Literature / Rainbow Magic

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The Rainbow Magic series is a popular British Children's Literature series for girls around the age of six, written by several authors under the House Pseudonym of Daisy Meadows and illustrated by Georgie Ripper. The series also received a Direct to Video movie, Return to Rainspell Island.

Each series of books, while different in theme, generally follows the same basic plot. Jack Frost and his goblins are causing trouble in Fairyland and have stolen or misplaced seven precious artifacts that help fairies do their jobs. These objects have been scattered across the human world, and are guarded by goblins.

Best friends Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker have to get the items back, helping each fairy one by one. Special series books mix it up slightly by having one fairy but three magic objects, and later series have four fairies per series instead of seven. To celebrate 20 years of the franchise, new characters Gracie Adebayo and Khadijah Khan were added in Hope the Welcome Fairy's book as part of the main cast alongside Rachel and Kirsty.

Its website can be found here, and a listing of most series so far can be found here. Return to Rainspell Island can be watched on YouTube here.

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This series contains examples of:

• 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: In the film, the Snowmen and some shots of the Fairies (from a distance) are animated via CG animation.
• Action Prologue:
  • The movie opens with Rachel and Kirsty saving Heather the Violet Fairy, then defending the rest of the Rainbow Fairies from Jack Frost.
  • Natalie the Christmas Stocking Fairy's book opens with a goblin running amok in Rachel's kitchen and escaping to the Ice Castle.
• Adaptational Attractiveness:
  • King Oberon looks younger and slimmer in the movie than in the books, and his beard's less bushy.
  • Jack Frost also looks more handsome than in the books, to a lesser degree.
• Adaptational Modesty: The goblins wear loincloths in the book, but shirts and pants in the movie.
• Ageless Birthday Episode: Books with birthdays in them never reveal how old the birthday person is.
• Agent Scully: Rachel in the movie decides she and Kirsty are both too old to believe in fairies despite knowing them personally, though it's prompted by girls' teasing.
• All Is Well That Ends Well: Rachel and Kirsty have this to an extent. No matter how bad the things Jack Frost did are, when it's settled they're relieved and ready to have fun for the rest of the day.
• Alliterative Title: The majority of fairies have jobs that start with the same letter of their name.
• All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Hope the Welcome Fairy's book has a troll chief and her minions move near the Ice Castle, which Jack Frost takes as an invasion and plans to kick them out.
• Alternate Continuity: Possibly. The movie ignores everything that happened after the first series except the girls' lockets, though whether not the movie fits into the book timeline or simply branches from it is unclear.
• Ambiguously Brown: Several fairies have medium-brown skin and nothing to distinguish their race.
• Animated Adaptation: A direct to DVD movie was made, though in the UK only.
• Animesque: The movie has a strange, 80s variant of this. Justified as it was a Japanese co-production.
• Anvil on Head: This is a Running Gag with Newton the goblin in the movie, who always gets bonked on the head with increasingly heavy objects.
• Art Evolution: The books' art has gotten cleaner over time, and much more detailed.
• Artifact Title: Only the first seven books dealt with the rainbow, though the Rainbow Fairies occasionally appear in other books.
• Artistic License – Physics: In Goldie the Sunshine Fairy's book, a troublemaking goblin uses the Sunshine Feather to make the sun so hot that the cornfields start turning into popcorn — which would normally require a temperature of 100°C or 212°F, hot enough to boil water and cause heatstroke — yet the girls can still hold an overnight campout in their tents without roasting to death.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The snowman army combines into a giant snowman in the movie.
• Audience Participation: Readers voted on Mia the Bridesmaid Fairy and Juliet the Valentine Fairy's names.
• Audience Surrogate: Rachel and Kirsty are clearly this, to the point that they get very little unique characterization.
• Bad Boss: Jack Frost can't stand his goblins, especially when they mess up.
  • Exaggerated in the movie, where he fires his Terrible Trio even after they were useful to him, and disrespects his snowman army by saying they're mindless, easily replaceable weaklings.
• Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: The goblins have this mindset, treating the smell of pond scum as perfume and being terrified of puppies and other cute animals.
• Bad Moon Rising: In Maisie the Moonbeam Fairy's book, the girls know something's up when the moon disappears. It turns out the goblins are using fairy dust to create their own moon to hang in the sky.
• Badass Adorable: Rachel and Kirsty, and the fairies. They're very young, but they defeat Jack Frost every time he causes trouble.
• Big Bad: Jack Frost is the main villain of the series and causes every single evil plot, and has goblin minions who assist his evil deeds.
• Big Damn Heroes:
  • The Rainbow Fairies help get back Violet's magic paintbrush by messing with the colors of Jack Frost's paintings.
  • Doodle the rooster saves Rachel and Kirsty from Jack Frost at the end of the Weather Fairies series.
  • In Clara the Chocolate Fairy's book, Lizzie the Sweet Treats Fairy arrives to change the chocolate floor into toffee.
• Big Eater: All of the goblins love food, and they're very greedy.
• Big Good: King Oberon and Queen Titania are the main forces of good in Fairyland, and dispatch Rachel and Kirsty wherever they're needed.

