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** Grisam transforms into a grey hawk and talks to crows.

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** Grisam transforms into a grey hawk and talks to crows.crows (because he’s the only one that’s patient enough for that).
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan:
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* Irony: Flox is a witch of the Dark, whose powers are based on destruction. Guess who is the character that loves colors and being creative the most?

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: Flox is a witch of the Dark, whose powers are based on destruction. Guess who is the character that loves likes colors the most loves arts and being creative the most?crafts?
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* Improvised weapon: Including, but not limited to: canes, shovels, rakes, chairs, irons, the baker's fire iron, school desks, nails, shoes, hot oil, logs, paddles and even a double bass.

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* Improvised weapon: ImprovisedWeapon: Including, but not limited to: canes, shovels, rakes, chairs, irons, the baker's fire iron, school desks, nails, shoes, hot oil, logs, paddles and even a double bass.
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* SweetPollyOlliver: Isabella Diderous really wanted to be a sailor, but she was an aristocrat's daughter.

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* SweetPollyOlliver: SweetPollyOliver: Isabella Diderous really wanted to be a sailor, but she was an aristocrat's daughter.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming an adversary of the Enemy.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming an adversary There are two options when the Enemy kidnaps you: you either join his army, betraying your family and friends and having to attack your village for eternity, or become part of the Enemy.Rock of Arrochar, making you a sentient piece of stone, forced to helplessly watch as the same thing happens to other villagers for centuries.
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* Fantastic Racism: Morus Voltar distrust all Magicals of the Dark, because they are capable of the same things as the emisaries of the Enemy.

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* Fantastic Racism: FantasticRacism: Morus Voltar distrust all Magicals of the Dark, because they are capable of the same things as the emisaries of the Enemy.
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* Crush Blush:

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* Crush Blush:CrushBlush:



** [[spoiler: La]] and [[Grisam]] whenever they share an intimate moment.
** Tommy may keep his cool most of the time, but if Baboo compliments him, or someone finds out about his crush, he turns into a tomato.

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** [[spoiler: La]] and [[Grisam]] [[spoiler: Grisam]] whenever they share an intimate moment.
** Tommy may keep his cool most of the time, but if Baboo compliments him, or someone finds out about his crush, he turns into a (metaphorical) tomato.
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* ChildhoodBrainTrauma: PlayedForLaughs as a reason for Lavender's strange behaviour. She fell off her crib when she was a week old.

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* ChildhoodBrainTrauma: ChildhoodBrainDamage: PlayedForLaughs as a reason for Lavender's strange behaviour. She fell off her crib when she was a week old.
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** The book that Captain Tarbolt found in the remains of his friend's ship is no other than [[spoiler: the missing second part of the Ancient Book]].

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** The book that Captain Tarbolt Talbot found in the remains of his friend's ship is no other than [[spoiler: the missing second part of the Ancient Book]].
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* Brick Joke:

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* Brick Joke: BrickJoke:
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* Brainwashed: The Rock of Arrochar has this effect, specially on Magicals of the Dark. [[spoiler: Grisam]] can snap out of it via ThePowerOfLove.

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* Brainwashed: {{Brainwashed}}: The Rock of Arrochar has this effect, specially on Magicals of the Dark. [[spoiler: Grisam]] can snap out of it via ThePowerOfLove.

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** The Buttercups.

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** The Buttercups.Blossoms have Apple Spottail.
** The Coclery have Meatball Pips.



* BackInMyDay: The Captain does this sometimes.



** Hard-headed and sarcastic, but actually really caring,[[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].
** Middle-aged, big and lonely, [[spoiler: Lilium and the widow Amory]].

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** Hard-headed and sarcastic, but actually really caring,[[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].
** Middle-aged, big and lonely, [[spoiler: Lilium Martagaon and the widow Vivian Amory]].



* BrawnHilda: Hortensia Pollimon, if she wishes so.

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* BrawnHilda: BrawnHilda:
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Hortensia Pollimon, if she wishes so.so.
** Mrs. Rye can control her six mischievous and one calmer boys because of this.



** In ''Flox Smiles in Autumn'' Fragaria Fress and Ivy Dhella are well and living amongst the townspeople. This shouldn't be possible, as [[spoiler: they were both kidnapped by the Terrible 21st in his first attack. Mrs. Dhella joined his army and should've disappeared with it in ''The Power of Light'', and mrs. Fress, had she not met that same fate, should be turned into stone in the Rock of Arrochar]].
** Despite Telli describing Jim as having dark eyes (like a fawn) and the offical art showing him as having black hair and eyes, Vanilla says he has golden eyes and brown hair in ''Farewell to Fairy Oak''.



