Team RWBY


 * If you are looking for the show sharing the same name, see RWBY.

RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is a team of students at Beacon Academy, which is comprised of the main characters: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. The first battle with the four members fighting together takes place in Players and Pieces, though it is before the team's official formation. The team was later formed in the same episode. During initiation, the team brought back the White Knight pieces. They appear in the Animated RT Recap, along with various characters of Red vs. Blue and RTAA.

Trivia

 * All of the members are indirectly referenced in the lyrics of Red Like Roses by their theme colors.
 * Team RWBY is made of characters that are inspired by various fairy tales.
 * Ruby is based on the title character of Little Red Riding Hood, as seen by her red hood and cloak and her association or fights with Beowolves.
 * Weiss alludes to the main protagonist of Snow White with her name translated from German to mean "White Snow" and her singing of a mirror (a famous element of the original story) in her "White" Trailer.
 * Blake is influenced by the female heroine Belle of Beauty and the Beast due to her surname containing "Belle" (meaning "beauty" in Italian), a love of books, and her partner Adam sharing the name of the Beast in Disney's 1991 musical adaptation and his design based around roses.
 * Yang references Goldilocks from The Tale of the Three Bears through her long blonde hair and constant fights with various bears, such as the DJ from The Club and Ursa.
 * The members of Team RWBY might also have connections to flowers and plants in their designs.
 * Ruby's surname (and the name of her weapon), her symbol, and the petals she emits in battle are all roses.
 * Weiss' Myrtenaster weapon is based on "Myrten Aster", the German translation for a family of flowers known as Myrtaceae that are typically found to be white.
 * Blake's surname is also the name of a deadly nightshade called belladonna.
 * Yang's Ember Celica is possibly named after a type of hot bell pepper called "Celica", which can be yellow.
 * RWBY is one of two teams to be composed entirely of one gender, hence all being girls. It is similar to Team CRDL, which consists only of males.
 * RWBY is the only team seen and mentioned to consist of members of two species, Human (Ruby, Weiss, and Yang) and Faunus (Blake).
 * All the colors represented by Team RWBY are the colors of real-world roses.