History WesternAnimation / HuntikSecretsAndSeekers

* {{Golem}}: Metagolem, [[KabbalicGolem who is the same as the Prague one]], among a few other golem and golem-like Titans.

* {{Golem}}: Metagolem, among a few other golem and golem-like Titans.

* MirrorMatch: Dante has to face this in his "test of prowess". He fights three Mermen who summon 3 Caliban Ocean Warriors against his Caliban and 3 Coralgolems against his Meta{{golem}}. He solves the problem by summoning [[OlympusMons Behemoth]], which ''has'' no counterpart.

An Italian {{Animesque}} series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by [[Creator/RainbowSrl Rainbow SpA]]. Straffi devised ''Huntik'' in 2006 as a DarkerAndEdgier SpiritualSuccessor to his previous Rainbow show, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', which he initially planned to finish in 2007. After ''Winx'' was extended for more seasons, Straffi was tasked with directing and producing both shows, and it's safe to say that the bulk of his attention was focused on ''Huntik''.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The [[MainCharacter main characters]] usually get one that show their important traits:

%%** The Organization in season one
%%*** BigBad: The Professor
%%*** TheDragon: Rassimov
%%*** EvilGenius: Klaus
%%*** TheBrute: Grier
%%*** DarkChick: [=DeFoe=]
** [[AncientConspiracy The Blood Spiral Brotherhood aka The Blood Spiral Order]]
*** BigBad: Rassimov is the brotherhood's leader and the one with the EvilPlan
*** TheDragon: Shauna and Wind are CoDragons to Rassimov because they are more direct agents that organize the mooks.
*** EvilGenius: Tantras who recruits and trains the underlings.
*** TheBrute: Kiel, Tantras' top student and the one who [[spoiler:set the fire to Sophie's house that killed her parents and changed her life from that point on]]
*** DarkChick: Murdock and also Harrison Fears once he joins the [[FiveManBand Blooded Circle]] [[spoiler: in place of Tantras]]
* FiveManBand: Our gang grows into one as time goes on.
** TheLeader: Dante, due to being a badass veteran and TeamDad.
** TheLancer: Lok, a younger seeker that contrasts Dante.
** TheSmartGuy: An odd case in that when Dante's team needs basic information they consult the ''holotome'', but it was based on technology from the Casterwill family and Sophie's own intelligence is often highlighted. Cherit, a titan without a seeker, provides information that it can't.
** TheBigGuy: Zhalia gets most of the strong titans and is more ruthless in their use than Dante.
** TheChick: Sophie, as a LoveInterest to Lok and the mix of compassion and sympathy to relate to the organization's victims (unless they flirt with Lok).

** JerkassGods: [[YouCantFightFate The Legendary Titan of Fate - Arc]]. By season two, the group abandons any ideas of trying to control and use this fickle Titan.

Season Two dwells more on the historical side of the Seekers, and expands on Sophie and the Casterwill family as a whole. The primary {{villains}} are a [[MysteryCult cult]] of sorts called [[AncientConspiracy The Blood Spiral Brotherhood]] led by none other than the previous season's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Rassimov. Teenage orphan Den Fears also joins Lok's group part way in, [[spoiler:helping in Zhalia's place while she's busy infiltrating said cult, learning their secrets.]]

* AChildShallLeadThem: [[spoiler:Sophie]] becoming the leader to the Casterwill elders. Though [[spoiler:she]] isn't a child, it is viewed this way because of [[spoiler:her]] youth.

* ChekhovsGun: The goddamn ''[[{{Mjolnir}} Hammer of Thor]]'': recovered in a first season episode, is strong enough to one-shot the biggest Titan ever seen on screen, but wasn't used anymore due the need for two Seekers to spin the thing before launching it at the victim and it's size (as tall as a man) making it difficult to transport where needed (like when you're fighting [[BigBad The Professor]] and his Legendary Titans). Then in the last episode of the second season, during the final battle between the whole Huntik Foundation and the Blood Spiral Order, the Blood Spiral summons an enormous flying Titan that can easily take down the Foundation's [[CoolPlane Cool Planes]]... And when Montehue reaches one of the planes to help, the pilot gets him to help with using the Hammer, even commenting it had been a good idea to bring it with them. Wind, the Seeker in control of the flying Titan, has barely the time for an OhCrap face before said Titan is one-shotted.

