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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Deconstructed. Flavia's magical powers are a combination of manipulation and coincidence, but her ability to exploit those things ''do'' give her real power over Flavia, which, for Flavia, is indistinguishable from actual magic.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Deconstructed. Flavia's magical powers are a combination of manipulation and coincidence, but her ability to exploit those things ''do'' ''does'' give her real power over Flavia, which, for Flavia, is indistinguishable from actual magic.
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* EvilIsPetty: At the end of the day, Veronica is just a little girl, and the things she demands of Flavia amount to trinkets: a fancy pencil, a doll, a trip to the countryside. Meanwhile, Flavia literally believes that the Devil will appear and take her to Hell if she doesn't give Veronica what she wants.
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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: The movie opens with a scene in which a slashed throat produces enough HighPressureBlood to pour all the way down a flight of stairs. Subverted when the film reveals that this is a story Veronica's listening to and that she (a child who probably has never seen an injury worse than a skinned knee) is simply ''imagining'' such a wound would produce gallons of ridiculously bright-red blood.
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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: The movie opens with a scene in which a slashed throat produces enough HighPressureBlood to pour all the way down a flight of stairs. Subverted when the film reveals that [[ImagineSpot this is a story Veronica's listening to to]] and that she (a child who probably has never seen an injury worse than a skinned knee) is simply ''imagining'' such a wound would produce gallons of ridiculously bright-red blood.
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* Really700YearsOld: Veronica convinces Flavia that she is an ancient witch disguised as a schoolgirl.
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* BluntNo: How Veronica responds when asked if she misses her deceased parents.
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* CoolCar: Flavia's parents pick her up from school in a Rolls Royce, which shows Veronica just how rich Flavia is.
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* SmokingIsNotCool: Flavia's strict piano teacher is a smoker. [[spoiler:When she dies later in the film, Flavia's parents mention that the teacher continued smoking even after being diagnosed with a health condition, which contributed to her sudden early death.]]
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* SternTeacher: Most teachers at school are stern with Veronica due to her behavior. Flavia, meanwhile, is afraid of her stern, perfectionistic piano teacher.
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* {{Satan}}: Veronica believes that the devil is the source of all witches' power and convinces Flavia to pray to him so that she no longer has to go to her hated piano lessons. When the prayer seems to work, Flavia becomes terrified that the devil will come for her if she tells anyone about the spell.
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* SpoiledSweet: Flavia's parents give her everything she wants and are very protective of her. Initially Flavia gives in to Veronica's demands because she understands Veronica doesn't have as many nice things as she does.
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* CreepyCemetery: Two. One is an ancient catacomb on the site of a former nunnery, where the girls go to conduct a blood ritual. The other is the abandoned graveyard on the grounds of Flavia's summer home, where the girls gather ingredients for Veronica's [[TitleDrop poison for the fairies]].
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* TheMunchausen: Veronica is known for inventing impossible, self-aggrandizing stories to make herself seem more important. No one ever believes her...until Flavia comes along.
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* KidsAreCruel: The other girls at school make fun of and avoid Veronica, who in turn utterly dominates Flavia for her own gain.
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* CompleteDoormat: Flavia becomes this as Veronica's hold over her increases.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Flavia becomes this as Veronica's hold over her increases.
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Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] for her strangeness and scolded by her teachers for her habit of telling lies, Veronica thrives on the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
At school, Veronica meets NewTransferStudent Flavia, a timid, naive girl who's been SpoiledSweet by her wealthy family. Flavia's privileged life and doting parents fills Veronica with envy, and she becomes determined to win Flavia's friendship in order to share in her lifestyle. Taking advantage of a series of coincidences, Veronica soon convinces Flavia that she is an ancient, powerful witch disguised as a little girl, and that if Flavia doesn't give her everything she asks for, she will use her powers to punish her. Flavia, terrified, gives in to Veronica's every demand. But when Veronica finally asks too much, Flavia must summon her remaining courage to free herself from her friend.