• Birthday Episode:
  • Belle the Birthday Fairy's book takes place on Rachel's mother's birthday. And Jack Frost's.
  • The Sweet/Sugar & Spice Fairies series takes place around Kirsty's birthday. The final book has Jack Frost declare it's his birthday every day.
• Blow You Away: Fairies whose domains are wind-related naturally have the power to control wind.
• Brainwashed: In the Fashion Fairies series, in Alexa's book everyone is brainwashed to like Ice Blue and only Ice Blue.
• Briar Patching: In Gabriella's book, the girls beg not to be taken to Jack Frost when they really want to get information from him.
• Bring Him to Me: Averted in Gabriella's book. When Rachel and Kirsty let themselves get captured, the goblins initially try to lock them in the dungeon rather than take then to Jack Frost. They have to trick their way into being taken to him.

• Butt-Monkey: Rachel; whenever something bad happens to the girls it usually falls on her. She's been frozen solid and captured at least 10 times, much more often than Kirsty or the fairy of the book.

• The Call Knows Where You Live: The girls are often told by Queen Titania that the magic will come to them.
• Canon Foreigner: Alpha Bitch Lydia and her Girl Posse were created for the movie, as were the snowmen.
• Captured on Purpose: Seen in Gabriella's book; the girls deliberately get captured so they can trick Jack Frost.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Jack Frost. He causes trouble just because he can, and loves seeing bad things happen to others.
• Catch Your Death of Cold: In Sky's book, the bubble she's trapped into freezes over when the goblins get too close to her, which makes her colour fade away.
• Cats Are Magic: Trixie the Halloween Fairy and Lara the Black Cat Fairy have magic cats that help them out.
• Characterization Marches On: Jack Frost was a Vile Villain, Saccharine Show in the first few series. This... didn't last.
• Christmas Episode: Holiday-themed books; these are usually Special Editions. Christmas itself is particularly popular, having at least seven fairies devoted to it.
• Cliffhanger:
  • The Weather Fairy books ended with Doodle telling the girls something; the more books that went on the more he said.
  • Sophie the Sapphire Fairy's book ended with the fairies' flying magic beginning to fade.
• Continuity Nod:
  • Sometimes fairies the girls have met before will show up in later books, and previous books' events are mentioned now and then, especially if the fairy of the book has a job related to existing fairies.
  • Jack Frost's disguise in the Superstar Fairies series is a rapper. He rapped in the movie. This could also be seen as a Call-Forward, as the movie chronologically takes place rather early, before his appearance as a rapper in the books.
• Cool Old Lady: Mrs. Croft in Keira the Film Star Fairy's book, who gets the girls parts as extras in a movie.
• Cultural Translation: Some of the UK titles and names were changed when imported to the US.
  • Destiny went from a pop star fairy to a rock star fairy, and Izzy the Indigo Fairy was renamed Inky.
  • The Twilight Fairies became the Night Fairies.
  • The Pop Star Fairies became the Superstar Fairies.
  • The Sweet Fairies became the Sugar & Spice fairies.
• Cute Kitten: Kirsty has a kitten named Pearl, named after Pearl the Cloud Fairy.
• Cuteness Proximity: Kirsty squees upon seeing a baby penguin hatch, and is distracted by it for about half a page.
• Dark Is Not Evil: The Twilight/Night Fairies watch over nighttime and are very nice.
• Darker and Edgier:
  • Of the original series, Sky's book had the most dangerous conflict, with the goblin's ice magic causing Sky's blue magic to fade away, which almost kills the poor girl.
  • The movie is darker than all of the books. It calls Kirsty and Rachel's friendship into question, has a gang of bullies pick on the girls, and has Jack Frost aiming to conquer the world. Jack Frost acts much nastier than in the books, to the point of firing his loyal goblins and considering his army of snowmen to be weak and easily replaced.
