History Recap / DisenchantmentS1E1APrincessAnElfAndADemonWalkIntoABar

Elfo decides to speak with the eagle at large about candies, until it decides to drop him in the middle of a clearing, right as a battle between small gnomes and large trolls takes place, with Elfo in the middle as both armies brutally massacre each other. Elmo grabs a few things and accidentally leaves the only surviving troll completely blind.

The wedding begins, and Guysbert accepts to marry Bean, but Bean rejects him and slaps the wedding ring away, which slids close to a throne made of swords. Guysbert leans to grab the ring and stabs his head into one of the swords - but somehow he's still alive. King Zøg and Guysbert's parents rapidly agree to marry Bean to Guysbert's brother, Merkimer to salvage the alliance. Bean complains about being forced to marry, but Zøg doesn't care. Before Merkimer and Bean can be pronounced man and wife, Elfo opens the church's door and greets everyone, much to their surprise - elves haven't been seen in centuries, and their blood is said to have magical properties.

Elfo's hanging's not going so good, because, as elves are too light, it does not work, so the king tells a soldier to stab him. Kissy cuts the ropes off, and Elfo and Kissy escape towards a gate that leads to the outside world. The king offers Elfo to forgive and forget if he will abide by the Jolly Code, but Elfo decides to leave, abandoning his homeland with no seeming chance to return. As he gives his first steps in the strange world, an eagle suddenly grabs Elfo.

Elfo's hanging's not going so good, because, as elves are too light, it does not work, so the king tells a soldier to stab him. Kissy cuts the ropes off, and Elfo and Kissy escape towards a gate that leads to the normal world. The king offers Elfo to forgive and forget if he will abide by the Jolly Code, but Elfo decides to leave, abandoning his homeland with no seeming chance to return. As he gives his first steps in the strange world, an eagle suddenly grabs Elfo.

-->''It's a ha-ha-ha, and a hee-hee-hee,''\\

-->''Hanging Elfo from the Gumdrop Tree,''\\

Cut to Elfland, a land where elves live and sing jolly songs while they make candy - with the exception of Elfo, an elf that is wholly bored with a life that is constantly happy and wants to be able to feel other things.

In Elfland, Elfo and Kissy, a female elf he likes, are smooching in her bed when Kissy's father, Elfland's king, catches them on the act, and sentences Elfo to death by hanging.

''Listen to us whistle adorably!''\\

** The elves of Elfwood sing a cheerful song about how great and happy their little village is, but at the same time they're really all just [[IgnoranceIsBliss stupid]] and [[StepfordSmiler secretly miserable]], and they just don't know any other lifestyle.
-->''With a ho-ho-ho, and a hee-hee-hee''\\
''Elfwood's a land we'll never flee,''
''Our minds are blank but our hearts are free!''

-->''We sing all day with pride and glee,''\\
''then at night drink uncontrollably!''
** Also later in Elfwood, the elves sing the same [[MoodDissonance creepily upbeat tune]], but with different lyrics about Elfo's impending execution by hanging. It doesn't matter that a petty criminal is going to die a painful death, they treat the event with the same cheerful enthusiasm they do with everything else.

** Elfo's curiosity for the world outside of Elfwood is accompanied by ''[[FishOutOfWater gross]]'' [[FishOutOfWater inexperience]], such as his ignorant reaction towards a nearby war between Gnomes and Ogres.

-->'''Racist antelope:''' "An elf with a human girl? That ain't right." ''([[SpitefulSpit spits]])''

** Also later in Elfwood, the elves sing a [[MoodDissonance creepily upbeat song]] about Elfo's impending execution by hanging. It doesn't matter that a petty criminal is going to die a painful death, they treat the event with the same cheerful enthusiasm they do with everything else.

--->'''Racist antelope:''' "An elf with a human girl? That ain't right." ''([[SpitefulSpit spits]])''

-->'''Racist antelope:''' "A human girl with an elf? That just ain't right."

* WeddingSmashers: Well not so smash as it was 'grab that elf', but Bean still used the confusion to escape.

