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* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]
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* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]]] She also had the potential of being a compelling TragicVillain, since she used to be a shy lowly peasant girl whose personality was altered when she was turned into a Solarian, and she's both TheLastOfHerKind and turning insane because of the magic infused in her. However, many of the information about the Solarians are AllThereInTheManual.
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* After [[spoiler: Toffee’s defeat]] at the beginning of Season 3, Ludo starts to become OutOfFocus, appearing in very few episodes from that point on. This made [[spoiler: his redemption]] feel very forced and poorly thought out, especially since it introduces Ludo’s brother, Dennis, who is a genuinely interesting and likable character that many fans would have loved to see more of. The fourth season completely excludes Ludo, his army, and his siblings from the overall plot. A few episodes in, he gets back his army and castle and swears to be a better person. His only appearance afterwards was for ten seconds in the finale playing basketball with Dennis and inviting Star to join.
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* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]
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* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]]]
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* Despite being introduced as Marco's love interest in the first season, Jackie was utilized very little in the series, even after becoming she and Marco began dating, leaving her mostly as a level-headed skater girl and little else. [[spoiler:This was made worse when Jackie broke up with Marco early in season three, despite only being a couple for ten episodes; and of those ten, their relationship only gets mentioned in passing in four episodes, much less serve as a major plot point.]]
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* Jackie has often been underutilized in the series, even after becoming Marco's girlfriend and as such, most fans feel like they don't really know her despite seeing someone who is really interesting on the surface. [[spoiler:This was made worse when Jackie broke up with Marco despite only being a couple for ten episodes. People believe that a lot of potential stories could have emerged due to Star's crush on Marco being revealed to Jackie. The stories were wasted by having Jackie break up with Marco because of his difficulty with merging with Earth culture. Jackie also took Star's confession really well rather than doubt her relationship with the two or becoming jealous/distrustful.]]
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* Reynaldo the Bald Pate. ''The Magic book of Spells'' both introduced him and revealed that he used to be a member of the Magic High Commission until he was kicked out due to being cursed by Rhina the Riddled. Despite being a member when the Meteora-Festivia swap happened and the potential for a revenge subplot against the remaining MHC, he only ever appeared in one episode in Season 4 and was never seen nor mentioned again.
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* Reynaldo the Bald Pate. ''The Magic book of Spells'' both introduced him and revealed that he used to be a member of the Magic High Commission until he was kicked out due to being cursed by Rhina the Riddled. Despite being a member when the Meteora-Festivia swap happened and the potential for a revenge subplot against the remaining MHC, he only ever appeared in one episode in Season 4 and was never seen nor mentioned again.again.
* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]
* Mina Loveberry is an interesting case, since the problem isn’t that she was underutilized, but rather, that she was used at the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: She ends up being the final villain of the show,]] which many fans can agree doesn’t work for the kind of character that she is. Mina is nothing more than a PsychopathicManchild who’s [[VanHelsingHateCrimes obsessed with destroying monsters in any way that she can]]. She would have worked much better as a recurring villain akin to Ludo, with her potentially even [[spoiler: teaming up with Star to defeat a different BigBad for the finale.]]
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* In "Gift of the Card", we're introduced to Rasticore, a seemingly more dangerous and powerful villain than most of the others Star and Marco have faced. He also happens to be another lizardman just like Toffee and apparently had access to the same technology as Toffee[[note]]Toffee used a handheld tracking device to find Star's wand in "Macro Grows a Beard" while Rasticore uses an identical device to track Star and Marco across dimensions in "Gift of the Card".[[/note]] so there was definitely potential for him to be linked somehow to the first season's BigBad. However, instead of the KnightOfCerebus and/or potential associate to Toffee one thought he should have been, Rasticore doesn't even get to fight Star and Marco. Instead, as soon as he finally finds the two, he gets disintegrated by the Quest Buy gift card in a matter of seconds. He takes until season 3 to come back to his former glory, but only for one episode before being reduced to an arm again. Season 4 shows that he is working at the Assassin's Guild, as a dishwasher, and is in no way connected to any of the show's conflicts, making people feel that where they could have gotten a really cool villain, they got nothing.
* Jackie has often been underutilized in the series, even after becoming Marco's girlfriend and as such, most fans feel like they don't really know her despite seeing someone who is really interesting on the surface. [[spoiler:This was made worse when Jackie broke up with Marco despite only being a couple for ten episodes. People believe that a lot of potential stories could have emerged due to Star's crush on Marco being revealed to Jackie. The stories were wasted by having Jackie break up with Marco because of his difficulty with merging with Earth culture. Jackie also took Star's confession really well rather than doubt her relationship with the two or becoming jealous/distrustful.]]
* Lekmet, the goat demon of the Magic High Commission. Unlike the other members of the [=MHC=], he never gets ADayInTheLimelight during Season 2 (which means that he also never gets to interact with either of the show's protagonists), and in the season's final episode, [[spoiler:he pulls a HeroicSacrifice in order to save Queen Moon and the rest of the Commission from the Toffee-possessed Ludo. This is a waste because the Commission ends up being even more relevant in seasons 3 and 4 , what with them being behind the conspiracy surrounding Eclipsa, her daughter and the Butterfly family. As the [=MHC=]'s chairman, it would've been interesting to know what Lekmet's perspective and role on all this was, but alas he's too dead to share anything.]]
