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* BodyHorror:
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
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* BodyHorror:
BerserkButton: Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim": Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim (and end up destroying some of the pumps) simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. In a later follow-up story, "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions", one of the transformed workers -- a hardworking and effective employee who is already secretly outraged and embittered by the transformations -- is pushed over the edge by one particular lifetime membership/transformation sale (which seem to be her ''own'' personal Berserk Button) and becomes overtly disgruntled; this motivates Grandmother to end their work requirement early.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly, we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course, this decision leads to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, creating a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide -- with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea]].
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* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim": Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim (and end up destroying some of the pumps) simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. In a later follow-up story, "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions", one of the transformed workers -- a hardworking and effective employee who is already secretly outraged and embittered by the transformations -- is pushed over the edge by one particular lifetime membership/transformation sale (which seem to be her ''own'' personal Berserk Button) and becomes overtly disgruntled; this motivates Grandmother to end their work requirement early.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly, we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course, this decision leads to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, creating a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide -- with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea]].
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* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
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* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim" and "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions". In the first story, Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. In the second story, one hardworking and effective employee, already secretly outraged and embittered by the transformations, is pushed over the edge (by one particular lifetime membership/transformation sale) and becomes overtly disgruntled. This motivates Grandmother to end their work requirement early.
** Grandmother also ''dislikes'' people who abuse or mistreat others.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly, we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course, this decision leads to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, creating a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide -- with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea]].
%% The story?
** Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim" and "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions". In the first story, Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. In the second story, one hardworking and effective employee, already secretly outraged and embittered by the transformations, is pushed over the edge (by one particular lifetime membership/transformation sale) and becomes overtly disgruntled. This motivates Grandmother to end their work requirement early.
** Grandmother also ''dislikes'' people who abuse or mistreat others.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly, we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course, this decision leads to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, creating a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide -- with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea]].
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** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation (either because the transformee is being punished, they did so for the sake of others as an act of kindness, or they simply find that life is better in their transformed state. The latter is especially common among men who are elderly, sick, or otherwise disabled).
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** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation (either because the transformee is being punished, they did so for the sake of others as an act of kindness, or they simply find that life is better in their transformed state. state). The latter is especially common among men who are elderly, sick, or otherwise disabled).disabled.
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most of the stories (in both Spells 'R Us and the spin-off verses). However in the SRU Universe's heyday, SRU also committed {{furry}} transformations.
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most of the stories (in both Spells 'R Us and the spin-off verses). However in the SRU Universe's heyday, [[TransformationFiction SRU also committed {{furry}} transformations.furry transformations]].
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** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim" and "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions". In the first story, Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. They are are treated rather well as employees. In the second story, one particular employee
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*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
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*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
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** Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim" and "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions". In the first story, Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, swim have to work in the park until they pay off their damages. They are are treated rather well as employees. damages. In the second story, one hardworking and effective employee, already secretly outraged and embittered by the transformations, is pushed over the edge (by one particular employee
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***lifetime membership/transformation sale) and becomes overtly disgruntled. This motivates Grandmother to end their work requirement early.
** Grandmother alsodoes ''not'' like ''dislikes'' people who abuse or mistreat others.
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** Grandmother also
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* ExactWords: If the customer is a {{Jerkass}}, the Old Man will give them what they want in the most ''literal'' sense possible.
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* ExactWords: ExactWords:
** If either the customer or the Wixard is a {{Jerkass}}, theOld Man Wizard will give them the customer what they want he asks for in the most ''literal'' sense possible.
** If either the customer or the Wixard is a {{Jerkass}}, the
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. In most of the cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just can't be bothered to (or finds their predicament too amusing to do so). In others, the shop itself will have vanished when the customer tries to seek help.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: FirstLawOfGenderBending:
** The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. In most of the cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just can't be bothered to (or finds their predicament too amusing to do so). In others, the shop itself will have vanished when the customer tries to seek help.
** The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. In most of the cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just can't be bothered to (or finds their predicament too amusing to do so). In others, the shop itself will have vanished when the customer tries to seek help.
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most of the stories (in both Spells 'R Us and the spin-off verses).
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most of the stories (in both Spells 'R Us and the spin-off verses). However in the SRU Universe's heyday, SRU also committed {{furry}} transformations.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story. ([[TookALevelInKindness And become less of a jerk, too.]])
** The Old Woman can sense what's in the minds of her male customers, and will give them ''exactly'' what they deserve.
** The Old Woman can sense what's in the minds of her male customers, and will give them ''exactly'' what they deserve.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
** If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of thestory. ([[TookALevelInKindness And story, [[TookALevelInKindness and become less of a jerk, too.]])
jerk]].
**The Old Woman Grandmother can sense what's in the minds of her male customers, and will (usually) give them ''exactly'' what they deserve.
** If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the
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* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Danni-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]
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* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], ([[TeenagePregnancy hint, hint]])]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Danni-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]Terri]].
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* NoNameGiven: The Wizard (though [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]]).
** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother", even by her non-related employees).
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of each story's product will often lead to this trope. Which often results in the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother", even by her non-related employees).
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of each story's product will often lead to this trope. Which often results in the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
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* NoNameGiven: NoNameGiven:
** The Wizard (though [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]]).
** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother", even by her non-relatedemployees).
employees). She finally gets a name in ''The Temptation of Anya''.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of each story's product will often lead to this trope. Which often results in the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], andThirdLawOfGenderBending.[[ThirdLawOfGenderBending Third]] Laws of Genderbending.
** The Wizard (though [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]]).
** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother", even by her non-related
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of each story's product will often lead to this trope. Which often results in the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and
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* SorcerersApprenticePlot
* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the store; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an item (which the Wizard always claims will solve their "problem"). Said object will end up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life in some way. The story will typically end with the Wizard watching the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]].
* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the store; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an item (which the Wizard always claims will solve their "problem"). Said object will end up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life in some way. The story will typically end with the Wizard watching the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]].
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the store; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an item (which the Wizard always claims will solve their "problem").
*
** On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]].
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** Zig-zagged in the Bikini Beach stories. While we've yet to hear of a male customer of the park turning into a genuinely ''un''attractive woman, most just turn into a female version of themself.
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** Zig-zagged in In the Bikini Beach stories. While stories, although we've yet to hear of a male customer of the park turning into a genuinely ''un''attractive woman, most just turn into a female version versions of themself.themselves.
