History Film / HanselAndGretelWitchHunters

* RoleCalled: ''Hanesl and Gretel: Witch Hunters''.

* SolitarySorceress: All witches, good and bad, seem to live this way. The bad witches' isolation seems to be {{justified}} in this universe by the fact that dark witches are inherently corrupt and evil, and they start to visibly decay, which makes them too obvious to stay around people.

-->'''Witch''':"Why don't you two go fuck yourselves? No, no, better - [[BrotherSisterIncest fuck each other!]]"

%%** Gretel.

%%* BadassInDistress:
%%** Gretel, three times!
%%** Hansel a few times too, especially when he's [[spoiler:stabbed and left to bleed out]].
%%* BadassLongcoat: Both the twins.

%%* BloodMagic: What Muriel had in mind for the [[spoiler:twelve missing children and Gretel]].

* DistressedDude: Hansel as a child.

** Muriel. So, so much.

%%* FracturedFairytale

* SexSignalsDeath: The white witch Mina and Hansel make love after she heals his wounds. During the final battle, the evil witch Muriel kills Mina.

%%* WickedWitch: Or rather Wicked Witches.

%%* WouldHitAGirl:
%%** The sheriff and his cronies regarding Gretel.
%%** Hansel regarding pretty much every witch in existence.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Mina, a redhead, is the LoveInterest of Hansel, one of the titular heroes.

* FauxActionGirl: Gretel is supposed to be a smart and competent hunter who's killed many witches, but the only thing she ever does on her own is headbutt a man. She's not even able to be able to get away from normal men trying to beat her up, let alone the witches, and spends the movie being rescued by her brother, Edward, and pretty much everyone else besides herself.

* ActionDuo: The siblings, of course.

** Gretel.

* BadassInDistress:
** Gretel, three times!
** Hansel a few times too, especially when he's [[spoiler:stabbed and left to bleed out]].
* BadassLongcoat: Both the twins.

** Ben and Jackson are more straight examples of BadassNormal.

* BeastAndBeauty: Some vibes this way between Gretel and Edward.

* {{BFG}}: Hansel's gun and a few other toys.

* BigDamnHeroes: Hansel and Gretel do this for a living. And [[spoiler:Edward the troll]] does it twice.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Multiple times.
* BloodMagic: What Muriel had in mind for the [[spoiler:twelve missing children and Gretel]].

* TheDarkArts: They make the black witches hideous. See BeautyEqualsGoodness.

* WickedWitch: Or rather Wicked Witches.
* TheWitchHunter: Hansel and Gretel's stock in trade. They're far more heroic than your typical witch hunters.
* WouldHitAGirl:
** The sheriff and his cronies regarding Gretel.
** Hansel regarding pretty much every witch in existence.

* TheyFightCrime: And unlike your official law enforcement, they do it well!

** Hansel's WeaponOfChoice.

* DeathBySex: The white witch Mina and Hansel make love after she heals his wounds. During the final battle, the evil witch Muriel kills Mina.

* MsFanservice: While Mina has a brief nude scene by the healing pond, Gretel fills up this role since she spends the entire movie in a very form-hugging corset and pants. Also, a very welcome view of Gretel's legs when she gets out of bed. Not to mention a very chesty shot when a bloody Gretel rolls over.

* HighConcept: Hansel and Gretel grew up. [[TheyFightCrime And now they hunt witches.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Hansel and Gretel]]'s mother turns out to have in fact been a (good) witch, which here is treated as a [[WitchSpecies separate species]]. Their father was a normal human.

* WitchSpecies: [[spoiler:The daughter of a white witch is automatically a white witch herself, whether she uses magic or not. Additionally, it seems that power is inherited as well; Gretel doesn't practice witchcraft (as of yet) and didn't even know she ''was'' a witch until halfway through the film, but simply being the daughter of a Grand White Witch -- the most powerful type of witch there is -- is enough to qualify ''her'' as one, as well]].

* WitchHunter: Hansel and Gretel's stock in trade. They're far more heroic than your typical witch hunters.

** Also the boy who Muriel forces to shoot his own mother. He practically breaks down.

* WhiteMagic: White witches seem to primarily do healing and love spells, though remaining capable of attacking the evil black witches if necessary.

* {{Fanservice}}:
** Mina undressing to [[TwoPersonPoolParty bathe with Hansel]].
** Also, a very welcome view of Gretel's legs when she gets out of bed. Not to mention a very chesty shot when a bloody Gretel rolls over.
** And just to make it fair, shirtless Hansel.

* MsFanservice: While Mina has a brief nude scene by the healing pond, Gretel fills up this role since she spends the entire movie in a very form-hugging corset and pants.

* ShirtlessScene: Hansel has one when he takes off his clothes to go swimming (see {{Fanservice}}).

* ThanksForTheMammary: Ben cleans up an unconscious Gretel after a battle and surreptitiously wipes her bosom. Gretel wakes up and is not amused.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: While a witch's candy might be cursed to cause anyone who eats it to [[ExactTimeToFailure die from "sugar sickness" if they miss an injection]] (of presumably insulin), you can't get insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes from eating too much mundane, non-enchanted sugar unless you gain a lot of weight; somewhere in the ballpark of ''two hundred pounds''. Even if you could, a regular diabetic can go for several days without insulin and not keel over dead immediately; although they would likely become extremely ill from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_ketoacidosis diabetic ketoacidosis.]]

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: The patrons of the tavern when that unfortunate tracker explodes into LudicrousGibs. Hansel knows what's coming, and moves Benjamin in front of him.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Hansel and Gretel, though minus the usual bickering.
** At least largely minus it. Gretel is forced to swat her brother upside the head at least once when he's being annoying.

* KnightTemplar: The Sheriff and his cronies want to protect the town from witches and thieves, but end up causing as much damage as the witches themselves, and eventually [[spoiler:beat Gretel severely, before Edward stomps in to save the day.]]
** [[spoiler:In the uncut version, Berringer murders the Mayor in front of the entire town, and he and his gang planned to do a lot worse than just beat Gretel up before getting fatally trolled.]]

%%* FlashStep

* UseYourHead: Gretel headbutts the Sheriff when he won't get out of her face.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: While a witch's candy might be cursed to cause anyone who eats it to die from "sugar sickness" if they miss an injection (of presumably insulin), you can't get insulin-dependent diabetes from eating too much mundane, non-enchanted sugar unless you gain a lot of weight, like two hundred pounds; even if you could, a regular diabetic can go for several days without insulin.
** Insulin, incidentally, was not identified until 1921. Before then, diabetes was a nightmare disease that was usually fatal.

** Hansel and Gretel's mother resembles [[Film/SleepyHollow Ichabod Crane's]]: slightly EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette with long hair and a blue dress. [[spoiler:Both were (or implied to be) white witches who loved their children but got killed by witch hunters.]]

** The same can be said of their father, in the first and original version, He agreed to abandon his children without reluctance. [[spoiler:But is given a noble rason for it in the film and most adaptations]].