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* PresentDay: The book was published in 1956 and is set [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast "not more than four or five Halloweens ago"]], so it has era-appropriate 1950s mentalities. The group of trick-or-treating children Blanche groups up with are allowed to be out [[FreeRangeChildren alone on Halloween night]] without any adults with them. Blanche, outside of her [[RobeAndWizardHat witch's hat]], is dressed fairly ordinary for a girl of the time in a black wide-skirted dress, Mary Jane shoes, and knee socks, which leads to the adults at the party only being slightly concerned that she's out at midnight by herself, moreso that her mother doesn't know she's out than that she's out by herself. Some of the treats mentioned as given out are jelly doughnuts, apples, and caramel apples; none of them are wrapped or otherwise sealed, which wasn't discouraged until the 1980's scare of RazorApples.
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* AmbiguousGender: The three {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s not only never show their faces, their gender is never indicated. They're only referred to by their height.

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* AmbiguousGender: The three {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s not only [[TheFaceless never show their faces, faces]], their gender is never indicated. They're only referred to by their height.
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** For the other nine "ordinary" witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep is referred to by her title alone]].

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** For the other nine "ordinary" witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions.descriptions, with the rest having no NominalImportance. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep is referred to by her title alone]].

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Minor; a 1983 cover shows Blanche wearing a cape, which she never wears.



* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time since she's AlwaysLate. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner -- but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.

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* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time since she's AlwaysLate. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, chronically late, and the there's a short conflict with ChildHater Skinner -- but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.



** The people at the evening party Blanche goes to are unnamed, as minor characters.



* RevengeIsADishBestServed: This is why ChildHater Skinner gives the children rotten apples; he thinks they're the cause behind his stolen apples, picked, corn, and his hens startled so they don't lay. But really he's just nasty to kids.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Mostly the hats. Blanche has the hat but is otherwise dressed ordinary enough in a black dress, which makes her appear like a little girl. The other witches wear hats and dresses as well with scarves[[note]]or perhaps fichus, as they're colonial-styled[[/note]] wrapped around their torsos, while the Tall Witch is dressed in a generic witch costume of a long robe, pointed hat along with a rubber mask.

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* RevengeIsADishBestServed: This is why ChildHater Skinner gives the children rotten apples; he thinks they're the cause behind his stolen apples, picked, picked growing corn, and his hens startled so they don't lay. But really he's just nasty to kids.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Mostly the hats. Blanche has the hat but is otherwise dressed ordinary enough in a black dress, which makes her appear like a little girl. The other witches wear hats and dresses as well with scarves[[note]]or perhaps fichus, as they're colonial-styled[[/note]] wrapped around their torsos, while the Tall Witch is dressed in a generic witch costume of a long robe, robe and pointed hat along with a rubber mask.



** Blanche is treated like this by Minnie Max, who thinks her [[AlwaysLate chronic lateness]] and scatterbrained ways means she's too young to be part of Scurry 13 and ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2.
* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. The Smiths think her blinking nose is a clever trick that she's come up with and she's just a kid trick-or-treating. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be [[AlwaysLate late yet again]] to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom through the door slot -- and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.

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** Blanche is treated like this by Minnie Max, who thinks her [[AlwaysLate chronic lateness]] and scatterbrained ways means she's too young to be part of Scurry 13 and ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2.1/2 for children.
* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. The Smiths think Smiths--an older couple--think her blinking nose is a clever trick that she's come up with and she's just a another kid trick-or-treating. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be [[AlwaysLate late yet again]] to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party she stopped by sees her fly off on her broom through the door slot -- and when she the woman tells the others at the party, party what she just saw, they just laugh her off.



* WhosOnFirst: Played with; when Blanche gives her name and [[OnlyOneName clarifies it's just Blanche]], Butch reasonably says her name is Blanche Witch. This results in the cowboy calling her "which witch" and children going "she's Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.

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* WhosOnFirst: Played with; when Blanche gives her name and [[OnlyOneName clarifies it's just Blanche]], little Butch reasonably says her name is must be Blanche Witch. This results in the cowboy calling her "which witch" and children going "she's Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.



** Blanche and the others witches are very much the classic style of witch, with black dresses and pointy hats who travel on {{Flying Broomstick}}s. Blanche even has a black cat, Brockett. The night of Halloween one of the events happening after the flight is the witches making a brew together.

