History WesternAnimation / Hilda

* ExtraLongEpisode: Excluding credits, the average episode is 22 minutes long; "The Deerfox" is 30 minutes and "The Stone Forest" is 44 minutes.

* AlienGeometries: In "The House in the Woods", Hilda and the Woodman end up in a magic house that gives them everything they desire, but doesn't want them to leave. When they try to escape anyway, the house starts adopting alien geometries in order to keep its prisoner's captive, like forming rooms with stairs going in all directions (and a door in the floor), and an attic door that leads straight back to the living room downstairs.

** The trope also applies to locations. In the graphic novels, the village of Tofoten, The Forest of Nott and the Witch Tower only make 1 appearance on a map of Trolberg and surrounding areas at the end of "Hilda and the Bird Parade" but play no part in any of the stories. The show turns all these places into important locations.

* SpottingTheThread: When Hilda and David switch places in "The Nightmare Spirit", Johanna notices that it's not Hilda sleeping in Hilda's bed, since David is snoring, which Hilda doesn't do.

* UnknownCharacter: Hilda's grandfather who built the cottage she and her mother live in.

** Hilda's friends Frida and David have their roles expanded from the graphic novel.

* CrossoverCosmology: While most of the creatures are Scandinavian in origin there are a few from other mythologies, such as a Thunderbird (Native American) and Barghest (English).

* MythologyGag: Johanna's sketch of Hilda in "The Forgotten Lake" is shown to have freckles like her depiction in ''Comic/HildaAndTheMidnightGiant''.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Hilda's father is never seen or even alluded to, but it is made clear that her mum is a single parent of some description. [[note]]According to Luke Pearson, Hilda's father is "around somewhere but currently lives apart."[[/note]]

Despite the graphic novel series coming to an end with a total of 6 books, as well as "The Mountain King" being the last book to be adapted, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CF8RwtJJdhy Luke Pearson expressed a desire to continue the series]]. A third and final season, as announced by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210609192112/https://twitter.com/AkoMitchell/status/1402684799127539716 Ako Mitchell on Twitter]] and officially by [[https://silvergatemedia.com/silvergate-makes-three-key-promotions-within-hildas-production-team/ Silvergate Media]], was released on Netflix on December 7th, 2023, with the first two episodes premiering at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 21st, 2023 (the fifth anniversary of the show's premiere). The final season is [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/hilda-netflix-final-season-launch-date-ottawa-animation-festival-1235547896/ consists of 7 episodes (as opposed to 13 like the other two seasons) and a 70-minute film]]. It also has a more focused and ongoing narrative unlike the previous two seasons (which were mostly episodic in nature) according to [[https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/12/creative-team-behind-hilda-and-the-mountain-king-discuss-her-next-big-adventure/ Luke Pearson]].

Despite the graphic novel series coming to an end with a total of 6 books, as well as "The Mountain King" being the last book to be adapted, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CF8RwtJJdhy Luke Pearson expressed a desire to continue the series]]. A third and final season, as announced by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210609192112/https://twitter.com/AkoMitchell/status/1402684799127539716 Ako Mitchell on Twitter]] and officially by [[https://silvergatemedia.com/silvergate-makes-three-key-promotions-within-hildas-production-team/ Silvergate Media]] is currently in production, taking place after "The Mountain King". It is set for release on Netflix on December 7th, 2023, with the first two episodes premiering at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 21st, 2023 (the fifth anniversary of the show's premiere). The final season is [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/hilda-netflix-final-season-launch-date-ottawa-animation-festival-1235547896/ planned to consist of 7 episodes (as opposed to 13 like the other two seasons) and a 70-minute film]]. It's also planned to have a more focused and ongoing narrative unlike the previous two seasons (which were mostly episodic in nature) according to [[https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/12/creative-team-behind-hilda-and-the-mountain-king-discuss-her-next-big-adventure/ Luke Pearson]].

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* WhamLine: Hilda delivers a short, but powerful line in the season 3 trailer, which finally acknowledges one of the show's biggest unresolved mysteries:
--> '''Hilda''': [[spoiler:''Dad?!'']]

* WhamLine: Hilda ends delivers a short, but powerful line in the season 3 trailer, finally acknowledging one of the show's biggest unresolved mysteries:
--> '''Hilda''': [[spoiler:''[[UnseenNoMore Dad?]]'']]

* VocalEvolution: In [[https://youtu.be/dsYhnDU438M?si=1YQJG3uZT8GfdZs_ the season 3 sneak peak footage]], David's voice has become noticeably deeper compared to the first two seasons. {{Justified|Trope}}, as David is [[TimeSkip aged up to a teenager]] in season 3.

* TimeSkip: [[spoiler: A small one of at least a year happens during the epilogue of ''Hilda and The Mountain King''.]]

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Subtle, but [[spoiler:during season 2 there are multiple disturbing casualties and near casualties, such as [[FearlessFool the Vikings and David]] under the influence of Sigurd's medallion, [[CloningBlues multiple time-displaced versions of Hilda, Alfur and Mr. Ostenfeld]], a wolf that [[DisneyVillainDeath falls off a cliff to its presumed death]], and even a random witch doorman that fell victim to the Void of No Return. Certainly, a step up from Season 1, where the only three implied deaths turned out to merely be swallowed by the Black Hound (but not dead).]]

* PrecisionFStrike: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "The Ghost". as Hilda and David are leaving Frida's room after their fight with her, David tells Frida that "she could learn to tidy her own [[GoshDangItToHeck flipping]] room."

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CharacterCatchphrase "Such is the life of an adventurer."]]''[[note]]'''Left to right:''' Frida, Hilda, Twig, David, Wood Man, and The Great Raven.[[/note]]]]

''Hilda'' (titled Hilda: The Series in online marketing) is an animated {{fantasy}} {{adventure}} series distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was adapted from the Eisner-award nominated [[ComicBook/{{Hilda}} graphic novel series of the same name]] and produced by Britain's Silvergate Media (later known as [[Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision Sony Pictures Television – Kids]]) and Canada's Creator/MercuryFilmworks, with original author Luke Pearson as showrunner. The series marks the first production by Silvergate Media to be targeted for older audiences.

''Hilda'' is an animated {{fantasy}} {{adventure}} series distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was adapted from the Eisner-award nominated [[ComicBook/{{Hilda}} graphic novel series of the same name]] and produced by Britain's Silvergate Media (later known as [[Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision Sony Pictures Television – Kids]]) and Canada's Creator/MercuryFilmworks, with original author Luke Pearson as showrunner. The series marks the first production by Silvergate Media to be targeted for older audiences.

* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: While Hilda and Johanna are very different on the surface, they do have some things in common, as they're both socially awkward, talented artists, and very resourceful and quick thinking in tight or dangerous scenarios.