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* LookADistraction: During [[spoiler:the final confrontation with the Nome King, Javelin draws his attention by running out while painted fire-engine red and covered in sleigh bells, stunning the King long enough for the Wizard's new War Machine to move into position]].
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* LookADistraction: During LookBehindYou: Invoked; during [[spoiler:the final confrontation with the Nome King, Javelin draws his attention by running out while painted fire-engine red and covered in sleigh bells, stunning the King long enough for the Wizard's new War Machine to move into position]].
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Glinda immediately forgives Elphaba for faking her death once her old friend explains the reasons for the deception, although she immediately starts hitting the Scarecrow once he confirms that he is Fiyero as he ''could'' have told her more before everything went wrong]].
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** [[spoiler: Basalt becomes a recipient of this after Roquat is poisoned during the final battle; it doesn't work- in part because Roquat couldn't bring himself to start all over again- but the process nearly drives Basalt insane.]]
** [[spoiler: This is eventually put to a more benevolent use in the final chapter, when Basalt gives Elphaba a book on the GrandTheftMe technique so she can one day use it to transfer Fiyero's soul into a new body.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Basalt.]]
** [[spoiler: This is eventually put to a more benevolent use in the final chapter, when Basalt gives Elphaba a book on the GrandTheftMe technique so she can one day use it to transfer Fiyero's soul into a new body.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Basalt.]]
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** [[spoiler: Basalt becomes a recipient of this after Roquat is poisoned during the final battle; it doesn't work- in part because Roquat couldn't bring himself to start all over again- but the process nearly drives Basalt insane.]]
insane]].
** [[spoiler: This is eventually put to a more benevolent use in the final chapter, when Basalt gives Elphaba a book on the GrandTheftMe technique so she can one day use it to transfer Fiyero's soul into a newbody.]]
body]].
* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:Basalt.]][[spoiler:Basalt ultimately turns on the Nome King as he comes to sympathise with Glinda and the citizens of Oz]].
** [[spoiler: This is eventually put to a more benevolent use in the final chapter, when Basalt gives Elphaba a book on the GrandTheftMe technique so she can one day use it to transfer Fiyero's soul into a new
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In a sense; [[spoiler:Glinda is confronted in her dream by Elphaba and the Nome King ''posing'' as Elphaba, with Elphaba explaining the truth of the situation, including her own survival, and the Nome King claiming to be Elphaba's 'ghost' while telling Glinda that 'the other Elphaba' is just a parasite trying to invade her mind. After asking both Elphabas a series of questions about their shared pasts that could be answered by the real Elphaba or someone who's been spying on them for years, Glinda ''then'' asks "What was my nickname at the Across-Oz Summit last month?", which only the Nome King answers, allowing Glinda to identify 'her' as the fake Elphaba, as that was a question that couldn't be answered by the real Elphaba who faked her death]].
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In a sense; [[spoiler:Glinda is confronted in her dream by Elphaba and the Nome King ''posing'' as Elphaba, with Elphaba explaining the truth of the situation, including her own survival, and the Nome King claiming to be Elphaba's 'ghost' while telling Glinda that 'the other Elphaba' is just a parasite trying to invade her mind. After asking both Elphabas a series of questions about their shared pasts that could be answered by the real Elphaba or someone who's been spying on them for years, Glinda ''then'' asks "What was my nickname at the Across-Oz Summit last month?", which only the Nome King answers, allowing Glinda to identify 'her' as the fake Elphaba, as that was a question that couldn't be answered by the real Elphaba who faked her death]].death but could have been answered by an impostor or a mind-reading parasite]].
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* HurtingHero: Both Elphaba and Glinda are suffering a year after the events of ''Wicked'' came to a close: Elphaba feels tremendous guilt over decieving Glinda and leaving her behind to face the hell of Ozian politics; Glinda blames herself for Elphaba's "death" and believes that everything she does is doomed to failure.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Invoked when Elphaba first makes contact with a group of Ozians and prompts them to consider all the reasons why the idea that she could be melted by water doesn't work, pointing out that her eyes would have dissolved the first time she cried if water was actually fatal to her.
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* BecomeARealBoy:
** Justified- [[spoiler: the Nome King wants to become human so he can use the power of the Ruby Slippers]].
** Subverted in the case of Basalt, who's interested in human emotions, given that they're promotion perks in the Nome Hierarchy, but not in becoming a human himself.
** Justified- [[spoiler: the Nome King wants to become human so he can use the power of the Ruby Slippers]].
** Subverted in the case of Basalt, who's interested in human emotions, given that they're promotion perks in the Nome Hierarchy, but not in becoming a human himself.
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* PinocchioSyndrome: Justified- [[spoiler: the Nome King wants to become human so he can use the power of the Ruby Slippers]].
** Subverted in the case of Basalt, who's interested in human emotions, given that they're promotion perks in the Nome Hierarchy, but not in becoming a human himself.
** Subverted in the case of Basalt, who's interested in human emotions, given that they're promotion perks in the Nome Hierarchy, but not in becoming a human himself.
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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: After a year of experimentation and enhancement, the Ruby Slippers have become reality-warping artefacts; however, if you want to access their full power, you have to be fully human, hence the King's PinocchioSyndrome]].
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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: After a year of experimentation and enhancement, the Ruby Slippers have become reality-warping artefacts; however, if you want to access their full power, you have to be fully human, hence the King's PinocchioSyndrome]].[[BecomeARealBoy desire to become human]]]].
