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* PerfectionIsStatic: In the ''Fillory And Further'' novels, the [[TimeMaster Watcherwoman]]'s goal is to freeze time throughout Fillory and leave it frozen "at five o'clock on a particularly dreary, drizzly afternoon in late September" - naturally portrayed as perfect and desirable to nobody except for the Watcherwoman. After graduating from Brakebills, Quentin discovers that Fillory is real after all, and over the course of his adventures there, realizes that there's a hidden twist to the Watcherwoman's plan: [[spoiler: namely, that it was misunderstood by [[KidHero the Chatwin children]], and further muddled by artistic license on the part of the author they told their story to. The real goal of [[GoodAllAlong the Watcherwoman]]'s time magic experiment was to turn back time so she could stop her brother from turning into [[BigBad The Beast]].]]
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* CanadaEh: Near the beginning of the first book, two people taking the test are said to have come from 'the same Inuit reservation in Saskatchewan. There are no Inuit reservations. And if there were, they wouldn't be in Saskatchewan. [[AWizardDidIt Maybe it's an all-magician Inuit reservation that's hidden from muggles by the masquerade]], or maybe it's just Quentin not understanding what he's hearing.
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* HedgeMage: Hedge Witches, or Hedge for short, are Magicians who practice Hedge magic, a self-taught form of magic instead of the formal education at a Magical School. This is done by using information from the internet and public sources. The spells aren't strong or crafted well, which can result in them being dangerous, which is why Hedges have safe houses to share their knowledge with each other.
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* LibraryOfBabel: The first book hints the Neitherlands is this but this book confirms it.
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* SchmuckBanquet: There's an extremely long table laden with food in Ember's Tomb. The guys GenreSavvy enough to know not to touch it but Janet eventually ends up drinking some of he wine to no ill effect.
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* GoodShapeshiftingEvilShapeshifting: In the finale, Alice ends up clashing with the Beast in a ShapeshifterShowdown. As the best and brightest of the Physical Kids, Alice has a huge variety of forms to choose from, including a lion, an anaconda, a bear, a giant scorpion, and even a dragon - befitting her imagination and wisdom. However, the Beast only uses his powers to make himself progressively bigger to the point that he can even coldcock a dragon, a sure sign of his own all-consuming narcissism and his nature as a PsychopathicManchild.
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* RogerRabbitEffect: It's said to be near impossible to turn completely invisible and the few people who do it never look normal again and are more like paintings.
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** In the first book Quentin can use magic to steal money from [=ATM=]s and the narration mentions that this is really easy for him to do but in this book Julia has to show him how to do it.
** In the first book Quentin can use magic to steal money from [=ATM=]s and the narration mentions that this is really easy for him to do but in this book Julia has to show him how to do it.
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* SeriesContinuityError: All three books contradict on how easy it hard it is to turn invisible:
** In the first, Alice can turn her forearm invisible and back fairly easily but can't yet do it wit the rest of her body.
** ''The Magician King'' says it's near impossible to turn truly invisible and the ones who do it never look normal again.
** Here Eliot can turn armies invisible fairly easily with the only limit being that he had to put in [[VancianMagic hours of spellwork]] the night before.
** In the first, Alice can turn her forearm invisible and back fairly easily but can't yet do it wit the rest of her body.
** ''The Magician King'' says it's near impossible to turn truly invisible and the ones who do it never look normal again.
** Here Eliot can turn armies invisible fairly easily with the only limit being that he had to put in [[VancianMagic hours of spellwork]] the night before.
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* WizardingSchool: Brakebills, a magical university. It's mentioned that there are others in other countries. The hedge witch safe houses in the sequel also count.
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* DiligentHeroSlothfulVillain: The Beast is a HumanoidAbomination possessed of incredible power but is also a PsychopathicManchild with no discipline, lazily ruling over Fillory from the shadows and only stirring when something gets his attention. By contrast, the Physical Kids are WorkHardPlayHard magicians who have undergone years of study plus a year-long TrainingFromHell to master their powers and tend to go to pieces without a challenge to keep them occupied. Once they've gotten their act together, the WeakButSkilled Physical Kids are able to get the UnskilledButStrong Beast on the ropes for the first time in the entire story.
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* {{Crossover}}: WordOfGod [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/08/a-brief-guide-to-the-hidden-allusions-in-the-magicians says]] that the Neitherlands was either built over The Wood Between the Worlds from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' or that the woods will eventually grow over The Neitherlands. In the second book Josh says he visited a world in the multiverse that was inhabited by ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''. [[http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2012/03/cage-match-2012-round-1-julia-versus-kull.html In this story]] Julia fights Literature/{{Kull}}.
