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* ForWantOfANail: Had someone stopped Toffee from killing her, many of the problems Moon and Star faced wouldn't have existed, as the monsters and mewmans would have been united.
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* PointOfDivergence: Had someone stopped Toffee from killing Comet or tried to follow her example in ending the Mewman-monster war, many of the problems Moon and Star faced wouldn't have existed, as the monsters and mewmans would have been united.
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* CatSmile: Eclipsa has a tiny one in her portrait, although there appears to be nothing lighthearted or mischievous about her.
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''See her page [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilStarButterfly here]] for tropes regarding Star Butterfly.''
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''See her page [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilStarButterfly entry [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilHeroes here]] for tropes regarding Star Butterfly.''
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* AllLovingHero: He was able to make friends with different kingdoms and races, as shown with the Butterfly family's strong alliances with both the Lucitors and the Pony Heads. This is represented by his magic wand having a sentient alligator head that acts like an affectionate pet, whereas in the hands of other Queens, the magic wand appeared as inanimate objects.
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* AllLovingHero: He was able to make friends with different kingdoms and races, as shown with the Butterfly family's strong alliances with both the Lucitors and the Pony Heads. This is represented by his magic wand having a sentient alligator head that acts like an affectionate pet, whereas in the hands of other Queens, the magic wand appeared as inanimate objects. Even his inner social circle included an old man who came from a poorer background and suffered from arthritis.
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* BefriendingTheEnemy: For all his flaws, Jushtin was definitely a MagneticHero. He made long-lasting alliances and had hopes that he could end the monster-mewman war peacefully. Too bad Mewni couldn't make an exception for him.
* BenevolentMageRuler: Subverted. He fits the "Benevolent" part, as his ability to make friends from different kingdoms and races with ease would've made him an ideal King of Mewni. However, Mewni being completely matriarchal, combined with Jushtin's lesser magical powers compared to his mother, sister, and niece, meant that he was unfit to rule and once his mother became pregnant with his sister, Solaria, he was superseded in favor of her.
* BenevolentMageRuler: Subverted. He fits the "Benevolent" part, as his ability to make friends from different kingdoms and races with ease would've made him an ideal King of Mewni. However, Mewni being completely matriarchal, combined with Jushtin's lesser magical powers compared to his mother, sister, and niece, meant that he was unfit to rule and once his mother became pregnant with his sister, Solaria, he was superseded in favor of her.
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* BefriendingTheEnemy: For all his flaws, Jushtin was definitely a MagneticHero. He In contrast to his warmongering sister, he made long-lasting alliances and had hopes that he could end the monster-mewman war peacefully. Too bad Mewni couldn't make an exception for him.
him due to his gender.
* BenevolentMageRuler: Subverted. He fits the "Benevolent" part, as his ability to make friends from different kingdoms and races with ease would've made him an ideal King of Mewni. However, Mewni beingcompletely matriarchal, combined with Jushtin's lesser magical powers compared to his mother, sister, and niece, a queendom meant that he was unfit to rule and once his mother became pregnant with his sister, Solaria, he was superseded in favor of her.
* BenevolentMageRuler: Subverted. He fits the "Benevolent" part, as his ability to make friends from different kingdoms and races with ease would've made him an ideal King of Mewni. However, Mewni being
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* GoodWithNumbers: He well versed in many physics formula, and his cards assigns him a 20+ "Math" skill.
* GoodWithNumbers: He is well-versed in both physics and mathematics, and his entry is sprinkled copiously with complicated mathematical equations. His card assigns him a 20+ "Math" skill.
* HotForTeacher: Implied; his chapter had a photo of his math teacher, who was an attractive woman. The photo also had hearts doodled around it. This trope might be why Jushtin became so good at math.
* HotForTeacher: Implied; his chapter had a photo of his math teacher, who was an attractive woman. The photo also had hearts doodled around it. This trope might be why Jushtin became so good at math.
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* HotForTeacher: Implied; his chapter had a photo of his math teacher, who was an attractive woman. The photo also had hearts doodled around it. This trope might be why Jushtin became so good at math.
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* InadequateInheritor: Jushtin had the makings of a great king but he had to abdicate because of his sex, since Mewni has always been ruled by a queen and the kingdom was unsettled by a change in tradition.
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* InadequateInheritor: Jushtin had the makings of a great king but he had to abdicate give up his claim to the throne because of his sex, since Mewni has always been ruled by a queen and the kingdom was unsettled by a change Mewmans were deeply intolerant of any changes in tradition.
* SpareToTheThrone: Skywynne was initially content with having a son and wanted Jushtin to become a great king. However, the Mewmans hated this deviance from tradition and pressured Skywynne to have another child, as Mewni had always been ruled by a woman. As a result, Jushtin lost his MagicWand, royal spellbook, and claim to the throne, which were then given to his younger sister, Solaria.
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* UnluckilyLucky: His chapter revealed that his astrology sign in Mewni was the Bog-Slug, an animal associated with bad luck. He was the first and only male heir to the throne in the history of Mewni, however, as soon as his sister was born, he was superseded in favor of her. He's also said to be disinterested in ruling Mewni, and after Solaria was crowned queen, he served as a diplomat and allied the Butterflys with the Pony Heads and the Lucitors. He's the reason why Star Butterfly and her father River have close friendships with members of the Lucitor family.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite having every reason to be resentful towards his mother for taking away his royal birthright as heir to the throne and eventual king just because he was born with the wrong sex, Jushtin doesn't blame her for it, as he's rather disinterested in ruling. He was more concerned about Skywynne's [[StepfordSmiler public masks]] and wanted her to express her true feelings on the matter, instead of keeping them bottled inside for the sake of her subjects. He also doesn't hate his younger sister, Solaria, for superseding his claim to the throne by virtue of her sex due to Mewni being matriarchal, and their sibling relationship was presumably decent.
* TheWisePrince: Everything points to the fact that he would have made a fantastic example of TheGoodKing had he's not been the SpareToTheThrone.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite having every reason to be resentful towards his mother for taking away his royal birthright as heir to the throne and eventual king just because he was born with the wrong sex, Jushtin doesn't blame her for it, as he's rather disinterested in ruling. He was more concerned about Skywynne's [[StepfordSmiler public masks]] and wanted her to express her true feelings on the matter, instead of keeping them bottled inside for the sake of her subjects. He also doesn't hate his younger sister, Solaria, for superseding his claim to the throne by virtue of her sex due to Mewni being matriarchal, and their sibling relationship was presumably decent.
* TheWisePrince: Everything points to the fact that he would have made a fantastic example of TheGoodKing had he's not been the SpareToTheThrone.
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* UnluckilyLucky: His chapter revealed that his astrology sign in Mewni was the Bog-Slug, an animal associated with bad luck. He was the first and only male heir to the throne in the history of Mewni, however, but as soon as his sister was born, he was superseded in favor of her. He's also said to be disinterested in ruling Mewni, and after Solaria was crowned queen, he served as a diplomat and allied the Butterflys with the Pony Heads and the Lucitors. He's the reason why Star Butterfly and her father River have close friendships with members of the Lucitor family.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite having every reason tobe resentful towards hate his mother and sister for taking away superseding his royal birthright as heir claim to the throne and eventual king just because he was born with the wrong by virtue of his sex, Jushtin doesn't blame her for it, blames neither of them as he's he was rather disinterested in ruling. He was more concerned about Skywynne's with his mother's [[StepfordSmiler public masks]] and wanted her to express be more open with her true feelings on the matter, instead of keeping them bottled inside for the sake of her subjects. He also doesn't hate his younger sister, Solaria, for superseding his claim to the throne by virtue of her sex due to Mewni being matriarchal, and their sibling feelings, while he had a presumably decent relationship was presumably decent.
with his sister.
* TheWisePrince: Everything points to the fact that he would have made a fantastic example of TheGoodKing hadhe's he not been treated as the SpareToTheThrone.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite having every reason to
* TheWisePrince: Everything points to the fact that he would have made a fantastic example of TheGoodKing had
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* ForWantOfANail: Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into giving birth to a daughter, Solaria the Monster Carver wouldn't have existed. Her son, Jushtin, would've become Mewni's first King and the first male Butterfly mage like she always hoped he would be.
* PointOfDivergence: Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into giving birth to a daughter, Solaria the Monster Carver wouldn't have existed. Her son, Jushtin, would've become Mewni's first King and the first male Butterfly mage like she always hoped he would be.
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* ForWantOfANail: Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Jushtin would've fulfilled his mother's expectations of becoming Mewni's first King as well as the first male Butterfly mage.
* PointOfDivergence: Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Jushtin would've fulfilled his mother's expectations of becoming Mewni's first King as well as the first male Butterfly mage.
* AlliterativeName: Her Magic Wand's millhorse was called '''B'''artholomew the '''B'''rave.
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* AMotherToHerMen: She had strong leadership skills and developed a fondness towards Mina.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Rather surprising for a Queen of Mewni, since most of them have long elegant hair. She is also far more [[AggressiveCategorism aggressive]] than other queens, bordering on BloodKnight status, and outright disdains queens she thinks are too weak.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: Rather surprising for a Queen of Mewni, since most of them have long elegant hair. She is also far more [[AggressiveCategorism aggressive]] than other queens, bordering on BloodKnight status, and outright disdains queens she thinks are too weak.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Rather surprising for a Queen of Mewni, since most of them have long elegant hair. While she initially had an undercut hairstyle that she turned into a long braid, she would later shave her head completely. She is also far more [[AggressiveCategorism aggressive]] than other queens, bordering on BloodKnight status, and outright disdains queens she thinks are too weak.
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* BrawnHilda: Solaria was 6'3", a queen and a warmonger.
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* BrawnHilda: Solaria was At 6'3", Solaria was the tallest of the Butterfly Queens, with a queen notable muscular physique compared to her daintier relatives and successors. She was also a warmonger.brutal MagicKnight who constantly waged wars with Mewni's monster population, seeing them as threats to be exterminated regardless of their innocence.
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* DestructiveSavior: Solaria planned to use her monster annihilation spell to exterminate all monsters, despite the possibility of killing the Pony Heads, Lucitors, or Magic High Commission in the crossfire.
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* DestructiveSavior: Solaria was seen as a hero by her subjects for her wars against the monsters, but in reality she was a genocidal warmonger who became increasingly unhinged as time passed. In the last years of her reign, she planned to use her monster annihilation spell to exterminate all monsters, despite the possibility of killing the Pony Heads, Lucitors, or Magic High Commission in the crossfire.
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** She was fond of her daughter, Eclipsa, and was either oblivious or in denial about her dating a monster. One of Solaria's most treasured possessions was a childhood drawing Eclipsa did of herself and her mother when she was seven-years-old, and she would often carry it to battle with her.
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** She was fond of her daughter, Eclipsa, and was either oblivious or in denial about her dating a monster. One of Solaria's most treasured possessions was a childhood drawing Eclipsa did of herself and her mother when she was seven-years-old, and she would often carry it to battle with her. It's ultimately deconstructed; Eclipsa grew sympathetic towards the monsters and thus strongly disagreed with her mother's racist viewpoints, even refusing to obey her order to finish the "Total Annihilation" spell.
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* EvilGenius: She created invincible mecha warriors, replicated her wand effect as anti-magic weapons that slowly poison any wound and found a method for her trusted cadre to obtain super strength and live for centuries. She may not have been good with actual spellcasting, but her creations far outstrip what we have seen from other queens.
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* EvilGenius: She created invincible mecha warriors, replicated her wand effect as anti-magic weapons that slowly poison poisoned any wound and found a method for her trusted cadre to obtain super strength and live for centuries. She may not have been good with actual spellcasting, but her creations far outstrip what we have seen from other queens.
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* FieryRedhead: She had red hair before shaving it off entirely, and she's a rather aggressive character.
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** Had her "Total Annihilation Spell" been finished, the whole landscape of Mewni would be drastically different.
** Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Solaria wouldn't have existed at all. Instead, her older brother, Jushtin the Uncalculated, would have ruled in her place as Mewni's first Butterfly mage king.
