History YMMV / TheLegendaryStarfy

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: During Papes' interview on The Moe Show, he refuses to tell Moe anything. Suddenly, ''Shirkit'' comes out, and Papes asks what she's doing there. Shirkit then apologizes and leaves.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ogura.

* FandomRivalry: With VideoGame/{{Kirby}}

** Ogura also counts. [[spoiler: He was seemingly enslaved by Evil at a young age, and is hurt by Evil when he loses to Starfy, despite secretly respecting Starfy he can't show this because Evil would kill him. Makes it all the more sadder when he performs a heroic sacrfice to elmininate Evil.]]

** Evil/Iburu is the GreaterScopeVillain of the first two games, the BigBad of the third game, and the orchestrator of everything bad that happens. Seemingly enslaving [[TheDragon Ogura]] at a young age, he tells Ogura to destroy Pufftop and, when he fails, gives him " [[PragmaticVillainy another chance]]" in the form of painfully transforming him into an EldritchAbomination. He attempts to [[spoiler:execute Moe before his father preforms a heroic sacrifice, but Evil doesn't mind this outcome]]. At the end of the game, [[spoiler: Evil discards Ogura after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he is no longer of use to him]], claims that he's going to destroy the entire universe, ForTheEvulz, and very nearly succeeds]]. A [[AxCrazy psychopathic]], seemingly invincible demon, Evil is a far cry from the lighthearted, sometimes even [[TragicVillain tragic villains]], of the past games, and is a KnightOfCerebus in this [[VileVillainSaccharineShow family-friendly game]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Mashtooth]] is the [[BadBoss cruel]] leader of a gang of SpacePirates who desires nothing but power. Chronologically, the first thing he does is invade the peaceful planet Bunnera to suck out the essence of its inhabitants, simply to make him stronger. He discards of the smaller Bunnerans, claiming "these snack-sized Bunnerans have given me enough power, but I need more." Mashtooth then [[WouldHurtAChild goes after their prince,]] who narrowly escapes with his life. In the final battle, after his subordinates pulled a HeelFaceTurn on him, he eats the prince, [[AndIMustScream who is still alive inside him]], and uses the moon as a battering ram to try and kill Starfy, and possibly hundreds of thousands of innocents in the way. Ruthless, cruel, and terrifying [[EvenEvilHasStandards even to his own minions]], Mashtooth [[KnightOfCerebus stands out]] in this [[VileVillainSaccharineShow relatively lighthearted game]] as a tyrant who would stop at nothing, just to satiate his lust for power.

* TheWoobie: Moe. [[spoiler: His family is forced to move from their home, his mother dies, and then when he meets his dad, he makes a HeroicSacrifice that kills him.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Mashtooth]] is the [[BadBoss cruel]] leader of a gang of SpacePirates who desires nothing but power. Chronologically, the first thing he does is invade the peaceful planet Bunnera to suck out the essence of its inhabitants, simply to make him stronger. He discards of the smaller Bunnerans, claiming "these snack-sized Bunnerans have given me enough power, but I need more." Mashtooth then [[WouldHurtAChild goes after their prince,]] who narrowly escapes with his life. In the final battle, after his subordinates pulled a HeelFaceTurn on him, he eats the prince, [[AndIMustScream who is still alive inside him]], and uses the ''moon'' as a battering ram to try and kill Starfy, and possibly hundreds of thousands of innocents in the way. Ruthless, cruel, and terrifying [[EvenEvilHasStandards even to his own minions]], Mashtooth [[KnightOfCerebus stands out]] in this [[VileVillainSaccharineShow relatively lighthearted game]] as a tyrant who would stop at nothing, just to satiate his lust for power.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Mashtooth]] is the [[BadBoss cruel]] leader of a gang of SpacePirates who desires nothing but power. Chronologically, the first thing he does is invade the peaceful planet Bunnera to suck out the essence of its inhabitants, simply to make him stronger. He discards of the smaller Bunnerans, claiming "these snack-sized Bunnerans have given me enough power, but I need more." Mashtooth then [[WouldHurtAChild goes after their prince,]] who narrowly escapes with his life. In the final battle, after his subordinates pulled a HeelFaceTurn on him, he eats the prince, [[AndIMustScream who is still alive inside him]], and uses the ''moon'' as a battering ram to try and kill Starfy, and possibly hundreds of thousands of innocents in the way. Ruthless, cruel, and terrifying [[EvenEvilHasStandards even to his own minions]], Mashtooth [[KnightOfCerebus stands out]] in this [[VileVillainSaccharineShow relatively lighthearted game as a tyrant who would stop at nothing, just to satiate his lust for power.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Though it involves a truly aggravating sequence of ButtonMashing, singlehandedly pushing back the MOON and then using it to take down Mashtooth is by far the most awesome thing that Starfy has done in the entire series.

