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* MysteryMeat: Buffy starts working at the eponymous fast food place and finds [[HumanResources a human finger in the meat grinder]]. This ends up being a bait-and-switch: the finger was there because a demon killed someone, but the meat was more mundane. [[spoiler:Except that it wasn't meat at all - it was veggieburger ''flavored'' with beef and chicken fat. Fattening cardboard. Charming.]]
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* MysteryMeat: Buffy starts working at the eponymous fast food place and finds [[HumanResources a human finger in the meat grinder]]. This ends up being a bait-and-switch: the finger was there because a demon killed someone, but the meat was more mundane. [[spoiler:Except Except that it wasn't meat at all - it was veggieburger ''flavored'' with beef and chicken fat. Fattening cardboard. Charming.]]
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* BurgerFool: The usual Buffy tradition of having evil forces being behind everything bad; it turns out that the "beef-chicken sandwiches" were actually made from [[spoiler:a cheap plant cellulose extract that's been artificially flavored to taste like real meat, rather than human flesh as Buffy thought it was]]. This was toned down in later episodes as several fast food chains threatened to withdraw advertisements from the show.
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* BurgerFool: The usual Buffy tradition of having evil forces being behind everything bad; it turns out that the "beef-chicken sandwiches" were actually made from [[spoiler:a a cheap plant cellulose extract that's been artificially flavored to taste like real meat, rather than human flesh as Buffy thought it was]].was. This was toned down in later episodes as several fast food chains threatened to withdraw advertisements from the show.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: {{Subverted}}. Because of the high staff turnover and repeated mentions of a "secret ingredient", Buffy thinks the Doublemeat Palace is using human meat in its products. It turns out that the disappearances are because of [[ContrivedCoincidence a demon that likes the taste of people who've eaten lots of Doublemeat foods]], and the "meat" is actually a vegetable product, with a secret ingredient of... beef flavoring. Comes complete with a ShoutOut to ''Film/SoylentGreen'', where Buffy runs through the restaurant screaming "It's people!"
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Willow updates Xander and Anya about the Trio, explaining that the three seem to have disappeared and moved from their basement lair. Anya chimes in with supportive statements about working hard for money and the importance of working in America just before Buffy appears, wearing a uniform for her new job. Later, Buffy is introduced to the world of fast food with the help of a unique and graphic video about her new place of work, the Doublemeat Palace. Her boss, Manny, introduces Buffy to her unenthusiastic coworkers and walks her through the area behind the counter, clearly identifying off-limit locations.
Buffy is offered the Doublemeat Medley, a burger consisting of typical ingredients and layers of meat and chicken, and Manny requires that she eat it. She reluctantly takes a bite, then questions what the secret ingredient in the meat is, but gets no clear answer. Buffy watches as a coworker, Gary, waits on a woman wearing a wig who is a regular at the Palace. After his demonstration, Buffy takes the next customer, but is lost quickly in the process as the man's order is too difficult for her to follow.
During her break, Buffy sneaks around in the back rooms, searching for the truth behind the secret ingredient, but is caught by Manny. At the counter, Buffy finds her friends have come by to visit her and she treats Xander to a Doublemeat Medley. Anya goes on a rant about how behind the wedding plans are, partially blaming Willow for the complications. Later, Buffy receives a surprise visit from Spike at the restaurant. He teases her, suggesting that she took the job to feel normal given that Buffy may possibly be a demon now. Buffy strongly refutes this, despite the fact Spike's chip now allows him to hurt her. Spike then tries to persuade her to leave the job and be with him, warning her that this job could kill her. He offers to do everything in his power to take care of her and help her with her money problems. She remains determined and turns away. Gary goes out to the alley behind the restaurant and encounters someone/something that he recognizes; then that someone or something attacks him.
The next day, with Gary not there to work, Buffy is told to work the grill and another coworker, Timothy demonstrates the process for her. Again, Buffy asks about the secret ingredient, but still can't get an answer from anyone. Manny then assigns Buffy to a double shift because of the reduction of employees. At the apartment, Xander talks to Anya, who's in another room, about Buffy working a double shift just before Halfrek, a female Vengeance demon appears suddenly before Xander, threatening to tear him into pieces. Fortunately, Anya enters the room and recognizes the Vengeance demon as an old friend and the girls greet each other gleefully. Anya clears up the confusion, explaining that she invited Halfrek to the wedding, not to seek vengeance on Xander. Wisely, Xander leaves to let the girls chat.
