Part 3A of the TV movie "Battle for Mewni." Star and her mother seek refuge in Buff Frog's home, and Moon realizes she may have been wrong about monsters.
Tropes:
- Birds of a Feather: Buff Frog's tadpoles are as free spirited and fed up with their dad's overprotectiveness as Star is with Moon. They even sneak out to go rave, something that Star states she completely understands.
- Eats Babies: The Mewmans and Monsters each have games and such saying that the other does this.
- Embarrassing Tattoo: Buff Frog has one of his chest, comprising of an image of Ludo with the word "forever" beneath it.
- "Eureka!" Moment: When Star and Moon flee the Sanctuary because it's overflowing with dark magic goo, initially they have no idea where else to go. Until Star hears a nearby frog's ribbit, and realizes they can go to her friend Buff Frog's house.
- Face Palm: Both Star and Moon invoke this when Buff Frog voices the belief that Toffee is dead.
- Fantastic Racism: The monsters and Mewmans are revealed to both have insulting board games about each other, depicting them as baby-eating fiends. Buff Frog calls Moon out on the fact that some of her monster prejudice are based on playing those games as a kid and assuming it must be true because if it wasn't, why would someone make the game?
- Friendly Address Privileges: Star introduces Buff Frog to her mom using his real name, but he will allow the use of his nickname. This is an ironic reversal of what Buff Frog told Ludo in Storm The Castle.
- Go to Your Room!: When Buff Frog changes his mind about letting Star escape and go confront Toffee behind Moon's back, she's caught in the act of trying to sneak away. Star is then sent to her room — by both Queen Moon and Buff Frog.
- Jaw Drop: Star's reaction when Buff Frog reveals his Embarrassing Tattoo of Ludo.
- Kill Him Already!: Star's proposed solution to the threat of Toffee.Star: I've got an idea. Let's go destroy Toffee. Come on Mom, let's just go. Let's go kill him!
- Knight Templar Parent: Buff Frog has his house's surroundings full of traps to "keep babies in, danger out".
- Leeroy Jenkins: Star's plan to defeat Toffee? To just go for it.
- Nobody Poops: Averted, Moon apparently has to, though she tries to avoid just saying that she needs to.Moon: Excuse me. Where is your washroom?
Buff Frog: Uh, washroom?
Moon: Yes. I'd like to freshen up a bit.
Star: She needs to make boom-boom! - Not So Above It All: When Star complains about Moon taking her wand from her, Moon replies, "It was my wand first!" in a slightly childish tone.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Moon realizes this when Buff Frog calls her out and reminds her of his role as a parent. Moon's apology makes Buff Frog realize the same about her, that like him she just wants her children safe. So he blows Star's escape plan because he respects that, and that he'd be setting a bad example otherwise.
- Not So Great Escape: Star's attempt to leave Buff Frog's home behind Moon's back fails because Buff, who has just bonded with the queen over their struggles as parents, calls her out.
- Offhand Backhand: While Star and Moon are discussing where to go next, a large venomous snake appears behind Star and tries to bite her. She effortlessly knocks it out with one punch without even looking (or even otherwise acknowledging it)
◊. - Shout-Out: Three of Buff Frog's board games are references to real life games, such as "Hungry Hungry Mewmans" (Hungry Hungry Hippos), "Monstropoly" (Monopoly) and "Mewman Trap" (Mousetrap).
- Suddenly Voiced: Katrina, who is shown to not be a late bloomer in all ways as she is the only tadpole able to talk yet.
- Waking Non Sequitur: When the Magic Sanctuary is filling with tainted magic, Moon calls out to Star to wake up, and Star wakes up shouting "Marco, we're Late for School!"
- What the Hell, Hero?: Buff Frog calls Moon out on her prejudice against monsters and that she (and probably many other Mewmans) have little basis for it beyond harmful stereotypes they heard and believed as children.
