History WebAnimation / RWBYChibi

** In the original show, Ozpin launches brand new students into a forest full of dangerous monsters while drinking coffee and casually bends rules to let his students go on missions classified as too dangerous for their skill level; General Ironwood worries about Ozpin's passivity. His first Chibi appearance in "Director Ozpin" reveals that he's not passive; he's instead completely oblivious to any sort of danger. He dismisses warnings, misses sabotage that happens right in front of his face, and suggests the kids go play in the monster-filled forest instead of making up danger.

** In Season 2 Episode 17, Ruby downright causes a heart attack on Professor Port, forcing Neptune to improvise a defribilator.

** "Surprise Parties": The rest of Team RWBY refuses to help Ruby throw a surprise party for Pyrrha's birthday on the grounds that all of her other attempts to throw surprise parties have resulted in chaos, leading to a flashback montage of her doing so. The last attempt led to Professor Port suffering a near-fatal heart attack, forcing Neptune to use his trident to [[MagicalDefibrillator resuscitate him]]. Ruby can barely muster a defense after this.

* MagicalDefibrillator: After Port suffers a heart attack in class, Neptune jumps into frame with his trident electrified, shouts "CLEAR!", and apparently manages to resuscitate him.

** Games: Gambol Shroud is used by the girls to play jump-rope, Myrtenaster is used by Weiss to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey, and Team RWBY's idea of a pillow fight is to launch pillows with their fully-loaded weapons; Blake uses her cloning Semblance to defeat Yang at tag and Pyrrha uses her magnetism to create [=UFOs=] out of Akoúo̱ during a Compost King farm-yard game.

* PowerIncontinence: Pyrrha doesn't seem to have complete control over her polarity Semblance. She covers Nora with every metal appliance in the room when startled, screws with Jaune's compass just by being in the vicinity, and launches Miló into the ceiling when distracted. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And she doesn't feel comfortable being around VHS tapes (she would blank them).]]

* SneezeOfDoom: In the "UFO" skit in the Season 2 premiere, Pyrrha is using her Semblance to levitate Akoúo̱ like a UFO over some toy cows to entertain Nora. She then sneezes and accidentally causes Akoúo̱ to slam down onto the table, crushing the cows. Nora is brought to loud tears by this.

** Discussed briefly about Professor Port's blunderbuss as Weiss has no idea which end to hold it from and the blades make it hard to aim it to be fired. As Port proudly boasts, "Ho-ho! Personal preference!"

** Games: Gambol Shroud is used by the girls to play jump-rope, Myrtenaster is used by Weiss to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey, and Team RWBY's idea of a pillow fight is to launch pillows with their fully-loaded weapons; Blake uses her cloning Semblance to defeat Yang at tag and Pyrrha uses her magnetism to create [=UFOs=] out of her shield during a Compost King farm-yard game.

* PowerIncontinence: Pyrrha doesn't seem to have complete control over her polarity Semblance. She covers Nora with every metal appliance in the room when startled, screws with Jaune's compass just by being in the vicinity, and launches Miló into the ceiling when distracted. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And she doesn't feel comfortable being around VHS tapes (she would blank them).]]

* SneezeOfDoom: In the "UFO" skit in the Season 2 premiere, Pyrrha is using her Semblance to levitate her shield like a UFO over some toy cows to entertain Nora. She then sneezes and accidentally causes the shield to slam down onto the table, crushing the cows. Nora is brought to loud tears by this.

** Mercury's metal legs cause a lot of problems in daily life. He can't go through metal detectors without alerting security and when he tries to kick a ball during a game of five-a-side football, his guns accidentally go off, destroying the ball.

* BigSisterInstinct: When Ruby can't open a jar of pickles, Sun tries to help her but also fails. Yang turns up because her "big sister sense" is tingling. She insists on opening the jar of pickles for a reluctant Ruby, who drags Sun off to a safe distance while Yang wages open warfare, complete with using weapons, on the jar. In a later skit, she [[DisproportionateRetribution destroys a tree]] just because an apple falls on Ruby's head.

