Deuce’s snakes used to be these cute little pet kinda things, but now they’re bad influences that tell him to do bad things? WAT?! The fact that Deuce’s snakes loved Cleo like Deuce did was one of my favorite part about the original. And now his snakes are like evil little demons trying to make him make bad choices. It just ruins it for me.

Gosh, WHY in the world are they shying away from the goth aesthetic so much? It's not like kids now don't like that.

My main problem is that they got rid of most of the freaky bold fashion and are replacing it with modern boring outfits that just feel out of place… Like the characters weren’t wearing modern 2010 clothes when the line released, they were wearing their own styles and outfits that really fit the characters..

People who designed monster high before: "Oh! Let's add some different aesthetics to the characters that shouts out their personality! Also, it can help other kids discover their own sense of fashion!" the reboot art directors: "Just throw in pastel colors and 'fashionable' outfits. Those are what kids are into these days."

lagoona’s literally giving: “just walked out of starbucks with my unicorn frappucino now i’m boutta make a musically showing off my smiggle haul 😍💅🏻✨”

It pains me that out of everyone, Toralei looks the closest to her original counterpart.

Taking away, arguably, the ONLY animated Australian character that made people remember our country existed was a MASSIVE mistake. Not only did they take away her Australian culture, but they’ve taken away the possibility for Lagoona to be Aboriginal as well, which was what many Aboriginal kids (including myself) were constantly hoping for... her redesign feels like more of a slap in the face than any of the other characters. Australia isn’t taken seriously anymore, we’re constantly mocked for an accent that’s hardly noticeable. It would’ve been really nice to have an Aussie actress play her, but I guess that was wishful thinking :(

cleo literally looks like isabela from encanto and why is lagoona a vsco girl 😭

They really don’t care about fans in ANY fandom.

Clawdeen is the one that’s the most bastardized in my opinion. She was the coolest one to me as a kid and now she looks like the dorky awkward new kid.

They're making them so watered down and way too clean cut looking when just about everyone loved them for their original spookiness. That's why I liked them as a kid, they could be both "creepy" yet still very fashionable and usually nice good people.

So im beginning to see a pattern... when people or whatever say theyre going to "reboot" something That basically means "I'm gonna take everything you loved and thought was cool and make it boring and cringe"

Heath looking like he got fashion advice from the CEO of Hot Wheels lol

They looked at "Descendants" and thought, "We can do that, too." I thought not wanting to be seen a Descendants knockoff was the reason Mattel canceled the Ever After High series that paralleled Monster High. And the writing for their stories was far, far better than Descendants.

This made me tear up... First Barbie, then mlp, then monster high... What happened to mattel. It's like they purposefully WANTED to ruin the series a lot of hold dear to our hearts. This is soooo sad, I can't- 😭

Clawdeen was already a werewolf which as I know it already means- half wolf/ half human… so now she’s 3/4 human?

They just can’t let good things RIP because they’re taking advantage of our nostalgia

I hate hate HATE how Clawdeen is now this awkward new kid nerd when she was one of the sassiest and confident of the bunch. I hope they didn’t change it because it played too much into the “diva black girl” stereotype. Ugh

Honestly I’m just happy Ever After High won’t be coming back at this point. The franchise was just right and wondrous like it was. So was Monster High. They were drop dead gorgeous and perfectly imperfect. They should have let them just Rest In Peace and move on from MH.

Lagoona is now an influencer, Frankie is now a they and a them, and the headmistress has been race swapped. So basically monster high sold its soul to this new generation. smh

I thought Lagoona looked like a babyfied Ariana Grande, but now I can’t unsee the Jojo Siwa resemblance. Literally many franchise’s reboots are making the characters look more child-like that it looks a little unsettling.

I agree with you! I hate when they “reboot” characters. Just make new ones. That way we won’t compare the two so heavily. We might make fun of the fashion but everything else is based on how good the writing is. I just can’t get into the new movie and stuff. I might watch the show if I have time. But you won’t catch me tripping over myself to see it 😂

I don't understand why they had to swap headmistress blood goods race. Like, I know that modern media needs more diverse representation, but doing that to an already established character instead of bringing in more characters with diversity just feels cheap.

As I remember, the original Monster High had backlashed from soccer moms and other parents who didn't like the striking fashions of the original designs. This is the reason why it had a reboot. Now, there's a another reboot...soooooo....who to blame?

