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** A variant occurs during Season 2A. [[spoiler: Once Chuck creates his magic-stealing cookbook, all the recipes in the magical cookbook become this, since they transfer out of their book and into his once they make it.]]

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** A variant occurs during Season 2A. [[spoiler: Once Chuck creates his magic-stealing cookbook, all the any of girls' plans involving recipes in the magical cookbook become this, since any recipe they transfer make transfers out of their book and into his once they make it.his.]]
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** A variant occurs during Season 2A. [[spoiler: Once Chuck creates his magic-stealing cookbook, all the recipes in the magical cookbook become this, since they transfer out of their book and into his once they make it.]]
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*** [[spoiler: During another point in ''Just Add Plants'', During another point, Kelly said the magic spice plants overgrowing was a better downside than losing the cookbook. This indicates that she wanted to keep the book.]]

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*** **** [[spoiler: During another point in ''Just Add Plants'', During another point, that same episode, Kelly said the magic spice plants overgrowing was a better downside than losing the cookbook. This indicates that she wanted to keep the book.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The side-effect of the PHO-tographic Memory Soup: Kelly gets to see memories her recent past, but she loses an hour of her life and constantly forgets about various things; ''and'' Kelly was addicted to the soup not caring about the consequences. It literally takes the others ''forcing'' Kelly to stop by pouring out the soup. It's basically a G-rated version of being drunk from alcohol and having a drinking problem.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The side-effect of the PHO-tographic Memory Soup: Kelly gets to see her memories and her recent past, but she loses an hour of her life and constantly forgets about various things; ''and'' Kelly was addicted to the soup not caring about the consequences. It literally takes the others ''forcing'' Kelly to stop by pouring out the soup. It's basically a G-rated version of being drunk from alcohol and having a drinking problem.
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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Tomorrow'', the reason the girl trio ended up in the time-loop was because Kelly turned up the oven heat to 450° when it should have been 400°. Considering previous episodes have shown Kelly to be a serious ControlFreak with cooking, extremely paranoid about the magic and a cooking expert, it's pretty out-of-character for Kelly would have made such an avoidable mistake with a magic recipe... unless she did it deliberately.]]

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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Tomorrow'', the reason the girl trio ended up in the time-loop was because Kelly turned up the oven heat to 450° when it should have been 400°. Considering previous episodes have shown Kelly to be a serious ControlFreak with cooking, extremely paranoid about the magic and a cooking expert, it's pretty out-of-character for Kelly would have to made such an avoidable mistake with a magic recipe... unless she did it deliberately.]]
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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Tomorrow'', the reason the girl trio ended up in the time-loop was because Kelly turned up the oven heat to 450° when it should have been 400°. Considering previous episodes have shown Kelly to be a serious ControlFreak with cooking, extremely paranoid about the magic and a cooking expert, it's pretty out-of-character for Kelly would have made such an avoidable mistake with a magic recipe... unless she did it deliberately.]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The side-effect of the PHO-tographic Memory Soup: Kelly gets to see memories her recent past, but she loses an hour of her life and constantly forgets about various things; ''and'' Kelly was addicted to the soup not caring about the consequences. It literally takes the others ''forcing'' Kelly to stop by pouring out the soup. It's basically a G-rated version of being drunk from alcohol and having a drinking problem.



*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Plants'', it feels peculiar that the downside for bringing the magic spice garden back was apparently the magic plants growing out of control all over town. For Cedronian spells, the downside typically involves the opposite of what the spell was intended to do, meaning that if the magic spice garden with unpoisoned, something else would need to get poisoned in its place. And Kelly's the one who poured the liquid restoring the magic garden, which means...]]

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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Plants'', it feels peculiar that the downside for bringing the magic spice garden back was apparently the magic plants growing out of control all over town. For Cedronian spells, the downside typically involves the opposite of what the spell was intended to do, meaning that if the magic spice garden with was unpoisoned, something else would need to get poisoned in its place. And Kelly's the one who poured the liquid restoring the magic garden, which means...]]



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The side-effect of the PHO-tographic Memory Soup: Kelly gets to see memories her recent past, but she loses an hour of her life and constantly forgets about various things; ''and'' Kelly was addicted to the soup not caring about the consequences. It literally takes the others ''forcing'' Kelly to stop by pouring out the soup. It's basically a G-rated version of being drunk from alcohol and having a drinking problem.

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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Plants'', Kelly said the magic spice plants overgrowing was a better downside than losing the cookbook. This indicates that she wanted to keep the book.]]

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*** [[spoiler: In ''Just Add Plants'', it feels peculiar that the downside for bringing the magic spice garden back was apparently the magic plants growing out of control all over town. For Cedronian spells, the downside typically involves the opposite of what the spell was intended to do, meaning that if the magic spice garden with unpoisoned, something else would need to get poisoned in its place. And Kelly's the one who poured the liquid restoring the magic garden, which means...]]
*** [[spoiler: During another point in ''Just Add Plants'', During another point,
Kelly said the magic spice plants overgrowing was a better downside than losing the cookbook. This indicates that she wanted to keep the book.]]

