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Main Characters
Max Schneider
Voiced by: Rick Moranis
A human teacher who ends up working at Gravedale High.
- Cool Teacher: His class most certainly respects him.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Looks a lot like Rick Moranis.
- Token Human: The only human main character as well as the only human at the school.
Vinnie Stoker
Voiced by: Roger Rose
A vampire with an attitude.
- Badass Finger Snap: Vinnie often snaps both fingers to activate his bat wings so he can fly.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Max Schneider often has to motivate him in order to for him to earn better grades. This trait is best demonstrated in "Save Our School", where Vinnie runs for class president simply so he can get an A and has no intention of winning the election, but doesn't resign from his position when he wins anyway until he does everything he can to prevent Gravedale High from being torn down.
- Daywalking Vampire: Exposure to sunlight isn't shown to have any adverse effect on him.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: In "Fear of Flying", Vinnie says to his psychiatrist that he's "batty" over his mother.
- Expy: He's what the Fonz would be like if he were a vampire.
- Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: Vinnie is a vampire and is just as nice as the other monster students.
- Greaser Delinquents: Vinnie has slicked-back hair, a leather jacket, a devil-may-care attitude, and says things like "Ayyyyy."
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Vinnie is never seen without his black leather jacket.
- Heroic BSoD: In "Fear of Flying", Vinnie gets a pretty bad one after being struck by lightning while retrieving Reggie's science project, and has trouble trying to fly again. Made worse by the fact that he was challenged to a flying match called "Fly or Splat" against Jerk Jock gargoyle Nardo at 3:00 PM.
- Ironic Fear: After he was struck by lightning while flying in "Fear of Flying", Vinnie developed a fear of heights.
- Late for School: Vinnie flies in late for class in most episodes.
- Odd Friendship: Vinnie's best friend is Reggie, a werewolf, thus averting Fur Against Fang.
- Rule-Abiding Rebel: Vinnie is (aside from Reggie) probably the nicest and most level-headed of the class despite being a greaser.
- Sleepy Head: Due to being a vampire.
- Verbal Tic: Hey yo, Vinnie has one! That's cool.
Frankentyke
Voiced by: Frank Welker
A short Frankenstein monster who tends to be a troublemaker.
- Bratty Half-Pint: He's a monster kid who often harasses and messes with his classmates.
- Frankenstein's Monster: He's a Frankenstein monster.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: He's often seen hanging out with Gill Waterman.
- Shout-Out: Seemingly of Bart Simpson, with a similar attitude and mannerisms, and even certain superficial resemblances in character design. The Simpsons had debuted one year before this show and were at the height of their popularity.
Reggie Moonshroud
Voiced by: Barry Gordon
A nerdy werewolf.
- Affectionate Nickname: Vinnie often calls him "Reg."
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Especially during the climax of "Monster on Trial", where he points out how physics play in driving.
- It's All My Fault: Reggie keeps saying this throughout "Monster on Trial".
- Nerd Glasses: He's a nerd and he wears glasses.
- Odd Friendship: He's best friends with Vinnie the vampire. Vampires and werewolves tend to be enemies in the media.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Reggie appears to be the kind of werewolf who doesn't have a human form.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Reggie tends to use big words, being the brainiest of Max Schneider's class.
- Teacher's Pet: He's the smartest of the class and always sucks up to Mr. Schneider. In "The Dress Up Mess Up," Reggie wants to buy an actual pet for Schneider, but Vinnie says that Reggie is already the teacher's pet.
- Teen Genius: He's a high schooler and he can invent many an amazing device.
- Verbal Tic: Reggie's "Mr. Schneider, sir". The tic was even written down in one episode.
- Wonderful Werewolf: This werewolf is a gentle nerd.
J.P. Ghastly III
Voiced by: Frank Welker
A short blue-skinned rich kid.
- Lorre Lookalike: He's essentially a blue-skinned caricature of Peter Lorre, even having the voice down pat.
- Out of Focus: He never got a spotlight episode.
