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* This episode reveals Janna can stop her own heart on a whim, requiring her to be revived by the medical staff that's nearby. While it's PlayedForLaughs and provides Marco with a distraction, think about the implications of this: One, Janna has to have done this before at some point to have learned how to do it, and two, the first time she did it, she did so ''without even knowing that she would ever wake up again.'' How deep does her nightmare fetishm go that she was willing to potentially ''kill herself'' over it?
** And that's not even getting into ''why'' she was looking into ways to stop her heart in the first place...
** Imagine how her parents must have reacted when they heard their daughter's heart stopped and she had to be revived. And the fact that it was ''self inflicted'' makes it ten times worse, since she worried them sick for no real reason, and it could potentially spell problems down the road if her heart actually stopped for real without her input. Imagine how Janna's parents must feel knowing their daughter can put her own life in danger on a whim just out of personal amusement.
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* Was Star actually aware subconsciously of what she was doing? She seemingly acts like a mindless animal acting on its primal urges, but the fact that she recognizes Oskar means there was still semblance of her old self there, and she seemingly remembers what happened after she turns back to normal at the end of the episode. If that's the case, that means Star was aware on some level that she was attacking her friends, and presumably also knew that she almost did something really bad to her best friend, yet she was unable to control herself or make herself stop. Perhaps she would have been able to recognize Marco and stop if he jogged her memory in some way, but what would she have done with him afterwards if Oskar hadn't been her target of affection?
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** She technically ''is'' still a princess by birth due to her father's side, but the point still stands. Besides, Star most likely doesn't care about that point regardless and there's no kingdom or other dimension to rule over so it doesn't make a difference anyway.
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* At the beginning of the series, monsters are drawn much uglier and act much more crude than they do later on, where they are drawn much cleaner, cuter, and are more civilized. This includes Mrs Skullnick, who's noticeably rather grotesque in her troll form in the early episodes, but loses much of it by season 2. It can be seen as EarlyInstallmentWierdness, but there's another reason: most of the show is from Star's point of view, so we're seeing the monsters how ''Star'' sees them. At the beginning, she simply sees them as disgusting, annoying pests that are the enemy of her kingdom, but she later grows to understand the conflict is much more than that, and takes the time to get to know some of the monsters personally, which reveals most of them are good people at heart. Thus, the reason why monsters are portrayed much better in later seasons is because that's how Star now sees them, which means the audience seems them as such too.

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* At the beginning of the series, monsters are drawn much uglier and act much more crude than they do later on, where they are drawn much cleaner, cuter, and are more civilized. This includes Mrs Skullnick, who's noticeably rather grotesque in her troll form in the early episodes, but loses much of it by season 2. It can be seen as EarlyInstallmentWierdness, EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, but there's another reason: most of the show is from Star's point of view, so we're seeing the monsters how ''Star'' sees them. At the beginning, she simply sees them as disgusting, annoying pests that are the enemy of her kingdom, but she later grows to understand the conflict is much more than that, and takes the time to get to know some of the monsters personally, which reveals most of them are good people at heart. Thus, the reason why monsters are portrayed much better in later seasons is because that's how Star now sees them, which means the audience seems sees them as such too.
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* At the beginning of the series, monsters are drawn much uglier and act much more crude than they do later on, where they are drawn much cleaner, cuter, and are more civilized. This includes Mrs Skullnick, who's noticeably rather grotesque in her troll form in the early episodes, but loses much of it by season 2. It can be seen as EarlyInstallmentWierdness, but there's another reason: most of the show is from Star's point of view, so we're seeing the monsters how ''Star'' sees them. At the beginning, she simply sees them as disgusting, annoying pests that are the enemy of her kingdom, but she later grows to understand the conflict is much more than that, and takes the time to get to know some of the monsters personally, which reveals most of them are good people at heart. Thus, the reason why monsters are portrayed much better in later seasons is because that's how Star now sees them, which means the audience seems them as such too.

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* This episode explains how Toffee was so knowledgeable about the wand and Star's family back in Season 1 (such as how he knew ahead of time that the Whispering Spell would put him inside the wand, not kill him). He witnessed firsthand what the royal family was capable of and paid the price for it with his finger, so he likely did extensive research into magic and the Butterfly family's history to learn how Moon managed to develop a spell to bypass his immortality. This also explains why he doesn't make an attempt on Star's life (until he's corrupted all the magic in the universe anyway) or has any personal interest in her: it would have been suicide as long as the Butterfly family had access to magic.
** As for why Toffee was so caught off guard by Star's Mewberty transformation that ended up killing him? He never faced Moon in her powered up form, so he had no experience dealing with it. And who was going to expect that the hyperactive, destructive joke of a princess that doesn't listen to authority would ''rise from the dead'' and be capable of channeling that amount of power?
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* In the first episode, Marco is shocked when he comes home and finds out that Star is staying with his family. A few episodes later, he shows Star a wall with pictures of all the other exchange students who've lived there. Granted, it was meant as a one off gag, but you'd think that with that background, when he found out there was an exchange student at his school, his first thought would have been "Oh God, I bet my parents are taking her in."

