History WesternAnimation / PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders

[[TheHeavy However, trouble strikes]] when the evil Lady Kale finds the [[TheDarkSide Dark Stone]] and uses it to banish Merlin to the realm of WildMagic so she can steal the magical Crown Jewels to [[CainAndAbel bring down her sister]] Anya and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen become the new queen]] of Avalon, [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over all the magic]] for herself to rule. However, Merlin scatters the jewels at the [[JustInTime last minute]], sending the Jewel Riders on a quest to [[GottaCatchEmAll get them all]] before Kale does.

* SapientPet: Pretty much all the animal characters in the series. Sunstar and Moondance also qualify as {{Sapient Steed}}s.

** Shadowsong, in virtue of being pink [[RealMenWearPink like the real stallions]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tamara has pink hair and Fallon has purple.

Our story follows Princess Gwenevere (or Starla), the teenage daughter of Queen Anya of Avalon, and her friends Tamara and [[TokenBlack Fallon]], as they quest to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Crown Jewels]] that keep the {{magic}} of the kingdom in check with the help of good wizard Merlin. The girls were chosen to be the Jewel Riders, and each has been given an [[PowerCrystal Enchanted Jewel]] that gives her special powers: Gwenevere with the Sun Stone, Fallon with the Moon Stone and Tamara with the [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway Heart Stone.]] Each girl also has an [[NonHumanSidekick animal friend]] who can communicate with her, {{bond|Creatures}}ed with their respective Enchanted Jewel.

* FashionShow: Episode 16, the appropriately titled "Fashion Fever", when Kale sneaks into the Crystal Palace to HypnotizeThePrincess.

%%** In the first season, Gwenevere herself is voiced by Kerry Butler, a singer and Tony-nominated Broadway actress who has starred in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'', ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', among others.

Following in the footsteps of better-known shows such as ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', ''Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders'' (known as ''Starla and the Jewel Riders'' outside the United States) was a MagicalGirl show very loosely inspired by the [[KingArthur Arthurian]] myths. It was created by Robert Mandell of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' fame, and even used some of the same voice actors.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Rufus and Twig, Lady Kale's dweasels, are mostly for comedy but they help out too.

** This including all the PungeonMaster stuff such as "Freeze me and I'm yours forever" and "They're bored stiff" (in "Revenge of the Dark Stone"), or "And if anything happens to the [the sheep], you'll be in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sheep dip]]" and "You're pixie dust" (in "The Faery Princess").

** The second season introduces the enchantress Morgana, who was the creator and original user of Kale's Dark Stone. Curiously, she has also an appearance of a [[OurElvesAreBetter dark elf]] here, while Merlin [[ElvesVersusDwarves looks kinda dwarfish]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Gwenevere as the Veronica and Tamara as the Betty to Drake's Archie.
** In the second season, after Ian is introduced, Ian is the Veronica and Drake is the Betty to Gwenevere's Archie.

* TheFairFolk: The fearies and their own MagicalLand are the titular subject of the episode "The Faery Princess".

* ProductionPosse: The Mandell brothers got Rowley back. And [[Anime/SpeedRacer Peter Fernandez]] to direct the voice acting. Fernandez got his old friend Corrine Orr. And they also got Laura Dean to voice one of the leads. It's a little surreal to watch this if you've seen WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers

** "Trouble in Elf Town" is a shout out to the [[TheWestern classic western]].

Our story follows [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] Gwenevere (or Starla), the teenage daughter of Queen Anya of Avalon, and her friends Tamara and [[TokenBlack Fallon]], as they quest to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Crown Jewels]] that keep the {{magic}} of the kingdom in check with the help of good wizard Merlin. The girls were chosen to be the Jewel Riders, and each has been given an [[PowerCrystal Enchanted Jewel]] that gives her special powers: Gwenevere with the Sun Stone, Fallon with the Moon Stone and Tamara with the [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway Heart Stone.]] Each girl also has an [[NonHumanSidekick animal friend]] who can communicate with her, {{bond|Creatures}}ed with their respective Enchanted Jewel.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Obviously; it's in the title after all. There's even an [[TheEvilPrince evil princess]].

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Any time it shows the area around the characters while travelling, as well as some of the cuts in the intro, it is clearly CGI.

* [[AutobotsRockOut Jewel Riders, Rock Out!]]: Episode 10, however the scene in question just uses the opening theme.

* [[RealMenWearPink Real Stallions Wear Pink]]: Shadowsong.

* [[TwoTimerDate Three Timer Date]]: By Drake, the leader of The Pack who usually hits on Gwen only. To be fair to the guy, it was mostly the fault of a wicked [[TalkingWeapon talking sword]].

* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Guy and Girl]]: Fallon's parents in "Badlands".

* WizardsLiveLonger: Althrough it is never properly explained, apparently both Merlin and Morgana (and the rest of the ancient Wizards) are around for at least one thousand years.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Here in the form of Travel Trees that are creating entry points into the Wild Magic tunnels.

* NonHumanSidekick: A lot, as the Jewel Riders and the Pack have their own, and so has Lady Kale (Gwen's Sunstar, Merlin's Archie, Fallon's Moondance, Kale's Grimm, Rufus and Twig, Tamara's Shadowsong, among others). In fact Kale appears to have no human followers whatsoever.

* ConspicuousCG: Any time it shows the area around the characters while travelling, as well as some of the cuts in the intro, it is clearly CGI.

* VillainOpeningScene: The show opens with the scene of Lady Kale finding the Dark Stone, empowering herself against Merlin and [[CainAndAbel her sister Queen Anya]] - and [[TheVillainMakesThePlot starting the trouble]] in the [[TheGoodKingdom otherwise peaceful kingdom]].