** One short has Nora stirring a witch's brew with the requisite underlighting. Pyrrha and Jaune ask what she's doing, to which she responds "I'm making a love potion for Ren." Pyrrha, perhaps sensing something amiss, absconds with Jaune, leaving Nora to her trickery. [[spoiler: Nora then reveals she's got Ren, when he surfaces from the bubbling liquid gasping for air; he points out that he can't breathe, but she pushes him back under with her stirring stick (really her war-hammer), and resumes [[SanitySlippage humming crazily]].]]

** From his first appearance, Roman was determined to get revenge for the events of the main show and that things would be different. Neo indicated things would not be different and Roman was promptly defeated by Zwei blowing him up with his own cane. Every time Roman crosses paths with Team RWBY or Zwei, things go horribly wrong for him, including once sinking into a floor made out of lava when confronting Ruby.

** Ruby aims the business end of her actual weapon at Blake during a school play. Blake is shocked that it's not a prop and departs the stage swiftly. Ruby also leads her team in a pillow fight where the pillows make gun-cocking sounds, knock people across the room, and Yang might be using Ember Celica to launch pillows.

** Head trauma is a common joke: Nora deals with boredom by hitting Ren over the head multiple times with her hammer; Ruby hits Blake over the head with the "Ninja's of Love" book, decrying its "filth"; Weiss gets beaned in the head by a fire extinguisher for ruining Ruby's cake; Weiss pranks Ruby with a frozen bucket of ice which gives her a concussion; Ren throws his book at Sun's head after Sun intimates that Ren doesn't like pillow fights, and Penny is decapitated when hit in the head during a dodgeball game.

** In Season 2 Episode 15, Nora attempts to check up on Ren when he breaks his leg, which includes stating that he's dead after trying to listen to his heartbeat through his leg cast, offering to check his temperature [[AssShove through the non-oral way]], and testing his knee-jerk reflex with her warhammer. Ren is so disturbed by her behavior that he pretends he's recovered and runs for it, prompting Nora to [[AsideGlance give the camera]] a [[NightmareFace frightening expression]] and say "[[{{Yandere}} I knew my love would cure him!]]"

** In Volume 3, episode 10, Roman shouts "What the fricklety-frak!" when Mercury pranks him by [[StickySituation putting glue in his hat and cane]]. Similarly, Cinder curses, "What the fracklety-frick?!" when signs leading her to the Winter Maiden turn out to be leading her to a snowman.

* {{Letterbox}}: The soccer game in "Kick Off" is presented in a 4:3 ratio, but it goes away once Mercury deflates the ball by accidentally shooting it with his boot gun.

** Mundane problems: Ruby and Yang use their weapons to open a jar of pickles, Ruby turns Crescent Rose into a sniper rifle to shoot a pill into Zwei's mouth, and Neo uses her illusion Semblance to quickly swap outfits for a fashion show during a presentation for Roman, including those of Weiss, Ruby and Roman himself.

* MythologyGag: The Chibi universe deliberately uses elements from the main show for comedy or just to expand on in a humorous situation. Examples include bringing back the gravity dust that has only been seen in the Red Trailer, Ruby nonchalantly mentioning her weapon is "also a gun", Weiss accusing Ruby of stealing her notebook the way she accused Ruby of stealing her binder in the main show, or Sun and Neptune abusing their Junior Detective roles.

* ParasolParachute: Zwei blows up Roman and Neo with Roman's gun-cane. A soot-covered Roman crashes back to the ground but an equally-blackened Neo floats gently down with the aid of her parasol.

* PowerIncontinence: Pyrrha doesn't seem to have complete control over her polarity Semblance. She covers Nora with every metal appliance in the room when startled, screws with Jaune's compass just by being in the vicinity, and launches her sword into the ceiling when distracted. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And she doesn't feel comfortable being around VHS tapes (she would blank them).]]

