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* MamaBear: Calendula attempts to fight the ghosts of the deceased Kramers, yet she becomes exhausted and faints after performing a spell. Sarah and Moth perform a healing spell to help Calendula recover, and she regains her strength.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: In "The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow", Sarah mentions that in olden times, she was born on the fictional Ile d'Ezer, an island in the ocean located near the Iberian Peninsula. The island belongs to no country, and immgrants and refugees find shelter there, from nearby European and African countries. Sarah, the mother of Calendula and grandmother of Moth, is apparently African by primary appearances, yet whether or not she has any other heritage besides that is a mystery so far.
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* DisappearedDad: When Calendula is dating, she becomes romantically involved with a man who is Moth's father. Unfortunately, Cal attempts to cast a dark spell against her mother, which gets deflected onto Cal's boyfriend, inflicting an amnesia spell on him.


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* KnightTemplarParent: Charlie's father, Mayor Bruce Kramer, is descended from a dynasty that established Founder's Bluff, and also has a dark reputation of being witch-hunters. When Mayor Bruce and the ghosts of his ancestors attack Moth, Calendula, and Sarah, they fight back. After defeat, Bruce makes a HeelFaceTurn, re-examining the Kramer family's legacy, and he follows up on this in the sequel by renovating the museum, focusing more on the general history of Founder's Bluff as a town instead of the Kramers' dark histories.
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* HowDoIShotWeb?: After finding out she’s a witch, Moth struggles to use her powers.

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* HowDoIShotWeb?: HowDoIShotWeb: After finding out she’s a witch, Moth struggles to use her powers.
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Thirteen year old Moth Hush has enough trouble with life and middle school bullies, but when she discovers she comes from a family of witches, her world becomes so much more complicated.




* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not evil.

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* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not depicted as evil.



* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Calendula]] was really born in 1676.


* SalemIsWitchCountry: Founder’s Bluff, noted as being in coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.

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* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Calendula]] was is really born in 1676.


much older than she looks.

* SalemIsWitchCountry: Founder’s Bluff, noted as being in coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.Salem.



* SchoolPlay: Moth becomes the Assistant Costume Mistress of her school's play. [[spoiler: Until she has to act in it instead]]

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* SchoolPlay: Moth becomes the Assistant Costume Mistress of her school's play. [[spoiler: Until she has to act in it instead]]
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* TwoBeingsOneBody: [[spoiler: Mr. Laszlo's]] spirit lives in a cat. However, he and the cat are "like roommates", the cat body will still behave like a cat.


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* TwoBeingsOneBody: [[spoiler: Mr. Laszlo's]] spirit lives in a cat. However, he and the cat are "like roommates", and the cat body will still behave like a cat.

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* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler: The climax takes place in the aristocratic mansion of the Kramers]]

* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not evil.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Not The Okay Witch itself, but a book series about witches Moth is a fan of. With names like “Hannah Candle and the Final Forest”, it’s suggested it’s an Expy of Harry Potter.

* EmotionalPowers: [[spoiler: Calendula's]] memory-wipe spell is caused by her emotional "Accidental magic - the worst kind of magic".



* SchoolPlay: Moth becomes the Assistant Costume Mistress of her school's play. [[spoiler: Until she has to act in it instead]]

* HowDoIShotWeb?: After finding out she’s a witch, Moth struggles to use her powers.



* HowDoIShotWeb?: After finding out she’s a witch, Moth struggles to use her powers.

* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: When Moth compares to [[spoiler: Hecate]] to Disneyland, she's asked if that's a Dutch colony in America.

* MagicalLand: [[spoiler: The witch's land Hecate]]

* MonsterSlayerRomance: Although not exactly a romance, [[spoiler: Charlie]] says "I'm still processing although your family being witches. And mine being witch-hunters!"



* PortalBook: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.

* PubertySuperpower: After Moth (vaguely) describes her first experience with her powers, her mom asks if she experiencing “Ladies’ business”.

* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Calendula]] was really born in 1676.


* SalemIsWitchCountry: Founder’s Bluff, noted as being in coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.



* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler: The climax takes place in the aristocratic mansion of the Kramers]]

* MagicalLand: [[spoiler: The witch's land Hecate]]

* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: When Moth compares to [[spoiler: Hecate]] to Disneyland, she's asked if that's a Dutch colony in America.

* MonsterSlayerRomance: Although not exactly a romance, [[spoiler: Charlie]] says "I'm still processing although your family being witches. And mine being witch-hunters!"

* PubertySuperpower: After Moth (vaguely) describes her first experience with her powers, her mom asks if she experiencing “Ladies’ business”.

* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Calendula]] was really born in 1676.

* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:]] tears, along with magic, save [[spoiler: Calendula]].

* SalemIsWitchCountry: Founder’s Bluff, noted as being in coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Not The Okay Witch itself, but a book series about witches Moth is a fan of. With names like “Hannah Candle and the Final Forest”, it’s suggested it’s an Expy of Harry Potter.

* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not evil.

