History Franchise / TalesOfArcadia

* CityOfAdventure: Arcadia.

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', Jim's mother Barbara starts dating Stickler, unaware that he's a changeling rather than a human. [[spoiler:By the time she learns, their relationship is more complicated, but there are undertones they may get back together]].

* SimultaneousArcs: Part 1 of ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' takes place at the same time as Part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''. The ninth episode of both those seasons are when the main characters of both shows meet and have a small adventure together.

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* SimultaneousArcs:
** Part 1 of ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' takes place at the same time as Part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''. The ninth episode of both those seasons are when the main characters of both shows meet and have a small adventure together.

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* ''[[Film/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/Wizards2020 Wizards]]'' (2020): The story of Douxie, a time-traveling wizard-in-training.

[[AC: Film]]
* ''[[Film/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga. %%Animated films go in the Animation/ Namespace

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga. %%Animated films go in the Animation/ Namespace

* ''[[Film/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

[[AC: Film]]
* ''[[Film/TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans]]'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

* ''Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans'' (2021): Intended to be the GrandFinale of the saga.

* ''Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans'' (2021)

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wizards|2020}}'' (2020): The story of Douxie, a time-traveling wizard-in-training.

* SpiritualAdaptation: To the ''Myth/ArthurianLegend'', in some ways or more.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: The protagonists of each series are young teenagers all trying to balance school and social lives with their adventurous other lives.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018-2019): The story of Aja and Krel, alien royalty who crash-landed in Arcadia.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wizards|2020}}'' (2020): The trilogy finale where everything comes together.

* ''VideoGame/TrollhuntersDefendersOfArcadia'' (2020): An action {{platformer}} developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies.

* SimultaneousArcs: Part 1 of ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' takes place at the same time as Part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''. The ninth episode of both those seasons are when the main characters of both shows meet and have a small adventure together.

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[[caption-width-right:327:Arcadia is a strange place.]]

''Tales of Arcadia'' is a trilogy of CGI animated series created by Creator/GuillermoDelToro, produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and Cha Cha Cha Films, that are exclusively streamed on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The trilogy was announced in 2017 along with the second season of the first series ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''.

Arcadia seems like your average small American city, but unbeknownst to many of even its own citizens the sleepy little Californian town holds some amazing secrets. Ferocious Trolls live beneath the city streets, Alien royalty from another world are hiding next door, and powerful wizards walk the streets. Magic is everywhere and it's attracting some very nasty customers who want nothing more then to claim it all and rule the world. It's up to our various young heroes and their loyal allies to stop them, all while balancing the normal life of your average American teenager.
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!!Works in this franchise:
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* ''{{WesternAnimation/Trollhunters}}'' (2016-2018): The story of Jim Lake Jr, the first human Trollhunter.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018-2019): The story of Aja and Krel, alien royalty who crash-landed in Arcadia.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wizards|2019}}'' (2019): The trilogy finale where everything comes together.

[[AC:Books and comics]]
* ''{{Literature/Trollhunters}}'' (2015): A novel from which the ''Trollhunters'' TV show was (very loosely) adapted.
* ''ComicBook/TrollhuntersTheSecretHistoryOfTrollkind'' (2018): A graphic novel directly based on the TV show.
* ''[[ComicBook/TrollhuntersTalesOfArcadiaTheFelled Trollhunters: The Felled]]'' (2018): A second graphic novel based on the TV show.

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!!Tropes present in the whole franchise:
* CityOfAdventure: Arcadia.
* ConnectedAllAlong: The trolls and the Akaridion aliens are connected through a prophecy, as revealed in part 2 of ''3 Below''.
* TheConspiracy: At first only Eli Pepperjack was aware that there were trolls, wizards, ''and'' aliens all living secretly in Arcadia.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', Jim's mother Barbara starts dating Stickler, unaware that he's a changeling rather than a human. [[spoiler:By the time she learns, their relationship is more complicated, but there are undertones they may get back together]].
** [[spoiler:By the end of ''Trollhunters'', Jim and Claire become this, as she is a normal human, even with magic powers, but Jim has become a troll-human hybrid. A quick remark in an episode grants that she still finds his half-troll form attractive.]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'', Steve and Aja fall in love with each other, though one of then is a human and the other is an alien. The same can be said of Vex falling in love with Toby's grandmother.
* IronicName: The name of the city. {{Arcadia}} is a term used to refer to romanticized depictions of a peaceful, gentle and quiet countryside area. The city itself is not on the countryside, but rather urban-like and far from peaceful or quiet.
* LatinoIsBrown: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}; The Nuñez family in ''Trollhunters'' are Mexican-American, but they're very light-skinned, with Enrique even having natural blonde hair. However, Krel's AmbiguouslyBrown human form in ''3 Below'' is specifically stated to be based on a stereotypical Latino by [[BenevolentAI Mother]].
* ScienceFantasy: Trolls and magic beasts, aliens and spaceships, wizards and ancient tomes. The trilogy has it all.
* SharedUniverse: All three shows take place in Arcadia, with multiple characters and locations shared in all three.
* SimultaneousArcs: Part 1 of ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' takes place at the same time as Part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''. The ninth episode of both those seasons are when the main characters of both shows meet and have a small adventure together.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: The protagonists of each series are young teenagers all trying to balance school and social lives with their adventurous other lives.

* ''{{Literature/Trollhunters}}'' (2015): A novel from which the ''Trollhunters'' TV show was (very loosely) adapted from.

* ''[[ComicBook/TrollhuntersTalesOfArcadiaTheFelled Trollhunters: The Felled]]'' (2018): The second graphic novel based on the TV show.