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WITCHES DUEL!

Season 1

Episode 1 - A Lying Witch and the Warden

• Conspiracy Prisoner only gets a few minutes, but she is brave. When the Warden inquires about the noise he heard — it was Luz talking to the prisoners— she immediately starts shouting that she's not afraid of him, knowing what he would do.
• Luz successfully knocking out the Warden from behind with Eda’s staff.
  • After an epic Badass Boast, taken from the character of her favorite book no less, she shouts "NOW EAT THIS, SUCKER!" before using Eda's staff as a baseball bat to throw her fireworks into the Warden's mouth.
• Luz rallies the prisoners to accept their quirks.

Episode 2 - Witches Before Wizards

• The team taking down the demon's puppets.
• Luz breaking out of the demons hallucination. If anything, it indicates that she's quickly learned there's a difference between getting respect and actually earning it.
• Luz taking down a demon with a toy sword.

Episode 3 - I Was a Teenage Abomination

• Willow using her command of plant magic to help Luz escape from Amity and Principal Bump.
• Principal Bump displays just why he's the principal of the school...his magic powers grant him complete control over the entire building.
• One in retrospect for Amity. Her Abomination is the only one in the entire series to be shown capable of speech. Not even the Abomatons are shown to have the ability.

Episode 4 - The Intruder

• Luz learning her first spell and using it to stop Eda's cursed form.
  • How she does it is cool too, she uses her phone to record Eda casting a spell and manages to decipher the runes it was made of and replicate them. She then draws a (fittingly bird-shaped) rune on the wall on a much larger scale with only a red crayon!

Episode 5 - Covention

• The witch's duel between Eda and Lilith is an amazing spectacle of fluid movement and fight choreography. Looking like something out of a shonen anime, the two witches both display just how awesomely skilled and powerful they are.

Episode 6 - Hooty's Moving Hassle

• After they get free, Willow sics her vines on the demon hunters, and then Hooty steps on their leader.
• At the end of the episode, Eda realizes that animating an entire house like what happened tonight would have taken a LOT of power, looking over at Luz while coming to this conclusion. While Willow and even Gus helped and all three kids brushed it off as "probably just the moon's power", the implication here is that somehow Luz has way more magical power than normal to pull something like that off. What first seemed like a case of high hopes, zero talent might instead just be untapped potential in need of training.
• The Ace Amity and her "friends" who are implied to be witches of similar talent couldn't bring to life a doll on purpose despite said talent while Luz, Gus, and Willow managed to bring the Owl House alive and control it, most of which on accident. And one of them is a human while the other is often cruelly nicknamed "Half-a-Witch".
  • And the cherry on top? While looking through magical social media, Amity and Boscha see second-hand that their conjuring was indeed outclassed by a human and her friends.

Episode 7 - Lost in Language

• Although Eda dislikes acting maternal, she actually proves to be fairly good at taking care of the Bat Queen's babies.
• "Luzura" making her entrance.
• Luz, thinking quickly, is able to get herself and Amity away from Otabin by tipping the book to hit him and running away while still stuck to it.
• Amity is able to get free from the book, but Luz gets captured by Otabin, which prompts Amity to ram a book trough into him with the utmost force in order to rescue Luz. Then she gives Luz a giant eraser to undo the doodle her siblings drew to turn Otabin into a monster.

Episode 8 - Once Upon A Swap

• Luz is getting better at magic, using her light spell to make a sign for Eda's stall, complete with an animated Eda head.
• Although she has trouble controlling Eda's magic most of the time she's in her body, Luz does manage to figure out a spell or two.
• When Luz calls for Owlbert while breaking out of the police station, he smashes through the cage they were holding him in as if it were paper.
• Once Eda is back in her own body, she deals with the trio's various pursuers by using the "Freaky Friday" Flip on all of them at once.

Episode 9 - Something Ventured Someone Framed

• Gus is revealed to be a Grade Skipper who is in the same class as Amity's siblings, which is rather impressive.
• Gus using multiple illusions of himself and Luz so they can rescue Mattholomule from detention.

Episode 10 - Escape of the Palisman

• Luz taking on the Bat Queen single-handedly.
• King managing to get Eda to snap out of her cursed form after the elixir didn't work by doing his angry squeal that she'd been amused by earlier.

Episode 11 - Senses and Insensitivity

• Luz calling King out on how big of a Jerkass he's been.
  Luz: King, that is WHY WE ARE IN HERE! BECAUSE YOU! CAN'T! COMPROMISE!
• Eda and Lilith vs. a scam artist. It does not end well for the scammer.
  Salesman: I know you must be confused. The bloom of eternal youth, dead? What if I told you the bloom never existed at all! And now that I have led you to my nest, I'll suck all the life out of you to satisfy my unending hunger!
  [Beat.]
  Lilith: He scammed us. Can you believe he scammed us?
  Eda: I thought there was a fifty-fifty chance going in. Hard not to admire the tenacity, though.
  Lilith: Good entrance, but that outfit? Hah!
  Eda: Look at his little shoes! [they both laugh]
  Salesman: [obviously flustered] Well, maybe you've never been led into a lethal trap before, but the response should be: "Ah! No! Spare us!"
  Eda: [grinning] Ah, sure. Spare us.
  Lilith: [utterly deadpan, pulling out her magic staff] Woe to us whose fates are sealed. [Eda cracks her knuckles as they both loom over him]
  Salesman: Th-that's right, witches! Cower! Cower...? [Loud Gulp, asskicking ensues]
  

Episode 12 - Adventures in the Elements

• After getting left out of King’s boot camp; Hooty actually manages to make King plead and offer to get his help in taking down his stuffed toy army which has mutinied against him.
• After casting her light spell and seeing the glyph reflected in the stars, Luz understands that the nature of the Boiling Isles is what gives people the ability to use magic. She then sees a glyph in a snowflake and copies it on the ground to produce an ice pillar, launching herself out of the prison Amity trapped her in. For an encore, she leads the slitherbeast onto a glyph and gives it the same treatment.
• Amity casting a fire spell without the use of her wand.

Episode 13 - The First Day

• Luz and the troublemakers teaming up to fight the Greater Basilisk using all their combined skills and the shortcut room.

Episode 14 - Really Small Problems

• King tricking Tibbles into patting his cheek and undoing his shrinking by throwing the shrunken friendship bracelets at him.
• When the above action causes the unicorns to grow back to their normal size, Eda (after seeing that they like the caramel crab apples she's been forced to sell) throws the rest of the apples onto Tibbles so the unicorns attack him.
  Eda: Hey, girls. This one's on the house.

Episode 15 - Understanding Willow

• Luz using her ice pillar spell to fling the fire monster into the water at the beach in one of Willow's memories, exposing it as the Inner Willow.
• As Boscha and Skara diss Willow and wonder why Amity ever hung out with her, Amity's retort is "We Blights only associate with a select few. But by all means, keep annoying me - I'd be happy to select fewer." This shuts Boscha and Skara up.
  • Given The Reveal that Amity was forced by her parents to end her friendship with Willow and start one with her apparent Girl Posse you just know that Amity is dying for a chance to cut those brats out of her life and was not bluffing with her threat in the least.

Episode 16 - Enchanting Grom Fright

• Skara's date knows exactly how she wants to be asked out for prom— with a dramatic reenactment of him being seriously ill, unless she goes with him to prom. When she screams in delight, hugs him, and says, "YES!" he grins.
• Edric and Emira summon illusions of Luz's worst fears to prepare her for Grom. She stands her ground in the trial run until they summon Eda.
• Luz starts off pretty well against the Grom. She enchants a mace with the ice glyph so it will generate ice pillars when she swings it and is able to form her ice into spikes to jab at it.
• When Luz runs away from Grom after it takes the form of her mother the rest of the school follows after them. Eda and Amity hang behind a bit and share a look between themselves that screams "Oh that amorphous blob better not touch a hair on our girl's head or we're going to tear it apart with our bare hands." They make good on this sentiment.
• A cornered Luz eventually tells Grom that it's not her mother and she can see that. It tries to deny that, but Mrs. Noceda's form is trapped in the blob, creating a Glamour Failure.
• Amity gains the courage to face Grom — and her worst fear— to save Luz. Luz can't see what the form is, only that it's a figure tearing up Amity's "private" note. Amity accepts this with grace, while Luz finds out she was going to ask someone out. Luz then says that she'll be Amity's date to the ball if Amity will accept. Amity truly smiles for the first time that whole night and takes Luz's hands in a dance pose. (Becomes heartwarming when we learn she was going to ask Luz out, and Luz unknowingly banished her fear.)
• Luz and Amity beating Grom in a dance-fight. It also counts as a Heartwarming moment, and it puts Adora and Catra's Princess Prom dance to shame.
  • How did they do this? Amity draws a circle with her feet while dancing and conjures one of her abominations that is larger than usual, no power mark boost needed this time. Then Luz attaches her newly learned plant rune to it and it charges straight into Grom. Several plants start growing out of Grom before it gets torn apart by a fully grown wisteria tree growing out of it.
    • Keep in mind that Luz had only just learned how to use her plant rune and is already showing enough power and control to pull off the above feat.
  • The animation of the whole scene is just breathtaking to watch. The crew brought their A-game with this one and it shows. It's definitely up there with the spectacular fight scene in the episode "Covention".
• The fact that Amity Blight is the first confirmed major LGBTQ+ character in an animated Disney property. Not a background character, not speculation or a case of Word of Gay, but explicitly shown to be so.
  • On Twitter, Dana Terrace confirms that Luz is bisexual, making her the first confirmed LGBTQ+ main character of an animated Disney show:
    Dana Terrace: I’m bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily, my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership.

