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[[CLAMP]]'s [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]], [[Alternate Universe]] versions of ''[[
The story begins in the Kingdom of Clow, a somewhat medieval desert world. Syaoran (see [[Spell My Name
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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The retrieval of the feathers is made more difficult because the feathers, being fragments of Sakura's soul, hold huge magical powers. Whoever holds one is given strength that rivals that of the [[Powers That Be]]. And there is another force opposite Yuuko that attempts to intervene in their journey to fulfill its own desires...
''Tsubasa'' has a sister series, ''[[
This is a completed manga series, ending with 233 chapters organized into 28 volumes. There was an anime adaptation that ran for 52 episodes, as well as a movie ''Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom'' and two sets of OADs, ''Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations'' (which follows the [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Bloodier and Gorier]] storyline of the manga) and ''Tsubasa: Shunraiki'' (again, another supporter of said storyline).
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A word of warning, this series can be rather confusing. To know how, just see '''how many''' references there are to a [[Mind Screw|certain related trope]] all over this page.
A [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Not related to ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]''.
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* [[After the End]] - {{spoiler|Clow Kingdom}}
* [[All There in the Manual]] - One really needs to be reading ''[[
* [[Always Identical Twins]]
* [[Amnesiac Lover]]- Or so it seems at first; before Acid Tokyo puts the plot in a blender with LSD, its a key part of the starting premise. Whether it can still be classed as that ''after'' the lightearted veneer is stripped away is... [[Mind Screw|confusing]].
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]] - The [[Big Bad]] may be gone, and the Princess may be staying home this time, but the male lead, mascot, and the [[Yaoi Guys]] are still [[Walk the Earth|walking the multiverse]] looking for the feathers, albeit to restore {{spoiler|''two'' people rather than the one}}. Also, looking for {{spoiler|bodies for those two people}} along the way, but that's secondary to the feathers.
* [[Angsty Surviving Twin]] - Oh {{spoiler|Fai D. Flourite}}, looking at you.
* [[Arc Welding]] - Huge. For our sake, go read about it on CCS or Tsubasa Wikis.
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* [[Bishonen]] - Syaoran, Kurogane, Fai... everyone? Well, it '''is''' [[CLAMP]]...
** Kurogane is a bit too manly to be a [[Bishonen]], but Fai fits it to a T.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...|The boys go world-travelling again]], while Princess Sakura stays behind in Clow. Mokona assures everyone that they will be able to visit her world again... though there is no mention of when and how often.}} But [[Fridge Horror]] takes it to [[Downer Ending|a new level]] : {{spoiler|time doesn't flow the same across dimensions, remember ? Sakura-hime might very well be an old lady by the time they visit Clow Country again.}}
** It is possible to choose the correct location and the correct time when travelling to the next destination. That is, if the price is right. Otherwise characters would never be able to track each other down or play their [[Gambit Roulette]] properly.
* [[Blank Book]]
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* [[Darker and Edgier]] - ''Tokyo Revelations'' went into pure octane [[Nightmare Fuel]] following the conclusion of the second season series and abandoning of the third season, as it jumped straight from playing its tropes straight to the dark deconstruction that the manga had slowly eased into. Of course, that arc was a significant jump darker even for the manga, but it was the low dive compared to the OVA's high dive. See also [[Wham! Episode]].
* [[Dead All Along]] - {{spoiler|Yuuko was only alive because Clow told reality to ignore her death. As a result her death resets just about everything reboot-able across the history of the multiverse.}}
* [[Deal
* [[Denouement Episode]] - Actually from [[
* [[Deus Angst Machina]] - How to summarize the whole story in 3 words. So where do we even begin?
** Backstory will never NOT be angsty, especially if your name is {{spoiler|Fai}}. "Tsubasa Goes to the Therapist" would be an excellent fic premise.
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** Poor, poor, {{spoiler|Fai}}'s case is fully covered on the trope page.
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* [[Divide
** [[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/%22Sakura%22 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
* [[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]].}}
* [[Everyone Is Related]] - Oh yeah all the Sakuras, Syaorans and Watanuki '''and''' [[Big Bad]] are descendants of Clow. Not to mention all the [[Unfortunate Implications|implications]] of the absurdly [[Tangled Family Tree]] (See below).
** Including extra relationships due to adoption inducing parental swaps caused by space-screwing. (See [[Happily Adopted]] below).
