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-->'''Wayne:''' Headmaster, this is so unfair! I just -- I just watched some of my friends die, and now me? What was even the point? I won't be remembered for anything! No one will know my name, I'm just some unnamed dead kid at a school battle...! ''(Pauses. then continues, in tears)'' POTTER'S batte! ''(Pauses, as he struggles to control his voice)'' He gets to be the hero. He gets everything I ever wanted. ''(Pauses again, before he finishes, utterly defeated)'' Why did I have to be so unimportant?\\

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-->'''Wayne:''' Headmaster, this is so unfair! I just -- I just watched some of my friends die, and now me? What was even the point? I won't be remembered for anything! No one will know my name, I'm just some unnamed dead kid at a school battle...! ''(Pauses. then continues, in tears)'' POTTER'S batte! ''(Pauses, as he struggles to control his voice)'' He gets to be the hero. He gets everything I ever wanted. ''(Pauses again, before he finishes, utterly defeated)'' Why did I have to be so unimportant?\\



'''Headmaster:''' Wayne, it's easy to feel as if you're only a secondary character in someone else's grand story. But that does not mean, however, that there's not another story out there that's all about ''you,'' where ''you're'' the most important person in the entire world. The hero.Now, we're all important, Wayne, and we're all unimportant. We're all heroes in some way, to someone. And as for your story... ''I'' think it was pretty cool.

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'''Headmaster:''' Wayne, it's easy to feel as if you're only a secondary character in someone else's grand story. But that does not mean, however, that there's not another story out there that's all about ''you,'' where ''you're'' the most important person in the entire world. The hero. Now, we're all important, Wayne, and we're all unimportant. We're all heroes in some way, to someone. And as for your story... ''I'' think it was pretty cool.
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** At least one production alters this so that instead of conjuring up a flag, the Headmaster instead points to the edge of the stage, where Leanne, J. Finch and Sally are all gathered, waving the characteristic Puff wave at him. When he goes to join them, they gather in a group hug before leaving the stage together.

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** At least one production alters this so that instead of conjuring up a flag, the Headmaster instead points to the edge of the stage, where Leanne, J. Finch and Sally are all gathered, waving the characteristic Puff wave at him. When he goes to join them, they gather in pull him into a group hug before leaving the stage together.together with him.
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** At least one production alters this so that instead of conjuring up a flag, the Headmaster instead points to the edge of the stage, where Leanne, J-Finch and Sally are all gathered, waving the characteristig Puff wave at him. When he goes to join them, they gather in a group hug before leaving the stage together.
* The reveal of who the narrator really is: [[DeadGuyJunior Wayne Rivers-Jones,]] off to his first day of school [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue nineteen years after the events of the show.]]

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** At least one production alters this so that instead of conjuring up a flag, the Headmaster instead points to the edge of the stage, where Leanne, J-Finch J. Finch and Sally are all gathered, waving the characteristig characteristic Puff wave at him. When he goes to join them, they gather in a group hug before leaving the stage together.
* The reveal of who the narrator really is: [[DeadGuyJunior Wayne Rivers-Jones,]] off to his first day of school [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue nineteen years after the events of the show.]]]].
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** At least one production alters this so that instead of conjuring up a flag, the Headmaster instead points to the edge of the stage, where Leanne, J-Finch and Sally are all gathered, waving the characteristig Puff wave at him. When he goes to join them, they gather in a group hug before leaving the stage together.

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* The Headmaster's posthumous declaration that love is the most powerful magic on earth. When [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]] objects, the Headmaster conjures up the Puffs flag Wayne received on his very first day at Hogwarts.

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* The Headmaster's posthumous talk with [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]]. Though a little puzzled and strapped for time because he was expecting Harry, the Headmaster does have some comforting words for Wayne, in a genuinely earnest scene.
-->'''Wayne:''' Headmaster, this is so unfair! I just -- I just watched some of my friends die, and now me? What was even the point? I won't be remembered for anything! No one will know my name, I'm just some unnamed dead kid at a school battle...! ''(Pauses. then continues, in tears)'' POTTER'S batte! ''(Pauses, as he struggles to control his voice)'' He gets to be the hero. He gets everything I ever wanted. ''(Pauses again, before he finishes, utterly defeated)'' Why did I have to be so unimportant?\\
''*There's another brief pause, as the Headmaster looks at him sympathetically.*''\\
'''Headmaster:''' Wayne, it's easy to feel as if you're only a secondary character in someone else's grand story. But that does not mean, however, that there's not another story out there that's all about ''you,'' where ''you're'' the most important person in the entire world. The hero.Now, we're all important, Wayne, and we're all unimportant. We're all heroes in some way, to someone. And as for your story... ''I'' think it was pretty cool.
* Then of course follows his
declaration that love is the most powerful magic on earth. When [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]] Wayne objects, the Headmaster conjures up the Puffs flag Wayne received on his very first day at Hogwarts.
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* A meta-example: during the final show at New World Stages, Zac Moon's entrance as Wayne at the beginning of the show, which usually passes without comment, got a ''two-minute standing ovation.''

