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A Simple Wish
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A 1997 fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson and Kathleen Turner. The film about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to help Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, a carriage driver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical. | |
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Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Duane has no problems with attempting to shoot Annabel or crush her after a transformation backfire. | |
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall | |
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall: At one point near the end of the film, an enchantedly-boneless Murray's face collides with the camera, covering it. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Heel–Face Turn: Boots betrays Claudia by giving Murray's wand back to its rightful owner after realizing that Claudia will never make her a partner. This, however, results in her being turned back into a dog. | |
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Missing Mom | |
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Missing Mom: All we know about Annabel and Charlie's mother is that she's deceased. | |
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All Musicals Are Adaptations | |
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All Musicals Are Adaptations: Two Cities, a musical adaption of A Tale of Two Cities. Annabel's wish is for her dad to be cast in as the star role so that her family won't have to move to Nebraska, which is the driving point behind the whole film. | |
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Humanity Ensues | |
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Humanity Ensues: Claudia's Dragon, Boots, was originally a dog. She is later changed back after seeing the true colors of her master. | |
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever | |
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Duane, after being turned into a giant rabbi. | |
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Wishing for More Wishes | |
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Wishing for More Wishes: Murray tells Annabel that she can't do this with her wish and they plugged this loophole up years ago. | |
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Fairy Godmother | |
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Fairy Godmothers: And a whole lot of them. Murray happens to be the only male Fairy Godmother. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Claudia, a former Fairy Godmother who stages a coup to steal all the magic wands for herself to obtain ultimate power. | |
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Poke the Poodle | |
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Poke the Poodle: Claudia "tortures" Annabel and Murray by forcing them to dance like ballerinas. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Chekhov's Skill: Murray mentions early in the film that he's skilled with spells involving frogs and rain, which comes in handy when sabotaging Tony Sable's audition. | |
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Accidental Misnaming | |
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Accidental Misnaming: Duane is mistakenly called Roy because he is wearing Roy's stolen T-shirt. | |
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Inept Mage | |
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Inept Mage: Murray is...not a very good fairy godmother. A lot of the problems in the film stem from his mess-ups. He gets better in the end, though. | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
| A Simple Wish / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: However, the real problem isn't from the wish-maker, but the wish-granter. | |
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Fate Worse than Death | |
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Fate Worse than Death: At the end of the movie, Claudia accidentally traps herself inside her mirror... which she then proceeds to accidentally break. | |
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Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! | |
| A Simple Wish / int_b7bc7d28 | comment |
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Claudia briefly gets distracted by a mirror. | |
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Fun with Acronyms | |
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Fun with Acronyms: NAFGA, the "North American Fairy Godmother Association" (read: NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement). | |
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She Is the King | |
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He is the Fairy Godmother | |
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Taken for Granite | |
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Taken for Granite: Murray's attempt to grant Anabel's wish at Central Park results in Oliver being turned into a statue, Duchess being turned into a mouse, and a carriage being turned into a pumpkin. They get better. | |
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Hand Gagging | |
| A Simple Wish / int_d21a93f4 | comment |
Hand Gagging: Boots does this to Anabel when ordered to capture Murray. Of course, they wanted to go and see Claudia, anyway. | |
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Wicked Witch | |
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Wicked Witch: Claudia | |
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Jerkass | |
| A Simple Wish / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: Duane, all the way. We also get Tony Sable, whose jerkassness in the end costs him the lead role in the play after tripping over a bucket, courtesy of Murray. Claudia also counts of course, being the villain and all. | |
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Cain and Abel | |
| A Simple Wish / int_eba6a077 | comment |
Cain and Abel: Duane mentions that he shot and killed his brother, Roy, just to get a clean T-Shirt. | |
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