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Ongoing Series

RWBY

★ 7.9 · 2013-07-18 · 8 Seasons · 15 · Animation, Action & Adventure
RWBY

Cast

Lindsay Jones

Lindsay Jones

Ruby Rose

Miles Luna

Miles Luna

Jaune Arc

Arryn Zech

Arryn Zech

Blake Belladonna

Barbara Dunkelman

Barbara Dunkelman

Yang Xiao Long

Kara Eberle

Kara Eberle

Weiss Schnee

Jen Brown

Jen Brown

Pyrrha Nikos

Joel Heyman

Joel Heyman

Bartholomew Oobleck

Michael Jones

Michael Jones

Sun Wukong

Samantha Ireland

Samantha Ireland

Nora Valkyrie

Shannon McCormick

Shannon McCormick

Ozpin

Ryan Haywood

Ryan Haywood

Peter Port

Episodes

1 Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose

A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses. And so the adventure begins.

12m
2 The Shining Beacon

The Shining Beacon

The airship carrying the new students arrives at Beacon Academy and Ruby faces the daunting prospect of having to meet new people and make new friends.

6m
3 The Shining Beacon Pt. 2

The Shining Beacon Pt. 2

Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.

7m
4 The First Step

The First Step

The students are introduced to the initiation process.

8m
5 The First Step Pt. 2

The First Step Pt. 2

The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.

5m
6 The Emerald Forest

The Emerald Forest

Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.

7m
7 The Emerald Forest Pt. 2

The Emerald Forest Pt. 2

Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch assess the students while Jaune and Pyrrha's search for the relics doesn't go as well as Yang and Blake's.

5m
8 Players and Pieces

Players and Pieces

Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.

14m
9 The Badge and The Burden

The Badge and The Burden

Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.

6m
10 The Badge and The Burden Pt. 2

The Badge and The Burden Pt. 2

Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.

7m
11 Jaunedice

Jaunedice

Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.

5m
12 Jaunedice Pt. 2

Jaunedice Pt. 2

Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.

7m
13 Forever Fall

Forever Fall

Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.

6m
14 Forever Fall Pt. 2

Forever Fall Pt. 2

Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.

6m
15 The Stray

The Stray

Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.

11m
16 Black and White

Black and White

While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.

16m
1 Best Day Ever

Best Day Ever

The first episode of the new volume kicks off with a splash as Teams RWBY and JNPR take over the hall for a food fight.

15m
2 Welcome to Beacon

Welcome to Beacon

While Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch discuss General Ironwood's fleet of ships, Team RWBY play board games in the library. Meanwhile, Haven Academy's students have started to arrive...

13m
3 A Minor Hiccup

A Minor Hiccup

Team RWBY start their investigation of the White Fang and Ruby learns a little bit more about their strange friend, Penny.

13m
4 Painting the Town...

Painting the Town...

Team RWBY takes on Roman Torchwick in an epic urban battle, but he has an ace up his sleeve... called Neo.

16m
5 Extracurricular

Extracurricular

Combat training sees Team CRDL take on Pyrrha Nikos while the villains take an interest in her abilities. Meanwhile, Jaune struggles to convince Weiss to take his feelings seriously. And on top of that, Blake is becoming increasingly tired.

13m
6 Burning the Candle

Burning the Candle

While Team RWBY prepare for the school ball, Ruby worries about Blake's state of health. Yang, however, has a plan for dealing with Blake that she is certain will succeed.

13m
7 Dance Dance Infiltration

Dance Dance Infiltration

While everyone enjoys the school dance, Ruby and Jaune struggle to fit in. Ruby's problem is solved when she spots a villain that is up to no good while Jaune solves his by honouring a rather unorthodox promise he made.

15m
8 Field Trip

Field Trip

While the teachers assess the threat they're facing, Team RWBY receive a surprise package from Ruby and Yang's father. Meanwhile, Team CFVY finally return home from their mission and Team RWBY is horrified to learn which teacher will be escorting them for their first field trip.

12m
9 Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy

Dr. Oobleck takes Team RWBY on reconnaissance to an abandoned city that is teaming with Grimm. While the girls fight, Oobleck interrogates their reasons for wanting to become Huntresses.

16m
10 Mountain Glenn

Mountain Glenn

Weiss, Blake and Yang discuss their motivations for becoming huntresses. While everyone sleeps, Ruby discovers a White Fang patrol but gets captured while trying to follow them.

13m
11 No Brakes

No Brakes

Ruby has been taken hostage by Torchwick and the White Fang, but just as team WBY rescues her, Torchwick sets his plan in motion. On the train, team RWBY splits up and does battle with various enemies, while trying to stop the train and prevent it from unloading more bombs.

