The History of Star

 Star has been a part of The Good Night Show ever since 2006. Let’s take a look at how he’s evolved over the years.

The character first appeared in the second season, which premiered in July 2006, shortly before the Melanie Martinez PSA scandal the same month. In the first season, a character called Helping Hand appeared with Martinez in the Goodnight Tale segments, so it is unknown what happened to him when Star arrived. We all know Star would beg Nina for more time to stay up, and The Good Night Show was designed to help parents get kids ready for bed, so I wonder if he was added for that reason.

When Leo (Noel MacNeal's guest host) and Lucy were introduced the same year, Star stuck around and appeared with them. It it also unknown what happened to Star in between July (the month of the aforementioned scandal) and September (when Leo was introduced), as Hush the Fish showed viewers’ crafts and drawings in between shows during that time.

This is probably what happened; him appearing in split-screen credits. The above video is probably from Leo's tenure though.

When Nina (Michele Lepe) was introduced at the near end of 2006, Star stuck around, and this was the start of a beautiful friendship. Star would do everything with her - from crafts and craft stories to Goodnight Games, and constantly ask her to stay up a little longer. He had a pet rock named Wilbur and a couple of fish, including one named Samuel Fishington Eugene Oceanic. Star also sang the "Ready for Bed" song, which was about brushing your teeth and washing your face before bed.

In 2007's fourth season, Star's puppet was given an update, and became less creepy.

In his previous two seasons, Star slept on the chair or couch in the final link.

Not anymore! Starting with Season 4, Star would now sleep in a hammock, getting a nice cozy sleeping space all to himself. With this, Nina got a whole couch to herself.

…and he does again in a scene from my upcoming Sprout fanfic.

The puppet was once again updated for 2009's fifth season, and resembled the one from the fourth season. In the episode themed around "Parents," Star revealed he had a toy star called Little Star, and pretended to be his father. Other than that, nothing much changed for the character.

The puppet was given another update for 2011's sixth season, and was given eyelids. Needless to say, this puppet looked a bit creepy.

Starting with this season, Star would now host the "Talking to Sproutlets" segments, in which he would talk with his Sproutlet friends about the episode's topic. Who could blame Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street)? Puppets talking to kids was all HIS idea - as that happened on Sesame Street several times in the classic years.

Star also appeared in animated form in Nina's World, an animated prequel to The Good Night Show which premiered in 2015. Now, in The Good Night Show, Star is portrayed as a child (he was revealed to be four years old in one episode), and Nina is an adult, and in Nina's World, he is also portrayed as a child, and Nina is a kid. Geez! Nina aged but Star didn’t. Boy, how time flies?

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