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** Even weirder, Star apparently doesn't know that Pixtopia doesn't accept earth money, yet she ''does'' know about the pixie queen.

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** Even weirder, Star apparently doesn't know that Pixtopia doesn't accept earth money, yet she ''does'' know about the pixie queen. \n Since Star has never visited Pixtopia before, that means the pixie queen's nature is well known enough on Mewni that people warn each other about her... yet they ''still'' choose to go through that dimension for their phone plans.
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* Pixtopia in general. The fact that the people in charge of Star's compact mirror phone force their customers into ''literal slave labor'' if they're unable to pay is bad enough, but there's also a psychotic pixie queen whom Star implies ''eats'' people after tricking them into marrying her. And Star and Marco simply escape back to earth instead of doing anything about this, meaning they left any future customers to face the pixie queen's wrath.
** Later episodes reveal that the compact mirror phones are a common thing on Mewni. How many people ended up enslaved or ''killed'' when they visited Pixtopia to refill their minutes and were unable to pay?
** Pixtopia is the ''only'' dimension in the entire series that doesn't accept earth money for currency. This seems like a very odd detail... or it could be that pixies use a different currency ''on purpose'' so they can enslave and eat people that don't know this detail. ''How and why are these people allowed to be in charge of phone plans?''
** Even weirder, Star apparently doesn't know that Pixtopia doesn't accept earth money, yet she ''does'' know about the pixie queen.
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* What exactly was Star planning to do with Oskar if she hadn't turned back to normal in time? On that note, what was Star going to do to Marco if she hadn't gotten distracted by Oskar's music and decided to target him instead? While Star was apparently able to recognize Oskar, there was no indication she was able to do so for her best friend. Imagine Star's reaction once she turned back to normal and realized she had hurt her best friend because she was unable to control herself and didn't realize what she was doing.
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* Mr. Candle (who is under orders by Tom) tells Star she's destined to become queen, and she has no choice in the matter. He's wrong--later on in season 3, Star does a very ''bad'' job at being queen, and by the end of the series, she indeed never actually gets the title. Incidentally, she succeeds incredibly when following Marco's advice: by doing things her own way. This episode serves as ''very'' subtle foreshadowing that Star was ''never'' actually destined to become queen; rather, she was destined to follow her own heart and it turned out to be the correct choice!
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** It's implied that Glossaryck knew this from the start, which is why he always acts so impatient and vague with Star: he knew she always goes against what she's told she's destined to be, so rather than tell her, he simply waited for her to figure it out herself and do what she does best!

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** It's implied that Glossaryck knew this from the start, which is why he always acts so impatient and vague with Star: he knew she always goes against what she's told she's destined to be, so rather than tell her, he simply waited for her to figure it out herself and do what she does best!best! Besides, why bother teaching her magic if she's going to get rid of it anyway?
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* Despite the entire series seemingly building up to it, Star never actually becomes queen. At most, she holds the title for about two or three days before giving up the title to Eclipsa. Incidentally, with the events of "Cleaved", the kingdom of Mewni no longer exists, meaning the royal family's bloodline ends with Star. There's several reasons for this: One, Star was the only one who actually went out of her way to learn the truth about her family's history and wanted nothing to do with it out of disgust after the fact, and two, she clearly struggled and had a mental breakdown during the brief moment she was queen.
** This brings up an IronicEcho from "Mr. Candle Cares", where Star was explicitly told she was destined to become queen, yet she does an awful job at it and clearly has no idea what she's doing. Meanwhile, Marco tells her she can succeed by doing things her own way. By the end of the series, Star does exactly that: she comes up with her own solution that succeeds in defeating Mina for good. Marco was correct all the way back in season 2!
** This also hints at what Star was ''really'' destined to do. Rather than becoming queen, Star is best at doing things her own way and going against trends. In other words, Star was ''never'' actually intended to become queen: because she was destined to destroy magic and ensure that there would be no more queens in the future, thus ensuring her as the last one in the linage!
** It's implied that Glossaryck knew this from the start, which is why he always acts so impatient and vague with Star: he knew she always goes against what she's told she's destined to be, so rather than tell her, he simply waited for her to figure it out herself and do what she does best!
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* There seems to be a dynamic between each Queen and their daughter being polar opposites of each other. Queen Solaria was known for her ruthless slaughtering of monsters, while her daughter Eclipsa feel in love with and ''married'' a monster. Likewise, Queen Moon is formal, regal, serious, and very by-the-book, while her daughter Star is energetic, spends most of her time goofing off, hates following authority, and likes to do things her own way. The same also applies to [[spoiler: Eclipsa's true daughter Meteora, who lashes out and attacks anyone that dares to cross her, and tries to take the throne by force]]. Meanwhile, Eclipsa is kind, peaceful, wishes to end racial tensions with monsters, and was [[spoiler: literally handed the throne by Star]].
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* Toffee ominously announces to Moon that he's coming after Star for his finger. While in actuality he just bides his time until Star comes to him, what if he had decided to go to Earth himself to get it personally? He already kept Marco hostage to manipulate Star into doing what he wanted, and he had the opportunity to do so to Star's ''entire class'' if he had shown up. And there's nothing she or Moon could have done without risking collateral damage to other people. Worse, once Toffee got his finger back, he would have no reason to hold back anymore, and would have the perfect opportunity to take out Star in front of her mother, best friend, and dozens of other witnesses.
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* Hekapoo's contempt towards Marco for being a human actually serves as excellent foreshadowing to her true motives. While the other members of the MHC seem friendly enough in their initial episodes, Hekapoo is the only one that openly shows her FantasicRacism the first (real) time we see her. Then in season 3, it turns out she and the MHC as a whole were EvilAllAlong, with their negative views towards monsters and political power being a major part of Eclipsa's backstory and the second half of the series. In other words, Hekapoo's true alliance was hinted at well before it was even revealed.

