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| The guardian costumes are purple |
The guardian costumes are pink and green [1] |
| Yan Lin dies soon after passing on the Heart to Will |
Yan lin does not die, and plays a significant role throughout the show[2] |
Cornelia, Will and Elyon are in the 9th grade
Taranee, Hay Lin and Irma are in the 8th grade (13 and 14 years old) |
Cornelia, Will and Elyon are in the 8th grade
Taranee, Hay Lin and Irma are in the 7th grade (12 and 13 years old)[2] |
| All of the Guardians can become invisible, only Hay Lin can fly. |
All of the Guardians can fly, only Hay Lin can become invisible. [3] |
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Exclusive characters; Blunk and the Mage[2] |
| Phobos' advisers are known as "Murmurers" |
Phobos' advisers are known as "Whisperers"[4] |
| Astral Drops are created as perfect copies (with the exception, at first, of Will's Astral Drop) and disappear when requested |
Astral drops have only simple personalities and disappear when anybody says the words 'Astral Drops'. [5] |
| The four dragons are Earth - Yellow, Fire - White (Pearl), Air - Black and Water - Red. |
The four dragons are Earth- Yellow, Fire - Red, Air - Light Blue and Water - Blue. [5] |
| Taranee was the "new girl" only a few days before Will came to Heatherfield. |
Taranee was the "new girl" last year. |
| The Guardians rarely refer to themselves as W.I.T.C.H. |
The Guardians always refer to themselves as W.I.T.C.H. |
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Animation |
| Phobos is not named until some way into the story |
Phobos is named in the first episode. [1] |
| Will reveals her secret identity to Matt in the fourth arc |
Matt accidentally discovers Will's secret identity in the first arc[6] |
| Elyon would die if her power was drained by Phobos |
Elyon would be reduced to a black rose if her power was drained by Phobos.[7] |
| The dormouse has been woken from its hibernation by Uriah, and Will adopted it until its death. |
The dormouse was a gift from Matt to Will, but she couldn't keep it. It moved to Irma, then to Hay Lin. In the second season it moved to Cornelia, Taranee, Elyon and finally back to Matt. |
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Animation |
| Nerissa is freed from Mount Thanos after all 5 Aurameres are combined into Cornelia |
The 5 Aurameres were combined into Cornelia after Nerissa's escape (via a portal between Kandrakar and Meridian) [8] |
| The Knights of Revenge are Khor, Shagon, Tridart, and Ember. |
The Knights of Vengeance are Gargoyle, Miranda, Sandpit, The Tracker, and Frost. The Knights of Destruction are Shagon, Khor, Ember and Tridart. [9] |
| Shagon and Khor are an archaeologist and his dog. |
Khor and Shagon are Matt Olsen and his pet dormouse Mr. Huggles. [9] |
| The Guardian's secondary powers develop quickly |
Cornelia's secondary powers don't develop until shortly after the start of season 2[10], the other Guardians' powers develop the following episode [3] |
| The emergence of the guardian's secondary powers is not explained |
The emergence of the guardian's secondary powers is hypothesized to have developed because the lifting of the veil allowed further energy to be transmitted to them [3] |
| The Guardians loose the ability to travel to Meridian after the Veil is lifted, and are cut off from Elyon |
After the veil is lifted the Guardians travel to Meridian many times, and Elyon remains a key cast member[11] |
| Kadma and Halinor are banished from Kandrakar |
Halinor is a member of the council of Kandrakar, and Kadma is not banished, instead she chooses to live on the world of Zamballa . [11] |
| C.H.Y.K.N. disbands after Cassidy's death |
C.H.Y.K.N. continues without Cassidy and Nerissa, and disband when the raising of the veil separates Meridian from the the rest of the universe. |
| Phobos is defeated in the first story arc and returns in the fourth. |
Phobos is defeated in the first season and returns at the end of the second season. [12] |
| Napoleon the cat serves only as a background character with no special attributes. |
Napoleon acquires intelligences and the power of speech after becoming Lilian's familiar. Soon afterwards he becomes a regent of the Heart of Earth and gains the power to transform into a feline version of Khor. [13] |
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Animation |
| Caleb is not human. He is a Murmurer created through magic. He has pointed ears, green markings on his skin and no family. |
Caleb is human. He has normal skin and ears, as well as a mother - Nerissa - and a father - Julian. |
| Caleb sees Cornelia's true form in issues 17, 21 and 23. |
Caleb sees all the guardian in both of their forms in season 1 episode 2. [21] |
| Cornelia and Caleb end their relationship, and he becomes involved with Elyon |
Caleb continues his relationship with Cornelia, and is not romantically involved with Elyon. [19] |
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Animation |
| Elyon's birthday is on October 31 |
Elyon's birthday is on March 13[22] |
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Laurent is renamed Clubber |
| Matt's band is called Cobalt Blue |
Matt's band is called Wreck 55 [23] |
| Theresa Cook dislikes Nigel because he snuck into a museum. |
Theresa Cook dislikes Nigel because he wrote Taranee's name on a statue. |
| Orube enters W.I.T.C.H as a replacement for Tarannee who left because of her dislike of all the stringing along done by the Oracle. |
Orube has yet to make an appearance in the animation. |
