History Literature / HocusPocusAndTheAllNewSequel

* CanonDiscontinuity: The second half of the novel's likely considered non-canon due an actual ''Film/HocusPocus2'' being released on Creator/DisneyPlus in 2022 which doesn't reference any of this novel's events.

* AlphaBitch. Katie, Jay's daughter in the sequel, is this. She eventually comes around after helping Poppy stop the wtiches.

* BalefulPolymorph: Isabella is turned into a Boston Terrier. Travis believes it be a pun since they live in Salem.

* LampshadeHanging: Just about everywhere in the sequel story, including a reference to the original film's CultClassic status.

* AdaptationExpansion: The events during the 1600s are expanded on. Included is how the Sandersons had been targeting Emily for months before her death and their manipulation of the village to avoid any comeuppance up to that point. It's revealed that while the town did know they were witches, they were viewed as more of an annoyance than a true threat, though [[UnreliableNarrator how much of that was due to the mental manipulations is unknown.]] It also briefly reveals what happened to the spell book after the movie: [[spoiler:someone picked it up, later revealed to be Elizabeth Sanderson]].

* AdultsAreUseless: ZigZagged. Max, Allison and Dani are [[spoiler:sent off to Hell]] before they can even start to help, Jay (now the school principal) is deliberately unhelpful because Max left him and Ernie in the cages, but Poppy and her friends ''do'' get help from an adult[[note]]or two, depending on whether Binx qualifies as an adult[[/note]], albeit one that's a ghost.
** They also get help from the ghost of Elizabeth Sanderson.

* EquivalentExchange: Of a sort. The spell used to resurrect the witches swap 3 souls, ie. people, to take the witches' place in hell. Max, Allison, and Dani are chosen.

* InTheBlood: Isabella was compelled to find Winifred's spell book. This is because [[spoiler:she is their very distantly related niece.]]

* MacGuffin: The blood moonstone, that the witches seek to use to resurrect their Mother and Master, as well as hundreds of witches to form a coven.
** Poppy and her friends are also after it, as destroying it will send the witches back to Hell and bring back the people that were traded in exchange. How destroying the stone undoes the spell is not explained, since the resurrection spell and the stone were not related.
* MyGreatestFailure: Elizabeth regards Emily's and Thackery's deaths as this, as she could have prevented them both if she had stood up to her sisters.

* PutOnABus: Max's parents and Ernie. Max's parents retired and moved, while [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere Ernie left the state due to the events of the movie.]]

* SequelHook: The sequel novel has this at the ending. [[spoiler:Poppy realizes that Winifred's book has gone missing. Exactly one year later a teenage warlock uses it to re-awaken his brother, '''Billy''', ''again''.]]
* ShoutOut: In the sequel, Allison is now an attorney and then [[spoiler:negotiating with "the Man in charge" of Hell while she, Max, and Dani are there,]] which is likely a nod to ''Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster''.

* SkepticNoLonger: Max and Allison's daughter in the sequel believes her parents' story about what happened with the Sanderson sisters is just them being ridiculous, and says as much to them. [[spoiler:And then she goes to the Sanderson house on a Halloween that coincides with a blood moon and ends up waking the Sanderson sisters herself.]]

** Jay's daughter, Katie, is also a prominent character. Isabella might also count, as she is [[spoiler:the very distantly removed niece of the Sanderson Trio, and Elizabeth's very distantly removed granddaughter.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: To be specific, ghostly advisors: Binx, Emily, and Elizabeth Sanderson,.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: More so "Why don't you use your powers to enthrall everyone at once?" Sarah uses her powers to control children to hunt for the moonstone, but only those she calls on Isabella's missing phone. Poppy wonders why when she previously enthralled all of Salem at once while flying over it.

* AdaptationExpansion: The events during the 1600s are expanded on. Included is how the Sandersons had been targeting Emily for months before her death and their manipulation of the village to avoid any comeuppance up to that point. its revealed that while the town did know they were witches, they were viewed as more of an annoyance than a true threat, though [[UnreliableNarrator how much of that was due to the mental manipulations is unknown.]] It also briefly reveals what happened to the spell book: [[spoiler:someone picked it up, later revealed to be Elizabeth Sanderson.]]
** Also expanded on were the events of the movie, showing Max planned on going to the Sanderson house with Allison the entire time but never got the chance to ask her.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:The SequelHook involves a teenage warlock, with the implication it is his eye in Winifred's spell book, resurrecting his brother, Billy. It is not explain if the warlock was previously resurrected as part of Winnie's plan or if he is unrelated.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The events during the 1600s are expanded on. Included is how the Sandersons had been targeting Emily for months before her death and their manipulation of the village to avoid any comeuppance up to that point. its revealed that while the town did know they were witches, they were viewed as more of an annoyance than a true threat, though [[UnrealiableNarrator how much of that was due to the mental manipulations is unknown.]] It also briefly reveals what happened to the spell book: [[spoiler:someone picked it up, later revealed to be Elizabeth Sanderson.]]

* Winifred and Druscilla also spout puns. Must have been where Winnie picked it up from.

** Poppy and her friends are also after it, as destroying it will send the witches back to Hell and bring back the people that were traded in exchange. [[Headscratcher How destroying the stone undoes the spell is not explained, since the resurrection spell and the stone were not related.]]

* SequelHook: The sequel novel has this at the ending. [[spoiler:Poppy realizes that Winifred's book has gone missing, and then exactly one year later a teenage warlock uses it to re-awaken his brother, '''Billy''', ''again''.]]

* Also expanded on were the events of the movie, showing Max planned on going to the Sanderson house with Allison the entire time but never got the chance to ask her.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: More so "Why don't you use your powers to enthrall everyone at once?" Sarah uses her powers to control all children to hunt for the moonstone, but only those she calls on Isabella's missing phone. Poppy wonders why when she previously enthralled all of Salem at once while flying over it.

* WhiteSheep: Elizabeth Sanderson, the youngest sister of Winifred, Sarah and Mary, is this. She is a witch but attempted to use her powers for good.

* SpinOffspring: The sequel takes place 25 years later. It stars Max and Allison's 17-year old daughter Poppy.

** When Poppy meets [[spoiler:Binx]] in the sequel, his very first words refer to the OverlyLongGag of the first one.

''Literature/HocusPocusAndTheAllNewSequel'' is a 2018 book based off of the film ''Film/HocusPocus''. It is both a {{novelization}} of the original film and a sequel.