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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Lampshaded by Riley.
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* BreakupBonfire: Xander comes across Harmony burning Spike's stuff.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Buffy has never had occasion to send up a flare before or since, and if Spike got the better of her, she'd hardly be in a position (or condition) to do so anyway.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Buffy has [[EpicHail never had occasion to send sent up a flare flare]] before or since, and if Spike got the better of her, she'd hardly be in a position (or condition) to do so anyway.anyway. Yet she accepts a FlarePistol on the one occasion she's up against humans in night-vision goggles.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] FlareGun / ContrivedCoincidence: Xander gives Buffy a flare pistol to signal them if she runs into trouble fighting Spike. It comes in useful [[BlindedByTheLight blinding the Initiative commandos]] who are wearing NightVisionGoggles.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] FlareGun / ContrivedCoincidence: FlareGun: Xander gives Buffy a flare pistol to signal them if she runs into trouble fighting Spike. It comes in useful [[BlindedByTheLight blinding the Initiative commandos]] who are wearing NightVisionGoggles.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Buffy has never had occasion to send up a flare before or since, and if Spike got the better of her, she'd hardly be in a position (or condition) to do so anyway.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] FlareGun / ContrivedCoincidence: Xander gives Buffy a flare pistol to signal them if she runs into trouble fighting Spike. It comes in useful blinding the Initiative commandos who are wearing NightVisionGoggles.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] FlareGun / ContrivedCoincidence: Xander gives Buffy a flare pistol to signal them if she runs into trouble fighting Spike. It comes in useful [[BlindedByTheLight blinding the Initiative commandos commandos]] who are wearing NightVisionGoggles.
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* BadassDecay (InUniverse): Xander's fight with Harmony was put in to show that Xander no longer remembered his [[ChekhovsBoomerang military skills]] from "Halloween".
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* BadassDecay (InUniverse): (InUniverse) / SidekickGlassCeiling: Xander's fight with Harmony was put in to show that Xander no longer remembered his [[ChekhovsBoomerang military skills]] from "Halloween".
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** "I always worried what would happen when that bitch got some funding." To find out, see the BTVS comic series.
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** Spike says re Buffy, "I always worried what would happen when that bitch got some funding." To find out, see the BTVS comic series.
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** Spike assumes Buffy is in cahoots with the Initiative, but then sees Buffy fighting the soldiers. In the next episode, [[spoiler:having run out of options, Spike will go to Buffy for protection, offering information on the Initiative in exchange.]]
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* CallBack: To "Lovers Walk", in which Willow offered a sympathetic ear to Spike while his prisoner.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** To "Lovers Walk", in which Willow offered a sympathetic ear to Spike while hisprisoner.prisoner.
** To "Anne" where someone is set up as bait for a vampire, only for that vampire to attack Willow instead.
** To "Lovers Walk", in which Willow offered a sympathetic ear to Spike while his
** To "Anne" where someone is set up as bait for a vampire, only for that vampire to attack Willow instead.
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* OldSchoolChivalry
-->'''Riley:''' I'm taking you home. Come on.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh, did you ever think maybe I'm gonna take you home, huh? What? You think that boys can take care of themselves and girls need help?\\
'''Riley:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Buffy:''' That is so Teutonic.
-->'''Riley:''' I'm taking you home. Come on.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh, did you ever think maybe I'm gonna take you home, huh? What? You think that boys can take care of themselves and girls need help?\\
'''Riley:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Buffy:''' That is so Teutonic.
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-->'''Riley:''' I'm taking you home. Come on.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh, did you ever think maybe I'm gonna take you home, huh? What? You think that boys can take care of themselves and girls need help?\\
'''Riley:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Buffy:''' That is so Teutonic.
-->'''Riley:''' I'm taking you home. Come on.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh, did you ever think maybe I'm gonna take you home, huh? What? You think that boys can take care of themselves and girls need help?\\
'''Riley:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Buffy:''' That is so Teutonic.
