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* GratuitousItalian
-->'''Cordelia:''' What is it?
-->'''Xander:''' We don't know what it is, Cordelia, that's why we're here. Capisce?
-->'''Cordelia:''' 'Capisce'? What are you, world traveler now?
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Lots of them, including Willow clocking Xander with a microscope, and Buffy killing the Mother Bezoar with a pickaxe.


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* WallOfWeapons: A line of possessed students and teachers march into the groundskeeper's shed, each taking an axe, hoe or shovel off a rack.
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* BadassAdorable: Tector re Buffy. "She's so cute. And little. Think we can keep her?"


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* MoodWhiplash: Buffy and Xander hear Jonathan shrieking in terror " Get this thing off me!", but when they rush out he says in a CreepyMonotone, "I'm fine, I slipped."


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* RantInducingSlight: Buffy encounters Cordelia wearing a teddy bear backpack.
-->'''Buffy:''' Nice bear. Listen is your--\\
'''Cordelia:''' Hey, I'll have you know that my father brought this bear back from Gstaad years ago. [[DressesTheSame Then all of a sudden these trendoids everywhere started sporting them.]] So I'm totally not wearing it. Then I thought, hey, I'm the one who started this nationwide craze! What am I ashamed of?\\
'''Buffy:''' Okay, [[BuffySpeak Soliloquy Girl]], I just wanted to ask about your egg.

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* NamesTheSame: Lyle and Tector Gorch apparently crossed over from ''Film/TheWildBunch''. It's worth noting there's a character called Angel in that movie too.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: After Xander/Cordelia's INeedToGoIronMyDog scene.
-->'''Willow:''' Are they getting weirder? Have you noticed the weirdness of them?
-->'''Buffy:''' They're weird.
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* SayingTooMuch: Possessed!Cordelia and Willow knock out Buffy and Xander and dump them in the closet, the same one Cordy and Xander were smooching in earlier.
-->'''Xander:''' ''(groaning)'' Last time Cordy dragged me in here it was a lot nicer.
-->'''Buffy:''' What?
-->'''Xander:''' Uh... (fully awake now) Huh? [[SecretRelationship Nothing. Uh, crazy talk. Head trauma.]]


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* SchmuckBait
** Tector can't resist leaning in for a close look at the GiantEyeOfStaring.
** Lampshaded when Xander and Buffy discover the dark scary tunnel that's been carved out of the back wall of the SHS power room.
-->'''Xander:''' Do we really wanna go in there?
-->'''Buffy:''' We really don't. ''(they do)''
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* TapOnTheHead: Buffy and Xander

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* TapOnTheHead: Buffy and XanderXander, who gets annoyed when Possessed!Cordy hits him again on the same bump.

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-->'''Cordelia:''' ''(about someone no-one else in the episode has registered as in danger)'' Well, his body could fall out of a closet somewhere. So we should check out some closets to see if he's in a closet?\\

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-->'''Cordelia:''' ''(about someone no-one else in the episode has registered as in danger)'' Well, [[PeekABooCorpse his body could fall out of a closet closet]] somewhere. So we should check out some closets to see if he's in a closet?\\



* PeekABooCorpse: Xander and Cordelia's excuse to go looking for a make-out closet.

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* PeekABooCorpse: Xander and Cordelia's excuse to go looking for a make-out closet.



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* PeekABooCorpse: This trope is [[TalkAboutThatThing used as an excuse]] for Cordelia and Xander to look for a make-out closet.



* ReducedToRatburgers

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* ReducedToRatburgersReducedToRatburgers: The Gorches have to hide out in the sewers instead of a NoTellMotel until the Slayer is taken care of.
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'''Cordelia Chase:''' Did I hit you?\\

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'''Cordelia Chase:''' '''Cordelia:''' Did I hit you?\\
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* ReducedToRatburgers
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* MonsterOfTheAesop: Children take over your lives like some kind of mind-controlling EldritchAbomination. [[BrokenAesop Or was it mothers take over their children's lives?]]

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* MonsterOfTheAesop: Children take over your lives like some kind of mind-controlling EldritchAbomination. [[BrokenAesop Or was it mothers take over their children's lives?]]minds?]]
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* NoOntologicalInertia: Justified

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* EnterStageWindow: Useful for LoopholeAbuse.



* MonsterOfTheAesop: Children take over your lives like some kind of mind-controlling EldritchAbomination. [[BrokenAesop Or was it mothers take over their children's lives?]]



* PeekABooCorpse: This trope is used as an excuse for Cordelia and Xander to look for a make-out closet.

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* PeekABooCorpse: This trope is [[TalkAboutThatThing used as an excuse excuse]] for Cordelia and Xander to look for a make-out closet.closet.
* PratFall: Xander urges Buffy to be careful when going into the dark scary cave, then promptly falls over.



* TapOnTheHead

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* TapOnTheHeadTapOnTheHead: Buffy and Xander

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* IHaveThisFriend: Cordelia has a friend, [[SuspiciouslySuspiciousDenial not her]], involved in the AutoErotica incident.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Cordelia has a friend, [[SuspiciouslySuspiciousDenial [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not her]], who was involved in the AutoErotica incident.accident.


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* ItsALongStory: Played straight for once.
* IndyHatRoll: Lyle's hat falls off when Buffy knocks him down. He scoops it back onto his head before fleeing.