* {{Crossover}}: WordOfGod [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/08/a-brief-guide-to-the-hidden-allusions-in-the-magicians says]] that the Neitherlands was either built over The Wood Between the Worlds from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' or that the woods will eventually grow over The Neitherlands. In the second book Josh says he visited a world in the multiverse that was inhabited by ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''. [[http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2012/03/cage-match-2012-round-1-julia-versus-kull.html In this story]] Julia fights Literature/{{Kull}}.
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* {{Flight}}: One of the powers that Quentin and the other Physical Kids have mastered by the end of the book, though it's difficult to maintain and takes a lot of energy.
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* {{Golem}}: In her final fight with [[spoiler: The Beast/Martin Chatwin]], Alice turns the sand in the room into a glass golem.
* {{Golem}}: In her final fight with [[spoiler: The Beast/Martin Chatwin]], Alice turns the sand in the room into a glass golem.
* MagicalLand: Fillory, an unearthly realm of fantasy creatures and adventure modelled off Narnia. Unsurprisingly, it operates on NarniaTime.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Professor Foxtree, who is specifically noted to be of Native American descent.
* MagiciansAreWizards: Quentin accidentally does real magic while performing sleight-of-hand coin tricks, which is what initially attracts the attention of Brakebills. It is also mentioned that some hedge wizards make a living as stage magicians.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Professor Foxtree, who is specifically noted to be of Native American descent.
* MagiciansAreWizards: Quentin accidentally does real magic while performing sleight-of-hand coin tricks, which is what initially attracts the attention of Brakebills. It is also mentioned that some hedge wizards make a living as stage magicians.
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* MagiciansAreWizards: Quentin accidentally does real magic while performing sleight-of-hand coin tricks, which is what initially attracts the attention of Brakebills. It is also mentioned that some hedge wizards make a living as stage magicians.
* MagicalLand: Fillory, an unearthly realm of fantasy creatures and adventure modelled off Narnia. Unsurprisingly, it operates on NarniaTime.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Professor Foxtree, who is specifically noted to be of Native American descent.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Professor Foxtree, who is specifically noted to be of Native American descent.
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* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: The administration of [[WizardSchool Brakebills School of Magical Pedagogy]] selects its students well in advance from only the most intelligent and obsessive teenagers across America - not just via the records of other elite schools, but through stranger methods. Protagonist Quentin Coldwater was earmarked by Brakebills three years before his enrolment, back when he was [[IJustWantToBeSpecial learning how to perform sleight-of-hand]]; the man who sold Quentin the props was actually one of the faculty's talent-spotters. And up until he's finally whisked away to Brakebills, Quentin and many of the other potential students aren't even aware that real magic exists.
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* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: The administration of [[WizardSchool [[WizardingSchool Brakebills School of Magical Pedagogy]] selects its students well in advance from only the most intelligent and obsessive teenagers across America - not just via the records of other elite schools, but through stranger methods. Protagonist Quentin Coldwater was earmarked by Brakebills three years before his enrolment, back when he was [[IJustWantToBeSpecial learning how to perform sleight-of-hand]]; the man who sold Quentin the props was actually one of the faculty's talent-spotters. And up until he's finally whisked away to Brakebills, Quentin and many of the other potential students aren't even aware that real magic exists.
* HairRaisingHare: The Seeing Hare, which can apparently see the future; it forecasts the end of the world and ends up killing a royal courtier in the process.
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* PlanetEngland: Like Narnia, Fillory seems to be the name of the entire world and also one particular country in it.
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* PlanetEngland: Like Narnia, Fillory seems to be the name of the entire world and also one particular country in it.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Despite feeling that he shouldn't, Quentin declines the quest that the clock tree is obviously a part of in the first meadow. [[spoiler: Later averted, as when he returns to Fillory he finds Eliot in the midst of the quest that the clock tree meadow started, and Quentin joins the quest-in-progress.]]
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Despite feeling that he shouldn't, Quentin declines the quest that the clock tree is obviously a part of in the first meadow. [[spoiler: Later averted, as when he returns to Fillory he finds Eliot in the midst of the quest that the clock tree meadow started, and Quentin joins the quest-in-progress.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: {{Discussed}}.
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--> "Are you playing with your wang, Quentin?" James asked.
--> Quentin blushed.
--> "Are you playing with your wang."