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'''Riley:''' Yeah.\\
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'''Riley:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.\\]]\\
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: JamesMarsters (Spike) replaces Creator/SethGreen (Oz) in the opening credits.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: JamesMarsters Creator/JamesMarsters (Spike) replaces Creator/SethGreen (Oz) in the opening credits.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Riley the Teutonic Dofuss.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Riley the Teutonic Dofuss.dofuss.
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* SomeKindOfForcefield: The transparent wall of Spike's cell is electrified.
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** Spike's comment about Nazis isn't a casual quip. The ''Angel'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight Why We Fight]]" shows he was kidnapped by Nazis during World War 2 for their own experiments. That episode also mentions the "Demon Research Initiative", implied to be a precursor of the current organisation.
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* DopeSlap
* FailedASpotCheck: After Riley comes to visit, Willow realises that Buffy has left an open bag of weapons in the dorm. She tries to surreptitiously nudge it back under the bed. Riley sees what she's doing and helps her without looking inside the bag.
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* TheTriple: Spike's terms of endearment for Harmony. She's his little foam latte, his mon petite creme brulee, his...pack of mentholated cigarettes?
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* TheTriple: TheTriple:
** Spike's terms of endearment for Harmony. She's his little foam latte, his mon petite creme brulee, his...pack of mentholatedcigarettes?cigarettes?
** Spike wants to know who's kidnapped him. "The government? Nazis? A major cosmetics company?"
** Spike's terms of endearment for Harmony. She's his little foam latte, his mon petite creme brulee, his...pack of mentholated
** Spike wants to know who's kidnapped him. "The government? Nazis? A major cosmetics company?"
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* YourMomYourMom: Riley's friends get up him for punching Parker, which as a TA could get him fired.
-->'''Riley:''' He--he was just being so crude.
-->'''Forrest:''' Please. You've heard me say much grosser things than that.
-->'''Riley:''' And most of those are about your own mother. ''(Forrest {{Dope Slap}}s him)''
-->'''Riley:''' He--he was just being so crude.
-->'''Forrest:''' Please. You've heard me say much grosser things than that.
-->'''Riley:''' And most of those are about your own mother. ''(Forrest {{Dope Slap}}s him)''
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* GreviousHarmWithABody / HoistWithHisOwnPetard: Spike swings one Inititative scientist into the other, who accidentally jabs his colleague with a knockout hypo.
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* GreviousHarmWithABody GrievousHarmWithABody / HoistWithHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Spike swings one Inititative Initiative scientist into the other, who accidentally jabs his colleague with a knockout hypo.
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* CallBack: To "Lovers Walk", in which Willow offered a sympathetic ear to Spike.
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* CallBack: To "Lovers Walk", in which Willow offered a sympathetic ear to Spike.Spike while his prisoner.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: "I always worried what would happen when that bitch got some funding." To find out, see the BTVS comic series.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Giles draws a sketch of the Initiative soldier Buffy saw in "Wild At Heart".
-->'''Buffy:''' That's your man.
-->'''Giles:''' Your man, actually.
** "I always worried what would happen when that bitch got some funding." To find out, see the BTVS comic series.
-->'''Buffy:''' That's your man.
-->'''Giles:''' Your man, actually.
** "I always worried what would happen when that bitch got some funding." To find out, see the BTVS comic series.
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* GreviousHarmWithABody / HoistWithHisOwnPetard: Spike swings one Inititative scientist into the other, who accidentally jabs his colleague with a knockout hypo.
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* LockDown: After clocking Spike, Willow tries to run out of her dorm only to find the door is locked, the Initiative having locked down the entire frat house remotely.
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* RuleOfDrama: Spike slugs his way out of the Initiative, and only feels pain when he goes to bite someone. After this, Spike will feel pain even when {{Dope Slap}}ping a human. There's a suggestion though that the inhibitor chip takes a while to be properly calibrated.
