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Word or phrase said to cause magical events
Classic magic words
Magic words are phrases used in
fantasy fiction or by
stage magicians . Frequently such words are presented as being part of a
divine ,
adamic , or other
secret or
empowered
language . Certain
comic book heroes use magic words to activate their powers. Magic words are also used as
Easter eggs or
cheats in computer games, other software, and
operating systems . (For example, the words
xyzzy , plugh , and plover were magic words in the classic computer adventure game
Colossal Cave Adventure .)
Invocations of magic
Examples of traditional and modern magic words include:
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Abracadabra – magic word used by magicians.
Ajji Majji la Tarajji – Iranian magic word (Persian).[
citation needed ]
Alakazam – a phrase used by magicians.
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Chhu Montor Chhu – a phrase used by magicians in Bangladesh.
Hocus pocus – a phrase used by magicians.
Jantar Mantar Jadu Mantar – a phrase used by magicians in India.
Presto chango or Hey
Presto – used by magicians (probably intended to suggest "quick change").
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Please – the nicest magic word.
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Magic words in fiction
Aajaye – used often by the clowns in
Jaye's magic circus .
Ala Peanut Butter Sandwiches – used by
The Amazing Mumford on
Sesame Street .
Ananasakäämä - originally from the Finnish live-action comedy movie
Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä [
fi ] ("
Pekka and Pätkä as frogmen"), used later by magician
Timo Kulmakko [
fi ] appearing as Timo Taikuri ("Timo Magician") on
Pikku Kakkonen .
Azarath Metrion Zinthos , used by
Raven in the
DC Comics series
Teen Titans , its
2003 TV series and its cartoon spin-off
Teen Titans Go! .
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo – used by
Cinderella ' s Fairy Godmother.
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Boom Zahramay , a saying used in the Nickelodeon preschool show
Shimmer and Shine .
By the Power of Grayskull, I HAVE THE POWER – used by the Prince Adam, of
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe , to transform him into He-Man.
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Cei-u – used by the DC Comics superhero,
Johnny Thunder , to summon his magical genie-like Thunderbolt.
Fus Ro Dah – used as a shout by those with the voice in the Elder Scrolls video game series.
Izzy wizzy, let's get busy – Used on
The Sooty Show when using Sooty's magic
wand .
Hex! Hex! – used by Bibi Blocksberg in the popular German children's audio drama series, called
Bibi Blocksberg and
Bibi and Tina .
Jokeri pokeri box - "
Joker
poker
box ", used by magician
Simo Aalto .
Joshikazam – used by Josh Nichols, a character from the popular Nickelodeon show
Drake & Josh .
Klaatu barada nikto – A phrase used in the 1951 movie
The Day the Earth Stood Still . While not intended as magical words in that movie, they were used as such in the spoof horror movie
Army of Darkness .
Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho – Jambi on
Pee-wee's Playhouse .
Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse – used on the children's TV series
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to make the Clubhouse appear.
Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang , phrase used in song "
Witch Doctor " performed by
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. , and released in 1958 by
Liberty Records under the
stage name David Seville.
Kulja Sim Sim – a Hindi and Urdu phrase popularized in 1956 Bollywood film "Alibaba Aur 40 Chor"
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circular reference ]
Open sesame – used by the character
Ali Baba in the English version of a tale from
One Thousand and One Nights .
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Ostagazuzulum – used by the title character,
Wizbit , in the British Children's TV series
Wizbit .
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Sim Sala Bim – a phrase used by
Harry August Jansen a.k.a. Dante The Magician,
c. 1940 . "Sim Sim Sala Bim" are the magic words said by
Hadji on the shows
The Adventures of Jonny Quest and
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest . The line was used by Oscar "Oz" Diggs in
Oz the Great and Powerful .
Shazam – used by the comic book hero Billy Batson to change into
Captain Marvel .
Hey,
Shadow , remember who you are (
Russian : Тень, знай своё место ,
romanized : Ten, znay svoyo mesto ,
lit. 'Shadow, know your place') - an incantation used by a Scientist in a movie The Shadow to return his lost shadow, who became to live its own life, to its proper place.
Schwan, kleb an! (literally "Swan, hold fast") - a spell used by the Youngest Brother in the tale "The Magic Swan" in the collection of Ludwig Bechstein. This spell made the people, who touched his magic swan, stick to the latter.
Shimbaree, Shimbarah, Shimbaree, Shimbarah – used on the children's video and TV series
Barney and the Backyard Gang and
Barney & Friends .
Suolaa, suolaa, enemmän suolaa - "Salt, salt, more salt", used by
Nils Hedengren [
fi ] appearing as magician Faqir Kronblom on
Sirkus Papukaija .
Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee – the spell for 'Substitutiary Locomotion' written on the Star of Astoroth in the movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks .
Walla Walla Washington –
Bugs Bunny in
Looney Tunes .
Wiggle Waggle –
Greg Page in
The Wiggles .
Yo Gabba Gabba –
DJ Lance Rock in
Yo Gabba Gabba! .
Craig Conley, a scholar of magic, writes that the magic words used by conjurers may originate from "pseudo-Latin phrases, nonsense syllables, or esoteric terms from religious antiquity", but that what they have in common is "language as an instrument of creation".
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