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[[CLAMP]]'s [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]], [[Alternate Universe]] versions of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' characters Sakura and Syaoran travel from [[Alternate Universe]] to [[Alternate Universe]] filled with CLAMP characters to find the [[Gotta Catch Them All|scattered feathers]] that represent Princess Sakura's heart and memories.
 
The story begins in the Kingdom of Clow, a somewhat medieval desert world. Syaoran (see [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] below for other romanizations) is the adopted son of the deceased [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], Fujitaka, and a dear childhood friend of Sakura, princess of Clow Country.
 
Just after Sakura decides to finally tell Syaoran her feelings for him, she's drawn to some [[Lost Technology|ancient ruins]] on the outskirts of the city. After stepping on a symbol drawn on the floor, she seems to sprout ghostly wings, which then dissolve into feathers and vanish as Syaoran tries to save her. This causes Sakura to fall into an unwakeable sleep. The High Priest of Clow, Yukito, realizes that these feathers are the pieces of her soul. They have been scattered across the worlds, leaving Sakura as an empty shell. In order to save her, he sends Sakura and Syaoran to the only person that can help her - Yuuko, the Dimension Witch. She agrees to help them, for a hefty price.
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Not related to ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]''.
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=== This program provides examples of: ===
* [[Action Girl]] - Sakura during the second half of the Tokyo Arc. She gets to use guns!
* [[Action Mom]] + [[Hot Shounen Mom]] - {{spoiler|Li Sakura}}. [[She's All Grown Up]], and ready to kick some ass. See [[Mama Bear]] below.
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* [[Battle Couple]] - [[Ho Yay|Arguably]], Kurogane and Fai. They fought together both in the Shura arc (but it's mostly off-screen), Koryu, Outo, Infinity (even with their problems, they were back to back), and in the final battle against Fey Wang Reed.
** One less contestable couple is listed below; See the [[Mama Bear]] + [[Papa Wolf]] entry.
* [[Beam -O -War]] - Sometimes used as a battle style (particularly by Syaoran when up against magical opponents), the main characters are also entirely capable of traditional melee combat as well.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] - Averted to the point of [[Break the Cutie]] in Acid Tokyo. {{spoiler|Sakura}} is scrabbed, impaled and then burned in acid. By the time {{spoiler|she returns she}} is a bruised and bloody mess.
* [[Big Bad]] - Fei Wong Reed
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* [[The Chessmaster]] - Fei Wong Reed. ''And'' Yuuko. '''And''' Clow Reed.
* [[Closed Door Rapport]] - When Sakura hides into her room leaving Syaoran outside in the chess world.
* [[Colour -Coded for Your Convenience]] - Some characters have clear color associations, such as white and sky blue with Fai, black and red with Kurogane, Syaoran with earthly colors like browns and greens, and pink with Sakura. The complementary colors for Kurogane and Fai mark them as a yin-yang pair.
* [[The Comically Serious]] - A couple characters (including {{spoiler|C!Syaoran}} have some degree this, but Kurogane is the most prominent. A great deal of the humor in the series comes from his serious reaction to Fai's and Mokona's provocations.
* [[Continuity Cameo]] - Scores, but of particular note are {{spoiler|[[Magic Knight Rayearth|Hikaru, Umi and Fuu]]}} as {{spoiler|C!Sakura's}} classmates in an alternate world.
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* [[Divide By Zero]] - Wishing to bring back the dead. {{spoiler|[[Power Incontinence|Clow's subconscious wish]] to keep Yuuko alive}} distorted reality to a point where the effects on the multiverse could never be fully repaired, or even be understood by '''anyone''', even CLAMP themselves.
** [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The [[Big Bad]] (and consequently his incomprehensibly complex [[Xanatos Gambit]]) was also created as a response to that wish.
** And if that wasn't bad enough, it also led to other characters (including Syaoran) making their own attempts at this trope, further distorting an already distorted and illogical reality.
