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

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A spin-off series titled ''Just Add Magic: Mystery City''was City'' was released in 2020 and follows the three new protectors introduced in Season 3B, 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 [[note]]From left to right: [[TheSmartGal Hannah,]] [[TheLeader Kelly,]] and [[PluckyComicRelief Darbie]] [[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Amazon Prime's version of Series/Charmed1998 [[note]]From left to right: [[TheSmartGal Hannah,]] [[TheLeader Kelly,]] and [[PluckyComicRelief Darbie]] Darbie]]. [[/note]]]]



''Just Add Magic'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original series released in 2015. It follows the adventures of best friends Kelly, Darby, and Hanna, 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.

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''Just Add Magic'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original series released in 2015. It follows the adventures of best friends Kelly, Darby, Darbie and Hanna, 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.
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A spin-off series titled ''Just Add Magic: Mystery City''was released in 2020 and follows the three new protectors introduced in Season 3B, 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 [[note]]From left to right: [[TheSmartGal Hannah,]] [[TheLeader Kelly,]] and [[TheChick Darbie]] [[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Amazon Prime's version of Series/Charmed1998 [[note]]From left to right: [[TheSmartGal Hannah,]] [[TheLeader Kelly,]] and [[TheChick [[PluckyComicRelief Darbie]] [[/note]]]]
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* BadFuture: When a young Becky Quinn changes the past so Ida and Gina never got in an argument, Becky got stuck in the cookbook when Chuck saved Rose, Gina Silvers was poisoned and turned evil, took over as mayor, and ruled Saffron Falls with an iron fist.

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* BadFuture: BadPresent: When a young Becky Quinn changes the past so Ida and Gina never got in an argument, Becky got stuck in the cookbook when Chuck saved Rose, Gina Silvers was poisoned and turned evil, took over as mayor, and ruled Saffron Falls with an iron fist.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Darby or Darbie? The episode descriptions on Amazon Prime use Darbie, but the subtitles use Darby.
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* HalloweenEpisode: "Just Add [[CaptainObvious Halloween]]"

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* HalloweenEpisode: "Just Add [[CaptainObvious Halloween]]"Halloween"



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** Season 2: Why does Chuck want the magic from the book? What exactly is his ultimate plan? [[spoiler: His sister was trapped in the book as a result of an immortality spell he was trying to make. Everything he did was an attempt to save her by putting one of the girls into the book in her place.]]
** Season 2B: Who cursing protectors to forget about magic knowledge?

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** Season 2: 2A: Why does Chuck want the magic from the book? What exactly is his ultimate plan? [[spoiler: His sister was trapped in the book as a result of an immortality spell he was trying to make. Everything he did was an attempt to save her by putting one of the girls into the book in her place.]]
** Season 2B: Who Who's cursing protectors to forget about magic knowledge?knowledge? [[spoiler: It's Jill/ Caroline who thought magic was dangerous and tried to destroy it for the good of humanity. And she wasn't to far off from the truth.]]


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** Even without the above spell, Kelly has a habit of freaking out over nearly anything. See ControlFreak above.
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** Season 2B: Who cursing protectors to forget about magic knowledge?
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** The side effect of bringing the garden back in Season 2B,[[spoiler: is Kelly turning into a magic ControlFreak. It takes an most of the season for Hannah and Darbie to figure this out.]]

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** The side effect of bringing the garden back in Season 2B,[[spoiler: is Kelly turning into a magic ControlFreak. It takes an most of the season for Hannah and Darbie to figure this out.]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: The fake Erin turning into Kelly.]]
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** Season 3: What's the downside of bringing the garden back to life?/[[spoiler: Who stole the night-blooming spice plants?]]

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** Season 3: What's the downside of bringing the garden back to life?/[[spoiler: Who stole the night-blooming spice plants?]]plants?]] [[spoiler: Removing the poison from the garden caused Kelly's mind to be poisoned instead. The poison preyed on her fear that she, Hannah, and Darbie wouldn't be fiends without magic. She took the night-blooming mint as part of a larger plan to bind the book to them forever.]]



** [[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'', Kelly said the magic spice plants overgrowing was a better downside, downside than losing the cookbook. This indicates that she wanted to keep the book.]]
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* WhamEpisode: "Just Add Goodbye". The cookbook moves on to Erin's daughter Zoe, and Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are no longer the protectors.
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** [[spoiler:Season 1 ends with the girl trio accidently getting rid of Chuck Hankins's curse, allowing him to get his revenge the OCs]]

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** [[spoiler:Season 1 ends with the girl trio accidently getting rid of Chuck Hankins's curse, allowing him to get his revenge on the OCs]]Original Cooks]].



** One happens in the Season 2 episode Just Add Fire when [[spoiler:Chuck got his cookbook and the morbium seed back, and most of the girls' recipes were in the hands of Chuck. And if that's not bad enough, Grandma Becky turned out to be the one who destroyed the OCs/Original Cooks protectorship of the cookbook, and Kelly didn't trust her grandma anymore, because she thought she was lying about other things as well. It seemed like there was no way to stop Chuck.]]

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** One happens in the Season 2 episode Just Add Fire when [[spoiler:Chuck got his cookbook and the morbium seed back, and most of the girls' recipes were in the hands of Chuck. And if that's not bad enough, Grandma Becky turned out to be the one who destroyed the OCs/Original Original Cooks protectorship of the cookbook, and Kelly didn't trust her grandma anymore, because she thought she was lying about other things as well. It seemed like there was no way to stop Chuck.]]
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* Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: All the episodes have "Just Add _____" in the name.

