History Characters / TheOwlHouseTheCollector

* MirrorCharacter: To [[TheHero Luz Noceda]]. Specifically, the Collector is Luz prior to her CharacterDevelopment, taken to the logical extreme. Prior to the Boiling Isles, Luz was an impulsive child who felt distanced and lonely from her peers and just wanted to have fun and share her interests, but frequently ended up causing harm in the process. Likewise, the Collector is an impulsive childlike being who's lonely and wants to have fun and play games with people but causes immense harm in the process. The major differences are in their level of power and how they deal with their outcomes: at her worst, Luz released snakes into a school, but she [[CharacterDevelopment became more aware and mindful of her actions over time]] and is willing to [[MustMakeAmends do right by others and fix her mistakes]]; the Collector, by contrast, rewrites reality at their whim, [[LackOfEmpathy shows no remorse]] regarding the pain and harm they're causing, and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality actually thinks that others getting hurt or even killed is part of the fun]]. These similarities even extend to their appearances[[note]]of note, the similarities caused the fandom to suspect the Collector would [[DemonicPossession bodyjack Luz]] much like [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} the Core did to Marcy Wu]][[/note]]. In their physical form, the Collector has the same round face and short hair as Luz, the only difference being a slightly pointier nose and angular eyes. From what is shown, the Collector can be interpreted as [[ShadowArchetype who Luz could've been]] if she [[WrongGenreSavvy stayed in her fantasies]], [[IJustWantToHaveFriends never made friends to reel her in]], and never overall matured, [[ImmortalImmaturity which, despite being around for millennia, the Collector never did]].

* {{Expy}}: Just as Philip is a CorruptedCharacterCopy for [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Ford Pines]], The Collector plays a similar role to [[BigBad Bill Cipher]]. A SealedEvilInACan who allies with a man who travels dimensions and offers knowledge in exchange for their freedom, is a PracticallyJoker villain, and it's implied that most of their actions are [[ItAmusedMe driven solely to satisfy their own sick amusement]]. To top it off, they both have cults worshipping him. The key difference is that while Bill is a CardCarryingVillain, the Collector is more a MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds, and as a result, unlike Ford and Bill, the Collector and Belos' relationship is more amicable. To make matters closer and ironic as well, it's the human, Belos, the one who deceives and betrays the stronger entity, Collector, having been using him like everyone else the Emperor manipulated; with the Collector even being the least evil of the two in terms of morality and intent.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In "King's Tide" after Belos reneges on their deal and King frees them instead, the Collector literally pokes Belos into a wall while in his monster form, turning him into a smear.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Whether it's the death of the Titans, the fate of the Grimwalkers, or the Day of Unity, The Collector sees everything as a humorous game that makes him laugh out loud constantly. That said, the death of the Titans was the result of the actions of other members of his species, and the Day of Unity was meant to free the Collector according to Belos' deal with them. When Belos reigns on his end of the deal, the Collector is most definitely ''not'' laughing. Additionally, Season 3 makes it clear that the reason they see devastating events as fun... is because he is a child who simply doesn't know better.

* EvilerThanThou: Zigzagged. Between himself and Belos, it's blatantly clear the Collector is the biggest threat overall, as his sheer amount of power and irresponsibility indicates he could destroy the Boiling Isles if he wanted to. That said, Philip is way more ''morally'' repugnant than the Collector, crosses lines the Collector never has, and instigates the Collector's ultimate return to power by ([[EvilIsNotAToy foolishly]]) attempting to betray him.

* FingerPokeOfDoom: To immediately demonstrate his incredible power, the first thing the Collector does upon being freed is poke Philip's forehead, which blasts him away with enough force to ''turn him into a splatter on the wall.'' He follows this up by just as casually poking at the '''Moon''' and ''dragging it across the sky like he was using a touchpad!''

