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* HeroesWantRedheads: Bailey for Poppet.
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Three Amigos is a disambiguation
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* ThreeAmigos: Bailey, Poppet, and Widget.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Chandresh, in-universe. His introduction has him throwing a knife at a review of one of his productions that describes it as "almost transcendent"; he is [[BerserkButton positively furious]] at the word ''almost''.
--> Clearly he must be doing something wrong. If his productions are merely almost transcendent, when the possibility of true transcendence exists somewhere nearby, waiting to be attained, then there is something else that must be done.
--> Clearly he must be doing something wrong. If his productions are merely almost transcendent, when the possibility of true transcendence exists somewhere nearby, waiting to be attained, then there is something else that must be done.
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Toning down the gushing.
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It is a clever allegory for a number of heavy philosophical themes, each of which seamlessly blend in the narrative.
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** Hector Bowen. He starts with the emotional abuse and selling her to the Game to prove his own skill, then he starts cutting her up to force her to heal herself. He casually smashes her wrist in the middle of the lesson to teach her "concentration", then tells her [[LackOfEmpathy "Christ's sake, stop crying]]".
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** Hector Bowen. He starts with the emotional abuse and selling her to the Game to prove his own skill, then he starts physical abuse, cutting up her up fingers to force teach her to heal herself. He self-healing and casually smashes smashing her wrist in the middle of the lesson to teach her "concentration", then tells "concentration". Then after he [[spoiler:becomes a ghost]] and can't hurt her [[LackOfEmpathy "Christ's sake, stop crying]]".anymore, he begins focusing more on emotional abuse, harassing her whenever she dares to form any social connections and ensuring that she never feels good enough for him.
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** Hector Bowen. He starts with the emotional abuse and selling her to the Game to prove his own skill, then he starts physically abusing her at every turn. He casually smashes her wrist in the middle of the lesson to teach her "concentration", then tells her [[LackOfEmpathy "Christ's sake, stop crying]].
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** Hector Bowen. He starts with the emotional abuse and selling her to the Game to prove his own skill, then he starts physically abusing cutting her at every turn. up to force her to heal herself. He casually smashes her wrist in the middle of the lesson to teach her "concentration", then tells her [[LackOfEmpathy "Christ's sake, stop crying]].crying]]".
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** Hector Bowen.
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** Hector Bowen. He starts with the emotional abuse and selling her to the Game to prove his own skill, then he starts physically abusing her at every turn. He casually smashes her wrist in the middle of the lesson to teach her "concentration", then tells her [[LackOfEmpathy "Christ's sake, stop crying]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: Double-subverted when it comes to [[spoiler: ending the Challenge. Celia duplicates her father's spell to [[TakeAThirdOption take herself and Marco out of the Challenge without either of them having to kill themselves]]. But when Widget speaks with Alexander at the end, he declares that the Challenge hasn't been properly completed and thus technically has not concluded. After he and Widget negotiate, he agrees to formally declare the Challenge a stalemate.]]
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* TagalongKid: The Murray Twins.
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* TagalongKid: The Murray Twins.Twins, although they end up growing out of it.
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* BoyMeetsGirl: [[spoiler: Isobel and Marco, before Marco meets Celia anyway.]]
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* BoyMeetsGirl: [[spoiler: Isobel and Marco, Marco...before Marco meets Celia Celia, anyway.]]
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* BrokenBird: Tsukiko.
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* CastsNoShadow: Mr. A. H--.
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* CastsNoShadow: Mr. A. H--.H-- and Marco.
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** Several of the other circus performers, even small side characters get gorgeous, intricately described costumes. Perhaps most notable is the Paramour, a "living statue" exhibit of a woman whose dress is constructed entirely out of love letters.
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** Several of the other circus performers, even small side characters characters, get gorgeous, intricately described costumes. Perhaps most notable is the Paramour, a "living statue" exhibit of a woman whose dress is constructed entirely out of love letters.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, [[spoiler:Celia and Marco finally find a way to be with each other and escape the competition that has dominated them for most of their lives]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, [[spoiler:Celia and Marco finally find a way to be with each other and escape the competition that has dominated them for most of their lives]].lives, and Bailey gets to find his own purpose in life by becoming the proprietor of the circus he's loved since he was a child.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Nearly all of the characters bound to the circus are TheAgeless as a result. It eventually starts to be a problem for the ones who can't simply disappear into the circus, like Ethan and the Burgess sisters.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Nearly all of the characters bound to the circus are TheAgeless as a result. It eventually starts to be a problem for the ones who can't simply disappear into the circus, like Ethan and the Burgess sisters.sisters, and it's implied to be part of the reason why [[spoiler: Mme. Padva decides to cease her own involvement with the circus in the end.]]
* SiblingTeam: Lainie and Tara Burgess. [[spoiler: Then subverted when Tara is killed by a train. Also deconstructed in a sense: Lainie notes that she was better with individual details while Tara was better at seeing the scope, but because of this, Lainie herself didn't notice that anything was amiss about the circus, while Tara ''did'' notice but couldn't pinpoint anything specific other than a vague but urgent sense that something is going on behind the scenes. Neither of them were able to figure out the truth because they didn't have each other to fall back on, and in Tara's case, it ended up leading to her death.]]
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* TheUnchosenOne: [[spoiler: Bailey]].
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* TheUnchosenOne: [[spoiler: Bailey]].Bailey. Celia even lampshades it by saying that she wishes she could tell him he was chosen or destined, but in the end, he's just in the right place at the right time.]]
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* AsianFoxSpirit: A white, multi-tailed fox is one of the animals on Celia's carousel.
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* {{Kitsune}}: A white, multi-tailed fox is one of the animals on Celia's carousel.
