Star vs. the Forces of Evil (TV Series) Demoncism/Sophomore Slump (2017) User Reviews

Surprisingly mature

[dhmccull · 9/10 · 7 June 2021]

Both of these episodes show an amazing amount of maturity for having a crying, disembodied unicorn head in the first one.

Tom acknowledging and working to better himself is some of the best self-help imagery I've ever seen on screen, let alone in a kids show.

And then Jackie. Oh my goodness, Jackie! She is such a mature, supportive character until any I've ever seen. Her and Marco having a young love relationship split apparent because it's clear they can't be fully happy together is just....astounding! When I began binging this series, I was not expecting to get a life lesson on how it's okay to not end up with your childhood sweetheart.

Color me impressed!

Jackie!

[ericstevenson · 10/10 · 11 November 2017]

"Demoncism", this episode features Tom having a demon exorcised from him to become nicer. I admit this doesn't make much sense to me. I mean, he's a demon himself. How can he exorcise himself? This is still good because we get to see Pony Head dress up in robes and considering she's just a head, that's a very funny image. She's easily the funniest character in the whole show. Will they ever do a Godfather joke with her? It does kind of feel like this episode didn't advance the plot much. ***

"Sophomore Slump", yes, we finally see what happened to Jackie! Jackie's a wonderful girl and I wanted her to be happy with Marco. She realizes that Marco is better off going back to Mewni and is having a hard time adjusting to life here. She says she knows she isn't Marco's best friend. It's great to see a great character like her realize that Marco is better off without her as her boyfriend. It's at least implied she's made peace with Star's confession and realizes Marco deserves to be with Star. I wonder if Jackie will get will anyone else? ****

Jackie should've got more screentime

[megaminiman-14417 · 5/10 · 14 May 2020]

You had to ship Marco with star over the sandy blonde two seasons later Jackie turned bi for no reason because that's basically forced but you couldn't have Jackie develop, I hope you got what you wanted...