* Tom was somewhat underutilized as Star's boyfriend. At the beginning of Season 3, it initially [[ArcFatigue looked like another love triangle.]] Season 3 was about mending the historical racism between the monsters and mewmans, Tom and Star's relationship wasn't exemplified as a functional, interracial relationship until the second half of season 3, where it was mentioned offhandedly in the ending of "Is Another Mystery". Tom was eventually put to use in the second half of the season but still could have been utilized much earlier.
* Season 2's episode ''Into the Wand'' marked the first appearances of the many queens to come before Star and Moon, particularly drawing focus (for both Star and the audience) on Eclipsa, Solaria, and Celena. Of the three however, only Eclipsa really ends up mattering to the plot, being the one to further the MythArc.
** Solaria does serve as the motivation behind Season 4's BigBad [[spoiler:Mina Loveberry]], but outside of that, contributes little to the plot. Her relationship to Eclipsa, namely that she's Eclipsa's mother, doesn't even come into the series until its close to its conclusion, and serves more as a footnote.
** Celena serves little to the plot outside of being a queen. Her epitaph and tapestry makes a big deal about her hiding behind her wand, and her entry in Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells mentions she is half-demon like Tom, making Star part demon.[[note]]1/32nd to be exact[[/note]] The attention drawn to her, combined with said heritage had potential for interesting developments in the plot, and for interesting parallels between Star and Tom due to similar heritage being revealed. However, by the series end, Celena is simply another queen amidst the many others, her demon heritage not even being mentioned InUniverse.
* ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' introduced [[TheDreaded Seth]], the leader of the Septarians as well as Toffee's boss. It was under him that Toffee killed Moon's mother Comet, and he was described as a {{foil}} to Mina, being a monster that detests Mewmans to the point of wanting nothing less than their complete and total genocide. He was described in a manner befitting that of a GreaterScopeVillain, especially with Toffee's line before his death, proclaiming additional plans and knowing how things would turn out. Despite this though, he is entirely absent from the series outside of the book itself, not even getting referenced, and the final antagonist role is instead given to Mina. [[spoiler:It was made even more confusing when, within minutes of each other, producer Dominic Bisignano and creator Daron Nefcy [[ShrugOfGod gave contradictory statements on the character]] when asked by a fan on Reddit. The former stated that he's still alive and, if the show was ever revived for another season, could play a major role. However, according to Nefcy, Seth had been dead for some time now. If we take Nefcy's word as the final say on the matter, this means that a major character not only never appeared in the series proper, but has also been dead the entire time, and none of this was revealed until ''the series had already concluded''. Which to some [[FanDislikedExplanation felt like a dick move]] after fans were irritated nothing came of him and wondering where he was.]]
* The fourth season completely excludes Ludo, his army, and his siblings from the overall plot. A few episodes in, he gets back his army and castle and swears to be a better person. His only appearance afterwards was for ten seconds in the finale playing basketball with Dennis and inviting Star to join.
* River's only involvement in the series finale is trying to get an injured Globgor to the magic temple. He never finds out about [[spoiler: Moon's betrayal and support of Mina]]. It would be interesting to see what his reaction would be like.
* Globgor. He serves as the big motivation behind Eclipsa's actions in Season 4, however, he ends up only being the focus of 2 episodes before being mostly sidelined. In the final episodes, he is quickly taken out of commission and soon left in a comatose state, preventing him from contributing more. Finally, while he is thankfully shown to be okay in the finale, he doesn't get a single line of dialogue, leaving some feeling he was wasted.
* Reynaldo the Bald Pate. ''The Magic book of Spells'' both introduced him and revealed that he used to be a member of the Magic High Commission until he was kicked out due to being cursed by Rhina the Riddled. Despite being a member when the Meteora-Festivia swap happened and the potential for a revenge subplot against the remaining MHC, he only ever appeared in one episode in Season 4 and was never seen nor mentioned again.
TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter in this series.
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* In "Gift of the Card", we're introduced to Rasticore, a seemingly more dangerous and powerful villain than most of the others Star and Marco have faced. He also happens to be another lizardman just like Toffee and apparently had access to the same technology as Toffee[[note]]Toffee used a handheld tracking device to find Star's wand in "Macro Grows a Beard" while Rasticore uses an identical device to track Star and Marco across dimensions in "Gift of the Card".[[/note]] so there was definitely potential for him to be linked somehow to the first season's BigBad. However, instead of the KnightOfCerebus and/or potential associate to Toffee one thought he should have been, Rasticore doesn't even get to fight Star and Marco. Instead, as soon as he finally finds the two, he gets disintegrated by the Quest Buy gift card in a matter of seconds. He takes until season 3 to come back to his former glory, but only for one episode before being reduced to an arm again. Season 4 shows that he is working at the Assassin's Guild, as a dishwasher, and is in no way connected to any of the show's conflicts, making people feel that where they could have gotten a really cool villain, they got nothing.