* [[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Dog Was The Seeker]]: During the storming of the Organization's headquarters, Zhalia and Dante had to deal with two Undergolem Titans, with no Seeker around and the Professor's dog looking and barking. It's then revealed that the dog was the Seeker: the Professor, [[CrazyPrepared just in case]], had used magic to give him the ability to summon those two Titans and trained him as a guard dog.

* EnemyMine: Lok's group, in particularly Sophie, tries this with [[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Wilder's]] faction at least twice, in the hopes that they would work together with the Huntik Foundation in battling against the Blood Spirals. He declines both times, saying he'll find a way to control the Blood Spirals and make them work for him, [[WhatAnIdiot even though he had already sent his loyal member Stack in to infiltrate their ranks]] and [[spoiler:he [[KilledOffForReal failed]]]].

* MagicKnight[=/=]KungFuWizard: Most Seekers are this since they fight using martial arts and their Seeker powers in tandem.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:The Betrayer.]] [[FridgeHorror It's scary how thoroughly he manipulated the team]].

* ArchEnemy: The Casterwill family, descendants of the first Seeker Lord Casterwill himself, and the Blood Spirals, followers of Lord Casterwill's ex-friend know only as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Betrayer]].

An Italian {{Animesque}} series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by [[RainbowSrl Rainbow SpA]]. Straffi devised ''Huntik'' in 2006 as a DarkerAndEdgier SpiritualSuccessor to his previous Rainbow show, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', which he initially planned to finish in 2007. After ''Winx'' was extended for more seasons, Straffi was tasked with directing and producing both shows, and it's safe to say that the bulk of his attention was focused on ''Huntik''.

An Italian {{Animesque}} series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow Group. Straffi devised ''Huntik'' in 2006 as a DarkerAndEdgier SpiritualSuccessor to his previous Rainbow show, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', which he initially planned to finish in 2007. After ''Winx'' was extended for more seasons, Straffi was tasked with directing and producing both shows, and it's safe to say that the bulk of his attention was focused on ''Huntik''.

* BookDumb: Lok, particularly when it comes to history.

** One of the nightmare monsters in the ''Winx Club'' episode "Cold Spell" appears during a flashback sequence in "The Secret of Two Generations".

* FullNameBasis: Defoe always refers to Dante this way. In fact most people seem to; [[AwesomeMcCoolname his name is ]] ''[[AwesomeMcCoolname that]]'' [[AwesomeMcCoolname cool]].

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A number of Titans including Zhalia's chameleon Gareon (at first), Defoe's small floating cobra Kreutalk, and Ammit Heart-Eater, an alligator-like Titan preferred by Rassimov and the suits under his command.

* SmugSnake: Defoe, and by the end of the day, [[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Wilder]].

* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: This is how [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Defoe leaves the picture]]]] and how Grier is promoted .

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The idea behind the Bloodspirals attacking the gathered Casterwills at the Fortress of Iron Will.

* AncientConspiracy: The Order of the Bloodspirals, harbingers of the [[EldritchAbomination Nullifiers]], are first mentioned in season one. They appear in reality in season two.

* ArchEnemy: The Casterwill family, descendants of the first Seeker Lord Casterwill himself, and the Bloodspirals, followers of Lord Casterwill's ex-friend know only as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Betrayer]].

** Also noticeable in the Titans used by either heroes and villains. While the Huntik Foundation and Casterwill Titans are {{Action Girl}}s, [[KnightInShiningArmor armored knights]] and [[NobleWolf regal looking beasts]] among others, the Organization and Bloodspiral Brotherhood Titans are BigCreepyCrawlies, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Aborrent Reptiles]], {{Monster Clown}}s, and undead and demonic themed Titans.

