History Recap / TheMagicians2016S03E04BeThePenny

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Penny kept people at arm's length and shared very little of himself with them. As a result, he finds they don't have that much to say about him after he dies.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Penny kept people at arm's length and shared very little of himself with them. As a result, they don't have that much to say about him after he dies.

** Downplayed with Penny, who is able to perceive things as a spirit he could not in his mortal form, but with less clarity. To him, the fairies appear as floating masses of energy with no discernible features.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/{{Ghost}}'', when Hyman is teaching Penny how to possess and move objects the same way the Subway Ghost taught Sam to. In both instances, nothing happens until the student loses their temper.

* TheAloner: Penny kept people at arm's length and shared very little of himself with them. As a result, they don't have that much to say about him after he dies.

* RealityEnsues: Penny kept people at arm's length and shared very little of himself with them. As a result, they don't have that much to say about him after he dies.

* AwfulTruth:[=McAllister=] Sr. is so enraged when the Truth Key reveals his son's homosexuality that he strangles the poor kid.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/Ghost'', when Hyman is teaching Penny how to possess and move objects the same way the Subway Ghost taught Sam to. In both instances, nothing happens until the student loses their temper.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Hyman says he likes Quentin because he favors a protagonist who's a heterosexual white male. The first of those three things, [[BiTheWay Quentin isn't]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ghost in the dormitory reveals that [=McAllister=] Sr. murdered his son for being gay, right after said son gave him an epic artifact as a gift. This hints that they're generally not good people.

* AudienceSurrogate: PlayedForLaughs with Hymen, the bored pervert "ghost," who has been following the events of the series invisibly the entire time. His favorite character is Quentin, and Quentin/Julia his favorite pairing.
-->'''Hymen:''' As someone born in 1902, I find a heterosexual white male hero very relateable.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Hymen says he likes Quentin because he favors a protagonist who's a heterosexual white male. The first of those three things, [[BiTheWay Quentin isn't]].

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Discussed; Hymen thinks he's a ghost, but Penny points out that they're not forced to relive their tragic deaths over and over, so they're something entirely different. Apparently, a soul is tethered to its body seven days after death, and if it is properly disposed of, the soul will move on and will not become a ghost. Even if the soul is going to become a ghost, it can take decades.

* PowerPerversionPotential: Hymen used (and still uses) his Traveler powers to spy on women in the showers and such. He died because he wouldn't listen to warnings so someone hid his body in retaliation.

* ShipperOnDeck: Hymen ships Quentin/Julia, not that he can influence it in his current state.

* TooDumbToLive: Literally for Hymen. After multiple warnings about using his power to spy on people, someone moved his body while he was astral projecting. He couldn't find it and it died, leaving him trapped.

* UnfortunateNames: Hymen, which gets an immediate lampshade from Penny.

* YouCanSeeMe: Hymen and Penny both have this reaction to each other.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Hymen says he likes Quentin because he favors a protagonist who's a heterosexual white male. The first of those three things, Quentin isn't.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ghost in the dormitory reveals that [[spoiler:[=McAllister=] Sr. murdered his son for being gay, right after said son gave him an epic artifact as a gift]]. This hints that they're generally not good people.

* RaysFromHeaven: Another possessed person approaches Julia and warns her about Katy overdosing. Penny perceives this as a light from the sky making him act.

* TrueSight: The truth key grants this, enabling whoever holds it to see things that would ordinarily be imperceptible. Julia is able to see fairies with it (though her back was turned so she didn't notice), and Eliot is able to see Penny's spirit.

* Foreshadowing: The ghost in the dormitory reveals that [[spoiler:McAllister Senior murdered his son for being gay, right after said son gave him an epic artifact as a gift]]. This hints that they're generally not good people.

* PortalDoor: Eliot's key has the power to make any door open to any other.

-->'''Eliot:''' It was very cathertic.

* SupernaturalFearInducer: Eliot's key summons whatever the user most fears as an illusion. For Eliot, it's his father. Eliot fees the illusion to the cannibals as a dis

* Unfortunatenames: Hymen, which gets an immediate lampshade from Penny.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Discussed; Hymen thinks he's a ghost, but Penny points out that they're not forced to relive their tragic deaths over and over, so they're something entirely. Apparently, a soul is tethered to its body seven days after death, and if it is properly disposed of, the soul will move on and will not become a ghost. Even if the soul is going to become a ghost, it can take decades.