History WesternAnimation / Wish2023

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Anyone who gives their wish to King Magnifico is given this in return so they can't remember ''what'' they wished for. The standard novelization and ''A Recipe for Adventure'' even has it as a motto of sorts, where the people "forget without regret".

** Later, when Magnifico announces there is a traitor amongst them who used magic, many of the citizens start asking him each of their own ("You say the magic is amateurish, but how come you don't know how the did it?", "How do we know our wishes are safe? We never see them!" etc)

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Two given to King Magnifico, who, being the {{Narcissist}} he is, would only react with outrage.

** Later, when Magnifico announces there is a traitor amongst them who used magic, which he calls "amateurish", to "put them all at risk", one of the citizens asks "you say the magic is amateurish, but how come you don't know how they did it?"

* NoAntagonist: The narrative [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the idea of there not being an antagonist by making it seem like Rosas is a SugarBowl created by the king where nothing bad happens and, therefore, there isn't someone evil in the setting of the plot. Then it turns out that it's actually [[TheCaligula King Magnifico himself]] who ''is'' the antagonist but he isn't revealed to be such until Asha's meeting with him.

** For the story's immediate opening, apparently the yet-unnamed king in the book thought about "how easily dreams could be destroyed." This hints at how said king, who is King Magnifico, would become a tyrant over his subjects through his kingdom because he sees how people can't make their ''own'' dreams come true and therefore keeps their wishes to himself.

** When Asha starts to realize that most of the wishes of the citizens of Rosas will never be granted by him, she asks "can't you just give the wishes back instead?"

* AndIMustScream: At the end [[spoiler:Magnifico ends up imprisoned inside the crystal that was on top of his staff, and Queen Amaya orders a guard to have it hung up on a wall in the castle dungeon, meaning that Magnifico will likely be trapped forever. It's also implied that this is the origin of the Magic Mirror from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', meaning that the crystal will eventually [[DeathOfPersonality strip Magnifico of his personality]] and have him be used as a tool for the Evil Queen (and the Mirror can only tell the truth), which makes it so much worse, karma or not]].

** Later, when Magnifico announces there is a traitor amongst them who used magic, which he calls "amateurish", to "put them all at risk", one of the citizens asks "you say the magic is amateurish, but how come you don't know how they did it"?

* CanonWelding: The premise of Star being the wishing star that figured into ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' makes this film this for the Disney Animated Canon. Valentino near the end also wishes for a world where all mammals are treated equally ''and'' wear clothes, figuring ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' into the weld as well. It's also implied that [[spoiler: Magnifico becomes the magic mirror from "WesternAnimation/{{SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs}}".]]

* AnAesop:
** There are no shortcuts to having your wishes granted; while there's nothing wrong with accepting help in making your wishes come true, it won't happen without some effort of your own.
** It is never too late to start working towards your dreams.
** It's not okay for one person to hoard wealth and decide what's right for everyone else. Those with wealth need to be responsible and sympathetic with their wealth and with their intentions for those who don't have as much as they do.

* MoralityChain: Queen Amaya tries to be this for Magnifico, reining in on his more negative traits, this gets somewhat deconstructed as this prevents her from seeing how Magnifico fallen till she could no longer talk him out of hurting anyone, the kingdom or her, let alone try to save him from himself.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Asha opposes King Magnifico's taking wishes from people and only granting the few he deems worthy, saying everyone deserves the right to their wish being a possibility. At the end of the film, [[spoiler: she is gifted a magic wand which she will use to become a Fairy Godmother, thereby becoming someone like Magnifico who will have to make decisions as to whose wishes come true thanks to her supernatural assistance]]. For that matter, Asha not taking the concerns of others into account when deciding what's best for Rosas and acting accordingly - almost bringing the land to destruction in the process - isn't ''that'' different from Magnifico's thinking and actions.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Asha opposes King Magnifico's taking wishes from people and only granting the few he deems worthy, saying everyone deserves the right to their wish being a possibility. At the end of the film, [[spoiler: she is gifted a magic wand which she will use to become a Fairy Godmother, thereby becoming someone like Magnifico who will have to make decisions as to whose wishes come true thanks to her supernatural assistance]]. For that matter, Magnifico thinking he knows what's best for his people and acting accordingly is seen as wrong, but Asha thinking ''she'' knows what's best for others and acting accordingly is seen as right.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Asha opposes King Magnifico's taking wishes from people and only granting the few he deems worthy, saying everyone deserves the right to their wish being a possibility. At the end of the film, [[spoiler: she is gifted a magic wand which she will use to become a Fairy Godmother, thereby becoming someone like Magnifico who will have to make decisions as to whose wishes come true thanks to her supernatural assistance]].

The film was released in theatres on November 22, 2023. Naturally, not to be confused with either the [[Manga/{{Wish}} manga]], [[Literature/{{Wish}} book]], [[Creator/{{Wish}} the animation studio]], or the cruise ship also run by Disney.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Magnifico's Villain Song: "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent!"