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- At least they tried to explain why Marco always wears the same hoodie.

The poster for a dance on friday could already be seen in the first episode, and in the cafeteria in Monster Arm.

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- Well, this is where it’s revealed how Marco is crushing hard on Jackie. So to be coherent I made a stamp for it as well, even though as far as we know it’s a one sided sentiment.

Font choice completely unbiased.

Marco’s crushing was actually known way before the show’s premiere, thanks to the animatic for a first versione of the intro







- Skullnick’s math class, with the name of some of the not-often-mentioned kids (or outright named just by Daron on twitter).

Upper right frame is from Star comes to Earth. Looks like Star took the place of that girl.





- Don’t really get if Star’s reaction is one of confusion, since she doesn’t get what tests are or how they work, or an “embarassed” one for Mewni’s backwardness.

Probably confusion, knowing Star.







- Almost everyone knows this already, but Marco’s middle name is Ubaldo (not “Waldo”, comfirmed by Daron on twitter as well)





- Star’s test says “I ♥ Spiders”. Before that Star drew a spider on her desk, and during the whole episode spiders spawns as the wand’s “particle effects”. Nice attention to details, storyboarder and/or animators.







- Probably inspiration for Skullnick’s belly gem





- In Ludo’s fantasy the wand transforms his body gets morphed by the magic. Later, in the episode Lobster Claws, we actually see how the wand changes the monster’s body. Is it a known fact that the wand reacts to its owner, or did the wand already fall into the hands of monsters in the past?



Or maybe the writers just wanted to make a joke about Ludo’s ridiculous appearance.







- This is the only time Ludo uses Marco’s name (he was only parroting Star, though.)







- According to Tang Soo Do ranking system (according to Monster Arm that’s what Marco practices, not karate) Marco is at a beginner/intermediate level.

And yet he uppercuts hydras.





- When Star hits the monster a neigh can be heard. In Quest Buy is revealed how a tiny unicorn lives in the wand.







- The official (but probably not canon) Disney XD App game Star Vs. The Dungeon of Evil reveals how the bull monster’s name is Emmit, and how after dumping Skullnick he apparently fell in love with Big Chicken…







- Do you remember that time when Marco was seconds away from being killed with a giant sword? Ah, good times.







- Despite being raised in a monster-discriminating land, and being a ruthless warrior, looks like Star doesn’t want to kill monsters.

So those goblins from Marco Grows a Beard are just… unconscious?







- “Ok enough Jarco here, let’s balance it by making the dorks touch for four different shots in a row.”





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- Weird style. And the banner says “PLEASE TRY”, they look desperate… and sure enough there are five guys on the whole team.







- A big “who the hell cares”, but I don’t have much to say about this episode, so…

Skeeves has grey hair here instead of the usual brown. The jacket says “Class of ‘71″, so if the show takes place in 2015 he’s about 62 years old.







- Other rarely or twitter mentioned only names.







- They may not make it as obvious as they do with Star, but this episode shows how important friends are to Marco as well.*



*or they just needed Ferguson’s comedic relief.







- This scene, the “flashback” from Freeze Day.. honestly, the queen should have expected for Star to grow up as a monster kicker and not as a proper princess.

Unless that’s usual mewnian upbringing.







-”Grow some pom-poms”, the booty shakes, this whole scene… Gravity Falls really did break the will of Disney’s censors, and they haven’t recovered since.







- A “No Dumpster Diving” sign and, inside the dumpster, what looks like a book about dumpster diving. It must be a big deal at Echo Creek High School.

And there’s always a lot of attention to details in the backgrounds.







- I’m going out on a limb and say that Star didn’t just use magic to boobytrap the field, and she’s actually versed in making deadly traps.





- Karate Con tickets in Marco’s room. What a nerd.







- Star’s battle armor is a shinier version of Mewni guards’ armors





- I’m going to make a separate post about it one day, but the wand-turned-mace that Star swings around with little to no effort is heavy. She’s probably way stronger than humans, it’s not just a throwaway gag.







- Marco and the much needed self confidence, part II







- I tried to pay attention to the Warriors numbers to see if they all made it out alive, but they actually used the same three models multiple times. Let’s just say that they are all safe and sound, even the one that Star left to his horrible, black-holeish fate. After all Lobster Claws get sucked in a black hole as well, and some episodes later he’s as good as new.





- I try to be impartial about this, but at my very core I’m Starco trash, sooo…

look how sad Star is, and how she smiles as soon as Marco reassures her.

Something something about Starco something something about Star not being accustomed to NOT being scolded.







ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUS EPISODES:

- In “Star comes to Earth”, when she transforms the room, briefs is on the floor. They are cropped in the actual episode, and can be seen in promotional art. And they are still there in Royal Pain.

Weird.





- It was honestly a given, but since I’ve seen posts both on Tumblr and /co/ about queen’s Moon supposedly huge derriere…

It’s obviously just a poofy dress. Perverts.





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