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* CatchPhrase: Verne tends to cry out ''"Why me?!"'' whenever he finds himself in yet another predicament, usually involving being chased by magical monsters or some other problem due to his failed spellcasting.
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* FakeUltimateHero: Mr. Beagleboyce turns out to be stealing the feats of others. In a subversion, however, he did have a few feats of his own un his life and can actually back up his boasts, managing to fend off Zarlak of all people for enough time for them to escape.

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* FakeUltimateHero: Mr. Beagleboyce turns out to be stealing the feats of others. In a subversion, however, he did have a few feats of his own un in his life and can actually back up his boasts, managing to fend off Zarlak of all people for enough time for them to escape.

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* {{Expy}} - suspiciously like Franchise/HarryPotter, to a degree that even a child could spot. 3-person trio, with an awkward guy, normal guy and nerdy girl, magic, etc. But the main one is the witch teacher, Headmistress Crystalgazer who acts SO much like [=McGonagall=] and can even turn into a cat.
** Also, there's a ghost teacher who teaches magical history and manages to make it sound extremely boring, but considering there are several ghost teachers at the school, this one might not be so obvious.
** Not only that, but one other episode is about a professor who tells stories of people that he actually did - as it turns out, he absorbs books he reads into his memories... somewhat like Gilderoy Lockhart.
** One episode reveals that Cassy has an Aunt who used to serve the BigBad. The heroes learn in that same episode that she's innocent but the rest of the magical world still believes her to be guilty. She's basically a female Expy of Sirius Black.
** Like Draco Malfoy, Lucretia and Borgia have a father who used to work for the main villain. Unlike Lucius Malfoy, who pleaded innocent on grounds of coercion, Lucretia and Borgia's father avoided punishment by switching sides before his boss' downfall like Severus Snape did.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Cassy's ancestor Cassandra the Seventh is believed to work for Zarlak. She's innocent but plays along to help stopping him.]]

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* {{Expy}} - suspiciously like Franchise/HarryPotter, to a degree that even a child could spot. 3-person trio, with an awkward guy, normal guy and nerdy girl, magic, etc. But the main one is the witch teacher, Headmistress Crystalgazer who acts SO much like [=McGonagall=] and can even turn into a cat.
** Also, there's a ghost teacher who teaches magical history and manages to make it sound extremely boring, but considering there are several ghost teachers at the school, this one might not be so obvious.
** Not only that, but one other episode is about a professor who tells stories of people that he actually did - as it turns out, he absorbs books he reads into his memories... somewhat like Gilderoy Lockhart.
** One episode reveals that Cassy has an Aunt who used to serve the BigBad. The heroes learn in that same episode that she's innocent but the rest of the magical world still believes her to be guilty. She's basically a female Expy of Sirius Black.
** Like Draco Malfoy, Lucretia and Borgia have a father who used to work for the main villain. Unlike Lucius Malfoy, who pleaded innocent on grounds of coercion, Lucretia and Borgia's father avoided punishment by switching sides before his boss' downfall like Severus Snape did.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Cassy's ancestor Cassandra the Seventh is believed to work for Zarlak. She's innocent but plays along to help stopping him.]] ]]
* FakeUltimateHero: Mr. Beagleboyce turns out to be stealing the feats of others. In a subversion, however, he did have a few feats of his own un his life and can actually back up his boasts, managing to fend off Zarlak of all people for enough time for them to escape.



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: A cheerful Mr. Beagleboyce mentions he used to be a conquistador, which aren't, how to put it, not very well considered nowadays. Kind of a NoodleIncident as well, as we are not explained how did a non-Iberian like him get into that.



* ShoutOut to quite a few if you know where to look in the series, but the most glaringly obvious one is in Magic Quest, the whole episode is scattered with shout outs to Myth/ArthurianLegend

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** To ''Franchise/HarryPotter'',
to a degree that even a child could spot. 3-person trio, with an awkward guy, normal guy and nerdy girl, magic, etc. But the main one is the witch teacher, Headmistress Crystalgazer who acts SO much like [=McGonagall=] that she can even turn into a cat.
*** Also, there's a ghost teacher who teaches magical history and manages to make it sound extremely boring (considering there are several ghost teachers at the school, this one might not be so obvious).
*** Not only that, but one other episode is about a professor who appropriates feats of people as his own, like Gilderoy Lockhart.
*** One episode reveals that Cassy has an Aunt who used to serve the BigBad. The heroes learn in that same episode that she's innocent but the rest of the magical world still believes her to be guilty. She's basically a female version of Sirius Black.
*** Like Draco Malfoy, Lucretia and Borgia have a father who used to work for the main villain. Unlike Lucius Malfoy, who pleaded innocent on grounds of coercion, Lucretia and Borgia's father avoided punishment by switching sides before his boss' downfall like Severus Snape did.
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quite a few if you know where to look in the series, but the most glaringly obvious one is in Magic Quest, the whole episode is scattered with shout outs to Myth/ArthurianLegend

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%%* BadFuture: ''Time And Again'' thanks to Gus.

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%%* BadFuture: ''Time And Again'' thanks to Gus.Gus taking a crystal as a souvenir during a field trip to the past.


