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* TheStinger: A number of them, actually. After we see [[spoiler:Thackery and Emily finally reunited at the gates of {{Heaven}}]], the end credits are accompanied by the following: Max and Dani's parents and all the other townspeople stumbling out of the town hall in their costumes, with the dad commenting that "I thought L.A. was a party town!"; Jay and Ice still locked in birdcages in the Sandersons' lair, pitifully singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" to pass the time; and a final tip-off that [[spoiler:the Sanderson sisters may be NotQuiteDead.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: How much FetishFuel can Disney fit into one children's movie? [[SexAndTheCity Sarah Jessica Parker]] with ''lots'' of cleavage, and in black {{goth}}-ish apparel! Constant sexual humor with (in)appropriate amounts of PerverseSexualLust directed at Sarah's bod! As many bust-centered shots of Sarah as humanly possible! [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting bucketloads upon bucketloads of crap past the radar]]! Max and Allison resting in each other's arms! Max and Dani's HotMom dressed as {{Madonna}}!

* HotMom: Max and Dani's mom, at least when she's dressed up as {{Madonna}}.

* RedheadInGreen: Winifred

*** Also, the "I Put a Spell on You" number is an {{homage}} to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who wrote the song, [[BeamMeUpScotty although the original actually started with "I put a spell on you,]] ''[[BeamMeUpScotty because]]'' [[BeamMeUpScotty you're mine."]]

* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:Max drinks the potion to keep Winifred from force-feeding it to Dani]]. [[spoiler:"What a fool to give up ''thy'' life... for thy ''sister's.''"]]
* TalkingAnimal: Binx

* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Sarah Jessica Parker.

* ItBurns: When Winifred sneezes, a passing little girl (in costume as an Angel) says "Bless you!", prompting all three sisters to react with horror.
** As per the spell that only resurrected them for one night, the Sanderson Sisters will be turned to dust when the sun rises. Witches can't set foot on [[GoodHurtsEvil hallowed ground]] either, and when Winifred tries to quickly kill Max in the graveyard before sunrise, she's turn into a stone statue for standing in a holy place. As if that weren't enough, when the sunlight hits the statue, it explodes.

-->'''TheNostalgicChick''': First plot point, death of a child.

* NotSoHarmless: The Sandersons may seem comically bumbling about 80 percent of the time, but you'd be wise not to mess with them when they ''really'' get angry. Even Sarah, the ditziest of the three, lures children to their doom simply by ''singing'' sweetly.

* CatsAreMagic: Binx, a teenager who [[BalefulPolymorph was transformed]] into a black cat by the Sandersons. He has the ability to speak, and he is effectively {{Immortal|ity}}.

** Also, while still at "the Master's" house, Mary turns on the TV and sees [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABvOay1g7U a commercial for DuPont Stainmaster with a running baby in it]], and she gets ecstatic.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Positive example. The film was intended to be a DisneyChannel Original Movie, but when higher-ups saw the script they felt it was strong enough for a theatrical release with well-known actors.

* [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Truumvirate]]: The Sanderson sisters

* ProductPlacement: In one scene, "[[{{Satan}} the Master]]" and his wife are tossing the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Bar Clark Bar candy bars]] to the Sanderson Sisters, but after discovering the weirdness of the sisters, the wife forces them to leave with the Clark bars. Once they're back out on the prowl, Mary at first thinks that she has "[[ImAHumanitarian a chocolate covering of a man named Clark]]", but when she eats the Clark bar and discovers that it's candy, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she asks why "the Master [would] give us candy"]], to which Winifred replies, "Because he's NOT our Master!"

* SkepticNoLonger: Max

* WickedWitch: Three of them

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Considering how constantly it points out Max's lack of a sex life...

* ProductPlacement: In one scene, "[[{{Satan}} the Master]]" and his wife are tossing the Clark candy bars to the Sanderson Sisters, but after discovering the weirdness of the sisters, the wife forces them to leave with the Clark bars. Once they're back out on the prowl, Mary at first thinks that she has "[[ImAHumanitarian a chocolate covering of a man named Clark]]", but when she eats the Clark bar and discovers that it's candy, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she asks why "the Master [would] give us candy"]], to which Winifred replies, "Because he's NOT our Master!"

A 1993 Halloween-themed {{Disney}} film for [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids "kids"]]. This was the second film directed by Kenny Ortega, previously known for ''{{Newsies}}'' (1993). Now considered [[CultClassic a cult favorite]], the film's rather campy, but pretty entertaining. It does, after all, contain a memorable rendition of "I Put A Spell On You" by Bette Midler. The song "Come Little Children" from this film went on to become a Halloween classic.

* AllPartOfTheShow: What the adult partygoers think of the Sandersons taking over the stage and singing a song to them, to the point they actually indulge in audience participation and sing too, thus ''[[RefugeInAudacity unknowingly enchanting themselves]]''. May well count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, particularly for Winifred figuring out that the witches could do this.

* FlyingBroomstick: Used straight and then parodied when their brooms are stolen, forcing [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Sarah to fly on a mop and Mary on a vacuum cleaner]].

* RealLifeRelative: "[[{{Satan}} The Master]]" and his wife are played by (uncredited) real-life siblings Garry and Penny Marshall.

* EvillyAffable: Winnie is this when she's not busy to kill children or whatever.