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Alice sees Bob successfully accomplish a spell or mystical feat and later attempts to accomplish the same spell or feat by merely copying or repeating their words and/or actions and fails for the titular reason. Usually occurs when it takes more than the Magical Incantation and Magical Gesture. The magic be in another language that requires understanding before use. It may be because as a Muggle, Alice can't cast magic. Or By the Power of Greyskull only works for Bob since only he has the power of Greyskull. Maybe the sun wasn't at the right height. Whatever the case even if the character is Awesome By Analysis, the feat won't work by observation.

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  • Alice sees Bob successfully accomplish a spell or mystical feat and later attempts to accomplish the same spell or feat by merely copying or repeating their words and/or actions and fails for the titular reason. Usually occurs when it takes more than the Magical Incantation and Magical Gesture. The magic be in another language that requires understanding before use. It may be because as a Muggle, Alice can't cast magic. Or By the Power of Greyskull only works for Bob since only he has the power of Greyskull. Maybe the sun wasn't at the right height. Whatever the case even if the character is Awesome By Analysis, the feat won't work by observation.
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  • Alice sees Bob successfully accomplish a spell or mystical feat and later attempts to accomplish the same spell or feat by merely copying or repeating their words and/or actions and fails for the titular reason. Usually occurs when it takes more than the Magical Incantation and Magical Gesture. The magic be in another language that requires understanding before use. It may be because as a Muggle, Alice can't cast magic. Or By the Power of Greyskull only works for Bob since only he has the power of Greyskull. Maybe the sun wasn't at the right height. Whatever the case even if the character is Awesome By Analysis, the feat won't work by observation. The results of when a character uses a spell where more than the Magical Incantation matters will vary. There may simply be no effect or the spell could backfire. If a villain tries to use a Hero's spell and fails due to lacking something necessary for success like The Power of Friendship, expect a Reason You Suck Speech. Aversion of this trope are rarely examples since then words do make the magic and it is a case of Magical Incantation works for anyone. In Role Playing Games the inability of Muggles to cast spells by repeating the words is standard. To have it otherwise would mess up the game balance. Compare/Contrast By the Power of Greyskull, where the words do heavily matter but usually only certain characters can use the words successfully. Examples of Words Do Not Make the Magic include:
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