History Main / WitchClassic

Alternatively, they may appear [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]]. This is not (always) an artistic convention to allow depiction of nudity but a trope that is found in traditional cultures all over the world: practitioners of wicked magic work their rites unclothed -- probably reflecting the antisocial nature of the magic.

* '''Associated with Femininity and Sisterhood''': Witches are associated with femininity and sistership, though they're not AlwaysFemale in folklore or in most modern media. Male witches (sometimes called "warlocks") do exist but are [[RareMaleExample rarer than female witches]]. Witches also tend to have sisters, for whatever reason, and they have a strong tradition of passing their magic down from mother to daughter.

* '''Association with Nature and the Earth''': Witches are often portrayed as very knowledgeable in the workings of nature, especially plants and weather. Whereas a WizardClassic will have his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} head in the clouds]], always watching the stars, a witch will be CloserToEarth, watching the seasons turn and advising people when to plant their crops. It's common for a witch to [[SolitarySorceress live alone]] [[TheLostWoods in the woods]], and to be a NatureLover and OutdoorsyGal. A witch probably has a GreenThumb too, so she can grow herbs for her magic potions, or just to scent her homemade soaps. Being in tune with nature, she may be both an EarthyBarefootCharacter and a MagicalBarefooter.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Marisa Kirisame is an example in both the modern Windows games and the appearance-wise, completely different, PC-9801 era Marisa.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Witchery}}'' GameMod for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is focused around allowing the player to be this, adding in [[RobeAndWizardHat pointy hats]], {{Familiar}}s, [[FlyingBroomsticks flying broomsticks]], [[DealWithTheDevil demonic bargains]], RitualMagic, {{Curse}}s, and more.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Witchery}}'' GameMod for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is focused around allowing the player to be this, adding in [[RobeAndWizardHat pointy hats]], {{Familiar}}s, [[DealWithTheDevil demonic bargains]], RitualMagic, {{Curse}}s, and more.

* '''[[FlyingBroomstick Broomsticks as a Transportation Method]]''': Witches are known for riding {{Flying Broomstick}}s. In works with low amounts of fantasy, this may be omitted, but broomstick flying is something that is relatively unique to witches and not strongly associated with other types of magic users.

Alternatively, they may appear [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]]. This is not an artistic convention to allow depiction of nudity but a trope that is found in traditional cultures all over the world: practitioners of wicked magic work their rites unclothed -- probably reflecting the antisocial nature of the magic.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Downplayed, Eda has the messy, thick, gray hair of the traditional elderly witch, thus fans [[VagueAge speculate she's sixty]], but she never wears a hat, her dress is a slightly modern interpretation, and instead of YeOldEnglish, she speaks [[TotallyRadical modern slang]]. Also her scepter combines the functions of spirit animal/pet, wand, and broom. The house, indoor and out, has the traditional architecture, decor, and location of the fairytale witch's cottage.
** In addition, concept art shows she was originally meant to be wrinkled and..well..somewhat unattractive. Now the question is who ''else'' auditioned for her before ''[[CoolOldLady Wendie]]'' ''[[SilverVixen Malick]]'' was cast?

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Downplayed, Eda has the messy, thick, gray hair of the traditional elderly witch, thus fans [[VagueAge speculate she's sixty]], but she never wears a hat, her dress is a slightly modern interpretation, and instead of YeOldeEnglish, she speaks [[TotallyRadical modern slang]]. Also her scepter combines the functions of spirit animal/pet, wand, and broom. The house, indoor and out, has the traditional architecture, decor, and location of the fairytale witch's cottage.
** In addition, concept art shows she was originally meant to be wrinkled and..well..somewhat unattractive. Now the question is who ''else'' auditioned for her before ''[[CoolOldLady Wendie]]'' ''[[SiverVixen Malick]]'' was cast?

