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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:With the exception of the people in the prologue, everyone who dies from Ed Finney on is brought back to life due to the [[ResetButton wish that Torelli hadn't been drunk on the job]].]]

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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:With the exception of the people in the prologue, everyone who dies from Ed Finney on or is subjected to a fate worse than death is brought back to life life/normal due to the [[ResetButton wish that Torelli hadn't been drunk on the job]].]]

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Discussed InUniverse in the first movie. After Alexandra traces the jewel's origin to an ancient Persian statue of a royal advisor, that crushed Beaumont's assistant near the beginning of the movie, which legend stated he imprisoned a genie in said jewel, Beaumont refers Alexandra to Wendy Derlecht, an expert in folklore. Alexandra asks Wendy about genies, and Wendy states that the correct term is djinn, who were demonic in nature, and adds that while the genies in fairy tales, such as those portrait by [[Creator/BarbaraEden Barbara]] [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Eden]] and [[Creator/RobinWilliams Robin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Williams]] granted wishes to help their masters, [[JackassGenie djinns' would purposefully grant twisted wishes in order to unleash their full power, and subjugate humanity]].



* NastyParty: In the first movie, Alexandra goes to the party hosted by Raymond Beaumont, which goes to hell when the Djinn crashes it.

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* NastyParty: In the first movie, Alexandra goes to the party hosted by Raymond Beaumont, which Beaumont to keep her sister safe from the Djinn. However, the Djinn follows Alexandra and the party goes to hell when the Djinn crashes it.
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* NastyParty: In the first movie, Alexandra goes to the party hosted by Raymond Beaumont, which goes to hell when the Djinn crashes it.


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* ShoutOut: After Alexandra finds out about the gem's true origin, she goes to talk to Wendy Derleth, an expert in Ancient History. When Alexandra enquirers about the legend of the genie, Wendy tells her that the djinn of ancient times were not the funny, whimsical creatures as portrayed by [[Creator/BarbaraEden Barbara]] [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Eden]] or [[Creator/RobinWilliams Robin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Williams]], but demonic creatures hell-bent on taking over earth.
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* PrecursorHeroes: A thousand years prior to the main events of the film, a Persian sorcerer forged a magic fire opal and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed the Djinn inside it]] in order to save his people from the evil of the Djinn.
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* OneFreeHit: The Djinn offers Alexandra a "free wish" as a sample for what's in store, but it just defaults to this trope because she wishes for the Djinn to attack himself. He shoots himself through the head without objecting, an injury from which he immediately recovers, establishing that he cannot be disposed of so easily.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: The body the Djinn chooses to take is a handsome, dark-haired white man, which does not go unnoticed by the retailer when he goes to [[VillainsOutShopping buy a suit]] to complete the look.
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Crosswicking from Sealed Evil In Another World.

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* SealedEvilInAnotherWorld: The Djinn are trapped in the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and the only way to release them is to complete a deal with a member of their race, i.e., asking for three wishes.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Barring the prologue in ancient Persia, the first film takes place over two days. This is confirmed by Alex's final wish [[spoiler:when she wishes that Mickey Torelli hadn't been drinking on the job two days ago]].

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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Barring the prologue in ancient Persia, AncientPersia, the first film takes place over two days. This is confirmed by Alex's final wish [[spoiler:when she wishes that Mickey Torelli hadn't been drinking on the job two days ago]].
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In the first film, a drunken accident while a statue is being transported results in the discovery of a jewel containing an ancient Djinn, imprisoned since the days of ancient Persia, who is unwittingly released by a young art appraiser. As the Djinn begins to harvest the souls of the unwitting people around him by granting their wishes -- [[JackassGenie usually in the most malevolent, cruel and gruesome way possible]] -- the appraiser must figure out a way to imprison him once again without using up the three wishes he is bound to grant her... and dooming all of humanity in the process.

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In the first film, a drunken accident while a statue is being transported results in the discovery of a jewel containing an ancient Djinn, imprisoned since the days of ancient Persia, AncientPersia, who is unwittingly released by a young art appraiser. As the Djinn begins to harvest the souls of the unwitting people around him by granting their wishes -- [[JackassGenie usually in the most malevolent, cruel and gruesome way possible]] -- the appraiser must figure out a way to imprison him once again without using up the three wishes he is bound to grant her... and dooming all of humanity in the process.
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* ImmortalityHurts: In the first film, the heroine wishes for the evil djinn to blow his own brians out. He promptly pulls out a revolver and does so. The Djinn quickly heals from this.

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* ImmortalityHurts: In the first film, the heroine wishes for the evil djinn to blow his own brians brains out. He promptly pulls out a revolver and does so. The Djinn quickly heals from this.
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** In the beginning of the first two films, there's apparently a PsychicLink between the Djinn and the main wisher which gets activated whenever the Djinn gruesomely claims another victim, allowing the wisher to experience a taste of that person's fear and pain while being taunted by images of the Djinn. This link gets forgotten or is inconsistently shown once the Djinn reveals himself around the film's halfway mark, and the wisher doesn't appear to experience anything or is otherwise affected when the Djinn claims more victims after this reveal i.e, Alex doesn't experience any sensation of drowning even though the doorman's wish resulted in him drowning, while in case of Morgana, she feels the agony of being crucified when her friend experiences after having made a wish.
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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Although the interactions between the Djinn and Alex are not many, he often makes certain comments to her that are just full of foe yay. He calls her a delight and caresses her hand (disguised as Wendy), calls her 'sweet Alex' and after she has made two wishes, tells her they are 'so connected now'.

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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Although the interactions between the Djinn and Alex are not many, he often makes certain comments to her that are just full of foe yay.subtext. He calls her a delight and caresses her hand (disguised as Wendy), calls her 'sweet Alex' and after she has made two wishes, tells her they are 'so connected now'.
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* ''Wishmaster''
* ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies''
* ''Film/Wishmaster3BeyondTheGatesOfHell''
* ''Film/Wishmaster4TheProphecyFulfilled''

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* ''Wishmaster''
''Wishmaster'' (1997)
* ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies''
''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies'' (1999)
* ''Film/Wishmaster3BeyondTheGatesOfHell''
''Film/Wishmaster3BeyondTheGatesOfHell'' (2001)
* ''Film/Wishmaster4TheProphecyFulfilled''
''Film/Wishmaster4TheProphecyFulfilled'' (2002)

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