"Wing It Like Witches" is the seventeenth episode of the first season of The Owl House, and the seventeenth episode overall.
It premiered on August 15, 2020.
Synopsis
Not your average underdog story.[6]
Plot
It's grudgby season at Hexside, and Boscha is the team captain and star player of the school's team, the Banshees. When she arrives at school on the big day, she expects a crowd of people to greet and grovel before her. Instead, everyone is paying attention to Willow. Since Willow and Amity have made amends, Willow has become more confident and everyone is being nicer to her. Amity has also cut ties with Boscha and her friends, keeping her word in not letting them bully Willow again.
Willow's newfound popularity soon begins to bug Boscha; therefore she starts bullying her, and Luz and Gus when the two defend her. Worst of all, everyone including the teachers and even Principal Bump, let her get away with it. During grudgby season, Boscha is extra unbearable, and reasoning with her is impossible. According to Amity, the only way to get through to her is grudgby terms, so Luz challenges Boscha to a grudgby match on Willow's behalf, much to everyone's shock. Willow tries to get out of it, but the deal is set. If Willow's team wins, Boscha does not get to bully Willow again. But if Boscha's team wins, she and her friends will get to use the trio as target practice. Both agree to meet at the grudgby field after school.
At the grudgby field, Luz begins training Willow and Gus, and they explain to her the aim of the game: getting the ball through the hoops while dodging magic traps. Everyone keeps telling her this is not a good idea considering Willow has never played grudgby once in her life, but due to Luz's overconfident and positive attitude, she won't listen. The training does not go well, and Luz pushes Willow and Gus too hard. After almost getting them hurt with a move called the Thorn Vault, Willow and Gus call it quits. Willow tells Luz the game is off and leaves with Gus.
Amity finds Luz by herself, feeling rather ashamed. The two of them have a heart to heart talk where Luz explains she just wanted to help Willow stand up to Boscha. Amity tells her that before Boscha, she was grudgby team captain until she left the team. The team was playing against Glandus High for the Island Championship, and at the last minute, she changed the game plan to the Thorn Vault. It went disastrously wrong, and her teammates got hurt. After that, she left the team and never played grudgby again. Amity also blushes at Luz, who got invested in the story, signifying Amity's crush on Luz has grown stronger since Grom. After this talk, Luz confronts Boscha on the grudgby field and tells her they forfeit and that she takes Willow's place as their target for practice. Boscha starts to attack Luz with grudgby balls without mercy. Worried for Luz, Amity runs off to get help from Willow and Gus. Willow enters the scene to protect Luz, and re-challenges Boscha to a match; Amity also joins the team in place of Gus.
Meanwhile, while looking through her old grudgby pictures, Eda is met by Lilith at the Owl House. Lilith has come to take her in, but Eda is not having any of it. However, after Lilith insults Eda about her days as a grudgby player, Eda becomes defensive and challenges her to a match. If Lilith wins, Eda will surrender herself to the Emperor's Coven without a fight. They set up a makeshift grudgby field outside the house, and have Hooty act as the referee and the traps. The game between Eda and Lilith comes to a tie. One more play will declare the winner. Eda intends to cheat but discovers her cheat kit is empty because Luz cleaned it. Eda now has no choice but to win the honest way. The final game begins, and after getting the upper hand, Eda wins without cheating. Lilith is devastated because the Emperor is expecting her to show up with Eda in custody and she cannot go back empty-handed, so Eda gives Lilith her ring so she can tell him she put up a struggle. Lilith then leaves but promises to return.
The game between Boscha's and Willow's team begins. Luz, Willow, and Amity manage to tackle everything Boscha and the field try to throw at them. Luz also learns how to cast fire magic during the game. The game between the two teams comes to a tie. There is time for one more play to determine the winner. Willow's team goes with the Thorn Vault, which hypothetically wins the game. However, Boscha's team officially wins by catching the Rusty Smidge which automatically declares her team the winners. But Boscha then feels a sense of loss because her friends show new respect for Willow. They offer her a spot on their team, but she declines.
