History Fridge / StarVsTheForcesOfEvil

** Not to mention one crystal has [[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS2E34CrystalClear a black hole]] in it.

* Tom's true motives makes sense when you consider that he hates Marco for what happened with the soul-binding but also respects him as Star's friend. Marco due to his A in psychology and respect for Star was able to talk down Tom from killing him and pointing out that you can't force or trick someone into getting into a relationship with you. Tom was anticipating that Marco would help him keep calm in a similar way, and that if Marco failed, then it wouldn't be a big loss to Tom. What Tom didn't anticipate was that he and Marco would be NotSoDifferent in terms of loving the same boy band and that he would crave Marco's friendship.

* Mina considers Heinous, aka Meteora, to be the most dangerous monster ever. From her point of view, this is completely right. Meteora is a Butterfly, and therefore has a valid claim on the Mewnian throne; and she's also half-monster. She's living proof that Mewnians and Monsters are NotSoDifferent, which would cause huge social and political changes; considering Mina is obsessed with keeping the old ways, Heinous/Meteora is the single most dangerous threat to her whole life philosophy. Plus, all female members ''have'' magic, and combined with monster DNA, she'd be an abomination of sorts.

* With the reveal on Moon's FaceHeelTurn, this scene of Moon and Eclipsa fighting brings into light of this: Had Star and Marco arrived a minute too late, if Eclipsa had completely resisted on standing down, the two would have come back and saw Eclipsa dead in the hands of Star's mother, and Moon's IrrationalHatred focusing on Eclipsa would've made her out to be ''[[NotSoDifferent just like Toffee]]'' who did the same to Moon's mother!

** On one hand, Shastacan's reaction was, to say the least, unloving. He didn't look at her or even bother holding her. While it's [[RealityEnsues understandable]] he wouldn't care about the baby of his wife's lover, even then, [[EveryoneHasStandards anyone else]] would've had the decency to leave her in good hands. He confirms the Monsters' prejudice that mewmans steal babies.

** On that same note, Star is very, ''very'' lucky that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E37Cleaved Meteora didn't turn back into an adult.]]

* Eclipsa's tendency to fly with her parasol-wand may be ShoutOut to Mary Poppins, but this is in many ways more meaningful--think about ''Film/MaryPoppins''; just like her, Eclipsa is a specially talented person who came out of nowhere to take care of and teach a child with [[DaddyIssues Mommy Issues]] by adding excitement to her life. Mary was never really clear about her feelings, either but she did warm up to said child. Eclipsa just taught Star how to be a good, RebelliousPrincess instead of a [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman Quintessential British Lady]]. Unfortunately, Mary ended up having to leave the children she helped raise, just as it came time for Star and Eclipsa to part ways in Season 4. Eclipsa embodying the character archetype winds up being prophetic.
* Why did Toffee cared so much about getting his finger back? Of course there's the simple explanation that he simply hates magic and the mewmans enough to want to getting back the slightest piece of him they took, but also let's remember that he lost that finger when Moon used the nameless spell to avoid war, the lizards were very confident on going to war with mewmans because they are functionally immortal and by destroying his finger permanently she both scared them off and discredit him as a General. It's safe to say that Toffee very much wanted to still go to war with the mewmans even after destroying magic, but he could never form another army of monsters thanks to what Moon did, so he needed his finger back so he could show them that he could "fix" what the spell did to him, meaning he would get his influence back and be start to scheme for war again.

* In a roundabout way, Rhombulus was...kinda right about Star being responsible for the fritz. If Toffee is responsible for the fritz as might be the case, and it's only because He's using half of Star's wand to drain magic from the universe, this was only possible because Star willingly cleaved her wand and he put himself in a dark half. So in a way, although she was manipulated into it, from ACertainPointOfView Star is responsible for the fritz.

* Star and Marco's kiss is already uncomfortable because they were manipulated into it by an ultimate KarmaHoudini but then you realize Star was manipulated into [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on Tom]]. Besides the emotional damage she and Marco are sure to suffer, think about the fallout that could ensue from people who don't buy that Star and Marco were manipulated; Marco could be accused of trying to steal the throne or ruin Mewni's alliance with Tom's kingdom. Or other things...

* Fridge-Heartwarming: Meteora's story has a lovely BookEnds when Eclipsa decides to raise her daughter to be like Star. When she first debuted in the show, she was Miss Heinous, whose school Moon threatened to send Star so she would be just another obedient shell of a princess. Essentially, Moon wanted Eclipsa's daughter to mold Star's character. So in HourglassPlot fashion, it's Eclipsa who decides Moon's daughter Star would be a lovely role model for Meteora. [[StealthPun In other words]], Meteora's gone from the [[DeanBitterman master]] to the [[RaiseThemRightThisTime pupil]].

