Starchman Stars

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You want my STARS! — Mr. Starchman to Johnny Jhonny, Ed Burger and RJ about why they hunted him down in the hallway (Chapter 5, Page 213)

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Chapter 1, Page 44

Starchman Stars are a type of currency used by the students of Mayview Middle School. Each star is gold, five-pointed, and bears an image of their creator Mr. Starchman on them.

Obtaining Starchman Stars

Stars can initially be earned by answering questions in Starchman's English class . In addition, if someone manages to successfully take down Mr. Starchman in the hallway between class periods, they will be rewarded with a few stars. This is not an easy feat, as he will be expecting an attack and wields both roller skates for fast movement and agility and a Nerf gun to shoot down opponents.

Students can also sell information such as rumors or gossip to Lisa at the School Store for stars. Alex mentions that she could probably buy 3 to 4 drinks by exposing Max Puckett as the bus jumper.

Uses

The stars can be utilized in a variety of ways, including:

• Exchanging them for prizes in Mr. Starchman's English class
• Betting with other students
• Purchasing a drink from the School Store: The base price of the item allows a student to stare at the drink, and there are additional star charges for sipping, gulping and chugging the beverage. A glass of water with ice costs 1 star, and opening a can of Tab costs 2 stars.
• Purchasing information from Lisa at the School Store

Gallery

Mr. Starchman with a small handful of stars.

The first appearance of Starchman Stars in the comic. (Chapter 1, Page 44)

Mr. Starchman grants Max his first star by telling him his name. (Chapter 1, Page 44)

Isabel Guerra betting Ed Burger stars on Max's dark past. (Chapter 3, Page 53)

Mr. Garcia bribes Max with a Starchman Star. (Chapter 4, Page 50)

Starchman rewards Ed and Johnny Jhonny stars for successfully capturing him. (Chapter 5, Page 213)

Johnny and RJ relish in their spoils while Ed realizes that Hijack was not in his target. (Chapter 5, Page 213)

Trivia

• Known prizes that can be traded for stars in Mr. Starchman's class include a pencil with a soccer ball topper, a plush toy of Mr. Starchman, a pencil, an eraser, a sticker sheet and what appears to be a Troll doll.
• A Starchman plushie is visible on the couch in the Activity Club room, indicating that either Ed or Isabel obtained enough Starchman Stars to trade for it.
• According to Zack Morrison, Starchman Stars were based off of "Starrick Stars", a similar object given out by one of their math teachers in school.