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[[caption-width-right:288:Not until the arrival of [[Literature/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]] was their cute-witchness surpassed.]]

The original MagicalGirl archetype. Sometimes she's from AnotherDimension or otherwise MagicalLand unless the whole show is in a [[{{Magicant}} magical setting]]. Magic study is often [[WizardingSchool equated with school]], and many characters are out getting their licenses. The origin of magic is implied to be [[WitchSpecies genetic]] with training required to hone it. She may be a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], who may or may not be visiting Earth as part of [[MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest training to become queen]]--if so she may have to compete with rivals to the throne.

She may or may not be actively fighting monsters. Usually it's a hard enough life just trying to get through the day, and she'll use her magic (often a [[InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality non-flashy variety]]) to [[MundaneUtility make things easier]]. [[HilarityEnsues Theoretically]].

{{Cute Witch}}es are sometimes thought to have influenced the rather benevolent image of witches in Japan; even the standard StrangeGirl or {{Goth}} Girl tends to be somewhat [[{{Kawaisa}} cute]]. Will almost always wear a RobeAndWizardHat, and may or may not use a MagicWand. If she has a pet, it will likely [[AllWitchesHaveCats be a cat.]]

The original CuteWitch, ''SallyTheWitch'', was directly inspired by the American TV series ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.

[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld If]] and when the CuteWitch grows up, if she doesn't lose her powers, she usually becomes the HotWitch.

Contrast the WickedWitch, who is evil, old ''and'' ugly.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
%%* ''SallyTheWitch'' is the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier.
%%* ''MajokkoMegChan'' is what happens when this trope collides with {{Fanservice}}.
%%* ''MahouTsukaiTai'' (''Magic Users' Club'') was the first to have a group of Cute Witches (and Wizards) working as a team.
%%* ''OjamajoDoremi''. Unlike most examples, these witches start out as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary girls]] who happen to figure out the identity of an older witch, who is then obligated to train them.
%%* ''MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo''
%%* ''FloralMagicianMaryBell''
%%* ''UltraManiac'' - though here she shares the lead role with her MuggleBestFriend, Ayu.
%%* ''AkazukinChacha'', who also invokes the image of LittleRedRidingHood.
%%* ''MahouShoujoTaiArusu'' (aka ''Tweeny Witches'')
%%* Majokko Tickle from ''MajokkoTickle'' is ThePrankster and a mischievous cute witch.
* ''MahouShojoLalabel'': Mahou Shojo Lalabel is completed with a feline sidekick. In the first episode, she even lampshades the fact that she subverts the [[WickedWitch negative witch stereotype]].
%%* ''MahouTsukaiChappy'', a [[FollowTheLeader close emulator]] of Sally.
%%* Despite looking a bit SailorMoon-ish, ''MagicalAngelSweetMint'' is of the CuteWitch variety.
%%* Chikage in ''LightNovel/SisterPrincess''
%%* ''MahouSenseiNegima'':
%%** Negi Springfield starts off as a SpearCounterpart to the CuteWitch, but as the series progressed, he evolved into a KungFuWizard.
%%** Negi's UnluckyChildhoodFriend Anya
%%** LittleMissSnarker Yue
%%** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] Evangeline
%%** [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]] Takane and Mei
%%** CastHerd: Yue's Ariadne classmates
%%** QuirkyMinibossSquad Fate's Ministrae Magi
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' was originally envisioned as a witch, but Creator/{{CLAMP}} decided that they needed something more original, and looked to tarot cards for their inspiration. She still shares a lot in common with witch {{Magical Girl}}s.
%%* Vanilla and Chocolat from ''SugarSugarRune''.
* [=ChibiUsa=] in ''SailorMoon'' is more like one than the standard MagicalGirlWarrior the show features. She's time-traveled from the future for unspecified training, and her powers are mostly trickery than being useful for fighting.
%%* Yuuma from ''MagicalPokaan''.
%%* Yukari Sendou from ''RosarioToVampire''.
%%* Honami from ''RentalMagica''.
%%* Schierke from ''{{Berserk}}''.
%%* Angela from ''SoulEater''.
%%** Blair ([[OurMonstersAreDifferent who is not technically a witch by the definition that series uses]], but rather a [[CatsAreMagic shapeshifting cat]]) straddles the line between this and HotWitch.