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Downplayed, Eda has the messy, thick, gray hair of the traditional elderly witch, thus fans [[VagueAge speculate she's sixty]], but she never wears a hat, her dress is a slightly modern interpretation, and instead of YeOldeEnglish, she speaks [[TotallyRadical modern slang]]. Also her scepter combines the functions of spirit animal/pet, wand, and broom. The house, indoor and out, has the traditional architecture, décor, and location of the fairytale witch's cottage.

In modern media, [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch witches tend to be more neutral or outright good figures]]. Media that has both often pit them against each other to form a GoodVersusEvil dynamic. Usually, good witches are pretty and bad witches are very ugly, though when an evil witch is beautiful, she's usually a VainSorceress. Witches are often shown in contrast to a WizardClassic, sometimes being rivals or outright enemies, or just often having differences in opinion.

* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'': Kiki doesn't wear the pointed hat but does wear a black dress, rides on a broomstick and has a black cat whom she can speak to through magic. Her mother does magic with potions but other witches do things like fortune-telling. The witches go on a journey to live along for a year as part of their training, and leaving on a full moon is the best night.

* '''Witchcraft''': Witches practice witchcraft specifically as their [[UnEqualRites type of magic]], which, because of the above aspect, is usually strongly tied to nature and may resemble European pagan-like traditions. Commonly their magic employs the use of herbs and strange ingredients like "EyeOfNewt" bubbling away in [[MagicCauldron cauldrons]], as well as nocturnal ceremonies under the moon. Usually, a witch has a SpellBook, perhaps passed down through the family. In modern media, witchcraft is strongly associated with Hollywood versions of RealLife religions of UsefulNotes/{{Wicca}} and other forms of UsefulNotes/NeoPaganism[[note]]although most practitioners of these religions would not consider themselves "witches" and to call them as such could be taken as insulting, media tends not to differentiate.[[/note]] although in the past they were associated with many forms of local folk traditions. Witches usually belong to "covens", groups of witches who practice magic together, share knowledge and resources and often meet to cast more powerful spells. Witches do not usually use a MagicWand or MagicStaff, both of which are more commonly associated with the WizardClassic.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': Witch Hazel from "Trick or Treat".

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* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': The witches in the Witch Realm wear black with pointed hats, fly on brooms, live around a lush valley, and have three examples of TheWeirdSisters.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie':' Gruntilda "Grunty" Winkybunion wears black clothes and a pointy hat, rides a broomstick, uses magic as her primary method of attack, has three sisters (one of whom is a FairyGodmother), [[RhymesOnADime talks in rhyme]] (except in ''Banjo-Tooie'' at the request of an annoyed Mingella and Blobbelda), and owns a cat named Piddles in ''Nuts and Bolts''.

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* '''[[RobeAndWizardHat Traditional Witchy Attire]]''': Black medieval or colonial period dresses and a [[NiceHat pointy hat]], also black, are the most traditional, but not every witch buys into the uniform. Often they dress normally, especially if they want to blend in, and the traditional clothing only comes out for spell casting or ceremonies. The HotWitch especially tends to dress more wildly while the WickedWitch is almost always traditionally attired. {{Goth}} clothing is also associated with classic witches, as is the NewAgeRetroHippie's typical style of flowy garments.\\
Alternatively, they may appear [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]]. This is not an artistic convention to allow depiction of nudity but a trope that is found in traditional cultures all over the world: practioners of wicked magic work their rites unclothed -- probably reflecting the antisocial nature of the magic.