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** Blanche and the others witches are very much the classic style of witch, with [[RobeAndWizardHat black dresses and pointy hats hats]] who travel on {{Flying Broomstick}}s. Blanche even has a black cat, Brockett. The night of Halloween one of the events happening after the flight is the witches making a brew together.
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* NiceGirl: Blanche is very nice and polite for a young witch, being kind to Butch and answering his questions honestly, friendly to the rest of the children, and very well behaved the whole night. The most mischief she gets up to is when ChildHater Old Man Skinner is nasty to her and the others, and then she returns the favor of a trick back to him.

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* NiceGirl: Blanche is very nice and polite for a young witch, being witch. She's kind to Butch and answering his questions honestly, friendly to the rest of the children, and very well behaved the whole night. The most mischief she gets up to is when ChildHater Old Man Skinner is nasty to her and the others, and then she returns the favor of a trick back to him.
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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the country--is [[AlwaysLate often late]] to the scurry's night rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

On UsefulNotes/{{Halloween}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's important flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the evening with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.

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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the 13 -- the most talented group of witches in the country--is country -- is [[AlwaysLate often late]] to the scurry's night rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that nose that she can turn off and on at will--she will she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

On UsefulNotes/{{Halloween}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's important flight meeting--resulting meeting, resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the evening with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and talents -- and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and first -- and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.



* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights--she wants to be on time but has things get in the way--like her wanting one more snack, to finish her comic, or that she can't find her cat or broom. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and nearly late anyways).

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* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights--she flights. She wants to be on time but has things get in the way--like way -- like her wanting one more snack, to finish her comic, or that she can't find her cat or broom. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and nearly late anyways).



* ChildHater: [[GrumpyOldMan Old Man]] Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his growing corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty, and when Brocket starts yowling, he comes out and shoots at them with rocks with his slingshot intending to hit them. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]]--and because she's annoyed as well.
* CuteWitch: Blanche, other than her talented nose and her ability to fly on a broomstick, looks like an ordinary little girl--enough to blend in with a group of trick-or-treating children.

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* ChildHater: [[GrumpyOldMan Old Man]] Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his growing corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty, and when Brocket starts yowling, he comes out and shoots at them with rocks with his slingshot intending to hit them. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]]--and kids]] -- and because [[ItsPersonal she's annoyed as well.well]].
* CuteWitch: Blanche, other than her talented nose and her ability to fly on a broomstick, looks like an ordinary little girl--enough girl enough to blend in with a group of trick-or-treating children.



* TheFaceless: The three {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s never show their face, and [[AmbiguousGender their gender is never indicated]]--they're only referred to by their height.

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* TheFaceless: The three {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s never show their face, and [[AmbiguousGender their gender is never indicated]]--they're indicated]] -- they're only referred to by their height.



* FlyingBroomstick: The witches all use brooms to get around except the Grande Madame, who rides a vacuum cleaner that makes a loud noise upon her gunning the motor. (One of the threats against Blanche for being so young and scatterbrained--and chronically late to their night flights--is that she ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2 where she'd be downgraded to a whisk broom.) When Blanche is up much earlier than planned and sees a girl dressed like a witch, she mistakes her for Josephine and wonders why she's walking, thinking perhaps her broom broke down.

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* FlyingBroomstick: The witches all use brooms to get around except the Grande Madame, who rides a vacuum cleaner that makes a loud noise upon her gunning the motor. (One of the threats against Blanche for being so young and scatterbrained--and chronically late scatterbrained -- and AlwaysLate to their night flights--is flights -- is that she ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2 where she'd be downgraded to a whisk broom.) When Blanche is up much earlier than planned and sees a girl dressed like a witch, she mistakes her for Josephine and wonders why she's walking, thinking perhaps her broom broke down.



* HalloweenTrickery: After Old Man Skinner is cruel and gives the children rotten apples as a prank--and accuses them of stealing from him and upsetting his hens--one kid suggests they should soap his windows. Blanche at first has Brockett yowl loudly, but when Skinner chases the kids off with his slingshot, Blanche flies up and blows his smoke backwards down his chimney--making him think his house is on fire--and then buzzes around his head as he runs back.