** Had her "Total Annihilation Spell" been finished, the whole landscape of Mewni would be drastically different.
** Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Solaria wouldn't have existed at all. Instead, her older brother, Jushtin the Uncalculated, would have ruled in her place as Mewni's first Butterfly mage king.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Death seems to have mellowed her a lot when she witnessed all the suffering her daughter and granddaughter went through, and how Mina nearly destroyed all of Mewni]].
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Death seems to have mellowed her a lot when she witnessed all the suffering her daughter and granddaughter went through, and how Mina Mina, a member of the {{Super Soldier}}s that she created, nearly destroyed all of Mewni]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Solaria only went to war with the monsters because she believed it was the only option. Over time, it devolved to racism and insanity.
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* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Invoked, she planned to massacre every single non-mewman being with her annihilation spell.
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* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Invoked, she planned to massacre every single non-mewman being with her annihilation spell. Fortunately, she was killed by surviving monsters before she actually went through with it.
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** Symbolism-wise, the sun themed sun-themed Solaria was considered the worst of the Butterfly family and treated as a hero for her monster racism, but is actually a representation of the darkest aspect of both the Butterfly dynasty and Mewman history. While her darkness themed Her darkness-themed daughter Eclipsa refused to follow in her footsteps, and is perceived as a two-faced villainess and "monster lover" for wanting peace with the monsters.monsters (and for hooking up with one, Globgor).
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* LargeAndInCharge: Solaria's card states that she's 6'3" tall, making her the tallest Queen of Mewni.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Solaria's card states that she's 6'3" tall, making her the tallest Queen of Mewni. She was [[BigLittleBrother taller than even her older brother]], Jushtin, symbolizing how she overshadowed him in both deeds and legacy as the ruler of a queendom.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Eclipsa, the notorious "monster lover", was the daughter of Solaria, Mewni's most ruthless monster hater. Symbolism-wise, the sun themed Solaria was considered the worst of the Butterfly family and a representation of the darkest aspects of Mewman history, while her darkness-themed daughter Eclipsa refused to follow in her footsteps, but was perceived as a two-faced villainess for wanting peace with the monsters.
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* MagicKnight: Her wand resembles Solaria was more a physical fighter, with her MagicWand turning into a laser sword to represent this, but it meant that her talents were geared towards combat and war. Notably, she created the "Solarian Metamorphosis" ritual, which turned ordinary people like Mina Loveberry into an entire line of magically-enhanced super-soldiers. During her reign, she devised various ways to kill certain monsters, which were detailed in her entry in ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'', and her reign was devoted to war.royal tapestry in the Grandma Room showed her battling hordes of monsters by herself.
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** Had her "Total Annihilation Spell" been finished, the whole landscape of Mewni would be drastically different.
** Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Solaria wouldn't have existed at all. Instead, her older brother, Jushtin the Uncalculated, would have ruled in her place as Mewni's first Butterfly mage king.
** Had her "Total Annihilation Spell" been finished, the whole landscape of Mewni would be drastically different.
** Had Skywynne refused to let the public sway her into having a daughter, Solaria wouldn't have existed at all. Instead, her older brother, Jushtin the Uncalculated, would have ruled in her place as Mewni's first Butterfly mage king.
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->''"When the threat of monsters at the gate\\
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in Festivia the Fun."''
Festivia is Eclipsa's successor, and ruled Mewni during a war so terrible that her people were confined to the city surrounding the palace. She lifted their spirits with soothing revelries and protected their lives with devastating spells. Her wand was a goblet.
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->''"When the threat of monsters at the gate\\
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in Festivia the Fun."''
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''"Eclipsa, Queen of Mewni\\
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: At the beginning of season 4, almost ''every'' Mewni citizen dislikes Eclipsa mainly because of her treating Monsters as equals. Even some ''monsters'' dislike Eclipsa due to mistaking other Mewmans' prejudice as her own. In fact, many of them purchased yada yada berries to turn her into stone. Over the season, her reception to her people begins to be more positive and has achieved the admiration from her subjects as shown in "Cornonation" and the beginning of "Doop-Doop".
* EleventhHourSuperpower: In "Cleaved", [[spoiler:she takes on her butterfly form for the first, last and only time (an impressive feat, considering she once admitted to never learning how to use magic without the wand)]].
* AdvertisedExtra: Eclipsa's return and her participation in the plot was heavily advertised during the brief hiatus between the ''Battle of Mewni'' and the rest of season 3, with her being a constant presence in teasers and promos, hinting at her being a key player in the season. She is, but not until the second half of the season, after another hiatus.
* AllLovingHero: Despite her negative reputation, Eclipsa turns out to be this. While the act of abandoning Mewni has painted her a selfish woman, she has shown to do acts of great selflessness (i.e., attempting to kill her enraged daughter to protect Star and save the kingdom), holds no grudge over those who hate her, and is willing to help those in need, especially her loved ones.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: After finding out what had happened to her daughter Meteora, Eclipsa wanted nothing more than for her to return safe and sound. When Meteora went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Eclipsa interferes with Moon's attack meant to stop her (to keep her from going overboard with said attack). Though she regrets doing so because Meteora refuses to stop destroying buildings and stealing souls until she's seized the Mewni throne (which by all technicality, was stolen from her) and is ultimately willing to risk killing Meteora herself.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eclipsa is preceded by [[TheDreaded a terrible reputation]], but from questionable sources--the most specific and repeated "crime" attributed to her was ''[[MalignedMixedMarriage miscegenation]]''. Once freed, Eclipsa practically turned herself in and showed a lot of goodwill to Star and others, but doesn't care if people consider her evil. Later on, she is shown to be a hero at heart and is trying to be a good queen.
* AntiRegeneration: One of her spells is capable of killing an immortal. Even if it doesn't score a killing blow, it will inflict a WoundThatWillNotHeal. She taught it to Moon to kill Toffee, though Moon used it to blow off his finger instead. According to ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'', this spell was created specifically to kill Septarians, the race Toffee belongs to, and that she had made it after Globgor expressed his concern over the Septarians amassing an army of sorts.
* TheArchmage: Considered the most powerful of any Mewni Queen by far, and infamous for TheDarkArts. She finally shows what she's capable of by easily trouncing season 3's villain in the season finale.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her marriage to King Shastacan was her mother Solaria's idea of a diplomatic move. Eclipsa refused at first, but acquiesced when Solaria died and specified in her will that they marry.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
** In "Lint Catcher" She asks Star "Do you want him to stay?". Through the episode Star has been trying to distance herself from Marco and it seems that she is angry about Marco arriving unannounced and uninvited. However her response to Eclipsa seems to suggest that there's more to this than she lets on.
** An even better example of this trope is used in "Butterfly Trap" when she asks the Magical High Commission about her daughter.
* AwesomeButImpractical: She's an ''immensely'' powerful magic user and the spells she demonstrates are absolutely ''devastating'' against Meteora. However, its implied she doesn't know the consequences of what every spell does given her surprise Meteora turned into a baby and, as mentioned below, she never learned how to cast spells without her wand. Given that the wand is Star's inheritance, Eclipsa's magical powers are essentially gone for good. Until she gets it back in the Season 3 finale.
* AwfulWeddedLife: From her disgusted reaction when seeing Shastacan's hologram during her trial, it can be assumed that they didn't have a happy marriage. Further reinforced in ''Magic Book of Spells'', where he was condescending to her opinions.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Even though her reputation for being a dark witch is not undeserved at all, she swore to herself to never use one of her mother's (Solaria the ''Monster Carver'') spells out of fear of turning into a psycho like her until she had to use the "The Spell with No Name" (the "Total Annihilation Spell") against a giant Solarian battle armor.
* BigGood: Despite her [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating abysmal]] [[BlackSheep reputation]], after she's released from her prison she goes on to prove herself ''easily'' one of the most benevolent and powerful forces on the side of the heroes. Her undeserved reputation comes from the fact that she's a AllLovingHero who ''completely'' went against the FantasticRacism that was so rampant in Mewni (to the point that she fell utterly in love with a monster) and said actions made her a HeroWithBadPublicity. As an ally to Star and Marco, she's nothing but an incredibly loyal ally and her relationship with both heroes is almost maternal.
* BlackMage: In what might be a case of CripplingOverspecialization, many of her spells are either stupefyingly destructive or inflict StatusEffects capable of inducing AntiRegeneration, creating emotional distress, tying people into a pretzel and even an UnholyNuke so dangerous that it has to be locked away in the Spell Dimension for fear of it ''destroying the entire universe''. It's even worse when you realize that many of her spells she either invented purely for experimentation and she doesn't even know how to undo them.
* BlackSheep: Eclipsa became infamous for practicing dark magic and running off with her monster lover.
* BroughtDownToNormal: She's powerless without her wand, being crystalized before even learning how to dip down. Having no acess to the wand during season 3 makes her powerless, but she is back with it in season 4.
* CastingAShadow: Most of her dark magic spells are dark in a literal sense, being focused on manipulating darkness or purple flames.
* CatSmile: Eclipsa has a tiny one in her portrait, although there appears to be nothing lighthearted or mischievous about her.
* CharacterDevelopment: Eclipsa has a shown a great love for family, especially for her monster husband and her daughter. This gets deconstructed in "Tough Love", when she chooses to save Meteora from Moon's deadly attack which leads half of the latter's soul being taken. Come "Conquer", Eclipsa was ready and prepared to ''kill'' her daughter to protect Star and the kingdom. And while she does resort to some underhanded methods to free Globgor in "Swim Suit", she ultimately stops because of Star's influence. And "Surviving the Spiderbites" shows Eclipsa now trying to recreate the Magic Book of Spells not to free Globgor but to learn spells for her kingdom, though she ends up trying to free him, she backs down when talked out of it by the man himself.
* ChildProdigy: Something that she apparently has in common with Star, having a deeper understanding of magic because of her curious tendencies and not in-spite of them. With that said, unlike Star, she IncompletelyTrained and never learned how to use magic without her wand due to circumstances.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that Eclipsa and Globgor have been secretly friends since they were kids, the two would leave messages around the kingdom for each other to find, and eventually they fell in love.
* CloudCuckooLander: Eclipsa is quite odd and eccentric. When she is freed, her priority is wanting some sweets, she speaks with pigeons, makes musical instruments out of bones, and so on.
* ColdHam: When casting spells, Eclipsa enunciates them in a perfectly calm and clear tone of voice, as opposed to Star, who prefers to shout her attacks.
* CombatPragmatist: Eclipsa doesn't mess around in combat. Her spells are designed to be lethal, compared to Star's largely incapacitating arsenal. ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' even explains that she developed her [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Swap Spell]] as a means to force her enemies to ''[[PsychicAssistedSuicide kill themselves]]''.
* ConflictingLoyalty: The top priority for Eclipsa upon learning that Meteora had been erased from Mewni's records was to find out what happened to her. Along the way, she becomes quite attached to Moon and Star, even after discovering they aren't related to her. These feelings come into conflict when Meteora goes on a rampage and sets out on a vengeful quest to reclaim the Mewni throne and tries to kill Star, but are ultimately resolved when Eclipsa sides against her, realizing that there was nothing more she could do for Meteora.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Heinous turns out to be Meteora, Eclipsa's daughter with her monster husband.
* CoolOldLady: While Eclipsa isn't visibly old thanks to her crystallization, she's certainly not of the current era. She's also charming and gives a lot of sound advice to Star and develops a nice relationship with Moon, though they aren't really related.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Despite being an incredibly powerful sorceress, she does not know how to "dip down" and use magic without a wand. Justified; since Eclipsa was imprisoned at the peak of her power for 300+ years and she never had to learn how. Glossaryck noted in ''The Magic Book of Spells'' that not all queens further develop their magic and learn how to use magic without the wand. "Swim Suit" shows that she also doesn't know how to reverse her own spells and she needed Star to coach her on how to do it, and in "Surviving the Spiderbites" she states that all of her spells are all either combative or can only be used for herself (in spite of the fact that others ''can'' use her spells for their own benefit, such as Moon and Star), requiring Star and the Book of Spells in order to improve her skills and learn more spells.
* CrystalPrison: She's spent the last few centuries as one of Rhombulus' crystallized prisoners.