  • Storm the Lightning Fairy's book has one of the most threatening goblins in the series, as he shot lightning at the girls with intent to harm them. It gets close enough to burn Rachel's coat and Kirsty can feel its heat on her face, and it leaves scorch marks on the floor.
  • Lucy the Diamond Fairy's book was a bit darker than others, as it dealt with the fairies' flying magic fading, causing them to lose their wings. It also had Jack Frost trying to impale the girls with icicles at one point.
  • Juliet the Valentine Fairy's book is more serious than others, as Rachel and Kirsty are compelled to argue for almost all of it, and it shows the consequences when items that make everyone loving are stolen.
  • Autumn the Falling Leaves Fairy's book has the girls experiencing a heat wave thanks to Jack Frost. All of the animals and plants are thirsty, leaves and food won't grow, and the finale of the book has the Ice Castle in danger of completely melting and flooding all of Fairyland.
• A Day in the Limelight: The Weather Fairies series begins with Kirsty on her own, and the series focuses on her hometown of Wetherbury.
• Deranged Animation: Seen in Jack Frost's rap in the movie, which includes multiple copies of his head spinning around.
• Deus ex Machina: In Danielle the Daisy Fairy's book, the girls are completely incapable of retrieving the flower petal and are saved by a girl who happened to see what was going on. A similar thing happens in Evelyn the Mermicorn Fairy's book, where both sides lose the green gemstone only for a mermaid to deliver it.
• Disaster Dominoes: Happens to the villains in the movie's prologue.
• Disguised in Drag:
  • One Princess Fairy book has a goblin dressed as a princess, with the narration calling him Princess Goblina.
  • Many other goblins dress as girls throughout the series, especially in the Fashion Fairies series.
• Dismantled MacGuffin: Some of the items, such as the Ocean Fairies' conch shell.
• Disney Villain Death: In Nina the Birthday Cake Fairy's book, Jack Frost takes a long fall from his candy tower and lands in a milkshake moat. Rachel and Kirsty have to save him.
• Disproportionate Retribution: The very first series of books has Jack Frost capturing the fairies because he wasn't invited to a party—even after he was told he could stay and have fun once he showed up to crash it. He continues this trend for minor slights in many other series.
• Distaff Counterpart: In Frances the Royal Family Fairy's book, Jack Frost creates a younger sister named Jilly Chilly. She looks◊ exactly like him except with lipstick and eyelashes.
• Divergent Character Evolution: The movie attempts to do this with Rachel and Kirsty, and to a lesser extent the Rainbow Fairies. Rachel is the more serious and socially-conscious of the two, while Kirsty is more carefree and positive.
• Dynamic Entry: Jack Frost does this in the movie...which the goblins promptly ruin.
• Dub Name Change:
  • In the North American releases, some fairies have their names changed. Their occupation is changed too, sometimes.
  • In the translations into foreign languages (such as French, Welsh, Hungarian, and Norwegian), every fairy has their name changed to a name more suitable for said culture, or to otherwise preserve their Alliterative Names.
  • In the German translations, the fairies have surnames.
• Early-Installment Weirdness:
  • The first series of books took a while to establish Kirsty and Rachel before sending them to Fairyland, the goblins were built up as major threats, they had to find the fairies themselves rather than magical items, and Jack Frost was captured at the end and nearly melted until the fairies relented. It was also very clearly meant to be a standalone series. The Weather Fairies series was only made due to its popularity.
  • Early books established Jack Frost as a fairy, while later books call him an Ice Lord.