Fun fact While Frankenstein is a free use character in the sense of copyright, the whole neck bolts/sides of the head bolts is copyrighted by universal, same for the color of their skin being green, that's why most Frankensteins outside of universal properties tend to have Grey skin and no bolts But then again that's what my art teacher told me 3 years ago

HOW...MANY...REBOOTS...DO...WE... FREAKING....NEED?! 😡😵‍💫 my lord, the original was good enough (if not great) with all the uniqueness, the characters, etc. Just bring that back, PLEASE 🥺

Monster High was what sparked my interest for alternate fashion. The entire vibe of monster High was "this is who we are take it or leave it" and in a world where everyone is trying to look like perfect orange clones of eachother this message is needed more than ever rather than g3 desperate to fit in.

In my own opinion, if they really wanted to cater to a new audience or a new generation a new cast of character would have been a good choice. 1. it wouldn't degrade the originals and wouldn't taint their legacy 2. new character meaning new people to interact with and new merchandise 3. old fans wouldn't have a reason to bash the new designs in favor of the old generation. I get that we are not the core demographic they are after, but constantly re-using character names and hoping it would make the older and newer fans happy is not the best option for this doll line.

I know it's a small detail in the scale of things, but why is Lagoona no longer blue? Ironically she has the best design here as it's not bad, but it's not Lagoona at all. Speaking of skin tones, why is Deuce green here, when all of the characters seems to be based off of the live action reboot designs? Isn't that gonna confuse people? Also I really do not know why they keep pushing Health. He's a fun character but not on the same level as the other classic characters here. I guess I should be glad they haven't touched Spectra, or Operetta or the other classics.

Claudine looks like a librarian from New York oh sorry Boo York in her early 20's

I like the older Monster High generations. I like the goth / punk aesthetics that the characters had. It’s like an opposite version of a Barbie.

Something that everyone seems to miss about Frankie is the copyright. Universal copyrighted the green skin and bolts. Since these new dolls are nickelodeon, Frankie can no longer have those things.

1:40 This design wouldn't be too bad if it was one of Clawdeen's MANY siblings or even a cousin.

These would fine if they were all new characters. Clawdeen is the worst looking of the bunch. Lagoona looks less and less like a fish the more they reboot her. They could literally stick a horn on her forehead and call her a unicorn and it would make more sense for that design. I don't like Draculaura's half and half hair. I miss the streaks, they were better looking with those colors. Everyone else is just meh. Again, better off making them all new characters.

I wish they would just make an animated series that will appeal to tweens, teens, young adults and adults, in terms of character design and writing. Shows like Young Justice/Teen Titans, Avatar/Legend of Korra, Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars, the Dragon Prince, She-Ra & PoP, Voltron, and Trollhunters all did this. The writing and the character designs were neither too childish or too mature to exclude anyone. It was that sweet spot that's totally possible, which is why it's so frustrating to see MH limit their own potential.

What they did to Laguna reminds me a lot of what they did to Howleen when higher up though “orange isn’t a girly enough color, girls won’t like it, change it” and then they gave her pink hair.

Just continue with the old stuff. It's still very liked and popular. And if they want something new just create new characters. They basically did that just change the names. If it's supposed to be a ''new generation'' why not take from the idea of the hybrid. Son of Cleo and Duse. Draculaura's and Clowde's kids, half vampires half werewolves. Make Todoroki character, half fire half ice. Why race swap? Just say it's a cousin or just another member of the same species.

I think making Frankie “they/them” is just trend chasing.

Cleo and Heath's design hurts me on a personal level-

I actually like Cleo’s design since it does look more ancient Egyptian haha. I can’t believe what they did to Lagoona though 😭

For the outfits and styling I can still justify them as wanting to appeal to a new generation that follows the fashion trends on social media rather than wanting to reinvent the wheel. The colors, however, are inexcusable: Deuce has too much green, Lagona BLUE isn't blue anymore and between the skin and sweater has too much pink going on, Draculaura could have had more black and white because the pink on the skirt almost matches the skintone but she is the most successful reboot design, Cleo now looks like her sister because now blue is her main color(again too much, could have been balanced with more gold) and Frankie I agree should be green even if the og design used a lot of blues. Heath's color pallette is an eyesore. Also I'm sad that we have no Abbey since she was my fave :(

Clawdeen looks like an aging librarian.

If I'm not wrong why by example Frankie doesn't have the bolts on her neck and more Frankenstein characteristics is because they lost the rights to the creature (and many others) and thus can't use anything that is obviously from the monster they're based on. So yeah that's why they look so iffy and human like

Monster high fans: "Will we ever know peace?!"

According to Monster High lore isn’t Headmistress Bloodgood the daughter of the Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow who was, according to legend, a Hessian soldier aka a German during the American Revolutionary War yet they cast a black woman to play the daughter of a 1776 German?

