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* BigGood: Morgan's grandmother Eglantine Edramareck plays this role for the remaining good witches as a whole.

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* KillItWithFire: Fire used to be the best way to get rid of witches and sorcerers (they used to burn faster than normal humans), but Molok found a way around it. That is, liquefying himself, as Michael finds out in the climax.

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* KillItWithFire: Fire used to be the best way to get rid of witches and sorcerers (they used to burn faster than normal humans), but Molok witches and sorcerers found a way around it. That is, liquefying himself, as Michael finds out in the climax. themselves.


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* LoopholeAbuse: Morgane made a MagicallyBindingContract with Molok. Witches can't break such deals, so Morgane's grandmother and aunts can't do anything to get Arthur back... but Michael is only a human, so ''he can'' get Arthur back without suffering consequences.
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* MagicallyBindingContract: Morgane makes a deal with Molok in Venice, that is, promising to have a child with him, in order to save both Arthur and Michael.

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* MagicallyBindingContract: Morgane makes a deal with Molok in Venice, that is, promising to have a child with him, in order to save both Arthur and Michael. The mirror in front of which they stay cracks, and Morgane falls into a coma when Molok comes to claim Arthur.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: There are two sides to the witches' and sorcerers' world, either Good or Evil. A baby with magical powers will develop depending on who's his/her godfather.
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* MagicallyBindingContract: Morgane makes a deal with Molok in Venice, that is, promising to have a child with him, in order to save both Arthur and Michael.
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* CampingACrapper: Molok confronts Michael in the toilets of a palace in Venice during Carnival, using his powers on him.
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* KillItWithFire: Fire used to be the best way to get rid of witches and sorcerers (they used to burn faster than normal humans), but some like Molok found a way around it. That is, liquefying himself, as Michael finds out in the climax.

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* KillItWithFire: Fire used to be the best way to get rid of witches and sorcerers (they used to burn faster than normal humans), but some like Molok found a way around it. That is, liquefying himself, as Michael finds out in the climax.
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* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Michael and Morgane go to Venice at one point... so ''of course'' it's during Carnival.

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*** Morgane also points out that such a car drove UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle around.



** Morgane also points out that such a car drove UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle around.
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* CityOfCanals: Michael takes Morgane to UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} at one point.

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* CityOfCanals: Michael takes Morgane on a romantic trip to UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} at one point.point. He even dresses like a gondolier doing so.

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* TheAssimilator: Molok mentions that he has assimilated the powers of all the witches and sorcerers that he killed.



* CigarChomper: Molok has a cigar in his mouth for a good chunk of the second half of the film.



* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a black Citroën DS. It's [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival. At least he acknowledges it's a collector car.
-->'''Michael:''' "Bill Gates" my ass, this ain't a limousine...
-->'''Morgane:''' It was one, in 1960.

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* CoolCar: CityOfCanals: Michael takes Morgane to UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} at one point.
* CoolCar:
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Morgane's car, a black Citroën DS. It's [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival. At least he acknowledges it's a collector car.
-->'''Michael:''' --->'''Michael:''' "Bill Gates" my ass, this ain't a limousine...
-->'''Morgane:''' --->'''Morgane:''' It was one, in 1960. 1960.
** Molok's red sports car.



* {{Telepathy}}: Molok reads minds, as Michael's secretary in New York finds out.

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* {{Telepathy}}: Witches and sorcerers can read minds, such as when Molok reads minds, as the mind of Michael's secretary in New York finds out.
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* VoodooDoll: Morgane's grandmother Eglantine make such a doll to hamper Molok while Michael escapes his lair with Arthur, planting a needle in his butt a,d telekinetically making him feel the pain. It works for a minute, but Molok manages to telekinetically destroy the needle in turn.

