Star the Undaunted/Transcript

(Mewniverse Falls Productions logo)

(The logo is tinted in dark purple and we fade into a black background)

(The short begins on Mewni, with the opening credits, outside Butterfly Castle. An army of animals is amassing weapons and building catapults for an invasion. Inside the castle, Star Butterfly, wearing a black robe, sits in her bedroom holding a picture of herself as a child and her mother Moon. Behind her, Count Kristoff appears in her doorway.)

Kristoff: Hey. I'm sorry, am I bothering you?

Star Butterfly: No, Count Kristoff, I'm just—

Kristoff: Mourning the loss of your mother? I understand.

Star Butterfly: It's been a hard week, but I'm—

Kristoff: [suddenly hugs Star] There's no need to be strong. Deal with your feelings. We will handle everything else.

Varian: Uh, Princess? Uh, uh, I mean, Queen Star? There's a... a situation in the... in the situation room.

(We cut to the castle's "situation room", where GoGo Tomago interrogates Skips in chains)

Skips: I swear it wasn't my orders!

(GoGo hits Skips with her yellow maglev disks)

GoGo Tomago: You shut up during your confession!

Star Butterfly: [enters] GoGo?

(Star approaches a meeting room table where Kristoff, King Frederic, Baymax, Maui, Wreck-It Ralph and Pacifica Northwest are sitting)

Star Butterfly: What is going on?

(Kristoff pulls a chair out for Star, but Star pushes the chair back and then pulls it out herself before sitting down)

Star Butterfly: What is going on?

GoGo Tomago: According to this dingus here, one of his mooks lammed off with half an army, and they're the ones who put your mama in a wooden nightgown! You know, they, uh... T-They put her on ice. Uh, drapes down in funtown.

Star Butterfly: Thank you, GoGo.

GoGo Tomago: Uh, sorry about your mama.

Skips: The queen and I were about to sign a peace treaty when one of my generals went rogue.

GoGo Tomago: Rogue wha-who?

Skips: He's known as... th-the "Collector".

Mordecai: [stifling laugh] Sorry. I meant... the "Collector".

Rigby: Dude, don't laugh.

Maui: [whispering] Shut it, both of you!

GoGo Tomago: Put this guy in the caboose, and let's croak those toads!

Maui: I think we should go to war.

Kristoff: Now is not the time!

Wreck-It Ralph: And her magic isn't strong enough for war yet.

Pacifica Northwest: Especially against the collectors. They're indestructible.

GoGo Tomago: We need to go to war!

Pacifica Northwest: We need to sign the peace treaty!

Maui: Yelling feels really good right now!

(Everyone in the room starts yelling over each other while Star looks exhausted)

Oskar Greason: Maybe w-we should let Star decide. She is the queen.

(Star smiles at Oskar)

Kristoff: She just lost her mother, Oskar. She needs time with her feelings.

(Everyone starts yelling at Oskar, and he sinks into his collared shirt while blushing)

Star Butterfly: I am the queen now, so I will make the decision. My decision... is that I will make a decision at dawn.

(Everyone stares at Star. We cut to Star walking through the castle corridor)

Star Butterfly: Ugh. Why did I say "decision" so many times?

Oskar Greason: [catches up with Star] Queen Star! I'm sorry I spoke out of place. I-I got you something.

(Oskar gives Star a leg of meat with the word "SORRY" carved in it)

Star Butterfly: Uh, what is this?

Oskar Greason: It's an apology meat. It's how we Greasons apologize.

Star Butterfly: [takes Oskar's apology meat] It was a relief to know someone believed in me. Thank you.

Oskar Greason: [blushes, backs away shooting finger guns] Hey! Anytime, pal! [turns around and walks away] Did I just call the queen "pal"?

(Star returns to her bedroom and curls up in a ball on the floor)

Star Butterfly: Ugh! Oh, apology meat, what am I going to do?

(Star hears muffled cryings coming from the Book of Spells. She opens it and finds Nick Wilde crying)

Nick Wilde: [crying]

Star Butterfly: Oh, Nick, are you okay?

Nick Wilde: No! Your mama's gone! [sobbing]

Star Butterfly: I know.

Nick Wilde: And she's not coming back! [sobbing]

Star Butterfly: No, she isn't.

Nick Wilde: And I really liked her, too.

Star Butterfly: I know you're upset. So am I. But right now, I really need your help. Things are bad. I-I have to decide between signing a peace treaty or waging a war.

