50 Fun Facts About Star Vs. the Forces of Evil

Star Butterfly is sent to Earth in Star vs. the Forces of Evil after accidentally doing what to the royal castle?

Setting it on fire with her new wand, a 14th birthday gift, is what gets Star shipped off. Her parents decide she should carry on her magic training far from home.

When Star Butterfly arrives on Earth in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, what is her official role at Echo Creek Academy?

Foreign exchange student is her cover, and the Diaz family takes her in as their guest. Her royal parents bribe Principal Skeeves to let her enrol.

Which forged magical tool lets Star and Marco open portals to other worlds in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Dimensional scissors slice a doorway to any world, and every pair is forged by one member of the Magic High Commission. Marco later has to earn a pair of his own.

Which martial art does Marco Diaz practise at a strip-mall dojo in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Karate is Marco's sport, and he uses it to fight monsters beside Star's spells. He and his sensei earn their red belts together.

Star Butterfly of Star vs. the Forces of Evil began as a fourth-grader obsessed with which magical girl anime?

Sailor Moon was the creator's own childhood obsession. In that first version Star had no powers at all, until a Disney executive suggested giving her real magic.

Which actress took her first voice acting role as Star Butterfly in Disney's Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Eden Sher was already known as Sue Heck on the sitcom The Middle when she became Star. She also sings the end theme of the first two seasons.

Which bird-like villain spends the first season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil trying to steal Star's wand?

Ludo Avarius is a tiny bird-man commanding a gang of bumbling monsters. He wears a cap made from the top of a creature's skull and wants the wand to rule the universe.

What does Marco Diaz almost always wear in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, claiming to own a dozen of them?

A red hoodie is Marco's trademark, and Star secretly keeps one when he goes home to Earth. The palace laundry washes it, but it still carries his scent.

Which Jenny Slate-voiced best friend of Star Butterfly is hauled off to a reform school in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Pony Head is a floating unicorn head and heiress to her own kingdom. Her father sends guards to drag her to St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses.

Brad Breeck wrote the Star vs. the Forces of Evil theme song and the opening theme of which other Disney series?

Gravity Falls got its theme from Breeck first. The Star theme was picked in a blind listening test, so the crew chose it without knowing who had written it.

Which hot-headed demon prince, voiced by Rider Strong, is Star Butterfly's ex-boyfriend in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Tom Lucitor is the three-eyed crown prince of the Underworld, and he hires a life coach to tame his temper. He later becomes friends with Marco over a pop group they both adore.

Which lizard villain, voiced by Michael C. Hall, is hired as an efficiency expert in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Toffee soon charms the monsters into throwing out their own boss and serving him instead. His lizard kind can regrow lost body parts, which makes him almost impossible to kill.

Which skateboarding classmate has been Marco Diaz's crush since kindergarten in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Jackie Lynn Thomas finally dates Marco in season two. She later ends it kindly, telling him he is only staying on Earth to make her happy.

The headband Star Butterfly wears in Star vs. the Forces of Evil is topped with a pair of what?

Devil horns were a late addition to the character's design. Her usual outfit pairs them with a sea green dress that has a pink octopus on the front.

Which shapes mark the cheeks of Star Butterfly, the princess heroine of Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Hearts were the first detail drawn when the character was designed. In one episode they break out all over her skin whenever she is near boys.

Before Star Butterfly arrives in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Marco Diaz is known around school by what nickname?

The safe kid is the label even the principal mocks Marco with. His parents are thrilled when Star's arrival makes him more adventurous.

At which sloth-staffed interdimensional business do Star and Marco get lost in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Quest Buy is a vast megastore where the pair go to buy a new charger for Star's dying wand. The chain later holds a going-out-of-business sale.

Marco Diaz's family home in Star vs. the Forces of Evil sits in the suburbs of which real American city?

Los Angeles is also where the show itself was storyboarded and designed. Its composer gave the Diaz family's town a laid-back LA indie rock sound.

Rider Strong, who voices a demon prince in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, played Shawn Hunter in which 1990s sitcom?

Boy Meets World made Strong a teen star from 1993 to 2000. He had already voiced another animated Disney character, Brick Flagg in Kim Possible, before joining this cast.

Which My Big Fat Greek Wedding star voices Marco Diaz's mother, Angie, in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Nia Vardalos also wrote that film, which earned her an Oscar nomination for its screenplay. As Angie she plays a relaxed mum, unfazed by her son's trips through time and space.

What name is given in Star vs. the Forces of Evil to the phase that turns Star into a winged, boy-snatching creature?

Mewberty is Mewni's far more extreme answer to puberty. Star later learns to slip in and out of her winged form at will.

Which magic guide to Star lives inside the Butterfly family's Book of Spells in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Glossaryck dies when the book is burned, then comes back able to say only a single word. He also created the members of the Magic High Commission.

Which actor voices both Star's father, King River, and the main villain of season one in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Alan Tudyk plays both, and his villain earned him an Annie Award nomination for voice acting in 2016. He is also the droid K-2SO in Rogue One.

Which voice actor, a real-life kung fu tournament champion, plays Marco Diaz in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Adam McArthur said he felt close to Marco, having grown up with two best friends who were girls. The role won him a Behind the Voice Actors award in 2016.

Which CalArts graduate created Star vs. the Forces of Evil and also voices the superfan Starfan13?

Daron Nefcy dreamed up Star during her third year of college, and the idea evolved for about six years. Hers was the first Disney XD series created by a woman.

Which former queen of Mewni spent 300 years sealed in crystal for marrying a monster in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Eclipsa was branded the Queen of Darkness, and her baby daughter was secretly swapped for a peasant girl. Star later hands her the throne.

