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* RealityEnsues: In ''The Ghost'' Hilda, David and Frida are challenged to a wrestling match by a much, larger, adult ghost. It is noted that Frida is a very proficient wrestler, and indeed Frida actually manages to get the ghost in a military press... only to be instantly flattened and pinned under the weight of the much larger adult that she's just attempted to pick up.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never specified where Trolberg or the surrounding areas are in the world, though the characters all talk with English accents.
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The show follows the eponymous Hilda (Bella Ramsey), a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother (Daisy Haggard) to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg... but that doesn't necessarily mean the end of meeting more of those supernatural critters, now does it?
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Frida's friend Kelly has the disquieting habit of appearing right behind people - even when they've just opened a door to let her into a house. [[spoiler:She's eventually revealed to be a Marra, justifying this ability as actual teleportation.]]
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* TitleTheAdaptation: Some marketing refers to the show as ''Hilda: the Series''.
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* JerkassBall: Grasped ''firmly'' by Frida when she discovers her status as ThePigPen, shattering her self-image as ThePerfectionist. The ultimate result is her zeroing in on David and Hilda's faults to the point that she drives them away.
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* MonsterProgenitor: The Old Giants are this to many magical creatures. While not explained in the show, [[AllThereInTheManual in Hilda and the Midnight Giant]] it is said that Trolls and Nisses are descendants of a giant who [[IChooseToStay went into hiding rather than leave with the others]], and that many others come from a giant so large his beard contained its own ecosystem.
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The show follows the eponymous Hilda, a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg.
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The show follows the eponymous Hilda, a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg.
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Based on the Eisner-award nominated [[ComicBook/{{Hilda}} graphic novel series of the same name]], distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}} and produced by the original author Luke Pearson. The first season consists of 13 episodes, adapting 4 of the 5 books then published, and the show was renewed for a second season in October 2018, just one month after its initial release.
The show follows the eponymousHilda, Hilda (Bella Ramsey), a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother (Daisy Haggard) to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg.
Trolberg...but that doesn't necessarily mean the end of meeting more of those supernatural critters, now does it?
Follow updates on the show [[https://twitter.com/hildatheseries here.]]
Based on the Eisner-award nominated [[ComicBook/{{Hilda}} graphic novel series of the same name]], distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}} and produced by the original author Luke Pearson. The first season consists of 13 episodes, adapting 4 of the 5 books then published, and the show was renewed for a second season in October 2018, just one month after its initial release.
The show follows the eponymous
Follow updates on the show [[https://twitter.com/hildatheseries here.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, many of the magical creatures will have large gaps in their origins. [[note]]Check the characters page for more information[[/note]]
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: An overarching theme of the first season where Hilda and her friends are sometimes nearly killed or are simply unjustly wronged by the supernatural creatures they encounter simply following their natures. It's capped off at the end where Hilda's [[spoiler:original Nissie and the Black Hound]] stumble across the ruins of Hilda's old house with Wood Guy presiding over the wreckage. When asked what happened, Wood Guy replies that it was the home of a little girl who befriended a giant. The Nissie scoffs and derisively states that the girl probably learned her lesson. Wood Guy shrugs and says that "she'd probably do it again."
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: An overarching theme of the first season where Hilda and her friends are sometimes nearly killed or are simply unjustly wronged by the supernatural creatures they encounter simply following their natures. It's capped off at the end where Hilda's [[spoiler:original Nissie Nisse and the Black Hound]] stumble across the ruins of Hilda's old house with the Wood Guy Man presiding over the wreckage. When asked what happened, Wood Guy replies that it was the home of a little girl who befriended a giant. The Nissie Nisse scoffs and derisively states that the girl probably learned her lesson. The Wood Guy Man shrugs and says that "she'd probably do it again."
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* MagicalLibrary: The Trolberg public library is filled with books about magic creatures and the supernatural. It even has a reference section [[SpellBook for more practical use.]]
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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Deliberately bringing a troll rock inside the city walls of Trollberg earns the offender a 50 year prison term. Bringing a troll rock inside the city walls accidentally is punished by a ''100 year'' sentence [[InsaneTrollLogic because the city really doesn't want people doing this by accident]].
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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Deliberately bringing a troll rock inside the city walls of Trollberg Trolberg earns the offender a 50 year prison term. Bringing a troll rock inside the city walls accidentally is punished by a ''100 year'' sentence [[InsaneTrollLogic because the city really doesn't want people doing this by accident]].
