Over the Garden Wall ...

(click this image to go to youTube and watch the first episode)

Adelaide of the Pastures

Beatrice the snarky BlueBird

Cartoon Network's "Over the Garden Wall"

Dante's Inferno inferences

Elijah Wood as Wirt

"Four Philosophy Ensemble: The Cynic: Wirt.The Optimist: Greg.The Realist: Beatrice.The Apathetic: Greg's Frog."

Gregory is played by Collin Dean

"Happily Ever After: Implied through the epilogue, with a little fourth wall breaking thrown in."

In Medias Res: "Into the middle of things" — taken from the poet Horace, this refers to the poetic technique of beginning a narrative poem at a late point in the story

John Clease and Jack Jones just two of the many famous-ish voice over actors

Keeping the lantern lit means Keeping the Woodsman's daughter's soul alive, or does it?

"Molasses and Potatoes" - the real title of the song is Potatoes and Molasses, but I already had a "P"
Now you know what really inspired this blog post. The songs, of course :)

Patrick McHale: Creator, executive producer, writer, storyboard artist and songwriter

Quincy Endicott and Marguerrite are "Bookends"

Reference many interesting tidbits from literature 

Scissors :) and Skeletons climb out of their graves and Start to dance, like this...

Tagline: "Will you take a peek?" - twee : a new word I learn that means "sweet" also:
"Tropes are storytelling devices and conventions. Basically, the entire point of this site."

Unknowingly, the Woodsman is feeding The Beasts' soul all along

"Various items in the abandoned mill the Woodsmen inhabits seem much more meaningful when the epilogue reveals that the home belongs to Beatrice and her family."

Wirt: worry? or "one who is Worthy"
eXplored both Wikipedia and tvtropes.org
Yubaba and
Zeniba from Spirited away are both aspects of Auntie Whisper's design