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* SexyBack: Buffy changes into "something slutty" to wear at the party.
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* SongsOfSolace: Lampshaded by Riley when he enters Willow's dorm. "Geez, I hope I'm not interrupting anything really depressing."
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* TheTriple: Spike's terms of endearment for Harmony. She's his little foam latte, his mon petite creme brulee, his...pack of mentholated cigarettes?
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* YouKnowTooMuch: Walsh orders that Hostile 17 be recaptured because he knows about the Initiative.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Tom warns Spike against drinking from the bloodbag that gets dropped into his cell, as it's drugged to keep them docile.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spike pretends to have been doped out, so he can jump the Initiative scientists while he's being StrappedToAnOperatingTable.
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* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Buffy snaps the handle off a yoghurt machine.
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* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Buffy snaps the handle off a yoghurt machine.machine, then sneaks away as it spills on the floor.
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* SmokeOut: An accidental version; Riley shoots a fire extinguisher wielded by Spike, filling the corridor with [=CO2=] gas.
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* SmokeOut: An accidental version; Riley shoots a fire extinguisher [[ImprovisedWeapon wielded by Spike, Spike]], filling the corridor with [=CO2=] gas.
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* FakeKillScare: The 'Spike attacks Willow' scene was deliberately set up to make it appear Willow had been killed.
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* FakeKillScare: The 'Spike attacks Willow' scene was deliberately set up to make it appear Willow had been killed.killed, [[TrollingCreator in response to internet rumors that this would happen]].
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* TrollingCreator: Fan rumors that Willow would be killed inspired the scene where Spike appears to do so.
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* TrollingCreator: Fan rumors that Willow would be killed inspired the scene where Spike appears to do so.
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* SexIsViolence: Spike attacking Willow is played like a rape metaphor.
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* ImpairmentShot: Riley has a blurred view of the woman he's fighting, but as his eyesight is still affected by the flare, he can't see Buffy's face. Riley is wearing a balaclava so his SecretIdentity isn't revealed to Buffy either.
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* ImpairmentShot: Riley has a blurred view of the woman he's fighting, but as his eyesight is still affected by the flare, he can't see Buffy's face. flare. Riley is wearing a balaclava so his SecretIdentity isn't revealed to Buffy either.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Tom and Spike are escaping the lab when they're suddenly confronted by commandos; [[GrievousHarmWithABody Spike pushes Tom into them]] saying, "This is where we split up" and makes his escape while Tom is being staked.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Tom and Spike are escaping the lab when they're suddenly confronted by commandos; GasMaskMooks; [[GrievousHarmWithABody Spike pushes Tom into them]] saying, "This is where we split up" and makes his escape while Tom is being staked.
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* ImpairmentShot: Riley has a blurred view of the woman he's fighting, but as his eyesight is still affected by the flare, he can't see Buffy's face. Riley is wearing a balaclava so his SecretIdentity isn't revealed to Buffy either.
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-->"Call in a standard triangle flanking maneuver. We're going in. I need a lockdown on Grid 6."
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* BagOfKidnapping: Spike is bagged and tagged before Buffy inadvertently rescues him.
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* BatteringRam: Having locked Willow's room remotely, the Initiative soldiers use a hand-held extendable battering ram to break down the door.
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* WouldNotHitAGirl: Riley orders his team to withdraw when he sees he's fighting a small woman.
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->''The problem is, what kind of girl is gonna go out with a guy who's acting all joe regular by day and then turns all demon-hunter by night?''
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->''The problem is, what kind of girl is gonna go out with a guy who's acting all joe regular Joe Regular by day and then turns all demon-hunter by night?''
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->''The problem is, what kind of girl is gonna go out with a guy who's acting all joe regular by day and then turns all demon-hunter by night?''
Spike escapes the Initiative. Riley tries to put the moves onBuffy.
Buffy, but he's not who he appears to be.
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* AttackPatternAlpha: Lots of Military Speak from Riley once he drops the adorkable TA act.