* Jackie has often been underutilized in the series, even after becoming Marco's girlfriend and as such, most fans feel like they don't really know her despite seeing someone who is really interesting on the surface. [[spoiler:This was made worse when Jackie broke up with Marco despite only being a couple for ten episodes. People believe that a lot of potential stories could have emerged due to Star's crush on Marco being revealed to Jackie. The stories were wasted by having Jackie break up with Marco because of his difficulty with merging with Earth culture. Jackie also took Star's confession really well rather than doubt her relationship with the two or becoming jealous/distrustful.]]
* Lekmet, the goat demon of the Magic High Commission. Unlike the other members of the [=MHC=], he never gets ADayInTheLimelight during Season 2 (which means that he also never gets to interact with either of the show's protagonists), and in the season's final episode, [[spoiler:he pulls a HeroicSacrifice in order to save Queen Moon and the rest of the Commission from the Toffee-possessed Ludo. This is a waste because the Commission ends up being even more relevant in seasons 3 and 4 , what with them being behind the conspiracy surrounding Eclipsa, her daughter and the Butterfly family. As the [=MHC=]'s chairman, it would've been interesting to know what Lekmet's perspective and role on all this was, but alas he's too dead to share anything.]]
* Tom was somewhat underutilized as Star's boyfriend. At the beginning of Season 3, it initially [[ArcFatigue looked like another love triangle.]] Season 3 was about mending the historical racism between the monsters and mewmans, Tom and Star's relationship wasn't exemplified as a functional, interracial relationship until the second half of season 3, where it was mentioned offhandedly in the ending of "Is Another Mystery". Tom was eventually put to use in the second half of the season but still could have been utilized much earlier.
* Season 2's episode ''Into the Wand'' marked the first appearances of the many queens to come before Star and Moon, particularly drawing focus (for both Star and the audience) on Eclipsa, Solaria, and Celena. Of the three however, only Eclipsa really ends up mattering to the plot, being the one to further the MythArc.
** Solaria does serve as the motivation behind Season 4's BigBad [[spoiler:Mina Loveberry]], but outside of that, contributes little to the plot. Her relationship to Eclipsa, namely that she's Eclipsa's mother, doesn't even come into the series until its close to its conclusion, and serves more as a footnote.
** Celena serves little to the plot outside of being a queen. Her epitaph and tapestry makes a big deal about her hiding behind her wand, and her entry in Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells mentions she is half-demon like Tom, making Star part demon.[[note]]1/32nd to be exact[[/note]] The attention drawn to her, combined with said heritage had potential for interesting developments in the plot, and for interesting parallels between Star and Tom due to similar heritage being revealed. However, by the series end, Celena is simply another queen amidst the many others, her demon heritage not even being mentioned InUniverse.
* ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' introduced [[TheDreaded Seth]], the leader of the Septarians as well as Toffee's boss. It was under him that Toffee killed Moon's mother Comet, and he was described as a {{foil}} to Mina, being a monster that detests Mewmans to the point of wanting nothing less than their complete and total genocide. He was described in a manner befitting that of a GreaterScopeVillain, especially with Toffee's line before his death, proclaiming additional plans and knowing how things would turn out. Despite this though, he is entirely absent from the series outside of the book itself, not even getting referenced, and the final antagonist role is instead given to Mina. [[spoiler:It was made even more confusing when, within minutes of each other, producer Dominic Bisignano and creator Daron Nefcy [[ShrugOfGod gave contradictory statements on the character]] when asked by a fan on Reddit. The former stated that he's still alive and, if the show was ever revived for another season, could play a major role. However, according to Nefcy, Seth had been dead for some time now. If we take Nefcy's word as the final say on the matter, this means that a major character not only never appeared in the series proper, but has also been dead the entire time, and none of this was revealed until ''the series had already concluded''. Which to some [[FanDislikedExplanation felt like a dick move]] after fans were irritated nothing came of him and wondering where he was.]]
* The fourth season completely excludes Ludo, his army, and his siblings from the overall plot. A few episodes in, he gets back his army and castle and swears to be a better person. His only appearance afterwards was for ten seconds in the finale playing basketball with Dennis and inviting Star to join.
* River's only involvement in the series finale is trying to get an injured Globgor to the magic temple. He never finds out about [[spoiler: Moon's betrayal and support of Mina]]. It would be interesting to see what his reaction would be like.
* Globgor. He serves as the big motivation behind Eclipsa's actions in Season 4, however, he ends up only being the focus of 2 episodes before being mostly sidelined. In the final episodes, he is quickly taken out of commission and soon left in a comatose state, preventing him from contributing more. Finally, while he is thankfully shown to be okay in the finale, he doesn't get a single line of dialogue, leaving some feeling he was wasted.
* Reynaldo the Bald Pate. ''The Magic book of Spells'' both introduced him and revealed that he used to be a member of the Magic High Commission until he was kicked out due to being cursed by Rhina the Riddled. Despite being a member when the Meteora-Festivia swap happened and the potential for a revenge subplot against the remaining MHC, he only ever appeared in one episode in Season 4 and was never seen nor mentioned again.