Episode 17 - Wing It Like Witches

• Boscha has a trophy room full of goblets and medals proving her grudgby victories.
• Willow mentions she's become more confident since she and Amity mended fences. As a result, kids are standing in line to see her plant magic.
• Doubles as Heartwarming. At the start of the episode, Boscha proceeds to bully Willow in response to the latter becoming the centre of attention. Cue Amity immediately standing up for Willow and roasting Boscha. It shows that, when she promised Willow that she would never let Boscha and her gang pick on Willow again, she meant it.
  Amity: You know, I used to be like you, Boscha. Obsessed with status, challenging my competition, but I grew up. When will you?
  • Later, she draws an even clearer line in the sand by becoming Luz and Willow's teammate against Boscha.
  Boscha: You just destroyed your social life.
  Amity: (Glancing at Luz and Willow, then smiling) No, I think I've made it better.
• Luz learns fire magic by seeing a glyph Boscha unknowingly burned into the grudgby ball. Luz then uses it to literally throw Boscha's spell right back in her face, without the new fire singeing her.
• Though offscreen, Hooty managed to catch Lilith, one of the most powerful witches on the Boiling Isles. The later grudgby match shows off just how versatile, and potentially dangerous, Hooty can be. Suddenly, Eda's claim that he was a state-of-the-art defense system doesn't seem so far-fetched.
• Eda beating Lilith in a grudgby game. And fairly no less.
• The motley team actually scores enough goals if not for the Golden Snitch that Boscha does. Even with Amity's help— and she was Captain— the trio does well on their own.
• Boscha catches the Rusty Smidge and wins the game at the very last moment.
• When Boscha's team wins (thanks to the Rusty Smidge), she smugly declares she's still on top in the social hierarchy. But as she leaves, her teammates come running to Luz and Willow to congratulate their sportsmanship. Boscha may have won the battle, but just by being kind and honorable, Luz and Willow won the war.
  • The part where Boscha's own team offering Willow to join them is awesome on two levels. For one, the fact that Boscha cowered at the thought of Willow joining (not being made Captain) proves how fragile her "power" really is. Second, Willow simply turns it down out of kindness, proving that between her and Boscha, Willow is the bigger person.

Episode 18 - Agony of a Witch

• Hooty of all people CURB-STOMPS Lilith and her strike team all while treating it as a game. He then has a tea party with the unconscious coven members.
• Emperor Belos' introduction, thanks to Matthew Rhys chilling performance.
• Lilith and Eda's second witch's duel. Unlike "Covention", Eda is in no mood to fuck around this time and she barely gives Lilith room to breathe, and Lilith manages to keep up with her only because she continuously puts Luz in danger to distract Eda.
  Lilith: It's sad to see you slowing down, sister. Tell me, is it the curse?
  Eda: Maybe it is the curse. But then how pathetic are you, that you can't best me at my worst?
  • When Lilith claims the Emperor wants to heal her, Eda responds with incredible defiance:
  Eda: Don't believe everything that bonehead tells you. He doesn't want to heal me, he wants to control me.
  • The whole fight is stunningly animated, giving Eda plenty of room to prove the truth behind her moniker of "Most Powerful Witch on the Boiling Isles", and almost feels like something out of Dragon Ball. At one point, Eda even pulls out an ersatz Big Bang Kamehameha! An appropriate reference, because considering the power Eda was throwing around while her magic was pushed to its absolute limits, she would have absolutely lived up to a certain fusion's Badass Boast had she been at full strength: "I only need one finger to beat you!"
  • Eda manages to resist the pull of her curse long enough to save Luz from certain death, overwhelming Lilith's magic with hers despite being almost out of it (in a scene that, to continue the Dragon Ball references, looks very similar to Majin Vegeta's Final Explosion).
• Let's give one to Gus his clever use of his illusions. From creating doubles of Luz and friends, to a Kikimora clone.
• Willow gets her own credit for using the Green-Thumb Gauntlet to smash down the Relic Room's security door, and then attacking Lilith - the leader of the Emperor's Coven! - with zero hesitation to protect her friends. She loses against Lilith, but points for tenacity.

Episode 19 - Young Blood, Old Souls

• The fact that no one lets Lilith off the hook for her actions. Emperor Belos refuses to honor their deal to save Eda and seems to mock Lilith for thinking she could save a Wild Magic-user, Luz shoots fire in her face and wraps her in vines, and Eda threatens to maul her in Owlbeast form. Though King thinks the bigger priority is saving Eda, even he isn't pleased with what Lilith did.
• Despite having lost Eda, and lacking magical ability usage in combat against other witches, especially against the likes of Lilith and Emperor Belos, Luz still has the courage to insist on saving Eda!
• After getting her and King into the Conformatorium, Luz unleashes hell with her glyphs, attaching a Plant Glyph to the doors of the truck to knock a guard out and then use the Ice glyph to trap the Warden and even forces him to draw her a map.
  • Later, while we never see it, Luz manages to trounce every guard between her and Eda's cell, with many caught in vines, one frozen in a block of ice, and one trying not to get singed by a medium-sized flame she cast.
• In her anger, Luz decides to fight off Lilith and even gets an edge on her. Downplayed in that Lilith wasn't trying to hurt her, but it goes to show how powerful Luz has become.
  Lilith: I just want to talk!
  Luz: Talk to the glyph, witch!
• Lilith finally admits that Eda's situation is her fault, the first sign of Character Development.
• Eda was so powerful even in the past that Lilith knew that cursing her was the only hope she had of victory.
• Luz's brief spar with Belos. Belos summons the worm-beast from the intro? Luz burns it with her Fire glpyh. She even was able to use an Ice glyh to pierce through his mask. Hell, Belos even showed respect for that move!
  • It should be noted that she does so while Belos has her pinned down.
• Emperor Belos shows why he is emperor in his "battle" with Luz.
  Belos: Okay. I'll play.
  • He kicks off the battle by teleporting behind Luz and using telekinetic magic to throw her into a statue hard enough that it cracks. He then proceeds to apply magical skill in several different tracks, and he does all of this without glyphs or circles.
• Belos forces Luz into a Sadistic Choice: give him the portal and he'll let her save Eda, or Eda gets turned to stone. Luz reluctantly complies and Belos sends her off... at which point she says that while she may not have been able to beat him, he won't win either. Then she ignites the fire glyphs she attached to the portal, reducing it to a cracked eye. All Belos can do is give her a Death Glare as she gives him one right back. Basically, by sacrificing her way home Luz was able to turn a Hopeless Boss Fight into a Pyrrhic Victory, achieving her goal while denying Belos his, at least for now.
  Luz: I may have lost, but so have you. (activates the fire glyphs)
  • During her fight, we see Luz actually mix her glyph magic with the magic of Eda's staff, showing that even without the glyphs, she knows how to manipulate the elements she's familiar with through magic from an external source.
• Luz appears just in time to use her plant glyph to stop the petrification spell and even threatens Kikimora with incineration unless she frees Eda, Lilith and King.
• While Gus and Willow aren't part of the action, that doesn't mean they couldn't help. They help convince the citizens of the Boiling Isles that while Eda is a troublemaker, she hasn't done anything worthy of being turned into a statue.
  • As several people on the Internet have pointed out, this means that Willow planted the seeds for a full on revolution against Belos.
• Lilith not only turns against Belos when he turns out not to be what she thought he was but ends up sharing Eda's curse, allowing Eda to return to humanoid form, albeit still without her magic.
• Even though Eda is currently unable to cast spells normally, she can still use glyphs like Luz, and if Eda can do even half of what Luz did in this episode, the mental image is... impressive.

Season 2

Title Sequence

• The opening credits are revamped to show each of the heroes (including Amity, because that's how close they are now) confidently displaying their specialized magic, in a gorgeous illustration of how far they all came in the first season.
  • A special mention should go to Eda, who apparently either still has some magic left in her, or she can still tap into the magic inside her staff the way Luz could. She may not be the most powerful witch anymore, but she's not completely helpless.

Episode 1 - Separate Tides

• Luz seems to have her work cut out for her when she joins a ship full of experienced, condescending sailors. However, within a day she wins them all over by using her magic to easily take care of all her chores, and is celebrated as a worthy crew member.
• The Golden Guard beating Luz and Eda by simply dodging their attacks and then mopping floor with them, then threatening to throw them to the boiling sea, showing that he isn't in the Emperor's Coven for nothing.
• Luz and Eda faking killing the selkiedamas convincingly enough that the Golden Guard leaves without checking the "body".
• When Lilith finally admits she needs help fighting the Fire Bees, Hooty dramatically bursts from the ground and proceeds to fight them for Lilith. Given Lilith's excited giggling while watching, coupled with her own experience with Hooty in Agony of a Witch, it must have been a pretty one-sided fight.
  Hooty: Now face my wrath!

Episode 2 - Escaping Expulsion

• When Amity realizes that Luz is in danger, she immediately goes to Willow and Gus for help, the both of them managing to sneak out.
• Amity standing up to her mother (via subduing her Abomination with magic) and demanding she reinstate Luz, Gus and Willow back into Hexside. To explore the scope of Amity's courage: earlier in the episode, Amity was so terrified of what her mother would do that she hid behind her books while begging Luz not to get involved; now she's fully willing to stand up to her mother for the sake of her friends, consequences go hang. She's come a long way from that poor helpless girl who caved into the pressure of cutting ties with Willow. Speaking of which, it invokes a cathartic sense of justice that Amity is finding the nerve to stand up for her real friends like she should've from the beginning.
  Amity: (To her mother) You're going to listen to me for once! Luz, Willow and Gus are my friends! They're nice to each other, they listen to each other, they make me think about the kind of person I really want to be!
  • On top of that, Amity wordlessly crushing the necklace that allows her Mother to telepathically spew verbal and emotional abuse at her daughter, representing how Mrs. Blight has lost control over Amity.
  • Luz, who has been clobbered by the Abomi-ton 2.0, gets a Heroic Second Wind after seeing Amity stand up for her, then executes a Back-to-Back Badasses moment with Amity.
  • Additionally, Amity, at the age of fourteen, has managed to realize that she doesn't deserve the abuse and her mother doesn't deserve any respect; there have been adults who couldn't do that, or at least needed years to come to this conclusion.
  • The sheer fact that Amity, a fourteen year old girl, managed to fight off, and outright deliver a Curb-Stomp Battle to, the Boiling Isle equivalent of Warmachines with raw Power of Love and Power of Friendship all because they threatened a photo of Luz and her friends or Luz herself. One suddenly has to wonder if Lilith got lucky Amity was out of commission for the Season One Finale. She's would've torn apart the upgraded Abomi-ton with ease as well if her mom didn't agree to allow her and Luz to play dead to spare Luz.
• After all that, it seems like Odalia is going to go back on her deal with Amity, and make sure that Luz, Willow, and Gus never get back into Hexside, but Alador shuts that down immediately.
  Alador: Odalia! You made a deal with your daughter. And a Blight always upholds their end of the deal.
• While relegated to the B-Plot, Lilith is no slouch. Her practicing of the basics with glyphs lets her figure out what Eda's doing wrong in combining them, and combine them properly to create a new spell that turns Eda's disastrous growing ice experiment into simple snow. This is a major breakthrough with the gylphs and may enable the sisters and Luz to craft far more complex spells with them.
• Even though it almost led to disaster, Eda's superglyph design looked really cool.
• Mixed with Heartwarming. Edric and Emira are willing to help Amity, Gus, and Willow to sneak into Blight Industries to rescue Luz. The only thing they asked in return is to not tell Odalia that they've helped.