Back at the Doublemeat Palace, Buffy spots Spike outside through a window and spends her break having sex with him in the alleyway out behind the restaurant, though she looks thoroughly disinterested. Amy pays Willow a visit, wanting her rat cage as a souvenir and talks with Willow about her progress with avoiding magic. Before she leaves, Amy (wanting to get Willow back onto magic) gives Willow an unasked-for gift: A magical boost of power she can't quite control. Buffy watches the grinder grind meat, but discovers a human finger in the processed meat. Appalled at the idea of human meat being the secret ingredient, Buffy confronts Manny about it, but he doesn't agree with her suspicions. Buffy charges out into the dining area, attempting to stop all the patrons from eating while shouting that the meat is made of humans. The outburst gets her fired.
Over drinks, Anya and Halfrek talk about Anya's relationship with Xander and Anya begins to re-evaluate her situation with Xander after Halfrek repeatedly insists on addressing the issue. A meeting is called at the Magic Box as Buffy presents the severed finger and a Doublemeat Medley as evidence for her "people burger" theory, but Xander eats the burger before Buffy explains her theory. Willow arrives late, ready to begin researching despite the fact that she's still under Amy's gift spell and lacks control over her use of magic. Buffy leaves to investigate Doublemeat Palace after hours while Willow uses science to test a leftover piece of meat from the Doublemeat Medley.
Buffy breaks into the fast food place andis overwhelmed by the monotony. Amy infects finds clues: Blood and Manny's severed foot. Willow with struggles to avoid using magic while Dawn and Xander talk about the kind of future life Buffy will have because she's the Slayer. Then Anya shows up late after Halfrek's departure, and a little magic. An old friend visits Anya.
tense argument develops between her and Xander over the less-than-attractive appearance of a Vengeance demon.
Willow's analysis reveals that the basic composition of the "meat" is cellulose. While continuing to snoop, Buffy encounters the regular customer, Wig Lady, without her wig. A demonic lamprey-like appendage emerges from the lady's head and sprays a paralyzing liquid at Buffy. The lady advances on Buffy and talks about eating Doublemeat employees as the Slayer struggles to escape.
Willow shows up and tries to inform Buffy of the Doublemeat Medley which is not made of humans, but processed vegetables, then begins to confess to her about Amy's magical gift. Buffy's unable to respond to the information as she continues to try to get away from the demon, which manages to latch onto her shoulder and start to feed. Inside, Willow tries to stop the Wig Lady, using a large blade to cut the lamprey from the woman's body. That doesn't immediately kill the lamprey and Willow quickly shoves it into the meat grinder. The next day at the Summers' house, Amy pays Willow a visit, needing to borrow a few necessities. Willow denies her entrance into the house and angrily suggests that Amy stay away from her.
Buffy returns to the Doublemeat Palace to return her uniform to the new manager, Lorraine. After revealing her knowledge of the Doublemeat Medley's composition, she is sworn to secrecy. She gets her job back and resigns herself to working there, at least for now.
Buffy is offered the Doublemeat Medley, a burger consisting of typical ingredients and layers of meat and chicken, and Manny requires that she eat it. She reluctantly takes a bite, then questions what the secret ingredient in the meat is, but gets no clear answer. Buffy watches as a coworker, Gary, waits on a woman wearing a wig who is a regular at the Palace. After his demonstration, Buffy takes the next customer, but is lost quickly in the process as the man's order is too difficult for her to follow.
During her break, Buffy sneaks around in the back rooms, searching for the truth behind the secret ingredient, but is caught by Manny. At the counter, Buffy finds her friends have come by to visit her and she treats Xander to a Doublemeat Medley. Anya goes on a rant about how behind the wedding plans are, partially blaming Willow for the complications. Later, Buffy receives a surprise visit from Spike at the restaurant. He teases her, suggesting that she took the job to feel normal given that Buffy may possibly be a demon now. Buffy strongly refutes this, despite the fact Spike's chip now allows him to hurt her. Spike then tries to persuade her to leave the job and be with him, warning her that this job could kill her. He offers to do everything in his power to take care of her and help her with her money problems. She remains determined and turns away. Gary goes out to the alley behind the restaurant and encounters someone/something that he recognizes; then that someone or something attacks him.
