Created by Iginio Straffi, co-produced by Big Bocca Productions and Rainbow S.p.A. (producers of Winx Club) and debuting on the CW4Kids on January 3, 2009, Huntik is the story of Lok Lambert, a teenager who has a knack for puzzles but is otherwise ordinary. However, that changed when he and classmate Sophie Casterwill discover the journal of Lok's missing father, alongside a mysterious amulet. Within mere moments, they were attacked by "The Suits", henchmen under the employment of "The Organization".Lok and Sophie manage to drive away the suits with the help of Dante Vale, a private detective with extensive knowledge on amulets. Dante also informs Lok of his destiny as a Seeker?people who can use magic and bond with magical creatures called titans?and recruits him into the Huntik Foundation, an alliance of Seekers with noble purposes who try to find and investigate historical and magical artifacts. Now Lok and his friends must use the knowledge of his father's journal to find other Titans and to keep them out of the world domination seeking hands of The Organization.This series provides examples of:
The Ace: Dante Vale, widely considered to be the Huntik Foundation's number one seeker.
All Myths Are True: So far, the series has shown that legends surrounding Gargoyles, Golems, and Thor, have all been based on reality, and that they have all been connected to Amulets and Titans.
All There in the Manual: The official Huntik website has details of the story—including the backstories of several characters—which have not appeared in the show as of yet.
Chekhov's Gun: The goddamn Hammer of Thor: recovered in a first season episode, is strong enough to one-shot the biggest Titan ever seen on screen, but wasn't used anymore due the need for two Seekers to spin the thing before launching it at the victim and it's size (as tall as a man) making it difficult to transport where needed (like when you fight The Professor and his Legendary Titan). Then in the last episode of second season, during the final battle between the whole Huntik Foundation and the Bloodspiral Order, the Bloodspiral summons an enormous flying Titan that can easily take down the Foundation Cool Planes... And when Montehue reach one of the planes to help, the pilot gets him to help with using the Hammer, even commenting it had been a good idea to bring it with them. The Seeker in control of the flying Titan has barely the time for an Oh Crap face before said Titan is one-shotted.
Deadpan Snarker: Zhalia most of the time. Also Sophie in relation to Lok. Even Dante himself is not immune to some deadpan delivery once in a while.
Eldritch Abomination: The Nullifiers mentioned in season one are said to be this and bent to destroy all life. In season two we are shown one of their scouts, and the thing◊ even resembles Chtulhu.
Mr. Fanservice: Chiseled Chin? Check. Beard? Check. Broad Shoulders? Check. Long Coat? Check. Dante Vale is definitely potential estrogen brigade bait. At the very least, the look seems to work for Sophie.
Hey, It's That Voice!: It's dubbed in New York, which means that most VA's regularly appear on 4Kids' other shows. Those VA's who aren't New York based include Yuri Lowenthal, who's in everything. It was also Maddie Blaustein's final role.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: the second season is FILLED with these. In order: by defeating the Professor in the way they did in season one, Dante and co. took down the most powerful weapon to defend the world from the Bloodspiral Order; to prevent Mr. Wilder from taking the Willblade, Lok takes it from her hideout, freeing the Red Comet that allows to summon the Nullifiers; right after the [[spoiler: Red Comet is summoned, Lucas Casterwill finally appears to explain how The Organization had stolen from him the Titan Void, that with the Red Comet and at the right moment can be used to summon the Nullifiers, with the recovery attempt leading the Bloodspiral Order to take him away exactly to summon the Nullifiers; in one of the last episodes, Lok hits the Bloodspiral Mark with the Willblade to prevent it from being usable to summon the Nullifiers immediately, only to find out he had been duped and that he had just broken the seal put on it by Lord Casterwill.
Not So Stoic: In one bit of downtime, Dante and Lok exchange snarky wisecracks about how many trenchcoats Dante goes through...this causes Zhalia to burst out in girly-sounding laughter that visibly surprises the other three.
Parental Abandonment: Both Sophie and Zhalia are orphans, while Lok lives alone (though he seems to have good relations with his mother, as one episode shows).
Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Sophie and Lok. Besides the color of their clothes, Sophie has the red background in the opening, while Lok has the blue one.
Don't forget Zhalia in the end of episode 17. She eventually returns in the next two episodes.
Refusal of The Call: Lok, for all of two minutes, after his initial encounter with Suits and Titans.
Sequel Hook: In first season, we have Rassimov being defeated thrown in a magical vortex and winding up 'somewhere' to say two unknown people that everything is going according to the plan. In the second, after the final battle, Montague wonders if the Bloodspiral Mark is deactivated for good... Only for the Mark to flash for a moment, and the viewers are then shown that the red comet heralding the Nullificators is still there.
Can't forget the sound effect when a summon is triggered. You know, like, the very same one used for "Pokéball retreat".
Spanner in the Works: Eathon Lambert in season 2: during the season he appeared to Lok a few times to advise him, but was revealed to have been The Traitor every time but one. That one time the real Eathon appeared, he told Lok how to neutralize The Traitor's counter to Pendragon
Stock Footage: The animation for Titans as they are summoned.
Summon Magic: How the seekers get their titans out of the amulets.
Tempting Fate: An hilarious example in season 2, episode 14. Den distracts Harrison from the Mother Titan he was guarding, and asks him why he left his post. Harrison replies declaring there are twenty Bloodspiral soldiers and that nobody can defeat them. The following scene shows Dante defeating the last five guards and keeping count.
Tooka Level In Badass: Lok, after discovering his father may be dead due to the Organization. He throws them around pretty good.
Travelling at the Speed of Plot: Lok and his friends visit his mother in Kerry, and then head off to Newgrange, in Meath. While they're there, Lok's mother turns up with a picnic basket. From Kerry.
The Worf Effect: Wilder seems to exist only for this: after spending the firs few episodes giving the heroes an hard time, the Bloodspiral Order makes its debut by trashing him and his mooks. In a mild subversion, he becomes even more dangerous after that before Grier asskicks him out of the stage.
Created by Iginio Straffi, co-produced by Big Bocca Productions and Rainbow S.p.A. (producers of Winx Club) and debuting on the CW4Kids on January 3, 2009, Huntik is the story of Lok Lambert, a teenager who has a knack for puzzles but is otherwise ordinary. However, that changed when he and classmate Sophie Casterwill discover the journal of Lok's missing father, alongside a mysterious amulet. Within mere moments, they were attacked by "The Suits", henchmen under the employment of "The Organization".Lok and Sophie manage to drive away the suits with the help of Dante Vale, a private detective with extensive knowledge on amulets. Dante also informs Lok of his destiny as a Seeker?people who can use magic and bond with magical creatures called titans?and recruits him into the Huntik Foundation, an alliance of Seekers with noble purposes who try to find and investigate historical and magical artifacts. Now Lok and his friends must use the knowledge of his father's journal to find other Titans and to keep them out of the world domination seeking hands of The Organization.
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