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* VoodooDoll: Morgane's grandmother Eglantine make such a doll to hamper Molok while Michael escapes his lair with Arthur, planting a needle in his butt a,d and telekinetically making him feel the pain. It works for a minute, but Molok manages to telekinetically destroy the needle in turn.
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* FastFoodNation: Michael's boss Joel mentions that there are 36 UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants in Paris before he goes to France.

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* FastFoodNation: Michael's boss Joel mentions that there are 36 UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants in Paris before he goes to France.
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* WhenThePlanetsAlign: The ritual to suppress Arthur's powers must happen under an alignment of planets.
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* FastFoodNation: Michael's PR chief mentions that there are 36 UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants in Paris before he goes to France.

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* FastFoodNation: Michael's PR chief boss Joel mentions that there are 36 UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants in Paris before he goes to France.



* SameLanguageDub: Gil Bellows didn't speak French and the film was filmed in French, so he was dubbed by Éric Herson-Macarel (who would later become famous as the dubbing voice of Creator/DanielCraig).

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* SameLanguageDub: Gil Bellows Bellows, Dabney Coleman and Malcolm Dixon didn't speak French and the film was filmed in French, so he they were dubbed in French. Bellows was dubbed by by Éric Herson-Macarel (who would later become famous as the dubbing voice of Creator/DanielCraig).
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* TheAllegedCar: How Michael sees Morgane's Citroën DS, mostly due to its age (that car is from the late [[TheFifties 1950s]]) and the fact that the windows are difficult to open.

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* TheAllegedCar: How Michael initially sees Morgane's Citroën DS, mostly due to its age (that car is from the late [[TheFifties 1950s]]) and the fact that the windows are difficult to open.
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* LovePotion: Morgane's forest ritual makes Michael fall deeply in love with her.
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* VoodooDoll: The old witches make such a doll to hamper Molok while Michael escapes his lair with Arthur, planting a needle in his butt a,d telekinetically making him feel the pain. It works for a minute, but Molok manages to telekinetically destroy the needle in turn.

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* VoodooDoll: The old witches Morgane's grandmother Eglantine make such a doll to hamper Molok while Michael escapes his lair with Arthur, planting a needle in his butt a,d telekinetically making him feel the pain. It works for a minute, but Molok manages to telekinetically destroy the needle in turn.
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* WeirdCurrency: The "francs" banknotes that Morgane uses and Arthur recolors in pink are actually dollar banknotes.
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* SameLanguageDub: Gil Bellows didn't speak French and the film was filmed in French, so he was dubbed by Éric Herson-Macarel (who would later become famous as the dubbing voice of Creator/DanielCraig).

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* {{Asexuality}}: Michael is too much of a {{nerd}} to bother with a relationship with a woman, as he tells to Morgane when she brings him into her forest ritual, undresses him and kisses him. He's not so clueless with her when things start getting serious in that department, however.



* BrainComputerInterface: Michael invents "mindware" devices that allow to control technology with one's thoughts. It serves him well in the climax.

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* BrainComputerInterface: Michael invents "mindware" devices that allow to control technology with one's thoughts. [[ChekhovsGun It serves him well in the climax.climax]].



* TheDiaperChange: On the way to the castle, Michael finds himself having the displeasure to change Arthur's diaper.



* MindOverMatter: To avoid paying a New York taxi driver for the ride he just got, Molok telekinetically bursts the taxi's tires.



* MundaneUtility: Morgane uses a JediMindTrick to get free supplies when she goes shopping at one point, because Arthur has ruined her banknotes.

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* MundaneUtility: Morgane uses magic to undress Michael, as well as a JediMindTrick to get free supplies when she goes shopping at one point, point - because Arthur has ruined her banknotes.


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* RomanticRain: It rains when Morgane kisses Michael for the first time during her forest ritual.
* SexMagic: The ritual Morgane does in the forest as first part of what she needs to free Arthur from his powers has her having sex with Michael.


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* {{Telepathy}}: Molok reads minds, as Michael's secretary in New York finds out.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Under the MindManipulation of Molok, Mr. Nguyen (the second person to be born under a specific constellation that Morgane needs for her ritual) shoots himself in the head with a revolver in front of a [[FatalFamilyPhoto photo of his children]].