I just don't understand the point of making a reboot that isn't for the pre-existing fanbase. They make so much changes where it might as well be its own thing and they don't even cash in on the nostalgia that much. It's just lazy. That's not to say you shouldn't make any changes in a reboot, in fact that would get stale fast and arguably is even more lazy, but change just for the sake of change doesn't improve your quality.

Clawdeen physically hurts me so bad she was actually such a girlboss.

Lagoona looks as if Gigi forgot to undo the wish of 13 wishes, in fact prob a second wish to enhance the 1st 💀

For the reboot to be this diverse, it feels less diverse. This is why I can't stand the diversity and inclusion crap. Feels artificial. If this was a different doll franchise, then I wouldn't have a complaint. But when it's an existing property it's less authentic.

They all look like budget dolls! Or those cheap knock off bootlegged dolls people would get from the dollar store. Clawdeen HAD a story she was this CONFIDENT stylish sporty slightly tomboyish girl...who was SUPER nervous talking to guys. She would rather book it then talk to a guy she thought was cute. I thought that was super cute but that would be an interesting story to that. Why get rid of that actually HAVE that be a challenge for her not this Oh she is a human crap...cuz I am pretty sure they once said Draculaura was ADOPTED in the orginal run wouldn't THAT be a story to talk about. Hell DEVELOPE more guy characters and revamp the designs not water them down. No one wants a watered down fashion doll it will never sell. Bring back the guys from the movies the cute zombie...unicorn, the purple hulk guy....oh the super sweet Jekyll and Hyde guy. I wanted the original series to give each girl a guy that would be an interesting pair for them that could join them on adventures as well as challenge them Duce and Cleo both challenged each other and fought for each other that was a healthy couple. Give adventure meaning...monster High was loved not for the design alone but because the characters were realistically likeable. There is always a group of friends like that who are very different but they are all so close and I respected that. The reboots make them sound hallow, shallow, boring, unrealistic boardering on generic and unrelatable. Lastly they had diversity 🙄 all those international monsters weren't a problem the people who point it out have the damn problem! I loved seeing that come naturally the designs and personality made them distinctive as for their accents matched their nationality. They are are so much wanting this to work instead of LOOKING at what MADE it work!

My heart breaks for this I remember as a kid when they first came out. They inspired my fashion and to stand up to my bullies and be me. Now I barely recognize it and it seem more like a money grab to get younger kids to watch it without having any of the good original meaning and story bed it and all the monsters.

I really wish they just revived the 2010-2015 monster high

I love that you took this time to review their designs, as I am not a big fan of either reboot. The developers should have gone in other directions, like what their lives are like during their college years.

They need to end the line if this is what they're going to be doing to it. At this point they're only devaluing it further than they did the last time!

I don't understand why they doing this. Like, the Monster High KZfaq channel is still posing content with the original Monster High cast. They know people still love the original cast do why are they pulling this stunt.

Fun fact about Deuce the creators said that was suppose to be revealed that he was actually half human but the show ended before they had the opportunity.

Wait, aren't werewolves already half-human-half-wolf? So if Clawdeen is part werewolf (AKA 50% wolf, 50% human) and part human does that mean she's, like, 25% wolf? And about Clawfeen's glasses. I don't mind her having glasses (well, if the frames looked fitting for her character) in fact, I like the idea of a bold, fierce character like her having them, it just seems counterproductive to give the confident girl glasses while dialing back on her confidence and making her more geeky and awkward. Also, Toralie Stripe sounds like a knock-off Moanica D'kay from the first garbage reboot.

And I bet the voice "actors" were chosen by their skin color and Not for the voice performance ... its a weird world...

My childhood with Monster High was a vibe now me coming back to this sh- hurts me like girlie Frankie stein be looking like a blue dried up noodle 💀

They better not replace lagoona’s love interest, Gil, with someone else because they are one of the best pairs in my opinion.

If Monster High is trying to have different iterations like Transformers over the years, then Mattel should have released more series to get people used to the idea.

I agree. I think letting the og cast grow up and show a new cast with the og characters coming in from time and time again for plot relevance (Frankie definitely would go and visit MH from time and time again) could have been such a genius idea. Companies seem to be too afraid to let go of the original cast which is why they rather reboot and completely change them - but at that point it might as well be new characters. I wish these (voice) actors got a better chance, because unfortunately, whenever fans intend it or not, there is going to be comparisons. It happened with the first reboot - but at least besides Kate Higgins, Laura Bailey and Erin Fitzgerald, everyone else returned. Wishing this all the best, I just don’t think I’m all for it personally.

