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Marco being unable to open the portal wasn't the moment when they realised something was wrong, as Star just thought they infected him with their sadness. It was when she couldn't contact anyone on Mewni that she realised something was wrong.


* FalseCause: Tom and Star are unable to make any portals to Mewni after breaking up, and assume their emotional conflict caused a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage. Once Marco's scissors also fail to work, they realize it's something else entirely.

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* FalseCause: Tom and Star are unable to make any portals to Mewni after breaking up, and assume their emotional conflict caused a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage. Once When Marco's scissors also fail to work, Star believes that they infected him with their sadness, and it's only when she's unable to contact anyone on Mewni that they realize it's something else entirely.
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* NothingIsScarier: Part of the conflict is that the heroes can't reach ''anyone'' on Mewni or even open a portal to there, and they have ''no'' idea why.

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* BrickJoke: The helicopter that Star freezes stays up there for the entire rest of the episode, appearing only occasionally before crashing down in the very last shot.

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The helicopter that Star freezes stays up there for the entire rest of the episode, appearing only occasionally before crashing down in the very last shot.shot.
** Rafael calls the Sad Teen Hotline early in the episode, and is still on the line as the episode shifts to Tom and Star exclusively. At the end of the episode, he's still on the line, until the operator hangs up on him because he's not a teen.
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*FullNameUltimatum: In a heated moment during their breakup argument, Star calls Tom by his full name, which is revealed to be Thomas Draconius Lucitor.
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* FalseCause: Tom and Star are unable to make any portals to Mewni after breaking up, and assuming their emotional conflict caused a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage. Once Marco's scissors also fail to work, they realize it's something else entirely.

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* FalseCause: Tom and Star are unable to make any portals to Mewni after breaking up, and assuming assume their emotional conflict caused a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage. Once Marco's scissors also fail to work, they realize it's something else entirely.
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* BrickJoke: The helicopter that Star freezes stays up there for the entire rest of the episode, appearing only occasionally before crashing down in the very last shot.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Star realizes something is wrong in Mewni when she tries to call her mother in the middle of the night and there is no answer. Tom and Marco think she's just asleep, but Star says she also got no answer from Pony Head, who is usually up until 4:00 AM.
* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation: Tom's first attempts to tell Star he's breaking up with her are drowned out by a police helicopter passing by, until Star freezes it in midair.
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* FalseCause: Tom and Star are unable to make any portals to Mewni after breaking up, and assuming their emotional conflict caused a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage. Once Marco's scissors also fail to work, they realize it's something else entirely.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Angie mentions that she and Rafael broke up and got back together a hundred times before finally getting married.


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* TrivialTitle: The "Sad Teen Hotline" is something Rafael calls to try to counsel Star and Tom, but he ends up the only one listening to it.
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* CallBack: The title is a reference to the "Sad Teen Hotline" that was mentioned by Rafael Diaz all the way back at the start of season 3.
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Tom breaks up with Star but is not prepared for the consequences.

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The episode's description didn't try to hide that Star and Tom will break up.
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