History Recap / StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS3E24MonsterBash

* HopeSpot: At first the party is going great as the Mewmans and monster teens are getting along. Then Mina arrives ...

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hero might be a stretch here, but Mina, a celebrated Mewni hero, is so AxeCrazy that she can't comprehend the idea of there being such a thing as a 'good' monster and kidnaps several teenage monster party-goers.
** This causes tension between the otherwise amicable Mewni and Monster youths; her rampage alerts the police guards who show up and arrest the Monsters for "loitering" while handing out hot chocolate and blankets to the Mewmans([[AndZoidberg and Marco]]). This in turns severely damages Star's efforts and leaves the Monsters dejected.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Turns out, Miss Heinous, none other than Meteora, is Star's distant relative.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hero might be a stretch here, but Mina, a celebrated Mewni hero, is so AxeCrazy that she can't comprehend the idea of there being such a thing as a 'good' monster that she kidnapped several party monster party-goers.
** This causes tension between the otherwise amicable Mewni and Monster youths; her rampage causes the police guards to show and arrested the Monsters while taking care of the Mewni denizens ([[AndZoidberg and Marco]]) despite despite having done nothing wrong. This in turns severely damages Star's efforts and leaves the Monsters dejected.
** Similarly if she hadn't kidnapped those Monster youths, Heinous' linage as Eclipsa's daughter and her status as HalfHumanHybrid wouldn't have been revealed and in turn cause her to remember her identity as Meteroa.

* TongueOnTheFlagpole: Star accidentally freezes the punch bowl in a block of ice, and her tongue gets stuck to it.

* WhamEpisode: Heinous is actually Eclipsa's daughter, and her real name is Meteora Butterfly. And Mina has been waiting for her return for ''decades''.

* WhamShot: The nursery where Miss Heinous spent her early childhood, including dolls of her very familiar parents (Eclipsa and her monster lover), a crib labeled with her real name (Meteora), and a mural of Eclipsa holding her as a baby.

* AccidentalDanceCraze: Marco's "sword-hand dance" has apparently become popular among the youth of

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Mina gave even the Demon Prince of The Underworld a huge beating, even withstanding his own magic.

* FaceHeelTurn: While Mina was rather reckless, she becomes a full blown villain here, bent on keeping the status quo of Mewman superiority over monster.

** This causes tension between the otherwise amicable Mewni and Monster youths; her rampage causes the police guards to show and arrested the Monsters while taking care of the Mewni humans despite despite having done nothing wrong. This in turns severely damages Star's efforts and leaves the Monsters dejected.

-->'''Mina:''' Don't you ding-dongs know anything? She's (Eclipsa) her (Heinous's) mom!

** A slime monster appears to be offering to dance with Princess Spider-Bite, but she's grossed out... because she thinks he's just a sleazy pick-up artist. Then it turns out his slime has healing properties, and he was offering to heal her spider-bite.

* AccidentalDanceCraze: Marco's "sword-hand dance" has apparently become popular among the youth of Mewni.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mina, a celebrated Mewni hero, is so AxeCrazy that she can't comprehend the idea of there being such a thing as a 'good' monster that she kidnapped several party monster party-goers.

* GreenEyedMonster: Turns out Pony still feels a bit of rivalry with Marco over the position of her best friend. As she made a point of rubbing it in his face that Star called her the best.

* OneWingedAngel: Mina activates a hulked-out form which makes her not only stronger, but actually NoSell all of the heroes' attacks.

* WhamShot: The nursery where Miss Heinous spent her early childhood, including dolls of her very familiar parents (Eclipsa and her monster lover) and a crib labeled with her real name (Meteora).

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Not only is Heinous revealed to be a member of the Butterfly family, but tensions between Mewmans and monsters are higher than ever, and Star is left with so many questions about her family's heritae.

** Later:

* NiceJobBreakingitHero: Mina, a celebrated Mewni hero, is so AxeCrazy that she can't comprehend the idea of there being such a thing as a 'good' monster that she kidnapped several party monster party-goers.

** Pony Head's friend from the Bounce Lounge, Johnny Blowhole.
** Roy, the Goblin Dogs vendor.

** In her fight with Mina, Star uses the Spider-With-A-Top-Hat spell.

** Similarly if she hadn't kidnapped those Monster youths, Heinous' linage as Eclipsa's daughter and her status as Half-HumanHybrid wouldn't have been revealed and in turn cause her to remember her identity as Meteroa.
* NoSell: In her hulked-out form, Mina Loveberry is tough enough to shrug off Star's ''strogest spell'', Spider-With-A-Top-Hat Blast.

* WhamEpisode: Heinous is actually Eclipsa's daughter and her real name is Meteora Butterfly.
* WhamLine: Star accidentally runs into a familiar face in the monster temple.

* BaitAndSwitch: During a tense moment at the party, Rock Johansen breaks the silence, saying "If no one else is gonna say anything, I will!" Turns out he wanted to break the ice by complementing one of the monster guest's pre-ripped jeans.

*WhamEpisode: Heinous is actually Eclipsa's daughter and her real name is Meteora Butterfly