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''[[W.I.T.C.H.]]'' is an Italian fantasy comic series created by Alessandro Barbucci, Barbara Canepa, and Elisabetta Gnone and published by Disney Italia. First published in April 2001 the series is ongoing.

An [[W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|animated adaptation of the comic]] was later aired on [[Jetix]]. See [[WITCH (Animation)|WITCH]].

* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: One special followed Elyon {{spoiler|in her duties as a queen.}}

* [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]]: Yan Lin early in the first saga.

* [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign]]: No, Taranee isn't an African name. Hay isn't a Chinese name, either. (though it's possible that the writers got it mixed up with the name "Hui" - not to be confused with the term for Chinese Muslims - which means "intelligent", "bright".)

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Cornelia, Irma and Will.

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: {{spoiler|Elyon}}, immediately lampshaded ("I didn't know any princess"). At the end of the first saga {{spoiler|she becomes queen.}}

* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: W.I.T.C.H

* [[Genre Blindness]]: the Oracle told them many times that their greatest strength is their unity. Anyway, the girls will often use the [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]] move at the worst moment. Will also told Hay Lin that monsters don't exist ''at the beginning of the Ragorland saga'', ie after 60 issues in a [[All Myths Are True]] series.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Will is on the same level of [[Ranma One Half½|Akane Tendo]], having once put powdered soap in place of the flour. Orube can't cook due lack of familiarity with Earth ingredients and cooking implements (the first time she cooked she set the kitchen on fire, but only that once) and clumsiness outside the way of the warrior, but while she's slowly getting better she still has a long way to go (she once set on fire the [[Epic Fail|''water for the pasta'']]!).

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Orube returns to her homeworld after the events of the fifth saga.

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: At least once a saga.

* [[Screwed Byby the Network]]: The ''creators'' of the series got screwed out of it halfway through the first arc! Disney Italia dismissed them, and thus the rest of the story went in a different direction then what was intended. If one reads Issue 7, this change becomes obvious (Elyon suddenly pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] and is revealed as "The Light of Meridian", she and Cornelia are suddenly said to be best friends, Caleb is introduced out of nowhere as Cornelia's literal dream man, Phobos comes out of the shadows sooner than one would expect, the general story changes it's focus to the Crown of Light, etc, etc.)

{{quote| '''Alessandro Barbucci & Barbara Canepa:''' "We conceived of "W.I.T.C.H." together with Elisabetta Gnone, the then director of girls publications for Disney. We worked for three years in secret on it and she then presented the project to the big bosses at Disney. They thought that this project was crazy, a sure-fire bomb, complete waste of time, and that mangas wouldn't have a chance in Europe anyway (!!!). However, we didn't let ourselves be led astray and worked for another year on it anyway, with a tiny budget and without publicity. And then the series became a worldwide hit. The official version from Disney is, of course, that "W.I.T.C.H." is a product of their brilliant, visionary marketing strategy...the end of the series was then taken out of our hands, we actually had something a lot more intelligent planned for it. Now, as you can see, Elisabetta Gnone and the two of us no longer work for Disney...a really sad story." }}

* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Nerissa was sealed inside a coffin inside a mountain until {{spoiler|the aurameres were merged together, breaking the spell that kept her locked away.}}

* [[Sexier Alter Ego]] - The titular ''[[WITCH (Comic Book)W.I.T.C.H.|WITCH]]'' are fairly average (albeit skinny) teenagers in their normal form. When transformed however, the are changed to look much more.. adult. Lampshaded on more than one occasion.

* [[Shout -Out]]: Hay Lin has a little [[Sailor Moon]] on her monitor, along with a monster that kinda looks like Godzilla. Irma has alots of disney paraphernalia, including a [[Little Mermaid]]. In the Dark Mother Saga, {{spoiler|[[Captain Planet|they combine their powers]] to create a powerful being to defeat her}}

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: It sounds like the magical powers of an old lady the girls meet in the "Teach 2b Witch" may fit this trope; she explains that she has the power to turn invisible, but can only do it when it's raining, and the wind has to be blowing from East, and there has to be a full moon, and she has to be wearing red.

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