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The Librarians (2014)
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The Librarians is a TNT series that acts as a continuation of The Librarian films. Bob Newhart, and Jane Curtin reprise their roles in the first episode, and film protagonist Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) is present in a recurring capacity for the first three seasons. However the series follows a new set of protagonists when the Library does the unprecedented - calling on three Librarian "trainees" while Flynn is still an active Librarian. Ezekiel Jones (John Kim), a young consummate thief who can hack an NSA computer as easily as he can steal a Fabergé egg. Cassandra Cillian (Lindy Booth), a brilliant scientist and mathematician who possesses a trace of magic. Jacob Stone (Christian Kane), polymath, linguist, expert in architecture, art, art history, archaeology and world cultures of the past and present, and other fields like bar fighting.They're shepherded by Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn) as their new Guardian, with the mysterious caretaker Jenkins (John Larroquette) helping them understand the deep history of the Library. Together they hunt down mysterious artifacts and magical phenomenon to Save the World every week - twice before Friday.The series had a four-issue comic miniseries published by Dynamite Comics, and a series of tie-in novels (and the Lost Lamp in 2016, and the Mother Goose Chase in 2017, and the Pot of Gold in 2019). The show itself was cancelled in 2018 after four seasons.A different series from the Australian sitcom of the same name. | |
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Villain's Dying Grace | |
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Villain's Dying Grace: When Prospero strikes down the treacherous Moriarty, the latter spends his last breaths telling Flynn how to beat him. | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste: The Devil in "And the Infernal Contract" is a well-dressed middle-aged man (played by John de Lancie) who enjoys attending high-society parties and discussing wine and champagne. He also enjoys a Friendly Enemy conversation with Jenkins, pointing out how the latter is a legend in certain circles (quite literally, in this case, since Jenkins is Sir Galahad). | |
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Arbitrary Skepticism | |
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Ezekiel refusing to believe Jenkins and Flynn when they remind him that the Library has no proof that aliens exist. | |
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Love Potion | |
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Jones also doesn't fall under the Love Potion in "And the Curse of Cindy". Jenkins theorizes that it's because he was so obsessed with himself, there wasn't room to obsess over another. Stone thinks it was because he was already in love with her after watching her on the TV show. | |
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Fictional United Nations | |
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Fictional United Nations: The conclave of magical races that the Librarian is designated to preside over is described exactly as this trope. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Stone loves a good bar fight. So does Santa Claus in his Odin incarnation. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Season 3 seems to involve an Ancient Egyptian god named Apep (AKA Apophis) possessing people, causing their eyes to turn a different color and their voices to grow deeper, while also being able to make the host body healthier. Another not-quite corporeal god named Anubis appears out of a round portal. Sound familiar? | |
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Apple of Discord | |
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Apple of Discord: The Apple of Discord shows up in one episode, where it spreads chaos by corrupting whoever holds it into the worst version of themself. It has no effect on Ezekiel, because he's already the worst version of himself. | |
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Your Head A-Splode | |
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Your Head Asplode: Jenkins mentions that Josiah Wexler exploded and then specifically mimes his head exploding and splattering around messily. | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: Lamia is an elite assassin who is beaten by almost every character in the series, several times in "The Apple of Discord." | |
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Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
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Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: The Big Bad of season 4, Nicole Noone wants to destroy the Library because she believes it is ultimately malevolent and the world is better off without it, but it shows how little she was really doing it for the world when she instates herself as the almighty dictator of the alternate reality when the Library never existed. | |
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Alternate Timeline | |
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Flynn finds Eve's ability to remember the alternate timelines 'vexing', a word he had used frequently in the first episode. | |
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Ancient Evil | |
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Season 3: Apep, the Egyptian god of chaos. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: The season 1 finale has an uncredited Jerry O'Connell as Dulaque-as-Lancelot. | |
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TheDevil | |
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A contract-demon, Mephistopheles, although Baird manages to use Loophole Abuse to make him human (Episode 2x06 "And the Infernal Contract"). | |
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Wicked Cultured | |
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Wicked Cultured: Dulaque, who stops Lamia from killing Cassandra because he doesn't want blood on his new rug. He also has an extensive private collection of artwork and artifacts. | |
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The Slow Path | |
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The Slow Path: After Flynn and Eve are Trapped in the Past in the season 2 finale, they have Shakespeare turn them to stone (long story) and ship them to the Library for safe keeping, with instructions in place that will ensure they are freed at the correct time. | |
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Welcome Back, Traitor | |
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Welcome Back, Traitor: Cassandra, who despite allowing the Brotherhood into The Library in the first place, is forgiven as she'd been tricked by them into thinking they would cure her brain tumor. Plus, as Eve points out, she did sacrifice her own chance at a cure to save Flynn. That being said, Stone is not willing to trust her ever again, even though he likes her. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: The logo of the Golden Axe company is a symmetrical two-headed axe, also known as a "labrys". Guess what mythical location powers the company? A labyrinth. | |
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Power at a Price | |
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Power at a Price A magical book brings fairytales to life and gives the reader health and vigor. However, it requires life energy as fuel and it will drain it from nearby people. First one person gets sick and dies, then multiple and if the magic is not stopped you end up with whole nations devastated by plagues. If the reader loses control of the magic, he/she will end up sucked into the book forever. A spell can make your wishes come true but it follows the rules of witch magic: whatever magic is used for, it will return to the caster threefold. If enough people abuse it to curse opponents in close proximity, the backlash gets exponentially more powerful and is enough to kill a hall full of people. | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses: Stone and Ezekiel during the fight in "And the Eternal Question". Stone uses the positioning to kick the bad guys away while on the back of the other, first Ezekiel then himself. | |
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Deal with the Devil | |
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Deal with the Devil: Exactly the plot in "And the Infernal Contract". And the devil isn't above Loophole Abuse. | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy: In "And the Disenchanted Forest", Cassandra reveals that she has never been to summer camp and has only seen movies about it. Therefore, when the Librarians go to summer camp as part of their next assignment, she does what she expects is normal for the genre: playing a bunch of pranks on Ezekiel. She is surprised and disheartened to learn that, unlike what the movies would suggest, Ezekiel does not enjoy these pranks and calls her out on "not living in reality." | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: In "And The Christmas Thief", The Patron Saint of Thieves is depicted as a villainous figure out to destroy Christmas. Saint Nicholas, the actual Patron Saint of Thieves from Christian mythology, is a heroic figure known secretly giving gifts to people (a trait that would lend itself to traditional depictions of Santa Claus). More specifically, he's the Patron Saint of Repentant Thieves, giving him more in common with Ezekiel than his greedy relatives. | |
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The Scottish Trope | |
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The Scottish Trope: A piece of Prospero's staff was guarded by John Dee with Shakespeare's help. They made the password one that no one would ever think to speak out loud, since the hiding spot was a private stage, especially not for someone created by Shakespeare like Prospero: Macbeth. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Several come back around for the season 1 finale to save the day: Ariadne's thread, the Libris Fabula, the witchcraft app, and a Tesla lamppost all work together to link the Annex back to the Library; the dragons from "And the Apple of Discord" and the villain from "And the Heart of Darkness" are respectively responsible for the devastation of the alternate Cassandra's and alternate Ezekiel's worlds; Bathsheba's oil of healing, the vial Flynn drank from to slow the bleeding of his wound from Excalibur also reappears just in time to save Eve's life. Apep is defeated by a combination of several of them in the season 3 finale: the magic tattoos Stone got from the Monkey King in "And the Fatal Separation" gives him a soul, Cassandra's newly evolved psychic abilities give him a human mind, and the vial of love potion Ezekiel kept from "And the Curse of Cindy" gives him a heart. Combined, these make Apep human, enabling the Librarians to use him as the sacrifice to reseal the Pure Evil. | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: To TNT's Leverage, with an additional magic twist, expected since both shows are produced by Dean Devlin. They both even star Christian Kane playing a slightly similar role within the team. This series also has a lot in common with SyFy's Warehouse 13. However it is very important in some areas of the internet not to refer to it as a rip off, as the films did technically come first. Doesn't change the similarities. note Eve is very Myka, Ezekiel makes a good Claudia, Jenkins is a more crotchety Arty. Stone and Cassandra both have aspects of Pete and Steve. John Rogers actually acknowledges this, and specifically mentions that they removed the artifact hunt element BECAUSE it would be too similar. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: Wexler College's motto is "Appareat diabolus ignis". Although Cassandra understood what was chanted by the cheerleaders, she only tells Baird that she doesn't want to know what they are saying. The motto translates roughly to "The devil appears [with] fire." | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: The Librarians hang lampshades on everything, from Eve lampshading the absurdity of her job to Flynn lampshading his own speech patterns. | |
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Gender Bender | |
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Gender Bender: When everyone starts getting sucked into fairy tale roles in "And the Fables of Doom," Cassandra becomes Prince Charming, and then later Merlin. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: In-universe, Stone keeps his amazing intellect and love of art a secret from his family and friends because he doesn't want them to look at him differently. Instead, he worked as a roughneck while publishing books on medieval art and architecture under pseudonyms. | |
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False Flag Operation | |
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False Flag Operation: Dulaque has an agent of the Eastern Dragons steal a great treasure from underneath their noses, leading blame to be pointed at the Western Dragons, in order to wake the dragons and cause worldwide destruction. | |
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Two Guys and a Girl | |
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Two Guys and a Girl: The Librarians in Training, Ezekiel, Jake and Cassandra. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2dff6b95 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2e8441c9 | type |
The Bad Guy Wins | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2e8441c9 | comment |
The Bad Guy Wins: Morgan le Fey in "And the Rule of Three". Granted, the team saves the kids, but hurting them was just a means to an end. Morgan still got to siphon all the excess magic generated and keep it, the intended goal. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2e8441c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2e8441c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2e8441c9 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2ec87029 | type |
Sadly Mythtaken | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2ec87029 | comment |
Sadly Mythtaken: "And the Fangs of Death" does a very poor job at getting Egyptian mythology right. Just for starters, Apep summons Anubis to him, then calls him the God of Death and the original werewolf. NO god would ever help Apep. Even Set, the actual god of evil, would join Ra to fight him, so Anubis, a fairly benign god, would certainly not help him. Anubis' role as a god is heavily tied to death, but he is generally seen as a protector, guide and judge of the dead, rather than the actual god of death, a role typically filled by Osiris. His status as the "original" werewolf is sketchy at best; the closest thing Egypt had to a werewolf was the wolf-headed deity Wepwawet, who was a god of war. Beyond this, werewolf myths are largely European in origin. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2ec87029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2ec87029 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2ec87029 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2f36d97 | type |
Older Than They Look | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2f36d97 | comment |
Older Than They Look: The three Librarians and Eve all look quite young, and you'd be mistaken for thinking they were twenty-somethings. In reality, only John Kim (Ezekiel) is in his 20's. As of the first season, Lindy Booth (Cassandra) is 36 while Christian Kane (Jake) and Rebecca Romijn (Eve) are both over 40. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2f36d97 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2f36d97 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_2f36d97 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_309b8806 | type |
Cursed with Awesome | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_309b8806 | comment |
Cursed with Awesome: Cassandra's synesthesia is really cool and allows her to do things like calculate how the sun would fall on a specific day of the year, but triggering it cripples her with sensations for a while and her magnificent brain is also housing a tumor the size of a grape. This flaw mostly disappears after season 1 and the tumor is removed during Season 3. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_309b8806 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_309b8806 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_309b8806 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d1e0df | type |
Full-Name Basis | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d1e0df | comment |
Full-Name Basis: How Santa refers to everyone. Even Santa. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d1e0df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d1e0df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d1e0df | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d2ae29 | type |
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d2ae29 | comment |
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The subject of the episode with the same name. The twist is that they can be broken, either by someone outside the prophecy, or by creating an even bigger prophecy to encapsulate it. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d2ae29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d2ae29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_30d2ae29 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_319e4a2f | type |
Even Evil Has Standards | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_319e4a2f | comment |
Even Evil Has Standards: Ezekiel, although not technically evil, is pretty much amoral and very open about it, except for when he discovers in "And The City Of Light" that old townspeople are possessing the new townspeople. He is furious and declares bodysnatching to be just wrong. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_319e4a2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_319e4a2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_319e4a2f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_33db913f | type |
Open Mouth, Insert Foot | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_33db913f | comment |
Open Mouth, Insert Foot: In season 2, after Flynn and Moriarty trade Sherlock Scans, the latter "deduces" that Eve is a duchess, claiming that despite the assembled royalty at the museum event they are all at, Eve outshines them all in beauty. Flynn, completely missing the obvious flirting, comments "You call that a deduction? She's not a duchess. She's an ordinary person. Her accent should have given her away like that." | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_33db913f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_33db913f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_33db913f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_352def2a | type |
