History Recap / FilmRerollPracticalMagic

* RootingForTheEmpire: [[invoked]] Inverted: When Carolyn is about to roll the ''first'' time Gillian spikes Jimmy's drink with belladonna, Paulo openly hopes for a Crit Fail[[note]]meaning Gillian pours a lethal dose[[/note]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch as it would mean a shorter movie.]] [[YankTheDogsChain She instead succeeds on the roll.]]

** When Garry shows up at Sally's house, he mentions he's investigating a serial killer and that Jimmy's a suspect in the case. Paulo then breaks character and explains to the audience that he's lying, even though in the movie there is actually implications that Jimmy ''is'' the serial killer... but when Lisa explains that Gary had merely brought Jimmy in as a suspect and that he had no actual evidence, Paulo realizes that this was probably also a lie in the movie.

* DreamSpying: Sally learns that her sister is in danger after recieving a telepathic message from her in a dream.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: As Sally and Gillian get ready to return to the aunts house in Part 2, Joz makes an independent roll and is annoyed by it, causing Paulo and Lisa to call her out on her seeming determination to kill off Michael. When the sisters arrive, [[OhCrap Joz points out that a rose bush had grown since they left earlier.]] "It wasn't Michael I was rolling for."

** Thanks to a Crit Fail on an interrogation roll, Gary is convinced [[note]]even ''after'' learning about the existence of magic[[/note]] that Michael's death, seemingly a normal traffic accident, [[AlwaysMurder was the result of some nefarious criminal conspiracy.]]

** As Gillian speeds off to the airport after drugging Jimmy with a lethal amount of belladonna, we cut to Gary jamming out to [[Music/TheProclaimers “500 Miles”]], unknowingly passing by Gillian as he drives.

** As Gillian speeds off to the airport after drugging Jimmy with a lethal amount of belladonna, we cut to Gary jamming out to Music/ThePretenders, unknowingly passing by Gillian as he drives.

** During the Jimmy's resurrection, Gillian gets too distracted by a tray of brownies, and winds up force-feeding Sally one against her will; in response, she throws said brownie onto Gillian.

** During the Jimmy's resurrection, Gillian gets too distracted by a tray of brownies, and winds up force-feeding Sally one against her will, in response, she throws said brownie onto Gillian.

* RootingForTheEmpire: [[invoked]] When Carolyn is about to roll the ''first'' time Gillian spikes Jimmy's drink with belladonna, Paulo openly hopes for a Crit Fail[[note]]meaning Gillian pours a lethal dose[[/note]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch as it would mean a shorter movie.]] [[YankTheDogsChain She instead succeeds on the roll.]]

* RootingForTheEmpire: When Carolyn is about to roll the ''first'' time Gillian spikes Jimmy's drink with belladonna, Paulo openly hopes for a Crit Fail[[note]]meaning Gillian pours a lethal dose[[/note]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch as it would mean a shorter movie.]] [[YankTheDogsChain She instead succeeds on the roll.]]

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: In Part 2, when Gary contacts the Morningside police department about the Owens sisters, it's decided to send over Officers Sully and Bobby. But when the cops show up, it's instead Officers Malboro and Zampbaner.[[note]]But since Bobby and Sully decide to stop by Dunkin Donuts first, it's implied they never left there.[[/note]]

* DomesticAbuser: Jimmy, who has threatened to beat Gillian up multiple times before actually doing so, and that's ''before'' he CameBackWrong as a feral zombie.

** After everything is starting to settle down following the climax, Carolyn decides to roll in order to have Gillian do something to comfort Sally over Michael's death. [[OhCrap Because it was a crit fail]], it is decided that she "comforts" her sister by being ''extremely insensitive'':

* RootingForTheEmpire: When Carolyn is about to roll the ''first'' time Gillian spikes Michael's drink with belladonna, Paulo openly hopes for a Crit Fail[[note]]meaning Gillian pours a lethal dose[[/note]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch as it would mean a shorter movie.]] [[YankTheDogsChain She instead succeeds on the roll.]]

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: In Part 2, when Gary contacts the Morningside police department about the Owens sisters, it's decided to send over Officers Sully and Bobby. But when the cops show up in Part 2, it's instead Officers Malboro and Zampbaner.[[note]]But since Bobby and Sully decide to stop by Dunkin Donuts first, it's implied they never left there.[[/note]]

** When Sally and Gillian decide to bring Jimmy back from the dead (with a spell that [[CameBackWrong is stated to not be perfect]]), Paulo immediately voices his unease with the shift in tone the campaign has taken... only to be shocked when everyone else at the table points out [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer this is legitimately what happens in the movie]].[[note]]To Paulo’s credit, he does admit he didn’t remember this part.[[/note]]
*** Likewise, when the sisters fire start to plan out bringing Jimmy back, Paulo asks if [[CallBack they’re pulling a fast one on him]] and the campaign is actually ''Literature/PetSematary''.

