Sabrina’s friend and crush, Harvey Kinkle, ends up with her father’s magical soul gem amulet and becomes the target of a vengeful half-witch known as Tim the Witch Smeller.
Tropes:
- An Aesop: Don’t judge others for what they are, but for how they act.
- Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: Salem uses the Aye Chihuahua sauce from a Mexican food kiosk to distract Tim’s aardvark Elton.
- Catapult Nightmare: Zelda had one about Tim at the beginning of the episode.
- Disproportionate Retribution: After being made fun of for not having magic as a kid, Tim decides to plagiarize Leonardo da Vinci and go on a centuries-long crusade to hunt down every witch, warlock, and any other mage in his path.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Uncle Quigley’s speech to Tim after he uses a fishing rod to stop him.
- Kids Are Cruel: The witch kids in Tim’s youth make fun of him for not having magic.
- Noodle Incident: After getting the Soul Gem Amulet stuck on him, Harvey mentions the time he had his head stuck in his banister.
- Ow, My Body Part!: “Ow, my spine,” Salem moans after he and Sabrina launch themselves through the chimney to escape and find Harvey.
- Shout-Out:
- The tracking spell creates a twin trail of green fire similar to the Delorean from Back to the Future.
- Salem calls Tim’s house “The Rocky Horror Dream House”.
- Tim’s device used to capture witches is similar to the ghost trap from Ghostbusters/The Real Ghostbusters.
- Who's on First?: The young aunts have an exchange like this regarding left and right in Zelda’s nightmare.
