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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Antony Green, who was locked under a hill for years.]]
** Possibly also the fate of [[spoiler:Aunt Maria. She is turned into a tiny, toy version of herself and set out at sea, with it being left ambiguous as to how aware she is of her fate.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it. Additionally, Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way. Also, Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf too (Does NOT end well).
** Mig and her mother and the neighbor's husband are all briefly turned into cats to help them with time traveling. Mig, at least, finds it very enjoyable.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mig's mother gets this treatment. Also the entire town seems to have at least a little bit of this.
* BuriedAlive: Antony Green, oh my god.
* DisappearedDad: The protagonist's father.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When sent by Maria to kill Chris while he's in wolf shape, the bespelled townspeople intentionally kill Maria's daughter, who had been turned into a wolf by Maria some years before.]]
** Possibly also the fate of [[spoiler:Aunt Maria. She is turned into a tiny, toy version of herself and set out at sea, with it being left ambiguous as to how aware she is of her fate.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it. Additionally, Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way. Also, Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf too (Does NOT end well).
** Mig and her mother and the neighbor's husband are all briefly turned into cats to help them with time traveling. Mig, at least, finds it very enjoyable.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mig's mother gets this treatment. Also the entire town seems to have at least a little bit of this.
* BuriedAlive: Antony Green, oh my god.
* DisappearedDad: The protagonist's father.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When sent by Maria to kill Chris while he's in wolf shape, the bespelled townspeople intentionally kill Maria's daughter, who had been turned into a wolf by Maria some years before.]]
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* AndIMustScream: AndIMustScream:
** [[spoiler:Antony Green, who was locked under a hill for years.]]
** Possiblyalso the fate of [[spoiler:Aunt Maria. She is turned into a tiny, toy version of herself and set out at sea, with it being left ambiguous as to how aware she is of her fate.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it. Additionally, Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way. Also, Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf too (Does NOT end well).
** Mig and her mother and the neighbor's husband are all briefly turned into cats to help them with time traveling. Mig, at least, finds it very enjoyable.
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** Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it.
** Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way.
** Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf. (Does NOT end well).
** [[spoiler:Antony Green, who was locked under a hill for years.]]
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** Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it.
** Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way.
** Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf. (Does NOT end well).
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Antony Green. He gets better.
* PeoplePuppets: Mig gets this treatment when she wakes up in the local orphanage, which is basically a brainwashing camp.
** [[spoiler: Not the first one in the town either, they never worked]]
* PeoplePuppets: Mig gets this treatment when she wakes up in the local orphanage, which is basically a brainwashing camp.
** [[spoiler: Not the first one in the town either, they never worked]]
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A novel by Creator/DianaWynneJones, published as ''Aunt Maria'' in the United States. A family is forced to stay with their Aunt Maria, a seemingly helpless old woman who, along with a coven of witches, hold a sleepy town in their iron grip.
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A novel by Creator/DianaWynneJones, published as ''Aunt Maria'' in the UnitedStates. States.
A family is forced to stay with their Aunt Maria, a seemingly helpless old woman who, along with a coven of witches, hold a sleepy town in their iron grip.
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A family is forced to stay with their Aunt Maria, a seemingly helpless old woman who, along with a coven of witches, hold a sleepy town in their iron grip.
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* SelectiveDeafness: Aunt Maria pretends not to hear anything that would be impolite, leading to a particularly funny scene:
--->'''Chris''': And a hat on the mat where I shat!
--->'''Aunt Maria''': What's ''that''?
--->'''Chris''': And a hat on the mat where I shat!
--->'''Aunt Maria''': What's ''that''?
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A novel by Creator/DianaWynneJones, published as ''Aunt Maria'' in the United States. A family is forced to stay with their Aunt Maria, a seemingly helpless old woman who, along with a coven of witches, hold a sleepy town in their iron grip.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Mig and Chris's mother seems not to notice that she is being bewitched. [[spoiler:However, when Mig finally makes her see it, she rapidly becomes [[MamaBear very useful indeed]].]]
