She was also not actually his girlfriend, though she did have feelings for him that may or may not have been reciprocated. In the original, she was merely a water-diviner whose business was disrupted by Clow Reed, and who was sealed up voluntarily. Clow Reed's Psycho Ex-Girlfriend in the dubbed version of Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie.Sister tropes include Cute Witch, Hot Witch, and Widow Witch. The origins of the wicked witch herself are most likely a way to vilify women that certain people thought were leading immoral lives, or wanted to take advantage of.Ĭompare Evil Sorceress of which this tends to be a more 'earthy' version. It's also worth noting that many aspects of the wicked witch (an old woman in mourning black, living alone, loves children, has a cat) are perfectly ordinary things you might expect from a widowed older woman, twisted to make them sound evil. In settings tending more towards Magic Realism than typical fantasy worlds, their magical powers will be downplayed, but their prophecies will have a bad habit of coming horribly true, especially if they get insulted or snubbed. There might also be some overlap with the Wicked Stepmother and the Evil Matriarch however, royalty tends to be beautiful.
It's likely that every witch in existence will be this trope in a setting where Magic is Evil. Turning people into animals (in particular frogs/toads) seems to be a favorite, as far as curses go. They are also especially prone to throwing around Curses at people they don't like or really just anyone that happens to cross their path. A good witch might brew a potion to make your laundry smell nice, but a wicked one might brew a potion with a Dead Man's Toe to give you hives. Powers: While a good witch tends to be an earthy nature child, the bad version practices Black Magic and The Dark Arts and probably trucks with the devil or some other power of evil.And while witches in general love black cats, the wicked ones also have a thing for creepy and evil animals like spiders, snakes, crows, toads or bats. She loves to cackle and she may say something along the lines of "I'll get you my pretty!", and is likely to be psychotic. This character also has an unusually high-pitched and/or raspy voice. Sometimes she eats them, or sometimes she uses them as Human Resources for her magic, but even if she does neither, most evil witches seem inexorably destined to give kids the worst-and last-days of their lives. Sometimes her house is Obviously Evil, but it's just as likely she lives in a Gingerbread House or other attractive building, so as to lure in her favorite prey: children. Habits: This character tends to live alone in isolated environments, especially creepy forests or thorny wastelands where it's easy to find your way in and never find your way back out.
However, if her beauty is the reason for her evil, she's probably a Vain Sorceress. In fact, if they hit any of the evil appearance tropes you'll want to watch out.
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