History Recap / StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E19StOlgas

* WhamEpisode: At the end of the episode, Miss Heinous finds a hairpin Marco dropped earlier, analyzes it, and finds it comes from Earth's dimension- and she's gonna head there to annihilate (She likes that word) the rabblerousers- meaning Star's now got another villain to deal with.
* WhamShot: Miss Heinous has a BlushSticker of clubs, which implies that she's related to the Mewni royal family.

''First half-hour episode''

* BlushSticker: It turns out ''Miss Heinous'' has these, in the shape of club symbols, when she finally loses her cool. She subjects herself to her own brain-washing to get rid of them again.

* AccidentalHero: Marco starts the princess riot initially to just cause a distraction, saying "It's not criminal to be an individual." After suffering the girls' torture and seeing the princesses repeat his BattleCry, he takes on the cause for real.

* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors/ RoyalSchool: Star and Marco finally visit St. Olga's in this episode, and it certainly lives up to its reputation.

* MoreThanMindControl: St. Olga's in addition to having the Solitary Conform-ment chamber also forces the princesses to abandon hope by revealing the AntiMagic crystal and demanding the girls give up their inter-dimensional scissors. This could possibly explain how Pony Head only got brainwashed after three strikes of "expressing an emotion."

* DarkestHour[=/=]DespairEventHorizon: When Marco gets captured and it looks like she's trapped in the laundry room with a hopelessly brainwashed Pony Head, Star breaks down in tears. Thankfully, this finally snaps Pony Head out of her brainwashing.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Miss Heinous. Although her school is in chaos, she notices the hairpin that Marco left behind and takes the time to analyze it.

--> '''Star''': "So I've overcome my worst fears and became a better person, blah, blah, blah, now let's get out of here!"

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Interestingly, this episode plays with Marco and Star's usual roles. It is inverted to an extent because Marco is thrilled at the idea of performing a GreatEscape, and thus more excitable and adventurous than usual. Conversely, Star is naturally terrified of St. Olga's. However, it is still played straight in the sense that Star just wants to blast her way out of the place and get things over with, whereas Marco wants to handle things more subtly.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Marco, for St. Olga's Reform School. Boys are kept out, and Marco manages to incite a revolution that is not easily "quelled" (and that is the apt word, despite what Miss Heinous things). By the end of the episode he's led all the princesses to rebel and not accept that they're imprisoned.

* WhamEpisode: At the end of the episode, Miss Heinous finds a hairpin Marco dropped earlier, analyzes it, and finds it comes from Earth's dimension- and she's gonna head there to annihilate the rabblerousers- meaning Star's now got another villain to deal with.

* SkewedPriorities: Although St. Olga's could simply tame princesses that are AxeCrazy -- like Pony Head and Monster Princess were-- they find it more important to stamp out individuality rather than to make the princesses better people.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Star's Disguise ups the goth factor on her usual attire including an eyepatch, Marco's disguise is a giant puffy dress complete with a giant pony tail and eyelashes.

* SkewedPriorities: Although St. Olga's could simply tame princesses that are AxeCrazy -- like Pony Head and Monster Prinecss were-- they find it more important to stamp out individuality rather than to make the princesses better people.
* SpotTheThread: Averted. Although Miss Heinous pinches Star's cheeks when talking about Mewni, she doesn't intuit that Star is there to bust out Pony Head. That's because Star's parents have threatened many times to send their daughters to St. Olga's.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the Solitary Conform-ment chamber, the slideshow mentions "Better that she is fussy/ than to be called a hussy". One definition of hussy is "a lewd or brazen woman".

* HeyWait: Inverted. While examining the princesses during orientation, Miss Heinous takes the time to pinch Star's cheek with her Blush Sticker while mentioning Mewni. She seems to believe that Star's parents have sent her to St. Olga's, since they have threatened so many times.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Miss Heinous invokes this when she uses the brainwashing machine to erase her BlushSticker. It also allows her to find Marco's hairpin and tracer it back to Earth.

* AntiMagic: Part of St. Olga's security includes a "Tramorfidian crystal" that blocks use of dimensional scissors on school grounds, though it only seems to limit transportation and has no effect on Star's wand.

* ZergRush: This is how the princesses defeat the St. Olga's guards, with Marco leading them. They manage to hold off the guards long enough for Star to destroy the Transmorfidian Crystal.

* DisguisedInDrag[=/=]DraggedIntoDrag: Star dresses Marco as a princess in order to sneak into St. Olga's. Marco isn't too happy about it.

* BecomingTheMask: Marco, after being subject to brainwashing and having it nearly work, helps the other princesses fight for their freedom as a RebelliousPrincess. He even starts to refer to the princesses as his fellow sisters and when they leave, asks if he can keep the dress.

* BecomingTheMask: Marco, after being subject to brainwashing and having it nearly work, helps the other princesses fight for their freedom as a RebelliousPrincess. He even starts to refer to the princesses as his sisters and when they leave, asks if he can keep the dress.

* BecomingTheMask: Marco, after being subject to brainwashing and having it nearly work, helps the other princesses fight for their freedom as a RebelliousPrincess.

* AntiMagic: Part of St. Olga's security includes a "Tramorfidian crystal" that blocks use of dimensional scissors on school grounds. Fortunately Star's wand isn't affected by the crystal.

* BlushSticker: It turns out ''Miss Heinous'' has these, in the shape of club symbols, when she finally loses her cool. She subjects herself to her own brain-washing to get rid of them again.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Marco leaving the hairpin behind, accidental as it was, allows Miss Heinous to trace him and Star back to Earth.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Miss Heinous choosing to torture Marco and make him conform allows Star and Pony head to find him.

* LogicalWeakness: Because Star gave Marco a poofy dress, he has trouble fitting into the laundry vent.

* DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: One of the lessons at St. Olga's involves singing along with woodland creatures. Princess Monster gets scolded for [[BlackComedyBurst eating a bluebird whole]].

* HiddenDepths: Marco has an eye for fancy fabrics and floor patterns.

* WhamEpisode: At the end of the episode, Miss Henious finds a hairpin Star dropped earlier, analyzes it, and finds it comes from Earth's dimension- and she's gonna head there to annihilate the rabblerousers- meaning Star's now got another villain to deal with.

** Miss Heinous shows implications of a DarkAndTroubledPast that acted as a StartOfDarkness that sparked her desire to head St. Olga's.