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* PinnedToTheGround: During the fight between Jim and Hunter Jim on the roof of Claire's house, the clone eventually manages to pin Jim to the ground preparing to finish him.
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** At one point, GutturalGrowler Hunter Jim observes [[Film/TheDarkKnight he is the hero Troll Market deserves]].

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** At one point, GutturalGrowler Hunter Jim observes [[Film/TheDarkKnight he is the hero Troll Market deserves]].
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Cloning Blues renamed to Clone Angst as per TRS, specifically about angst from a character discovering that they're a clone.


* CloningBlues: Eventually, Hunter Jim puts two and two together and realizes that as soon as he and real Jim round up all of the clones and fix the whole mess, he will cease to exist. [[MistakenForAnImposter He tells Blinky that he is the real Jim and that real Jim is just another clone]], he creates several other clones to keep him distracted and [[KillAndReplace eventually tries killing the real Jim, believing that he would be a much better trollhunter without the human attachments real Jim has accumulated]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: Love-drunk Jim's big bug eyes! You'll flinch when you see them!
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* ReadTheFreakingManual: It is aid that the Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many "[[SuperStrength the strength of a thousand]]." Unfortunately for Jim, Blinky and Vendel misread that and it actually grants the wielder the ability to ''make a thousand of him'' instead.

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* ReadTheFreakingManual: It is aid said that the Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many "[[SuperStrength the strength of a thousand]]." Unfortunately for Jim, Blinky and Vendel misread that and it actually grants the wielder the ability to ''make a thousand of him'' instead.
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** Hunter Jim scans a room with the amulet in a similar manner to how Syndrome scanned the cave for Mr. Incredible in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.''

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** Hunter Jim scans a room with the amulet in a similar manner to how Syndrome scanned the cave for Mr. Incredible in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1.''
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* SurpriseCreepy: Love-drunk Jim's big bug eyes! You'll flinch when you see them, I swear!

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* SurpriseCreepy: Love-drunk Jim's big bug eyes! You'll flinch when you see them, I swear!them!
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--> '''Claire''': I never expected them to like my boyfriend.

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--> '''Claire''': I never expected them to like my boyfriend.
* YeahShot: The episode ends with a freeze-frame of Jim celebrating Claire calling him her
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** The title is probably a allusion to Joseph Campbell's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces The Hero With a Thousand Faces]] (a.k.a the book that codified the concept of HerosJourney, the one that Jim is currently undergoing).


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** At one point, GutturalGrowler Hunter Jim observes [[Film/TheDarkKnight he is the hero Troll Market deserves]].
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* ContinuityNod: Claire's father mentions all of the damage Jim supposedly did to their house in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E8AdventuresInTrollsitting Adventures in Trollsitting]]."

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* ContinuityNod: Claire's father mentions all of the damage Jim supposedly did to their house in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E8AdventuresInTrollsitting Adventures in Trollsitting]]."Trollsitting]]".
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* CallBack: Jim's helmet from "Skullcrusher" returns, this time for the Daylight armor and worn by Hunter Jim.

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* CallBack: Jim's helmet from "Skullcrusher" "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS2E2Skullcrusher Skullcrusher]]" returns, this time for the Daylight armor and worn by Hunter Jim.

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* {{Facecam}}: When Jim sees Love-drunk Jim and the havoc he's causing, Jim has a minor breakdown where the camera stays at a FishEyeLens on his horrified face as he runs around frantically.



* NostrilShot: When Jim sees Love-drunk Jim and the havoc he's causing, Jim has a minor breakdown where the camera stays at a FishEyeLens on his horrified face as he runs around frantically.
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* CallBack: Jim's helmet from "Skullcrusher" returns, this time for the Daylight armor and worn by Hunter Jim.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[=NotEnrique=] takes one look at a room full of Jim clones and declines to get involved.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[=NotEnrique=] [=NotEnrique=] takes one look at a room full of Jim clones and declines to get involved.



** Maddrux the Many whose power is self-duplication, the same as Maddrox the Multiple Man from ComicBooks/{{X-Men}}.

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** Maddrux the Many whose power is self-duplication, the same as Maddrox the Multiple Man from ComicBooks/{{X-Men}}.''ComicBook/XMen''.
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* IDontWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.

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* IDontWantToKnow: IDoNotWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.

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* ShoutOut: Hunter Jim scans a room with the amulet in a similar manor to how Syndrome scanned the cave for Mr. Incredible in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.''

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Hunter Jim scans a room with the amulet in a similar manor manner to how Syndrome scanned the cave for Mr. Incredible in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.''''
** Maddrux the Many whose power is self-duplication, the same as Maddrox the Multiple Man from ComicBooks/{{X-Men}}.

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* IDontWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.



