History WesternAnimation / Ewoks

A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' animated series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{ABC}} featuring the furry teddy-bear-like upright aliens inhabiting the forest moon of Endor, from ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', ''Ewoks'' lasted for two seasons and was more popular in Europe than in North America. The show was centered around Wicket W. Warrick, the Ewok who befriended princess Leia Organa when she fell off the speeder in ''Return of the Jedi'', his family and his closest friends: the future chieftainess Princess Kneesaa, his slightly older best friend and medicine man Logray's apprentice, Teebo and the princess's flute-playing best friend, Latara.

* LighterAndSofter: Second season, compared to first; and the whole series compared to Ewoks' appearance in ''Return of the Jedi''

A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' animated series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{ABC}} featuring the furry teddy-bear-like upright aliens inhabiting the forest moon of Endor, from ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', ''Ewoks'' lasted for two seasons and was more popular in Europe than in North America. The show was centered around Wicket W. Warrick, the Ewok who befriended princess Leia Organa when she fell off the speeder in ''Return of the Jedi'', his family and his closest friends: the future chieftainess Princess Kneesaa, his slightly older best friend and medicine man Logray's apprentice, Teebo and the flute-playing princess' best friend, Latara.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Said at least twice in "The Raich." After Wicket removes a magic cap from a tree, a giant monster called the Raich is set loose. Wicket and his friends rush back to their village to get advice from Master Logray, but the moment Chief Chirpa says "No Ewok would be foolish enough to set him free again" and that the Ewok would branded a disgrace, they decided to keep quiet. After learning a two-headed Gonster created the magic cap that imprisoned the Raich, the young Ewoks head off to ask them to make another. When the Gonster hears that the Raich was released, they asks "Now who would be stupid enough to let him loose?" Teebo, Latara, and Kneesaa all stare at Wicket who confesses.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Said at least twice in "The Raich." After Wicket removes a magic cap from a tree, a giant monster called the Raich is set loose. Wicket and his friends rush back to their village to get advice from Master Logray, but the moment Chief Chirpa says "No Ewok would be foolish enough to set him free again" and that the Ewok would branded a disgrace, they decided to keep quiet. After learning a two-headed Gonster created the magic cap that imprisoned the Raich, the young Ewoks head off to ask them to make another. When the Gonster hears that the Raich was released, they asks "Now who would be stupid enough to let him loose?" Teebo, Latara, and Kneesaa all stare at Wicket who confesses.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Said at least twice in "The Raich." After Wicket removes a magic cap from a tree, a giant monster called the Raich is set loose. Wicket and his friends rush back to their village to get advice from Master Logray, but the moment Chief Chirpa says "No Ewok would be foolish enough to set him free again" and that the Ewok would branded a disgrace, they decided to keep quiet. After learning a two-headed Gonster created the magic cap that imprisoned the Raich, the young Ewoks head off to ask them to make another. When the Gonster hears that the Raich was released, they asks "Now who would be stupid enough to let him loose?" Teebo, Latara, and Kneesaa all stare at Wicket who confesses.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Season 1 title card - from "E" clockwise: Chief Chirpa, Princess Kneesaa, Wicket, Logray, Malani, Teebo and Latara]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's the WordOfGod that this happened to Wicket and Kneesaa long after the series' ending, after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', even.

* FindTheCure: The plot of first season episode "To Save Deej" and "Rainbow Bridge," the very first in the series of comics revolve over a character's life being in danger and finding ingredients for an antidote.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Those who have only seen the show will be left wondering why the Sunstar and Shadowstone don't play any role in [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the Battle of Endor]]. An explanation wouldn't be given until 2013's ''Shadows of Endor'' graphic novel, where it was used to destroy a beast called the Griagh, which in turn destroyed the stone itself.

* HeroesGoneFishing: "To Save Deej" starts out with the Warrick males and princess Kneesaa fishing.