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* What if Marco had reached advanced age inside Hekapoo's dimension and died because of it? His parents would have been heartbroken. And considered how [[TranquilFury angry]] she was at Toffee for kidnapping Marco...

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* What if Marco had reached advanced age inside Hekapoo's dimension and died because of it? His parents would have been heartbroken. And considered how [[TranquilFury angry]] she Star was at Toffee for kidnapping Marco...




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* Hekapoo is shown to hold contempt towards Marco and humans in general. This implies mewmans hold prejudiced views towards not only monsters, but regular humans as well. Worse, season 4 shows that mewmans were ''directly descended'' from earth humans, so their prejudice doesn't even hold any weight.
** Hekapoo, as old as she is, most likely knew this fact... and ''still'' holds contempt towards humans as a whole.


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* Just the fact that Star (and ''only'' the Star that we follow) almost caused ''the entire multiverse to collapse'' simply because she stubbornly refused to solve a math problem in class.
* We've seen time and time again that Star simply refuses to follow rules or authority, and she can't stand her teacher because of this. This episode shows it takes reality ''literally falling apart around her'' to get her to ''finally'' listen to an authority figure.

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** "Mathmagic" actually seems to confirm this, as one of the alternate universes shown is seemingly Star being permanently stuck in her mewberty transformation. So Glossaryck's claims may have actually been completely sincere.
*** Just the fact that a version of Star exists who is permanently stuck in a form that everyone at school was terrified of, and wasn't able to control herself to the point where she attacks her best fried Marco because she was unable to recognize him. Needless to say, this version of Star doesn't seem likely to have a very good future...
*** Just imagine how Star's parents must have reacted when they heard their daughter was going to be stuck that way for the rest of her life.
*** Though, the blow is lessened when you take into account that that Star was solving a math problem in class with seemingly nothing else occurring. So it could be possible that it was just a physical change, and Star either retained her thoughts and personality, or she learned to control the form.



** Even worse, this may have directly lead into Toffee murdering Moon's mother, and very nearly her daughter as well. In other words, ''Glossy may have directly been responsible for getting a queen'' (who was also his favorite one to boot) ''killed, and very narrowly a second as well.'' In fact, he doesn't even seem to be too concerned over Star, but bawls his eyes out when Queen Comet is gone. Just ''what'' is his deal?

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** Even worse, this may have directly lead into Toffee murdering Moon's mother, and very nearly her daughter as well. In other words, ''Glossy may have directly been responsible for getting a queen'' (who was also his favorite one to boot) ''killed, and very narrowly a second as well.'' In fact, he doesn't even seem to be too concerned over Star, seems more annoyed than anything else at Star's apparent "death" in "Toffee", but bawls his eyes out when Queen Comet is gone. Just ''what'' is his deal?
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* The Johansens and Butterflys were ready to kill the ''princess'' of their kingdom. If they succeeded, they would have most likely been convicted to die.