* Fridge-Heartwarming: Meteora's story has a lovely BookEnds when Eclipsa decides to raise her daughter to be like Star. When she first debuted in the show, she was Miss Heinous, whose school Moon threatened to send Star so she would be just another obedient shell of a princess. Essentially, Moon wanted Eclipsa's daughter to mold Star's character. So in HourglassPlot fashion, it's Eclipsa who decides Moon's daughter Star would be a lovely role model for Meteora. [[StealthPun In other words]], Meteora's gone from the [[DeanBitterman master]] to the [[RaiseEmRightThisTime pupil]].

* Star was taught how to ''snap'' a person's neck by one of her babysitters as a child. Basically the [[CheerfulChild sweet]], [[NiceGirl kind]], [[{{Adorkable}} dorky]] girl we've come to know has the knowledge on how to ''kill'' people.

* There's also some Fridge Sadness regarding how the Mewmans living on Moon and River's village became part of Mina's Solarian army. While it's not as shocking since the Mewmans living there made it constantly clear that they still don't like monsters or Eclipsa's changes, it's disturbing to know that they all willingly joined Mina's crusade to overthrow Eclipsa and destroy all monsters. Mewmans such as [[{{Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E8DownByTheRiver}} Maude Maizely]] or the guy that looks like [[{{Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast}} Gaston]] who we saw as quirky and likable to a degree ended up having a great loathing for monsters and have no issues with terrorizing monsters or harming anyone who stands in their way. It brings to mind how [[EtTuBrute we have our friends and neighbors]] in RealLife who [[ParanoiaFuel may secretly harbor strong racist/prejudiced beliefs and just need the right opportunity to express who they truly are]].

* Food for thought: Moon wanted to send Star to a school modeled after said-abusive-robot-nanny! Imagine how Star or Ponyhead would've turned out if they had stayed at the school. Kind of raises questions of whether the school really is good for princesses in the long run, even the truly wayward ones. In fact, Meteora may be a prime example that St. Olga's brain-washing treatment only exacerbates princesses' unruly behavior with [[SanitySlippage psychological issues]] to boot.

* Since Toffee corrupted all of magic, that included the dimension scissors. Marco wouldn't have been able to go back home to his parents. Rafel and Angie came close to never seeing their son again.

* We see the difference between Eclipsa and Moon as parents: Eclipsa wants to be doting and ignore all of her daughter's flaws, while Moon always harps on Star in the intent of making her a better person. Normally we'd say that a parent should accept their child JustTheWayYouAre, but Moon's legitimate criticisms and advice helped Star grow as a person, while Meteora is stuck as a WomanChild even when she gets a chance at happiness.
** Actually, [[JustifiedTrope Eclipsa didn't even get a chance to raise her daughter in a doting way]] to be responsible for her daughter's [[WomanChild stunted emotional growth]]: that falls to St. Olga, for damaging Meteora/Miss Heinous' psychologically. This is more like a difference between how Moon and ''[[AbusiveParents St. Olga]]'' raised their daughters. Both are strict, but Moon also gave Star ''constructive'' criticism, and took care to show her daughter [[PetTheDog kindness]]. Compared to that, St. Olga treated Meteora's differences as outright flaws, and never displayed any love. This may [[AccidentalAesop unwittingly show]] that there's a [[{{Foil}} sound difference]] between strict parents and abusive parents.

* It makes sense that Eclipsa would be the one to convert Globgor to be a vegetarian: she's a mewman, and thier primary diet is ''corn''.

[[AC: Coronation]]

* Why was Meteora able to effortlessly climb the castle wall in "" but nearly falls in this episode when she tries the same thing? Well, in the former, she only had a diaper on while in the latter, she wore a ceremonial dress with shoes. Obviously, the outfit added on some weight and the shoes made it harder for Meteora to use her feet to climb.

** As horrific as the conditions of St. Olga's is, if you think about it, it is a NecessaryEvil. Each of these princesses is going to inherit powerful kingdoms, and if they are even remotely like Mewni then also powerful magical artifacts. They are doing this to make sure their spoiled offspring don't come to the throne as complete despots. The brainwashing machine thing doesn't seem to be permanent, as Ms. Heinous demonstrates. So without repeated visits to the machine, it is likely all the will happen in the end is their personality will be tempered by the disciplines learned at St. Olga's. Evil? Most certainly. But maybe one must wonder WHAT happened in the past to make this a standard procedure in the first place and why parents may see it as the lesser of two evils.

