History Recap / StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E20MewnipendenceDay

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Star is describing what the Mewmans fought for:
--> '''Star''': Life, liberty...and corn.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Star revokes the monster team of any weapons, assuming their [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]] will be enough. During the battle reenactment (after Marco sheds some light on how unfair it is), Star is shocked to see how wrong she was about the monsters having the higher ground. Unarmed opponents, even ones with claws, don't stand a chance against someone who is armed to the teeth with weapons and armor.

* RealityEnsues: Star revokes the monster team of any weapons, assuming their [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]] will be enough. During the battle reenactment (after Marco sheds some light on how unfair it is), Star is shocked to see how wrong she was about the monsters having the higher ground. Unarmed opponents, even ones with claws, don't stand a chance against someone who is armed to the teeth with weapons and armor.

* RealityEnsues: Star revokes the monster team of any weapons, assuming their [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]] will be enough. During the battle reenactment (after Marco sheds some light on how unfair it is), Star is shocked to see how wrong she was about the monsters having the higher ground. No form of combat (be it claws or bare hands) stands a chance against someone who is armed with weapons and armor.

* RealityEnsues: Star revokes the monster team of any weapons, assuming their [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]] will be enough. During the battle reenactment (after Marco sheds some light on how unfair it is), Star is shocked to see how wrong she was about the monsters having the higher ground.

* HeelRealization: Star develops some empathy for the monsters once she sees her friends in their shoes, allowing Buff Frog to escape and later leavig him a plate of buttered corn.

* ThrowTheDogABone: At the end of the episode, Star sees Buff Frog alone and sad in a tree and leaves a plate of corn by the window, clearly intending it to be gift to him.

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* AlternativeCalendar: Mewni apparantly has one, as Star identifies the eponymous day as "the 37th of Grobnock."

* BrokenPedestal: Implied that may happen in the future due to Star realizing that her race may not be of proud warriors, but rather [[{{Understatement}} abusive bullies]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Of the Black Comedy variety. When Marco points out that something is off with the story of the Massacre presented by the book, Star agrees, and promptly nerfs the monster side even more.

* FictionalHoliday: The eponymous Mewnipendence day, which is celebrated by having people dress as monsters and knights to reenact the Monster Massacre. [[MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat A floating eyeball watches this to remind the monsters of their loss]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's also some corn eating.]]
* HeelRealization: Star develops some empathy for the monsters once she sees her friends in their shoes.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Star chooses not to shoot a fleeing monster because of her realization of how one sided the Mewmans war with the monsters has been.

--> '''Toffee''': Princess Butterfly is reenacting our ''favorite holiday'', The Great Monster Massacre.
--> '''Horned Bear''': That is my least favorite holiday.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Reveals that the founders of Mewni invaded the monsters' home and slaughtered them. This makes you see Ludo and his minions as well as the citizens of Mewni in a whole new light.

* WrittenByTheWinners: Star's pop-up book makes clear how much more powerful the Mewmans were compared to the monsters, and that the monsters were already living in Mewni before they showed up.