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Foreshadowing must be planned.


** Dawn's crush on Xander [[spoiler: though it will be many years before that goes anywhere]]
** Buffy smacking Spike around just for fun.
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It's Bogarty.


* FailedASpotCheck: Willow trips over Mr. Fogarty's corpse, lying completely uncovered on the floor of The Magic Box.

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* FailedASpotCheck: Willow trips over Mr. Fogarty's Bogarty's corpse, lying completely uncovered on the floor of The Magic Box.
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* {{Bond Villain Stupidity}}: It's {{lampshaded}} by Harmony's gang, who point out that they've no reason to keep Dawn alive; it only matters that the Slayer ''thinks'' she's still alive.

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* {{Bond Villain Stupidity}}: It's {{lampshaded}} by Harmony's gang, who point out that they've no reason to keep Dawn alive; it only matters that the Slayer ''thinks'' she's still alive.alive and comes for her.
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* AnswerCut: "What kind of an unholy creature fancies cheap tasteless statuary?" Cut to Harmony cooing over her new unicorn.

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* AnswerCut: Giles asks, "What kind of an unholy creature fancies cheap tasteless statuary?" Cut to Harmony cooing over her new unicorn.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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** Buffy smacking Spike around just for fun.
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** Dawn's crush on Xander [[spoiler: though it will be many years before that goes anywhere]]
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** Tara's expression when Willow tells her, "You're one of the good guys," as she believes she's part demon.

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** Tara's expression when Willow tells her, "You're one of the good guys," [[spoiler: as she believes she's part demon.]]



** Riley showed up because he and Buffy had plans to hang out, which she forgot about, giving the first indication that he now has [[DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest nothing going on in his life except Buffy]] and she [[ItsAllAboutMe only thinks about Riley when its convenient for her]]. These issues would eventually end their relationship.

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** Riley showed up because he and Buffy had plans to hang out, which she forgot about, giving the first indication that he now has [[DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest nothing going on in his life except Buffy]] and she [[ItsAllAboutMe only thinks about Riley when its convenient for her]]. [[spoiler: These issues would eventually end their relationship. ]]
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correction


* ActorAllusion: Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg's first major credited role was as the star of ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'', a film about a young woman who writes a diary and gets into quite a bit of trouble. In this episode, Michelle Trachtenberg plays a young woman who writes a diary and...

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg's first major credited role was as the star of ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'', a film about a young woman girl who writes a diary and gets into quite a bit of trouble. In this episode, Michelle Trachtenberg plays a young woman girl who writes a diary and...
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Dawn was originally intended to be a preteen, until Joss was so impressed with Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg's audition that he decided to make her a teenager. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to edit this episode's script to reflect that, meaning Dawn comes off as absurdly childish and Joyce's insistence that she can't be home alone doesn't make much sense.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Dawn was originally intended to be a preteen, until Joss was so impressed with Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg's audition that he decided to make her a teenager. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to edit this episode's script to reflect that, meaning Dawn comes off as absurdly childish and Joyce's insistence that she can't be home alone doesn't make much sense. Dawn even points out that at fourteen she's old enough to be a babysitter herself, to no avail.

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** FridgeBrilliance applies, since the monks wanted Dawn protected, Buffy and Joyce's insistence that Dawn couldn't be left alone makes sense even if she was old enough.
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wrong episode.


* NotSoDire:
--->'''Anya:''' Xander, I'm dying.\\
'''Xander:''' What?\\
'''Anya:''' I might have as few as ''50 years'' left!
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* FailedASpotCheck: Willow trips over Mr. Fogarty's corpse, lying completely uncovered on the floor of The Magic Box.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Buffy is clearly accustomed to Dawn abusing this.
-->'''Buffy:''' I don't have time for this. Just do like I say, and wait. [{{beat}}] '''Here.'''
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** Willow is supportive of Buffy dropping a class to focus on her Slayer training, until Buffy reveals she's dropping drama.
-->'''Buffy:''' I thought you said people should be supportive of my slayer training!"\\
'''Willow:''' Other people, not me!


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* ImStandingRightHere: When Willow says that Buffy can blow off Giles's stupid training. "I can hear you, you know!"
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Moving to Trivia


* {{Corpsing}}: {{Invoked}} when Buffy is told Harmony has minions: Creator/JossWhedon was behind the camera trying to make Creator/SarahMichelleGellar crack up.
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* {{Diary}}: Writing her thoughts down is a device used to make Dawn the CharacterNarrator.
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* NotSoDire:
--->'''Anya:''' Xander, I'm dying.\\
'''Xander:''' What?\\
'''Anya:''' I might have as few as ''50 years'' left!
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* {{Diary}}: Writing her thoughts down is a device used to give Dawn the role of TheNarrator.

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* {{Diary}}: Writing her thoughts down is a device used to give make Dawn the role of TheNarrator.CharacterNarrator.

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* BrainwashResidue: Xander starts to refer to Dracula as "The Master" before he stops himself.

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* BrainwashResidue: Xander starts to refer to Dracula as "The "the Master" before he stops himself.


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* DramaticIrony: Dawn writes in her diary that no one knows the real her and that they're in for a surprise, not knowing just how true her own words are.

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