History WesternAnimation / WanderOverYonder

** In "The Bounty" Hater tries to capture Wander and Sylvia by hiring two formidable-looking bounty hunters and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a potted plant]]. Peepers takes out the first two only for [[spoiler:[[KillerRabbit the third to sneak up behind him]], revealing its true nature as a ManEatingPlant.]]

** In "The Hero", Brad’s prophecy states [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield only the hero can pull out the Sword of Destiny]]; he cannot pull it out while Wander can, which hints that Wander is the hero and not Brad.

* PetTheDog: Hater formally loves tormenting Peepers, but ever since season 2 came they get along better to the point that Hater sees Peepers as his best friend. Like in "The Fancy Party" [[spoiler: he saves Peepers as they're running away from Queen Entozoa's guards. In the credits animatic you can actually see Hater grabbing Peepers as he runs to his ship.]]

* TimeTravelEpisode: "The Waste of Time."

* TruncatedThemeTune: When "The Fancy Party" premiered on Disney XD, Wander became a victim of this trope. The shortened theme is slightly faster and after the first chorus, Wander does not look and point ahead. Instead, he looks and points upward in a worried manner and there is different music for Hater's portion and different imagery, then it goes straight to the final chorus.

* KingKoopaCopy: Characteristically, Lord Hater shares a lot of traits with Bowser, more specifically the Bowser of the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' games. Like Bowser, Hater is in control of an army of species-specific minions that are loyal to him and has a tendency to use his power for selfish and petty reasons. Both have a miserable record of failures when it comes to evil plans and tend to be subject to a number of AmusingInjuries and embarrassing situations. They both have bizarre relationships with their arch-enemies that vary from animosity to grudging respect and sometimes even share in recreational activities.

* CatchPhrase:

* CentralTheme: There is always a silver lining in the darkest and most hopeless of moments. Never give up on hope.
* CerebusRetcon: In of the sillier moments in "The Battle Royale," the Black Cube of Darkness closes in on the [=McGuffin=] all the villains are fighting over but fails to pick it up due to having no hands. "The Black Cube" opens with a replay of this moment and goes on to show that it caused the galaxy to lose its respect for him and pretty much tanked his career as an evildoer, causing him to sink into a deep depression.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Hater's attempt to [[BreakHimByTalking break Wander by talking]] in "The Hole...Lotta Nuthin'" only works until he mockingly quotes Wander's {{Catchphrase}} "it never hurts to help," lifting Wander's spirits by reminding him that he's doing a heroic deed by plugging the black hole. [[spoiler:Frustrated by the fact that Wander managed to find a positive side to the situation, Hater yanks him out of the hole, winds up plugging the hole ''himself'', and ultimately loses an arm in the process of escaping.]]

* SpoofyDoo: The episode "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS2E13TheCartoonTheBot The Cartoon]]" features a show called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT51oQvGqlU The Mystery Kids' Mysteries]]'', which seems to be a cross between ''Scooby-Doo'', ''Gravity Falls'' and ''The Jetsons''. It features a mystery-solving gang of alien kids with a talking dog sidekick and the CatchPhrase "Crikeys" riding in hippie-esque spaceship called "The Mystery Ship" and investigating the case of a haunted sweater.

* AdorableEvilMinions: The Watchdogs.

* BiggerOnTheInside: Lord Hater's spaceship.

The general feel and look of the series pays much homage to animation and popular culture from TheSixties (a pretty standard motif of [=McCracken's=] works, really), as well as Creator/WardKimball's 1950's space projects for Disney. However, in a departure from the flat, rather stylized art normally associated with [=McCracken=], ''Wander'' favours a bouncier and more expressive animation style reminiscent of classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' (Eddie Trigueros, one of the show's key directors and storyboard artists, is a modern day master of the style). All in all, it's one heck of a [[AcidTripDimension trip]].

* MischiefFace: "The Big Day" has Hater preparing to destroy Wander and Sylvia, until Wander stops him and asks him if he's going to let it end in such a cheap, unfulfilling fashion. Sylvia asks him what he's doing, until he gives her a smile and a knowing wink, at which point Sylvia realizes that they're doing [[InsistentTerminology "a thing".]] By the end of the episode, Wander and Sylvia have tricked Hater into blowing up his own ship as they, well, wander off.

** "The Day" has a bit where Sylvia tries to sneak out of the Skullship's locker room with a sleeping Wander and winds up having to fight all the Watchdogs there. She is disgusted when she sees that the Watchdogs directly in front of her aren't wearing towels. Her demand that they [[ModestyTowel put towels on]] before the fight continues even has the Watchdogs initially misinterpret the instruction as wearing the towels on their heads rather than around their waists.

* TheFaceless: The "High Gnees" in "The Party Poopers." [[TakeOurWordForIt Their heads look like butts]].