Burn the Witch! | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_352def2a | comment |
Burn the Witch!: In And the Steal of Fortune, Fortuna, goddess of luck doesn't grasp the fact that witches are no longer burned in America, and demands that Cassandra be burned for apparently cheating at a roulette table. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_352def2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_352def2a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_352def2a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_356437e0 | type |
EveryoneHatesHades | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_356437e0 | comment |
Everyone Hates Hades: In "And the Fangs of Death", Anubis is depicted as an evil god of death. In actual Egyptian mythology, Anubis is a neutral god who was revered for protecting and guiding the dead to the afterlife. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_356437e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_356437e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_356437e0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_37690091 | type |
Stable Time Loop | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_37690091 | comment |
Stable Time Loop: Plays heavily in the season 2 finale. It gives everyone a headache. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_37690091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_37690091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_37690091 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_38d02d44 | type |
Batman Gambit | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_38d02d44 | comment |
In "And the Wrath of Chaos", DOSA raids the Library, during which Apep sneaks in, in order to destroy the Library for good. Both were part of Flynn and Eve's Batman Gambit, however. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_38d02d44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_38d02d44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_38d02d44 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3946634e | type |
The Smart Guy | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3946634e | comment |
The Smart Guy: All the Librarians, past and present, fit this bill. In terms of mathematics and physics, Cassandra is so good at it that she can actually think in seven different dimensions. Art-historian Jake Stone is an expert on all periods and styles of all of the arts and damn-near omnilingual. Ezekiel Jones can hack government systems with an ordinary smartphone. Flynn Carsen knows more than all of these people combined. Jenkins fills the role from a narrative position, usually explaining the supernatural elements encountered in the episode. Though she rarely gets a chance to show it, Eve is an expert in military operations. However, she does regularly use that experience to organize the team on missions. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3946634e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3946634e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3946634e | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39798793 | type |
Ludicrous Precision | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39798793 | comment |
Cassandra Cillian gets hold of it next and her Ludicrous Precision goes up to eleven, becoming a Mad Mathematician. First she figures out the exact math of dislocating human limbs and proves it on the Big Bad's Dragon. Then she triggers a power plant meltdown, just to see how widespread she can make the area of devastation grow. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39798793 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39798793 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39798793 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39cee4cc | type |
Team Power Walk | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39cee4cc | comment |
Team Power Walk: Done twice, but never played entirely straight. Done by Eve and the Librarians in "And The Image Of Image" as they arrive at the club Effigy and then promptly ruined by Cassandra when she loses her balance on her high heels, all in slow-motion. In "And The Tears Of A Clown" as they arrive at a carnival and they've get out a car in slow-motion... disguised as clowns. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39cee4cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39cee4cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_39cee4cc | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3b5fcbb7 | type |
Artifact of Doom | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3b5fcbb7 | comment |
Artifact of Doom: Eve and the LITs run across these all of the time. Literally, every episode. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3b5fcbb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3b5fcbb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3b5fcbb7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: The mission in Ecuador that gave Cassandra PTSD. We see a brief flashback revolving around the main climax of it, but most of the other details are left vague. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c0a4666 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c862c60 | type |
Reverse Arm-Fold | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c862c60 | comment |
Reverse Arm-Fold: Alternate Ezekiel's preferred posture. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c862c60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c862c60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3c862c60 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d2c6d30 | type |
Skewed Priorities | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d2c6d30 | comment |
Skewed Priorities: Charlene can't help but always think about the budget, even in life-or-death situations. When the Serpent Brotherhood invades the Library in the pilot, she and Judson's spirit have to use their combined powers to cut it off from the world. Charlene's last words before that? Her resignation to the fact that Flynn won't be saving any receipts without her to prompt him. Even in Season 3, after Flynn and Eve find her on vacation, they nearly manage to convince her to return by claiming that Cassandra has expressed a wish to do the Library's accounting, nearly throwing Charlene into a panic. For reference, Charlene used to be Judson's Guardian, making her a badass several thousand years old. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d2c6d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d2c6d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d2c6d30 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: The only reason why Cassandra didn't kill Lamia was because even though she's an elite assassin, she wasn't even worth the effort to subdue her. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d699462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d699462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3d699462 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3ec18c6f | type |
Sherlock Scan | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3ec18c6f | comment |
Sherlock Scan: Flynn performs one in "And the Drowned Book" on Moriarty. He appropriately gives one right back. Later, Moriarty performs one on Jenkins. While he does not figure out his exact identity, he does conclude that he is a Knight of the Round Table. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3ec18c6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3ec18c6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3ec18c6f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3f11ef74 | type |
Parental Substitute | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3f11ef74 | comment |
Parental Substitute: Eve becomes this to Ezekiel in an alternate timeline where he became the Librarian as a teenager, much to her horror. Less horror than she felt when she briefly wondered if she'd dated him in this timeline as she had with other alternate Librarians. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3f11ef74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3f11ef74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3f11ef74 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3fca462c | type |
Deus ex Machina | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3fca462c | comment |
Deus ex Machina: In "And the Cost of Education", just as Cassandra is about to be killed by an Eldritch Abomination, she's randomly saved by a trio of women who claim to possess a total understanding of both time and magic, who stop time and transport Cassandra back to Earth after offering her a chance to join them (which she declines). In "And the Final Curtain" the Lady of the Lake randomly turns up in a pond and gives Eve Excalibur in order to break Prospero's staff. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3fca462c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3fca462c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_3fca462c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_400c4f6f | type |
Anti-Interference Lock Up | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_400c4f6f | comment |
Anti-Interference Lock Up: In "And the Point of Salvation," Ezekiel leads his teammates to a supposed weapons store. Once the whole team is inside, Ezekiel locks the door, saying that he'll come back to get them once he's found a safe way out of the lab they're currently trapped in. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_400c4f6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_400c4f6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_400c4f6f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_403ad150 | type |
The Bermuda Triangle | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_403ad150 | comment |
The Bermuda Triangle: The subject of "And the Trial of the Triangle". | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_403ad150 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_403ad150 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_403ad150 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: The team's cover stories are frequently this and they are constantly shocked that it keeps working. In "The City of Lights", Ezekiel tries to convince a woman that a magic gas lamp is an optical illusion and that "Colonel Baird" is an Australian slang term. When she questions why they expect her to believe that they mention that, weirdly, people usually do. Inverted (or at least played with) by the fact that the team's default response to being asked who they are or what they're doing there is, "We're the Librarians," and it's usually just accepted. Technically true, but still blatantly ridiculous misdirection that everyone buys. They discuss the improbability of this. In "And the Reunion of Evil", Cassandra suggests that magic might be at play to get this cover to work so often, which is confirmed in "And The Curse of Cindy". invokedWord of God points out that it was foreshadowed as early as the first episode. Each time it's said, a VERY specific musical sting is used, with a 'magical' tone. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40bb59d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40bb59d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40bb59d0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40ff3c3b | type |
Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40ff3c3b | comment |
Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: Normal Cassandra wears a conservative flower dress. Evil Cassandra strips off the dress the minute she sees it in a mirror. Also compare and contrast Eve with Lamia; Eve wears practical outfits and Lamia is dressed like she's going to a party. In the season one finale, we see a universe where Cassandra became the Librarian. Since Eve is dead, Lamia took her role, and dresses like a combination of her normal wear and Eve's. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40ff3c3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40ff3c3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_40ff3c3b | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4127eb1 | type |
Shut Up, Hannibal! | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4127eb1 | comment |
Shut Up, Hannibal!: "And the Loom of Fate" features two examples of this trope: Ezekiel faces all of humanity, possessed by the spirits of the underworld, uttering a ghastly moan up to his window. He gives them a smug look. Dulaque and Jenkins engage in a sword duel, during which Dulaque expresses his belief that the world is better off with an iron fist ruling it, since the masses can't do so properly. Jenkins responds by pointing out that, contrary to Dulaque's recollections, the old days were chaotic, and then firmly stating that people have earned the right to rule themselves. Cassandra delivers an epic one to Katie Bender in "And the Heart of Darkness". | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4127eb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4127eb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4127eb1 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_43b154c9 | type |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: The Canadian accents in "The Librarians and the Fangs of Death" are all over the place with none being particularly close. One actor also speaks in a Scottish accent, presumably while trying to portray a Newfoundlander. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_43b154c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_43b154c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_43b154c9 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_45ad2569 | type |
Vagueness Is Coming | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_45ad2569 | comment |
Vagueness Is Coming: At the end of "And the Rule of Three", before Morgan le Fey escapes, she explains that she's fleeing Earth to hide from something dangerous that's coming that the Librarians won't be able to stop. And after Jenkins translates her warning, he merely says that "the end, an end, is coming". It isn't till the season end that we find out she was hiding from the return of Camelot and subsequent collapse of the current timeline. "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" offers similar foreshadowing, as the Oracle of Delphi predicts that Baird will change the Library forever, but not how or why. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_45ad2569 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_45ad2569 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_45ad2569 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ezekiel. Professional thief, general smartass, but genuinely good-hearted, and willing to put his life in danger to stop the bad guys. However, he doesn't think he's a hero, just a rogue. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4781adbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4781adbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4781adbb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_479d4e5a | type |
Would Hurt a Child | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: The Villain of the Week of "And the Fables of Doom" drains the life from the children he reads the fairy tales from in order to extend his own life. Morgan le Fey in "And the Rule of Three" sabotages a science fair in order to generate excess magic to siphon off and keep herself young and full of power while she hides from the collapse of the timelines intended to return Camelot to the world. And Katie in "And the Heart of Darkness", an unaging serial killer child who has often preyed on other children, as well as adults. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_479d4e5a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_479d4e5a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_479d4e5a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_495bc028 | type |
Magical Library | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_495bc028 | comment |
Magical Library: The series pretty much establishes that the Library is in fact sentient and goes so far as to handle recruitment. It is also a repository of many magical artifacts. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_495bc028 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_495bc028 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_495bc028 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ad1816a | type |
Everyone Knows Morse | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ad1816a | comment |
Everyone Knows Morse: Subverted. After being kidnapped by Ray, Carsen tries to send a message to the others via his Comm Link by tapping on it with his foot. Naturally, the first guess the others have is Morse code. Then Stone realizes that it's actually Chinese telegraph code, which allows for more information to be sent with fewer taps, provided the recipient recognizes it for what it is. Then Ray hears the taps and demands why Carsen is using Chinese telegraph code to send messages. This is a first clue that Ray is actually the Library's spirit. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ad1816a | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ad1816a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ad1816a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4b1ca7d2 | type |
Genre Roulette | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4b1ca7d2 | comment |
Genre Roulette: While always about finding and stopping magical mishaps, all episodes are essentially different genres. One episode features a Fractured Fairy Tale whereas one basically plays with Haunted House and Slasher Movie tropes. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4b1ca7d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4b1ca7d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4b1ca7d2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ec1330a | type |
Our Minotaurs Are Different | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ec1330a | comment |
Our Minotaurs Are Different: Minotaurs are extremely durable, strong, and immortal. In "And the Horns of a Dilemma" they release one from the labyrinth it had been trapped in by a company that had been sacrificing interns to it to keep revenue up. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ec1330a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ec1330a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_4ec1330a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_500ecfb7 | type |
The Big Guy | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_500ecfb7 | comment |
The Big Guy: Jake, the best fighter after Eve. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_500ecfb7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_51a3ba7 | type |
We Used to Be Friends | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_51a3ba7 | comment |
