Disenchantment

"Bean [In Dreamland]: Ever wish you could live in a place where people were really, truly happy?"

"Elfo [In Elfwood]: I'm sick of being happy all the time. I wish just once I could go somewhere where people are miserable."

Disenchantment is the creation of The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening and Josh Weinstein, and was released on Netflix on August 17th, 2018. It is a fantasy fiction adventure cartoon set in a mythical Middle Ages time period and features a variety of well-known creatures of folk lore including elves, ogres, giants and mermaids, as well as it's own novel species such as Dankmirians and Maruvians, and of course, humans. It follows the twin tales of disenchantment of the alcoholic protagonist Princess Tiabeannie of Dreamland ("Bean" for short) - who rebels against her father King Zog and step-mother Queen Oona in search of happiness - and her newfound elf buddy Elfo who has exiled himself from Elfwood in search of misery. She finds herself cursed by a personal demon (daemon) Luci for reasons unknown to her (but known to the audience). As the trio embark on a quest to find the Elixir of Life, Bean and Elfo's paths are entwined in the discovery of their true identities.

"Malfus: [Of immortality] The monotony, the repetition, the monotony, the repetition... beat ...the monotony, the repetition."
 * An Aesop: Aesops abound.
 * The Alcoholic: Bean is driven to drink by her father.
 * Anvilicious: Episode 8, "The Limits of Immortality"

"Elfo: Well now we know something we didn't know yesterday!""
 * Captain Obvious Aesop:

"Jester: Oh no!"
 * Affectionate Parody: Of the High Fantasy genre.
 * By Wall That Is Holey: a nod is given to this classic piece of cinema when an ogre falls on Elfo, only for his tiny body to fit exactly through the hole in the ogre's chest.
 * Call Back:
 * When Elfo says "screw the 'Jolly Code'" you can hear the elf called Weirdo make a creepy groan, in a call back to his earlier appearance.
 * The "King Fight" at the beginning of season 1 is called back to with a "Queen Fight" at the end of the season.
 * Catch Phrase:

"Elfo: Doink"

"Luci: Do it! ''Do it, do it, do it!""

"Luci: Princess Tiabeanie, you are hereby cursed from the deepest depths of the underworld!"
 * Curse: Luci, the demon, curses Bean in the first episode:

"Bunty: We'll scrub you right up, as clean as a child on his funeral day. Arms up! Ow, how my Charlie sparkled on this mornin' when they heaved him into the burial pit." Bean: He's in a better place now. Bunty: Oh yes...beat...down there with all his little friends. Bean: Argh! Not so hard!. I'm sorry Bunty, I don't mean to be insensitive about your dead whatever, I just really don't want to marry this wealthy prince."
 * Dead Baby Comedy:

"Bean: I hate this feeling... Bunty: Sobriety, ma'am?"
 * Deadpan Snarker: Bunty

"Elfo: Singing at work is not happiness - it's mental illness."
 * Deconstruction: Plenty of tropes get broken down.

"Bean: I might as well give up and accept that I'll never be anything more than a wealthy queen of a fabulous faraway kingdom...[sniffs]...it's my destiny."

"Kissy: I can't go all the way"
 * Deconstructive Parody: Hansel and Gretel get a disturbing cameo.
 * Deus Ex Machina: A griffin.
 * Double Entendre:

"King Zog: How do I look? Spiffy, right? I had the dogs lick me clean twice."
 * Dream Land: The citadel where the humans live is called "Dreamland".
 * The land of the elves - "Elfwood" - appears from another dimension and is an example of a dreamworld within a dreamworld.
 * Fantasy World Map" Foreshadowed in the first episode in King Zog's chamber.
 * Jerkass: The selfish, vain and arrogant King Zog.

"Elf King: Elfo - no! It is forbidden! [to leave Elfwood]. Superviso: I don't know why we keep that lever there."
 * The Jester: Jester
 * The Kingdom: Dreamland
 * Lampshade Hanging:
 * In the first episode:


 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: And it's only taken the whole season... whichever one it is...to get here.

"Merkimer: [to Bean] I've loved you since the moment you killed my brother."
 * Leap of Faith: At the end of
 * Meaningful Name: Luci is short for Lucifer - and is a Maru demon, similar to the daemons of His Dark Materials.
 * Parodied with all the elves having silly elfish names like Elfo, Shock-o, Superviso, Return-o ("No one returns - not even Returno!") and Weirdo (clearly a perverted elf) etc
 * Moral Dilemma: Bean has to decide whether to.
 * The second season sets Bean up for another:
 * Prince Charming: Bean wishes for a "boyfriend who is a good listener". Instead she gets
 * Prince Charmless twice. The first being the inbred Prince Guysbert, and the second being his brother, Merkimer.

"Bean: All this wedding hassle for a stupid political alliance! I thought that I'd get married for true love or because I was wasted... Bunty: Lot's of reasons to get married ma'am: I got married for a goat. Now let's hurry - the prince'll be here any minute to marry ya, and, time permittin', beat meet ya."
 * The Protagonist: Princess Tiabeannie ("Bean" for short).
 * Pun-Based Title: Episode titles such as "Swamp and Circumstance", "To Thine Own Elf Be True"
 * The Quest: To find the elixir of life, of course.
 * Royal Blood: Parodied with an homage to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
 * Running Gag:
 * Luci likes to ride on the back of as many of the other characters as possible.
 * The "Plague Patrol" cart features a number of times.
 * Wedding Day:.
 * Deconstructed:


 * Wicked Stepmother:.
 * Who Wants to Live Forever?: The quest for the elixir of life (as in Holy Grail) and the Eternity Pendant.