A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' animated series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} for Creator/{{ABC}} featuring the furry teddy-bear-like upright aliens inhabiting the forest moon of Endor, from ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', ''Ewoks'' lasted for two seasons and was more popular in Europe than in North America. The show was centered around Wicket W. Warrick, the Ewok who befriended princess Leia Organa when she fell off the speeder in ''Return of the Jedi'', his family and his closest friends: the future chieftainess Princess Kneesaa, his slightly older best friend and medicine man Logray's apprentice, Teebo and the flute-playing princess' best friend, Latara.

** Averted twice - in the first season episode ''The Travelling Jindas'' where the characters wear shirts and pants and in the second season episode ''Party Ewok'' when Latara gives Kneesaa a dress and a pair of shoes in order for her to look like a more interesting party host.

* AndCallHimGeorge: The Dulok shaman tries to invoke this trope in ''Blue Harvest'' when he unknowingly gives a Phlog woman a love potion (originally intending to give her the hate potion instead), hoping she will accidentally crush the Ewoks to death with her affection.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Zarrak, the Ewok featured in ''The First Apprentice'', was Logray's first apprentice before he turned to the dark side.
* BabysittingEpisode: Two of them. In the first season's ''The Travelling Jindas'', Latara joins the nomadic tribe/species giving performances all around Endor because she's frustrated with babysitting her toddler siblings, solely to be kidnapped by Duloks in order to babysit their children. In the second season's ''Bringing Up Norky'', the gang is taking care of an obnoxiously manipulative young critter while his parents are away.

* BottomlessPits: The Realm of Spirits from ''The First Apprentice'' and Valley of Floating Trees from ''The Tree of Light''.
* CerebusRetcon: In their debut, ''The Traveling Jindas'', the titular alien performers are described as happy-go-lucky wandering performers with NoSenseOfDirection. In their second appearance, ''Curse of the Jindas'', it's revealed that the Jindas are actually compelled by the curse of an angry Force-user to roam ceaselessly, for fear of mystical punishment if they stay in one place overlong, and the happiness is just them trying to make the best of a life they are forced into.

* ChekhovsGift: Wicket gives a rock on a necklace to Kneesaa in ''The Curse of the Jindas''. Everybody laughs at it, but the rock is actually [[spoiler: Stone Wizard's long-lost tooth which will free the Jindas from their curse]].

* ContinuityNod: ''Battle for the Sunstar'', the very last episode (though not initially aired last), where Dr. Raygar tries to steal the Sunstar and overthrow Emperor Palpatine implies that the events of the series took place sometime between ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures''.

* EasilyForgiven: At the end of ''Curse of the Jindas'', nobody calls the Rock Wizard out on how he unfairly cursed the Jindas and drove them to wander Endor for something that wasn't really his fault, just because he declares that now that he has his tooth back, he'll let them return to their former homeland.

* FalseReassurance: At the end of ''Battle for the Sunstar'', Admiral Kazz promises Dr. Raygar he won't do anything to him after Raygar is arrested for attempting to assassinate the Emperor. Because the Emperor wants to punish him personally.

* FamilyHonor: The first season episode ''Wicket's Wagon'' is centered around this, as the Warrick brothers find an abandoned battle wagon in the forest. Having learnt that it's built by his grand-grandfather, Wicket decides to rebuild it and later, when [[spoiler: the Duloks steal it, get it back.]]
* FindTheCure: The plot of first season episode ''To Save Deej'' and ''Rainbow Bridge'', the very first in the series of comics revolve over a character's life being in danger and finding ingredients for an antidote.

* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: In ''The Tree of Light'', Umwak the Dulok shaman claims that his goggles will help him and his cousin out of the Arbo Maze. As expected, they don't do anything.
* HeroesGoneFishing: ''To Save Deej'' starts out with the Warrick males and princess Kneesaa fishing.

* InterspeciesRomance: In ''Blue Harvest'', Duloks steal Logray's love potion which in turn causes Hoona, a female Phlog, to court [[spoiler:Umwak]] and then [[spoiler:Wicket]]. In ''Princess Latara'', Latara is assumed to be a real princess, kidnapped and almost forced to marry the sluggish Prince Bork.

* LanguageOfMagic: A lot of Logray's spells contain this, as well as the one he performs with Teebo in order the tie the rocks chasing the Jindas in ''The Curse of the Jindas''.
* LastSecondWordSwap: In the second season episode ''Bringing Up Norky'', Teebo says ''"He sure is a pain in the..."'', but Latara finishes his sentence with ''"Mud puddle!"''.

