The 26-episode first season premiered on June 25, 2017, on Disney Channel in the United States, with the first episode released earlier on June 20, 2017, on the WATCH Disney Channel app, YouTube, and VOD.[1] The last eight episodes of the first season were first streamed onto Netflix in the United States on June 25, 2018, prior to their television air dates. In Canada, the series premiered October 2, 2017, on Teletoon.
On September 12, 2018, a second season was announced.[3] The second season premiered on October 8, 2019, and ended being cancelled October 29, 2020.
The series has currently not been released on DVD or any home media format.
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These shorts were released through WATCH Disney Channel and Disney Channel's YouTube, they also sometimes air on Disney Channel during commercial breaks.
No.
Title
Written and storyboarded by
Original release date
1
"Summer Vacation"
Unknown
June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
A compilation of clips from the first season.
2
"Drac Be Trippin'"
Michael D'Ascenzo
June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)
Drac is a terrible packer, so Mavis wants to help make sure he has everything he'll need while away at the Vampire Council.
3
"Who's the Boss"
Michael D'Ascenzo
June 18, 2017 (2017-06-18)
With her dad leaving for the Vampire Council, Mavis wants to prove that she can be the hotel's temporary manager, so she shows off all the great things she's done around the hotel.
4
"Ballad of Mavis"
Unknown
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)
Mavis is the frightener of humans and caused the most blood-curdling scream on Bad Friday!
When an unexpected visit from an infant human brings chaos to the hotel, Mavis and her friends must make sure that her Aunt Lydia never finds out, not to mention let it intervene with the hotel's inspection.
After finding her long-lost spirit doll, Mavis decides to have some fun with her. But the hidden truth is, the "playful" doll wants to be with Mavis and her friends – forever. Now, Mavis must figure out how to get rid of the annoying undetachable nuisance before it's too late.
Mavis disguises herself as a human to spy on a family, but ends up babysitting a child. Her and her friends engage in shenanigans around the house, but soon the real babysitter shows up and informs the mother of the monsters. The house is then put on lockdown, and the monsters have to find a way to escape. In the end, Mavis decides humans shouldn't be feared.
Mavis and her friends are visited by Claus, her cousin who wishes to prove he's better at playing phlegm ball than her. When she learns her friends have been letting her win, Mavis accepts Claus' challenge, but her dad's lucky fangs are on the line.
Aunt Lydia's favourate author, Cornelius Shivers, re-visits the Bed and Breakfast, not realising when the kids cleaned up after a party they accidentally got rid of the ghost author who really writes his books.
When Mavis accidentally gets rid of Pedro's wraps, she tries to replace them but doesn't use the right material, and he starts to assume a new identity.
Curious to know the secret behind Halloween, Mavis and her cousins break out of lockdown to find the truth before Aunt Lydia discovers them missing. At the Vampire Council, Dracula runs off to find and protect Mavis. He reveals to her that many centuries ago, a curious young monster had caused the mythical "Pumpkin Guts" to rise and terrorize the monster world and that he was the culprit. He and Mavis then fight as bats to stop it and learn that candy is its weakness.
Mavis uses a cursed code to beat the video game, Rainbow Doom, but now she's caused the game to exit the TV and literally begin to take over the monster world, starting with Hotel Transylvania.
Mavis tries to keep things under control when Cornelius Shivers comes to visit; he is writing a book about the hotel, and Mavis wants to use her skills as leverage to be appointed full-time manager.
The kids are the prime suspects after a priceless Dracula family heirloom is found destroyed. Aunt Lydia is forced to put them all on trial when no one owns up.
Mavis' werewolf pals from her old Ghoul Guide troop are coming to the hotel for a visit and Mavis is super excited because it's their chance to finally earn the last badge on their Ghoul Guides sash.
On Mavis' 115th birthday, she wants to travel to the mysterious and dangerous Fangceañera realm to earn her Dracula cape by a task spun on the Wheel of Destiny, but her overprotective father ruins her plans.
Mavis falls asleep while sitting for a portrait by Zombie Michelangelo, leading to an embarrassing portrait. But she and her friends' efforts to fix the portrait lead to magical problems.
Mavis wins a trip to visit Nuge LaRouche's phlegm ball fantasy camp. When Nuge treats her friends rudely, she helps them land a slam dunk on him, destroying his confidence.
Mavis and Pedro lie about their birthdays to get free ice cream. When their lie fools Death, he decides to turn them both to babies to straighten out his records.
Mavis accidentally throws out Tiffany's magic wand while emptying the lost and found. Kitty gets her hand on the wand and uses it to cast a spell over the entire hotel.
Mavis confronts Krampus because he is slacking on the job but inadvertently convinces him to take a vacation. She has to team up with a strange, bearded man to save Creepmas.
The Werewolf twins have a falling out while trying to run a Phlegmonade stand. Mavis thinks the solution is for Sophie and Charlotte to spend time apart.
Mavis attempts to perform the Vamp Stamp, a move made infamous by her ancestor, Lycidias Dracula, that emits powerful shockwaves that can knock back any monster and human attack. But when Mavis disturbs his lost crypt, she unleashes an underworld of trouble. Dracula returns to help his sister and brother try to stop their ancestor from dominating the monster world again and release Mavis from his control. Mavis ultimately manages to overcome him by doing the powerful Vamp Stamp move. The spirit of Lycidias is trapped within Klaus' smoothie cup and locked in the basement. Dracula then makes the decision to remain at the Hotel in case other ancient threats emerge in order to keep his daughter safe, although Lydia remains at the Hotel. Wendy accidentally breaks the glass lantern and Lycidias' dark essence is released with the intent of causing great harm to both the Underworld and the monster world.
The title is a play on What Lies Beneath as reference to the ancient crypt of Lycidias Dracula being hidden deep underneath the Hotel.
Note: This episode is the series finale of Hotel Transylvania: The Series, where it ends the series on a cliffhanger. (Hotel Transylvania: The Series was Sony Pictures Animation's first television series to end on a cliffhanger.)