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* CloseCallHaircut: During their fight, Margo lops off a piece of Fen's braid with a near-miss of her axe.

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* CloseCallHaircut: During their fight, Margo lops off a piece of Fen's braid with a near-miss [[NearMisses near-miss]] of her axe.

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Enforced is out of universe by definition


* ClarkesThirdLaw: It's impossible to predict the magic surges using regular old magic... so Zoe creates a statistical model that can. It predicts the apocalypse will happen in two weeks.



* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Enforced in-universe. There's only allowed to be one female Centurion at a time, so because Margo and Fen both qualified, they must fight each other for the position.

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* SiblingYinYang: The Markus sisters. Zoe is a gregarious big-time financial analyst who is unwilling to help the protagonists avert the end of the world; Dani is an introverted mathematician who helps them out.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Enforced in-universe. There's Invoked. The Dark King only allowed to be one female Centurion at a time, so because Margo and Fen both qualified, they must fight each other for the position.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Josh and Fen had sex several times while cut off from Earth and by extension Margo.

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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: With Margo and Eliot cut off from Fillory, Josh and Fen turn out to have hooked up with each other numerous times. Technically, it's more of a transgression on Josh's part since his relationship with Margo was active and more mutual.



* CommonalityConnection: Eliot and the mysterious traveler bond over their lost loved ones.



* HearingVoices: Eliot randomly hears a voice with no obvious source calling to him while prepping the camp.



* LonelyTogether: Fen and Josh ended up hooking up after they gave up on waiting for Margo and Eliot to return.

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* LonelyTogether: Fen and Josh ended up hooking only hooked up after they gave up on waiting for Margo and Eliot to return.
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* FascinatingEyebrow: Alice gives one after Eliot says he thinks he almost had sex with the Dark King.

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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Alice, at least, knew that Quentin was in love with Eliot as well as her all along, though she ''is'' glad Eliot told her.



* ItRunsInTheFamily: Bik is the latest in a line of Pickwicks serving as courtiers of Fillory.



* LonelyTogether: Fen and Josh ended up hooking up after they gave up on waiting for Margo and Eliot to return.



* NoodleIncident: Zoe and her sisters supposedly averted an apocalypse in their senior year, but one of them was killed.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Margo's horror after she thinks she's stabbed Fen to death immediately snaps her out of her rage.
* NoodleIncident: Zoe and her sisters supposedly averted an apocalypse in their senior year, but one of them was killed.killed in the process.


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* RefusalOfTheCall: Zoe saved the world once already, losing one sister in the process, and she's not interested in going through that again.
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* DiggingToChina: There's a well at the top of the mountain that goes straight down to the Underworld. Alice is taking the bit of Quentin's soul she stole up to it so she can reunite it with the rest.


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* NoodleIncident: Zoe and her sisters supposedly averted an apocalypse in their senior year, but one of them was killed.
* NoSell: A Taker hit by one of Eliot's attack spells barely breaks its stride.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Alice and Eliot start fighting on their pilgrimage, their guide goes off for a smoke.


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* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Alice and Eliot's guide mocks them for their ignorance regarding the Takers, and says they'll get themselves killed by sitting around eating cake and crying. Someone gets taken, but it ain't them.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Dark King considers allowing one woman to join the Centurion Guard to be "progressive," and even then women are still referred to as the weaker sex. Given what we see of him this episode, it's also possible this reflects his subjects' attitudes more than his.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Dark King considers allowing one woman to join the Centurion Guard to be "progressive," and even then women are still referred to as the weaker sex. sex, despite the fact that Margo and Fen both defeated multiple male opponents as well as female. Given what we see of him the Dark King this episode, it's also possible this reflects his subjects' attitudes more than his.
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* BrokenPedestal: Eliot lets everyone think Margo got them out of being pointlessly killed in the past. After she, Fen, and Josh go through their werewolf transformations, Margo breaks that pedestal herself because she doesn't want them to think she's a good person.
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* SuperToughness: Margo uses a skin-hardening spell which makes her immune to bladed weapons, but her lycanthropy acting up causes the spell to only work on her left side.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There's only allowed to be one female Centurion at a time, so because Margo and Fen both qualified, they must fight each other for the position.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Enforced in-universe. There's only allowed to be one female Centurion at a time, so because Margo and Fen both qualified, they must fight each other for the position.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There's only allowed to be one female Centurion at a time, so because Margo and Fen both qualified, they must fight each other for the position.
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* ChekhovsGun: Fen requests to duel with "child's play knives" during the tournament. When Margo stabs her with one of these knives during their duel, it turns out said knives are enchanted so they can never cause lethal injuries.

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* ChekhovsGun: Fen requests to duel with "child's play "childsplay knives" during the tournament. When Margo stabs her with one of these knives during their duel, it turns out said knives are enchanted so they can never cause lethal injuries.



** Eliot tells Alice about the time he and Quentin spent trying to solve the mosaic.

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** Eliot tells Alice about the time he and Quentin spent as a couple while they were trying to solve the mosaic.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Dark King considers allowing one woman to join the Centurion Guard to be "progressive", and even then women are still referred to as the weaker sex.
* PowerIncontinence: Due to the coming full moons on Fillory causing what Josh describes as "werewolf PMS", Margo's attempts to cast a skin-hardening charm only work on her left side.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Dark King considers allowing one woman to join the Centurion Guard to be "progressive", "progressive," and even then women are still referred to as the weaker sex.
sex. Given what we see of him this episode, it's also possible this reflects his subjects' attitudes more than his.
* PowerIncontinence: Due to the coming full moons on Fillory causing what Josh describes as "werewolf PMS", PMS," Margo's attempts to cast a skin-hardening charm only work on her left side.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The man who saves Eliot uses a spell that kills a Taker, something Josh and Fen couldn't figure out but the Dark King did.
* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: Fen thinks Margo stabbed her knowing the knife wouldn't be lethal. After their werewolf transformation passes, Margo corrects the record.


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* KingIncognito: The man who helps Alice and Eliot turns out to be the Dark King.
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'''Season 5, Episode 3'''

!The Mountain of Ghosts
Margo, Josh, and Fen make plans to retake Fillory; Alice and Eliot go on a quest together; and Penny and Julia search for someone who can predict the magic surges.
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!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* ChekhovsGun: Fen requests to duel with "child's play knives" during the tournament. When Margo stabs her with one of these knives during their duel, it turns out said knives are enchanted so they can never cause lethal injuries.
* CloseCallHaircut: During their fight, Margo lops off a piece of Fen's braid with a near-miss of her axe.
* InternalReveal:
** Eliot tells Alice about the time he and Quentin spent trying to solve the mosaic.
** Margo tells Josh and Fen that Eliot sent the letter that saved their lives.
* MotivationalLie: Eliot lets everyone think Margo sent the letter that saved them, because a simple story is better for them.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Dark King considers allowing one woman to join the Centurion Guard to be "progressive", and even then women are still referred to as the weaker sex.
* PowerIncontinence: Due to the coming full moons on Fillory causing what Josh describes as "werewolf PMS", Margo's attempts to cast a skin-hardening charm only work on her left side.
* SpottingTheThread: Margo quickly works out that Josh and Fen had sex when Fen exhibits signs of lycanthropy.
* YourCheatingHeart: Josh and Fen had sex several times while cut off from Earth and by extension Margo.
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