Episode 3 - Echoes of the Past

• Luz has discovered an Invisibility glyph combination already! Even Lilith is impressed.
• "Jean-Luc" is terrifying, with nothing Eda, Lilith, Hooty, or Luz does being able to so much as permanently damage it. It's a good thing that it is enchanted to obey King, but how did King's father even obtain or make something so deadly?
  • Even more so, Jean-Luc is shown to be just one of many such creatures when Luz is exploring the ruins, and is implied to be the only active one remaining after whatever happened to King's father. Imagining a small army of these unstoppable beings under his command gives an idea of the kind of power King's father must have wielded.
  • The group puts up an amazing fight against it the second time, by combining flying maneuvers, Eda's potions, Hooty being used as a grenade launcher, and the newly learned invisibility spell. It proves that they simply don't need traditional magic anymore.
    Hooty: Special delivery: PAIN!

Episode 4 - Keeping up A-fear-ances

• A subtle example, but Luz' studies at Hexside are paying off, even if she can't do magic the proper witch-way. One of the methods she used to search for a way to the human realm is by reading tea leaves, though it didn't amount to much.
• Gwendolyn spent the past year traveling across the Isles looking for the items Wartlop said that she would need to cure Eda's curse, getting several scars and some serious muscle tone in the process.
  • Fridge-Awesome: Everything Gwendolyn did to acquire the ingredients only managed to make her stronger, strong enough to confront the goblins.
• "Why should I be calm?! I have a RIGHT to be UPSET!" Although this is an inconvenient time for Eda to let her beast form loose, it does resonate with a lesson that everybody has a right to be angry when the situation calls for it. In Eda's case, her mother did keep her much-needed potions from her.
  • Fridge-Heartwarming: One can interpret that Eda wasn't just angry for being tricked into trying "remedies" that almost killed her. She was also angry her mother essentially tricked her surrogate daughter Luz into being accomplice to something she wouldn't have done otherwise. So yeah, she does have the right to be angry at the whole situation.
• If Eda looked epic as an owl-beast, Lilith looks more-so as a Raven-beast.
• The battle between Eda and Lilith’s cursed forms is amazing. While not quite as visually stunning as their Season One bouts, it is just as fluidly animated and dynamic.
  • Eda’s cursed form was a fairly powerful beast last season. But now we see Lilith’s cursed form subject it to a brutal Curb Stomp Battle. Put simply, the Raven Beast is larger, stronger, faster, and more vicious than the Owl Beast, and Eda spends most of the fight trying (and failing) to get away.
• King calling Gwendolyn out for missing all the signs that Lilith also had the curse.
  King: Were you not paying ANY attention to her?!
• Gwendolyn confronting the snake-oil, scam-artist goblins who took advantage of her desperation. She turns the small campfire of fire-bees they had into a raging inferno and makes it clear that if they don't leave Bonesborough, she will use her beast-keeping powers to send every animal after them!
  Gwendolyn: Leave. And if I ever see you in Bonesborough again, every beast in the forest will be after your head!
  • Well, Eda and Lilith had to get their immense power from somewhere.
  • Also, Gwendolyn's quip of "Still got it" implies that she's done either displays of powers like this before or had to threaten someone to get what she needed and did it quite often at that.
• Gwendolyn tries reaching Eda while she's cursed by speaking to her and admitting her faults in how she handled things. This reaches Eda in her mind and the new resolve it gives her causes the manifestation of her curse to shrink to baby size. The thing tries running away now that Eda easily towers over it but she grabs it before it can get too far and takes control of her curse form.
  Eda: My turn to drive.
  • While Gwendolyn doesn't have the same level of success with Lilith, her admittance that she was wrong for neglecting her eldest daughter is powerful enough that even as a barely intelligent raven-beast, it brings Lilith to tears and calms her down.
• Curse-Eda pinning down Curse-Lilith long enough for Luz to deliver the elixirs to turn them back to normal, which leads to a stunningly animated explosion of light as they're both restored.
  Luz: Man, that's some good elixir.
• Lilith going with Gwendolyn, not just to reconnect with her mother (and possibly her father), but also with the intent of studying the nature of the curse she and Eda share, with the hopes of discovering a possible cure. Gwen did vow to help cure her daughter(s). This time, she intends to do it right.

Episode 5 - Through the Looking Glass Ruins

• While their true colours get revealed later, the Glandus students taking down a rampaging Slitherbeast with ease is quite a sight to see. Especially since it gives us the first showing on Construction Magic in combat.
• The Guardian of the Looking Glass Graveyard! It's a majestic and fearsome beast that commands fear from all who trespass its domain! ...And even when it turns out he's but an elderly illusionist, it still speaks volumes that his illusions were so convincing that they warded off countless grave robbers up until now.
• Gus spends much of the episode disparaging about the usefulness (or perceived lack thereof) of his illusion magic, even wondering if he should switch tracks. But then he manages to stop the Glandus students with some creative use of his illusions and psychological tactics, like covering existing objects with his illusions to make them seem real.
  • Just the sheer intensity of Gus' illusions. From statues with glowing red eyes and blood tears to Bria have a vision of herself as a corpse/statue, Gus wasn't kidding when he said his illusions were creative! Is it any wonder Gus skipped a few grades?
  • The Guardian, one of the most powerful illusionists alive, was particularly impressed with Gus covering the entire graveyard in an illusion to make it appear as though Bria's magic wasn't working.
• While we don't get to see it, Luz went through insane efforts to get Amity's job back, including categorizing man-eating Books and taming a paper dragon.
• Amity decides to defy her mother again and dye her hair purple and cut her bangs, marking a big shift in her character and showing how she's growing as a person beyond her crush on Luz.
• It turns out that apparently Philip Wittebane, the human who was stranded in the Isles before Luz, actually somehow managed to make the Portal Door to get home!
• After everything Luz does to get Amity her job back, Amity rewards her with what shippers have been clamoring for: A kiss (a cheek kiss, but still). Luz is completely flabbergasted.

Episode 6 - Hunting Palismen

• Minor example, but when Boscha complains about having to pick a secondhand palismen instead of making her own, Willow tells her that it's her loss and pushes past her to be the first one to get a palisman, demonstrating absolutely no fear of her former tormentor in the process.
  • Willow's wish to be strong and wise enough to protect her friends (and be able to take down anyone who opposes her wish) speaks volumes of not only her blooming confidence, but her "tenacity", as the Bat Queen puts it.
• Luz is tied up on the deck of Hunter's airship, unable to use any of the glyphs on her, but notices that her shoes scuff the floor. She then creates an ice glyph that way and uses it to knock his Magic Staff overboard.
  • Even better is that Luz shows some real guile in the idea. She takes advantage of Hunter's pride to get him to run his mouth just long enough for her to set up the glyph and figure out exactly how to get him out of her hair.
  • Have to give Luz credit for tagging him with a fire glyph to shoot him off of the airship in the first place. Even if he just rocketed back a moment later she still got one over on someone implied to be even stronger than Lilith. She really is Eda's student.
• Luz combines a fire and ice glyph with a plant to create a sleep-inducing fog to use on Kikimora and her creature.
• Despite coming off primarily as an attendant and having been previously humiliated by Luz, Kikimora puts up a good fight against Hunter, even when seconds from passing out.
• Offscreen, but Eda and King robbed the Bonesborough Garden Club of very rare palisman wood just to help Luz out.
  • Said wood is so rare and protected that not even the Emperor's Coven, the highest power in the Boiling Isles, can obtain any for their own use. And Eda went to go get some for Luz while only able to use Glyph Magic. Eda at her worst was able to get her hands on something that Belos at his most desperate couldn't. All just to help Luz.
• Twisted they may be, but this episode confirms that what principles Belos does have, he keeps past the point of reason. There's a chance Wild Magic could help him, even if it implies hypocrisy on his part? He won't even consider it.

Episode 7 - Eda's Requiem

• Raine Whispers is introduced as the new Head of the Bard Coven while ironically suffering from stage fright. They're shown afterwards have formed a La Résistance group to stop people from being forced to either join a coven or being imprisoned.
• When a wild witch is being arrested Eda steps in to stop it. One of the guards mocks her, noting she's powerless, only for Eda to straight up deck him in the face. So hard it turns their metal helmet around.
  Eda: How's that for powerless?
• With Eda's help, Raine and their crew successfully free a group of imprisoned wild witches and smuggle them out of the city, where the Emperor's control isn't quite as absolute.
• Eda and Raine's Heroic Sacrifice duet. Not only were they willing to do it so the Emperor would be without a complete set of Coven Heads he needs for the Day of Unity, there's something beautiful and mesmerizing about the melody that drives home how music into itself can be powerful.
• After "Through the Looking Glass Ruins" establishing that Illusion magic as being looked down on, one might expect the same of Bard magic. This episode shows that Bard Witches can quite effective in the right hands. Doubles for those who do play music in real-life can attest the level of skill it takes to master an instrument.
  • Raine specifically shorts out a spell circle and then makes the guards march away from the scene like it's nothing.
• Luz does pretty well during the race. If King hadn't thrown up and caused them to crash, she likely could have won.
  • She uses a plant glyph to create a grapple to pull off a difficult turn, giving her a huge lead over the other racers.
• This episode showcases that being a Coven Head entails all the power you would expect such a title to carry.
  • Besides their earlier showcase Raine can create cutting effects with their Bard Magic.
  • Darius, the Abomination Coven Head, is so skilled that he doesn't even need to conjure Abominations and simply reshapes the ooze they're made out of to do what he needs. Oh, and he can turn himself into an Abomination and back with ease.
  • Eberwolf, the Beastkeeping Coven Head, can shapeshift however he wants and create monsters out of thin air.
• Even after being captured by Kikimora, Raine is defiant, stating they're fine with being petrified rather then go with the Emperor's plans. Unfortunately, that just gets their coven tattoo activated...

