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* In the shared-universe ''Literature/ThievesWorld'', the ethnic group called the S'danzo are based on Gypsies. Many S'danzo women manifest genuine fortunetelling powers. It's implied in the novel ''Shadowspawn'' that these powers are divinely given, and those S'danzo who have the powers feel compelled to use them.
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* ''Series/{{Janus}}''. Deconstructed in a court case where a Romani woman is being prosecuted for fraud, and her magic powers are just a con game she runs on superstitious victims.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': The Vistani are very much based on the portrayal of Romani in Gothic Horror novels (and the Universal and Hammer horror films they inspired). They're mysterious and alien to most citizens of The Land of Mists, and are able to traverse the famously-unnavigable realm with relative ease. Some of them are just ordinary nomadic folk making their way in the world. . . but some work for the various evil beings of the land, up to and including some Darklords. They're famed in-universe for the skill and accuracy of their {{Seers}}[[note]]Divination magic is largely neutered by the planar metaphysics of the setting; Vistani seers are the exception[[note]], they have a race-wide affinity for calling down curses, and all Vistani possess an ability called the "Evil Eye", which allows them to inflict a CharmPerson effect (in two different levels of strength), supernatural fear, or potentially deadly paralysis with a look. The downside is that [[WanderingJew they must perpetually stay on the move or lose their powers]], and they suffer [[{{Lunacy}} bouts of insanity on the nights of the full moon]].
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': The Vistani are very much based on the portrayal of Romani in Gothic Horror novels (and the Universal and Hammer horror films they inspired). They're mysterious and alien to most citizens of The Land of Mists, and are able to traverse the famously-unnavigable realm with relative ease. Some of them are just ordinary nomadic folk making their way in the world. . . but some work for the various evil beings of the land, up to and including some Darklords. They're famed in-universe for the skill and accuracy of their {{Seers}}[[note]]Divination magic is largely neutered by the planar metaphysics of the setting; Vistani seers are the exception[[note]], exception[[/note]], they have a race-wide affinity for calling down curses, and all Vistani possess an ability called the "Evil Eye", which allows them to inflict a CharmPerson effect (in two different levels of strength), supernatural fear, or potentially deadly paralysis with a look. The downside is that [[WanderingJew they must perpetually stay on the move or lose their powers]], and they suffer [[{{Lunacy}} bouts of insanity on the nights of the full moon]].moon]].
** Recent releases of Ravenloft material have actively tried to distance the Vistani from some of the more offensive Romani stereotypes while showcasing more Vistani in an actively heroic role.
** Recent releases of Ravenloft material have actively tried to distance the Vistani from some of the more offensive Romani stereotypes while showcasing more Vistani in an actively heroic role.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': The Vistani are very much based on the portrayal of Romani in Gothic Horror novels (and the Universal and Hammer horror films they inspired). They're mysterious and alien to most citizens of The Land of Mists, and are able to traverse the famously-unnavigable realm with relative ease. Some of them are just ordinary nomadic folk making their way in the world. . . but some work for the various evil beings of the land, up to and including some Darklords.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': The Vistani are very much based on the portrayal of Romani in Gothic Horror novels (and the Universal and Hammer horror films they inspired). They're mysterious and alien to most citizens of The Land of Mists, and are able to traverse the famously-unnavigable realm with relative ease. Some of them are just ordinary nomadic folk making their way in the world. . . but some work for the various evil beings of the land, up to and including some Darklords. They're famed in-universe for the skill and accuracy of their {{Seers}}[[note]]Divination magic is largely neutered by the planar metaphysics of the setting; Vistani seers are the exception[[note]], they have a race-wide affinity for calling down curses, and all Vistani possess an ability called the "Evil Eye", which allows them to inflict a CharmPerson effect (in two different levels of strength), supernatural fear, or potentially deadly paralysis with a look. The downside is that [[WanderingJew they must perpetually stay on the move or lose their powers]], and they suffer [[{{Lunacy}} bouts of insanity on the nights of the full moon]].
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* ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' of course features a fortune teller and magic-using Romani tribe. Despite it being a fairy tale universe, their magic is shown to be dark and mysterious. They imprison magical talking birds to help in their spells so, when Virginia frees them, they punish her with a GypsyCurse to get RapunzelHair that never stops growing.
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* ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' of course features a fortune teller and magic-using Romani tribe. Despite it being a fairy tale universe, their magic is shown to be dark and mysterious. They imprison magical talking birds to help in their spells so, when Virginia frees them, they punish her with a GypsyCurse to get RapunzelHair hair that never stops growing.