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* HalloweenTrickery: After Old Man Skinner is cruel and gives the children rotten apples as a prank--and prank -- and accuses them of stealing from him and upsetting his hens--one hens -- one kid suggests they should soap his windows. Blanche at first has Brockett yowl loudly, but when Skinner chases the kids off with his slingshot, Blanche flies up and blows his smoke backwards down his chimney--making chimney -- making him think his house is on fire--and fire -- and then buzzes around his head as he runs back.



* MinorLivingAlone: Blanche is young enough to go trick-or-treating with other children and reads comics--a childish thing in the 1950s--but lives alone, owing to being a witch.

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* MinorLivingAlone: Blanche is young enough to go trick-or-treating with other children and reads comics--a comics -- a childish thing in the 1950s--but 1950s -- but lives alone, owing to being a witch.



* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--prepare for bed at noon to get up for their midnight flights. When the other children have to go home, Blanche flies over the neighborhood and, seeing many houses dark or quiet, wonders why so many people go to bed early just as the night gets interesting.
* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time since she's AlwaysLate. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner--but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.

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* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and Blanche -- and the rest of the witches--prepare witches -- prepare for bed at noon to get up for their midnight flights. When the other children have to go home, Blanche flies over the neighborhood and, seeing many houses dark or quiet, wonders why so many people go to bed early just as the night gets interesting.
* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time since she's AlwaysLate. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner--but Skinner -- but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.



** Other than Butch--the pirate/little brother of the witch leading the group trick-or-treating, none of the other children are named and are instead referred to by their costumes.

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** Other than Butch--the Butch (the pirate/little brother of the witch leading the group trick-or-treating, trick-or-treating) none of the other children are named and are instead referred to by their costumes.



* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. The Smiths think her blinking nose is a clever trick that she's come up with and she's just a kid trick-or-treating. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be [[AlwaysLate late yet again]] to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom through the door slot--and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.

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* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. The Smiths think her blinking nose is a clever trick that she's come up with and she's just a kid trick-or-treating. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be [[AlwaysLate late yet again]] to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom through the door slot--and slot -- and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.



** The tall witch leading the group of trick-or-treaters is dressed like this. Blanche at first mistakes her for her best friend Josephine until she gets closer and sees that the mask is rubber--and the hair is stringy, when Josephine is so meticulous about her hair.

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** The tall witch leading the group of trick-or-treaters is dressed like this. Blanche at first mistakes her for her best friend Josephine until she gets closer and sees that the mask is rubber--and rubber and the hair is stringy, when Josephine is so meticulous about her hair.
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* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The witches take off from Dead Man's Bluff for their flights.

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* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The witches take off from Dead Man's Bluff for their flights. It's just a spooky place name and there's no indication it's anything but a place witches gather.

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* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights--she wants to be on time but has things happen like her wanting one more snack, to finish her comic, or if she can't find her cat or broom. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and ends up nearly late anyways).

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* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights--she wants to be on time but has things happen like get in the way--like her wanting one more snack, to finish her comic, or if that she can't find her cat or broom. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and ends up nearly late anyways).



* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height, [[TheFaceless never showing their faces]]. They also have AmbiguousGender.
* ChildHater: Old Man Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]] and because she's annoyed as well.
* CuteWitch: Blanche, other than her nose and her ability to fly on a broomstick, looks like an ordinary little girl--enough to blend in with a group of trick-or-treating children.

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* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height, [[TheFaceless never showing their faces]]. They also have AmbiguousGender.
faces]] or [[AmbiguousGender revealing their genders]].
* ChildHater: [[GrumpyOldMan Old Man Man]] Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his growing corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty. nasty, and when Brocket starts yowling, he comes out and shoots at them with rocks with his slingshot intending to hit them. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]] and kids]]--and because she's annoyed as well.
* CuteWitch: Blanche, other than her talented nose and her ability to fly on a broomstick, looks like an ordinary little girl--enough to blend in with a group of trick-or-treating children.



* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The witches take off from Dead Man's Bluff for their flights.



* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--prepare for bed at noon to get up for their midnight flights. When the other children have to go home, Blanche wonders why so many people go to bed early just as the night gets interesting.
* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner--but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.

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* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--prepare for bed at noon to get up for their midnight flights. When the other children have to go home, Blanche flies over the neighborhood and, seeing many houses dark or quiet, wonders why so many people go to bed early just as the night gets interesting.
* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time.time since she's AlwaysLate. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner--but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.