Episode 8 - Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door

• Hooty proves that just because you're a Joke Character doesn't mean you can't have impact on the story or its status quo. Not only does he (weirdly) help all the Owl House residents, but doing so reveals a few details about the show's lore.
  • Whilst King still doesn't know much about his origins or what he is exactly, he discovers he has Super-Scream magic, and uses this new power to save Luz and Amity from falling debris.
  • Eda goes through a sleep-induced dream that reveals a bit about her past, including her family during her youth, her past relationship with Raine, and she even learns a little about the owl beast's own history including how it's as trapped as she is. She decides the two need to learn to co-exist peacefully together, and when she succeeds, she unlocks a new owl harpy transformation, giving her more control over her beastly form.
  • The biggest blow to the status quo is Lumity finally becoming an Official Couple. After a number of preceding shows have left their LGBTQ+ hook-ups either very ambiguous at worst or a Last-Minute Hookup at best, here we finally get to see Luz and Amity adorkably ask one another out just 8 episodes into a 21 episode season. To say it's sweet and an incredible moment in animation would be a massive understatement.
• It's confirmed that Philip did apparently make the portal door, and thanks to Amity, Luz now has the information to follow in his footsteps and make real progress towards getting home, and in a way that doesn't cut her off from the Isles so she, at least in theory wouldn't have to choose between the two!
  • We also get to see some of Philip's schematics, and not only do they look extremely modern, but he apparently developed the portal based on wormhole theory. Remind yourself that Philip lived during the 1600s, which implies that our dear Wittebane was an outright genius, far ahead of his time.

Episode 9 - Eclipse Lake

• Amity does a good job of showing that she she can be a good girlfriend, keeping everyone on task in regards to bolstering the Owl House's defenses and taking care of a sick Luz.
• When the Echo Mouse reveals that the Titan Blood is at Eclipse Lake, Luz immediately tries to leap out the door to her room, and even though she's sick it takes everyone to force her back inside and tie her up. Gus even calls her "shockingly strong".
• When a disguised Hunter falls in front of the expedition trio, he tries to pass himself off as an ordinary scout, but Eda recognizes his voice. He tries to run, but Amity catches him in Abomination goo restraints in short order.
• King helping Eda and Amity with their problems, first by suggesting Eda to reason with the Owl Beast and then figuring how to read Luz' messages to Amity.
• While we don't get to see it, Eda in her harpy form manages to fight off an Abomi-ton 2.0 and a member of the Emperor's Coven. When she comes back, she is barely exhausted and raring to go fight Hunter. Hunter was lucky he was gone by then.
• When Luz realizes that Fools Blood is dangerous, and that Eda, King, and Amity are walking into danger, she manages to fight through her delirium to send messages to Amity warning her. Amity doesn't read them immediately, but still, props for Luz.
• The battle between Amity and Hunter. Period. Two of the strongest prodigies in the show going head to head. The animation is as smooth as when Eda first fought Lilith and rivals that fight in terms of movement and fight choreography as both witches go all out.
  • King gets to join the fight as well, preventing Hunter from getting the key once and using his new Super-Scream powers on him. On that note, Hunter's palisman manages to absorb said attack.
  • Hunter deserves some mention as well. He is proving to be more than deserving of his reputation. Using a staff he has never fought with before, he manages to get the hang of it nigh instantly, teleporting all over the place, using the cave's magic deflecting properties to his advantage and putting Amity on the ropes more than once.
  • How he responds to being trapped by an abomination orb? By creating a fist made of earth that sends Amity and King flying, making her lose her Palisman.
  • Two Words: Amity. Blight. Amity shows just how powerful she has become even more than when she fought the Abomi-ton 2.0. How do you top fighting off a war machine running on magitek? Simple... dueling one of the strongest witches in the Emperor's Coven to a standstill! Using her own abomination magic, she nullifies his energy blasts, uses her abomination goo in a way that would make Katara proud (^noteFitting considering they're both voiced by the same actress) and is fast enough to react to his teleportation at every turn. At one point she even calculates where he's going to teleport to ahead of time and punches him with an abomination goo fist, sending him flying and following up by imprisoning him in a gigantic orb! By the end of their fight, when Hunter was finally able to cut the key from her neck, she manages to still grab it and point a blade of abomination goo at his throat, with a scathing Death Glare to boot! Even Hunter relents that she is strong and would most likely beat him and manage to escape, forcing him to rely on threats to not end up with empty hands again. Add on the fact that Amity is nowhere near as naturally talented as the older Hunter, as she had to use the training wand to learn spells even as a teenager, meaning her strength now comes almost entirely from her sheer will and hard work.
  • By proxy, if Darius showed the sheer might and power of Abominations, then Amity shows the flexibility and versatility of them. Instead of just relying on a mindless drone doing the fighting for her, Amity instead uses small bits of them to make whatever she needs out of them and she goes for the bigger Abominations once she knows she has Hunter cornered.
  • The Xanatos Speed Chess between Amity and Hunter right at the end of their fight. Knowing she might be able to beat him, Hunter manages to achieve his goal only by threatening Amity that he and the Emperor's Coven know where to find her and Luz, and if she doesn't want them after them, she needs to give him the key. Amity meanwhile relents to his demands as long as he stays away from Luz to guarantee her safety, but not without breaking the key open and collecting some of the Titan's Blood for herself.
• Like with Raine's non-binary status in "Eda's Requiem", absolutely nothing is made about the fact that Amity and Luz (two girls) are dating. There's no Gayngst nor is there any real comment about it: in fact Amity's status as an Insecure Love Interest stems from her personal issues with her family experiences than anything else, issues she's working past this episode, and the only reason anyone even gets mildly upset about it is when Eda gets annoyed at the fact that Amity just won't shut up about it.

Episode 10 - Yesterday's Lie

• Luz has, in the time between "Eclipse Lake" and this episode, managed to make a semi-functioning portal door. Even if it just took her to the Void Between the Worlds, that's pretty impressive.
• Luz and Vee set a truce, since Luz currently doesn't have a way back home, and Vee doesn't have anywhere to go. They agree to keep each other's secrets.
• When the curator captures Vee, Vee orders Luz not to get Camila. While part of it is she doesn't know how Camila will respond to the news that someone was impersonating her daughter, she says that Luz can't give up her dreams of being a witch to save someone she barely knows. Luz begs to differ, and uses the cubes to alert Camila about the situation.
• Camila incapacitates the curator with nothing more than "la chancla" (a sandal).
  Curator: I'm the good guy here!
  Camila: Yeah... a lot of bad guys say that.
• Camila's amazing compassion to Vee in the middle of some very painful revelations. She agrees to take in Vee as herself, seeing she's a scared child and reassures Vee that they don't have to lie to each other.
• Despite the fact that the portal is collapsing, and Camila is having a breakdown on learning that Luz chose to stay in the Boiling Isles, mother and daughter spend their last moments together trying to hug each other before the Owl House family has to pull Luz back. Luz promises her mother she'll find a way home, and return to her.
• Luz for now is keeping it a secret that her mother made her promise to move back to Earth permanently once she gets a working portal. She also tells everyone that she's going to introduce them to Camila, fully intending to explain the circumstances with Belos, as well as having a cool girlfriend in Amity.

Episode 11 - Follies At The Coven Day Parade

• The plan to get Raine and Kiki away from the parade is actually pretty impressive, and the first part goes off without a hitch. Unfortunately, Terra keeps the rest of it from being effective, having tampered with Raine's memories and keeping Kikimora from going through with leaving.
• Amity and Luz get a fight scene together against Kiki and her dragon, and it's quite impressive how effectively they work together. They even manage to combine their abilities like they did back at Grom by putting an ice glyph on an Abomination gauntlet, which Amity then fires, effective creating a missile that freezes what it hits.
  • In return Kikimora's dragon is shown to be completely relentless, trying to punch them with its fist-like wings, shrugging off being hit by their attacks and is only stopped when Terra restrains it with her vines.
• Completely and utterly averting Poor Communication Kills with Amity this episode. When she realizes that Luz is hiding something when seeing Luz's phone Amity is clearly tempted into taking the easy way to find out what's wrong. But Amity recognizes what a violation of trust that would be and instead just goes to talk to Luz and gently affirm that they can discuss things when Luz is ready for it but that Amity does want to be there for her. This reassurance gets through to Luz, who reveals everything that happened with her mom.
  • It's especially impressive given how much of an Insecure Love Interest Amity has been shown to be. She truly loves Luz and wants to do right by her, no matter how complex that can wind up being.

Episode 12 - Elsewhere and Elsewhen

• The device Lilith created to find time pools, and Luz coming up with the idea to get it to work by increasing its power using Titan's Blood.
• Philip demonstrates that, despite having the Isles work against him (in his own words) and never having discovered the light glyph, his knowledge of glyph magic is decades ahead of Luz's. His glyph arrays incorporate multiple overlapping and concentric circles. They're so large, they have to be drawn on the ground to have room. The one he demonstrates is capable of teleportation, and he managed that without the light glyph that boosts the power of glyph arrays.
• As Eda's been avoiding her father for decades, Gwendolyn knew she'd attempt to sneak out to avoid him. So, she had Hawksley perch on Eda's windowsill to cut her off.
• After Philip abandons the two of them to die, Luz recognizes the guardian as a Stone Sleeper and, remembering Lilith's earlier lecture on them, manages to subdue and tame it with ease.
• After the two of them catch up to Philip, Lilith punches him in the face hard for what he did. The final scene reveals that this would eventually give Emperor Belos his distinctive facial deformity, when Philip absorbed raw Palisman essence shortly afterwards and the fresh wound was infected by the life essence.
  Lilith: Stay mad.

Episode 13 - Any Sport In A Storm

• Upon seeing Hunter's skilled flying, Willow uses her vines to first capture the midair griffin Puddles, but then capture Hunter as he's flying away and drag him bodily to her in order to ask him to join her team.
  • Hunter showing such talent in flying that Willow went to all that trouble to offer him a place on the team.
• A subtle one for Willow, but when Hunter quits her team after seeing the others in less-than-stellar first impressions, rather than retreat into herself or berate Hunter, she confidently uses her magic to transport him to the grudgby field where the team get a chance to show off their real skills.
  • Skara demonstrates some serious strategic skills, with Willow calling her a "strategic wizard."
  • Viney effortlessly heals a multitude of scratches all over herself with a single spell in less than two seconds, with Willow calling her the "best healer in school." Quite a title.
  • After seeming to struggle with flying, Gus shows that he can fly on par with Hunter himself, while standing up! Willow goes so far as to call him a natural speed demon, not even mentioning that he's an illusion prodigy who skipped grades.
• When Willow herself erupts from the ground, Hunter flinches back in faint terror. Clearly this girl has earned his respect, or at least wariness.
• With Hunter’s help, the Emerald Entrails manage to beat the Abomination Professor’s team.
  • When Professor Hermonculus opens up the match with a wave of Abomination goop directed at Willow, Viney doesn't hesitate to swoop in with a shield spell that blocks his attack. To make it better, the timing implies she anticipated this tactic!
  • Hunter's use of teleportation secures not one but two flags during the game.
  • The horned Abomination girl continues the trend of creative uses of this track by hurtling what amounts to an exploding cannonball that manages to capture Skara, an experienced grudgby player.
  • Willow is also able to secure two flags, with her spell frightening the horned girl enough to cover her eyes. Even further, when Willow is knocked off her staff by an illegal move, she has the wherewithal to hand off the flags while in freefall and then conjure a plant to break her fall.
• When Tibbles mocks Luz, Amity shuts him up with an Abomination fist punch from below.
• Darius thwarting the team's efforts to escape without even looking at them, and when they manage to crash his ship, nothing Willow does can slow him down, only stopping when Hunter arrives.
  • Gus making an illusion to distract Darius so the team can hijack his ship.
• When they crash his ship, Darius once again shows that coven heads are no pushovers. He shows even more skill with his magic by transforming only a single limb into a weapon of Abomination goop, then uses that single limb to thwart every spell Willow sends at him to protect her friends.
  • Another subtle one for Willow. She is the only one to directly attack Darius, showing that she is the most combat-capable of the team and that the rest of them clearly trust her to protect them.
• Hunter standing up to Darius to protect his new friends.
  Darius: Out of my way, little prince.
  Hunter: No!

