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* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler: Dawn doesn't appear in the story, as the Order of Dagon instead inserted the eneregy of the Key into Xendra.]]

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* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler: Dawn doesn't appear in the story, as the Order of Dagon instead inserted the eneregy energy of the Key into Xendra.]]
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* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler: Dawn doesn't appear in the story, as the Order of Dagon instead inserted the eneregy of the Key into Xendra.]]


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* CompositeCharacter: In an odd way, Xander/Xendra and [[spoiler:Dawn. Xander/Xendra takes over Dawn's role as the vessel for the Key and Buffy's sibling.]]
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** Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," and jumps at the chance of turning back into a girl, taking the name "Andrea" Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew/Andrea might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.

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** Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," and life." He jumps at the chance of turning back into a girl, taking the changes her name to "Andrea" and wholeheartedly embraces living as a girl. Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew/Andrea might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.
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* SettingUpdate: Zig-zagged. During the Becoming Arc, Willow mentions [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doctor Doofenschmirtz]], and yet cellphones are not widespreadly used by the characters.

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* SettingUpdate: Zig-zagged. Rather than TheNineties, this fic is set in TheNewTens. During the Becoming Arc, Willow mentions [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doctor Doofenschmirtz]], and yet cellphones are not widespreadly a cellphone is used by Cordelia to contact the characters.Watchers' Council after Acthla's defeat. Amy was also reading ''Literature/HarryPotter'', with the narration spoilers from later books, during the same scene.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Kendra still dies, in the exact same way, this even in spite of the fact that there were more people present (Jenny and Amy helping Willow with the restoration ritual), and Xander and Giles carrying crossbows.
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* SettingUpdate: Zig-zagged. During the Becoming Arc, Willow mentions [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Doctor Doofenschmirtz]], and yet cellphones are not widespreadly used by the characters.
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* EternalRecurrence: Every 60 million years or so a celestial alignment occurs that heralds TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, which is re-occurring in the late 20th century. Willow uses a computer program to calculate the movement of celestial bodies that let's the Scoobies find out that there will be an attempted apocalypse twice a year (May and December), for more than a decade.
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** Xander gets better grades at history,chemistry and English literature because of Xena's CulturedBadass status;

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** Xander gets better grades at history,chemistry history, chemistry and English literature because of Xena's CulturedBadass status;



** Oz falls in love with Xendra and is the one to blackmail Amy into casting a spell, which backfires and results in Xander being transformed into a girl. [[He's later killed off by Angelus]].

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** Oz falls in love with Xendra and is the one to blackmail Amy into casting a spell, which backfires and results in Xander being transformed into a girl. [[He's [[spoiler:He's later killed off by Angelus]].

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* AbusiveParents: Xander's parents.

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* AbusiveParents: Xander's parents.parents, especially [[HeteronormativeCrusader his father]].



* ButterflyOfDoom: Major butterflies get flying once Ethan's spell is broken.
** Xander gets better grades at history,chemistry and English literature because of Xena's CulturedBadass status;
** The Scoobies use an arrow infused with PETN to defeat The Judge, rather than a rocket launcher. This results in Angelus being very wounded and forced to flee to Los Angeles;
** Oz falls in love with Xendra and is the one to blackmail Amy into casting a spell, which backfires and results in Xander being transformed into a girl. [[He's later killed off by Angelus]].
** Jenny Calendar is able to return to the good graces of the Scoobies and she openly works with them to translate the Ritual of Restoration.
** Xendra replaces Cordelia in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E5Homecoming Homecoming]] and is affected by the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy cursed candy]] and turns into a teenage warmongering Xena that tries to kill Willow and her mom. However the Scooby Gang never kills Lurconis, though they succeed in stopping the sacrifice of babies.
** [[spoiler:Xander is turned into Buffy's adopted brother by the Order of Dagon]].



* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Played with. There's a lot of homophobic slurs going around and while that would be historically correct as ''Buffy'' is set in TheNineties, this fic seems to be set in TheNewTens.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Played with. There's a lot of homophobic slurs going around and while that would be historically correct as ''Buffy'' is set in TheNineties, this fic seems to be set in TheNewTens.TheNineties.