** Other than Butch, the pirate and little brother of the witch leading the group of children trick or treating, none of the other children are named and are instead referred to by their costumes.
* OnlyOneName: Blanche and none of the witches named have last names. When Butch asks her her name, she says it's just "Blanche", which results in the children playing around with her name and calling her "Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.
* RevengeIsADishBestServed: This is why ChildHater Skinner gives the children rotten apples; he thinks they're the reason his apples got stolen, his corn picked, and his hens startled. But really he's just nasty to kids.

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** Other than Butch, the pirate and little Butch--the pirate/little brother of the witch leading the group of children trick or treating, trick-or-treating, none of the other children are named and are instead referred to by their costumes.
* OnlyOneName: Blanche and none of the witches named have last names. When Butch asks her her name, she says it's just "Blanche", which results in the children playing around with her name and calling her "Blanche "[[WhosOnFirst Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" witch!]]" and singing it as a chant.
* RevengeIsADishBestServed: This is why ChildHater Skinner gives the children rotten apples; he thinks they're the reason cause behind his apples got stolen, his corn stolen apples, picked, corn, and his hens startled.startled so they don't lay. But really he's just nasty to kids.



* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be late to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.

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* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. The Smiths think her blinking nose is a clever trick that she's come up with and she's just a kid trick-or-treating. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be [[AlwaysLate late yet again]] to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom and through the door slot--and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.
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* NiceGuy: Blanche is very nice and polite for a young witch, being kind to Butch and the rest of the children and very well behaved the whole night. The most mischief she gets up to is when ChildHater Old Man Skinner is nasty to her and the others, and then she returns the favor of a trick back to him.

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* NiceGuy: NiceGirl: Blanche is very nice and polite for a young witch, being kind to Butch and answering his questions honestly, friendly to the rest of the children children, and very well behaved the whole night. The most mischief she gets up to is when ChildHater Old Man Skinner is nasty to her and the others, and then she returns the favor of a trick back to him.
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* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time. There's the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner, but he doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty.

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* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time. There's Minnie Max annoyed with Blanche being young and AlwaysLate, and the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner, but he Skinner--but Skinner doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty.nasty while Minnie just says she'll complain to the Grand Madame if Blanche isn't on time.
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On UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.

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On UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve, UsefulNotes/{{Halloween}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's important flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time evening with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.
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* MinorLivingAlone: Blanche is young enough to go trick-or-treating with other children and reads comics--a childish thing in the 1950s--but lives alone, owing to being a witch.

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* EverytownAmerica: The town that Blanche goes trick-or-treating in is never named and is a general 1950s {{Suburbia}}.



* TheFaceless: The three [[Bedsheet Ghost]]s never show their face, and [[AmbiguousGender their gender is never indicated]]--they're only referred to by their height.

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* TheFaceless: The three [[Bedsheet Ghost]]s {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s never show their face, and [[AmbiguousGender their gender is never indicated]]--they're only referred to by their height.
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* NoAntagonist: The only major conflict of the book is Blanche wanting to get to the Halloween Flight Meeting with Scurry 13 on time. There's the short conflict with ChildHater Skinner, but he doesn't get in the way of Blanche's need to get to the meeting on time and mostly just serves to be cantankerous and nasty.
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* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height, never showing their faces

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* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height, [[TheFaceless never showing their faces faces]]. They also have AmbiguousGender.

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->''"If it hadn't been for her marvelous blue nose...[Blanche] wouldn't have been allowed in Scurry 13 at all."''

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->''"If ->"If it hadn't been for her marvelous blue nose...[Blanche] wouldn't have been allowed in Scurry 13 at all."''
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* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height.

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* AmbiguousGender: The three {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s not only never show their faces, their gender is never indicated. They're only referred to by their height.
* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height. height, never showing their faces


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* TheFaceless: The three [[Bedsheet Ghost]]s never show their face, and [[AmbiguousGender their gender is never indicated]]--they're only referred to by their height.

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* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and ends up nearly late anyways).

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* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights.flights--she wants to be on time but has things happen like her wanting one more snack, to finish her comic, or if she can't find her cat or broom. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and ends up nearly late anyways).


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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Josephine, a much older witch, is said to be best friends with young Blanche.