* CurbStompBattle: She dishes one out to Meteora, who had just taken everything Star can throw at her with nary a scratch.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mother died when she young thus having her become Queen at the same age. She was then arranged to marry [[{{Jerkass}} Shastacan]]. Eclipsa ran off and married her monster lover, Globgor and the two had a daughter. At one point, the Magic High Council discovered their home and imprisoned her and Globgor. And then took away her daughter.
* TheDarkArts: Infamous for it, and her epithet is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Darkness]]. However, Star disagrees with it, saying that after reading her chapter of the magic book, she found nothing particularly mind-blowing about it, which Eclipsa mentions that she never names her chapter "The Dark Chapter", but it was the Magic High Comission who did. However the spell to kill an immortal seems to be indeed evil, Eclipsa made it with the intention to protect the kingdom from the threat of Septarians and even she feared that spell, deciding to never name it or put it in the Spell Book.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite creating quite a few dark spells in her chapter and being AmbiguouslyEvil for a long time, Eclipsa is really just an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] ex-queen who desperately wants to find out what happened to her daughter, while having a nice relationship with both Moon and Star. And in the season 3 finale, when Star fails to defeat Meteora, Eclipsa takes up the wand and strikes down her own daughter in order to save Mewni, before being pleasantly surprised that the spell somehow reverted Meteora back to infancy.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her mother was Mina's boss, ''Solaria the'' '''''Monster Carver''''', who probably didn't approve of her dating monsters.
* DeadManSwitch: She managed to create one through the deal Moon made with her, stating that if Toffee is killed, she will be set free. Since Ludo killed the last bit of Toffee, it weakened her prison.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Eclipsa Butterfly ends up being a deconstruction of the SealedEvilInACan and the charming CardCarryingVillain. Eclipsa is described as the Queen of Darkness and a dangerous villain that manipulates anyone that listens to her long enough. [[DealWithTheDevil Queen Moon making a deal with her]] risks the safety of the entire kingdom and puts the Magical High Commission onto high alert. Eclipsa herself cops to being a selfish villain who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo "did what was best for me."]] Yet no one can explain exactly ''what'' Eclipsa did, except that [[CircularReasoning what she did was evil because she was the Queen of Darkness.]] Ultimately, [[spoiler: Eclipsa proves to only be considered a villain because [[MalignedMixedMarriage she married a monster.]] The only threat Eclipsa poses to the kingdom is that she threatens [[FantasticRacism the racist status quo and hierarchy of Mewni that the Magical High Commission uphold.]] Eclipsa's CardCarryingVillain traits result from the fact that she's ''given up'' on convincing people she isn't evil and indulges in selfish behavior because its likely the only chance she has to be happy before she's attacked again.]]
* TheDreaded: Her spells and additions to the Butterfly family spellbook are constantly referred to with caution at best, and outright fear at worst, with implications that most Butterflies have never even seen said chapter. Noticeably, Hekapoo and Lekmet of the [[BigGood Magic High Commission]] flip out when they see Star about to read one of her pages. Considering what they did to her and her daughter, along with the fact they never bothered to even read her chapter, it's hard to tell how much of this is warranted.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** When Star grabs Toffee's severed finger, several images flash on the screen, including one shot of Eclipsa's face, implying a connection between the two of them. As it turns out, it was her magic power that severed said finger to begin with.
** In "Crystal Clear", the large collection of imprisoned rogues that Rhombulus has captured over the years has a crystal containing Eclipsa in the background.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In the series finale she finally gets her happy ending with her monster-hating mother accepting Meteora beyond the grave and with Mina and her army depowered, she is now able to live a happy and peaceful life with her family.]]
* EnergyRingAttack: Her "Midnight Shriek" and "Black Velvet Inferno" take the form of energy beams surrounded by rings.
* EnergyWeapon: Her "Midnight Shriek" spell allows her to shoot a blast of dark magic from her wand, powerful enough to stun even Meteora in her monster form.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When a young Moon unthaws her from the crystal prison and the audience meets her for the first time, the first thing Eclipsa asks for is a chocolate bar from the vending machine that happens to be behind them. She is then sympathetic to Moon losing her mother and being torn between two suitors, and offers to teach her the magic she needs, [[DealWithTheDevil but for a price]]. Even then though, [[NobleDemon she makes it clear this magical contract isn't to be taken lightly]]. All of this provides hints that she may not be as bad as the rumors about her would have you believe.
* ExactWords: Her contracts appear to work on this. She gives Moon a spell capable of killing Toffee in exchange for her freedom after Toffee is destroyed. Moon manages to evade this by crippling Toffee instead of killing him, but the contract comes back into play when he is killed by Star and [[TheDogBitesBack Ludo]]. Of course, this works against her because she never specified ''permanent'' freedom, which means recrystallizing her is still possible.
* FacialMarkings: Eclipsa had ones shaped like spades on her cheeks.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In Season 4, Eclipsa will ''never'' free Globgor (at least not by her own efforts anyways), even accepting that it's just not the right time to do so [[spoiler:(He ends being freed by Rhombulus in an attempt to frame Eclipsa, and gets to stay free)]].
* FamilyOfChoice: Despite finding out that she isn't actually related to Star and Moon, she continues to treat them like family members anyway. She offers Star and Marco a place to stay in her castle and she even cries TearsOfJoy when she sees Moon return safe and sound. Even Marco she treats like her own son.
* FlowerMotifs: Roses. Eclipsa's favorite place in the Mewni Castle was the rose garden and her first scene in season 4 was her decorating her new castle with a number of them.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Moon. Eclipsa is a carefree woman who is always calm and joyful despite what happens around her; her advice to Star tends to follow the theme of doing what's best for herself, focusing on self-discovery and self-empowerment; she also believes that all knowledge is good knowledge, which leads her to meddle with dark magic; she was known to empathize with monsters and even fell in love with one. Moon carries herself sternly and proudly; while advising Star, her focus is in self-improvement so Star can become the best queen possible; she tends to keep things hidden from others when she notices it might cause trouble and has loathed the dark magic chapter Eclipsa wrote; she also subscribes to the same FantasticRacism as the rest of her family. In regards to motherhood, Eclipsa was unable to be there for her daughter's (Miss Heinous/Meteora) life, while Moon has always been there for Star's.
*** Their differences are highlighted again in season 4 with Eclipsa, now as Queen, [[CharacterDevelopment improving]] to be a better one and doing selfless actions at the cost of her own happiness. On the other hand, Moon is content to live a quiet life in the yurt village with River, but plans a coup against Eclipsa out of anger for Eclipsa accidentally sending her to the Realm of Magic, thus putting her own feelings ahead of others' safety.
** To her mother Solaria, [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon who in many ways was her opposite]]. While Solaria was fanatical in her hatred of monsters, Eclipsa understood and related with monsters more than she did with mewmans, even to the point of marrying and having a child with a monster. While Solaria preferred to rule alone, only taking a lover to secure an heir, Eclipsa loved Globgor and hoped their relationship would change Mewni for the better. While Solaria was influential enough to reignite anti-monster bigotry in mewmans that lasted for over 300 years, Eclipsa has a ZeroPercentApprovalRating among the mewmans of Mewni but is generally well-liked by the monsters. Solaria was a butch ActionGirl who's wand took the form of a LaserBlade that exuded light, Eclipsa is more of a LadyOfWar who's wand is a parasol that blocked sunlight and reflected her affinity for TheDarkArts. Even their names are total opposites to one another; Solaria's name evoking the sun, Eclipsa's evoking an eclipse, or the ''blocking'' of the sun.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Holding grudges isn't really her thing. [[spoiler:Even after Moon betrayed her by siding with Mina and forced her to give back the wand, Eclipsa is more than willing to work with her to stop Mina, and encourages Moon to repair her fractured relationship with Star.]]
* GirlsLoveChocolate: She demands chocolate immediately after being let out of stasis. When released, in "Stranger Danger", she shows to have eaten a bucket worth of chocolate and admits self-control issues.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Her tapestry portrait has them at least. It's especially noticeable because the top half of her face is cast in shade from her hat.
* GoodAllAlong: When she was first mentioned, Eclipsa was presented as a regrettable part of the Butterfly Family's history for having betrayed them to take on a monster lover and was said to have done all sorts of horrible things to the point she was crystalized. Slowly, once she was properly introduced, she appeared to be a NobleDemon who might've been manipulating Moon to gain her freedom and later tried to manipulate Star into thinking she was innocent. It's eventually revealed that while Eclipsa dabbled in some dark magic and was a "monster lover", she was truly a decent woman who was unfairly stigmatized for wanting to end monster persecution and for escaping an unhappy marriage that she was forced into to be with someone who respected her, believing that their union could bring lasting peace between monsters and Mewmans, and having a child with him. All talk of Eclipsa's supposed "evil deeds" were lies and hearsay spread by the Magic High Commission and her vengeful ex-husband Shastacan. It's telling that despite how many people have called her a villain, she never holds a grudge against them and has been known to show concern for her enemies despite being perfectly justified in hating them.
* GoodParents: When Eclipsa is given a [[RaiseHerRightThisTime second chance]] of raising Meteora, she proves to be an attentive, doting mother who instructs her daughter, as seen in "Cornball!", to not "prey on those weaker than her".
* HairstyleInertia: As shown in "Pizza Party", Eclipsa has had the same short, poofy haristyle since her infant age.
* HappilyMarried: It's implied her relationship with her monster husband, Globgor, was loving, sweet and very heartwarming. She even blushes upon seeing an image of him in "Butterfly Trap", and wonders how anyone could not fall for his smile.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Eclipsa is preceded by a reputation of being a user of dark magic who abandoned her kingdom to be with a monster. Eclipsa is ''very'' honest about her use of dark magic and she openly admits to learning it for her own sake. However, without Eclipsa, Mewni would have been taken over by Meteora and the monsters wouldn't have been allowed access to Mewni. Tensions with Eclipsa are still high to the point that they perceive her as a FalselyReformedVillain and the level of distrust towards her and Globgor are yet to be warranted. Star has made it her goal to prove everyone wrong and redeem Eclipsa in their people's eyes.
* HeroicBastard: ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' mentions Eclipsa's mother had no interest in a husband, and only saw men as "baby factories", so she simply "went out to sea" with one of her councilors to sire an heir. Solaria was the ''queen'', though, so despite Eclipsa's later reputation, no one held her parentage against her.
* HiddenDepths: She's a capable guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and she has surprisingly modern taste in music for someone who has been TakenForGranite for centuries. She and Globgor are also revealed to be masterful culinary artists, having baked a disturbingly lifelike cake resembling a Mewman as a gift for Star and Tom.
* HighClassGloves: Wears a pair of long gray gloves. [[HidingTheHandicap They hide the corruption on her lower arms from using dark magic.]]
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Similarly to Tom's parents, it's unknown how exactly Eclipsa was able to produce viable offspring with a monster that was at least 20 times her size. She was willing to give some details in "Total Eclipsa the Moon", but [[BrainBleach Moon preferred not to know that]]. In ''The Magic Book of Spells'', Eclipsa states that her beloved Prince of Darkness, Globgor, is a type of monster called a size shifter. When the two do interact, it's shown he spends most of his time with her in a state of being about just a head taller than her.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Eclipsa's monster lover was so big and muscular that she could use his forearm as a seat. He is later revealed to be a size-shifter and spent most of his time only slightly taller than Eclipsa, though he often becomes so tiny she can carry him in her shoulder.
* IAmNotYourFather: She is not Star's actual ninth great-grandmother, as initially believed. Star is saddened by this, as she genuinely bonded with her. However, their lack of relation had not gotten in the way of their bond as shown in the season finale when she saves her from her own daughter.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo:
** When asked by Star if she used dark magic, Eclipsa ambiguously, but honestly responds that she did what she had to do for ''herself'', and asks Star to call her a villainess if it makes her evil.
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that this is the reason she created the Darkest Spell. It was made to specifically kill Septarians, who did not want peace between Mewmans and monsters and couldn't be killed in any other way because of their regeneration abilities. She didn't even give it an official name because of [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique how dangerous it was towards both the victim]] [[RedRightHand and the caster of the spell]].