The next day, with Gary not there to work, Buffy is told to work the grill and another coworker, Timothy demonstrates the process for her. Again, Buffy asks about the secret ingredient, but still can't get an answer from anyone. Manny then assigns Buffy to a double shift because of the reduction of employees. At the apartment, Xander talks to Anya, who's in another room, about Buffy working a double shift just before Halfrek, a female Vengeance demon appears suddenly before Xander, threatening to tear him into pieces. Fortunately, Anya enters the room and recognizes the Vengeance demon as an old friend and the girls greet each other gleefully. Anya clears up the confusion, explaining that she invited Halfrek to the wedding, not to seek vengeance on Xander. Wisely, Xander leaves to let the girls chat.
Back at the Doublemeat Palace, Buffy spots Spike outside through a window and spends her break having sex with him in the alleyway out behind the restaurant, though she looks thoroughly disinterested. Amy pays Willow a visit, wanting her rat cage as a souvenir and talks with Willow about her progress with avoiding magic. Before she leaves, Amy (wanting to get Willow back onto magic) gives Willow an unasked-for gift: A magical boost of power she can't quite control. Buffy watches the grinder grind meat, but discovers a human finger in the processed meat. Appalled at the idea of human meat being the secret ingredient, Buffy confronts Manny about it, but he doesn't agree with her suspicions. Buffy charges out into the dining area, attempting to stop all the patrons from eating while shouting that the meat is made of humans. The outburst gets her fired.
Over drinks, Anya and Halfrek talk about Anya's relationship with Xander and Anya begins to re-evaluate her situation with Xander after Halfrek repeatedly insists on addressing the issue. A meeting is called at the Magic Box as Buffy presents the severed finger and a Doublemeat Medley as evidence for her "people burger" theory, but Xander eats the burger before Buffy explains her theory. Willow arrives late, ready to begin researching despite the fact that she's still under Amy's gift spell and lacks control over her use of magic. Buffy leaves to investigate Doublemeat Palace after hours while Willow uses science to test a leftover piece of meat from the Doublemeat Medley.
Buffy breaks into the fast food place and
Willow's analysis reveals that the basic composition of the "meat" is cellulose. While continuing to snoop, Buffy encounters the regular customer, Wig Lady, without her wig. A demonic lamprey-like appendage emerges from the lady's head and sprays a paralyzing liquid at Buffy. The lady advances on Buffy and talks about eating Doublemeat employees as the Slayer struggles to escape.
Willow shows up and tries to inform Buffy of the Doublemeat Medley which is not made of humans, but processed vegetables, then begins to confess to her about Amy's magical gift. Buffy's unable to respond to the information as she continues to try to get away from the demon, which manages to latch onto her shoulder and start to feed. Inside, Willow tries to stop the Wig Lady, using a large blade to cut the lamprey from the woman's body. That doesn't immediately kill the lamprey and Willow quickly shoves it into the meat grinder. The next day at the Summers' house, Amy pays Willow a visit, needing to borrow a few necessities. Willow denies her entrance into the house and angrily suggests that Amy stay away from her.
Buffy returns to the Doublemeat Palace to return her uniform to the new manager, Lorraine. After revealing her knowledge of the Doublemeat Medley's composition, she is sworn to secrecy. She gets her job back and resigns herself to working there, at least for now.
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* AbsenteeActor: Tara doesn't appear in this episode.
* ActorAllusion: As a child, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar appeared in Burger King commercial ads. UsefulNotes/McDonalds infamously sued her for citing their meat in one of the ads and banned her from eating in their restaurant. Ironically, [=McDonald=]'s was a sponsor for the show.
* ActorAllusion: As a child, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar appeared in Burger King commercial ads. UsefulNotes/McDonalds infamously sued her for citing their meat in one of the ads and banned her from eating in their restaurant. Ironically, [=McDonald=]'s was a sponsor for the show.
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* BurgerFool: Played with.The usual Buffy tradition of having evil forces being behind everything bad; it turns out that the "beef-chicken sandwiches" were actually made from [[spoiler:a cheap plant cellulose extract that's been artificially flavored to taste like real meat, rather than human flesh as Buffy thought it was]]. This was toned down in later episodes as several fast food chains threatened to withdraw advertisements from the show.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Starting with the name of the restaurant and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long chestburster with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeated by a lesbian cutting it off to save her helpless female friend from it). The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "the cow and chicken coming together for the first time" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a Buffy writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with the Doublemeat mascot, implies that the doublemeat subtext was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot?)
** And, just in case it wasn't obvious enough, see Willow describing the demon to Tara when they get back together in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E18Entropy Entropy]]".