* The opening song actually has a subtle clue about the world. [[spoiler: Star casually shoots a monster who is just standing there and doing no harm, which [[TurnsRed angers him]] but she is shuffled off before anything happens. It's pretty indicative of the Mewni-Monster relationship, uncalled for aggression by the Mewnians followed by them successfully avoiding the reprisals of the monsters. Plus, if one remembers Star's narration, she said she fought monsters a lot, but what fraction of those monsters were the sapient ones?]]
* Ludo's [[spoiler: becoming a serious threat in Season 2 may have been foreshadowed by his name. Ludo is a board game based heavily on Pachisi. What's another board game based on Pachisi? Trouble.]]

* Gustav says a lot of incredibly false facts about Scandinavia, but it would make a bit more sense [[spoiler: when you consider that he's not actually from Scandinavia]].

* Star accidentally freezes time for herself... yet Marco is unaffected and can walk around just fine. [[spoiler: This is because two episodes ago they accidentally grafted their souls together in the underworld]]. The wand simply mistook Marco for Star and exempted him from the effects!

** Although is goals earlier on were stated to be purely selfish in wanting his "big boy body" and getting respect and girls. ''This'' turns out to be because [[spoiler: he is the runt of his family and should be much taller (and was bullied by his parents for it, in an attempt to "toughen him up"]].

* The episode title sounds like an odd one for an episode that starts out lighthearted and [[spoiler: ends with Toffee causing mutiny and tossing Ludo out of his castle.]] Then you realize it's a pun on GrowingTheBeard; Marco wants facial hair to impress Jackie and appear more mature, while [[spoiler:Toffee revealed his intentions.]]

* Toffee being able to [[spoiler: regenerate limbs should actually be obvious when you consider that he's a lizard.]]

** His calm demeanor even when the wand [[spoiler: blows up]]can be further explained in that, with all of his knowledge of the Whispering Spell and how the wand works, he knew being in the [[spoiler: blast radius]] would [[spoiler: put him in the wand]] not [[spoiler: kill him]].

* [[spoiler: Star]] having a crush on [[spoiler: Marco]] and not vice versa makes sense since during the [[spoiler: Blood Moon Ball, Star was the one smitten until finding out it was Marco she was dancing with. Marco meanwhile just wanted to get his friend out of there. Star isn't sure how to deal with the feelings she had vs her normal conception of Marco as her best friend and has been thinking about it ever since the dance. Marco didn't have mistaken feelings for Star,Whyhyf so he still just thinks of her as a friend.]]

*** He got his [[spoiler: relationship upgrade]] and this was [[spoiler: almost]] the case.
** Another hint to [[spoiler:this crush]] is that the girls hear Marco playing jazz on a keyboard, ''very well'', while dressed in a suave outfit. Who else played an instrument while dressed in a "cool outfit" and won [[spoiler:Star over? Oskar.]] Also, another hint for [[spoiler:Star's crush on Oskar fading is that he plays the keytar terribly and incorrectly, while Marco shows that he can play piano well.]]

* The episode has Marco wanting a plum wallet, but later claiming that Prussian Blue is his favorite color. Yet in the previous episode he passed the truth game by saying his favorite color was red. [[spoiler: The gradient shows him changing in his tastes much like Star, as something that used to be an important part of him changed over time.]]

* Tom's [[spoiler:true motives]] makes sense when you consider that he hates Marco for what happened with the soul-binding but also respects him as Star's friend. Marco due to his A in psychology and respect for Star was able to talk down Tom from killing him and pointing out that you can't force or trick someone into getting into a relationship with you. Tom was anticipating that Marco would [[spoiler:help him keep calm in a similar way, and that if Marco failed, then it wouldn't be a big loss to Tom.]] What Tom didn't anticipate was that [[spoiler:he and Marco would be NotSoDifferent in terms of loving the same boy band]] and that [[spoiler:he would crave Marco's friendship]].

* The Doylist reason why [[spoiler:Glossaryck can't simply return to Star willingly]] is that we wouldn't have the remainder of season two and possibly season three. The Watsonian reason is that [[spoiler:Glossaryck likes doing things his way, and at the moment he can't openly help Star due to Ludo "owning" the book, or so he says. Star is also more motivated to practice her magic now that Glossaryck is in danger and has apparently allied with Ludo, when before she was slacking off and doing her own thing.]]

* Ludo's younger brother is named Dennis, being the OddNameOut among his sibling. Depending on whether he was born before or after Ludo [[spoiler: took over the family castle]] then his parents changed their naming scheme either because of shame at his being the runt or because they didn't want a reminder of their own failures.

