01x19 - Monster Midterms

[bunniefuu]

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♪ We might give you a fright ♪

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♪ 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 hip-hop music]

♪ ♪

[dog barking]

- Go, Watzie, go!

[dog barking]

[laughs]

- Eek! Today's the day!

- Hooray! I can't wait!

I absolutely love this day!

Uh, what day is it?

- It's midterms!

- Yay!

- You're excited about midterms?

Heh!

Humans think big tests are more terrifying than big monsters.

- [sighs] You're lucky you got out of there.

At Monster High, midterms aren't just half our grade.

They're a chance to demonstrate how far

we've come with our monster powers.

- [sighs] Furballs.

Something else to focus on, just when I was making

progress on my mom's journal.

So what do we have to do for midterms?

- I can't tell you that.

The tests are based on the monster type

and powers of each student.

Midterms are handed out by--

wait for it--

the Midterm Fairy!

- Voltageous!

[knock at door] - Eee, they're here!

- [gasps]

- Students, make way!

Here comes the Midterm Fairy.

- [growls]

- A Garbage Goblin?

What happened to the Midterm Fairy?

- Budget cuts, but it's basically the same thing.

Stick your hand in, and it will provide your assignment.

[all gasp]

- But don't dilly-dally. It bites.

- [growls] - Ew!

- Oops. [chuckles]

That's garbage. Try again.

- [growls]

- My midterm is a vampire obstacle course!

Yes!

- "Frankie Stein, you must invent something incredible."

Easy-queasy.

- [grunting] Give me my midterm assignment!

- "Clawdeen Wolf, work with the were-pack

"on a special assignment.

Go to the casketball court for details."

Work with the were-pack? This can't be right!

- The Midterm Fairy is never wrong.

- [belches]

- Well, off we go to spread more midterms merriment.

Good luck!

And don't flunk, or it'll be a semester of Saturday school.

- Why the frowny fangs, Clawdeen?

- Well, I don't have time for all this midterm stuff.

The blood moon eclipse is coming,

and it's our one chance to bring Mom back.

But I still don't know how!

I've been scouring Mom's journal for clues,

and Clawd's told me everything that she's told him.

But the details on the portal are fuzzier

than a werewolf's chin.

Plus, we still don't have the sea monster

or vampire talisman.

- We're working on it.

Your instincts got you this far.

Don't give up on them now.

- Thanks, Draculaura.

- Ooh!

Nothing brings monsters together

like being forced to take a high-stakes test!

- [whistles] For your midterm,

you got to gawk to turn these objects into rock!

Go, Deuce!

[lasers blasting]

[upbeat music]

- [growls]

- Back in Beheme, Mom would set up challenges for me.

[chuckles] Last time, I caught

like stinging mega scorpions

and one grumpy tarantula in minutes.

Midterms have got to be easier than that.

- Eh, I'd prefer the mega scorpions over trying

to work with the were-pack.

- [belches]

- Still got hard feelings about the prank

Romulus and Barkimedes pulled on you,

the time the werewolves tried to take your moonclaw,

and Toralei's bullying?

Hm, now that I say it, maybe scorpions are better.

- Honestly, it's not as bad as it was.

Howleen's a good casketball teammate,

and Toralei did help us get Mom's journal.

But how are we supposed to do an assignment together

when the weres fight like cats and dogs?

- Yeah, were-creatures are cats and dogs.

- You sound like Mom.

"All of the were-creatures are so different,

they never see eye to eye, fang to fang."

If Mom couldn't change were society,

then maybe it can't be changed.

It just seems so impossible.

- Impossible is finding your long lost hermano,

but you figured out a way to do that.

We got this!

- Look, Toralei! Your new boos are here!

- Back that furry tale up, Meowlody.

Just because I orchestrated a genius plan

to get their mum's journal doesn't mean we're boos.

- Really?

Because you've been meowing nonstop

about how much fun you had with them, and I thought--

- [hisses] Enough of that.

Everybody pack up, so we can get this midterm going!

- What do you think our midterm will be?

I hope it's a fashion show! Werepack fashion show, yay!

- Hi, I'm Clawdeen. I don't think we've met.

- I'm Mousecedes, and this is Skunkrates.

- Don't call me that!

Skunkrates is my government name.

Call me Teez.

- I didn't even realize there were

were-mice and were-skunks.

- Well, just because some were-creatures don't go around

needing to be the center of attention

doesn't mean we're not here.

- So what are were midterms like?

