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  • Cliché Storm: Done on purpose. The ride is essentially an amalgamation of tropes associated with the "Arabian Nights" Days-setting.
  • Creepy Cute: The giant Djinn has acquired this reputation. He is portrayed in the ride as the potentially dangerous hoard guardian of the pasha's treasure room, but during the summer months of 2022 and 2023, the Efteling park hosted an entertainment act where children could meet a giant marionet of the Djinn.
  • One-Scene Wonder: Apart from the wizard, every character in the ride appears only once during the entire ride, so they automatically count as this.
  • Signature Scene: The pasha's throne room is probably the most impressive and well-known scene of the entire ride.
  • Signature Song: While the ride's entire soundtrack counts as Awesome Music, the "Harem" theme has essentially become the ride's Theme Song.
  • Unintentional Period Piece: The beggars in the poor quarters still ask the riders for Dutch Guilders and German Deutschmarks, even though these currencies have become obsolete since the introduction of the Euro in 2002.
  • What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Efteling is mostly known for its Fairytale Forest and its family-friendly atmosphere, although dark aspects are not always eschewed. Fata Morgana is comparatively more mature and less ostentably children-oriented than most of the other rides in the park.

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