I feel like they should just make a whole new series of new characters if they truly want to connect with the new generation and have the original characters come visit like future mentors. Like you want a new nerdy girl, a person who has uniqueness like prosthetics and make a backstory for that, an Egirl? Just make new characters! Adding it to the original characters will actually confuse future generations especially when we try to explain the differences. It just clashes. Plus the outfits should be based on their personality and what kind of monster they are (just like you said with Heath’s outfit. That just looked low budget. Like he just went to a target for the sweater and added the flame designs himself….)

The way Clawdeen was such a fashion icon in monster high to the point where she got to go to Scaris and work with one of the best fashion designers in the world... and then in this movie she dresses like a 6th grader who just found out what hot topic is.

Never got into Monster High, but I will admit some of the characters and designs from the original look pretty cool. Can definitely see it as a viable toy line (which I’m assuming is one of its main draws for people). And the play on monsters, myths, etc while a bit overdone to me, still makes for fun characters and personalities. Will say, Frankie possibly having a prosthetic leg instantly made me think of Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon. I know other characters in media have prosthetics, but Hiccup is definitely one of the more popular and noticeable, especially cause there’s no magic, science, or techno way for him to ever get his leg back. Which just makes it odder to me that Frankie wouldn’t have an organic leg while the rest of her does. Maybe the creators ran out of geniuses?

Let's hope that the next six years will get gen 1 back and continue where it left off.

the problem with frankie is mostly due to copyright from universal studios, universal is really strict about the rules of creating your own Frankenstein's monster. the only reason why G1 Frankiestein was really close to the universal type Frankenstein's monster is because mattel was working with Universal. The new G3 is made by nickelodeon so they simply don't have rights to many of the iconic things that make a Frankenstein's monster recognizable

Okay, but can we talk about Heath and Cleo’s show characters? Cleo looks like she came from Shimmer and Shine, and Heath...I have no words..

Their outfits are the most disappointing to me. It looks bad. Now I will say that a reboot is a reboot and that means the characters won’t be the same. But some reboots just don’t work, like the mlp reboot. That’s because the previous version was already perfect. I think the same goes for MH

Cleo clearly looks like a cross between Princess Jasmine and Isabella Madrigal. It doesn't work. The old one was much better. This reboot makes the first reboot actually look good. Don't even get me started on Lagoona, if they wanted a Mayan monster then create a new character and give a new name.

They definitely missed a big opportunity with not basing more of the clothes off of 2000s/2010s scene/emo aesthetic. Not only was that what the original leaned towards, but it'd also just be really cool and open a lot of doors to be creative. And yeah, after standing as who they are for over a decade and being beloved by all, it's way too late to make such big changes to the classic characters. It would be way better (in my personal opinion :) ) to introduce new characters and maybe make them the original cast's children or something

They did such a good job running the characters!

MH2022 being a Descendants/Zombies wannabe is ironic considering Disney felt threatened by Ever After High enough to take the Disney Princess license from Mattel and then make their own, far less thematically rich competitor in the form of Descendants. Also, Frankie with a prosthetic limb wouldn’t be a terrible idea if it wasn’t being used for this version of the character.

Imma need them to stop messing with my girl Clawdeen. I LOVED the first iteration of her. She shares the same name as me. She was her own person who had no interest in dating and just lived hanging out with her friends. She was an older sister who called out her twin bro (another thing I loved as I have a twin named Claude) but always had his back. No one would have a problem with these reboots if they actually thought out the characters backgrounds, motivations, storyline, etc.

I honestly like *some* of the character designs, but not for the characters themselves. They could have been some cool new characters because that would work out better

When I saw the intro, and looked at Lagoona’s VA… I immediately know who she is. Ok, for those who don’t know, Valeria Rodriguez voices Strawberry Crepe Cookie (MY BELOVED💕💕💕💕) and Sucrose!!

At least Deuce looks more like himself than the live action movie... other than that, all of these designs aren't my cup of tea...

Ironic how "inclusivity" and "diversity" by Western standards are some of the least diverse and inclusive. I feel like I've seen the same old crap here in other recent Western media. It's the same old song and dance. Monster High makes it more noticeable because the old tagline of it was "be yourself, be unique, be a monster". But now it seems to be "be you only if you agree with our politics!" considering Western media's climate and aggression to anyone who doesn't agree with or is different to them (Vic Mignogna anyone?). Ghoulia again be not appearing, and I'm glad Abbey isn't being shown so far.

They did heath so dirty design wise, it's absolutely horrendous.

I think they should had continued with G1 monster high. Just my opinion! There’s so much more characters , dolls, & stories can come from that core of monsters. They could introduce new characters (like new lagoona).