We Used to Be Friends: Dulaque and Jenkins appear to have been quite close in the old days, before each chose their current paths. With the reveal that they're really Lancelot and Galahad, this means they're actually father and son. "And the Fatal Separation" reveals that the leader of DOSA is a former mentor of Eve. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_51a3ba7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The first episode of season 3 is "And the Rise of Chaos". The finale is "And the Wrath of Chaos". | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5313c266 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_532761b1 | type |
Danger Room Cold Open | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_532761b1 | comment |
Danger Room Cold Open: While technically not a Cold Open as it's after the title card, the scene in the warehouse in "And the Horns of a Dilemma" definitely qualifies. "And the Trial of the Triangle" had Flynn getting kidnapped by strangers in black in the cold open. It's actually just the team giving Flynn an intervention. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_532761b1 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53ad7e6a | type |
Asians Love Tea | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53ad7e6a | comment |
Asians Love Tea: When the representative of the Eastern Dragons shows up at the Annex to demand an arbiter, Jenkins offers him refreshments. He tells Jenkins he wants the tears of his enemies, wrenched from their bodies as they're tortured to death. Jenkins, deadpan, tells him that they have Jasmine tea. The representative has a look of delight on his face, and, unironically states that Jasmine tea would be lovely. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_53ad7e6a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53b6ab6a | type |
Jumped at the Call | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53b6ab6a | comment |
Averted by Cassandra, meanwhile, who was in hospital at the time having her tumor diagnosed for the first time. However, upon learning of the offer (and of the mysteries of the library), she Jumped at the Call. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_53b6ab6a | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Lamia, to Dulaque. Moriarty, to Prospero. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_53f5119f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5401e7ac | type |
Daywalking Vampire | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5401e7ac | comment |
Daywalking Vampire: The vampires in "And the Eternal Question", though only in their island due to a rock in the soil, moissanite. If they leave it, they'll combust. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5401e7ac | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_54d6f53f | type |
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_54d6f53f | comment |
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Eve, after Dulaque alters history in "And the Loom of Fate". Jenkins later speculates that it's a side effect of when she substituted for Santa in "And Santa's Midnight Run". Eve herself suspects that Jenkins also remembers everything but is hiding it. All the Librarians have a bit of it during "And the Echoes of Memory", but they only remember it as dreams. Only Eve remembers the Library when it initially disappears, and she slowly loses it over the episode. When Flynn convinces Nicole not to destroy the Library, only he and Eve remember all that had happened. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_54d6f53f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_54eceae6 | type |
Magic Is Evil | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_54eceae6 | comment |
Cass's argument is turned around on her in the same episode as it's made clear that unlike science, magic has very few known rules and is highly dangerous in untrained hands, always coming with some price tag when used. So it's less Magic is Evil and more "Magic is Dangerously Unpredictable." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_54eceae6 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5541da8c | type |
Lotus-Eater Machine | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5541da8c | comment |
Lotus-Eater Machine: In "And the Happily Ever Afters", Propsero traps Eve, the Librarians, and (voluntarily) Moriarty in a small town under the illusion of each living the life they've always wanted. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5541da8c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5571b706 | type |
I Work Alone | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5571b706 | comment |
I Work Alone: Flynn spends the first episode saying this repeatedly; eventually he learns better, even if he repeatedly slips in the series. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5571b706 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_55d919f7 | type |
Lovecraft Lite | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_55d919f7 | comment |
Lovecraft Lite: "and the Cost of Education" has the Librarians fighting to stop a tentacled other-dimensional horror from eating people at an academy built by a mad occultist. Lovecraft himself is even name-dropped as having based his books on actual creatures, but while the tone of the episode is occasionally serious, it's still never close to being a Cosmic Horror Story. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_55d919f7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_55f92df9 | type |
Wire Dilemma | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_55f92df9 | comment |
Wire Dilemma: When Flynn is trying to walk Eve through disarming her bomb in the pilot: In "And the Point of Salvation" Ezekiel is confronted with a security panel with four wires. To his dismay and confusion, no matter which wire he cuts it turns out to be wrong. It's actually a hacking minigame. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_55f92df9 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56691220 | type |
Even the Girls Want Her | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56691220 | comment |
Even the Girls Want Her: Cassandra, after becoming Prince Charming in "And the Fables of Doom". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56691220 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_567e7c4d | type |
Wounded Gazelle Gambit | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_567e7c4d | comment |
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Katie draws the LITs in by pretending she and her friends were attacked by the Monster of the Week, when in reality she is the monster and the "friends" she's talking about are her latest set of victims. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_567e7c4d | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56ff2e35 | type |
Bat Deduction | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56ff2e35 | comment |
Bat Deduction: Cassandra deduces patterns from chaos while seeming to free associate aloud. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_56ff2e35 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_577d4b8f | type |
Of Corsets Funny | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_577d4b8f | comment |
Of Corsets Funny: When a magical book turns Eve into a fairytale princess, her Waistcoat of Style morphs into a corset. She is not impressed. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_577d4b8f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Neptune himself came up with a delicious shrimp recipe because he hates shrimp so much he wants to wipe them all off the face of the Earth. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_57b80b45 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_582f5a70 | type |
This Is the Part Where... | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_582f5a70 | comment |
This Is the Part Where...: In "And the Heart of Darkness" the team investigate a haunted house, and as they encounter multiple strange events Ezekiel frequently mentions "this is exactly the point in the movie where the guy in the audience says, 'Get the hell out!'" | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_582f5a70 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_586624e5 | type |
Genius Loci | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_586624e5 | comment |
Genius Loci: The Library. It can expand itself as necessary, and sends out invitations to people it deems worthy of protecting it. The Library's problems in the early second season stem from the fact that the Library's mind and spirit have become separated from its physical structure and lost in the world in human form with no memory of its origins. This situation is rectified by Flynn in "And the Hollow Men." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_586624e5 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5989e3b6 | type |
Enemy Mine | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
Enemy Mine: In the timeline where Cassandra became the Librarian, Morgan le Fay taught her how to open portals to other dimensions so that she could evacuate what little remains of humanity. Lamia also assumed the role of Guardian, thinking that Dulaque had gone too far. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5989e3b6 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5b47c8c7 | type |
Magic Mirror | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5b47c8c7 | comment |
Magic Mirror: How Judson and Charlene communicate with Flynn after passing into another plane of existence. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5b47c8c7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5c1ec068 | type |
Big Red Button | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5c1ec068 | comment |
Big Red Button | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5c1ec068 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5c5ac0e2 | type |
Really 700 Years Old | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5c5ac0e2 | comment |
Really 700 Years Old: Both Dulaque and Jenkins are implied to be at least 1000 years old, if the episode "And the Apple of Discord" is to be believed. "And the Loom of Fate" reveals that they're actually Lancelot and Galahad. Also, Santa Claus is several thousand years old and has had many incarnations throughout history, but looks like a man in his 50s (Bruce Campbell). Additionally, Katie in "And the Heart of Darkness is an unaging serial killer and Mabel in "City of Lights" has been stuck in at her current state for nearly 100 years (as long as she doesn't leave town). Then there's Morgan le Fay, who is about Dulaque and Jenkins's age, but has kept her youthful looks thanks to magic. Season 3 confirms the implication from Judas Chalice that Judson was the original Librarian, and also reveals Charlene was his Guardian, making them both several thousand years old. Nicole Noone returns during "And the Dark Secret", where it's revealed she traveled back in time 500 years accidentally, and took an immortality artifact so that she could be reunited with Flynn. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5c5ac0e2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5cbb67eb | type |
Pocket Dimension | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5cbb67eb | comment |
Pocket Dimension: The Library isn't really underneath the Metropolitan Public Library. It actually exists in one of these, which is just accessible from the Public Library until Charlene and Judson seal it off. In the second episode, the Minotaur's Labyrinth works like a whole series of these, linked together in a network only Cassandra's unique brain can visualize coherently. The "heart" of the Library is located in an entirely separate pocket dimension linked to the main complex, containing a vast forest meant to camouflage the Tree of Knowledge. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5cbb67eb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5ec9f980 | type |
Drunk on the Dark Side | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5ec9f980 | comment |
Drunk on the Dark Side: The Apple of Discord makes a person into their worst possible self: Stone imprisons the group and takes off to see a landscape display in a museum, then fights with security because the display is wrong. Cassandra nearly cripples Lamia using physics and mathematics, and then sets out to cause a cascade failure of the European power grid, projecting nearly a million deaths in the process. Baird wants the unconditional obedience of the group. Flynn wants to become a god and rule the world. Averted with Ezekiel, who is immune because he's already his worst possible self. | |
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-1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_5ec9f980 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5fc3eff4 | type |
Time Bomb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5fc3eff4 | comment |
Time Bomb: The opening of the first episode features Eve and Flynn each trying to defuse their own time bomb—a nuclear warhead for Eve, and a booby-trapped magical safe for Flynn. Improbably, both have the same deactivation code. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_5fc3eff4 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60b21fa3 | type |
The Lancer | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60b21fa3 | comment |
The Lancer: Ezekiel, being the most likely to go against Eve's orders and do his own thing. A lot of the time, it works out. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60b21fa3 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60d0e36f | type |
Hates Rich People | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60d0e36f | comment |
Hates Rich People: Implied. In "The Librarians and the Infernal Contract", Stone has to infiltrate a party by posing as a valet. Jenkins points out that they're currently among the Upper Crust of the community, to which Stone replies that the Upper Crust is merely a bunch of crumbs held together by dough. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60d0e36f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60e49895 | type |
The Leader | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60e49895 | comment |
The Leader: Eve, as Guardian, typically has to call the shots to make sure the three Librarians keep on track. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_60e49895 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_619985d7 | type |
Sacrificial Lion | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_619985d7 | comment |
Sacrificial Lion: Excalibur. Never before have people cried over the death of a sword. But, then again, Cal's back at the end of Season 2!! | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_619985d7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_620475f4 | type |
Tastes Like Purple | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_620475f4 | comment |
Tastes Like Purple: Cassandra's synesthesia episodes, in which she often conflates numbers and geometry with colors, flavors or scents. Downplayed after the first season. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_620475f4 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_62f9d08e | type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_62f9d08e | comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: In "And the Fables of Doom", Jenkins crosses off a list of things that can't be causing the magical occurrences from a blackboard because they're already in the library. If you look closely at the blackboard, several things written down appear in season two (Shakespeare's Quill, the Pipes of Pan and the Spear of Destiny). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_62f9d08e | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_63499260 | type |
VillainOfTheWeek | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_63499260 | comment |
The Villain of the Week of "And the Fables of Doom" drains the life from the children he reads the fairy tales from in order to extend his own life. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_63499260 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_63499260 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Toyed with in the second episode. With his last breaths, Flynn gives Excalibur to Cassandra, telling her to use the last of its magic to heal herself. But when Flynn dies moments later, the distraught Cassandra uses Excalibur to revive Flynn instead. When he realizes what she did, he isn't happy. In "And the Loom of Fate", we learn that it was Baird's fate to die protecting her Librarian from Dulaque's attack. The Eye of Ra, the only artifact capable of defeating Apep and resealing Pure Evil, requires a human sacrifice to work. Flynn was willing to sacrifice himself, but instead the other Librarians transform Apep into a human himself and use him as the sacrifice. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6439de78 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_648fe274 | type |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: From the episode "And The Drowned Book" | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_648fe274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_648fe274 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65331274 | type |
Flynning | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65331274 | comment |
Flynning: The sword fight between Dulaque and Jenkins in "And the Loom of Fate." Especially when you consider that these two are Lancelot and Galahad the two greatest swordsmen of King Arthur's court. Oddly enough, averted when it comes to Flynn himself. | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65331274 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65acf9db | type |
He Knows Too Much | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65acf9db | comment |
He Knows Too Much: The CEO of Golden Axe has the Librarians sent into the Labyrinth because they've caught on to the disappearances of their interns. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_65acf9db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_65acf9db | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_67542e29 | type |
This Is Your Brain on Evil | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_67542e29 | comment |
This Is Your Brain on Evil: Anyone who touches the Apple of Discord becomes the worst version of themself, with Cassandra Cillian in particular becoming rather murderous. Ezekiel Jones is the only person immune to its effects, as he is already the worst possible version of himself. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_67542e29 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_68f27ba0 | type |
Wicked Heart Symbol | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_68f27ba0 | comment |
Wicked Heart Symbol: In "And the Broken Staff," Prospero summons the Queen of Hearts, who wears a skimpy costume with a heart motif. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_68f27ba0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_69391768 | type |