* '''Animal Companions''': Witches are often seen around animals, especially nocturnal ones, although [[AllWitchesHaveCats cats are the most common by far]], especially black ones. The animal is usually a {{Familiar}} that aids in spells in some way or is sometimes magic in their own right. The animals being able to communicate with their owners through {{Telepathy}}, or [[TalkingAnimal just being able to speak to all humans]], is common. When a Witch doesn't have a cat, other animals they might have include owls, crows, toads and mice.
* '''Association with Nature and the Earth''': Witches are often portrayed as very knowledgeable in the workings of nature, especially plants and weather. Whereas a WizardClassic will have his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} head in the clouds]], always watching the stars, a witch will be CloserToEarth, watching the seasons turn and advising people when to plant their crops. It's common for a witch to [[SolitarySorceress live alone]] [[TheLostWoods in the woods]], and to be a NatureLover and OutdoorsyGal. A witch probably has a GreenThumb too, so she can grow herbs for her magic potions, or just to scent her home-made soaps. Being in tune with nature, she may be a both an EarthyBarefootCharacter and a MagicalBarefooter.
* '''Witchcraft''': Witches practice witchcraft specifically as their [[UnEqualRites type of magic]], which, because of the above aspect, is usually strongly tied to nature and may resemble European pagan-like traditions. Commonly their magic employs the use of herbs and [[EyeOfNewt strange ingredients like "Eye of Newt"]] bubbling away in cauldrons, as well as nocturnal ceremonies under the moon. Usually a witch has a SpellBook, perhaps passed down through the family. In modern media, Witchcraft is strongly associated with [[HollywoodStyle Hollywood versions]] of RealLife religions of UsefulNotes/{{Wicca}} and other forms of UsefulNotes/NeoPaganism[[note]] although most practitioners of these religions would not consider themselves "witches" and to call them as such could be taken as insulting, media tends not to differentiate.[[/note]] although in the past they were associated with many forms of local folk traditions. Witches usually belong to "covens", groups of witches who practice magic together, share knowledge and resources and often meet to cast more powerful spells. Witches do not usually use a MagicWand or MagicStaff, those items are more commonly associated with [[WizardClassic Wizards and Sorcerers]].
* '''Associated with Femininity and Sisterhood''': Witches are associated with femininity and sistership, despite not being AlwaysFemale in folklore or in most modern media. Male witches (sometimes called "warlocks") do exist, though are [[RareMaleExample rarer than female witches]]. Witches also tend to have sisters, for whatever reason, and they have a strong tradition of passing their magic down from mother to daughter.
* '''[[TheWeirdSisters Associated with the number 3]]''': For whatever reason, Witches are often seen in threes and involve three in their magic or worship. If a witch has sisters, she's probably part of a trio of siblings. A coven also usually has at least three members, or its members do magic in groups of three. This is most likely related to the concepts of TheWeirdSisters and TheHecateSisters, two tropes that link the number three with both women and divinity.

In modern media, [[GoodWitchVersusBadWitch witches tend to be more neutral or outright good figures]]. Media that has both often pit them against each other to form a GoodVersusEvil dynamic. Usually good witches are pretty and bad witches are very ugly, though when an evil witch is beautiful, she's usually a VainSorceress. Witches are often shown in contrast to a WizardClassic, sometimes being rivals or outright enemies, or just often having differences in opinion.

A witch shown in a modern setting, in genres such as UrbanFantasy, tend to forgo a lot of the traditional associations and tropes tied to the Witch, such as the attire and the broom riding, the character often seeing it as "too traditional". A common modern variation is for the witch to ride a [[PostModernMagik vacuum cleaner (or even Roombas)]] [[PlayedForLaughs as a joke]]. They usually acknowledge they are descendant from, or taught by, witches in the European tradition.

'''Subtropes of WitchClassic include''':
* CuteWitch: When WitchClassic is crossed with RuleOfCute, resulting in a MagicalGirl version.
* HotWitch: When WitchClassic is crossed with RuleOfSexy.

* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: The process in fiction by which the original WickedWitch became a Good WitchClassic.

Compare to other AlwaysFemale magic users, such as the WhiteMagicianGirl, BlackMagicianGirl, LadyOfBlackMagic, MagicalGirl, SolitarySorceress and VainSorceress.

While a WitchDoctor also practices magic, they have nothing to do with the Classic Witch. Also, while sometimes witches are a WitchSpecies, this is not always, or often the case.