* [[Doppelganger]] - Needs a separate line as it's rather unique here. There are 3 versions of {{spoiler|Syaoran (Watanuki included)}} and 3 (yes, ''three'') versions of {{spoiler|Sakura}}. And don't bother counting how many [[Alternate Universe]] versions of all [[CLAMP]] characters there are.
** {{spoiler|An alternate Clow Country with an alternate R!Sakura was created when R!Syaoran turned back the clock while the original Clow Country went into a loop with the first R!Sakura frozen in the ruins.}} Check [http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Events these] [[http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/<!-- 22Sakura22 out]]. -->
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in Chapter 187. {{spoiler|The Sakura whom R!Syaoran was always with and the Sakura whom he saw through the clone's eye. The second one was actually cloned.}} See [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] below.
* [[Elemental Powers]] - Syaoran = Fire, Kurogane = Ice, Fai = Air, Sakura = Earth. While the actual powers are confined to the Hanshin arc's ''kudan'', the association remains throughout the story. Syaoran and Kurogane later obtain swords named, respectively, Hien and Souhi, 'Red Flame' and 'Blue Ice'. Fai is frequently connected with bird imagery, such as his phoenix tattoo. Sakura's power is associated with being able to understand plants and animals.
* [[Emergency Transformation]] - {{spoiler|Fai is transformed into a vampire (with attendant regeneration abilites) to prevent his death from [[Eye Scream|massive trauma and shock]].}}
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** {{spoiler|Tsubasa-kun and Tsubasa-chan}}
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] - Hanshin is Osaka. Korio is Korea. Oto is Japan in the 20's. LeCourt is a magical London. Piffle and Edonis are generically futuristic. Storm is Mayan. Daroga is modern America. (The last two are anime-only.)
* [[Five -Man Band]] - The corresponding roles are: Syaoran [[The Hero]], Sakura [[The Chick]], Kurogane [[The Lancer]] /TheBigGuy, Fai [[The Smart Guy]], and Mokona [[Team Pet]]. Note, however, that these roles stick only through the first half of the series. The deconstruction and character development in the second half breaks down the easy categories.
* [[Fountain of Youth]] - {{spoiler|When C!Syaoran and C!Sakura seal themselves in the tube, they reverse age from adults back to being 14 years old and become identical to the originals right down to the clothes! Which makes for some interesting results on the reader's eyes when the tube is finally broken.}}
* [[Freak Out]] - {{spoiler|c!Syaoran, after killing c!Sakura. Doubles as a [[Tear Jerker]] in retrospect, since this is probably how he regained his heart. Also, Fai after his curse activates and he kills Sakura.}}
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]] - Ok. This one's a ''very weird'' example. Observe closely and you'll see that {{spoiler|C!Sakura and R!Sakura}} have 'swapped' bodies between themselves. What makes it freaky is that ''the bodies are of course, completely identical!'' Basically {{spoiler|R!Sakura (A) merged with C!Sakura's body while C!Sakura's soul entered the body of R!Sakura (B) that Ass-Chin lost during the cloning process.}} See [[Doppelganger]] above for an explanation.
** Aaargh! ''More [[Mind Screw]]''.
** And [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] (see below) just doesn't help matters. Not to mention more [[Fridge Horror]].
* [[Friend to All Living Things]] - Princess Sakura; it's stated her power is to hear the voices of the voiceless.
** This includes non-living things, most importantly water. Or such as when she talks down a tornado. It later brings her flowers.
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* [[Grumpy Bear]] - Kurogane, at least for the first half of the series.
* [[Guilt Complex]]: Syaoran. He blames himself for pretty much everything that happened, because of his decision to rewind time when he was seven. This includes {{spoiler|Sakura being taken away by Fei Wong Reed, Fai's being born a twin and therefore being a cause of misfortune, Kurogane's mother's death, and Watanuki,}} most of which happened before he was born. [[Timey -Wimey Ball|Probably]]. He blames himself because the [[Big Bad]] implies that his rewinding time gave him a free reign, but in reality it was his only option, he was pretty much manipulated by Fei Wong Reed and had no control over what Fei Wong did making use of the altered timeline, and there is no way the poor kid could've known all the ramifications that were possible from his one wish, anyway. [[Mind Screw|Heck, even the readers don't quite understand all the ramifications]].