• Evil Is Deathly Cold: Jack Frost's presence creates cold wherever he goes. In early books the goblins had this too.
• Evil Is Petty: Some of Jack Frost's schemes are very petty, such as ruining all desserts or taking over the world of fashion.
• Evil Mask: Inverted in Flora the Dress-up Fairy's book; the loss of her magic mask makes people act like their costumes at a masked ball.
• Evil Twin: Inverted in Lila and Myla the Twins Fairies' book: when Jack Frost creates a twin, the result is a good-hearted kindly clone named Jimmy Thaw.
• Expansion Pack: The U.S. version of the Fairytale Fairies series adds three extra fairies to round it out to seven.

• Expy:
  • Of all the fairies named after/inspired by members of The British Royal Family, none are closer to the person they're based on than Meghan the Wedding Sparkle Fairy, who is essentially a fairy version of Meghan Markle.
  • With his small stature, deep brown skin, afro, and nice getup, Charles the Coronation Fairy looks just like a blue-clad Antonio Madrigal.
• Fad Super: Later books introduced fairies based on popular trends, such as Evelyn the Mermicorn Fairy, Sasha the Slime Fairy, Jae the Boy Band Fairy, and Zainab the Squishy Toy Fairy.
• Fairy Tale:
  • The Fairytale Fairies are in charge of making sure fairytale stories remain fun for all readers and fairytale characters are safe and sound in their books. The Storybook Fairies have a similar job.
  • To a lesser extent, Hannah the Happily-Ever-After Fairy.
• Fake Band: The Angels, A-OK, Groove Gang, The Sparkle Girls, Me-2-U and Frosty and his Gobolicious Band.
• Fashion-Victim Villain: In-universe with Jack Frost's Ice Blue clothing line, which are all odd, ugly, or hard to wear.
• The Fashionista: Phoebe the Fashion Fairy, and the other Fashion Fairies who are her helpers.
• Feud Episode: Juliet the Valentine Fairy's book is like this; Rachel and Kirsty are compelled to argue for almost all of it, only patching things up with the return of the magic candy box.
• Flat Character: Very few fairies have distinct personalities.
• Fleeting Demographic Rule: The reason each set of books all follow the same formula.
• Food Fight: Rachel and Kirsty start an ice cream food fight in Esme the Ice Cream Fairy's book to get back her magic charm.
• Food Porn: Cakes and other food items are lavishly described and illustrated. This is especially evident in the Sweet/Sugar and Spice Fairies series.
• Forced Transformation: In Sophie the Sapphire Fairy's book, some goblins get turned into goldfish.
• Friend to All Children: Rachel and Kirsty are very kind to younger children, as is Bailey the Babysitter Fairy.
• Friend to All Living Things: Many fairies that have to do with animals are friends to all of them, as are Rachel and Kirsty.
• Fun-Hating Villain: Jack Frost spends much of his time trying to ensure the fairies and humans can't have fun.

• The Generic Guy: Rachel and Kirsty don't have much personality. Return To Rainspell Island gives them the closest to Divergent Character Evolution they'll probably ever get. Even then, however, the main thing we learn about the two is that Rachel is serious and has more social awareness compared to the dreamy, carefree Kirsty.
• Genki Girl: Addison the April Fool's Day Fairy is always bursting with excitement, and has to be reminded several times that she can't be spotted by other humans.
• Glamour: In the Music Fairies series, Jack Frost uses magic to hide the goblins' green skin.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Some special edition books don't have Jack Frost appear, though he still stole the objects in the backstory.
• Green Aesop: The Green/Earth Fairies series is about ecology and protecting the environment. While the fairies can help in-story, it's up to humans to truly fix things. Rachel and Kirsty are discouraged at first because it's such a big job for two girls, but by telling others, who then tell others, they feel encouraged that the planet can be saved. It also shows the sad, scary consequences of hurting the environment, such as polluted beaches and rivers, smog, climate change, and the threat of rainforests and coral reefs disappearing.

