Basic Trope: Effects caused by magic do not outlive the mage. * Straight: The heroes kill Marco the Magnificent. All the people he turned to stone return to living flesh. * Exaggerated: The heroes kill Emperor Evulz at the end of Tales of Troperia. The entire Empire transforms from a monster-infested volcanic wasteland to a peaceful verdant paradise. * Justified: "Magic" is the imposition of the caster's will upon the natural order of the universe. Once that will no longer exists, the universe snaps back to its normal state. * Inverted: Ontological Inertia * Or, the heros find an elixer that can turn fossilized people normal again, when they're done pouring it on the statues, Marco the Magnificent dies. * Or, after the Cosmic Horror's monsters and devil spawns are all