- Just a lot of Toralei barking orders at us.

- But we always get an A. Don't we?

- Yep!

Toralei knows what she's doing!

- [sighs] Clawsome.

We'll just do whatever Toralei says and get an A.

- Then we can focus on getting everything ready

for the blood moon eclipse and bringing Mom back!

- Hmm. This must be our assignment.

- [growls]

- Ugh, arrival by Midterm Fairy is not what it used to be.

Hello there, my fuzzy fur ba*ls.

I'm Ms. Ziz, the new faculty advisor

and former Monster High student.

I know many of your parents.

Fun fact, Dracula and I went to the Monster Ball together

when Dracula still had braces on his fangs.

- Cute, but what does that have to do with our midterms?

- No time for nostalgia for--

you must be Toralei, daughter of Catarina Stripe,

the were-ruler?

- That's meow--me.

- Well, Toralei and the rest of you were-creatures,

your assignment is to fetch--

see what I did there?

The Klopman Diamond,

a mysterious gem of untold power

that legend has it is located near Monster High.

This is a pack project.

If one fails, you all fail.

And your pack leader is going to be...

[tense music]

You, daughter of Selena Wolf, former were-ruler, right?

- Uh, yeah.

I'm Clawdeen, but--

- Ms. Ziz, I'm always the leader!

- Yeah, we could do it like it's always been done,

but then you'd all fail.

No feathers out of my plumage.

- No!

If we fail, we have to go back to Meowton Academy!

- Please excuse our cousin.

What she meant to say is, she trusts your judgment.

- Great, off you go, my little fluff and folds.

Get that Klopman Diamond!

- Yeah. Oh, uh, OK.

Um, pack?

Follow me.

[laughs nervously]

- Picking Clawdeen to lead in your first act

as faculty advisor, Ms. Ziz?

I know you and Selena were close,

but we don't do favorites here.

- Oh, that's not why I picked her, Headmistress.

I used my eagle eyes to read their auras,

and there's something very interesting about that girl.

Dot, dot, dot.

- You can't just say dot, dot, dot!

[upbeat music]

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- [grunts]

♪ ♪

- So what do you think, Midterm Fairy?

- [belches] - [laughs]

- An A!

Well done completing your midterms early, Draculaura.

Uh, what will you do with your free time?

- Uh, probably just curl up with a good book.

- It's everybody's favorite page-turner, the Codex!

What can I help you with today, young witch?

- Hey, Codex.

Those lost and found spells didn't work to recover

the vampire talisman, so I thought you

might have something better.

- Better is what I do.

Now-- [thuds]

- Ugh. Draculaura!

- Dad? Come in, come in!

- My putrid princess, how many times do I have to tell you

you must put stickers on the window?

[groans]

Yes, it is I, your slightly bruised father!

I come bearing an important message.

- You found the vampire talisman?

Ooh, you got the rules about witchcraft changed?

- No and no, but I did want to demonstrate my love

and support, which is why I'm here to help

you with your witch studies!

- You want to help?

I'd like that. - Who's the stiff?

- You don't recognize me?

Dracula, the Premiere First and Foremost Top-monster.

I'm a movie star!

- I'm more of a book guy.

- I am literally a literary classic!

- [sighs]

- So what do you think

this Klopman Diamond thing is anyway?

Ms. Ziz said it had untold power.

Maybe it can help us with the portal.

- [panting]

[grunts] - Ugh!

- [hisses] - [growls]

- [sighs] Hey!

Pack, pay attention!

The diamond's in here.

According to the map, we need to go down this long tunnel,

but it's filled with booby traps.

- [grunts]

[all gasp]

- So, oh, leadery one, how are we

going to get past the traps?

- Trust my instincts. Yeah, that usually works.

Let me just get into instinct mode.

- What's she doing, Purrsephone?

Is she taking a catnap?

- Werewolves don't take catnaps.

- I'm bored. Anybody bring any snacks?

- I've got this.

Since everyone's so scared, I'll go first,

as the head of the Monster High Werewolf Pack.

- [snarls] Nuh-uh.

You're second-in-command of the wolf pack.

I'm the commander, so I'll go first.

- What? No!

I'm the leader! - Wait for it.

[sarcastically] Oh, no, please, don't.

- Heh.

[grunting]

[howls]

[snarls]

[grunting]

[whimpers]

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[grunts]

[rocks cracking]

[howling]

[creature growls]

- Whoa!

You sure you don't want me to go first?

- No, no, no!

I'm fine.

