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16[[caption-width-right:350:''"Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready."''\
17[-Clockwise from bottom: [[TheParagon Ruby Rose]], [[RebelliousRebel Blake Belladonna]], [[BruiserWithASoftCentre Yang Xiao Long]], and [[OnlySaneMan Weiss Schnee]].-]]]
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19-> ''"You have travelled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And, when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."''
20-->-- '''Professor Ozpin''', "[[Recap/RWBYV1E2E3TheShiningBeacon The Shining Beacon]]"
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24''[[https://roosterteeth.com/series/rwby RWBY]]'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an {{Animesque}} CGI animated series created by Creator/MontyOum and produced by Creator/RoosterTeeth. It is also Rooster Teeth's first original IP and has since expanded into a [[Franchise/{{RWBY}} multi-media franchise]].
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26OnceUponATime, in a world known as Remnant, mankind became the target of the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]]: an endless horde of malevolent monsters that are attracted to the negative emotions of humanity. To fight back, mankind has trained warriors called Huntsmen to battle the Grimm using [[WeaponSpecialization unique weapons]], [[SoulPower soul-fueled]] force fields known as Aura, an [[ElementalPowers elemental]] mineral known as [[GreenRocks Dust]], and Semblances, Aura-fueled superpowers [[OnePersonOnePower distinct to every user]].
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28In the present day, an idealistic girl named [[LittleRedFightingHood Ruby Rose]] (Creator/LindsayJones) joins the Huntsman school known as Beacon Academy, headed by the mysterious [[MentorArchetype Professor Ozpin]] (Creator/ShannonMcCormick). She is placed into a team with three other students: [[TeamMom Yang Xiao Long]] (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous half-sister; [[DeadpanSnarker Weiss Schnee]] (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and the [[BrokenBird secretive and aloof]] Blake Belladonna (Creator/ArrynZech). Though initial tensions are high, Team RWBY comes together to fight against Grimm and criminal gangs equipped with Dust. However, the forces of darkness are returning and the four girls must become not just Huntresses, but heroes, in order to save their world. However, they are forced to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype question everything they know]] as they discover that the headmasters of the Huntsman Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].
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30The four main characters were individually introduced in four trailers -- ''[[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/rwby-season-1-red-trailer Red]]'' (Ruby Rose), ''[[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/rwby-season-1-white-trailer White]]'' (Weiss Schnee), ''[[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/rwby-season-1-black-trailer Black]]'' (Blake Belladonna), and ''[[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/rwby-season-1-yellow-trailer Yellow]]'' (Yang Xiao Long) -- to much anticipation and speculation. The series premiered on Rooster Teeth's official website on July 18, 2013.
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32During seasons (referred to as "volumes"), new episodes are released weekly on Rooster Teeth's website (Saturdays for Rooster Teeth First members and a week later for normal account users), with episodes of a miniseries called ''World of Remnant'' dedicated to [[AllThereInTheManual giving more information about Remnant]] sometimes being published in between episodes. The series is also being simulcasted on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/rwby Crunchyroll]], and the first episode is available on [=YouTube=]. Home video releases are also available from Rooster Teeth's [[https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/rwby#filter:ss_hierarchy:Blu-ray$2520$252F$2520DVD United States]], and [[http://hanabee.com.au/collections/rwby/dvd Australia/New Zealand]] online stores. A Japanese dub was additionally produced by Creator/WarnerBros
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34After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it was released on the Rooster Teeth website at the start of April 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted. However in 2024 with the [[https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/amp/ closure of Rooster Teeth]] and Warner Bros. looking into selling the IP, the fate of the series is up in the air.
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36'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUjlyXeSqqo Volume 1 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNAX4EQF2r8 Volume 2 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3gDr2zgbAM Volume 3 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0WeiG2-HRQ Volume 4 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVZMaIHhWM Volume 5 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQh6EYwCQ10 Volume 6 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSb_sKsASzY Volume 7 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpNXlxcZlYY Volume 8 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDKrP3HtHLg&t=26s Volume 9 Trailer]]
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38'''Note that the vast majority of these pages have no spoiler tags. Please read at your own risk.'''
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41!![[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed Due to length]], the trope examples list has been split into sub-pages:
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43[[index]]
44* [[RWBY/TropesAToB A to B]]
45* [[RWBY/TropesCToD C to D]]
46* [[RWBY/TropesEToG E to G]]
47** [[FairytaleMotifs/{{RWBY}} Fairytale Motifs]]
48** [[Foreshadowing/{{RWBY}} Foreshadowing]]
49* [[RWBY/TropesHToK H to K]]
50* [[RWBY/TropesLToN L to N]]
51** [[MythicalMotifs/{{RWBY}} Mythical Motifs]]
52* [[RWBY/TropesOToR O to R]]
53* [[RWBY/TropesSToT S to T]]
54** [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} Shout-Out]]
55* [[RWBY/TropesUToZ U to Z]]
56[[/index]]
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59->''"But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten... things that require a smaller, more honest soul."''

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