History Radar / Witch

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! Cartoon:
* The fact that the girls look more...[[BreastExpansion mature]]...when they transform into their guardian forms is frequently commented on.
---> '''Hay Lin:''' [noticing her new wings] What have we got behind us?
---> '''Cornelia:''' [looking directly down at her chest] What have we got in front of us!
** In "N is for Narcissist" Cornelia accidentally absorbs the rest of the team's powers. The combined power of all five guardians gives her a substantially bigger bust. Caleb looks delighted.
** In "W is for Witch" the girls are able to pass off their guardian forms as Halloween costumes. Cornelia's mother disapproves of the "padding."
*** Later in the episode, Irma runs into her crush, Andrew, who is ''very'' complimentary towards her costume.
---> '''Irma:''' But you told the whole school trick or treating was for babies!
---> '''Andrew:''' Who turns down free candy?
---> '''Irma:''' What about dressing up?
---> '''Andrew:''' [eyeing her up and down] I'm beginning to think that's the best part.
* In "It Begins" Hay Lin newly-awakened elemental powers cause her to sneeze hard enough to wreck her entire room. She's worried this is somehow related to puberty.
--->'''Hay Lin:''' This isn't one of those "becoming a woman" things, is it?
* In "A Service to the Community" the image of an [[DudeShesLikeInAComa unconscious Will]] with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything white paint on her face]] is rather...questionable.
* In "Divide and Conquer" Will has a FreudianSlip while inviting Matt to spend time with her on the ski trip.
---> '''Will:''' Would you like to ski down me? With! With me!
* In "Stop the Presses", Hay Lin's underwear is revealed when her skirt flies up [[ItMakesSenseInContext while she's riding an invisible wild boar.]]
* In "Ghosts of Elyon", Will opts to sleep with no clothes on while she's hiding out by herself at an abandoned house.
* "E is for Enemy" has a scene where Irma and Cornelia are [[LesYay sleeping together, in a closet.]] Cornelia is draped across Irma, resting her head on one breast while her hand is on the other, while Irma seems to be stroking Cornelia's hair. [[AmbiguouslyBi Best not to look too deeply into this...]]
* In "J is for Jewel" Taranee is unavailable to fight, so Matt offers to fill in for her. Will replies she'd rather not see him "filling in her tights."
* Probably the most surprising and explicit was in "O is for Obedience" when Nerissa explains how she masqueraded as Julian's lover in order for him to impregnate her so she could have a child. Which pretty much amounts to rape.
* In "T is for Trauma" Nerissa casts a spell that makes almost every man fall obsessively in love with her on sight, including Taranee and Hay Lin's boyfriends. Cornelia mentions how furious she would be if Caleb was in their position, and Will feels the need to remind her [[ParentalIncest Nerissa is his mother]].
** Later in that same episode, Nerissa tries to break Hay Lin's spirit by having her grandmother, now young again and under Nerissa's control, steal Hay Lin's boyfriend.
** Let's not forget that this entire episode has Nerissa, a very old woman, glamouring herself to look like a teenager in order to seduce both adult men and teenage boys.
* In "Y is for Yield" Hay Lin refers to Phobos stealing Nerissa's power during the school Halloween carnival as his "Halloween Coming-Out party."
* In "Z is for Zenith" Cedric swallows Phobos in order to steal his power. The team are somewhat concerned about the digestive implications.
---> '''Hay Lin:''' Did he just...
---> '''Irma:''' Swallow Phobos whole? Oh yeah.
---> '''Matt:''' So don't wanna be around when he—

* In "A Service to the Community" the image of an [[DudeShesLikeInAComa unconscious Will]] with [[DoesThisRemindYoOfAnything white paint on her face]] is rather...questionable.

* In "A Service to the Community" the image of an unconscious Will with white paint on her face is rather...questionable.

->''Well, to be fair, this season '''did''' have quite a bit to handle for a show that's rated [=PG7=]: Mind-games, kidnapping, escaping policy custody, murder, enslavement, man-hunts, identity theft, abusive parenting (even as only an illusion), bullying and public deformation of character (plus those Knights of Destruction could get kind of sexual-sounding while feeding on their emotions, just saying), terrorism, raising of the dead, brutal assault of young females, sexualization of minors, attempted violence against one's own child, false accusations of a crime, illegal surveillance/stalking, on-screen character death (even if they weren't actual people), driving a minor to complete nervous breakdown, hostile intent/harassment of a elementary-school child, illegal imprisonment and owning of other people (basically slavery), scamming the masses (for candy, of all things), betrayal in the line of duty towards those who most trust you, cannibalism, and romantic affiliations between a grown man and (what appears to be) a teenage girl.\\
...they managed to squeeze in a series' worth of Cop-show crimes into one season of a child's cartoon AND got it past the sensors.Man, how I loved this show T-T''
-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csw-lTk0IRo&lc=UggJiYgHHJLfWngCoAEC A YouTube comment]] about the second season of the cartoon by user "[=WinxRivenIsHot=]" ([[DuelingShows ironic username]] notwithstanding)

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* * The fact that the girls look more...[[BreastExpansion mature]]...when they transform into their guardian forms is frequently commented on.