• Guile Hero:
  • Trixie the Halloween Fairy and Addison the April Fool's Day Fairy are fond of pranks and tricking people.
  • Rachel and Kirsty are adept at tricking and manipulating the goblins, and sometimes Jack Frost.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Rachel is blonde, and is one of the main heroes.
• Harmless Freezing: The girls and fairies are sometimes frozen solid, but are always fine once thawed.
• Harmless Villain: The goblins. Jack Frost himself also qualifies most of the time.
• Hating on Monday: Megan the Monday Fairy's job is to prevent people from being grumpy on Mondays. When her magic flag is stolen, this trope comes into play for everyone until she gets it back.
• Heat Wave: Happens in Autumn the Falling Leaves Fairy's book. Jack Frost wanted to skip fall and go from summer to winter, but instead he created an endless summer.

• Heroic Dog: Rachel's dog Buttons has helped the girls at times.
• The High Queen: Queen Titania is kindly, supportive, and rules Fairyland alongside King Oberon.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Jack Frost stealing the Princess Fairies' tiaras, particularly Eva the Enchanted Ball Fairy's, made his own ball a complete failure.
• Hostage for MacGuffin: The goblins try this in Leona the Unicorn Fairy's book, but it turns out to be a bluff.

• Improbable Weapon User: In Isabella the Air Fairy's book, a goblin weaponizes cans of air freshener to keep the girls at bay.
• Incredible Shrinking Man: When the girls turn into fairies, they shrink in size.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Some of the goblins.
• Insane Troll Logic: Jack Frost's reason for going after the Green/Earth Fairies was because he wanted goblins to be the only green thing around, not realizing that going green meant helping the environment.
• Ironic Name: In the movie, the three dumb goblins are named Newton, Leonardo, and Edison.
• It's All About Me: Jack Frost only cares about himself making it big, not his goblins.
• It's Personal: Rachel takes it personally when Jack Frost threatens to ruin her mom's birthday party, and when he tries to ruin Kirsty's by stealing her cake.
• Jumped at the Call: Rachel and Kirsty always agree to help the fairies immediately.
• Kick the Dog:
  • Jack Frost sometimes kidnaps or threatens animals, which makes everyone very angry.
  • His speech on the snowman army in the movie, saying that they're mindless soldiers who can be indefinitely replaced. He also fires his goblins despite the fact that they were useful to him.
• Kid Hero: Rachel and Kirsty are about the same age as the books' intended demographic.

• Level Ate: Jack Frost's plan in the Sugar & Spice Fairies series is to build his own candy castle and ruin sweet treats forever.