* ChildhoodBrainTrauma: PlayedForLaughs as a reason for Lavender's strange behaviour. She fell off her crib when she was a week old.



* CoolBoat: The ''Isabella II''.

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* CoolBoat: CoolBoat:
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The ''Isabella II''.II''.
** Shirley's is traslucent at the bottom, allowing her to see the sea and its creatures that are bellow her.



* {{Diary}}: An eight book of the series is just that. It includes entries of various characters.

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* {{Diary}}: {{Diary}}:
** Telli keeps one, with the help of Tomelilla.
** Vanilla keeps one for when [[spoiler: Jim comes back]].
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An eight book of the series is just that. It includes entries of various characters.



** Duff Burdock leads the Summer Games, which accept children from three to fifteen years of age, and he's very good at it.



* GiantSquid: The longtentacles.



* InAnotherMansShoes: Thanks to a [[spoiler: joke by Crataegus Oban]], this is now a holiday in Fairy Oak, where the villager's live with an impairment of another member of the community for a day.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Barbo Tagix correctly says Telli's real name the first time they meet, without asking her nor Tomelilla beforehand, that's it.



* IronicFear: Pic, one of the fairies, is afraid of flying.

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* IronicFear: Pic, one the fairy of the fairies, Rye family, is afraid of flying.



** It's never stated, but the colored pages would suggest that Duff Burdock is much older than his brother, Vic.

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** It's never stated, but the colored pages would suggest that Duff Burdock is much older than his brother, Vic.Acanti and Daisy are born twelve years appart.
** Rosie was born when Hortensia was 15. She was a SurprisePregnancy.



* SadistTeacher: Margherita de Transvall.

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* SadistTeacher: Margherita de Transvall. Even Euforbia Flumel, the headmistress is scared of her.



* SeaMonster: The Captain has a logbook full of descriptions and drawings of them.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Acantos can be like this sometimes.



* ShipperOnDeck: Nepeta Rose's favorite hobby is creating "perfect couples" between the children of Fairy Oak.



* SuperSenses: Fairies have very good hearing. Telli uses it a lot to listen to conversations happening in other rooms.

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* SuperSenses: Fairies have very good smell and hearing. Telli uses it the latter a lot to listen to conversations happening in other rooms.rooms.
* SweetPollyOlliver: Isabella Diderous really wanted to be a sailor, but she was an aristocrat's daughter.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lavender and Vanilla, respectively.
* TragicStillbirth: Happened during Mrs. Windflower second pregnancy, and it's the reason behind her overprotective nature over Titch.



* WizardsLiveLonger: The youngest member of the Council during the times of the Ancient Book was 6567 years old. Such longevity is not seen anymore by the time the events of the books take place, though.

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* WizardsLiveLonger: WizardsLiveLonger:
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The youngest member of the Council during the times of the Ancient Book was 6567 years old. Such longevity is not seen anymore by the time the events of the books take place, though.
** Barbo Tagix is more than a thousand years old.

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** Cherry turns into a crow, courtesy of Shirley. La also like to compare with various kinds of snakes.

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** Cherry turns into a crow, courtesy of Shirley. La also like to compare her with various kinds of snakes.



** Middle-aged, big and lonely [[spoiler: Lilium and the widow Amory]].
** Hard-headed and young [[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].
** Sweet, caring and loves drawing [[spoiler: Shirley and Tommy]].

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** Middle-aged, big Hard-headed and lonely [[spoiler: Lilium sarcastic, but actually really caring,[[spoiler: Francis and the widow Amory]].Nepeta]].
** Hard-headed Middle-aged, big and young lonely, [[spoiler: Francis Lilium and Nepeta]].the widow Amory]].
** Sweet, caring and loves drawing drawing, [[spoiler: Shirley and Tommy]].



* Brick Joke: At the begining of ''The Power of Light'', Mrs. Tulipa Ovan accuses the Captain of stealing her dentures. We learn at the end of the book that Grisam had them all along. The old lady had tried to burn them in the New Year's bonfires and the young wizard rescued them.

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* Brick Joke: Joke:
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At the begining of ''The Power of Light'', Mrs. Tulipa Ovan accuses the Captain of stealing her dentures. We learn at the end of the book that Grisam had them all along. The old lady had tried to burn them in the New Year's bonfires and the young wizard rescued them.
** The Band discovered that the arts and crafts spells Shirley taught them [[spoiler: hurt them if she isn't present]]. When Tommy and Vanilla return a ripped page of a book to the library, they make sure to take glue with them.



** In ''Shirley's Enchanting Days'' Telli mentions that Shirley has a looong life. Yet she is narrating in a point of time where Shirley is just 15 years old.



* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that Jim's grandfather is actually [[spoiler: Charles Bullet, a pirate, friend of the Captain, and accidentally attacked the ''Isabella II'', taking the cargo with him. Many years later, he seeked him, found him in Fairy Oak and returned many of his things to him]]. He kept the jewelry, toys and books, which Jim picked up while growing up. While looking through his grandfather's things, he found out the truth and took a map that guided him to Fairy Oak.

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* ConnectedAllAlong: ConnectedAllAlong:
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It turns out that Jim's grandfather is actually [[spoiler: Charles Bullet, a pirate, friend of the Captain, and accidentally attacked the ''Isabella II'', taking the cargo with him. Many years later, he seeked him, found him in Fairy Oak and returned many of his things to him]]. He kept the jewelry, toys and books, which Jim picked up while growing up. While looking through his grandfather's things, he found out the truth and took a map that guided him to Fairy Oak.
** Snow wasn't just a character in the Ancient Book, she was also [[spoiler: Lilac and Dahlia's babysitter]].



* {{Imprinting}}: Four ducklings decide that Barolo's dirty paws are their mom.



* NoHuggingNoKissing: Only hugs and pecks on the cheek for lovebirds of Fairy Oak.

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* NoHuggingNoKissing: Only hugs Tommy once lampshades that it's weird that [[spoiler: Lavender and pecks on the cheek for lovebirds of Fairy Oak.Grisam]] never display their affection in public (or private), not even by hugging.



* PennyPinchingCrab: The hermit crab that finds the [[spoiler: salt sword]] is this.



** All the trees of the Forest-that-sings can move to a certain degree. [[spoiler: It's because they are transformed Magicals being pushined fro breaking the Magic Law]].

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** All the trees of the Forest-that-sings can move to a certain degree. [[spoiler: It's because they are transformed Magicals being pushined fro breaking the Magic Law]]. They mostly do it to protect children.


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* WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque: Happens once to Acanti. Without his glasses. While he was transformed into a mouse. In the underground system of tunnels used by wild animals.

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* AnimalEspionage: Tomelilla mentions it's quite probable that the emisaries of the Enemy transform themselves into animals to do this, cue a class on animal behaviour and characteristics that Magicals can't imitate. The taste of cow milk is one of these, apparently.

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* AnimalEspionage: Tomelilla mentions it's quite probable that the emisaries of the Enemy transform themselves into animals to do this, cue a class on animal behaviour and characteristics that Magicals can't imitate. The taste of cow milk is one of these, them, apparently.



* AnimalMotifs: The Captain's Band.

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* AnimalMotifs: The When the Captain's Band.Band transforms into birds, each member has a code name based in their transformation, which reflects their personality. Their personality and likes also get reflected in the animals they prefer interacting with.
** Vanilla turns into a robin and speaks to porcupines, turtles, ladybugs and other forest animals.
** Lavender talks to foxes, spiders and scorpions.
** Grisam transforms into a grey hawk and talks to crows.
** Flox transforms into a woodpecker and speaks to pheasants and partridges.
** Shirley transforms into a nightingale.
** Acanti turns into a common goldeneye and talks to bees and butterflies.
** Titch turns into an eurasian wren and speaks with lizards and crickets.
** Tommy turns into a marsh tit and talks to deers.
** Francis turns into a coal tit and speaks to mice, marmots and rabbits.
** Nepeta turns into a puffin and talks to forest birds.
** Celastro turns into a seagull and talks to wild pigs.
** Melissa turns into a swallow.
** Cherry turns into a crow, courtesy of Shirley. La also like to compare with various kinds of snakes.

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** Acanti regularly gave food to a pregnant mouse that lived in his attic. She gives him a chesnut as a reward.
** Francis befriends the mama mouse that inhabits the Museum.



* {{Adorkable}}:
** Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
** Celastro Buttercup, although he has had less chances to show it.



** The Poppys have a cat named Scratch.



* AnimalMotifs: The Captain's Band and birds.

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* AnimalMotifs: The Captain's Band and birds.Band.



* AscendedFanboy: Fangirl, in this case. Telli was an admirer of Tomelilla before going to work into the Periwinkle family.

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* AscendedFanboy: Fangirl, in this case. AscendedFangirl: Telli was an admirer of Tomelilla before going to work into the Periwinkle family.family. She's actually the reason she decided to become a babysitter.



** Hot-headed and young [[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].
** Sweet and caring [[spoiler: Shirley and Tommy]].

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** Hot-headed Hard-headed and young [[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].
** Sweet and Sweet, caring and loves drawing [[spoiler: Shirley and Tommy]].



** In ''The Dark Enchantment'' Flox, Vanilla and Grisam can talk while transformed into animals, which is described as impossible (by Grisam, nonetheless) in ''The Power of Light''.

