Monster High
tv·TV-Y7·Oct 6, 2022·
Monster High earns its 8/10 woke score by prioritizing identity politics, challenges to traditional norms, and progressive activism over its monster-school premise. Parents should steer clear if they want to avoid heavy-handed messaging aimed at young viewers.
Monster High is a children's animated series reboot centered on a monster school setting that prioritizes progressive messaging around identity politics, hybrid self-acceptance, and defying traditional norms as core drivers of its stories and character arcs.
Established figures like Frankie Stein are recast as non-binary with they/them pronouns, with repeated on-screen affirmations, while plots incorporate elements such as challenging were-world traditions, human-monster misconceptions, climate activism, and anxiety/mentorship themes framed through diversity and inclusion. Showrunner Shea Fontana has described the intent to expand gender definitions and normalize queer representation for young viewers via casual inclusivity and GLAAD-aligned tie-ins, elevating these over original franchise lore. This consistent embedding of ideological content across the reviewed seasons underpins the show's official overall woke score of 8/10.
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We've run a full content analysis on Monster High and scored it 8/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Monster High's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Monster High is rated TV-Y7. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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