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Or so it seems… The Boiling Isles may not be quite what she expected of a fantasy world.
She quickly meets the rebellious outlaw witch Eda ([[Wendie Malick]]), and her tiny and adorable demon roommate King ([[Alex Hirsch]]). Despite lacking any talent in actual magic whatsoever, Luz eagerly assumes the role of a witch’s apprentice, exploring the secrets - and braving the dire hazards - of this new world, making friends and trying, with difficulty, to find out where she belongs!
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.
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Due to creator [[Dana Terrace]]'s obsession with anime, ''The Owl House'' contains references to many anime works, such as ''[[Little Witch Academia]]''. Fun fact: Terrace is a [https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace/status/1653190525720330241?cxt=HHwWgoDQ-cWBqPEtAAAA fan] of the ''[[Witch Hat Atelier (manga)|Witch Hat Atelier]]'', whose creator Kamome Shirahama is a [https://twitter.com/shirahamakamome/status/1652666306553057280 fan] of ''The Owl House''! If you're looking for something after finishing ''The Owl House'', ''Witch Hat Atelier'' is a good place to start.
''The Owl House'' is also considered a sister series to ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'' due to airing around the same time and being part of the [[Portal Fantasy]] genre. There are also even Shout-Outs from the show here and there. Fun fact: [[Matt Braly]] helped change the ending of the series while giving a special credit to Watching and Dreaming.
''The Owl House'' is a [[Spoilered Rotten]] series, so be warned: {{Unmarked Spoilers}}
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* [[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.
* [[Chosen Family]]: Luz Noceda becomes part of the Owl House by apprenticing to Eda Clawthorne as witch and living with the little king of Demons, King. Thanks to Luz's influence, Eda and King soften to her and even gain a familial bond. Lilith, Eda's sister, even considers herself to be the aunt of their family. Even King is inspired to legally change his name to King Clawthorne.
** {{Spoiler|Vee, a shapeshifting basilisk, took on Luz's identity when she came to the Boiling Isles and was adopted by Camilla Noceda after her identity was revealed. In the season 3 premiere, when Gus, Willow, Hunter, and Amity become stranded in the Human Realm, the witches and Grimwalker become a family over the months. It even made Hunter cry when Luz declared it to him.}}
* [[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.
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*** 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}}.
* [[Due to the Dead]]: {{spoiler|In "Thanks to Them", Hunter's palisman Flapjack [[Kill the Cutie| dies protecting Hunter from Belos]]. Two episodes later - in the finale - Hunter and Willow are shown paying respects at a tombstone erected to honor poor Flapjack, while they, Luz, Gus, and Amity all have cardinal-shaped tattoos on their forearms as further homage.}}
* [[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.
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* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Raine leads a [[La Resistance| small group of rebels]] called the Bards Against the Throne, or B.A.T.s; appropriately, they wear bat-like masks. {{spoiler|Later when the group is expanded to include Darius and Eberwolf (both Coven Heads) it is changed to C.A.T.s, ''Covens'' Against the Throne; Darius does ''not'' like that name.}}
* [[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 four basic glyphs are [[Light'Em Up|Light]], [[An Ice Person|Ice]], [[Green Thumb|Plant]], and [[Playing with Fire|Fire]]. Glyph magic is implied to be ancient before the use of spell circles. Glyphs come from the environment of the Boiling Isles or from a spell. The glyphs are used as words to communicate with the island's magic to cast a
* [[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}}.
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** 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,
** From what we know about Grimwalkers {{spoiler|like Hunter}}, they seem to fit the description of traditional homunculi, being artificial humans created through alchemy like magical clones, from a tissue sample of a human and various arcane ingredients. They start out as infants, but seem to mature quickly.
* [[Our Titans Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Titans were a species that lived on the Boiling Isles but were decimated by the Collectors. This happened today due to their magic negating the Collectors' magic. The Boiling Isles is made from the corpse of one, and life evolved into Witches and Demons from them. The Titans have a vast magical power that even their corpse gives off, which is why Witches and Demons developed their own magic. Their blood can be used to make portals between worlds. A Titan's magic comes in Glyphs and is implied to have unique sets for each individual. The extent of this magic seems nigh-omnipotent due to the many combinations that can be made from their Glyphs.}}
* [[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?}}
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