History WesternAnimation / WITCH2004

* ButtMonkey: Cornelia, particularly in the early episodes ([[LaserGuidedKarma when she's also more of a]] {{Jerkass}}). If one of the Guardians screws up, chances are Cornelia's the one hit in the face, or drenched in water, or otherwise screwed.
** Blunk also counts as he has hardly any serious impact and is generally just a laughingstock of the entire series.

* ScaredofWhatsBehindYou: When a deliquent gang jumps Blunk while ransacking in the museum, he tries to scare them off and it seems to work. Then he turns around to [[OhCrap find Cedric behind him]].

* {{Homage}}: Matt Olsen's band Wreck 55 is actually called after {{Crush 40}}, the band known for {{Franchise/Sonic the Hedgehog}} franchise music.

* {{Homage}}: Matt Olsen's band Wreck 55 is actually called after {{Crush 40}}, the band known for {{Franchise/SonictheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog}} franchise music.

* {{Homage}}: Matt Olsen's band Wreck 55 is actually called after {{Crush 40}}, the band known for {{Sonic the Hedgehog}} franchise music.

* {{Homage}}: Matt Olsen's band Wreck 55 is actually called after {{Crush40}}, the band known for {{SonicTheHedgehog}} franchise music.

* SmugSnake: Phobos and ([[SnakePeople literally]]) Cedric. Also Nerissa.
* SnakePeople: Cedric.

* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Which is why [[spoiler:Lillian]] gives her powers to the Earth Regents.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Everything the Guardians allowed to happen since freeing Phobos to stop Nerissa: letting him take the Hearts of Meridian and Zambala, allowing him to reconquer Meridian, not interfering with his plan to invade Kandrakar, and [[ILetYouWin throwing the battle when he attacked Kandrakar]], all as part of a plan to make Phobos break his vow on Kandrakar's power and lose everything was rendered this when Cedric devours Phobos and takes over his powers and conquests just before the vow would have been broken. They only manage to ultimately defeat Cedric by taking on their pure elemental forms, which is very risky and they nearly suffer LossOfIdentity in the process]].

*** Kadma's is [[spoiler:{{Pride}}. Nerissa purposefully loses a series of battles to boost Kadma's ego, after which the latter becomes convinced that she is destined to absorb the villainess's Heart of Meridian into the Heart of Zambala. However, since hearts cannot be forcefully taken, this action results in Nerissa claiming both jewels, while also enslaving her former friend in the process]].

* HumblePie: As revealed in the final episode, [[spoiler:Kadma's humiliating defeat to Nerissa, as well as her time serving as the villainess' mindless slave, had a profound effect in the former Guardian of Earth. Acknowledging that her arrogance was the key to her own downfall, she relinquishes the Heart of Zambala to Ironwood, and abdicates the throne to live a humble life on Earth]].

* FunWithAcronyms: W.I.T.C.H. in first season, then C.H.Y.K.N. in the second. Hay Lin, author of both, had only one thing to say: "They were C.H.Y.K.N.? Wow, I'm so glad we're W.I.T.C.H." Although "C.H.Y.K.N." didn't actually go by that.

* FunWithAcronyms: W.I.T.C.H. in first season, then C.H.Y.K.N. in the second. Hay Lin, author of both, had only one thing to say: "They were C.H.Y.K.N.? Wow, I'm so glad we're W.I.T.C.H."

* FlyingFirepower: In the second season, [[spoiler:Will acquires her elemental power of Quintessence, which manifests in devastating lightning bolts.]] Nerissa in her Guardian form has the same abilities and more experience (and usually power, especially when she doesn't divide her energy source with others like the Aurameres do).

** One particularly subtle one regarding [[spoiler: Nerissa being Caleb's mother]] comes in "K is for Knowledge": not once but ''twice'' during the battle, she traps him in a lightning cage. [[spoiler: A rare moment of MamaBear coming from a villain as she tries to keep her son out of danger.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: Irma frees Cassidy from Nerissa's influence by using her power of persuasion, telling the former guardian to "wake up". In the final episode, [[spoiler:Irma is trapped in her zenith form, leading Cassidy to try to bring her friend back to normal by uttering the exact same words]].

In response, five young girls from Earth are recruited to become the new Guardians of the Veil, a group of super-powered defenders who are tasked with keeping order in the universe. The five girls (Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin, [[FunWithAcronyms whose initials spell "WITCH"]]) are joined by [[SixthRanger a Meridian rebel]] named Caleb who alerts them that Prince Phobos isn't just a tyrant, but an usurper to a matriarchal throne: the rightful heir is hidden somewhere on Earth. And so their mission is clear: close the portals and figure out the identity of Phobos's younger sister before his minions do. But as they, the rebel forces, and an odd [[NonHumanSidekick goblin-like smuggler]] work together to search for the rightful heir to the throne, the Guardians slowly begin to learn that other forces are at work behind the scenes, manipulating and coercing various events involving the war on Meridian, and that everything and everyone they encounter is not what they appear to be.

In response, five young girls from Earth are recruited to become the new Guardians of the Veil, a group of super-powered defenders who are tasked with keeping order in the universe. The five girls ([[FunWithAcronyms whose initials spell "WITCH"]]) are joined by [[SixthRanger a Meridian rebel]] named Caleb who alerts them that Prince Phobos isn't just a tyrant, but an usurper to a matriarchal throne: the rightful heir is hidden somewhere on Earth. And so their mission is clear: close the portals and figure out the identity of Phobos's younger sister before his minions do. But as they, the rebel forces, and an odd [[NonHumanSidekick goblin-like smuggler]] work together to search for the rightful heir to the throne, the Guardians slowly begin to learn that other forces are at work behind the scenes, manipulating and coercing various events involving the war on Meridian, and that everything and everyone they encounter is not what they appear to be.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Phobos does this to Nerissa and Miranda; [[spoiler:Nerissa by trapping her in a jewel, and Miranda by turning her into a really small spider and locking her in a cell for almost half a season. It is also hinted that Nerissa was kicked around by Elyon and the previous Guardians after she was absorbed into the jewel by Phobos, as they were ''not'' happy to see her]].
** Phobos himself is on the receiving end of this twice. [[spoiler:When Nerissa breaks the Knights of Vengeance out of prison, he orders Miranda to release him but she refuses because he had insulted her earlier. Then in the penultimate episode of season 2, he is eaten by Cedric, who had become wise to the Guardians' true plan.]]

** A lot of storylines the cartoon added for C.H.Y.K.N. ignored the fact that the members should have been around Yan Lin's age. Halinor, who is dead at the start of the comics, is noticeably younger and SparedByTheAdaptation. Cassidy's mother is somehow still alive. There's even an argument Nerissa should have been [[spoiler: too old to conceive Caleb, even with her chronological age.]]

** The second season featured ''[[spoiler:Will]]'' giving it a try. [[spoiler:The WhamEpisode ''Y is for Yield'' shows that, with the help of the other Guardians, Caleb and Matt, she successfully outplayed ''the entire cast, Nerissa included''. Except for Cedric, who realized what she was doing and derailed her scheme at the last moment.]]

The show's second season is noteworthy for boasting heavy serialization during a period where such storytelling was rare in WesternAnimation. Every episode contributed to the overarching plot, as the girls come to take their roles as Guardians more and more seriously, and an increasing level of [[GambitPileup chess-like maneuvers]] are born from them slowly learning how to counter TheChessmaster abilities of the season's main antagonist.