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* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
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* BodyHorror: BodyHorror:
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are less than pleasant.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
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* BreakoutCharacter: BreakoutCharacter:
** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According to the 'verse's creator, [=ElrodW=], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" and act as a MoralityChain to her character.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According According to [[WordOfGod the 'verse's Universe's creator, [=ElrodW=], ElrodW]], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" and act as a MoralityChain to her character.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Oh, ''yes''.
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%% * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Oh, ''yes''.''yes''.
%% Definitely, but the PowersThatBe demand context. An example should be given.
%% Definitely, but the PowersThatBe demand context. An example should be given.
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* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times. (The Grandmother from Bikini Beach even identifies him as such.)
* DisproportionateRetribution: Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
** The Old Woman also doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with a group of boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and are treated rather well as employees.)
* DisproportionateRetribution: Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
** The Old Woman also doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with a group of boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and are treated rather well as employees.)
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* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard Given his predilection for stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s and BuxomIsBetter, he is hinted to be one, at times. (The Grandmother definitely one. (Grandmother from Bikini Beach even identifies him as such.)
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*DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
** Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
**The Old Woman also Grandmother doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with a group of paying. Subverted in "Bikini Beach: Midnight Swim" and "Bikini Beach: Pardons and Decisions". In the first story, Vicky and the boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and damages. They are are treated rather well as employees.employees. In the second story, one particular employee
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** Never, ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
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* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter ([[CaptainObvious hence the nickname "Grandmother"]]).
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* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter ([[CaptainObvious hence (hence the nickname "Grandmother"]])."Grandmother").
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*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: in "Customer Service", Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering and removes the bimbo and sex drive aspects of the transformation. While the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to see the error of her ways]], apologizes to Allison, and allows Anya to but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an ordinary, average-looking college student.
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*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: in "Customer Service", Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering and removes the bimbo and sex drive aspects of the transformation. While the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to see the error of her ways]], apologizes to Allison, and allows Anya to but alter Allison's transformation, changing transformation (changing her into an ordinary, average-looking college student.student).
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* BodyHorror:
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
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* BodyHorror:
**BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...are less than pleasant.
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* BreakoutCharacter:
** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
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* BreakoutCharacter:
**BreakoutCharacter: Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
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* BreastExpansion: The comic ''[[https://www.imagefap.com/photo/1423913544/?pgid=&gid=1903498&page=0&idx=0#0 Spells R Us: Dream Girl]]'' (NSFW, obviously) has an overweight girl visiting the shop looking for something to help her land a date with the school quarterback. The Old Man gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]], the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is ''not'' [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with huge busts...
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with huge busts...
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* BreastExpansion: The comic ''[[https://www.imagefap.com/photo/1423913544/?pgid=&gid=1903498&page=0&idx=0#0 Spells R Us: Dream Girl]]'' (NSFW, obviously) has an overweight girl visiting the shop looking for something to help her land a date with the school quarterback. The Old Man gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]], the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is ''not'' [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] wants]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with hugebusts...busts....
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with huge
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help you with your problems that resulted from selling you an item (only if you ask, though); others, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it (and then alters their memories so he doesn't get in trouble).
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the The Old Man acts like Man's behavior and personality in each story. Sometimes Sometimes, he's a nice guy who will sell you something to help you with your problems, or help you with any problems that resulted from selling you an item (only if you ask, though); others, though). In other cases, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes transforms people for the hell of it (and then alters their memories so he doesn't get in trouble).
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** The Old Woman also doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with the group of boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and are treated rather well as employees.)
*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
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** The Old Woman also doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with the a group of boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and are treated rather well as employees.)
*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
*** Grandmother also does ''not'' like people who abuse or mistreat others.
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most stories.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have Wizard as this, in which a customer seemingly falls into his trap, only for said trap to save a loved one's life (or prevent another disaster from occurring).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have Wizard as this, in which a customer seemingly falls into his trap, only for said trap to save a loved one's life (or prevent another disaster from occurring).
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* GenderBender: The central plot point of most stories.
of the stories (in both Spells 'R Us and the spin-off verses).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have the Wizard as this, in which a customer seemingly falls into his trap, only for said trap to save a loved one's life (or prevent another disaster from occurring).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have the Wizard as this, in which a customer seemingly falls into his trap, only for said trap to save a loved one's life (or prevent another disaster from occurring).
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya I Might be your Grandfather: Grandfather]]: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
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* {{Crossover}}: In addition to crossing over many times with Bikini Beach, the Wizard plays cards with the {{Trickster}} goddess Miss Chiff and Molly the Fairy Godmother (both created by fellow TG story author Morpheus) in [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=338774269133205279 "The Wager"]]. The story also features an unnamed transformation goddess (referred to as the "Butterfly Goddess") who appears in Morpheus's story [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=32863304201300118947 "Finders Keepers"]].
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* {{Crossover}}: In addition to crossing over many times with Bikini Beach, the Wizard plays cards with the {{Trickster}} TheTrickster goddess Miss Chiff and Molly the Fairy Godmother (both created by fellow TG story author Morpheus) in [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=338774269133205279 "The Wager"]]. The story also features an unnamed transformation goddess (referred to as the "Butterfly Goddess") who appears in Morpheus's story [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=32863304201300118947 "Finders Keepers"]].
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** The Old Woman does ''not'' take kindly to people (especially men) who [[YourCheatingHeart cheat on]] or [[DomesticAbuse abuse]] their partners.
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** The Old Woman also doesn't take kindly to people who try to sneak into her park without paying. (Subverted with the group of boys who sneak into the park for a midnight swim, who simply have to work in the park until they pay off their damages -- and are treated rather well as employees.)
*** Grandmother also does ''not''take kindly to like people (especially men) who [[YourCheatingHeart cheat on]] abuse or [[DomesticAbuse abuse]] their partners.mistreat others.
*** Grandmother also does ''not''
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** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation -- though
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** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation -- though (either because the transformee is being punished, they did so for the sake of others as an act of kindness, or they simply find that life is better in their transformed state. The latter is especially common among men who are elderly, sick, or otherwise disabled).
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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: A telemarketer [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/SRU/SRU-Message.txt learned his lesson]].
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** Alan Jenkins (from the Bikini Beach stories), a nerd who is caught [[PeepingTom spying]] on the park's customers, is punished by being permanently changed into a [[AnythingThatMoves sex-crazed]], [[BrainlessBeauty bimbo]] porn star. Who is ''very much'' aware of his punishment, utterly disgusted and horrified by his urges and behavior, and unable to stop or control himself. The story ends with the Old Woman seeing at an ad for his latest film and laughing at his plight, without the slightest hint of sympathy.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering, and removes the bimbo and sex drives aspects of the transformation; while the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually comes to see the error of her ways, and allows Anya to not only start a support group for transformees, but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an average-looking college student.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering, and removes the bimbo and sex drives aspects of the transformation; while the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually comes to see the error of her ways, and allows Anya to not only start a support group for transformees, but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an average-looking college student.
