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* The series ending with Sabrina still having trouble properly using magic makes far more sense when remembering that witches have rather long lifespans, even half-witches like Sabrina. Of course she might still be having trouble getting the hang of it when she could barely be considered in her adolescence as a witch, which would also explain why none of the other witches she's encountered have commented on her lack of skills despite her age.
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* It's PlayedForLaughs how long the line in the YMCA can take in "Sabrina and the Beanstalk", with the place prioritizing people based on the catastrophe rather than place in line and shunting them to different windows. But given how apathetic witches are to mortals, it's not hard to imagine loads of potential victims who didn't make it because of the wait.

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* It's PlayedForLaughs how long the line in the YMCA can take in "Sabrina and the Beanstalk", with the place prioritizing people based on the catastrophe rather than place in line and shunting them to different windows. But given how apathetic witches are to mortals, it's not hard to imagine loads of potential victims who didn't make it because of the wait.wait.
* So how many times was Salem in Sabrina's room while she was changing before she knew he was sentient?

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* The Wicked Witch takes a while to remember she can use magic when chasing after Harvey and Sabrina. She feasts on mortals, so she's not used to pursuing someone who has powers as well. Which is also why she fell asleep next to the cooking pot; she didn't think to account for Sabrina using her own magic against her.
* Hilda is fine when one of the pirates stabs her in the stomach, and the pirates themselves survive for a hundred years with no food or oxygen. The Season 3 finale reveals that volcanic lava is the only substance that can destroy a witch (and even that might be a lie as part of the test, since Sabrina is mostly fine after she falls in).
** And even when witches die, as revealed in the later seasons, there's an afterlife retirement home and the option to temporarily come back for events like Halloween. So their bodies really don't work like mortals.
* Amanda is the one to make sure [[spoiler: Harvey and Sabrina reconcile]]. It's a fitting make up for how she tried to steal him for herself in Season 4.



** Sabrina ages regularly in the shows universe, so odds are she will continue to age as Harvey and other human do. The show isn’t clear if Sabrina is going to live thousands of years or not and Sabrina being half mortal doesn’t know either, but it doesn’t seem to bother her. She ends the show in her early to mid twenties so she likely will age normally for a while anyway. If or when Sabrina’s aging process slows down/stops Harvey being her soulmate and her husband will ideally age as she does no matter what. It depends on who is in charge, maybe after years of hating half mortals the witches council will let Sabrina and Harvey choose how they want to age/spend the rest of their lives together.

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** Sabrina ages regularly in the shows universe, so odds are she will continue to age as Harvey and other human do. The show isn’t clear if Sabrina is going to live thousands of years or not and Sabrina being half mortal doesn’t know either, but it doesn’t seem to bother her. She ends the show in her early to mid twenties so she likely will age normally for a while anyway. If or when Sabrina’s aging process slows down/stops Harvey being her soulmate and her husband will ideally age as she does no matter what. It depends on who is in charge, maybe after years of hating half mortals the witches council will let Sabrina and Harvey choose how they want to age/spend the rest of their lives together.together.
* It's PlayedForLaughs how long the line in the YMCA can take in "Sabrina and the Beanstalk", with the place prioritizing people based on the catastrophe rather than place in line and shunting them to different windows. But given how apathetic witches are to mortals, it's not hard to imagine loads of potential victims who didn't make it because of the wait.

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* Season 5 reveals that Frankenstein works for Joyce, the Other Realm party planner. He had previously appeared in Season 3, when Molly Dolly summons him and several other monsters to mess with Sabrina. The end of ''that'' episode reveals that Aunt Beulah gave Sabrina the doll in the hopes she'd have a fun Halloween. Beulah must have used Joyce to get Frank and the others for that. The only reason the other monsters don't show at the Halloween party in Season 5 is that Joyce says they're all booked out.
* In Season 2, upon seeing something supernatural happen, Mr Kraft snarks "my ex-wife is behind this". Season 3 reveals his ex-wife is actually a witch! And considering how abusively she treated him, it makes sense he'd be suspicious of Sabrina if he can sense things about her that don't add up.


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* Sabrina's carelessness in "Sabrina in the Beanstalk" left everyone in Westbridge vulnerable to a cannibal with magic! Harvey aside, the aunts point out that anything might come down the beanstalk. Thankfully Sabrina solves the inherent Fridge Horror at the end by turning the Witch into a vegetarian (and the Witch's BigNo implies she can't reverse the spell).

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* The WholePlotReference in "Theatre/TheCrucible" results in Sabrina confessing on the stand and everything working out. Those who know the play will remember that the initial accused confessed immediately, repented and were pardoned.
** One of Libby's accusations is that Jenny's spectre braided her hair. A Puritan woman would be expected to have her hair covered, so Libby is accusing Jenny of forcing her into a publicly inappropriate appearance.
* In "As Westbridge Turns", Harvey and Jenny suffer injuries that should be serious but are immediately fine. Soap operas are known for their HollywoodHealing, so part of the spell made it so that Harvey would only suffer EasyAmnesia from being hit with a ladder and Jenny wouldn't be hurt from falling out the air vent.
* In "Jenny's Non Dream", why does Jenny end up in Limbo when she goes through the linen closet and why do the aunts think to look for her there? Intent obviously matters when going through the closet, and the witches know how to work the portal to end up where they want to go. Jenny however walked into the closet not knowing anything and obviously no intent of where she wanted to go - so the closet dropped her in Limbo. The aunts have probably had experience with mortals accidentally going through the closet, and Limbo is likely where they ended up.
** And in "Sabrina's Pen Pal", how does Mr Kraft end up in the same museum as the Spellmans? He went into the closet specifically to follow Sabrina, so the magic registered his intent and took him the rest of the way.
* Harvey in "Sabrina and the Beanstalk" loses all the weight he gained simply by climbing down the beanstalk. Well, he only gained weight thanks to the witch's 'Fatten Up' sprinkles. The magic was obviously designed to bloat whoever ate it long enough for the witch to cook them, and would presumably wear off the same way as water weight does. That's why Salem is back to his original size the next episode.

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* In the first ValentinesDayEpisode, one of the questions for the three Harveys is how they would save Sabrina if she were trapped in a tower. She does get trapped in a tower at the end of the season, and Harvey rescues her with neither of the methods they give as answers. Harvey #3 was the only one not to answer and he turned out to be the real one, making this a neat RewatchBonus.
** The final test is a pretty apt metaphor on the nature of relationships. Sabrina must cross a bridge over a fiery pit, with the safe road leading her in the wrong direction. Not only can a solid relationship not be built upon without friendship and fidelity, the partners must trust that there is the potential for hurt and heartbreak if they don't work out, but be willing to take that chance anyway.

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** That's exactly why she wakes up with literal cold feet. She already knows they aren't soul mates. That's why she initially thought his proposal was a spell result, there was less room for him in her heart compared to Harvey and she said Harvey's name at the dinner. Sabrina knows it won't work out with Aaron and she's gone into extreme denial.




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** The continuity of Season 3 is just particularly weird, since there are separate Christmas, Halloween and Valentine's episodes but Sabrina's seventeenth birthday is the beginning of Season 2 and her eighteenth the start of Season 4. So she isn't eighteen in Season 3 for some reason.

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