* PortalBook: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.

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* AristocratsAreEvil: SchoolPlay: Moth becomes the Assistant Costume Mistress of her school's play. [[spoiler: The climax takes place in the aristocratic mansion of the Kramers]]

* MagicalLand: [[spoiler: The witch's land Hecate]]

* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: When Moth compares to [[spoiler: Hecate]] to Disneyland, she's asked if that's a Dutch colony in America.

* MonsterSlayerRomance: Although not exactly a romance, [[spoiler: Charlie]] says "I'm still processing although your family being witches. And mine being witch-hunters!"

* PubertySuperpower: After Moth (vaguely) describes her first experience with her powers, her mom asks if
Until she experiencing “Ladies’ business”.

* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Calendula]] was really born
has to act in 1676.

it instead]]

* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:]] [[spoiler:Sarah's]] tears, along with other magic, save [[spoiler: Calendula]].

* SalemIsWitchCountry: Founder’s Bluff, noted as being in coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Not The Okay Witch itself, but a book series about witches Moth is a fan of. With names like “Hannah Candle and the Final Forest”, it’s suggested it’s an Expy of Harry Potter.

* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not evil.

* PortalBook: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.
Calendula]].




* EmotionalPowers: [[spoiler: Calendula's]] memory-wipe spell is caused by her emotional "Accidental magic - the worst kind of magic".

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* EmotionalPowers: [[spoiler: Calendula's]] memory-wipe spell is caused by her emotional "Accidental magic - the worst kind of magic".
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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Before the ceremony in [[spoiler: Hecate]], Moth twirls to create a beautiful dress.

* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler: At first, Hecate seems to be a perfect place for Moth. But it's not her world, and she refuses the Witch's Commitment]]


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* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler: The climax takes place in the aristocratic mansion of the Kramers]]


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* MonsterSlayerRomance: Although not exactly a romance, [[spoiler: Charlie]] says "I'm still processing although your family being witches. And mine being witch-hunters!"


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* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:]] tears, along with magic, save [[spoiler: Calendula]].
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* MagicalLand: [[spoiler: The witch's land Hecate]]

* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: When Moth compares to [[spoiler: Hecate]] to Disneyland, she's asked if that's a Dutch colony in America.

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*SchoolPlay: Moth becomes the Assistant Costume Mistress of her school's play. [[spoiler: Until she has to act in it instead]]



* Really700YearsOld: Moth's mom was really born in 1676.

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* Really700YearsOld: Moth's mom [[spoiler: Calendula]] was really born in 1676.

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* SalemIsWitchCountry: Maps suggest Founder’s Bluff as being in New England, and there are similarities with the Salem Witch Trials.

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* SalemIsWitchCountry: Maps suggest Founder’s Bluff Bluff, noted as being in New England, and there are coastal Massachusetts, has similarities with Salem and the Salem Witch Trials.



* Portal Book: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Founder’s Bluff doesn’t keep its history with witches a secret. [[spoiler: Until it’s revealed that the official version of their history is not the truth]]

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* Portal Book: PortalBook: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Founder’s Bluff doesn’t keep its history with witches a secret. [[spoiler: Until it’s revealed that the official version of their history is not the truth]]
truth]]

* TwoBeingsOneBody: [[spoiler: Mr. Laszlo's]] spirit lives in a cat. However, he and the cat are "like roommates", the cat body will still behave like a cat.

*EmotionalPowers: [[spoiler: Calendula's]] memory-wipe spell is caused by her emotional "Accidental magic - the worst kind of magic".
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Founder’s Bluff doesn’t keep its history with witches a secret. [[Until it’s revealed that the official version of their history is not the truth]]

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Founder’s Bluff doesn’t keep its history with witches a secret. [[Until [[spoiler: Until it’s revealed that the official version of their history is not the truth]]

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* BloodMagic: Some witch rituals involve blood. In an inversion of how this trope is often used, this is not evil.

*Portal Book: Moth enters her mother’s magical diary and can experience her memories.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Founder’s Bluff doesn’t keep its history with witches a secret. [[Until it’s revealed that the official version of their history is not the truth]]
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The Okay Witch is a 2019 graphic novel by Emma Steinkellner.


!! The Okay Witch contains examples of:

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Played with in Chapter 1, when Hush, before she knows she is a witch, goes as a witch for Halloween.

* HowDoIShotWeb?: After finding out she’s a witch, Moth struggles to use her powers.

* SecretLegacy: Moth finds out she comes from a family of witches.

* PubertySuperpower: After Moth (vaguely) describes her first experience with her powers, her mom asks if she experiencing “Ladies’ business”.

* Really700YearsOld: Moth's mom was really born in 1676.

* SalemIsWitchCountry: Maps suggest Founder’s Bluff as being in New England, and there are similarities with the Salem Witch Trials.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Not The Okay Witch itself, but a book series about witches Moth is a fan of. With names like “Hannah Candle and the Final Forest”, it’s suggested it’s an Expy of Harry Potter.


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