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** Alan Jenkins (from the Bikini Beach stories), story "Peeping Tom"), a nerd who is caught [[PeepingTom spying]] on spying on]] (and photographing) the park's customers, is punished by being permanently changed into a [[AnythingThatMoves sex-crazed]], sex-crazed]] [[BrainlessBeauty bimbo]] porn star. star with [[GagBoobs absurdly massive breasts]]. Who is ''very much'' aware of his punishment, her predicament, and utterly disgusted and horrified by his her urges and behavior, and but unable to stop or control himself. The story ends with the Old Woman seeing at an ad for his latest film and laughing at his plight, without the slightest hint of sympathy.herself.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: in "Customer Service", Anya takes pity on "Allison's"suffering, suffering and removes the bimbo and sex drives drive aspects of the transformation; while transformation. While the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to see the error of her ways, ways]], apologizes to Allison, and allows Anya to not only start a support group for transformees, but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an ordinary, average-looking college student.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: in "Customer Service", Anya takes pity on "Allison's"
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The unfortunate souls in the stories usually end up getting ''exactly'' what they wished for -- but the results are ''never'' what they expected or wanted.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The unfortunate souls in the Spells R' Us stories usually end up getting ''exactly'' what they wished for -- but the results are ''never'' what they expected or wanted.
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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: A telemarketer [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/SRU/SRU-Message.txt learned his lesson]].
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}, in many cases: the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just doesn't ''care'' to.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}, in many cases: In most of the cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just doesn't ''care'' to.can't be bothered to (or finds their predicament too amusing to do so). In others, the shop itself will have vanished when the customer tries to seek help.
** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation -- though
** In the Bikini Beach stories, the length of the customer's transformation depends on the duration of their pass, which can vary from one day to a lifetime. Roughly half of the stories involve a one-way transformation -- though
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* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive; it's rather worn-out, and is often mistaken for a bathrobe.
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* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive; it's rather worn-out, and is often frequently mistaken for a bathrobe.
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** In the early BB stories, the Old Woman does indeed see (almost) ''all'' men this way. However, her views gradually soften thanks to [[MoralityChain Anya]] (and meeting more genuinely good, decent men).
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* AndIMustScream: Some of the more...[[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] customers find themselves in truly unpleasant situations. Several have been turned into sentient objects.
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* AndIMustScream: Some of the more...[[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] customers find themselves in truly unpleasant situations. Several have been turned into sentient objects.''sentient objects''.
** Alan Jenkins (from the Bikini Beach stories), a nerd who is caught [[PeepingTom spying]] on the park's customers, is punished by being permanently changed into a [[AnythingThatMoves sex-crazed]], [[BrainlessBeauty bimbo]] porn star. Who is ''very much'' aware of his punishment, utterly disgusted and horrified by his urges and behavior, and unable to stop or control himself. The story ends with the Old Woman seeing at an ad for his latest film and laughing at his plight, without the slightest hint of sympathy.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering, and removes the bimbo and sex drives aspects of the transformation; while the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually comes to see the error of her ways, and allows Anya to not only start a support group for transformees, but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an average-looking college student.
** Alan Jenkins (from the Bikini Beach stories), a nerd who is caught [[PeepingTom spying]] on the park's customers, is punished by being permanently changed into a [[AnythingThatMoves sex-crazed]], [[BrainlessBeauty bimbo]] porn star. Who is ''very much'' aware of his punishment, utterly disgusted and horrified by his urges and behavior, and unable to stop or control himself. The story ends with the Old Woman seeing at an ad for his latest film and laughing at his plight, without the slightest hint of sympathy.
*** Fortunately, the story ''does'' have a happy ending: Anya takes pity on "Allison's" suffering, and removes the bimbo and sex drives aspects of the transformation; while the Old Woman is initially angry with Anya for acting against her wishes, she eventually comes to see the error of her ways, and allows Anya to not only start a support group for transformees, but alter Allison's transformation, changing her into an average-looking college student.
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** The "Nerd" series (from Bikini Beach) is deliberately inspired by Film/RevengeOfTheNerds.
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of [[MonsterOfTheWeek each story's product]] will start up this trope. Which will lead to the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive; he's often referred to as an "old man in a bathrobe".
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties. Some stories have both.
* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive; he's often referred to as an "old man in a bathrobe".
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties. Some stories have both.
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of [[MonsterOfTheWeek each story's product]] product will start up often lead to this trope. Which will lead to often results in the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive;he's it's rather worn-out, and is often referred to as an "old man in mistaken for a bathrobe".
bathrobe.
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties.Some And of course, some stories have both.
* RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Sometimes it's only the robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive;
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties.
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* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" which features the protagonist (after watching the movie) turning into...well, [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]].
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* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" "Jessica", which features the protagonist (after watching the movie) turning into...well, [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]].Rabbit]].
** The
** The
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the shop; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an object anyway. Said object ends up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life. The story will typically end with the Wizard watching the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]]; in the Bikini Beach stories, Grandmother's magic gives the new bodies of the transformees "training wheels" (i.e. naturally grants them with knowledge of how to
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]]; in the Bikini Beach stories, Grandmother's magic gives the new bodies of the transformees "training wheels" (i.e. naturally grants them with knowledge of how to
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the shop; store; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an object anyway. item (which the Wizard always claims will solve their "problem"). Said object ends will end up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life.life in some way. The story will typically end with the Wizard watching the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valleygirls]]; girls]].
** Justified in the Bikini Beachstories, Grandmother's stories: the park's magic typically gives the new bodies of the transformees "training wheels" (i.e. naturally grants them with built-in knowledge of how to move, act and generally live as women).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley
** Justified in the Bikini Beach
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** In [[https://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/bbeach/bb-bomb.txt "Bikini Beach and the Bomb Plot"]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
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** In [[https://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/bbeach/bb-bomb.txt "Bikini Beach and the Bomb Plot"]], two bank robbers villains-for-hire go to Bikini Beach so one can to acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can to hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The unfortunate souls in the stories usually end up getting ''exactly'' what they wanted -- but the results are ''never'' what they expected.
* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In "The Bomb Plot]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Anya from Bikini Beach, too. To the point that she had her own three-part story in "The Temptation of Anya".
* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In "The Bomb Plot]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Anya from Bikini Beach, too. To the point that she had her own three-part story in "The Temptation of Anya".
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The unfortunate souls in the stories usually end up getting ''exactly'' what they wanted wished for -- but the results are ''never'' what they expected.
expected or wanted.
*BodyHorror: BodyHorror:
** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In"The [[https://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/bbeach/bb-bomb.txt "Bikini Beach and the Bomb Plot]], Plot"]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
*BreakoutCharacter: BreakoutCharacter:
** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Anya from BikiniBeach, too. To the point that she had Beach. She has her own three-part story in "The Temptation of Anya".
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** Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In
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** Danni, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
** Anya from Bikini
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Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 Fictionmania]] and [[https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/search/site/?f%5B0%5D=im_taxonomy_vocabulary_7%3A114 BigCloset TopShelf]]
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Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 Fictionmania]] and [[https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/search/site/?f%5B0%5D=im_taxonomy_vocabulary_7%3A114 BigCloset TopShelf]]TopShelf]].
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According to the 'verse's creator, [=ElrodW=], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" her character.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According to the 'verse's creator, [=ElrodW=], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" and act as a MoralityChain to her character.
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''Spells R Us'' is a SharedUniverse WebOriginal created by Bill Hart in the 1990s. ''Spells R Us'' has a pretty decent fan base and many stories have been created, not just from Bill Hart.
The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[{{fetish}} some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[{{fetish}} some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
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''Spells R Us'' is a SharedUniverse WebOriginal created by Bill Hart in the 1990s. ''Spells R Us'' It has accumulated a pretty fairly decent fan base base, and many stories have been created, authored for it (though not just from all of them by Bill Hart.
Hart).
The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run bythe nameless a [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each The typical story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As customer; as the story progresses, the customer item will have either be used by somebody (either deliberately or inadvertently), and the intended target will undergo a transformation of some sort -- typically a GenderBender, but {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or and [[{{fetish}} some other sort sorts of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this transformations]] have also occurred. Most stories focus on the ramifications of using the magic item; many end with the transformee stuck that way for the rest of his/her life.
their life.
The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by
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The series begins with two college students, Chris and Terry, who need to find girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.
So, of course, they mess up the spell.
Now, anyone in the house after 7 will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.
Many fans have now written their own stories. These stories tend to focus less on the events with Terry and Chris, and more on the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of the Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{Canon}}, while ignoring Bill Hart's saga. This unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only gender-bending water park somewhere in the U.S. owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of The Wizard.
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 fictionmania.]]
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story, "A Strangeness at The Frat House".
So, of course, they mess up the spell.
Now, anyone in the house after 7 will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.
Many fans have now written their own stories. These stories tend to focus less on the events with Terry and Chris, and more on the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of the Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{Canon}}, while ignoring Bill Hart's saga. This unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only gender-bending water park somewhere in the U.S. owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of The Wizard.
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 fictionmania.]]
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story, "A Strangeness at The Frat House".
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The series begins with "A Strangeness at The Frat House". The story follows two college students, Chris and Terry, who need to find girls for the frat party, party or the they will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell spell, and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse frat house students) will become girls in body and mind.
So, of course,mind. Naturally, they mess up botch the spell.
Now,spell; now, anyone in the house after 7 a.m. will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy male memories, anyone else will act, think, acts, thinks, and look like a girl looks as if they were always female until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot
The story was written by Bill Hart, andtakes up establishes the storyline [[TheVerse universe]] in which many of Bill Hart's stories.
his subsequent stories take place. Many fans have now written their own stories. These stories involving the shop and the Old Man, though they tend to focus less on the events with Terry and Chris, and more on the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of the Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{Canon}}, while Man (while ignoring Bill Hart's saga. saga). This unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them sub-universes; the most popular of these is [[https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/64915/bikini-beach-universe Bikini Beach, about Beach]], which revolves around a magical women-only magic women only, gender-bending water park somewhere in the U.S. owned operated by an old gipsy witch [[GranolaGirl gypsy]] [[WitchClassic witch]] (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), "Grandmother") who is a good friend of The Wizard.
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025fictionmania.]]
Fictionmania]] and [[https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/search/site/?f%5B0%5D=im_taxonomy_vocabulary_7%3A114 BigCloset TopShelf]]
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/this angelfire page]] this]] Angelfire page and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story, "A Strangeness at The Frat House".
stories]].
So, of course,
Now,
The story was written by Bill Hart, and
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories. He's polite and even friendly, but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories. He's polite and even friendly, but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
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!!This series franchise contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: The OldMan Man, in several stories. He's polite He'll seem polite, and even friendly, but will still think nothing of screwing people the customers over for his own amusement.
* AffablyEvil: The Old
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: When the stories are in a high school setting, this trope comes into play, rather than AllGuysWantSororityWomen.
* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a magical fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later. Also, always read and follow instructions.
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant situations. Several of them have been turned into sentient objects.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name "Grandmother".
* AttractiveBentGender: Most customers in the stories end up looking like a supermodel.
* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a magical fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later. Also, always read and follow instructions.
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant situations. Several of them have been turned into sentient objects.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name "Grandmother".
* AttractiveBentGender: Most customers in the stories end up looking like a supermodel.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: When the stories are in a high school setting, this trope comes into play, rather play (rather than AllGuysWantSororityWomen.
AllGuysWantSororityWomen).
* AllMenArePerverts: Invoked many, ''many'' times. In fact, this is the in-universe reason why the Old Woman built Bikini Beach: she wanted a place where women could be safe from the advances (and [[MaleGaze eyes]]) of lecherous men; thus, any man who enters the park is transformed (via the park's enchanted water) into a woman for the duration of his pass.
* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that amagical quick fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later. Also, always read and follow the instructions.
* AndIMustScream:The more... Some of the more...[[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can customers find themselves in truly unpleasant situations. Several of them have been turned into sentient objects.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this tothe Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- ([[CaptainObvious hence the name "Grandmother".
nickname "Grandmother"]]).
* AttractiveBentGender: Most of the gender-bent customersin the stories of Spells R Us end up looking like a supermodel.supermodels.
* AllMenArePerverts: Invoked many, ''many'' times. In fact, this is the in-universe reason why the Old Woman built Bikini Beach: she wanted a place where women could be safe from the advances (and [[MaleGaze eyes]]) of lecherous men; thus, any man who enters the park is transformed (via the park's enchanted water) into a woman for the duration of his pass.
* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a
* AndIMustScream:
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to
* AttractiveBentGender: Most of the gender-bent customers
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* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get ''exactly'' what they want.
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** Zig-zagged in the Bikini Beach stories. While we've yet to hear of a male customer of the park turning into a genuinely ''un''attractive woman, most just turn into a female version of themself.
*BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The unfortunate souls who don't follow in the instuctions, they get stories usually end up getting ''exactly'' what they want.wanted -- but the results are ''never'' what they expected.
* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In "The Bomb Plot]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
*
* BodyHorror: Some of the transformations brought on by the Wizard's wares are...less than pleasant.
** In "The Bomb Plot]], two bank robbers go to Bikini Beach so one can acquire a gender-bent disguise so that they can hide the explosives they're going to use on the bank vault in a fake pregnancy belly. The (still male) member of the duo is so taken by his gender-flipped partner that they have sex right there in the changing room...[[spoiler: causing him to get stuck inside of her and sucked up into her body -- where he regresses into a fetus within her womb]].
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* BreastExpansion: ''Spells R Us: Dream Girl'' has the shop visited by an overweight girl looking for something to land her the school's quarterback. The owner gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]], she finds out the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is not [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long'' story, but the short version is LovePotion. Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," [[spoiler: her memories of Terry are erased.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What the gender-bent customers end up like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age. In some stories, he is young enough to have a teenaged niece; in others, he's over a century old. Others still have him as old as time itself.
* DifferentForGirls
* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long'' story, but the short version is LovePotion. Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," [[spoiler: her memories of Terry are erased.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What the gender-bent customers end up like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age. In some stories, he is young enough to have a teenaged niece; in others, he's over a century old. Others still have him as old as time itself.
* DifferentForGirls
* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times.
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** Anya from Bikini Beach, too. To the point that she had her own three-part story in "The Temptation of Anya".
* BreastExpansion:''Spells The comic ''[[https://www.imagefap.com/photo/1423913544/?pgid=&gid=1903498&page=0&idx=0#0 Spells R Us: Dream Girl'' Girl]]'' (NSFW, obviously) has the shop visited by an overweight girl visiting the shop looking for something to help her land her a date with the school's school quarterback. The owner Old Man gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]], she finds out the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is not ''not'' [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with huge busts...
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According to the 'verse's creator, [=ElrodW=], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" her character.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long''story, but the story (the short version of which is LovePotion. a LovePotion gone wrong). Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," [[spoiler: her memories of Terry are erased.]]
erased]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Oh, ''yes''.
* {{Crossover}}: In addition to crossing over many times with Bikini Beach, the Wizard plays cards with the {{Trickster}} goddess Miss Chiff and Molly the Fairy Godmother (both created by fellow TG story author Morpheus) in [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=338774269133205279 "The Wager"]]. The story also features an unnamed transformation goddess (referred to as the "Butterfly Goddess") who appears in Morpheus's story [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=32863304201300118947 "Finders Keepers"]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help you with yourproblem after problems that resulted from selling you the damn thing an item (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, though); others, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes (and then alters their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
trouble).
** What the gender-bent customers end uplike as pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
personal preferences]].
** The Old Man's age. In some stories, he is young enough to have ateenaged teenage niece; in others, he's over a century old. Others still have him as old as time itself.
*DifferentForGirls
DifferentForGirls: Invoked with many male-to-female transformees.
* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times. (The Grandmother from Bikini Beach even identifies him as such.)
* BreastExpansion:
* BuxomIsBetter: Based on the number of [[GenderBender gender-bent]] men who wind up with huge busts...
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Grandmother is noticeably harsher and more vindictive in the earliest Bikini Beach stories. (According to the 'verse's creator, [=ElrodW=], Grandmother's lingering hurt from being treated ''terribly'' by men in the past causes her to be more vindictive. Anya was even brought in to help "soften" her character.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long''
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Oh, ''yes''.
* {{Crossover}}: In addition to crossing over many times with Bikini Beach, the Wizard plays cards with the {{Trickster}} goddess Miss Chiff and Molly the Fairy Godmother (both created by fellow TG story author Morpheus) in [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=338774269133205279 "The Wager"]]. The story also features an unnamed transformation goddess (referred to as the "Butterfly Goddess") who appears in Morpheus's story [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=32863304201300118947 "Finders Keepers"]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help you with your
** What the gender-bent customers end up
** The Old Man's age. In some stories, he is young enough to have a
*
* DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times. (The Grandmother from Bikini Beach even identifies him as such.)
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** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course this piss-poor decision lead to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, created a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide, with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea.]]
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** The Old Woman does ''not'' take kindly to people (especially men) who [[YourCheatingHeart cheat on]] or [[DomesticAbuse abuse]] their partners.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl.Clearly Clearly, we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course course, this piss-poor decision lead leads to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, created creating a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide, double-SuperpoweredEvilSide -- with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea.]]idea]].
** A geek hit on a sorority girl.
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** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them ''exactly'' as stated.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}. In many cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just doesn't.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}. In many cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just doesn't.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.
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** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them ''exactly'' as stated.
''to the letter'' -- or else.
*FateWorseThanDeath
FateWorseThanDeath: Some customers suffer this fate.
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way.{{Invoked}}. In {{Invoked}}, in many cases, cases: the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back; he just doesn't.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.doesn't ''care'' to.
*
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have Wizard as this, in which a customer falls into his trap, only for the trap to save a loved one's life.
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend (who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend).
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sometimes the change will also involve the victims or victim's associates' memories of their former life being erased, or the changes becoming retroactive as though they were always that way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story. (And become less of a jerk, too.)
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend (who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend).
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sometimes the change will also involve the victims or victim's associates' memories of their former life being erased, or the changes becoming retroactive as though they were always that way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story. (And become less of a jerk, too.)
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have Wizard as this, in which a customer seemingly falls into his trap, only for the said trap to save a loved one's life.
life (or prevent another disaster from occurring).
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot device involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend (who may be either a straight man or a lesbiangirlfriend).
girlfriend).
* KarmicTransformation: Happens quite frequently, particularly to the male customers in the Bikini Beach stories. Lecherous men will find themselves subjected to the MaleGaze and harassment once they leave the park, men who [[BuxomIsBetter prefer giant breasts]] will wind up with [[GagBoobs a pair]] of their own, etc. It's openly stated that Grandmother can see into the minds of her customers -- and will make sure they receive a female form that's in keeping with their character by customizing or "tweaking" their transformation. She can also make it permanent, if need be.