At school, Veronica meets NewTransferStudent Flavia, a timid, naive girl who's been SpoiledSweet by her wealthy family. Flavia's privileged life and doting parents fills Veronica with envy, and she becomes determined to win Flavia's friendship in order to share in her lifestyle. Taking advantage of a series of coincidences, Veronica soon convinces Flavia that she is an ancient, powerful witch disguised as a little girl, and that if Flavia doesn't give her everything she asks for, she will use her powers to punish her. Flavia, terrified, gives in to Veronica's every demand. But when Veronica finally asks too much, Flavia must summon her remaining courage to free herself from her friend.
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Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] for her strangeness strangeness, and scolded by her teachers for her habit of telling lies, Veronica thrives on lives for the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
At school, Veronica meets NewTransferStudent Flavia, a timid, naive girl who's been SpoiledSweet by herwealthy family. wealthy, [[DotingParent doting parents]]. Flavia's privileged life and doting parents fills Veronica with envy, and she becomes determined to win Flavia's friendship in order to share in her lifestyle. luxury.
Taking advantage of a series of coincidences, Veronica soon convinces Flavia that she is an ancient, powerful witch [[Really700YearsOld disguised as a littlegirl, girl]], and that if Flavia doesn't give her everything she asks for, she will use her powers to punish her. Flavia, terrified, gives in to Veronica's every demand. But when Veronica finally asks too much, Flavia must summon her remaining courage to free herself from her friend.
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* OminousOwl: Veronica convinces Flavia that the stuffed owl in her study is her {{Familiar}}, which comes to life at night and does her bidding. Later, when Flavia is tempted to disobey Veronica, an owl outside her bedroom window frightens her enough to give up her plans.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Subverted. To an outside observer, it's clear that Veronica's "power" is a combination of coincidence and manipulation, and Veronica herself recognizes this. Only to Flavia is it real.
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* SkippingSchool: Veronica convinces Flavia to skip school with her to visit a nearby catacomb.
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* JumpScare: Veronica tricks Flavia into her grandmother's bedroom, where Flavia is scared silly by the grandmother's withered, palsied appearance.
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[[caption-width-right:350:What would you give to have a friend?]]
[[caption-width-right:350:What would you give to have a friend?]]
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Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] and scolded by her teachers, Veronica thrives on the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
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Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] for her strangeness and scolded by her teachers, teachers for her habit of telling lies, Veronica thrives on the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
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'''''Poison for the Fairies''''' (''Veneno para las hadas'') is a 1984 supernatural horror film by Mexican director Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] and scolded by her teachers, Veronica thrives on the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
At school, Veronica meets NewTransferStudent Flavia, a timid, naive girl who's been SpoiledSweet by her wealthy family. Flavia's privileged life and doting parents fills Veronica with envy, and she becomes determined to win Flavia's friendship in order to share in her lifestyle. Taking advantage of a series of coincidences, Veronica soon convinces Flavia that she is an ancient, powerful witch disguised as a little girl, and that if Flavia doesn't give her everything she asks for, she will use her powers to punish her. Flavia, terrified, gives in to Veronica's every demand. But when Veronica finally asks too much, Flavia must summon her remaining courage to free herself from her friend.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdultsAreUseless: As educated and experienced as they are, Flavia's parents are unaware that Veronica is basically blackmailing their daughter, nor do they seem connect Flavia's recent unusual behavior and fearfulness to her new friend. Even when they have misgivings, they dismiss them by reasoning that they can't pick Flavia's friends for her. Meanwhile, Veronica's grandmother is too old and sick to provide any parenting or discipline, and her nanny's superstitions and stories fuel Veronica's behavior.
* AlasPoorVillain: As unsympathetic as Veronica is through the entirety of the film, [[spoiler: her pitiful cries for her friend to save her are gut-wrenching.]]