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* FantasticallyIndifferent: The kids Blanche runs into are enchanted by Blanche's witch talents, including her blue nose she can make glow. (They initially think it's a dime-store gag.) However, they don't make a big deal of it; they fold her into the group to go trick-or-treating without any worries, suggest she show it off at the Smith house, and when she gets on her broom and blows smoke down ChildHater Skinner's chimney in retaliation for his nasty prank, their only reaction to her being on a FlyingBroomstick is that flying is much better than walking and clearly she uses the same "concentration" she used for her nose to fly.



* FantasticallyIndifferent: The kids Blanche runs into are enchanted by Blanche's witch talents, including her blue nose she can make glow. (They initially think it's a dime-store gag.) However, they don't make a big deal of it; they fold her into the group to go trick-or-treating without any worries, suggest she show it off at the Smith house, and when she gets on her broom and blows smoke down ChildHater Skinner's chimney in retaliation for his nasty prank, their only reaction to her being on a FlyingBroomstick is that flying is much better than walking and clearly she uses the same "concentration" she used for her nose to fly.
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* RobeAndWizardHat: Mostly the hats. Blanche has the hat but is otherwise dressed ordinary enough in a black dress, which makes her appear like a little girl. The other witches wear hats and dresses as well with scarves[[note]]or perhaps fichus, as they're colonial-styled[[note]] wrapped around their torsos, while the Tall Witch is dressed in a generic witch costume of a long robe, pointed hat along with a rubber mask.

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* RobeAndWizardHat: Mostly the hats. Blanche has the hat but is otherwise dressed ordinary enough in a black dress, which makes her appear like a little girl. The other witches wear hats and dresses as well with scarves[[note]]or perhaps fichus, as they're colonial-styled[[note]] colonial-styled[[/note]] wrapped around their torsos, while the Tall Witch is dressed in a generic witch costume of a long robe, pointed hat along with a rubber mask.
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On {{Halloween|Episode}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.

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On {{Halloween|Episode}}, UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time for that night's flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.
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* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be late), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.

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* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be late), late to her scurry's meetup), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off on her broom and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.
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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the world--is [[AlwaysLate often late]] to the scurry's night rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the world--is country--is [[AlwaysLate often late]] to the scurry's night rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Blanche is mistaken initially as just another child going trick-or-treating by others, including the children she's with. When she does show off her talents, they're amused and delighted, but [[FantasticallyIndifferent don't treat her any different]].
* FantasticallyIndifferent: The kids Blanche runs into are enchanted by Blanche's witch talents, including her blue nose she can make glow. (They initially think it's a dime-store gag.) However, they don't make a big deal of it; they fold her into the group to go trick-or-treating without any worries, suggest she show it off at the Smith house, and when she gets on her broom and blows smoke down ChildHater Skinner's chimney in retaliation for his nasty prank, their only reaction to her being on a FlyingBroomstick is that flying is much better than walking and clearly she uses the same "concentration" she used for her nose to fly.



** Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, is there along with the other kids trick-or-treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him, though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-thirty that night.

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** Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, is there along with the other kids trick-or-treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him, though she told their mother he was too young. He has and the smallest ghost have to be home by nine-thirty that night.



* WeirdnessCensor: The kids don't care that [[FantasticallyIndifferent Blanche is a witch and can fly on a broomstick]]. However, when she darts off after visiting an evening party (because it's nearly midnight and she's about to be late), one of the ladies at the party sees her fly off and when she tells the others at the party, they just laugh her off.



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* ChildHater: Old Man Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty and accuses them of picking his corn and scaring his hens. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]] and because she's annoyed as well.

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* ChildHater: Old Man Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty and accuses them of picking his corn and scaring his hens.nasty. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]] and because she's annoyed as well.



* HalloweenTrickery: After Old Man Skinner is cruel and gives the children rotten apples as a prank--and accuses them of playing pranks, one kid suggests they should soap his windows. Blanche at first has Brockett yowl loudly, but when Skinner chases the kids off with his slingshot, Blanche flies up and blows his smoke backwards down his chimney--making him think his house is on fire--and then buzzes around his head as he runs back.

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* HalloweenTrickery: After Old Man Skinner is cruel and gives the children rotten apples as a prank--and accuses them of playing pranks, one stealing from him and upsetting his hens--one kid suggests they should soap his windows. Blanche at first has Brockett yowl loudly, but when Skinner chases the kids off with his slingshot, Blanche flies up and blows his smoke backwards down his chimney--making him think his house is on fire--and then buzzes around his head as he runs back.



* MagicCauldron: Mentioned as part of the celebration on Halloween; there's to be dancing, chanting, and a pot of brew.