* GreaterScopeVillain: Zigzagged. Up until "King's Tide" he'd mostly been a background antagonist, but most of the series' major events can be traced back to him. The Collector wiped out all the Titans, causing life to spawn on the Boiling Isles and King being hidden away, trapped the Owl Beast in a scroll, resulting in Eda's curse, and taught Philip everything he needed in order to become Emperor Belos and plot the Day of Unity. As of "King's Tide" he's playing an active role as part of the show's BigBadEnsemble along with Belos.

* IGaveMyWord: If nothing else the Collector does uphold deals they make, as they gave Philip everything they needed to complete the Draining Spell and is furious when Philip reneges on his end of the deal. Amusingly enough, they believe pinky swears are the same as this trope.

'''Belos:''' The draining spell must work first, like ''you'' promised.\\

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: The Collector is completely devoid of any malevolence in their intent at all. It just so happens that due to his ''obscene'' strength, whenever he does much of ''anything'', that action will have universe-spanning consequences. What's worse, how those actions can harm others doesn't even register on his radar. All the Collector is interested in [[TheHedonist is having fun wherever and however they can]]. Even when they were providing Belos the materials and magic he needed to wipe out all life on the Boiling Isles, he was only doing so under the impression that Philip would actually uphold his end of the bargain and free them from the In Between Realm, and holds no actively malicious will towards the other denizens of the Demon Realm.

** Despite being quite possibly the oldest and most powerful being in the setting, the Collector really is only a child who sees absolutely nothing wrong with their actions. Even after wiping out the Titans and helping Philip plot his genocide against witches and demons, the Collector is only interested in making friends and playing games. He considers Philip's FinalSolution to simply be "a chore" akin to washing the dishes. Their friendliness with King is absolutely genuine, seeing him as a playmate even as their powers literally begin to rip apart the Boiling Isles, and this friendliness extended to Philip prior to his betrayal.

* PunyHumans: Much like the rest of his race, The Collector initially was dismissive of other mortals' sufferings because they're just tools whom he can make and break at will. But as time goes on, he yearns for friends to play with, and starts to see how irreversible death is to mortals when he can't use his own power to revive Luz, finally understanding how much pain he causes to mortals.

* MisplacedRetribution: A victim of this. The Collector himself actually got along very well with the other Titans and their children. It was their ''siblings'', the Archivists, who made them all "disappear". The last Titan, King's father, unfortunately ended up thinking the Collector was to blame, leading to him trapping them in the in-between realm and hiding King away.

[[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheBoilingIsles The Boiling Isles]] ([[Characters/TheOwlHousePalismen Palismen]]) | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheOwlHouse The Owl House]] ([[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne Eda Clawthorne]]) | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheHexsquad The Hexsquad]] ([[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheGoldenGuard Hunter]]) | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheEmperorsCoven The Emperor's Coven]] ([[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]]) | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseHexside Hexside]] | [[Characters/TheOwlHouseOther Other]] ([[Characters/TheOwlHouseCamilaNoceda Camila Noceda]] | '''The Collector''')]]-]]]

* MisplacedRetribution: A victim of this. The Collector himself actually got along very well with the other Titans and their children. It was their ''siblings'', the Archivists, who made them all "[[KillEmAll disappear]]". The last Titan, King's father, unfortunately ended up thinking the Collector was to blame, leading to him trapping them in the in-between realm and hiding King away.

* PuppetPermutation: The Collector's takeover of the Boiling Isles involves turning every witch and demon into a puppet which remains inanimate until he gives them consciousness to participate in his and King's games.

* PunyHumans: The Collector initially was dismissive of other mortals' sufferings because like the rest of his race, they're just tools whom he can make and break at will. But as time goes on, he yearns for friends to play with, and starts to see how irreversible death is to mortals when he can't use his own power to revive Luz, finally understanding how much pain he causes to mortals.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: He's been around for a long time, and he and Emperor Belos have a history together going back to when he was still Philip Wittebane.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Invoked by Belos upon betraying them; since the Collector taught him the Draining Spell and other powerful magic, Belos/Philip wants to make sure that he can't teach said magic to anyone ''else''.

