Nerissa and Drago attack the Guardians in their dreams, where the true extent of Will and Jade's bond may be the key to saving them.
- Adaptational Context Change: In the canon episode "E is for Enemy", Nerissa attacks the Guardians in their dreams for no apparent reason other than trying to harm them. Here, the attacks are a cover for how Nerissa is trying to access Jade's memories to figure out what makes her so special.
- Adaptation Expansion: There are multiple scenes from Drago and Nerissa's perspective as they attack the Guardians through their dreams. There were no such scenes in canon, which focused solely on the girls' reactions to the attacks.
- Adapted Out: As a previous chapter already established that Will's mom is not planning to move away from Heatherfield, this chapter lacks the canonical episode's subplot of the Guardians sneaking into her office to destroy her transfer paperwork.
- Balance Between Good and Evil: Though they're both firmly on the side of good, it's noted again how Will and Jade's powers balance each other out as part of their connection to each other.
- The Blank: In Irma's nightmare, Drago makes her mouth disappear.
- Colony Drop: At one point during the final dream fight, Drago tries to drop a moon on the Guardians, only for Will and Jade's combined powers to destroy it.
- Continuity Nod: When imagined versions of the Knights of Vengeance attack the Guardians in their dreams, those who have had Demon Chi powers attack in those forms.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: When Uncle forces Nerissa out of the dream with his magic, Drago immediately rushes to her in concern once he wakes up himself.
- Mythology Gag: The final dream fight with Drago sees him take his One-Winged Angel form from JCA's Grand Finale, while the Guardians transform into their Zenith forms from the Final Battle with Cedric in the final episode of W.I.T.C.H.
- No-Sell: Thanks to Jackie using the Astral Projection powers of the Sheep Talisman to enter the shared dream instead of simply being asleep or using the spell she is, Nerissa's Quintessence blasts just pass harmlessly through him, much to her shock.
- Papa Wolf: Jackie was already established as this to Jade, with similar feelings for the other girls, but it's definitely reinforced here, when he uses the Sheep Talisman to enter their shared dream and attack Nerissa's spell at the source, referring to them all as "my girls" when fighting her off.
- Shout-Out: When learning how Drago is attacking them in their dreams, and that Your Mind Makes It Real, Jade refers to it as "Freddy Krueger pulling a Matrix".
- Spotting the Thread: Between the fact that Drago was chasing Alchemy in the real world while the Guardians were sleeping, and the fact that the dream magic doesn't fit his skill set, the heroes deduce that he's not the one directly responsible for the dream attacks.
- Xanatos Gambit: Nerissa and Drago's dream attacks on the Guardians are this. While they'd be happy to harm the girls through their dreams, that's just a cover for accessing Jade's memories so that Nerissa can study her and figure out what makes her so special.
- Wonder Twin Powers: When Will and Jade touch each other in their linked dreams, their powers react and create an energy spike that jolts them awake without them even realizing what happened. And during the final dream fight, their combined power is capable of overwhelming anything Drago throws at them.
