History Series / ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina

* NoodleIncident: Ambrose was evidently part of a plot to blow up the Vatican, which ultimately led to him being placed under house arrest for nearly a century. The exact nature of this plot and his reasons for taking part in it are not elaborated upon.

The series stars Creator/KiernanShipka (''Series/MadMen'') in the title role, with Creator/LucyDavis and Creator/MirandaOtto as Sabrina’s aunts, Hilda and Zelda Spellman, respectively. Other roles include Creator/MichelleGomez as Mary Wardwell / Madam Satan, Creator/RossLynch as Harvey Kinkle, and Chance Perdomo as Ambrose Spellman.

Part 1 of the first season was released on October 26, 2018. A Christmas special was released on December 14 and placed as part 1, episode 11. Part 2, the back half of the first season, was released on April 5th, 2019.

* YourWorstNightmare: The plot of "Dreams in a Witch House."

* MusicGenreDissonance: In Part 4, a band called Satanic Panic, which is apparently [[RockMeAsmodeus blessed by Satan himself]], performs at a concert. They are called a [[HeavyMetal metal]] band, but their music sounds ''nothing'' like metal. The band members also wear mohawks, a hairstyle characteristic of punk subculture, rather than metal.

** Zelda and Hilda are also a ShoutOut to Cain and Abel of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Zelda is the tall, mean, proper one while Hilda is the short, fat, nice one, and Zelda is constantly killing Hilda and bringing her back.

* CosmicDeadline: The climax of the first season is packed with events -- [[spoiler:Sabrina discovering that she's the Anti-Christ and created to bring about the Apocalypse, accidentally doing so, releasing Satan, discovering he's her father and banishing him back to hell, along with Father Blackwood poisoning the coven and Zelda becoming the new High Priestess]] -- that might have been more effective if spread out over a couple more seasons, rather than being squashed into three episodes.

** Salem is no longer a [[BalefulPolymorph transfigured human warlock]] but a goblin who takes the form of a cat.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: This is Circe's modus operandi. She slowly turns Hilda into a spider and turns some Greendale high school baseball players, including Billy, into pigs.]]

* AlternateReality: [[spoiler: When Blackwood wishes on the Perverse, he wishes to be and always have been Emperor. Reality changes to fit his wish, but only seems to affect Greendale. Furthermore, it does not create a new reality, simply replacing the original one.]]
* AlternateUniverse: The Cosmic itself can create one. This is presented as [[spoiler:a close facsimile of the original ''Sabrina'' TV series, with the same actors playing the original Zelda and Hilda, complete with corny dialogue and audience laughter.]]

* TemporalDuplication: [[spoiler: Sabrina traveled back in time to stop herself from being TakenForGranite in the first place. This results in two versions of Sabrina living at the same time. One lives in Hell and becomes the Queen of Hell and the other, "our" Sabrina, continues living as a normal teenage witch.]]

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Multiple historical and mythological women are called upon to assist with the exorcism of Jesse Putnam. Among them we have: [[Myth/KingArthur Morgan Le Fay]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Annis Black Annis]], UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn (who was infamously called a witch in her lifetime) [[note]]If this claim is true, that would make UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a half-witch like Sabrina herself. Considering how Elizabeth was a fiercely independent woman who refused to marry to prevent her powers from being taken away from her, it begs the question if [[Main/WildMassGuessing half-witches are always fiercely independent and powerful women]][[/note]], [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel The Witch of Endor]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis, Luna and Hecate; as well as Juventas and Juno]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen Hildegard of Bingen]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau Marie Laveau]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tituba Tituba]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bradbury Mary Bradbury]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Badb, Macha and Nemain]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moll_Dyer Moll Dyer]] ,[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Leek Sybil Leek]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe Circe]]

** Madam Satan spends a whole episode in a robe with AbsoluteCleavage.

** In late season 1, Nick helps Sabrina retrieve something underwater, giving us after a look of his muscular physique shirtless and wet.
** When [[spoiler: Satan]] finally shows up in person, he spends a lot of time wearing either very little or just some strategically placed blankets. When he finally ''does'' get clothes, he apparently owns only one shirt without a plunging neckline which shows off his abs.