* Suddenly Ludo being a ManChild makes sense when he reveals that [[spoiler:he was neglected, due to being one of fifty children. He never properly grew up, until exiled to the wild. Often children that grow up in abusive and neglectful environments become abusive and neglectful in turn.]]

* The ending of the episode is a bookends with the first episode. Star begins her friendship with Marco when he stops from her leaving and tells her that he wants her to stay on Earth. The two hug and happily go off looking forward to adventures together. [[spoiler: Star leaves Earth at the end of Starcrushed telling Marco that she has a crush on him and runs off crying. Marco isn't able to respond to that quick enough and she leaves Earth. Her time on Earth ends in the opposite manner that it began.]]
* Why was the normal ending theme song not played at the end of "Starcrushed"? Because [[spoiler:Star is no longer on Earth to sing it]], of course.

* Star not showing any tact in her confession to Marco is obviously motivated by the lack of time she has, but considering literally everybody on Mewni knows about her crush on [[spoiler: Marco]] because of Song Day, it's not really much of a loss to let few dozen more people know.

* Mina considers Heinous, aka [[spoiler: Meteora]], to be the most dangerous monster ever. From her point of view, this is completely right. [[spoiler: Meteora is a Butterfly, and therefore has a valid claim on the Mewnian throne; and she's also half-monster. She's living proof that Mewnians and Monsters are NotSoDifferent, which would cause huge social and political changes; considering Mina is obsessed with keeping the old ways, Heinous/Meteora is the single most dangerous threat to her whole life philosophy. Plus, all female members ''have'' magic, and combined with monster DNA, she'd be an abomination of sorts]].
** Also, in regards to the Mewman-Monster party, [[spoiler: Mina might've been separating the monsters and the mewmans so as to prevent a teen pregnancy between a monster and a mewman. After all, it's not uncommon that an unauthorized party thrown by teenagers can lead to any number of consequences. Supported by the fact that the first people she targeted were a male monster and mewman princess who wandered into a secluded part of the temple together.]]
* At first, Tom getting beaten by [[spoiler: Mina seems like TheWorfEffect, given he's a pretty powerful Demon Prince. But then one recalls "Demoncism" and it makes sense: that demon that was removed from him! Without it, he's a notch less powerful than he was before the ritual, and he was facing a NighInvulnerable BloodKnight, who'd have been a dangerous opponent for him even at his prime.]]
* Retroactively, Miss Heinous being so caring and motherly to Rasticore's arm may be explained by [[spoiler: the fact that she is half-monster herself and has noticeably reptilian features such as a scaly arm. Might double as fridge TearJerker since Meteora lost her own mother to Rhombulus and she was likely subconsciously trying to recreate her lost childhood. It also doubles as AmnesiacResonance from a dim recollection of lost memories]].
* Miss Heinous ([[spoiler:Meteora]]) despite her [[DeanBitterman personality]] is shown to have a love of loud rock music, in "Total Eclipsa The Moon" [[spoiler:her mother, Eclipsa]] is shown playing an electric guitar (made of bones), perhaps [[spoiler:Meteora frequently heard her mother playing that music when she was very young and still has vague memories of it]].

* In hindsight, the Council being arbitrary [[spoiler:and prone to causing coups]] was foreshadowed in "Running With Scissors" when Heckapoo goaded Marco into reclaiming the scissors by chasing her for ''years'' into other worlds. The sensible thing would have been to confiscate the scissors, ask Marco where a mere mortal had gotten them, and explain why he shouldn't have had a pair, let alone abused it. Marco had no idea about the rules that govern interdimensional travel, and his going scissors-happy occurred due to trying to find walking space for the laser puppies. The episode used comedy to completely make the viewers forget that Heckapoo is very arbitrary and WouldHurtAChild using magic and emotional abuse.

* There's a reason why in "Moon the Undaunted", Rhombulus froze Eclipsa right on the spot: [[spoiler: he was afraid either Eclipsa or Moon would figure out they weren't related.]]
* The royal Butterfly women name their daughters after celestial bodies or events: Moon, Star, Eclipsa...Festivia seems to be the odd one out, as her name relates more closely to her personality than the skies or space. This is most likely because Festivia is the only known queen to be named [[spoiler: by ''someone outside of the royal family''.]]

* A bit of WMG involved, but think back to the game Buff Frog had of Mewmans kidnapping monster babies. Moon admitted she couldn't remember a time when monsters actually stole Mewman babies, but we never heard if Buff Frog remembered Mewmans stealing monster babies. [[spoiler: What if the monsters think of the Heinous cover-up as ''Mewmans stealing a monster baby?!'']]