** His guilt gets so bad that it gets him a [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] thumping from [[Team Dad]] Kurogane.
* [[Happily Adopted]] - Cloney was Fujitaka's adopted son in the altered version of Clow Country. [[Everyone Is Related|Yes, the father of R!Sakura.]]
** Clow filled up Fujitaka's place as Sakura's father in a role reversal of the original timeline.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - {{spoiler|C!Sakura}} and {{spoiler|'''Cloney!!!'''}} The latter attempts to {{spoiler|pull a [[Taking You With Me]]}} on the [[Big Bad]]. {{spoiler|He gets better, since as a clone he could not truly die}}. And then {{spoiler|Chapter 231... Yeah, the clones did just die AGAIN, this time C!Syaoran does to upset the balance of the timeline, hence opening a hole in the space where he, R!Syaoran and Watanuki are trapped... allowing them to escape. C!Sakura dies at the same time.}} Head hurt yet?
** {{spoiler|Cloney}} in fact returns about ''5 minutes'' after his first heroic sacrifice as {{spoiler|Syaoran Sr.}} along with {{spoiler|C! Sakura}} only to let all know he's waited a whole lifetime to pull out a second one. And to drive home their identity they now look '''exactly identical''' to the originals, so much so that at one place ''even the authors mixed up a piece of dialogue''. {{spoiler|R!}}Syaoran's expression when he realizes who're who's parents is priceless.
* [[Highly -Visible Ninja]] - Kurogane, though he really doesn't need to worry about it much being the [[Badass]] he is...
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** Mokona lampshades this in Chapter 218 when it voices it's confusion on {{spoiler|"Syaoran" referring to the newcomers as his parents - same as the confusion above}}.
** It must be noted that, as of Chapter 223, after an explanation as to the relationship between father and son, we are ''even more confused'' about {{spoiler|the Syaorans}}.
* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]] - Kurogane's insistence on {{spoiler|turning Fai into a vampire to save his life}} puts a serious strain on their relationship for almost 50 chapters.
* [[I Know Your True Name]] - The power of names is explicitly so great that ''none'' of the protagonists are using their real names except {{spoiler|the clones}}, whose real names are {{spoiler|the false aliases the originals use}}.
* [[Killed Off for Real]] - This is stated to be a fundamental rule of the multiverse (although its impact is undermined somewhat by the series' penchant for twins and clones). Death is permanent and comes to everyone in time. Even Yuuko cannot bring someone back from the dead without suffering serious consequences. {{spoiler|Except clones, because they weren't truly alive until Clow and Yuuko gave payment to have them be reincarnated. But when they die after that, it's for real.}}
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* [[Life or Limb Decision]] - Specifically, {{spoiler|Kurogane amputating his arm for Fai's life}}. Completely without hesitation, too.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]] - Averted like [[My Suit Is Also Super]], since the series has strong [[Shoujo]] influences. The dimension-hopping characters all start out with just the clothes on their backs, but will readily switch to the local fashions provided they have enough time and money. Once they do adopt a world's clothing, they will change outfits as appropriate. In the first arc of the main plot, you can see Syaoran, Kurogane, and Fai changing [http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/5/02/ each] [http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/9/03/ successive] [http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/14/07/ day].
* [[Love Makes You Evil]] - Fei Wong Reed made his [[Gambit Roulette]] with the intention of bringing someone [[Back From the Dead]]. {{spoiler|Or apparently, to save someone else's life. And that person is Yuuko. She is ''not'' happy with this, [[Self -Fulfilling Prophecy|and ends her unlife to help stop him]].}}
* [[Magic Knight]] - Fai may look like a [[Squishy Wizard]], but he's quite proficient at physical combat as well.
