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* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of the first peculiarities we're shown about Gillian is that she prefers to be barefoot all the time, and when she's first introduced, the camera pans out to draw attention to her bare feet. She will wear shoes for appearances' sake only. In conversation, she mentions that she has started wearing shoes in public to avoid being criticized. [[spoiler:She outgrows this habit after losing her powers- [[AgonyOfTheFeet and after running out into a cold and slushy street full of snow.]]]]
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle ''almost'' calls Gillian the b-word.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle ''almost'' ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar almost]]'' calls Gillian the b-word.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' is a 1958 romantic comedy comedy/fantasy film adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten, directed by Richard Quine and starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, Creator/JackLemmon, and Creator/ErnieKovacs.
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* BowtiesAreCool: Nicky is never seen without one.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing from earlier that same year, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It is also notable as the last film in which Stewart played a romantic lead. It may or may not have inspired the TV sitcom ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', which premiered four six years later.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
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'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
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'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.spell.
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* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who mainly dresses in black beatnik outfits or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow sundresses, and she turns her art dealership into a flower shop.
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* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who mainly dresses in black beatnik pants outfits or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. dealership specializing in African and Oceanian folk art. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow or white sundresses, and she turns her art dealership shop into a flower shop.seashell emporium.
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* MagicalBarefooter: Gillian (she even used to go to her classes without shoes). [[spoiler: In full accordance with the trope, when she loses her powers, she also loses her penchant for going barefoot.]]
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* {{Beatnik}}s: The setting in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Greenwich Village]] in TheFifties, so Gillian and Nicky adopt this persona as their {{masquerade}}.
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* {{Beatnik}}s: The story is set in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Greenwich Village]] in TheFifties, so Gillian and Nicky basically adapt this persona as their {{masquerade}}.
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* {{Beatnik}}s: The story is set setting in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Greenwich Village]] in TheFifties, so Gillian and Nicky basically adapt adopt this persona as their {{masquerade}}.
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* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who dresses usually in black or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow sundresses, and she turns her art dealership into a flower shop.
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* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who mainly dresses usually in black beatnik outfits or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow sundresses, and she turns her art dealership into a flower shop.
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* {{Beatnik}}s: The story is set in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Greenwich Village]] in TheFifties, so the witches and warlocks basically adapt this persona as their {{masquerade}}.
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* {{Beatnik}}s: The story is set in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Greenwich Village]] in TheFifties, so the witches Gillian and warlocks Nicky basically adapt this persona as their {{masquerade}}.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing from earlier that same year, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It was is also notable as the last movie film in which Stewart played a romantic lead. It may or may not have inspired the TV sitcom ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', which premiered four years later.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing, pairing from earlier that same year, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It was the last movie in which Stewart played a romantic lead. It may or may not have inspired the TV sitcom ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', which premiered four years later.
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'''''Bell, Book and Candle''''' is a 1958 romantic comedy film adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten, directed by Richard Quine, Quine and starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Creator/ErnieKovacs. It was adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten.
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Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge (Janice Rule), she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch (Kovacs), an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') Lanchester) and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge (Janice Rule), she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch (Kovacs), an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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'''''Bell, Book and Candle''''' is a 1958 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Jack Lemmon. It was adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten.
Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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'''''Bell, Book and Candle''''' is a 1958 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Jack Lemmon.Lemmon, and Creator/ErnieKovacs. It was adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten.
Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy MerleKittredge, Kittredge (Janice Rule), she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, Redlitch (Kovacs), an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle
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'''''Bell, Book and Candle''''' is a 1958 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine and Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Creator/JackLemmon.Jack Lemmon. It was adapted from a 1950 play of the same name by John Van Druten.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' is a 1958 romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Creator/JackLemmon. Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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* HighClassGloves: Fashionable HotWitch Gillian wears them with one of her Sexy Backless Outfits.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle hates thunderstorms.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle hates thunderstorms.thunderstorms.
* WitchWithACapitalB: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
* WitchWithACapitalB: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
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* BowtiesAreCool: Nicky is never seen without one.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Queenie is a somewhat flighty lady.
* DisposableFiancee: Merle for Shep. Her past as a snobbish college bully makes her less sympathetic.
* EmeraldPower: Magic, when visible, is depicted as green. (The particular shade is reminiscent of the kind seen in Novak and Stewart's previous film, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.)
* EmeraldPower: Magic, when visible, is depicted as green. (The particular shade is reminiscent of the kind seen in Novak and Stewart's previous film, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.)
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* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: It eventually becomes clear that the Zodiac club where the witches hang out is also a gay bar.
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* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: It eventually becomes clear that the Zodiac club where the witches hang out is also a gay bar.bar.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle hates thunderstorms.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle hates thunderstorms.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It was the last movie in which Stewart played a romantic lead.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' is a 1958 romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Creator/JackLemmon. Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/TheBrideOfFrankenstein'') ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
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''Bell, Book and Candle'' is a 1958 romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Kim Novak, and Creator/JackLemmon. Shep Henderson (Stewart) is a book publisher in Manhattan who happens to live above a dealer in African art named Gillian Holroyd (Novak). Besides being an art dealer, Gillian is a witch from a family of witches that include her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester, the Bride in ''Film/TheBrideOfFrankenstein'') and her brother Nicky (Lemmon). Gillian takes an interest in bachelor Shep, and when she finds out that Shep's about to marry her old college enemy Merle Kittredge, she casts a spell to make Shep fall in love with her instead. Complications arise when Nicky hooks up with Sidney Redlitch, an author of books about witchcraft, and threatens to expose Gillian's secret life.
''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It was the last movie in which Stewart played a romantic lead.