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* The Johansens and Butterflys were ready to kill the ''princess'' of their kingdom. If Imagine how Moon would have reacted if they had succeeded, they would have most likely been convicted to die.
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** Even worse, this may have directly lead into Toffee murdering Moon's mother, and very nearly her daughter as well. In other words, ''Glossy may have directly been responsible for getting a queen'' (who was also his favorite one to boot) ''killed, and very narrowly a second as well.'' In fact, he doesn't even seem to be too concerned over Star, but bawls his eyes out when Queen Comet is gone. Just ''what'' is his deal?
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* There's another reason why Star took an instant liking to Eclipsa and didn't care about her marriage to a monster. With the Monster Arm that she had accidentally given to Marco, that technically makes him part-monster. With Star having a crush on him, that means she was unknowingly in the ''same exact position'' as Eclipsa, meaning the two had much in common well before they had even met. Fittingly, Star and Eclipsa are also the only Mewmans who are open-minded and actively want to end racial tensions between Mewmans and Monsters.
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** This also ties into how each set of parents treats each child. Marco's parents wish that their son would be more outgoing and confident, while they take an immediate loving to Star, who has both of those traits. Star's parents (her mother mostly) wish that their daughter would take things more seriously, while both have a great deal of respect for Marco (who very much does take things carefully and seriously) later on in the series. Despite these flaws, both sets of parents clearly love each of their children deeply.
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* This episode directly mirrors Star's arrival on Earth in the first episode. In "Star Comes to Earth", Marco initially wants nothing to do with Star due to her weirdness and destruction of his room, only warming up to her and becoming friends after Ludo and his army attack them. In this episode, Star initially wants nothing to do with Marco due to him showing up uninvited and unannounced, and only makes up with him after he gets attacked by a monster in the wash and realizes how she's been treating him. In both cases, they jump in to protect the other and have a HeelRealization about how they've been acting after the fact.
** It's also a direct opposite for how each dimension's denizens treat Star/Marco after they move in. Star is almost immediately loved by nearly everyone in school as well as Marco's parents, and quickly becomes the most popular girl in school. Meanwhile, Marco is almost immediately disliked by everyone on Mewni due to his lack of background in nobility, and quickly becomes the most unpopular of the Squires. Just like on Earth, it's his friendship with Star that helps him find his confidence.
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* Star and her family are royal monarchs, and their family surname is Butterfly. They're monarch butterflies!

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* Star and her Star's family name is brilliance in two ways: One is the butterfly wings and multiple arms they receive in their Mewberty forms, giving them resemblance to what they're named after. The other is that the Butterflies are a royal monarchs, and their family surname is Butterfly.family; in other words, they're monarchs. They're monarch butterflies!
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* Star and her family are royal monarchs, and their family surname is Butterfly. They're monarch butterflies!
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* Star introduces herself to Marco as, "a magical princess from another dimension". By the end of the series, Star isn't any of those things anymore -- she renounces her throne because she was never technically a princess by blood to begin with, she renounces her magic, and there ''is'' no other dimension, because the lands have become one. The series was, in a sense, about her finding out who she was beyond those things that defined her.
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** Also, there was a FunnyAneurysmMoment in that Marco wouldn't talk to Jackie in the first season for fear of saying the wrong thing. Come "Naysaya" and he does just that thanks to the curse. Was Marco aware subconsciously of what Tom had done to him after the Blood Moon Ball?

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** Also, there was a FunnyAneurysmMoment HarsherInHindsight in that Marco wouldn't talk to Jackie in the first season for fear of saying the wrong thing. Come "Naysaya" and he does just that thanks to the curse. Was Marco aware subconsciously of what Tom had done to him after the Blood Moon Ball?
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** On the other hand, Globgor goes [[UpToEleven above and beyond]] to be a [[GoodParents Good]] [[PapaWolf Dad]]. He's loving and kind to his daughter once they reunite, holding his baby in his arms and showing her affection. He ended up defying the Mewmans' prejudice that monsters eat babies.

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** On the other hand, Globgor goes [[UpToEleven above and beyond]] beyond to be a [[GoodParents Good]] [[PapaWolf Dad]]. He's loving and kind to his daughter once they reunite, holding his baby in his arms and showing her affection. He ended up defying the Mewmans' prejudice that monsters eat babies.
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* The original Mewmans coming from Earth makes sense because otherwise it doesn't make any sense for a matriarchal kingdom to be called a ''king''dom. The Butterfly Kingdom is a kingdom and not a queendom because "kingdom" was the word that the original settlers were used to.
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* Meteora being able to carry Mariposa despite being a toddler makes sense. Not only does the former have magical and monster DNA but she's older than the latter.

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* Meteora being able to carry Mariposa despite being a toddler makes sense. Not only does the former have magical and monster DNA but she's ([[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld significantly]]) older than the latter.

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