Caleb Wittebane

This Article Contains Spoilers -
WARNING: Before her death, Maria wanted to inform you that the article you're about to read contains spoilers. Turn back now and read a different article if you have not watched/played/read the following works yet.

## Ensemble Dark Horse

* Adult
* Hallucination/Ghost

### Family

Unnamed parents †
Philip Wittebane † (younger brother)
Evelyn (lover/implied wife)
Flapjack † (palisman)
Golden Guards † (clones)

* Unnamed Golden Guard
* Hunter

Unnamed child(ren) †
Dell Clawthorne (descendant)
Gwendolyn Clawthorne (descendant)
Lilith Clawthorne (descendant)
Eda Clawthorne (descendant)
King Clawthorne (adopted descendant)

### Allies

Evelyn (lover/implied wife)
Philip Wittebane (formerly)

### Goals

Keep Philip safe.
Live a happy life with Evelyn on the Boiling Isles (both succeeded and backfired).

### Why Do People Love The Character?

His tragic and mysterious past with Philip being fertile ground for speculation.
His posthumous impact on the show's plot.
His kindness and good nature.

### Type of Ensemble Dark Horse

Tragic Enigma

**Caleb Wittebane** is a posthumous character in the Disney Channel animated series *The Owl House*. He was an orphan from 17th century Connecticut who was the older brother of Philip Wittebane. Caleb came across a witch named Evelyn and fell in love with her. Caleb would go on to enter the Demon Realm, settling on the Boiling Isles with Evelyn and trying to start a family together. However, Philip, who followed them through the portal, was angry to find that Caleb had abandoned their mission, and so he killed him.

## What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse?

* He is an entirely posthumous character with barely any screentime. He only appeared depicted in Masha's story, some portraits in Belos' memories, and as a ghost who may or may not have been a hallucination. Not once in the show was he shown speaking. When he first appeared in Belos' memories, his name was unknown, and fans simply called him "Wittebro" in the place of any real name.
* Despite his minimal characterization, he has a tremendous impact. It's because of him that Philip Wittebane (later Emperor Belos) came to the Boiling Isles in the first place, leading to the whole conflict of the show. He is also the template that Hunter and all of the other Golden Guards were cloned from. On top of that, he is strongly implied to be the ancestor of the Clawthorne family, and therefore of Eda. His relation to Belos and Hunter makes his legacy a major plot point in "Thanks to Them."
* Following "Hollow Mind," when his character was first shown (albeit unnamed) in Belos' memories, fans immediately found him fascinating. There was an enigmatic yet tragic story of him falling in love with a witch only to be killed by his brother, and fans began speculating about the exact details of his story. There is tons of fanfiction that speculates about the early life of the Wittebane brothers and how they came to be.
* There is an element of Fridge Brilliance to his character. Since the Golden Guards are his clones, and because the Golden Guards repeatedly "betrayed" Belos, fans found an implication that Caleb is such a fundamentally good person that his kind nature carries over to his clones despite Belos' best efforts.
* He is a foil to his brother Philip, and somewhat of a mirror character to the main heroine Luz. Philip came to the Boiling Isles with a desire to exterminate the people, while both Luz and Caleb came with a desire to understand the people and make friends.

## External Links

* Caleb Wittebane on the Heroes Wiki
* Caleb Wittebane on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki
* Caleb Wittebane on the *Owl House* Wiki

## Navigation

Animated Films
**Disney Animated Canon**
**Pixar**
*Toy Story*
*Monsters Inc.*
*Finding Nemo*
*Cars*
Other
**Other Films**
*A Goofy Movie*
Other
**Short Films**
Kate

Live Action Films
*Star Wars*
*Pirates of the Caribbean*
Other

Animated Television
*Aladdin*
Chaos | Mirage | Mozenrath | Thundra
*Kim Possible*
Warmonga | Electronique | Yori | Tara
*Lilo & Stitch*
*Phineas and Ferb*
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars*
*Gravity Falls*
*Wander Over Yonder*
*Star Wars Rebels*
*Star vs. the Forces of Evil*
*Milo Murphy's Law*
*Tangled: The Series*
*DuckTales* (2017)
*Big Hero 6: The Series*
*Big City Greens*
*Amphibia*
*The Owl House*
Others
Tammy Myers

Video Games
*Kingdom Hearts*

Pre-Developments
Beta Luz | Beta Amity

Theme Parks

See Also
*The Owl House* Ensemble Dark Horses

Canon
**Caleb Wittebane**

Pre-Developments
Beta Amity