Line #28 Film/ASimpleWish


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simple_wish_xlg.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350: ''[[TagLine Anabel made a wish. Murray made a mess.]]'']]
2	A 1997 fantasy comedy film directed by Creator/MichaelRitchie and starring Creator/MartinShort, Creator/MaraWilson and Creator/KathleenTurner. The film about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to help Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, a carriage driver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
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5	!!This film provides examples of:
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7	* AccidentalMisnaming: Duane is mistakenly called Roy [[spoiler: because he is wearing Roy's stolen [=T-shirt=].]]
8	* AnAesop: There's no such thing as a simple wish. Any desire will have repercussions beyond what you can predict.
9	* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: ''Two Cities'', a musical adaption of ''A Tale of Two Cities''. Annabel's wish is for her dad to be cast in as the star role so that her family won't have to move to Nebraska, which is the driving point behind the whole film.
10	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:Duane, after being turned into a giant rabbi.]]
11	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Claudia briefly gets distracted by a mirror.
12	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: However, the real problem isn't from the wish-maker, but the wish-granter.
13	* BigBad: Claudia, a former Fairy Godmother who stages a coup to steal all the magic wands for herself to obtain ultimate power.
14	%% * ButtMonkey: Murray
15	* CainAndAbel: Duane mentions that he [[spoiler: shot and killed his brother, Roy,]] just to get a clean [=T-Shirt=].
16	* ChekhovsSkill: Murray mentions early in the film that he's skilled with spells involving frogs and rain, which comes in handy when sabotaging Tony Sable's audition.
17	* {{Fairy Godmother}}s: And a whole lot of them. Murray happens to be the only male Fairy Godmother.
18	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, Claudia accidentally traps herself inside her mirror... which she then proceeds to accidentally break.]]
19	-->[[spoiler:'''Murray:''' Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Now who's the fairest of them all?]]
20	-->[[spoiler:'''Claudia:''' I am! I AM! [[{{OhCrap}} Uh-oh]]... mirror falls and shatters We are! WE ARE!]]
21	* FunWithAcronyms: NAFGA, the "North American Fairy Godmother Association" (read: NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement).
22	* HandGagging: Boots does this to Anabel when ordered to capture Murray. [[spoiler: Of course, they wanted to go and see Claudia, anyway]].
23	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Boots betrays Claudia by giving Murray's wand back to its rightful owner after realizing that Claudia will never make her a partner. This, however, results in her being turned back into a dog.]]
24	* [[{{SheIsTheKing}} He is the Fairy Godmother]]
25	* HumanityEnsues: Claudia's [[{{TheDragon}} Dragon]], Boots, was originally a dog. [[spoiler: [[ForcedTransformation She is later changed back]] after seeing the true colors of her master]].
26	* IneptMage: Murray is...not a very good fairy godmother. A lot of the problems in the film stem from his mess-ups. He gets better in the end, though.
27	%% * InvoluntaryDance: Near the end of the film.
28	* {{Jerkass}}: Duane, all the way. We also get Tony Sable, [[spoiler:whose jerkassness in the end costs him the lead role in the play after tripping over a bucket, courtesy of Murray]]. Claudia also counts of course, being the villain and all.
29	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At one point near the end of the film, [[spoiler:an enchantedly-boneless]] Murray's face collides with the camera, covering it.
30	* MissingMom: All we know about Annabel and Charlie's mother is that she's deceased.
31	* PokeThePoodle: Claudia "tortures" Annabel and Murray by forcing them to dance like ballerinas.
32	* TakenForGranite: Murray's attempt to grant Anabel's wish at Central Park results in Oliver being turned into a statue, Duchess being turned into a mouse, and a carriage being turned into a pumpkin. [[spoiler:They get better]].
33	* WickedWitch: Claudia
34	* WishingForMoreWishes: Murray tells Annabel that she can't do this with her wish and they plugged this loophole up years ago.
35	* WouldHurtAChild: Duane has no problems with attempting to shoot [[{{TheCutie}} Annabel]] [[spoiler:or crush her after a transformation backfire]].
36	%% * YoungerThanTheyLook: Boots

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