** In the Bikini Beach story "The Skinheads", a trio of racist male skinheads are permanently transformed into non-white women.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sometimes the change will also involve thevictims victim(s) or victim's associates' memories of their former life being erased, erased or altered, or the changes becoming retroactive as though (as if they were always that way.
way).
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story.(And ([[TookALevelInKindness And become less of a jerk, too.)]])
** The Old Woman can sense what's in the minds of her male customers, and will give them ''exactly'' what they deserve.
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot device involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend (who may be either a straight man or a lesbian
* KarmicTransformation: Happens quite frequently, particularly to the male customers in the Bikini Beach stories. Lecherous men will find themselves subjected to the MaleGaze and harassment once they leave the park, men who [[BuxomIsBetter prefer giant breasts]] will wind up with [[GagBoobs a pair]] of their own, etc. It's openly stated that Grandmother can see into the minds of her customers -- and will make sure they receive a female form that's in keeping with their character by customizing or "tweaking" their transformation. She can also make it permanent, if need be.
** In the Bikini Beach story "The Skinheads", a trio of racist male skinheads are permanently transformed into non-white women.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sometimes the change will also involve the
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story.
** The Old Woman can sense what's in the minds of her male customers, and will give them ''exactly'' what they deserve.
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** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother, even by her non-related employees).
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** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The Old Woman" or "Grandmother, "Grandmother", even by her non-related employees).
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* SecondLawOfGenderBending: On those occasions where a costumer doesn't have their memories outright rewritten, they'll end up enjoying their new gender more than their old one.
* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well, Jessica Rabbit.
* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well, Jessica Rabbit.
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* SecondLawOfGenderBending: On those occasions where a costumer doesn't have their memories outright rewritten, they'll often end up enjoying their new gender more than their old one.
* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" which features the protagonistafter (after watching the movie movie) turning into...well, [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit.Rabbit]].
* ShoutOut: The story "Jessica" which features the protagonist
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the shop; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an object anyway. Said object ends up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life. The Wizard watches the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s.
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local mall and finds the shop; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an object anyway. Said object ends up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life. The story will typically end with the Wizard watches watching the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical{{Valley Girl}}s.[[ValleyGirl valley girls]]; in the Bikini Beach stories, Grandmother's magic gives the new bodies of the transformees "training wheels" (i.e. naturally grants them with knowledge of how to
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, but they screw things up anyway.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, better -- but they screw end up screwing things up anyway.
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The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[FetishFuel some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
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The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[FetishFuel [[{{fetish}} some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever
the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever
Whatever the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask, though). Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
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* [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets A telemarketer]] [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/SRU/SRU-Message.txt learned his lesson]].
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* [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets AcceptableProfessionalTargets: A telemarketer]] telemarketer [[http://fictionmania.tv/stories/SRU/SRU-Message.txt learned his lesson]].
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* ExactWords: If the customer is a {{Jerkass}}, the Old Man will give you what you want in the most ''literal'' sense possible.
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* ExactWords: If the customer is a {{Jerkass}}, the Old Man will give you them what you they want in the most ''literal'' sense possible.
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* IronicHell
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* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend.
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* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend who (who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend.girlfriend).
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** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The
Old Woman" or "Grandmother, even by her non-related employees).
Old Woman" or "Grandmother, even by her non-related employees).
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** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as "The
"The Old Woman" or "Grandmother, even by her non-related employees).
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local
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* StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their locallocal mall and finds the shop; after mistaking the Wizard for a "crazy old man in a bathrobe", they buy an object anyway. Said object ends up transforming the customer and/or the people around them; the transformation isn't what the customer expected, and ends up permanently altering their life. The Wizard watches the denouement through his crystal ball, chuckling to himself (while commenting on the outcome).
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The series began when two college students, Chris and Terry, needed to get girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.
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The series began when begins with two college students, Chris and Terry, needed who need to get find girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.
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Now anyone in the house after 7 will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.
However,many fans now write their own stories. Theses stories focus less on the events with Terry and Chris and more with the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of The Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{canon}} while ignoring Bill Hart's saga, this unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only genderbending water park somewhere in the US owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of the Old Man.
However,many fans now write their own stories. Theses stories focus less on the events with Terry and Chris and more with the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of The Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{canon}} while ignoring Bill Hart's saga, this unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only genderbending water park somewhere in the US owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of the Old Man.
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A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story: "A Strangeness at The Frat House."
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A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story: story, "A Strangeness at The Frat House."
House".
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* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories; he's polite and even friendly but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
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* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories; he's stories. He's polite and even friendly friendly, but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
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* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a magical fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant situations.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name `Grandmother'.
* AttractiveBentGender: No one in these stories ends up looking like anything less than either a supermodel or worse'
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until the end at least.]]
* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get "exactly" what they want.
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant situations.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name `Grandmother'.
* AttractiveBentGender: No one in these stories ends up looking like anything less than either a supermodel or worse'
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until the end at least.]]
* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get "exactly" what they want.
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* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a magical fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later
later. Also, always read and follow instructions.
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasantsituations.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptationsituations. Several of Anya]]]].
them have been turned into sentient objects.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name`Grandmother'.
"Grandmother".
* AttractiveBentGender:No one Most customers in these the stories ends end up looking like anything less than either a supermodel or worse'
supermodel.
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until theend end, at least.]]
* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get"exactly" ''exactly'' what they want.
* AndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter -- hence the name
* AttractiveBentGender:
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until the
* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get
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* BreastExpansion: ''Spells R Us: Dream Girl'' has the shop visited by an overweight girl looking for something to land her the school's quarterback. The owner gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]] she finds out the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is not [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
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* BreastExpansion: ''Spells R Us: Dream Girl'' has the shop visited by an overweight girl looking for something to land her the school's quarterback. The owner gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]] Unfortunately]], she finds out the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is not [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What the girls are like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
** What the girls are like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Whatever
the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if youask ask, though). Sometimes Sometimes, he's a {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What thegirls are gender-bent customers end up like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man'sage, in age. In some stories stories, he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, niece; in some others he others, he's over a century old and some others old. Others still have him as old as time itself.
the Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you
** What the
** The Old Man's
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** Never, ever try to steal from the Old Man.
** Never, ever try to steal from the Old Man.
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**DirtyOldMan: The Wizard is hinted to be one, at times.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Never,ever ''ever'' try to steal from the Old Man.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Never,
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* ExactWords:
** If the customer or the old man is a {{jerkass}} at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.
** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them exactly as stated.
** If the customer or the old man is a {{jerkass}} at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.
** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them exactly as stated.
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* ExactWords:
**ExactWords: If the customer or the old man is a {{jerkass}} at {{Jerkass}}, the time he Old Man will give you what you want in the most literal ''literal'' sense possible.
** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow themexactly ''exactly'' as stated.
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** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}, in the the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back. He just doesn't.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}, in the {{Invoked}}. In many cases, the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back. He back; he just doesn't.
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* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday : A victim will sometimes find TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: An unhappy customer who tries to find the store again and sometimes notwill often find that it has vanished completely. Though [[DependingOnTheWriter not always]].
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* NoNameGiven: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as 'the old woman' or 'Grandmother'.
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]].
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]].
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*LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* NoNameGiven: TheWizard, Wizard (though [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]]).
** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as'the old woman' "The
Old Woman" or'Grandmother'.
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]]."Grandmother, even by her non-related employees).
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** The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as
Old Woman" or
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]].
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* StrictlyFormula
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. Usually, this results in guys becoming stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front of Crissy.
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many {{Gender Bender}}s.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. Usually, this results in guys becoming stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front of Crissy.
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many {{Gender Bender}}s.
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* StrictlyFormula
StrictlyFormula: Most Spells R Us stories follow the same premise: an unsuspecting person (usually male) is shopping at their local
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody.Usually, In the case of Spells R' Us, this usually results in guys becoming stereotypical {{Valley Girl}}s.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front ofCrissy.
Crissy...
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many Spells R'Us {{Gender Bender}}s.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front of
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many Spells R'Us {{Gender Bender}}s.
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* AnAesop: If there is one, it's that a magical fix to your problems can end up biting you in the backside later
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* BeCareFulWhatYouWishFor: To those unfortunate souls who don't follow the instuctions, they get "exactly" what they want.
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* GenreSavvy: Whenever someone declares, "If you ever see Spells `R' Us, run, do not walk, run away."
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: When the stories are in a highs school setting, this trope comes into play, rather than AllGuysWantSororityWomen.
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather LukeIMightBeYourFather: Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]: Grandfather: It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
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* BreastExpansionBreastExpansion: ''Spells R Us: Dream Girl'' has the shop visited by an overweight girl looking for something to land her the school's quarterback. The owner gives her a potion that will turn her into the young man's perfect woman. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Unfortunately]] she finds out the boy's [[MyGirlIsASlut perfect woman]] is not [[BrainlessBeauty one]] [[AnythingThatMoves she]] [[GagBoobs want's]] [[AllWomenAreLustful to]] [[DumbBlonde be]].
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[JerkAss Jerkass]] who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[JerkAss Jerkass]] {{Jerkass}} who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]: Suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[link The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Witch, as well as her granddaughter.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the Witch, as well as her granddaughter.
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]: Suggested It's suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories, stories that the SRU Wizard is Anya's grandfather, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[link [[http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/50194/bikini-beach-temptation-anya-part-1 The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to theWitch, Grandmother, as well as her granddaughter.granddaughter -- hence the name `Grandmother'.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Danni. Anya is this to the
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* ExactWords : If the customer or the old man is a jerkass at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.
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* ExactWords : ExactWords:
** If the customer or the old man is ajerkass {{jerkass}} at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.possible.
** If the object sold to the customer has instructions, the customer had better follow them exactly as stated.
** If the customer or the old man is a
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Dannie. Anya is this to the Witch.
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* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]
Grandfather]]: Suggested throughout the Bikini Beach stories, and [[spoiler:confirmed in [[link The Temptation of Anya]]]].
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introducedDannie. Danni. Anya is this to the Witch.Witch, as well as her granddaughter.
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced
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* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Dannie-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]
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* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Dannie-Chris-[[spoiler: Danni-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Never, never try to steal from the Old Man.
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** Never,never ever try to steal from the Old Man.
** Never,
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* RobeAndWizardHat- The Old Man. Although, it's only the robe. And it's described as "a bath robe."
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* RobeAndWizardHat- RobeAndWizardHat: The Old Man. Although, Sometimes it's only the robe. And it's described robe; other times, the wizard hat is included. The robe is nothing impressive; he's often referred to as "a bath robe."an "old man in a bathrobe".
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* GenreSavvy: Whenever someone declares, "If you ever see Spells `R' Us, run, do not walk, run away."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A few stories have Wizard as this, in which a customer falls into his trap, only for the trap to save a loved one's life.
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* NoNameGiven: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as 'the old woman' or 'Grandma'.
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* NoNameGiven: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as 'the old woman' or 'Grandma'.'Grandmother'.
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* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. Usually, this results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]].
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* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: On changing gender, most people end up taking on that gender's societally expected mannerisms, usually because TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody. Usually, this results in guys becoming stereotypical [[ValleyGirl valley girls]].{{Valley Girl}}s.
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* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many [[GenderBender Gender Benders.]]
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* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many [[GenderBender Gender Benders.]]{{Gender Bender}}s.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sometimes the change will also involve the victims or victim's associates memories of their former life being erased, or the changes becoming retroactive as though they were always that way.
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* SecondLawOfGenderBending: On those occasions where a costumer their memories outright rewritten, they'll end up enjoying their new gender more than their old one.
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* SecondLawOfGenderBending: On those occasions where a costumer doesn't have their memories outright rewritten, they'll end up enjoying their new gender more than their old one.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders
AllGuysWantCheerleaders: When the stories are in a highs school setting, this trope comes into play, rather than AllGuysWantSororityWomen.
*AndIMustScreamAndIMustScream: The more... [[AssholeVictim morally dubious]] costumers can find themselves in truly unpleasant situations.
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* FirstLawOfGenderBendingFirstLawOfGenderBending: The transformations are almost always male to female, and always one-way. {{Invoked}}, in the the Wizard ''could'' change his costumers back. He just doesn't.
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* GenderBenderGenderBender: The central plot point of most stories.
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* SharedUniverse: With the Bikini Beach stories by [=ElrodW=]
* SecondLawOfGenderBending
* ShoutOut: The story 'Jessica' which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well Jessica Rabbit.
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* ShoutOut: The story 'Jessica' which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well Jessica Rabbit.
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* SharedUniverse: With the Bikini Beach stories by [=ElrodW=]
[=ElrodW=].
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SecondLawOfGenderBending: On those occasions where a costumer their memories outright rewritten, they'll end up enjoying their new gender more than their old one.
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''Spells R Us'' is a SharedUniverse WebOriginal created by Bill Hart in the 1990s. ''Spells R Us'' has a pretty decent fan base and many stories have been created, not just from Bill Hart.