** And [[Canon Welding]] with [[Cardcaptor Sakura
* [[Evil Twin]] - Subverted twice. {{spoiler|The Syaoran we see in the beginning of the series appears to have an evil Twin Inna Tube, but turns out to be the evil one ''himself''. Then there's Fai, who is haunted by his twin's voluntary sacrifice (and for a while, it ''seemed'' like Fai was the evil twin who demanded that sacrifice).}} Also subverted {{spoiler|by Cloney, who goes from being heartless to performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for the gang (twice!)}}.
* [[Expendable Clone]] - The clones, if only to Fei Wong.
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* [[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
* [[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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* [[Funny Background Event]] - A lot, usually Mokona antagonizing Kurogane (for example, stealing his food during the Hanshin arc, and during the Jade arc when Mokona had to hide from the locals, you can see a suspicious lump moving around under Kurogane's clothes and Kurogane pulling funny faces). Also, a Miyuki-chan makes a cameo running in the background once in every single world.
* [[Fusion Dance]] - Weirdly so, {{spoiler|R!Sakura merging with C!Sakura's old body}} and becoming her 14-year old self as timelines reconnected.
* [[Gainax Ending]] - Well, what did you expect, given the rest of this page? It might be tied up in ''[[
** [[
** This is also true for the anime ending, mainly because they had a whole second season to explain who the antagonists were, and delve into the manga story, but instead frittered it away with two flashbacks of Kurogane (which was okay), several deconstructions of the characters and settings from the first story. So then the last 8 or so episodes felt extremely rushed, resolved little to nothing ( {{spoiler|after all that, Syaoran gets ''one feather'' for Sakura when the bird has millions and ''doesn't even get to see Syaoran in her memory'', [[And the Adventure Continues...|simply so they can keep traveling]]}} ), and had Syaoran finish off the bird with a move [[Ass Pull|more reminiscent of]] [[Shaman King]] [[Ass Pull|than the main story]], and did nothing to even mention Fai's story beyond the brief mention of Chii. And considering that, the manga is ''even weirder''.
* [[Gambit Pileup]] - Summarize at the risk of your own sanity, for it is said that he who can understand what the hell has been going on since [[Growing the Beard]] has been lost to [[Cosmic Horror|eldritch Things from Beyond]]. [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]], indeed.
** {{spoiler|The last one on the pile shows just how big this gets. The [[Big Bad]] is implied to have been created by Clow's wish which in turn...}}
* [[Gambit Roulette]] - Several, for only a few of which are known about fully (although ''not'' fully understood), the combined effect of which is almost to the point where [[Gambit Pileup]] becomes inadequate description. At least three different characters are running semi-independent [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]]: {{spoiler|Clow, Fei Wong Reed, Yuuko, and (very much contrary to what we believed at the beginning of the series) R!Syaoran}}.
** Not to mention the predeceased Clow Reed, who apparently put together ''all of ''[[
* [[Generation Xerox]] - {{spoiler|The Sakuras and Syaorans.}} It can't get any more literal than that!
* [[Genre Shift]] - And ''how''. It essentially transformed, in one arc, from a happy and light-hearted [[Gotta Catch Em All]] adventure story to a [[Mind Screw]] of a fantasy drama.
* [[Girl in
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]] - Collecting the feathers, which has since been revealed as a colossal [[McGuffin]] to keep them on track in the [[Big Bad]]'s plans. {{spoiler|Fai was aware of this from the start.}}
** {{spoiler|And in the end, Junior has to go and find the rest of them to restore his parents/clone and girlfriend's clone}}.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - {{spoiler|C!Sakura}} and {{spoiler|'''Cloney!!!'''}} The latter attempts to {{spoiler|pull a [[Taking You
** {{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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* [[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|/ [[Name'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
* [[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.
** How to sum up the story in just 2 words. As for examples, ''Some of them'' include...
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** 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 [[
*** [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]!!
** Did you notice that this series has broken the World Record for the single handed number of references to this trope? It is no YMMV to consider that this would be one of the all-time most (if not THE most) confusing manga/anime storyline ever.
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* [[Occult Blue Eyes]] - Fay's magic is explicitly tied with the blue ''color'' in his eyes, which is weird.
* [[Oedipus Rex]] - Syaoran. {{spoiler|Specifically, the real one. He's been impersonating his father and romancing an a princess who is the original from whom his mother was cloned since he was seven.}}
** And that is precisely what his ahem...parents want since they see the two as their original selves. See [[Shipper
** Also, {{spoiler|Cloney is also an example, since he has memories of being a clone of Syaoran, and his wife has memories of being a clone of Sakura. Since they got together based on those memories, and a clone can be thought of as being like a child, its debatable which generation is imitating which}}. Time travel, reincarnation and a ''really'' tangled family tree with ever changing relationships [[Gambit Pileup|piling up on top of each other]] make things [[Mind Screw|confusing]], yes.