* EldritchLocation: The Greendale Coal Mines are reputed to contain tunnels leading all the way to Hell, which might be true considering there are ancient demons sealed in its tunnels and its not unusual to run into Satan himself taking a walk through the mines. [[spoiler: It turns out that Greendale is built on the spot where Satan fell from Heaven, and the Gates of Hell are in the depths of the mines.]]
** Also Loch Ness, where Blackwood now worships what he calls the "Old Ones" who exist in the Void.

* ExactEavesdropping: Subverted when Madam Satan spies on Sabrina and finds her talking to Harvey. Something interesting does happen very quickly - but she misses it because after about 5 seconds of a teenage girl talking to her boyfriend about non-magical stuff, she got bored and stopped listening.

* TheLostWoods: You can't throw a stone in the woods near Greendale without hitting a magic portal to Limbo, a mine that goes down to Hell, a tree where 13 witches were hung, a renegade witch queen, a dark baptism taking place, a bonfire to summon the Red Death. There's also a decent chance that if you go hunting you'll accidentally kill a goblin that has transformed into a stag to have a run in the woods. Considering that Sabrina and Harvey walk through here every day on their way to school and back, it's a true miracle the magic world hasn't been exposed and that mortals don't suffer from magical radiation poisoning with all that magic floating around unchecked.

* RunningGag: The news papers Zelda reads in the kitchen keep switching to being from different parts of the world, in appropriate languages.

* TheCheerleader: When Sabrina gets trapped in Batibat's Nightmare, she dreams that her witch life and mortal life merge, which has the Weird Sisters becoming Baxter High Cheerleaders.

The series was created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa originally as a companion series for ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', but it was later acquired by Creator/{{Netflix}} and developed for them by Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions, with the first two seasons being shot back to back. Following a successful launch, two more seasons were ordered.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** When [[spoiler:the Spellmans are trapped by the sleep demon]], the light in each character's nightmare world has an unnatural shade to distinguish them from each other and from the real world: red for Sabrina's, blue for Ambrose, yellow for Hilda, and purple for Zelda. This becomes a visual aid when [[spoiler:Ms. Wardwell and later Sabrina are jumping through other characters' dreams.]]
** [[spoiler:While Sabrina often wears an iconic combination of red, black and white, her Mandrake double actually wears blue and brown. It's one of the very early hints that there's something off about her.]]
** [[spoiler:In Season 4, Sabrina Morningstar wears a red headband instead of Sabrina Spellman's black one. Several characters comment on the change.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The time egg Blackwood obtained in the season 3 premier and taken from him by Prudence and Ambrose. The water it is kept in is used by Sabrina to travel in time to get Pontius Pilate's bowl. The egg itself is used in the finale. [[spoiler:After waking up in the BadFuture, Sabrina and Ambrose use a spell using the Time Egg to send Sabrina back in time. The results in the bad future being avoided. However, the past version of the Time Egg is stolen back by Blackwood who uses it in a summoning ritual to summon the "Old Ones" from the Void.]]

* CosmicDeadline: The climax of the first season is packed with events -- [[spoiler:Sabrina discovering that she's the Anti-Christ and created to bring about the Apocalypse, accidentally doing so, releasing Satan, discovering he's her father and banishing him back to hell, along with Father Blackwood poisoning the coven and Zelda becoming the new High Priestess]] -- that might have been more effective if spread out over a couple more seasons, rather than being squashed into three episodes.

* CompositeCharacter: Sabrina's two friends have various traits of her rotating circle of best friends in other media.
** Roz is a curly-haired non-conformist like Jenny and [[spoiler: with supernatural abilities]] like Dreama.
** Susie is unpopular and awkward like Valerie, while being androgynous like Pi from the animated series.
** Both become [[spoiler: secret keepers for Sabrina's powers]] like Chloe from the animated series.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: One of the major conflicts of late season one is connected to Sabrina ignoring the advice of ''everyone'' to not conduct a ritual that she knew was dangerous and could have unknown, negative consequences. [[spoiler:Her decision to bring Tommy back to life with no sacrifice leads to much more pain than what would have happened if she just left Tommy dead.]]

* TheCheerleader: When Sabrina gets trapped in Batibat's Nightmare, she dreams that her witch life and mortal life merge, which has the Weird Sisters becoming Baxter High Cheerleaders.

* AdultFear: Hilda and Zelda demonstrate the TruthInTelevision that surrounds hazing rituals like The Harrowing. Kids being killed by careless cruelty while adults turn a blind eye is as much a part of real schools as it is a part of the Academy of Unseen Arts.