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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why is a LONG story, but the short version is [[Love Potion]].
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Dee Dee to Terry. The reasons why is a LONG story, but the short version is [[Love Potion]].
** Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," {{spoiler|her memories of Terry are erased.}}
** Luckily, by the end of "A Strangeness Returns," {{spoiler|her memories of Terry are erased.}}
* [[Depending On the Writer]]: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[Jerkass]] who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Whatever The Old Man acts like in each story. Sometimes he's a nice guy who will help with your problem after selling you the damn thing (only if you ask though). Sometimes he's a [[Jerkass]] who changes people for the hell of it and just changes their memories so he doesn't get in trouble.
** And what the girls are like.
** And what the girls are like.
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
** The Old Man's age, in some stories he is young enough to have a teenaged nephew, in some others he over a century old and some others have him as old as time itself.
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* [[No Name Given]]: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Witch.
* [[No Name Given]]: The Wizard, The Bikini Beach Witch.
** {{spoiler|some early stories name him Anselm}}.
** {{spoiler|some early stories name him Anselm}}.
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body]]: Certain "effects" of [[Monster of the Week|each story's product]] will start up this trope. Which will lead to the [[First Law of Gender Bending|First]], [[Second Law of Gender Bending|Second]], and [[Third Law of Gender Bending]].
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: Certain "effects" of [[Monster of the Week|each story's product]] will start up this trope. Which will lead to the [[First Law of Gender Bending|First]], [[Second Law of Gender Bending|Second]], and [[Third Law of Gender Bending]].
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]- The Old Man. Although, it's only the robe. And it's described as "a bath robe."
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]- The Old Man. Although, it's only the robe. And it's described as "a bath robe."
* [[Shapeshifting]]
* [[Shapeshifting]]
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* [[Strictly Formula]]
* [[Strictly Formula]]
* [[Third Law of Gender Bending]]
* [[Third Law of Gender Bending]]
* [[Two-Person Love Triangle]]: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[Cursed With Awesome|"curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a [[Love Potion]] in front of Crissy.
* [[Two-Person Love Triangle]]: And a weird one at that! In the very first story (after the [[Cursed with Awesome|"curse"]] is placed over the house) Dennis falls for Chris' girl form "Crissy" and thinks Terry is trying to steal her away. Then later, Dennis is under the spell and "Denise" falls for Terry and thinks Crissy is trying to steal her away. No one is into Dennis or Denise. Of course, things get worse when Terry takes a [[Love Potion]] in front of Crissy.
* [[Valley Girl]]: A common result of the many Gender Benders.
* [[Valley Girl]]: A common result of the many Gender Benders.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, but they screw things up anyway.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Many of the later stories depict costumers that have heard about the shop who think they know better, but they screw things up anyway.

Revision as of 08:35, 9 April 2014

Spells R Us is a Shared Universe Web Original created by Bill Hart in the 1990s. Spells R Us has a pretty decent fan base and many stories have been created, not just from Bill Hart.

The series revolves around ~The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday~ called Spells R Us. The shop is run by the nameless Robe and Hat Wizard known only as "The Old Man". Each story usually starts with The Old Man selling some sort of magical product to a disbelieving customer. As the story progresses, the customer will have either a Gender Bender, Animorphism, age progression, age regression, or some other sort of transformation. The customer is usually left this way for the rest of his/her life.

Take from that what you will.

The series began when two college students, Chris and Terry, needed to get girls for the frat party, or the will be kicked out of the fraternity. Desperate, the boys go to a mysterious shop called Spells R Us. The Old Man gives them the spell and "forgets" to tell the boys that for one night, they (and the other frathouse students) will become girls in body and mind.

So, of course, they mess up the spell.

Now anyone in the house after 7 will turn into the opposite sex. While "Crissy" and "Terri" retain their guy memories, anyone else will act, think, and look like a girl until 2 a.m. (when the spell wears off). This plot was written by Bill Hart, and takes up the storyline of Bill Hart's stories.

However,many fans now write their own stories. Theses stories focus less on the events with Terry and Chris and more with the other vic-*cough*- uh, customers of The Old Man's shop. All of those stories have built some sort of cannon while ignoring Bill Harts saga, this unnofficial cannon sprang many sub-universes, among them Bikini Beach, about a magical Women-only genderrbending water park in California owned by an old gipsy witch (known only as "The Witch" or "The Old Woman"), who is a good friend of the Old Man.

Stories can be found all over the web. Most of them (if not all) can be found at fictionmania. A small collection can be found at this angelfire page and this archive of TF stories. All three contain Bill Hart's first story: "A Strangeness at The Frat House."

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