Power Incontinence: As in previous generations, he has to wear sunglasses to keep his petrifying gaze under control. Hurricane of Puns: Character names and so much more. Any opportunity for a monster, fear or graveyard pun is exploited. To the extent that this is practically a World of Pun, but the Earth is still called Earth. Barbie Doll Anatomy: Gil subverts this. In the webisodes, most of the mansters play this completely straight, but Gil alone is drawn with visible nipples, and his physical dolls have scales on his chest, with the implication, due to his faux-shaved scale “hairdo”, that they are analogous to hair. Related in the Adaptation: In previous adaptations, she and Finnegan were unconnected; here, they're distant cousins. Domino Mask: A few in Power Ghouls, and several dolls and characters have facial patterns to this effect, like the shading on the Ghost Create-A-Monster and Getting Ghostly dolls, and several of the Inner Monster faceplates.

Nefera's pet is a scarab beetle named Azura. Its gender is not clear because Nefera's profile says that Azura's is male, but Nefera's 'Campus Stroll' diary entry featuring Azura claims she's female. Even Evil Has Standards: Nasty as she's been, even she's horrified by her mother's attempts to pressure Clawdeen to give up the Moon Claw, an heirloom from her Missing Mom. The daughter of Dracula, she's studious and a perfectionist, a direct result of her father being a leader in the monster world. However, she harbors a secret: she practices witchcraft, which could get her expelled from Monster High if she were outed. Adaptation Species Change: Downplayed; in previous generations she was a human girl who was turned into vampire, but here she's all but stated to have been a vampire her entire life. Not Using the "Z" Word: Averted; Ghoulia and the other zombies at the school are openly referred to as such.

Humans

Toralei also proved in "Monster Mashionals Part 2" that, while she is scheming and manipulating, she is also honest. While she will always do her best to come out on top, she feels that victory is pointless if it is earned by cheating. Luna Mothews, a self-proclaimed "goth-moth", who's pretty colorful and flashy and aspires to be a theater star. The calm, cool, and friendly son of Medusa. The snakes on his head are each named after the Seven Deadly Sins and prone to giving him bad advice. Celebrity Star: As mentioned above, Lady Gaga’s official likeness has made an appearance in the franchise, with her character not being portrayed much different from the real person. Dance Party Ending: In many webisodes and specials. Most notably in the 2015 CG musical, Boo York, Boo York.

Karma Houdini: The sheriff in "Ghouls Rule" gets absolutely NO punishment, despite being a Knight Templar Jerkass and perfectly willing to execute an innocent monster so he'll remain sheriff. Made even worse due to the fact the true culprit comes forth and confesses to him that she did it and framed the monsters, he flat out states he doesn't care and is going through with it anyway. We last see him dancing with everyone like nothing happened. Afraid of Blood: Draculaura, the vampire, has a tendency to faint even at the mere mention of blood.People Puppets: Honey Swamp's Freak du Chic performance invokes this-she has an elaborate trapeze-like act, being connected to the ropes to resemble a marionette. Shout-Out: Mr. Klopman (and consequently the diamond in his chest) is named for the Klopman Diamond, a recurring item from Garfield and Friends. Attractive Zombie: All of the franchise’s zombie characters still look like attractive people. The only zombie with any kind of disfiguring decay is half-zombie Neighthan Rot, who still isn’t portrayed as deformed or ugly.

Generic Graffiti: This is the theme to the Boo York Frightseers outfits, to represent the ubiquitous street art and graffiti seen around cities.

Monster High staff

Unlimited Wardrobe: Alluded to with Draculaura, who has acquired more than a few dresses and shoes over the past 1600 years she's been immortal. It's also alluded to that most of Clawdeen's clothes come from her (such as her Dawn of the Dance dress, as seen in "Fashion Emergency") and that her tastes have ranged over time from girly to punk to even chainmail. Intrigued by Humanity: She has a fascination with human culture, and is eager to learn things about it from Clawdeen. Because of the alien comet's arrival in the movie, the Boo York, Boo York dolls have crystalline accessories. Muggles: The natives of New Salem, and humans in general. Monsters refer to them as "normies" and fear them as much as the they are feared by them. The Freak du Chic line is tied together by the same style of striped fabric appearing on each outfit, and most of the dolls have similar circus patterns on their dresses.

In Escape From Skull Shores, as Farnum looks at the ghouls through his spyglass, he zooms in on Draculaura's fangs. Mad Scientist: Has shades of this; they have a number of gadgets in their room, and one episode sees them attempt to build an essay-writing robot.The book series "Ghoulfriends Forever" worked to unify its canon with both the diaries and webisodes, with varying levels of success. Only Known by Initials: C.A. Cupid uses this, as she and her classmates consider "Chariclo Arganthone Cupid" to be an Overly Long Name. Freaky Fusion, containing the first straight up Disney Death in the series... that of Frankie Stein, who uses up her own life-force to save her friends from absorption. Fantastic Racism: She really hates humans and witches, strongly believing they don't belong in the monster world, and she's hellbent on getting Clawdeen (who's half-human) and Draculaura (who's secretly a witch) out of Monster High.