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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Elphaba and Fiyero survive and can live out their days happily, provided they never return to Oz or let the despairing Glinda know her best friends are actually alive.}}

* [[Black and White Morality]]: The Wizard points out that this moral system is the one most people prefer to believe when given the opportunity.

So we act as though they don't exist }}

* [[Book Ends]]: The celebration of the Death of the Wicked Witch of the West opens and closes the show, from new angles and with slightly different moods each time.

** A variant: The "I Hope You're Happy" passage at the beginning of "Defying Gravity" starts darkly, as Elphaba and Glinda are sniping at each other. When they sing it again toward the end of "Defying Gravity", it becomes a Sad Reprise, as the two friends genuinely wish each other happiness, no matter the roads they take in life.

** In "Dancing Through Life" and "The Wicked Witch of the East", where Boq sings to Nessa. The first one is him trying to confess that he's only asked her out because he wants to impress Glinda. The reprise is when he tells her that he's leaving here, which makes her so mad she tries to remove his heart.

Now, I know it isn't fair... }}

:::And then in "The Wicked Witch of the East":

Announcing Glinda is engaged... }}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Elphaba, especially as the story progresses.

* [[Delusions of Eloquence]]: G(a)linda and Madame Morrible (and, to a lesser extent, most Ozians).

Oh hallowed halls and vine-draped walls/the proudliest sight there is... }}

** Also, during "What is This Feeling"

With someone so disgusticified }}

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Something has changed within me, something is not the same."

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Fiyero tries to remain aloof and entirely self centered and succeeds for a little while, but ultimately when the chips are down he fails.

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Elphaba's personal [[Villain Song]], literally called ''[[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|No Good Deed]]'' plays this very straight {{spoiler|before it's revealed to be a subversion later.}}

I'm [[Title Drop|wicked]] through and through<br />

Since I can not succeed<br />

* [[Mythology Gag]]:

** Not within the show itself, but several to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.

'''Nessa:''' Oh my! }}

** Another notable: Elphaba pays Nessa a visit.

'''Elphaba:''' Well ... there's no place like home. }}

** [[Stephen Schwartz]] has [[Word of God|stated]] that [[Twice-Told Tale|the whole joy of the show]] is these nods that allow us to see how the Oz we know and love came to be. Hence in Act 1, Elphaba gradually acquires her famous witch's outfit; and in Act 2, {{spoiler|we learn the origin of the cyclone, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.}}

* [[Word of Gay]]: Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel have said that they believe if things had gone differently, Galinda and Elphaba [[Les Yay|would've eventually fallen in love]]. The same was said by some other cast members and Maguire.

* [[Written by the Winners]]: The wizard [[Discussed Trope|all but quotes this trope directly]] in "Wonderful", instead he says "Where I'm from we believe all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history."

Is able to persist }}