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Or so it seems… The Boiling Isles may not be quite what she expected of a fantasy world.

 

 

You can watch the first episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DViUDJuFPhQ here]. The show was renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere, which debuted on July 11th, 2020. The second season debuted on June 12th, 2022 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqzwDPczqs (the new intro seen here)] with news that there will also be a third season, made up of three 45-minute specials.

 

Episodes in season 3 were released separately, starting in October 2022 with a gap of around three months between episodes. All 3 episodes of season 3 ("[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRfTRN1F5Ys Thanks to Them]", "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMu86yxneA For the Future]", "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVSaLg5xBr0 Watching and Dreaming]") can be viewed on Disney's YouTube channel.

 

''The Owl House'' is a [[Spoilered Rotten]] series, so be warned: {{Unmarked Spoilers}}

** Hooty: Hootisfer by Lilith, referencing Calcifer from ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''.

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: In King's Tide, {{spoiler|Hunter has this reaction when the Collector smashes his Uncle Belos into a puddle of magic goop.}}.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Amity; she starts out as a typical one, but eventually evolves into [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]].

** However, Boscha remains both this Trope and a female version of a [[Jerk Jock]]; Skara and the rest of Amity's [[Girl Posse]] eventually softens, but [[Hate Sink| Boscha]] seems firmly cemented as such. Despite being part of the Posse, Amity isn't all-too fond of them.

** Emperor Belos, at least for most of season one. While he seems to be an oppressive dictator, almost nothing is known about his motives or goals. Of course, given the small amount of info we do have on him, [https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_Belos he doesn't look like someone you'd want to cross.] {{spoiler| The Season Two finale seems to remove this ambiguity, ''but'' [[Word of Saint Paul| his own voice actor]] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHnVhPjWHg/ seems to consider him]] a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]].}}

*** {{spoiler|The episode "Hollow Mind" subverts this Trope completely; Belos is well on his way to becoming one of the most evil villains in Disney history given the scope of his crimes. He is clearly [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]].}}

* [[Animalistic Abomination]]: Apparently ''giraffes''. In season 1, Eda tells Luz that giraffes are natives of the Boiling Isles in a manner indicating that she thinks they're so silly, they must have originated elsewhere. Contrast that with season 3, where Amity, Gus, Willow, and Vee - all of them natives of the Boiling Isles themselves visit a zoo in the human world and take a photo of a giraffe, [https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Giraffe causing it to show them its true face] and leaving them ''terrified''.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Owls for Eda, ravens/crows for Lilith, hawks for Mrs. Clawthorne, and deer for Belos.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: {{spoiler|It seems the Titan and the Collector were this, the battle between them centuries ago being a double knock-out, the Titan's last act being to seal the Collector within the In Between Realm before perishing, his body forming the Boiling Isles.}}

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Ahem, ''Steve''. Yeah, a guy who had naught but an average name to discern himself from the Emperor's other mooks evolved into a complex and interesting character. Initially he appeared as a one-off joke crony for Lilith, came back as a background character, acted as [[Mr. Exposition]] for Hunter in "Any Sport in a Storm", and finally {{spoiler|in "O Titan, Where Art Thou", he finally removes his mask to show a perfectly normal face after helping King work through his inner existential turmoil. }}

* [[The Atoner]]: In the series finale, quite a few characters become this:

** Steve convinces {{spoiler|the surviving Emperor's Coven guards to stand down and rebuild a better Boiling Isles. They need little persuasion to take off their masks, looking like a load has been lifted off them.}}

** {{spoiler|The Collector}} is overcome with grief and remorse when he finally understands {{spoiler|what death is after Luz disintegrates saving him from Belos. He tries to apologize to the Boiling Isles residents for his playtime, but they are still scared of him. So he decides to return to the stars to understand life better, though it's shown that he visits regularly. He also helped rebuild the portal to the Boiling Isles so that Luz could visit regularly.}}

* [[Bad Boss]]: Odalia. She twists her youngest daughter's arm to act as a guinea pig for product demonstration, not only making her fight the creature but forcing her [[Throwing the Fight|to lose on purpose]] in order to make it convincing to investors, and when the demonstration starts to tank she has Luz, Willow, and Gus expelled simply to punish Amity for growing a spine. She has her husband work round the clock without ever rolling up her own sleeves to pitch in (in “Clouds on the Horizon”, Alador tells King that Odalia laid off half of his staff and made him and the staff he had left work overtime to meet Belos’ quota, adding that hasn’t had a weekend off in five years), only sees her family as potential staff for Blight Industries, and uses Alador's sympathy towards their kids to cow him into compliance so they won't be brought on as employees under her control.

* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: The Bat Queen is nasty and scary enough, but looking after her nestlings quickly turns Eda into a [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]].

* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: The Boiling Isles's acid rain. Eda tosses Luz into the house when it starts pouring during "The Intruder", saying that she saved her from grievous injury. "Watching and Dreaming" shows us why Eda was so scared: {{spoiler|While Titan-Luz is protected from the rain, Philip Wittenbane aka Belos isn't when he's separated from the Titan's heart. He's reduced to a walking skeleton in seconds as he begs Luz for mercy. Eda, Raine and King then deliver the killing blow.}}

* [[Child Prodigy]]: The Golden Guardian has a reputation for this, although Lilith claims he's actually a [[Spoiled Brat]]. Given what is seen of him so far, there is valid arguments for both views.

* [[The Chosen One]]: This trope gets explored a lot in the first and second season, with Luz naming it directly in "Witches Before Wizards".

** ''Azura the Good Witch'' is a chosen one in her book series. Luz admires how Azura has a preordained destiny but always befriends her enemies, or makes them "eat" her magical attacks.

* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Members of the Detention Tract are troublemakers who are not allowed to learn magic; however, at least three of them know that the classroom has a secret door to a room that allows access everywhere in the school, letting them learn whatever courses they desire when the [[Apathetic Teacher]] who watches them falls asleep. It is later revealed that Eda used to do so after magically building the room. Bump likely gets rid of it later, but after Luz and those students save the day, they're allowed to study multiple courses, possibly even starting a new policy at Hexside.

** In season 2, {{spoiler|Eda manages to alter her curse so that her Cursed Form is a [[Cute Monster Girl]] "Owl Harpy" (as she calls it) far more a benefit than a hindrance.}}

* [[Cute Witch]]: Every female student at Hexside; even Amity has moments once her kinder side surfaces.

* [[Dance Battler]]: In "Enchanting Grom Fight", Amity and Luz defeat the eponymous monster with a duet version.

*** This is later revealed to {{spoiler|be a lie, but it seems Belos is indeed the Dragon-in-Chief to the Collector, although Belos doesn't know that until the Collector is freed and - possibly - [[Devour the Dragon| kills him]].}}

** The Golden Guardian seems to be shaping up to be this in season 2. {{spoiler|He stops being this in "Hollow Mind" when learning that Luz was right that Belos never truly loved him, and that he was a clone that came from a long line that is killed when they go against Belos}}.

* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Hooty is great at defending Owl House residents, but not-so-much at problem solving and paying attention. Heck, he spent a whole day talking to a fly when the Owl House family left without him to go to a carnival. In "Edge of the World," when they learn the Titan Trappers {{spoiler|has mistaken King as one of their own tribe and Elder Bill was lying to the Trappers that he was going to share the power of sacrificing the last Titan}}, Hooty aptly asks {{spoiler|if Titans are even evil given Bill casually lied about everything and nearly sacrificed King}}. Luz follows this line of thinking as well, showing how serious it is that Hooty was actually right about something.

* [[Early Teen Hero]]: The fourteen-year-old Luz.

* [[Eaten Alive]]:

** The way Eda disposes of a depowered Adagast is to simply pop him into her mouth and swallow him whole.

* [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap]]: "Clouds on the Horizon" ends with this; {{spoiler|as the kids and Alador prepare to follow Kikimora and rescue "Hunter," they find out that Gus at Luz's request cast an illusion so she would appear as Hunter and get captured. It was the only way to help Eda. The real Hunter had no time to respond and didn't even know what Luz had done until Kikimora took her away. Willow and Amity say, "Then that means...she's going to Belos."}}.

* [[Expy]]:

*** Amity starts the series with green hair like Diana.

*** They are both witches from a rich prestigious family. The family is less than friendly towards the main character. The two start standing up for the main character, against the family authority figure.