--->'''Tara: '''Okay, wait, it was under her wig?
--->'''Willow: '''Well, it was this thing, it just came out from inside her head.
--->'''Tara: '''That's disgusting. What did it look like?
--->'''Willow: '''Well... let's put it this way. If I wasn't gay ''before''...
** And, just in case it wasn't obvious enough, see Willow describing the demon to Tara when they get back together in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E18Entropy Entropy]]".
--->'''Tara: '''Okay, wait, it was under her wig?
--->'''Willow: '''Well, it was this thing, it just came out from inside her head.
--->'''Tara: '''That's disgusting. What did it look like?
--->'''Willow: '''Well... let's put it this way. If I wasn't gay ''before''...
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Played for FanDisservice when Buffy has sex with Spike in a back alley [[WallBangHer up against the wall]], next to a dumpster, behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Played for FanDisservice when Buffy has sex with and Spike have sex in a back an alley [[WallBangHer up against the wall]], next to a dumpster, behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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*MysteryMeatMysteryMeat: Buffy starts working at the eponymous fast food place and finds [[HumanResources a human finger in the meat grinder]]. This ends up being a bait-and-switch: the finger was there because a demon killed someone, but the meat was more mundane. [[spoiler:Except that it wasn't meat at all - it was veggieburger ''flavored'' with beef and chicken fat. Fattening cardboard. Charming.]]
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* WallBangHer: Played for FanDisservice when Buffy has sex with Spike in a back alley up against the wall, next to a dumpster, behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Amy for Willow. Halfrek for Anya. The Scoobies gladly accept Buffy's offer of a free burger, even though it comes out of herwages.wages.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Willow suspects that Buffy is walking into danger when she goes to the restaurant at night to look for clues. She's right, and it's her (as a BadassNormal, no less, having sworn off magic) that makes the kill when Buffy is paralyzed.
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* OffWithHisHead: How Willow kills the Wig Lady. Or, rather, she chops the thing's feeding tentacle that erupted from her head off. We're not entirely sure ''what'' her actual head is, but Willow chops one of them off.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: The Wig Lady is gnawing on Buffy's shoulder, distracted from Willow, who she'd seemingly made retreat by spraying venom at her. Enter Will with an axe.
-->"Missed me."
-->"Missed me."
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** Also to Theatre/SweeneyTodd: The finger in the meat grinder (Tobias finding a nail in the meat), and the reference to pies made of cat meat (Of course, Mrs Lovett also made pies of people after having made them from cats)...
* StockSuperheroDayJobs: Averted
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** Also to Theatre/SweeneyTodd: ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'': The finger in the meat grinder (Tobias finding a nail in the meat), and the reference to pies made of cat meat (Of course, Mrs Lovett also made pies of people after having made them from cats)...
** Willow tells Xander that the Trio had "pictures of the Vulcan woman on ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''." Both ''Buffy'' and ''Enterprise'' aired on Creator/{{UPN}} from 2001 to 2003.
* StockSuperheroDayJobs:AvertedAverted.
** Willow tells Xander that the Trio had "pictures of the Vulcan woman on ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''." Both ''Buffy'' and ''Enterprise'' aired on Creator/{{UPN}} from 2001 to 2003.
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** Spike urges Buffy to quit her job, saying he can get the money she needs. [[spoiler:In "As You Were" we discover Spike is involved in demon black market deals.]]
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** Spike urges Buffy to quit her job, saying he can get the money she needs. [[spoiler:In In "As You Were" we discover Spike is involved in demon black market deals.]]
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* BadJobWorseUniform: especially Especially the hathat.
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-->'''Buffy:''' Good to know. (everyone looks to see Buffy in her BurgerFool outfit) I was kinda feelin' like a tool.
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-->'''Buffy:''' Good to know. (everyone looks to see Buffy in her BurgerFool outfit) Cause I was kinda feelin' like a tool.huge tool, and now I know why.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Played for FanDisservice when Buffy has sex with Spike in a back alley [[WallBangHer up against the wall]], next to a dumpster, behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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* WallBangHer[=/=]MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
* WallBangHer[=/=]MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Amy for Willow. Halfrek for Anya. The Scoobies gladly accept Buffy's offer of a free burger, even though it comes out of her wages.
* WallBangHer[=/=]MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.wages.