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Roman's first transition screen on the show ends with him firing his cane at the camera.

* TheShowMustGoWrong: The entire play in episode 12. Blake obviously doesn't want to be in this, Yang wants a bigger part and keeps interrupting the entire play with her jokes, and Weiss feels that her part isn't needed as Ruby's super-awesome weapon makes her redundant. The play is abandoned completely when their long-suffering narrator (Ozpin) suddenly realizes the kids were supposed to be in class all along.

* SimpleYetAwesome: Neptune possesses the power of electricity, and his weapon, a trident, acts as a conduit for electrocuting opponents. When Professor Port suffers a heart attack in front of everyone, Neptune is the only one who doesn't panic; he promptly uses his trident to defibrillate Port and stabilize him.

** In Episode 22, Nora's so bored that she bashes Ren over the head with her hammer repeatedly. He seems none the worse for the wear, except for this line:

* TriangRelations: In Episode 10, Jaune wants to study to an exam with Weiss, Pyrrha with Jaune, and Weiss with Pyrrha.

After a three year hiatus, the series returned for its fourth season, which aired as part of ''Neon Konbini'', an animated anthology series that includes new skits from ''WebAnimation/RoosterTeethAnimatedAdventures'', in addition to brand-new series such as ''S.T.A.R Bursters'' and ''Hero High''. The season aired from May to July 2021, between ''RWBY'' Volumes 8 and 9.

* NamesTheSame: In-universe; "Checkmate" shows that Ruby and Yang can't have a game of chess without [[CombinationAttack Weiss and Blake storming the room, weapons drawn.]]

* AdaptedOut: Out of the Beacon Staff, Glynda Goodwitch is nowhere to be seen. Often Qrow is in her place even if he doesn't work there.

** On the villains' side, Cinder's quiet, calculating menace and competence have been changed to grandiose, evil plotting that is conducted out in the open complete with cartoon lists and diagrams, lame excuses when caught engaging in suspicious behaviour, and melodramatic self-inflicted errors of judgement. Likewise, Roman's scheming persistently failing due to over-cleverness or comedic stupidity (and in one case, being actively sabotaged by [[TeamPet Zwei]]). Emerald and Neo are likewise reduced to making sarcastic commentary from the sidelines about their respective bosses' idiocy, while Mercury has become a bit of a ManChild who's been shown laughing at Cinder falling down a flight of stairs and has a rocket launcher specifically for killing kittens.

* PlotHole: InUniverse in Episode 12. Blake wonders why Weiss' character, the Woodsman, has to save Ruby/Red Riding Hood, despite the fact that Red is shown to already have a weapon and excellent combat skills.

* DungeonBypass: "The Great Escape" starts with Yang blasting through a wall, at which Winter notes she was supposed to look up clues for getting out of the room.

* AndIMustScream: Weiss, after being hypnotized by Ruby. Part of her is aware, but unable to fight Ruby's programming. She even refers to it as screaming inside.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: In Season 2's "Parent Teacher Conference", Qrow and Taiyang are depicted as such, bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple rather than focusing on the incident Yang and Ruby caused at school. After seeing this, Ozpin decides that the girls have been punished enough.

* StylisticSuck: Episode 24 plays out like a generic sitcom, complete with predictable jokes, cliche plots, and laugh tracks. [[SoBadItsGood And it's hilarious.]]

* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: Roman's evil plan in Episode 2:24 is to steal a Nondescript Winter Holiday. Except that, instead of stealing the stuff like Grinch did, he is GenreSavvy enough to use a device stealing the holiday ''spirit''.

''[[https://roosterteeth.com/series/rwby-chibi RWBY Chibi]]'' is a CGI animated series from Creator/RoosterTeeth, and a spinoff of their ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' series. The characters from ''RWBY'' are [[SuperDeformed chibi versions]] of their original selves that participate in [[AlternateContinuity non-canon]] [[GagSeries comical antics]].