* {{Anticlimax}}
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Antony Green, who was locked under a hill for years.]]
** Possibly also the fate of [[spoiler:Aunt Maria. She is turned into a tiny, toy version of herself and set out at sea, with it being left ambiguous as to how aware she is of her fate.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it. Additionally, Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way. Also, Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf too (Does NOT end well).
** Mig and her mother and the neighbor's husband are all briefly turned into cats to help them with time traveling. Mig, at least, finds it very enjoyable.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mig's mother gets this treatment. Also the entire town seems to have at least a little bit of this.
* BuriedAlive: Antony Green, oh my god.
* DisappearedDad: The protagonist's father.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When sent by Maria to kill Chris while he's in wolf shape, the bespelled townspeople intentionally kill Maria's daughter, who had been turned into a wolf by Maria some years before.]]
* MamaBear: Mig and Chris's mother once she's cured of the whole 'brainwashed' thing.
* MoreThanMindControl: Part of Maria's magic is that she just ''talks'' people into doing whatever she wants. Just talks and talks until her ideas are implanted into someone's head, making the victim think she's right.
* NotQuiteDead: Mig's father drove off a bridge, [[spoiler:but the murder turns out to have been staged]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Antony Green. He gets better.
* PeoplePuppets: Mig gets this treatment when she wakes up in the local orphanage, which is basically a brainwashing camp.
** [[spoiler: Not the first one in the town either, they never worked]]
* SelectiveDeafness: Aunt Maria pretends not to hear anything that would be impolite, leading to a particularly funny scene:
--->'''Chris''': And a hat on the mat where I shat!
--->'''Aunt Maria''': What's ''that''?
* StableTimeLoop: When the heroes travel to the past to learn something key to the plot, they set in motion the events that led to their "present".
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* AdultsAreUseless: Mig and Chris's mother seems not to notice that she is being bewitched. [[spoiler:However, when Mig finally makes her see it, she rapidly becomes [[MamaBear very useful indeed]].]]
* {{Anticlimax}}
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Antony Green, who was locked under a hill for years.]]
** Possibly also the fate of [[spoiler:Aunt Maria. She is turned into a tiny, toy version of herself and set out at sea, with it being left ambiguous as to how aware she is of her fate.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Chris gets turned into a wolf. He doesn't enjoy it. Additionally, Aunt Maria's ex-caretaker was turned into a cat, but she chooses to stay that way. Also, Maria's daughter is turned into a wolf too (Does NOT end well).
** Mig and her mother and the neighbor's husband are all briefly turned into cats to help them with time traveling. Mig, at least, finds it very enjoyable.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mig's mother gets this treatment. Also the entire town seems to have at least a little bit of this.
* BuriedAlive: Antony Green, oh my god.
* DisappearedDad: The protagonist's father.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When sent by Maria to kill Chris while he's in wolf shape, the bespelled townspeople intentionally kill Maria's daughter, who had been turned into a wolf by Maria some years before.]]
* MamaBear: Mig and Chris's mother once she's cured of the whole 'brainwashed' thing.
* MoreThanMindControl: Part of Maria's magic is that she just ''talks'' people into doing whatever she wants. Just talks and talks until her ideas are implanted into someone's head, making the victim think she's right.
* NotQuiteDead: Mig's father drove off a bridge, [[spoiler:but the murder turns out to have been staged]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Antony Green. He gets better.
* PeoplePuppets: Mig gets this treatment when she wakes up in the local orphanage, which is basically a brainwashing camp.
** [[spoiler: Not the first one in the town either, they never worked]]
* SelectiveDeafness: Aunt Maria pretends not to hear anything that would be impolite, leading to a particularly funny scene:
--->'''Chris''': And a hat on the mat where I shat!
--->'''Aunt Maria''': What's ''that''?
* StableTimeLoop: When the heroes travel to the past to learn something key to the plot, they set in motion the events that led to their "present".
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