17m
12 Breach

Breach

Grimm are attacking Vale, and it's up to team RWBY and friends to defeat them.

17m
1 Round One

Round One

We open to Ruby giving her mother's monument the run down of the past two seasons and after a few reveals and lampshading the naming choice of the writers, Ruby is off. It's the first day of the 40th annual Vytal Festival Tournament and its team RWBY vs. team ABRN. But while this battle occurs, there are shadows beginning to stir under the light of this event.

17m
2 New Challengers...

New Challengers...

It's Team JNPR vs. Team BRNZ and Team SSSN vs. Team NDGO.

15m
3 It's Brawl in the Family

It's Brawl in the Family

Starting the last episode ends, Ruby follows Weiss as she races across Vale to greet a woman who turns out to be Weiss's older sister, Winter. As the sisters begin their journey back to the school, they're interrupted when a drunkard picks a fight with Winter. He turns out to be Ruby's uncle, Qrow. Awesome fight and property damage ensue, until it's broken up when Ironwood shows up followed by Ozpin and Glynda. Later, Qrow, Ironwood, Glynda, and Ozpin have a meeting where a lot of harsh words ensue.

17m
4 Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

The first doubles match of the tournament puts Mercury and Emerald against Yatsuhashi and Coco. Later Qrow and Winter spend some quality time with their families.

14m
5 Never Miss a Beat

Never Miss a Beat

Penny reveals to Ruby that she wants to remain at Beacon and mentions that she has a plan to make that happen. Yang and Weiss fight Team FNKI representatives, Flynt Coal and Neon Katt. Qrow and Ozpin discuss Ironwood's recent actions and Qrow asks Ozpin if he's chosen the "guardian" yet.

13m
6 Fall

Fall

We open to Pyrrha getting her world rocked as Ozpin and co. tell her the secret history of Remnant. Later we start the opening of the singles matches with Yang vs. Mercury.

18m
7 Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

The episode gives a glimpse into the past about Cinder's motivations, how she recruits Emerald and Mercury, how she connected with the White Fang, and how she managed to steal the Fall Maiden's power. We also cut back to the present to see the immediate aftermath of what happened after Yang's victory against Mercury in the tournament.

17m
8 Destiny

Destiny

Team RWBY rally around Yang when Ironwood tells her she's been disqualified then Qrow and Yang discuss Yang's mother. Jaune and Pyrrha have a heart-to-heart which distresses Pyrrha due to her confusion about Ozpin's offer. The next fight is confirmed to be Penny versus Pyrrha while Ruby finds herself confronting Mercury, who is supposed to be on his way back to Haven.

17m
9 PvP

PvP

Mercury fights Ruby to prevent her interfering with Penny and Pyrrha's fight. The tournament match ends in disaster and Cinder hijacks the airwaves with a grim message for the world's audience. Roman and Neo sabotage the Atlesian military ships while the Grimm and the White Fang begin their attack on Vale.

12m
10 Battle of Beacon

Battle of Beacon

War breaks out with battles occurring on the tournament field, the city and the school. Formerly adversarial tournament teams unite to fight the Grimm together while Ruby goes after a rogue airship that has turned on the rest of the fleet. Cinder's virus makes things worse by turning the robotic Atlesian army against both the city and its defenders. And then the Grimm Dragon appears...

17m
11 Heroes and Monsters

Heroes and Monsters

On the airship, Ruby fights Roman and Neo while Ironwood joins Glynda and Qrow on the battlefield below. The students fight Atlesian Paladins while Blake confronts Adam in the school's cafeteria, leading to a showdown between Yang and Adam. Meanwhile, in the secret vault, Ozpin, Jaune and Pyrrha attempt to transfer Amber's Aura to Pyrrha... and Cinder shows up.

18m
12 End of the Beginning

End of the Beginning

While Oobleck and Port oversee the evacuation, Ruby and Weiss hunt for the missing Jaune and Pyrrha. At Beacon Tower, Cinder appears to defeat Ozpin so Pyrrha fights her alone to try and save the tower. Ruby's arrival just in time to see the end of the fight triggers a mysterious power she didn't know she had. The episode ends with Ruby deciding to travel to Haven in search of answers.

28m
1 The Next Step

The Next Step

We are introduced to Salem, her subordinates, and the eerie landscape in which she lives - a landscape that spawns new Grimm from pools of black ooze. Meanwhile, Ruby, Nora, Jaune and Ren are travelling through Anima by foot, fighting monsters and debating their team name as they go.

20m
2 Remembrance

Remembrance

Team RNJR find the aftermath of a massacre. Weiss is cornered by her father, and Ruby discovers a sad truth.