** Played tragically when she steps up and kills the insane Meteora (or so she thought) to save Star and Mewni. When Star asks what she's done, Eclipsa has the same response, only this time it's clear she would've wanted anything ''but'' that.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Eclipsa first meets Moon, she comments on how Moon is too young to be queen unless her mother was dead. Moon's reaction quickly confirms Eclipsa's fears and she immediately apologizes for stepping on that emotional land mine.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** She fell in love with a monster, Globgor (who was a Size Shifter), and left Mewni with him.
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that she dated many kinds of monsters, and even had a rating system of dateability written down. She also has had a friendship with the Prince of Darkness, her eventual husband, since she was a child, and the two would leave messages around the kingdom for each other to find.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Eclipsa abandoning her kingdom and Mewman husband to run away with her monster lover (whom she had a daughter with) made her appear to be a selfish person. In "Stranger Danger", Star says that Eclipsa abandoning Mewni was "super selfish". Averted in ''The Magic Book of Spells'' where it reveals that her ''monster lover'' was the one who insisted she run away with him for a brief period to elope in an attempt to save both their people, a decision she initially refused to make because she didn't want to betray her kingdom. She acknowledged how her eloping with Globgor and leaving Mewni make her seem selfish, but believed that her union with Globgor would create lasting peace between the monsters and the Mewmans, hoping save to both species, and hoped her actions would later be seen as just. To top it all off, she clearly went out of her way to ''reform'' Globgor who used to ''eat people''.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed, as Eclipsa was AmbiguouslyEvil rather than a jerkass. In "Tough Love", while talking with Meteora, Eclipsa makes a comment about how she was imprisoned and tried by "backwards, maladjusted people", meaning she was talking about the Magic High Commission and Moon (who is offended). But despite the unwarranted comment, Eclipsa's description wasn't incorrect given that the Commission unfairly imprisoned her because she fell in love with a monster and Moon backed out of their deal and initially agreed with the Commission's decision.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. Eclipsa is played up as "evil" by others, including the Magic High Commission, but her conversation/deal with a young Moon shows her an empathetic individual. Her subsequent appearances show that she is by ''no'' means "evil" and hardly qualifies as a straight up "jerk".
* KarmicJackpot: In the season 3 finale she defended Star against her own daughter, then was willing to give up the wand after the fight. Not only did Star give her back the throne and the wand, but it turned out her daughter had been reverted to a baby, allowing Eclipsa to raise her right this time.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Subverted. In the season 3 finale episode, "Conquer", Eclipsa attacks and, ultimately, kills her daughter, Meteora. But given how her daughter was sucking the souls out of Mewmans, causing rampant destruction, and was about to murder Star, Eclipsa's decision was the right one. And she was bereft with what she had to do. And even more happy when Meteora somehow survived and reverted back into a baby.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Eclipsa is an expert in dark magic, wears dark purple and a wide-brimmed hat reminiscent of a WickedWitch, but she is still an attractive woman with an air of sophistication. She's also said to be one of the most powerful queens in Mewni's history and only Star has as much magical potential as she does. This is proven when she takes back the wand to defend Star from Meteora in a CurbStompBattle.
* LetsGetDangerous: After being a spectator for much of her time onscreen Eclipsa takes up the Wand once more to defend Star and Mewni from Meteora's wrath, delivering a CurbStompBattle in the process.
* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: Her mother was Solaria the Monster Carver, Mewni's most ruthless monster fighter, who only believed the worst about monsters and thought they were better off dead. Eclipsa is able to see the monsters as people, and eventually married one. Eclipsa's mother was a warrior queen while she was a dark magic mage.
* LoveAcrossBattlelines: She dated Globgor while her mother was on her mission of genocide.
* LovedINotHonorMore: What Eclipsa decides to do in season 4 thanks to CharacterDevelopment. Initially, she was willing to take over Rhombulus' body in order to free Globgor, but Star's insistence that she doesn't, otherwise no one (Star included) would trust her, reaches Eclipsa. She decides that the kingdom's well-being must come first, no matter how much Eclipsa misses her trapped husband.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Most likely the reason why she fled Mewni. Mewni has a strong prejudice against monsters, so Eclipsa leaving her Mewman husband to take a monster for her lover probably was source of some outrage.
* MamaBear:
** Eclipsa [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops]] her usual cheeky attitude to give a DeathGlare to the Magic High Council when they lie about what they did to her daughter.
** Deconstructed in "Tough Love", when Moon and Meteora are in a fight and Moon is about to kill her daughter Meteora, Eclipsa intervenes... which leads to half of Moon's soul being drained and Meteora continuing her rampage to Mewni.
** Deconstructed again in "Conquer". This time Eclipsa is this for Star as she battles Meteora to protect her and ends up almost killing her with a powerful dark spell. Eclipsa is devastated.
** She unleashes the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Spell-With-No-Name]] against the Solarian warrior [[spoiler:Doug-Doug]] when he's about to kill Star.
* MeaningfulName:
** Her name comes from 'eclipse,' a phenomenon where a celestial body, like the Sun or Moon, is obscured in shadow. All signs point to Eclipsa's reign, and the woman herself, invoking DarkIsEvil.
** "Eclipse" also literally means "to abandon", in reference on how ancient times believed the sun abandoned the earth during a solar eclipse. Eclipsa abandoned her people to run off with her monster lover.
* MissingMom: To Miss Heinous aka her long lost daughter, Meteora. At some point, they were forced away from another due to Eclipsa's imprisonment and Meteora being brainwashed into forgetting her identity.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her eyes are oval-shaped, whereas a majority of the humanoid characters have round eyes. Also, more subtle, her pupils are tiny while her iris is large, an inversion of how a majority of the other characters eyes are drawn.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: A lot of her actions are sympathetic, and those accusing her of evil deeds, mostly the Magic High Commission, are bigots against her husband and not really the epitome of good morals they claim to be, leading Star to believe Eclipsa to be this. She basically mentions this when asked about the her chapter in the Magic Book, she was never the one that named her chapter "the evil chapter", it was the Magic High Commission.
* OddFriendship: Glossaryck [[TrueNeutral of all people]] is the only one to respect Eclipsa and have a form of friendship with her. After Eclipsa's battle with Meteora, Glossaryck leaves with her willingly (although "Swim Suit" has him laugh him her request to reverse the spells she cast on Rhombulus, claiming that he doesn't work for her).
* OddNameOut: Most of the other queens have the names of celestial bodies, but Eclipsa's refers to a cosmic phenomenon. Fitting for the BlackSheep of the Mewni queens.
* OffingTheOffspring: Not at first, as she wanted another way to stop Meteora, but only after Moon and Star were endangered did she resort to killing her own daughter. She even looked close to breaking down after doing the deed. Fortunately, Meteora was magically regressed to a baby, giving both her and her mother a second chance at life again.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Despite being mostly a MellowFellow, she showcases a lot of emotions in "Butterfly Trap". She makes a blushing face when seeing her husband, anger and resentment towards the Magic High Commission and grief over seeing how her daughter was treated when she wasn't there.
** In "Conquer", she cries when she's forced to fight and defeat her rampaging daughter.
** In ''Ready, Aim, Fire'', the normally cheerful Eclipsa enters a state of TranquilFury and genuine fear when a Solarian Warrior attacks.
* ParasolOfPain: Eclipsa's version of the Royal Magic Wand is a pretty parasol that she uses to fire devastating spells against her enemis.
* ParentalSubstitute: It's becoming evident that Eclipsa is this to Star, due to Star and her mother not seeing eye to eye. Even though she isn't biologically related to Star, she still treats her as family and Star otherwise reciprocates. In Season 4, Eclipsa has also become one to Marco, even helping Marco with his conflicting feelings between Star and Kelly, and gives him a hug. [[spoiler:The trope is further enforced once Moon reveals she was the initial BigBad before being displaced by Mina, Star all but disowning her for her actions, even attacking her at one point, and choosing to help Eclipsa rather than side with her mother. Incidentally, Star's experience with Eclipsa allowed her to put that incident in perspective, making her realize her own mother is no less flawed than Eclipsa, because there will come a time mothers make bad decisions in life]].
* PerkyGoth: She dresses in black, wields powerful dark magic and fashions a guitar out of a skeleton, but is generally a quirky, cheerful individual who acts more like TheGadfly than anything else.
* PerpetualSmiler: Fittingly for her CloudCuckoolander persona, she rarely changes expression. Even when held hostage by Omnitraxus Prime. It adds an unnerving tone for her character.
* PlayingCardMotifs: She had spade-shaped cheek markings. Her entire room has spades-like symbols too and even the door to Meteora's room has a huge Spades symbol in it. In playing cards, the spade suit represents darkness and death.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her eyes are a grayish shade of lavender, and suit her status as one of the mightiest spell-casters in Mewnian history.
* RebelliousPrincess:
** After her release, she's shown to possess a few of the stereotypical mannerisms of a mildly rebellious teenager, such as a habit of sneaking out of her room after dark, giggling at ancient crawlspaces being 'dirty', and playing an instrument that looks and sounds like an electric guitar. Her love for the Prince of Darkness, Globgor, is implied to have a hint of DatingWhatDaddyHates not just towards her mother, but also [[CulturalRebel towards the whole of Mewni]].
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' shows that Solaria [[TheVictimMustBeConfused thought her daughter was being kidnapped by a monster when she was a child]]. In reality, Eclipsa had snuck out of the castle when she wasn't allowed to come to a parlay and met with him instead. She kept this friendship going for many years in secret, and eventually they fell in love.
* RedHerring: Built up as the likely BigBad of Season 3. It actually turns out to be her daughter, Meteora.
* RedRightHand: Her gloves conceal her hands have been blackened by dark magic. It's implied that the marks came from the use of her darkest spell, which Moon has also gotten after using it.
* ReformedButRejected: Eclipsa is largely overshadowed by her reputation. She's returned to the throne, gave homes back to the monsters and even ''saved'' Mewni from her own daughter. Yet the Mewmans and Magic High Commission refuse to trust her. The commission were also quick to arrest her and Meteora when Globgor escaped, without even investigating the crime scene.
* SadClown: Admits to Moon that she uses humor to hide her feelings sometimes.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Eclipsa has very questionable ethics regarding her magic. Her immediate suggestion upon getting caught breaking into the royal archives is to MindWipe the guard. Taken a step further in "Swim Suit" when she uses a FreakyFridayFlip spell on Rhombulus in an attempt to free Globgor. [[TheConscience Star]] convinces her to abandon this plan, as no one is going to trust a queen who uses her powers like that.
* SeekerArchetype: Most of Mewni consider BlackMagic [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow better off forgotten]], but Eclipsa researched it heavily under the belief that "All knowledge is good knowledge." The same attitude may well be why she familiarized herself with monsters enough to fall in love with one.
* SeenItAll: Her life has been one huge disaster after another, between her mother being a genocidal warlord, getting locked in crystal and separated from her husband and daughter for more than 300 years, and being branded evil for having the decency to treat monsters as people. She's so desensitized to being kicked around that [[spoiler:she readily forgives Moon for staging a violent coup against her with Mina and the Magic High Commission, as she treats being reunited with Globgor as a silver lining.]]
-->'''Eclipsa:''' So, what do you say, Moon? Want to get into a quick game of pool?\\
'''Moon:''' How can you even think of that at a time like this?\\
'''Eclipsa:''' My ''whole entire life'' has been a "time like this", Moon. You learn to enjoy these moments.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Star and Marco, ever since "Lint Catcher" (shortly after she met Star and before she'd actually met Marco yet). [[spoiler:In the series finale, despite the dire situation she's quite happy to learn that Star and Marco have become a couple.]]
* ShootTheDog: Her OffingTheOffspring moment. She's definitely ''very'' reluctant in doing so, shedding tears even as she prepares the spell, and breaking down crying after the deed.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Eclipsa preferred Globgor over Shastacan because he was apparently nicer and a better husband than Shastacan. This gets murky when we see Globgor's questionable background, suggesting Eclipsa [[ICanChangeMyBeloved thought she could make him a better person]]--even if that meant [[DisproportionateRestitution turning a blind eye to his previous misdeeds]]. When we finally see them interact in Season 4, he's revealed to be a NiceGuy who really did go vegetarian for her, though he [[EveryoneHasStandards likes to joke about eating Mewmans a little too much for her liking]].
