The BEST episodes written by John Mathot

Running with Scissors
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8.78
86 votes

#1 - Running with Scissors

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 31

Marco borrows Star's Dimensional Scissors to find a place to walk the laser puppies, but he soon becomes accustomed to its conveniences, opening a bunch of portals from his bed to access things. Hekapoo, the forger of all of the Dimensional Scissors, pulls Marco into her dimension and confiscates the Scissors as they did not belong to him or Star (Pony Head had stolen them and gave them to Star). Marco must earn the scissors by having to blow out the flame atop Hekapoo's head. Star goes to Hekapoo's dimension to recover Marco, who had chased Hekapoo for 16 years before winning the challenge. When they return, Marco reverts to his teenage body as only a few minutes have passed on Earth time.

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Starcrushed
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8.59
140 votes

#2 - Starcrushed

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 41

At the Echo Creek graduation party, Marco struggles to reconnect with Star after the events of Face the Music. While Queen Moon invades Ludo's new castle with the Magic High Commission, Star is convinced by her friends to ditch the graduation party and instead attend a party with Oskar. Meanwhile, Toffee takes possession of Ludo's body and regrows his severed arm from Ludo's wand, draining the magic of the Magic High Commission and nearly killing Queen Moon. When Star returns, Queen Moon informs her that they will have to leave Earth. Star confesses to Marco about her feelings for him and tearfully leaves him forever.

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Last Day of Summer
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8.45
150 votes

#3 - Last Day of Summer

Phineas and Ferb - Season 4 - Episode 48

It's the last day of summer and Phineas and Ferb decide to seize the day. Unfortunately for Candace, this means it's also her last chance to bust her brothers... or is it?

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Game of Flags
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8.11
144 votes

#4 - Game of Flags

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 15

During a reunion between Star's parents' families – the Butterflies and the Johansens – Star is placed at the kids' table. The two families compete in Flags, a king of the hill game where whoever plants their flag atop a dangerous hill full of obstacles gets to look down on the rival family members for a year. Against the wishes of her mother, Star fashions a decoy at the table and participates in Flags. Marco tries to keep up with Star and later tries to convince her to stop when he realizes how serious the participants are in winning.

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Backyard Hodge Podge
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7.90
91 votes

#5 - Backyard Hodge Podge

Phineas and Ferb - Season 4 - Episode 10

The boys create a new invention using recycled parts from past projects. When Candace attempts to bust them, Mom is too exhausted from baking pies all night and can't figure out what Candace is trying to show her.

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Heinous
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7.72
108 votes

#6 - Heinous

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 36

Marco is forced to atone for his behavior toward Miss Heinous when she arrives at his house.

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On the Job
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7.62
97 votes

#7 - On the Job

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 12

While Star and Marco are babysitting his tadpoles, Buff Frog goes on a mission with Boo Fly and other monsters on finding who has been stealing Mewnian corn, but he keeps thinking about his tadpoles during the job, causing him to be a little distracted and klutzy.

Red Belt
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7.59
107 votes

#8 - Red Belt

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 4

Marco trains for a red belt in karate. However, after visiting his sensei's home, he discovers his sensei lives with his mother and does not even have a red belt. Sensei explains that he never got to watch the instructional video for the red belt as the tape got jammed in his video player. Marco and sensei visit thrift shops and eventually come across a rare video store where they have to defeat the store owner to win the tape. Meanwhile, Star looks all over the house for a hammer in order to put up a new poster that she just obtained.

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Sidetracked
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7.56
78 votes

#9 - Sidetracked

Phineas and Ferb - Season 4 - Episode 7

Agent P teams up with an estranged former human partner named Lyla to stop a hijacked train to save the train's passengers and Canada's national treasure - a moose named Albert.

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Just Our Luck
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7.47
85 votes

#10 - Just Our Luck

Phineas and Ferb - Season 4 - Episode 30

When Candace is accidentally zapped by Doofenshmirtz’s Stinkelkrampen-Inator (aka Good Luck-Inator), she realizes she has a good chance of busting Phineas and Ferb.

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Cheers for Fears
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7.35
51 votes

#11 - Cheers for Fears

Phineas and Ferb - Season 4 - Episode 28

When Candace is stumped about what to get Jeremy for his birthday, she reluctantly asks Phineas and Ferb for their help in creating the ultimate gift. Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz plans to make fears a reality with his Worst-Fear-Inator, but his plans backfire when he finds himself battling his own fears instead.

Pizza Thing
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7.23
74 votes

#12 - Pizza Thing

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 2 - Episode 24

Star, Marco, and Pony Head are about to have a Friendship Thursday by curling up under a blanket on the sofa and watching a television show. Pony Head finds the concept boring and tags along with Marco to pick up a pizza from Emilio's shop. But problems arise when Pony Head gets distracted with buying some skinny jeans, inadvertently confuses a taxi ride with a carjacking, and when Marco makes a casual remark about Emilio's pizza that Emilio takes to heart.

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