** "Thanks to Them" in the preview clips finally has Camilla hear the full story about why {{spoiler|Luz chose to stay in the Boiling Isles, namely that Belos blackmailed Luz into surrendering the portal door and was trying to wipe every witch out. As Luz tearfully apologizes while looking at a photo of her father, Camilla hugs her and forgives her, promising they will have lots of time to talk now and clear the air. The important thing now is that Luz and her friends are safe. Luz responds yes they're safe, but her friends are not home.}} Indeed, when Camilla sees {{spoiler|Belos possessing Hunter and attacking all the kids under her roof, she is horrified on realizing ''this'' was the [[Big Bad]] that her underage daughter was fighting for months and understood better why Luz chose to stay. When Belos leaves behind a working portal that the teens can use to follow and stop him as well as the Collector, she releases Luz from the promise to stay on Earth, but insists that ''she'' is coming to help save the Boiling Isles.}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In season 1, Lilith honestly believes her quest to arrest and conscript her sister is [[For Your Own Good|For Her Own Good]] and would much rather Eda join the Emperor's Coven by choice rather than have to force her too. Eda, for her point, still cares deeply for Lilith, although [[Unscrupulous Hero|exploiting Lilith's reluctance is not beneath her.]] In season 2, the "enemy" part is more like a sibling rivalry.

* [[Functional Magic]]: Magic on the Boiling Isles combines ''Inherent Gift'' and ''Wild Magic''. Witches and biped demons can cast spells using the magic bile sacs attached to their hearts. They do this by drawing spell circles, which determine the strength of the spell depending on the size. There is also ''Device Magic'', where magic can be cast through Palismen because the creatures have their own source of magic that witches and demons can use if they are bonded to them.

* [[The Gambler]]: Eda seems unwilling to turn down any wager, no matter how trivial or how dangerous, and has a notebook full of the times she's made them with King and won.

* [[Gambling Game]]: While dealing with the stress from {{spoiler|her curse}}, Eda becomes addicted to Hexas Hold 'Em, a witch version of poker. {{spoiler|When she gives up the addiction, Luz helps Vee the Basilisk track down the cards on Earth so she doesn't lose her magic and reveal her true form to anyone}}.

* [[Heel Realization]]: While {{spoiler|Alador Blight tries to reign in his wife Odalia's worst tendencies}} when they involve murdering Amity's friends, {{spoiler|his ditziness and utter trust in his wife blinds him to her lack of empathy}}. Then in "Clouds on the Horizon", a disguised King tells {{spoiler|Alador}} what the Day of Unity involves. {{spoiler|Alador confronts Odalia about this and is horrified to find out she is okay with mass genocide, as well as handing Amity's girlfriend to the Emperor, because Belos promised to treat the Blights like royalty. He frees Amity and her friends from Odalia's Abomination forcefield, helps fight his wife and Kikimora, and destroys the Abomitron factory while quitting on the spot. As an apology, he comes with Amity and the others to drive an airship to confront Kikimora and rescue Luz because they need a pilot}}.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Two in succession in "Thanks to them": when Belos forces {{spoiler|Hunter to crush Flapjack, it gives Hunter the [[Heroic Willpower]] to resist Belos and toss the Titan's blood in the nearby lake, knowing that Belos would rather drown trying to get it than save either of them. Sure enough, turns out neither Belos nor Hunter can swim in his Earth clothes; when Camilla rescues Hunter, his body expels Belos. Then when Hunter is not breathing as Belos shuffles into the recreated portal, a dying Flapjack rests on Hunter and willingly shares Palisman magic with him.}}

* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: Many.

** It was not known at first why Belos is so intent on apprehending Eda. While having powerful servants is a benefit to any ruler, there has yet to be any clue as to what his actual goals are. At the end of Season 1, he claims to be working for the Titan and that his goals involve opening a door to the human world, although he tells Lutz it's not for something as "trivial" as an invasion; this unfortunately raises a lot more questions than it answers. {{spoiler|It comes out that he wants to use the portal and the Day of Unity to release the Collector from its prison beneath the Boiling Isles, drain all the witches of their magic, and wipe them out en masse}}.