Expecting Someone Taller | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_69391768 | comment |
Expecting Someone Taller: Flynn says this to Apep in "And the Wrath of Chaos", when he reveals his true form. | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_69391768 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6acb79b2 | type |
Episode Title Card | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6acb79b2 | comment |
Episode Title Card: The show's main title always has the episode title appear under it - "THE LIBRARIANS" appears first, with the second part (e.g. "and the Apple of Discord") materializing below a moment later. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_6acb79b2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Lamia was the name of a woman in Greek mythology cursed by Hera. She is typically depicted as becoming a serpent woman. In the series, Lamia is somewhat of a knife nut who prefers killing people via overhand stabbing, never mind working for a serpent-themed cult. Cassandra can see everything. However, that power comes with a curse. And she can barely tell anyone about what she does, because most people wouldn't believe it. Eve was named so because she was born at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve. Club Effigy foreshadows the mystery of the episode. Dorian Gray is forming his own effigy, a portrait of himself, made of a collage of other people's photographs. | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6bda9a30 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6c3d1777 | type |
Magic A Is Magic A | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6c3d1777 | comment |
Magic A Is Magic A: Often averted. Cass notes, for example, that the devil in "And the Infernal Contract" was mixing three very distinct and different magical styles in one protection spell. | |
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-1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6c3d1777 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6eb4e408 | type |
Artistic License – Military | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6eb4e408 | comment |
Artistic License – Military: The Librarians visit a facility that is staffed by Canadian soldiers who, for whatever reason, wear US Marine uniforms. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6eb4e408 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6ef9d3fe | type |
Christmas Episode | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6ef9d3fe | comment |
Christmas Episode: "And Santa's Midnight Run" where Santa is disrupted from his usual Christmas run. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_6ef9d3fe | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: The first season finale ends with Stone, Ezekiel and Cassie going on their own adventure, while Eve and Flynn go on their first date which involves stopping an evil cult. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_716c0b1b | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_72856b70 | type |
Godzilla Threshold | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_72856b70 | comment |
Godzilla Threshold: When the Serpent Brotherhood raids the Library in the pilot, Charlene and Judson seal it in its Pocket Dimension, essentially cutting it off from the real world. They very nearly do it again when DOSA takes over the Library at the end of Season 3, in part to seal away Apep. They didn't, mostly because only Charlene and Judson know how. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_72856b70 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: In "And the Trial of the Triangle", Flynn is stuck in a game where he must answer questions truthfully in order to advance, and lying carries a penalty of being attacked. Somehow, despite the rules being so straightforward that a five-year-old could grasp them, and the penalty for lying being similarly clear, he insists on answering every question evasively. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7286e96d | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_73733868 | type |
Awesomeness by Analysis | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_73733868 | comment |
Cassandra nearly cripples Lamia using physics and mathematics, and then sets out to cause a cascade failure of the European power grid, projecting nearly a million deaths in the process. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_73733868 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: Season 2's "Power, Focus, Effect," The three elements of a working spell. Season 3 has "Magic corrupts", or some variation on that theme. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7464705c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7464705c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_75b23b58 | type |
Sundial Waypoint | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_75b23b58 | comment |
Sundial Waypoint: The group arrives on the wrong day to actually observe this trope in action, but Cassandra runs through the calculations to pinpoint multiple locations where sunbeams and shadows would fall on or around the Black Forest henge in her head, in less than a minute. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_75b23b58 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_776a06eb | type |
All Myths Are True | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_776a06eb | comment |
All Myths Are True: The premise of the series. Whether it be ancient legend or urban myth, odds are there is some truth to it. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_776a06eb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_77b009ea | type |
Phrase Catcher | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_77b009ea | comment |
Phrase Catcher: Eve gets pretty fed up with Jenkins saying "Huh" every time she tells him of some new disaster. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_77b009ea | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7825974f | type |
Team Kids | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7825974f | comment |
Team Kids: Flynn and Baird are the Team Mom and Team Dad. (Lampshades when Flynn is under the influence of the Apple of Discord and hammily announces "Daddy's home!") This makes Stone, Ezekiel, and Cassandra the Team Kids, with Jenkins as a sort of grumpy Honorary Uncle. There's also a degree of competitiveness between the "siblings" as Ezekiel will steal Stone's wallet to prove he's not going soft, and Cassandra keeps trying to use magic, to the amusement of Ezekiel and the consternation of Stone. | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7825974f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_786bf97f | type |
Real Life Writes the Plot | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_786bf97f | comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: Wyle's reduced presence in the first season is down to his commitment to the fifth season of Falling Skies — he commented that Steven Spielberg doesn't pay his actors not to show up. He had said he will be full-time in any second season, but he remained a recurring character. Season 3 continues the trend up until "And the Trail of the Triangle"; he appears in every episode after that. Similarly, Jane Curtin was committed to Unforgettable. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_786bf97f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7870735b | comment |
From Bad to Worse: The LITs evidently have a knack for making this happen — Colonel Baird in particular. Lampshaded by Jenkins in "And the Heart of Darkness". | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7870735b | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_78c5ce7e | type |
Screw the Rules, I Make Them! | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_78c5ce7e | comment |
Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: Flynn, upon having an epiphany inspired by Judson, decides to do away with the old Librarian sink-or-swim tradition and instructs Jenkins to teach the new Librarians about the world of magic (much to his displeasure). And even before that, the Library itself eschews the centuries-old rule of only having one Librarian at a time. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_78c5ce7e | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7a2ebcba | type |
Frankenstein's Monster | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7a2ebcba | comment |
Frankenstein's Monster: Prospero summons him in season 2. He's a lot closer to his original characterization than the version popularized by Boris Karloff, being well-spoken and just wanting to be loved. He quickly performs a Heel–Face Turn when Flynn and Ezekiel persuade him to get plastic surgery and go into sports, where he will become a beloved idol of millions. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7a2ebcba | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7b8f5f07 | type |
Charm Person | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7b8f5f07 | comment |
Charm Person: Santa is one. He can spread goodwill to people. Cassandra, when she becomes Prince Charming. Cyndi thinks she is this in "And the Curse of Cindy". Instead, it's just a love potion. | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7b8f5f07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7b8f5f07 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7c8981df | type |
Portal Door | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7c8981df | comment |
Portal Door: Jenkins uses the few magical artifacts he has in the Annex to build a "back door", a portal that connects a broom closet door to another door anywhere in the world. However, navigation is not easy and requires the use of sympathetic magic. Jenkins claims that it's a good thing he can even hit the target city. This allows the titular characters to travel the world without spending hours flying or driving. Unfortunately, it also leaves the Annex open to anyone who might stumble on the door from the other end (such as Morgan le Fay). Also, the pilot episode showed the Library itself having multiple doors leading to other parts of the world. In fact, the elevator that led to the Library was itself a portal, since the Library doesn't exist in our dimension. Later on, Jenkins manages to come up with a single-shot portable version, although that one appears to be used more as a link to the regular "back door". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7c8981df | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7cdfe326 | type |
Cosmic Retcon | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7cdfe326 | comment |
Cosmic Retcon: Thanks to some time travel in the season 4 finale, the bulk of the season is retconned thanks to Flynn convincing Nicole Noone to work for the Library instead of against it. When Flynn returns from the time jump, he wakes up just in time for the same practice tethering ceremony from the season opener. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7cdfe326 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d163c9c | type |
Dating Catwoman | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d163c9c | comment |
Dating Catwoman: It doesn't get as far as a date, but Lamia and Jacob exchange flirtation when they cross paths in "And Santa's Midnight Run" and "And the Apple of Discord." Baird and Moriarty are teased throughout Season 2. It's solidified in "And the Happily Ever Afters" where they believe they are dating. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d163c9c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d1ee5b2 | type |
Trojan Horse | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d1ee5b2 | comment |
Trojan Horse: How the Librarians infiltrate Shangri-la in "And the Fatal Separation". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7d1ee5b2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7febc23b | comment |
Establishing Character Moment: Each of the LITs get one. Cassandra was working as a janitor at a hospital and gives the correct diagnosis where the doctor had it wrong. Jones is shown trying to steal an antique dagger from a museum after Carsen makes it clear that he's heard of him, and doesn't like it. Stone is shown acting like a typical home town boy in a dive bar...until he shows just how smart he is by deciphering the meaning of Lamia's tattoo. | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_7febc23b | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy." | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_80251be3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_80251be3 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_806b07e7 | type |
Black Eyes of Evil | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_806b07e7 | comment |
Black Eyes of Evil: Anyone possessed by Apep. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_806b07e7 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In "And the Point of Salvation, when Jenkins learns that DARPA is experimenting with magic. Also used in the Dorian Gray episode, with literal jaywalking - "Drug overdose, binge drinking, walking into traffic." | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_808cbaeb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_813e694d | type |
Continuity Cavalcade | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_813e694d | comment |
Continuity Cavalcade: The season 1 finale, "The Loom of Fate", brings together events, themes, and artifacts from the entire season. The season 3 finale, "And the Wrath of Chaos", called back to many of the events in the season to finally defeat Apep, mostly at the final battle. | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_813e694d | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8163e2bb | type |
Dramatic Drop | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8163e2bb | comment |
Dramatic Drop: Jenkins (off-screen), when Cassandra first mentions the name Dulaque. Makes sense, considering she's talking about his father Sir Lancelot du Lac. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8163e2bb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_820ac351 | type |
It Amused Me | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_820ac351 | comment |
If Cassandra isn't a sweet, cute and slightly off-kilter girl, things are bad. If Cassandra decides to show up with a bare midriff and monologue about how 'practical applications are more fun than theories' as she starts off with a viable method of causing mass death and destruction...then Don't Ask, Just Run. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_820ac351 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Flynn is even more of a ham here than he already was in The Librarian movies. He reenacts Hamlet's death scene in the season 2 finale, leading Shakespeare himself to cringe at the overacting. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_823c6e3e | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_82d2715f | type |
Magitek | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_82d2715f | comment |
Magitek / Post-Modern Magik: A recurring theme of the series. The first occurence was in "And the Rule of Three", when a spell got turned into an app which could grant people's wishes. "And the Cost of Education" had a portable particle acceleration summon a being from another dimension locked in Wexler college. The ladies of the lake seem to anticipate the blending of magic and technology and using it. Used again in "And the Image of Image", when Dorian Gray created a new photo collage portrait to pass on his sins, made of the selfies of his nightclub patrons. More under Sufficiently Advanced Magic. Ezekiel has also written an app that appears to download new clippings as soon as they appear in the book at the Annex. The scientists in "And the Point of Saving" were using technology to study a magical artifact before it exploded. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_82d2715f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_85f0f0fb | type |
World of Snark | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_85f0f0fb | comment |
World of Snark: The series features the LITs bantering back and forth during every episode. Eve is capable at snarking about her disbelief about the craziness that surrounds her. And when Flynn's in an episode, he and Eve spend the majority of it engaging in Snark-to-Snark Combat. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_85f0f0fb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_85f620bf | type |
Public Domain Canon Welding | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_85f620bf | comment |
Public Domain Canon Welding: In the second season, Prospero, of William Shakespeare's The Tempest has come to life, and uses his knowledge of magic to summon Professor Moriarty to aid him. Flynn and Baird are able to stop him by using a time machine stored in the Library (which also housed other time machines, including the one by H. G. Wells and (while not public domain) we get a hint of a blue police box. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_85f620bf | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Jenkins when Prospero enters the library: "I usually resist playing this card - at least in supernatural circles - do you... know who I am?" When Moriarty manages to reason his way through, if not identifying him as Sir Galahad specifically, at least successfully landing in the ballpark of "former Knight of the Round Table", Jenkins clarifies his point: "I've been threatened, tortured, and bullied, bothered, grilled, menaced long since before you two were even a glimmer in your writer's ink pot." | |
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The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_86b21114 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_86bb7d97 | type |
Cultured Badass | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_86bb7d97 | comment |
Jake Stone (a burly art historian) went to a museum, saw paintings hung in the wrong collections and started to rearrange them, all the while threatening physical violence against the staff for getting it wrong and casually ignoring the guards pointing their guns at him. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_86bb7d97 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_874176be | comment |
In the Season 3 finale, something each of the former LITs have gained over the course of the season ends up being instrumental in defeating Apep: Jacob's magical tattoo given by the Monkey King, Cassandra's new Psychic Powers, Ezekiel's love potion, which he got from Cindy and of course, Flynn getting the Eye of Ra. | |
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Eldritch Abomination | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
