Cornonation (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

Cornonation is the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Plot
Star plans a coronation for Eclipsa to become Queen.

Why It Made Rhombulus Even Worse During The Coronation

 * 1) Addressing Star Butterfly in her magic wand, this episode completely butchers Rhombulus as a character by stripping him of all his redeeming qualities and throwing that and everything likable about him out the window (Alongside Swim Suit, which is considered one of the worst SVTFOE episodes). It also kickstarts his Flanderization for the rest of the season. He was initially seen in previous episodes as a childish and impulsive but well meaning guy.  Here he is just portrayed as a bigoted idiot.
 * 2) The episode is very poorly written as it was revealed later on in the season that Queen Moon was the one who convinced Rhombulus to free Globgor but that twist was never acknowledged or foreshadowed in this episode.
 * 3) Terrible Pacing: much like Cleaved, the pacing is terrible here since at the start, it seems to go slowly at first, but all of the sudden, when the middle of the episode starts, it suddenly went way too fast, hence why there are so many plot holes here and why it is rushed here.
 * 4) Plot Holes: Several in this episode that make it more problematic
 * Why did the magical high commission members arrest Rhombulus when it was revealed that Queen Moon was the one who orchestrated the scheme to free Globgor and told Rhombulus to do it. Queen Moon was a member of the magical high commission so she had the opportunity to tell Heckapoo and Omnitraxus about it but that was never acknowledged
 * 1) * Another plot hole worth mentioning was that the previous episode revealed that Eclipsa made a spell to free Globgor that involves a rooster with a ribbon around it’s beak. The way it works is that if the ribbon is removed and allows the rooster to crow then it would complete the spell to free Globgor.  Star was made aware of this spell in that episode and given that in this episode that Globgor was freed and that Eclipsa was being blamed for it, Star would have went to check on the rooster to see if it still had the ribbon which it did and therefore undeniably proving Eclipsa’s innocence.  Instead Star immediately refuses to believe Eclipsa, showing the rooster was disregarded in order to force conflict between Star and Eclipsa.  Why didn’t Star check on the rooster to see whether Eclipsa completed the spell to free Globgor or not?
 * 2) The episode can’t decide whether or not freeing Globgor is good or bad as in previous episode had Eclipsa want Rhombulus to free Globgor but when he does so in this episode, that moment is depicted as bad.
 * 3) The revelation is that Rhombulus freed Globgor makes the whole episode feel awkward and predictable as Rhombulus was established to be the only one capable of crystallizing people and reversing the process. This also makes the detective portion of the episode feel meaningless.
 * 4) The moment where Rhomblus was revealed to have freed Globgor can be seen as when the show jumped the shark as later episodes began to significantly decline in quality afterwards

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Globgor is finally freed and reuinited with Eclipsa and we get to see who he really is. In addition, he has a great design and is a pretty likeable character.
 * 2) The animation and voice acting are good as usual.

Reception
The episode received a 9.2 out of 10 on IMDB. However some fans criticized the episode for the perceived character derailment of Rhombulus. This episode alone ruined the reputation of Rhombulus and even though Queen Moon admitted that she convinced Rhombulus to free Globgor in a later episode, the damage was already done and the later episodes continued to flanderize Rhombulus (Namely Swim Suit, Ready Aim Fire and Pizza Party).

Trivia

 * Because of the events of this episode combined with how Rhombulus was depicted in later episodes, Watchmojo ranked Rhombulus at number 6 on their video of Top 10 Cartoon Character Changes That Made Fans Rage Quit.