* ItAmusedMe: Unlike Belos/Philip, who at the absolute bare minimum believes he's doing humanity a favor, the Collector views wiping out everyone on the Boiling Isles with a Draining Spell as just a fun "game". The Collector's only complaint is that Belos won't free him until they complete Belos's "game," and that that they're bored after spending centuries only playing Belos's game, wanting to play something new as soon as they're freed. As soon as King frees them, the Collector turns the Boiling Isles into their own personal playground, turning everyone into puppets and King spends his time trying to convince the Collector not to do more extreme and lethal games instead. It was also implied the Collector exterminated the Titans as another game in the past. However, it's actually subverted. The Titans were killed by every ''other'' Collector ''besides'' this one, whose only goal is to play. The only reason the Collector's amoral is because they're literally a child with no understanding of the consequences of their actions for mortals. The Collector believed they could've easily brought everyone back after the Draining Spell like a fixing a broken toy, and when they finally witness death firsthand and realize resurrection is outside the scope of their abilities, they perform an immediate HeelFaceTurn and do everything in their powers to prevent anyone else from "disappearing."

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:The Collector was originally just a lonely child who wanted to play and make friends who was sent to the Demon Realm by his siblings, the Archivists, to keep him out of the way so they could continue "collecting". He made friends with the Titans, but his siblings hunted his playmates to extinction after discovering [[AntiMagic that Titan magic can cancel out theirs]], and the Collector was sealed away by the vengeful last Titan who [[MisplacedRetribution mistook the Collector for one of his siblings]] .]]

* EtTuBrute: Invoked by [[spoiler:Belos in "For the Future", where they are led to believe that King is planning on a betrayal with Luz.]]

* SatanicArchetype: They're an incredibly powerful entity, who originally hailed from a race of similar celestial entities "from the stars" but has turned away from their kind's stated purpose in order to pursue their own wants, relating to Lucifer's backstory as a FallenAngel. They're the enemy of the Titan (who the inhabitants of the Boiling Isles worship as a god, having been spawned from him), and they were banished by him to a realm described as "below" where they've remained imprisoned for an eternity. There they manifest as a LivingShadow, making [[DealWithTheDevil Faustian pacts]] and espousing rare, incredibly dangerous knowledge to characters with low morals and AxCrazy dispositions ([[DarkMessiah Belos]]). They're also worshipped by a cult with a penchant for child sacrifices in exchange for power ([[ApocalypseCult the Titan Trappers]]). Even their {{Cosmic Motif|s}} has allusions to the Archangel Lucifer, who was described as being the "Morning Star". [[spoiler:Subverted, however, as the viewer learns more about their tragic background and they ultimately pull a HeelFaceTurn in the GrandFinale.]]

** In keeping with their childlike mentality, they're not big on owning up to their mistakes, or even recognizing when the bad things that happen to them are the consequences of their own actions. They call King's dad "dumb" for hiding King from them when all the Collector wanted to do was play with him, and also call King's dad a "bully" for sealing him away in the In Between Realm. It doesn't seem to cross the Collector's mind that King's dad hid his son because the Collector's games are lethal or that the Collector was sealed away because they had driven the Titans to extinction.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: This is what they turn the Boiling Isles into after they take over. A whimsical setting that wouldn't look out of place on [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Planet Popstar]] or [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Shooting Star Summit]]. The only problem is that this also involves turning all of the inhabitants into lifeless puppets with which to play their games. When Luz, Camila and the rest of the Hexsquad see what the Collector has done to the Boiling Isles, they are clearly extremely visibly disturbed.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Collector was originally just a lonely child who wanted to play and make friends who was sent to the Demon Realm by his siblings, the Archivists, to keep him out of the way so they could continue "collecting". He made friends with the Titans, but his siblings hunted his playmates to extinction after discovering [[AntiMagic that Titan magic can cancel out theirs]], and the Collector was sealed away by the vengeful last Titan who [[MisplacedRetribution mistook the Collector for one of his siblings]].