* Blair the Cat in ''Manga/SoulEater'' fits into this, although she's technically a cat with strong magic (and thus the ability to shapeshift into a CatGirl form). Angela (a child witch) is the only other non-antagonistic witch in the series who wears black. The rest of the witches are either a WickedWitch (and wear the standard outfit, but modified with an AnimalMotif and different colours) or avert the trope entirely (particularly Kim, although her non-witch [[LivingWeapon partner]] just happens to have a flying broom form).
* Witches in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' are a ''species'' of "monsters" despite looking like humans, and conform to the traditional Witch stereotypes, including the pointed hat, cape, broomstick-riding, use wands with pentagrams on them. What breaks the traditional mold, though, is that men are members of this species as well, and they have hats, capes, and the works.
* The witches in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' wear the pointy hats, ride brooms, wear black ([[PurpleIsTheNewBlack or purple]]) dresses and brew potions. The protagonist is also a part of a trio of friends (who are also witches), and the main witch rival is also in a group of three, with two witchy minions.
* ''Manga/FlyingWitch'' is a SliceOfLife UrbanFantasy in which the main character is a young witch who goes to live with her cousins (normals) in a rural town. She has a cat familiar only she can understand, rides a broom, wears black robes on witch holidays, and plants a garden. She also takes on her younger (female) cousin as an apprentice. Other characters who uphold witch traditions (including her sister) also drop in from time to time.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'', a series full of mages, has only one prominent one - Porlyusica, who is something of a SolitarySorceress who lives in the woods and practices healing magic. She was once part of the guild, but still comes around to help out sometimes. It is later revealed that she [[spoiler: is the [[AlternateUniverse Edolas]] version of Grandeneey, the dragon who raised Wendy]]. She wields a broomstick (though she never rides it, instead favoring to ''physically whack people with it'') and mostly uses magic through potions, [[spoiler: since, being from Edolas, she has no magic of her own]].
* Nearly every witch in ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' wears the pointy hats, rides brooms, wears black dresses, and casts magic with natural resources (particularly the body parts of the sprites). Arusu, the protagonist is also a part of a trio of friends (who are also witches), and Atelia, the authority figure in Witch Haven, is one of the three sages who formes a group of three witches to recapture [[OurFairiesAreDifferent every different type of the sprites]].

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* Apart from being [[GoodIsNotNice good]], short-lived superhero ComicBook/MotherHubbard fits all the requirements.

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* In ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', the titular Kiki is a witch-in-training. She doesn't wear the pointed hat but does wear a black dress, rides on a broomstick and has a black cat who she can speak to through magic. Her mother does magic with potions but other witches do things like fortune telling. Witches go on a journey to live along for a year as part of their training, and leaving on a full moon is the best night.
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* The Wicked Witch of the West from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' is a very famous version of a classic witch. She wears black, rides a broom, has the pointy hat and has a sister.
* The three witch sisters from ''Film/HocusPocus'', complete with sister, brooms, colonial dresses and EyeofNewt. They are traditional WickedWitch versions.
* In ''Film/PracticalMagic'' all the main characters, including the very traditional NewAgeRetroHippie aunts as well as the younger heroines. Brooms and potions are both used in magic in the film and they even wear the traditional clothes during Halloween.