%%** [[spoiler: Later, Kim is revealed to be a good witch, attending Shibusen because she doesn't want to join the other witches.]]
%%** Eruka too, even with her likening for bombing buildings and people. The youngest combined form of the Mizune (Baba Yaga arc) is also rather cute.
%%* Letty from ''TheMikosWordsAndTheWitchesIncantations''.
%%* ''DaiMahouTouge'' is a brutal parody of cute witch series.
%%* ''MajokkoTsukuneChan'' is another parody, albeit a somewhat gentler one.
%%* Maple, in the manga based on ''Manga/TheLegendOfZelda: Oracle of Seasons''
* Kiki from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''. She's a relatively mild version of the folklore witch rather than the overly cute magical girl type.
%%* Kuesu from ''OmamoriHimari''.
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', even the cute-looking witches are mad, bad, and dangerous to know, subverting the trope of a benevolent cutesy witch girl.
* ''{{Maburaho}}'': Yuna practices Western magic, and when dressed up in the proper attire, she looks like the standard stereotypical lovely witch.
* The ''Gedou Otome Tai'' half of ''AkahoriGedouHourRabuge'' revolves around five sisters who are daughters of masked villains. They are given magical powers and [[ObviouslyEvil black witch outfits]] by an [[CuteMonsterGirl imp]] so that they can be [[DarkMagicalGirl great villains.]] Except that they're so [[MinionWithAnFInEvil damn nice,]] they just can't help but use their powers to do good.
%%* The characters of ''ShamanicPrincess'' come from another world where magic is a way of life, and most of them are ''very'' cute.
%%* Almost all the characters in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' fit this trope. It's about a school for schoolgirl witches and it's anime. Self explanatory really.
%%* The entire female cast of ''StrikeWitches'', though the oldest few of them (meaning 20 at the oldest) drift into HotWitch territory.
%%* Although she is a MagicalGirlWarrior, the design of the title character of ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'' is based on this trope.
%%** The design of one of the villians of ''Kazumi Magica'' is also based on this trope. It's blatantly obvious {{Foreshadowing}}.
%%* Dark Magician Girl of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', also the trope namer for BlackMagicianGirl
* Fabia Crozelg of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', who's described not as a [[MagicalGirlWarrior standard mage]] like most of the cast, but as a True Witch, complete with magic broom and adorable imp familiars.
* Lime from ''Anime/JewelBEMHunterLime'' is a hybrid of this and MagicalGirlWarrior — she's tasked with saving the world from evil [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] and has transforming powers, but she's also a natural-born magical user and a clueless newcomer to the human world.
%%* There is a whole ''[[WizardingSchool boarding school]]'' for them in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia''.
%%* ''Anime/FushigiboshiNoFutagohime'' starts of as this before becoming a MagicalGirlWarrior series.
%%* ''{{Jewelpet}}''
%%* ''HimechanNoRibon''
%%* ''Anime.PersiaTheMagicFairy''
%%* ''Anime/MagicalIdolPastelYumi''
%%* ''Anime/{{Himitsu No Akko-chan}}''
%%* ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima''
%%* ''Anime/MahouShojoLalabel''
%%* ''HanaNoKoLunlun''
* Unlike their ''PrettySammy'' counterparts, Sasami and Misao (along with their original castmates) of ''SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'' play the CuteWitch card instead of the MagicalGirlWarrior card.
* Since ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'' draws a lot from the original MagicalGirl series, the girls are generally of this flavour, riding on brooms and similar objects.
%%* ''YokuWakaruGendaiMahou''
%%* Alice Rose of ''Manga/RaspberryFieldNoMajo''
%%* ''Literature/{{Kuromajo-sanGaToru}}''
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[[folder:Comics]]
%%* ''Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
%%* ''WendyTheGoodLittleWitch'', [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper's]] friend.
* Harvey Comics created Wendy the Good Little Witch as a backup feature for Casper the Friendly Ghost back in 1954. She got her own title in 1960. All adults witches appearing in the various series are green-skinned and wicked, suggesting that Wendy might outgrow her cuteness and desire to use her powers to do good.
%%* Cyclone of the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. She's not an actual witch, but she has the costume and is obsessed with ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' book, [[Literature/LandOfOz its sequels]], [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the movie]], and ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
%%* The French-Belgian comic ''{{Melusine}}'' is about a Cute Witch.