- Shout-Out: In demeanor, J.P. Ghastly reminds of J. Evil from Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist, but his design, looking at his melon-shaped head and blue skin, resembles that of Yetch from Mad Monster Party?. Both are monster versions of Peter Lorre, and J.P. shares the characteristic voice too.
- The Undead: From looks, it's unclear what kind of monster J.P. is, but he must be an undead because in "The Grave Intruder" he mentions that if his heart had circulation as good as the Grave Intruder, he might've still been alive. Sid calls him a "quirk" in "Long Day's Gurney into Night", which contextually could be as much a monster classification as an insult.
Gill Waterman
Voiced by: Jackie Earle Haley
A gill-man Surfer Dude.
- Big Eater: He's got a voracious appetite.
- Fish People: He's like a teenage version of the Gill-Man.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: He and Frankentyke are established as being very close friends.
- Surfer Dude: He likes to go surfing and even addresses people as "dude".
Cleofatra
Voiced by: Ricki Lake
An overweight mummy girl.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Cleofatra is attractive enough to land a monster celebrity. Frankentyke's older brother Big Frankie also finds her attractive.
- Bespectacled Cutie: She wears glasses and is definitely a cutie.
- Big Eater: She is occasionally shown to have a big appetite.
- Celeb Crush: Has one on werewolf actor Billy Headstone from the soap opera "Trudy and the Beast."
- Girlish Pigtails: She has pigtails.
- Nerds Are Sexy: A Big Beautiful Woman variant.
- Stout Strength: Despite looking out of shape, Cleo has no problem throwing muscular bouncers out of her way if need be.
- Weight Woe: She is obese and is sometimes shown to be insecure about her looks.
Blanche
Voiced by: Shari Belafonte
A zombie girl.
- Attractive Zombie: She's a zombie teenager who's very pretty.
- Catchphrase: She has a tendency to follow improbable statements with "Rahlly, I did." This is the go-to line with which in the 1930s and 1940s Katharine Hepburn was parodied. It is most likely derived from "They make up things. Yes, they do, really." as spoken by her in Alice Adams.
- Expy: Her Southern belle tendencies and her name make her an expy of Blanche DuBois. In the episode "Monster Gumbo," she comments that she has "always depended on the kindness of monsters."
- Friendly Zombie: Despite being a zombie she's quite friendly. In fact outside of a couple of references to her being undead, she acts like a typical rich girl/Southern belle.
- Gold Digger: She only likes J.P because he's rich, and states that she wants to marry the richest monster in the world.
- Ms. Vice Girl: Despite her greedy tendencies, she's incredibly nice.
- Perky Goth: Wears dark clothing and has bones in her hair, but is one of the more upbeat monsters in the class.
- Southern Belle: She talks in a Southern accent.
- Teens Love Shopping: She's a shopaholic, making her a literal mall zombie.
- Textile Work Is Feminine: She sews her own clothes.
- Voodoo Zombie: Blanche is a post-60s zombie, but her ties to New Orleans (in "Monster Gumbo", the gumbo is her family recipe) suggests a link to Louisiana Voodoo and with that its zombies.
Duzer
Voiced by: Kimmy Robertson
A gorgon girl.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Duzer has a crush on Vinnie, but she vehemently denies this. This was only shown in "Long Day's Gurney Into Night."
- Alpha Bitch: Duzer tends to be the most snooty and obnoxious of the students.
- Catchphrase:
- Often derisively tells other people to "Get a life".
- She has a frequent tendency to ask rhetorical questions ending with "Or what?"
- Gorgeous Gorgon: She's a gorgon and very attractive.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she can come off as being selfish and very mean, she has been known to be compassionate concerning her classmates and can be "blackmailed" into doing the right thing.
- Medusa: She is modeled after Medusa, which is actually her real name.
- Mirror-Cracking Ugly: Duzer manages to break her mirror just by looking at it in "Long Day's Gurney Into Night" since she is a Gorgon, but to the audience, she isn't drawn to look really ugly aesthetically.
- Playing Cyrano: A variation in "Cleo's Pen Pal", where Cleofatra asks Duzer to pose as her on a date with werewolf actor Billy Headstone, who Cleo has a crush on.