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* TheShowOfTheBooks: Of the graphic novel {{ComicBook/Hilda}}, also called Hildafolk, written and illustrated by Luke Pearson, who also produced the show.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never specified where Trolberg or the surrounding areas are in the world, though the characters all talk with english accents.
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** SummoningRitual: Most of the spells Hilda has used were for summoning creatures. Most notably the Tide Mice, which was followed by a BanishingRitual when she found out they were stealing her friends' souls.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Averted. Many of the creatures Hilda encounters are shadowy and intimidating, but all have their own sympathetic reasons for what they do, even if it puts them at odds with Hilda and her friends.
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: One of the first magical creatures seen in the show and among the most reccurring.
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** CrossoverCosmology: While most of the creatures are Scandinavian in origin there are a few from other mythologies, such as a Thunderbird (Native American) and Barghest (English).
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Two types of giant have been seen. The first are the size of mountains and gentle but a bit careless, the majority of them left the planet when it became clear humans were tired of them accidentally stepping on their houses. The second are "forest giants" that are "only" the size of large trees, have antlers, and are a bit more obnoxious.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Episodes one and two are based on ''Hilda and the Troll'' and (mostly) ''The Midnight Giant''. Episode three is based on ''The Bird Parade'', and episodes 12 and 13 are based on ''The Black Hound''. The episodes in-between are newly written stories.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In "The Tide Mice", Hilda uses a spell to make sure that David and her mother achieve their goals. However, she never read the whole thing, and ends up finding out that the Tide Mice are actually part of a spell to steal the souls of the people they grant the wishes of.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like TheFairFolk of lore, while many supernatural creatures Hilda encounters are friendly enough, most have have their own internal values and motivations that are very different from that of humans. The best Hilda can do is try to understand what they want and reach a compromise that benefits all parties, even if they don't always understand one another.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like TheFairFolk of lore, while many supernatural creatures Hilda encounters are friendly enough, most have have their own internal values and motivations that are very different from that of humans. The best Hilda can do is try to understand what they want and reach a compromise that benefits all parties, even if they don't always understand one another.
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* TheFairFolk: Most of the supernatural creatures Hilda encounters are friendly enough, but they all operate on their own value system and can be [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dangerous, unpredictable, or just a bother]] by human standards.
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: An overarching theme of the first season where Hilda and her friends are sometimes nearly killed or are simply unjustly wronged by the supernatural creatures they encounter simply following their natures. It's capped off at the end where Hilda's [[spoiler:original Nissie and the Black Hound]] stumble across the ruins of Hilda's old house with Wood Guy presiding over the wreckage. When asked what happened, Wood Guy replies that it was the home of a little girl who befriended a giant. The Nissie scoffs and derisively states that the girl probably learned her lesson. Wood Guy shrugs and says that "she'd probably do it again."
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* ForWantOfANail: Learning that rooms don't just clean themselves make Frida question her entire life, as she realizes not having to take time to clean her room every day left her plenty of time to study and pursue extracurricular activities. She wonders who and what she would be like if she'd had to spend so much time learning to clean her room every day like everyone else has to.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: In "The Ghost", David says "flipping".
* InstrumentalThemeTune: The theme tune is an electronic piece with no words.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Deliberately bringing a troll rock inside the city walls of Trollberg earns the offender a 50 year prison term. Bringing a troll rock inside the city walls accidentally is punished by a ''100 year'' sentence [[InsaneTrollLogic because the city really doesn't want people doing this by accident]].
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Hilda's mum introduces herself as Johanna in episode 5.
* RunningGag: People pointing out that there's a bug on David.
* TeensAreMonsters: The Marra definitely count, in more ways than one, being supernatural beings that may or not be actual human teenagers.
* UnknownCharacter: Hilda's grandfather who built the cottage she and her mother live in.
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The show follows the eponymous Hilda, a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg.
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* AcademyOfAdventure: Averted. Hilda and friends do attend school, but it really only comes up in one or two episodes.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Both Hilda and her mother get something of an overhaul, making them less confrontational and more compatible with each other's personalities.
* AdultsAreUseless: Usually played straight, leaving Hilda and company to accomplish most of the heroics on their own, but fortunately the series has its fair share of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable authority figures,]] like [[GoodParents Hilda's mum]] or [[MagicLibrarian the librarian]].
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: One of the first magical creatures seen in the show and among the most reccurring.