Episode 14 - Reaching Out

• Amity uses a Voice Changeling spell to mimic her dad's voice and send her Abomiton babysitter on a Snipe Hunt.
• Luz and Amity both make impressive performances in the Brawl, Amity even reaching the finals against Warden Wrath before Alador arrives and beats him effortlessly.
• Luz, in an amazing moment of emotional maturity, doesn't even think about taking a Never My Fault approach to what she's been doing all day. She knows what she did was wrong and knows that her emotional problems are not a good excuse for it, which she admits to Amity.
• Alador, no slouch with Abomination magic, is struggling to contain the mutated Warden Wrath. At least, until his daughter joins in, giving Luz and Eda time to cool him down and reverse the mutation.
• Both Edric and Emira were clearly not pleased with Alador for rejecting Amity’s help when battling the mutated Warden Wrath and didn’t hesitate to call him out for it.

Episode 15 - Them's The Breaks Kid

• Luz starts the episode experimenting with new glyph combos from Philip's diary. When one of them goes wrong and summons a demonic hand that tries to attack her, Eda swoops in and smashes it.
• When Eda and Lilith are quizzing each other, Eda effortlessly answers Lilith's question about potion ingredients while playing with a ball on her head with plant magic, and correctly at that.
• Eda and Raine standing up to Terra and calling her out on how unfair and wrong her game is. Terra, for her part, is so impressed with Eda that she agrees to help her remain in Hexside.
• Raine turns out to be using their ability to alter the composition of Terra's drinks with their whistling trick, allowing them to pretend to still be under her control. They're also seemingly working with Darius against the Day of Unity.

Episode 16 - Hollow Mind

• Raine coming up with a plan to give Eda the potion to rescue Luz and Hunter without revealing themselves. Perhaps what really takes the cake is how simple, yet clever the ploy was—the trio could've engaged Hooty or try to subdue him non-lethally, but Raine went for the most mundane solution of disguising the potion as an innocent object Hooty wouldn't question, showing that less is usually more.
• The Inner Belos revealing to Luz that he's Philip. Belos remains completely calm throughout the whole reveal, while Luz is slowly reduced to terrified sobbing as the realization sets in.
• When Luz is cornered by the Inner Belos, Hunter, who had been dragged down beneath the snow to his supposed doom, bursts back out, having used the spell glyphs in Luz's jacket to escape, forms a wall to fend off the Inner Belos, then runs with Luz back to the walkie-talkie, with Eda and King pulling them back into the real world just in time.
  • Note that the vine magic he uses is similar to that of Willow's spell that transported him in "Any Sport In A Storm". Looks like he did learn something from his captain after all.
• A Fridge bit of this when you look at the Freeze-Frame Bonus in the episode, but Belos states that every single one of the previous Golden Guards turned their backs on Belos in the past. When looking at Belos' memories, you can see his friend/brother being an incredibly kind young man, who loved the Isles and witches, possibly even marrying one of them and siring a child with them, and that his fight with Philip that ended in his death was a result of their conflict over this issue. It seems that, no matter how many times the Emperor makes a Grimwalker of his brother and tries to mold him into a loyal servant to his twisted desires, that love and those ideals which once called the elder Wittebane brother to fight for his new family and the Boiling Isles resurfaced in the young men made in his image, and made them fight for what was right, no matter the cost.

Episode 17 - Edge of the World

• King turns out to be a baby Titan. Fridge-Awesome: Remember when he was first introduced in the show stomping into frame in a deep bass voice with a giant ominous shadow? That was prophetic on the show's part!
• Hooty proves that he's taking what Lilith said about protecting Luz and King seriously by using his powers to fend off the Trappers and block their attacks. Although he's eventually overpowered, he gives it all he's got. He also calls out Bill after his Freudian Slip, asking if anything that he said about Titans was true. And even after being taken down, he manages to launch an attack on Bill from below, giving the protagonists an opening to escape.
• The Titan Trappers are able to overpower Hooty, something Lilith and the Coven Scouts never managed to do. Coming from a warrior culture can do that.
• To stop the Titan Trappers from following them back through the portal, King uses the biggest blast of his Super-Scream powers yet and absolutely destroys the Titan finger it uses as an anchor. And just to clarify, King is likely still only a child by Titan standards, so we've probably only seen him scratch the surface of his true potential.
• Hooty continues his protection by wrapping his body around King and Luz in a protective shell, saving them from the rockslide ensuing from the collapse of the Titan finger, with no ill effects to them.
• Belos is clearly not pulling his punches anymore now that he's confirmed that the Stable Time Loop has closed, sending a large group of Scouts to attack the Owl House at the end of the episode.
  • In a sense, this is another one for Hooty; given how well he acted as a security system before, it's almost certain that him not being there is the only reason the Scouts got as close as they did.

Episode 18 - Labyrinth Runners

• Hexside vs The Emperor's Coven, the Coven never stood a chance, and we finally got a proper look at the nine main magic type in combat. Other than the generic fire and lightning spells, the scouts use abominations, plants, even construction magic really effectively, and once the main Hexside students are rallied, all tracks are represented by at least one of them.
• Hunter saves Gus from being forcibly branded with an Abomination Coven sigil by Graye, and is generally a badass, seeing through Graye's illusion of Willow and managing to force through both his and Gus' negative memories to rescue him again in the climax.
  • Of particular note is Hunter's combat skills, which until now had largely been hinted at. On two occasions, he grapples with two scouts and almost breaks free, while on another he protects Willow with a graceful spinning kick. And keep in mind, this is Hunter after several days of being on the run, meaning Gus's lunch was likely the first full meal he'd had in days, and that he's probably not had more than a few hours of sleep. Even when running on fumes, Hunter manages to put up enough of a fight that two grown men twice his size have to sedate him in order to be able to take him anywhere.
• This episode shows off more of Gus' Illusion abilities, and given his age it is quite the spectacle to behold. Among other things, Gus manages to see right through Graye's illusions about the sigils with simple observation, wraps the entire school in an ever-changing labyrinth, and traps a Coven Head in his own memories. Amity herself congratulates him on taking down a coven head.
  • Note that Gus' unintentional victory comes after "Any Sport in a Storm," which demonstrated with Willow and Darius that students typically would stand little chance against the power and experience of a coven head.
• When Gus is trapped by plant magic as Hunter is being cornered by two Scouts and trapped in Abomination goop, he stealthily draws a fire glyph in the goop on the ground and bursts free.
• As they move through the illusion maze to try and find Gus, both Willow and Amity make quick work of the coven scouts they encounter. Willow in particular earns praise from a scout she had just defeated.
• Although the main focus is on Gus and Hunter, and to a lesser extent on Amity and Willow, the rest of the students and teachers opposing Graye and the Scouts manage to get some good moves in as well. Even Mattholomule, of all people, gets a decent hit or two in.
  • Skara actually demonstrates her first on-screen use of magic in combat during the fray: she whacks a scout with her staff wreathed in red lightning.
• As Hunter goes into Gus' illusion sphere to break the spell, Amity and Willow stay behind to fend off the Abomiton. When the illusion breaks, the Abomiton has been smashed against the wall and skewered in vines, while the two students emerge without a single scratch.
  • A close look at the background of the Abomi-ton's entrance shows several students unconscious and restrained with Abomination goop, meaning it defeated all of the other students and Bump before entering the gym. And Willow and Amity took it down alone, without injury!
• Bump subtly implying to a Scout after Graye's been defeated that Belos will punish them for failing, so it's best to lie about what happened.
• While we're talking about Bump, the man committed treason to protect his students and their right to choose their own future. Absolutely nothing will keep Principal Hieronymous Bump from his duties as an educator.
  [Bump casually approaches the scouts guarding the gym.]
  Scout Captain: Gym is off limits. Graye's orders.
  Bump: Graye may be head witch, but I'm still principal. It would be wise to let me through.
  Scout Captain: (laughs and points his spear) Oh yeah?
  [Bump pulls his staff out and Frewin hops off his head onto the staff.]
  Bump: Yeah.
  [An illusion drops, revealing the students as backup, equally ready to fight.]
• Just to add the icing on the cake of the Scouts' failure, the captain takes his anger out on Severine, only for her to snap at him, throw her helmet to the ground, and quit the Emperor's Coven on the spot.

Episode 19 - O Titan, Where Art Thou

• King calling Lilith out for her sycophantic behavior.
• It's also a major Tearjerker, but Luz and Eda's fight when Luz overhears that Eda, fearful for their safety, is trying to send her and King away, is pretty impressive. Doubly so when one considers this is parallel to when her own mother (even in a well-meaning way) tried to send her away to Camp. Instead of rolling over and accepting it without a fight, Luz is taking a stand that, no, this isn't best for her.
• Steve finally deciding to leave the Emperor's Coven.
  • The symbolism of Steve unmasking himself when he tells King that he too doesn't want people to see him as a monster anymore. Throughout the series, he and the other Emperor's Coven scouts have acted as the faceless hands of the Emperor, spreading fear and control. Once Steve unmasks himself, it gives the quietly powerful sense that not only has he shattered that facelessness, he's had quite the Character Development for a very minor character.
• Darius, Eberwolf, Raine, the B.A.T.T.S., Steve, and the Owl House crew all join together to fight against the Day of Unity, the former having an actual working plan, not to mention the pervious episode had Hexside turn against the Emperor as well..
• The very principle of Luz (with Eda's help) carving her palisman at last. Firstly, it symbolizes she's ready to choose a life goal to endeavor.
  • Second, it's a lovely Book Ends to "Wizards before Witches". Remember when Eda instructed Luz that she would have to earn her staff? This was the same episode where Luz was at a crossroads between starting her journey of hard work and accepting the Puppeteer's illusion of an escapist journey. By turning it down, Luz instead chose a path of hard work and study of her own sweat and blood. And now, after everything that's built up from that sweat and blood, it's time: she's earned her staff at last, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that human can become a witch in their own right.