• Lighter and Softer: The First Reader books, being for a younger audience, are short slice of life tales that don't include Jack Frost.
• Literally Shattered Lives: Rachel was once frozen in mid-air, and Kirsty worried that if she hit the ground she'd shatter into icy pieces.
• Load-Bearing Boss: In the final Sugar and Spice Fairy book, the return of all seven charms makes Jack Frost's Candy Castle collapse and melt away.
• Long Runner: Over 250 Rainbow Magic books have been published since 2003.
• Loophole Abuse: The second series published, the Weather Fairies, has this. Jack Frost promised not to harm the Rainbow Fairies at the end of their series... so he harmed the Weather Fairies instead.
• Loud of War: Done accidentally in Keira the Film Star Fairy's book; Jack Frost shouting orders through the magic megaphone makes it impossible to get close to him until Keira summons earplugs.
• Mad Artist: Jack Frost becomes this in the Magical Craft Fairy series.
• Mage in Manhattan: In The Fairytale Fairy series, characters from fairy tales such as Cinderella and Snow White get lost in the real world.
• Magic A Is Magic A: Spells don't work unless they rhyme.
• Magitek: There's a coding fairy, meaning that computer programs won't run without the help of fairy magic.
• Make Me Wanna Shout: Jack Frost does this by accident with the magical megaphone in Keira the Film/Movie Star Fairy's book. The day is saved with earplugs for everyone, including the goblins.
• Manchild: Jack Frost sleeps with a teddy bear, is scared of the dark, and on the whole is very petty and childish.
• Masquerade: Rachel and Kirsty keep their experiences secret to prevent everyone from finding out about the fairies. They break this rule once with Rebecca Wilson, though she saw what was going on and keeps the secret as well.
• Meaningful Name: A few of the fairies have these, such as Ruby the Red Fairy or Autumn the Falling Leaves Fairy.
• The Mentor: Queen Titania, and sometimes the Fairy Godmother, mentor the girls and help out when needed.
• Monster Modesty: The goblins wear loincloths when not disguised, and full human outfits when in disguise. In the movie, they wear shirts and pants regularly.
• Motor Mouth: Amber the Orange Fairy talks rapidly in the books.
• Mundane Made Awesome: The movie has dramatic music set to a montage of the goblins putting together snowmen.
• The Muse: The Magical Craft Fairies make and inspire art.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In Matilda/Jennifer the Hairstylist Fairy's book, Rachel and Kirsty accidentally wreck a goblin's wig while trying to help Jennifer. Upon seeing his saddened reaction, they feel incredibly guilty and agree to restore it if he gives back the magic hairbrush.
• Never Say "Die": Played straight for most of the series, but averted in the Green/Earth Fairies series, which deals with protecting the environment and say that animals and plants could get sick or die if not helped.

• Nightmare Dreams: Sometimes Jack Frost's mischief causes Rachel and Kirsty to have these.
• Nightmare Fuel: Jack Frost is this in-universe; when Rachel and Kirsty are telling scary stories, the scariest thing they can think of is Jack Frost.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed:
  • In the "Pop Star" Fairies, there are fairies named Adele (Adele), Jessie (Jessie J), Miley (Miley Cyrus), and Vanessa, Frankie, Rochelle and Una are all named after The Saturdays (Vanessa White, Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman, and Una Healy).
  • In the Fashion Fairies series, there is a dress designer called Ella McCauley, a reference to Stella McCartney.^note Daughter of Sir Paul McCartney, fashion designer.
  • Ellie the Guitar Fairy has guitarists "Heddie van Whalen" (US version) and "Wiggy Isapop" (UK version).
  • The boy band Me-2-U seems to be loosely based on One Direction.
• Non-Indicative Name: A downplayed example; Jae's official title is "the Boy Band fairy", and a boy band does appear in his book, but his appearance draws more influence from K-Pop than boy bands.
• Nothing Can Stop Us Now!: Jack Frost says this in the movie ''right before'' his snowman army betrays him.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain:
  • Sometimes Jack Frost can be downright nasty, like freezing Rachel solid. Also, a lot of the things he does have very negative impacts on the human world. Alicia the Snow Queen Fairy's book brings back some of his old menace by having him try to rule the world, and use her enchanted mirror to charm young fairies into working for him.
  • In some books even the goblins can be this, like when they successfully prevented Kirsty from getting Sophie's sapphire.
• Odd Job Gods: Every fairy. They range from colors to sports to candy to the days of the week to parties.
• Odd Name Out: One of the Showtime Fairies, Darcy, is referred to as a Diva instead of a Fairy.
• Once an Episode: Once per series (usually), the girls travel to Jack Frost's Ice Castle to retrieve an especially guarded item.
• One-Gender Race: The goblins are all male, though a few books imply that females exist. Most fairies are also female, with King Oberon and Jae the Boy Band Fairy being the only notable male fairies.
• One-Steve Limit: Fairy names are never used twice, resulting in some names changing from region to region down the line.
• Orcus on His Throne: Most of the time, Jack Frost is content to dispatch his goblins to retrieve or protect the artifacts. It's only when they fail at the tasks repeatedly that he goes to do something himself. This is played for drama in the movie, where the fact that he does this while the snowman army does all the work makes them turn on him.
• Packed Hero: In Pearl the Cloud Fairy's book, a goblin falls into a candy wrapping machine and gets wrapped with a sheet of silver paper and a silver ribbon.