Which Russian-accented monster begins Star vs. the Forces of Evil as a villain's spy and becomes Star's loyal ally?

Buff Frog, whose real name is Yvgeny Bulgolyubov, switches sides after being replaced as right-hand monster. He goes on to raise a brood of tadpoles that Star and Marco babysit.

Marco Diaz spends sixteen years chasing which flame-headed Magic High Commission member in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Hekapoo challenges Marco to blow out the flame on her head, and he grows into a man doing it. Back on Earth only eight minutes have passed.

Which Underworld dance, held once every 667 years, does Star attend with her ex in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

The Blood Moon Ball is where Marco spoils the ex-boyfriend's plan to claim Star under the moon's light. The episode earned the series an Annie Award nomination.

Which unusual pets does Marco Diaz have to take care of at home in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Laser puppies get their walks through portals, a habit that gets Marco hooked on opening one for every little errand. It soon lands him in serious trouble.

Which Rocky franchise star voices Omnitraxus Prime, the Master of Space-Time, in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Carl Weathers, the boxing films' Apollo Creed, plays a skull-headed, galaxy-themed being who helped found the Magic High Commission. Star turns to him when a spell traps her in a time loop.

Marco Diaz of Star vs. the Forces of Evil was first conceived as a boy obsessed with martial arts and which anime?

Dragon Ball Z fandom was dropped when Marco was reworked as a level-headed foil for Star. In the earliest version the two were enemies rather than friends.

Before Disney picked up Star vs. the Forces of Evil, its creator pitched the idea in college to which rival channel?

Cartoon Network was seeking pilots for its Cartoonstitute project at the time but turned the idea down. Disney greenlit the series in 2013.

Star Butterfly accidentally turns her math teacher, Miss Skullnick, into what in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

A troll is what her meddling makes of the teacher, and the green skin never wears off. One of the villain's monsters promptly falls for her.

Star's spell to heal Marco Diaz's broken arm before a tournament turns it into what in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

A tentacle replaces the arm, and Marco starts to enjoy its strength. Then it reveals a mind of its own and a plan to take over the world.

Star and Marco share a surprise kiss while locked inside what at a wedding in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

A photo booth traps them until they pose for one sincere picture. The repair goblin had locked them in on purpose, and the episode's writing earned an Annie Award nomination.

Which episode title closes Star vs. the Forces of Evil, as Earth and Mewni are fused into a single world?

Cleaved sees Star destroy magic itself to stop an army of enchanted armour. She and Marco run for the closing portals and find each other as their worlds become one.

What name does Marco Diaz take while disguised at St. Olga's Reform School in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Princess Turdina accidentally sparks a rebellion among the pupils, and the school later builds a statue in her honour. Marco even receives royalty cheques for his alter ego.

Which animal is the mascot of Echo Creek Academy, whose statue Star crumbles to dust in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

A possum statue recalls the town's founding story, and the whole school is devastated when Star bins it. Her replacement lacks the scratches and dents that gave it character.

Which instrument does Oskar Greason, Star Butterfly's season-one crush, play in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Keytar is his instrument, and Oskar lives in the car he is usually seen in. Principal Skeeves distrusts him, warning Star that he has a record.

In Star vs. the Forces of Evil, young Queen Moon's dark spell permanently severs which part of a lizard general?

A finger is all she takes, but the sight of their unkillable leader wounded makes his whole army flee. Years later the missing digit turns up inside Star's wand.

After moving to Mewni in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Marco Diaz is appointed to which role serving Star?

Squire is his title, first under Sir Lavabo, the Knight of the Wash, in the royal laundry, and then to Star herself. He is later knighted, and quits soon afterwards.

Which dessert keeps Star and Marco's minds clear inside the Realm of Magic in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Pudding is the only thing that stops the realm wiping a visitor's memory. Earlier trips there had left both Star and her mother with amnesia.

Which Mewman warrior, once Star's idol, commands the Solarian soldiers late in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Mina Loveberry was a peasant turned into a magic-proof super-soldier by an ancient queen, and she never stopped hunting monsters. She is voiced by Amy Sedaris.

What name do Marco Diaz's parents give his baby sister, born late in Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Mariposa was going to be called Marco Jr. until the baby turned out to be a girl. She later crawls through a portal into a time-warped realm and grows into a teenager there.

Star Butterfly's birthday in Star vs. the Forces of Evil is overshadowed by which Mewni holiday on the same date?

Stump Day honours a tree stump said to have been pivotal in founding the kingdom. Marco throws Star a party anyway, and the stump turns out to be real and vengeful.

Which reform school headmistress in Star vs. the Forces of Evil turns out to be the lost princess Meteora Butterfly?

Miss Heinous was handed to the school's robot founder as a baby and grew up with no memory of her royal parents. It all comes back when she stumbles into her old nursery.

A mural beneath Britta's Tacos in Star vs. the Forces of Evil reveals that Star's people were originally what?

Humans were Mewni's first settlers, as Marco learns from the mural. A time-travel episode shows those settlers being handed the royal wand so they could defend themselves.

After being reborn in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Star's spell-book guide can say only which word, a monster's name?

Globgor is the monster husband of a long-imprisoned queen, frozen in crystal just as she was. The guide had kept his wits all along and was trying to warn Star about him.

In the final season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Star learns her royal line truly descends from which people?

The Pie Folk supplied the peasant baby who was swapped in for an imprisoned queen's daughter centuries ago. Star's amnesiac mother is later found baking pies for them.