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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups," which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with Julie Ann Earls (Megan) even appearing as a guest on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]

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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups," which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with Julie Ann Earls (Megan) even appearing as a guest on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]]]

!!Nineteen-ish Years Later
* The meeting between Little Wayne and Badass Wayne in the darkest timeline. Sure, it's a timeline in which the Dark Lord has won, Harry is dead and everything sucks, but Badass Wayne is there to provide a little light in the darkness, and Little Wayne gets to meet and bond with the man he was named after.
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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups," which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with hints that members of the cast may appear as guests on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]

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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups," which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with hints that members of the cast may appear Julie Ann Earls (Megan) even appearing as guests a guest on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]
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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups, which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with hints that members of the cast may appear as guests on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]

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* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups, Cups," which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with hints that members of the cast may appear as guests on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]
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* A meta-example: during the final show at New World Stages, Zac Moon's entrance as Wayne at the beginning of the show, which usually passes without comment, got a ''two-minute standing ovation.''

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* A meta-example: during the final show at New World Stages, Zac Moon's entrance as Wayne at the beginning of the show, which usually passes without comment, got a ''two-minute standing ovation.''''
* Another one out of the show's context: the show has a very close relationship with a Puffs fan podcast called "Lift Up Your Cups, which celebrates the show and its related sequels/prequels. The podcast has gotten multiple shoutouts from the cast, with hints that members of the cast may appear as guests on the podcast. It can be found [[https://anchor.fm/liftupyourcups/episodes/1--podcasts-made--not-born-eioac0 here.]]
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* The reveal of who the narrator really is: [[DeadGuyJunior Wayne Rivers-Jones,]] off to his first day of school [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue nineteen years after the events of the show.]]

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* The reveal of who the narrator really is: [[DeadGuyJunior Wayne Rivers-Jones,]] off to his first day of school [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue nineteen years after the events of the show.]]]]
* A meta-example: during the final show at New World Stages, Zac Moon's entrance as Wayne at the beginning of the show, which usually passes without comment, got a ''two-minute standing ovation.''
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* The Headmaster's posthumous declaration that love is the most powerful magic on earth. When [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]] objects, the Headmaster conjures up the Puffs flag Wayne received on his very first day at Hogwarts.

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* The Headmaster's posthumous declaration that love is the most powerful magic on earth. When [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]] objects, the Headmaster conjures up the Puffs flag Wayne received on his very first day at Hogwarts.Hogwarts.
* The reveal of who the narrator really is: [[DeadGuyJunior Wayne Rivers-Jones,]] off to his first day of school [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue nineteen years after the events of the show.]]
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** This is right after the trio confronts [[MissingMom Xavia Jones]] and fails to bring her back from evil. Megan pretends to be apathetic...and then she starts sobbing into Oliver's chest. Wayne joins them in a hug - and then they see the mirror, just reflecting their embrace.

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** This is right after the trio confronts [[MissingMom Xavia Jones]] and fails to bring her back from evil. Megan pretends to be apathetic...and then she starts sobbing into Oliver's chest. Wayne joins them in a hug - and then they see the mirror, just reflecting their embrace.embrace.
* The whole [[DareToBeBadass "I'm a Puff, and I'm staying"]] scene. To make matters even more emotional, Zac Moon (Wayne) said that scene was the hardest to get through whenever a cast member was leaving the show.
* Ernie Macmillan and J. Finch-Fletchley hooking up during the battle.
* The trio showing a bit of sympathy for Harry during the battle:
--> '''Wayne:''' You think this is how Potter feels all the time?
--> '''Wayne, Megan, and Oliver:''' It sucks!
* The Headmaster's posthumous declaration that love is the most powerful magic on earth. When [[KilledOffForReal Wayne]] objects, the Headmaster conjures up the Puffs flag Wayne received on his very first day at Hogwarts.
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* Megan and Oliver's incredibly awkward date at the school dance is pretty adorable, to say the least.
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* Cedric and Wayne's mentor/mentee relationship in fourth year is really sweet. Wayne helps Cedric with the Triwizard tasks, and Cedric gives Wayne great advice about failure just being another form of practice. Plus, he promises to teach Wayne everything he knows after the third task. Too bad [[KilledOffForReal it doesn't work out.]]

