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The sixth book written in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series, and the first one chronologically, [[Prequel|its events taking place before]] ''[[The Lion, the Witch
In this prequel, two [[The Edwardian Era|Edwardian]] children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, accidentally visit the dead world of Charn, where Digory falls for [[Schmuck Bait]], waking the [[Sealed Evil in
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Both Jadis and Uncle Andrew think this way. "Ours is a high and lonely destiny."
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* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: The magical incantation by the white witch Jadis is this. After ruling her home planet of [[Meaningful Name|Charn]] as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating]] and on the eve of defeat by her own subjects, Jadis out of pure spite uttered the deplorable word, resulting in ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|the instant death of every living thing in that universe]]'' except herself.
** Though the war was against her sister, implied to have been almost as evil, at least if the wax figures presenting the last members of the imperial house are anything to go by, as they all appear cruel and miserable.
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: We are never told what is killing Digory's mum, but cancer claimed both [[
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Deplorable Word. This book was written during the cold war.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]: Polly's reaction to Digory’s going after the [[Schmuck Bait]].
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* [[Einstein Hair]]: Uncle Andrew.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: How Jadis makes her mistake when tempting Digory in the climax.
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Subverted with Jadis. Did you expect [[
* [[Fantastic Nuke]]: The "Deplorable Word": a magic word that, if spoken, instantly [[Kill'Em All|kills all life forms in the world]] except [[Omnicidal Maniac|the speaker]]. Lewis makes the nuclear allegory pretty transparent, especially in the description of the burned-out remains of Charn and the [[Aesop]] that Aslan [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|delivers at the end]]:
{{quote| ''"It is not certain that some wicked member of your race will not find out a secret as evil as the Deplorable Word and use it to destroy all living things. And soon, very soon, great nations in your world will be ruled by tyrants who care no more for joy and justice and mercy than the [[Evil Sorcerer|Empress Jadis]]."''}}
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* [[Portal Network]]: The Wood Between the Worlds.
* [[Portal Pool]]: Many in "The Wood Between the Worlds".
* [[Prequel]]: To ''[[The Lion, the Witch
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: In verse, no less:
{{quote| ''Make your choice, adventurous stranger<br />
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Or wonder 'till it drives you mad<br />
What would have followed if you had.'' }}
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Jadis.
* [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]]: Jadis wiped out all the living things in Charn because her sister won the civil war.
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Digory had to retrieve the apple himself. Had a Narnian taken it, it would have been for themselves and eventually caused Narnia to turn bad. However, if an outsider like Digory took it, it would have been taken for the sake of others.
* [[Tsundere]]: Polly.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Jadis tempts Digory to eat the Apple of Youth so the two of them can rule the world as king and queen forever.
* [[What You Are in
* [[Wish Fulfillment]]: Arguably, when {{spoiler|Aslan gives Digory the means to save his mother}}. Note that Lewis lost his own mother at a young age to a long illness, probably cancer.
* [[World Tree]]: Several of them, each a significant plot point.
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