The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[FetishFuel some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
Take from that what you will.
The series began when two college students, Chris and Terry, needed to get girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.
So, of course, they mess up the spell.
Now anyone in the house after 7 will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.
However,many fans now write their own stories. Theses stories focus less on the events with Terry and Chris and more with the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of The Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{canon}} while ignoring Bill Hart's saga, this unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only genderbending water park somewhere in the US owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of the Old Man.
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 fictionmania.]]
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story: "A Strangeness at The Frat House."
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories; he's polite and even friendly but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Invoked often.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders
* AndIMustScream
* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Dannie. Anya is this to the Witch.
* AttractiveBentGender: No one in these stories ends up looking like anything less than either a supermodel or worse'
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until the end at least.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Dannie, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
* BreastExpansion
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long'' story, but the short version is LovePotion. Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," [[spoiler: her memories of Terry are erased.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[JerkAss Jerkass]] who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What the girls are like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
* DifferentForGirls
* DisproportionateRetribution: Never, never try to steal from the Old Man.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course this piss-poor decision lead to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, created a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide, with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: The Witch to the Wizard, Anqualicara in the early stories.
* ExactWords : If the customer or the old man is a jerkass at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* FirstLawOfGenderBending
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.
* GenderBender
* IronicHell
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia : Sometimes the change will also involve the victims or victim's associates memories of their former life being erased, or the changes becoming retroactive as though they were always that way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story. (And become less of a jerk, too.)
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday : A victim will sometimes find find the store again and sometimes not
* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Dannie-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]
* NoNameGiven: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as 'the old woman' or 'Grandma'.
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]].
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of [[MonsterOfTheWeek each story's product]] will start up this trope. Which will lead to the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
* RobeAndWizardHat- The Old Man. Although, it's only the robe. And it's described as "a bath robe."
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties. Some stories have both.
* SharedUniverse: With the Bikini Beach stories by [=ElrodW=]
* SecondLawOfGenderBending
* ShoutOut: The story 'Jessica' which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well Jessica Rabbit.
* SorcerersApprenticePlot
* StrictlyFormula
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front of Crissy.
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many Gender Benders.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, but they screw things up anyway.
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The series revolves around TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless [[RobeAndWizardHat Robe and Hat Wizard]] known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a GenderBender, {{Animorphism}}, [[OvernightAgeUp age progression]], [[FountainOfYouth age regression]], or [[FetishFuel some other sort of transformation]]. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.
Take from that what you will.
The series began when two college students, Chris and Terry, needed to get girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.
So, of course, they mess up the spell.
Now anyone in the house after 7 will turn into [[GenderBender the opposite sex]]. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.
However,many fans now write their own stories. Theses stories focus less on the events with Terry and Chris and more with the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of The Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of {{canon}} while ignoring Bill Hart's saga, this unofficial canon led to many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical women-only genderbending water park somewhere in the US owned by an old gipsy witch (known most commonly as "Grandmother"), who is a good friend of the Old Man.
Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at [[http://fictionmania.tv/searchdisplay/storycatdisplay.html?word=1025 fictionmania.]]
A small collection can be found at [[http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/sru/ this angelfire page]] and [[http://tsa.transform.to/worlds/sru/index.html this archive of TF stories.]] All three contain Bill Hart's first story: "A Strangeness at The Frat House."
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AffablyEvil: The Old Man in several stories; he's polite and even friendly but will still think nothing of screwing people over for his own amusement.
* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Invoked often.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders
* AndIMustScream
* [[LukeIMightBeYourFather Anya, I Might be your Grandfather]]
* TheApprentice: Many early stories attempted to give the Old Man an apprentice/assistant without much success, until "Possibilities" introduced Dannie. Anya is this to the Witch.
* AttractiveBentGender: No one in these stories ends up looking like anything less than either a supermodel or worse'
** Averted in "Strangeness At The Sorority House." [[spoiler: Until the end at least.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Dannie, the snarky Wizard's apprentice.
* BreastExpansion
* ClingyJealousGirl: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why are a ''long'' story, but the short version is LovePotion. Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," [[spoiler: her memories of Terry are erased.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[JerkAss Jerkass]] who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** What the girls are like pretty much depends on [[AuthorAppeal what the author's into]].
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
* DifferentForGirls
* DisproportionateRetribution: Never, never try to steal from the Old Man.
** A geek hit on a sorority girl. Clearly we must use dark magic to kick his ass! Of course this piss-poor decision lead to Arnold being combined with a girl named Angie, created a double-SuperpoweredEvilSide, with SanitySlippage to boot. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This may have been a bad idea.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: The Witch to the Wizard, Anqualicara in the early stories.
* ExactWords : If the customer or the old man is a jerkass at the time he will give you what you want in the most literal sense possible.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* FirstLawOfGenderBending
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever the Old Man warns a customer.
* GenderBender
* IronicHell
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A common plot involves a man becoming a girl and hooking up with his former best friend who may be either a straight man or a lesbian girlfriend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia : Sometimes the change will also involve the victims or victim's associates memories of their former life being erased, or the changes becoming retroactive as though they were always that way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: If you're a jerk, then chances are you will lose your Y chromosome by the end of the story. (And become less of a jerk, too.)
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday : A victim will sometimes find find the store again and sometimes not
* LoveTriangle: After Terry [[spoiler: is forced to be Terri for 9 months (hint, hint)]], and Chris has to be her boyfriend during that time, the triangle becomes Dannie-Chris-[[spoiler: Terri.]]
* NoNameGiven: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Old Woman (referred to usually as 'the old woman' or 'Grandma'.
** [[spoiler: some early stories name him Anselm]].
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Certain "effects" of [[MonsterOfTheWeek each story's product]] will start up this trope. Which will lead to the [[FirstLawOfGenderBending First]], [[SecondLawOfGenderBending Second]], and ThirdLawOfGenderBending.
* RobeAndWizardHat- The Old Man. Although, it's only the robe. And it's described as "a bath robe."
* ShapeShifting: Of both the voluntary and involuntary varieties. Some stories have both.
* SharedUniverse: With the Bikini Beach stories by [=ElrodW=]
* SecondLawOfGenderBending
* ShoutOut: The story 'Jessica' which features the protagonist after watching the movie turning into...well Jessica Rabbit.
* SorcerersApprenticePlot
* StrictlyFormula
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[CursedWithAwesome "curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a LovePotion in front of Crissy.
* ValleyGirl: A common result of the many Gender Benders.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, but they screw things up anyway.
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