* BigFancyHouse: In spite of being impoverished, Veronica and her grandmother live in a sprawling, two-story hacienda filled with expensive rugs and marble fireplaces. Meanwhile, Flavia's family, who ''is'' stated to be extremely wealthy, owns ''two'' such houses, one of them large enough to have its own private lake and to require a groundskeeper.
* BloodMagic: Veronica convinces Flavia to cast a curse on her piano teacher using a drop of her own blood.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Veronica dominates and terrifies Flavia, forcing her to hand over her prized possessions and to go against her better judgement (such as threatening Flavia with witchcraft until she agrees to skip school with her). In spite of this, Veronica is Flavia's only friend and she's as afraid of losing her friendship as she is of her magical powers.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: It's a little ambiguous if Veronica truly believes she's a witch or if she pretends she does in order to have agency, but the girls' dynamic reads very much like a chuunibyou relationship.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Veronica is able to use several of these to her advantage in order to cement her hold over Flavia.
* TheFaceless: The film goes out of its way to avoid showing the faces of any adult. There are two horrifying exceptions: [[spoiler: Veronica's grandmother is used in a JumpScare, and Flavia's music teacher's face is only visible once she's dead.]]
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Veronica is able to convince Flavia of her powers after Veronica happens to overhear that Flavia's least-favorite teacher is taking an emergency leave of absence for the rest of the school year. Veronica presents this knowledge as if she caused the teacher to vanish as a favor to Flavia.
* JumpScare: Veronica tricks Flavia into her grandmother's bedroom, where Flavia is scared silly by the grandmother's withered, palsied appearance.
* KillItWithFire: The only way to destroy a witch is to burn her. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to Veronica.]]
* LackOfImagination: It's heavily implied that Flavia, raised by strict rational atheists, succumbs to Veronica because her imagination isn't developed enough to understand that this is all an elaborate game of pretend.
* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: Subverted. Golden-haired, fair-skinned Veronica is sadistic and manipulative, while dark-haired, olive-skinned Flavia is sweet, innocent, and frightened.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Subverted. To an outside observer, it's clear that Veronica's "power" is a combination of coincidence and manipulation, and Veronica herself recognizes this. Only to Flavia is it real.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: The movie opens with a scene in which a slashed throat produces enough HighPressureBlood to pour all the way down a flight of stairs. Subverted when the film reveals that this is a story Veronica's listening to and that she (a child who probably has never seen an injury worse than a skinned knee) is simply ''imagining'' such a wound would produce gallons of ridiculously bright-red blood.
* ReluctantGift: By threatening Flavia with magic, Veronica is able to force her into giving her her most prized possessions. Her requests are initially pretty petty, but she uses them to determine just how far she can push Flavia. [[spoiler: The final straw comes when Veronica demands Flavia hand over her beloved puppy.]]
* TitleDrop: "Poison for the fairies" comes from a bedtime story told by Veronica's nanny. In it, fairies are the natural enemy of witches, and the witches create a poison to destroy them. Later, Veronica enlists Flavia to help her create a "poison for the fairies" in order to secure her own power.
Veronica is ConvenientlyAnOrphan, living in genteel poverty with her reclusive, invalid grandmother and her superstitious nanny. Rejected and mocked [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer by the girls at her school]] and scolded by her teachers, Veronica thrives on the frightening bedtime stories her nanny provides, tales in which wicked, powerful witches use magic to control and destroy anyone who stands in their way.