14m
3 Of Runaways and Stowaways

Of Runaways and Stowaways

Blake travels to Menagerie on a ship, which falls under the attack of a Grimm. She defeats it with the help of Sun, who secretly followed her after Beacon was destroyed. He offers her assistance in investigating the White Fang, but Blake, however, wants to return home to rest. In Patch, Yang is given a bionic arm from Ironwood, but she is hesitant to try it on, still suffering from her memories of Adam.

18m
4 Family

Family

Ozpin's soul merges with a young farmboy, Oscar Pine, whom he tries to communicate to. In Patch, Yang confides her reluctance in confronting her fears in Taiyang, as well as Port and Oobleck, who are visiting. Gaining resolve to fight, Yang attaches her arm and begins to train with Taiyang. At the nearby tavern, Qrow meets his twin sister, Raven, now the leader of the bandit tribe that raised her and Qrow. The two end up criticizing each other for abandoning their families, and Raven leaves.

16m
5 Menagerie

Menagerie

Blake and Sun arrive in Kuo Kuana, the main city of Menagerie. Two representatives of the White Fang, Corsac and Fennec Albain, visit the Belladonnas, and when confronted about the White Fang's role in the Fall of Beacon, the Albains state that a splinter group under Adam's lead is responsible. After their visit, Corsac and Fennec agree to inform Adam of Blake's homecoming.

13m
6 Tipping Point

Tipping Point

Weiss performs at the charity concert but remains critical of all the attendees and guests for their shallow and dismissive behavior towards Beacon. At the after party, she is enraged upon hearing a woman mock the Fall of Beacon and inadvertently summons a Boarbatusk. In Mistral, Team RNJR comes across an abandoned town called Oniyuri. Before they can leave, Tyrian ambushes them and is revealed to be a scorpion Faunus. He easily defeats them but is stopped in time by Qrow.

16m
7 Punished

Punished

Ozpin informs Oscar that their souls and Aura have merged and they can access each other's memories. While Oscar is reluctant to accept this, Ozpin urges him to go to Mistral to carry out an important task. In Atlas, Weiss is blamed for hurting the Schnees' reputation and, as a result, is confined her to her room and disinherited. In Oniyuri, despite Qrow's warnings to stay back, Ruby joins him in battle. Tyrian grazes him with his stinger. Ruby cuts off the stinger, forcing Tyrian to retreat.

17m
8 A Much Needed Talk

A Much Needed Talk

At nightfall, Qrow explains to Team RNJR that they, as Hunstmen, have the duty to protect the four relics guarded by the Huntsmen academies. By the next morning, the poison from Tyrian's stinger has gotten worse, rendering Qrow immobile. Blake mends her relationship with Ghira, who comforts her about lashing out at him and staying in the White Fang. Sun accidentally interrupts them to warn Blake about a masked White Fang member in the market. The two notice a spy outside and give chase.

21m
9 Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

Yang and Weiss complete their training and prepare to leave for Mistral. Meanwhile, Blake and Sun discover that Blake's old acquaintance Ilia Amitola, is now a white Fang member. At the same time, Team RNJR are forced to choose between taking two paths. Ren and Nora decide to take the mountain path while Ruby and Jaune carry Qrow through Kuroyuri.

15m
10 Kuroyuri

Kuroyuri

Ren and Nora's past is revealed through a flashback: years ago, Kuroyuri is attacked by Grimm, led by a Nuckelavee, and Ren's parents are killed. Ren's Semblance activates when he sees Nora in danger, which calms him down and hides their presence from the Grimm. In the present, Ren and Nora realize that the Nuckelavee is headed towards Ruby, Jaune, and Qrow.

19m
11 Taking Control

Taking Control

Cinder trains and Tyrian loses control. Weiss attempts an escape, Blake resolves to reclaim what is hers, and Ren sees a nightmare from the past.

16m
12 No Safe Haven

No Safe Haven

While Jaune moves Qrow to safety, Ren begins fighting the Nuckelavee recklessly until Nora calms him down. Team RNJR then comes up with a coordinated strategy and Ren successfully executes the Grimm. Two patrolling military airships from Mistral arrive and they take Team RNJR to Mistral. Ruby and her group plan to visit Professor Lionheart at Haven Academy once Qrow's injuries are fully healed. Unbeknownst to them, he is working for Watts. In a post-credits scene, Oscar approaches Qrow in a bar and identifies himself as Ozpin. Qrow returns his cane.

27m
1 Welcome to Haven

Welcome to Haven

Team RNJR and Qrow arrive at Haven Academy and meet Haven Academy's headmaster, Professor Lionheart. Meanwhile, Weiss, Blake and Yang are all trying to reach their goals.