Luz, Gus, and Willow rush over to Amity, who has hurt her leg. Luz offers to carry Amity, to which she tries to shrug off, but Luz picks her up anyways. Gus then requests another montage, which involves the three of them practicing more grudgby, Gus using his magic to change the score on the board, and having tea with Eda, King, and Amity, who is now sporting a leg cast.
Cast
- Sarah-Nicole Robles as Luz Noceda
- Wendie Malick as Eda Clawthorne
- Alex Hirsch as King and Hooty
- Tati Gabrielle as Willow Park
- Issac Ryan Brown as Gus Porter
- Mae Whitman as Amity Blight
- Cissy Jones as Lilith Clawthorne
- Bumper Robinson as Principal Bump
Additional voices
- JB Blanc as Snake History Teacher
- Eden Riegel as Boscha and Amelia
- Kimberly Brooks as Skara, Old Woman, and Horned Mother
- Matt Chapman as Bucktooth Student, Oracle Bird Student, and Ghost
- Grey DeLisle as Cat
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Brujas improvisadas | Improvised witches | |
 Portuguese (Brazil)
|
Jogue Como Uma Bruxa | Play Like a Witch | |
 Mandarin
|
力抗惡霸女 | Fighting Back Against Girl Bully | |
 Czech
|
Hrát jako čarodějky | Play Like Witches | |
 German
|
Kampfgeist | Fighting Spirit | |
 Danish
|
Man må fikse det som hekse | You Have to Fix it Like a Witch | |
 French
|
Improvise comme les sorcières | Improvise Like the Witches | |
 Indonesian
|
Berimprovisasi Seperti Ahli Sihir | Improvise Like Witches | |
 Hebrew
|
שחקי אותה כמו מבשפה | Play it Like a witch | |
 Italian
|
Come fanno le streghe | As the Witches Do It | |
 Japanese
|
スポーツで対決！ | Showdown in Sports! | |
 Korean
|
즉흥 대결 | Impromptu Match | |
 Malay
|
Buat Sahaja Seperti Para Perempuan Sihir | Just Do It Like Witches | |
 Dutch
|
Vlieg zoals heksen | Fly Like Witches | |
 Norwegian
|
Heks det på hælen | Witch it on the Heel | |
 Portuguese
|
Jogo de Bruxas | Witches' Game | |
 Polish
|
Zagraj w Mazgaja | Let's Play Grugby | |
 Romanian
|
Jocul vrăjitoarelor | The Witches' Game | |
 Turkish
|
Cadılar Gibi Kanatlan | Take Wings Like Witches |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Wing It Like Witches", click here. |
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.37 viewers on its premiere.[4]
- As of this episode, Eda's ring has been gifted to Lilith.
- The seventeenth rune code of the season is visible on Eda's "cheat box" during the grudgby match:
, which translates to "a betrayal". - This is the first time Boscha is shown with her hair down.
- This is the last episode to feature the original credits sequence. The very next episode, "Agony of a Witch", features a completely different credits sequence. The original sequence returns for "Young Blood, Old Souls", albeit one of Eda's eyes has changed in color to reflect the events of the episode.
- Before Boscha rips the sheet off her calendar, it can be seen that there are 42 crosses on the sheet, which might indicate that there is at least one month of the Boiling Isles that has 42 days.
- This is later implied to be confirmed in "Them's the Breaks, Kid", when a younger Eda reads a flashcard about Belos declaring the Isles an empire on Scaburary 40th.
- This marks the only time Cat has a speaking appearance in the series.
- This also marks Amelia's final speaking appearance in the series.
- Additionally, Amelia's voice has a rasp in this episode which makes her sound more distinct from Boscha.