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** In ''The Dark Enchantment'' Flox, Vanilla and Grisam can talk while transformed into animals, which is described as impossible (by Grisam, nonetheless) in ''The Power of Light''. Then, the members of the band can talk thile transformed in the ''4 Mysteries''.



** In the Trilogy, Acanti Bugle is shown having a little sister named Cloudy. Him being an only child is a relevant plot point of the 4 Mysteries.

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** In the Trilogy, Acanti Bugle is shown having a little sister named Cloudy. Him being an only child is a relevant plot point of the 4 Mysteries.Mysteries, and Cloudy is relegated to being a cousin.



** The twins' knowledge on how to use Cicero's telescope, spyglass and binoculars comes in handy when [[spoiler: they spy on him to make sure he is safe doing his round]].
** Grisam makes metal objects rust until they disintegrate to entertain Flox and Vanilla during some winter afternoons. He does the same with [[spoiler: Vanilla's cell lock in the Rock of Arrochar]].



* ChekhovsSkill:
** The twins' knowledge on how to use Cicero's telescope, spyglass and binoculars comes in handy when [[spoiler: they spy on him to make sure he is safe doing his round]].
** Grisam makes metal objects rust until they disintegrate to entertain Flox and Vanilla during some winter afternoons. He does the same with [[spoiler: Vanilla's cell lock in the Rock of Arrochar]].



* ChildMage: All of the protagonists and a good chunk of their friends. After all, the Magicals start showing and using their magic around the time their premolars start growing.



** Tommy may keep his cool most of the time, but if Baboo compliments him, or someone finds out about his crush, he turns into a tomato.



* DarkIsEvil: Played with. While the Enemy is a Lord of Darkness and all of his army are Magicals of the Dark, many villagers have both Dark powers and good intentions.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Grisam, Shirley and Flox all get this in the books that have their respective names on them.



* EightiesHair: Shirley's hair is described as a puffy red cloud.



* GrumpyOldMan: Both Captain Talbot and Meum Spignet pretend to be this. Not like anyone believes them.

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* GrumpyOldMan: GrumpyOldMan:
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Both Captain Talbot and Meum Spignet pretend to be this. Not like anyone believes them.
** Arbor Patillasghip, the mailman, plays this trope straight.



** Shirley, aided by the Band, when investigating the mystery of the enchanted forest.



* MagicMisfire: Don't try to replicate the spells that Shirley taught you when she's not present. It can end with cut fingers, a damaged history book, stamps stuck to your skin or you stuck to the display cabinet of the most important magic text of all time.



** Depending on the user's powers, finger can be used as pencils and glue, or erasers and scissors.



* NatureSpirit:
** The Otrot River has one that takes the shape of a knight and his mount.
** The Ocean Wave in the beach takes the shape of a young lady.



* RandomlyGifted: [[spoiler: La's]] Darkness powers.

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* {{Prophecy}}: The hidden words in "Grandma Austerity's Recipes" could count as this.
* RandomlyGifted: [[spoiler: La's]] Darkness powers.Dark powers make no geneological sense.



** Oak being misunderstood because it speaks too slowly.

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** Oak being cut off or misunderstood because it speaks too slowly.



** Every time the members of the Band start a storm of questions, it always ends with someone asking a completely unrealated one. More often than not, it's little Sophie ComicallyMissingThePoint.



* {{Tsundere}}: Scarlet-Violet Spleenworth to Duffus Burdock.

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* {{Tsundere}}: {{Tsundere}}:
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Scarlet-Violet Spleenworth to acts like this with Duffus Burdock.Burdock.
** [[spoiler: Nepeta Rose]] and [[spoiler: Francis Rye]] act like this towards each other. It may be explained by their young age.
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* PeepingTom: Crocus Pills, Elderberry Barks and the McLoad brothers. They have the added bonus of being able to make things (clothes) disappear.

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* PeepingTom: Crocus Pills, Elderberry Barks and the McLoad Mc Load brothers. They have the added bonus of being able to make things (clothes) disappear.



** Tomelilla and Duff. TakenUpToEleven when we learn that [[spoiler: they once declared their love for each other but decided to stay as friends, because neither wanted to pursue a romantic relationship at that point of their lives]].

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** Tomelilla and Duff. TakenUpToEleven Taken UpToEleven when we learn that [[spoiler: they once declared their love for each other but decided to stay as friends, because neither wanted to pursue a romantic relationship at that point of their lives]].
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* {{Depowe}}: [[Lilium Martagon]] suffers from this because of a magical illness.