In "And the Cost of Education", just as Cassandra is about to be killed by an Eldritch Abomination, she's randomly saved by a trio of women who claim to possess a total understanding of both time and magic, who stop time and transport Cassandra back to Earth after offering her a chance to join them (which she declines). | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_87b8f581 | type |
Refusal of the Call | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_87b8f581 | comment |
Refusal of the Call: Two of the LITs, in different ways. Stone not only turned down an opportunity to interview for the position of The Librarian, he also turned down scholarships to two major schools in favor of working with his dad at the family oil company. Ezekiel Jones initially threw away his invitation to become the Librarian, because he doesn't like authority or formal education. Averted by Cassandra, meanwhile, who was in hospital at the time having her tumor diagnosed for the first time. However, upon learning of the offer (and of the mysteries of the library), she Jumped at the Call. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_87b8f581 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_87bb6874 | type |
Villain with Good Publicity | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_87bb6874 | comment |
Villain with Good Publicity: Dulaque is a well-respected philanthropist... and secret head of an evil cult that wants to rewrite the world with magic. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8905df55 | type |
Armed Females, Unarmed Males | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8905df55 | comment |
Armed Females, Unarmed Males: Flynn is The Librarian, and his latest Guardian is Colonel Eve Baird. Flynn uses books and knowledge to win the day while Baird prefers a pistol and her military training. This gets zig-zagged as the series progresses with Baird using her weapons less and allowing the Librarians-In-Training do their thing with reasonable supervision. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8905df55 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: In the Season 2 finale, Excalibur is reforged by the Lady of the Lake and given to Eve and Flynn to aid in defeating Prospero. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8967e17f | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_898266d8 | type |
Travel Montage | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_898266d8 | comment |
Travel Montage: The episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" uses it repeatedly to map out Santa's path to release the goodness. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_898266d8 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8ad43dc9 | type |
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8ad43dc9 | comment |
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The team is pretty much the bottom of the barrel of Librarian candidates - the Serpent Brotherhood was able to kill every other one in the world in the first episode, saving them for last because they weren't smart enough to realize they were putting this trope into effect. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8ad43dc9 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8b682bd5 | type |
The Magic Comes Back | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8b682bd5 | comment |
The Magic Comes Back: In the series premiere, the aim of the Serpent Brotherhood is to bring magic back to the world. They succeed, to a major extent, and release a good chunk of the magic trapped in the stone, setting up the backstory for the rest of the series. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8b682bd5 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8ba5e417 | type |
Refugee from TV Land | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8ba5e417 | comment |
Refugee from TV Land: They are called Fictionals and there are two kinds: the more common kind are characters pulled from books by use of a particular magic spell, and the more rare one are characters so popular or so well written that they're actually capable of walking out of their stories under their own power. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8ba5e417 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8c681acc | type |
Third-Person Person | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8c681acc | comment |
Third-Person Person: Santa. Not only does he refer to himself in the third person, he also refers to everyone else in the third person as well. Eve finds it annoying. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8ca89acb | type |
I Need to Go Iron My Dog | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8ca89acb | comment |
I Need to Go Iron My Dog: At the end of "And the Broken Staff", Eve and Flynn are arguing what their top priority is, and both suddenly stop and turn to Jenkins to settle the argument. He tries to come up with a reason to leave, but gives up immediately. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8d6d9535 | type |
Artistic License – Medicine | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8d6d9535 | comment |
Cassandra is introduced as a synesthete, and part of her form of synesthesia is completely unlike it is in real life - but it turns out to be justified, as Flynn points out, the hallucinations she's shown experiencing, which are not a part of synesthesia, are actually caused by a brain tumor. This is apparently subverted in Season 3, after the tumor is taken out. Not only does Cassandra retain her powers, they're augmented. Plus, she has Psychic Powers now. | |
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-0.3 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8d6d9535 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8da65890 | type |
Commuting on a Bus | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_8da65890 | comment |
Commuting on a Bus: Flynn's role in the new series. The first season focuses on the trio of LITs and their Guardian while Flynn is off searching for how to get the Library back in this world. For the second season, Flynn goes off to retrieve missing relics from the library and find his own solution to defeat Prospero while the cast of the first season reform as their own team to restore the library their own way. In the third season, Flynn goes off to try and find the missing Charlene, in order to gain her help in defeating Apep. After "and the Trial of the Triangle", he seems more willing to be a team player. He appears in every episode of the season after that. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_8da65890 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_906365a2 | type |
Demonic Possession | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_906365a2 | comment |
Demonic Possession: In the season 2 finale, it's revealed that Prospero has been possessing his creator Shakespeare ever since he manifested. The Librarians cast him out, and then send Shakespeare back to his own time. Apep also does this in Season 3 to anyone he needs. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_906365a2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_90a1fbd4 | type |
Split-Personality Takeover | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_90a1fbd4 | comment |
Split-Personality Takeover: Santa has several different personalities and they can take over if he doesn't have his talisman. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_90a1fbd4 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Imprison the Minotaur for centuries? Nasty creature. Holds a grudge. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_90e31482 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_911b32ce | type |
Not My Lucky Day | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_911b32ce | comment |
Not My Lucky Day: In And the Steal of Fortune, Ezekiel and Stone encounter dozens of victims of "one in a million" incidents, causing dozens of injuries. Later at the racetrack and casino, they notice that no one seems to be able to pick a winner. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_927b2f11 | type |
The Bus Came Back | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_927b2f11 | comment |
The Bus Came Back: Nicole Noone, Flynn's original guardian, missing since the the first film, returns in the season four premiere "And the Dark Secret". Though it seems she's now a Good Girl Gone Bad. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_927b2f11 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_928ca2cc | type |
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_928ca2cc | comment |
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In "And the Loom of Fate", Dulaque kills Lamia as a blood sacrifice to open the portal to the Loom. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_928ca2cc | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_945a09d5 | type |
The End Is Nigh | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_945a09d5 | comment |
The End Is Nigh: What Jenkins says to Eve at the end of "And the Rule of Three" | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_945a09d5 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_94e4c8ab | type |
Betty and Veronica | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_94e4c8ab | comment |
Betty and Veronica: Jacob seemed to be getting into this situation with Cassandra (Betty) and Lamia (Veronica). However, he has trust issues with Cassandra and Lamia was killed to open the portal to the Loom of Fate. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_94e4c8ab | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_955985bc | type |
Empty Fridge, Empty Life | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_955985bc | comment |
Empty Fridge, Empty Life: Col. Baird, taken all the way to an empty apartment, save for a single folding chair. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_955985bc | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_969a6cbb | type |
BadEnd | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_969a6cbb | comment |
It turns out, all the artifacts the LITs had collected in the seemingly unconnected adventures over the course of the first season played a vital role in the finale. The few that didn't manifested as bad ends in an alternate dimension. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_969a6cbb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad Dulaque is actually Lancelot du Lac, King Arthur's most famous knight. A bit obvious in hindsight. Jenkins is actually his son, Galahad. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_982b6570 | type |
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_982b6570 | comment |
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: In the Season Three episode "And the Eternal Question", the team comes across what seems to be an entire spa of them, but it turns out only the mother and daughter are good, the son and employees not so much. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_982b6570 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_98c95895 | type |
Time Crash | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_98c95895 | comment |
Time Crash: The damage to the Loom of Fate causes time to start to fray into various timelines, and if not stopped, would eventually cause this. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_98c95895 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9cb5e4bb | type |
Evil Costume Switch | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: Played with; when Cassandra is corrupted by the Apple of Discord, she simply slips out of her dress to reveal a tiny undershirt and tight shorts. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_9cb5e4bb | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: The dull minutes read in "And The Apple of Discord" include accepting cell phone technology as a branch of magic. This is what allows Morgan le Fay to collect magical energy in "And the Rule of Three". Given how "And the Loom of Fate" implies that Fate had been directing other episodes' seemingly-unrelated events to converge upon the season finale's conclusion, the fact that Eve's bomb and Flynn's casket had identical combinations in the pilot may have been this, not coincidence. Also in "And the Loom of Fate", alternate-timeline Librarian Cassandra became a powerful wizard. Much like she took Merlin's role at the end of "And the Fables of Doom". Dulaque's true identity was foreshadowed as early as "And Santa's Midnight Run" where Dulaque namedrops Morgan la Fey. In "And the Apple of Discord", the representative of the Fae Legion calls him "The son of Ban". Lancelot's father was King Ban of Benwick. When Jake and Ezekiel were looking for information on other magical staves in "And The Broken Staff", one of the library entries was about the Staff of Zarathustra, which became a plot point in "And The Hollow Men." In "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy", the Oracle of Delphi says that Baird will change the future of the Library forever. Throughout the series, saying the line "We're the Librarians" was accompanied by a musical chime, right before the target immediately accepts them. Only a handful of times did this fail, when they knew the actual librarian. "And the Curse of Cindy" revealed that there is actually a magical incantation tied to it that makes people compliant. In "And the Steal of Fortune", as the Librarians enter Fortune Downs, they pass a pillar labeled "Lady Luck" that is empty except for two twisted steel beams. This hints at the later reveal that the bronze statue of Fortuna in front of the casino had come to life and walked away. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: When Charlene returns in season 3, she's wearing the coin pendent Flynn got for her in Judas Chalice. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_9dab0a6e | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9e0c3153 | type |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9e0c3153 | comment |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: From "And the Apple of Discord". | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_9e0c3153 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9e10cbf2 | type |
Magical Particle Accelerator | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_9e10cbf2 | comment |
Magical Particle Accelerator: A literal example, where a physics student builds a ridiculously small particle accelerator (as in, it fits on a small push cart instead of being the size of a building) that works despite the fact that it really shouldn't. She explains that the equations came to her one day, and she used them to design the accelerator. Cassandra realizes that the accelerator functions mostly through magic and is powering the summoning circle at Wexler College. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_9e10cbf2 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a08199ec | type |
The Dog Was the Mastermind | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a08199ec | comment |
The Dog Was the Mastermind: In "And The Steal of Fortune", the one behind the plot to steal people's luck is the casino owner's girlfriend, actually Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Librarians (2014) | hasFeature |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a08199ec | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a33bdefe | type |
Fast-Killing Radiation | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a33bdefe | comment |
Fast-Killing Radiation: Rasputin dies after being tricked into plunging the magical artifact Koshie's Needle, which can deliver a One-Hit Kill to even an immortal, into a conduit at Chernobyl, channelling all of its radiation into him in an instant. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a33bdefe | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a448674 | type |
Gratuitous Latin | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a448674 | comment |
Gratuitous Latin: Having a quotation from "The Second Coming" in Latin incorporated into Lamia's Serpent Brotherhood tattoo is probably meant to make it sound extra ominous, as well as to allow Stone to flex his intelligence by both translating it and identifying its source. It has the bonus effect of making the Serpent Brotherhood seem really pretentious, since "The Second Coming" was written in English to begin with. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: The Wiccan version is the subject of "And the Rule of Three". | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a6cda066 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini Averted with Cassandra. She betrays the Library and the team in the first episode, after the promise of a cure for her brain tumor. The majority of the team welcomes her back with no repercussions after she is betrayed by the villains. Jake, however, likes her and even enjoys working with her, but still says he won't ever trust her again. Morgan le Fey escapes, bloodied but victorious, at the end of "And the Rule of Three". Flynn calls out Mr. Drake for stealing the Apple of Discord from the dragons, but we don't actually see any repercussions that occur for that betrayal. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a7aef9ff | type |
Obfuscating Stupidity | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a7aef9ff | comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: Jacob Stone has spent his whole life like this, hiding a 190 IQ and a passion for art history from his redneck family because he believes they won't understand. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a7aef9ff | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a7b3134 | type |
I Just Want to Be Loved | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a7b3134 | comment |
I Just Want to Be Loved: Cyndi in "And the Curse of Cindy". She was on a reality show, and believed the lies that the other contestants were her true friends. So she used a Love Potion to make sure no one would make her feel like that again. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_a8a04f6f | type |
And I Must Scream | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a8a04f6f | comment |
And I Must Scream: Fortuna was severed from her body long ago. At the end of her episode, she gets reverted back to a bronze statue, presumably for the rest of eternity. | |
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Love at First Sight | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_a8dcb1d7 | comment |
Love at First Sight: Happened to Ezekiel of all people. Years ago on "The Life Show", he saw a very lonely girl named Cyndi Croger (yes, that Cyndi) get treated like dirt by the others on the show. Now, you would think it would be nothing, a crush that passes on someone you've never actually met. However, years later he meets her in person leading a cult of obsessive love slaves so she never feels unloved again. Apparently, as Stone points out at the end, Ezekiel's feelings for Cyndi were still so strong it allowed him to be the only one immune to the potion she was using that had Stone, Flynn, and everyone in the cult under her spell. Not that surprising really. She is pretty cute when she smiles. Flynn admits that this happened to him the moment he first saw Eve in Berlin. | |
