, I'll do it.

- I'll have my Scarabs get in touch with your Scarabs

about it, OK?

- [gasping]

- Hey, you sure you're OK?

- Ha! More than OK.

I'm going to the ball with a bold, brave, boss mummy

who just pulled off the biggest get in Monster Ball history!

- [chuckles] And I'm going with the most genuine

and genius monster I know.

- All I got to say about that is-- whoo-hoo!

[fireworks booming]

[together] Whoo! Yeah!

Cleo and Frankie forever!

- Yes!

- Sorry that I ruined another Monster Match for you,

and now you don't have anyone to go to the dance with.

- Don't worry about it.

Got seven deadly dates right here,

and they've been working on their moves.

Check it out.

Mm, whoo-hoo.

Oh!

Right there!

Time for Pride's solo.

Ooh, ooh, go Pride.