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* {{Depowe}}: [[Lilium {{Depower}}: [[spoiler: Lilium Martagon]] suffers from this because of a magical illness.
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* MagicVsScience: Cicero's school years were like this. In a class of thirteen witches and three non-magical boys.

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* MagicVsScience: MagicVersusScience: Cicero's school years were like this. In a class of thirteen witches and three non-magical boys.

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** Middle-aged, big and lonely [[spoiler: Lilium and vuida]].
** Hot-headed [[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].

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** Middle-aged, big and lonely [[spoiler: Lilium and vuida]].the widow Amory]].
** Hot-headed and young [[spoiler: Francis and Nepeta]].


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** We learn in Magic Class with aunt Tomelilla that, in order to express their true love, male flies and octopuses give their beloveds an empty silk bag and blue pebbles respectively. Guess what [[spoiler: Jim]] gives [[spoiler: Vanilla]] five years later?


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* {{Depowe}}: [[Lilium Martagon]] suffers from this because of a magical illness.


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* EurekaMoment: Grisam has one when the mayor calls Nibbler a "flea-ridden vagabond", clicking all the missing pieces about [[spoiler: the Captain's true identity]].


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* TheOneThatGotAway: Anna and Edward Temby are this to each other.


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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Tomelilla's birthday party is an example of this.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: ABirthdayNotABreak:
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Tomelilla's birthday party is an example of this.this.
** When Titch turns nine he learns the truth about [[spoiler: the Captain]]'s past, has to deal with Adelaide Spleenworth ''and'' almost drowns and is electrocuted while trying to save Nibbler.



* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Six years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages.

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* AgeGapRomance: AgeGapRomance:
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[[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Six years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages. ages.
** Dahlia is ten years younger than Cicero.



* BadDate: Cicero and Dahlia's first date consisted on her getting soaked by the stormy sea while he explained how waves are formed. The cherry on top was that, when he tried to kiss her, she accidentally turned him into a seagull.



* TheDreaded: The Terrible 21st, also known as the Enemy.



** Nibbler can spot emisaries of the Enemy, which often ends with him being the victim of a transformation spell.

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** Nibbler can spot emisaries of the Enemy, which often ends with him being the victim of a transformation spell. In a less serious note, he also knows whenever Adelaide Spleenworth is up to no good.



* FieryRedhead: Robin "Titch" Windflower can have quite the temper, specially if you insult his beloved Captain.



** Radio, typewritters, bycicles and color photography and are commonly used.

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** Radio, typewritters, bycicles and color photography and are commonly used.used.
** Gramophones and typewritters exist, but are not common.



* GossipyHens: Adelaide Spleenqorth, Petula Penn, Fragaria Fress and, to a lesser extent, Oak.

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* GossipyHens: Adelaide Spleenqorth, Petula Penn, Penn and Fragaria Fress and, to a lesser extent, Oak.Fress.



* MagicVsScience: Cicero's school years were like this. In a class of thirteen witches and three non-magical boys.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Terrible 21st'' a.k.a ''The Enemy''.



** Tomelilla and Duff.

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** Tomelilla and Duff. TakenUpToEleven when we learn that [[spoiler: they once declared their love for each other but decided to stay as friends, because neither wanted to pursue a romantic relationship at that point of their lives]].



* ShipTease:
** [[spoiler: Flox]] and [[spoiler: Acanti]] are shown to really trust each other, and Nepeta thinks they'd look good together. The cuteness factor rises when you realize that he always adds "dear" before her name when talking to her.
** Nepeta Rose and Francis Rye.



* SingleTargetSexuality: Duff to Ollander.

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* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Eight years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages.

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* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Eight Six years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages.



* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Heavily implied with [[spoiler: Grisam and La]].

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Heavily implied ChildhoodMarriagePromise:
** At first implied, then confirmed
with [[spoiler: Grisam and La]].La]]. It was very romantic, with him jokingly threatening to turn her into a mush of mud and worms if she ever marries other guy (not that she'd really let him).
** Telli accidentally eavesdrops when this happens between [[spoiler: Vanilla and Jim]].



* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that Jim's grandfather is actually [[spoiler: Charles Bullet, a pirate, friend of the Captain, and accidentally attacked the ''Isabella II'', taking the cargo with him. Many years later, he seeked him, found him in Fairy Oak and returned many of his things to him]]. He kept the jewelry, toys and books, which Jim picked up while growing up. While looking through his grandfather's things, he found out the truth and took a map that guided him to Fairy Oak.



* IWillWaitForYou: This promise is made by [[spoiler: Vanilla]] to [[spoiler: Jim]]. She does wait for five years until he comes back.



* * MentorMascot: Luther Pendragon is Shirley's teacher. He is also an old toad.