* SinisterSurveillance: Created the All-Seeing Eye Spell which allowed her to spy on anyone she wished.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Averted. Eclipsa wouldn't be wholly wrong to be furious with Star and Moon's family for usurping the royal bloodline, striking her daughter from the record, and for going back on their word to free her. But Eclipsa is ultimately warm and cordial to both of them, considering them part of her family despite not being related to them at all (it helps that Star and Moon's family were actually puppet rulers, and thus not actually the usurpers, but the Magic High Commission was.) Both of them also go to great lengths to help Eclipsa out and neither are happy to find out the truth. She's also horrified when in trying to protect her daughter, she causes Moon to lose half her soul, begging her to come back, and ends up attacking Meteora to defend Star and save Mewni.
* SolarAndLunar: Her mother Solaria's name is derived from "solaris", meaning "of the sun" in Latin, while Eclipsa is named after an eclipse.
* SphereOfPower: Her "Black Velvet Inferno" spell creates a large black sphere around the target, which generates an explosion on what's contained inside, which then shatters.
* StealthExpert: Besides knowing secret passageways in the Butterfly castle, she also describes herself as "sneaky".
* StellarName: Named after the astronomical term "eclipse".
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Due to being crystallized for 300 years, she ends up looking younger than her daughter Meteora in the present day, but it's subverted in that Meteora's default appearance is just how she looked even when she was younger, resulting from her stealing the emotions from students at St. Olga's.
* SweetTooth: The first thing she does after being semi-released from her prison is ask Moon for a candy bar. She also says she wants her freedom to buy her own chocolate or the little cling-wrapped muffins at the bottom of the vending machine.
* SympatheticAdulterer: From what little we see of her genuinely heartwarming interactions with her monster husband and how much of a jerk is her HateSink Mewni husband, it's not hard to see and support her decision to leave the latter for the former, especially when his involvement in Meteora's fate is revealed.
* TaintedVeins: Her forearms are horribly tainted, with her hands being fully dark. She wears HighClassGloves to hide the fact. [[spoiler: Just like with Moon, being exposed to the pure magic of the Magic Realm washes out the taint in her arms in the final episode.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: While not a CardCarryingVillain, by the time she's freed from Rhombulus' crystal, she has since given up on convincing others that she isn't evil and will sometimes play into their expectations [[PokeThePoodle for a little harmless teasing]].
--> '''Eclipsa:''' Are you afraid I'll get my "evil cuties" on you?
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Snookers candy bar. It's the first thing she asked for from a young Moon and she was eating a large amount of them after being freed. She has eaten a bucket of them since her release.
* {{Tritagonist}}: A role she shares along with Moon during the second half of Season 3. Her desire to find her daughter Meteora and Moon and Star's goals of proving her innocence drive the deeper MythArc of the Season. In Season 4, her struggle to adjust to ruling Mewni and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating winning the love and trust of her subjects]] with Star's help is also a large part of the MythArc.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: In spite of being unjustly imprisoned, having her family taken from her, Moon reneging on their deal, having to kill her own daughter, most of Mewni hating her, and so much more, Eclipsa never holds a grudge.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Averted. Though as far as the Mewmans are concerned they see it as being played straight. Despite doing nothing that could really be called 'evil', her people despise her because she bucks tradition and, unlike her grandmother Skywynne, refuses to bow to their demands, gave monsters back land that Mewmans stole from them, and expected them to take responsibility for their own lives like functioning adults.
* UnholyNuke: Her most powerful on-screen spell is "Black Velvet Inferno", a spell that envelops the target in impenetrable darkness and shatters them.
* UnskilledButStrong: As per her own admittance, she never learned how to cast magic without a wand. That said, she has access to powerful Dark Magic that can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slay immortals]].
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to find information about her without coming across lots of spoilers regarding the end of ''The Battle of Mewni'' and the truth about the Butterfly family's legitimacy to the throne.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: She has many opportunities to betray Star and Moon, either by simply remaining silent, allowing someone else to kill them, or attacking them herself when their guards are down. This culminates in the season 3 finale, where she grabs the wand in order to defend Star from Meteora when the rest of the kingdom has already been defeated, and then offers Star the wand back when the job is done.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: Baby and other things point towards her having been the most powerful of the Butterfly Queens to ever live. The only other Butterfly to ever have sheer magical power comparable to her is Star, and due to being much more experienced, Eclipsa is still way stronger.
* WouldHurtAChild: Downplayed. Eclipsa admits that she has hurt teenagers before, but only psychologically, and she claims that they deserved it.
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[[folder:Festivia the Fun]]
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->''"When the threat of monsters at the gate\\
has darkened out the sun,\\
let the kingdom find some peace and joy\\
in Festivia the Fun."''
Festivia is Eclipsa's successor, and ruled Mewni during a war so terrible that her people were confined to the city surrounding the palace. She lifted their spirits with soothing revelries and protected their lives with devastating spells. Her wand was a goblet.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: In "Cleaved", [[spoiler:she takes on her butterfly form for the first, last and only time (an impressive feat, considering she once admitted to never learning how to use magic without the wand)]].
* AdvertisedExtra: Eclipsa's return and her participation in the plot was heavily advertised during the brief hiatus between the ''Battle of Mewni'' and the rest of season 3, with her being a constant presence in teasers and promos, hinting at her being a key player in the season. She is, but not until the second half of the season, after another hiatus.
* AllLovingHero: Despite her negative reputation, Eclipsa turns out to be this. While the act of abandoning Mewni has painted her a selfish woman, she has shown to do acts of great selflessness (i.e., attempting to kill her enraged daughter to protect Star and save the kingdom), holds no grudge over those who hate her, and is willing to help those in need, especially her loved ones.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: After finding out what had happened to her daughter Meteora, Eclipsa wanted nothing more than for her to return safe and sound. When Meteora went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Eclipsa interferes with Moon's attack meant to stop her (to keep her from going overboard with said attack). Though she regrets doing so because Meteora refuses to stop destroying buildings and stealing souls until she's seized the Mewni throne (which by all technicality, was stolen from her) and is ultimately willing to risk killing Meteora herself.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eclipsa is preceded by [[TheDreaded a terrible reputation]], but from questionable sources--the most specific and repeated "crime" attributed to her was ''[[MalignedMixedMarriage miscegenation]]''. Once freed, Eclipsa practically turned herself in and showed a lot of goodwill to Star and others, but doesn't care if people consider her evil. Later on, she is shown to be a hero at heart and is trying to be a good queen.
* AntiRegeneration: One of her spells is capable of killing an immortal. Even if it doesn't score a killing blow, it will inflict a WoundThatWillNotHeal. She taught it to Moon to kill Toffee, though Moon used it to blow off his finger instead. According to ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'', this spell was created specifically to kill Septarians, the race Toffee belongs to, and that she had made it after Globgor expressed his concern over the Septarians amassing an army of sorts.
* TheArchmage: Considered the most powerful of any Mewni Queen by far, and infamous for TheDarkArts. She finally shows what she's capable of by easily trouncing season 3's villain in the season finale.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her marriage to King Shastacan was her mother Solaria's idea of a diplomatic move. Eclipsa refused at first, but acquiesced when Solaria died and specified in her will that they marry.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
** In "Lint Catcher" She asks Star "Do you want him to stay?". Through the episode Star has been trying to distance herself from Marco and it seems that she is angry about Marco arriving unannounced and uninvited. However her response to Eclipsa seems to suggest that there's more to this than she lets on.
** An even better example of this trope is used in "Butterfly Trap" when she asks the Magical High Commission about her daughter.
* AwesomeButImpractical: She's an ''immensely'' powerful magic user and the spells she demonstrates are absolutely ''devastating'' against Meteora. However, its implied she doesn't know the consequences of what every spell does given her surprise Meteora turned into a baby and, as mentioned below, she never learned how to cast spells without her wand. Given that the wand is Star's inheritance, Eclipsa's magical powers are essentially gone for good. Until she gets it back in the Season 3 finale.
* AwfulWeddedLife: From her disgusted reaction when seeing Shastacan's hologram during her trial, it can be assumed that they didn't have a happy marriage. Further reinforced in ''Magic Book of Spells'', where he was condescending to her opinions.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Even though her reputation for being a dark witch is not undeserved at all, she swore to herself to never use one of her mother's (Solaria the ''Monster Carver'') spells out of fear of turning into a psycho like her until she had to use the "The Spell with No Name" (the "Total Annihilation Spell") against a giant Solarian battle armor.
* BigGood: Despite her [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating abysmal]] [[BlackSheep reputation]], after she's released from her prison she goes on to prove herself ''easily'' one of the most benevolent and powerful forces on the side of the heroes. Her undeserved reputation comes from the fact that she's a AllLovingHero who ''completely'' went against the FantasticRacism that was so rampant in Mewni (to the point that she fell utterly in love with a monster) and said actions made her a HeroWithBadPublicity. As an ally to Star and Marco, she's nothing but an incredibly loyal ally and her relationship with both heroes is almost maternal.
* BlackMage: In what might be a case of CripplingOverspecialization, many of her spells are either stupefyingly destructive or inflict StatusEffects capable of inducing AntiRegeneration, creating emotional distress, tying people into a pretzel and even an UnholyNuke so dangerous that it has to be locked away in the Spell Dimension for fear of it ''destroying the entire universe''. It's even worse when you realize that many of her spells she either invented purely for experimentation and she doesn't even know how to undo them.
* BlackSheep: Eclipsa became infamous for practicing dark magic and running off with her monster lover.
* BroughtDownToNormal: She's powerless without her wand, being crystalized before even learning how to dip down. Having no acess to the wand during season 3 makes her powerless, but she is back with it in season 4.
* CastingAShadow: Most of her dark magic spells are dark in a literal sense, being focused on manipulating darkness or purple flames.
* CatSmile: Eclipsa has a tiny one in her portrait, although there appears to be nothing lighthearted or mischievous about her.
* CharacterDevelopment: Eclipsa has a shown a great love for family, especially for her monster husband and her daughter. This gets deconstructed in "Tough Love", when she chooses to save Meteora from Moon's deadly attack which leads half of the latter's soul being taken. Come "Conquer", Eclipsa was ready and prepared to ''kill'' her daughter to protect Star and the kingdom. And while she does resort to some underhanded methods to free Globgor in "Swim Suit", she ultimately stops because of Star's influence. And "Surviving the Spiderbites" shows Eclipsa now trying to recreate the Magic Book of Spells not to free Globgor but to learn spells for her kingdom, though she ends up trying to free him, she backs down when talked out of it by the man himself.
* ChildProdigy: Something that she apparently has in common with Star, having a deeper understanding of magic because of her curious tendencies and not in-spite of them. With that said, unlike Star, she IncompletelyTrained and never learned how to use magic without her wand due to circumstances.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that Eclipsa and Globgor have been secretly friends since they were kids, the two would leave messages around the kingdom for each other to find, and eventually they fell in love.
* CloudCuckooLander: Eclipsa is quite odd and eccentric. When she is freed, her priority is wanting some sweets, she speaks with pigeons, makes musical instruments out of bones, and so on.
* ColdHam: When casting spells, Eclipsa enunciates them in a perfectly calm and clear tone of voice, as opposed to Star, who prefers to shout her attacks.
* CombatPragmatist: Eclipsa doesn't mess around in combat. Her spells are designed to be lethal, compared to Star's largely incapacitating arsenal. ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' even explains that she developed her [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Swap Spell]] as a means to force her enemies to ''[[PsychicAssistedSuicide kill themselves]]''.
* ConflictingLoyalty: The top priority for Eclipsa upon learning that Meteora had been erased from Mewni's records was to find out what happened to her. Along the way, she becomes quite attached to Moon and Star, even after discovering they aren't related to her. These feelings come into conflict when Meteora goes on a rampage and sets out on a vengeful quest to reclaim the Mewni throne and tries to kill Star, but are ultimately resolved when Eclipsa sides against her, realizing that there was nothing more she could do for Meteora.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Heinous turns out to be Meteora, Eclipsa's daughter with her monster husband.
