History YMMV / WITCH

** The second season is... ''something else'' in terms of this trope. On the one hand, the color scheme used for the animation is far brighter, reflecting both the InUniverse [[spoiler:defeat of Phobos]] and the OutOfUniverse change of animation studios. On the other hand, it may actually be an {{understatement}} to say that the actual content of the season gives a whole new meaning to WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids. [[LongList The epic page quote]] on [[Radar/{{WITCH}} the show's Radar page]] (from a Website/YouTube comment of all things) probably puts it better than anything else ever could.

** "N is for Narcissist" had one. The group is barefoot for almost the entire episode because Blunk requests the girls' shoes so that he can pose as them in the mortal realm after ducking out of a school car wash. [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle The girls all shed their shoes and socks and depart without them]], and Taranee promptly [[AgonyOfTheFeet steps on Cornelia's foot by accident.]] Their transformed states give them shoes so it isn't a real problem. However, when all but Cornelia are temporarily de-powered to [[AllYourPowersCombined channel their powers into Cornelia]], it is. They decide to return to the car wash but none of them remember to retrieve their footwear from Blunk, and people start to question why they're barefoot. Namely, Will gets questioned for her shoes suspiciously being gone (even though going barefoot at a car wash isn't unusual to avoid wet shoes, which she could have easily argued that she took her footwear off so it wouldn't get wet and wearing wet footwear would be unpleasant feeling, but apparently didn't). Eventually, the adults realize the trick the girls pulled, and unaware of their heroic secret identities, assume they're being selfish. They're accused of shirking their duties and made to wash a bus, but Cornelia takes the rap. The girls decide to help her wash the bus anyway out of gratitude. Then, at the ''very end'' of the episode, Cornelia's feet get wet from the girls messing around with the cleaning water and she finally realizes none of them have shoes on and opines where hers might be. Took a long time for the [[{{Pun}} shoe]] to drop, huh?

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: One particular issue delivered an {{Anvilicious}} GreenAesop in which the girls were told that they couldn't just use their magic to solve the world's problems and they would often need to use more mundane ways.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: One particular issue delivered an {{Anvillicious}} GreenAesop in which the girls were told that they couldn't just use their magic to solve the world's problems and they would often need to use more mundane ways.

** "E is for Enemy" has Irma and Cornelia sleeping together, ''with Cornelia's hand on Irma's breast'', as you can see in this [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/50144191@N04/4762060351/ image]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Hay Lin is the absolute ''quirkiest'' of the girls, due to her [[CloudcuckooLander spaciness]], [[CloudcuckooLanguage tendency to make up her own words]], and [[{{Nerd}} the fact that she collects comics and alien collectibles]].

** The show is vastly more popular in Russia (having a following on the now-defunct ImageBoard 0chan among other places) than anywhere else in the world, though compared to other shows that's still not saying much. The comics are still pretty popular there as well. Notably, the second season opening is generally preferred to the first.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Orube was liked by many for being a kick-butt [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior girl]] while also having a gentle, noble side (after going through some character development, [[BreakTheHaughty of course]]), and others found her semi-romance with Cedric engaging. The fact that she was often pushed to the side after the Arkhanta saga and then [[spoiler:booted off the series after the Ludmoore saga]] did not amuse many. Quite a lot of fans also think that Orube [[spoiler: would have been a suitable trainer for girls instead of Matt in New Power saga onwards due to her extensive experience in combat.]]

* TooGoodToLast: The TV series, which was cancelled after its second season which many felt [[GrowingTheBeard was a vast improvement over the first.]]
* ToyShip: Lillian and Christopher in "W for Witch".
* UglyCute: Blunk. According to Hay Lin he's "sort of cute."

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Trill is introduced as a NiceGirl who feed the powerless Guardians when they arrive on Meridian by accident, without Will. She then joins the rebels officially when they storm the season one finale coronation. [[spoiler:We learn in "J is for Jewel" that Trill was Nerissa the whole time, and this was her interacting with the Guardians who replaced her]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Taranee, the Fire Guardian, is a dancer and has a connection to a dragon. In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Firebending's most ancient tecnique is the Dragon Dance, and Firebending itself was learned from dragons.
** Also, Mitchell Whitfield had two previous roles that seemed to lead to his role as Phobos: first as Barry, Rachel's ex-fiance and the "Evil Orthodontist" from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', then [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Norbert]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Klerm]] in another Disney cartoon that aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.

* BadassDecay: Cedric and Elyon suffered this in the cartoon series. In the comics, Cedric was a more formidable fighter and gained several different new forms, whereas in the show he's always under TheWorfEffect, while Elyon in the comics had her own agency as a villain and was nigh-invincible once she became the Light of Meridian, while in the show she's a total dupe of her brother and gets imprisoned by Nerissa even as the Light of Meridian.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Matt's band's songs, "The Will To Love" and "The Demon In Me" are both catchy and touching, though for very different reasons. Having Creator/JasonMarsden play Matt's singing voice as well as his speaking doesn't hurt.
** Both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsh1ye7ib34 American]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSKVJydPuU European]] intro themes.