At school, Veronica meets NewTransferStudent Flavia, a timid, naive girl who's been SpoiledSweet by her wealthy family. Flavia's privileged life and doting parents fills Veronica with envy, and she becomes determined to win Flavia's friendship in order to share in her lifestyle. Taking advantage of a series of coincidences, Veronica soon convinces Flavia that she is an ancient, powerful witch disguised as a little girl, and that if Flavia doesn't give her everything she asks for, she will use her powers to punish her. Flavia, terrified, gives in to Veronica's every demand. But when Veronica finally asks too much, Flavia must summon her remaining courage to free herself from her friend.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdultsAreUseless: As educated and experienced as they are, Flavia's parents are unaware that Veronica is basically blackmailing their daughter, nor do they seem connect Flavia's recent unusual behavior and fearfulness to her new friend. Even when they have misgivings, they dismiss them by reasoning that they can't pick Flavia's friends for her. Meanwhile, Veronica's grandmother is too old and sick to provide any parenting or discipline, and her nanny's superstitions and stories fuel Veronica's behavior.
* AlasPoorVillain: As unsympathetic as Veronica is through the entirety of the film, [[spoiler: her pitiful cries for her friend to save her are gut-wrenching.]]
* BigFancyHouse: In spite of being impoverished, Veronica and her grandmother live in a sprawling, two-story hacienda filled with expensive rugs and marble fireplaces. Meanwhile, Flavia's family, who ''is'' stated to be extremely wealthy, owns ''two'' such houses, one of them large enough to have its own private lake and to require a groundskeeper.
* BloodMagic: Veronica convinces Flavia to cast a curse on her piano teacher using a drop of her own blood.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Veronica dominates and terrifies Flavia, forcing her to hand over her prized possessions and to go against her better judgement (such as threatening Flavia with witchcraft until she agrees to skip school with her). In spite of this, Veronica is Flavia's only friend and she's as afraid of losing her friendship as she is of her magical powers.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: It's a little ambiguous if Veronica truly believes she's a witch or if she pretends she does in order to have agency, but the girls' dynamic reads very much like a chuunibyou relationship.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Veronica is able to use several of these to her advantage in order to cement her hold over Flavia.
* TheFaceless: The film goes out of its way to avoid showing the faces of any adult. There are two horrifying exceptions: [[spoiler: Veronica's grandmother is used in a JumpScare, and Flavia's music teacher's face is only visible once she's dead.]]
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Veronica is able to convince Flavia of her powers after Veronica happens to overhear that Flavia's least-favorite teacher is taking an emergency leave of absence for the rest of the school year. Veronica presents this knowledge as if she caused the teacher to vanish as a favor to Flavia.
* JumpScare: Veronica tricks Flavia into her grandmother's bedroom, where Flavia is scared silly by the grandmother's withered, palsied appearance.
* KillItWithFire: The only way to destroy a witch is to burn her. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to Veronica.]]
* LackOfImagination: It's heavily implied that Flavia, raised by strict rational atheists, succumbs to Veronica because her imagination isn't developed enough to understand that this is all an elaborate game of pretend.
* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: Subverted. Golden-haired, fair-skinned Veronica is sadistic and manipulative, while dark-haired, olive-skinned Flavia is sweet, innocent, and frightened.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Subverted. To an outside observer, it's clear that Veronica's "power" is a combination of coincidence and manipulation, and Veronica herself recognizes this. Only to Flavia is it real.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: The movie opens with a scene in which a slashed throat produces enough HighPressureBlood to pour all the way down a flight of stairs. Subverted when the film reveals that this is a story Veronica's listening to and that she (a child who probably has never seen an injury worse than a skinned knee) is simply ''imagining'' such a wound would produce gallons of ridiculously bright-red blood.
* ReluctantGift: By threatening Flavia with magic, Veronica is able to force her into giving her her most prized possessions. Her requests are initially pretty petty, but she uses them to determine just how far she can push Flavia. [[spoiler: The final straw comes when Veronica demands Flavia hand over her beloved puppy.]]
* TitleDrop: "Poison for the fairies" comes from a bedtime story told by Veronica's nanny. In it, fairies are the natural enemy of witches, and the witches create a poison to destroy them. Later, Veronica enlists Flavia to help her create a "poison for the fairies" in order to secure her own power.
