Continuity
- This episode follows a similar plot to the Buffy episode "Tabula Rasa" where all the characters forget who they are because of a spell gone wrong. It also mirrors the Buffy episode "Band Candy" where all the adults are turned into teenager versions of themselves.
- The age the characters regress to is unclear; Fred states "not one of y'all look 17", implying that would be the age they think they are, but Cordelia has no recollection of slayers or vampires nor does she recognize Angel. Cordelia initially believes herself to be the victim of a "sophomore hazing" prank, indicating she's regressed to sophomore year. She didn't meet Angel until towards the end of her sophomore year, and wasn't aware of the supernatural world until the very end of her sophomore year. It also should be noted that Cordelia's reaction to Angel's entrance, "Hello salty goodness" is exactly the same as when she met him for the first time.
- When Wesley says, "there are stories at the Watcher's Academy of a test. A secret gauntlet which only the most cunning can survive. You're locked in a house with a vicious, deadly vampire, and you have to kill him before he kills you. It's been done in the past with Slayers," he is speaking of the Cruciamentum that Buffy had to undertake in "Helpless".
- Fred speaks to a plant in this episode, as she previously did in "That Old Gang of Mine". Also, Spike mentions speaking to plants is one of Illyria's powers in "Origin".
- Fred confuses a Slayer with the thrash band of the same name. This is the second time in Buffyverse that Slayer has been mentioned in association with Buffy's title. The first was by Forrest in the Buffy episode "Doomed".
- Fred asks if anyone else took a personality test recently, with questions "about politics and your bowel movements and if you want to be a florist..." This would seem to be the same florist question test that was mentioned in "Doppelgangland".
- Cordelia says Connor is 18 years old, the first time he is given a concrete age after returning from Quor'Toth in the third season.
- Angel, in his 18th century original identity of Liam, sees vehicles and runs into the Hotel believing them to be demons, as did Buffy when she believed herself to be an 18th Century Maiden in the Buffy Episode "Halloween".
- It is uncertain when the narration of the episode by Lorne takes place. It is assumed it takes place after the episode ends, but some comments imply he was aware of the ultimate consequences of the spell (Jasmine's emergence), placing it at the end of the season.
- The Beast makes his first appearance in Cordelia's vision, but he does not fully appear until the next episode.
- After losing her memory, Cordelia is extremely upset at the thought of missing her senior prom, which was depicted in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Three episode "The Prom". Though none of them were aware of it at the time that she made the comment, both Angel and Wesley were in attendance. The latter, who was then harbouring feelings for Cordelia, asked her to dance.
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