* EtTuBrute: Invoked by Belos in "For the Future", where they are led to believe that King is planning on a betrayal with Luz.

* SatanicArchetype: They're an incredibly powerful entity, who originally hailed from a race of similar celestial entities "from the stars" but has turned away from their kind's stated purpose in order to pursue their own wants, relating to Lucifer's backstory as a FallenAngel. They're the enemy of the Titan (who the inhabitants of the Boiling Isles worship as a god, having been spawned from him), and they were banished by him to a realm described as "below" where they've remained imprisoned for an eternity. There they manifest as a LivingShadow, making [[DealWithTheDevil Faustian pacts]] and espousing rare, incredibly dangerous knowledge to characters with low morals and AxCrazy dispositions ([[DarkMessiah Belos]]). They're also worshipped by a cult with a penchant for child sacrifices in exchange for power ([[ApocalypseCult the Titan Trappers]]). Even their {{Cosmic Motif|s}} has allusions to the Archangel Lucifer, who was described as being the "Morning Star". Subverted, however, as the viewer learns more about their tragic background and they ultimately pull a HeelFaceTurn in the GrandFinale.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: At least, that's what he ''thought''. They legitimately saw Belos as a friend and were more than ready to help him with his Day of Unity as long as they were freed, but once Belos goes back on his promise to them, The Collector stops seeing him as anything but a jerk.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:The Collector was originally just a lonely child who wanted to play and make friends who was sent to the Demon Realm by his siblings, the Archivists, to keep him out of the way so they could continue "collecting". He made friends with the Titans, but his siblings hunted his playmates to extinction after discovering [[AntiMagic that Titan magic can cancel out theirs]], and the Collector was sealed away by the vengeful last Titan who [[MisplacedRetribution mistook the Collector for one of his siblings]] .]]

* EtTuBrute: Invoked by [[spoiler:Belos in "For the Future", where they are led to believe that King is planning on a betrayal with Luz.]]

* SatanicArchetype: They're an incredibly powerful entity, who originally hailed from a race of similar celestial entities "from the stars" but has turned away from their kind's stated purpose in order to pursue their own wants, relating to Lucifer's backstory as a FallenAngel. They're the enemy of the Titan (who the inhabitants of the Boiling Isles worship as a god, having been spawned from him), and they were banished by him to a realm described as "below" where they've remained imprisoned for an eternity. There they manifest as a LivingShadow, making [[DealWithTheDevil Faustian pacts]] and espousing rare, incredibly dangerous knowledge to characters with low morals and AxCrazy dispositions ([[DarkMessiah Belos]]). They're also worshipped by a cult with a penchant for child sacrifices in exchange for power ([[ApocalypseCult the Titan Trappers]]). Even their {{Cosmic Motif|s}} has allusions to the Archangel Lucifer, who was described as being the "Morning Star". [[spoiler:Subverted, however, as the viewer learns more about their tragic background and they ultimately pull a HeelFaceTurn in the GrandFinale.]]

* IHaveManyNames: He ([[AmbiguousSituation or another member of his species]]) is called "The Huntsman" by the Titan Trappers that worship him, and "The Collector" or just "Collector" by Belos.

* PhysicalGod: "Edge of the World" reveals they're worshipped as a god called the Huntsman on a different Titan corpse. In "King's Tide" once freed he proceeds to demonstrate his capabilities as this when he '''moves the moon''' by simply ''dragging it like a touchscreen'', flicking it away from the sun to stop the Draining Spell, then proceeds to level Belos' lair by lifting his arms while levitating and summoning King back to him. They're so powerful that the only thing capable of defeating and imprisoning them was a fully grown Titan, a being the size of an island with immense magical power and even then, it's heavily implied that the Titan died in the process.