* Tom believed Marco was bluffing when he confessed about [[spoiler:kissing Star, most likely due to his experience with Marco in "Mr. Candle Cares", where he actually fell for Marco's lie about him and Star being "Smooch Buddies"]].

* Why are Rombulus's snake hands so willing to go along with his plan of [[spoiler:freeing Globgor so he could crystallize him ''and'' Eclipsa]] despite previous showing them to be a voice of reason to him? Because they remember what Eclipsa did to them in "Swim Suit" and they've been feeling vindictive.

* It takes a while to realize, [[spoiler: after the shock sets in, that Moon is meant to be a ShadowArchetype of the audience if they hadn't come to realize sooner that Eclipsa is a [[GoodAllAlong genuinely good person]]. Whilst the audience has come to terms that Eclipsa is just a misunderstood character who deserves a chance, Moon still won't trust her after all she's done to prove her trustworthiness.]]
* Thus far, with Rhombulus being [[spoiler: overtaken by his BlackAndWhiteInsanity, he acts as a {{Foil}} for Eclipsa, in terms of their friendship with Star. Remember back in "Swim Suit" when the two were butting heads? The episode is meant to establish that while both are easily swayed to do the right thing whenever Star [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out on their actions]], Eclipsa learns from her mistakes and strives to be a better person because of it. Rhombulus on the other hand continues to blindly believe his bigoted ways are right, even when Star is advocating for the monsters' ''rights''.]]

* The concept of the word "cleaved" doesn't apply just to [[spoiler: Star and Marco's dimensions coming together. It unwittingly acts as a [[ShutUpHannibal defiance]] to Mina's philosophy about racism lasting. Yes racism doesn't die easily. But if Eclipsa and Globgor and the monsters are any indication, you can cleave two different races apart, but they always find a way to cleave together.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: the two worlds merging presents a nice StealthPun for how outmoded Mina's philosophy is: it's a new world.]]
* Fridge-Heartwarming: Meteora's story has a lovely BookEnds when [[spoiler: Eclipsa decides to raise her daughter to be like Star. When she first debuted in the show, she was Miss Heinous, whose school Moon threatened to send Star so she would be just another obedient shell of a princess. Essentially, Moon wanted Eclipsa's daughter to mold Star's character. So in HourglassPlot fashion, it's Eclipsa who decides Moon's daughter Star would be a lovely role model for Meteora. [[StealthPun In other words]], Meteora's gone from the [[DeanBitterman master]] to the [[RaiseEmRightThisTime pupil]].]]
* There's a significance to why Star, Moon, Eclipsa and Meteora have cheek marks that resemble playing card symbols (respectively heart, diamond, spades, and clovers): [[spoiler: It's meant to mark them as the significant characters who would destroy the magic and ultimately save the day.]]
* Why did [[spoiler: the worlds merge at the end? In a lot of media it is common for magic users to be more powerful if they are either in contact with another magic user or when two or more magic users say the same chant concurrently. In Star VS, both are shown to be true. Eclipsa gets a power boost when in contact with Moon during Moons fight with Meteora. Eclipsa, Moon, Star and Meteora are able to cast the whispering spell by doing it together. Star and Marco were both magic users and in physical contact when they shared the phrase "with or without magic, we belong together". This as indicated by their glowing cheek marks was in fact a spell. It's likely they used the last bit of magic to cast a super spell that merged the world's without realizing it.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: remember that an agreement between queens is powerful enough to overcome anything. It's how Eclipsa was freed upon Toffee's death, as their agreement is stronger than Rhombulus's crystals (she tells Moon this when making the deal). So what two queens made the agreement? It was the "we belong together" pact between Queens Star and Queen Turdina/Marco!!! (Remember, this is consistent regardless of bloodline, as otherwise Moon couldn't have triggered it, and as was stated in Marco's last visit to St. Olga's, "boys can be princesses too!"]]
* [[spoiler: It was said that magic being destroyed would send everyone back where they belonged. The worlds merging may have been because Star and Marco, as they said, belonged ''together'', and the magic merging Earth and Mewni was an attempt to reconcile that with them being from two entirely different dimensions]].
* [[spoiler: Glossaryck and Heckapoo seemed a bit too eager to allow Star and the Queens to destroy the magic saying that despite being sustained by magic, thus losing their lives if it doesn't exist, they are in agreement that the worlds are better off without it. Being basically immortal, both of them have probably seen generation upon generation use and abuse magic to their own ends, mainly with Mewmans who have used it to conquer lands that rightfully belong to monsters. What's worse is that the Mewman peasants, who don't even use magic, are all shown to be lazy, complacent, and incompetent because their queen(s) have been aiding and leading them with magic the whole time. And now that the Solarians have become magically enhanced, their first action is to kill all monsters and monster sympathizers, proving once and for all that Mewmans did not deserve magic.]]
** [[spoiler: This helps explain why Heckapoo is so selective about handing out her dimension scissors as she would only give one to the royal families or to anyone who earns it by completing her challenge as seen in "Running with Scissors"]]
** [[spoiler: Glossaryck [[WhoWantsToLiveForever probably wanted this to happen anyway]]. Setting into action Toffee's hatred of magic, reasons why Eclipsa was one of his favorite students, his teaching of Star, and why one of the first spells his students learn is the Whispering Spell. We could probably see it in his actions too. Eclipsa never questioned Glossaryck's teachings, and considering how her magic causes corruption within its user, he was probably set to have her destroy magic, but then Rhombulus froze her. When Toffee corrupted the magic realm, we see him resigned to his fate and not even trying to save himself, but then Star "dipped down" to save it. It then fell to Star to finish the job as he discovered from that incident that her magical potential far exceeds Eclipsa's. All he had to do now was nudge Star in the right direction and while he gave her a scenario that made it seem like she would have to sacrifice everything, she still did the right thing and she was rewarded with a world without magic, but one where she can be with Marco.]]
* [[spoiler:When Mina saw Solaria siding with Eclipsa and the "Monster-Smoochers," she (and the audience) were confused by this because she was the monster carver, Mina's idol. However, this troper did not think it was too far out of nowhere with her. Because of one thing: Solaria ''loves'' her daughter more than she ''hates'' monsters. When Eclipsa was young, she and her mother were very close, with Eclipsa even emulating her quirkiness as an adult. So what happened with Mina was a case of EvilCannotComprehendGood, or rather, hatred cannot comprehend '''love.''']]
** [[spoiler: There's also an interesting foil between the two and how love and hate respectively changed them. Mina was once a sweet, humble girl who only began following Solaria out of inspiration. When the monsters assassinated her hero, it must've [[StartOfDarkness cemented]] her [[ThePowerOfHate hatred]] for the monsters. Solaria on the other hand was a proud, ruthless warrior who let nothing and no one change her views on monsters. But when it came down to (posthumously) helping her daughter Eclipsa save monsters from the Solarian knights, Solaria [[TookALevelInKindness had a change of heart]] to aid someone she [[ThePowerOfLove loved]].]]