* AmbiguousSituation: Due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, many of the magical creatures will have large gaps in their origins.
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Hilda's father is never seen or even alluded to, but it is made clear that her mum is a single parent of some description.
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Downplayed, but it's never specified what year, if any, the show is meant to take place in. Phone booths and home phones are used in place of mobile phones, and the internet is all but absent, so the universe of Hilda is at least a little behind our own technology-wise, but there is never any specific products to tie it to a specific decade.
* AscendedExtra: Hilda's friends Frida and David have their roles expanded from the graphic novel.
* {{Bookends}}: The series both begins and ends in the same place, overlooking Hilda's [[spoiler:destroyed]] cottage.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: This is a major source of conflict for Hilda and her mother, because she dreads the thought of being forced to move to the city from her idyllic life in the wilderness.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Averted. Many of the creatures Hilda encounters are shadowy and intimidating, but all have their own sympathetic reasons for what they do, even if it puts them at odds with Hilda and her friends.
* DoomedHometown: Downplayed, but the cottage in which Hilda and her mother live acts as this, with its destruction forcing the move to Trolberg.
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: Hilda and her Deerfox.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Averted. While the human and magical worlds certainly may not always get along, the humans in the show always have very sympathetic motivations for what they do.
* TheLostWoods: Hilda's cottage and the city of Trolberg border one of these, filled with enormous trees and [[OurGiantsAreBigger forest giants.]]
* MagicalLibrary: The Trolberg public library is filled with books about magic creatures and the supernatural. It even has a reference section [[SpellBook for more practical use.]]
* TheMagicGoesAway: Downplayed, but this is definitely a recurring theme of the series. Certain rare breeds of magical creatures, such as [[OurGiantsAreBigger the old giants]] and lindworms, are being driven from the land by human development.
* MeritBadgesForEverything: Subverted. It's a bit of a running gag that Hilda can't get any badges because all the fantastic things she does don't align with any badges.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Very much follows this formula. Each episode or "Chapter" will involve Hilda and friends having an encounter or a conflict with some sort of magical creature.
* MundaneFantastic: Dragons and elves and trolls exist in this world, but are treated more as annoying and sometimes dangerous animals than anything remarkable.
* AMythologyIsTrue: Gives this treatment to {{Myth/Norse Mythology}} and Scandinavian folklore.
* NoNameGiven: Surprisingly common for the magical creatures that Hilda encounters, with most of them simply never mentioning their names and usually just becoming known by their species.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Hilda resists moving to the big city because she worries she'll never encounter any magical creatures like she does in the wilderness. Sure enough, an [[GiantFlyer enormous bird]] has perched on the roof of her new apartment [[AndTheAdventureContinues by the end of the second episode.]]
* OurElvesAreBetter: One of the most recurring magical creatures is a race of elves standing at about two inches high, who are completely invisible to all other creatures [[ItMakesSenseInContext until they fill out the proper paperwork.]]
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: Though only a few are seen, it's implied that there are several species of nature spirits that exist as [[ElementalEmbodiment physical manifestations]] of their respective elements.
* RitualMagic: The only form of FunctionalMagic that has so far been seen in the show.
* SceneryPorn: The show has a tendency to linger on wide, panoramic shots of the wilderness and the creatures that inhabit it. The opening of the first episode is almost entirely devoted to showing off the lavish scenery and the creatures that inhabit it.
* ScoutOut: The Sparrow Scouts of which Hilda and her friends are members. The Scout's lodge also fills the role that the school normally would, linking the main trio together socially.
* TheShowOfTheBooks: Of the graphic novel {{ComicBook/Hilda}}, also called Hildafolk, written and illustrated by Luke Pearson, who also produced the show.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: The main trio of friends are made up of Hilda, Frida and [[TheOneGuy David]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never specified where Trolberg or the surrounding areas are in the world, though the characters all talk with english accents.
* UnknownCharacter: Hilda's grandfather who built the cottage she and her mother live in.
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Based on the Eisner-award nominated graphic novel of the same name]], distributed by Netflix and produced by the original author Luke Pearson. The show received 12 Chapters based on 4 of the 5 books, and was renewed for a second season in October 2018, just one month after its initial release.
The show follows the eponymous Hilda, a young girl with a knack for befriending the magical creatures that populate her world, who must learn to make friends with humans as well after circumstances force her and her mother to leave her childhood home in the wilderness for the walled city of Trolberg.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* AcademyOfAdventure: Averted. Hilda and friends do attend school, but it really only comes up in one or two episodes.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Both Hilda and her mother get something of an overhaul, making them less confrontational and more compatible with each other's personalities.
