Ludo

"I knew they couldn't hide that royal brat from me for long! Soon, the wand will be mine and then the universe, AND THEN... Actually, the universe should do it. I'm coming for you, Princess Butterfly!"

- Ludo's vow.

Ludo is the secondary antagonist in the Disney XD animated series, Star vs. the Forces of Evil. He is a diminutive and evil ruler of an unknown dimension who wants Star's wand to be strong and take over the universe, and to also attract women as well.

He is voiced by Alan Tudyk, who also played The Duke of Weselton in Disney's Frozen.

Season 1
Throughout the Season, Ludo attempts to take Star's wand and transform into a more powerful form, but is unsuccessful.

Eventually, he hires Toffee as an evil efficiency expert. Toffee manipulates Ludo into firing his right hand man, Buff Frog, and later convinces Ludo's army to reject him for himself, kicking Ludo out of his castle.

Ludo joins forces with Star and Buff Frog to defeat Toffee, but while attempting to take Star's wand he is eaten by Big Chicken. When Star uses the Whispering Spell to destroy her wand, it also destroys Ludo's castle and Toffee. Ludo hatches from an egg Big Chicken laid, and swears revenge on Star for destroying his castle. Star takes Ludo's Dimensional Scissors and banishes him to another dimension.

Season 2
After being banished to another dimension by Star, Ludo had to learn to survive on his own, and also got two animals as his minions: The Bird and the Arachnid. Later, he becomes less cowardly and succeeds in stealing Star's spell book after making an army once he was banished to the other dimension.

Eventually, Ludo found a wand made of hand bones and used it as his own. It is later revealed that the wand is actually Toffee, who manipulated Ludo into reading the forbidden chapter of the book and managed to took over his body.

Season 3
In "Battle for Mewni", Ludo eventually succeeded in taking over Mewni, but after Toffee is defeated, he decided to goes on a soul searching journey.

Ludo is later visited by his younger brother, Dennis.

Appearance
Ludo is a pale green pint-sized bird-like monster with sharp teeth, and what seems to be a dark green fringe surrounding the center, making Ludo resemble a. In season 1, he wears a dark pale green robe with two small skulls, a bull skull with several teeth as a helmet, and flip-flops worn under his robe. Ludo is also seen wielding a black long "wand" with a green eye and dark bat wings.

As of season 2, particularly the episode "Ludo in the Wild", Ludo now grows a beard tied in three tails, wears a yellow potato chip bag, and holds a different wand, consisted of a skeleton arm, rock, and the half broken crystal, which originally come from Star's wand after the events of "Storm the Castle".

Personality
Ludo is very unforgiving and heartless of his minions for their constant failure to defeat Star. He also has a grudge on Star Butterfly for always defeating him and foiling his plans of universal conquest.

In "Quest Buy", he did manage to take Star's wand, but realized it was out of magic batteries, which ultimately led to his quick defeat by the latter.

Over the course of Season 2, Ludo has become more determined and stronger willed after the destruction of his castle and disbandment of his army. Though he also loses his sanity in the process. Due to being born a runt amongst siblings, he was often mistreated and belittled to toughen him up, only for it to cause him to become extremely resentful towards his family and anyone who belittles him.

Quotes
"(Laughs) That's your rainbow punch?"

- Ludo mocking a magic spell made by Star. "Oh, yes. Funny. Yes, I suppose it is. Funny that I ever believed you would take me seriously! Funny that ugly little Ludo wants to be a mighty magical superstar! What a joke, right?! Joke on me! Star was always your favorite, wasn't she? The cute little sparkles on the cheeks. I'm just a sad little dingus in a chip bag. Who you never believed in! Well, if you don't want me in your book, then I don't want me in it, either!"

- Ludo's villainous breakdown.

"Distracted? Excellent! This is the moment I've been waiting for. No one's at their best when they're... distracted! Finally... I'll get my hands on that glorious wand!"

- Ludo in Match Maker. "Stop trying to sneak things into the cart! Same goes for you! I don't even know what that is. Look, we're only here because I need an electric beak groomer. Keeps the tip sharp while brightening my smile! (smiles) Oh, clerk peasant! Bring me your finest beak groomer."

- Ludo in Quest Buy. "Well, that was pretty hardcore..."

- Ludo after firing Buff Frog. "You can't do this! This is my castle! Those are my monsters!"

- Ludo after being kicked out of his own castle at the end of Marco Grows a Beard. "At least let me buy back your friendship. You're going to love it. Quiet!"

- Ludo in Storm the Castle.

"Oh, and then, and then, and then, when I was, like, five years old, my big brother Chudo was walking me home from the park, and we stopped at this old, burned-down castle, and he said, "Well! Looks like the house burned down. Guess we've got to live outside now.""

- Ludo's confession in Starcrushed.

Trivia

 * He was voiced by Alan Tudyk, who also voiced Turbo/King Candy and The Duke of Weselton. He is even similar to the former, as King Candy and Ludo are diminutive rulers who are insane and childish. Also, both of their stories feature them partially controlled (Toffee: Ludo, Cy-Bugs: King Candy).
 * Even though he is small, he still has a number of henchmen who are much bigger than him.