%%* ''TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' includes cute witches in some of the unrelated stories also included. The witches in the story proper are somewhere between being sexy and FanDisservice.
%%* Mimi of ''NinjaHighSchool''.
* Magica De Spell was deliberately designed as youthful and attractive by CarlBarks as an aversion to the hag stereotype (such as with other Disney witches like Witch Hazel and Mad Madam Mim). Her appearance and mannerisms were inspired by actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren, as well as the character of [[TheAddamsFamily Morticia Addams]].

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%%[[folder:Films]]
%%* Louise, the titular character in ''Film/TeenWitch''
%%* Hermione, Luna and Ginny in the films of ''Film/HarryPotter'' before they get old enough to qualify as [[HotWitch Hot Witches]] round about film six.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''TheWorstWitch'' book series naturally features one of these as a heroine. She was an extremely clumsy witch to boot.
* Tiffany Aching from her series of ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books is an aversion. Just because you're 11 years old doesn't mean you can't be angry, defiantly plain, and wearing shitkicker boots.
%%* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
%%** Ginny
%%** Luna
%%** Cho Chang
%%** Fleur Delacour
%%** The Patil twins are pretty cute. Their saris at the Yule Ball
* Sephrenia from the ''{{Elenium}}'' trilogy by David Eddings. Though she was not, technically speaking, a witch, she was often called that by those who opposed the use of magic for religious reasons. And despite being a few hundred years old, she was said to be extremely lovely.
%%* The ''DorrieTheGoodLittleWitch'' series by Patricia Coombs.
%%* Boobela the giant from the ''BoobelaAndWorm'' series.
%%* Rachel and her sister Miri of the ''Literature/BrasAndBroomsticks'' series
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
%%* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.
%%* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
%%** Willow.
%%** Amy. Up until she becomes a rat for a few years.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'''s River Tam is a sci-fi version of this concept. She is a lovely teenage girl who likes to dance and play although she is also seriously disturbed. She has supernatural powers in the form of [[PsychicPowers psychic abilities]], she ''did'' attend a [[SchoolForScheming "school"]] to get her powers, and she even fights monsters, the show's mysterious and terrifying Reavers (although her fighting them became more obvious in the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''). She's also called a witch repeatedly in the setting, by both superstitious villagers who wanted to burn her and by Jayne from their crew.
%%* The ''Series/{{Charmed}}'':
%%** The sisters when they were younger. They're {{HotWitch}}es now.
%%** Baby Wyatt is quite adorable, though.
%%* The titular character of the 90's children's show ''EureekasCastle'' was both a CuteWitch ''and'' a CuteMonsterGirl. (She had horns.)
%%* Cassie, Diana and Melissa from ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' all classify as this.
%%* Alex from ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
%%* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' - Live TV Version.
* Urara and Houka of ''MahouSentaiMagiranger'': Urara of the ShyBlueHairedGirl variety with OracularUrchin powers of divinity, and Houka the ManicPixieDreamGirl type with the MundaneUtility power of ShapeShifting.
%%* Bonnie from ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. She is an attractive teenage girl.
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%%[[folder:Manhwa]]
%%* ''Manhwa/WitchHunter''. As a general rule, [[GenericCuteness if a witch isn't cute, she is very hot]].
%%** Aria Godspell
%%** East
%%** Monica
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%%[[folder:Music Videos]]
%%* One of these meets a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath particularly gruesome fate]] at the hands of the Titular witch hunters in RobZombie 's "Lords of Salem" music video. Link ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0NoICl7cE Here]]''
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%%[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
%%* The {{player character}}s of ''WitchGirlsAdventures''.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
%%* Merrill from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
* [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/hm/images/0/01/Witchbig.gif The]] [[http://ui17.gamespot.com/720/witch20princess205_4.png Witch]] [[http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm85/Harvestchic89/harvest_moon_ds_wedding_girls-1.jpg princess]] from most of the first DS ''HarvestMoon'' games. Even though she's pretty mean at start, she becomes a lot nicer when you talk to her a lot (and give her gifts, trigger heart events etc.), and you can even marry her eventually. Even if you are a girl. [[{{Bowdlerise}} If you have the Japanese versions, anyway]].