• Parental Bonus: Some of the characters' names are references to celebrities.
  • Rebecca's book has several references to Elvis Presley.
  • Lucy the Diamond Fairy is a Shout-Out to The Beatles.
• Pet the Dog: Jack Frost gets quite a few of these moments, as do his goblins.

• Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: If whatever Jack Frost stole is related to friendship, Rachel and Kirsty will argue. This is most prevalent in Juliet the Valentine Fairy's book.
• Produce Pelting: In Ellie the Guitar Fairy's book, Rachel and Kirsty pelt goblins with rotten fruit to make them drop the magic guitar.
• Product Placement: Some versions of Summer the Holiday Fairy's book include a mention of Coca-Cola being in the Tates' picnic basket.

• Rainbow Motif: Seen with the Rainbow Fairies, as well as the series logo.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Jack Frost and his goblins like dancing, fashion, and pop stardom, among other things.
• The Reveal: There are a couple relating to Jack Frost.
  • The last Night Fairy book reveals that he's afraid of the dark.
  • Belle the Birthday Fairy's book reveals his birthday is the same as Rachel's mom's.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: In Storm the Lightning Fairy's book, an extra-mean goblin with red eyes shoots lightning at the girls with the power of the Lightning Feather.
• Retcon: In-universe. In the Storybook Fairies series, Jack Frost and the goblins are able to change fairy tale stories so the goblins were always there, and only Rachel and Kirsty remember otherwise.

• Ridiculously Cute Critter: The baby penguin in Pia's book.
• Ripped from the Headlines: Several UK-only books are about current events in the monarchy.
• Road Apples: In Leona the Unicorn Fairy's book, a goblin falls into a pile of horse manure at a stable.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something:
  • Queen Titania acts as a mentor to the girls, and her magic makes whatever Jack Frost stole appear close to Rachel and Kirsty.
  • King Oberon once used his crown to teleport Jack Frost to his throne room and prevent him from causing further mischief.
• Royalty Superpower: The Princess Fairies are in charge of all fairy magic as well as their own.
• Rule of Seven: The regular series have seven trinkets for seven fairies.
• Rule of Three: The special books have three magic trinkets to find.
• Running Gag: The goblins being terrified of pogwurzels, creatures goblin mothers warn naughty children about.
• Save the Villain: Rachel and Kirsty have had to save the goblins from being hurt by their own stupidity many times.
• Secret-Keeper: Rachel and Kirsty are this for the fairies, as is oneshot character Rebecca Wilson.
• Sequel Hook: The Weather Fairies series ended with the girls receiving the fairy lockets, which promised many adventures ahead.
• Series Fauxnale: Many books were written this way due to the series' length.
• Shock and Awe: In Storm the Lightning Fairy's book, an extra-mean goblin with red eyes shoots lightning at the girls with the power of the Lightning Feather. While it isn't as dangerous as real lightning, it's still very threatening, to the point that no one in the entire book is hit by it directly.
• Shout-Out:
  • Lucy the Diamond Fairy is a Shout-Out to The Beatles.
  • Kat the Jungle Fairy is heavily based on the music video for "Roar".
• Shout-Out to Shakespeare: The fairy king and queen are named Oberon and Titania, from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The ball in the first series of books is the Midsummer Ball, as well.
• Skepticism Failure: In the movie, Rachel decides it's time to stop believing in fairies despite having met them. The fairies then need their help.

