Hilda Opening Sequence

The opening sequence is a 33-second video that is played at the start of every episode of the Netflix animated TV show Hilda.

The theme song was composed and performed by Canadian musician Grimes. The opening sequence was animated in Canada.

Sequence[]

The opening sequence shows the title character Hilda run through various settings, and encountering several characters, that are seen throughout the show, before stopping on a hill overlooking Trolberg. In Season 2, has the exact same opening. along with new changes when Hilda jumps through a spacey void and then we see all the events that will happen in season 2 with an alternated ending to the sequence.

Characters[]

Featured characters, in order of appearance, are:

All versions[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

A Troll
The Lindworm
Erik Ahlberg
Red wolf (shadow)
Torgund and Knudsen, fighting each other
Two Elves (cameo)
A Time Worm
Victoria Van Gale's nisse
A young version of Matilda Pilqvist
The Librarian
The Committee of Three
A Tide Mouse (cameo)
Salt-Lions
The Yule Lads
The Two-Headed Troll
A White Woff

Season 3[]

Trylla and Baba
Eugene
Louise
Tontu (alpha)
Various Nisse in Nowhere Space
The Pooka
Wood Man
Kald and Drib
Halvor riding his boar
Loam
Spider Frog (legs only)
Young Johanna from "Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle".
The Polecat
Astrid
Woff

Locations[]

Hilda's old house
The Huldrawood
Nowhere Space (season 1 version)
The Elf Village
the Library
Trolberg
The fjord
Land of starlight (season 2 version)
The borderlands of Fairy Country (season 3 version)

Trivia[]

Cartoon Network, who airs the show in France, has cut the first six seconds of the opening sequence in their airings, thus removing the Woffs flying over Hilda's old house and the text A Netflix Original Series. Also the pitch of the music is slightly higher and played faster.

-Mathieu Hains- Pitch idea for Intro Season 1