--> "Nothing to be ashamed of." James clapped him on the shoulder. "Clears the mind."
--> [Quentin] did the trick with the nickel in his pocket again.
--> "Are you playing with your wang, Quentin?" James asked.
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--> "Are you playing with your wang."
--> "Nothing to be ashamed of." James clapped him on the shoulder. "Clears the mind."
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: Because of the borderline insane requirements for safely working magic, [[WizardSchool Brakebills]] has a [[IncomprehensibleEntranceExam notoriously complicated entrance exam]] designed to weed out anyone who doesn't have what it takes... and the fact that the students might be taking the exam without even being aware that magic exists isn't considered grounds for leniency. As such, out of an entire class of potential students, only Quentin and Penny pass, with all others - including Julia - having their memories of the day erased.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: Because of the borderline insane requirements for safely working magic, [[WizardSchool [[WizardingSchool Brakebills]] has a [[IncomprehensibleEntranceExam notoriously complicated entrance exam]] designed to weed out anyone who doesn't have what it takes... and the fact that the students might be taking the exam without even being aware that magic exists isn't considered grounds for leniency. As such, out of an entire class of potential students, only Quentin and Penny pass, with all others - including Julia - having their memories of the day erased.
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* ScrubbingOffTheTrauma: In ''The Magician King'', Eliot mentions his first meeting with [[BrokenBird Julia]] at a spa, during which she had taken to obsessively taking steam baths - often at such high temperatures that nobody else could stand to be in the same room. Eliot speculates that she was trying to cleanse herself of something she can't remove, but the reason why doesn't become apparent until the end: [[spoiler: Julia had taken part in the summoning of a goddess, only to get the attention of Renard the Fox, who brutally murdered all but one of Julia's friends - and then raped Julia herself in exchange for sparing her one remaining friend.]]
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* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: The administration of [[WizardSchool Brakebills School of Magical Pedagogy]] selects its students well in advance from only the most intelligent and obsessive teenagers across America - not just via the records of other elite schools, but through stranger methods. Protagonist Quentin Coldwater was earmarked by Brakebills three years before his enrolment, back when he was [[IJustWantToBeSpecial learning how to perform sleight-of-hand]]; the man who sold Quentin the props was actually one of the faculty's talent-spotters. And up until he's finally whisked away to Brakebills, Quentin and many of the other potential students aren't even aware that real magic exists.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: Because of the borderline insane requirements for safely working magic, [[WizardSchool Brakebills]] has a [[IncomprehensibleEntranceExam notoriously complicated entrance exam]] designed to weed out anyone who doesn't have what it takes... and the fact that the students might be taking the exam without even being aware that magic exists isn't considered grounds for leniency. As such, out of an entire class of potential students, only Quentin and Penny pass, with all others - including Julia - having their memories of the day erased.
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* EnigmaticInstitute: In ''The Magician King'', the already-secret magical society in which legitimate magicians live and work is revealed to feature a WainscotSociety of safehouses and fight clubs in which Hedge-Witches can work their own illegal magic... and hidden in the most secretive regions of ''this'' underground is the Free Trader Beowulf Group, a covert magical research group buried a SafelySecludedScienceCenter in the south of France. Once Julia Wicker becomes worthy of joining them, it turns out the secrecy is due to them studying the deepest secrets of magic - some of which have the potential to backfire messily. Their ultimate project is [[spoiler: the summoning of a Goddess.]]
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: The [[EnigmaticInstitute Free Trader Beowulf Group]] doesn't open its door to Julia until she has become the undisputed champion of the entire safehouse community and learned secrets that other hedge-witches haven't even dreamed of. Once again, there's a logic to this decision, as the FTB isn't a fight club, but a top-secret research group demanding magical mastery from its members.
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* EnigmaticInstitute: The already-secret magical society in which legitimate magicians live and work is revealed to feature a WainscotSociety of safehouses and fight clubs in which Hedge-Witches can work their own illegal magic... and hidden in the most secretive regions of ''this'' underground is the Free Trader Beowulf Group, a covert magical research group buried a SafelySecludedScienceCenter in the south of France. Once Julia Wicker becomes worthy of joining them, it turns out the secrecy is due to them studying the deepest secrets of magic - some of which have the potential to backfire messily. Their ultimate project is [[spoiler: the summoning of a Goddess.]]
