Owned by Mattel, Created by Garrett Sanders
Monster High is a doll line owned by Mattel that was first launched in 2010. The franchise became an overnight success with all audiences that it garnered its first TV movie, Monster High: The New Ghoul in School, on Nickelodeon in the same year, marking the beginning of a generation for the franchise (Gen 1). Unfortunately, Monster High would be the center of controversy for a while because of the gothic designs, deeming them as too demonic by religious watch groups. Mattel responded to the controversy by rebooting the series in 2016 with softer and friendlier designs for each ghoul (Gen 2), which was met with negative reception and even more controversy. Since then, there have been more than 17 TV/direct-to-video movies, including two live-action films released in 2022 and 2023 respectively, and being rebooted once more in 2022 on Nickelodeon, again (Gen 3).
Frankie Stein (pictured) is the daughter/child of Frankenstein's monster and the granddaughter/grandkid of Victor Frankenstein. They were the main MAIN character for the first two generations of MH with green skin, stitches, and bolts on each side of their neck before switching to light blue for the 2022 TV series due to Universial's copyright of the original design for the monster. As of Gen 3 Frankie, they have been "reimagined" as a non-binary for LGBTQ+ representation in children's programs and media altogether—That’s also why I’m switching between she/her and they/them. Talking about this can get a bit confusing. As I stated multiple times, Mattel had to change Gen 3 Frankie's skin color from the iconic lime green to ghoulish blue because of Universial's copyright law.