* [[Hypocrite]]: Odalia Blight. A small trace of this is shown in the beginning of "Escaping Expulsion" when she tells Amity, “You should be in class right now, what are you thinking?" even though ''she'' is the one who pulled Amity out of class and made her come to the office. Far more seriously, her - stated - reasons for having Luz, Gus, and Willow expelled from Hexside is because of the dangerous incidents caused by the students. While she might have a small point there, she ''literally'' tries to kill Luz later in an ''incredibly'' dangerous demonstration of an equally unsafe abomination-powered robot, something even her husband Alador seems to object to.

** Luz flat-out calls {{spoiler|Belos}} this in {{spoiler|the episode "King's Tide".}}

* [[I Gave My Word]]: {{spoiler|The Collector will honor any deal he makes if he "pinky swears" to it, though he gets ''really'' angry at anyone who breaks the deal.}}

* [[Ignored Epiphany]]:

 

== K-O ==

* [[LARP]]: {{spoiler| Basically what the Collector's "game" is in Season three, although it is clearly only fun by his own twisted definition.}}

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Lilith's mentor, Flora D'splora. Her name, short hair with bangs, dark complexion, monkey-like Palisman, and archeology expertise makes is obvious [[Dora the Explorer|who she is supposed to be]]. Luz even lampshades it by suspiciously saying, "I have questions about that name," when she shows up in "Elsewhere and Elsewhen".

** The fact that voice actress Eileen Galindo was also the voice of Dora's mother in that cartoon seems to confirm it.

** The pixie infestation that causes Hexside to be closed during "Really Small Problems". Willow starts to explain what happened to Eda, but King's antics drown her out to the viewers.

** ''Lots'' of them in "Understanding Willow" regarding Willow and Amity when they were younger. The one with the egg pit stands out, Amity telling Luz that, "that one is kind of hard to explain".

* [[Not Me This Time]]: While {{spoiler|the Collector}} has a few atrocities under his belt -- giving Belos {{spoiler|the Draining Spell, turning all of the Boiling Isle into living dolls, and mind-raping the OwlHouse trio}} -- he confirms in the series finale that {{spoiler|he didn't wipe out the Titans, the crime for which he ended up imprisoned for ten thousand yeras. Not even by accident; his siblings, the other Archivists, were responsible for the genocide and left the Collector to take the fall. King's dad in the Space Between Worlds regrets that he locked up a child for millennia out of rage, only to go after the wrong person.}}

* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: Luz's mother, Dr. Noceda - she is a veterinarian.

** Abominations are jars of magical slime that can assume vaguely humanoid forms to act as magical servants. Presumably a profitable and lucrative profession for wizards, as Willow's parents insisted she take the class, even though she had no talent in it. Amity also specializes in this school.

** In season 2, Amity's parents are shown combining these creatures with [[Magitech]] technology to create half-machine-half-abomination soldiers. Amity herself starts showing creative ways to use the conjured-up slime, using it to create bindings, cages, a shield, and a sword,

* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Eda is called the Owl Lady because she suffers from a curse that causes her to change into a demonic, owl-like beast at night. This was inflicted upon her by a wizard whose identity she doesn't remember, and also doesn't remember why. Eda takes a potion to avoid the transformations, but starting with episode 10, its effect is starting to fail...}}

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Dottie and Roselle, [[Evil Old Folks| two sweet-looking old ladies]] who run the Kitty Cafe are in fact vampires who kidnap cute creatures and brainwash them with constant babying. Unlike typical vampires, they aren't bothered by sunlight; it's not known what other traditional traits of vampires do or do not apply to them.{{Context|Aren't Dottie and Roselle old witches rather than vampires?}}

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Demons have two weaknesses that King (a demon himself) relates to Luz, purified water and passive-aggressive comments. "Even demons have inner-demons," he claims.

* [[What Measure Is A Non Human]]: {{spoiler| Poor Hunter combines this with [[Sins of Our Fathers]] when he finds out that he is a Grimwalker, not only questioning whether or not he counts as a person, but whether he has the ''right'' to be counted as one. It gets worse in season 3.}}

* [[Why Did It Have To Be Snakes]]:

** Luz's fears include "jerks online who want to debate", "human souls trapped in cat bodies", and... milk ("I'm lactose intolerant!"). She also fears disapproval from both Eda and her mother.