** For the other nine "ordinary" witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but is referred to by her title alone.

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** For the other nine "ordinary" witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep is referred to by her title alone.alone]].



* TagalongKid: Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, is there along with the other kids trick-or-treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him, though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-thirty that night.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Blanche needs to be present for the midnight flight at midnight. She tries to set her clock ahead to wake up in time, but between her and her friend Josephine, she ends up waking up too early at nine p.m.
* WhosOnFirst: Played with; when Blanche gives her name and says it's just Blanche, Butch reasonably says her name is Blanche Witch. This results in the cowboy calling her "which witch" and children going "she's Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.

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* TagalongKid: RobeAndWizardHat: Mostly the hats. Blanche has the hat but is otherwise dressed ordinary enough in a black dress, which makes her appear like a little girl. The other witches wear hats and dresses as well with scarves[[note]]or perhaps fichus, as they're colonial-styled[[note]] wrapped around their torsos, while the Tall Witch is dressed in a generic witch costume of a long robe, pointed hat along with a rubber mask.
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Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, is there along with the other kids trick-or-treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him, though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-thirty that night.
** Blanche is treated like this by Minnie Max, who thinks her [[AlwaysLate chronic lateness]] and scatterbrained ways means she's too young to be part of Scurry 13 and ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Blanche needs to be present for the midnight Halloween flight at midnight. She tries to set her clock ahead to wake up in time, time but between her and her friend Josephine, Josephine both doing it, she ends up waking up too early at nine p.m.
* WhosOnFirst: Played with; when Blanche gives her name and says [[OnlyOneName clarifies it's just Blanche, Blanche]], Butch reasonably says her name is Blanche Witch. This results in the cowboy calling her "which witch" and children going "she's Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.

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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the world--is often late to the midnight rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

On {{Halloween|Episode}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.

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Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the world--is [[AlwaysLate often late late]] to the midnight scurry's night rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

On {{Halloween|Episode}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time--resulting time for that night's flight meeting--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.



* AlwaysLate: Blanche is scatterbrained and frequently late for Scurry 13's night flights. She and her friend Josephine both try to make sure she's not on Halloween by setting her alarm clock early, but she ends up waking up much earlier than she planned (and ends up distracted trick-or-treating and ends up nearly late anyways).



* CuteWitch: Blanche, other than her nose and her ability to fly on a broomstick, looks like an ordinary little girl--enough to blend in with a group of trick-or-treating children.



* HalloweenEpisode: The book takes place on Halloween night.



* InexplicablyAwesome: Blanche has a nose that she can make glow blue and turn on and off at will. There's never any explanation other than her being a talented witch, and this is why she, at her young age, is allowed to be part of Scurry 13.
* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--go to bed at noon, to get up for their midnight flights.

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* InexplicablyAwesome: Blanche has a nose that she can make glow blue and turn on and off at will. will by concentrating. There's never any explanation for it other than her being a talented witch, and this is why she, she at her young age, age is allowed to be part of Scurry 13.
* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--go to bed at noon, to get up for their midnight flights.
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* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--prepare for bed at noon to get up for their midnight flights. When the other children have to go home, Blanche wonders why so many people go to bed early just as the night gets interesting.



** For the other nine ordinary witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but is referred to by her title alone.

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* TagalongKid: Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, has to come along with the other kids trick or treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-fifteen at night.

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* RevengeIsADishBestServed: This is why ChildHater Skinner gives the children rotten apples; he thinks they're the reason his apples got stolen, his corn picked, and his hens startled. But really he's just nasty to kids.
* TagalongKid: Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, has to come is there along with the other kids trick or treating trick-or-treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him him, though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-fifteen nine-thirty that night.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Blanche needs to be present for the midnight flight
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->''"If it hadn't been for her marvelous blue nose...[Blanche] wouldn't have been allowed in Scurry 13 at all."''

''The Blue-Nosed Witch'' is a children's book published in 1956, written by Margaret Embry and illustrated by Carl Rose.

Blanche, the youngest witch in Scurry 13--the most talented group of witches in the world--is often late to the midnight rides, to the point of annoyance from one of the witches in the scurry. If not for her unique blue nose--that she can turn off and on at will--she likely would still be in the younger witches, and her best friend Josephine stands up for her while Minnie Max thinks she should be sent back with the younger witches for her chronic lateness.

