“ | The magic at Glandus High was tasty. But I hope yours will be more filling. | „ |
~ The Inspector after revealing her true form. |
The Inspector is a minor antagonist in the Disney animated series The Owl House, serving as the main antagonist of the episode "The First Day". She is a shapeshifting basilisk that sneaks into magic schools posing as a member of the Emperor's Coven in order to eat the magic of the students and facility.
She is voiced by April Stewart, who also voiced Leslie Meyers from season 19 of South Park.
Biography[]
She first appeared in "The First Day" where she presented herself as an inspector from the Emperor's Coven. However, after looking at Amity's performance she reveals herself as a magic eating monster known as a Greater Basilisk and drains both Amity and Principal Bump of their magic. She then terrorizes the school and eats the magic of the other students. When she faced off against Luz and her new friends Vinney, Jerbo, and Barkus she reveals she also drained the magic from the other magic schools on the Boiling Isles. But Luz and her friends defeat her with their combined coven magic and release all the magic she had eaten from the other schools. It is unknown what happened to her afterwards. Although it is possible she was either killed by the sandbags dropped on her, or she was imprisoned to prevent her from stealing magic again.
Trivia[]
- While Bump suspects the creature was working for the Emperor's Coven, whether they were behind her attack on Hexside or not (and if they did, their motive for doing so) remains ambiguous.
- It was later revealed in "Yesterday's Lie" that the Coven was responsible for the revival of the Basilisk species to study how they absorbed magic, but some of them escaped.
- According to European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who can cause death with a single glance.
- Incidentally, the Greater basilisk is a variant of basilisk found in fantasy tabletop card games such as Magic: The Gathering.
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