Gravedale High

Gravedale High

1990
6.0
1 Seasons
Comedy Animation Family

Human teacher Max Schneider has unwittingly taken a job at Gravedale High, a school for monsters, near the city of Midtown. Schneider, the only human in the school, presides over a group of ghoulish teenagers that are latest-generation versions of classic movie monsters. Most of Schneider's students are either disruptive, uninterested, and/or unduly self-preoccupied in school, and the class is generally considered disreputable if not uncontrollable (not unlike "the Sweathogs" in Welcome Back, Kotter), the implication being Schneider was hired to teach the class because no monster teacher would take the job.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

Long Day's Gurney Into Night

Sid has tonsillitis, and has to go to a human hospital to get it sorted out. How does one perform an operation on someone who is invisible?

Ep 2

Do the Rad Thing

Gill leaves school after Kahuna Bob, his surfer hero, offers to train and mentor him. It'll take more than Schneider, and Gill's schoolmates, to persuade him back to class.

Ep 3

Cleo's Pen Pal

Cleo learns that honesty is by far the best policy when she sends Duzer's picture instead of her own when writing to 'Trudy and the Beast' actor Billy Headstone.

Ep 4

Monster Gumbo

Blanche's monster gumbo recipe proves a real hit for the United Monster Fund's annual charity drive — so much so that Big Daddy will do anything to acquire it for his Gumbo Emporium.

Ep 5

The Dress Up Mess Up

Duzer's plan to win a dress design competition in order to join Mr Schneider's birthday celebration is a spectacular failure — as is the teacher's party. Can a beefburger adequately replace a posh French dinner?

Ep 6

The Grave Intruder

Duzer's attempt to liven up the school's newspaper with sensationalism and scandal can only lead to trouble — and a better understanding of the power of the press.

Ep 7

Fear of Flying

Vinnie is struck by lightning while helping Reggie with his science project and the resultant vertigo makes him afraid to fly. Will he recover before he has to face Nardo in a 'fly or splat' challenge?

Ep 8

He Ain't Scary, He's My Brother

The class learns an important lesson about the value of family when Frankentyke's hunky big brother Frankie pays a visit.

Ep 9

Frankenjockey

Hoover, the thoroughbred racehorse who has never won a race, follows Frankentyke home from a school visit to Thin Peaks Park. Frankentyke is the only one who can ride the horse — but can he save his new friend from the nefarious Liverpool?

Ep 10

Save Our School

Threatened with an F if he fails his politics class, Vinnie stands for school president — and wins. But can he rally the students when unscrupulous developers plot to demolish the school and replace it with a luxury hotel?

Ep 11

Night of the Living Dad

When the students' parents are invited to the school's talent show, Frankentyke, embarrassed by the fact that his father is a human, builds a pseudo dad — who turns out to be even more embarrassing than the real one.

Ep 12

Good-Bye Gravedale

Misunderstandings abound when the class mistakenly believe that Max Schneider is taking a post at another — human — school.

Ep 13

Monster on Trial

When Max is sued for $1 million by a habitual 'staged crash' perpetrator, it's up to Reggie and Frankentyke to try to save the day.

Cast

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Max Schneider (voice)

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Gill Waterman (voice)

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Frankentyke / J.P. Ghastly III (voice)

Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake

Cleofatra (voice)

Kimmy Robertson

Kimmy Robertson

Duzer (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche

Sid / Chef Sal Monella (voice)

Barry Gordon

Barry Gordon

Reggie Moonshroud (voice)

Roger Rose

Roger Rose

Vinnie Stoker (voice)

Shari Belafonte

Shari Belafonte

Blanche (voice)