** Adding on to this, Star chews out Marco for not trusting her judgment even though he meant well. As the season finale shows, however, [[spoiler: during one of the few times Marco can't help her, due to being held hostage, Star's judgment and lack of battle strategy nearly leads to Marco getting crushed, and to the Wand getting destroyed. Marco was proven right.]]

* Tom's definitive character flaw is his inability to take "no" for an answer. He uses pyromancy to stop Star from walking away, and aside from the time when he loses his hand (which hurt) and when[[spoiler: the blood moon selects Marco ]], he's been shown getting mad only when Star doesn't want to do something that he wants to do.

** Adding on this this, there are some theories that Marco handles gender dysphoria on a regular basis. These instances seem more frequent in season two: [[spoiler:he asks if he can keep the dress after he's tortured, calls the other princesses his "fellow wayward sisters", is scared about being buried in a suit, and enjoys wearing ballet slippers around the house]]. Could it be that St. Olga's torture is causing him to suffer a gender identity crisis?

* Toffee, as he and Ludo lampshade, has gotten the monsters closer to the wand and [[spoiler: succeeded in destroying it, which is apparently what Toffee wanted.]] It's fortunate that he came towards the end of the season, when Star was more accomplished at using her wand. How much sooner would he have attained his goals if he had appeared and [[spoiler: kicked Ludo out]] when Star had just arrived on Earth and was more inept with magic?

* [[spoiler: Mr. Candle is revealed to have teamed up with Tom in order to get Tom and Star back together and Marco decides to pretend to be Star's [[FriendsWithBenefits Friend With Benefits]], causing Tom to kidnap and torture him. Since Tom did this after believing that Marco is too big of a threat to ignore, it makes you wonder what he's done to Star's previous ex boyfriends (if she's had any after him)]]
** Oskar came out of the guidance counselor's office [[spoiler: unscathed because neither he nor Star mentions their ongoing flirting by phone and music on Oskar's part. Just what would Tom have done to Oskar if Star had mentioned that she was crushing on him? Would he have stopped at the ColdBloodedTorture or have done worse?]]
** Also [[spoiler: Star came very close to mutilating an innocent, harmless mermaid, who she apparently knew given that she refers to her by name during her apology after Marco stops her.]]

