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* MagicMirror: In "My Secret Genies", it's revealed that Shimmer and Shine used one to find out who they'll grant wishes to.

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** In "A Tree-mendous Rescue", Shimmer and Shine use one to talk to Princess Samira.
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* GladIThoughtOfIt: When Zeta is running out of the magic carpet dust she uses to make her scooter fly, her pet dragon Nazboo suggests using flying flour instead. She claims to be the one who thought about it.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The subplot of "Sleep-Over Party" features Zac trying to stay awake so he can watch a meteor shower. In the next morning, when his best friend asks him about it, he says it was the ''wrong'' night.
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* MeaningfulName: Leah once got a polka-dotted elephant Shine named "Dottie".
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* ShoutOut: Shimmer and Shine's MagicMirror has two buttons: one that opens a trap door and one that activates the mirror. This is similar to the two levers next to Yzma's lab entrance in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The episode "My Secret Genies" starts with the genies and their pets browsing through a photo album. Once they spot a photograph of the day they first met Leah, the rest of the episode was a flashback of that day.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever Zac sees something unusual that makes Leah afraid he'll find out she has genies, he'll brush it aside by claiming "It happens. It happens a lot."

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever Zac sees something unusual that makes Leah afraid he'll find out she has genies, he'll brush it aside by claiming "It happens. It happens Happens a lot."


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* MagicMirror: In "My Secret Genies", it's revealed that Shimmer and Shine used one to find out who they'll grant wishes to.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: Brazilians don't have a gender-neutral word for "Genie". When two-part episode "My Secret Genies" was advertised in Brazil, the masculine equivalent was used for the translated title in spite of the titular genies being girls.

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* PlotHole: Season 1 has a HalloweenEpisode where Shimmer and Shine are introduced to Zac as kids [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself wearing genie costumes]]. Promotional material for Season 2 has a scene where Zac meets the genies again and learns the truth about them. For some reason, he's surprised that they know his name.

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Season 1 has a HalloweenEpisode where Shimmer and Shine are introduced to Zac as kids [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself wearing genie costumes]]. Promotional material for Season 2 has a scene where Zac meets the genies again and learns the truth about them. For some reason, he's surprised that they know his name.name.
** In "My Secret Genies", one of the things Shimmer and Shine magically conjure to convince Leah they're real genies is a treehouse. However, in "Genie Treehouse", they assume Leah means a house made of trees when Leah wishes for a treehouse.
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* BrokenMasquerade: Throughout the first season, Zac is unaware of Shimmer and Shine, having only met them once during Halloween (thinking they were in costumes) but otherwise doesn't know about them being genies. Season two had him warped to Zaramay Falls with Leah and the genies to which they don't even bother trying to hide it. He takes the discovery surprisingly well.

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* BrokenMasquerade: Throughout the first season, Zac is unaware of Shimmer and Shine, having only met them once during Halloween (thinking they were in costumes) but otherwise doesn't know about them being genies. Season two had him warped to Zaramay Zahramay Falls with Leah and the genies to which they don't even bother trying to hide it.it anymore. He takes the discovery surprisingly well.
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* BrokenMasquerade: Throughout the first season, Zac is unaware of Shimmer and Shine, having only met them once during Halloween (thinking they were in costumes) but otherwise doesn't know about them being genies. Season two had him warped to Zaramay Falls with Leah and the genies to which they don't even bother trying to hide it. He takes the discovery surprisingly well.


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* SliceOfLife: First season was this with Leah calling the genies for a problem, shenanigans happening through the wishes and lessons being learned as they fixed the problems. Otherwise there wasn't any antagonists other then the problem at hand.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Leah and Zac dress as genies within Zahramay Falls, because they're not meant to be there, since they aren't genies.


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** Also, they grant three wishes per summoning, which usually happens during the daytime.

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'''Shimmer and Shine''' is a {{Nickelodeon}} cartoon.

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'''Shimmer ''Shimmer and Shine''' Shine'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: One of the new characters announced for Season 2 is "a kind genie princess".

