50 Fun Facts About Disenchantment

Before fleeing his relentlessly cheerful homeland in Disenchantment, Elfo works on an elf assembly line making what?

Candy is all that Elfo's fellow elves produce, and he is so tired of their compulsory jollity that he walks out in search of a sadder life.

In Disenchantment, the people of Dreamland keep mistaking Bean's personal demon Luci for which ordinary animal?

A cat is what the whole court takes Luci to be, so when an exorcist is hired to rid Bean of her demon, nobody realises it is the pet at her side.

In Disenchantment, Prince Merkimer drinks a potion for courage before marrying Bean and turns into which animal?

A pig is what Merkimer becomes, and he stays that way, hanging around Dreamland as a talking hog long after the match with Bean is called off.

Voice actor John DiMaggio described Disenchantment as the offspring of The Simpsons and which fantasy saga?

Game of Thrones was his comparison, and DiMaggio is well placed to judge: he voices King Zøg, the bad-tempered ruler at the centre of the court intrigue.

Which co-creator and star of the sitcom Broad City voices the hard-drinking Princess Bean in Disenchantment?

Abbi Jacobson voices Bean for the whole run, and later co-created and starred in the series version of A League of Their Own.

Which streaming service released Disenchantment, the first Matt Groening series not made for the Fox network?

Netflix ordered twenty episodes before a single one had been shown, then released the whole series in batches of ten.

In the first episode of Disenchantment, Bean discovers the demon Luci, sent to corrupt her, hidden among what?

Her wedding gifts hide the parcel that holds Luci, sent by two dark mages who watch Bean from afar through a magical green fire.

Which storybook pair does Bean kill in self-defence in Disenchantment after finding they have become cannibals?

Hansel and Gretel are the villains here: the twins cursed the witch Gwen, took over her house and trapped Elfo before Bean killed them with an axe.

Odval, the scheming prime minister of Dreamland in Disenchantment, is recognisable by which unusual physical feature?

Three eyes mark out Odval, who also runs a secret society beneath the castle and spends much of the series plotting to take the kingdom for himself.

Mora, whom Bean rescues from a Steamland freak show in Disenchantment and later falls for, is what kind of creature?

A mermaid, Mora becomes the great love of Bean's life, and the series ends with the two of them slipping away to marry in secret.

Which comedian, creator and host of a surreal Adult Swim talk show, voices the demon Luci in Disenchantment?

Eric André plays two roles in the series: besides Luci he voices Pendergast, the head of King Zøg's knights.

Which elf homeland, a place almost nobody ever leaves, does Elfo abandon in the first episode of Disenchantment?

Elfwood had lost only one elf before him, the legendary Leavo, so Elfo's walkout scandalises a community bound by its Jolly Code.

In Disenchantment's first episode, Prince Guysbert ends up impaled at the altar on a royal seat made of what?

Swords on the decorative throne skewered Guysbert as he scrambled after the ring Bean had thrown down, and his younger brother Merkimer was promptly lined up as her new groom.

Years before Disenchantment begins, a poisoned drink meant for King Zøg leaves Bean's mother Queen Dagmar in what state?

Turned to stone by the wine, Dagmar stands as a statue for years, and the twist is that she had poisoned the cup herself, intending it for her husband.

As Disenchantment goes on, Bean discovers a magical power that lets her shoot what from her fingertips?

Lightning first bursts out of Bean when she is cornered by robots on a Steamland pier, just as she is shouting that she has no magic at all.

Folklore's selkies become seals, but the forest selkie King Zøg falls for in Disenchantment turns into which animal?

A bear is Ursula's other form, and when a lovesick Zøg hides her bearskin to stop her leaving, her misery persuades him to hand it back.

After a wild castle party in Disenchantment, King Zøg tries to reform Bean by packing her off to which institution?

A convent was meant to turn Bean into a nun, but she was thrown out almost at once and ended up lodging with her maid Bunty's family.

Thrown out of the castle in Disenchantment, Bean earns her keep as an apprentice in which grim medieval trade?

Executioner is the job Bean tries, but when told to dispatch a cackling witch she has come to like, she cannot bring herself to do it.

Queen Oona, King Zøg's second wife in Disenchantment, comes from which kingdom that fought Dreamland over a canal?

Dankmire and Dreamland fought for years over a canal each of them claimed, and the war only stopped when Zøg married Oona.

King Zøg first keeps Elfo at court in Disenchantment because the Elixir of Life is said to need which ingredient?

Elf blood is what the castle wizard is after, and the plan fails because Elfo turns out to be only half elf.

Which actor, who shared a screenwriting Oscar for The Descendants, provides the voice of Elfo in Disenchantment?

Nat Faxon won that award with his regular writing partner Jim Rash, and plays the lovestruck, relentlessly optimistic Elfo in every season of the series.

Which Dreamland tavern, Bean's regular escape from royal duties in Disenchantment, is later renamed Luci's Inferno?

The Flying Scepter is where Bean hides from court life, and it gets its fiery new name when her demon companion takes over as landlord.

In Disenchantment, which relic recovered from the Lost City of Cremorrah is the key to making the Elixir of Life?

The Eternity Pendant is really a small vial, and when it finally works Bean has to choose one person to revive: she picks her mother over Elfo.

In the Disenchantment episode Dreamland Falls, Fry, Bender and Professor Farnsworth of Futurama flash past in what?

A time machine carries the trio through the scene, a nod to the Futurama episode in which they watch the universe end and begin again.

Which English actor, also Laszlo in What We Do in the Shadows, voices the pompous Prince Merkimer in Disenchantment?

Matt Berry is noted for his distinctive voice, and won a BAFTA for playing the lead in his own sitcom, Toast of London.