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* Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the episodes have "Just Add _____" in the name.
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* Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: All the episodes have "Just Add _____" in the name.


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** Just Add Surprise is one for Kelly.

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* BirthdayEpisode: The pilot episode is Becky Quinn's birthday and [[Recap/JustAddMagicS1E6JustAddBirthdays Just Add Birthdays]] is Darbie's birthday

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* BirthdayEpisode: The pilot episode is Becky Quinn's birthday and birthday
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[[Recap/JustAddMagicS1E6JustAddBirthdays Just Add Birthdays]] is Darbie's birthdaybirthday
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Brainwashed Kelly thought keeping the cookbook forever was the only way to keep in from falling in the hands of bad protecters, but the truth was, she was actually worse than those other protectors, since they at least had good intentions.]]
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* WhamLine: "I have ways of making the others cook."
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**Leah in Season 3

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chuck Hankins was tried terrorizing the family for spices because he loved his younger sister, Rose Piezer and didn't like showing his sensitive and caring side. Becky Quinn was right, there was good in Chuck.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chuck Hankins was tried terrorizing the family for spices because he loved his younger sister, Rose Piezer and didn't like showing his sensitive and caring side. Becky Quinn Gina Silvers was right, there was good in Chuck.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several signs that show that [[spoiler: Kelly was poisoned and turned evil in Season 3 and wanted to keep the cookbook permanently.]]
**[[spoiler: In ''Just Add Time Travel'', during the BadFuture where Ms. Silvers took over, Ida said Ms. Silvers got poisoned and turned evil, when she was trying to rescue Becky from the cookbook.]]
**[[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.]]
**[[spoiler: In ''Just Add Piper'', "Erin" said that the spell she cooked didn't attract the morbium she needed, just "a bunch of dusty relics" as she calls them. Ironically this was from the same location the girls went earlier and found the strange watch.]]
**[[spoiler: In ''Just Add Rot'', When "Erin" was stealing some of the spices from the cabinet, Kelly was the only one who wasn't tracking her down.]]


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** Happens a second time in ''Just Add Tommorow'', which happened to be the main plot of the episode.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Just Add [[CaptainObvious Halloween]]"
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* BadFuture: When a young Becky Quinn changes the past so Ida and Gina never got in an argument, Becky got stuck in the cookbook when Chuck saved Rose, Gina Silvers was poisoned and turned evil, took over as mayor, and ruled Saffron Falls with an iron fist.

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* [[spoiler: DecoyAntagonist]]: Erin Chua; [[spoiler: The real BigBad of Season 3 is Kelly Quinn after she was poisoned and turned evil.]]

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* DecoyAntagonist: RJ in season 2B [[spoiler: DecoyAntagonist]]: The real BigBad of Season 2B is Jill/Caroline Palmer]]
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Erin Chua; [[spoiler: The real BigBad of Season 3 is Kelly Quinn after she was poisoned and turned evil.]]
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* KidHero: Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are the protectors of the Cookbook who just happen to be kids.

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* [[spoiler: DecoyAntagonist]]: Erin Chua; [[spoiler: The real BigBad of Season 3 is Kelly Quinn after she was poisoned and turned evil.]]



* [[spoiler: FakeOutAntagonist]]: Erin Chua; [[spoiler: The real BigBad of Season 3 is Kelly Quinn after she was poisoned and turned evil.]]

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* Cliffhanger: Surprisingly, not even a kids' show is safe from having cliffhangers...

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* Cliffhanger: CliffHanger: Surprisingly, not even a kids' show is safe from having cliffhangers...


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** Season 3: What's the downside of bringing the garden back to life?/[[spoiler: Who stole the night-blooming spice plants?]]


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* [[spoiler: FakeOutAntagonist]]: Erin Chua; [[spoiler: The real BigBad of Season 3 is Kelly Quinn after she was poisoned and turned evil.]]
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** Piper becomes this in Season 3 [[spoiler: until Evil Kelly wipes her memory of magic.]]


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* TemporarilyAVillain: Ms. Silvers becomes the main antagonist of the BadFuture segment of the Season 3 premiere.
** The side effect of bringing the garden back in Season 2B,[[spoiler: is Kelly turning into a magic ControlFreak. It takes an most of the season for Hannah and Darbie to figure this out.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: Chuck came back to help the girl trio in the Season 3 finale. Sure it was for one episode only, but he still came back.
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* EyeOfNewt: One of the ingredients for the magic recipes is a special spice that varies by the spell. Cedronian for Balance, Lapsus for mobility, Taurian for time, Werpoes for the body, etc.
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* ButtMonkey: Jake qualifies as one.


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* Cliffhanger: Surprisingly, not even a kids' show is safe from having cliffhangers...
** [[spoiler:Season 1 ends with the girl trio accidently getting rid of Chuck Hankins's curse, allowing him to get his revenge the OCs]]
** [[spoiler:Season 2A: After the issue with Chuck is resolved, a man is listening from outside of Mama P's thinking of current protectors.]]
** [[spoiler:Season 2B: After the girls bring back magic to the world, they lose something equally as important, which is unknown as the screen starts to go white.]]

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