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Free Spirit (1989)

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A short-lived Fantastic Comedy that premiered on ABC in, well, 1989.Every 100 years, a witch must provide assistance to a mortal in need. When the time comes for the fun-loving Cute Witch Winnie Goodwin (Corinne Bohrer) to perform "public service" in this manner, she finds herself becoming a Magical Nanny and new friend to young Gene Harper and his two older siblings, Robb and Jessie. The kids' father, divorced lawyer Thomas "TJ" Harper, remains unaware that Winnie can perform magic. Hilarity Ensues.Due to poor ratings and reviews, this series was canceled after 14 episodes, the last of which never aired in America, being pre-empted by a Full House rerun (it did air in Australia).
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Costume-Test Montage
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Costume-Test Montage: Gene has one when Winnie helps him try on different outfits for a party.
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Love Potion
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Love Potion: Winnie doesn't brew a potion to spread romance, but after she hears about Robb failing to win over a girl at school, she tries to zap her into loving him. Unfortunately, she zaps her for too long, making her never want to leave Robb's side.
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Halloween Episode
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Halloween Episode: And an Epunymous Title for it: "Hallowinnie".
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Blithe Spirit
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Blithe Spirit: Winnie.
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Winnie's superiors demand that witches return to their own realm right after finishing their public service, since spending too much time among mortals can cause a witch to develop such emotions as love and compassion. Winnie doesn't take long to get these.
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Magicians Are Wizards
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Magicians Are Wizards: Winnie and Jessie try to impress a group of students by performing a magic trick in which Winnie would make Jessie disappear. Unfortunately, Winnie's powers malfunction on Halloween (she blames all the mortals performing Stage Magic), complicating the process of making her re-appear.
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The Smurfette Principle
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The Smurfette Principle: TJ has two sons, but only one daughter.
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Spinning Out of Here
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Spinning Out of Here: The pilot and the full intro show Winnie spinning her way to Earth.
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Missing Mom
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Missing Mom: The Harper kids' parents are divorced, as mentioned above.
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Brought Down to Normal
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Brought Down to Normal: A thunderstorm causes Winnie to temporarily lose her powers.
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Theme Tune Extended
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Theme Tune Extended: Two versions of the intro exist: one that runs about 30 seconds, and one that lasts a minute.
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"Everybody Laughs" Ending
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"Everybody Laughs" Ending: The Pilot ends with Winnie and the Harper kids ridiculing TJ's pajamas in this manner.
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Casting Gag
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Casting Gag: Florence Henderson and Robert Reed guest-star in one episode as a married couple on the brink of divorce.
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Cute, but Cacophonic
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Cute, but Cacophonic: Gene.
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Uptight Loves Wild
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Uptight Loves Wild: Winnie and TJ constantly play Will They or Won't They?, with the show ending before they could officially become a couple.
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Engagement Challenge
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Engagement Challenge: Winnie's fiancee (a warlock played by Dave Coulier of Full House fame) shows up after a courtship that spans 150 years. He had to cross the Atlantic in a day, and capture a girl's smile without using magic. Modern tech helps him beat most of her father's challenges.
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Straight Man
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Straight Man: TJ.
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Willfully Weak
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Willfully Weak: After Winnie refuses to leave the mortal realm, her supervisor challenges her to spend one week without using her powers, in exchange for the right to live with the Harpers.
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'80s Hair
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'80s Hair: All the main characters except Jessie have this.
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Rhyming with Itself
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Rhyming with Itself: The theme song rhymes "it" and "it".
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Thematic Theme Tune
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Thematic Theme Tune: The Title Theme Tune emphasizes how much joy Winnie brings into the Harpers' lives while only subtly referencing her mystical nature.
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When You Coming Home, Dad?
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When You Coming Home, Dad?: Winnie calls out TJ for not spending enough time with the kids.
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Secret-Keeper
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Secret Keepers: No mortals other than the Harper children know about Winnie performing witchcraft.
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Really700YearsOld
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Really 700 Years Old: Winnie looks and acts like a young adult, but was actually born in 1665, making her 324 when she meets Gene.
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Imagine Spot
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One episode has Winnie perform some Imagine Spots about living in a black and white sitcom from The '50s.
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Casanova Wannabe
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Casanova Wannabe: Robb.
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Welcome Episode
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Welcome Episode: The Pilot details how Winnie came to live with the Harpers.
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I Choose to Stay
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I Choose to Stay: Winnie could have left the Harpers after helping Gene win the bowling tournament he signed up for in the Pilot, but she had so much fun with those kids that she decided to live with them.
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Catchphrase
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Catchphrase:
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Mayfly–December Romance
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Mayfly–December Romance: Winnie and TJ would have had one if the romantic tension (see Uptight Loves Wild below) actually paid off. Additionally, the Missing Episode that aired in Australia and not in the US has Winnie's sister, Cassandra, fall in love with Robb, with his lack of immortality complicating things between them.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: The episode title "Love That Winnie" is a reference to the 50's sitcom Love That Bob (officially titled The Bob Cummings Show).
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Flying Broomstick
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Flying Broomsticks: Winnie and Jessie ride these at the end of the Halloween Episode. Winnie considers this the only fun part of celebrating Halloween.
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Deliberately Monochrome
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Deliberately Monochrome: The intro has some black and white scenes that change to full color as Winnie poofs in. One episode has Winnie perform some Imagine Spots about living in a black and white sitcom from The '50s.
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Mundane Made Awesome
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Mundane Made Awesome: For starters, Gene asks Winnie to demonstrate some witchcraft for Robb and Jessie by fetching him some eggs. Winnie fulfills this task by filling the kitchen cupboard with live chickens, proceeding to take two eggs from one of them.
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Magic Misfire
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Magic Misfire: Winnie does this sometimes.
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Make a Wish
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Make a Wish: Winnie first appears in the Harper household right after Gene wishes for someone with time to help him practice for a bowling tournament.
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Literal-Minded
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Literal-Minded: Winnie at times. For instance, after Jessie accuses her date of being an "animal", Winnie turns him into a monkey.
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Evil Twin
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Evil Twin: In one episode, Winnie accidentally separates Robb's good and evil personas into two different people.
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Oh, Cisco!
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Oh, Cisco!
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Stop Trick
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Stop Trick
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Cute Witch / int_88b1bb0d
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Engagement Challenge / int_88b1bb0d
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Exploding Closet / int_88b1bb0d
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I Choose to Stay / int_88b1bb0d
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Magical Nanny / int_88b1bb0d
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Muggles / int_88b1bb0d
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