* In "Stop the Presses" Hay Lin's underwear is revealed when her skirt flies up [[ItMakesSenseInContext while she's riding an invisible wild boar.]]

** In "N is for Narcissit" Cornelia accidentally absorbs the rest of the team's powers. The combined power of all five guardians gives her a substantially bigger bust. Caleb looks delighted.

** And it gets even creepier when Hay Lin's 80 year old grandmother is transformed into a teenager and ''steals her boyfriend!''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' had a couple of jokes relating to the girls receiving a certain kind of "[[BreastExpansion enhancement]]" during their transformations; From the one-hour series premiere "It Begins/It Resumes":
-->'''Hay Lin:''' ''(looking at her new wings)'' What do we have behind us?\\
'''Cornelia:''' ''(looking straight down)'' What do we have ''in front of'' us?
** In "N is For Narcissist", [[AlphaBitch Cornelia]] gets a temporary upgrade of power which makes her substantially more busty, and while Caleb, her boyfriend, is "hearts-for-eyes" pleased, Irma crosses her arms across her chest and looks very embarrassed while saying something snippy.
--->'''Caleb:''' ''Whoa! Hot!''
** A later joke in the second season episode "W is for Witch", when the girls were able to appear in their transformed states out in the open because they were able to pass it off as Halloween costumes. The girls all look visibly buxom, but Cornelia's mother is unimpressed by their [[BreastExpansion "growth"]]...
--->'''Mrs. Hale:''' Didn't think those costumes came with ''that'' kind of padding...
* There's an episode where the word poo is used, but afterwords when it seems like someone is about to say it, a horse neigh cuts the sound off, indicating she was going to say shit instead of poo.
* From the premiere: When Hay Lin first starts to get her powers, she begins sneezing and wrecks her room (her sneezing powering the wind), gets somewhat worried, and goes to talk to her grandmother about what happened. Her grandmother is trying to keep the Heart of Kandrakar hidden and isn't paying full attention to Hay Lin, who gets this annoyed look on her face and asks "This isn't another one of those 'becoming a woman' things, is it?"
* "E is for Enemy" has a scene where Irma and Cornelia are [[LesYay sleeping together, in a closet.]] Cornelia is draped across Irma, resting her head on one breast while her hand is on the other, while Irma's hand seems to be stroking Cornelia's hair... and they're both very comfortable-looking as they sleep curled up together. [[AmbiguouslyBi Best not to look too deeply into this...]]
* Probably the most surprising and explicit was [[spoiler:Nerissa explaining how she masqueraded as Julian's lover in order for him to impregnate her so she could have a child; which pretty much amounts to rape.]]
* For a cartoon that on the surface is so bright and cheerful, ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' also has a great deal of genuine horror, but one key example that truly pushed the content envelope was a scene in ''Z is for Zenith.'' In that episode, Cedric betrays Phobos, transforming into his serpent form and eating him, and then going on a rampage in Heatherfield.
* In "A Service to the Community", the image of an unconscious Will with white paint on her face is rather ... questionable.
* In "Stop the Presses", Hay Lin's underwear is shown when her skirt flies up [[ItMakesSenseInContext while she's riding an invisible wild boar.]]
* In ''K is for Knowledge'', Taranee is unavailable, so Matt offers to fill in for her. Will replies she'd rather not see him "filling in her tights."
* In the last episode of Season 2 (animated series), during the final battle, [[spoiler: Cedric swallows Phobos.]] Irma and Hay Lin comment on the fact, then Matt says '''So'' don't want to be around when he-' before he's cut off by someone.
* In the penultimate episode of Season 2, the guardians remark on how they've been fighting Phobos constantly since the events in the previous episode. Hay Lin calls these events 'Phobos's Halloween Coming-Out party'.
* In season 2, Cornelia accidentally brings up ParentalIncest when all the other girls get jealous over their love interests gushing over teen!Nerissa.
** And it gets even creepier when Hay Lin's 80 year old grandmother is transformed into a teenager and ''steals her boyfriend!'' [[spoiler: Except it's actually a clone of her grandma. Still...]]
* Will accidentally says "Would you like to ski down me?", instead of "Would you like to ski with me?", to Matt. Bonus points for it being an episode where she's jealous of another girl vying for his affections.