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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: One of Princess Samira, who debuts in "Welcome to Zahramay Falls" and appears in every episode afterwards, is the new characters announced for Season 2 is "a kind genie princess".genies' guide and friend.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: One episode from Season 1 has characters wondering if Zac also has genies. An announcement for Season 2 states Zac will have a genie.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One episode from Season 1 has characters wondering if Zac also has genies. An announcement for In Season 2 states 2, Zac will have gets a genie.genie of his own named Kaz.



* NoAntagonist: Season 1 doesn't have any character trying to do anything bad on purpose. One of the new characters announced for Season 2 [[AvertedTrope will be an antagonist.]]

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* NoAntagonist: Season 1 doesn't The majority of episodes do not have any character trying to do anything bad on purpose. One However, a pair of the new characters announced for Season 2 [[AvertedTrope will be an antagonist.]]recurring antagonists]], Zeta the Sorceress and Nazboo the Dragon, appear in several Season 2 episodes.



* SdrawkcabName: In Season 2, Zac has a genie named Kaz.

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* SdrawkcabName: In Season 2, Zac has a Zac's genie named Kaz.
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* PlotHole: Season 1 has a HalloweenEpisode where Shimmer and Shine are introduced to Zac as kids [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself wearing genie costumes]]. Promotional material for Season 2 has a scene where Zac meets the genies again and learns the truth about them. For some reason, he's surprised that they know his name.
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* IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes: In one episode, Shimmer responds to a question by asking if [[ItMakesSenseInContext a dragon can dance the hula]]. By her own admission, [[SubvertedTrope even she doesn't know]].

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* BeachEpisode: "Ahoy, Genies!"



* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Shimmer and Shine pass themselves as kids wearing genie costumes during a Halloween episode.

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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Shimmer and Shine pass themselves off as kids wearing genie costumes during a Halloween episode.
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* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: In "What a Pig Mess", the genies watch a car race and Shimmer says it's the best one she ever watched. By her own admission, it's the only one but still the best.
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* BenevolentGenie: Shimmer and Shine don't mean any harm with the wishes they grant. They even stay around to help fixing their mistakes.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One episode from Season 1 has characters wondering if Zac also has genies. An announcement for Season 2 states Zac will have a genie.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa's Little Genies". In that episode, it's revealed that SantaClaus knows about genies and their dimension but can't go there because he doesn't have a genie bottle. Shimmer and Shine give him one after the climax.
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* ThreeWishes: Shimmer and Shine grant three wishes a day.

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* ThreeWishes: Shimmer and Shine grant three wishes a day.day.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shine has blue hair.
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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Shimmer and Shine pass themselves as kids wearing genie costumes during a Halloween episode.
* HalloweenEpisode: The episode "A Very Genie Halloweenie".
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* SdrawkcabName: In Season 2, Zac has a genie named Kaz.
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* ArtEvolution: For Season 2, the animation has been changed to [=CGI=].
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: One of the new characters announced for Season 2 is "a kind genie princess".
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* AnAesop: Mistakes aren't always avoidable and people should rather try to fix them instead of crying over spilt milk.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Aside from the troubles caused by the literal way Shimmer and Shine take some wishes, Leah usually wastes the third wish of the day by accidentally making wish-shaped comments.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever Zac sees something unusual that makes Leah afraid he'll find out she has genies, he'll brush it aside by claiming "It happens. It happens a lot."


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* NoAntagonist: Season 1 doesn't have any character trying to do anything bad on purpose. One of the new characters announced for Season 2 [[AvertedTrope will be an antagonist.]]
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* LiteralGenie: Some of the wishes go wrong because the Shimmer and Shine don't understand certain figures of speech.

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* LiteralGenie: Some of the wishes go wrong because the Shimmer and Shine don't understand certain figures of speech.
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'''Shimmer and Shine''' is a {{Nickelodeon}} cartoon.

The titular characters are fraternal twins and genies-in-training who, once per day, grant three wishes to their friend Leah. They often mess up the wishes and the three girls must work together to fix their mistakes.

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* LiteralGenie: Some of the wishes go wrong because the Shimmer and Shine don't understand certain figures of speech.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: They live in another dimension, their bottles are just a way to travel between their world and Earth and they don't have to return right after granting the third wish. Shimmer and Shine usually stay around to fix their mistakes and only then go back home.
* ThreeWishes: Shimmer and Shine grant three wishes a day.

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