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** In 2x03 Fortuna's Compact turned Darra into a rat.
** In 2x15 the magical cake transphormed Peter into a unicorn. Subverted in the same episode: the same cake turned Imogen into a mermaid.

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* FantasticRacism: The relationship between the races in this series is bumpy. Fairies and elves, the foremost species of magical people, have a particularly rocky history. In ancient Lemuria, the two races lived and worked together create the Orb of Lemuria, a union of their respective magicks, only for a war to break out over who would wield it, forcing cooler heads to hide the Orb as the Lemurian Empire fell. Today, fairies and elves work together to protect humanity and keep the secret of magic, though tensions remain. After acquiring the Orb, Orla seizes control of the DMI from Sean, gaining Jared's support as she an elf, is usurping Sean, a fairy. HalfHumanHybrids have their troubles; Professor Maxwell, the son of an elf and a human, recalls that his parents were not accepted in the other's world. As a human accidentally infused with elf and fairy magic, Kyra becomes an object of awe and fear as the Tri-ling. Even classmates are not above playful banter, usually started by elf siblings Imogen and Darra, though fairies Lily and Ruksy give as good as they get, however, all four support and accept Kyra, though Imogen was reluctant at first. In regards to humans, some magical people, though charged with protecting humanity, are shown to look down and shun them. Orla takes this to the extreme as she intends to use the power of the Orb to force mankind to submit under a regime of "Magical Supremacy".

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* FantasticRacism: The relationship between the races in this series is bumpy. bumpy.
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Fairies and elves, the foremost species of magical people, have a particularly rocky history. In ancient Lemuria, the two races lived and worked together create the Orb of Lemuria, a union of their respective magicks, only for a war to break out over who would wield it, forcing cooler heads to hide the Orb as the Lemurian Empire fell. Today, fairies and elves work together to protect humanity and keep the secret of magic, though tensions remain. After acquiring the Orb, Orla seizes control of the DMI from Sean, gaining Jared's support as she an elf, is usurping Sean, a fairy. fairy.
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HalfHumanHybrids have their troubles; Professor Maxwell, the son of an elf and a human, recalls that his parents were not accepted in the other's world. As a human accidentally infused with elf and fairy magic, Kyra becomes an object of awe and fear as the Tri-ling. Even classmates are not above playful banter, usually started by elf siblings Imogen and Darra, though fairies Lily and Ruksy give as good as they get, however, all four support and accept Kyra, though Imogen was reluctant at first. In regards to humans, some magical people, though charged with protecting humanity, are shown to look down and shun them. Orla takes this to the extreme as she intends to use the power of the Orb to force mankind to submit under a regime of "Magical Supremacy".
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* TheWorfEffect: The Shadowcloud, which Orla used to force Sean into submission, is quickly absorbed by the Purple Lotus.

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* BigBad: Orla Maguire, with her pursuit of the Orb of Lemuria and her Magical Supremacy agenda, is the main antagonist of season 1.
* BigGood: Sean Reegan, the director of the DMI who Professor Maxwell answers to.

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Orla Maguire, with her pursuit of the Orb of Lemuria and her Magical Supremacy agenda, is the main antagonist of season 1.
* BigGood: Sean Reegan, ** Magnus Sorensen, a vengeful Triling from the director of past, is the DMI who Professor Maxwell answers to.main antagonist of season 2.



* BigGood: Lily's father Sean is the director of the Department of Magical Intervention.

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* BigGood: Sean Reegan, Lily's father Sean father, is the director of the Department of Magical Intervention.DMI who Professor Maxwell answers to.
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* SnakesAreSinister: The guardian of the Purple Lotus is a giant cobra which threatens our heroes and even destroys Ladder.
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* DisneyDeath: Ladder is smashed to pieces by the serpent's tail but is restored using enchanted wood.
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* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Kyra's is celebrated in 2x15, "Party Time".
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Accounts for a good few magical objects, most prolificly the Ladder of the library, which moves on his own accord.
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* PointyEars: Elves, of course, are distinguished by having pointed ears. Fairies, however, do not.
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* UnevenHybrid: Tri-lings are a rare type of hybrid in the Magical World. Originally a normal human, Kyra becomes a Tri-ling after coming across the Orb of Lemuria infused with elf and fairy magic.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Profesor Maxwell is a Halfling, born to a human father and an elf mother.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: Profesor Maxwell is a Halfling, born to a human father and an elf mother. In season 2, Tayla is revealed to be only half-fairy, having been born to a human mother.



* SixthRanger: Both Peter and Darra can count depending on how you look at it. Peter assisted Kyra and her magical friends in Season 1's endgame, which leads to him being counted as a member of the new Bureau of Magical Things. However, Darra was away when the Bureau was formed, and so he only joined the team later after initially giving the idea the cold shoulder.

