Shows Like Monster High

Looking for shows like Monster High? Here are 10 animated series with the same monster-school fun. We picked each title based on shared tone, themes, and emotional feel.

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   1. Ever After High

   2013Animation

   Ever After High is set at a school for the teenage children of famous fairy tale characters, who must decide whether to follow the destinies written for them. It comes from the same toy company as Monster High and has a very similar formula of stylish students, school drama, and themes of self-expression. The difference is in the setting, which replaces spooky monster heritage with fairy tale magic and storybook royalty.

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   2. Descendants

   2015Family

   Descendants follows the teenage children of famous Disney villains, including Maleficent's daughter Mal, who are allowed to leave their island and attend school in a kingdom of heroes. Like Monster High, it is about kids from feared families who find out they can choose who they become. Note that this 2015 title is a live-action musical film, not an animated series, so it feels quite different from Monster High's cartoon format.

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   3. Hilda

   2018Animation

   Hilda follows a fearless blue-haired girl who leaves the wilderness for the city of Trolberg and keeps finding magical creatures, from trolls to giants and spirits. Like Monster High, it treats strange and scary beings as characters worth understanding instead of villains to fear. It is calmer and more storybook-like, with a gentle adventure focus instead of high school social drama or fashion.

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   4. The Owl House

   2020Animation

   The Owl House follows Luz, a human teenager who stumbles into a demon realm called the Boiling Isles and becomes the apprentice of a rebellious witch. Like Monster High, it is about a misfit who finds belonging among outcasts and creatures, with school life a big part of the story. It has a more serialized fantasy plot and gets darker and more emotional as the story goes on.

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   5. Amphibia

   2019Animation

   Amphibia follows Anne, a teenage girl magically transported to a world of talking frogs and other amphibians, where she must survive and figure out how to get home. The show shares Monster High's themes of friendship and accepting people who are different from you. Its tone is more of a comic adventure, built on Anne's growth from a self-centered teen into a loyal friend.

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   6. Gravity Falls

   2012Animation

   Gravity Falls follows twins Dipper and Mabel Pines, who spend their summer with their great-uncle in a small Oregon town full of supernatural mysteries. Like Monster High, it mixes spooky creatures with humor and themes about family and growing up. It is more of a mystery series, with secret codes and a larger conspiracy, and the humor is quirkier than Monster High's fashion-forward drama.

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   7. Hotel Transylvania

   2012Animation

   Hotel Transylvania is an animated film in which Dracula runs a hidden hotel for monsters and tries to protect his teenage daughter, Mavis, from the human world. Its cast of friendly, comic monsters and a young vampire who wants to explore beyond her sheltered life fit right alongside Monster High. Keep in mind that it is a feature film rather than a series, with more slapstick and a family-comedy focus.

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   8. Winx Club

   2004Animation

   Winx Club follows Bloom, an ordinary girl who discovers she is a fairy and enrolls in a school of magic, where she and her friends fight dark forces. Like Monster High, it centers a group of stylish young women at a supernatural school, with friendship and fashion just as important as magic. The tone is more action-oriented, with transformation sequences and battles instead of everyday school life.

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   9. Big Mouth

   2017Animation

   Big Mouth is an adult animated comedy following a group of middle schoolers going through puberty, guided and tormented by hormone monsters. Like Monster High, it uses monsters to explore what it feels like to be a teenager. It is very much for adults, though, with explicit sexual humor and crude jokes, so it is not a fit for younger Monster High fans.

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    10. Castlevania

    2017Animation

    Castlevania is an adult animated series based on the video games, following monster hunter Trevor Belmont as he fights to protect the people of Wallachia from Dracula's army of creatures. Monster High fans who have grown up and enjoy a darker take on vampires and monsters may want to try it. It is extremely violent and has mature themes, a world away from Monster High's school friendships.

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