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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Creator/NeilDickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from [[Music/TheWho RogerDaltrey]]. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Creator/NeilDickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from [[Music/TheWho RogerDaltrey]].Roger Daltrey]]. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.
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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Creator/NeilDickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Creator/RogerDaltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Creator/NeilDickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Creator/RogerDaltrey.[[Music/TheWho RogerDaltrey]]. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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The Sliders' pursuit of Rickman brings them to a town gripped by superstition, and Quinn and Maggie are captured by natives living in a mysterious, suffocating fog. There, Quinn encounters a familiar face and learns a shocking truth.

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The Sliders' pursuit of Rickman brings them to a town gripped by superstition, and superstition. Quinn and Maggie are end up captured by natives living in a mysterious, mysterious suffocating fog. There, Quinn encounters a familiar face and learns a shocking truth.



* AGodAmI: Subverted. Quinn's double cares nothing about being worshipped by the local tribe.

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* AGodAmI: Subverted.{{Subverted|Trope}}. Quinn's double cares nothing about being worshipped by the local tribe.



* BigShutUp: Quinn in response to his double prattling on about being strong enough to protect home from those like the Kromaggs.

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* BigShutUp: Quinn in Quinn's response to his double prattling on about being strong enough to protect home from those like the Kromaggs.his home.



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Quinn implores his double to not fix Rickman's timer, calling the Colonel a killer. The Quinn double simply remarks this isn't the first time he's helped a killer, which quickly gives way to his role in the Kromagg Dynasty's actions.
* ForWantOfANail: Quinn's double insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
-->"Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends."

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Quinn implores his double to not fix Rickman's timer, calling the Colonel colonel a killer. The Quinn double simply remarks this isn't the first time he's helped a killer, which quickly gives way to his role in the Kromagg Dynasty's actions.
* ForWantOfANail: Quinn's double insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
-->"Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends."
actions.



* IGaveMyWord: With Quinn safely in the tribe's custody, the double gets to work repairing Rickman's timer as promised.

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* IGaveMyWord: With Quinn safely in the tribe's Foggins' custody, the his double gets to work repairing Rickman's timer as promised.



* KickTheDog: Rickman taunts a captive Quinn by asking him, "Still worked up about your dead professor?"
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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* KickTheDog: Rickman taunts a captive Quinn by asking him, him "Still worked up about your dead professor?"
professor?".
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson Creator/NeilDickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey.Creator/RogerDaltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.



'''Alt-Quinn:''' It will change you, your will; make you strong like them--strong enough to get home, to protect it, to protect the ones you love... like I couldn't.

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'''Alt-Quinn:''' It will change you, your will; make will. Make you strong like them--strong enough to get home, to protect it, to protect the ones you love... like I couldn't.



* ThePowerOfFriendship: Discussed while Quinn's held at the cave.

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* ThePowerOfFriendship: Discussed {{Discussed|Trope}} while Quinn's held at the cave.



'''Quinn:''' Must be nice? They're probably gonna die in that fog trying to get here!

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'''Quinn:''' Must "Must be nice? nice"? They're probably gonna die in that fog trying to get here!



'''Rickman:''' Still worked up about your dead professor?\\
'''Quinn:''' ''[reaching for him]'' You bastard!\\

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'''Rickman:''' [[KickTheDog Still worked up about your dead professor?\\
professor?]]\\
'''Quinn:''' ''[reaching for him]'' [[YouMonster You bastard!\\bastard!]]\\



* ShadowArchetype: Quinn's double is how bitter and angry our Quinn would be if he lost everyone he cared about.

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* ShadowArchetype: Quinn's double is how bitter and angry our Quinn would be if he lost everyone he cared about. The other Quinn even insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
-->'''Alt-Quinn:''' Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends.



* YouFightLikeACow: After Maggie fires at him in the fog, Rickman flees and yells "You always were slow on the draw, Beckett!"

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* YouFightLikeACow: After Maggie fires at him in the fog, Rickman flees and yells "You always were slow on the draw, Beckett!"Beckett!".
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* BigShutUp: Quinn in response to his double prattling on about being strong enough to protect home from those like the Kromaggs.


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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Quinn implores his double to not fix Rickman's timer, calling the Colonel a killer. The Quinn double simply remarks this isn't the first time he's helped a killer, which quickly gives way to his role in the Kromagg Dynasty's actions.


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* HopeSpot: The group finds proof that Rickman's timer is too damaged to open a vortex, giving them their best chance to put an end to this hunt. Too bad someone else on this world knows how to fix a damaged timer.
* IGaveMyWord: With Quinn safely in the tribe's custody, the double gets to work repairing Rickman's timer as promised.


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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Quinn's double argues that he is exactly what Quinn would be if he lost everyone and thing he cared about.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The Quinn double claims to have given the Kromaggs the answer to the sliding equation, leading to chaos and carnage on numerous parallel Earths (starting with his own).
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Dewicking per TRS.


* ForWantOfANail: Quinn's double insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
-->"Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends."



* NotSoDifferent: Quinn's double insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
-->"Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends."
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* AGodAmI: Subverted. Quinn's double cares nothing about being worship by the local tribe.

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* AGodAmI: Subverted. Quinn's double cares nothing about being worship worshipped by the local tribe.
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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed {{in-universe}} and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed {{in-universe}} InUniverse and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.

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* ContinuityNod: The Quinn double is the one from [[Recap/SlidersS01E01E02Pilot the first episode]].



* KickTheDog: Rickman taunts a captive Quinn by asking him, "Still torn up over your dead professor?"

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* KickTheDog: Rickman taunts a captive Quinn by asking him, "Still torn worked up over about your dead professor?"



* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The double insists Quinn killing him will "turn things around."