* Some scenes [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] this somewhat in the original Hyperion translation by [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1559217057089790400 censoring some scenes,]] most notably the ones where the girls were naked during their tranformations and other scenes, redrawing, cutting or even outright removing panels to fit. However, the newer JY translation [[DoubleSubverted Double Subvert]] this by basically ignoring the Hyperion release's censorship and leaving them as they were in the original Italian version. What makes this even more amusing is that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids both releases are marked by their respective companies as being appropriate for all ages]].

* Some scenes [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] this somewhat in the original Hyperion translation by censoring some scenes, most notably the ones where the girls were naked during their tranformations and other scenes, redrawing, cutting or even outright removing panels to fit. However, the newer JY translation [[DoubleSubverted Double Subvert]] this by basically ignoring the Hyperion release's censorship and leaving them as they were in the original Italian version. What makes this even more amusing is that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids both releases are marked by their respective companies as being appropriate for all ages]].

'''Caleb:''' ''Whoa! Hot!''

* Some scenes [[SubvetedTrope Subverted]] this somewhat in the original Hyperion translation by censoring some scenes, most notably the ones where the girls were naked during their tranformations and other scenes, redrawing, cutting or even outright removing panels to fit. However, the newer JY translation [[DoubleSubverted Double Subvert]] this by basically ignoring the Hyperion release's censorship and leaving them as they were in the original Italian version. What makes this even more amusing is that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids both releases are marked by their respective companies as being appropriate for all ages]].

* Some scenes subverted this somewhat in the original Hyperion translation by censoring some scenes, most notably the ones where the girls were naked during their tranformations and other scenes, redrawing, cutting or even outright removing panels to fit. However, the newer JY translation [[DoubleSubverted Double Subvert]] this by basically ignoring the Hyperion release's censorship and leaving them as they were in the original Italian version. What makes this even more amusing is that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids both releases are marked by their respective companies as being appropriate for all ages]].

** And it gets even creepier when Hay Lin's 80 year old grandmother is transformed into a teenager and ''steals her boyfriend!''

* "Ghosts of Elyon" has a scene where Will goes to sleep in Elyon's abandoned house. On top of the covers is her jacket and pants. While she is probably still wearing the shirt that was under the jacket, the fact that we don't see anything but her head and her hands until she bursts out from under the covers fully transformed suggests otherwise.

* In "Stop the Presses", Hay Lin's underwear is shown when her skirt flies up [[ItMakesSenseInContext while she's riding a wild boar.]]

A warning to everyone: ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' started out as a comic book in Italy. [[ValuesDissonance Most of the things you'll see in this page are perfectly normal there]].

* From the premiere: When Hay Lin first starts to get her powers, she begins sneezing and wrecks her room( her sneezing powering the wind), gets somewhat worried, and goes to talk to her grandmother about what happened. Her grandmother is trying to keep the Heart of Kandrakar hidden and isn't paying full attention to Hay Lin, who gets this annoyed look on her face and asks "This isn't another one of those 'becoming a woman' things, is it?"

* There's an episode with the word "wenchy" in it, with the word "outfits" after it.

* A later joke in the second season episode "W is for Witch", when the girls were able to appear in their transformed states out in the open because they were able to pass it off as Halloween costumes. The girls all look visibly buxom, but Cornelia's mother is unimpressed by their [[BreastExpansion "growth"]]...
--->'''Mrs. Hale:''' Didn't think those costumes came with ''that'' kind of padding...
** The comic was much more explicit about it--one instance involved already-busty Irma using her "growth" to [[BreastExpansion enhance her chest size]] to [[{{Fanservice}} attract a boy]], which doesn't work out the way she wished, and she ends up embarassing herself. And an episode of the both the comic and TV series involved them being stuck in Guardian form, with Cornelia (the one above who was pleased with what was "in front" of her) pondering if she could get older boys now in the TV show and Irma wondering the same in the comic.
* Similarly, in the comic, resident UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Will (short for Wilhelmina) is quite insecure about her underdeveloped bust size and actually prefers being in her Guardian form because it makes her breasts bigger. Most images of her in Guardian form involve her arching her back and sticking out her chest.
* Later [[AlphaBitch Cornelia]] gets a temporary upgrade of power which makes her substantially more busty, and while Caleb, her boyfriend, is "hearts-for-eyes" pleased, Irma crosses her arms across her chest and looks very embarrassed while saying something snippy.
* The novels based on the comics are ''even more'' explicit about it. Taranee, the young black girl with HartmanHips, is shown here as a UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} who is initially jealous of Irma. Conversely, Irma is described as an "early bloomer" and much hay is made about how buxom she is, with both Will and Taranee showing open jealousy and bitterness.
* Irma focuses on her breast size as much as Will but for different reasons. Irma is bigger than the other girls, in human form and Guardian form, and is rather prideful about it.
* Frankly BreastExpansion features heavily in both the comic ''and'' the series. This could all be somewhat explained by the fact they're teenaged girls, who probably are more than a little insecure about the size of their chests at that age.
* Also from the premiere: When Hay Lin first starts to get her powers, she begins sneezing and wrecks her room(her sneezing powering the wind), gets somewhat worried, and goes to talk to her grandmother about what happened. Her grandmother is trying to keep the Heart of Candracar hidden and isn't paying full attention to Hay Lin, who gets this annoyed look on her face and asks "This isn't another one of those 'becoming a woman' things, is it?"
* The advertisements of the comic when it was first published described Irma as "also generous in her shape". "Generous in her shape" is Italian slang for "big tits, big butt, thin waist". [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids It was targeted to teenaged girls]].