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Odd Friendship | |
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Odd Friendship: Jenkins and Ezekiel Jones starting around "The Apple of Discord." | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Cassandra. Under the effects of the Apple of Discord, she uses her knowledge of mathematics to disable Lamia effortlessly, as well as use a single power station to create a chain reaction that would destroy all of the power grids in Europe. In a later episode, she manages to fight off a supernatural Serial Killer and win! | |
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Motive Misidentification | |
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Motive Misidentification: DOSA opposes the Librarians because they think the Librarians are terrorists and intend to use the magic they collect. | |
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Cloudcuckoolander's Minder | |
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Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Basically Eve's job. She takes to it like a duck takes to water where Flynn is concerned. Stone is the unofficial minder of Cassandra, often helping her focus when her mathematical abilities get sidetracked by random imagery that comes with them. | |
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No-Sell | |
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No-Sell: Bullets don't seem to do much except irritate the Minotaur. Morgan le Fay on the other hand, finds them amusing. The Apple of Discord turns everyone who touches it into the worst version of themselves. A Running Gag throughout the episode is how they cannot let Jones get his hands on it. It turns out that he's completely immune, because he's already the worst version of himself. Jones also doesn't fall under the Love Potion in "And the Curse of Cindy". Jenkins theorizes that it's because he was so obsessed with himself, there wasn't room to obsess over another. Stone thinks it was because he was already in love with her after watching her on the TV show. | |
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Weirdness Censor | |
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Weirdness Censor: The campus of Wexler College seems to be full of it. The sample student, Mindy, believes that 1 in 5 students and teachers transferring in the middle of the night is totally normal, as are warts that give you screaming nightmares. | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Every episode title begins with "And," designed to be read in conjunction with the series title as "The Librarians and _______." | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Chekhov's Skill: Eve's previous experience in "Santa's Midnight Run" allows her to remember her own identity while passing between alternate timelines, because she's already coped with being in many places at once. In "And the Rise of Chaos", Baird teaches Stone how to punch better, and he knocks the punching bag across the room. At the end of the episode, he does the same to the Big Bad. In "And the Reunion of Evil", Cassandra uses a spell to crack the ice the crystal was stored in. She uses it again once she is tied to that same block of ice, about to be sacrificed. | |
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: The Serpent Brotherhood imprison Cassandra near the end of the pilot, making her decide to help the Librarian after all. She plays an essential role in stopping them after she was the one to let them into the Library in the first place. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Jenkins fully explains to Baird how Flynn's predecessor Edward Wilde did a Face–Heel Turn due to the temptations of power being the Librarian offered. He explains that the Guardian's real job is to prevent that from happening. | |
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They Called Me Mad! | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_af98df4e | comment |
They Called Me Mad!: Josiah Wexler was a classic mad scientist. The quote under his statue at Wexler college is, "They all said I was mad!" | |
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Once the little girl gets hold of the magic book in "And the Fables of Doom", Baird becomes a Ninja Princess, Stone becomes a Robot Huntsman and Cassandra becomes Merlin Prince Charming. | |
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Loophole Abuse | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Loophole Abuse: Baird pulls this in "And the Infernal Contract", wishing that the Devil was human, thus negating his powers. | |
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Fake Defector | |
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Fake Defector: In "And the Wrath of Chaos", Flynn and Eve execute a plan wherein she pretends to sell the Library out to DOSA, knowing that Apep will hitch a ride. This enables Flynn to confront Apep with the Eye of Ra, while simultaneously ensuring that all the artifacts are securely removed to a safe place just in case Apep wins. | |
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Your Days Are Numbered | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b43dfc8d | comment |
Your Days Are Numbered: Cassandra has a brain tumor that will eventually kill her. This tumor is removed in Season 3, making her gift even more powerful. At the end of the first episode, Flynn is stabbed by Excalibur, leaving an incurable wound. He spends most of the second episode slowly dying from it, but is magically healed by Excalibur. In the season one finale, Baird learns that it's her fate to die protecting the Librarian. She survives thanks to the potion found at the start of the series. In "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy", the Reaper comes and gives Baird an hourglass to indicate when she will be killed. | |
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Added Alliterative Appeal | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b5049d76 | comment |
Added Alliterative Appeal: This is a big part of Flynn's speech patterns. | |
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Truer to the Text | |
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Truer to the Text: When the Librarians encounter Frankenstein's Monster as a Fictional in "And the Broken Staff," Ezekiel - only familiar with the character via movies and pop culture - expects him to be slow-witted and afraid of fire. He learns the hard way that the Monster is characterized quite differently in the original novel that the Fictional was summoned out of. (Oddly, this is not true for pretty much any other Fictional who appears over the course of the season.) | |
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Science Fair | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b55d90a3 | comment |
Science Fair: "Rule of Three" is set at a high-grade STEM competition with displays of robotics, molecular engineering, mathematical breakthroughs and advanced genetics. True to this trope, there's still a baking soda volcano. It actually wins. | |
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ColdOpen | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b5785433 | comment |
While technically not a Cold Open as it's after the title card, the scene in the warehouse in "And the Horns of a Dilemma" definitely qualifies. | |
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"Groundhog Day" Loop | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b5ac90ac | comment |
"Groundhog Day" Loop: In "And the Point of Salvation," the Librarians investigate a quantum computer created using an ancient Atlantean artifact only to end up trapped in a loop. Ezekiel is the only one who's aware, and by the midway point of the episode, he's at his breaking point trying to get everyone out alive. And then he breaks a crate in frustration only to find a health power-up inside. It turns out they're not trapped in a time loop; they're trapped in a video game. | |
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Omnidisciplinary Scientist | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b72ae7 | comment |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Mostly averted with the LITs. Each of the three Librarians in Training has a knowledge base that doesn't overlap with that of the others, so they have to work together to solve each episode's mystery. Stone specializes in art history, Cassandra is a math genius, and Zeke has great knowledge of technology (to get past security systems). Played straight with Flynn, who's collected over two dozen degrees over the years and has learned even more while being the Librarian. He can walk someone through disarming a nuclear bomb while doing the same to an ancient mystic artifact. This is highlighted in the first season finale. The three alternate Librarians can only work to limit the damage caused by the reintroduction of magic because they are only familiar with their specialties while the alternate Flynn, despite never having taken up the position, easily solves problems in three different universes because he's studied so many different subjects. A variant in the case of Jake. While he's strictly an art historian, there doesn't seem to be any actual limit to the history of art he's familiar with. Where most historians specialize in a certain period when their subject of interest was prominent, Jake can classify ancient Chinese art in one episode, then ramble about American architectural trends in another and distinguish between the works of similar artists that professional critics missed. He also knows architecture, history, and anything from the humanities needed for the episode. Cassandra might similarly know anything from any branch of math or science (except computers, where Ezekiel knows whatever the episode needs). | |
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Clapper Gag | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b7beec6d | comment |
Clapper Gag: Flynn and company leave the annex without turning off the globe artifact, and Jenkins, the library worker left behind, tries the Clapper action to turn it off. It doesn't work. At one point there are warning alarms going off in the Annex, and the three LITs are yelling over it for quite a while. Then Flynn enters and claps twice, silencing the alarm. | |
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Empathic Weapon | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b7e1dcc8 | comment |
Empathic Weapon: Excalibur, which is a sentient object (with, apparently, the personality of a dog). | |
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The Multiverse | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b9e8ad28 | comment |
At the end of season 1, Flynn saves Eve by pouring the healing green liquid into her mouth, as her wound was from an ordinary sword, not Excalibur. It's stated that this is the only version of Eve to have survived in The Multiverse, as it's her destiny to die for her Librarian. | |
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Morality Chain | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_b9fd7929 | comment |
Morality Chain: The reason that Guardians exist is to be this to the Librarian, because otherwise the temptation to use magic to change the world could eventually lead them into Knight Templar territory. | |
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Fiery Redhead | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_bb0c0a4d | comment |
Fiery Redhead: Averted by Cassandra, even when Drunk on the Dark Side. | |
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Genius Bruiser | |
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Genius Bruiser: Jake Stone is the team's muscle. He also speaks or reads more than twenty languages and has honorary degrees at universities on four continents. | |
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Immortality | |
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Immortality: Jenkins is actually Sir Galahad, Knight of the Round Table, who has been alive for over a millennium. As demonstrated later, he can't be killed by normal means. Dulaque too, to an extent, since he's Sir Lancelot. Judson and Charlene who, in the third season, are revealed to have been the first Librarian and Guardian, respectively. Judson passed to another plane of existence five years before the first season, and Charlene joins him here in the Season 3 episode "And the Fatal Separation". They can still communicate with Flynn through a mirror. The Librarians meet other immortal beings throughout their adventures, including: Morgan le Fay (Episode 1x07 "And the Rule of Three"). The Minotaur (Episode 1x03 "And the Horns of a Dilemma") A contract-demon, Mephistopheles, although Baird manages to use Loophole Abuse to make him human (Episode 2x06 "And the Infernal Contract"). | |
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Subverted Trope | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted in "And the Crown of King Arthur": | |
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Fun with Acronyms | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c25c7890 | comment |
Fun with Acronyms: Flynn calls the leads of the series "Librarians in Training" or "My little L.I.T.'s" | |
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Big "NO!" | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Upon ending up in a world where Jake was the Librarian and Flynn is a professor, Jake greets her with a kiss. Eve responds with this trope. | |
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Car Fu | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c2d978fe | comment |
Car Fu: Stone uses a truck to briefly take down the Minotaur. | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c3478f1d | comment |
Badass Bookworm: Cassandra proves that a little math can go a long way when she's Drunk on the Dark Side, effortlessly defeating Dark Action Girl Lamia with a few jabs. | |
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Teeth-Clenched Teamwork | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c3648b87 | comment |
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Jones is continually getting on Stone's nerves. On the other hand, Stone has absolutely no problem working with Cassandra despite saying outright that he'll never trust her after she betrayed the team in the pilot. Jenkins. He liked the relative solitude of the Annex and being left alone with his research. He keeps helping the Librarians, though, however much he complains about them. | |
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Mooks | |
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In the pilot, Lamia and her Mooks invade the Library after Cassandra lets them in, stealing both the artifacts they need, as well as many others. In order to prevent a total looting, Charlene and Judson seal the Library in its Pocket Dimension, cutting it off from the rest of the world. | |
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Pride | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c39846a3 | comment |
Pride: The Lovecraft Lite monster in "And the Cost of Education" is attracted to expressions of extreme pride and self-aggrandizement. The first victim is a college football team mascot (apparently, thinking that an obscure team from Wexler College has a chance of beating Michigan State is a form of extreme pride). The second victim is an arrogant architecture professor, who takes offense at Stone criticizing his "groundbreaking work". When it comes time to lure out the creature, everyone turns to Ezekiel, who does this naturally. | |
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You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c3b51bb3 | comment |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Invoked by name several times by Baird in "and the Infernal Contract" to convince her old friend turned politician that he can win on his own merits. | |
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And Starring | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c40c8b74 | comment |
And Starring: The main cast ends with "and John Larroquette." Meanwhile, Fake Guest Star Noah Wyle is always credited as a special guest star; apparently this was due to guild reasons as you can't star in two shows at the same time. | |
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We Can Rule Together | |
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We Can Rule Together: When Flynn and Eve are both touching the Apple of Discord, they decide the best plan of action is "Ditch the LITs, take over the world, get a penthouse with a view." | |
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Missing Reflection | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c505d6ec | comment |
Missing Reflection : In "And the Eternal Question", that's how Jake and Ezekiel discover the island inhabitants are vampires. | |
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DualWield | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c54d752a | comment |
In "And The Eternal Question", Stone and Ezekiel are about to be overrun by a group of vampires, when Jenkins comes swooping in, Dual Wielding blades, making short work of the enemies. | |
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Artifact Domination | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c5584f85 | comment |
Artifact Domination: While trying to rescue Santa, Ezekiel Jones is given Santa's hat which is a magical talisman. While wearing the hat, Ezekiel is filled with the "Spirit of Christmas" and spreads cheer and goodwill. He is also compelled to grant anyone's "Christmas wishes" if he is able to. He even does a bit of Christmas baking before he's rid of it. At the end of the episode, the hat is given to Dulaque, and he's tricked into granting the heroes' wishes in order to defeat himself. The next episode had the Apple of Discord, an item that turned whoever held it into the absolute worst version of themselves. Jake Stone (a burly art historian) went to a museum, saw paintings hung in the wrong collections and started to rearrange them, all the while threatening physical violence against the staff for getting it wrong and casually ignoring the guards pointing their guns at him. Cassandra Cillian gets hold of it next and her Ludicrous Precision goes up to eleven, becoming a Mad Mathematician. First she figures out the exact math of dislocating human limbs and proves it on the Big Bad's Dragon. Then she triggers a power plant meltdown, just to see how widespread she can make the area of devastation grow. Eve and Flynn grab it at the same time, so they begin to make plans to rule the world together. Soon enough, they realise that their ultimate goals are just slightly off and Eve snatches the apple away from Flynn's grasp. Eve's plan is to obtain complete dominion over first the team, then the world of unsuspecting normal people, keeping them 'safe' in complacent servitude. Flynn Carsen takes back the apple and verbally berates a gathering of powerful supernatural beings, lamenting the sacrifices he has had to make to be the Librarian. He declares that, with his knowledge and experience as the Librarian, he could be a god! Ezekiel Jones grabs it and is completely immune. As an unapologetic self-centered narcissistic thief, he's already the worst possible version of himself that he can be. | |
