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* [[Flying Broomstick]]: In ''The Pinhoe Egg'', women ride broomsticks and men ride bicycles.
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Christopher, and probably also Gabriel DeWitt.
* [[Five -Man Band]]: Witch Week's witches.
** [[The Hero]]: Charles Morgan
** [[The Lancer]]: Brian Wentworth
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** It's explained that this is intentional; since Chrestomanci shows up whenever he's summoned in this manner, he doesn't always have time to get dressed up.
*** At one point Janet asks him if this is the reason why all his dressing gowns are so fabulous, and Chrestomanci admits that he just really likes fancy clothes.
* [[Star -Crossed Lovers]]: Amusingly subverted and parodied by ''The Magicians of Caprona''.{{spoiler|Marco}} Petrocchi and {{spoiler|Rosa}} Montana successfully marry under both of their warring family's noses and [[Happily Married|live through the end]].
* [[The Syndicate]]: The Wraith in ''The Lives of Christopher Chant''.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Christopher.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Christopher, again.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Cat, when he finally tells Gwendolen where she can shove it.
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: Gwendolen's behavior runs the gamut from just [[Spoiled Brat|bratty]] to [[Enfant Terrible|downright]] ''[[Enfant Terrible|evil]]''.
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* [[Villain Episode]]: The story "Warlock at the Wheel" focuses on a minor villain from ''Charmed Life''.
* [[Waking Up At the Morgue]]: Christopher discovers he has nine lives this way, in ''The Lives of Christopher Chant''.
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]]: Chrestomanci's dressing gowns.
** I would call that [[Bow Ties Are Cool]] or possibly [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]].
* [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]]: In ''The Pinhoe Egg''.
* [[True Sight|Witch Sight]]
* [[You Are What You Hate]]: The alternate Earth in ''Witch Week'', on which witches are universally feared and persecuted despite ''nearly everyone being a witch''.