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The series chronicles the events during the training of Thomas J. Ward under the tutelage of John Gregory, the County's local Spook, whose job is to protect the locals from the dark. And what is the dark? Every horrible, evil, going-bump-in-the-night thing you can imagine, from boggarts to witches and everything in between.

 

* ''The Spook's Apprentice'' (''Revenge of the Witch'' in the United States) - 2004

* ''The Spook's Curse'' (''Curse of the Bane'') - 2005

 

And, certainly, they are not to be read after dark. [[Running Gag|Especially page 47!]]

* [[Action Girl]]: You don't mess with Grimalkin. The clans' s warriors are pretty frightening in general, just like the witches who stay in the Combe.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: The Spook buries witches to keep them from causing trouble. This is usually done because their spirits stick to the bones, but even live witches meet this fate. Then again, [[Complete Monster|they get buried for a reason]].

** {{spoiler|Alices' torture in the Fiends' domain...}}

* [[Animal Eye Spy]]: 'Familiar' magic seems to be this.

* [[Armies Are Evil]]: Among kidnappings, attacks and general destruction, armies are really unpopular in the series.

* [[Badass Cape]]

** {{spoiler|Even almost happens to the Spook.}}

* [[The Cat Came Back]]: The Spook repeatedly tries to send Alice away to limit her involvement with Tom, yet they never stay separated for long.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Alice. It would put a damper on the fun if she had to ask her mom every time she wanted to run off with Tom.

* [[Crapsack World]]: The county, post-Fiend.

* [[Dark Secret]]: Mam had a pretty big one.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: From book eight we get {{spoiler|Fiend:[Alice] is trapped in the dark for eternal torment. Eternal! That means it will go on forever!}}

* [[Detect Evil]]: The chill spooks get whenever a Denizen of the Dark is near.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|Gimalkin is apparently this by the end of book seven.}}

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Apparently, the Destiny Blade likes Tom.

* [[Fed to Pigs]]: {{spoiler|Mother Malkin shouldn't have attempted to flee through the pigpen while she was shrunk and the pigs were agitated...}}

* [[Fingore]]: {{spoiler|The Spook's last apprentice, Billy, dies of blood loss when his hand is trapped underground with a malicious boggart. And later, Bony Lizzie removes the thumbs from his corpse.}}

* [[Freudian Trio]]: Alice (Id), Tom (Ego), the Spook (Superego).

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In book six, {{spoiler|many witches, among them Grimalkin and Mab, put aside their differences and work with the spook-friendly troupe to stop the Ordeen}}.

* [[Gypsy Curse]]: The Pendle clans curse the Spook.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Tom's mother and Bill Arkwright die fighting the Ordeen and her forces.}}

* [[Language of Magic]]: The ''Old Tongue'' seems to be this, in a lost language version.

* [[Lady of War]]: Grimalkin.

* [[Misterious Mist]]: A lot of it.

* [[Named Weapon]]: The Destiny Blade. Counts as a [[Meaningful Name]], too.

* [[Oh Crap]]: You really shouldn't have given Mother Malkin those cakes, Tom.

* [[Only the Worthy May Pass]]: Only true heroes may enter a sidhe.

* [[Skeleton Key]]: Tom and Mr. Gregory have skeleton keys provided by Gregory's brother, a locksmith.

* [[Supernatural Sensitivity]]: Horn has this, in that he can detect darkness in people.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|[[Satan|The Fiend]] is constantly trying this on Tom because it means he'll rule for eternity.}}

* [[Wicked Witch]]: Mother Malkin, [[Up to Eleven]]. Bony Lizzie is more of a [[Vain Sorceress]] in terms of appearance.

* [[Willfully Weak]]: From book eight: {{spoiler|[about using serious dark magic] '''Alice:''' I've always had more power than I've shown to you, Tom.}}

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