* [[spoiler: Tom uses Mackie Hand tickets in order to gain a badge in anger management classes]]; the FridgeHorror comes in two forms. The first idea is that Tom still might not have accepted that he and Star are not getting back together and he might have been watching or reading the thoughts of Star and Marco without their knowledge so that he can set up the test. The second idea is that Tom is still bitter about Marco accidentally stealing his dance with Star and still wishes to be with her.

** We did eventually find out in "Into the Wand" that the spells become heavily deformed and incapable of action. [[spoiler: However, Toffee's finger was in the wand as the thing that didn't belong, it might mean that the spells could still be affected by this.]]

** He's also now [[spoiler:dating Jackie]], which means he's a [[OlderThanTheyLook young looking adult]] [[spoiler:dating a 14 year old girl]].

** How many people in Marco's situation have [[spoiler:died trying to get their scissors back from Hekapoo, due to the YearInsideHourOutside qualities of her dimension?]]

* In a roundabout way, Rhombulus was...kinda right about Star being responsible for the fritz. If [[spoiler: Toffee]] is responsible for the fritz as might be the case, and it's only because [[spoiler: He's using half of Star's wand to drain magic from the universe]], this was only possible because Star willingly cleaved her wand and [[spoiler: he put himself in a dark half]]. So in a way, although she was manipulated into it, from ACertainPointOfView Star is responsible for the fritz.

** Is [[spoiler: Eclipsa]] one of them?

* [[spoiler:Toffee entered Ludo's wand, and his finger was in Star's cleaved part. He's able to take over Ludo when the latter reads the forbidden page, and in "Page Turner" while the dark magic was a NoSell on Star, it corrupted Marco. If Star hadn't removed Toffee's fingers from her wand, would Toffee have possessed Marco?!]]
* Glossaryck reveals that [[spoiler:he's on no one's side, and Rhombulus has said that Glossaryck is the "most powerful magical jerk in the universe". How exactly are he and Toffee going to ally?]]

** [[spoiler: It happened, but he died anyway]].

* Suppose Star and Marco started dating, especially now that [[spoiler:Star has revealed her crush to Marco, [[InnocentlyInsensitive in front of Jackie]] before running off in tears]]. As friends, Star shows a lack of consideration for Marco's feelings and human vulnerability. He always bends over backward to help her more than the other way around. She nearly got them killed in the first season finale to get a "stupid sandwich," as Marco tells her angrily, and later got him a gift card despite Marco not being a happy shopper and [[spoiler:the card threatening to kill them]]. In "Crystal Clear" [[spoiler:she and Rhombulus use a crystallized Marco as a table and she refuses to tell him what happened when Rhombulus reverses the spell.]] This relationship dynamic is ''not healthy'' and it hasn't really improved. How long would they last as a couple before their former friendship sours?

* [[spoiler:The Magical High Commission may be revived, except for Lekmet. And he and Rhombulus were boyfriends according to WordOfGay. So, imagine his reaction to finding out his beloved boyfriend is now dead?]]

* It always seemed odd that someone would be named something as obviously evil as 'Miss Heinous', even in the over-the-top world of SVTFOE. With the revelation that she is actually [[spoiler:Eclipsa's half-monster daughter, and that her name was originally Meteora]], it is disturbingly possible that the Mewmans (or maybe the Magic High Comission) renamed her 'Miss Heinous' as a reflection of what they believed her very existence to be.
** Confirmed in "Skooled!" when it is shown that "Heinous" is an AppropriatedAppellation, given to her by St. Olga when [[spoiler:King Shastacan]] denounced her very existence.

* Realizing that [[spoiler:Globgor, Meteora's father, was literally one room away from Star, Mina and the others during the nursery confrontation]].

* Star and Marco's [[spoiler:kiss is already uncomfortable because they were manipulated into it by an ultimate KarmaHoudini but then you realize Star was manipulated into [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on Tom]]. Besides the emotional damage she and Marco are sure to suffer, think about the fallout that could ensue from people who don't buy that Star and Marco were manipulated; Marco could be accused of trying to steal the throne or ruin Mewni's alliance with Tom's kingdom. Or other things...]]

** What if ''he'' decides to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and Eclipsa has to fight him? The only reason Meteora survived is because [[spoiler: Star willingly gave Meteora her magic]], and it's highly unlikely anyone would do the same for him...which means that Eclipsa might have to kill her beloved husband.

