The Magician's Nephew: Difference between revisions

* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Both Jadis and Uncle Andrew think this way. "Ours is a high and lonely destiny."

** Of course, all the [[Character Alignment|good]] characters realize that both Jadis and Uncle Andrew are full of crap. Digory nicely lampshades and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructs]] it:

*** Though it does sound more impressive when a beautiful seven-foot female declaims it proudly.

* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: Frank and his wife Nellie become the Adam and Eve of Narnia.

** [[Inverted]] with Charn.

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: The warning on the garden wall that Jadis ignores: the apple she ate made her immortal, but because of her evil heart she'll live a life of misery.

* [[Big Bad]]: Jadis.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: An odd example since it's an uncle rather than a father: Digory to Uncle Andrew, throughout the entire book.

* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Subverted with Jadis. Did you expect [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]] not to?

* [[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]]:

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Digory warns Uncle Andrew that, as he's obviously a villain, he better expect retribution for what he does. Uncle Andrew privately thinks, "[[Oh Crap]], he's right!" before trying to laugh it off as Digory [[You Watch Too Much X|reading too many fairy tales]].

* [[Gentleman Wizard]]: Andrew

* [[Prequel]]: To ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''.

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: In verse, no less:

What would have followed if you had.'' }}

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Jadis, in the aforementioned [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] moment.