February 12, 2016
"Great Scarrier Reef" is the eleventh 3D animated television film special based on the Monster High doll franchise, as well as being the thirteenth TV special in the franchise. It released on February 12, 2016.
The TV special is associated with the Glowsome Ghoulfish, Down Under Ghouls and Hissters doll lines.
Storyline
During a normal day at Monster High, Frankie, Draculaura and Clawdeen are practicing for a dance recital in the Clawditorium, and not doing very well thanks to Toralei's rather bad tutelage. Lagoona watches them practice, and at Toralei's request, offers to set up a party after the recital but declines the offer to dance with her friends. After they leave, Lagoona steps on stage and dances superbly by herself. She then realizes Gil is watching her and utterly freezes up and faints. Gil asks why she doesn't dance with the rest of the ghouls. Lagoona explains she used to dance back in her home at the Great Scarrier Reef but won't dance anymore. She leaves, unaware Toralei had seen her performance.
The dance recital takes place, and the students are not impressed by the ghoul's terrible dancing. Toralei spots Lagoona dancing along behind the backstage curtains, and not willing to be humiliated alone, pulls back the curtains. Lagoona freezes upon seeing everyone watching her and ends up getting tangled and strung up in the stage rigging.
The next day, Lagoona gets horrified to discover a video of her mishap has gone viral, having 6,000,000,000 views and hundreds of meme pictures. Lagoona takes all the students' phones away and furious at what Toralei did, she decides to uninvite her from the party. Toralei tries to find out where the party is and searches all over the school, but she only finds bats that leave her disheveled, dirty and frustrated.
Soon the party, which is next to the outdoor pool, is in full swing. Toralei arrives furious and yells at Lagoona, Spectra tells her that her name is not on the list but Toralei enters anyway, Frankie tells Toralei that it's good that she decided to come and Toralei tells her that she wasn't even invited, then Lagoona reveals that she uninvited Toralei from the party. Everyone gets shocked to hear that and Ghoulia notices the water in the pool seems to be turning into a whirlpool. Toralei asks Lagoona how she dared to uninvited her from her own party, to which Lagoona asks her how she dared to embarrass her. Both girls start insulting each other and after trying to start a fight with cupcakes, Toralei accidentally falls into the pool and Lagoona dives in to rescue her. Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen and Gil attempt to pull them out, but all of them are sucked under the water and vanish.
When the group comes to, they discover not only are they underwater, but they have all transformed into half-fish creatures (much to Toralei's horror). They are then greeted, rather dramatically, by Posea Reef, the daughter of Poseidon. Posea explains that she cares for a special garden, where each plant represents a sea creature. She noticed that Lagoona's plant was wilting and summoned Lagoona to the ocean to help her (and bought the others down by accident). She tells Lagoona that to go back home, she must face her greatest fear, and disappears.
The groups decide to swim and find some help, getting used to their new forms as they travel. After a long-distance, they find themselves inside an underwater amphitheater, where they witness several sea creatures performing a dance. Lagoona recognizes one of them - A squid ghoul named Kala. Kala sees them and drags Lagoona on the stage, where she freezes up again.
Lagoona explains that she and Kala used to be friends when they were children and once competed in a dance competition together. But after Lagoona kept cheering about how her entire family had appeared to cheer her own, Kala suddenly started acting nastily toward her and deliberately tripped her up on stage. She was laughed off the stage and has had stage fright ever since.
The gang heads to the Scarrier Reef city, where they meet Lagoona's father, Wade, her little sister Kelpie, and her brothers Dewey, Tadpole, and Squirt. Wade welcomes them to stay at his place. Along with Peri and Pearl Serpentine, Kala watches Lagoona from afar and begins plotting to embarrass her again. While Pearl is happy to go along with Kala, Peri feels they're being too mean, resulting in the two sisters fighting.
The next day, Wade warns the ghouls that a giant creature known as the Kraken has been sighted near the town, which the locals are all terrified of. While Gil entertains Lagoona's brothers, the ghouls decide to play miniature golf and figure out what Lagoona needs to do. They run into Kala, who challenges Lagoona to compete against her in a dance competition tomorrow. Lagoona is reluctant, but when her sister begs her to take part, she can't refuse. That night, while the ghouls practice for the competition, Lagoona is met by Peri and a sleeping Pearl. Peri tells her that she heard a legend about the Kraken: If she looks the Kraken in the eye, she will never feel fear again. Lagoona thanks her for the help. But when she leaves, Pearl wakes up and reveals the 'legend' is all a trick.
Lagoona announces she's going to see the Kraken, and despite their protests, the ghouls all agree to go with her. They swim down to the bottom of a deep-sea trench and traverse the tunnels until they reach a large cave. Surprisingly, they discover a small living quarters and several drawings on the wall... Suddenly, a gigantic creature with tentacles appears and chases after them. The ghouls barely make their escape.
Finally, feeling ready to take to the stage, Lagoona and the ghouls head to the competition. But Kala reveals that there is no legend about seeing the Kraken's eye. She just made it up to trick her. Lagoona is distraught, but the ghouls assure her that dancing on stage shouldn't be a problem after their narrow escape.
The ghouls take to the stage and begin their dance. All goes well, but Lagoona sees the audience and faints again at the climax of the act. Kala laughs at her, and the audience starts joining in, but Gil and the ghouls rush to her defense. They proclaim that Lagoona tried her hardest to return to the stage, even going as far as facing the Kraken and that people should encourage her for the effort instead of mocking her. The crowd begins cheering for Lagoona, even as Kala and her friends take to the stage. Enraged, Kala lets out an ear-piercing scream... and the Kraken suddenly appears. Kala rides on its head as it smashes through the wall in pursuit of Lagoona, leaving Peri and Pearl to fend for themselves.
Lagoona and her friends swim back to Posea's garden and beg her to return them to Monster High. Posea agrees but tells Lagoona that she still must face her fear. She summons a whirlpool and sends the gang through. They emerge back at Monster High, restored to their original selves, but Kala and the Kraken emerge from the pool. As the Kraken begins smashing the school, Lagoona asks her friends and the other students to distract the Kraken while she climbs onto its head to confront Kala.
Lagoona scales the Kraken while it's distracted and faces Kala, realizing that all along, it was Kala and her bullying that was her greatest fear. Kala cries that she was the one who was bullied, that everyone is always mocking her for her appearance. Lagoona tells her that Monster High isn't like that and accepts everyone despite their flaws. Hearing this, Kala tells the Kraken to stop... and reveals it is actually her father!
As the Kraken helps repair the school, Kala explains that she hated how her father was always considered evil by the townsfolk and eventually felt ashamed, so she decided to live away from him. She realizes she was wrong for not telling everyone how nice her father is and for bullying Lagoona. Lagoona forgives her.
With the school repaired, everyone celebrates with a party by the pool, with Kala, Peri, Pearl and the Kraken joining in the fun. Back at the Great Scarrier Reef, Posea is delighted to see Lagoona's - and Kala's - plants are finally back to full health.
Also See
- Monster High: 13 Wishes (2013)
- Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015)
- Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores (2012)
- Monster High: Freaky Fusion (2014)
- Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
- Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014)
- Monster High: Ghouls Rule (2012)
- Monster High: Haunted (2015)
- Monster High: Scaris: City of Frights (2013)
- Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2012)