Um.

It’s hard to say! Tom is a demon, but it’s hard to say where he falls on the Monster/Mewman spectrum. He seems to occupy an in-between space along with other monstrous-looking species (such as the monster princesses from St. Olga’s) who, for some reason, aren’t considered monsters.

There will be a few episodes in Season 3 which deal (indirectly) with this issue. There’s not a super solid answer, but I would say people see Tom as either:

–half Mewman/half Monster (mixed race! :D )

or

–a monster who has been allowed into Mewman society because of his royalty status/money

In either case, Tom clearly has Mewman “passing privilege” but isn’t quite Mewman in the way that Star and her family are. I can’t imagine Queen Moon would have allowed Star to date someone who openly identified as a Monster. Also yes hi I am applying identity politics terms to a fantasy cartoon world.