* ReadTheFreakingManual: It is aid that the Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many "[[SuperStrength the strength of a thousand]]." Unfortunately for Jim, Blinky and Vendel misread that and it actually grants the wielder to ''make a thousand of him'' instead.

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* ReadTheFreakingManual: It is aid that the Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many "[[SuperStrength the strength of a thousand]]." Unfortunately for Jim, Blinky and Vendel misread that and it actually grants the wielder the ability to ''make a thousand of him'' instead.instead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[=NotEnrique=] takes one look at a room full of Jim clones and declines to get involved.



--> '''Claire''': I never expected them to like my boyfriend.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.

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--> '''Claire''': I never expected them to like my boyfriend.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.
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* LiteralMetaphor: The Aspectus Stone supposedly gave Maddrux the Many the power of a thousand. This is initially interpreted figuratively to grant its wielder super strength, but once it starts cloning Jim Blinky realizes it was likely meant that Maddrux used it to literally fight as 1,000 warriors.
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Multiple problems plague a frazzled Jim when his amulet goes on the fritz and Claire invites him to meet her parents at a family barbecue.

!! Tropes for this episode include:
* ArtificialMeat: Claire's mother asks her husband to cook up soy hot dogs along with the real ones. While offended, he agrees, deflating as the soy dogs do the same.
* CloningBlues: Eventually, Hunter Jim puts two and two together and realizes that as soon as he and real Jim round up all of the clones and fix the whole mess, he will cease to exist. [[MistakenForAnImposter He tells Blinky that he is the real Jim and that real Jim is just another clone]], he creates several other clones to keep him distracted and [[KillAndReplace eventually tries killing the real Jim, believing that he would be a much better trollhunter without the human attachments real Jim has accumulated]].
* ContinuityNod: Claire's father mentions all of the damage Jim supposedly did to their house in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E8AdventuresInTrollsitting Adventures in Trollsitting]]."
* DevelopersForesight: Merlin knew that no two troll hunters would be the same, so he designed the amulet to adapt to each wielder, hence why is can grant new powers using magic stones.
* DiscardAndDraw: Vendel feels that Jim is ready for the next phase of his training and is thus make to give a test run other magical stones that previous trollhunters have collected in the past.
** Araknak the Agile wielded a stone that allowed him to stick to walls by the heels of his feet.
** The Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many to [[SelfDuplication create clones of himself]].
* EnergyAbsorption: Otto satiates Gunmar's hunger with Vendel's staff, the gums-gums king absorbing all of its magic and turning it into a lifeless clear crystal.
* HairTriggerExplosive: Jim's clones are generated when the amulet explodes at random.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Each of the Jim clones are [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience color-coded]] and each possess a dominant personality trait, usually an emotion that he has at the time.
** Love-drunk Jim wears a mustard-yellow shirt and is in a perpetually state of wafts euphoria. While he attention mostly goes towards Claire, he'll act like this towards everybody, talking in grand romantic gestures everywhere he goes.
** Hunter Jim wears a pine-green jacket and is characterized as being the parts of Jim that dedicates himself to his trollhunter duties. He is perpetually serious with a [[MilitarySuperhero soldier-like]] attitude, dedicated to keeping the troll-world a secret as trollhunter.
** Scaredy Jim wears a brown shirt and is afraid of everything.
** Party Jim wears a red shirt and acts like, well, a total party animal.
** Sad Jim wears a purple shirt and is perpetually sad, crying at the drop of a hat.
** Cook Jim wears a grey shirt and represents Jim's capacity as a chef.
** Spanish Jim wears orange and only speaks in Spanish.
** Grouch Jim wears black and only speaks in complaints.
* NostrilShot: When Jim sees Love-drunk Jim and the havoc he's causing, Jim has a minor breakdown where the camera stays at a FishEyeLens on his horrified face as he runs around frantically.
* ParodicTableOfTheElements: Vendel claims that mankind's Periodic table is "amusing" and way behind compared to what troll-kind has discovered.
* ReadTheFreakingManual: It is aid that the Aspectus Stone granted Maddrux the Many "[[SuperStrength the strength of a thousand]]." Unfortunately for Jim, Blinky and Vendel misread that and it actually grants the wielder to ''make a thousand of him'' instead.
* ShoutOut: Hunter Jim scans a room with the amulet in a similar manor to how Syndrome scanned the cave for Mr. Incredible in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.''
* SpotTheImposter: Claire runs into Jim and Hunter Jim and has to discern which is the real one. She immediately figures it out when Hunter Jim tells her they need to break up while real Jim freaks out.
* SurpriseCreepy: Love-drunk Jim's big bug eyes! You'll flinch when you see them, I swear!
* WhamLine:
--> '''Claire''': I never expected them to like my boyfriend.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: [=NotEnrique=] visits Claire's room, only to find it full of Jim clones. He decides that he'd rather skip this episode.

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