History Recap / StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS3E2MoonTheUndaunted

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You know things are bad when normally chill Glossarick is crying his eyeballs out.
* ParentalFavoritism: Well, more like mentor favoritism, but Glossarick is shown deeply grieving Moon's mother and even remarked he really liked her. Considering all Butterfly queens, except Eclipsa, questioned his methods, she must have earned his respect and affection.

* TakeAThirdOption: Moon clearly intended to kill Toffee at one with Eclipsa's spell, but instead just crippled Toffee knowing that all the monsters' bravado was because of the Septarians' nigh invulnerability, so seeing their general incapable of regenerating destroyed their morale.

** Mina Lovegood is part of Queen Moon's court in the flashback, hence why Star revered her as a great warrior. She was still a little off back then, but time obviously hasn't been kind to her.

* ChekovsGun: Eclipsa being part of the RoguesGallery in Rhombulus' room becomes relevant when we see that Moon wished to learn a spell of hers decades ago.

* ContinuityNod: Back in season's 2 "Game of Flags", Moon's aunt mentions a Lord Mildrew. This episode marks his first appearance, but he was "Count" at this point.

* NoSell: The reason why Toffee never regenerated his finger is because he ''can't''. The spell Moon used, designed to kill an immortal, only hit Toffee's finger and any new finger he attempted to grow would crumble to dust.

* NeverSayDie: Everyone is dancing around saying "die", in part to try and spare Moon's feelings.

* TakeAThirdOption: Moon clearly intented to kill Toffee at one with Eclipsa's spell, but instead just cripped Toffee knowing that all the monsters' bravado was because of the Septarians' nigh invulnerability so seeing their general incapable of regenerating destroyed their morale.

* NoSell: The reason why Toffee never regenerated his finger is because he ''can't''. The spell Moon used, designed to kill an immortal, only hit Toffee's finger and any new finger he attempted to grow would crumble to dust, retarding his healing factor there.

-->''I call the darkness unto me\\
From deepest depths of earth and sea\\
From ancient evils unawoken\\
Break the one that can't be broken\\
To blackest night I pledge my soul\\
And crush my heart to burn in coal\\
To summon forth the deathly power\\
To see my hated foe devoured

* MassOhCrap: When Toffee fails to regenerate his finger, his entire army panics and runs away in fear.

* RedRightHand: Eclipsa frees her hand from the crystal and leaves her glove inside, revealing her right hand to be black with veins running up her arm.

!! Tropes:
* AChildShallLeadThem: Moon became Queen at roughly Star's age due to Toffee killing her mother, the previous queen. In accordance with the trope, the High Commission doesn't even see her as their leader until she defeated Toffee and planned to stifle his followers.

! Tropes:

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The entire episode takes place decades before the main series, showing how a young Moon learned her "darkest spell" and used it to defeat Toffee.

* SeriesContinuityError: A minor one. Eclipsa had been prominently displayed among the others frozen in Rhombulus' realm, but come this episode and "Toffee", appears to have an entire room all to herself instead.

* ExactWords: Moon didn't free Eclipsa because Toffee managed to get away, instead of being killed.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eclipsa acts kind to Moon and empathizes with her over the death of her mother and being forced to take the throne at a young age. Moon even questions how evil she was after their encounter, although she visibly falters when reciting and using Eclipsa's ThePowerOfHate spell which is what causes it to merely graze Toffee.

* NoSell: The reason why Toffee never regenerated his finger is because he ''can't''. The spell Moon used, designed to kill an immortal, only hit Toffee's finger and any new finger he attempted to grow would crumble to dust.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eclipsa acts kind to Moon and empathizes with her over the dead of her mother and being forced to take the throne at a young age. Moon even questions how evil she was after their encounter, although she visibly falters when reciting and using Eclipsa's ThePowerOfHate spell which is what causes it to merely graze Toffee.
* ChekovsGun: Eclipsa being part of the RoguesGallery in Rhombulus' room becomes relevant when Moon wishes to learn a spell of hers.
* DealWithTheDevil: Moon makes a pact with Eclipsa in order to learn the spell she uses to destroy Toffee's finger and end the war. In exchange, she promises Eclipsa "freedom".

* TooHungryToBePolite: Eclipsa's first words when she regains consciousness, while still gasping for air, is an order from the vending machine across the room.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Moon became Queen at roughly Star's age due to Toffee killing her mother, the previous queen. In accordance with the trope, the High Commission doesn't even see her as their leader until she defeats Toffee.

* MassOhCrap: When Toffee fails to regenerate his finger, his entire army runs away in fear.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eclipsa acts kind to Moon and empathizes with her over the dead of her mother and being forced to take the throne at a young age. Moon even questions how evil she was after their encounter, although she visibly falters when reciting and using Eclipsa's ObviouslyEvil spell which is what causes it to merely graze Toffee.

* NoSell: The reason why Toffee never regenerated his finger is because he ''can't''. The spell Moon used, designed to kill an immortal, only hit Toffee's finger and any new finger he attempted to grow would crumble to dust.

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