* [[Magic Mirror]] - The [http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/74/tsubasa_reservoir_chronicle/chapter.15143/page.49/ giant mirror] used by Fei Wong Reed to spy on the main characters is the most frequent and obvious use of the trope. Other not-so-literal examples include the High Priest of Clow [http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/74/tsubasa_reservoir_chronicle/chapter.15143/page.31/ using a reflecting pool for scrying] and [http://groups.msn.com/TsubasaReservoirChroniclesOnlineManga/omake5.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3092 Mokona] using a reflective surface to help "phone" Yuuko.
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* [[Martyr Without a Cause]] - Even after specifying that he would help as long as it didn't endanger his life, Fai has repeatedly put himself in danger to save or protect Syaoran, and has been interrogated by Kurogane for his unwillingness to defend himself.
* [[Maybe Ever After]] - CLAMP's favourite ending. The Epilogue. Hopefully [[Flying Dutchman|Syaoran]] will be free to be re-uninted with Sakura someday. Their names (see [[Meaningful Name]] below) are a hint.
* [[Meaningful Name]] {{spoiler|/ [[NamesName's the Same]] - Hey, guess what Syaoran and Sakura's real names were? TSUBASA... and TSUBASA. Meaning wings. Which come in pairs. Not to mention the title of the series now meaning it's about Tsubasa, as in a person, rather than "Sakura's" lost feathers ("Tsubasa" meaning both feather and wing)}}
* [[Mecha Mooks]] - The enemy robot ninjas, and it turns out the mooks are {{spoiler|actually souless attempts at clones deemed expendable by Fei Wong}}.
* [[Mind Screw]] - '''AND HOW!''' '''Several orders of it''', with ''no chance'' of screw driving. Really, [[CLAMP]] deserve a ''special award'' and maybe a even new trope like Mind Screw Pileup. For the sake of your sanity, do not, we repeat, DO NOT try to understand the story.
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** The less speculated about the plot, the better. '''All''' attempts to [[Mind Screwdriver]] this story only create even more [[Mind Screw]] than ever.
** Not to mention incredible amounts of [[Arc Welding]] and [[Canon Welding]].
** And to thrown in the rest, [[Temporal Paradox]] + [[Timey -Wimey Ball]] + [[You Already Changed the Past]] = '''Brain Damage'''.
** And MOST importantly, now that [[XXX Holic|the Holic]] has ended, even [[Word of God]] has admitted that '''they too are rather confused over how everything turned out and want to re-read it'''. Yup! You read that right! '''EVERYONE'S CONFUSED!''' A feat unlike any story ever seen before...
*** [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]!!
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* [[Near Death Experience]] - A conveniently-timed one allows {{spoiler|Tomoyo-hime to tell Kurogane how to get Fai out of Celes}}.
* [[Never the Selves Shall Meet]] - Played straight and averted too. Where it's played straight is that the {{spoiler|Clones}}, in spite of visiting Yuuko's shop many times, never meet {{spoiler|their reincarnated selves in the tube.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - Multiple times in the story, and the root of the ''whole'' problem is {{spoiler|Clow's momentary subconscious wish that Yuuko wouldn't die, which set the entire plot in motion when Fei Wong Reed decided to grant it}}.
** The [[Big Bad]] is implied to have been created because of this as well. Oops...
* [[Ninja]] - Kurogane and Souma, as well as numerous other unnamed ninjas serving under Amaterasu and Tomoyo-hime.
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* [[Perma Shave]]
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]] - Fai is blond and blue-eyed, and in one chapter has [[But Not Too Foreign|some serious objections to sushi and chopsticks]]. In the dub, he speaks French once seperated from Mokona.
* [[Pimped -Out Dress]] - Most particularly in the [[Side Story Bonus Art|color artwork]] but also in the chapters themselves. This is a CLAMP work, after all. Sakura is by far the most common subject, but practically everyone gets a [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|truly amazing outfit or two]].
* [[Power Limiter]] - Fai's full-back phoenix tattoo is supposed to restrict his huge innate powers to keep him safe. Thus, when he gives it up to Yuuko as his traveling price, he also swears off the use of magic. Later subverted when we find out {{spoiler|he's more dangerous with it than without it, because he is cursed to kill the first person he meets who is MORE powerful. With his magic restricted, it's more likely that he'll find someone who outstrips him}}.