* WallBangHer[=/=]MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Doublemeat Palace workers aren't zombies or mind-controlled. They are just stuck in a soul-sucking, desperately-boring job.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Doublemeat Palace workers aren't zombies or mind-controlled. They are just stuck in a soul-sucking, desperately-boring job. This is likely a case of UnreliableNarrator, as the episode focues on Buffy's POV and we are seeing events unfold from her own shocked perspective. Scenes set at the Doublemeat Palace in future episodes will show its employees acting more normally.
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* WallBangHer / MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: WallBangHer[=/=]MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although it is doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic chest]][[FauxSymbolism burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although it is doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}).
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-->'''Halfrek:''' Half the time I have no idea if I'm maiming the right guy.
-->'''Halfrek:''' Half the time I have no idea if I'm maiming the right guy.
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-->'''Halfrek:''' Half the time I have no idea if I'm maiming the right guy.
-->'''Halfrek:''' Half the time I have no idea if I'm maiming the right guy.
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->'''Phillip:''' You put the beef on the grill, you hit the button, then it beeps. You flip the beef, hit the other button then it beeps. You put it on the bun; there's not a button for that.
->'''Buffy:''' Repeat until insane.
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->'''Phillip:''' You ''"You put the beef on the grill, you hit the button, then it beeps. You flip the beef, hit the other button then it beeps. You put it on the bun; there's not a button for that.
that."''
->'''Buffy:'''Repeat ''"Repeat until insane.
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* EnvironmentalSymbolism / FauxtivationalPoster: Spike and Buffy have sex next to a TEAMWORK poster. Buffy finds Philip's foot in the kitchen -- behind her is a sign encouraging employees to BE PART OF THE DOUBLEMEAT EXPERIENCE.
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* EnvironmentalSymbolism / FauxtivationalPoster: Spike and Buffy have sex next to a TEAMWORK poster. Buffy finds Philip's Manny's foot in the kitchen -- behind her is a sign encouraging employees to BE PART OF THE DOUBLEMEAT EXPERIENCE.
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* RedHerring: Buffy's workplace has nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek despite its zombie-like staff or creepy vibe -- the demon is only a customer and the "secret ingredient" is actually a soy product.
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* RedHerring: Buffy's workplace has nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek despite its zombie-like staff or creepy vibe -- the demon is only a customer and the "secret ingredient" is actually a soy product.based on vegetables.
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* WallBangHer / MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy.
* YouLookFamiliar: The actress who played Halfrek also played Cecily in "Fool for Love" -- this was later retconned as Cecily actually being a vengeance demon.
* YouLookFamiliar: The actress who played Halfrek also played Cecily in "Fool for Love" -- this was later retconned as Cecily actually being a vengeance demon.
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* WallBangHer / MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In the alley, [[FanDisservice next to a dumpster]], behind the Doublemeat Palace during Buffy's break. Classy. \n* YouLookFamiliar: The actress who played Halfrek also played Cecily in "Fool for Love" -- this was later retconned as Cecily actually being a vengeance demon.
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* DespairEventHorizon: It is clear Buffy has sunk to a new low when you see her having sex with Spike and she's just there going through the motions.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent
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* OurZombiesAreDifferentOurZombiesAreDifferent: The Doublemeat Palace workers aren't zombies or mind-controlled. They are just stuck in a soul-sucking, desperately-boring job.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although it is doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}). The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "[[{{Gorn}} the cow and chicken coming together for the first time]]" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with [[MixAndMatchCritters the Doublemeat mascot]], implies that the [[InterspeciesRomance doublemeat subtext]] was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot]]?)
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although it is doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}). {{Subtext}}).
** The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "[[{{Gorn}} the cow and chicken coming together for the first time]]" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with [[MixAndMatchCritters the Doublemeat mascot]], implies that the [[InterspeciesRomance doublemeat subtext]] was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot]]?)
** The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "[[{{Gorn}} the cow and chicken coming together for the first time]]" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with [[MixAndMatchCritters the Doublemeat mascot]], implies that the [[InterspeciesRomance doublemeat subtext]] was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot]]?)
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** Combined with an OhCrap, when Willow points out to Xander that he'll be hearing Anya's money talk "for the rest of your life."
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** Combined with an OhCrap, when Willow points out to Xander that he'll be [[AwfulWeddedLife hearing Anya's money talk "for the rest of your life.""]]