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* MindManipulation: Witches and sorcerers can do that. Morgane uses it as a JediMindTrick out of MundaneUtility, whereas Molok has no qualms using this to kill people (such as when he turns Mr. Thompson's dogs against him or manipulates Mr. Nguyen into shooting himself in the head).

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* TheNineties: It was filmed in that decade and the cars and technology look accordingly.

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* TheNineties: It was filmed in that decade and the cars (outside Morgane's own) and technology look accordingly.accordingly.
* TheAllegedCar: How Michael sees Morgane's Citroën DS, mostly due to its age (that car is from the late [[TheFifties 1950s]]) and the fact that the windows are difficult to open.


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** Morgane also points out that such a car drove UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle around.


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* WeatherManipulation: Morgane can summon rain.
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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a black Citroën DS. It's PlayedWith with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival. At least he acknowledges it's a collector car.

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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a black Citroën DS. It's PlayedWith [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival. At least he acknowledges it's a collector car.

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* BrainComputerInterface: Michael invents devices that allow to control technology with one's thoughts. It serves him well in the climax.

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* BrainComputerInterface: Michael invents "mindware" devices that allow to control technology with one's thoughts. It serves him well in the climax.



* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a Citroën DS. It's PlayedWith with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival.

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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a black Citroën DS. It's PlayedWith with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival. At least he acknowledges it's a collector car.


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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Morgane is a little too happy at the wheel.
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Morgane (Paradis) descends from a long line of witches. Her baby Arthur has an innate gift for witchcraft that starts manifesting. Morgane wants him to become a normal human being without supernatural powers, in order to fend off the evil sorcerer Molok Edramareck (Reno), who wants to kidnap Arthur and make him his successor, since he is the last male sorcerer and has no child of his own.

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Morgane Edramareck (Paradis) descends from a long line of witches. Her baby Arthur has an innate gift for witchcraft that starts manifesting. Morgane wants him to become a normal human being without supernatural powers, in order to fend off the her evil uncle, the sorcerer Molok Edramareck (Reno), who wants to kidnap Arthur and make him his successor, since he is the last male sorcerer and has no child of his own.

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* JediMindTrick: Since Arthur has changed the color of all her banknotes, Morgane can't use them to pay for the stuff she wants to buy, so she manipulates the mind of the shop's owner to have him say it's free.

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* JediMindTrick: JediMindTrick:
** Morgane pulls one on the cops who bother her at the airport for parking her car where she shouldn't have.
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Since Arthur has changed the color of all her banknotes, Morgane can't use them to pay for the stuff she wants to buy, so she manipulates the mind of the shop's owner to have him say it's free.

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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a Citroën DS.

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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a Citroën DS. It's PlayedWith with Michael's remark upon seeing it when Morgane picks him up at the airport, as he was expecting more fanfare for his arrival.
-->'''Michael:''' "Bill Gates" my ass, this ain't a limousine...
-->'''Morgane:''' It was one, in 1960.

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* CoolCar: Morgane's car, a Citroën DS.



* GooGooGodlike: Arthur has some growing powers but almost no control over them, such as talking to birds, changing the color of banknotes or freezing a person in time. Eventually, he summons seatbelts on himself when Michael rescues him and puts him in Molok's car, which lacks a baby seat.

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* GooGooGodlike: Arthur has some growing powers but almost no control over them, such as talking to birds, changing the color of banknotes things or freezing a person in time. Eventually, he summons seatbelts on himself when Michael rescues him and puts him in Molok's car, which lacks a baby seat.


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* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: The witches' assistant (who's named Merlin) is a dwarf, played by Malcolm Dixon.


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* NerdGlasses: Michael has them.
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* FastFoodNation: Michael's PR chief mentions that there are 36 UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants in Paris before he goes to France.

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