* CheerfulChild: After being freed, the Collector is a perpetually smiling and jovial entity who enjoys essentially turning the Demon Realm into his personal playpen. Interestingly, they genuinely don't mean any sort of harm in it as to them, all of this is just a game and they are now finally free to play and have fun to their hearts content.

* DarkAndTroubledPast:[[spoiler: The Collector was originally just a lonely child who wanted to play and make friends who was sent to the Demon Realm by his siblings, the Archivists, to keep him out of the way so they could continue "collecting". He made friends with the Titans, but his siblings hunted his playmates to extinction after discovering [[AntiMagic that Titan magic can cancel out theirs]], and the Collector was sealed away by the vengeful last Titan who [[MisplacedRetribution mistook the Collector for one of his siblings]] .]]

* TheOmnipotent: The Collector has no apparent limit upon their powers after he is released in "King's Tide". From instantly annihilating Belos, to ''moving the Moon with their finger'', and ''reshaping the entire Demon Realm in their own image while collapsing the Boiling Isles in the process'', they can do essentially anything. The only time the Collector was unable to use their incredible [[RealityWarper reality warping]] to do whatever they wanted was when the Boiling Isles Titan, (Titans themselves being implied to be multiversal entities due to their blood being able to open Portals to any dimension) put the Collector in [[TailorMadePrison a bubble within the In-Between Realm where the presence of the Titan's Magic canceled out the Collector's own magic]]. Additionally, "For the Future" shows that they apparently made an entire pocket Universe connected to their archive in the Demon Realm and implies that he simply willed it into existence. "Watching and Dreaming" reveals that there are just about two things that he definitely ''can't'' do, counter [[KryptoniteFactor Titan magic]] or bring people BackFromTheDead (the latter of which he didn't realize until then, having simply assumed that he could bring anyone who died from his games back like fixing a broken toy, and may have been because the person was killed ''by'' Titan magic).

* SatanicArchetype: They're an incredibly powerful entity, who originally hailed from a race of similar celestial entities "from the stars" but has turned away from their kind's stated purpose in order to pursue their own wants, relating to Lucifer's backstory as a FallenAngel. They're the enemy of the Titan (who the inhabitants of the Boiling Isles worship as a god, having been spawned from him), and they were banished by him to a realm described as "below" where they've remained imprisoned for an eternity. There they manifest as a LivingShadow, making [[DealWithTheDevil Faustian pacts]] and espousing rare, incredibly dangerous knowledge to characters with low morals and AxCrazy dispositions ([[DarkMessiah Belos]]). They're also worshipped by a cult with a penchant for child sacrifices in exchange for power ([[ApocalypseCult the Titan Trappers]]). Even their {{Cosmic Motif|s}} has allusions to the Archangel Lucifer, who was described as being the "Morning Star". [[spoiler: Subverted, however, as the viewer learns more about their tragic background and they ultimately pull a HeelFaceTurn in the GrandFinale.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: They're known as the 'Grand Huntsman', a term that's pretty frightening given that most of the Demon Realm's animals tend to be terrifying monsters. Or at least one of its kind is known by that, anyway.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_collector_again_6.png ''"[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne You]] look fun. Wanna play?"''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Neither witch nor demon. A child from the stars."'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see The Collector's physical form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_collector_again_6.png ''"[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne You]] look fun. Wanna play?"''[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne You]] look fun. Wanna play?"'']]

''"[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne You]] look fun. Wanna play?"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Neither witch, nor demon. A child from the stars.'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see The Collector's shadow form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/collector_shadow.png ''I won't be alone, I won't be alone anymore!''[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:A Child from the Stars]]

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[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see The Collector's physical form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_collector_again_6.png ''[[Characters/TheOwlHouseEdaClawthorne You]] look fun. Wanna play?''[[/labelnote]]]]