** In season 2, Rassimov, leader of the [[AncientConspiracy Bloodspirals]], [[spoiler:with The Betrayer being the true BigBad of season 2]]

* CainAndAbel: Harrison grows apart from Den due to the power the Bloodspirals promise him being appealing. After Den joins Lok's team, this puts the brothers on opposite sides and at each other's throats, [[spoiler:though they do reconcile by the end.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The goddamn ''[[{{Mjolnir}} Hammer of Thor]]'': recovered in a first season episode, is strong enough to one-shot the biggest Titan ever seen on screen, but wasn't used anymore due the need for two Seekers to spin the thing before launching it at the victim and it's size (as tall as a man) making it difficult to transport where needed (like when you're fighting [[BigBad The Professor]] and his Legendary Titans). Then in the last episode of the second season, during the final battle between the whole Huntik Foundation and the Bloodspiral Order, the Bloodspiral summons an enormous flying Titan that can easily take down the Foundation's [[CoolPlane Cool Planes]]... And when Montehue reaches one of the planes to help, the pilot gets him to help with using the Hammer, even commenting it had been a good idea to bring it with them. Wind, the Seeker in control of the flying Titan, has barely the time for an OhCrap face before said Titan is one-shotted.

* CometOfDoom: The Red Comet, needed to call the Nullifiers on the longest night of the year. It first appeared after the group retrieved the Willblade. After it showed up, the Bloodspirals started coming out of the woodwork. [[spoiler:[[SequelHook It's still there at the end of season two]].]]
* ComMons: Certain Titans are very common: Freelancer for the Huntik Foundation, Icarus and Feyone for the Casterwills, Redcap and Mindrone and a few others for The Organization, and Marauder and ''especially'' Harlekin for the Bloodspirals.

* CoolBigSis: CharacterDevelopment evolves Zhalia into this towards Lok and Sophie. She also instantly becomes this to orphans Den and Harrison Fears, [[spoiler:even to the point of looking out for Harrison all the while she was infiltrating the Bloodspirals.]] Harrison even admits she is like a sister to him and that she is his only real friend, other than his brother.

* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: Harrison's joining of the Bloodspirals must have been hazy since he blames Zhalia for "taking his brother away" and stopping him from joining as well, even though Den made the final decision himself.

** Den and Harrison Fears also get their's in their first appearances in season two. Harrison's when we see two bullies playing keep away with himself, showing his resentment and setting up for his eager joining of the Bloodspirals when they recruit him. Den's when we see him positively ''owning'' the two bullies who were pushing his younger brother around, even using small manifested Seeker powers on his last punch. Even Zhalia, who's watching near by, seems impressed.
* EnemyMine: Lok's group, in particularly Sophie, tries this with [[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Wilder's]] faction at least twice, in the hopes that they would work together with the Huntik Foundation in battling against the Bloodspirals. He declines both times, saying he'll find a way to control the Bloodspirals and make them work for him, [[WhatAnIdiot even though he had already sent his loyal member Stack in to infiltrate their ranks]] and [[spoiler:he [[KilledOffForReal failed]]]].

** [[AncientConspiracy The Bloodspiral Brotherhood aka The Bloodspiral Order]]

** This happens to Lok in the second season, when [[BigBad The Betrayer]] reveals that he [[spoiler: [[BatmanGambit impersonated Eathon Lambert to lead him into]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero breaking the seal on the Bloodspiral Mark]]]].

* TheInfiltration: Mr. Wilder's lackey Stack tries this on the Bloodspirals, but fails rather quickly; on the other hand, [[spoiler:Zhalia is much more successful at this endeavor.]]

** In season two there's [[spoiler:Stack]], who's made an example of anyone who plays and/or betrays the Bloodspirals, [[spoiler:Kiel, though it's implied; we don't know what happened, he just disappears, Tantras, also implied but more heavily so, Lindorm and Solwing via The Legendary Titan of War - Legion[[note]]except Legion's later destruction freed the energy of all previously absorbed Titans back to Huntik, so they're certainly still alive - we just never learn whether or not Lindorm or Solwing would be able to return like Sabriel did[[/note]], and [[TheStarscream Rassimov]] when his plan with the comet fails. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in regards to Dante's death. He really did die, he just used Copykind beforehand to mimic The Legendary Titan Phoenix's power to rise from the ashes.]]