%%** Another Witch Princess, Vivi, appears in Animal Parade.
%%* "Natta de" Cotton from ''Videogame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton''.
%%* Ripple from ''VideoGame/MagicalChase''.
* Marisa Kirisame, one of the protagonists of the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series; if her face doesn't appeal to you as "cute", her witch attire ''[[PimpedOutDress with frills]]'' does. Her ally/rival, [[AliceAllusion Alice]] [[{{Tsundere}} Margatroid]] also counts, though in a slightly more mature way, as does the enigmatic [[MagicLibrarian Patchouli]] [[IllGirl Knowledge]] who seemingly doesn't care to change out of her pimped out pajamas. Let's just say all of the witches in Touhou are cute. Actually, let's just say that ''everyone'' in Touhou are cute, even the [[CuteMonsterGirl ones that would normally be creepy]].
%%* Ptolemy from ''VideoGame/TheFairylandStory''.
%%* Arche Klein in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''.
%%* Lillet Blan from ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire''.
%%* Deneb from ''VideoGame/OgreBattle''. She's proven so [[EnsembleDarkhorse popular]] that she's one of the only characters to have shown up in every game in the series, despite her tendency to [[BewareTheNiceOnes slaughter entire villages]] in pursuit of her [[MadScientist twisted experiments]].
%%* Ran and Dark Ran in ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites''.
* Mizuno from ''{{Tomba}}'' is actually ''called'' "The Cute Witch". She's also intensely sarcastic, and prone to losing her magic mirror.
%%* Ashley from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' games.
%%* Vivian from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. (In the American version, anyway; she's cute in Japan too, but [[ShesAManInJapan might not qualify as a witch]] in that version.)
%%* Yoriko from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. She's withdrawn and prefers to let her giant staff (a demon named "Mike") do the talking for her.
%%* Absolutely everywhere in ''LuminousArc'' and its sequels.
%%* Lilka from ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 2}}''.
%%* Marion from the ''VideoGame/{{Gunbird}}'' series.
* Melody from ''VideoGame/RuneFactory''. She runs the bathhouse and doesn't quite know why. In the original game, she only dresses the part, but in ''RuneFactoryFrontier'', it's possible for her to actually learn magic from Cinnamon.
%%** Marion from ''RuneFactory3''.
* Maple from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' is a Cute Witch apprentice who constantly chases Link around, bumping into him. She eventually starts riding a ''flying saucer''.
* Cierra from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'', who nicknamed herself the "Scarlet Witch" due to her color scheme and her tendency to favor [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]].
%%* Pamela from ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion''. Rosary might count, too, if you're into that sort of thing...
%%* Laharl's mother in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' was supposed to be one of these.
%%** Arguably the generic 'mage' class fit this description (all female; males are called 'skulls').
%%* Keke, a recurring enemy in the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series.
%%* Any Magician class female character from ''FlyFF''.
* Kyon Feulion from ''SuperRobotWars [[OriginalGeneration OG Saga]]: EndlessFrontier''. A witch that's also TokenMiniMoe and {{Dojikko}}, she's a demon but the only thing that give away her race is her little tail. Her broom has a Booster attached to it and has an attack that is a ShoutOut to ShootEmUp games.
%%* Annoying {{Dojikko}} Mignon Heart from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters: Maximum Impact''. Her sister Ninon is [[BlackMagicianGirl the]] [[DarkMagicalGirl polar]] [[ElegantGothicLolita opposite.]]
%%* Doropie/Francesca, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/MagicalDoropie'' (released as ''The Krion Conquest'' internationally).
%%* Wendalyn from ''MySims''.
%%* Witch, a reoccurring opponent from the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series.
%%* The Student Witch enemies from various ''{{Castlevania}}'' games.
%%** Carrie Fernandez
* Lymle from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' is 15 years old by her race's standards, but mentally acts and speaks like a 6 year old girl. If there's anything she knows complete mastery over though, it's using Symbology Magic and summoning Cerberus from a pocket dimension akin to Hell itself.
%%* You run into a small cult of witches in the NeverwinterNights mod The Bastard of Kosigan (the first one, Exile of the West). Greta is rather plain, Willie is rather disturbing, and Karen is dead, but Laura and Yannia definitely qualify (and they are the two you can [[OptionalSexualEncounter have sex with]]).