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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The double insists Quinn killing him will "turn things around."make up for inadvertently helping the Kromaggs.



'''Alt-Quinn:''' It will change you: make you strong like them--strong enough to get home, to protect it, to protect the ones you love... like I couldn't.

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'''Alt-Quinn:''' It will change you: you, your will; make you strong like them--strong enough to get home, to protect it, to protect the ones you love... like I couldn't.



'''Quinn:''' Nice? They're probably gonna die in that fog trying to get here!

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'''Quinn:''' Nice? Must be nice? They're probably gonna die in that fog trying to get here!


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* ShadowArchetype: Quinn's double is how bitter and angry our Quinn would be if he lost everyone he cared about.


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* ThisCannotBe: Quinn can't believe what his double from the first episode has become.
* VillainTeamUp: In exchange for Rickman luring Quinn into the tribe's clutches, alt-Quinn agreed to repair his damaged timer.
-->'''Quinn:''' He's a killer!\\
'''Alt-Quinn:''' Wouldn't be the first time I helped one.
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* AGodAmI: Subverted. Quinn's double cares nothing about being worship by the local tribe.


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* GodGuise: Quinn's double is considered a god by the local tribe. Quinn muses it's because they saw him emerge from the vortex.


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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The double insists Quinn killing him will "turn things around."
-->'''Quinn:''' Killing you won't change anything.\\
'''Alt-Quinn:''' It will change you: make you strong like them--strong enough to get home, to protect it, to protect the ones you love... like I couldn't.


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-->"Here I am: the undeniably horrible, the unimaginably disgusting proof that I'm you without your friends."
* NothingIsScarier: Quinn's double ponders this in relation to the sliding equation.
-->"This is where it all started--just an equation on a wall. God only knows where it'll lead us... what horrors."
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Discussed while Quinn's held at the cave.
-->'''Alt-Quinn:''' Your friends--they're coming for you, aren't they?\\
'''Quinn:''' Probably.\\
'''Alt-Quinn:''' Must be nice.\\
'''Quinn:''' Nice? They're probably gonna die in that fog trying to get here!

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* BerserkButton: Rickman mentioning what happened to Arturo sends Quinn into a rage.



* ItsAllMyFault: The alternate Quinn is guilt-ridden for having given the Kromaggs the solution to the same equation he gave the original Quinn three years ago.

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* ItsAllMyFault: The alternate Quinn is guilt-ridden for having given the Kromaggs the solution to the same equation he gave the original our Quinn three years ago.



%%* TheSadisticChoice

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%%* TheSadisticChoice* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
-->'''Wade:''' We've already lost one of us. I don't want that to happen again.\\
'''Rembrandt:''' That us include Maggie?\\
''[beat, as Wade doesn't answer]''\\
'''Rembrandt:''' So, that's the way it is: it's us, then her.
* NotSoDifferent: Quinn's double insists that our Quinn would be just like him if he had slid alone.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While Quinn's in a cage.
-->'''Rickman:''' I wouldn't get too cozy in all that righteousness if I was you, Mallory. Without you, I wouldn't be sliding.\\
'''Quinn:''' I'm gonna get you, Rickman. Nothing's gonna keep me from it.\\
'''Rickman:''' Still worked up about your dead professor?\\
'''Quinn:''' ''[reaching for him]'' You bastard!\\
'''Rickman:''' ''[laughs]'' You know, the funny thing is, they were going to kill me. Then I told him about you; how you were chasing me. Then everything changed. You're my savior, Mallory.
* SadisticChoice: Either Quinn kills his double or the natives sacrifice Maggie.


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* WhamLine: "The Kromaggs happened to me."

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Written by Nan Hagan and Scott Smith Miller

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Written by Nan Hagan and & Scott Smith Miller



%%* {{Fanservice}}

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%%* {{Fanservice}}* {{Fanservice}}: Maggie is stripped down to her underwear by the Foggins for no apparent reason other than to titillate the male viewers.



* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed in-universe and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.
* TheStoic: The alternate Quinn has become this.

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* KickTheDog: Rickman taunts a captive Quinn by asking him, "Still torn up over your dead professor?"
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed in-universe {{in-universe}} and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.
%%* TheSadisticChoice
* TheStoic: The alternate Quinn has become this.this, complete with CreepyMonotone.
* YouFightLikeACow: After Maggie fires at him in the fog, Rickman flees and yells "You always were slow on the draw, Beckett!"
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* ItsAllMyFault: The alternate Quinn is guilt-ridden for having given the Kromaggs the solution to the same equation he gave Quinn three years ago.

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* ItsAllMyFault: The alternate Quinn is guilt-ridden for having given the Kromaggs the solution to the same equation he gave the original Quinn three years ago.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Neil Dickson takes over the role of Rickman from Roger Daltrey.

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* TheOtherDarrin: MagicPlasticSurgery: Neil Dickson [[TheOtherDarrin takes over the role role]] of Rickman from Roger Daltrey.Daltrey. The change in Rickman's appearance is certainly noticed in-universe and explained as a side-effect of constant spinal fluid injections.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The alternate Quinn is guilt-ridden for having given the Kromaggs the solution to the same equation he gave Quinn three years ago.
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Originally aired April 11, 1997

Written by Nan Hagan and Scott Smith Miller

Directed by Jeff Woolnough

The Sliders' pursuit of Rickman brings them to a town gripped by superstition, and Quinn and Maggie are captured by natives living in a mysterious, suffocating fog. There, Quinn encounters a familiar face and learns a shocking truth.


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%%* {{Fanservice}}
* TheOtherDarrin: Neil Dickson takes over the role of Rickman from Roger Daltrey.
* TheStoic: The alternate Quinn has become this.
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