- This episode features two instances of characters breaking the fourth wall by acknowledging the presence of a montage:
- When Gus asks Luz what a montage is, what follows is a meta-montage of Luz explaining to Willow and Gus what a montage is. At the end of the montage, Gus wonders why they were having a tea party in pajamas, to which Luz responds by saying that "what happens in the montage stays in the montage".
- After the grudgby game, Gus asks if they can have a montage, to which Luz responds positively. This is followed by another montage, which closes the episode out.
- The synopsis features the shortest official description for any episode in the entire series.
Revelations and significant events
- Boscha is revealed to be the captain of Hexside's grudgby team, the Banshees. Skara, Amelia and Cat form the rest of the team.
- Amity used to be the captain of the Banshees, but quit after she got her teammates injured during a game.
- Willow's surname is revealed to be Park.
- Following the events in "Understanding Willow", Amity has severed her friendship with Boscha and supports Willow when getting picked on.
- Eda's gray hair is confirmed to be a result of the curse that afflicts her.
- Lilith's natural hair color is red, and she used to wear glasses,
- Lilith was enrolled in the potions track while attending Hexside, just as Eda was.
- Based on Eda's scrapbook, Eda was once friends with another Hexside student who was in the bard track.
- Luz learns her fourth spell in this episode, the Fire Glyph.
Continuity
- Eda is shown to have been cheating in sports and other challenges since she was a student, something that was touched upon in "Covention".
- Amity's crush on Luz, first revealed in "Enchanting Grom Fright", is shown again, becoming more obvious.
- Luz's phone is still cracked from the events of "The Intruder".
Allusions
- Bend it Like Beckham - The title is a parody of this 2002 romantic comedy sports film.
- Caligula - Boscha's line "You may be hated, so long as you are feared!" is reminiscent of Roman emperor Caligula's motto "Oderint dum Metuant", meaning "let [the people] hate, so long as they fear".
- Harry Potter - Both grudgby and smibbitch are parodies of Quidditch, and the Rusty Smidge is a parody of the Golden Snitch used in Quidditch. Additionally, Luz's criticism of the disproportionate advantage the Rusty Smidge puts in the game is a direct jab at the rules of Quidditch.
- Rocky - The sports montage music on Luz's phone is labeled "Ricky".
Errors
- Boscha's "B" monogram is reversed to the wrong side of her letterman jacket while she is walking through the market.
- When Boscha enters Hexside, Skara's undercut is gray instead of black.
- Before the game between the Banshees and Willow's team begins, Cat is seen without her lipstick.
- In the shot of the ball going up for the first serve, the timer on the "Hexside - Home of the Banshees" board changes from 10:00 to 10:08.
- When Gus uses illusion magic to fill the bleachers with copies of himself, the cheering sound effect that is heard contains clapping, however, none of the Gus copies are seen clapping.
- When Eda laughs about King thinking that his cheerleading outfit is intimidating, she doesn't have a mouth for a second.
- When Luz asks "Are you sure?", her under-eye makeup is gone.
- After Luz scoops up Amity, Amity's under-eye makeup is shown as purple instead of green.
Edits
- Most of Amity's scenes were severely edited in Russia.
- In Southeast Asia, Willow's line "Boscha could get away with murder if she wants to.", Amity's line "She can be so stupid, which I love... I mean hate!", "I hate it, and it's dumb!", Eda's line "Dang it!" and Luz's line "That's such a stupid rule!" were cut.
Memorable quotes
Videos
Notes
References
- ↑ Disney+ Channel UK [@DCUK_NEWS] (August 9, 2020). "Don't miss out BRAND NEW Show The Owl House starts tomorrow at 9:30pm! Monday to Fridays at 9:30pm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Disney Channel UK HD, Monday, Sep 1, 2020". TV24.co.uk. Retrieved on January 8, 2023.
- ↑ "TV Schedule for Disney Channel Canada HD - East". tvpassport.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Metcalf, Mitch (August 18, 2020). Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2020. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12.
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- ↑ "August 2020 Programming Highlights". Walt Disney Television Press.