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* AllWitchesHaveCats: Gillian has Pyewacket, a Siamese that she uses as her familiar.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Artistic license witchcraft? The mantra "ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle" quoted in the movie is characterized as an exorcism rite when it was actually an excommunication rite.
* ChekhovsGun: It is established early in the film that witches can't cry or blush, and that falling in love results in a witch losing her powers. At the end, Gillian falls in love and loses her powers, and Shep realizes she loves him for real when she blushes and cries.
* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who dresses usually in black or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow sundresses, and she turns her art dealership into a flower shop.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The bachelor who lives above Gillian's store is engaged to Gillian's worst enemy from college.
* {{Familiar}}: Pyewacket, the Siamese cat that Gillian uses to cast spells. In the end, after Gillian is de-powered, Pyewacket leaves her and moves in with Queenie.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
* HotWitch: Novak at the height of her sexiness, wearing a series of flattering, revealing outfits throughout the movie.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Shep downs one with a shaking hand when his inability to leave their building finally convinces him that Gillian is not kidding and is actually a witch.
* ItIsPronouncedTropay: "Gillian" is pronounced with a hard G. Characters call her "Gil".
* LovePotion: A spell, actually. Gillian might have been able to make Shep fall in love with her the regular way, because she is Kim freaking Novak, but Shep's getting married tomorrow, so she has to act quickly. She uses Pyewacket to cast a love spell on Shep.
* MsFanservice: If you were putting Kim Novak in your movie in the 1950s, you were contractually obligated to do this. Gillian wears two Sexy Backless Outfits, a series of tight dresses, and a silk robe with AbsoluteCleavage.
* OperaGloves: Fashionable HotWitch Gillian wears them with one of her Sexy Backless Outfits.
* POVShot: Multiple black-and-white shots from the POV of Pyewacket.
* ThePowerOfLove: Will make a witch lose her powers.
* RomComJob: Shep's a book publisher. Gillian owns a shop dealing in African art.
* SalemIsWitchCountry: Not directly stated but hinted at with the Holroyds, whom Queenie describes as "an old Massachusetts family". Gillian also describes her witching life to Shep as "''early'' American".
* SexyBacklessOutfit: MsFanservice Kim Novak wears two different such outfits over the course of the movie.
* TitleDrop: Sidney quotes the "ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle" ritual, and later Shep refers to Gillian and her circle as the "bell, book, and candle set."
* UrbanFantasy: Witches in 1958 New York.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Witches can't fall in love lest they lose their powers. When Queenie finds out this has happened to Gillian, she asks her what it's like.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: It eventually becomes clear that the Zodiac club where the witches hang out is also a gay bar.
''Bell, Book and Candle'' was the follow-up to a very different Stewart-Novak pairing, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. It was the last movie in which Stewart played a romantic lead.
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!!Tropes:
* AllWitchesHaveCats: Gillian has Pyewacket, a Siamese that she uses as her familiar.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Artistic license witchcraft? The mantra "ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle" quoted in the movie is characterized as an exorcism rite when it was actually an excommunication rite.
* ChekhovsGun: It is established early in the film that witches can't cry or blush, and that falling in love results in a witch losing her powers. At the end, Gillian falls in love and loses her powers, and Shep realizes she loves him for real when she blushes and cries.
* {{Chickification}}: Gillian is an icily sexy witch who dresses usually in black or vivid red dresses, and runs a cool, vaguely spooky art dealership. When she's de-powered, she takes to wearing yellow sundresses, and she turns her art dealership into a flower shop.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The bachelor who lives above Gillian's store is engaged to Gillian's worst enemy from college.
* {{Familiar}}: Pyewacket, the Siamese cat that Gillian uses to cast spells. In the end, after Gillian is de-powered, Pyewacket leaves her and moves in with Queenie.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shep's jilted fiancee Merle calls Gillian the b-word
--> '''Merle''': A witch?\\
'''Shep''': Yes!\\
'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
* HotWitch: Novak at the height of her sexiness, wearing a series of flattering, revealing outfits throughout the movie.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Shep downs one with a shaking hand when his inability to leave their building finally convinces him that Gillian is not kidding and is actually a witch.
* ItIsPronouncedTropay: "Gillian" is pronounced with a hard G. Characters call her "Gil".
* LovePotion: A spell, actually. Gillian might have been able to make Shep fall in love with her the regular way, because she is Kim freaking Novak, but Shep's getting married tomorrow, so she has to act quickly. She uses Pyewacket to cast a love spell on Shep.
* MsFanservice: If you were putting Kim Novak in your movie in the 1950s, you were contractually obligated to do this. Gillian wears two Sexy Backless Outfits, a series of tight dresses, and a silk robe with AbsoluteCleavage.
* OperaGloves: Fashionable HotWitch Gillian wears them with one of her Sexy Backless Outfits.
* POVShot: Multiple black-and-white shots from the POV of Pyewacket.
* ThePowerOfLove: Will make a witch lose her powers.
* RomComJob: Shep's a book publisher. Gillian owns a shop dealing in African art.
* SalemIsWitchCountry: Not directly stated but hinted at with the Holroyds, whom Queenie describes as "an old Massachusetts family". Gillian also describes her witching life to Shep as "''early'' American".
* SexyBacklessOutfit: MsFanservice Kim Novak wears two different such outfits over the course of the movie.
* TitleDrop: Sidney quotes the "ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle" ritual, and later Shep refers to Gillian and her circle as the "bell, book, and candle set."
* UrbanFantasy: Witches in 1958 New York.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Witches can't fall in love lest they lose their powers. When Queenie finds out this has happened to Gillian, she asks her what it's like.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: It eventually becomes clear that the Zodiac club where the witches hang out is also a gay bar.