23m
2 Dread in the Air

Dread in the Air

Professor Lionheart's method of passing information to Salem is revealed and Weiss' transport runs afoul of the Grimm. Meanwhile, Adam and Hazel meet with Sienna Khan, who is extremely angry with Adam's attack on Beacon Academy.

21m
3 Unforeseen Consequences

Unforeseen Consequences

Ghira makes a speech to the people of Menagerie. While Weiss is dealing with bandits, RNJR get the chance to meet Oscar and figure out their next move.

19m
4 Lighting the Fire

Lighting the Fire

RNJR and Oscar train and discuss Semblances. Meanwhile, Yang confronts her mother while Weiss prepares her own escape.

16m
5 Necessary Sacrifice

Necessary Sacrifice

Blake and Sun try to recruit help for defending Haven, with poor results. While Ruby gives the worried Oscar a pep-talk, the Albain brothers discuss and plan the White Fang's direction.

17m
6 Known by its Song

Known by its Song

Qrow seeks out Huntsmen and Huntresses to aide in the fight against Salem, while Yang and Weiss prod answers out of Raven.

18m
7 Rest and Resolutions

Rest and Resolutions

Yang and Weiss have joined up with Team RNJR, just in time to learn the full truth about the Maidens, the Wizard, and what Ozpin did to the Branwen siblings.

13m
8 Alone Together

Alone Together

Despite development and growth, things are made tense for Team RWBY in Mistral when Ruby brings up Blake. Meanwhile, in Menagerie, Blake agrees to a nighttime meeting with Ilia.

15m
9 A Perfect Storm

A Perfect Storm

Salem's forces proposition Raven Branwen, but Raven decides to change the agreement in favor of all parties. Back in Menagerie, Sun and Ghira face off against the Albain brothers while Blake runs off to find her mother.

15m
10 True Colors

True Colors

Ruby talks relics with Ozpin and Qrow while Raven meets with Leo. Meanwhile, the attack on the Belladonna house is still going on. Blake and Ilia fight for their ideals.

19m
11 The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

Ruby and company meet with Lionheart, who is less than thrilled to see that not only is everyone armed but there are more people than he thought.

16m
12 Vault of the Spring Maiden

Vault of the Spring Maiden

The fight with Salem's group gets more intense as Weiss is injured, Hazel goes into a furious rage, and Cinder enters the vault.

15m
13 Downfall

Downfall

The fight for Haven continues, but now it's time for our heroes to turn the tides, especially now that a long lost ally has returned with an army at her back.

15m
14 Haven's Fate

Haven's Fate

As the battle for Haven reaches its conclusion on the surface, Yang confronts her mother at the relic vault.

23m
1 Argus Limited

Argus Limited

Ruby Rose and her friends have been burdened with transporting the Relic of Knowledge safely to Atlas. There's countless miles of Grimm-covered countryside between the city of Mistral and the northern coastline of Anima. Fortunately, the Argus Limited can easily make the journey... so long as nothing goes wrong.

23m
2 Uncovered

Uncovered

No matter how hard you may try to bury it, the past will always claw its way back to you.

17m
3 The Lost Fable

The Lost Fable

What is your favorite fairy tale?

27m
4 So That's How It Is

So That's How It Is

Heroes and villains alike are confronted with troubling revelations.

14m
5 The Coming Storm

The Coming Storm

The spiders in Mistral always deliver, but shelter doesn't always guarantee safety.

15m
6 Alone in the Woods

Alone in the Woods

As darkness falls on Brunswick Farms and the snow continues to fall, Team RWBY's morale is at an all-time low. The only thing worse than being stranded, alone in the woods... is realizing you're not alone at all.

20m
7 The Grimm Reaper

The Grimm Reaper

While Cinder shares her plans with Neo, Maria shares her past with Team RWBY, and both groups are dead-set on making it to Atlas.

16m
8 Dead End

Dead End

The Atlas representatives in Argus have no intention of assisting Team RWBY. In fact, they're adamantly opposed to it. It's time to come up with a new solution... and it's time to tell Jaune, Nora, and Ren about Jinn.

16m
9 Lost

Lost

With Cinder gone, Emerald and Mercury are starting to raise questions, and they're not the only ones; Jaune, Nora, and Ren search for Oscar, but still aren't sure what they'll do if they find him.

18m
10 Stealing from the Elderly

Stealing from the Elderly

Our heroes have one shot to pull off the heist of their lives, and if they're going to succeed, they'll need everyone to do their part. It's go time.

