Monster High is an American fashion doll franchise with characters inspired by monster movies, sci-fi horror, thriller fiction, and various creatures. The Monster High franchise also includes Monster High TV specials, a web series, and movies. The characters are depicted as being either related to or as offspring of famous monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Medusa, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Phantom of the Opera, and zombies and more. The characters are usually referred to as ghouls, rather than girls.