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* MeaningfulName: The Captain started calling himself Talbot because [[spoiler: that was the name of the vagabond dog of Charles Bullet]].
* MentorMascot: Luther Pendragon is Shirley's teacher. He is also an old toad.


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* MistakenAge: Jim pretends to be eighteen, but he's actually [[spoiler: sixteen]] years old. This doesn't amuse any of the adults at all.

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* Brainwashed: The Rock of Arrochar has this effect, specially on Magicals of the Dark. [[spoiler: Grisam]] can snap out of it via ThePowerOfLove.



* Brick Joke: At the begining of ''The Power of Light'', Mrs. Tulipa Ovan accuses the Captain of stealing her dentures. We learn at the end of the book that Grisam had them all along. The old lady had tried to burn them in the New Year's bonfires and the young wizard rescued them.



ing care of the plants in the greenhouse while Telli tells her about the twins' day.

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ing * CanonDiscontinuity:
** In ''The Dark Enchantment'' Flox, Vanilla and Grisam can talk while transformed into animals, which is described as impossible (by Grisam, nonetheless) in ''The Power of Light''.
** In ''The Power of Light'', Francis Rye is said to be a Wizard of the Dark. In the 4 Mysteries, all the Rye brothers are Wizards of the Light.
** In the Trilogy, Acanti Bugle is shown having a little sister named Cloudy. Him being an only child is a relevant plot point of the 4 Mysteries.
* CaringGardener: Tomelilla loves taking
care of the plants in the greenhouse while Telli tells her about the twins' day.



* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: The fair folk]] in the final battle against the Enemy.

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* TheCavalry: Averted with [[spoiler: The the fair folk]] in the final battle against the Enemy.



* CheerfulChild: Sophie Littlewalton is a textbook example of this.



** Grisam makes metal objects rust until they disintegrate to entertain Flox and Vanilla during some winter afternoons. He does the same with [[spoiler: Vanilla's cell lock in the Rock of Arrochar]].



** Baboo when Grisam is mentioned.

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** Baboo when Grisam is mentioned. Also later with [[spoiler: Jim]].


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* TimeStandsStill: What happens if Light and Dark become one.

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* AdoringThePests: Tomelilla leaves a pile of dried leaves in the Periwinkle house backyard so some shrews can have a home.

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* AdoringThePests: AdoringThePests:
** Vanilla doesn't want Pampuria to hunt mice.
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Tomelilla leaves a pile of dried leaves in the Periwinkle house backyard so some shrews can have a home.



* AllWitchesHaveCats: The Buttercups.

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* AllWitchesHaveCats: AllWitchesHaveCats:
** The Perwinkles adopt Pampuria, the Captain's cat, after he [[spoiler: passes away]].
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The Buttercups.



* TheBlacksmith:
** Hortensia Pollimon is not only a smith, she's also an artist and can create beautiful crafts using iron, which "has no secrets to her".
** Lilium Martagon is a mountain of a man and very good at smithing.



** The trunk that

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** The trunk thatthat Grisam is denied talking to in ''The Dark Enchantment'' is a central plot piece for ''Love and Captain Grisam''.


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* ClothingReflectsPersonality:
** La preffers wearing pants over dresses and is more adventurous than her sister. She even says that, despite being nearly identical, Baboo looks better with dresses because of her personality.
** Vanilla becomes more daring and outspoken when she starts wearing her sister's clothes.
** Flox is very creative and loves colors. She is pretty easy to spot in a croud.


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* GrumpyOldMan: Both Captain Talbot and Meum Spignet pretend to be this. Not like anyone believes them.


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* MagicalLibrary: All Magicals have one in their respective Spell Room.
** Hortensia Pollimon's contains titles such as "Poisons and Horrendous Transfigurations", "Bites and Wounds from Venomous Claws" and "The Empire of Darkness".


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** Meum's bad hearing.
** People being scared of Dr. Chesnut Pestemon's special ointment.


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* SpeechImpediment: Acanti "​The Boy who Wears ''Specth''" Bugle, ​Luther "​Professor Vocabulawy" Pendragon and Titch all have this.

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* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Five years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages are ten and fifteen.

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* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler:Vanilla and Jim]]. Five Eight years may not seem like much, until you remember their ages are ten and fifteen.ages.



** Joe Shuanma, despite being aroung eighty years old, once saved a child from a bull and could lift an ''entire cart'' when it fell on him.



** The trunk that



* DeadpanSnarker: La is an expert. Expect Cherry to be at the recieving end of her most sour comments.
* DEvilInDisguise: Emisaries of the enemy used the voices of [[spoiler: the twins]] to sow distrust into Viccard, the lighthouse guard.

