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* HormoneAddledTeenager: Poor Connor. Engine revving and stuck in park.
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-->'''Lorne:''' We can stop this talking and cut to the Cordelia Chase in two ticks of a... ticking thing.

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-->'''Lorne:''' We can stop this talking and [[{{Pun}} cut to the Cordelia Chase Chase]] in two ticks of a... ticking thing.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: When Fred and Wesley talk, Gunn is shown between them, standing in the distance.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Justified; Fred still dressed next to a shirtless Gunn shows they're not having sex, as opposed to their passion in the previous episode.
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* LoveTriangle: Wesley really isn't interested in defusing the tension with Gunn over Fred.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Wesley re helping Fred get revenge. "I did...what you weren't prepared to do."

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* ModestyTowel: Cordy.

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* ModestyTowel: Cordy.Cordelia decides to shower while she's not in an AbandonedWarehouse, and naturally gets surprised by Angel.

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* BrickJoke: Fred TalkingToPlants for Season 5.



** The first half of that is about thirty-three episodes early {{Foreshadowing}}.
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-->'''Teen!Wes:''' (overly dramatic) All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you that however--

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-->'''Teen!Wes:''' (overly dramatic) All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you that however--however-
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-->'''Teen!Wes:''' (overly dramatic) All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you that however—-

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-->'''Teen!Wes:''' (overly dramatic) All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you that however—-however--
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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: Lampshaded by Lorne -- and averted.
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* FakeIrish / {{Not Even Bothering with the Accent}}: David Boreanaz never really got the hang of the Irish accent. JossWhedon states that they chose not to use the accent because there was no way that Boreanaz could do it for a full episode.

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* FakeIrish / {{Not Even Bothering with the Accent}}: David Boreanaz never really got the hang of the Irish accent. JossWhedon Creator/JossWhedon states that they chose not to use the accent because there was no way that Boreanaz could do it for a full episode.
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* FairForItsDay: Teen!Angel referring to Wes and Gunn as [[ItMakesSenseInContext English]] and a slave, respectively; he holds Gunn in higher regard, for the record.
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** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]]", where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact).

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** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to the two ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode episodes: "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]]", where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact).intact); and [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa Tabula Rasa]], where one of Willow's spells misfires and causes the Scoobies to lose their memory.
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* GreekChorus: Lorne forms a one-man band version.
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* CallBack: The gag about mistaking cars for demons was used in the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]], where Buffy took on the personality of an 18th century noblewoman.
** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]], where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact).

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* CallBack: The gag about mistaking cars for demons was used in the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]], "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]", where Buffy took on the personality of an 18th century noblewoman.
** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]], Candy]]", where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact).
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** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]], where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact).
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Teen!Fred is talking about aliens probing her helpless, naked body, probably doing whatever they wanted, Teen!Wesley's wrist knife suddenly jerks up.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Lorne speaks directly to the audience, narrating the plot, and even going as far as to say "Well, those were some exciting products. Am I right?" after one of the act breaks.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Lorne speaks directly to the audience, narrating the plot, and even going as far as to say "Well, those were some exciting products. Am I right?" after one of the act breaks. breaks.
** The episode is framed as Lorne addressing the patrons in a bar. The ending pans out to show that the bar is empty, and ''we'' were the audience all along.


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** The first half of that is about thirty-three episodes early {{Foreshadowing}}.

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* IncrediblyLamePun / ShapedLikeItself
-->'''Lorne:''' We can stop this talking and cut to the Cordelia Chase in two ticks of a... ticking thing.


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* ShapedLikeItself
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Teen!Angel needs an ale.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Teen!Angel needs an ale.[[AllBeerIsAle ale]].
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* ClosedCircle: Subverted in that everyone just assumes they've been locked in -- halfway through the episode Teen!Angel [[MundaneSolution just opens the door and walks out]], but when he rushes back in to tell them they're surrounded by terrifying 'demons' nobody goes to look for themselves.

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* ClosedCircle: Subverted in that everyone just assumes they've been locked in -- halfway through the episode Teen!Angel [[MundaneSolution just opens the door and walks out]], but when he rushes back in to tell them they're surrounded by terrifying 'demons' nobody goes to look for themselves.
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-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' Hey, you two want to stop the homo-erotic buddy cop session long enough to explain this?

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-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' Hey, you two want to stop the [[BuddyCopShow homo-erotic buddy cop session session]] long enough to explain this?
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Removed * Reveal Shot: Lorne has been narrating the story to an empty room. Lorn was narrating to an audience, who can be heard at several points, but they leave before him.


* RevealShot: Lorne has been narrating the story to an empty room.
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-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' (touches her short hairstyle) Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair. (crying) [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous The government gave me bad hair.]]

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-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' (touches her short hairstyle) Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair. (crying) [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous [[FelonyMisdemeanor The government gave me bad hair.]]
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** Cordelia and Wesley in their ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' personalities.

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** Cordelia and Wesley in their ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' personalities.
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* BuffySpeak:
-->'''Lorne:''' ...we can cut to the [Cordelia] chase in two ticks of a ticking thing.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Lorne turns and comments to the camera during Teen!Gunn and Teen!Wes's argument, talking to the in-universe audience.

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