Episode 20 - Clouds on the Horizon

• The infiltration of Blight Manor goes smooth as butter. Gus uncovers a Coven Scout lying in wait, which Luz takes out with a plant glyph. And before one of the Abomitons on patrol can sound the alarm, Hunter whacks off its siren with Flapjack as Willow uses her vines to trap it in the ground. How far these kids have come.
• The Big Damn Kiss between Amity and Luz, the first time something like this has ever happened in a Disney Channel Cartoon.^note The first time Disney Television Animation had an onscreen same sex kiss was between Maya’s dads in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The Proud Family franchise did originate in Disney Channel, but its revival had been moved to Disney+ by the time that happened, and beyond that Luz is the explicit protagonist of her show while neither of Maya's dads are of theirs.
  • Words barely do justice as to how amazing the animation for their kiss (and the immediate aftermath) is. It's easily some of the smoothest, if not the smoothest, animation in the entire show, and even the art style slightly changes in order to make the scene more fluid and best capture the moment. Dana and the team wanted this scene to stand out like nothing else, in both this episode and the show as a whole, and it shows.
• After being an Abusive Parent for years and shown in this episode to be a Domestic Abuser along with being a Bad Boss, Odalia finally loses in a big way as her family unites against her and the Blight Industries factory is destroyed in the process.
  • Alador standing up to his wife. When she reveals that she knew about the draining spell without telling him, he is visibly fuming and immediately declares an end to the Blights' support for Belos. Turning the abomatons off with his remote control before engaging Odalia in a witches' duel. Even when she takes the remote back and tries to argue that she was only trying to protect their family, he sees through her Blatant Lies and effortlessly takes out every abomaton in the room all while trashing the factory.
    Odalia: You're destroying our life's work and I won't let you destroy it any further.
    [Alador prepares to fight as Amity, Gus, Willow, and "Luz" join him]
    Alador: This work is finished. Also I quit.
    • Gets all the more awesome when he admits afterwards that he was terrified the whole time, but still stood up to her.
    • King is the one who nudges Alador by telling the elder Blight what the Draining Spell is going to do to everyone.
  • Amity saying that she's never speaking to Odalia again, well and truly renouncing the woman as her mother after years of emotional and psychological abuse, her monstrous actions in the present being the final straw. While Edric and Emira aren't there to express the same sentiment, it's all the more likely they would fully agree with their sister.
    • She makes good on this promise as these are the last words she says to her mother in the series, and doesn't even acknowledge her in their only other scene together.
  • Speaking of the twins; according to Ed, Amity was grounded for defying their mother in general. How did he and Em got grounded? For trying to burn down the factory to prevent the Emperor's Coven from getting more abomatons, which would've actually worked if Odalia hadn't intervened. One has to wonder what the other Hexside students and the teachers are up to offscreen...
  • The scope of Willow standing alongside everyone who was prepared to fight Odalia if need be. Years ago, this same woman blackmailed Amity to destroy hers and Willow's precious friendship, leading to years of poor Willow being bullied as a "half-a-witch" and virtually alone. And not long ago, Odalia made good on her threat and nearly had Willow kicked out of Hexside for good. Now, here Willow stands before the very source of her torment as well as her oldest friend's, one of the most powerful young witches prepared to make the monster pay for her crimes.
• When Kikimora has "Hunter" in her clutches, Willow summons a truly massive spire of woven vines, Glowing Eyes of Doom and all, and is prepared to tear her apart. She only diverts her attack when Kiki uses "Hunter" as a Human Shield. Otherwise, there's no doubt Kikimora would have been taken out, Mini-Mecha or no.
• Odalia shows her skill with Oracle magic by summoning a powerful specter of energy to attack; an ability she puts to good use in clashing with her husband Alador and the group. Horrible person though she may be, one can't argue any of the Blights are incapable of holding their own in a fight.
• Luz having Gus swap her and Hunter’s appearances with an illusion, not only saving him from being captured by Kikimora, but allowing Luz to reach their allies at the Head so she can warn them.
  • Gus also deserves a mention for creating the illusion to switch Luz and Hunter, performing the spell without a concealment stone and so convincingly no one doubts it even for a second. He even keeps it up while casting another illusion to blanket the warehouse in darkness and despite it causing him obvious strain, he maintains the disguises until they've reached the point of no return.

Episode 21 - King's Tide

• A villainous moment for Belos — now that the Draining Spell is working, he has no reason to play nice with his partner, the Collector, or any of his subordinates. First, he immediately tosses the Collector’s mirror down into the abyss, stating that he refuses to let the Collector share his knowledge and power with anyone else. Then, when Kikimora arrives to deliver Hunter (actually Luz) to Belos and offers to become his new right hand woman, Belos has this to say.
  Belos: Have you as my right hand? I'd sooner cut off my whole arm.
  Kikimora: But... I just want to help!
  Belos: You want to help? (picks Kikimora up with magic and shoves her out the door) Go find a hole to wither away in.
• The fight with Darius and Eberwolf against the other Coven Heads when the ruse with the curse is uncovered. The two of them clearly are holding their own, and it's only by holding Eberwolf hostage that Darius is forced to back down.
  • A villainous example to be sure, but while the rest of the Coven Heads are struggling to put a stop to Darius and Eberwolf, Hettie Cutburn (the head of the Healing Coven) brings the fight to a startling close by simply chucking a scalpel at Eberwolf and holding it to his throat with magic. It shows the type of ruthless precision and quickness one would expect of a witch specializing in healing magic.
• While also terrifying considering what is going on, seeing Terra Snapdragon and the other Coven heads realize that they effectively sealed their own doom by believing Belos is quite satisfying.
• The long-awaited epic final showdown between Belos and Luz. Our heroine gets to show off just how much she’s improved over the course of a season by wielding fire magic, ice magic, invisibility and glyph combos to an exceptional degree against the Emperor himself, although the latter still proves to be effortlessly superior to her by smashing her through several pillars with his mutated arm. In an attempt to force Belos to stop the Draining Spell, Luz gets the brilliant idea to brand him with a Coven sigil using a glove he had lying around, tricking him into thinking that she was making a deal with him to help Philip catch up on how things have changed on Earth. She even uses an invisibility glyph combo to hide said glove from Philip when it looks like he's caught on, which makes sense as the situation is shown to be similar to what is implied to have been Philip and Caleb's fatal falling out shown in "Hollow Mind", only with Philip in the deceiver's position with a knife held behind his back. Luz not only paid him back for his betrayal of his sibling's love towards him due to his Fantastic Racism towards the Boiling Isles, she used the self-same manipulation tactics Philip himself used against the denizens of the isles for years, tricking him into agreeing to a 'deal' she had no intention to honour and then one-sidedly forcing him into a position that threatened to end his life if he doesn't comply with her wishes.
  • For bonus Irony, Hunter, who also possesses a sigil, is shown to be much less negatively affected by the draining than Belos, experiencing only minor discomfort rather than crippling pain and weakness like everybody else, due to his lack of natural magic. Philip, also a 'natural' human, is weakened to the point he devolves into his true monstrous form and is heavily implied to be steadily dying from the draining throughout his final fight, due to his consumption of Palimsan magic having made him into something other than human, and thus equally vulnerable to the spell's parameters. Philip not only had his own tactics turned against him, he was being killed by his own plan and negatively affected by his decision to resort to absorbing Palimsan magic to extend his lifespan in the first place, which ran counter to his own anti-magic views. If the Collector hadn't stepped in to finish him off, it's harder to think of a more fitting fate for Belos.
    • In other words, just like in their first fight despite being completely and totally outmatched, Luz still managed to defeat Belos simply by outthinking him, all she needed to do at that point was survive long enough for Belos to meet his maker... and unless Belos could 'un-brand' himself before succumbing the 'survive' part was optional.
    • Even better, Belos is turning her to stone for much of the lead-up to the branding. The poor girl is visibly terrified and must be in agony, and she still manages to stay calm enough to trick him.
  • Villainous example but even as he's being drained Belos still fights and tries to kill Luz and co. Say what you will about him but Belos proves he's got conviction in his beliefs, warped as they are
• Kikimora reveals to King that Belos is afraid of the Collector and upon being freed, it's quickly apparent why. Despite going up against the most powerful magic user in the Boiling Isles, he effortlessly blocks a scythe attack from the Emperor and proceeds to completely paste him against the wall with a single touch, before moving the moon itself with even less effort and leveling the Titan's Head.
  • Speaking of Kikimora, it's revealed the whole reason she knows about the Collector in the first place is that she made use of the fact she can easily go unnoticed to eavesdrop on the conversations between him and Belos when she was the latter’s attendant. Given how eagle-eyed and careful Belos is, the fact he wasn't able to pick up on Kiki spying on him shows some skill on her part.
• It's amazing how far Willow and Gus have come since we first see them. From "half-a-witch" Willow and human enthusiast Gus to these two kicking ass and standing their ground against the Emperor of the Boiling Isles himself - in his monstrous final form no less.
• Despite still being completely and utterly terrified of Belos, Hunter manages to scrape up the courage to defy his attempts to manipulate him.
  Belos: Hunter? Why are you hurting me? I only wanted to help you!
  Hunter: (voice cracking) You're... YOU'RE LYING!
• The one who saves all life in the Boiling Isles from the Draining Spell? King, who frees the Collector but only after spinning an on-the-fly lie about an awesome game called "The Owl House" that just so happens to require an entire island's worth of players but...
  King: Aw, shucks.
  Collector: What's wrong?
  King: Well, gee, everyone's gonna perish from this ding-dang Draining Spell. Guess we can't play that awesome game after all. Man, it was fun though. (walks away)
  Collector: Wait! If you're a Titan, you can let me out. I can stop the spell. And we can play together!
  King: Golly! You'd do that?
• Belos shows himself to be Not Quite Dead by having a segment of his blackened “goop form” (that the Collector so kindly splattered all over the wall and floor) drip onto Hunter’s shoulder. He will stop at nothing to complete his mission. Nothing. Even being physically destroyed.
• King making a Heroic Sacrifice to send Luz, Amity, Gus, Willow, and Hunter to safety on Earth.
  • Shortly before that, Luz was planning to make a similar sacrifice, rooting herself to the ground with plant glyphs and using vines to hold the portal together so the others could escape.

