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{{quote| '''Xander''': I'd like to see you handle having an evil twin!<br />
'''Willow''': [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S3 E16 Doppelgangland|I handled it just fine.]] }}
 
A demon accidentally fires something into Xander which creates a Xander clone.
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'''Giles:''' Um, sort of more ... uh ... turned and swept out majestically. }}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Scruffy!Xander
* [[Call Back]]: Willow, to the events of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S3 E16 Doppelgangland|Doppelgangland]], relating to the similarities and contrasts with the current episode.
{{quote| '''Willow:''' Xander. You already knew that he was taking over your life, and you didn't think of Anya until just now?<br />
'''Xander:''' Hey, you wait until you have an evil twin. Let's see how you handle it. (Exits)<br />
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* [[Continuity Cavalcade]]: Riley is helping Xander leave his parent's basement forever.
{{quote| '''Riley:''' Getting nostalgic?<br />
'''Xander:''' I don't know. At first it's just a place, then you start to make memories, and ... then you're like, (pointing) [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S4 E10 Hush|that's where Spike slept]], and (pointing) there, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S4 E9 Something Blue|that's where Anya and I drowned the Separvo demon]]. Oh! (points) and, and right there, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S4 E22 Restless|that's where I got my heart all ripped out]]. (shakes head) [[Creepy Basement|I really hate this place.]] }}
* [[Damned By Faint Praise]]
{{quote| '''Xander:''' But I never help. I get in trouble and Buffy saves me.<br />
'''Willow:''' That's not true! Sometimes we all helped save you. (realizes that was unhelpful) And sometimes you're not in trouble. }}
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: This applies to Xander twice over!
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Joyce shows that [[It Runs in The Family]].
{{quote| '''Dawn:''' Mom, I can stand in the hallway, right?<br />
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'''Joyce:''' It's so nice you've learned to share. }}
* [[Description Cut]]: Willow re witch cliches. "Who uses a cauldron any more?" Cut to the demon using a bubbling cauldron for his incantation.
* [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research]]: [[In -Universe]] -- Buffy assumes that "Toth" is British for "moron".
* [[Empathic Environment]]: It rains on Xander when he goes to get Buffy's help, only to find his other self has got their first and Buffy is fixing to kill him.
* [[Evil Twin]]: {{spoiler|Suberted}}
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* [[Shout-Out]]: When they try to put the two Xanders back together.
{{quote| '''Anya:''' What do we do if this doesn't work?<br />
'''Both Xanders:''' [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Kill us both, Spock!]] }}
* [[Spot the Imposter]]: Xander does the [[Happy Dance|Snoopy dance]] to prove he's the real Xander. Willow is rather confused, as she doesn't even know there's two Xanders walking around.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Not that Xander is still into Buffy -- not that he ''ever'' was.