* AdultsAreUseless: Usually played straight, leaving Hilda and company to accomplish most of the heroics on their own, but fortunately the series has its fair share of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable authority figures,]] like [[GoodParents Hilda's mum]] or [[MagicLibrarian the librarian]].
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: One of the first magical creatures seen in the show and among the most reccurring.
* AmbiguousSituation: Due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, many of the magical creatures will have large gaps in their origins.
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Hilda's father is never seen or even alluded to, but it is made clear that her mum is a single parent of some description.
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Downplayed, but it's never specified what year, if any, the show is meant to take place in. Phone booths and home phones are used in place of mobile phones, and the internet is all but absent, so the universe of Hilda is at least a little behind our own technology-wise, but there is never any specific products to tie it to a specific decade.
* AscendedExtra: Hilda's friends Frida and David have their roles expanded from the graphic novel.
* {{Bookends}}: The series both begins and ends in the same place, overlooking Hilda's [[spoiler:destroyed]] cottage.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: This is a major source of conflict for Hilda and her mother, because she dreads the thought of being forced to move to the city from her idyllic life in the wilderness.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Averted. Many of the creatures Hilda encounters are shadowy and intimidating, but all have their own sympathetic reasons for what they do, even if it puts them at odds with Hilda and her friends.
* DoomedHometown: Downplayed, but the cottage in which Hilda and her mother live acts as this, with its destruction forcing the move to Trolberg.
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: Hilda and her Deerfox.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Averted. While the human and magical worlds certainly may not always get along, the humans in the show always have very sympathetic motivations for what they do.
* TheLostWoods: Hilda's cottage and the city of Trolberg border one of these, filled with enormous trees and [[OurGiantsAreBigger forest giants.]]
* MagicalLibrary: The Trolberg public library is filled with books about magic creatures and the supernatural. It even has a reference section [[SpellBook for more practical use.]]
* TheMagicGoesAway: Downplayed, but this is definitely a recurring theme of the series. Certain rare breeds of magical creatures, such as [[OurGiantsAreBigger the old giants]] and lindworms, are being driven from the land by human development.
* MeritBadgesForEverything: Subverted. It's a bit of a running gag that Hilda can't get any badges because all the fantastic things she does don't align with any badges.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Very much follows this formula. Each episode or "Chapter" will involve Hilda and friends having an encounter or a conflict with some sort of magical creature.
* MundaneFantastic: Dragons and elves and trolls exist in this world, but are treated more as annoying and sometimes dangerous animals than anything remarkable.
* AMythologyIsTrue: Gives this treatment to {{Myth/Norse Mythology}} and Scandinavian folklore.
* NoNameGiven: Surprisingly common for the magical creatures that Hilda encounters, with most of them simply never mentioning their names and usually just becoming known by their species.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Hilda resists moving to the big city because she worries she'll never encounter any magical creatures like she does in the wilderness. Sure enough, an [[GiantFlyer enormous bird]] has perched on the roof of her new apartment [[AndTheAdventureContinues by the end of the second episode.]]
* OurElvesAreBetter: One of the most recurring magical creatures is a race of elves standing at about two inches high, who are completely invisible to all other creatures [[ItMakesSenseInContext until they fill out the proper paperwork.]]
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: Though only a few are seen, it's implied that there are several species of nature spirits that exist as [[ElementalEmbodiment physical manifestations]] of their respective elements.
* RitualMagic: The only form of FunctionalMagic that has so far been seen in the show.
* SceneryPorn: The show has a tendency to linger on wide, panoramic shots of the wilderness and the creatures that inhabit it. The opening of the first episode is almost entirely devoted to showing off the lavish scenery and the creatures that inhabit it.
* ScoutOut: The Sparrow Scouts of which Hilda and her friends are members. The Scout's lodge also fills the role that the school normally would, linking the main trio together socially.
* TheShowOfTheBooks: Of the graphic novel {{ComicBook/Hilda}}, also called Hildafolk, written and illustrated by Luke Pearson, who also produced the show.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: The main trio of friends are made up of Hilda, Frida and [[TheOneGuy David]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never specified where Trolberg or the surrounding areas are in the world, though the characters all talk with english accents.
* UnknownCharacter: Hilda's grandfather who built the cottage she and her mother live in.
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