* FriendlyFandoms: With, strangely enough, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. Many Starfy fans are also Undertale fans.

* FriendlyFandoms: With, strangely enough, ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. Many Starfy fans are also Undertale fans.

* AmericansHateTingle: ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' is among the best-selling Nintendo franchises in Japan, but only one game was ever released in America, and it only received modest sales. This is likely due to the cutesy title character, and it being one of the few games not subjected to AmericanKirbyIsHardcore. Despite positive reviews and an extensive marketing campaign, American gamers' tendency to favor manliness over cuteness caused the character to be dismissed. The game itself happened to also be incredibly "wordy" so even younger players might be turned off by the required reading to understand the game (unlike a Franchise/{{Kirby}} or [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] game where there's little dialogue to get in the way of the platforming action.). Even his Assist Trophy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' is met with derision rather than praise.
** The game was well liked by the people who did get it, however, and still has a decent cult following in the West.

* {{Narm}}: The cutscene titled "[[BigBad Mashtooth]]'s Master Plan" in 5's gallery is shown below a [[TastesLikeDiabetes cute elephant sprinkling a flower patch under a rainbow.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2xeBzat-eo Seriously.]]

*** Also, while the main game is a nice, relaxing platformer, stage 10 is Time Attack. You can't even fight the Boss until you beat a certain time goal on each stage. The boss has an extremely hard to dodge attack that does infinite damage.
** Every NewGamePlus in the four games has tweaked level designs, trickier bosses and some NintendoHard extra levels. The TrueFinalBoss of 3 is a pain, having 12 hard to reach weak spots, moves quickly and has a final attack in which you must hit 12 random weak spots on a meteorit before it crush you ... and then you'll have to try defusing the exact same attack again. Oh, and you are limited to 5 HP during boss battles. Sorry, no health upgrades before the forth game.

** Every NewGamePlus in the four games has tweaked level designs, trickier bosses and some NintendoHard extra levels. The TrueFinalBoss of 3 is a pain, having 12 hard to reach weak spots, moves quickly and has a final attack in which you must hit 12 random weak spots on a meteorit before it crush you ... and then you'll have to try defusing the exact same attack again. Oh, and you are limited to 5 HP during boss battles. Sorry, no health upgrades before the forth game.

*** Also, while the main game is a nice, relaxing platformer, stage 10 is Time Attack. You can't even fight the Boss until you beat a certain time goal on each stage.
**** Speaking of, he has an attack that I've only managed to dodge once. It does infinite damage.

** Every 'NewGamePlus' in the four games has tweaked level designs, trickier bosses and some 'NintendoHard' extra levels. The 'TrueFinalBoss' of 3 is a pain, having 12 hard to reach weak spots, moves quickly and has a final attack in which you must hit 12 random weak spots on a meteorit before it crush you ... and then you'll have to try defusing the exact same attack again. Oh, and you are limited to 5 HP during boss battles. Sorry, no health upgrades before the forth game.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Averted with Starly. "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner This pink bow is gonna haunt your bad dreams!]]"

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Averted with Starly. "This pink bow is gonna haunt your bad dreams!"