Elsewhere, two magicians (Cloyd and the Enchantress) look on Bean and Luci through a magical fire, stating that she's given the first step towards something sinister happening.

** Luci is played up as an enabling jerk until later on, when he [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold tries comforting Bean before the wedding, and then helping her escape the capitol]].
** Elfo's curiosity for the world outside of Elfwood is accompanied by ''[[FishOutOfWater gross]]'' [[FishOutOfWater inexperience,]] such as his ignorant reaction towards a nearby war between Gnomes and Ogres.

** The elves of Elfwood sing a cheerful song about how great and happy their little village is, but at the same time that they're really all just [[IgnoranceIsBliss stupid]] and [[StepfordSmiler secretly miserable]], and they just don't know any other lifestyle.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The Netflix trailer made it seem like the wedding guests were fleeing because of Guysbert impaling himself, when in the actual show they're chasing after Elfo.

* RefugeInAudacity: The priestess openly admits she has no idea if her religion is even true, or if there is a god listening, just stating that if she sounds like she knows what she's talking about, everyone will believe her.

* TheTalk: Oona tries to give one to Bean. Emphasis on "tries", since Oona seems to have no idea how human anatomy works, and Bean wouldn't want to hear it anyway.

* WarIsHell: Not long after leaving Elfwood, one of the first things about the outside world that Elfo learns about is war. He sees an army of [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnomes]] fight to the death with an army of [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogres]]. The only survivors of the ensuing battle are Elfo and a lone ogre. Elfo is rather confused and oblivious towards the whole carnage, having never seen anything like it before.

** The elves of Elfwood sing a cheerful song about how great and happy their little village is, but it's implied that they're really all just [[IgnoranceIsBliss stupid]] and [[StepfordSmiler secretly miserable]], and they just don't know any other lifestyle.

-->'''Pendergast:''' "Nobody could have survived that many tumbles."

-->'''Pendergast:''' "Oh."

* TooDumbToLive: Guysbert. He bent down to pick up a ring... nearby a ceremonial chair adorned with swords. He impales himself on one and remains there - alive - for a long while.

-->'''Elfo:''' "I ''like'' war... but I wouldn't say I ''love'' it."

[[caption-width-right:350:Our "Heroes"]]

* WeddingSmashers: Well not so smash as it was 'grab that elf', but Bean still use the confusion to escape.

* BrickJoke: Early in the episode we see a guy remarking on Bean's naked body. Later in the episode we see his decapitated head impaled on a spike.

* TooDumbToLive: Guysbert. He bent down to pick up a ring... nearby a ceremonial chair adorned with swords. He impales himself on one and remains there - alive - for a long while.

!!Plot summary:

!!Episode tropes:

* HulkSpeak: {{Subverted}}. The blinded ogre, when confronting the knights, says, "Me smell fear! ...I mean, I smell fear."

** Luci is played up as a jerk until later on, when he [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold tries comforting Bean before the wedding, and then helping her escape the capitol]].

* HulkSpeak: [[Subverted]]. The blinded ogre, when confronting the knights, says, "Me smell fear! ...I mean, I smell fear."

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Each character gets one
** We see that Bean (Before we even see her) tie up a knight in her bed (To create the illusion that she was sleeping), showing how far she can go too escape the royal life.
** Luci is shown as a jerk till A) he tries comforting Bean before the wedding, and helping her escape the capitol, establishing his JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Elfo's reaction towards war, and not grasping it, shows he is DEFINITELY the FishOutOfWater.
* HulkSpeak: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and PlayedForLaughs. The blinded ogre when confronting the knights says "Me smell fear, I mean I smell fear."
* TooStupidToLive: Guybert, it was hinted at, but it firmly sealed when he chased after a ring, only to stab himself with the sword chair.

* Establishing Character Moment: Each character gets oe
** We see that Bean (Before we even see her) tie up a knight in her bed (To create the illusion that she was sleeping). showing how far she go too escape the royal life.
** Luci is shown as a jerk till A) he try comforting Bean before the wedding, and helping her escape the capitol, establishing his JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Elfo reaction towards war, and not grasping it, shows he is DEFINITELY the FishOutOfWater.

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