* MarkOfTheBeast: All members of the [[AncientConspiracy Bloodspiral Brotherhood]] are branded with a Bloodspiral brand, including Den, his brother Harrison, [[spoiler: and FakeDefector Zhalia]]. Den and Harrison seem to have a bond with their's that signal when one is hurt or when they're close to each other. They start becoming AcheyScars towards the end of the season when things start becoming really bad.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Zhalia first infiltrates Lok and Dante's team before [[BecomingtheMask joining for real]]. She later infiltrates the Bloodspirals in order to locate the whereabouts of the Spiral Mark, which was right under the Bloodsprial base the whole time.]]

* {{Mooks}}: The Organization Suits. And the generic Bloodspiral Silent Soldiers who conveniently wear masks.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The second season is FILLED with these. In order: by defeating the Professor in the way they did in season one, Dante and co. took down the most powerful weapon to defend the world from the [[AncientConspiracy Bloodspiral Order]]; to prevent [[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Wilder]] from taking the Willblade, Lok takes it from its hiding place, [[spoiler:freeing the Red Comet that allows the summoning of the [[EldritchAbomination Nullifiers]]; right after the Red Comet]] is summoned, Lucas Casterwill finally appears to explain how The Organization had stolen from him the Titan Void, that [[spoiler:with the Red Comet and at the right moment can be used to summon the Nullifiers]], with the recovery attempt leading the Bloodspiral Order to take it away exactly to [[spoiler: summon the Nullifiers]]; in one of the last episodes, Lok hits the Bloodspiral Mark with the Willblade to prevent it from being usable to summon the Nullifiers immediately, [[spoiler: only to find out he had been duped and that he had just broken the seal put on it by Lord Casterwill]].

** Zhalia starts CommutingOnABus a third of the way into season two. We see much less of her and her Titans from that point [[spoiler:until the end of season two. She only shows up during Bloodspiral scenes and outings that include Harrison. She and Dante still communicate via their Logosbooks.]]
* PyroManiac: HotBlooded Bloodspiral Kiel. He often declares gleefully "''Burn everything!''" when summoning his fire Titans, and he's fond of fire Seeker powers.

* ReverseMole: In season two, [[spoiler:[[FakeDefector Zhalia]] who infiltrates the Bloodspirals to learn of their secrets. She]] ends up looking after Harrison Fears while doing so.

* SequelHook: In the first season, we have [[spoiler: Rassimov being thrown defeated into a magical vortex and winding up 'somewhere' to say to two unknown people[[note]]Shauna and Wind[[/note]] that everything is going according to the plan]]. In the second, after the final battle, [[spoiler: Montahue wonders if the Bloodspiral Mark is deactivated for good... Only for the Mark to flash for a moment. The viewers are then shown that the red comet heralding the Nullifiers is still there.]]

* TemptingFate: A hilarious example in season 2, episode 14. Den distracts Harrison from the Buzzila's Hive Mother Titan he was guarding, and asks him why he left his post. Harrison replies declaring there are twenty Bloodspiral soldiers and that nobody can defeat them. The following scene shows Dante defeating the last five guards ''and keeping count''.

* VillainousHarlequin: The [[{{Mooks}} Silent Soldiers]] of the Bloodspiral's seemingly favorite Titan, Harlekin.

* TheWorfEffect: Wilder seems to exist only for this: after spending the first few episodes giving the heroes a hard time, the Bloodspiral Order makes its debut by trashing him and his mooks. In a double subversion, he becomes even more dangerous after that before Grier [[PutOnABus asskicks him out of the show]].

Created by Iginio Straffi, co-produced by Big Bocca Productions and Rainbow S.p.A. (producers of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'') and debuting on the [=CW4Kids=] on January 3, 2009, Huntik is an {{Animesque}} series that tells the story of Lok Lambert, a teenager who has a knack for puzzles but is otherwise ordinary. However, that changes when he and classmate Sophie Casterwill discover a journal belonging to Lok's missing father, alongside a mysterious amulet. Within mere moments, they are attacked by "The Suits", henchmen under the employment of "The Organization".

Lok and Sophie manage to drive away the suits with the help of Dante Vale, a private detective with an extensive knowledge of amulets. Dante also informs Lok of his destiny as a Seeker, a person who can use magic and bond with magical creatures called Titans, and recruits him into the Huntik Foundation, an alliance of Seekers with noble purposes who try to find and investigate historical and magical artifacts. Now Lok and his new friends must use the knowledge contained within his father's journal to find other Titans and to keep them out of the world-domination-seeking hands of The Organization.