%%* Tyurru of ''NinetyNineNights''.
%%* Yuria the Witch of ''DemonsSouls''.
* ''SuperRobotWarsNEO'': Sharlie Lunoille and the Merville, which is a {{Fembot}} with [[CatGirl cat ears]] riding a mechanical broom that can be used as a WaveMotionGun.
* In ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', Madotsuki can become one herself through the aptly titled Witch effect. Doing this enables her to fly a broom, which serves no real purpose (as most things in the game). One can trigger an event on the roof this way, though.
%%* Evie from ''{{Vindictus}}'', particularly if you deck her out in the Scarlet Witch set.
%%* The Mage from ''DungeonFighterOnline''.
%%** And to a greater extent, the Mage's Witch subclass.
%%* Lux from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is a holy warrior mage, but one of her alternate skins is [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110514043637/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/4/48/Lux_SorceressSkin_Ch.jpg/879px-Lux_SorceressSkin_Ch.jpg blatantly inspired]] by the archetype. No surprise, considering [[{{Moe}} Shurelia]] of Riot Games is a fan.
%%** Lulu fits the trope as well.
%%* Melody from ''{{Nostalgia}}''.
%%* Witchina (yes, really) from the obscure arcade and PSX game ''GhoulPanic''.
* Witch Beatrice from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' is a cute witch in a world where cute doesn't show up much at all.
* Sally from ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' is a witch and a Necromancer that dresses in pink, and ''has a freaking teddy bear''.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
%%* Anne Onymous from ''TheWotch'' (who started as an {{Expy}} of [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Willow]]).
%%* Gwynn from ''SluggyFreelance'' (at least when she's not being [[DemonicPossession possessed or influenced]] by demons).
%%* Mye, the zombie witch from ''CharbyTheVampirate''.
* Sal, the self-declared "alternative witch" from ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit''.
%%* Hester from ''{{Blip}}''.
* The Hellrune Coven of ''MagickChicks'' (a spinoff from their origin in ''EerieCuties'') are three cute little ladies. Not all sweetness and nice, but quite cute.
%%* Angelika and Emily from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''.
%%* Notle, from ''[[http://comics.feedtacoma.com/pet-projects/ Pet Projects.]]''
%%* Peridot from ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''.
%%* Jade from ''{{Homestuck}}'', when she rises to [[BadassAdorable God]]/[[LittleBitBeastly Dog]] Tier.
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%%[[folder:Web Original]]
%%* The 'three little witches' from the story of the same name in the WhateleyUniverse. Clover even has a witch's hat.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Obscure 1960s character ''HoneyHalfwitch'' is actually half-wizard/half-girl, according to the [[EarWorm theme song]]).
* Mirta is much nicer than most other witches in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' and is really the only cute witch. In season two she becomes a fairy.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'' has two examples: A young witch who's upset because "witches aren't supposed to be cute," and Tiger Lily, who's learned a few things from her father, the Conjuror.
%%* {{Filmation}}'s adaptation of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (which had a shared universe with ''TheArchieShow'')
%%** Sabrina again, this time as a junior high schooler in ''SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (no relation to the above) and a high schooler in ''Sabrina's Secret Life''.
* HannaBarbera's Winsome ("Winnie") Witch sometimes fancies herself as one cute witch.
%%* The main girls in ''{{Trollz}}'' are like this.
%%* Miss Tickle from ''MissionMagic'' certainly qualifies, although she's somewhat older than the other examples on this page.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Twilight Sparkle, the protagonist of the show, is [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Twilight02_7377.png very adorable]], very nice and a very powerful witch.
** [[TheMagnificent The Great and Powerful]] Trixie. Sure, she's an [[SmugSuper arrogant]] {{jerkass}}, but she also a really cute pony.[[http://mylittlepony.neoseeker.com/w/i/mylittlepony/thumb/9/92/Trixie.png/300px-Trixie.png She looks like this.]]
%%* Sadira from the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' TV series. Saleen counts as one, too, although she's more of an EvilWitch.
%%* Raven from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
%%* Zatanna from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. DC likes these.
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%%[[folder: Other]]
%%* ''Lost Witch'' is a picture series that can be found on both its native Pixiv and on Danbooru. It revolves around an alternate history where witches are commonplace, and at least a few fought in the skies above WWII.
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