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* In the song "Love Potion #9", the singer, who is "a flop with chicks", goes to a "gypsy" named Madame Ruth, who mixes him a vile potion over which she makes "a magic sign". When he drinks it, he starts "kissing everything in sight"--including the beat cop.
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* In the song "Love Potion #9", the singer, who is "a flop with chicks", goes to a "gypsy" named Madame Ruth, who mixes him a vile potion over which she makes "a magic sign". When he drinks it, he starts "kissing everything in sight"--including the beat cop.
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* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}. The Aquatos are a family of traveling Romani performers with a vocal contempt for psychics. Half of them are secretly psychic themselves, including the protagonist, Razputin. [[BigScrewedUpFamily This does not make for a healthy family dynamic]]. Tensions only escalate when Razputin rejects the "Romani" part of his identity to embrace "Magical" half by running from his family circus to join the eponymous psychic spy organization.
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* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''. The Aquatos are a family of traveling Romani performers with a vocal contempt for psychics. Half of them are secretly psychic themselves, including the protagonist, Razputin. [[BigScrewedUpFamily This does not make for a healthy family dynamic]]. Tensions only escalate when Razputin rejects the "Romani" part of his identity to embrace "Magical" half by running from his family circus to join the eponymous psychic spy organization.
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* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}. The Aquatos are a family of traveling Romani performers with a vocal contempt for psychics. Half of them are secretly psychic themselves, including the protagonist, Razputin. [[BigScrewedUpFamily This does not make for a healthy family dynamic]]. Tensions only escalate when Razputin rejects the "Romani" part of his identity to embrace "Magical" half by running from his family circus to join the eponymous psychic spy organization.
-->'''Frazie:''' We had to hightail it out into the woods because you're ashamed of being an Aquato!
-->'''Razputin:''' I'll stop being ashamed of that, if you stop [[InternalizedCategorism being ashamed of being psychic]]!
-->'''Frazie:''' We had to hightail it out into the woods because you're ashamed of being an Aquato!
-->'''Razputin:''' I'll stop being ashamed of that, if you stop [[InternalizedCategorism being ashamed of being psychic]]!
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the Romanis are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', the Romanis are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, MagicalJew, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic and/or wisdom. Sister trope to RoguishRomani.
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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, MagicalJew, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic and/or wisdom. Sister trope to RoguishRomani.
RoguishRomani. See WanderingCulture.
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* A Romani woman claims to have put a curse on Inspector Brackenreid in the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "The Black Hand", although since this is the same conversation where she sarcastically calls herself "Queen of the Gypsies", she's probably just playing up to the stereotype.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the shop monster is [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2004-06-26 portrayed]] like this having the characteristics of a Romani woman and selling magical artifacts.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the shop monster is [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2004-06-26 portrayed]] like this having the characteristics of a Romani woman and selling magical artifacts.
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* ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' - a tribe of Romani are there to give convenient exposition that what's happening to Larry is that he's turning into a werewolf.
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* Subverted in ''Film/CountessDracula'', where the titular countess lures a fortune teller into her chambers. She does a Tarot reading for Elizabeth, not once guessing that she's about to become her next victim.
* ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2018'' has Thora the fortune teller, who's also telekinetic and capable of stopping time. While her being Romani is never stated, she's dressed in the traditional aesthetic.
* ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' - a tribe of Romani are there to give convenient exposition that what's happening to Larry is that he's turning into a werewolf. The tribe's matriarch, Maleva, also displays the power to temporarily turn a werewolf back into its human form.
* ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2018'' has Thora the fortune teller, who's also telekinetic and capable of stopping time. While her being Romani is never stated, she's dressed in the traditional aesthetic.
* ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' - a tribe of Romani are there to give convenient exposition that what's happening to Larry is that he's turning into a werewolf. The tribe's matriarch, Maleva, also displays the power to temporarily turn a werewolf back into its human form.
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* In Creator/StephenKing's Literature/{{Thinner}} the main character has the titular curse placed on him by a Romani woman's tribe after he escapes justice for running over and killing her.
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* ''VideoGame/WindChildBlack'' has Alexia, who belongs to the Chergari tribe, has the ability to see the past and present in her dreams, has some skill as a thief and con artist, and can oddly enough use storm magic, something unusual for not only other Chergari, but for nearly anyone else in the world, save the [[BigBad Black Knight]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', the Strigany are the nomadic descendants of the people of Strigos, an ancient human nation that was ruled by vampires. The fortune-telling Strigany mystics maintain the true history of their people, which happens to include some genuine necromantic lore.
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* In Creator/StephenKing's Literature/{{Thinner}} the main character has the titular curse placed on him by a Romani woman's tribe after he escapes justice for running over and killing her.