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Grand Theft Me | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c6102eb0 | comment |
Grand Theft Me: Prospero emerges from The Tempest and takes over Shakespeare's body because he was written so passionately. Apep possesses various human hosts to carry out his duty. When they are of no use to him, or when he needs to recharge, he releases his host and returns to his sarcophagus. In "And Some Guy Named Jeff", Jeff manages to switch bodies with Jenkins. | |
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Human Sacrifice | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c66cb5a9 | comment |
Human Sacrifice: In "And the Reunion of Evil", after the Frost Giants discover that their recharging crystal is inside Cassandra, they decide to sacrifice her before draining the crystal. | |
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Fixing the Game | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c6b2fdd1 | comment |
Fixing the Game: Cassandra does this in And the Steal of Fortune by analyzing a roulette table and and figuring out which number the ball will land on. This attracts the attention of Fortuna, roman goddess of luck, as she steals luck and Cassandra is turning her back into a statue. They eventually beat her by fixing every game in the casino, with the help of Ezekiel's hacking and Cassandra's psychic powers. | |
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ImpostorForgotOneDetail | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c6f29348 | comment |
Impostor Forgot One Detail: In "And What Lies Beneath the Stones," Jacob realises that what looks like his estranged dad is actually a shapeshifter when, after Jacob finally telling him what he really does, his dad hugs him and tells Jake that he loves him... something his real dad wouldn't do in a million years. | |
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Shout-Out | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The Library's alarm system is clearly inspired by the Cloister Bell from Doctor Who. Funnily enough, lots of people in this show are suited, bow-tie-clad intellectuals. They show up out of nowhere. They introduce themselves with a job title that seems pretty irrelevant (the Librarians instead of the Doctor). They start acting weird and asking weird questions; but when something actually weird happens, they usually react with very little shock. They leave as quickly as they arrived, through a door that often leads to a room much too big for the room that this door should lead to. "And the Heart of Darkness" Jones says that, for all they know, the House of Refuge could function as a Star Trek transporter or the TARDIS. The "house on the haunted hill" is brought up as an example of a haunted house (though Jenkins' description is closer to another, similarly-named story). When listing the mystery houses of the world, The Dionaea House is namedropped. In "City of Light" some of the possessed people do the memetic "point and screech" from the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Ezekiel also refers to the story. "And the Loom of Fate" The team questions whether there will actually be a "doorway to heaven" in the pyramid. This was the mistranslated name given to the Stargate, which was first found buried near the pyramids in Egypt. The alternate Flynn says that the job of Librarian seems to involve an awful lot of running. He even does the eleventh doctor's 270 degree spin during the climax. After doing a fair amount of running. And he wears a bow-tie. Bow-ties are cool. Stone is dressed as Nathan Drake from the cover of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Ezekiel casually tells the legion of ghosts to "Sod off, deadites.". Season 2 is full of these To Shakespeare. Fitting given the Big Bad is from one of his plays. "And the Infernal Contract" has a reference to the Doctor Who episode "Victory of the Daleks", when Stone refers to their potential to die saving people as an "occupational hazard." The episode "And the Hollow Men" has a similar plot concept to the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife". End of "Infernal Contract", blink and you miss it there is a sign for Frack in the background when Baird is about to leave. Michael Trucco, who played Eve's friend, was on Battlestar Galactica (2003) where the word Frak is used a lot. The bad guy in "And The Image of Image" is Dorian Gray. In one episode, Baird tells Jenkins that they can't just pretend that magic does not exist and keep telling people that it was "swamp gas". Ezekiel tries to bypass a Glenn-Reider security system, Jenkins and Charlene both use the patronizing "you're adorable" in reaction to someone else's naivete at one point, and the dagger of Aqu'abi makes an appearance in the pilot, all references to Dean Devlin's previous show Leverage. Also, in "And Santa's Midnight Run" the teddy bear with a cast on its leg from "The Broken Wing Job" makes an appearance among the gifts Jacob is wrapping. In "And the Point of Salvation", The Librarians get trapped in a Video Game. The first weapon that Stone grabs is a crowbar, while Eve seems to prefer a pipe wrench. The scenario is a reference to Half-Life; a quantum accident at a government facility causes, among other things, the scientists in the area to become zombies. For added fun, the zombies attack whenever an alarm sounds. The faerie trickster Puck is voiced by Brent Spiner as he did in Gargoyles. In "And the Final Curtain", the Library's room of time machines includes a blue police box and a DeLorean. In the same episode, when Flynn, Eve, and Moriarty are in the past, the latter tells the former two to "come with me if you want to live." Season 3 seems to involve an Ancient Egyptian god named Apep (AKA Apophis) possessing people, causing their eyes to turn a different color and their voices to grow deeper, while also being able to make the host body healthier. Another not-quite corporeal god named Anubis appears out of a round portal. Sound familiar? "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophesy" introduces its antagonist— the Reaper— as holding a pair of sickles across its body in a manner similar to weapons held by a very different reaper. | |
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Five Stages of Grief | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c7e7529c | comment |
Five Stages of Grief: Cassandra goes through this in "And the Eternal Question", as her tumor reaches terminal status. | |
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Obvious Stunt Double | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_c8c00dc9 | comment |
Obvious Stunt Double: Jenkins' fight scenes are primarily shot from the back to try and hide John Larroquette's stunt double's face. | |
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Anachronistic Clue | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_ca803bc0 | comment |
Anachronistic Clue: In "And the Crown of King Arthur," Stone immediately recognizes that the "Crown of King Arthur" painting on display in the Munich museum, supposedly painted in AD 1146, must be a fake because it uses carmine red dye which was not discovered until the 1500s. He does it again in "And the Image of Image": Jake and Ezekiel seem to find the actual Picture of Dorian Gray but after a quick glance Jake declares it a fake since the colors are too vibrant. No matter how well preserved, a painting that old would have its colors fade with age. | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Every time the LITs need to get access to a place where it's strange for them to go, they just need to state they're "The Librarians" and the listener makes some logical leap that expalins why they're there, though it doesn't always work and on one occasion the person realizes after the fact that it doesn't make sense. It's not clear if this is simply The Masquarade at work or some form of magic until Running Gag in Season 3 when Stone asks if it always works for Carsen. It's revealed that the phrase is an incantation, "a bit of white magic," that when said correctly has the desired effect, confirming it to be outright magic. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: All the highest-ranked executives of Golden Axe Foods are actually members of a cult that's been sacrificing people to the minotaur for millennia in exchange for wealth and power. | |
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Word of God | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
invokedWord of God points out that it was foreshadowed as early as the first episode. Each time it's said, a VERY specific musical sting is used, with a 'magical' tone. | |
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Colonel Badass | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_cd23ee7d | comment |
Colonel Badass: Eve, who was formerly a Colonel in the US Army serving with the NATO Counter-terrorism Group. | |
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Screw Destiny | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_ce75a983 | comment |
Screw Destiny: At the end of season 1, Flynn saves Eve by pouring the healing green liquid into her mouth, as her wound was from an ordinary sword, not Excalibur. It's stated that this is the only version of Eve to have survived in The Multiverse, as it's her destiny to die for her Librarian. This is attempted in "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy". In a sense, it fails, as the parts of the visions seen always came true. In another sense, when a prophecy from a Prophecy Cube is no longer true, it shatters. | |
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Immortal Apathy | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_cf874ceb | comment |
Immortal Apathy: Jenkins is initially uninterested in aiding the Librarians-in-Training, preferring to stick to his studies and research. He even gives a speech about how he used to care, but felt that he was ultimately accomplishing nothing. But a bit of defrosting and he becomes much more willing to help. | |
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Loony Librarian | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d0d2cae6 | comment |
Loony Librarian: Noah Wyle's character, who made recurring appearances in the series. Merlin also counts to some extent as the overseer of the group. | |
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In Spite of a Nail | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d243518d | comment |
In Spite of a Nail: In each Alternate Timeline Eve visits, a different LIT became the Librarian instead of Flynn, but she ended up as their Guardian and developed a close connection with them, died in her duty, and something caused the world to go to hell. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: At the end of "Rule of Three", Jenkins calls out Eve for letting Morgan le Fey escape. She then points out that the alternative was letting all her victims die, which she is not willing to do. | |
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I'm Mr. [Future Pop Culture Reference] | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d417c53d | comment |
I'm Mr. [Future Pop Culture Reference]: Subverted slightly in "And the Silver Screen". In trying to replay the narrative of a movie they are stuck, Flynn has to give aliases for himself and Baird, but isn't told what they were in the script, and so calls her "Lady Gaga Van Damme", and himself "Dr. Julius Irving III" | |
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Canada, Eh? | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d429d0f6 | comment |
Canada, Eh?: In "And Santa's Midnight Run", the team have to get a plane from a Canadian airport. The man at the desk says "eh" at the end of his sentences. This is funnier as Lindy Booth is in fact Canadian. Averted during "And the Fangs of Death". Despite being in a Canadian military base, none of the soldiers follow any stereotypically Canadian behaviour. | |
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Shapeshifter Guilt Trip | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d4dd2bb5 | comment |
Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Attempted in "And What Lies Beneath the Stones". The Monster of the Week assumes the other Librarians' form to convince Jacob not to hit it. This fails completely, as he has no problem attacking the creature, knowing that it really isn't his friends. | |
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The Unpronounceable | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d5656fbe | comment |
The Unpronounceable: One of the representatives for the conclave in "And the Apple of Discord" has a name like this. Jones bemoans it's just a bunch of consonants. | |
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Dark Action Girl | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d5b3df2d | comment |
Stone is shown acting like a typical home town boy in a dive bar...until he shows just how smart he is by deciphering the meaning of Lamia's tattoo. | |
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The Magic Goes Away | |
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The Magic Goes Away: In the series premiere, Flynn explains how the world was once full of magic but has since waned due to magic being placed into mystical artifacts and rituals by humans. This is explained as a good thing, because magical artifacts are more easy to control, allowing for technology and stopping wild magic from unleashing monsters and random side-effects. | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Stone imprisons the group and takes off to see a landscape display in a museum, then fights with security because the display is wrong. | |
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Arc Welding | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dba4ae4f | comment |
Arc Welding: It turns out, all the artifacts the LITs had collected in the seemingly unconnected adventures over the course of the first season played a vital role in the finale. The few that didn't manifested as bad ends in an alternate dimension. In the Season 3 finale, something each of the former LITs have gained over the course of the season ends up being instrumental in defeating Apep: Jacob's magical tattoo given by the Monkey King, Cassandra's new Psychic Powers, Ezekiel's love potion, which he got from Cindy and of course, Flynn getting the Eye of Ra. | |
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A God Am I | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dc1761bd | comment |
A God Am I: Flynn, under the influence of the Apple of Discord, declares himself to be a God because he knows about magic that other men can't even dream of. Katie Bender claims to be the Angel of Death. | |
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Contrived Coincidence | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: In the pilot, Flynn lampshades how both the magical safe he's opening and the nuke Eve is disarming have the same sequence. | |
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Ship Tease | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Ship Tease: There are hints of an attraction forming between Jake and Cassandra. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_dcf83f95 | type |
Number Obsession | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dcf83f95 | comment |
Number Obsession: Cassandra is a synesthete who can perform complex math formulas in her head. When under the influence of the Apple of Disord, Flynn tries to divert her with a Logic Bomb by asking her to calculate pi to the last digit, but she laughs him off, telling him she's not some computer he can just shut down. Stone has more success when he asks her about Eulers's Number and suggests the solution is "3", which causes her to pass out when she realizes what he said. Stone tells Flynn that Cass had been writing notes about it that he'd noticed, suggesting she was obsessed with Euler's Number. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_dd48b81d | type |
Totalitarian Utilitarian | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dd48b81d | comment |
Dulaque and Jenkins engage in a sword duel, during which Dulaque expresses his belief that the world is better off with an iron fist ruling it, since the masses can't do so properly. Jenkins responds by pointing out that, contrary to Dulaque's recollections, the old days were chaotic, and then firmly stating that people have earned the right to rule themselves. | |
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A Rare Sentence | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_dd9fba61 | comment |
A Rare Sentence: Eve lampshades the absurdities of the things she says in this job quite a lot. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_dd9fba61 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e062bcc4 | type |
Sink or Swim Mentor | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e062bcc4 | comment |
Sink or Swim Mentor: New Librarians were originally immediately sent into the field to deal with apocalyptic crises with no training and only a guardian for protection. If the Librarian survived, then it was on to the next assignment, and if they didn't, it was time to start looking for the next candidate. Jenkins mentions that Librarians are actually considered to be disposable and that the Library goes through them like "tissue paper". Flynn eventually decides to make some changes by having the Librarians-in-training handle cases that won't necessarily result in certain death and the end of the world. He even drops the hands-off approach, by ordering Jenkins to allow them to use the annex and to guide them. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e062bcc4 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e0a8ebe5 | type |
The Shangri-La | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e0a8ebe5 | comment |
The Shangri-La: After appearing in the first movie, Shangri-la re-appears in the season three episode "And the Fatal Separation", when Stone is sent there to be trained by the Monkey King, who rebuilt the city after Flynn's disastrous first visit. Soon the city is raided by collector Sterling Lam, who seizes Monkey's prized staff for himself. Whoever has the staff at sunset will gain control of the city. The Librarians team up to recover the city and save the Monkey King from Lam's magical mind-control. According to Jenkins, the city itself is a very strong magical source whose location was a closely-guarded secret in the magical community. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e135b3de | type |
