History Fridge / MonsterHigh

** Nevermind, it was established in Neighthan's diary that unicorns can take a human form.

* If we assume that Frankie's father is the monster from Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley), then it makes a lot of sense why Frankie is pretty. In the novel, he gets heckled and judged by everyone because he's so hideous and [[UncannyValley strange]]. Said monster is also very intelligent, so he could have very well created his own wife (who is better looking than he) as well as other members of the undead. By the time he got to Frankie, he was very good at aesthetics.

* A lot of people probably got mad at Gil for not trying to save Lagoona when she was captured, even if he did come back later to save the day, but if you think about it, he probably did the smartest thing any of us could of done: HE WENT FOR HELP! He knew that Lagoona's parents were nearby, knew that this was way too much for a couple of teens to handle, and went for help. And think of it this way: if he HAD tried to save Lagoona when he didn't, he probably would have ended up captured which would've meant that Farnum would've won.

* One of Neighthan's parents is a unicorn. Let's just hope unicorns are a sentient species in this universe, [[BestialityisDepraved or this could be really gross]].

** Plus, Holt didn't even do anything, and the sheriff knows that, he just doesn't care. He's willing to kill an innocent teenager to make a point.

* Lagoona is a sea monster. She wears [[StealPun fishnets]].

* Spectra’s and Porter’s sclera match their hair. If you take into account that they’re transparent, [[BodyHorror we’re seeing the back of their heads through their eyes]].

* Widowna’s bio says she doesn’t like “black widow jokes”. In real life, female spiders typically eat their mates, and the mothers usually die after giving birth. So is she an orphan? Or fatherless? Granted she’s a humanoid spider, but still.

* A lot of people probably got mad at Gil for not trying to save Lagoona when she was captured, even if he did come back later to save the day, but if you think about it, he probably did the smartest thing any of us could of done: HE WENT FOR HELP! He knew that Lagoona's parents were nearby, knew that this was way too much for a couple of teens to handle, and went for help. And think of it this way: if he HAD tried to save Lagoona when he didn't, he probably would have ended up captured which would've meant that Barnum would've won.

* Ghoulia being the smartest ghoul in school makes a lot more sense when you remember that, as a zombie, it means she has [[StealthPun the most]] ''[[StealthPun brains]]''.

* Alivia Stein's design has some of this. She looks facially identical to Frankie, for one. Why is this? The Steins just used the same plans that they used for Frankie! Also, she has eyes that are the reverse of Frankie's...the Steins finally found the missing matches to Frankie's eyes and decided to use them for her sister!

* Whisp is made lamp genie so she gets the job she's always wanted. But she has no way to see her own sister, endures long periods of loneliness, and unless she uses Valentine to communicate with those at MH somehow, she's completely isolated. Also, her profile doesn't list Gigi as a BFF, which may be due to guilt from her actions or lingering resentment. Unless you interpret her I Love Fashion release as a return to the cast (perhaps due to a freedom wish), Whisp is taking her situation surprisingly well.

* The Monster Family line introduces younger siblings for Cleo. Younger like ''baby'' younger for two of them. And all of them have newer bandages than Cleo's...

