History WesternAnimation / Wakfu

* MadScientist: Nox, of the {{Magitek}} (and watchmaker) variant.

* HappilyAdopted: Yugo, by Alibert.

* TheAnimeOfTheGame: A Western Animation example, though the ''Wakfu'' universe is technically cross-media. Subverted somewhat in that the game is not released yet (though it was originally supposed to be released in early 2009, before the series started), and in fact is, after a couple of open betas, [[DevelopmentHell entering closed beta for the fourth time for yet more retooling]]. The game is also explicitly set a decade or so before the series. (Yugo's adoptive father Alibert is one of the few NPCs in the game, and Yugo is upstairs in his house as an infant.)

** Grougaloragran , for being [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld at least 1000 years old]].

*** {{Naruto}}
*** [[{{Futurama}} Fry and Bender]]
*** [[UFORoboGrendizer Goldorak]]
*** [[{{Dragonball}} Kuririn and Master Roshi]]
*** [[{{Street Fighter}} Akuma]]
*** [[OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]]
*** [[{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]]

* GhibliHills: The Forbidden Forest next to Emelka. Honestly, the Polters are even reminiscent of the {{Nature Spirit}}s from ''PrincessMononoke''.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Rubilax in full rampage mode stops dead on his tracks at the mere sight of [[spoiler:Goultard]] (and tries to ''inconspicuously slither away'' while in the body of a giant worm -- [[FunnyMoments hilarious]]).

* {{Kawaiiko}}: Lady Glagla, one of the contestants of the singing competition in season 2 episode 15.[[TastesLikeDiabetes To a very large degree.]]

** Justice Knight

** A literal example with the saxophone player in the bar who suddenly stops at the mention of Kriss' name in episode 10 of season 2.

* MeleeATrois: Evangelyne vs. Remington & Grany vs. [[spoiler:Rubilax in Sadlygrove's body and his ghouls]] sure has shades of this.

** Salygrove has [[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Rubilax]];

** Sadlygrove does it to his imaginary, {{Fun Size}}d "[[TheConscience Conscience]]" in episode 22.

* OrderVersusChaos: Wakfu and Stasis. Creation versus destruction. Neither one is inherently bad or good though.

-->'''Evangelyne:''' Aaah! My head! AaahaaA! Aaah! My back!

* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Used at the end of every Gobbowl-themed episode. As mentionned in ShoutOut, {{Word of God}} is that those are references to ''SpaceAdventureCobra''.

** Kabrok [[spoiler:to some extent]].

* SceneryCensor: A lot during the bathing scene of episode 14 of season 2. Most notably the rather ''smug'' rubberduck conveniently drifting by.

* SeriousBusiness
** Gobbowl! Each season has an entire arc dedicated to the sport.
** Baking in season 1 episode 8. The winner gets to present his fare to the King of Bonta. (Note that baking contests do exist in France -- and the best baker becomes the provider for the Élysée Palace.)

* ShortTank: Eva

** Yugo has the ability to create {{portal}}s, and what is the most powerful item in the world? The [[CompanionCube Eliacube]], duh...
** Season 1 episode 1: The villager in the loo reading a "''[[{{Playboy}} Plébowl]]''" magazine (also seen in episode 12).

** Season 1 episode 11: Ruel's PastelChalkedFreezeFrame is inspired from ''SpaceAdventureCobra'', where this trope is frequent. The 3-episode Gobbowl arc is in fact similar to the 4-episode "Rug Ball" arc from this same anime.

** Season 1 episode 14: Willow uses a line from ''{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'' in the original French, only using a hammer instead of a sword.

*** The prosecutor does some [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger poses]] very similar to characters in the ''AceAttorney'' series.

*** Albarus the Osamodas has a bowler hat and overall allure evocative of the droogs in ''AClockworkOrange''.

*** The KamehameHadoken taught by [[spoiler:Maude, a.k.a. the Masked Gobbowler]] to Kriss Krass is an obvious ''DragonBall'' parody.

*** Ruel shouts out, "YouShallNotPass!", another reference to ''TheLordOfTheRings''.

*** [[{{Metallica}} Pandallica]]
*** [[LadyGaga Lady Glagla]]

*** ''{{Tetris}}''

* TriangRelations (Type 4): a) Armand; b) Evangelyne; c) Sadlygrove

* VaudevilleHook: Happens to one of the contestants in episode 14 of season 2.

** Otomaï ([[spoiler:"Automail"]]) the [[FullmetalAlchemist Alchemist]].

* ArtShift: And how. It was animated by a completely different team and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and as such the animation is quite reminiscent of ''{{Kaiba}}''.
* DiseaseBleach: Noximilien's hair turning from blond to white.

* BaseOnWheels: Nox's clock base.

* HaveYouSeenMyGod: Besides the [[FantasyPantheon 12 main gods]] there is also the goddess Eliatrope who apparently vanished along with the [[IAmNotShazam Eliatropes]].

* IAmNotShazam: The names of the races and the gods that they follow are often used interchangeably. For example, an Enutrof's Fingers (a follower of the god Enutrof), is often just called "an Enutrof".

** Amalia has one in Season 2 of Episode 17, when Ruel told her she should find love. Oddly just as [[ShippingGoggles Yugo appeared next to them]].

** Amalia has one in Season 2 of Episode 17, when Ruel told her she should find love

* TooDumbToLive: Seriously Tristipin, never tell your ActionGirl girlfriend you think her younger sister is cute.

'''''Wakfu''''' is a 2008 French cartoon by Ankama Animation set within the world of an MMORPG of the same name, which is set 1000 years after the production company's other MMO, ''{{Dofus}}''. The whole show is completely kid-friendly, since the target audience is [[AnimationAgeGhetto 8-10 years old]], but tons of jokes are aimed [[ParentalBonus directly at older audiences]] and [[PeripheryDemographic fans of the game]], is full of FanService, and the plot itself [[CerebusSyndrome matures]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids enormously]].