History Series / JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell

* FairyGodmother: The gentleman's interactions with Stephen Black can be considered a very dark deconstruction. Having an incredibly powerful being, with a set of customs and morality far removed from humanity's, intent on being your friend and champion is described as a hellish life.

* PossessionImpliesMastery: Subverted. Strange only has access to books ''about'' magic while Norrell owns all the books ''of'' magic, yet Strange proves himself to be Norrell's equal (if not his superior) in magical power. Also, both men are portrayed as having an inflated perception of their magical prowess which is minimal compared to earlier English magicians.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Jonathan Strange, John Segundus, John Childermass, John Uskglass, plus other Johns as minor characters.

[[caption-width-right:300:Two magicians shall appear in England.]]

* FairyGodmother: The gentleman's interactions with Stephen Black can be considered a very dark deconstruction. Having an incredibly powerful being, with a set of customs and morality far removed from humanity's, intent on being * FalseFriend: The gentleman's relationship toward Stephen Black, ruining his life and encouraging his resentment of Englishmen. Drawlight and Lascelles similarly drive away any possible influences on Norrell other than themselves, to his detriment.
your friend and champion is described as a hellish life.

* FairyGodmother: The gentleman's interactions with Stephen Black can be considered a very dark deconstruction. Having an incredibly powerful being, with a set of customs and morality far removed from humanity's, intent on being your friend and champion is described as a hellish life.

** Segundus and Honeyfoot are also ThoseTwoGuys foils to Drawlight and Lascelles, the former being decent, kind-hearted and genuinely supportive believers in magic to the latter's cynical, manipulative {{Poisonous Friend}}s merely leeching off magicians to improve their own social standing.

* PoisonousFriend: The gentleman's relationship toward Stephen Black, ruining his life and encouraging his resentment of Englishmen. Drawlight and Lascelles similarly drive away any possible influences on Norrell other than themselves, to his detriment.

* IllGirl: Lady Pole starts out as this, and things go FromBadToWorse from there.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The fops Drawlight and Lascelles.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: The Raven King, and many of his fairy warriors. Jonathan Strange, who in the series has dark hair, unlike his book counterpart who had reddish hair, especially after [[spoiler: Arabella's supposed death]], when he starts wearing long black robes. Childermass is also tall and dark but [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarky]] rather than good-looking. All of them get bonus points for having long hair and wearing [[BadassLongcoat long black coats]].

* SquishyWizard: Possibly {{defied|Trope}} by Vinculus: he boasts vaguely of being "very hard to kill". [[spoiler: He is killed, apparently with no unusual effort, but is brought back to life.]] Possibly somewhat defied by [[spoiler: Childermass]], who braves danger and goes through physical violence and pain with stoicism.

* SquishyWizard: Possibly {{defied|Trope}} by Vinculus: he boasts vaguely of being "very hard to kill". [[spoiler: He is killed, apparently with no unusual effort, but is brought back to life.]] Also by [[spoiler: Childermass]], who braves danger and goes through physical violence and pain with stoicism.

* WhamLine: In the mini-series: '' "Someone is doing magic here." '' With that line, and with what follows, Childermass reveals that not only can he sense magic, but perform it as well, much to Drawlight and Lascelles' bewilderment.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: The Raven King, and many of his fairy warriors. Jonathan Strange, who in the series has dark hair, unlike his book counterpart who had reddish hair, especially after [[spoiler: Arabella's supposed death]]. Childermass is also tall and dark but [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarky]] rather than good-looking. All of them get bonus points for having long hair and wearing [[BadassLongcoat long black coats]].

* TallDarkAndHandsome: The Raven King, and many of his fairy warriors. Childermass is also tall and dark but [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarky]] rather than good-looking. All of them get bonus points for having long hair and wearing [[BadassLongcoat long black coats]].

* SquishyWizard: Possibly {{defied|Trope}} by Vinculus: he boasts vaguely of being "very hard to kill". [[spoiler: He is killed, apparently with no unusual effort, but is brought back to life.]] Also by Childermass, who goes through physical violence, danger and pain with stoicism.