- School Newspaper News Hound: The episode "The Grave Intruder" had Duzer take over the school newspaper and use it to spread fabricated stories that resulted in a lot of trouble at the school, such as Dog-Faced Boy having rabies and Coach Cadaver having a human brain.
- Secret Diary: In the first episode, Frankentyke swipes Duzer's diary and reads aloud a page that says "Sometimes, I wonder if Vinnie Stoker even knows I'm alive" and tosses it out the window. Vinnie himself retrieves it, but Duzer takes it back before he's able to read it.
- Valley Girl: To the point that "The Dress-Up Mess-Up" had her prioritize buying a new dress over chipping in with the other student's efforts of giving Schneider dinner reservations at a fancy French restaurant for his birthday.
Sid
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
An invisible student.
- Invisible Introvert: Inverted; he's made himself an extroverted, impression-spewing Class Clown because he's invisible. He doesn't want people overlooking him, so he makes himself as noticeable as possible.
- Invisible Streaker: He's made visible by his clothes, yet he appears to not wear pants.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Quite a lot of his bits involve him doing impressions of famous celebrities. In particular, he spends the entirety of "Night of the Living Dad" impersonating Elvis Presley.
Other Students
Seymour
Voiced by: ???/??? ("Long Day's Gurney Into Night"/"The Grave Intruder")
A cyclops boy with clawed hands and feet who is part of Mr. Tutner's class.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Seymour wears preppy clothes, but doesn't bother with a set of shoes. It might be hard for him to find footwear that accommodates his claws.
- Cyclops: Seymour is a cyclops who would otherwise look human if not for his three-fingered hands, two-toed feet, and claws on both sets.
Natasha Neckinski
Voiced by: ???
A vampire girl who appears in "The Dress-Up Mess-Up".
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Natasha has a non-specific Central-to-East European accent.
- Live Mink Coat: Natasha's dress for the fashion show includes a stole that's truthfully a live mink she personally stole from the zoo.
- Shout-Out: Natasha has two evident sources of inspiration. Firstly, she echoes Vampira from Drak Pack with her accent and mannerisms. Secondly, her updo and semi-revealing outfit (during a fashion show) mimic the look of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Triops girl
Voiced by: ??? ("The Grave Intruder")
A three-eyed girl who is part of Ms. Dirge's class.
- Extra Eyes: The girl has three eyes: two on the usual spots and one on her forehead. They blink in succession rather than tandem.
- Girlish Pigtails: The three-eyed girl wears her hair in pigtails. They, along with her freckles and her preppy fashion sense, give her a youthful appearance.
- Youthful Freckles: The three-eyed girl has cheeks full of freckles that compliment her unusual amount of eyes. They, along with her pigtails and her preppy fashion sense, give her a youthful appearance.
Other Staff
Headmistress Crone
Voiced by: Georgia Brown
The headmistress of Gravedale High.
- Dean Bitterman: She's the head of the school and she tends to have an ill-tempered demeanor.
- Literal Metaphor: She's described as ruling the school with an iron fist and happens to actually have a prosthetic hand made of iron.
- Right-Hand Cat: She owns a green cat named Clawford.
Boneyard
Voiced by: Brock Peters
The school bus driver.
- Creepy Mortician: He dresses in black and the bus he drives resembles a hearse.
Coach Cadaver
Voiced by: Jonathan Winters
The school gym teacher.
- Alliterative Name: His surname has the same first letter as his job.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: As big a jerk he is, "Frankenjockey" shows that he cares about his mother enough to call her every once in a while, plus he takes it personally when Schneider interrupts his call and causes Cadaver's mother to hang up thinking that her son was referring to her when he said "human slime".
- Fantastic Racism: He often voices his dislike of Max Schneider for being human.
- Fat Bastard: He's an obese gym coach who's mean to Schneider's class and resents Schneider for being human.
- Jerkass: Even without his hatred of Schneider for being a human, Cadaver is still pretty mean for how rude and condescending he is to Schneider's students.
- Who Even Needs a Brain?: In "The Grave Intruder", he temporarily removes his own brain and is still able to function without it.