* CoolOldLady: While Eclipsa isn't visibly old thanks to her crystallization, she's certainly not of the current era. She's also charming and gives a lot of sound advice to Star and develops a nice relationship with Moon, though they aren't really related.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Despite being an incredibly powerful sorceress, she does not know how to "dip down" and use magic without a wand. Justified; since Eclipsa was imprisoned at the peak of her power for 300+ years and she never had to learn how. Glossaryck noted in ''The Magic Book of Spells'' that not all queens further develop their magic and learn how to use magic without the wand. "Swim Suit" shows that she also doesn't know how to reverse her own spells and she needed Star to coach her on how to do it, and in "Surviving the Spiderbites" she states that all of her spells are all either combative or can only be used for herself (in spite of the fact that others ''can'' use her spells for their own benefit, such as Moon and Star), requiring Star and the Book of Spells in order to improve her skills and learn more spells.
* CrystalPrison: She's spent the last few centuries as one of Rhombulus' crystallized prisoners.
* CurbStompBattle: She dishes one out to Meteora, who had just taken everything Star can throw at her with nary a scratch.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mother died when she young thus having her become Queen at the same age. She was then arranged to marry [[{{Jerkass}} Shastacan]]. Eclipsa ran off and married her monster lover, Globgor and the two had a daughter. At one point, the Magic High Council discovered their home and imprisoned her and Globgor. And then took away her daughter.
* TheDarkArts: Infamous for it, and her epithet is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Darkness]]. However, Star disagrees with it, saying that after reading her chapter of the magic book, she found nothing particularly mind-blowing about it, which Eclipsa mentions that she never names her chapter "The Dark Chapter", but it was the Magic High Comission who did. However the spell to kill an immortal seems to be indeed evil, Eclipsa made it with the intention to protect the kingdom from the threat of Septarians and even she feared that spell, deciding to never name it or put it in the Spell Book.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite creating quite a few dark spells in her chapter and being AmbiguouslyEvil for a long time, Eclipsa is really just an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] ex-queen who desperately wants to find out what happened to her daughter, while having a nice relationship with both Moon and Star. And in the season 3 finale, when Star fails to defeat Meteora, Eclipsa takes up the wand and strikes down her own daughter in order to save Mewni, before being pleasantly surprised that the spell somehow reverted Meteora back to infancy.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her mother was Mina's boss, ''Solaria the'' '''''Monster Carver''''', who probably didn't approve of her dating monsters.
* DeadManSwitch: She managed to create one through the deal Moon made with her, stating that if Toffee is killed, she will be set free. Since Ludo killed the last bit of Toffee, it weakened her prison.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Eclipsa Butterfly ends up being a deconstruction of the SealedEvilInACan and the charming CardCarryingVillain. Eclipsa is described as the Queen of Darkness and a dangerous villain that manipulates anyone that listens to her long enough. [[DealWithTheDevil Queen Moon making a deal with her]] risks the safety of the entire kingdom and puts the Magical High Commission onto high alert. Eclipsa herself cops to being a selfish villain who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo "did what was best for me."]] Yet no one can explain exactly ''what'' Eclipsa did, except that [[CircularReasoning what she did was evil because she was the Queen of Darkness.]] Ultimately, [[spoiler: Eclipsa proves to only be considered a villain because [[MalignedMixedMarriage she married a monster.]] The only threat Eclipsa poses to the kingdom is that she threatens [[FantasticRacism the racist status quo and hierarchy of Mewni that the Magical High Commission uphold.]] Eclipsa's CardCarryingVillain traits result from the fact that she's ''given up'' on convincing people she isn't evil and indulges in selfish behavior because its likely the only chance she has to be happy before she's attacked again.]]
* TheDreaded: Her spells and additions to the Butterfly family spellbook are constantly referred to with caution at best, and outright fear at worst, with implications that most Butterflies have never even seen said chapter. Noticeably, Hekapoo and Lekmet of the [[BigGood Magic High Commission]] flip out when they see Star about to read one of her pages. Considering what they did to her and her daughter, along with the fact they never bothered to even read her chapter, it's hard to tell how much of this is warranted.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** When Star grabs Toffee's severed finger, several images flash on the screen, including one shot of Eclipsa's face, implying a connection between the two of them. As it turns out, it was her magic power that severed said finger to begin with.
** In "Crystal Clear", the large collection of imprisoned rogues that Rhombulus has captured over the years has a crystal containing Eclipsa in the background.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In the series finale she finally gets her happy ending with her monster-hating mother accepting Meteora beyond the grave and with Mina and her army depowered, she is now able to live a happy and peaceful life with her family.]]
* EnergyRingAttack: Her "Midnight Shriek" and "Black Velvet Inferno" take the form of energy beams surrounded by rings.
* EnergyWeapon: Her "Midnight Shriek" spell allows her to shoot a blast of dark magic from her wand, powerful enough to stun even Meteora in her monster form.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When a young Moon unthaws her from the crystal prison and the audience meets her for the first time, the first thing Eclipsa asks for is a chocolate bar from the vending machine that happens to be behind them. She is then sympathetic to Moon losing her mother and being torn between two suitors, and offers to teach her the magic she needs, [[DealWithTheDevil but for a price]]. Even then though, [[NobleDemon she makes it clear this magical contract isn't to be taken lightly]]. All of this provides hints that she may not be as bad as the rumors about her would have you believe.
* ExactWords: Her contracts appear to work on this. She gives Moon a spell capable of killing Toffee in exchange for her freedom after Toffee is destroyed. Moon manages to evade this by crippling Toffee instead of killing him, but the contract comes back into play when he is killed by Star and [[TheDogBitesBack Ludo]]. Of course, this works against her because she never specified ''permanent'' freedom, which means recrystallizing her is still possible.
* FacialMarkings: Eclipsa had ones shaped like spades on her cheeks.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In Season 4, Eclipsa will ''never'' free Globgor (at least not by her own efforts anyways), even accepting that it's just not the right time to do so [[spoiler:(He ends being freed by Rhombulus in an attempt to frame Eclipsa, and gets to stay free)]].
* FamilyOfChoice: Despite finding out that she isn't actually related to Star and Moon, she continues to treat them like family members anyway. She offers Star and Marco a place to stay in her castle and she even cries TearsOfJoy when she sees Moon return safe and sound. Even Marco she treats like her own son.
* FlowerMotifs: Roses. Eclipsa's favorite place in the Mewni Castle was the rose garden and her first scene in season 4 was her decorating her new castle with a number of them.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Moon. Eclipsa is a carefree woman who is always calm and joyful despite what happens around her; her advice to Star tends to follow the theme of doing what's best for herself, focusing on self-discovery and self-empowerment; she also believes that all knowledge is good knowledge, which leads her to meddle with dark magic; she was known to empathize with monsters and even fell in love with one. Moon carries herself sternly and proudly; while advising Star, her focus is in self-improvement so Star can become the best queen possible; she tends to keep things hidden from others when she notices it might cause trouble and has loathed the dark magic chapter Eclipsa wrote; she also subscribes to the same FantasticRacism as the rest of her family. In regards to motherhood, Eclipsa was unable to be there for her daughter's (Miss Heinous/Meteora) life, while Moon has always been there for Star's.
*** Their differences are highlighted again in season 4 with Eclipsa, now as Queen, [[CharacterDevelopment improving]] to be a better one and doing selfless actions at the cost of her own happiness. On the other hand, Moon is content to live a quiet life in the yurt village with River, but plans a coup against Eclipsa out of anger for Eclipsa accidentally sending her to the Realm of Magic, thus putting her own feelings ahead of others' safety.
** To her mother Solaria, [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon who in many ways was her opposite]]. While Solaria was fanatical in her hatred of monsters, Eclipsa understood and related with monsters more than she did with mewmans, even to the point of marrying and having a child with a monster. While Solaria preferred to rule alone, only taking a lover to secure an heir, Eclipsa loved Globgor and hoped their relationship would change Mewni for the better. While Solaria was influential enough to reignite anti-monster bigotry in mewmans that lasted for over 300 years, Eclipsa has a ZeroPercentApprovalRating among the mewmans of Mewni but is generally well-liked by the monsters. Solaria was a butch ActionGirl who's wand took the form of a LaserBlade that exuded light, Eclipsa is more of a LadyOfWar who's wand is a parasol that blocked sunlight and reflected her affinity for TheDarkArts. Even their names are total opposites to one another; Solaria's name evoking the sun, Eclipsa's evoking an eclipse, or the ''blocking'' of the sun.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Holding grudges isn't really her thing. [[spoiler:Even after Moon betrayed her by siding with Mina and forced her to give back the wand, Eclipsa is more than willing to work with her to stop Mina, and encourages Moon to repair her fractured relationship with Star.]]
* GirlsLoveChocolate: She demands chocolate immediately after being let out of stasis. When released, in "Stranger Danger", she shows to have eaten a bucket worth of chocolate and admits self-control issues.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Her tapestry portrait has them at least. It's especially noticeable because the top half of her face is cast in shade from her hat.
* GoodAllAlong: When she was first mentioned, Eclipsa was presented as a regrettable part of the Butterfly Family's history for having betrayed them to take on a monster lover and was said to have done all sorts of horrible things to the point she was crystalized. Slowly, once she was properly introduced, she appeared to be a NobleDemon who might've been manipulating Moon to gain her freedom and later tried to manipulate Star into thinking she was innocent. It's eventually revealed that while Eclipsa dabbled in some dark magic and was a "monster lover", she was truly a decent woman who was unfairly stigmatized for wanting to end monster persecution and for escaping an unhappy marriage that she was forced into to be with someone who respected her, believing that their union could bring lasting peace between monsters and Mewmans, and having a child with him. All talk of Eclipsa's supposed "evil deeds" were lies and hearsay spread by the Magic High Commission and her vengeful ex-husband Shastacan. It's telling that despite how many people have called her a villain, she never holds a grudge against them and has been known to show concern for her enemies despite being perfectly justified in hating them.
* GoodParents: When Eclipsa is given a [[RaiseHerRightThisTime second chance]] of raising Meteora, she proves to be an attentive, doting mother who instructs her daughter, as seen in "Cornball!", to not "prey on those weaker than her".
* HairstyleInertia: As shown in "Pizza Party", Eclipsa has had the same short, poofy haristyle since her infant age.
* HappilyMarried: It's implied her relationship with her monster husband, Globgor, was loving, sweet and very heartwarming. She even blushes upon seeing an image of him in "Butterfly Trap", and wonders how anyone could not fall for his smile.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Eclipsa is preceded by a reputation of being a user of dark magic who abandoned her kingdom to be with a monster. Eclipsa is ''very'' honest about her use of dark magic and she openly admits to learning it for her own sake. However, without Eclipsa, Mewni would have been taken over by Meteora and the monsters wouldn't have been allowed access to Mewni. Tensions with Eclipsa are still high to the point that they perceive her as a FalselyReformedVillain and the level of distrust towards her and Globgor are yet to be warranted. Star has made it her goal to prove everyone wrong and redeem Eclipsa in their people's eyes.
* HeroicBastard: ''Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells'' mentions Eclipsa's mother had no interest in a husband, and only saw men as "baby factories", so she simply "went out to sea" with one of her councilors to sire an heir. Solaria was the ''queen'', though, so despite Eclipsa's later reputation, no one held her parentage against her.
* HiddenDepths: She's a capable guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and she has surprisingly modern taste in music for someone who has been TakenForGranite for centuries. She and Globgor are also revealed to be masterful culinary artists, having baked a disturbingly lifelike cake resembling a Mewman as a gift for Star and Tom.
* HighClassGloves: Wears a pair of long gray gloves. [[HidingTheHandicap They hide the corruption on her lower arms from using dark magic.]]
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Similarly to Tom's parents, it's unknown how exactly Eclipsa was able to produce viable offspring with a monster that was at least 20 times her size. She was willing to give some details in "Total Eclipsa the Moon", but [[BrainBleach Moon preferred not to know that]]. In ''The Magic Book of Spells'', Eclipsa states that her beloved Prince of Darkness, Globgor, is a type of monster called a size shifter. When the two do interact, it's shown he spends most of his time with her in a state of being about just a head taller than her.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Eclipsa's monster lover was so big and muscular that she could use his forearm as a seat. He is later revealed to be a size-shifter and spent most of his time only slightly taller than Eclipsa, though he often becomes so tiny she can carry him in her shoulder.