* Witches in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The pointy hats are very important, since a lot of being a witch is based on everyone else ''seeing'' you as a witch. The black clothes seem to be mostly because witches are practical and black is hard-wearing. Nanny Ogg and more recently Granny Weatherwax have cats. Broomsticks are generally only used by witches, even though they're made by dwarfs and can be flown by anyone, even without magical talent. One difference from the standard version is that although witches are AlwaysFemale, and Discworld magic is often hereditary (but not invariably, as Tiffany Aching and Ponder Stibbons both demonstrate), witches don't tend to have children, Nanny Ogg and the semi-retired Magrat Garlick being the two exceptions (and even then, none of Nanny's daughters became witches, though we don't know about Esme). Accordingly, witchcraft ''isn't'' passed down from mother to daughter here, it being considered that young witches should learn from another witch with a different way of doing things to prevent a family's magical style from coiling in on itself.
* Meg, from Jan Pienkowski's ''Meg and Mog'' series.
* Minerva [=McGonagall=] from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' Film-verse (although the book universe could possibly count). She was seen on the Quidditch Plaque in Philosopher's Stone, which meant she must've had skill with a broomstick, not to mention she turns into a cat, and her image is never complete without her hat.
** Most of the witches in the book version fit the mould, wearing robes and pointy hats, keeping cats or owls as pets, and flying on broomsticks. Younger witches tend to forgo the robes for muggle clothing outside of school, though.
** A RareMaleExample is Severus Snape. The potions master dresses all in black, is stand-offish, mysterious, and often downright unpleasant, and his magical speciality is brewing potions from herbs and fantastical ingredients.
* Many characters in the ''Literature/DorrieTheLittleWitch'' books fit this, including Dorrie herself and her mother.
* Blackadder referenced this trope a few times, with three witches who are based of the Macbeth ones in the first series, and a "Wise Woman" in the second.

* Mrs Dzwon in ''Literature/ShamanBlues'' fits the mold quite well, being not the WitchSpecies typical for the story, but more of a hedge witch, complete with nature magic, affinity with earth and dark clothing.

* The titular ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', who had a black cat who was a former warlock, but other than that was rather devoid of most witchy tropes. Her aunts on the other hand, play it pretty straight, being sisters with the flowy gypsy-like clothes and the occasional potion brewing.

** Creator/HannaBarbera produced the opening animation, in which Samantha Stevens wears the conical hat and dark cape, and rides a broom sidesaddle. Since Samantha herself usually averts this, the opening clues in the audience from get-go that she's a practicing witch, masquerading as a suburban housewife.
** Samantha usually averts this, but in one Halloween episode Endora turns Darrin into a Witch Classic to teach him a lesson about tolerance. However, he volunteers to be the chaperon for his daughter's class's trick-or-treat outing, and he garners rave reviews for his perfect witch costume.
* In an episode of ''Series/BigTimeRush'', Camille auditions for a movie about witches impersonating one of these. A case of WrongGenreSavvy since the producers weren't looking for witch classic and rather by more contemporary [[HotWitch hot witches]].
* Granny Addams from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' also has many witch characteristics except for the hat. The original series is more ambiguous whether she's actually a witch or not, but the reboot ''The New Addams Family'' takes this UpToEleven making her doing spells and even having to renew her Witch license in one episode when she's visited by two classic pointy hat witches.
* The titular witch in ''Series/SimonAndTheWitch'' has many of the classic trappings: broom, cat, wand, sistership. However, she lives in an ordinary, modest suburban house.

* [[LargeHam Witchiepoo]] in Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions' ''Series/HRPufnstuf'' is this turned UpToEleven. She's got all the traditional traits including hat and broom riding as well as the WickedWitch ones like a tendency to mess up a child's day.

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* The witches in Shakespeare's ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. They cackle, rhyme, and have a cauldron full of nasty stuff.

* Tessa from ''VideoGame/RedEarth'' would seem to be a modern update of this trope (if not, she comes close). Her robes are white and a bit more festive and revealing than your traditional witch, not to mention that she uses a magic wand, but she has the trademark pointed hat (which appears to be alive in some depictions), owns four cats (two of which--Al and Ivan--actually aid her in battle), is often shown thumbing through what is presumably her spell book, and is seen riding on a broomstick during ''Pocket Fighter/Super Gem Fighter: Mini-Mix''. The only difference is that [[InsistentTerminology she refers to herself as a sorcerologist]], one who employs magic in her studies to discern the nature of the universe, and as such, Tessa's brand of witchcraft seems to be a mix of classical cauldron brewing and alchemy.
* Except for the lack of a cat, ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'''s Marisa Kirisame is an example in both the modern Windows games and the, appearance wise, completely different, PC-9801 era Marisa.
* The witches from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''. They are actually a staple of the ''Castlevania'' series.
* Gruntilda "Grunty" Winkybunion, the primary antagonist of the ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie '' series plays this trope straight full-on. She wears black clothes and a pointy hat, rides a broomstick, uses magic as her primary method of attack, has three sisters (one of whom is a FairyGodmother), [[RhymesOnADime talks in rhyme]] (except in ''Banjo-Tooie'' at the request of an annoyed Mingella and Blobbelda), and owns a cat named Piddles in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts''.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has two witches named Matoya, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. The latter one is a specific MythologyGag of the first. Both of them have the classic appearance, but the XIV incarnation wears shades of blue and wields a staff. Interestingly, they have ''several'' magic brooms, which are enchanted to be semi-sentient and mostly clean her cave home. The XIV version also has Porrogos, magic-wielding frog-like beings, as familiars, which are also sentient.
* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': The Coven is a trio of world saving witches that are aesthetically based on the Wiccans, rather than the old witches, but still befitting this trope. They even dress in black and walk in a group of three girls.