* FandomSpecificPlot: Of the characters choose different outfits for [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween the fateful Halloween]] when Ethan Rayne [[BecomingTheCostume turned everyone into their costumes]].
* ForWantOfANail: Major butterflies get flying once Ethan's spell is broken.
** Xander gets better grades at history,chemistry and English literature because of Xena's CulturedBadass status;
** The Scoobies use an arrow infused with PETN to defeat The Judge, rather than a rocket launcher. This results in Angelus being very wounded and forced to flee to Los Angeles;
** Oz falls in love with Xendra and is the one to blackmail Amy into casting a spell, which backfires and results in Xander being transformed into a girl;
** Jenny Calendar is able to return to the good graces of the Scoobies and she openly works with them to translate the Ritual of Restoration.
** Xendra replaces Cordelia in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E5Homecoming Homecoming]] and is affected by the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy cursed candy]] and turns into a teenage warmongering Xena that tries to kill Willow and her mom. However the Scooby Gang never kills Lurconis, though they succeed in stopping the sacrifice of babies.
** [[spoiler:Xander is turned into Buffy's adopted brother by the Order of Dagon]].


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* ObviousCrossoverMethod: By using the fact characters could choose different outfits for [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween the fateful Halloween]] when Ethan Rayne [[BecomingTheCostume turned everyone into their costumes]].
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* GenderBender: The premise of the fic. Xander's the most prominent example, but he's not the only one -- Scott, Cameron and Todd also crossdress for Halloween and spend the night as girls (Scott even having public group sex with a bunch of guys while in the form of a very promiscuous FairyTale/{{Cinderella}} ), and Andrew, who dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] enjoyed being a girl so much he later fully transitions and takes on the name "Andrea," living as a girl permanently. Later on, Wesley is also accidentally transformed into a girl and, like Xander, ends up becoming his female form, "Linda" several more times.

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* GenderBender: The premise of the fic. Xander's the most prominent example, but he's not the only one -- Scott, Cameron and Todd also crossdress for Halloween and spend the night as girls (Scott even having public group sex with a bunch of guys while in the form of a very promiscuous FairyTale/{{Cinderella}} Literature/{{Cinderella}} ), and Andrew, who dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] enjoyed being a girl so much he later fully transitions and takes on the name "Andrea," living as a girl permanently. Later on, Wesley is also accidentally transformed into a girl and, like Xander, ends up becoming his female form, "Linda" several more times.
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* GenderBender: The premise of the fic. Xander's the most prominent example, but he's not the only one -- Scott, Cameron and Todd also crossdress for Halloween and spend the night as girls (Scott even having public group sex with a bunch of guys while in the form of a very promiscuous [[FairyTale/Cinderella]]), and Andrew, who dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] enjoyed being a girl so much he later fully transitions and takes on the name "Andrea," living as a girl permanently. Later on, Wesley is also accidentally transformed into a girl and, like Xander, ends up becoming his female form, "Linda" several more times.

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* GenderBender: The premise of the fic. Xander's the most prominent example, but he's not the only one -- Scott, Cameron and Todd also crossdress for Halloween and spend the night as girls (Scott even having public group sex with a bunch of guys while in the form of a very promiscuous [[FairyTale/Cinderella]]), FairyTale/{{Cinderella}} ), and Andrew, who dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] enjoyed being a girl so much he later fully transitions and takes on the name "Andrea," living as a girl permanently. Later on, Wesley is also accidentally transformed into a girl and, like Xander, ends up becoming his female form, "Linda" several more times.

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''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404/DianeCastle+Xendra.htm Xendra]]'' is a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' crossover Fanfic. During the FandomSpecificPlot of ''Yet Another Halloween Fic'' except this time Xander's costume is Xena. Chaos and hillarity ensues...


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''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404/DianeCastle+Xendra.htm Xendra]]'' is a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' crossover Fanfic.Fanfic by Diane Castle. During the FandomSpecificPlot of ''Yet Another Halloween Fic'' except this time Xander's costume is Xena. Chaos and hillarity ensues...




** Borderline case with Xander/Xendra. While Xander never really stops identifying as a guy, he does go through some pretty heavy gender dysphoria after regaining his male body when the spell is broken; for months afterwards he feels like his male body is just ''wrong.'' When he gets transformed into a girl again, and ends up having to live as the female "Xendra" for a while he's fairly comfortable in a female body, even if he's occasionally disturbed at how much he's "turning into a girl."
** [[spoiler:Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," and jumps at the chance of turning back into a girl, taking the name "Andrea" Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew/Andrea might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.]]

