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The magic at Glandus High was tasty, but I hope yours will be more filling.
—The Inspector to Amity, "The First Day"

The Inspector is a minor character in The Owl House. She is a greater basilisk who was disguised as an inspector from the Emperor's Coven.

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In The Owl House, The Inspector is a greater basilisk, masquerading as an inspector from the Emperor's Coven. She assumes a witch's form with pale skin and indigo hair styled in a bun. Her primary objective is to siphon off the magic from students and teachers across magical schools.
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In The Owl House, The Inspector adopts a witch disguise, appearing as an inspector from the Emperor's Coven. She presents herself with pale skin, indigo hair styled in a bun, and pointed ears. Her true identity is a greater basilisk, characterized by a serpentine body, pale yellow skin, frog-like green eyes, webbed ears, claws, and arm scales. Her dress becomes torn and widened, and she possesses an unusually wide mouth with sharp teeth for swallowing enemies.
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The Inspector, a character in The Owl House, transforms into a basilisk with a serpentine body and pale yellow skin. Her green, droopy eyes resemble those of a frog, and she maintains her swirled bun hairstyle. Her dress becomes torn and wider, and she develops webbed ears, claws, and sharp arm scales. The basilisk's wide mouth is filled with sharp teeth for swallowing enemies. She can drain energy from attackers, but is vulnerable to glyph-conjured spells.
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In The Owl House, The Inspector, a greater basilisk, works covertly as an inspector for the Emperor's Coven.
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In her basilisk form, The Inspector maintains the swirled bun hairstyle from her witch disguise. Her skin becomes pale yellow, her green eyes droop like a frog's, and her body transforms into a large serpentine shape. She develops webbed ears, claws, and sharp arm scales. Her mouth widens abnormally, equipped with sharp teeth. Despite the transformation, she continues to wear her witch outfit, albeit torn and shredded, with her gloves destroyed and glasses dislodged.
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Appearance[]

Body[]

In her witch disguise, the Inspector has pale skin and indigo hair held up in a swirled bun. She has pointed ears similar to those at Hexside.

In her true form, the basilisk retains the Inspector's hairstyle, except her skin is pale yellow, her green eyes are frog-like and droopy, her dress is torn and widened, and her entire body takes a large, serpentine form. She also grows webbed ears, claws, and sharp scales on her arms. The basilisk's mouth opens up abnormally wide, and it has sharp teeth to swallow enemies. According to Hooty's board of Beast Demons, she, as a basilisk, is counted as a Beast-type.[1]

Clothing[]

In her witch disguise, she wears small, tinted glasses and has a red lower lip and green eyes. She wears a gray dress with a yellow badge, one epaulet, and black gloves. After going into her true form, she continues to wear this outfit, but it is ripped to shreds with her gloves being destroyed and her glasses falling off.

Background[]

The Inspector's exact origins are unknown, but she may be connected with the basilisks who were revived by Emperor Belos.[2] Under the guise of a school inspector working for the Emperor's Coven, the greater basilisk first attacks Glandus High, draining the faculty and student body of their magic. She then set her sights on Hexside School of Magic and Demonics. She attacked several students and faculty, only to be defeated by Luz, Viney, Jerbo, and Barcus who dropped sandbags onto her stomach, in an effort to force her to return all the magic she stole. Her fate afterward is unknown.[3]

Luz later mentions the Greater Basilisk and her actions when she learns about Vee's past.[2]

Powers and abilities[]

  • Shapeshifting: The basilisk can disguise herself to look like a regular witch.
  • Magical absorption: The basilisk has the ability to absorb any spell circle created by a witch, as seen with Principal Bump and Amity. Aside from spell circles, she can absorb magic by devouring vessels conjured by spells, such as the plants conjured by Willow and its illusory enhancements from Gus. By absorbing the magic, the basilisk is able to suck out the energy and power from anyone who attacks her, leaving them weak and frail. However, she cannot absorb magic from spells conjured through a glyph, and this type of spell can directly damage her.

Sightings[]

Foreign voice actors[]

Language version Actors Notes
Indonesia Indonesian Jheni Rinjo
Poland Polish Elżbieta Futera-Jędrzejewska


Gallery[]


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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. This is partially hinted at in "Yesterday's Lie", where it is revealed the Emperor's Coven was secretly responsible for bringing the species back from extinction.

References[]

ve Characters
Main Characters Luz NocedaEda ClawthorneKingHooty
Recurring characters Willow ParkGus PorterAmity BlightLilith ClawthorneHunter
Emperor's Coven Members Emperor BelosKikimoraWarden WrathCoven GuardCoven ScoutFlora D'splora
Coven Heads Raine WhispersDarius DeamonneEberwolfTerra SnapdragonAdrian Graye VernworthMasonVitimirHettie CutburnOsran
Hexside Students and Staff Principal BumpPrincipal FaustEdric BlightEmira BlightMatt TholomuleBoschaProfessor HermonculusBraxasVineyJerboBarcusBoCatUsurperAmeliaSkaraEileenMoon girl
Glandus Students BriaGavinAngmar
Boiling Isles Citizens Tinella NosaKatyaEye-Eating PrisonerWarden WrathTibblesAnimal ControlDottieMerchantAlador BlightOdalia BlightPerry PorterPinietMortonRoselleSaltyGilbert and Harvey ParkGwendolyn ClawthorneDell ClawthorneAmberDerwinMalphasMaster WortlopSeverineSteveKeeper
Monsters and AdegastSnagglebackGrometheusGiraffeSlitherbeastTrash SlugThe InspectorFairyJean-LucSelkidomusOwl BeastVeeBatricThe TitanPuddles
Palismen OwlbertBat QueenFlapjackGhostCloverFrewinHawksleyRaven StaffEmmiline Bailey MarcostimoStringbeanWaffle
Fictional Characters AzuraHecateGildersnakeOtabin
Human Realm Citizens Camila NocedaJacob HopkinsManny NocedaMasha
Other Characters Inner WillowInner BelosThe CollectorTarakBillCaleb WittebaneList of minor characters