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* AnAesop: Xander realises his inner potential. [[AesopAmnesia Again.]]
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* Hypocrite: both Xanders are appalled that Anya wants to have a threesome with them but were the biggest fan of magically enhanced Jonathon ('Superstar'), not least because he had a pair of twin sister blonde Swedish mistresses.
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* RedHerring: The shiny coin the other Xander carries isn't used to hypnotize people, it's just a trinket. Also, Spike's dummy appears to be about him plotting to kill Buffy, but it's actually {{foreshadowing}} his obsession with her.

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* RedHerring: The shiny coin the other Xander carries isn't used to hypnotize people, it's just a trinket. Also, Spike's dummy appears to be about him plotting to kill Buffy, [[spoiler: but it's actually {{foreshadowing}} his obsession with her.]]
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* HeadacheOfDoom: Joyce has a headache that she mostly shrugs off; it's easy to do the same on first viewing, but it's going to get a lot more serious.

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* HeadacheOfDoom: [[spoiler: Joyce has a headache that she mostly shrugs off; it's easy to do the same on first viewing, but it's going to get a lot more serious.]]
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* DescriptionCut: Willow re. witch clichés. "Who uses a cauldron any more?" Cut to the demon using a bubbling cauldron for his incantation.

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* DescriptionCut: Willow (according to Xander) re. witch clichés. "Who uses a cauldron any more?" Cut to the demon using a bubbling cauldron for his incantation.
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* AnAxeToGrind: As a full demon, Toth isn't vulnerable to stakes; Buffy brings an axe to the garbage dump fight.
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* ContinuityNod: Anya's shoulder is still injured from getting clobbered by Harmony's minion in the previous episode.
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** Averted in the end: Once the two Xanders are together and have interacted for a while, they actually get along ''really'' well.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Riley is helping Xander leave his parent's basement forever.

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* ContinuityCavalcade: Riley is helping Xander leave his parent's parents' basement forever.
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* NoSell: Toth really isn't very impressed with Giles' attempts to fight him off, and simply walks away from him.

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* NoSell: Toth really isn't very impressed with Giles' Giles's attempts to fight him off, and simply walks away from him.



* YourDoorWasOpen: Lampshaded when Willow bursts into Giles' place.

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* YourDoorWasOpen: Lampshaded when Willow bursts into Giles' Giles's place.

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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The Xander who seems to the audience to be regular Xander is annoyed at the suave, confident Xander, but it is ultimately revealed that they are both the "real" Xander, just split into two distinct forms. One Xander is assertive, self-confident and suave, the other is panicky and self-critical.

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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The Xander who seems to the audience to be regular Xander is annoyed at the suave, confident Xander, but it is ultimately revealed that they are both the "real" Xander, just split into two distinct forms. One Xander is assertive, self-confident and suave, the other is panicky and self-critical. Each is convinced that the other is Toth in disguise, and each is annoyed at the antics of the other.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Averted; Xander unloads his pistol before handing it to Buffy.

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Averted; Xander unloads his pistol the revolver before handing it to Buffy.
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* HeadacheOfDoom: Joyce has a headache that she mostly shrugs off; it's easy to do the same on first viewing, but it's going to get a lot more serious.

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