Season 3

Episode 1 - Thanks To Them

• Luz coming out to her mom and introducing Amity as her girlfriend. In case there was any ambiguity to her bisexuality, this sequence shows it loud and proud complete with bi flags and a giant rainbow. Considering how much pushback Dana got for LGBTQ+ representation, having a scene this blatantly gay is nothing short of a triumph.
  • On top of that, Camila dons a pride pin following this scene and keeps wearing it for the remainder of the special.
  • Add to that, the piercings teen and Masha are both revealed to be non-binary, making them the first human characters in the series to have said gender identity and the first ones to debut since Raine.
• During the Time-Passes Montage, the kids all sketch pictures of their loved ones who are waiting for them back in the Boiling Isles. Perry for Gus, Gilbert and Harvey for Willow, and Edric, Emira and Alador for Amity. However, Odalia is noticeably absent from Amity's picture of her loved ones. This further confirms that Amity has officially disowned her as a mother, after she found out she was completely okay with letting a genocide on their species play out so long as she could benefit from it - and after everything Odalia put Amity and her friends through in this series, that's incredibly satisfying to see.
• Though the kids' attempt at making a portal ends with it going up in flames, a Freeze-Frame Bonus shows they were at least able to breach the In Between Realm. It's minimal, but they were on the right track.
• When the Boiling Isles kids are learning Spanish from a Duolingo parody, Vee is easily doing the best, even compared to Amity. Just goes to show how smart she is.
• Vee is willing to confront her fear of Jacob in order to help her friends get home. It turns out that he was fired, but it was still quite brave.
• Luz realizing that the Titan's blood contains enough magic that even the ambient energy it gives off without doing anything is capable of powering her glyphs, and using it to track the Titan's Blood down when the possessed Hunter runs off with the map.
• Whatever ancient witches created the Cool Gate in the Old Gravesfield graveyard did an even better job than Belos/Philip did with his own door, with there being no obvious signs that it's anything than a normal stone arch.
• The fight with the kids against the Belos-possessed Hunter is a sight to behold, with the increased art quality alone making it worth watching.
  • Belos makes the first move by using his arms to try and attack the kids from a distance, but Amity summons Ghost and knocks the blow aside easily.
  • Willow directly flies to one of Belos' outstretched arms and grabs it before twisting the appendage around and pinning it, successfully keeping him immobilized for a short period.
  • Vee using her Magic Eater powers to try and drain Belos, which causes him perhaps the most trouble of the fight and makes him immediately target her, though luckily Amity intervenes.
    • Keep in mind, Vee was scared of Belos and feared what would happen if he found her, and now here she is taking on the man who abused her and her species for years.
  • Flapjack offering himself to Luz so she can help rescue Hunter, with Luz starting off by copying Hunter's Flash Step technique.
  • Hunter himself is no slouch either. When Belos gravely wounds Flapjack, Hunter manages to wrench control over his body away from him, free Flapjack, and throw the Titan's Blood into the lake. All the while Calling the Old Man Out.
    Hunter: You know what I'd like, Belos? (grunts in pain) I'd like to leave the Emperor's Coven, and never step foot in that throne room again! I'd like to study wild magic, and learn how to carve Palismen. I'd LIKE to attend Hexside as a regular student, and play Flyer Derby with my friends! But most of all, I'd like to make sure you NEVER HURT ANYONE AGAIN!
  • This is especially impressive for Hunter, as the last time the pair had a confrontation. Hunter was terrified of Belos and would freeze up if the man so much as came near him. Showing how much Hunter has grown as a person.
• Camila goes full Mama Bear mode when she dives after Hunter to save him from drowning AND when she decides without a second thought to go with Luz to the Demon Realm armed with nothing but a baseball bat. When it comes to protecting her kids, Camila is the definition of zero fear. That, combined with all those years she spent life and limb rescuing animals have done a lot in improving her conditioning, so she's ready for anything—all experience and no training.
  • Heck, there's also Camila's low-key Mama Bear moment. Luz is at her lowest, about to resign herself to the belief that because she unwittingly helped Belos, she must stay in the human realm. Before she can announce to her friends her heart-breaking choice to stay in the human realm, Camila cuts in and declares that the "news" is how Luz shall be bringing her mother to the Boiling Isles. On two levels is this admirable. First, this is a human mother with not a magical bone in her body, and she's braving the most magical and dangerous place imaginable. She'd still rather come than allow her only flesh and blood to face the danger alone. Second, considering the world has often pressured her to make Luz normal, this isn't nothing. Instead of buckling under the pressure like she did in episode 1, the act of rescinding Luz's promise to stay in the human realm and reinforcing her daughter's identity as a witch shows her old, supportive self has resurfaced.
• After being expelled out of Hunter's body, Belos reemerges back into his monstrous One-Winged Angel form angry and accusing Hunter (calling him Caleb) of stabbing him in the back. Luz calls him out and coldly states that it was Belos who stabbed him (both Hunter and Caleb) first. Belos doesn't answer, only growls in grimace and instead of attacking the Hexsquad, he immediately turns and activates the portal to head for the Demon Realm, swearing in denial that he's still their savior and they'll be thanking him later. Considering that Belos could have easily crushed the Hexsquad (especially with Hunter at death's door), Luz manages to save her friends from Belos by attacking his insecure need for vindication.
• Hunter tells Luz exactly what she'd needed to hear the whole episode. Belos would’ve still found the Collector even if she hadn't helped him, and everybody on the Boiling Isles might've remained painfully ignorant of Belos's plans if she hadn't come. It's all thanks to her that the Hexsquad was both spared from (and delayed) what might've been a cruel and needless genocide.
  Hunter: You were tricked. That's what Belos does, he tricks people. But if it weren't you, it would've been someone else, and then there'd be no-one left to fight back. So let's do that. Let's fight back. Please? For Flapjack?
  Luz: ...For Flapjack.
  • While the scene in question is a MASSIVE tearjerker the fact that the crew of the show was able to kill off a major character, and in such a brutal fashion, at the end of the first of the three episodes of this season shows they are not pulling anymore punches.

Episode 2 - For the Future

• With the Isles being torn apart around them and Eda busy with Raine, Lilith and Hooty don't waste a second in flying up to the god-like Reality Warper causing it all to rescue King, Lilith defiantly telling the Collector to stay away from her nephew.
• When Amity reunites with her siblings at Hexside, Edric revealed that he and Emira managed to escape from the Abomaton 2.0s that were taking them away back in "Clouds on the Horizon" to search for their sister and father. This shows a lot of great skill and magic on the twins' part, especially given how powerful the Abomaton 2.0s were.
• Doubling as a funny moment, we see what became of Odalia after living through the Draining Spell and making a deal with The Collector: she became an unwilling servant to them trying to manipulate them into reshaping the Boiling Isles into her own personal image, but not only are they completely uninterested in indulging this, they remind her of her place by dumping all the People Puppets they and King just used for their recent game on top of her. After all that Odalia did to obtain power and wealth, especially in abusing her entire family until they up and disowned her (which she simply brushed off), she's ultimately gained nothing from selling out her entire species to Belos but gray hairs and no respect whatsoever.
• Lilith has managed to scrap together how to make the elixirs for Eda's curse from scratch, something not even Eda was capable of despite knowing what they contained. Based on Eda's praise, she could give Morton a run for his money
• Matt has improved on his illusion magic. First, using a Smoke Out to cover his disguising himself and Amity as each other. Then, tricking Boscha into thinking that he's Amity so she'll corner him instead of her. And lastly, cloaking Amity so she can create her giant Abomination.
• As Willow continues to lose control of her powers, Hunter manages to tap into the magic that he absorbed from Flapjack, before using his Flash Step to free himself, Willow and Gus out of the vines and out of the pit to safety. It's so fast and sudden that even Hunter is confused at what he just pulled off.
• Building on that, after Hunter gives Willow the courage to let out her feelings, it does her a world of good. With regained control over her powers, she's able to fight off Kikimora better than when she was bottling her emotions, and even remarks to herself "Yep, that's better".
  • It doesn't hurt that Hunter and Gus join in the fight, the latter noting that this is "child's play" compared to what they've previously fought. Gus isn't wrong: they DID previously fight Belos in his prime, meaning Kikimora's just easy mode compared to him.
  • Also, before leaving the collective Hexside to fight off Kikimora, Willow (having regained her confidence) gives a self-assured smile as she quips to Boscha that although she's a good guy for now, they still have unfinished business, implying she might get back at her somehow.
• Once Luz's Palisman egg starts hatching Luz shows just what she can do, letting out some impressive blasts of energy, flying, and recreating Philip's teleportation glyph away with some help from her friends before teleporting them all to the Skull right before Kikimora can blast them. Said Palisman also reveals herself to be a snake-themed shapeshifter.
• Matt manages to rally Boscha and the school to fight back against Kikimora in her Mini-Mecha, buying time for Luz and the others to escape.
• To his credit, Belos, in spite of literally falling apart for most of the episode, manages to play an impressive game of Xanatos Speed Chess throughout the episode. Doesn't have a body anymore? Make for his base in the Skull and use a leftover Grimwalker. Grimwalker falls apart? Possess one of the Collector's puppets to use as a way to get close and possess them. Collector wakes up before they can be possessed? Gaslight them into believing that King is planning to backstab them. Even with the sorry state he spends most of the episode in, Belos still proves he is certainly a threat.

