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1	->''"When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.\
2	I WISH FOR A COOL MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT NOW!\
3	''[BeatPanel, nothing happens]''\
4	If [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] were here, I'd skoosh him."''
5	-->-- '''Calvin''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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7	Wish granting is a popular concept in fiction with numerous tropes, and several magical creatures and artifacts acquiesce to these desires. It's typically genies or fairies, but witches and wishing wells are not unheard of.
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9	The wishes are commonly defined by the way they're granted. Hopefully they'll be [[BenevolentGenie carried out as you intended]], but watch out if [[LiteralGenie your words are taken literally]], and woe betide you if [[JackassGenie they're deliberately misinterpreted]]...
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11	See also DealWithTheDevil for outright infernal entities who will grant your wish, although they usually have [[YourSoulIsMine a rather demanding price]].
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13	Not to be confused with WishFulfillment, which is about the ''audience'''s wishes being fulfilled in the story.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	[[index]]
17	* AllWishesGranted: The wishes of everyone in the group have been granted, one way or another.
18	* BargainWithHeaven: Getting what you desire by making deals with angels, deities, or other benevolent/neutral entities.
19	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Someone makes a wish and, once it is granted, learns the hard way that their desire has its downsides.
20	* DealWithTheDevil: Getting what you desire by making a deal with a demon or other malevolent entities, usually at a very deep personal cost.
21	* FairyTropes: Tropes about elves, fairies, leprechauns, and other fey.
22	** FairyDevilmother: An evil fairy godmother.
23	** FairyGodmother: A character, often female, who magically helps the protagonist.
24	** FairyInABottle: A fairy captured in a bottle or jar.
25	** OurFairiesAreDifferent: The different ways fairies show up in fiction.
26	* GenieTropes: Tropes about genies, also called djinn or jinn.
27	** BecomingTheGenie: Someone ends up turning into a wish-granting entity themselves.
28	** BenevolentGenie: A genie who does their best to ensure that their master is safe and gets what they want.
29	** FreeingTheGenie: Using a wish to free the wish-granting entity so they don't have to grant people's wishes anymore.
30	** GenieInABottle: A genie trapped in a bottle or lamp.
31	** TheGenieInTheMachine: A genie who's a well-meaning but hopelessly logical computer program.
32	** JackassGenie: The genie deliberately misinterprets their master's wish or makes it so that the wish is granted at a terrible price.
33	** LiteralGenie: The genie grants a wish based on the literal wording due to not knowing any better.
34	** OurGeniesAreDifferent: The various portrayals of genies in fiction.
35	** ThreeWishes: The tendency for genies and other wish-granting entities to only allow their master three wishes.
36	* IWishedYouWereDead: Someone wishes a person they dislike was dead, then feels guilty when the person actually dies.
37	* IWishItWereReal: A character's favorite fiction becomes real.
38	* MakeAWish: A character makes a wish.
39	* MundaneWish: Someone uses a wish to grant an ordinary desire.
40	* QuestForAWish: A character, or characters, go on an arduous journey to have one wish granted.
41	* RetroactiveWish: A character, or characters, wishes for one thing, unexpectedly gets it, and wishes for something else in the vain hope it happens again.
42	* SelflessWish: Someone forfeits their wish on behalf of someone else.
43	* SoldHisSoulForADonut: A character, or characters, sells their soul for something comically insignificant.
44	* WastefulWishing: A person wastes their wish on something frivolous.
45	* WishingForMoreWishes: Getting around the three wishes limit by wishing for more wishes.
46	* WishingWell: Making a wish by throwing a coin in a spring or well.
47	* {{Wishplosion}}: Defeating a wish granter by making certain wishes.
48	* WishUponAShootingStar: Making a wish upon seeing a shooting star in the sky.
49	[[/index]]

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