Nick Wilde: Oh, yeah... [sniffles] That. I don't know. Just pick one. Sure it'll work out.

Star Butterfly: That's not helpful at all.

Nick Wilde: Yeah, you're probably right. I'm in no condition to give advice. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go cry in your mama's chapter. [sobbing]

(Nick turns the pages of the book to the skull lock on Sergeant Calhoun's chapter. We cut to the Crystal Dimension, where Star and Maui approach Calhoun's crystal cage)

Maui: Calhoun's been crystalized for hundreds of years. I've got no idea what's gonna happen when we open this up.

Star Butterfly: I can handle it.

(Star unfreezes Calhoun's upper body with her wand)

Maui: Wow. Okay, I'm out. Uh, call if you need me! [uses his fishhook to shapeshift into a hawk and flies away]

(Star points her wand at Calhoun in defense)

Sergeant Calhoun: [deep gasp, gasping breaths] Ugh! [collapses]

Star Butterfly: Oh, my gosh, I killed her!

Sergeant Calhoun: [whispering] B... 4...

Star Butterfly: What?

Sergeant Calhoun: [shuddering] B... 4...

Star Butterfly: "Before"? Before what?

Sergeant Calhoun: [moves her eyes] B... 4...

(Star looks behind her and sees a vending machine of snacks)

Star Butterfly: Oh, wait. You want the candy?

Sergeant Calhoun: B4! B4, B4, B4!

Star Butterfly: O...kay?

(Star puts a coin in the vending machine and presses B4. The machine vends a "Snookers" candy bar. Star feeds the candy bar to Calhoun)

Sergeant Calhoun: [chomp, noisy chewing] Ahhhh... [straining]

(Calhoun pulls her right arm of her frozen glove, revealing a black forearm. She grabs the rest of the candy bar out of Star's hand)

Star Butterfly: Aah!

Sergeant Calhoun: [eating nosily] Mmm-mmmm! How long have I been here?

Star Butterfly: Uh, like, three hundred years?

Sergeant Calhoun: [coughs] Three hundred years?! [pauses, continues munching] So, you're the new queen?

Star Butterfly: Yes, what of it?

Sergeant Calhoun: Well, it's just you're far too young to be queen, unless... Oh, no. Unless your mother – is she...?

Star Butterfly: [sniffles, nods]

Sergeant Calhoun: I see. I lost my mother, too, when I was not much older than you.

Star Butterfly: Ever since Mom... Um, since I became queen, everybody's been looking to me to end the war and make all these big decisions, but I'm just a kid! I can't decide the fate of Mewni! [grabbing her hair] I can't decide which boy I like!

Sergeant Calhoun: I know how you feel.

Star Butterfly: But that's not why I'm here. I need you to teach me one of these spells from your... forbidden chapter.

Sergeant Calhoun: "Forbidden"? Is that what they're calling my chapter?

Star Butterfly: Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean it. But the point is, I need a spell that can destroy something that's immortal.

Sergeant Calhoun: Are you sure that's what you want?

Star Butterfly: It's my only hope.

Sergeant Calhoun: Well, the spell you seek requires a magical contract. I can give it to you. But once your enemy is killed, you must give me something in return.

Star Butterfly: Okay, what do you want?

Sergeant Calhoun: My freedom.

Star Butterfly: What?!

Sergeant Calhoun: Oh, I know. It's a lot to ask. But... I've just been here so long, all by myself. I want to buy my own chocolate. Or those little shrink-wrapped muffins at the bottom. Mmm!

Star Butterfly: But these are giant frozen crystals. I can't free you.

Sergeant Calhoun: A contract between two queens is stronger than any crystal. Now, do you want to learn the spell?

(Calhoun extends a hand to Star. Star takes Calhoun's hand, and a magic black ribbon wraps around their hands. Both of their cheek marks start glowing. After a few moments, the ribbon vanishes, and their cheek marks stop glowing)

Sergeant Calhoun: Come close. Now... [whispers in Star's ear] ...and aim it directly at his heart.

Star Butterfly: I will, Calhoun. I will. (freezes Calhoun again with her wand)

Maui: (comes back as a hawk and shapeshifts back to normal with his fishhook) Do you teach her to do the spell?

Star Butterfly: Yup. She knows how to do it.

Maui: (noogies Star by the hair) Atta girl! Now let's go end this war with a bang!

Star Butterfly: Right behind you, Maui!

(We cut back to the castle situation room)

King Frederic: The queen is late.

Oskar Greason: [points outside the window] Look!

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