Season Two dwells more on the historical side of the Seekers, and expands on Sophie and the Casterwill family as a whole. The primary {{villains}} are a [[MysteryCult cult]] of sorts called [[AncientConspiracy The Bloodspiral Brotherhood]] led by none other than the previous season's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Rassimov. Teenage orphan Den Fears also joins Lok's group part way in, [[spoiler:helping in Zhalia's place while she's busy infiltrating said cult, learning their secrets.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: There's just something so cool about the name Dante Vale.

* FiveBadBand:

*** DarkChick: Murdock and also Harrison Fears once he joins the [[FiveBadBand Blooded Circle]] [[spoiler: in place of Tantras]]

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Zhalia gets it after her position as the Organization's mole is out. Den also easily forgives Harrison in the final episode when he {{Heel Face Turn}}s, though Den wanted nothing more than to be with his brother again, so it makes since.]]

* EnemyMine: Lok's group, in particularly Sophie, tries this with [[CardCarryingVillain Mr. Wilder's]] faction at least twice, in the hopes that they would work together with the Huntik Foundation in battling against the Bloodspirals. He declines both times, saying he'll find a way to control the Bloodspirals and make them work for him, [[WhatAnIdiot even though he had already sent his loyal member Stack in to infiltrate their ranks]] and [[spoiler:he [[KilledOffForReal failed]]]]

---> ""in this line of work you run through your wardrobe rather quickly""

** When [[spoiler: Klaus is freed from being a statue]] in season 2, and he [[spoiler:learns of Zhalia's HeelFaceTurn]], he comments that [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi "I'm out of it for a little while, and everyone gets delusions of grandeur!"]]

** Many of the famous legendary people of the past that accomplished massive feats like Jason and the Argonauts and the pirate Cortez are said to be ancient Seekers.
* AllThereInTheManual: The official ''Huntik'' website has details of the story--including the backstories of several characters--which either don't appear at all, or do appear, but aren't made obvious.

** Also noticeable in the Titans used by either heroes and villains. While the Huntik Foundation and Casterwill Titans are {{Action Girl}}s, [[KnightInShiningArmor armored knights]] and [[BigBadassWolf cool looking beasts]] among others, the Organization and Bloodspiral Brotherhood Titans are BigCreepyCrawlies, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Aborrent Reptiles]], {{Monster Clown}}s, and undead and demonic themed Titans.

** The Organization in season one
*** BigBad: The Professor
*** TheDragon: Rassimov
*** EvilGenius: Klaus
*** TheBrute: Grier
*** DarkChick: [=DeFoe=]
*** SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Zhalia]]

*** BigBad: Rassimov [[spoiler:The Betrayer being the true [[BiggerBad Big Bad]]]]
*** TheDragon: Rassimov is this to the above spoiler. Shauna and Wind are CoDragons to Rassimov

*** [[spoiler:FakeDefector: Zhalia,]] who is quickly assigned Harrison's bodyguard

** The Bloodspirals definitely feel like this at the battle at the Fortress of Iron Will and at the end of the season.

* TheWorfEffect: Wilder seems to exist only for this: after spending the first few episodes giving the heroes a hard time, the Bloodspiral Order makes its debut by trashing him and his mooks. In a mild subversion, he becomes even more dangerous after that before Grier [[PutOnABus asskicks him out of the show]].

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Most readily apparent with the brothers, Den and Harrison. Den is conventionally attractive and sports a trendy haircut; he joins up with the heroes. Harrison is pale, lank-haired and sunken-cheeked; he throws in with the bad guys... [[spoiler:until the end]].

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Most readily apparent with the brothers, Den and Harrison. Den is conventionally attractive and sports a trendy haircut; he joins up with the heroes. Harrison is pale, lank-haired and sunken-cheeked; he throws in with the bad guys.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Dante develops this toward Lok and Sophie. Den has this for Harrison even after he starts smacking him a bit later on. Lastly, Lok develops this for Den pretty quickly which Den appreciates.