* Witch Hazel from ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' has green skin, a black cloak and hat, flies on a broom, and brews potion (sometimes with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny as a prospective ingredient).
* Creator/{{Disney}} also had a Witch Hazel in the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short "Trick or Treat". The only thing the two have in common, beside the name, is that they're both voiced by Creator/JuneForay.
* Creator/HannaBarbera's Winnie Witch, who is a lot like the Witch Hazels above.
* A witch riding a broom and giddy with martinis drops her magic wand in the ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'' cartoon "Pink-A-Rella." Pink finds the wand and uses it to transform an impoverished girl into a dazzling debutante so that she can meet her idol, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Pelvis Parsley]]. The boozy witch returns to confront Pink about reclaiming her wand. This cartoon was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "The Flying Sorceress" has a classic witch with almost every feature: conical hat with wide brim, flying broom, witchcraft, wicked cackle, haunted house ... missing only the feline familiar. Tom Cat arrives at her home to apply for the position of cat companion.
* Mrs. Crone in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' as her name implies has green skin, long nose, pointy hair and a cat. She’s never shown doing magic though, except for her ability to control her iron hand at distance.
* The witches in the Neitherworld in ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' are very classic in their look. During the HalloweenEpisode in which Beetlejuice and Lydia have to rescue Percy (Lydia's cat) from a witch going undercover into a witches' coven. Lydia goes for the more VainSorceress attire whilst Beetlejuice chooses the classic look.
* Witches also exist in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' universe, apparently as a supernatural specie of beings, unlike other creatures their alignment may vary as the witch appearing in episode "If I Were a Witch Man" was evil and the one in episode "Kitty-Cornered" was friendly. But all have the classic witch look though.
* Witches are also of this variety in the ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' universe. Like ghosts, witches seem to be AlwaysChaoticEvil except for one member of their species, Wendy. Witches are also [[WickedWitch ugly hags]] except, again, for CuteWitch Wendy probably because BeautyEqualsGoodness.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'' has a witch named Dusty, who has all the trappings of a WitchClassic - green skin, pointy hat, witchy magic, etc. Ironically, she gets offended by witch stereotypes and people assuming her to have such traits.

Alternatively, they may appear [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked.]] This is not an artistic convention to allow depiction of nudity but a trope that is found in traditional cultures all over the world: practioners of wicked magic work their rites unclothed -- probably reflecting the antisocial nature of the magic.

* '''Animal Companions''': Witches are often seen around animals, especially nocturnal ones, although [[AllWitchesHaveCats cats are the most common by far]], especially black ones. The animal is usually a {{Familiar}} that aids in spells in some way or is sometimes magic in their own right. The animals being able to communicate with their owners through telepathy, or just being able to speak to all humans, is common. When a Witch doesn't have a cat, other animals they might have include owls, crows, toads and mice.

'''Subtropes of WitchClassic include:'''
* CuteWitch: When WitchClassic is crossed with RuleOfCute, resulting in a MagicalGirl version

'''Other tropes related to witches:'''