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* EvilSoundsDeep: Zarlak, the main villain of the series, has a very deep voice.
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* HeroicLineage: Verne is eventually revealed to be a descendant of Merlin.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Gus the half-elf can talk to tree-dwelling animals.
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* WizardsLiveLonger: Headmistress Crystalgazer claims to be several hundred years old.

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* TechnoWizard: When the show gets around to bringing up Verne's magical specialization, and up to that point, he had issues grasping even the basics, it is mentioned that he is this Trope. He generally doesn't get the chance to show this off too much in show, his time during his temporary HeelFaceTurn being a notable exception.

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* TechnoWizard: When the show gets around to bringing up Verne's magical specialization, and up to that point, he had issues grasping even the basics, it is mentioned that he is this Trope.trope. He generally doesn't get the chance to show this off too much in show, his time during his temporary HeelFaceTurn being a notable exception.



%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair - Cassy.
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%%* DeadpanSnarker: UBOS, occasionly. Gus and Verne too.

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%%* DeadpanSnarker: UBOS, occasionly.occasionally. Gus and Verne too.
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It was Cassy, not Gus who made the last wish.


* SelflessWish: In "Once in a Blue Moon", Zarlak finds a magic ring that he can use to wish himself back into the surface but first he must let the main heroes use it to have one wish granted for each one. Fortunately, Zarlak [[NiceJobFixingItVillain summons the ring back before Gus has a chance to make his wish]] and must figure out a way to force him to make a wish. Gus wishes the ring will never be used for evil.

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* SelflessWish: In "Once in a Blue Moon", Zarlak finds a magic ring that he can use to wish himself back into the surface but first he must let the main heroes use it to have one wish granted for each one. Fortunately, Zarlak [[NiceJobFixingItVillain summons the ring back before Gus Cassy has a chance to make his her wish]] and must figure out a way to force him her to make a wish. Gus Cassy wishes the ring will never be used for evil.
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** Like Draco Malfoy, Lucretia and Borgia have a father who used to work for the main villain. Unlike Lucius Malfoy, who pleaded innocent on grounds of coercion, Lucretia and Borgia's father avoided punishment by switching sides before his boss' downfall like Severus Snape did.
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* ShoutOut to quite a few if you know where to look in the series, but the most glaringly obvious one is in Magic Quest, the whole episode is scattered with shout outs to ArthurianLore

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* ShoutOut to quite a few if you know where to look in the series, but the most glaringly obvious one is in Magic Quest, the whole episode is scattered with shout outs to ArthurianLoreMyth/ArthurianLegend
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* ModestyShorts: Cassy wears a black pair under her skirt.
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RelativeRidicule: In one episode, Lucretia and Borgia mock Cassie over the fact that that one of her aunts was a traitor who allied with [[BigBad Zarlak]] and ended up being imprisoned beneath the earth with him. This prompts Cassie to do some investigation, eventually revealing that the aunt is actually a HeroWithBadPublicity who appeared to ally with Zarlak but was actually trying to lure him into a trap.

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* RelativeRidicule: In one episode, Lucretia and Borgia mock Cassie over the fact that that one of her aunts was a traitor who allied with [[BigBad Zarlak]] and ended up being imprisoned beneath the earth with him. This prompts Cassie to do some investigation, eventually revealing that the aunt is actually a HeroWithBadPublicity who appeared to ally with Zarlak but was actually trying to lure him into a trap.
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RelativeRidicule: In one episode, Lucretia and Borgia mock Cassie over the fact that that one of her aunts was a traitor who allied with [[BigBad Zarlak]] and ended up being imprisoned beneath the earth with him. This prompts Cassie to do some investigation, eventually revealing that the aunt is actually a HeroWithBadPublicity who appeared to ally with Zarlak but was actually trying to lure him into a trap.
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* IHaveYourWife: In "Shadow Land", the shadow creature working for Zarlak only does so because Zarlak is holding his family hostage.

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%%* BeardOfEvil: Zarlak
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%%* * BeardOfEvil: Zarlak
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Zarlak is the main villain and has a beard.
* BoardingSchool: The school the main character attends is this.



%%* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Cassy's ancestor.]]

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%%* * FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Cassy's ancestor.ancestor Cassandra the Seventh is believed to work for Zarlak. She's innocent but plays along to help stopping him.]]



%%* HalloweenEpisode: "Veil of Illusion"

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%%* * HalloweenEpisode: "Veil of Illusion"Illusion" takes place during Halloween.



%%* PowerTrio

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%%* PowerTrio* PowerTrio: The three main characters. There's even a prophecy about that.


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* SelflessWish: In "Once in a Blue Moon", Zarlak finds a magic ring that he can use to wish himself back into the surface but first he must let the main heroes use it to have one wish granted for each one. Fortunately, Zarlak [[NiceJobFixingItVillain summons the ring back before Gus has a chance to make his wish]] and must figure out a way to force him to make a wish. Gus wishes the ring will never be used for evil.
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* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Cassy and Gus are already friends by the time the series starts while Verne has yet to be introduced to them.
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%%* CuteWitch: Cassy

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%%* * CuteWitch: CassyCassy is both cute as a button and a skilled witch.

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