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: In the first season episode ''The Land of the Gupins'', Gupins need to open the Juniper Chest for their renewal celebration, in order for their shapeshifting powers to be renewed for another season. Despite their king being convinced he can do this, only Mring-Mring is capable of it, even after the key has been broken.

* {{Planimal}}: The Raich from the episode named after it and the stranglethorn plant from ''The Three Lessons'' appear to be these.

* {{Robosexual}}: PD-28, the friendly pilot droid from ''Battle for the Sunstar'' blushes when kissed by both Kneesaa and Latara.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: In ''The Tragic Flute'', Latara desires a golden flute after having seen that King Elbo from the underwater awarded Kneesaa with two golden anklets. Her friends, rushing to save her are captured and King Elbo sends her to a room full of precious items asking her to bring back what's most valuable. Eventually, [[spoiler: she comes across her old flute, realises that this was a test of her morals and her friends are set free.]]
* SetBonus: The Sunstar Shadowstone from ''Sunstar vs. Shadowstone'', referred to as simply 'Sunstar' in later episodes, is more powerful once the evil Shadowstone part from Morag's staff and the good Sunstar part hidden in master Logray's hut are combined. The evil part is significant only one more time, in the season two episode ''Night of the Stranger''.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: The main characteristics of the Gupins from the season one episodes ''To Save Deej'' and ''Land of Gupins''. Morag is capable of this, too, as seen in ''Sunstar vs. Shadowstone''.

* SwissArmyTears: In the second season episode, ''The Wish Plant'', Kneesaa revives the plant by crying on it.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Wicket and Teebo in the first season, often depending on each other's skills. Played for laughs in the second season, especially in the ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin episode ''A Warrior and a Lurdo''.
* ThreeShorts: For Season 2, the stories were shortened to 11 minutes, and paired together. With 24 produced as a result. ''Battle For the Sunstar'' Being the only one to return to the full-length story format of the first season.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Throughout the first season, Latara seems to be talking only about Teebo when alone with Kneesaa (who teases her for it), calling him "honeydrop" and claiming that she "does not have it that bad". In the second season, when their characters are exaggerated; Teebo is doing everything for Latara's attention, while she's playing hard to get. Finally, [[spoiler: she kisses him in ''The Tragic Flute'' and while the series ends with no further romantic interaction implied, they're indeed together in the ''Shadows of Endor'' comic. [[http://roqoodepot.com/2013/09/29/ewok-of-the-day-teebo/ link]] ]]

* WanderingJew: The Traveling Jindas, who are cursed by the angry Rock Wizard to forever roam Endor; if they linger in one place too long, then boulders propelled by the Rock Wizard's curse will attack the Jindas' campsite, hurling themselves wildly too and fro until the Jindas flee. At the end of ''Curse of the Jindas'', though, the curse is broken once the Rock Wizard gets his tooth back.

** Morag vs. Logray in ''Sunstar vs. Shadowstone''
** Zarrak vs. Logray and Teebo in ''The First Apprentice''

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: As in ''{{WesternAnimation/Droids}}'', the Imperials in "Battle for the Sunstar" are using blasters that definitely don't look like guns.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: As with ''{{WesternAnimation/Droids}}'', the Imperials in "Battle for the Sunstar" are using blasters that definitely don't look like guns.

* PlanetaryRomance: Much like the live-action ''[[Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures Ewok Adventures]]'' films that it was spun off from, the ''Ewoks'' cartoon is less sci-fi and more just straight fantasy that happens to take place on an alien world. "Battle for the Sunstar" is an exception, but that's because it was a unique OutOfGenreExperience.

* PoirotSpeak: The Ewoks speak English ("Galactic Basic" in ''Star Wars'' parlance) peppered with occasional Ewokese words like "yub nub" and "lurdo." The obvious explanation is that this is a form of TranslationConvention, but when the Imperials show up in "Battle for the Sunstar," they apparently speak the same language as the Ewoks, so... who knows.