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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
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La is an expert. Expect Cherry to be at the recieving end of her most sour comments.
** Lilac Tomelilla may seem all high and mighty, but she's fond of this as well.
** Pic is a rare fairy example. She doesn't like being made fun of for being chubby or not flying.
* DEvilInDisguise: DevilInDisguise: Emisaries of the enemy used the voices of [[spoiler: the twins]] to sow distrust into Viccard, the lighthouse guard.



* FriendToAllChildren:
** Captain Talbot, despite what his words may say. He even regularly takes Robin Windflower fishing and saw him learn how to fly.
** Joe Shuanma, the caretaker of the school.
** Fairies are like this by nature and, because of this, they make great babysitters.
** Oak loves to have children playing around or ''on'' it.



* GossipyHens: Petula Penn, Fragaria Fress and, to a lesser extent, Oak.

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* GossipyHens: Adelaide Spleenqorth, Petula Penn, Fragaria Fress and, to a lesser extent, Oak.



* GutFeeling: Telli about [[spoiler: Fluffypuff]]'s death.

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* GutFeeling: GutFeeling:
** La and Fluffpuff about [[spoiler: the Captain]]'s death.
**
Telli about [[spoiler: Fluffypuff]]'s death.



** When aunt Tomelilla blew flour all over the house (long story), La used her magic to clean it.



* SavageWolves: Part of the Enemy's forces is made up of these. Except they are transformed Magicals.



* SleepingDummy: La once does this to try to sneak out of the house. Aunt Tomelilla notices.



* TeenGenius: Jim is a very capable inventor at fifteen years of age.

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* SuperSenses: Fairies have very good hearing. Telli uses it a lot to listen to conversations happening in other rooms.
* TeenGenius: Jim is a very capable inventor at fifteen eighteen years of age.


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* WickedCultured: Humulus Bellepor is very handsome, intelligent, polite and can be soft-spoken. He is also the second-in-command of the Forces of Evil.

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** Cicero Periwinkle can hold his own against the Enemy while fighting besides Magicals. He even [[spoiler: asked Duff to transform him to a hawk to look for the missing children during the siege of Fairy Oak. He ends up being wounded by an emisary of the Enemy]].

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** Cicero Periwinkle can hold his own against the Enemy while fighting besides Magicals. He even [[spoiler: asked Duff to transform him to a hawk to look for the missing children during the siege of Fairy Oak. Oak]]. He ends up being wounded by an emisary of the Enemy]].keeps gping even when tired, soaked and wounded.



** While the men were defending Fairy Oak from under the wall, the housewives did the same from ''over their houses's rooftops''.

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** While the men were defending Fairy Oak from under the wall, the housewives did the same from ''over their ''their houses's rooftops''.



** Jim when [[spoiler: the weights of the wall don't fall properly, which almost rips Lilium's arm off]].

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** Jim when [[spoiler: the weights of the wall his defense system don't fall properly, which almost rips Lilium's arm off]].



* Fantastic Racism: Morus Voltar distrust all Magicals of the Dark, because they are capable of the same things as the emisaries of the Enemy.



* Improvised weapon: Including, but not limited to: canes, shovels, rakes, chairs, irons, the baker's fire iron, school desks, nails, shoes, hot oil, logs, paddles and even a double bass.



* InvoluntaryShapeshifting:
** Mint, into a butterfly, when she is surprised by Duffus Burdock.
** Lavender into a [[spoiler: purple carpenter bee]] when the Enemy is trying to [[spoiler: kidnap her]].



* JustInTime: [[spoiler: The twins' and Shirley's]] intervention in the final battle.

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* JustInTime: JustInTime:
** The moment of the siege when the army of the Enemy [[spoiler: simply stops and leaves]].
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[[spoiler: The twins' and Shirley's]] intervention in the final battle.



* TheOrder: The Captain's Band.

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* TheOrder: TheOrder:
** The Magic Counsil.
**
The Captain's Band.



* PoweredArmor: Hortensia Pollimon's armor in the final battle.

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* PoweredArmor: Hortensia Pollimon's armor in the final battle. PowerNullifier: The black cages.



* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All Magicals are capable of this.



* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: La joining the forces of the Enemy]].

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* WeCanRuleTogether: An offer of this kind is made on behalf of the Enemy by Humulus Bellepor to [[spoiler: Lavender]].
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: La Lavender]] joining the forces of the Enemy]].Enemy.
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* AfraidOfDoctors: Duff Burdock, the biggest and most powerful wizard of Fairy Oak.

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* AfraidOfDoctors: Duff Burdock, the biggest and most powerful dark wizard of Fairy Oak.

