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Wei Wuxian discovers an interesting side-effect of playing a certain magical song in reverse.
- Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Each time Wei Wuxian plays the soul soothing song backwards, he's actually playing a different instrumental song from the main Animated Adaptation's soundtrack.
- Fast-Forward Gag: The episode speeds through most of Wei Wuxian's reversed soul soothing song against Lan Wangji, who remains unaffected throughout the entire thing thanks to his shield. While the song is played as normal, other sounds are sped up for comedic effect.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Wei Wuxian becomes the victim of his own reverse music, thanks to Lan Wangji using a shield to deflect one of the music notes which then hits him right in the head.
- No-Sell: Wei Wuxian tries to play the reversed song on Lan Wangji when the latter catches him red-handed, but the latter easily deflects the music with a barrier.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Listening to the soul soothing song played backwards appears to make the aloof Jin Zixuan overly chummy. After suffering the effects, he approaches Wei Wuxian and puts his hands on him while exclaiming his praise, much to the latter's confusion and discomfort.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Invoked when Wei Wuxian plays a soul soothing song backwards. With the effects of the revised song being anything but soothing for the soul, anyone who hears it becomes the exact opposite of their usual selves:
- Jin Zixuan's attitude towards Wei Wuxian turns from scornful to admiring.
- Nie Huaisang's behavior shifts from lazy and unmotivated to hardworking and studious.
- Lan Qiren turns from a strict rule-abider to a nonchalant slacker.
- Wei Wuxian loses his rebellious and mischievous side in exchange for a serious and obedient personality.
- Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You: Downplayed. Under the effects of the reversed spell, the unusually dutiful Wei Wuxian admits to his prank and readily asks Lan Wangji to punish him, telling him that he won't resist.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Played for laughs. Lan Wangji finally succeeds in taming Wei Wuxian during his pranks and turning him into a model student, but only because the latter is acting compliantly under the influence of a spell that Lan Wangji deflected onto him. The Lan clansman doesn't look satisfied whatsoever.
- Wingding Eyes:
- Everyone who listens to the soul soothing song played in reverse briefly gains spiral eyes due to the song's effects putting them in a daze.
- After falling under the effects of the reversed song, Jin Zixuan becomes starry-eyed as he starts worshipping Wei Wuxian.
