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Sounds [[Strictly Formula|sickeningly derivative]], doesn't it?
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** Don't forget the Old One. And in the case of the Widow it was more of a [[Redemption Equals Death]] kinda thing.
* [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]]: Ergo changed to a puppy to grant the boy's wish. After changing back, he said it was a stupid wish, although [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|no one is fooled]].
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Very much how the Beast treats Lyssa during her captivity, whether [[Scarpia Ultimatum|attempting to woo her]], offering her [[Pimped-Out Dress|gorgeous gowns]] and [[Requisite Royal Regalia|a floating crown]], or coming right out and telling her [[We Can Rule Together]]. The motivation for this seems to be a cross of [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] (because her child is supposed to rule the galaxy) and old-fashioned [[For the Evulz|villainous nastiness]] so that he can taunt Colwyn with having claimed his love and inspired her betrayal. Of course, she refuses--the first clue that while she is a [[
** In the novelization, it's more of a case of [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]?. The Beast says "You have been brought here for a marriage, though not of the sort you can imagine. It will be a much more intimate melding than you can conceive of."
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: The glaive, a giant, telekinetic ninja star, with retractable blades. And manually adjustable rotation rate; Colwyn uses it as a rotary saw at one point.
* [[Inept Mage]]: Ergo
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Lyssa's twisting of the Beast's words back to him might be [[Narm]] to some, a delicious [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] to others who truly believe in [[The Power of Love]].
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* [[Kill and Replace]]: {{spoiler|a shapeshifter kills the Emerald Seer and takes his form to get close to Colwyn and kill him.}}
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: How the Beast is finally taken down.
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* [[Mooks]]: The Slayers
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: From bad to good -- from {{spoiler|another of Torquil's men dying by walls with [[Spikes of Doom]] closing in and the others in general peril}} to Lyssa and Colwyn happily meeting again. Also, a milder example in (paraphrased) dialogue:
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'''Titch:''' ''(ponders)'' A puppy.
'''Ergo:''' Only one? Why not a hundred?
'''Titch:''' Only want one.
'''Ergo:''' Well, that's a foolish wish...what about you, Rell, what'd you wish for?
'''[[The Comically Serious|Rell]]''': ''(gloomily)'' Ignorance. }}
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Thanks to the [[Special Effects Failure]] in how the Beast was portrayed, rather like the shark in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' and the creature in ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' it is more frightening when unseen, only sensed or heard breathing. [[Malevolent Architecture|The unsettling, surreal interior of the Black Fortress]] doesn't help.
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* [[The Walls Are Closing In]]: Includes the [[Spikes of Doom|spiked walls]] version, and a gruesome death for one character who could have escaped but went back for his cherished knife.
* [[Wangst]]: [[In-Universe]] it's both justified and defied.
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'''Ynyr:'''
* [[We All Do It Together]]: At the climax of the film, Colwyn and Lyssa jointly use the flame from their wedding ritual as a weapon to defeat the Beast, firing and directing it together.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: The Widow by Ynyr, in [[Backstory]].
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Not if you're a Cyclops. Well, you can (as in, [[Do Not Go Gentle|refuse to go off into self-imposed exile]] to await your foreseen death), but [[Fate Worse Than Death|you'll regret it]]. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Rell doesn't]] -- he may regret the pain, but not the reason for it.
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