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* EnigmaticInstitute: In ''The Magician King'', the already-secret magical society in which legitimate magicians live and work is revealed to feature a WainscotSociety of safehouses and fight clubs in which Hedge-Witches can work their own illegal magic... and hidden in the most secretive regions of ''this'' underground is the Free Trader Beowulf Group, a covert magical research group buried a SafelySecludedScienceCenter in the south of France. Once Julia Wicker becomes worthy of joining them, it turns out the secrecy is due to them studying the deepest secrets of magic - some of which have the potential to backfire messily. Their ultimate project is [[spoiler: the summoning of a Goddess.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': The basis of the magical world of Fillory. [[spoiler: Though the real Fillory (and all the counterpart characters) turn out to be a cynical, worst-case-scenario version of a Narnia-type setting.]]
** ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Jason mentions Quidditch, and there are other small allusions throughout.
** ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'': The part in the first book when the Brakebills students are transformed into geese is a ShoutOut to the ''Literature/TheSwordInTheStone''. Myth/ArthurianLegend, in general, is referred to frequently throughout the second book.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The basis of some spells our heroes cook up and the "level system" used by the hedgewitch safe houses.
** ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Josh wants to see if he can find Middle Earth at the end of the first book.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The name of the group Free Trader Beowulf (and the text of their recruiting pitch) are direct references to a famous ''Classic Traveller'' scenario—THE introductory adventure for many players in the early 80s once it became clear to GDW that their WorldBuilding was as much of a draw as their ruleset.
** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both explicitly mentioned by Josh in the second book as examples of worlds he found or was looking for via the Button.
** ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': The basis of the magical world of Fillory. [[spoiler: Though the real Fillory (and all the counterpart characters) turn out to be a cynical, worst-case-scenario version of a Narnia-type setting.]]
** ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Jason mentions Quidditch, and there are other small allusions throughout.
** ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'': The part in the first book when the Brakebills students are transformed into geese is a ShoutOut to the ''Literature/TheSwordInTheStone''. Myth/ArthurianLegend, in general, is referred to frequently throughout the second book.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The basis of some spells our heroes cook up and the "level system" used by the hedgewitch safe houses.
** ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Josh wants to see if he can find Middle Earth at the end of the first book.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The name of the group Free Trader Beowulf (and the text of their recruiting pitch) are direct references to a famous ''Classic Traveller'' scenario—THE introductory adventure for many players in the early 80s once it became clear to GDW that their WorldBuilding was as much of a draw as their ruleset.
** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both explicitly mentioned by Josh in the second book as examples of worlds he found or was looking for via the Button.
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* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': The basis of the magical world of Fillory. [[spoiler: Though the real Fillory (and all the counterpart characters) turn out to be a cynical, worst-case-scenario version of a Narnia-type setting.]]
** ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Jason mentions Quidditch, and there are other small allusions throughout.
** ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'': The part in the first book when the Brakebills students are transformed into geese is a ShoutOut to the ''Literature/TheSwordInTheStone''. Myth/ArthurianLegend, in general, is referred to frequently throughout the second book.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The basis of some spells our heroes cook up and the "level system" used by the hedgewitch safe houses.
** ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Josh wants to see if he can find Middle Earth at the end of the first book.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The name of the group Free Trader Beowulf (and the text of their recruiting pitch) are direct references to a famous ''Classic Traveller'' scenario—THE introductory adventure for many players in the early 80s once it became clear to GDW that their WorldBuilding was as much of a draw as their ruleset.
** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both explicitly mentioned by Josh in the second book as examples of worlds he found or was looking for via the Button.
** ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': The basis of the magical world of Fillory. [[spoiler: Though the real Fillory (and all the counterpart characters) turn out to be a cynical, worst-case-scenario version of a Narnia-type setting.]]
** ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Jason mentions Quidditch, and there are other small allusions throughout.
** ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'': The part in the first book when the Brakebills students are transformed into geese is a ShoutOut to the ''Literature/TheSwordInTheStone''. Myth/ArthurianLegend, in general, is referred to frequently throughout the second book.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The basis of some spells our heroes cook up and the "level system" used by the hedgewitch safe houses.
** ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Josh wants to see if he can find Middle Earth at the end of the first book.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The name of the group Free Trader Beowulf (and the text of their recruiting pitch) are direct references to a famous ''Classic Traveller'' scenario—THE introductory adventure for many players in the early 80s once it became clear to GDW that their WorldBuilding was as much of a draw as their ruleset.
** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both explicitly mentioned by Josh in the second book as examples of worlds he found or was looking for via the Button.
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!!This work mentions and references:
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': The basis of the magical world of Fillory. [[spoiler: Though the real Fillory (and all the counterpart characters) turn out to be a cynical, worst-case-scenario version of a Narnia-type setting.]]