I'm the commander of the wolf pack.

[groaning]

[whimpering] - Great job, Romulus.

Proud to be your second-in-command.

- Thanks, Howleen. - I got your back, Clawdeen.

[soft music]

- Follow me, Wolf Pack.

[eerie hip-hop music]

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- [cackles] Gonna ace this midterm!

Oh!

Ooh, midterms are hard.

Better put on my thinking cap.

[slurps]

That's it! The perfect project.

[upbeat music]

- I'm glad Howleen had that idea,

but I'm supposed to be the one leading, right?

- Sure, but that doesn't mean you have

to do everything yourself.

Everybody's got something to offer in the pack.

Right? - Yeah.

Just got to get to know them.

Hey, hey, Mousecedes!

So tell me about you.

- [gasps] About me?

So what I'm trying to say is, it's really hard being

the daughter of the Rat King.

Maybe it's because I'm so shy!

I'm very mousy. No one even notices me.

Sometimes I pop up out of nowhere.

And monsters get so surprised, they scream!

- [shouts] - Ooh.

- So, Teez, why don't I ever see you around school?

- It's 'cause I stink, but my stink

is who I am as a were-skunk.

Eh, it's fine.

No one at Monster High wants to talk

about anything real anyway.

- I like talking about real stuff.

- OK.

Did you know that there's this evil group named

the Human-ati that are headed by this dude named

Van Hellscream and this dudette named Crabgrass?

Their goal, to get weres and vamps to hate each other.

Look it up.

- If done correctly, this potion will make your desired

high-valued commodity, such as a vampire talisman,

emerge within the liquid.

First, you'll need your Codex brand witchta-pot.

Brew your potions in half the time!

- Dad, can you grab that pot? - [laughing]

- Dad! - You were right!

Witchcraft is fun.

- Dad, what did you do?

And why am I you?

- This is why I said witchcraft is dangerous!

- A body swap?

That's only supposed to happen on Fridays!

- Put it back! Put it back!

- [sighs] That's better.

OK, back to finding the talisman.

What's next, Codex?

- Add the wyvern acid.

- Wyvern acid?

You can't be playing with something so dangerous!

- [groans] [blasts]

[cat meows] - Ugh!

Dad, please!

I've done this a million times!

- [clears throat] Right, sorry.

Here to help! - OK.

What's next, Codex?

- Immediately, add an ounce of vampire poison.

- Oh, Dad, can you hand me that bottle labeled Fang Juice?

- But the book said vampire poison.

- [sighs] Yeah.

I milked my fangs for weeks to get enough.

- No, the problem is--

- What part of immediately confused you?

You'll have to start again.

- Dad, I love you, but you are not helping.

Sorry I have to do this, but you're uninvited from my lair.

- How could you do this to me? I'm Dracula!

[soft music]

- There! The Klopman Diamond!

- Huh!

I didn't think you had it in you,

but you did lead us here.

Not bad, Clawdeen.

Now, let's grab this bling and be on our way.

[all gasp] - Oh, it's so shiny!

I'm gonna get it and be a hero!

- [growls]

- Uh, nice statue monster?

- [growls] - Ahh!

- Barkimedes!

[creature growls]

Everyone get behind me and follow my lead.

- Come on, Clawdeen.

Are you just gonna stand there,

or are you gonna tell us what to do?

- Yes. I mean, no.

I'm not just gonna stand here.

And yes, I am gonna tell you what to do.

So what to do is, just do what I do!

- [grunts] Yeah.

[creature growls]

- Whoa. Whoa!

- [shouts] - Ow, hey!

- Uh, sorry, sister.

But all this running and jumping is not my thing!

- [shouts]

- Huh? Whoa!

[creature growls]

- Uh, I don't know.

You see, the idea of charging at big statues

makes me want to quietly slip away,

as quiet as a little mouse.

[creature growls]

- Got to pass the midterm. Got to pass the midterm!

Ah! Ah!

[gasps]

- Your orders, leader.

- Uh, everybody run!

[creature growls]

- [grunts]

- Ah!

That was less than perfect.

But maybe that was your plan, Clawdeen.

Were you smart like Toralei in tricking

that statue into thinking we can't get the diamond?

- [sighs] It wasn't a statue.

That was a Golem. They're defense monsters.

Their force fields are powerful,

but they take a lot of energy to hold,

and they have to recharge them.

- Ugh.

If we fail the midterm, I lose my scholarship!

- And I'll get kicked off the casketball team.

