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** The real boy spell is fading. [[note]]A visit from that blue fairy should solve matters in no time.[[/note]]



** Alice thought the worst when she heard that Bob got turned into a puppet, but it meant a puppet in his likeness.

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** Alice thought the worst when she heard that Bob got turned into a puppet, but it meant "[[MistakenForTransformed It's a puppet in his likeness.good likeness they've made of me, isn't it?]]"

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* '''Subverted''': The puppeting spell fails.

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** Alice thought the worst when she heard that Bob got turned into a puppet, but it meant a puppet in his likeness.
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** Bob should have been more careful about [[LiteralGenie how he wished for that puppet]].

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* '''Discussed''': "I have 500 puppets in my collection and will have a [[ImpliedDeathThreat 501st]] if you [[ShutUpKirk don't shut up right now]].
* '''Conversed''': "If we turn enough of our enemies into our puppets, we will be unstoppable. Instead of only decreasing their army, we can also add to our own"

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* '''Discussed''': "I have 500 puppets in my collection and will have a [[ImpliedDeathThreat 501st]] if you [[ShutUpKirk don't shut up right now]].
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* '''Conversed''': "If we turn enough of our enemies into our puppets, we will be unstoppable. Instead of only decreasing their army, we can also add to our own"own".

* '''Implied''': Muffled screaming can be heard from the puppet.
* '''Deconstructed''': Due to all of his organs being turned into plastic, Bob instantly dies.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's soul possesses the puppet and he is [[ToyTransmutation now a toy eternally.]]




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** Evulz turns Bob's [[DoomedHometown entire city]] into puppets]]

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** Evulz turns Bob's [[DoomedHometown entire city]] into puppets]]puppets.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone gets turned into a puppet.
* '''Straight''': [[AliceAndBob Bob]] gets turned into a puppet by Emperor Evulz.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Evulz turns Bob's [[DoomedHometown entire city]] into puppets]]
** Bob is unable to [[AndIMustScream move at all]] unless Emperor Evils controls him. There is no cure, not even death. Bob is trapped forever.
** Emperor Evuls turns bob into [[LivingStructureMonster the entire toy store]].
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is an [[ObjectShifting object shifter]] and turns into a puppet to spy on Evulz.
** Bob's [[PeoplePuppets tendons are torn out and used as puppet strings]].
** MeatPuppet.
** UnwillingRoboticisation.
* '''Justified''':
** Evulz is an EvilPuppeteer and has found his new favorite BlackMagic spell.
** Evulz uses a disease that makes the human [[AndIMustScream immobile but still alive]]. Evulz then attaches strings to Bob's limbs and goes on a rampage while making Bob [[ForcedToWatch watch]] and take the heat.
* '''Inverted''': BecomeARealBoy.
* '''Subverted''': The puppeting spell fails.
* '''Double Subverted''': The second casting turns Bob into a puppet.
* '''Parodied''': Bob gets turned into a [[MuPpet Muppet]], who then proceeds to [[HilarityEnsues trash the]] EvilLair and annoy the villain so much that he undoes the curse and leaves.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob becomes a puppet every full moon.
* '''Averted''': Bob does not become a puppet.
* '''Enforced''': "Turning Bob into a puppet is the most obvious tell that he is being [[MindControl controlled]] by the villain. This can avoid a lot of confusion for new viewers".
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is every possession spell in this book so obvious? I can't convince anyone that Bob is normal while having to parade him around on strings."
* '''Invoked''': Evulz searches for and finds a staff that inflicts this curse. The emperor proceeds to use it as much as he can so that he can build an army.
* '''Exploited''': Evulz controls Bob during a fight so that he does not have to [[DirtyCoward risk his own life]].
* '''Defied''': Evulz [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim does not use the spell and instead shoots Bob]] so that he does not ever have to deal with him again.
* '''Discussed''': "I have 500 puppets in my collection and will have a [[ImpliedDeathThreat 501st]] if you [[ShutUpKirk don't shut up right now]].
* '''Conversed''': "If we turn enough of our enemies into our puppets, we will be unstoppable. Instead of only decreasing their army, we can also add to our own"
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