RWBY/Trivia


 * Author Existence Failure/Outlived Its Creator: Creator Monty Oum's death from a freak allergic reaction in February 2015 had many fans worried for the future of RWBY. Given that Rooster Teeth is far from a one-man operation, though, there really was little to fear.  (In fact, the cashstream provided by RWBY and its spin-offs have allowed Rooster Teeth to greatly expand their animation department and move to new, larger quarters as of 2017.)
 * Continuity Errors: Surprisingly few and far between.
 * V4E12 has a very brief one when Nora and Ren are hiding under a building. Her hammer is still in the street outside, but for one short sequence she's rendered with it visible on her back.
 * Defictionalization: Inverted.  All the characters' outfits are designed with cosplayers in mind.  The designs are practical and are based around clothing items that can be found in the real world.
 * Development Gag: The composter being cranked by Oscar the farm boy in V4E1 has a golden crown logo with "CK" on it -- an obvious reference to the "Compost King" game Jaune owns in RWBY Chibi.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * This show has attracted shippers out the wazoo. Here're just a few of the names given various pairings over the first couple volumes:
 * White Rose (Ruby/Weiss)
 * Bumblebee (Blake/Yang)
 * Monochrome (Weiss/Blake)
 * Ladybug (Ruby/Blake)
 * Freezer Burn (Weiss/Yang)
 * Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha)
 * Love and War (Pyrrha/Nora)
 * Jarem (Jaune/female harem)
 * There exists on the web a massive spreadsheet of all possible RWBY pairings, with a name for each.
 * Then there's "Druncle Qrow"...
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Cortana gives the opening narration.
 * Akabane Kuroudo runs a battle school.
 * Sanosuke Sagara is running a criminal operation.
 * Monty Oum voiced Lie Ren for the first two volumes.
 * Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Daft Punk turn out to be the DJs for the dance in V2E6-7.
 * Portmanteau Couple Name: Well represented among the various ship names, including "Arkos" and "Jarem", as noted above.
 * Production Nickname: On the V4 DVD's Directors' commentary track, Gray Haddock in particular refers to the Nuckelavee as "Knuckles".
 * And then there is the in-house name for Salem's lieutenants: Team WTCH:  Watts, Tyrian, Cinder, and Hazel.
 * The animators took to calling the Lancers from V5 "spooky bees".
 * Likewise, the slightly grubby Weiss from early-mid V5 was known as "Dirty Weiss" from the filename for the model.
 * "Smirkury"
 * Younger Than She Sounds: Casey Lee Williams was thirteen years old when she recorded the songs for the trailers.