On {{Halloween|Episode}}, Josephine and Blanche both set her alarm clock early to make sure she'll show up on time--resulting in Blanche being up ''much'' earlier than she planned. She ends up spending the time with a group of children trick-or-treating, who are fascinated by her nose and talents--and have no idea she's a real witch at first--and has an interesting Halloween night before she finally meets up with Scurry 13.

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!!''The Blue-Nosed Witch'' contains examples of:

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The book opens stating that it happened "not more than four or five Halloweens ago."
* The50s: The book was written and is set in the 1950s.
* AllWitchesHaveCats: Blanche has a black cat named Brockett, who often makes her late by being hard to find. When Old Man Skinner [[ChildHater is nasty to them]], her first act is to tell Brockett to go and yowl loudly on his windowsill.
* BedsheetGhost: Three of the children Blanche trick-or-treats with are dressed as such and are referred to by height.
* ChildHater: Old Man Skinner, who has a sling shot and is skilled with it. He's blamed the kids for stealing apples they didn't take, ruining his corn, and upsetting his hens. He's even shot rocks at one of the kids and their dog for crossing his lawn. One of the {{Bedsheet Ghost}}s says he's especially mean to children on Halloween. When the kids go to his house to trick or treat, he gives them rotten apples to be nasty and accuses them of picking his corn and scaring his hens. [[HalloweenTrickery Blanche gets back at him for the sake of the kids]] and because she's annoyed as well.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The whole book takes place over a few hours before and on Halloween night.
* FlyingBroomstick: The witches all use brooms to get around except the Grande Madame, who rides a vacuum cleaner that makes a loud noise upon her gunning the motor. (One of the threats against Blanche for being so young and scatterbrained--and chronically late to their night flights--is that she ought to be sent back to Scurry 2 1/2 where she'd be downgraded to a whisk broom.) When Blanche is up much earlier than planned and sees a girl dressed like a witch, she mistakes her for Josephine and wonders why she's walking, thinking perhaps her broom broke down.
* HalloweenTrickery: After Old Man Skinner is cruel and gives the children rotten apples as a prank--and accuses them of playing pranks, one kid suggests they should soap his windows. Blanche at first has Brockett yowl loudly, but when Skinner chases the kids off with his slingshot, Blanche flies up and blows his smoke backwards down his chimney--making him think his house is on fire--and then buzzes around his head as he runs back.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Blanche has a nose that she can make glow blue and turn on and off at will. There's never any explanation other than her being a talented witch, and this is why she, at her young age, is allowed to be part of Scurry 13.
* TheNightOwl: Blanche--and the rest of the witches--go to bed at noon, to get up for their midnight flights.
* NiceGuy: Blanche is very nice and polite for a young witch, being kind to Butch and the rest of the children and very well behaved the whole night. The most mischief she gets up to is when ChildHater Old Man Skinner is nasty to her and the others, and then she returns the favor of a trick back to him.
* NoNameGiven:
** For the other nine ordinary witches in Scurry 13; only Blanche, Minnie Max, and Josephine are given names and descriptions. The Grande Madame also likely has a name, but is referred to by her title alone.
** Other than Butch, the pirate and little brother of the witch leading the group of children trick or treating, none of the other children are named and are instead referred to by their costumes.
* OnlyOneName: Blanche and none of the witches named have last names. When Butch asks her her name, she says it's just "Blanche", which results in the children playing around with her name and calling her "Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.
* TagalongKid: Butch, the child dressed like a pirate, has to come along with the other kids trick or treating because his older sister the Tall Witch had to bring him though she told their mother he was too young. He has to be home by nine-fifteen at night.
* WhosOnFirst: Played with; when Blanche gives her name and says it's just Blanche, Butch reasonably says her name is Blanche Witch. This results in the cowboy calling her "which witch" and children going "she's Blanche Witch, that's which witch!" and singing it as a chant.
* WitchClassic:
** Blanche and the others witches are very much the classic style of witch, with black dresses and pointy hats who travel on {{Flying Broomstick}}s. Blanche even has a black cat, Brockett. The night of Halloween one of the events happening after the flight is the witches making a brew together.
** The tall witch leading the group of trick-or-treaters is dressed like this. Blanche at first mistakes her for her best friend Josephine until she gets closer and sees that the mask is rubber--and the hair is stringy, when Josephine is so meticulous about her hair.

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