The Labyrinth is the sixth episode of season 1 of the W.I.T.C.H. TV series.

Plot

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Every student at Sheffield Institute gets their midterms back and everybody is just about happy with their grades, except for Taranee. Cedric's disguise as a bookseller seems to have attracted Cornelia, Elyon, Irma, Taranee, and Hay Lin to the store to look for history books (and to ogle at Cedric). While in the bookstore, the W.I.T.C.H. girls inadvertently touch an inversion point and find themselves in the middle of a Labyrinth inside Phobos’ castle.

Blunk, who was in the store at the time, manages to get word to Will, who accompanied Caleb on a rescue mission. Meanwhile, the others are smuggled out of the castle by a kitchen worker named Trill, who tells them about Phobos' sister. The Tracker, a hunter working for Phobos, arrives and chases the girls through the woods until Will shows up with the Heart and the they quickly defeat him.

In the B-story, Caleb starts working at the Silver Dragon restaurant.

Comics connections

• The part of the episode where the W.I.T.C.H. girls got trapped in a labyrinth inside the bookstore is similar to an event that occurred in issue 6 of the comics. It also bears some similarity to when they were trapped in the Book of Elements in issue 61.

Possible mistakes

• When Irma said, "You still think it's one of us?", Taranee's voice was heard. This may be an animation error instead of a voicing one, as earlier in the episode, it was Irma herself who was the biggest proponent of this theory among the girls.
• When running from the tracker in one scene Cornelia appears noticeably taller than the others at her guardian form height despite being the same height when they slid down an embankment .

Potentially explained

• In this episode, Elyon stated that she doesn't eat doughnuts, but in Happy Birthday Will, she was seen eating one, or it could be a bagel. However, it is possible that she developed a mild distaste for them after Caleb (whom she was attracted to) gave her the doughnut and ditched her multiple times in the earlier episode. This is further supported by her immediately perking up and running to get a doughnut after being informed that "there's a really cute guy serving" in this episode.
• At the end of the episode, the teacher gave Taranee her midterm essay back, stating: "Your description of the Labyrinth, it's... it's almost as if you were there." This could be considered an error, as Taranee wrote and handed in the essay before the girls went to the labyrinth. However, particularly given that this hinges on the central plot of the episode rather than a minor detail, it seems unlikely that the writers would make such a mistake. They may have intended it to simply be a joke for the audience (perhaps referring to Taranee's intelligence), with Taranee's response of "Yeah. Almost." in a sheepish tone referring to her being nervous about giving away some indication of her adventures, as opposed to being about the content of the essay itself.

Behind the scenes

• Fan discussion of the original broadcasts of this episode at Anime Superhero (formerly Toon Zone). Some episode threads also feature posts by members of the crew that worked on the show, including Andrew Nicholls (Andrewjn) and Justine Cheynet (witchinsider).

Trivia

• This episode marks the first appearances of Trill and the Tracker and Sniffer, as well as the concept of inversion points.
• The girls found out that Prince Phobos mistreats the Meridianite villagers, forcing them to work in his castle for a "pittance", as Trill put it, and stealing their life force to increase his powers.
• They also learned about the existence of Prince Phobos's sister, the true heir to the throne, on Earth.
• The girls found out why Cedric stole the birth records in Happy Birthday Will, which seemed to put paid to their suspicions that he was looking for one of them.
• The girls visited Cedric's bookstore for the first time.
• In this episode, the transformation sequence is extended slightly and is different due to Will transforming alone initially.
• When the four Guardians transformed, it shows them being saved from falling, showing their transformation causes them to raise into the air.
• Elyon exhibited a crush on Cedric and started to become friends with him.
• Cornelia was visibly distraught when Caleb was attacked by Sniffer, showing her growing affection for him.
• Despite not having a specific elemental ability until season 2, Will was not left without offensive powers in season 1 (as is commonly assumed). In this episode, she demonstrated superstrength by cracking a stone foundation. Similar demonstrations occurred in The Battle of The Meridian Plains.
• This episode is one of two where one Guardian, namely Will, had to work to save the others (the other being G is for Garbage).

TV series
Season 1	It Begins · It Resumes · The Key · Happy Birthday Will · A Service to The Community · The Labyrinth · Divide and Conquer · Ambush At Torus Filney · Return of The Tracker · Framed · The Stone of Threbe · The Princess Revealed · Stop the Presses · Parent's Night · The Mudslugs · Walk This Way · Ghosts of Elyon · The Mogriffs · The Underwater Mines · The Seal of Phobos · Escape from Cavigor · Caleb's Challenge · The Battle of The Meridian Plains · The Rebel Rescue · The Stolen Heart · The Final Battle
Season 2	A is for Anonymous · B is for Betrayal · C is for Changes · D is for Dangerous · E is for Enemy · F is for Facades · G is for Garbage · H is for Hunted · I is for Illusion · J is for Jewel · K is for Knowledge · L is for Loser · M is for Mercy · N is for Narcissist · O is for Obedience · P is for Protectors · Q is for Quarry · R is for Relentless · S is for Self · T is for Trauma · U is for Undivided · V is for Victory · W is for Witch · X is for Xanadu · Y is for Yield · Z is for Zenith

Season 1
Heroes:		W.I.T.C.H. (Guardians) · Yan Lin · Elyon Brown · Caleb · Blunk · Vathek · Aldarn · Drake · Tynar · The Mage · Alborn · Miriadel
Villains:		Prince Phobos · Lord Cedric · Miranda · Tracker · Jeek · Raythor · Frost · Lothar
Items:		Heart of Kandrakar · Horn of Hypnos · Map of portals · Star of Threbe · Seal of Phobos · Book of Secrets · Spike wheel · Symbols of Elyon
Planets:		Earth · Meridian
Episodes:		01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26