** The "[[Curse]]" Tomoyo places on Kurogane which will decrease his strength if he kills anyone could also been seen as a kind of limiter. This is ALSO subverted because {{spoiler|we find out after Celes that it's really a [[Protective Charm|protection charm]] and the stuff about his strength diminishing was a prophecy about the consequences of killing Ashura}}.
* [[Power Incontinence]] - {{spoiler|Clow's power made his unconscious wish to save Yuuko's life come true, freezing her in time and creating the [[Timey -Wimey Ball]]. This eventually culminated in [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]] when Sakura split Clow's remaining power between Fujitaka and Eriol}}.
** To show just how much power shedding he had to do, {{spoiler|He put a huge part of his powers and abilities in all the Clow Cards. Then he paid for C!Syaoran's reincarnation with his magic, enough magic for Cloney to even stop [[The Big Bad]]'s moves! Then he needed to split his soul in two. And even then mind you...he STILL had so much '''leftover''' power and abilities remaining when he reincarnated as Eriol (even without the cards if he could affect an entire city) and ultimately split his power between himself and CCS Sakura's father Fujitaka, only after which he was no longer the strongest in the world! Phew!}}
* [[Pretty in Mink]] - Fai's giant floofy white fur overcoat. It doesn't seem to be necessary for warmth (his plainer blue coat should be sufficient even in Celes), it's totally about marking his status. {{spoiler|He later loses it for good when Kurogane saves him in Celes}}, [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]
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* [[Shipper On Deck]] - One of the reasons for the {{spoiler|clones/parents}} sealing themselves in the tube is to get their originals together, defying foretelling dreams predicting [[Star -Crossed Lovers]]. They succeed, partially, but it's quite an achievement considering the aura of inevitability so far.
* [[Sitting On the Roof]] - Near the end of the Nihon Arc with Syaoran and Fai.
* [[Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate]] - Hitsuzen anyone? Till the time loop, it seems to be a Type 1 as all choices simply seem to be a part of the loop, but eventually after some painful decision making (See [[Flying Dutchman]]), it ends with a type 2.
* [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice]] - [[Mind Screw]], [[Mind Screw]]! Issues repeated two to the power of two times two plus ''another two'' across this page (and mentioned again on some others) that does not include [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshading]] it once more. And that's precisely why it's [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice]].
* [[Spanner in The Works]] - {{spoiler|Kurogane is sometimes this to Fei Wong Reed, although mostly just through having his priorities in the right place}}.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] - Fai and Syaoran are the ones with the most confusion.
** Fay: The official English spelling is "Fay D. Flourite", but the name actually references the mineral ''fluorite'' (like the crystal in his wizard's staff). It's a common spelling mistake even for native English speakers, and the translators have thrown in the towel on trying to correct it. Other spellings include permutations of "Fay" "Fai", and "Fye" with "Flourite", "Fluorite", and "Flowright". Additionally, the English pronunciation isn't used, instead it's a Russian pronunciation, so it sounds like 'Fye' rhyming with 'Eye' rather than Fay rhyming with 'Day'.
*** "Fluorite" is derived from the Latin verb "to flow", so "Flowright" may not be that bad.
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** The {{spoiler|[[My Own Grampa]]}} scenario is the other one.
** {{spoiler|The entire story is one of these as the trapped Sakura and Syaoran from the bottle are the Sakura and Syaoran we've been following this whole time.}} [[Mind Screw|Argh!]]
* [[Star -Crossed Lovers]] - Played straight and averted with {{spoiler|the Sakuras and Syaorans. In the end R!Syaoran becomes a [[Flying Dutchman]] although he will return mor often to Clow Country than any other world. Sakura stays home as going with him would only make things worse. The Clones}} were rather luckier here...{{spoiler|they got a new life of their own for several years.}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]] - {{spoiler|Fai, though it does begin to crack and ultimately appears to fall away completely.}}
* [[Superpower Meltdown]] - {{spoiler|In Celes country, when the second curse on Fay activates, he literally shuts down a dimension with his magic. This also highlights his [[Power Degeneration]].}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] - Oh ''my'', Kurogane. Seishirou may also count.
