Tropes associated with the series

**TV Tropes**can list several tropes applying to this show. As a troper myself, I, Carl Cooper, will list them here.

## Tro-PING AS usual, I see?

* **Adorkable:**LeAnn, Penelope and Estella.
* **Affectionate Parody:**This is a Carl Cooper cartoon, after all.
* **Afraid of Needles:**Sarah, who is afraid of shots because needles freak her out.
* **Alpha Bitch:**Oh, so many examples.
	+ First there was Gwenog Ravenwaves, who became Sarah's friend in episode 24, despite being a Squib.
	+ Evangeline Lionheart took this role over once Sarah got her own show. And she's a witch.
* **Ambiguously Brown:**Hilda is darker-skinned than her sisters, niece and nephew. In "Hilda and Carl: Together Today," it is revealed she is like this because she sits out in Kakkara Desert with sunscreen on, becoming bronze while avoiding a sunburn.
* **Animesque:**Not so much the character designs themselves, but the animation style, due to being animated mostly by Japanese studios, is VERY Japanese.
* **Art Shift:**The episodes animated by Mercury Filmworks, Jam-Filled Entertainment and Toon City use Toon Boom Harmony with frame-by-frame animation rather than Flash puppetry, while the other studios used anime-style hand-drawn animation.
* **Blonde, Brunette, Redhead:** Kim or Sarah, Hilda and Zelda respectively. The roles are palette-swapped, with Kim and Sarah both being Fiery Blondes, Hilda being the Ditzy Brunette and Zelda being the Brainy Redhead.
* **Boyish Short Hair:** Vanessa's hair is a lip-length bob, and she wants to be a cop. She also does not wear a skirt except for in her Charm Scout uniform (which she thinks she looks ridiculous in).
	+ Inverted with Hilda. Her hair is a brown chin-length bob, yet she is the girliest of the main females, and of her sisters.

* **Darker and Edgier:**Later seasons are generally an example of how to do this correctly. Carl's first line in Season 5 even sets the mood...
	+ **Carl:**I'M GONNA KILL LOVEBERRY!!!
	+ The series as a whole is this to The New Adventures of Carl Cooper.
* **Deadpan Snarker:**Carl is quite the snarky guy. And Galatea can make some pretty sarcastic lines as well, some as sarcastic as Carl's.
* **Early Installment Weirdness:**
	+ Carl was more of a wiseass in the first few episodes of the series.
	+ Sarah did not have a crush on Hiram in the first season.
	+ In the first two seasons, Sarah uses a wave of her hands to use magic, but a wand replaces this starting in Season 3. (Justified, because she had to be 13 to use a wand.)
	+ In her first appearance, LeAnn was voiced by Laura Summers rather than Kristen Schaal. She was also slightly more serious and had a Janine Melnitz-style Brooklyn accent.
* **Expy:** Sarah looks like a combination of Sabrina Spellman, Sharon Spitz and Mabel Pines. Starting in Season 3 (with a few episodes from the first two), she is even voiced by Emily Hart.
	+ Kim resembles Sabrina more than her own daughter. The fact that Melissa Joan Hart played her is even more pronounced.
	+ Zelda and Hilda resemble their counterparts from *Sabrina: The Animated Series,* but Zelda's glasses are larger and she wears a green blouse.
* **Failed a Spot Check:**Averted; in "The Denouement of Cassandra, Part 1, " Carl actually makes sure to *check the fireplace* to avoid another...incident.
	+ **Sarah:***You know about that?*
	+ **Carl:***Sarah, everyone in Avalar knows about poor Aurora and the fireplace...*
	+ **Sarah:***Really?*
	+ **Carl:***Oh, yes...*
* **Faux Affably Evil:**Evany. He only pretends to be heroic to fulfill his destiny.
* **Four-Temperament Ensemble:** Carl and his family are like this.
	+ Hilda is Sanguine. She is very people-oriented, and silly as can be without being a total ditz.
	+ Carl is the Choleric one. He is pretty aggressive when he has to be, and a Deadpan Snarker no less, but is more than capable of defeating evil.
	+ Sarah is Melancholic. She worries about damn near everything when in a delicate situation, but she does act brave most of the time.
	+ Zelda is the Phlegmatic member. Though she is very smart, she is often laid-back yet capable of doing her tasks. Her flaws dip more into Choleric, however.
* The four women in the Weaver Family are also this. Colors on their attire/hair fit them perfectly.
	+ Hilda is Sanguine (red earrings)
	+ Kim is Choleric (blonde/yellow hair)
	+ Maroot (the mom) is Melancholic (blue witch dress)
	+ Zelda is Phlegmatic (green blouse)
* **Getting Crap Past the Radar:**Has its own page.
* **Girl Group:** The Weaver Sisters formed the Flavor Galz using a spell, and it lasted until Kim's death in 2002.
* **Hot Witch:** Both Zelda and Hilda, but mostly the latter due to her never wearing pants unless she has to. Carl lampshades how hot Zelda can be in *That Hunky Uncle.*
	+ ***Carl (posing as Zelda due to Polyjuice Potion):** "Helloooooo, nurse!"*
* **Humiliation Conga:** Ace gets one in *Carl Gets Thrashed*, which leads to him getting broadcasted doing the "I HATE THAT WIZARD!" to end all "I HATE THAT WIZARDS!" It also leads to his "death" and later becoming Cyber-Ace.
* **Milky Episodes:** LeAnn turns into a cow in a few episodes.
* **Off-Model:** Most characters had this done intentionally due to Carl Cooper wanting more expressive characters.
* **Parental Bonus:** Loads, and a few are risque innuendos.