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* In ''Animation/TreasureOfSwampCastle'', Caffrinka, the elderly Romani woman living in the swamp, is believed to be a witch.
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* The Romani characters on ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' are generally considered (in-universe, at least) to have some degree of second sight. In the first season, for example, when the Lee family put a curse on a horse Tommy bought from them, he doesn't think twice before [[ShootTheDog shooting it]].
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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, MagicalJew, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic and/or wisdom. Sister trope to RoguishVistani.
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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, MagicalJew, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic and/or wisdom. Sister trope to RoguishVistani.
RoguishRomani.
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Related to FortuneTeller and sub-trope to EthnicMagician. Supertrope to GypsyCurse (which they may cast). Compare to MagicalNegro, MagicalAsian, MagicalJew, and MagicalNativeAmerican for other ethnic minorities associated with magic and/or wisdom.
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wisdom. Sister trope to RoguishVistani.
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** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s adoptive mother and sister, Margali and Jimaine Szardos, are powerful Romani sorceresses as well. Margali was even briefly Sorcerer Supreme.
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** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Zenna Persik is a "gypsy" woman whose family was almost entirely whiped out by the Nazis and who uses her magic to track and kill Nazis who escaped justice. She also uses it to attack superheroes for no apparent reason.
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** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Zenna Persik is a "gypsy" woman whose family was almost entirely whiped out by the Nazis and who uses her magic to track and kill Nazis who escaped justice. She also uses it to attack superheroes for no apparent reason.
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* Gets a somewhat unfortunate mention in the second episode of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', where John says in passing, "There's nothing darker than Gypsy magic." Keep in mind this man regularly deals with Hell.
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* ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' - a tribe of Romani are there to give convenient exposition that what's happening to Larry is that he's turning into a werewolf.
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* ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' of course features a fortune teller and magic-using Romani tribe. Despite it being a fairy tale universe, their magic is shown to be dark and mysterious. They imprison magical talking birds to help in their spells so, when Virginia frees them, they punish her with a GypsyCurse to get RapunzelHair that never stops growing.
* ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'' has an episode "The Eyes Have It" in which a Romani tribe is being hunted down by an enemy they defeated years ago. They're portrayed as having similar powers to the witches - of course with an emphasis on clairvoyancy. The ones with powers are referred to as Shuvanis - which is indeed a term for a wise woman in Romani culture.
* ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'' has an episode "The Eyes Have It" in which a Romani tribe is being hunted down by an enemy they defeated years ago. They're portrayed as having similar powers to the witches - of course with an emphasis on clairvoyancy. The ones with powers are referred to as Shuvanis - which is indeed a term for a wise woman in Romani culture.
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* Ariel in WWE's version of ECW was introduced as a Romani fortune teller who was then bitten by Kevin Thorn to become a vampire.
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** ComicBook/DoctorDoom, arch-nemesis of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', is the son of a folk healer father and a Gypsy witch mother. Upon perusing his slain mother's heirlooms, young Victor von Doom discovered his heritage, and fervently studied the arcane arts to the point where Doom has the esteem of Doctor Strange.
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** ComicBook/DoctorDoom, arch-nemesis of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', is the son of a folk healer father and a Gypsy Romani witch mother. Upon perusing his slain mother's heirlooms, young Victor von Doom discovered his heritage, and fervently studied the arcane arts to the point where Doom has the esteem of Doctor Strange.
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* In ''Animation/TreasureOfSwampCastle'', Caffrinka, the elderly gypsy woman living in the swamp, is believed to be a witch.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the gypsies are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the gypsies Romanis are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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* Gypsy magic features in two of the ''VideoGame/LastHalfOfDarkness'' games, and is ''very'' creepy, although also of aid to the player.
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* ''WebOriginal/CatGhost'': Elon and her mentor Malone traveled around Colonial America in a wagon, all the while practicing witch-craft. Elon's presence in Gideon, Beth, and Naarah's town brought fears of gypsy activity along with it.
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* ''WebOriginal/CatGhost'': Elon and her mentor Malone traveled around Colonial America in a wagon, all the while practicing witch-craft. Elon's presence in Gideon, Beth, and Naarah's town brought fears of gypsy Romani activity along with it.
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* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the gypsies are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', the gypsies are associated with fortune-telling. Esmeralda uses some mundane magic tricks as a part of her acts, such as using puffs of smoke to disappear. After she turns away Frollo's advances, he accuses her of seducing him with actual witchcraft and [[BurnTheWitch tries to have her burned]].
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** In ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'', ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} (the heroes' primary magic user) is of Jewish/Romani descent.