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Amy for Willow. Halfrek for Anya.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Amy for Willow. Halfrek for Anya. The Scoobies gladly accept Buffy's offer of a free burger, even though it comes out of her wages.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although I am [[[LateToThePunchline or was]]] doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}). The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "[[{{Gorn}} the cow and chicken coming together for the first time]]" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with [[MixAndMatchCritters the Doublemeat mascot]], implies that the [[InterspeciesRomance doublemeat subtext]] was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot]]?)
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loads of this starting with [[DoubleEntendre the name]] [[TwinThreesomeFantasy of the restaurant]] and eventually ending with a demon shaped like... Well, imagine an eight-foot-long [[Franchise/{{Alien}} chest]][[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic burster]] with no arms and an even larger, rounder forehead, which spits thin streams of pale fluid (and was defeating by a lesbian cutting it off to save her [[TheParalyzer helpless]] female friend from it, although I am [[[LateToThePunchline or was]]] it is doubtful that that was the intended {{Subtext}}). The fact that the "Buffy At Work" The Making Of documentary used a clip of Buffy watching a video of "[[{{Gorn}} the cow and chicken coming together for the first time]]" (the back of a television emitting frantic moos and clucks was all that was shown of that part of the worker orientation video) when a ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' writer who worked for a video store was talking about pornography, especially with [[MixAndMatchCritters the Doublemeat mascot]], implies that the [[InterspeciesRomance doublemeat subtext]] was intentional. (But despite that, who ''doesn't'' want [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter one of those hats, or a plush toy of the mascot]]?)
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* BeneathSuspicion: The harmless old lady customer turns out to be the killer.
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* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: [[spoiler:Buffy being stalked by the Wig Lady. "I know you're under there."]]
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* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: [[spoiler:Buffy Buffy being stalked by the Wig Lady. "I know you're under there."]]"
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* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: [[spoiler:Wig Lady]]Wig Lady
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* RedHerring: Buffy's workplace has nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek despite its zombie-like staff or creepy vibe -- [[spoiler:the demon is only a customer and the "secret ingredient" is actually a soy product.]]
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* RedHerring: Buffy's workplace has nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek despite its zombie-like staff or creepy vibe -- [[spoiler:the the demon is only a customer and the "secret ingredient" is actually a soy product.]]
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* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: [[spoiler:Averted -- Because of the HighTurnoverRate and repeated mentions of a "secret ingredient", Buffy thinks the Doublemeat Palace is using human meat in its products. It turns out that the disappearances are because of a demon that likes the taste of people who've eaten lots of fatty foods, and the "meat" is actually a vegetable product, with a secret ingredient of... beef flavoring.]]
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* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: [[spoiler:Averted Averted -- Because of the HighTurnoverRate and repeated mentions of a "secret ingredient", Buffy thinks the Doublemeat Palace is using human meat in its products. It turns out that the disappearances are because of a demon that likes the taste of people who've eaten lots of fatty foods, and the "meat" is actually a vegetable product, with a secret ingredient of... beef flavoring.]]
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* ActorAllusion: It's hard to watch this episode without thinking about Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1EMffQ6XPw Burger King commercial]].
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* ContinuityNod: Buffy mentions working as a waitress "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E1Anne that summer in LA]]". Xander says he thought Jonathan would have learned his lesson from the events of "Superstar".
** When Buffy mentions "that summer," Dawn is not quite sure what she means. [[spoiler:This is because it was before Dawn joined the group and she only "remembers" it because the monks who created her ret-conned her memory.]]
** When Buffy mentions "that summer," Dawn is not quite sure what she means. [[spoiler:This is because it was before Dawn joined the group and she only "remembers" it because the monks who created her ret-conned her memory.]]
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Buffy mentions working as a waitress "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E1Anne that summer inLA]]". LA]]".
** Xander says he thought Jonathan would have learned his lesson from the events of "Superstar".
** When Buffy mentions "that summer," Dawn is not quite sure what she means.[[spoiler:This This is because it was before Dawn joined a subtle nod to the group and she only "remembers" it because the monks who created her ret-conned her memory.]]fact Dawn's memories of that summer are fake.
** Buffy mentions working as a waitress "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E1Anne that summer in
** Xander says he thought Jonathan would have learned his lesson from the events of "Superstar".
** When Buffy mentions "that summer," Dawn is not quite sure what she means.
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* [[spoiler:RedHerring: RedHerring: Buffy's workplace has nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek despite its zombie-like staff or creepy vibe -- the [[spoiler:the demon is only a customer and the "secret ingrediant" ingredient" is actually a soy product.]]