Miss Dirge
Voiced by: Eileen Brennan
Another teacher at the school.
- Frankenstein's Monster: Particularly the Bride of Frankenstein.
- Recurring Extra: She typically has little purpose other than to be a background character.
Chef Sal Monella
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
The school chef.
- The Pig-Pen: He's very proud of his filthy kitchen and really doesn't like having to clean it.
- Punny Name: His name is a play on "salmonella".
Mr. Tutner
Voiced by: Tim Curry
The school's history teacher, who happens to be a mummy with bad breath.
- Punny Name: His surname alludes to the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen.
- You Need a Breath Mint: Just about everyone who gets near him is bothered by his halitosis to the point of making remarks about it.
Miss Webner
Voiced by: Sarah Gould
Another teacher at the school.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She has six arms and is definitely not one to trifle with.
- Recurring Extra: She doesn't serve any role other than as a recurring background character.
Mr. Gross
Voiced by: Frank Welker
A substitute teacher who was hired to teach Max Schneider's class after he left due to a misunderstanding.
- Expy: He looks a lot like a bespectacled Jabba the Hutt in a coat and a bowtie.
- Fat Bastard: He's an enormously stocky jerk who likes stuffing his face above anything else.
- Death by Gluttony: The class ultimately get rid of him by tricking him into overeating until he explodes.
- Sadist Teacher: He's very unrelenting to the kids.
- Villainous Glutton: Not outright evil, but he is very mean and certainly enjoys devouring food. He even makes it clear when explaining his rules that he'll only allow eating in his classroom if he's the one doing the eating.
Miss Burns
A dragon substitute teacher who was sent to replace Mr. Gross after he blew up. She doesn't last, either.
- Breath Weapon: She can breathe fire, at least before Reggie tricked her into activating the sprinkler system so the water would extinguish it.
- Fat Bastard: Like Mr. Gross, she's overweight and far from being pleasant company.
- Sadist Teacher: She uses her own fiery breath to intimidate the class and makes them take 12 tests on the same day.
Other Characters
Kahuna Bob
Voiced by: Charlie Adler
A former surfing champion and Gill's idol.
- Back to School: His episode ends with him joining Mr. Schneider's class so he can finally have a chance to finish high school, though he doesn't appear again in the subsequent episodes.
- Broken Ace: He's disillusioned over being tricked out of his money due to putting his surfing career over finishing his education, which makes him very upset when he found out Gill chose to quit school to have more time for surfing lessons.
Billy Headstone
Voiced by: Phil Hartman
A famous monster actor who stars in Cleo's favorite soap opera Trudy and the Beast.
- Captain Ersatz: He's an overt pastiche of Vincent, the titular beast from Beauty and the Beast (1987).
- Chick Magnet: He is evidently very well-liked by female monsters.
- Puddle-Covering Chivalry: He tries to use his cape to cover up a puddle for Duzer, who he was misled into believing is Cleo, but she dismisses his gesture as corny.
Marty
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
A phony dad Frankentyke made to try and cover up the truth that his father was the human scientist who created him, inadvertently given the brain of a smarmy talent agent.
- Frankenstein's Monster: He is assembled from dismembered body parts like Frankentyke, who intended to cover up that his father is human.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: He gets the hell out of dodge once Frankentyke's real dad shows up.
- Smooth-Talking Talent Agent: Frankentyke intended to use a genius's brain for his fake dad, but had to make do with an agent's brain when he and Gill accidentally dropped it in the process of assembling him. Thinking the label meant "agent" as in secret agent, Frankentyke isn't amused to later learn that his fake dad has the brain of a Hollywood agent, and with it the tendency to charm others with insincere praise.
Frankentyke's Dad
The human scientist who created Frankentyke.
- Einstein Hair: He has poofy gray hair like mad scientists are typically depicted with.
- Good Parents: It is very apparent that he loves his Frankenstein monster son.
- Karloff Kopy: His voice is a blatant impression of Boris Karloff.
- Mad Scientist: He created Frankentyke.
- Unnamed Parent: He isn't given a name.
