History Recap / StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E24StormTheCastle

* TheBadGuyWins: Toffee gets what he wants: the wand is destroyed, and only reformed thanks to a heroic unicorn. We don't even know if he's dead, or trapped within the wand to corrupt it.

** Marco's tentacle-arm.

** Star's Mirror being a communication device.
* CerebusCallBack: The [[HamsterWheelPower tiny unicorn on a treadmill]] previously seen "Quest Buy" returns as a ghost, apparently killed by the whispering spell, that whispers something we don't get to hear to a tearful Star. It's replaced to restore the wand by a more serious looking, Italian speaking unicorn who speaks of the act as a HeroicSacrifice he's been raised to expect since a young age.

* ReforgedBlade: The wand isn't broken for long, as a unicorn arrives shortly after to become the new power source. The wand is revived with a slightly more elegant appearance with gold highlights and half the Star emblem missing.
* SelfDestructMechanism: The Whispering spell is the first spell taught to all who receive the wand, for use to destroy it. It creates a massive explosion that makes a crater of Ludo's castle, seemingly destroying all the monsters, Toffee included.

* WreckedWeapon: Downplayed; After its destruction and restoration the wand is missing half of its star emblem along with a redesign and it's described as "cleaved".

* CerebusCallBack: The [[HamsterWheelPower tiny unicorn on a treadmill]] previously seen [[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E8QuestBuy Quest Buy]] returns as a ghost, apparently killed by the whispering spell, that whispers something we don't get to hear to a tearful Star. It's replaced to restore the wand by a more serious looking, Italian speaking unicorn who speaks of the act as a HeroicSacrifice he's been raised to expect since a young age.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Toffee says this indirectly when Star prepares another ChargedAttack, stating the crystal is twice as strong now.

* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Somehow the monsters got a jump on MARCO, who has beaten them effortlessly before. We will never know how Toffee did it.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: A unicorn in this case, though he gives his life willingly to recharge Star's wand.

* CerebusCallBack: The [[HamsterWheelPower tiny unicorn on a treadmill]] previously seen [[ Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E8QuestBuy Quest Buy]] returns as a ghost, apparently killed by the whispering spell, that whispers something we don't get to hear to a tearful Star. It's replaced to restore the wand by a more serious looking, Italian speaking unicorn who speaks of the act as a HeroicSacrifice he's been raised to expect since a young age.

* PhlebotinumOverload: Star used the whispering spell to destroy the wand, but it also creates a massive explosion that seemingly took out every monster inside, including Toffee.

* Cerebus CallBack: The [[HamsterWheelPower tiny unicorn on a treadmill]] previously seen [[ Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E8QuestBuy Quest Buy]] returns as a ghost, apparently killed by the whispering spell, that whispers something we don't get to hear to a tearful Star. It's replaced to restore the wand by a more serious looking, Italian speaking unicorn who speaks of the act as a HeroicSacrifice he's been raised to expect since a young age.

* LetsGetDangerous: For kidnapping Marco, Star blasts Toffee's arm off, not knowing he has regeneration powers at the time.

* WhamShot: The second half of the wand's star lying in the monster realm.

* SkewedPriorities: Marco is furious that he and Star risked their lives to steal a sandwich from a monster.

* HostageForMacGuffin: Given the ransom message, Star assumes this is the case. It turns out that Toffee wants her to ''destroy'' it, which she has no choice but to do.

* EnemyMine: Star attempts this with Ludo, but it falls apart due to his impatience and backstabbing. She plays this straighter with Buff Frog, who wants to go back to the castle and give his tadpoles a home.

* PyrrhicVictory: Toffee gets his desire to destroy the wand fulfilled, but it self-destructs and takes him with it. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted, however, since, while seeming surprised at first at the wand melting down, the last glimpse we get of him before the explosion is his grinning evilly, implying that this may just be a minor setback, if even that, in something greater.]]

* WhamEpisode: And boy, is it ever. Star sacrifices her wand to save Marco's life, Ludo's castle is destroyed (and Toffee seemingly destroyed with it), Ludo himself is banished to another dimension, and Star's wand is reformed, but a piece is missing, and we're left [[{{Cliffhanger}} waiting for the next season to see what happens to it]].

--> '''Toffee''': I don't want the wand. Destroy it.

--> '''Toffee''': I don't want the wand. I want you to destroy it.

* PyrrhicVictory: Toffee gets his desire to destroy the wand fulfilled, but it self-destructs and takes him with it.
** Possibly subverted, however, since, while seeming surprised at first at the wand melting down, the last glimpse we get of him before the explosion is his grinning evilly, implying that this may just be a minor setback, if even that, in something greater.

* MoodWhiplash: After Marco somberly hugs Star to console her after the loss of her wand, a tiny Italian speaking unicorn arrives on the scene monologuing about sacrifice and then re-powers the destroyed wand in the span of minutes.

--> '''Toffee''': "I don't want the wand. I want you to destroy it."

* PyhrricVictory: Toffee gets his desire to destroy the wand fulfilled, but it self-destructs and takes him with it.

** Buff Frog has a tiny moment when the castle's about the explode, and he says, "My babies!" Fortunately he gets out in time; the other monsters aren't so lucky.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: Star has to give up her wand to save Marco's life. Marco tries to encourage her not to do it, but she decides to when her EnemyMine with Ludo fials..
* HostageForMacGuffin: Given the ransom note, Star assumes this is the case. It turns out that Toffee wants her to ''destroy'' it, which she has no choice but to do.

** Ludo gets eaten by a giant chicken. He gets better, but not better-tempered.

After a fight