* [[Tangled Family Tree]] - The {{spoiler|Reed/Li/Watanuki}} family tree looks like this. {{spoiler|Reincarnation and cloning}} make for very, very loopy genealogies. <ref>To make it short: The real "Syaoran" is the son of the reincarnation of his own clone! In a verse where reincarnations are visually and possibly genetically identical to their previous life, no less. His mother, by the way, is his girlfriend's clone's reincarnation. Now taking bets on whether or not he himself is going to father yet another of himself. Also factor in possible parents and grandparents given the multiple [[Retcon|RetCons]] of the Clow royal family and what we know from [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]].</ref>
** Perhaps should be called Thirty Relationships pileup after what happened. For starters, draw it right and it turns out poor {{spoiler|R!}}Syaoran has become related to himself in ''FOUR different ways''. It doesn't help that CLAMP kept adding more and more cross-relationships as the story progressed.
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* [[Time Travel]] - [[CLAMP]]'s brought in variations of every category on the trope page...
* [[She's All Grown Up|They're All Grown Up]] - Most new readers/viewers' impression of [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Syaoran and Sakura]] in this work.
* [[TheyreThey're Called Personal Issues for A Reason]] - We're looking at you, Fai.
* [[Time Stands Still]] - {{spoiler|Clow Country, or more specifically the Reservoir, which is frozen in the moment just before [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|little Sakura is cursed]].}} Subverted in that what happens in the frozen world affects its inhabitants. Don't worry, [[Mind Screw|they]] [[For Want of a Nail|get]] [[Unexplained Recovery|better]].
* [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]] - We at [[TV Tropes]] aren't the only ones suffering serious difficulties with the script.
* [[Timey -Wimey Ball]] - [[Time Travel]] never works the same way twice and with all its varieties being used at different times, the result is indescribable and represents the end of all logic as we know it. But...
** People just can't give up and someone ''actually tried to'' '''draw the ball''', which probably [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/zacloud/worlds-timefortrc.png looks like this.]
* [[Tomato in The Mirror]] - Both {{spoiler|Syaoran,}} and more recently (and much more jarringly) {{spoiler|''Sakura herself''}} are revealed to be copies as part of the [[Big Bad]]'s unimaginably complex [[Gambit Roulette]].
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* [[Uptown Girl]] - Sakura is princess and Syaoran is middle class.
* [[Walking the Earth]] / [[Flying Dutchman]] - In the end, {{spoiler|Syaoran chooses to do this in order to find a place where he, Sakura, and their clones can all exist together; this is actually his price for continued existence and he'll be wandering forever. Fai, Kurogane and Mokona go with him, and thanks to Mokona's memory-storing earring they can return to Clow Country and [[XXX Holic|Watanuki's]] 'verse more often.}}
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] - An alternate {{spoiler|R!}}Sakura from an altered Clow Country {{spoiler|which came into being after R!Syaoran's wish split the timeline creating an alternate Clow Country}}, came into being out of nowhere and was actually the one {{spoiler|cloned (the original R!Sakura was frozen in time)}}. Her fate is not resolved.
** {{spoiler|[[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] - The body of R!Sakura-2 (for want of a better label) was taken away and merged with the cloned soul, while the original soul of R!Sakura-2 ended up in the [[Big Bad]]'s own tube, but is never mentioned again. Or what happened to that tube. Yes, there were '''three''' Sakuras.}}
** This error makes it hard to explain {{spoiler|the Sakuras' [[Fusion Dance|body merging]]-cum-[[Freaky Friday Flip|swapping]]}}. Not to mention complicating the {{spoiler|Cloney-C!Sakura}} relationship and forcing the use of extensive spoilers in a desperate attempt to reduce reader confusion.
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