[[WMG: Fridge Horror]]
* It's repeatedly hinted at that there are high tensions between monsters and normies. That alone doesn't seem so bad, more like a metaphor for racism and such. Then enter Van Helscream, a self-proclaimed expert of monster human relations. He's the one responsible for most of the tensions between monsters like vampires and werewolves, and everybody thought he was a hero for equality. The fridge horror starts to kick in when you start to wonder how long he's been at this, how many schools has he destroyed that were like Monster High, and even worse, what kind of damage he's done on the HUMAN side of things?
** Apparently a lot of damage as seen in ''Ghouls Rule'': the cop decides to give Holt "the trick or treatment." That might sound ridiculous, until they strap Holt into this rather creepy machine that looks like it's going to BEHEAD him! All for a couple of harmless pranks!
* Valentine's love spell. In Why do Ghouls Fall in Love Valentine puts a spell on Draculaura to force her to fall in love with him. The implications alone are pretty frightening, but it gets worse when he reveals that if he doesn’t harvest her heart before three day’s time, she’ll lose her heart permanently. At first it seems more depressing than frightening, but then you realize that along with her ability to love, she’d also lose her compassion, her kindness, her mercy, and basically everything that makes her Draculaura, and possibly even turn her into a cruel and horrible person.
** Not just that, a vampire without a heart is a vampire who would not turn down a chance to suck blood. In short losing her heart would have meant her pretty much becoming a killer...
* Zombies are reanimated corpses. This means that Ghoulia, Slo-Moe and all the other members of the zombie population used to be normies- until they died and were reanimated as functioning corpses. Though whatever animated them seems to prevent body decay, they do still suffer from lessened mental faculties and physical reflexes(even considering Ghoulia's high intelligence, she is unable to actually speak anything other than the zombie "language" of groaning).
** Frankie's made of body parts. Body parts of teenage girls; probably already dead ones, which means her father and mother had to go get them. In her diary, she says her father was yelling 'It's alive!' and that he believed kids needed a strong sense of tradition, so it's likely she was made the same way he was. So basically her mom and dad went around and stole from graves.
** What is also horrific is in ''Escape From Skull Shores'' the group finds pictures and videos of a woman who looks just like Frankie! They never give what the exact time period is, and we don't know if Frankie's Parents have always lived in that one place; they might have traveled a lot. In the book, they are described as geniuses; so what if they were travelling to this island and met said young women, she died unexpectedly, and they took parts of her body and made that teen daughter (they could have frozen those body parts until they were ready to use them)? There was a twitter or Facebook post where the creators said the woman was Frankie's "mother", but why does the woman look EXACTLY LIKE FRANKIE? They made it clear her parents didn't actually have her: they ''made her''. There's family resemblance, and then there's... that.
** Considering that Neighthan Rot is canonically the son of a zombie and a unicorn is entirely possible that zombies come in two varieties: reanimated corpses and "they were born that way"
* There is really a lot of fridge horror considering the doll's backstories. Like what made Draculaura go vegan to a point where blood makes her faint? Where did Operetta get those scars (very decorative scars too..)? What caused Spectra to become a ghost? And the fact that Cleo is afraid of the dark. And of course there is Robecca's story involving losing her dad because she missed a train ride home. When one thinks about it this line has quite an interesting, dark undertone to it.
** Three of those explained: Operetta's is a natural marking like her father's, but supernaturally clear in design- not the result of injury or torture. Robecca did lose her dad, but that's because he went on a dangerous expedition, and she was able to recover him, and Cleo does have a dark backstory of imprisonment and abandonment in her tomb- but that's why she's scared of the dark.
* The early Draculaura diaries stated that her father was an ancient Roman nobleman and that the "famous" Dracula was a "less powerful upstart" that took the name and was defeated in combat when Dracula objected. The recent diaries name this upstart as Vlad III the Impaler and indicate the conflict was perhaps less about the name and more about Vlad's actions while using the name. Now think of how many people the real Vlad killed, and in what ways, and realize that this is part of the franchise's world history of this doll line meant for girls to play with.
* Peri and Pearl are conjoined twins, and daughters of the Hydra. This accidentally gives a lot of sympathy to the Hydra, since each head is its own being. This makes Hercules seem much more brutal when he severs the heads, and leaves a lot of questions as to what exactly is happening when the new heads appear.
* In 13 Wishes, Howleen wishes for Gil's parents to like Lagoona. The result of this wish is to turn her into a freshwater monster, which makes her insane. The message is the usual "don't change who you are", but the result of the wish tragically implies that Gil's parents wouldn't be able to like Lagoona any other way.
* Whisp is made lamp genie so she gets the job she's always wanted. But she has no way to see her own sister, endures long periods of loneliness, and unless she uses Valentine to communicate with those at MH somehow, she's completely isolated. Also, her profile doesn't list Gigi as a BFF, which may be due to guilt from her actions or lingering resentment. Unless you interpret her I Love Fashion release as a return to the cast (perhaps due to a freedom wish), Whisp is taking her situation surprisingly well.
* It's more of a fridge-horror-shoutout, but the Inner Monster line, which draws from Japanese manga/anime art styles, features a subtle motif shared by each doll. Every Inner Monster is [[{{Manga/Uzumaki}} contaminated by the spiral]]. Feisty/Love has them on the spider legs, Sweet/Fierce has them in the soft-serve hair, candy stomach charm, and wing engravings, Shy/Silly has them in the tentacles, eyes, and vines, and Sad/Happy/Excited has them in the wings and, most overtly, in the twister-hair and tail.
* The Monster Family line introduces younger siblings for Cleo. Younger like ''baby'' younger for two of them. And all of them have newer bandages than Cleo's...

* Alivia Stein's design has some of this. She looks facially identical to Frankie, for one. Why is this? The Steins just used the same plans that they used for Frankie! Also, she has eyes that are the reverse of Frankie's...the Steins finally found the missing matches to Frankie's eyes and decided to use them for her sister!

** What is also horrific is in ''Escape From Skull Shores'' the group finds pictures and videos of a women who looks just like Frankie! They never give what the exact time period is, and we don't know if Frankie's Parents have always lived in that one place; they might have traveled a lot. In the book, they are described as geniuses; so what if they were travelling to this island and met said young women, she died unexpectedly, and they took parts of her body and made that teen daughter (they could have frozen those body parts until they were ready to use them)? There was a twitter or Facebook post where the creators said the woman was Frankie's "mother", but why does the woman look EXACTLY LIKE FRANKIE? They made it clear her parents didn't actually have her: they ''made her''. There's family resemblance, and then there's... that.

* Gloom Beach Frankie's shoes seem fairly basic, being sandals with chunky straps and buckles. But then you realize those straps are meant to evoke the restraints on Frankenstein's operating table!

* Cleo de Nile, an Egyptian mummy, is a cheerleader. Cheerleaders form PYRAMIDS.

** Not only that, but snakes play a big part in Egyptian mythology. And what do Gorgon have for hair?

* Whisp's jealousy makes a lot of sense when you realize that she's ''literally in Gigi's shadow''.

* Luna Mothews is a Boo Jersey ghoul who doesn't resemble her namesake. The closest real-life match? The cecropia moth, which is found in New Jersey.

** What is also horrific is sort of that in Escape From Skull Shores the group finds pictures and video of a women who looks just like Frankie! But they never give what the exact time period is and we don't know if Frankie Parents have always lived in that one place, they might have traveled a lot, I mean in the book they are described as geniuses. So what if they were travelling to this island and met said young women ans she probably died unexpectedly, probably on the island and they took parts of her body and made that teen daughter and since we don't know what time it is they could've froze those body parts until they were ready to use them. I know some twitter or Facebook post said that was Frankie's "mother" but why does the women look EXACTLY LIKE FRANKIE! They made it clearly her parents didn't actually have her they made her so this doesn't make since that the women in the picture was her mom, I mean there's family resemblance and... that. Oh and again her parents never gave birth to her she was created. But even though this is a bit creepy how they got the body parents it's awesome to know how Mr and Mrs Stein got some of Frankie's parts.