The BEST episodes written by Giancarlo Volpe
#1 - Naysaya
Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 26
Marco shyly tries to ask Jackie Lynn Thomas out on a date, but finds that he is blurting out embarrassing things about himself. He then discovers he has sprouted a small little head out of the side of his neck that is saying all those things. It is a Naysaya, a curse that Tom had placed on Marco so that Marco would not be able to ask out Star. The Naysaya can only go away when it is appeased, so Marco tries giving it what it wants, which is some cereal, but it doesn't go away. Marco meets Jackie again but the Naysaya starts to act up, so Marco decides to spill out all his insecurities in front of Jackie.
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#2 - The Tales of Ba Sing Se
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 2 - Episode 15
A series of short stories, highlighting different characters and their individual adventures in the city. Tales of Katara and Toph, Iroh, Sokka, Aang, Zuko, and Momo.
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#3 - Mr. Candle Cares
Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 3
Guidance counselor Mr. Candle tells Star that she is fated to be Queen of Mewni. She has to read her mother's book on how to act like a queen but she gets frustrated and decides to dress up in a more rebellious punk style. Meanwhile, Marco, who is displeased of Candle's career suggestion of being the head janitor on Garbage Island, discovers that Mr. Candle is actually in cahoots with Tom, who planned to ensure "Starco" doesn't happen. He confronts Mr. Candle but is captured by Tom, and must duel Tom to get his freedom.
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#4 - Girls' Day Out
Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 16
Star is sent to detention for disrupting Miss Skullnick's class when she frees the class's pet hamster Marisol. Although she could easily escape, she is convinced by Janna and the other detention students that she is the Mayor of Detention, and is assigned to help the students out with their needs. She helps all of them except for Toby, a kid who wants replacement batteries for his remote so he can watch a pro wrestling show on TV. Star and Janna try to find replacement batteries by sneaking out to Oskar and getting ones from his keytar. Meanwhile, Marco is tasked to find Marisol and gets his hand stuck in a drain pipe.
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#5 - Star vs. Echo Creek
Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 7
After getting a sugar high from seasoning her burrito with sugar, Star sets off some magic that accidentally causes a sign to fall and crush a police cruiser. While trying to evade the police, Star encounters a woman by the river bank named Brigid who likes making things out of discarded hair and taking care of injured animals. She later encounters an underwater sea creature who tells her that hiding out is a good thing, but it is revealed the creature is actually her own conscience trying to convince her that she hasn't made a big mistake. Missing her family and friends, she returns to a very worried Marco and turns herself in to the police who have her wash the other squad cars as part of her police-supervised community service.
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#6 - Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge!
Young Justice - Season 4 - Episode 19
Rocket misses one conference… while another goes poorly.
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#7 - Wand to Wand
Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 8
Star tries to use her wand to clean up the Diaz home before Marco's parents return, but ends up summoning a whimsical cloud that makes an even bigger mess. Meanwhile, Ludo tries to activate his so he can fight off some rats at a tavern, learning that it works when he gets beat up and enraged.
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