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* SixthRanger: Both Peter and Darra can count depending on how you look at it. Peter assisted Kyra and her magical friends in Season 1's endgame, which leads to him being counted as a member of the new Bureau of Magical Things. However, Darra was away when the Bureau was formed, and so he only joined the team later after initially giving the idea the cold shoulder. In any case, they are followed by Tayla.
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* TheOneGuy: Darra is the sole boy in Maxwell's class, alongside three then four girls. Downplayed in the later Bureau of Magical Things, which counts both Darra and Peter as members.

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* SixthRanger: Peter, Kyra's human friend who assists the students in Season 1's endgame, which leads to him being counted as a member of the new Bureau of Magical Things.

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* SixthRanger: Peter, Kyra's human friend who assists the students Both Peter and Darra can count depending on how you look at it. Peter assisted Kyra and her magical friends in Season 1's endgame, which leads to him being counted as a member of the new Bureau of Magical Things.Things. However, Darra was away when the Bureau was formed, and so he only joined the team later after initially giving the idea the cold shoulder.



* StoryArc
** Season 1 is the story of Kyra Glen adjusting to and being accepted by the Magical World; the first half has the characters figuring out what exactly caused her to gain magic while the second half deals with an antagonist who seeks to gain the source of Kyra's power for herself.
** Season 2 has the pursuit of the Three Keys to the Temple of the Purple Lotus.



* TheTeamNormal: Peter becomes this once he joins the Bureau.

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* TheTeamNormal: Peter becomes this once he joins the Bureau. In 2x04 he straight up identifies himself to Mathilda as the team's token human.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Peter is regarded as this for his belief in the multiverse and aliens. It is partly for this reason that he is allowed to retain his memory after discovering that magic is real, since no-one would believe him.

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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Peter is regarded as this for his belief in the multiverse and aliens. It is partly for this reason that he is allowed to retain his memory after discovering that magic is real, since no-one would believe him.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Peter is regarded as this for his belief in the multiverse and aliens. It is partly for this reason that he is allowed to retain his memory after discovering that magic is real, since no-one would believe him.

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* AscendedExtra: Neesha Bannerjee (Priyanka Das), a fairy who first appeared as a non-speaking cameo in 1x16 before reprising her role in season 2.Magical Things.

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* {{Animorphism}}
** 1x04 has a magic mailbox which temporarily transforms a postman into a dog.
** Then in 1x12 Kyra involuntarily turns Maxwell into a guinea pig.
* AscendedExtra: Neesha Bannerjee (Priyanka Das), a fairy who first appeared as a non-speaking cameo in 1x16 before reprising her role in season 2.Magical Things.



* {{Masquerade}}: As Maxwell explains in "Magic in the Air", humans and magical beings originally lived side by side. However, human civilization grew, the magical people were forced into the fringes with their numbers shrinking, leading them to retreat into the shadows until they were forgotten. Today, fairies and elves live amongst humans and, organised into the DMI, work to prevent the human populace from learning that magic is more than a myth.

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* {{Masquerade}}: As Maxwell explains in "Magic in the Air", 1x02, humans and magical beings originally lived side by side. However, human civilization grew, the magical people were forced into the fringes with their numbers shrinking, leading them to retreat into the shadows until they were forgotten. Today, fairies and elves live amongst humans and, organised into the DMI, work to prevent the human populace from learning that magic is more than a myth.



* TeamTitle: Played with. As it turns out, the Bureau of Magical Things was a trio of Maxwell and his friends which was formed and dissolved before the series. Season 1 ends with Maxwell's students naming themselves the Bureau of

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* TeamTitle: Played with. As it turns out, the Bureau of Magical Things was a trio of Maxwell and his friends which was formed and dissolved before the series. Season 1 ends with Maxwell's students naming themselves the Bureau of Magical Things.
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The first season of 20 episodes was produced in 2017 and broadcast weekly in 2018. A second season began filming in late 2019 and, having been interrupted by the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], finished in September 2020, expected to broadcast in 2021.

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The first season of 20 episodes was produced in 2017 and broadcast weekly in 2018. A second season began filming in late 2019 and, having been interrupted by the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], finished in September 2020, expected to 2020 then broadcast in on weekends through the summer of 2021.
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* MacGuffin: The Orb of Lemuria. Created by a collaboration of Fairies and Elves in ancient times, it is this magical object which gives Kyra the powers of both types of magical being.
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* NeverMyFault: Imogen's attitude regarding any problem that she creates or helps to create is that someone else is at fault and it's not her problem to fix. In the pilot, she steals a book from the Library and has a magical tug-of-war over it with Lily, resulting in Kyra gaining her powers and learning about the magical world. She flat out says, "Not my problem."

