Something wicked this way comes (phrase)
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The phrase "something wicked this way comes" originates in Act IV scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. The speaker is the second witch, whose full line is, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
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Some works in popular culture have used the phrase (or a variation) as their title.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) is a novel by Ray Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1983 film based on the Bradbury novel, starring Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce.
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" was also the tagline to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and the whole passage from Macbeth (ending with the phrase) is sung by a choir in the film.
- "Something Wicca This Way Comes" is the first episode of the TV show Charmed. Another episode later on in the series is called "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?".
- "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes" is a 2004 episode of South Park which deals with a Wal-Mart being built in South Park and the people becoming addicted to it.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1998 album by Iced Earth. It is also the name of the trilogy of songs on the same album.
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" titles songs by 2Pac, Wolfpac, Barry Adamson, Doro, and Wednesday 13.
- "Something Wicked" is an episode of "Supernatural", with the episode involving a witch (more specifically an Albanian witch called a shtriga) from Sam & Dean's past.
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is also the last episode of the TV show Joan of Arcadia