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* ConversationCut: Joyce finds Buffy in her bedroom fully dressed, having just got back from patrolling.
-->'''Buffy:''' [[BlatantLies I had a bad dream?]]
-->'''Joyce:''' Oh, no, you're about to have a bad dream! A dream that you are grounded for the rest of your natural life!
-->''(Cut to the next morning in their Jeep pulling to a stop in front of the school.)''
-->'''Joyce:''' Which means: no after school socializing, no Bronze, no nothing. Not until I say so. Do you understand?


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* DatingCatwoman: The Gorches are puzzled as to why 'Angelus' is pashing the Slayer.


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* FailedASpotCheck: Buffy and Angel snog passionately, stop to take a quick glance around for ThoseTwoBadGuys they're supposed to be hunting, then return to snogging again. The camera pans to show the Gorches sitting up a tree, watching them.


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* IHaveThisFriend: Cordelia has a friend, [[SuspiciouslySuspiciousDenial not her]], involved in the AutoErotica incident.


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** Xander fighting possessed Cordelia.
-->"Cordelia! I don't wanna hurt you...some of the time."


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* VerbalBackspace
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* OrificeInvasion: Buffy's egg sticks its tentacles in her ears and eyes.

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* OrificeInvasion: Buffy's egg sticks its tentacles in her ears and eyes. Gnyaah!
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* NamesTheSame: Lyle and Tector Gorch apparently crossed over from ''Film/TheWildBunch''.

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* NamesTheSame: Lyle and Tector Gorch apparently crossed over from ''Film/TheWildBunch''. It's worth noting there's a character called Angel in that movie too.
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'''Buffy:''' That would also be cheating.

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'''Buffy:''' [[AnalogyBackfire That would also be cheating.]]

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* VillainExitStageLeft / WeWillMeetAgain: Lyle Gorch keeps saying "This ain't over!" regarding his fight with the Slayer. After seeing Buffy take down the Mother Bezoar he says, "Alright, it's over!" and runs off.


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* WeWillMeetAgain: Lyle Gorch keeps saying "This ain't over!" regarding his fight with the Slayer. After seeing Buffy take down the Mother Bezoar he says, "Alright, it's over!" and does a VillainExitStageLeft.
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* BigBadEnsemble: the Mother Bezoar and the Gorch brothers.

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* BigBadEnsemble: the [[OneBadMother Mother Bezoar Bezoar]] and the Gorch brothers.
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* KillItThroughItsStomach: Though it's not clear if Buffy was actually eaten.

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* VillainExitStageLeft / WeWillMeetAgain: Lyle Gorch keeps saying "This ain't over!" regarding his fight with the Slayer. After seeing Buffy take down the Mother Bezoar he says, "Alright, it's over!" and runs off.



* WeWillMeetAgain: Lyle Gorch keeps saying "This ain't over!" regarding his fight with the Slayer. After seeing Buffy take down the Mother Bezoar he says, "Alright, it's over!" and [[VillainExitStageLeft runs off]].

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-->'''Buffy:''' Oh. That's okay, um... I-I figured there were all sorts of things vampires couldn't do. You know, like work for the Telephone Company, or volunteer for the Red Cross, or... have little vampires.

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-->'''Buffy:''' Oh. That's okay, um... I-I figured there were all sorts of things vampires couldn't do. You know, like work for the Telephone Company, telephone company, or volunteer for the Red Cross, UsefulNotes/TheRedCross, or... have little vampires.



-->Well, you're a rough one, ain't cha! I like that!

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-->Well, you're a rough one, ain't cha! I like that!that!
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* NamesTheSame: Lyle and Tector Gorch apparently crossed over from ''Film/TheWildBunch''.

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* TerseTalker
-->'''Giles:''' How did the, um... hunt go last night, Buffy?\\
'''Buffy:''' No go.\\
'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or you were unsuccessful?\\
'''Buffy:''' No Gorches.\\
'''Xander:''' Apparently Buffy has decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky words. (looks at her) [[DistractedByTheSexy You... Angel... big... smoochies?]]\\
'''Buffy:''' Shut... up.



-->Well, you're a rough one, ain't cha! I like that!
* YouNoTakeCandle
-->'''Giles:''' How did the, um... hunt go last night, Buffy?\\
'''Buffy:''' No go.\\
'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or you were unsuccessful?\\
'''Buffy:''' No Gorches.\\
'''Xander:''' Apparently Buffy has decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky words. (looks at her) [[DistractedByTheSexy You... Angel... big... smoochies?]]\\
'''Buffy:''' Shut... up.

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-->Well, you're a rough one, ain't cha! I like that!
* YouNoTakeCandle
-->'''Giles:''' How did the, um... hunt go last night, Buffy?\\
'''Buffy:''' No go.\\
'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or you were unsuccessful?\\
'''Buffy:''' No Gorches.\\
'''Xander:''' Apparently Buffy has decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky words. (looks at her) [[DistractedByTheSexy You... Angel... big... smoochies?]]\\
'''Buffy:''' Shut... up.
that!
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'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or, or, or you were unsuccessful?\\

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'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or, or, or you were unsuccessful?\\
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* MakeOutKids: Xander/Cordelia and Buffy/Angel can hardly keep their lips off each other; the latter {{foreshadowing}} for Buffy's decision to sleep with Angel in the next episode.

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* MakeOutKids: Xander/Cordelia and Buffy/Angel can hardly keep their lips off each other; the latter {{foreshadowing}} for Buffy's decision to sleep with Angel in the next episode.

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There is revealed to be another {{Eldritch Abomination}} living under the school. And the Sunnydale students have been given care of its eggs for an egg-sitting exercise.

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There is revealed to be another {{Eldritch Abomination}} living under the school. And the Sunnydale students have been given care of its eggs for an egg-sitting exercise.
eggs.

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