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* UnskilledButStrong: Zatanna is easily the strongest sorcerer on the team, able to restrain ''Superman'' (albeit only for a short time) and [[spoiler:overpower Felix Faust]]. However, unlike the others, who have a handle on their magic, Zatanna ends up losing herself to the magic if she ever goes all out. It's suggested she has the capacity to control it, but doesn't like how the power feels and deliberately chooses not to test her limits.

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* UnskilledButStrong: Zatanna is easily the strongest sorcerer on the team, able to restrain ''Superman'' (albeit only for a short time) and [[spoiler:overpower Felix Faust]]. However, unlike the others, who have a handle on their magic, Zatanna ends up losing herself to the magic if she ever goes all out. It's suggested she has the capacity to control it, but doesn't like how the power feels and deliberately chooses not to test her limits. This is best shown by how she was unable to make Deadman visible to Batman unike Constantine.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Batman's reaction to seeing the Destiny-controlled Wonder Woman coming at him.
-->'''Batman:''' Oh ''perfect''.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The Shrouds, beings which take souls to Hell, mention that Batman has avoided them many times. This implies he either came close to crossing the line which would doom him to Hell, or worse means that he's avoided death and he's already doomed to Hell.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The Shrouds, beings which take souls to Hell, mention that Batman has avoided them many times. This implies he either came close to crossing the line which would doom him to Hell, or worse means that he's avoided death and he's already doomed to Hell. Or they could simply be referring to how Batman tends to go out of his way to actually save the criminals he deals with, thus robbing the Shrouds of the wicked and sinful souls they're so eager to collect.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the original comics, John "Doctor Destiny" Dee was a petty criminal with a knack for inventing who used a gem he created (later retconned to be a magic ruby stolen from [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Dream of the Endless]] by his parents) that gave him the power to manipulate people's dreams. Here, he was an EvilSorcerer from Arthurian times who forged the stone out of alchemy as a SoulJar, manipulating John's associate Ritchie in order to resume his reign of terror.
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* MerlinAndNimue: It's implied that Constantine had taught Zatanna some level of control over her magic and the two of them dated for a time, only for their [[CynicIdealistDuo conflicting personalities]] to clash, resulting in a rather sour breakup.
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* WeakToMagic: The main premise of ''Justice League Dark'' is that an unknown force is taking control of people causing them to murder indiscriminately under the belief that the people they are murdering are actually demons. The Justice League attempts to intervene after parents start murdering their children, but most members, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern are shown to be vulnerable to magic. The threat to the world is too great if one of these powerhouses were to become magically brainwashed, so Batman assembles a [[TheDarkArts Dark Magic/Occult]] equivalent which includes ''ComicBook/JohnConstantine'', ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Deadman}}'', ''ComicBook/BlackOrchid'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]]'', and ''ComicBook/SwampThing''.

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* WeakToMagic: The main premise of ''Justice League Dark'' is that an unknown force is taking control of people causing them to murder indiscriminately under the belief that the people they are murdering are actually demons. The Justice League attempts to intervene after parents start murdering their children, but most members, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern are shown to be vulnerable to magic. The threat to the world is too great if one of these powerhouses were to become magically brainwashed, so Batman assembles a [[TheDarkArts Dark Magic/Occult]] equivalent [[SupernaturalTeam special team]] better equipped to handle it, which includes ''ComicBook/JohnConstantine'', ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Deadman}}'', ''ComicBook/BlackOrchid'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} ComicBook/JohnConstantine, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, ComicBook/BlackOrchid, [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]]'', Blood]], and ''ComicBook/SwampThing''.ComicBook/SwampThing.
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When innocent civilians commit mysterious crimes, the Justice League investigates and soon discovers the source is mystical in nature. As it is out of their purview, the League is forced to turn to a team of mystics -- ComicBook/JohnConstantine, [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatanna Zatara]], ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, ComicBook/BlackOrchid, [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]], and ComicBook/SwampThing--to help deal with the crisis at hand. Joined by Batman, they must find out what's going on and try to stop it.

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When innocent civilians commit mysterious crimes, the Justice League investigates and soon discovers the source is mystical in nature. As it is out of their purview, the League is forced to turn to [[SupernaturalTeam a team of mystics mystics]] -- ComicBook/JohnConstantine, [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatanna Zatara]], ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, ComicBook/BlackOrchid, [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]], and ComicBook/SwampThing--to ComicBook/SwampThing -- to help deal with the crisis at hand. Joined by Batman, they must find out what's going on and try to stop it.
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* OurMagesAreDifferent: Much like in the comics, the director Jay Oliva explained that there are different types of magic and mages in the film: evil magic is purple/red while good magic is white, while characters like Zatanna and Merlin are characters born with magic while Constantine simply has an affinity to magic which means while he can cast spells, he often requires a magical item to do anything more.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The Shrouds, beings which take souls to Hell, mention that Batman has avoided them many times. This implies he either came close to crossing the line which would doom him to Hell, or worse means that he's avoided death and he's already doomed to Hell.

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