• The Smurfette Principle: Inverted. King Oberon, Prince Arthur, Jae the Boy Band Fairy, and Charles the Coronation Fairy are the only known male fairies, though Jack Frost has been stated to be a fairy at times.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: Many fairies can speak to animals.
• Spiritual Successor: The series received two, written by the same 'author'.
  • The Magic Animal Friends series, which ran for 4 years. This series revolved around Jess and Lily, who enter the mysterious Friendship Forest and rescue animals from the wicked witch Grizelda, who sent different servants to cause trouble in each series.
  • The Unicorn Magic series, premiering in 2019. It follows Lucy and Aisha, who discover Unicorn Valley, which is ruled by the beautiful Queen Aurora and threatened by the Dark Unicorn Selena.
• Storming the Castle: Rachel and Kirsty storm Jack Frost's castle often.
• Strictly Formula:
  • Nearly every series is the same aside from the themes.
  • Alexandra the Royal Baby Fairy's book modifies the formula slightly - it's not Alexandra's magic rattle which gets stolen, but the Royal Baby.

• Sugar Bowl: Fairyland is generally happy and peaceful whenever Jack Frost isn't causing trouble, as is the human world.
• Supreme Chef: Food-based fairies are often excellent cooks.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Jack Frost often complains about this. It backfires on him in the movie, where he gets smarter henchmen...who betray him.
• Tag Line: "Unlock the Magic Within!"
• Take Over the World:
  • Jack Frost tries this in the movie, planning to conquer Fairyland and the human world. He occasionally has this goal in the books.
  • In the Fashion Fairies series, he tries to take over the fashion world with his Ice Blue clothing line.

• Teacher's Pet: Steffi is this in Addison's book, though it's partially due to Jack Frost taking her sense of humor away.

• Tender Tears: Juliet the Valentine Fairy cries a lot in her book because of the havoc the misplaced objects are wreaking on love.

• Throw It In!: Happens in-universe in Paige the Christmas Play Fairy's book. Jack Frost interfering with a performance of Cinderella forces the girls to improvise.
• Time Stands Still: Time is stopped when the girls are in Fairyland.
• Too Dumb to Live: The goblins, which the girls and fairies constantly use to their advantage. Rachel and Kirsty have had to save the goblins from being hurt by their own stupidity many times.
• Transformation Trinket: The girls' lockets can take them to Fairyland, turning them into fairies in the process.
• The Trickster: Addison the April Fool's Day Fairy.
• Tuckerization: Daisy the Festival Fairy shares the name of the series' 'author.'
• Turned Against Their Masters: Happens to Jack Frost in the movie. He creates a living snowman army and treats them as mindless, expendable soldiers, which makes then turn on him.
• The Unmasqued World: This trope is why Fairyland must be kept a secret, and why the girls try to stop Jack Frost from doing anything big on Earth.
• Vague Age: It's never stated how old Rachel and Kirsty are supposed to be. They could be anywhere from very young to middle school aged. Some books even suggest that they might be teenagers. And given how long the series has been going, it's not out of the possibility that all of the implied ages are true to some extent, and the girls have simply grown up over time. Given how many unique Christmas based stories there's been, it's not impossible.
• Villain Ball: Jack Frost holds this in the first book of the Sweet/Sugar & Spice Fairies series. He has all of their charms around his neck, powering his candy castle... so he separates them on Earth for his goblins to guard. There is literally no reason for him to do this other than to separate the series into 7 books.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Jack Frost escapes this way in Joy's book.
• Villainous Glutton: While most of the goblins aren't fat, they're very greedy when it comes to food. One of the conflicts in the Sugar and Spice series came from them eating Jack Frost's Candy Castle.
• We Have Reserves: Jack Frost says this in the movie, saying his snowman army is composed of expendable weaklings that can be replaced infinitely in battle. Said army disagrees.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: In Danielle the Daisy Fairy's book Rachel and Kirsty get help from a human girl named Rebecca, who learns about the fairies and Jack Frost. She's never seen again.
• Winds of Destiny, Change!: Lindsay the Luck Fairy has good luck powers.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Rachel and Kirsty are mature for their ages, contrasting heavily with Jack Frost's childishness.
• World-Healing Wave: Usually, as soon as the magic objects are recovered everything snaps back to normal in Fairyland and the human world.
• Would Hurt a Child: Jack Frost has attacked Rachel and Kirsty many times with his ice bolts, once attempting to have icicles rain down on them.

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