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{{quote|''In the land of Ingary, where things such as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three.''|Opening sentence}}
The first book in the ''[[Howl's Castle]]'' series of young adult fantasy novels by [[Diana Wynne Jones]], '''Howl's Moving Castle''' gleefully [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] and [[Affectionate Parodies|parodies]] many tropes common to the [[Fairy Tale]] genre.
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* [[First Girl Wins]]: Gender-flipped with Sophie and Howl, Howl being the first guy that Sophie meets. Howl on the other hand has met plenty of other girls before Sophie.
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Martha and Lettie, who swap bodies so they can have the apprenticeships they desire.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Sophie, after being turned old, pretends that her sisters Martha and Lettie were actually her niece. This leads to some moments where she accidentally calls them by their names, instead of "my niece". {{quote|'''Sophie''':
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Howl, before he falls for Sophie.
** Subverted: {{spoiler|Howl falls for Sophie the first time he sees her, but he maintains the appearance of being a [[Handsome Lech]] while he's actually just trying to find out more about Sophie from her sister.}}
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* [[Men Can't Keep House]]: Before Sophie, Howl's castle was amazingly dirty.
* [[My Hair Came Out Green]]: Howl gets pink hair (after a an ugly mix of colours) when Sophie messes with his hair products.
* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: Occurs when Sophie is trying to get into Howl's castle. {{quote|
* [[Nice Hat]]: Given Sophie's job, it's only natural a few would show up.
* [[One Degree of Separation]]: In the book, Sophie eventually learns that ''every single'' encounter she's had after the first few pages and ''everything'' that's happened to her {{spoiler|has been directly caused by Howl's actions. This only reason this isn't [[The Chessmaster|Chessmastering]] is that while Howl had the prerequisite knowledge, he's actually been}} [[Indy Ploy|pretty much winging it]] instead.
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* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Many are the mysterious and frightening rumours that circulate about the Wizard Howl. It turns out that he started most of them himself.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Sophie is in denial of this until the end.
* [[Thinking Out Loud]]: Downplayed. Calcifer thinks out loud, but not with words, rather with the sounds of fire. Sophie did manage to understand some parts of the thought, shaking her head at the suggestion of pretending to be a long lost great-aunt. {{quote|''It thought aloud, in a little crackling, flicking murmur...''}}
* [[Threat Backfire]]
{{quote|'''Witch of the Waste''':
* [[Tired of Running]]
* [[Tongue-Tied]]
* [[Trash of the Titans]]
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: The root of Sophie's major problems is that she thinks she is genre savvy enough to know that being the eldest of three children she will be doomed to a boring life without glamour or success. As such she completely fails to see that she is an extremely potent witch with the ability to ensure a happy ending for herself as well as everyone around her.
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: Lampshaded in almost every chapter — as well as the first sentence — and subverted.
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