* [[The Other Darrin]] - Kusanagi and Tomoyo got their dub VAs replaced in the OVAs.
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* [[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 [[
** 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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** Although it's not entirely clear how much of this is slow aging due to magic, and how much of that time was spent {{spoiler|in the timeless pocket dimension where he and his twin were banished. It was long enough for everybody else in their country to die, so it was probably a while.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] - Subverted with Kurogane. While he has red eyes, he's one of the main protagonists, and in fact {{spoiler|the ''only'' one of the original group (besides Mokona) who isn't being manipulated by [[Big Bad]] Asschin, though Asschin tried to get him with the death of his mother before Tomoyo and Yuuko interfered.}} He is, however, the most physically capable of the entire group, and you do ''not'' wanna piss him off.
* [[Reset Button Ending]] - Now that {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] and Yuuko}} are both dead, existence should have been restored to the way it should have been. Right? But no, paradoxes ( {{spoiler|Syaoran, Watanuki and by extension even Sakura and possibly the whole of Clow Country, not to mention an unknown number of lingering changes in the multiverse}}) still exist. Reality could never fully recover after ''that many'' [[Divide
* [[Ret-Gone]] - {{spoiler|Yuuko's death}} deletes her Undead history out of reality.
** {{spoiler|The original Syaoran}}, who was replaced by {{spoiler|Watanuki}}.
** And also {{spoiler|the clones}}, who have vanished from all time, leaving Syaoran a bootstrap paradox, and...
** [[Ripple Effect Indicator]] - His family portrait no longer has his parents {{spoiler|/ the clones}} on it anymore.
* [[Reused Character Design]] - [[
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] - Mokona, oh so much.
* [[Sand Worm|Sand Worms]] - They inhabit Acid Tokyo.
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* [[Shipper
* [[Sitting
* [[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
* [[Spell My Name
** 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.
** Syaoran: "Li Syaoran" is the official spelling, but "Shaoran" is another possible romanization for the name pronounced Japanese-style, and "Xiao Lang" reflects the original Chinese pronunciation. Some also pronounce it "Show-ren". His last name may also be romanized as "Lee".
* [[Stable Time Loop]] - Twice. ''Two overlapping ones even''. Such are the complexities of Hitsuzen...It's so bad that what at one point appeared to be a major [[Divide
** {{spoiler|One is responsible for Sakura and Clow country's existence. C!Sakura's feathers are scattered across the dimensions, she travels back in time and leaves one of her feathers in Tokyo. This prevents the destruction of the Tokyo government building, and humanity can survive. Hundreds of years later, Tokyo has slowly transformed into Clow Country, Sakura is born and cloned, C!Sakura's feathers are scattered...}}
** The {{spoiler|[[My Own Grampa]]}} scenario is the other one.
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* [[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 [[
** 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.
** To elaborate, the equations are rather complicated. The final result is some [[Mind Screw|blow your brain]] combo of '''all of these put together simultaneously''' - [[Always Identical Twins]] + [[Alternate Self|Alternate Selves]] + [[Identical Grandson]], [[Generation Xerox]] {{spoiler|+ [[Cloning Blues]]}} + [[Happily Adopted]] + [[My Own Grampa]] + [[Everyone Is Related]] = Really ''Really'' '''Really''' '''REALLY''' [[Tangled Family Tree]]. Sheesh!
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** Actually, it was Mokona that titled Fai the Team Mom. Fai, at the time, was doing everything he could to subtly stay unattached and uninvolved without suspicion, as he was a [[Death Seeker]] / [[Martyr Without a Cause]] and didn't want to cause more pain then necessary. Cue Kurogane attempting to set him straight for ''arcs.''
* [[Temporal Paradox]] - Too complicated to explain. And explaining it would make it ''even more complicated!''
* [[Thanatos Gambit]] - Clow Reed seems to have planned out an awful lot of the plot before his ([[Cardcaptor Sakura
* [[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
* [[They're Called "Personal Issues" for
* [[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
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - Sakura after the latter parts of the Tokyo arc, but the result is that while she is more capable, it has rather heartbreaking [[Broken Bird]] connotations.
* [[Translator Microbes]] - This is Mokona's special power. Since the cast themselves are from 3 different worlds, if they get separated from her, they can't even understand each other.
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* [[Twin Switch]] - {{spoiler|Fai is actually Yuui (although the switch occurred after the real Fai, who's name Yuui uses, was already dead)}}, and this has led to much arguing in the fandom as to which twin is which in the [[Alternate Universe]] [[Omake]].
* [[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 [[
* [[What Happened to
** {{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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