As the creator, Patrick McHale (also, a shout out to the developer of the series, Katie Krentz) would describe the series as the brothers visiting little pockets of stories, it makes sense that each has an individual piece or lesson it brings to the pilgrimage Wirt goes through. These three characters work so well together, bouncing ideas and expectations off one another, forcing each other to reflect on something they wouldn't have otherwise. Greg represents the freedom of childhood, Wirt represents the confusion and mistrust at times towards child-like behavior that can happen growing up, and Beatrice represents an age past Wirt's that has left behind curious nature and the joy in a journey instead gravitating towards familiarity and compliance in social expectations of adulthood (everyone out for themselves only). And no matter the destination, the characters of Over The Garden Wall present a piece of all of that in the stops of their pilgrimage.įor me, I focus on three main characters from Over The Garden Wall (Wirt, Greg & Beatrice) as a perfectly done representation of different yet important versions of a pilgrimage.
They resemble vintage Halloween decorations and art, a flashback of sorts to 1920s aesthetic mixed with New England-inspired autumnal vibes. A touching look at the transcending part of life that is the inevitability of death, not only from dialogue but from the way these characters of Pottsfield are drawn. It's a perfect look at the strange yet wonderful shades of orange in the pumpkins that the townspeople use for the faces and bodies. With the help of a shadowy Woodsmen and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, they travel through the foggy land in Hope of finding a way home." Source: Cartoon Networkįrom the often joyous to haunting soundtrack to the animation style, Over The Garden Wall is a masterclass of "fall vibes" or the autumn aesthetic that has you craving to live in a cottage surrounded by moss, darkened leaves, and at least one babbling stream. A mysterious place called The Unknown… Two Brothers, Wirt and Greg find themselves lost in the strange woods, adrift in a time.
Wirt and Greg are drawn into a dream world of cherubs, flowers and clouds where Greg must battle the North Wind Wirt gives up hope of getting home. Wirt and Greg take a lighthearted romp aboard the Frogland Ferry Greg realizes that his own frog may be better off living with his amphibian compatriots.Īn unexpected darkness tears the gang apart Wirt takes charge and meets Loma. Quincy Endicott's sprawling mansion may be haunted by a beautiful ghost Wirt and Beatrice get trapped in an armoire while searching for loose change. Wirt, Greg and Beatrice get all mixed up in the musical antics of a schoolhouse of animals, a lovelorn teacher, a grouchy old benefactor and an escaped gorilla.īeatrice is left out in the rain with a brainless horse Wirt and Greg ask for directions in a lively colonial tavern called The Dark Lantern. Wirt refuses a bluebird's help and winds up wandering into a huge mess of trouble at the annual Pottsfield harvest festival. While lost in the woods of the Unknown, brothers Wirt and Gregory run into a jaded old woodsman who warns them to beware of a beast. Wirt and Gregory get tired of walking, so they borrow a car from a romantic songster made of vegetables. They are aided by a wise old woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice.
Over the Garden Wall revolves around two brothers, Wirt and Gregory, who find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.