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* NotSoDifferent: The crux of the plot is Quinn and his double being very different in some ways and still the same in others.
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* AlternateHistory: Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable were never film stars in Maggie's world.
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* AlternateHistory: Humphrey Bogart Creator/HumphreyBogart and Clark Gable Creator/ClarkGable were never film stars in Maggie's world.
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* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In the opening scene, Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie are seen leaving a cinema whose marquee advertises ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'' starring Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart. This was based on the fact that John Huston had tried, unsuccessfully, to make a version of the film with those iconic Golden Age stars in the 1950s. After they slide, they arrive in exactly the same spot and the cinema marquee now advertises ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' starring Shirley Temple and W.C. Fields. In real life, those actors were considered for the respective roles of Dorothy and the Wizard before Judy Garland and Frank Morgan were cast.
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* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In the opening scene, Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie are seen leaving a cinema whose marquee advertises ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'' starring Clark Gable Creator/ClarkGable and Humphrey Bogart. Creator/HumphreyBogart. This was based on the fact that John Huston had tried, unsuccessfully, to make a version of the film with those iconic [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age Age]] stars in the 1950s. After they slide, they arrive in exactly the same spot and the cinema marquee now advertises ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' starring Shirley Temple Creator/ShirleyTemple and W.C. Fields. Creator/WCFields. In real life, those actors were considered for the respective roles of Dorothy and the Wizard before Judy Garland Creator/JudyGarland and Frank Morgan were cast.
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* CallBack: While berating his double, Quinn recalls [[Recap/SlidersS01E01E02Pilot testing the vortex by himself]].
* CallItKarma: While the Sliders and the audience know the truth, the kinder Sister Celine (the one dressed in white and black) expresses a belief that this was an act of God Himself.
-->'''Sister Celine:''' It started a long time ago. God saw what became of the world, and He made a terrible rain. And He told Noah, "Bring the animals two by two," and He spared them. But in time, the world became as it had been--unholy, corrupt--and so God brought His terrible judgment. He made two by two, only this time it was with people. What had been one became two, five billion became ten. And so Hell was made manifest, so we could see what we had done to His beautiful creation. This is our penance and our shame. [[TearsOfRemorse Well, that's just one theory. There are plenty to go around.]]
* CrapsackWorld: The world that all the people were slid to became this. The suddenly [[{{Pun}} doubling]] of the population created mass chaos (which allowed small timers like the Boss to carve out some power for themselves) and put considerable strain on resources.
* CallItKarma: While the Sliders and the audience know the truth, the kinder Sister Celine (the one dressed in white and black) expresses a belief that this was an act of God Himself.
-->'''Sister Celine:''' It started a long time ago. God saw what became of the world, and He made a terrible rain. And He told Noah, "Bring the animals two by two," and He spared them. But in time, the world became as it had been--unholy, corrupt--and so God brought His terrible judgment. He made two by two, only this time it was with people. What had been one became two, five billion became ten. And so Hell was made manifest, so we could see what we had done to His beautiful creation. This is our penance and our shame. [[TearsOfRemorse Well, that's just one theory. There are plenty to go around.]]
* CrapsackWorld: The world that all the people were slid to became this. The suddenly [[{{Pun}} doubling]] of the population created mass chaos (which allowed small timers like the Boss to carve out some power for themselves) and put considerable strain on resources.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Boss used to write greeting cards.
* LampshadeHanging: While being detained at the headquarters of the Boss, Rembrandt remarks at least it's not a jail cell like in the most recent episodes.
* LampshadeHanging: While being detained at the headquarters of the Boss, Rembrandt remarks at least it's not a jail cell like in the most recent episodes.
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* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: When the gang visits Alt-Quinn's house and find nobody there, Maggie - a trained soldier - pokes Quinn in the butt with the muzzle of the shotgun she's carrying...without even taking her finger off the trigger. She handles it in various butt-puckering ways in other scenes, as well.
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* AlternateHistory: Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable were never film stars in Maggie's world.
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* MassTeleportation: Quinn's double's initial sliding experiment resulted in the entire population of his Earth (bar himself) being sent to another Earth.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/ThingsToCome''. After the collapse of national government, a local warlord known only as the Boss has risen to power in the vicinity.
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* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In the opening scene, Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie are seen leaving a cinema whose marquee advertises ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'' starring Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart. This was based on the fact that John Huston had tried, unsuccessfully, to make a version of the film with those iconic Golden Age stars in the 1950s. After they slide, they arrive in exactly the same spot and the cinema marquee now advertises ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' starring Shirley Temple and W.C. Fields. In real life, those actors were considered for the respective roles of Dorothy and the Wizard before Judy Garland and Frank Morgan were cast.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Quinn tears into his double for testing his sliding machine on the entire world rather than using himself as a test subject.
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* ApocalypseHow: Quinn's double accidentally slid an entire population onto another world, which created a great deal of chaos.
* FreudianExcuse: Alt-Quinn grew up having his intelligence nurtured, but also constantly trying to live up to his father's accomplishments.
* NotQuiteDead: Alt-Quinn was certain he had actually killed everyone instead of just sending them to another world.
* NotSoDifferent: The crux of the plot is Quinn and his double being very different in some ways and still the same in others.
* WhatTheHellHero: Quinn tears into his double for
-->'''Quinn:''' When I first tested it, it was small and on myself; not on the
'''Alt-Quinn:''' Hey, the universe has risks.\\
'''Quinn:''' The universe has no conscience, so we have to. Let it in: you blew it.
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After landing on a world totally absent of people, the Sliders go to Quinn's house, where they discover that Quinn's double accidentally slid everyone to another world a few years ago. Both Quinns, Maggie and Rembrandt must now somehow reverse the process.
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After landing on a world totally absent of people, vacant world, the Sliders go to Quinn's house, where they discover that Quinn's double accidentally slid everyone else to another world a few years ago. Both Quinns, Quinn, his double, Maggie and Rembrandt must now somehow reverse the process.
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Originally aired June 29, 1998
Written by Marc Scott Zicree
Directed by Reza Badiyi
After landing on a world totally absent of people, the Sliders go to Quinn's house, where they discover that Quinn's double accidentally slid everyone to another world a few years ago. Both Quinns, Maggie and Rembrandt must now somehow reverse the process.
Written by Marc Scott Zicree
Directed by Reza Badiyi
After landing on a world totally absent of people, the Sliders go to Quinn's house, where they discover that Quinn's double accidentally slid everyone to another world a few years ago. Both Quinns, Maggie and Rembrandt must now somehow reverse the process.
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