* IAmNotYourFather: She is not Star's actual ninth great-grandmother, as initially believed. Star is saddened by this, as she genuinely bonded with her. However, their lack of relation had not gotten in the way of their bond as shown in the season finale when she saves her from her own daughter.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo:
** When asked by Star if she used dark magic, Eclipsa ambiguously, but honestly responds that she did what she had to do for ''herself'', and asks Star to call her a villainess if it makes her evil.
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that this is the reason she created the Darkest Spell. It was made to specifically kill Septarians, who did not want peace between Mewmans and monsters and couldn't be killed in any other way because of their regeneration abilities. She didn't even give it an official name because of [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique how dangerous it was towards both the victim]] [[RedRightHand and the caster of the spell]].
** Played tragically when she steps up and kills the insane Meteora (or so she thought) to save Star and Mewni. When Star asks what she's done, Eclipsa has the same response, only this time it's clear she would've wanted anything ''but'' that.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Eclipsa first meets Moon, she comments on how Moon is too young to be queen unless her mother was dead. Moon's reaction quickly confirms Eclipsa's fears and she immediately apologizes for stepping on that emotional land mine.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** She fell in love with a monster, Globgor (who was a Size Shifter), and left Mewni with him.
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' reveals that she dated many kinds of monsters, and even had a rating system of dateability written down. She also has had a friendship with the Prince of Darkness, her eventual husband, since she was a child, and the two would leave messages around the kingdom for each other to find.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Eclipsa abandoning her kingdom and Mewman husband to run away with her monster lover (whom she had a daughter with) made her appear to be a selfish person. In "Stranger Danger", Star says that Eclipsa abandoning Mewni was "super selfish". Averted in ''The Magic Book of Spells'' where it reveals that her ''monster lover'' was the one who insisted she run away with him for a brief period to elope in an attempt to save both their people, a decision she initially refused to make because she didn't want to betray her kingdom. She acknowledged how her eloping with Globgor and leaving Mewni make her seem selfish, but believed that her union with Globgor would create lasting peace between the monsters and the Mewmans, hoping save to both species, and hoped her actions would later be seen as just. To top it all off, she clearly went out of her way to ''reform'' Globgor who used to ''eat people''.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed, as Eclipsa was AmbiguouslyEvil rather than a jerkass. In "Tough Love", while talking with Meteora, Eclipsa makes a comment about how she was imprisoned and tried by "backwards, maladjusted people", meaning she was talking about the Magic High Commission and Moon (who is offended). But despite the unwarranted comment, Eclipsa's description wasn't incorrect given that the Commission unfairly imprisoned her because she fell in love with a monster and Moon backed out of their deal and initially agreed with the Commission's decision.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. Eclipsa is played up as "evil" by others, including the Magic High Commission, but her conversation/deal with a young Moon shows her an empathetic individual. Her subsequent appearances show that she is by ''no'' means "evil" and hardly qualifies as a straight up "jerk".
* KarmicJackpot: In the season 3 finale she defended Star against her own daughter, then was willing to give up the wand after the fight. Not only did Star give her back the throne and the wand, but it turned out her daughter had been reverted to a baby, allowing Eclipsa to raise her right this time.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Subverted. In the season 3 finale episode, "Conquer", Eclipsa attacks and, ultimately, kills her daughter, Meteora. But given how her daughter was sucking the souls out of Mewmans, causing rampant destruction, and was about to murder Star, Eclipsa's decision was the right one. And she was bereft with what she had to do. And even more happy when Meteora somehow survived and reverted back into a baby.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Eclipsa is an expert in dark magic, wears dark purple and a wide-brimmed hat reminiscent of a WickedWitch, but she is still an attractive woman with an air of sophistication. She's also said to be one of the most powerful queens in Mewni's history and only Star has as much magical potential as she does. This is proven when she takes back the wand to defend Star from Meteora in a CurbStompBattle.
* LetsGetDangerous: After being a spectator for much of her time onscreen Eclipsa takes up the Wand once more to defend Star and Mewni from Meteora's wrath, delivering a CurbStompBattle in the process.
* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: Her mother was Solaria the Monster Carver, Mewni's most ruthless monster fighter, who only believed the worst about monsters and thought they were better off dead. Eclipsa is able to see the monsters as people, and eventually married one. Eclipsa's mother was a warrior queen while she was a dark magic mage.
* LoveAcrossBattlelines: She dated Globgor while her mother was on her mission of genocide.
* LovedINotHonorMore: What Eclipsa decides to do in season 4 thanks to CharacterDevelopment. Initially, she was willing to take over Rhombulus' body in order to free Globgor, but Star's insistence that she doesn't, otherwise no one (Star included) would trust her, reaches Eclipsa. She decides that the kingdom's well-being must come first, no matter how much Eclipsa misses her trapped husband.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Most likely the reason why she fled Mewni. Mewni has a strong prejudice against monsters, so Eclipsa leaving her Mewman husband to take a monster for her lover probably was source of some outrage.
* MamaBear:
** Eclipsa [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops]] her usual cheeky attitude to give a DeathGlare to the Magic High Council when they lie about what they did to her daughter.
** Deconstructed in "Tough Love", when Moon and Meteora are in a fight and Moon is about to kill her daughter Meteora, Eclipsa intervenes... which leads to half of Moon's soul being drained and Meteora continuing her rampage to Mewni.
** Deconstructed again in "Conquer". This time Eclipsa is this for Star as she battles Meteora to protect her and ends up almost killing her with a powerful dark spell. Eclipsa is devastated.
** She unleashes the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Spell-With-No-Name]] against the Solarian warrior [[spoiler:Doug-Doug]] when he's about to kill Star.
* MeaningfulName:
** Her name comes from 'eclipse,' a phenomenon where a celestial body, like the Sun or Moon, is obscured in shadow. All signs point to Eclipsa's reign, and the woman herself, invoking DarkIsEvil.
** "Eclipse" also literally means "to abandon", in reference on how ancient times believed the sun abandoned the earth during a solar eclipse. Eclipsa abandoned her people to run off with her monster lover.
* MissingMom: To Miss Heinous aka her long lost daughter, Meteora. At some point, they were forced away from another due to Eclipsa's imprisonment and Meteora being brainwashed into forgetting her identity.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her eyes are oval-shaped, whereas a majority of the humanoid characters have round eyes. Also, more subtle, her pupils are tiny while her iris is large, an inversion of how a majority of the other characters eyes are drawn.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: A lot of her actions are sympathetic, and those accusing her of evil deeds, mostly the Magic High Commission, are bigots against her husband and not really the epitome of good morals they claim to be, leading Star to believe Eclipsa to be this. She basically mentions this when asked about the her chapter in the Magic Book, she was never the one that named her chapter "the evil chapter", it was the Magic High Commission.
* OddFriendship: Glossaryck [[TrueNeutral of all people]] is the only one to respect Eclipsa and have a form of friendship with her. After Eclipsa's battle with Meteora, Glossaryck leaves with her willingly (although "Swim Suit" has him laugh him her request to reverse the spells she cast on Rhombulus, claiming that he doesn't work for her).
* OddNameOut: Most of the other queens have the names of celestial bodies, but Eclipsa's refers to a cosmic phenomenon. Fitting for the BlackSheep of the Mewni queens.
* OffingTheOffspring: Not at first, as she wanted another way to stop Meteora, but only after Moon and Star were endangered did she resort to killing her own daughter. She even looked close to breaking down after doing the deed. Fortunately, Meteora was magically regressed to a baby, giving both her and her mother a second chance at life again.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Despite being mostly a MellowFellow, she showcases a lot of emotions in "Butterfly Trap". She makes a blushing face when seeing her husband, anger and resentment towards the Magic High Commission and grief over seeing how her daughter was treated when she wasn't there.
** In "Conquer", she cries when she's forced to fight and defeat her rampaging daughter.
** In ''Ready, Aim, Fire'', the normally cheerful Eclipsa enters a state of TranquilFury and genuine fear when a Solarian Warrior attacks.
* ParasolOfPain: Eclipsa's version of the Royal Magic Wand is a pretty parasol that she uses to fire devastating spells against her enemis.
* ParentalSubstitute: It's becoming evident that Eclipsa is this to Star, due to Star and her mother not seeing eye to eye. Even though she isn't biologically related to Star, she still treats her as family and Star otherwise reciprocates. In Season 4, Eclipsa has also become one to Marco, even helping Marco with his conflicting feelings between Star and Kelly, and gives him a hug. [[spoiler:The trope is further enforced once Moon reveals she was the initial BigBad before being displaced by Mina, Star all but disowning her for her actions, even attacking her at one point, and choosing to help Eclipsa rather than side with her mother. Incidentally, Star's experience with Eclipsa allowed her to put that incident in perspective, making her realize her own mother is no less flawed than Eclipsa, because there will come a time mothers make bad decisions in life]].
* PerkyGoth: She dresses in black, wields powerful dark magic and fashions a guitar out of a skeleton, but is generally a quirky, cheerful individual who acts more like TheGadfly than anything else.
* PerpetualSmiler: Fittingly for her CloudCuckoolander persona, she rarely changes expression. Even when held hostage by Omnitraxus Prime. It adds an unnerving tone for her character.
* PlayingCardMotifs: She had spade-shaped cheek markings. Her entire room has spades-like symbols too and even the door to Meteora's room has a huge Spades symbol in it. In playing cards, the spade suit represents darkness and death.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her eyes are a grayish shade of lavender, and suit her status as one of the mightiest spell-casters in Mewnian history.
* RebelliousPrincess:
** After her release, she's shown to possess a few of the stereotypical mannerisms of a mildly rebellious teenager, such as a habit of sneaking out of her room after dark, giggling at ancient crawlspaces being 'dirty', and playing an instrument that looks and sounds like an electric guitar. Her love for the Prince of Darkness, Globgor, is implied to have a hint of DatingWhatDaddyHates not just towards her mother, but also [[CulturalRebel towards the whole of Mewni]].
** ''The Magic Book of Spells'' shows that Solaria [[TheVictimMustBeConfused thought her daughter was being kidnapped by a monster when she was a child]]. In reality, Eclipsa had snuck out of the castle when she wasn't allowed to come to a parlay and met with him instead. She kept this friendship going for many years in secret, and eventually they fell in love.
* RedHerring: Built up as the likely BigBad of Season 3. It actually turns out to be her daughter, Meteora.
* RedRightHand: Her gloves conceal her hands have been blackened by dark magic. It's implied that the marks came from the use of her darkest spell, which Moon has also gotten after using it.
* ReformedButRejected: Eclipsa is largely overshadowed by her reputation. She's returned to the throne, gave homes back to the monsters and even ''saved'' Mewni from her own daughter. Yet the Mewmans and Magic High Commission refuse to trust her. The commission were also quick to arrest her and Meteora when Globgor escaped, without even investigating the crime scene.
* SadClown: Admits to Moon that she uses humor to hide her feelings sometimes.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Eclipsa has very questionable ethics regarding her magic. Her immediate suggestion upon getting caught breaking into the royal archives is to MindWipe the guard. Taken a step further in "Swim Suit" when she uses a FreakyFridayFlip spell on Rhombulus in an attempt to free Globgor. [[TheConscience Star]] convinces her to abandon this plan, as no one is going to trust a queen who uses her powers like that.
* SeekerArchetype: Most of Mewni consider BlackMagic [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow better off forgotten]], but Eclipsa researched it heavily under the belief that "All knowledge is good knowledge." The same attitude may well be why she familiarized herself with monsters enough to fall in love with one.
* SeenItAll: Her life has been one huge disaster after another, between her mother being a genocidal warlord, getting locked in crystal and separated from her husband and daughter for more than 300 years, and being branded evil for having the decency to treat monsters as people. She's so desensitized to being kicked around that [[spoiler:she readily forgives Moon for staging a violent coup against her with Mina and the Magic High Commission, as she treats being reunited with Globgor as a silver lining.]]
