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Baleful Polymorph was renamed per TRS
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* BalefulPolymorph: There's a running gag about Molly wishing she knew a spell for turning people into earwigs when they need to be taught a lesson. At the end of the book, the minions find one and present it to her as a token of their appreciation.
* ForcedTransformation: There's a running gag about Molly wishing she knew a spell for turning people into earwigs when they need to be taught a lesson. At the end of the book, the minions find one and present it to her as a token of their appreciation.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In this case they're created by BalefulPolymorph and show strong MorphicResonance. The donkey dragon is grey with long ears, the bat dragon is small and agile, and the goldfish dragon is a foot long golden sea serpent.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In this case they're created by BalefulPolymorph ForcedTransformation and show strong MorphicResonance. The donkey dragon is grey with long ears, the bat dragon is small and agile, and the goldfish dragon is a foot long golden sea serpent.
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More accurate.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Molly's one piece of inherent magic that she can do without any external aids is that she can turn invisible for as long as she can hold her breath.
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* {{Invisibility}}: InvisibilityWithDrawbacks: Molly's one piece of inherent magic that she can do without any external aids is that she can turn invisible for as long as she can hold her breath.
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** It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like psychic duels, aren't much to look at from the outside. The combatants seem to just stare at each other until one drops dead [[PsychicNosebleed bleeding from the nose.]]
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** It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind psychic duels, duels]], aren't much to look at from the outside. The combatants seem to just stare at each other until one drops dead [[PsychicNosebleed bleeding from the nose.]]
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* WizardsDuel: Molly and Eudaimonia have one at the climax. It is specifically referred to as 'the type people write songs about' because Sorceress spells are powerful and flashy, while witches are stubborn and tricky. It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like psychic duels, aren't much to look at.
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* WizardsDuel: Molly and Eudaimonia have one at the climax. It is specifically referred to as 'the type people write songs about' because Sorceress spells are powerful and flashy, while witches are stubborn and tricky.
** It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like psychic duels, aren't much to lookat.at from the outside. The combatants seem to just stare at each other until one drops dead [[PsychicNosebleed bleeding from the nose.]]
** It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like psychic duels, aren't much to look
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* WizardsDuel: Molly and Eudaimonia have one at the climax, specifically referred to as 'the type people write songs about' (because Sorceress spells are powerful and flashy, while witches are stubborn and tricky).
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* WizardsDuel: Molly and Eudaimonia have one at the climax, climax. It is specifically referred to as 'the type people write songs about' (because because Sorceress spells are powerful and flashy, while witches are stubborn and tricky).tricky. It's mentioned in passing that these aren't particularly uncommon but that many varieties, like psychic duels, aren't much to look at.
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* MindRape: Any mind control beyond simple confusion and sleep spells completely breaks the target's mind. It's considered a MoralEventHorizon even by [[EveryoneHasStandards professional evil minions]]. Eudaimonia did this to her mother, though it's unclear whether she understood how nasty it was when she did the magic.
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* MindRape: Any mind control beyond simple confusion and sleep spells completely breaks the target's mind. It's considered a MoralEventHorizon even by [[EveryoneHasStandards professional evil minions]]. [[spoiler: Eudaimonia did this to her mother, though it's unclear whether she understood how nasty it was when she did the magic.]]
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* MadScientist: One of the former masters of Castle Hangnail was one, complete with the electrodes and the screams of "It's alive!"; he made Majordomo the man he is today.
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* MadScientist: One of the former masters of Castle Hangnail was one, complete with the electrodes and the screams of "It's alive!"; [[LiteralMetaphor he made Majordomo the man he is today.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Pins. Lampshaded: the goldfish reflects on Pin's heroic journey crossing the desert and fighting monsters, all carrying the goldfish in a plastic bag. The narrator observes that it shows that minor characters can also have been heroes.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Pins. Lampshaded: the goldfish reflects on Pin's heroic journey crossing the desert and fighting monsters, all carrying the goldfish in a plastic bag. The narrator observes that it shows that minor characters can also have been heroes. The author even illustrated some scenes from Pin's quest, though not in this book.
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* HavingAHeart: When Molly and Majordomo are discussing strategies to win the hearts of the neighboring villagers, Majordomo mentions that one of the castle's former Masters preferred a literal approach and kept a collection of hearts in jars in the basement.
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* HavingAHeart: When Molly and Majordomo are discussing strategies to win the hearts and minds of the neighboring villagers, Majordomo mentions that one of the castle's former Masters preferred a literal approach and kept a collection of hearts and brains in jars in the basement.
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on reflection, it's more of a Brick Joke because the payoff is played for laughs and doesn't directly effect the plot
* BrickJoke: At one point, as an indication of the disrepair the castle is in, there's a scene of Majordomo stretching a tarpaulin over a large hole in the floor of an upstairs room to prevent rain getting into the rooms below, then adding a rug over it in an attempt to make it look a bit less shabby. Just as he's thinking that he ought to erect a sign warning people not to walk on the rug, an emergency breaks out downstairs, and the hole is forgotten about until somebody falls through it fifteen chapters later.
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* ChekhovsGun:
** Several of the things Molly learns about her magic while helping the moles turn out to be important at the climax.
** At one point, as an indication of the disrepair the castle is in, there's a scene of Majordomo stretching a tarpaulin over a large hole in the floor of an upstairs room to prevent rain getting into the rooms below, then adding a rug over it in an attempt to make it look a bit less shabby. Just as he's thinking that he ought to erect a sign warning people not to walk on the rug, an emergency breaks out downstairs, and the hole is forgotten about until somebody falls through it fifteen chapters later.
** Several of the things Molly learns about her magic while helping the moles turn out to be important at the climax.
** At one point, as an indication of the disrepair the castle is in, there's a scene of Majordomo stretching a tarpaulin over a large hole in the floor of an upstairs room to prevent rain getting into the rooms below, then adding a rug over it in an attempt to make it look a bit less shabby. Just as he's thinking that he ought to erect a sign warning people not to walk on the rug, an emergency breaks out downstairs, and the hole is forgotten about until somebody falls through it fifteen chapters later.
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* ChekhovsGun:
**ChekhovsGun: Several of the things Molly learns about her magic while helping the moles turn out to be important at the climax.
** At one point, as an indication of the disrepair the castle is in, there's a scene of Majordomo stretching a tarpaulin over a large hole in the floor of an upstairs room to prevent rain getting into the rooms below, then adding a rug over it in an attempt to make it look a bit less shabby. Just as he's thinking that he ought to erect a sign warning people not to walk on the rug, an emergency breaks out downstairs, and the hole is forgotten about until somebody falls through it fifteen chapters later.climax.
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** At one point, as an indication of the disrepair the castle is in, there's a scene of Majordomo stretching a tarpaulin over a large hole in the floor of an upstairs room to prevent rain getting into the rooms below, then adding a rug over it in an attempt to make it look a bit less shabby. Just as he's thinking that he ought to erect a sign warning people not to walk on the rug, an emergency breaks out downstairs, and the hole is forgotten about until somebody falls through it fifteen chapters later.