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** Shirley's favorite tree, a willow, does not only [[spoiler: protect Vanilla when she is being chased by emisaries of the Enemy]], but also [[spoiler: did the same to Mint in the Ancient Book]].

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** Shirley's Shirley introduces Vanilla to her favorite tree, a willow, does not only which later [[spoiler: protect protects Vanilla when she is being chased by emisaries of the Enemy]], but and also [[spoiler: did the same to Mint in the Ancient Book]].



** The twins' knowledge on how to use Cicero's telescope, spyglass and binoculars comes in handy when [[spoiler: they spy on him to make sure he is safe doing his round]].



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Most mistakenly think Shirley is this.



* DadsCantCook: Even though is crepes are excellent, the same can not be said about Cicero's cauliflower puree. It smells like rotten eggs, according to La.



* EvilDetectingDog:
** Nibbler can spot emisaries of the Enemy, which often ends with him being the victim of a transformation spell.
** Barolo when [[spoiler: four emisaries of the Enemy show up at the Poppy household]].



* HeroicDog: Barolo acts like this when Vanilla [[spoiler: is being chased my emisaries of the Enemy]].



* Irony: Flox is a witch of the Dark, whose powers are based on destruction. Guess who is the character that loves colors and being creative the most?



* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Viccard and Duffus Burdock have completely opposite principles, which makes them fight often.



* SharedDreams: The twins have these in ''The Dark Enchantment''. [[spoiler: Each one dreams of one half of a witch, the half the other sister doesn't see]].

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* SharedDreams: SharedDream: The twins have these in ''The Dark Enchantment''. [[spoiler: Each one dreams of one half of a witch, the half the other sister doesn't see]].
* TheSiege: Fairy Oak is sieged by the Enemy in ''The Dark Enchantment''.


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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Shirley. She even corrects Mr. Berry's pronunciation sometimes.


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* TreasureMap: Uncle Duff has one of these for Roseto Spleenworth's cane-sword.


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** Euforbia Flumel makes Lavender do this with the 1st article of the Magical Law when she transforms Cherry into a [[spoiler: viper]].

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* AnimalEspionage:

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* AnimalEspionage:AnimalEspionage: Tomelilla mentions it's quite probable that the emisaries of the Enemy transform themselves into animals to do this, cue a class on animal behaviour and characteristics that Magicals can't imitate. The taste of cow milk is one of these, apparently.



* CoolBoat: The ''Isabella II''.



* EveryoneIsRelated: Implied, as Fairy Oak has been inhabited by the same families for centuries.

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* EveryoneIsRelated: Implied, Heavily implied,specially when you take into account the Ancient Book, as Fairy Oak has been inhabited by the same families for centuries.



* GossipyHens: Petula Penn, Fragaria Fress and, to a lesser extent, Oak.



* IconicSequelCharacter: Both Jim and Piffero appear for the first time in ''The Power of Light''.

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* IconicSequelCharacter: Both Jim and Piffero appear (or are named) for the first time in ''The Power of Light''.Light''.
* TheIdealist: Duffus Burdock.



* OurMagesAreDifferent: Magic doesn't seem to need any special objects or incantations to be produced, and it's divided into Light and Dark Magic, although the nature of the latter is not malign. Also, magic is inherited from aunts or uncles, not the parents, to their nieces or nephews.

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* OurMagesAreDifferent: OurMagesAreDifferent:
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Magic doesn't seem to need any special objects or incantations to be produced, and it's divided into produced.
** There are two types of Magical: of
Light and Dark Magic, although of Dark, which define the nature kinds of spells the latter is not malign. Also, magic Magical can do.
** Magic
is inherited from aunts or uncles, not the parents, to their nieces or nephews.nephews.
** There are some physical clues that can tip off a Magical, including: too-short or too-long earlobes, hair falling over the eyes, a potato-shaped nose.
** Witches like to wear various layers of clothing, for some reason.



* PlatonicLifePartners: Tomelilla and Duff.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: PeepingTom: Crocus Pills, Elderberry Barks and the McLoad brothers. They have the added bonus of being able to make things (clothes) disappear.
* PlatonicLifePartners:
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Tomelilla and Duff.Duff.
** Fluffypuff and Captain Talbot. [[spoiler: She saved him when he was an amnesiac castaway]]. They hold an special respect and friendly love to each other. Even their [[spoiler: death dates are close to each other]].


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* SharedDreams: The twins have these in ''The Dark Enchantment''. [[spoiler: Each one dreams of one half of a witch, the half the other sister doesn't see]].


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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Captain Talbot]] after the shipwreck of the ''Isabella II''.


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* WizardsLiveLonger: The youngest member of the Council during the times of the Ancient Book was 6567 years old. Such longevity is not seen anymore by the time the events of the books take place, though.
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