* With the reveal on [[spoiler:Moon's FaceHeelTurn, this scene of Moon and Eclipsa fighting brings into light of this: Had Star and Marco arrived a minute too late, if Eclipsa had completely resisted on standing down, the two would have come back and saw Eclipsa dead in the hands of Star's mother, and Moon's IrrationalHatred focusing on Eclipsa would've made her out to be ''[[NotSoDifferent just like Toffee]]'' who did the same to Moon's mother!]]
* There's also some Fridge Sadness regarding how [[spoiler: the Mewmans living on Moon and River's village]] became part of Mina's Solarian army. While it's not as shocking since [[spoiler: the Mewmans living there made it constantly clear that they still don't like monsters or Eclipsa's changes, it's disturbing to know that they all willingly joined Mina's crusade to overthrow Eclipsa and destroy all monsters. Mewmans such as [[{{Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E8DownByTheRiver}} Maude Maizely]] or the guy that looks like [[{{Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast}} Gaston]] who we saw as quirky and likable to a degree ended up having a great loathing for monsters and have no issues with terrorizing monsters or harming anyone who stands in their way. It brings to mind how [[EtTuBrute we have our friends and neighbors]] in RealLife who [[ParanoiaFuel may secretly harbor strong racist/prejudiced beliefs and just need the right opportunity to express who they truly are]]]].

* Star's plan to stop Mina's rampage and plans of genocide against the monsters by [[spoiler: destroying magic itself]] logically implicates that this very act is itself [[spoiler:a bigger genocide if Star goes through with it, given that there are millions if not billions of beings ''made'' of magic in the multiverse. Entire episodes have been designated to showing characters made of magic; the Spells, the Magic High Commission and beings like them, and everything and everyone that lives in the Magic Dimension for a start. If Star goes through with destroying magic, she will presumably be killing all of them solely to save a portion of her country. In that moment, if she does it, Star will become just as morally controversial a character as the most notorious of the past Mewni royalty whose legacies burden her decisions--if not moreso]].
** [[spoiler: On that same note, Star is very, ''very'' lucky that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E37Cleaved Meteora didn't turn back into an adult.]]]]

* [[spoiler:Magic is destroyed, Mewni and Earth are fused. But Mina's still out there, humans clearly are going to have a lot of adaptations to make. And if Ponyhead is any indication, non-Mewmans have retained their special abilities. How hard will it be for Mina to amass a new army?]]
** [[spoiler:Not hard at all. Humankind has a history filled with racism, xenophobia, and other prejudices. Prejudices that are still around to this day. Now humankind finds their world cleaved with a world that was struggling with treating monsterkind as an equal. [[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS2E9Starstruck In her debut,]] Mina was able to convince half a random group of humans to make her their ruler. Now imagine what she could do with billions of frightened, confused humans.]]
** [[spoiler:Even worse. Mina doesn't have access to magic, but she now has access to human weaponry, and science on Earth in this series is shown to be fairly advanced, so she can probably just kidnap some human scientists to make her into SuperSoldier again]].
* [[spoiler: Magic came into existence once before, and the Realm of Magic managed to recover from Toffee's corruption thanks to Star, so TheMagicComesBack could easily happen one day. And that's not even going into things like how the Ponyheads can still fly, albeit without sparkles, despite magic supposedly being all gone]].
* [[spoiler:Now that several dimensions have merged, try not to think about how much chaos Earth's governments are in]].
* [[spoiler:What is the fate of all the beings that Rhombulus have trapped in his crystals at the end? Apparently there where only two ways to free someone from a crystal, one being the crystal melted by Rhombulus himself (dead) and the other a spell that can break the crystal (a ''magic'' spell). Practically, the destruction of the magic dimension condemned all Rhombulus victims to be trapped in a crystal [[AndIMustScream forever]].]]
** [[spoiler:In an alternative case scenario in which the crystals disappear after Rhombulus' death, all the dangerous creatures that where trapped by Rhombulus will be free, and if he was right about their evilness, that will not end well.]]
*** [[spoiler:Assuming they're truly evil in the first place, Rhombulus has a pretty skewed definition of what constitutes a "bad guy".]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention one crystal has [[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS2E34CrystalClear a black hole]] in it.]]
* [[spoiler:The Mewmans are now powerless...and Seth's fate is unknown. Seeing as the ''only'' way he or his species are capable of dying at all was the Spell With No Name, unless Moon killed him with it, he's still out there, still extremely dangerous to the point Globgor is scared of him, and still a racist who would rather see everyone suffer than accept peace with the Mewmans. What's going to happen when he or at least those with his mindset learn the Mewmans are powerless?]]
* [[spoiler: Reynaldo most likely [[DyingAlone died completely alone]] and with no idea what was happening.]]
* [[spoiler: TheMenInBlack are going to have a field day with Mewni.]]