History Series / Charmed1998

** Phoebe

* AbductionIsLove: in 'Give Me A Sign' Prue is kidnapped and chained up by the former gangster/male model she helped capture in 'Ms Hellfire'. When he releases her she immediately jumps on and seduces him. When Piper and Phoebe arrive to "rescue" her they approve of her actions and help her recover her underwear.

* KinkyRole-Playing: in 'Sin Francisco' a demon is cursing people with the 7 deadly sins. A cop possessed by the sin of "Rage" appears at the manor and manhandles Phoebe. However she has been possessed by the sin of "lust" and enthusiastically inquires "Are we role playing? Did you bring your handcuffs?".

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''Charmed'' can be divided into two sets of seasons. Seasons 1-3 are the 'Prue Years' featuring Creator/ShannenDoherty as the eldest Halliwell sister Prue. Doherty left the show after that season and Creator/RoseMcGowan was cast as sister Paige for seasons 4-8. The other two sisters were played by FormerChildStar Creator/AlyssaMilano (who helped carve out a successful career as an adult actress thanks to ''Charmed'') and ''Series/PicketFences'' actress Creator/HollyMarieCombs. Other cast members included a pre-''Series/NipTuck'' [[Creator/JulianMcMahon Julian [=McMahon=]]] and a pre-''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Creator/KaleyCuoco.

''Charmed'' is a show that ran from 1998-2006, wherein three UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco-based [[{{Action Girl}} girl-power]] witch sisters vanquish demons through the triple powers of CGI, rhymes, and lots of cleavage, whilst dealing with personal relationship drama. The show was created by Constance M. Burge, inspired by the cult 90s film ''Film/TheCraft''. Having trouble getting networks to pick up the witchcraft concept, she made the characters sisters and the show was greenlit.

A pretty successful show, ''Charmed'' ran for eight seasons and for a while was the longest running network TV show with female leads - until ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' caught up to it. The show is also known for its quite surprising tonal shifts between seasons - compare Season 2's slow-paced SliceOfLife plots to Season 3's action-packed arc-based story telling - the sisters' clothing getting HotterAndSexier with each year and quite a few continuity issues - just how many times was Penny Halliwell married anyway?[[note]]The final answer seems to be four, but one episode said six, and it later got clarified to four marriages and six engagements.[[/note]]

As with anything 90s and successful, talks of a reboot existed since 2013 until finally a new ''[[Series/Charmed2018 Charmed]]'' series began airing in 2018.

** In the first season, the three fought an evil trio of warlock brothers who were even called "The Evil Charmed Ones". One of them wanted to be a priest, because doing so would remove his warlock half.

** They fought an evil trio of warlock brothers who were even called "The Evil Charmed Ones". One of them wanted to be a priest, because doing so would remove his warlock half.

*** Particularly egregious is in the beginning of "Centennial Charmed". On the eve of Cole's 118th birthday, he entered his penthouse, sadly looking into a mirror and telling himself happy birthday because there's no one else that's gonna tell it to him. Only to be paid a visit by ''Paige'' sneaking into his home from behind while invisible, jumping into his body, and trying to kill him. That scream of agony after he booted her out of his house did not come from nowhere. To make things worse, she ''practiced this on '''Leo''' first!'' And despite Leo reconstituting after being blown up and outright telling her it's not gonna work on Cole, ''she insisted she was right and did it anyway!'' Isn't Cole supposed to be the cartoon villain here?

*** When Charmed Ones were put on trial for revealing the existence of magic to the world, prosecuting Barbas brought up those two criminals and argued that it was Phoebe's fault for [[DrivenToVillainy driving Cole to this]]. StrawmanHasAPoint, indeed.

* BellyButtonless: The episode "Size Matters" features a character named Finn who doesn't have a belly button because he was sculpted from clay.

* SceneryPorn: Every episode shows several flyover shots of San Francisco right after the opening credits. They're rather fond of showing the fog/clouds rolling around the Golden Gate Bridge.

* SweaterGirl: The girls of like wearing sweaters. In one episode, Phoebe wore a white sweater with [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed sleeves]].

* PowerWalk: In "Valhalley of the Dolls", the season six premiere, where the sisters get turned into {{Valkyries}}.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Concerning Phoebe.
-->'''Paige:''' I can understand wanting to take a break from guys, but c'mon already, she's gonna wear out the batteries.
** "Do you think Prue will have sex with someone other than herself this year?"

* NotEvenHuman: It appears rather often, and in one case the whole episode ("Mr. and Mrs. Witch") plays itself out without the Charmed Sisters ever becoming aware of it. The MonsterOfTheWeek is in fact a demon, but he appears to be a human CorruptCorporateExecutive. The demon is quite aware that the Charmed Ones won't kill him as long as they think he's human, and in fact the Charmed Ones never do find out. The demon is still vanquished by his superiors for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to accomplish their evil plan]]; and in fact, the Charmed Sisters read about this evil executive's "suicide" in the newspaper, without ever being the wiser that this was a demon who they could have dealt with by vanquishing him.

** Several episodes have also had their licensed music replaced with either [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Suspiciously Similar Songs]] or generic instrumentals. The captions for these episodes sometimes display the lyrics to the original song and not the replacement.

** Several episodes have also had their licensed music replaced with either SuspiciouslySimilarSongs or generic instrumentals. The captions for these episodes sometimes display the lyrics to the original song and not the replacement.

* ThePowerOfLove: The greatest of all powers. Greater even than [[RuleOfThree The Power of Three]].

* YourWorstNightmare:
** "[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]" featured a serial killer who developed a way to enter the dreams of women who rejected him. [[YourMindMakesItReal Killing them there meant they died in real life.]]
** "[[Recap/CharmedS5E14SandFranciscoDreamin Sand Francisco Dreamin']]" pits the PowerTrio protagonists against their worst nightmares come to life after the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Demon Of The Week]] gets his hands on some Sandman sand.

* MoralityChain: Many characters have explicitly stated that Phoebe plays this role in making sure that Cole remains good. In fact, Cole's well-known tendency for being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor is pretty much a function of his relationship with Phoebe -- that is, Phoebe and Cole are constantly breaking up and reestablishing their relationship, and every time this happens, it has a major effect on Cole's status as evil or good. Although Phoebe is very much aware of her power to be Cole's MoralityChain, [[WhatAnIdiot she usually seems to be merely yanking his chain based on her own emotions, rather than consistently using her influence to make sure Cole becomes and remains a redeemed demon]].

* BareYourMidriff: Phoebe's belly button deserved its own billing in the credits. The other sisters weren't so shy about it either.

* RapidAging: Javna's victims suffer accelerated aging. Dan was a victim of this in the season two finale thanks to a JerkassGenie.