A preview of a number of skits was first shown at the end of the ''RWBY'' Volume 1 Tugg event in April 2016, and Season 1 officially premiered on [[http://www.roosterteeth.com/ the Rooster Teeth website]] on May 7 of the same year. The series ran for 24 episodes until October 15th, 2016, a one week before the premiere of ''RWBY'''s fourth volume, and is planned to make future returns in the hiatuses between volumes.

On May 13th, 2017, the first episode of Season 2 was made available for Rooster Teeth FIRST subscribers, with episodes being made publicly available a week later. The finale for the season was shown for FIRST members on October 7, and for the public on October 14. Two special holiday episodes were released later that year.

Season 3 started on January 27, 2018 for FIRST members, a week after the parent show's Volume 5 finale. After the first eight episodes of the season, the show took a midseason break. The season would resume on June 30 up until August 18.

After a three year hiatus, the series returned in May 2021 as part of ''Neon Konbini'', an animated anthology series that includes new skits from ''WebAnimation/RoosterTeethAnimatedAdventures'', in addition to brand-new series such as ''S.T.A.R Bursters'' and ''Hero High''.

In 2021, the series returned as part of ''Neon Konbini'', an anthology series that includes new skits from other shows such as ''WebAnimation/RoosterTeethAnimatedAdventures'', in addition to original one-off shorts.

After a three year hiatus, the series is set to resume, this time under the banner of the Anthology Series, ''WebAnimation/NeonKonbini'' alongside ''WebAnimation/RoosterTeethAnimatedAdventures'' and a set of new series.

* WrongGenreSavvy: In "Nondescript Holiday Special", Roman hates the holidays, and, being in a parody of Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas, realizes beforehand that stealing people's gifts and the like won't work since the holidays are about spirit, not materialism, so he instead tries stealing their spirit for the holiday. It seems to work at first, but as Team RWBY remind him, just because he took away their happiness for the holidays doesn't mean that they can't simply be happy.

** Yang always had a HairTriggerTemper and a [[PungeonMaster bad sense of humor]], but ''Chibi'' turns it UpToEleven; when Nora is left comatose after eating multiple plates of waffles, Yang only sees the situation as joke material and is more concerned with cracking bad puns than Nora's health.

** "Kids vs Adults vs Pups" (Season 3 Episode 8) dialed this UpToEleven with Ruby and Penny's nighttime walk in the woods, both happily frolicking and Ruby eventually giving a "You light up my life" compliment.

''RWBY Chibi'' is a CGI animated series from Creator/RoosterTeeth, and a spinoff of their ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' series. The characters from ''RWBY'' are [[SuperDeformed chibi versions]] of their original selves that participate in [[AlternateContinuity non-canon]] [[GagSeries comical antics]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The skit ''The Mystery Bunch'' opens with Sun catching Neptune interrogating a bear plush with Ruby's hair, but the way the scene is set up; along with Neptune claiming that Sun plays with dolls while he doesn't, one would think that Neptune might have been playing with something [[ADateWithRosiePalms else]]

* DenserAndWackier: When ''RWBY'' became [[DarkerAndEdgier much more serious and high-stakes]] around the latter half of Volume 3, ''RWBY Chibi'' was born out of a shared desire by creators and FNDM to keep the lighthearted hijinks and comedy that had defined much of the series' identity so far. But even ''Chibi'' is more surreal and humourous than the earliest volumes of the main show.

* LighterAndSofter: The show is largely just about silly antics, with none of the darkness found in Volume 3 of the main show.

* KickTheDog: Parodied. Cinder actually has a chart indicating a growth in how much the villais have kicked puppies and stolen candy, with Mercury owning a bazooka named specifically for kitten killing.

* AdaptedOut: Out of the Beacon Staff, Glynda Goodwitch in RWBY Chibi is nowhere to be seen.