13m
11 The Lady in the Shoe

The Lady in the Shoe

The only thing standing between our heroes and Atlas is Caroline Cordovin, but it will have to be a joint effort if they're going to bring her down. Meanwhile, Yang races to find Blake while Adam does his best to finish her.

15m
12 Seeing Red

Seeing Red

Our heroes are running out of time. As Cordovin continues to stand tall, Blake and Yang stand together, and all combatants must ask themselves, "How far am I willing to go to win?"

13m
13 Our Way

Our Way

A Leviathan has emerged from the ocean depths and now threatens to destroy the city of Argus. With Cordo's Colossus incapacitated, the Atlas Base has little they can do to protect the people.

23m
1 The Greatest Kingdom

The Greatest Kingdom

Our heroes have finally made it to Atlas, but are they truly as safe as they'd hoped? This shining city in the clouds may be a beacon of hope for Remnant, but it casts a dark shadow...

18m
2 A New Approach

A New Approach

Arresting people isn’t exactly the best way to make a first impression. However, once the initial shock has worn off, Ruby and her friends learn there’s a lot more to these Ace Ops - and even General Ironwood - than first meets the eye.

18m
3 Ace Operatives

Ace Operatives

Out in the snowy tundra, the Ace Ops show teams RWBY and JNR the ropes.

18m
4 Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance

Riding the high of completing their first mission in Atlas, the gang is itching to hone their skills and provide some much-needed help to the citizens of Mantle.

18m
5 Sparks

Sparks

Between missions, training, and rising political unrest, these fledgling huntsmen and huntresses have quite a lot on their hands.

20m
6 A Night Off

A Night Off

After constant missions and vigorous training sessions, the kids finally get a night off to relax! But attending a political rally may not be the most leisurely activity

16m
7 Worst Case Scenario

Worst Case Scenario

How far would you be willing to go to do what's right?

19m
8 Cordially Invited

Cordially Invited

Jacques and Ironwood engage in a dangerous game of wits. Meanwhile, the kids must face their most dangerous threat yet: a high class dinner party.

16m
9 As Above, So Below

As Above, So Below

Will you tell the truth? Or will someone tell it for you? The answer can make all the difference in the world.

18m
10 Out in the Open

Out in the Open

The truth is finally out, and it's not only our heroes who take notice. With everything at stake, it's all hands on deck to protect the City of Mantle

16m
11 Gravity

Gravity

Between Watts, Tyrian, and the seemingly endless swarm of Grimm, evil is encroaching on our heroes from all sides. The biggest threat, however, may be hiding where they least expect it.

20m
12 With Friends Like These

With Friends Like These

With Salem's forces drawing closer, and the General's orders for their arrest, our heroes are forced to fight on all fronts to save the city Ironwood has abandoned.

18m
13 The Enemy of Trust

The Enemy of Trust

Who will you become when your greatest fears are realized

24m
1 Divide

Divide

More than ever before, the allied forces standing against Salem need to be united. But after Ironwood refused to continue evacuating Mantle, our heroes need to choose a new path forward -- if only they could agree on one.

19m
2 Refuge

Refuge

Ruby, Nora, Blake, May, and Penny set their sights on Atlas Military Command. Meanwhile Yang, Ren, Jaune, and Oscar handle evacuations in Mantle. If they can get everyone to the crater in time, they just might be able to save them.

18m
3 Strings

Strings

The fate of humanity requires our heroes to infiltrate the most heavily-guarded facility in Atlas -- all in a day's work.

18m
4 Fault

Fault

Jaune, Ren, and Yang's pursuit of a mysterious new Grimm results in unexpected complications. Ruby, Weiss, and Blake find a new place to lay low. Cinder receives an ultimatum.

19m
5 Amity

Amity

This is it. Their chance to tell the world the truth. Will their message be heard?

19m
6 Midnight

Midnight

It's time.

20m
7 War

War

It's all out war in Atlas. Our heroes face an impossible problem. Where do they go from here?

19m
8 Dark

Dark

We're not alone.

18m
9 Witch

Witch

The clock is ticking on Jaune, Ren, and Yang's rescue mission. The Ace-Ops hold the line against against Salem's forces.

18m
10 Ultimatum

Ultimatum

As the fog of war covers the kingdom, Atlas nears it's breaking point.

19m
11 Risk

Risk

Tensions rise in Schnee Manor as our reunited heroes find themselves backed into a corner.

19m
12 Creation

Creation

It's risky, dangerous, and nearly impossible -- but it's the best plan they've got.

18m
13 Worthy

Worthy

The best laid plans...

19m
14 The Final Word

The Final Word

Sometimes it's worth it all to risk the fall.

23m

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