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** Borderline case with Xander/Xendra. While Xander never really stops identifying as a guy, he does go through some pretty heavy gender dysphoria after regaining his male body when the spell is broken; for months afterwards he feels like his male body is just ''wrong.'' When he gets transformed into a girl again, and ends up having Switching back to live as the female "Xendra" for is less of a while he's fairly comfortable in a female body, even if he's occasionally disturbed at how much he's "turning into a girl."
bother to him than he really feels it should be.
** [[spoiler:Andrew Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," and jumps at the chance of turning back into a girl, taking the name "Andrea" Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew/Andrea might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.]]up.
* ACupAngst: Willow and to a lesser extent Buffy are a little annoyed that all the guys who end up transformed into girls all have bigger breasts than them. Amy mentions that she did learn of a breast expansion spell, but for some reason it was considered dark magic and she didn't think it was worth sacrificing puppies or kittens just to go up a cup size.
* AdaptationalJerkass: The Watcher's Council were the epitome of GoodIsNotNice in canon, but here it's really hammered in how absolutely ruthless and willing to go to extreme lenghts they can be.



* AlternateUniverse: Here Xander, Scott, Cameron and Todd lose some bet to Larry and have to crossdress for Halloween. [[spoiler:It isn't even hinted at until chapter 59, but it turns out Andrew had lost a similar bet with Tucker and spent Halloween as Princess Leia.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: Here Xander, Scott, Cameron and Todd lose some bet to Larry and have to crossdress for Halloween. [[spoiler:It It isn't even hinted at until chapter 59, but it turns out Andrew had lost a similar bet with Tucker and spent Halloween as Princess Leia.]]



* GenderBender: The premise of the fic. Xander's the most prominent example, but he's not the only one -- Scott, Cameron and Todd also crossdress for Halloween and spend the night as girls (Scott even having public group sex with a bunch of guys while in the form of a very promiscuous [[FairyTale/Cinderella]]), and Andrew, who dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] enjoyed being a girl so much he later fully transitions and takes on the name "Andrea," living as a girl permanently. Later on, Wesley is also accidentally transformed into a girl and, like Xander, ends up becoming his female form, "Linda" several more times.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[StraightGay Larry Blaisdell]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Snyder]] survive the Graduation Day battle. Subverted with Snyder who is later turned into a vampire.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Jenny Calendar is not killed by Angelus in this universe; instead she reconciles with her clan and leaves Sunnydale but keeps in touch with the Scoobies. [[StraightGay Larry Blaisdell]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Snyder]] survive the Graduation Day battle. Subverted with Snyder who is later turned into a vampire.


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* TimeSkip: Plentiful. Events that happened mostly like in canon are generally just zoomed by and summed up in a few paragraphs, usually in a scene where Xander/xendra thinks back on things that have happened recently.
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** [[spoiler:Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," desperately searching for a way to turn back into a girl. Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.]]

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** [[spoiler:Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," desperately searching for a way to turn and jumps at the chance of turning back into a girl. girl, taking the name "Andrea" Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew Andrew/Andrea might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.]]

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* AdaptationalGenderIdentity:
** Borderline case with Xander/Xendra. While Xander never really stops identifying as a guy, he does go through some pretty heavy gender dysphoria after regaining his male body when the spell is broken; for months afterwards he feels like his male body is just ''wrong.'' When he gets transformed into a girl again, and ends up having to live as the female "Xendra" for a while he's fairly comfortable in a female body, even if he's occasionally disturbed at how much he's "turning into a girl."
** [[spoiler:Andrew is a clearer example; in canon he's definitely a cis gay boy, but the Andrew of this fic is a closeted trans girl. He turned into Princess Leia on Halloween and later describes it as "the best night of my life," desperately searching for a way to turn back into a girl. Xendra wonders whether this is purely residue from the Halloween spell or if Andrew might have always been trans and the Halloween experience just amped it up.]]



* AlternateUniverse: Here Xander, Scott, Cameron and Todd lose some bet to Larry and have to crossdress for Halloween.
* BavarianFireDrill: After Buffy runs away, Willow and Xendra are left to lead the campaign against the undead. As part of their routine they infiltrate the city morgue disguised as doctors and/or electricians. Jonathan evens does a LampshadeHanging about being able to get anywhere by holding a clipboard and acting like you have somewhere better to be.

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* AlternateUniverse: Here Xander, Scott, Cameron and Todd lose some bet to Larry and have to crossdress for Halloween.
Halloween. [[spoiler:It isn't even hinted at until chapter 59, but it turns out Andrew had lost a similar bet with Tucker and spent Halloween as Princess Leia.]]
* BavarianFireDrill: BavarianFireDrill: After Buffy runs away, Willow and Xendra are left to lead the campaign against the undead. As part of their routine they infiltrate the city morgue disguised as doctors and/or electricians. Jonathan evens does a LampshadeHanging about being able to get anywhere by holding a clipboard and acting like you have somewhere better to be.