* AmbiguousSituation: After Paulo announces that Gary's interrogation roll was a Crit Fail, Joz starts screaming "What have you done?!", but it isn't clear if this was Joz having Sally yell at the driver, or if Joz was legitimately yelling at Paulo. This quickly becomes moot once Paulo decides to have Gary conclude [[AlwaysMurder the "accident" was a murder.]]

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Garry shows up at Sally's house, he mentions he's investigating a serial killer and that Jimmy's a suspect in the case. Paulo then breaks character and explains to the audience that he's lying, even though in the movie there is actually implications that Jimmy ''is'' the serial killer... but when Lisa explains that Gary had merely brought Jimmy in as a suspect and that he had no actual evidence, Paulo realizes that this was probably also a lie in the movie.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NotHelpingYourCase: If Gillian wanted it to be clear that her letter was meant for her sister, the fact that it ''started'' with "Hey, bitch." and had a kiss at the bottom didn't help exonerate her.

*** This also happens later when Sally's daughters both start singing "You're always on my mind" without knowing why. Both seem to be signs of Jimmy's impending resurrection.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: As a slight TakeThat to Creator/NicoleKidman, it's mentioned that Gillian has undergone speech therapy in an attempt at [[UnexplainedAccent getting rid of her Australian accent.]]

** Officer Malboro actually manages to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope.]] He says that there's a "disturbance in the force", before clarifying that he's talking about the ''Police'' Force and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial isn't a big fan]] of Franchise/StarWars

* TimeSkip: Happens twice, first from when the Owens sisters are children to when they are teenages, and then to when they are grown women.

** Thanks to a Crit Fail on an interrogation roll, Gary is convinced [[note]]even ''after'' learning about the existance of magic[[/note]] that Michael's death, seemingly a normal traffic accident, [[AlwaysMurder was the result of some nefarious criminal conspiracy.]]

*** Likewise, when the sisters fire start to plan out bringing Jimmy back, Paulo asks if [[CallBack they’re pulling a fast one on him]] and the campaign is actually ''Film/PetSemetary''.

** When Sally and Gillian decide to bring Jimmy back from the dead (with a spell that [[CameBackWrong is stated to not be perfect]]), Paulo immediately voices his unease with the shift in tone the campaign has taken... only to shocked when everyone else at the table points out [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer this is legitimately what happens in the movie]].[[note]]To Paulo’s credit, he does admit he didn’t remember this part.[[/note]]

* AmbiguousSituation: After Paulo announces that Gary's interrogation roll was a Crit Fail, Joz starts screaming "What have you done?!", but it isn't clear if this was Sally yelling at the driver or ''Joz'' yelling at ''Paulo''. This quickly becomes moot once Paulo decides to have Gary conclude [[AlwaysMurder the "accident" was a murder.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Thanks to a Crit Fail on an interrogation roll, Gary is convinced [[note]]even ''after'' learning about the existance of magic[[/note]] that Michael's death, seemingly a normal traffic accident, [[AlwaysMurder was the result of some nefarious criminal conspiracy.]]

* BastardBoyfriend: Jimmy, who has threatened to beat Gillian up multiple times before actually doing so, and that's ''before'' he becomes a feral zombie.

* AmbiguousSituation: After Paulo announces that Gary's interrogation roll was a Crit Fail, Joz starts screaming "What have you done?!", but there isn't any opportunity for it to be clear if this was Sally yelling at the driver or Joz yelling at Paulo once Paulo decides to have Gary conclude [[AlwaysMurder the "accident" was a murder.]]

* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Paulo says this [[StockPhrase verbatim]] when he arrests the driver who ran Michael over.

* MoodWhiplash: Towards the end of Part 2, Lisa openly declares that their take on the movie is severely mood whiplashy. And it's hard to argue that:

** This also happens later when Sally's daughters both start singing "You're always on my mind" without knowing why. Both seem to be signs of Jimmy's impending resurrection.

* IsThisStillThingOn: When Gary calls the Morningside police department in order to have some of their officers check in on the Owens sisters, he is left on the line as the officers at the department proceed to ignore him and talk amongst themselves. It takes several minutes for them to remember to end the call, even as Gary ''repeatedly'' tells them he's still on the line, and it even drifts into ImStandingRightHere when they start insulting him.