They done massacred my childhood and now imma go in a corner and cry. But all jokes aside, I was actually looking forward to this reboot in hopes that they'll improve from the 2016 reboot but now looking at it it looks even worse in my opinion. I'm just gonna stick to the original MH and not even bat an eye to any more reboots unless they somehow bring back OG MH

I... ugh... I'm sticking to the originals, thanks., I still have my original Frankie and Lagoona dolls from years ago, I adore their designs and the new ones are just so lifeless and mainstream it's depressing.

They're really trying to make Monster High cute and like a normal doll line, when the whole appeal of this franchise is that it's the weird edgy and creepy alternative to your Barbies and My Little Ponies. By trying to make it softer and cuter, they're missing the point. Also give me back Ever After High, I loved those characters.

Heath looks like a hot wheel ad

I agree, Toralei actually looks pretty cool. As for the rest, I'm not terribly impressed either

Why don't they make new characters? SJWs always ruin original things. This just hurt my eyes.

I definitely like Cleo’s design better than the live action but it reminds me of Princess Jasmine

Torelei's backstory change made me so sad because I loved her backstory! Also Lagoona was my first fave character and they just?? She looks NOTHING alike! Shes a whole new character!!

I love lagoonas reboot design to be honest, its very cute and she looks like an axolotl! But the original lagoona works better because the outfit being more detailed and fashionable instead of just casual wear and her skin matching with her last name Edit: the lagoona redesign is adorbs yall were just some haters 🤷🏻‍♀️

My question is did a anyone ask for this?

Clawdeen was always my favourite as a kid, her outfits were always so chic but with a tiny amount of edge cause she is a monster, they made her look like an awkward 9 year old in this 😭✋️

As an og monster high fan that LOVED monster high and all the old movies, it really pains me to see what they’ve done with the characters and especially their designs, as a kid what I loved most about monster high was the fashion and that goth aesthetic that they gave the characters and I really loved how they took the time to make EVERY character fashionable and unique and their outfits always resembled their character, but now all I see is lazily done character designs like why dose every character just look like that one geek that gets picked on? Clawdeen was really one of my favorite characters because of her hair and outfit and really how dare they replace her fur jacket and instead give her overalls and glasses? And Cleo, my favorite character, they literally stripped her away from all her excellence all the gold in her hair and diamonds and instead made her look extremely basic and boring oh and Duece loved him so much but his new redesign just destroys his former excellence, and DONT EVEN get me started on Draculaura because trust me I’m really not interested in making this comment longer than it already is, but all I’m going to say is this reboot is absolute garbage they should have left og monster high as it was.

Lagoona and Clawdeen look awful..wtf were they thinking??? So..they make Deuce's white skin green..made Frankie's green skin blue...and made Lagoona's blue skin pink..wtfff??? For why? They literally just swapped their skin colours for no reason, it doesn't even make sense- And nooo, Clawdeen..what have they done to my idol?? What are these decisions??? I barely recognized Heath tbh-

I never watched Monster High but the designs look lackluster.

Frankie had to be blue wit no neckbolts due to copyright. after falling out wit whatever business that owns frankienstien, they weren't able to use the frankienstien look.

the older ones were so great. it's like they turned it into a show for toddlers. like bubble guppies. it won't surprise me if next reboot has Cleo going "hey kids! who's ready to spell?!"

I get the idea of making Monster High a multigenerational series like GI Joe or Transformers, but you need some serious time and effort to make that even happen. At they rate they are going, they should of stopped after the first reboot did so poorly.

Omg I agree with you on so many of your points! I think Clawdeen's hair is looks like the dye washed out, I don't understand Frankie's rocker haircut, it worked well for Venus and not for them. Also did you notice Cleo has bugs crawling on her? Yuck!

Jackson is so underrated. He have so much potential and can be the star of his own movie. He sid have a role in that halloween movie and an arc about him with Frankie. Plus he's supposed to be related to Heath. A movie about him would be cool.

They removed Clawed ever since the reboots started, I think. I don't know if he's around but Clawed was one of my favorite male characters and I loved how supportive he is with Draculura. When the school had the Vampire vs Werewolves, he still wanted to be by her side but was keep being pulled away by his I think his cousin who he hasn't seen in a while. But once found out his cousin was against his and Draculura's relationship he quickly left them to find her. In Roller Brawl he let her, and the other girls join the team since he gotten hurt but all the guys (minus Gill he liked the idea, but the other dudes dragged him away) left as they didn't wanna team up with girls. Even when that happened, he stands by his choice in letting the girls play. He was the kinda guy to not let others' opinions ruin what he loves and it's sad that they seem to have forgotten him.