Episode 3 - Watching and Dreaming

• It's implied that Amity getting the "witch's duel" challenge wrong by saying "witch's battle" instead was a deliberate move, and she then manages to resist long enough to let Luz know that a light glyph will free her, then manages to draw one herself despite still being a puppet.
  • Soon after, while transformed into a puppet only able to move her finger very slowly, Amity still manages to carve a light glyph and turn herself and the rest of Hexsquad back to normal.
• Raine managing to resist and eventually fight off being possessed by Belos. All by themselves with no help. Even Belos begrudgingly admits that Raine has always been incredibly strong.
  • To give Raine even more credit, after finally getting Belos out of their body and realising what he's planning to do, their first instinct is to chase after him, even though it's clear the possession has taken a toll on them. They even manage to form a barrier to try and stop Belos' plan while being suffocated by his necrotic flesh, though sadly, not quite quick enough.
• While trapped by the Collector, Luz, Eda and King all manage to outwit him or make him Rage Quit and switch to a new game via some quick thinking or teamwork.
• A villainous one for Belos, but when he realizes that Titan magic will make him immune to the Collector's magic, he manages to trick the Collector into leaving him alone by getting him to “play” with Luz, Eda and King so he can get to the Titan's heart and merge with it without their interference. And he succeeds, gaining a monstrous form and bent on destroying everyone in the Boiling Isles personally.
  Belos: FINALLY! I CAN CLEANSE THIS PERDITION MYSELF!
• Luz taking a kill shot of Belos' magic meant for the Collector, even though it ends up causing her death, temporarily at least.
• After Luz is blasted, both King and Eda furiously start attacking Belos to avenge her, becoming more beast-like in the process.
  Eda: (to Collector) Back up, Kid. I don't think I can control myself right now.
  • Previously, even during King's Beware the Silly Ones moments he's always stayed vaguely comical, with his silly-sounding sound powers and adorable design. Here, there's none of that, with a terrifying Primal Stance, eyes and mouth glowing unnaturally and his "wehs" replaced with furious roars. We've seen King serious before, but this is the first time we've ever seen him really stop holding back.
• After Luz dies, Camila (while in puppet form) is initially in tears over her implied death. But despite that, once she's brought back to human form, she rouses the kids into believing that her daughter's will is so strong, even death cannot stop her. Not only is she putting on a brave face, but she somehow believes Luz will come back. And her faith is proven right soon enough.
  • Camila then uses knowledge of glyphs Luz earlier taught her to make said glyphs for Amity, Hunter, Gus, and Willow to use in order to rescue the citizens turned into puppets, despite being magically exhausted from the non-stop events of the last two episodes.
• Before Luz returns to the world of the living, she's treated to a look at the Titan's true form. Rather than the average-sized, scruffy variation of himself, she sees a towering, skeletal figure with glowing yellow eyes and massive wingspan. As the creature gives himself over to moving on to the afterlife, it gives one final, awe-inspiring roar, showing what a Titan really is.
• The Final Battle of Luz, King, and Eda against the Belos-possessed Titan while Camila, the Hexsquad, and the Collector rescue those imprisoned in the Archives. Like the dance battle in "Enchanting Grom Fright" and the climax of "Thanks To Them", the entire sequence is incredibly well-animated, and with some totally kickass background music, to boot. Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll notice the whole thing is a complete and utter Curb-Stomp Battle: once Titan-Luz shows up, the main cast systematically tears apart Belos' corruption while he's powerless to offer any meaningful resistance. The only reason the fight has any conflict at all is because it relies on an Hour of Power.
  • Luz returning to life with the Titan's blessing, and returning in a new half-Titan makeover no less, just before Belos can flatten Eda, King, and the Collector.
  • On the Hexsquad's end, we have Amity gathering puppetized citizens with plant vines and Willow saving her from falling debris with a burst of flame. Meanwhile, Hunter saves a falling Gus with a telekinesis glyph, then conjures an ice slide to save Gus' palisman.
  • Even being affected by Belos's Meat Moss, the Collector still manages to hold up the Archives, saving the people trapped inside.
  • Before taking the fight to the Belos at the heart, Luz, King, and Eda fly up to the edge of space, seeing the Boiling Isles in all its splendor, and we get a great Call-Back to "The Intruder".
    Luz: We have to cut off Belos from the Titan's power!
    Eda: What are you thinking?
    Luz: (chuckles) C’mon, Eda. You know where magic comes from.
    (Eda beams at her proudly)
    Eda, Luz and King: FROM THE HEART!
  • Raine, even though they were engulfed in Belos' Meat Moss and were still recovering from being possessed by him, still joins Eda, King and Luz in their Final Battle with Belos and is not The Load in any way, getting in plenty of hits as well. With no instrument, how do they fight? Whistling with powerful magical force!
  • Luz using the Titan's power to remove Belos from the heart while her friends cover her, complete with an amazing Call-Back to the first episode.
    Luz: Do not underestimate me, Belos, for I am the Good Witch Luz: Child of the Human Realm, Student of the Demon Realm, and Warrior of Peace! NOW EAT THIS, SUCKA! (rips him out)
  • Just the visual of Belos, his giant avatar, and the Titan's corpse reacting simultaneously, as though reflecting the different layers that Luz is slaying the monster!
• Belos' death, not least for how ironic it is (in more ways than one, at that).
  • Immediately upon defeat, he tries to guilt-trip Luz into sparing him. It doesn't work.
    Belos: We're human. We're better than this! (Luz backs away from him, while Eda, King and Raine come into view)
    Eda: Well, we ain't!
    Belos: (weakly sputters) Huh? (Eda, King, and Raine proceed to stomp what little life is left out of him)
    Raine: That was...extremely satisfying.
  • During this scene, the boiling rains come and burn Belos, while leaving Luz untouched. Likely one last "screw you" to Belos from the Titan.
  • Belos ultimately meets his end at the hands (well, feet) of the woman who is greatly hinted to be the distant descendant of his brother and the witch he so despised for “stealing” him away, the son of the mythical being he acted as a false shepherd for and was assimilating into a weapon against him not moments before, and one of the Coven heads he manipulated and recently possessed as a tool, leaving them with lasting damage, all while the human girl who accidentally aided him before refuses to knowingly help him now, at his weakest moment. The only way it could have been more karmic was if Hunter had also gotten to join in as well.
  • Luz's Death Glare towards a pleading Belos deserves a special mention. Luz has shown to be an altruistic, selfless person willing to give those who harm her another chance. But this time? Nope. By this point, she's well aware of Belos' cruelty, hypocrisy, and selfishness, making him Beyond Redemption.
  • Seeing as how the boiling rain appeared out of nowhere in only one spot, vanished again as quickly as it came after Belos's demise, and Luz still had the powers of a mature titan at the time, it's strongly implied that Luz magically summoned it herself to finish Belos off as her unspoken response to his transparent lies. Luz didn't just watch Belos die, she actively made the decision to execute him for his atrocities, so the Boiling Isles could finally be safe from him for the first time in four hundred years, and then she stood back and allowed Eda, Raine and King to finish the job.
  • Even more cathartic is how Belos doesn't die off in a spectacular or grand fashion; his attempt to use his former human form as a Wounded Gazelle Gambit barely works as he fumbles his words, trying to look for a quick excuse with nothing left to use. The rains symbolically melt it away, reducing him to what he truly is on the inside now: a pathetic, rotting corpse who can do nothing but beg for mercy. The once-mighty colonizer dies without power or grace, ultimately getting stomped out like a bug.
  • Fridge Brilliance: Luz's refusal to save "Philip" comes from her taking to heart what her mother previously said: "Learn from your mistakes". Now that she knows it was a mistake to take pity on Philip Wittebane, she's showing him the very courtesy (or lack thereof) she should've shown him 400 years ago.
• The last we see of Odalia is her sullenly sulking in a corner while Alador and Amity share a hug. While a slap on the wrist for everything she's done, it's still a victory for Amity that she's low-key making good on her promise: she no longer acknowledges that hag, and instead focuses all her love and affection on the people who matter.
  • Symbolically, Alador's the parent Amity acknowledges because he's the one who bothered to redeem himself by changing for the better, thus earning back his daughter's respect and love. Compared to his ex-wife who refused to change and lost for it, that's saying something.
• When Terra, Vitimir, and Graye try to seize power for themselves with Belos gone, Darius and Eberwolf manage to stop them without saying a word. Only Vitimir requires anything more, which Darius achieves by blasting the throne where he was trying to touch it.
• The "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue scene, which itself has a noticeable boost in animation.
  • Not only is the coven system pretty much gone (as shown by Alador and the healers making progress on debranding gloves) but in the future we see a university of wild magic is established. Looks like Luz is gonna become a wild witch after all. Even better? The university itself is built right on top of the clearing where Belos' castle once stood, and has become a haven not just for wild magic, but the basilisks he has once imprisoned. His legacy of hatred and oppression has been well and truly ended.
    • And Eda's the headmaster! For starting out as a cursed wild witch once outcast and treated as a fugitive, she's made something of herself.
  • Willow has become a well-toned young Flyer Derby captain capable of lifting the significantly-taller Hunter with her bare arms.
  • Hunter’s now a palisman carver working with Eda’s parents. And it looks like there’s gonna be plenty of Palistrom wood to carve as they’re regrowing the forest and then some. He’s even got a new Blue Jay palisman.
  • Amity has apparently become an Adventurer Archaeologist working under Lilith.
  • Gus is now head of a demon-world, Earth exchange program. Looks like more people from earth are gonna learn about the demon world and Vice-versa.
  • Small detail, but not only is the Keeper out of the Looking Glass Graveyard, he's now one of the illusion professors at the new university teaching about the wonders of illusion magic.
• In the epilogue, Lilith has finally mastered her curse and can turn into a Harpy form like Eda can.
  • Unto itself, the sense that the series ends on the note that Lilith and Eda still have their curses. A different story would end with their curses cured, but the show is brave enough to go a route where the Clawthorne sisters truly learn to live with their curses. In such a way, it does not compromise the moral of "Keeping up A-fear-ances", that sometimes one must learn to accept one's "shortcomings" or "differences" when 'curing' it isn't viable or realistic. Best of all, it implies that even without their magic, Eda and Lilith lead fulfilling and successful lives on the Boiling Isles.
• King is developing his own system of glyph magic to replace his father's. Baby Titan's growing up!
• The Collector putting on quite the show for Luz's birthday celebration as the whole cast waves goodbye to him and the audience. Doubles as Heartwarming.

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Crossover

• Luz, with Eda's "help", manages to make a working portal from some of Philip's notes. Sure it takes them to Amphibia, but when "Elsewhere and Elsewhen" had Eda point out that it took Philip years to make any kind of portal (and considering the crossover is supposed to be set sometime between Luz obtaining the echo mouse at the end of "Through the Looking Glass Ruins" and "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door"), it means Luz really did make faster progress than Philip.
  • Plus even though Luz didn't get much info to use from the echo mouse until Amity started helping her at the end of the latter episode, she still got it to give her something to work with.

Chibi Tiny Tales

The Bake Off

• With Lilith's pie being a huge menace that she, Eda and King can't handle, Hooty is the one who beats it by tripping it up over his neck so it falls over and explodes on the floor. It's both an awesome and funny sight to see.

Hooty the Palisman Sitter

• Hooty gets another moment: Owlbert, Clover and Emmiline put him through the wringer by using glyphs while he's watching them, but he manages to get them under control before the kids get home. He earned the praise he received from them.

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