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Four different continuities, really Mattel.
- Maybe it would just be easier to say "No Continuity."
  - The diaries, webisodes & tv special seem to all fit somewhere in the same general idea/universe, the book though is just the series In Name Only
    - Don't Forget that the webisodes have Negative Continuity too (like Lagoona being a cheerleader in early shorts)
      - It is possible that Lagoona was only auditioning. However, since she is the one who lets Frankie on the team, it seems less likely.
        It appears that the volumes 2 & 3 and the tv specials are in the same continuity, while volume 1 is not a part of it.

Why does everyone seem to think Lagoona is the daughter of the Creature from the Black Lagoon? She's just the daughter of sea monsters. Gil, her crush, is OBVIOUSLY the Creature's son.
- Oh, and Cleo's parents are never named. She's just the daughter of the Mummy.
  - It has more to do with iconic monsters from old film. Lagoona's name is a reference to Creature from the Black Lagoon. Sea Monster is just too vague. We'll have to wait for more information on Gil before we treat him like Gill-man's son. For Cleo, it's somewhat implied to be Imhotep. I think the series is more or less a Shout-Out to old monster movies in general.
  - Gil looks more like the Creature than Lagoona, and the titular Mummy of the old movies had his name changed in the sequel to Kharis. I know my Universal Horror, thanks.
  - Just about every old movie sea monster looked the same. While they might be ripping off the Gill-man design, Gil represents the rather generic look that these sea monsters have. Heck, by that argument alone we could say plenty of the other background sea monsters in the webisodes could be Gill-man's kids as they also look more like him than Lagoona.
  - I've always thought that Lagoona was the daughter of the Loch Ness Monster. But in a recent webisode it states that Lagoona is a Salt-water monster. So no lake based monsters.
    - It has been explained in Lagoona's newest diary that her mother is an Ocean Nymph. She is the first known mixed monster.
- Gil is the son of Abe Sapien.
  - That's exactly what I thought!
Little bout of Fridge Brilliance. In Heath's debut webisode Draculaura keeps swooning over him, but in his later appearances she doesn't appear to like him as much. Why? Because at some point she probably realized what he meant with "You look horrible! ...I like that in a girl!" and dumped him for being too narcissistic.
- I really don't think that's the case. Heath still pursued Draculaura until Clawd took interest in her. He is going after Abbey in the diaries. Tell me if I'm getting this wrong, but it sounds like you think Heath only took interest because he will look better by comparison?? He's full of himself, but not that full.
  - I prefer a simpler explanation: She went out with him, saw what a tosspot he was, and declined to continue dating him. Recall that in the webisode where Heath challenged Clawdeen to a race (which took place between his debut and Draculaura falling for Clawd), she clearly wanted nothing to do with him.
Holt's face tattoo. . . It's silly, but Jackson and Holt share all other body modifications. So how does Holt have the facial tattoo but not Jackson? Is it actually just make up or something?
- Holt has never referred to his facial mark as a tattoo. It is probably another part of the transformation with the blue skin and flaming hair.
If Clawdeen and her siblings are werewolves, how come they're always wolves? Aren't werewolves humans who only transform into wolves under certain phases of the moon?
- In this universe, werewolves and other werebeasts are essentially hybrids. The full moon does make the werewolves unruly and even more wolf-like. The real life answer is probably just aesthetics and the doll line would stick out with a character that doesn't resemble a human so easily.
Is there any evidence whether Frankie is made from dead people or not? In the origional story Frankenstien couldn't use dead people, in at least one remake he used dead body parts.
- I think you're mistaken. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (the book, not the adaptation with Robert De Niro), Victor Frankenstein specifically mentions that he cannot bring CORPSES back to life, but he does get parts from slaughter houses and morgues. But to answer your question, it is never explicitly mentioned if Frankie was made in the same way, although the fact that she is very clearly made from sown-together parts might suggest it.
- I can't speak for the dolls/webisodes, but in the books, Frankie's dad explains that he made her parts himself. Exactly what they're made out of isn't specified, but it's implied to be artificial, not made from actual dead people.
So exactly how long does Duece's stoning last? One webisode has him mention that it'll wear off quickly, a later one shows that he accidentally stoned his pet dragon and only knows it'll wear off on a future anniversary of the day of the accident, and the recent television special had him state that there's no way to determine how long until it wears off. So which is it?
- There's no way of knowing, but the rule of thumb for Deuce is 24 hours.
- Fridge Brilliance if you think about it. Duece was just a child when he accidentally petrified his pet; in real life the bite of a rattlesnake is deadliest when it's very young, before it learns to control the dosage of its venom.
Why did they give Draculaura two beach-themed dolls? Why not give a character like Spectra(who currently only has one doll while Drcaulaura has 6 other dolls not counting Gloom Beach and Skull Shores) one instead?
- Ghoulia and Frankie are in both Gloom Beach and Skull Shores. In the trailer for the Skull Shore specials, we do see Clawdeen and Cleo are wearing new outfits as well, so they might even get a short SS release. As to why Draculaura for her 'special treatment' in getting two beach outfits, she is the most popular character amongst the demographic.
- I just blame Executive Meddling as always.

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