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-> You are dealing with powerful forces you cannot control!
-->-- ''Gina Silvers''

''Just Add Magic'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original series released in 2015. It follows the adventures of best friends Kelly, Darbie and Hannah, who come into possession of a cookbook full of magical recipes. Using the power of the book, they delve into the mystery of how Kelly's grandmother became cursed, while occasionally solving some personal problems. Unfortunately, the spells in the book always come with a downside.

A spin-off series titled ''Just Add Magic: Mystery City'' was released in 2020 and follows the three new protectors introduced in Season 3B’s New Protectors special; step-siblings Zoe and Leo and their downstairs neighbor Ish.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Amazon Prime's version of Series/Charmed1998 ''Series/Charmed1998'' [[note]]From left to right: [[TheSmartGal Hannah,]] [[TheLeader Kelly,]] and [[PluckyComicRelief Darbie]]. [[/note]]]]
-> You ''"You are dealing with powerful forces you cannot control!
control!"''
-->-- ''Gina Silvers''

'''Gina Silvers'''

''Just Add Magic'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original an UrbanFantasy series developed for Creator/PrimeVideo, based on the book series of the same name by Cindy Callaghan. The PilotEpisode released in 2015. It follows 2015 to rave reviews from kids and [[PeripheryDemographic adults]] alike, becoming the adventures highest-rated premiere for a kids' program on the service that year, with a full first season airing a year later. Two[[labelnote:*]]or four, depending on how you slice it. Season 2 was divided into "2A" and "2B" parts, and although there ''is'' a Season 3B, it only consists of one episode. [[/labelnote]]more seasons were produced from 2016 to 2019.

The story starts out like this: tween
best friends Kelly, Kelly Quinn, Darbie O'Brien and Hannah, who Hannah Parker-Kent come into possession of a cookbook full previously belonging to Kelly's grandmother, who is afflicted with a mysterious neurological illness in the present day. The girls discover that the cookbook's recipes inflict magic spells on whoever eats them, and that Grandma Quinn's ailment is the result of magical recipes. a {{curse}}. Using the power of the book, they delve seek to find a way to cure Grandma Quinn, inadvertently unraveling more mysteries about magic and its relation to the people they thought they knew.

While this plot [[NotSoEpisodic becomes more complex as more narrative threads are introduced]], the episode-to-episode gist usually remains the same: Kelly, Darbie and Hannah get
into trouble, attempt to use magic to solve it, the mystery magic backfires, [[AnAesop and they learn a lesson]]. This is reflected in the heavily consequential nature of how Kelly's grandmother became cursed, while occasionally solving some personal problems. Unfortunately, the magic itself, which is emphasized not to be the cure-all for everything, as all the spells in the book always come with a carry some sort of caveat or downside.

A spin-off The series titled concluded with a BackdoorPilot special, from which [[SpinOff spun off]] 2020's ''Just Add Magic: Mystery City'' was released in 2020 and City''. It follows the three [[PassingTheTorch a new protectors trio of protectors]] introduced in Season 3B’s New Protectors special; said special and/or the final season: step-siblings Zoe and Leo Chua-Sellitti, and their downstairs neighbor Ish.

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* ActorAllusion: In ''Just Add Caroline'', Becky, Ms. Silvers and Mama P reminisce about playing animals in a school play when they were in middle school. Becky says she played a wolf, an allusion to Creator/DeeWallace's role in ''Film/TheHowling''.
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* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: In the magic side plot of Season 2 Part 2, Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are able to outsmart the BigBad and maintain their memories of magic. However this doesn't change the fact that the mastermind had successfully erased everyone else's memories of it -- including the heroes' closest allies and friends -- meaning the main girl trio were the only ones with the power. This later gets averted when some of allies regain their memories in the next season.

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* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: In the magic side plot of Season 2 Part 2, [[spoiler: Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are able to outsmart the BigBad and maintain their memories of magic. However this doesn't change the fact that the mastermind had successfully erased everyone else's memories of it -- including the heroes' closest allies and friends -- meaning the main girl trio were the only ones with the power. This later gets averted when some of allies regain their memories in the next season.]]



* RashomonStyle: Of a sort in "Just Add Beginnings": A spell accidentally makes Hanna, Darby, and Kelly forget they were friends and Jake and Miss Silvers need to recreate the exact moment they met in order to restore their memories, but everyone who was there has a different memory of what happened. Fortunately, the one thing all version of events have in common is that Charlotte was there making fun of the girls, so they're able to get the full story from her.

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* RashomonStyle: Of a sort in "Just Add Beginnings": A spell accidentally makes Hanna, Hannah, Darby, and Kelly forget they were friends and Jake and Miss Silvers need to recreate the exact moment they met in order to restore their memories, but everyone who was there has a different memory of what happened. Fortunately, the one thing all version of events have in common is that Charlotte was there making fun of the girls, so they're able to get the full story from her.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Chuck]] at the end of Season 2, [[spoiler: since he was only trying to save his sister, Rose. He ends up managing to do so without having to hurt anyone.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Chuck]] at the end of Season 2, 2A, [[spoiler: since he was only trying to save his sister, Rose. He ends up managing to do so without having to hurt anyone.]]

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