-->'''Eclipsa:''' So, what do you say, Moon? Want to get into a quick game of pool?\\
'''Moon:''' How can you even think of that at a time like this?\\
'''Eclipsa:''' My ''whole entire life'' has been a "time like this", Moon. You learn to enjoy these moments.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Star and Marco, ever since "Lint Catcher" (shortly after she met Star and before she'd actually met Marco yet). [[spoiler:In the series finale, despite the dire situation she's quite happy to learn that Star and Marco have become a couple.]]
* ShootTheDog: Her OffingTheOffspring moment. She's definitely ''very'' reluctant in doing so, shedding tears even as she prepares the spell, and breaking down crying after the deed.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Eclipsa preferred Globgor over Shastacan because he was apparently nicer and a better husband than Shastacan. This gets murky when we see Globgor's questionable background, suggesting Eclipsa [[ICanChangeMyBeloved thought she could make him a better person]]--even if that meant [[DisproportionateRestitution turning a blind eye to his previous misdeeds]]. When we finally see them interact in Season 4, he's revealed to be a NiceGuy who really did go vegetarian for her, though he [[EveryoneHasStandards likes to joke about eating Mewmans a little too much for her liking]].
* SinisterSurveillance: Created the All-Seeing Eye Spell which allowed her to spy on anyone she wished.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Averted. Eclipsa wouldn't be wholly wrong to be furious with Star and Moon's family for usurping the royal bloodline, striking her daughter from the record, and for going back on their word to free her. But Eclipsa is ultimately warm and cordial to both of them, considering them part of her family despite not being related to them at all (it helps that Star and Moon's family were actually puppet rulers, and thus not actually the usurpers, but the Magic High Commission was.) Both of them also go to great lengths to help Eclipsa out and neither are happy to find out the truth. She's also horrified when in trying to protect her daughter, she causes Moon to lose half her soul, begging her to come back, and ends up attacking Meteora to defend Star and save Mewni.
* SolarAndLunar: Her mother Solaria's name is derived from "solaris", meaning "of the sun" in Latin, while Eclipsa is named after an eclipse.
* SphereOfPower: Her "Black Velvet Inferno" spell creates a large black sphere around the target, which generates an explosion on what's contained inside, which then shatters.
* StealthExpert: Besides knowing secret passageways in the Butterfly castle, she also describes herself as "sneaky".
* StellarName: Named after the astronomical term "eclipse".
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Due to being crystallized for 300 years, she ends up looking younger than her daughter Meteora in the present day, but it's subverted in that Meteora's default appearance is just how she looked even when she was younger, resulting from her stealing the emotions from students at St. Olga's.
* SweetTooth: The first thing she does after being semi-released from her prison is ask Moon for a candy bar. She also says she wants her freedom to buy her own chocolate or the little cling-wrapped muffins at the bottom of the vending machine.
* SympatheticAdulterer: From what little we see of her genuinely heartwarming interactions with her monster husband and how much of a jerk is her HateSink Mewni husband, it's not hard to see and support her decision to leave the latter for the former, especially when his involvement in Meteora's fate is revealed.
* TaintedVeins: Her forearms are horribly tainted, with her hands being fully dark. She wears HighClassGloves to hide the fact. [[spoiler: Just like with Moon, being exposed to the pure magic of the Magic Realm washes out the taint in her arms in the final episode.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: While not a CardCarryingVillain, by the time she's freed from Rhombulus' crystal, she has since given up on convincing others that she isn't evil and will sometimes play into their expectations [[PokeThePoodle for a little harmless teasing]].
--> '''Eclipsa:''' Are you afraid I'll get my "evil cuties" on you?
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Snookers candy bar. It's the first thing she asked for from a young Moon and she was eating a large amount of them after being freed. She has eaten a bucket of them since her release.
* {{Tritagonist}}: A role she shares along with Moon during the second half of Season 3. Her desire to find her daughter Meteora and Moon and Star's goals of proving her innocence drive the deeper MythArc of the Season. In Season 4, her struggle to adjust to ruling Mewni and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating winning the love and trust of her subjects]] with Star's help is also a large part of the MythArc.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: In spite of being unjustly imprisoned, having her family taken from her, Moon reneging on their deal, having to kill her own daughter, most of Mewni hating her, and so much more, Eclipsa never holds a grudge.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Averted. Though as far as the Mewmans are concerned they see it as being played straight. Despite doing nothing that could really be called 'evil', her people despise her because she bucks tradition and, unlike her grandmother Skywynne, refuses to bow to their demands, gave monsters back land that Mewmans stole from them, and expected them to take responsibility for their own lives like functioning adults.
* UnholyNuke: Her most powerful on-screen spell is "Black Velvet Inferno", a spell that envelops the target in impenetrable darkness and shatters them.
* UnskilledButStrong: As per her own admittance, she never learned how to cast magic without a wand. That said, she has access to powerful Dark Magic that can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slay immortals]].
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to find information about her without coming across lots of spoilers regarding the end of ''The Battle of Mewni'' and the truth about the Butterfly family's legitimacy to the throne.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: She has many opportunities to betray Star and Moon, either by simply remaining silent, allowing someone else to kill them, or attacking them herself when their guards are down. This culminates in the season 3 finale, where she grabs the wand in order to defend Star from Meteora when the rest of the kingdom has already been defeated, and then offers Star the wand back when the job is done.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: Baby and other things point towards her having been the most powerful of the Butterfly Queens to ever live. The only other Butterfly to ever have sheer magical power comparable to her is Star, and due to being much more experienced, Eclipsa is still way stronger.
* WouldHurtAChild: Downplayed. Eclipsa admits that she has hurt teenagers before, but only psychologically, and she claims that they deserved it.
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->''"When the threat of monsters at the gate\\
has darkened out the sun,\\
let the kingdom find some peace and joy\\
in Festivia the Fun."''
Festivia is Eclipsa's successor, and ruled Mewni during a war so terrible that her people were confined to the city surrounding the palace. She lifted their spirits with soothing revelries and protected their lives with devastating spells. Her wand was a goblet.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Festivia lived her whole life without ever discovering that [[spoiler: she was never Eclipsa's daughter, just a random peasant girl raised to the throne by the Magic High Commission because they didn't want a half-monster hybrid like Meteora to rule Mewni]].
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Festivia lived her whole life without ever discovering that [[spoiler: she was never Eclipsa's daughter, daughter and not a trueborn Butterfly, just a random peasant girl raised to the throne by the Magic High Commission because they didn't want a half-monster hybrid like Meteora to rule Mewni]].
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: It's implied in Jushtin's chapter that Skywynne celebrating the birth of her daughter Solaria was a facade to hide her sorrow at making her son relinquish his claim to the throne. She always believed that Jushtin was destined for greatness, but because Mewni is matriarchal, having a male heir to the throne wouldn't please her subjects.
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Butterfly queens are the "Master" of this trope. The mewmans will always obey the queen no matter what. [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask But the queens]] [[StepfordSmiler must keep appearances]] since the subjects will panic or rebel at any sign of weakness. Skywynne secretly regretted making her son supersede his claim the throne in accordance to matriarchal traditions. And the formerly happy-go-lucky Moon was forced to mature after losing her mother to assassination and inheriting the throne too early, straining relationships with her daughter Star. On the other hand, this trope made it easier for the queens to spread anti-monster propaganda to make themselves look good.
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** Eclipsa's spades could reflect a desire to discover things ("digging up" magical knowledge) or that she kept her secrets "buried". [[spoiler:Sure enough, her escape from her crystal prison unearthed dark secrets about the Butterfly family and the Magic High Commission.]] The spade suit is associated with wisdom and experience, fitting since Eclipsa likes to learn by experience and her motto is "all knowledge is good knowledge."
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* MagneticHero: Implied and justified; Jushtin had better social skills than Solaria did, and his friends consisted of princes and nobles from different kingdoms. When he became a diplomat during Solaria's reign, he was able to ally the Butterfly family with the Pony Heads and the Lucitors. It's saying something when the alliances manage to stay strong in the present day, despite Mewni's rampant monster prejudice.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Butterfly royal family was heavily inspired by England during the Elizabethan era, due to their British-sounding accents, their tendency to wear {{Regal Ruff}}s with their fancy clothing, and the women wearing heart-shaped hairstyles. The fashion and certain parts of the culture trend also reflect that of what the current queen chose. For example, not only did Festivia picked Ancient Roman-looking clothing, she also demonstrated the phrase of "party like the Romans did" like there was no tomorrow, mirrored the religion and mythology of Bacchus and his penchant for wine and celebration.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Butterfly royal family was heavily inspired by England during the Elizabethan era, due to their British-sounding accents, their tendency to wear {{Regal Ruff}}s with their fancy clothing, and the women wearing heart-shaped hairstyles.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Butterfly royal family was heavily inspired by England during the Elizabethan era, due to their British-sounding accents, their tendency to wear {{Regal Ruff}}s with their fancy clothing, and the women wearing heart-shaped hairstyles. The fashion and certain parts of the culture trend also reflect that of what the current queen chose. For example, not only did Festivia picked Ancient Roman-looking clothing, she also demonstrated the phrase of "party like the Romans did" like there was no tomorrow, mirrored the religion and mythology of Bacchus and his penchant for wine and celebration.
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* HeirClubForMen: Inverted, the wand is passed on from mother to daughter due to Mewman society favoring magic, a gift only held by females. Jushtin's inheritance of the wand was a result of Agnatic-Cognatic Succession since there was a succession crisis. Skywynne looked past that and saw a lot of potential in him, but both were ultimately forced to make Jushtin abdicate. Mewni has been and always will be ruled a woman.
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* HeirClubForMen: Inverted, the wand is passed on from mother to daughter due to Mewman society favoring magic, a gift only held by females. Jushtin's inheritance of the wand was a result of Agnatic-Cognatic Succession since there was a succession crisis. Skywynne looked past that and saw a lot of potential in him, but both were ultimately forced to make Jushtin abdicate.abdicate due to societal pressure favoring female monarchs. Mewni has been and always will be ruled a woman.
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Justified; the Butterfly women are magnitudes more powerful than their male relatives due to longer exposure to magic, and Mewni society being matriarchal. The only male Butterflys to use magic are River, whose magic only comes from his staff, and Jushtin, whose magic level was lesser compared to his mother, sister, and niece. To be fair, Skywynne attempted to subvert this trope by encouraging Jushtin to learn magic and increase his potential so he'll become a powerful mage like her, but Jushtin's disinterest in ruling combined with being superseded as heir in favor of his sister, Solaria, resulted in him gaining very weak magical abilities.
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Justified; the Butterfly women are magnitudes more powerful than their male relatives due to longer exposure to magic, and Mewni society being matriarchal. The only male Butterflys to use magic are River, whose magic only comes from his staff, and Jushtin, whose magic level was lesser compared to his mother, sister, and niece. To be fair, Skywynne attempted to subvert this trope by encouraging Jushtin to learn magic and increase his potential so he'll become a powerful mage like her, but Jushtin's disinterest in ruling combined with being superseded as heir in favor of his sister, Solaria, resulted in him gaining very weak magical abilities. This ironically brought a violent era in the case of Solaria, however, as she was a warmongering monster murderer during her reign compared to the potential of the more charismatic and diplomatic Jushtin.
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* BadassInCharge: King Butterfly regularly claims to be out giving lectures so that he can run off to slay monsters.
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* BadassInCharge: She was the general of the Solarians, whom she created and was always in the front-lines during the Mewman-Monster war.
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* BraidsOfAction: She once had long braided hair with a shaved top before cutting it all off entirely.
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* BraidsOfAction: She once had long braided hair with a shaved top before cutting it all off entirely. Then again, she could always use magic to switch between hairstyles.
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Ambiguous Disorder is not a trope anymore, but a redirect to a YMMV entry.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: The fact that her chapter in the spell book is just a lot of drawings of different types of balls to the point of obsession, as well as her low stats, may imply this. Her writing in ''The Magic Book of Spells'' is also morose and melancholic, implying some form of depression.
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* WeaponsOfChoice: The wand [[MorphWeapon turned into a totally different object]] for some of the queens, like a sword, a goblet, or an umbrella.