* EvilIsSexy: Phobos, young Nerissa, Cedric in human form. Phobos gets special mention for bathing naked a lot in the comic, though he is censored by water or the whisperers holding up a towel around his... [[UnusualEuphemism Fortress Of Kandrakar]]. It also acts as {{foreshadowing}} when [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe Phobos-Possessed-Endarno]] is bathing in one of the issues in the fouth saga]]

** Basically all the girls have moments with each other.

** Whenever Nerissa speaks. Her voice sounds like someone's giving her pleasure. Then again, [[EvilIsSexy there is a trope for that]].

** Happens a lot with the dialogue in the TV series - but Nerissa declaring that "Baby needs a spanking" in "W is for Witch" deserves special mention.
** Also whenever Nerissa speaks. Her voice sounds like someone's giving her pleasure. Then again, [[EvilIsSexy there is a trope for that]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Take your pick as to when Nerissa crossed the line.

** Irma Lair is the Guardian of Water. Some 16 years after ''W.I.T.C.H'' debuted [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma Hurricane Irma]] develops into one of the most devastating hurricanes in history, causing unprecedented flooding and storm surges in Florida and the Caribbean Islands.

** "O is For Obedience": Caleb learns [[spoiler:Nerissa is his mother, and she still is fond of him.]] [[spoiler:Nerissa later reveals that she gave birth to Caleb to ensure he became the new ruler of Meridian]], offering a WeRanRuleTogether. What does Caleb do? He pretends to agree, only to [[spoiler:try and steal her staff, because as he puts it, he's not making himself a tyrant or supporting another]]. In case you needed a reminder that Caleb is awesome; he may have failed to [[spoiler:steal the staff]], but he wins on principle. [[spoiler:Nerissa]] also can't bring herself to hurt him.

** The first season features plenty of SchoolgirlSeries shenanigans and zany humor throughout... but also plenty of dark imagery in [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Meridian]] courtesy of [[BigBad Phobos]], to the point that nearly every episode started with a dreary shot of the castle. Oh, and the main plot? Two adult men find a young teenage girl who was taken away to Earth as a baby to protect her from them, one of whom brainwashes her into turning against her friends by manipulating her emotions all the while pretending to be "the only one who understands her". DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything isn't just in full effect here, but blatantly {{enforced}} by the framing of some of these scenes. All of this is to say nothing of the CivilWar going on, with plenty of battle scenes (involving huge, hideous monsters no less) that could definitely give some younger kids [[NightmareFuel nightmares]]. On top of that, the season is chock full of incredibly [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly Aesops]] with KarmaHoudini being the ''norm'', almost to the point of parodying the usual [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle episodic moral lessons]] found even in some of the most [[MultipleDemographicAppeal well-respected]] children's shows.

* HarsherInHindsight: Irma Lair is the Guardian of Water. Some 16 years after ''W.I.T.C.H'' debuted [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma Hurricane Irma]] develops into one of the most devastating hurricanes in history, causing unprecedented flooding and storm surges in Florida and the Caribbean Islands.

** In "J is for Jewel," the viewers and new Meridian court learning that [[spoiler:Trill was never real and another disguise for Nerissa. She proceeds to reveal she manipulated Elyon into giving up her powers and traps her in the Heart of Meridian jewel]]. There is no way to see it coming, but it's brilliant in hindsight. Caleb admits in the enxt episode that [[spoiler:as a cook supporting the rebels, Trill gained all of their trust and was able to get close to Elyon.
** "O is For Obedience": Caleb learns [[spoiler:Nerissa is his mother, and she still is fond of him.]] [[spoiler:Nerissa later reveals that she gave birth to Caleb to ensure he became the new ruler of Meridian]], offering a WeRanRuleTogether. What does Caleb do? He pretends to agree, only to [[spoiler:try and steal her staff, because as he puts it, he's not making himself a tyrant or supporting another]]. In case you needed a reminder that Caleb is awesome.

** Website/FourChan's [[WesternAnimation /co/]] board provides a vivid example of at least American, if not global English-speaking, opinion of the franchise. (Note that while the site's anonymous nature makes quantitatively accurate assessments impossible, a decent qualitative average can be obtained.) For many years - basically as far as the various archives go back - the first season of the show has been regarded very poorly, the second only somewhat better, and the original comics much better than both albeit - as with just about every topic of discussion there! - still subject to significant criticism. The US theme is also heavily preferred, with the few fans of the animated series posting there often dismissing the original theme out of hand (if not worse) on the rare occasions it is even mentioned.