Which raiders gatecrash a castle party in Disenchantment, their leader wooing Bean while plotting to seize Dreamland?

Vikings under a leader called Sven crash the party, and the heroes get rid of them by tricking them into drinking from a poisoned fountain.

In Disenchantment, Bean accidentally wounds her father Zøg with which Steamland object, unknown in Dreamland?

A gun is so unfamiliar in Dreamland that it is taken for a dragon whistle, and it goes off while Bean and her father are arguing over it.

In the Disenchantment heist episode The Dreamland Job, Grifto's troupe of circus elves turn out to be what in disguise?

Trolls posing as elves recruit Bean to rob her father's vault, then tie her up and try to keep the loot for themselves.

In Disenchantment, Bean, Luci and the rescued soul of Elfo finally escape from Hell by way of what?

A volcano is their way out, and the escape costs Luci the wings he had only just earned with a promotion.

By turning on his fellow demons to save Bean and Elfo in Disenchantment, what does Luci knowingly sacrifice for good?

His immortality is the price: Luci's superior warns him that using his new powers to help his friends will cost him eternal life, and he does it anyway.

Which Irish writer and actress, co-creator and star of the sitcom Catastrophe, voices Queen Dagmar in Disenchantment?

Sharon Horgan plays Bean's mother, who returns looking like a long-lost loving parent and is soon revealed as the villain of the whole series.

In Disenchantment, King Zøg tries to catch which painful ailment after a visiting duke calls it a mark of success?

Gout is what Zøg gorges himself to get, until the duke comes back and reveals that the disease has cost him a foot.

After divorcing King Zøg in Disenchantment, Queen Oona leaves Dreamland on good terms to take up which new career?

Pirate captain suits Oona: rescued at sea by a timid crew, she shames them into actually attacking ships and then takes command herself.

During his breakdown in Disenchantment, King Zøg talks in riddles through Freckles, who is what kind of object?

A ventriloquist's dummy bought on a confused wander through town, Freckles is later brought to life by magic and sets about turning Zøg and Bean against each other.

What does Disenchantment call the subterranean people Bean meets in the caverns beneath Dreamland's castle?

Trøgs live in the catacombs under the castle, and a late twist reveals that they descend from elves who went underground long ago.

Early in Disenchantment Elfo learns he is only half elf, and his mother is eventually revealed to be what?

An ogre is the missing half of Elfo's family tree, which also gives him an ogre half-brother who refuses to fight him when the two are set against each other.

Disenchantment's final season reveals that the demon Luci is the son of which character, voiced by Rich Fulcher?

Satan turns out to be Luci's father: the gloomy king of Hell had meant to marry Bean and ended up wed to her mother by mistake.

In Disenchantment, Elfo repays Tess the giantess for posing as his girlfriend by fitting her with which castle treasure?

A crystal ball becomes Tess's replacement for a lost eye, with an awkward side effect: she can suddenly see the truth about everyone.

Bean is only a nickname for the heroine of Disenchantment, so what is the princess's full first name?

Tiabeanie is only the start: her full name runs Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkwitz, the last part being her father's royal house.

Which Great British Bake Off presenter voices Stan, the cheerful husband of Bean's maid Bunty, in Disenchantment?

Noel Fielding, who made his name with The Mighty Boosh, plays Stan, the family man who takes Bean in when her father throws her out.

Which former Simpsons showrunner developed Disenchantment with Matt Groening and served as its showrunner?

Josh Weinstein ran The Simpsons for its seventh and eighth seasons with Bill Oakley, his writing partner since school, who also wrote for Disenchantment.

Which animation studio, also responsible for animating Futurama, produced the animation for Disenchantment?

Rough Draft Studios, a California company with a sister studio in Seoul, keeps Matt Groening's trademark drawing style intact for a medieval setting.

Disenchantment's composer Mark Mothersbaugh, who also scored Rugrats, co-founded and sang lead in which new wave band?

Devo had a top 20 American hit with Whip It in 1980, long before Mothersbaugh moved into scoring cartoons and films.

Which Aboriginal Australian rapper joined the Disenchantment writing team and wrote the episode Our Bodies, Our Elves?

Briggs, a Yorta Yorta artist who also runs his own record label, was named as one of the writers a year before the series began and wrote a second episode later in the run.

At the very end of Disenchantment, which unlikely character is crowned ruler of Dreamland, with Elfo as consort?

Mop Girl, whose real name turns out to be Miri, is handed the crown by the elf king Rulo moments after he receives it himself.

Disenchantment's last season finally reveals that the arrow which killed Elfo in the first was fired by whom?

His own future self did it: going back to prevent his murder, Elfo aims at the knight he suspects, misses and hits his younger self instead.

Which Simpsons and Futurama veteran voices both Queen Oona and her son Prince Derek in Disenchantment?

Tress MacNeille plays mother and son alike, and adds the Arch Druidess and the wish-granting fairy Sagatha for good measure.

Which bumbling member of King Zøg's court in Disenchantment ends the series by marrying prime minister Odval?

Sorcerio, the castle's hapless wizard, is Odval's lover, and the ceremony everyone expects to be Bean's turns out to be theirs.

Which exorcist is hired in Disenchantment to drive a demon out of Bean and later kidnaps Elfo on a treasure hunt?

Big Jo loses an arm in the first encounter and is buried under sand in the second, yet still turns up alive later asking to be forgiven.

Prince Derek's pet Slimy, which grows into a murderous giant in Disenchantment, begins as which small sea creature?

An octopus found on the beach by a lonely Derek, Slimy swells to monstrous size in days and carries him off, forcing Bean to rescue the half-brother she claims to hate.