Pass the Popcorn | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e135b3de | comment |
Pass the Popcorn: When Stone first confronts his father in "And What Lies Beneath the Stones," Cassandra and Ezekiel stand back listening eagerly, outright comparing it to a soap opera which they begin to brainstorm titles for until Stone angrily shushes them. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e135b3de | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e26f04b4 | type |
Last of His Kind | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e26f04b4 | comment |
Last of His Kind: Or last three of their kind. The Serpent Brotherhood killed off all but three potential Librarians. Flynn and Eve track down the three that remain and make them Librarians-In-Training with Eve as their joint Guardian, while Flynn goes looking for the Library. These three in fact survived because they didn't answer their Call to Adventure; while hundreds of people did get invitations to interview, as seen in the first film, the Brotherhood started killing the ones who turned up for their interviews first, only getting interested in those three when every other invitation recipient was dead. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e26f04b4 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e34400ab | type |
Ambiguously Gay | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Cassandra becomes Prince Charming in "And the Fables of Doom" (see Gender Bender below), and later remarks that she enjoyed all those girls buying her drinks. In "And the Loom of Fate" the alternate Cassandra who became the Librarian seriously implies that she and her Baird had an intimate relationship. It becomes less ambiguous at the end of "And the Eternal Question", when she kisses Estraya. The Italian duchess in "And the Broken Staff", when Cassandra manages to succeed at their misled goal while Ezekiel had been failing all night. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e36de06c | type |
Combat Stilettos | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e36de06c | comment |
Combat Stilettos: When Baird starts turning into a fairy-tale princess, she suddenly finds herself trying to run and fight in heels. She wonders how most women walk around in those things. Then again, most women don't go to military academies and spend their lives in the military. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e36de06c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Cassandra does not appreciate it when Ezekiel calls her tumor a "brain grape." Subverted in that she then tells them to "follow the brain grape". "Not calling him 'Santa'". (Especially funny when Santa can't help but call Santa by Santa's name. Because Santa speaks in the third person.) Morgan le Fey is a sorceress, not a witch. She dislikes the gender associations the latter term has. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e5a93e61 | type |
Homeworld Evacuation | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e5a93e61 | comment |
Homeworld Evacuation: Things have gotten so bad in the timeline where Cassandra became the Librarian that this was the only choice. They were going to go to other dimensions instead of other planets, however. Then Flynn arrived... | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e68b72 | type |
The Load | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e68b72 | comment |
The Load: Cassandra initially believes the others see her as this, as she's the least physically capable of the group. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e70c45f0 | type |
All Animals Are Dogs | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e70c45f0 | comment |
All Animals Are Dogs: In "And the Cost of Education", Ezekiel meets the gaze of a gargoyle, which Jenkins chastising him for doing so after it starts following him "like a stray dog". Ezekiel names it Stumpy. Excalibur is also a friendly puppy, including barking. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e70c45f0 | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e71ad328 | type |
Plot Tailored to the Party | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e71ad328 | comment |
Plot Tailored to the Party: It's surprising how often an encyclopedic knowledge of art history comes in handy when saving the world. Hacking, theft, mathematics and science knowledge are less surprising, but all three LITs' skills turn out to be applicable to the plot more often than not. | |
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Excalibur in the Stone | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e7d03dc5 | comment |
Excalibur in the Stone: The Serpent Brotherhood's plot in the pilot hinges on this, returning Excalibur to the Stone in order to restore magic to the world. They partially succeed, though Excalibur is removed before the process is complete. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e83f211c | comment |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Santa stops referring to himself in the third person, Eve understandably thinks something is wrong. If Cassandra isn't a sweet, cute and slightly off-kilter girl, things are bad. If Cassandra decides to show up with a bare midriff and monologue about how 'practical applications are more fun than theories' as she starts off with a viable method of causing mass death and destruction...then Don't Ask, Just Run. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e96475ec | type |
Excalibur | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e96475ec | comment |
Excalibur: A magical self-aware flying sword who's Flynn's best friend in the movies and whom he nicknamed "Cal". Excalibur melts away at the end of the series' second episode, "And the Sword in the Stone", after healing Flynn when magic returns to the world. In the second season finale, "And the Final Curtain", Eve recovers Excalibur with the help of the Lady of the Lake, and Flynn uses it to defeat Prospero. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_e9e35e8f | type |
Exact Words | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_e9e35e8f | comment |
Exact Words: The Patron Saint of Thieves is defeated this way in "And The Christmas Thief": His plan to destroy Santa's sleigh requires him to be gifted the sleigh by someone who stole it, so Santa Claus sends him a letter bequeathing the sleigh to him willingly, meaning that he can never accept it as a gift, since he can only accept gifts that were stolen. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Eve shoots a Minotaur in the joy department... while sliding between its legs. It doesn't do much. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_eaf5a1ac | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: In "And The Eternal Question", Stone and Ezekiel are about to be overrun by a group of vampires, when Jenkins comes swooping in, Dual Wielding blades, making short work of the enemies. In "And the Silver Screen", Jake, Ezekiel and Cassandra jump into Flynn and Eve's movie just in time to keep them from being shot. Cassandra has her own moment earlier in the episode when she rescues Jake and Ezekiel from being hanged with some well-timed sharpshooting. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_eb8e12d6 | type |
Rules Lawyer | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_eb8e12d6 | comment |
Rules Lawyer: Jenkins definitely comes across as a stickler for rules to the members of the Conclave. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_ecb3970b | type |
Anti-Magical Faction | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_ecb3970b | comment |
Anti-Magical Faction: Season 3 introduces the Department of Statistical Anomalies (DOSA), a government agency dedicated to containing the influx of magic into the world. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_edae412c | type |
Fighter, Mage, Thief | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_edae412c | comment |
Fighter, Mage, Thief: The LITs - Stone, Cassandra, and Ezekiel, in order. Stone is a down-to-earth brawler (who also has an IQ of 190), Cassandra is a brainy-focused scholar with the ability (and interest) to understand magic better than the other two, and Ezekiel is a professional thief who has great skill with tech. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_ee1c6326 | type |
Mobile Maze | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_ee1c6326 | comment |
Mobile Maze: The Labyrinth actually exists in seven dimensions at once. It is also actually a curse, rather than "just" magical architecture, so those who enter as a curse find themselves lost no matter where they go, even if they manage to leave the physical area that was originally the labyrinth. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_ee7885fa | type |
Southern-Fried Genius | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_ee7885fa | comment |
Southern-Fried Genius: Stone was working on an oil rig in Oklahoma, but has a 190 IQ and writes literature on art history under pseudonyms. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f0508c08 | type |
Decomposite Character | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f0508c08 | comment |
Decomposite Character: The Patron Saint of Thieves is Santa Claus' brother, when the big guy himself is usually depicted as the Patron Saint of Repentent Thieves. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f165cf2c | type |
Last-Second Word Swap | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f165cf2c | comment |
Last-Second Word Swap: A alternate Ezekiel claims that Baird was like a mother to him and she responds "That's mathematically im...probable". note In the first season, the actors playing them were 19 and 41 respectively, so it would be very possible | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f165cf2c | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f2d29e14 | type |
Evil Brit | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f2d29e14 | comment |
Evil Brit: Dulaque (Evil Briton actually, given that he's Lancelot). Morgan le Fay could also qualify, since she's originally British, although her current guise is that of an American woman. Prospero, an evil British fictional wizard. His sidekick is Moriarty, who also fits the trope. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f364de89 | type |
Make Wrong What Once Went Right | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f364de89 | comment |
Make Wrong What Once Went Right: In "And the Loom of Fate", Dulaque damages the Loom in order to alter history towards his benefit by preventing Camelot from falling. Though, from his twisted worldview, it's actually Set Right What Once Went Wrong. After all, every possible future timeline that would be destroyed, including the actual future, are timelines in which Camelot fell... | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f48d0f54 | type |
Not Evil, Just Misunderstood | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f48d0f54 | comment |
Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: The House of Refuge in "And The Heart of Darkness". The trees in "And The Disenchanted Forest". | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f4fd424c | type |
All Your Base Are Belong to Us | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f4fd424c | comment |
All Your Base Are Belong to Us: In the pilot, Lamia and her Mooks invade the Library after Cassandra lets them in, stealing both the artifacts they need, as well as many others. In order to prevent a total looting, Charlene and Judson seal the Library in its Pocket Dimension, cutting it off from the rest of the world. At the beginning of "And the Loom of Fate", Dulaque uses a Trojan horse ploy to just walk into the Annex, in order to use the portal that the team created to find the Library to access the Loom. In "And The Broken Staff", Prospero and Moriarty infiltrate the Library through the original manuscripts in its reading room, so that they can get to the Tree of Knowledge at the Library's heart. In "And the Wrath of Chaos", DOSA raids the Library, during which Apep sneaks in, in order to destroy the Library for good. Both were part of Flynn and Eve's Batman Gambit, however. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f8b3fa5d | type |
Our Werewolves Are Different | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f8b3fa5d | comment |
Our Werewolves Are Different: "And the Fangs of Death" features Wolf Men created by Anubis, and spread like a virus via bite, although the change is gradual. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f9439c84 | type |
Haunted House | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f9439c84 | comment |
Haunted House: Subverted. The haunted house in "Heart of Darkness" was originally constructed as a refuge that gives the people inside anything they need, but no one ever expected a serial killer to find the house. She used its power to remain young and travel around the world looking for more victims and it was powerless to stop her because no one else ever asked for its help. All of the standard haunted house tropes (creepy exterior, ominous music, knives flying at the characters) were actually the house's way of trying to warn them about Katie. | |
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-0.3 | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
The Librarians (2014) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Stone really wants to use the glowy globe, and is repeatedly shown throwing it in the air in an attempt to make it work. Whenever Eve tries to rearrange Flynn's desk for her own use, it always goes back to the way he has it. In the Season 1 finale, it finally accepts Eve's method as the preferred default. Every time the Librarians call Jenkins in the Annex, he's using a different, old fashioned phone handset. Ezekiel refusing to believe Jenkins and Flynn when they remind him that the Library has no proof that aliens exist. "We're the librarians" being accepted as a valid excuse for just about everything. "And The Curse of Cindy" reveals that this is a magic spell. On top of this, it never seems to work for any of the titular Librarians except Flynn, to the point where it's lampshaded by Eve in "And the Steal of Fortune." It finally works in the finale of Season 4, when Cassandra, Stone and Ezekiel have to break into an asylum in an alternate world where the Library never existed. | |
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The Librarians (2014) / int_f9f2c33 | |
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Wannabe Line | |
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Wannabe Line: One episode has Jake and Ezekiel end up in one of these. Needing to get inside to save the world, Jake starts to do the usual tough-guy routine with the bouncer, but the confrontation morphs into a conversation about British vs. American authors, which distracts the bouncer enough for Ezekiel to slip inside. | |
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Team Mom | |
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Team Mom: One of Eve's roles. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: When Ezekiel questions Jenkins when he claims they are looking for a troll, Jenkins responds, "I understand your skepticism. Trolls are not indigenous to the Pacific Northwest." | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Cassandra Cillian is a cute math nerd who usually would not hurt a fly. Harm her friends however, and she'll kill you. Under the effects of the Apple of Discord, which turns the person holding it into the worst possible version of themself, Jacob becomes a belligerent art snob, Eve a control freak, and Flynn a megalomaniac, but it's cute, sweet, friendly Cassandra who the Apple proves has it in her to become someone who would - and could - trigger a major disaster causing over half a million deaths just for the fun of proving that she can. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: DOSA want to stop magic harming everyone too. Unfortunately, they are much more militaristic and believe that the Librarians are terrorists. | |
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MacGyvering | |
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MacGyvering: In the first episode, Flynn needs a blowtorch. He makes one out of a picnic lunch, hooked to the oxygen tank from an extensive first aid kit. | |
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Evil Is Hammy | |
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Evil Is Hammy: When Flynn, Baird and Cassandra touch the Apple of Discord, they become way more hammy, while Stone is quiet and menacing. Dulaque is just hammy all the time. Especially when eating pizza. As soon as her true identity is revealed, Morgan le Fey turns up the ham up to eleven. Most of the Fictionals from season 2 also ham it up. Justified in that they are bound by their own narratives. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: "Ninjas? In Oklahoma?" | |
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Bigger on the Inside | |
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Bigger on the Inside: The inside of the library exists in its own demiplane and is "as big as it needs to be". | |
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Buffy Speak | |
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Stone really wants to use the glowy globe, and is repeatedly shown throwing it in the air in an attempt to make it work. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Cassandra is introduced as a synesthete, and part of her form of synesthesia is completely unlike it is in real life - but it turns out to be justified, as Flynn points out, the hallucinations she's shown experiencing, which are not a part of synesthesia, are actually caused by a brain tumor. This is apparently subverted in Season 3, after the tumor is taken out. Not only does Cassandra retain her powers, they're augmented. Plus, she has Psychic Powers now. In "The Point of Salvation", the video game they are trapped in works rather like an actual video game; for one, enemies don't pop out at random, and are affected by trigger points in the environment. The game resets every time one of the Librarians dies, because it's an escort mission. Their way of escaping the gameworld and subsequently breaking it highly resembles what happens when an actual glitch is exploited, and all the Librarians, barring poor Ezekiel, escape via rocket jumping using hand grenades. In the same episode, the term "Faded Giant" is used, correctly, to describe the meltdown of a nuclear reactor. | |
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