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# '''[[Fantastic Fragility|Magic Has Its Rules]]''': Somehow setting limits such as a "[[Rule of Three]]" or "Until the Castle Rises Above the Clouds" or "Until the Sun Sets" makes the power work better or at all. [[Magic A Is Magic A|So whatever happens needs to happen within the rules instead of at one's convenience]]. If a rules lawyer is around this sometimes leads to [[No Man of Woman Born]].
If the events happen on their own after astronomical events, see [[When the Planets Align]]. Not to be confused with [[Cosmic Deadline]]. See Also [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has a instance of being a human when the new moon comes around.
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== Fairy Tales ==
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== Film ==
* ''[[Ladyhawke]]'': A couple is cursed so that she's a hawk by day and human by night, and he is human by day and a wolf by night. They only get to see each other in the moments of sunrise and sunset then were saved by [[Rules Lawyer
* In ''[[Your Majesty]]'', the evil wizard needs to perform a certain ritual with a virgin to {{spoiler|create a dragon}}. This ritual may only be performed once every 100 years when the two moons align.
* While not quite magical, in ''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'', the heroes have only until "the moon is full" to collect the herbs and return them to save their friend Michelle.
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* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story ''[[The People of the Black Circle]]'', the king is killed by magic on a certain date.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Kull]]/[[Bran Mak Morn]] story "Kings of the Night", Kull's appearance is governed by this.
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* In [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Shadows of the Apt|Dragonfly Falling]]'', Uctebri explains he is awaiting the most auspicious date.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter|Prospero Lost]]'', Theo recommends that if they can't wait for a holiday, to use the Ouiji board on Wednesday. (Odin, and Hermes, the two gods associated with that day, were both associated with magic.)
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== Theater ==
* ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'': The fairies show up [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]].
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That the graves all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite,
In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic:'' }}
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', the hunt lasts until cockcrow. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626092334/http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00521.html Not mind you, dawn]. (Good thing for [[Exact Words]].)
* In [[Wapsi Square]], 2012 is not only [[When the Planets Align]], [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/anyideas/ it's when you can do something about it].
* In ''[[Dreamkeepers]] Prelude'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222183757/http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Prelude.php?pg=191 Namah deduces her show's on as if it were this.]
* In ''[[Doodze]]'', [http://seguemediagroup.com/doodze/?p=627 the sunlight only protects you as long as it's up.]{{Dead link}}
* In ''[[Erstwhile]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130828165506/http://www.erstwhiletales.com/a-tale-with-a-riddle-0-3/#.T29v9Nm6SuI the woman is allowed to go home only overnight.]
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* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' They are stone during the day and flesh at night, in the film they are also cursed into dormancy "Until the Castle Rises Above the Clouds".
** Most magic in ''Gargoyles'' has similar limits. According to [[Word of God]], adding any sort of "this spell goes away when X happens" condition, no matter how ridiculous it may sound, makes the spell much easier to cast successfully.
* Sozin's Comet provides a boost to fire benders in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Also a [[Total Eclipse of the Plot|solar eclipse]] causes firebenders to lose their fire bending completely during its duration (which is about 15 minutes).
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