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* SeinfeldianConversation: Xander/Xendra and Willow have tons of these, usually steeped with pop culture jokes. Occasionally Buffy joins in too.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Oz]].

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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Oz]].[[spoiler:Oz. Instead of killing Jenny Calendar, Angelus kills him. He is all set on turning him into a vampire, but Oz manages to avoid it by drinking two bottles of the holy water he was carrying, thereby diluting the vampire blood enough to prevent him from rising as a vampire]].



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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Several of the Scoobies end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.
** After being separated from Xander, Xena is amazed by the technology around her but still figures things out without much trouble, such as roughly understanding how to drive a car by paying attention to Giles' driving. Likewise, she's well traveled enough to understand that the things she sees are likely technology rather than magic.
** After a threesome involving a bed covered in marshmallow filling, Faith needs two hours to get herself clean the following morning while Xander and Willow end up using magic to clean everything up so they don't have to replace all their furniture.

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* RealityEnsues: Several of the Scoobies end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.
** After being separated from Xander, Xena is amazed by the technology around her but still figures things out without much trouble, such as roughly understanding how to drive a car by paying attention to Giles' driving. Likewise, she's well traveled enough to understand that the things she sees are likely technology rather than magic.
** After a threesome involving a bed covered in marshmallow filling, Faith needs two hours to get herself clean the following morning while Xander and Willow end up using magic to clean everything up so they don't have to replace all their furniture.

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* RealityEnsues: Several of the Scoobies end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.
** After being separated from Xander, Xena is amazed by the technology around her but still figures things out without much trouble, such as roughly understanding how to drive a car by paying attention to Giles' driving. Likewise, she's well traveled enough to understand that the things she sees are likely technology rather than magic.
** After a threesome involving a bed covered in marshmallow filling, Faith needs two hours to get herself clean the following morning while Xander and Willow end up using magic to clean everything up so they don't have to replace all their furniture.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Several of the Scoobies end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.
** After being separated from Xander, Xena is amazed by the technology around her but still figures things out without much trouble, such as roughly understanding how to drive a car by paying attention to Giles' driving. Likewise, she's well traveled enough to understand that the things she sees are likely technology rather than magic.
** After a threesome involving a bed covered in marshmallow filling, Faith needs two hours to get herself clean the following morning while Xander and Willow end up using magic to clean everything up so they don't have to replace all their furniture.

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That's an aversion and it's not a common enough trope to need it. Also, nearly being raped is traumatic as hell under any circumstances


* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Subverted. Xander does not feel any attraction to men when he's transformed into Xendra. [[spoiler:It's what makes being nearly raped by Dracula so traumatizing]].



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Scott Hope takes advantage of the lost bet to wear full makeup, a blond wig and a PimpedOutDress while Xander, Todd and Cameron do the bare minimum to fullfil the bet.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Scott Hope takes advantage of the lost bet to wear full makeup, a blond wig and a PimpedOutDress while Xander, Todd and Cameron do the bare minimum to fullfil fulfill the bet.
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* BavarianFireDrill: After Buffy runs away, Willow and Xendra are left to lead the campaign against the undead. As part of their routine they infiltrate the city morgue disguised as doctors. Jonathan evens does a LampshadeHanging.
* BrainwashResidue: Xander keeps a lot of Xena's knowledge and fighting skills, but the latter he can barely use them because it requires a level of athlecism which Xander lacks.

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* BavarianFireDrill: After Buffy runs away, Willow and Xendra are left to lead the campaign against the undead. As part of their routine they infiltrate the city morgue disguised as doctors. doctors and/or electricians. Jonathan evens does a LampshadeHanging.
LampshadeHanging about being able to get anywhere by holding a clipboard and acting like you have somewhere better to be.
* BrainwashResidue: Xander keeps a lot of Xena's knowledge and fighting skills, but the latter he can barely use them because it requires a level of athlecism athleticism which Xander lacks.



* RealityEnsues: Several of the Scoobie end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.

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* RealityEnsues: Several of the Scoobie Scoobies end up requiring therapy from the various horrors they've witnessed/experienced while fighting the supernatural. For example, Buffy needs help getting over both her death and having to kill Angel while Xander needs therapy after nearly being raped as Xendra.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[StraightGay Larry Blaisdell]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Snyder]] survive the Graduation Day battle.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[StraightGay Larry Blaisdell]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Snyder]] survive the Graduation Day battle. Subverted with Snyder who is later turned into a vampire.

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