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Jason mentions Quidditch, and there are other small allusions throughout.
* ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'': The part in the first book when the Brakebills students are transformed into geese is a ShoutOut to the ''Literature/TheSwordInTheStone''. The Myth/KingArthur mythos, in general, is referred to frequently throughout the second book.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The basis of some spells our heroes cook up and the "level system" used by the hedgewitch safe houses.
* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Josh wants to see if he can find Middle Earth at the end of the first book.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The name of the group Free Trader Beowulf (and the text of their recruiting pitch) are direct references to a famous ''Classic Traveller'' scenario—THE introductory adventure for many players in the early 80s once it became clear to GDW that their WorldBuilding was as much of a draw as their ruleset.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both explicitly mentioned by Josh in the second book as examples of worlds he found or was looking for via the Button.
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* SexuallyTransmittedSuperpowers: PlayedForHorror: a group of magicians attempt to summon a benevolent demigoddess in the hope of learning from her... only to get the attention of a monstrous TricksterGod who kills most of them. Then, [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor as a sick joke]], he gives one of the survivors all the divine knowledge the group wanted by brutally raping her, tearing her soul out for good measure. Once it's all over, the victim staggers away, naked and covered in blood... and then, drawing on powers unknown to her, [[IBelieveICanFly takes flight]]. [[spoiler: The victim is none other than Julia Wicker, Quentin's old friend.]]
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* StudentsSecretSociety: The League, a secret gang of students at Brakebills dedicated to pranking individuals who have committed some kind of social offence. Plum, the League's president, claims that it's an AncientTradition within the school, but privately admits that it's actually based on something she read in a PG Wodehouse novel. Their latest target is a student wine waiter believed to be short pouring at mealtimes... but the attempted grand finale of the prank campaign ends with Plum accidentally trespassing on a forbidden area of the school and getting expelled. After spending some time working alongside Quentin Coldwater as [[HeistEpisode part of a magical heist crew]], Plum can't help but look back and [[IHatePastMe belatedly realize just how silly the League was]].
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** The fourth year at Brakebills features the students being transformed into ducks so they can transport themselves to the southern campus for a year-long TrainingFromHell. Once the initial TransformationHorror is over, Quentin and the other students enjoy flying immensely, and treat the whole thing as an epic adventure that they look back upon with much fondness.
** Over the course of the aforementioned year at Brakebills South, the students are taught to transform at will, spending a happy afternoon clowning around in the form of polar bears in a welcome reprieve from the mind-pummeling coursework. Later, they're taught to transform into Arctic Foxes, which they also enjoy... but unfortunately, they end up taking the fun a ''little'' too far when the sex-starved students begin succumbing to their newfound animal instincts. Nobody in the class can make eye contact once they return to human form.
** The fourth year at Brakebills features the students being transformed into ducks so they can transport themselves to the southern campus for a year-long TrainingFromHell. Once the initial TransformationHorror is over, Quentin and the other students enjoy flying immensely, and treat the whole thing as an epic adventure that they look back upon with much fondness.
** Over the course of the aforementioned year at Brakebills South, the students are taught to transform at will, spending a happy afternoon clowning around in the form of polar bears in a welcome reprieve from the mind-pummeling coursework. Later, they're taught to transform into Arctic Foxes, which they also enjoy... but unfortunately, they end up taking the fun a ''little'' too far when the sex-starved students begin succumbing to their newfound animal instincts. Nobody in the class can make eye contact once they return to human form.
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* GeniusBurnout: Students accepted into [[WizardingSchool Brakebills]] are among the best and brightest of all the {{Teen Genius}}es surveyed for the entrance exam, a necessity considering just how difficult it is to learn and control magic. However, instead of actually ''using'' their powers and intellect for anything remotely constructive, far too many Brakebills graduates go to seed. Part of this is due to the fact that such students tend to be highly competitive, challenge-oriented individuals who flourish while studying but fall to pieces without something to focus on. More importantly, it's also due to the fact that once mastered, magic can do almost ''anything'', [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction making postgraduate life extremely unsatisfying]]. Many graduates descend into a life of mindless hedonism: some pursue meaningless hobbies, some (like Quentin) take ''serious'' risks in pursuit of adventure, and some even leave the magical world altogether and pose as muggles, most commonly while sponging off the Brakebills' old boys network in an effort to avoid actually having to work. As such, Quentin's character arc over the course of the series involves him gradually clambering out of this decline and finding something important to devote his abilities to.
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