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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[{{Wangst}} angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.
* When the trio revisits the Mirror of Rorrimdriew in sixth year, they no longer see the visions from before - they see themselves, together. [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny And Wayne still has a lightsaber.]]

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* At Fifth year ends with a duo of heartwarming events:
** Megan and Oliver note that
the end year was uneventful enough that it sort of fifth year, felt safe. Then they turn to each other and [[BigDamnKiss kiss.]]
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after acting like an [[{{Wangst}} angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks comes up to Megan and Oliver and asks them if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.
* When the trio revisits the Mirror of Rorrimdriew in sixth year, they no longer see the visions from before - they see themselves, together. [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny And Wayne still has a lightsaber.]]]]
** This is right after the trio confronts [[MissingMom Xavia Jones]] and fails to bring her back from evil. Megan pretends to be apathetic...and then she starts sobbing into Oliver's chest. Wayne joins them in a hug - and then they see the mirror, just reflecting their embrace.
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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[YMMV/Wangst angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.

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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[YMMV/Wangst [[{{Wangst}} angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.
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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[Wangst angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.

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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[Wangst [[YMMV/Wangst angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.

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* When the trio revisits the Mirror of Rorrimdriew in sixth year, they no longer see the visions from before - they see themselves, together. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And Wayne still has a lightsaber.]]

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* At the end of fifth year, after acting like an [[Wangst angsty asshole after Cedric's death,]] Wayne asks Megan and Oliver if they can go back to being friends. Megan walks up to him like she's about to give him a talking-to...then she gives him the biggest hug.
* When the trio revisits the Mirror of Rorrimdriew in sixth year, they no longer see the visions from before - they see themselves, together. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny And Wayne still has a lightsaber.]]
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* In first year, we see the trio of Wayne, Oliver, and Megan encounter the Mirror of Rorrimdriew ("weird mirror" backwards, a play off the Mirror of Erised). Wayne sees himself [[IJustWantToBeSpecial having saved the wizarding world, holding a lightsaber]]; Oliver seems himself having figured out insanely complicated theories of mathematics. Megan's vision? She sees herself [[IJustWantToBeLoved reuniting with her imprisoned mother.]]

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* In first year, we see the trio of Wayne, Oliver, and Megan encounter the Mirror of Rorrimdriew ("weird mirror" backwards, a play off the Mirror of Erised). Wayne sees himself [[IJustWantToBeSpecial having saved the wizarding world, holding a lightsaber]]; Oliver seems himself having figured out insanely complicated theories of mathematics. Megan's vision? She sees herself [[IJustWantToBeLoved reuniting with her imprisoned mother.]]
* After Wayne's Uncle Dave passes away between third and fourth year, he confides in his friends [[WeHardlyKnewYe how little he actually knew the closest thing he had to a parental figure]] and how he doesn't want to die unremembered. After a string of laughs in the show, the tone suddenly turns very tender as Megan and Oliver reaffirm that they'll be there for Wayne that year.
* When the trio revisits the Mirror of Rorrimdriew in sixth year, they no longer see the visions from before - they see themselves, together. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And Wayne still has a lightsaber.
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* In first year, we see the trio of Wayne, Oliver, and Megan encounter the Mirror of Rorrimdriew ("weird mirror" backwards, a play off the Mirror of Erised). Wayne sees himself [[IJustWantToBeRemembered having saved the wizarding world, holding a lightsaber]]; Oliver seems himself having figured out insanely complicated theories of mathematics. Megan's vision? She sees herself [[IJustWantToBeLoved reuniting with her imprisoned mother.]]

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* In first year, we see the trio of Wayne, Oliver, and Megan encounter the Mirror of Rorrimdriew ("weird mirror" backwards, a play off the Mirror of Erised). Wayne sees himself [[IJustWantToBeRemembered [[IJustWantToBeSpecial having saved the wizarding world, holding a lightsaber]]; Oliver seems himself having figured out insanely complicated theories of mathematics. Megan's vision? She sees herself [[IJustWantToBeLoved reuniting with her imprisoned mother.]]
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!! Since this is a Moments page, spoilers will be unmarked. YouHaveBeenWarned.

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* In first year, we see the trio of Wayne, Oliver, and Megan encounter the Mirror of Rorrimdriew ("weird mirror" backwards, a play off the Mirror of Erised). Wayne sees himself [[IJustWantToBeRemembered having saved the wizarding world, holding a lightsaber]]; Oliver seems himself having figured out insanely complicated theories of mathematics. Megan's vision? She sees herself [[IJustWantToBeLoved reuniting with her imprisoned mother.]]

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