- And my daddy won't buy me the new car he promised

he'd buy me if I passed the midterms!

And then I'll only have the car he bought me

for passing last semester!

- How awful for you. - I know, right?

- What am I gonna do?

If I can't lead the pack, how am I supposed

to lead all those monsters

in the blood moon eclipse ritual?

And how am I gonna bring Mom back?

Ugh, I'm chasing my tail here!

- You got this, sis.

- OK. I'm the leader.

I'll figure it out. Just give me a second.

Trust my instincts. Trust my instincts.

- Trust my instincts. - Trust my instincts.

- Trust my instincts.

What? You're the leader.

We do what you do. Right?

- Right, but I have to trust my instincts, not--

[gasps]

I have to trust your instincts.

Mom was right.

All of the were-creatures are so different,

but different's not bad.

Having different strengths makes us stronger as a pack.

Huddle up!

- Draculaura!

I'm sorry I was a bit much in there.

OK, a lot much. I wanted to help.

I'm used to being able to help you,

but I wasn't helping.

Was I? - [sighs]

Nope! But it doesn't matter.

It's not working anyway.

- I did have one thought on that,

if you wanted to hear it.

- Thanks for asking. Yeah, I'll hear it.

And you're invited back in.

[chiming]

- Many moons ago, I learned the difference

between poison and venom.

It's poisonous if you bite it and you die.

It's venomous if it bites you and you die.

Our fang juice is venom. But what is our poison?

Garlic!

- [gasps] Of course!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

I did it! Ah!

I really did it!

- Well done, my angel of the night!

- One more talisman to go. Here.

As the top vampire, it's your duty

to place the talisman at the Blood Moon Eclipse ceremony.

- It's true that as PFFT,

I was voted Premiere First and Foremost Top-monster.

You have not only mastered vampirism,

but also witchcraft.

You're more vampire than I will ever be.

both: Mm! - Oh!

Makes me want to reconnect with my own author.

[dramatic music]

- Let's play ball.

[howls] - Yeah!

- Whoo!

[creature growls]

[all grunting]

- Now, werecats!

- Ah!

Ah!

[both yelling]

[creature groans]

- We got this! On my command, charge!

[all shouting]

[creature laughs]

- Did you know about were-mice are

super sneaky and super strong?

- 'Sup, dude?

♪ ♪

[creature groans]

- Dude, we got it!

[all shouting]

- Yeah!

- I can't believe I'm saying this,

but that plan was pretty good.

- I can't believe I'm saying this, but thanks, Toralei.

- Maybe there is a spot for you in Were-Council

once I become Were-Ruler!

Nothing too fancy, mind you.

- I understand.

- Welcome back, my little lunar-affected lovelies.

- We got the Klopman Diamond!

So what special powers does it have?

- None!

- But you said it had untold power.

- The power's untold because there's nothing to tell.

It does come with a curse, though.

- What's the curse?

[gasps] - Mr. Klopman.

I think you've all met but not been formally introduced.

Students, this is Mr. Klopman, my husband.

- Hi, kids. Good hustle back there.

- A's for the pack.

Good job! [all cheering]

- Clawdeen and Howleen, can't wait to see more

of that hustle on the court.

- Huh? - What?

- Mr. Klopman and I are a package deal.

He's the new casketball coach.

Well, see you all around!

- Hey, Clawdeen?

You're the first monster who ever wanted me to be myself.

Thanks for teaching me to trust my instincts.

- Sure thing.

We couldn't have done it without your power.

You want to go get a snack at the Coffin Bean?

- Ah! No way.

I'm a loner, dude.

- Clawdeen, look what I witched up!

- The vampire talisman?

How did you get it and do midterms?

- Ta-da! Eh?

- Fascinating, but what does it do?

- Watzie! [dog barks]

[electronic whirring]

[light music]

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- [shouts]

Whoa!

That is the zappiest zapaccino ever.

- [snarls]

[electronic zapping]

- Get back here!

I can't keep losing Midterm Fairies!

- Whoo-hoo! Midterms!

- Get the tomato juice in all the crevices.

Sorry, I didn't think you'd get skunked.

- No worries, babe.

All part of the gig. Midterms went well, huh?

Even Clawdeen and Toralei seemed to be getting along.

- Yeah, of course. But for how long?

If all goes well on the blood moon eclipse

and Clawdeen brings her mom back,

it's gonna be all-out w*r for the were-creatures.

Dot, dot, dot!

[eerie hip-hop music]

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