This is what the
Cute Witch often
grows up to be,
if she grows up, and if she doesn't lose her powers at a certain age. Whether a member of a
Witch Species or an ordinary human, she is a
Mysterious Woman with strange, magical, or seemingly magical powers, at least in the eyes of other characters or the audience. She also happens to be sexy or at least elegant. While the
Wicked Witch is traditionally ugly on the outside and a
Complete Monster on the inside, she's the exact opposite, beautiful and charming. Because
Beauty Equals Goodness, she's usually at least somewhat benevolent. If she's less than completely noble in her intentions, she'll be a
Loveable Rogue or
Affably Evil at worst. She might keep a black cat and a broom, but rarely wears the full witch outfit. Usually, the
Hot Witch either dresses in stylish ordinary or modern clothing, or else very revealing attire. In the latter case she's often presumed to be a
sexy villain, but often turns out to be a
Good Bad Girl instead.
The Hot Witch is not a Cute Witch. The Cute Witch is a
Magical Girl who wears the stereotypical (or maybe just traditional) paraphernalia of witches and is cute in the "adorable" or
kawaisa sense. She's also typically not yet out of her teens,
or at least looks like it. When you see her, you think "Awwww". In contrast, the Hot Witch is cute in a sexy, elegant,
mysterious way. She's seldom a
loli or
moe, but invariably in at least her later teens, if not her 20s or older. When fanboys see her, they drool.
The Hot Witch is
usually not a
Vain Sorceress or a
Black Magician Girl, either. The Vain Sorceress is obsessed with using magic to maintain her beauty. If the Hot Witch uses magic to stay beautiful, it is not an obsession that clouds her ability to have other concerns. The
Black Magician Girl's primary characteristic is the use of magic for offense, and is usually an
Action Girl. The Hot Witch's powers and personality are of a more subtle and mysterious nature.
Contrast
Wicked Witch.
Examples:
Anime & Manga
- Every single witch ever in Soul Eater. And they really, really aren't benevolent. Well, OK, maybe not every witch (the leadership is quite old, and the younger ones are just adorable.) It just so happens that the ones that take the more adversarial roles are hotter than anyone who is named after a Gorgon has any right to be.
- Blair, from Soul Eater, is really a cat with magical powers, but does not make her any less a hot witch.
- Beatrice and Virgilia in Umineko No Naku Koro Ni.
- Yuuko from XXX Holic.
- Letty from The Mikos Words And The Witches Incantations.
- Anti Villain Kagura from Inu Yasha is hardly benevolent, but as she puts it, her career in villainy "wasn't by choice".
- From Rosario+Vampire, Ruby and Cute Witch Yukari's mother are literal witches. Mizore and Kurumu (and their mothers!) may count as well.
- Dorothy from MAR, who is a sexy version of the Wicked Witch of the West!
- Schierke's teacher from Berserk was a hot witch back in her day. We do see a glimpse of this when she dies and holds back Grunbeld to allow Guts and his nakama time to escape, she retains her youth for a few pages.
- If you left aside the whole theories about Anthy, from Revolutionary Girl Utena, being a Wicked Witch or a Distressed Damsel (or both), she for sure is magical and attractive.
Comic Books
Film
Literature
- Alicia in Night Watch and Daywatch
- Circe of The Odyssey, making this one Older Than Dirt.
- Ray Bradbury has Cecy, a character in several stories about The Family, which was part of the inspiration for The Addams Family.
- From The Wizard Of Oz, Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (or was it the South?). Also Ozma.
- Glinda also appears in Wicked; Elfaba, who is a Deconstruction of the Wicked Witch of the West in the The Wizard Of Oz, is arguably a Hot Witch as well, in a Green Skinned Space Babe sort of way.
- Glinda is the Good Witch of the South, although she is usually referred to as a sorceress. The Good Witch of the North never appears again after her single scene in the Munchkin village in the first book. (And doesn't appear at all in the movie.) Ozma doesn't really fall under this category at all, as she is not a witch but a fairy.
- The Good Witch of the North does appear in one of the later Oz books and falls in the Hot Witch category.
- Anita, the title character of Keith Roberts' short story collection.
- Polgara from Belgariad.
- Redheaded Hero Rachel Morgan from The Hollows series.
- Technically, any attractive female character in Harry Potter.
- In the later movies, definitely Hermione Granger.
- Subverted in Snow White as the Vain Sorceress goes from hot to ugly deliberately.
- In Oscar Wilde's The Fisherman and his Soul, the one who tells the Fisherman how to get rid of his soul is a beautiful red-headed witch.
Live Action TV
- Charmed is made of this trope. 90% cleavage shots!
- Amy and Ms. Calendar from Buffy.
- Samantha Stevens of Bewitched.
- And her not-so-nice identical cousin, Serena.
Manhwa
Theatre
- Into The Woods, the witch transforms herself from ugly to hot.
- Wicked's Elphaba is the Hollywood Nerd variety (in the play at least). Even green face paint can't diminish the good looks of the actresses playing her.
Video Games
Web Comics
- Kel and Krakatoa from Rogues Of Clwyd Rhan; also Atra after her rejuvenation, although she usually hides her young appearance. Of course, they're all good witches, as long as you don't tick them off.
- Arguably, a third or so of the cast of Drowtales. Ash'waren probably fits the trope most closely especially since she's been fooling the better part of Chel'el'sussoloth with her empathy into thinking she's a drow for the better part of a millennium.
- Gwynn from Sluggy Freelance is this occasionally, particularly when she's got her evil mojo going.
Web Original
Western Animation