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* AscendedExtra: Neesha Bannerjee (Priyanka Das), a fairy who first appeared as a non-speaking cameo in 1x16 before reprising her role in season 2.

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* AscendedExtra: Neesha Bannerjee (Priyanka Das), a fairy who first appeared as a non-speaking cameo in 1x16 before reprising her role in season 2.Magical Things.
* [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Australia Is the Center of the Universe]]: Both the Library of Magic and the headquarters of the Department of Magical Intervention are located in the same Australian city.



* TeamTitle: Played with. As it turns out, the Bureau of Magical Things was a trio of Maxwell and his friends which was formed and dissolved before the series. Season 1 ends with Maxwell's students naming themselves the Bureau of Magical Things.
* [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Australia Is the Center of the Universe]]: Both the Library of Magic and the headquarters of the Department of Magical Intervention are located in the same Australian city.

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* TeamTitle: Played with. As it turns out, the Bureau of Magical Things was a trio of Maxwell and his friends which was formed and dissolved before the series. Season 1 ends with Maxwell's students naming themselves the Bureau of Magical Things.
* [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Australia Is the Center of the Universe]]: Both the Library of Magic and the headquarters of the Department of Magical Intervention are located in the same Australian city.
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* NoteToSelf: 1x17 has Kyra, anticipating the removal of her magical powers and aware that memory loss is a potential side-effect, having Peter record a video telling her about the Magical World. When she loses her memories after being robbed of her magic by Orla at the end of 1x18, she presses Peter when she notices him acting suspiciously in addition to her own memory slowly returning. Ultimately, 1x20 opens with Kyra viewing the video she made, resulting in her memory being restored completely.



* TwoPartEpisode: Season 1 ends with the two-parter "End of the Road".

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* TwoPartEpisode: Season 1 ends with the a two-parter entitled "End of the Road".Road". However, due to episodes leading into the next, the endgame arc is actually a four-parter in all but name.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Ruksy is the only one of the FiveManBand whose parents are never seen or mentioned in season 1, even on Prize Day, which is attended by Lily's parents and the Blackwells' father (with an explanation for their mother's absence).



* BigBad: Orla Maguire is the main antagonist of season 1.

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* BigBad: Orla Maguire Maguire, with her pursuit of the Orb of Lemuria and her Magical Supremacy agenda, is the main antagonist of season 1.1.
* BigGood: Sean Reegan, the director of the DMI who Professor Maxwell answers to.


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* TheGhost: Mrs. Blackwell, mother of Imogen and Darra and the wife of Jared, who is mentioned but not seen in season 1.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sean Reegan. While he is wary of a human getting magical powers, he does show concern for Kyra's well-being, reflecting his duty of safeguarding both the Magical World and the Human World.
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* TheTeamNormal: Peter becomes this once he joins the Bureau.
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* AscendedExtra: Neesha Bannerjee (Priyanka Das), a fairy who first appeared as a non-speaking cameo in 1x16 before reprising her role in season 2.
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* FiveManBand: The Maxwell School students become this once joined by Kyra. They eventually become the Bureau of Magical Things at the end of season 1.


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* {{Muggles}}: In this show's setting, humans have no magical powers by nature, oblivious to the humanoid magical beings (fairies and elves) who live alongside them.


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* RookieRedRanger: Kyra, our protagonist, joins the Maxwell School after she receives the magical powers of both the fairies and the elves, making her the most powerful magical being.
* SixthRanger: Peter, Kyra's human friend who assists the students in Season 1's endgame, which leads to him being counted as a member of the new Bureau of Magical Things.


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* TeamTitle: Played with. As it turns out, the Bureau of Magical Things was a trio of Maxwell and his friends which was formed and dissolved before the series. Season 1 ends with Maxwell's students naming themselves the Bureau of Magical Things.
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* MagicKnight: Living 700 years ago, Sir Zoltan was a knight who wore a suit of armour capable of penetrating magical defenses. Allegedly, his spirit passed into the armour when he died.
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* Cliffhanger: The first episode ends with a newly magic Kyra accidentally teleporting herself to somewhere very cold.

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* Cliffhanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: The first episode ends with a newly magic Kyra accidentally teleporting herself to somewhere very cold.


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* {{Unicorn}}: According to Imogen, they don't actually exist, even in the Magical World.
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* TheMultiverse: A theory that Peter believes in.
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* RedAlert: The DMI can put out alerts, which can take the form of holographic images in their building and the library, which is generally used to warn of a magical threat.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: A fairy talent which allows Kyra to communicate with Doris, a dog she walks.

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