* In "Stop the Presses", Hay Lin gets knocked onto the back of baby pig, and Newton's 3rd Law ensues when the pig stops running. This gives the viewer a very nice double panty-shot. First when when Hay Lin is in the air (including sprawled arms and orgasm expression), and second, when she lands bottom-up against a wall. The worst part is that in the mid-air panty-shot, a close inspection reveals a camel toe. Seen from about 2:09-2:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHkNDShXUug
* At one point in the comics, they managed to show Phobos getting changed after one of his baths - with some whisperers holding up a cloth as the sole form of censoring his privates.

* In season 2, Cornelia accidentally brings up ParentalIncest...
* Will accidentally says "Would you like to ski down me?", instead of "Would you like to ski with me?", to a boy she likes.

* In "Stop the Presses", Hay Lin gets knocked onto the back of baby pig, and Newton's 3rd Law ensues when the pig stops running. This gives the viewer a very nice double panty-shot. First when when Hay Lin is in the air (including sprawled arms and orgasm expression), and second, when she lands bottom-up against a wall. The worst part is that in the mid-air panty-shot, a close inspection reveals a cameltoe. Seen from about 2:09-2:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHkNDShXUug

* In ''K is for Knowledge'', Teranee is unavailable, so Matt offers to fill in for her. Will replies she'd rather not see him "filling in her tights."

* Frankly BreastExpansion [[FetishFuel features heavily in both the comic ''and'' the series]]. This could all be somewhat explained by the fact they're teenaged girls, who probably are more than a little insecure about the size of their chests at that age.

** There's an episode with the word "wenchy" in it, with the word "outfits" after it.
** There's an episode where the word poo is used, but afterwords when it seems like someone is about to say it, a horse neigh cuts the sound off, indicating she was going to say shit instead of poo.
** And a later joke in the second season episode "W is for Witch", when the girls were able to appear in their transformed states out in the open because they were able to pass it off as Halloween costumes. The girls all look visibly buxom, but Cornelia's mother is unimpressed by their [[BreastExpansion "growth"]]...

** Similarly, in the comic, resident UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Will (short for Wilhelmina) is quite insecure about her underdeveloped bust size and actually prefers being in her Guardian form because it makes her breasts bigger. Most images of her in Guardian form involve her arching her back and sticking out her chest.
** Later [[AlphaBitch Cornelia]] gets a temporary upgrade of power which makes her substantially more busty, and while Caleb, her boyfriend, is "hearts-for-eyes" pleased, Irma crosses her arms across her chest and looks very embarrassed while saying something snippy.

** Irma focuses on her breast size as much as Will but for different reasons. Irma is bigger than the other girls, in human form and Guardian form, and is rather prideful about it.
** Frankly BreastExpansion [[FetishFuel features heavily in both the comic ''and'' the series]]. This could all be somewhat explained by the fact they're teenaged girls, who probably are more than a little insecure about the size of their chests at that age.
** Also from the premiere: When Hay Lin first starts to get her powers, she begins sneezing and wrecks her room(her sneezing powering the wind), gets somewhat worried, and goes to talk to her grandmother about what happened. Her grandmother is trying to keep the Heart of Candracar hidden and isn't paying full attention to Hay Lin, who gets this annoyed look on her face and asks "This isn't another one of those 'becoming a woman' things, is it?"
** The advertisements of the comic when it was first published described Irma as "also generous in her shape". "Generous in her shape" is Italian slang for "big tits, big butt, thin waist". [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids It was targeted to teenaged girls]].
* "E is for Enemy" has a scene where Irma and Cornelia are [[LesYay sleeping together, in a closet.]] Cornelia is draped across Irma, resting her head on one breast while her hand is on the other, while Irma's hand seems to be stroking Cornelia's hair... and they're both very comfortable-looking as they sleep curled up together. [[BiTheWay Best not to look too deeply into this...]]