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-->'''Spike:''' (holding up handcuffs) Do you trust me?

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-->'''Spike:''' (holding ''(holding up handcuffs) handcuffs)'' Do you trust me?



-->'''Buffy:''' ''(faintly)''' Don't...

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-->'''Buffy:''' ''(faintly)''' ''(faintly)'' Don't...



-->'''Buffy:''' (tearful) A girl is dead because of me.

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-->'''Buffy:''' (tearful) ''(tearful)'' A girl is dead because of me.
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* DarkSide: Buffy refuses to join the Scoobies on the dance floor of the Bronze and retreats to the upper balcony, where she finds Spike waiting for her.
-->'''Spike: You see...you try to be with them, but you always end up in the dark. With me. What would they think of you...if they found out all the things you've done? If they knew...who you really were? ''(Spike starts to lift Buffy's skirt)''

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* DarkSide: Buffy refuses to join the Scoobies on the dance floor of the Bronze and retreats to the upper balcony, where she finds Spike waiting for her.
-->'''Spike:
waiting.
-->'''Spike:'''
You see...you try to be with them, but you always end up in the dark. With me. What would they think of you...if they found out all the things you've done? If they knew...who you really were? ''(Spike starts to lift Buffy's skirt)''
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* DarkSide: Buffy refuses to join her friends on the dance floor of the Bronze and retreats to the upper balcony, where she finds Spike waiting for her.

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* DarkSide: Buffy refuses to join her friends the Scoobies on the dance floor of the Bronze and retreats to the upper balcony, where she finds Spike waiting for her.
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* DarkSide: Buffy refuses to join her friends on the dance floor of the Bronze and retreats to the upper balcony, where she finds Spike waiting for her.
-->'''Spike: You see...you try to be with them, but you always end up in the dark. With me. What would they think of you...if they found out all the things you've done? If they knew...who you really were? ''(Spike starts to lift Buffy's skirt)''
-->'''Buffy:''' ''(faintly)''' Don't...
-->'''Spike:''' Stop me. ''(Spike enters Buffy from behind; Buffy closes her eyes and moans)'' No, don't close your eyes. Look at them. That's not your world. You belong in the shadows, with me. Look at your friends and tell me you don't love getting away with this, right under their noses.
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* NoMeansYes: Buffy with the handcuffs, and at the Bronze.
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--'''Spike:''' (holding up handcuffs) Do you trust me?

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--'''Spike:''' -->'''Spike:''' (holding up handcuffs) Do you trust me?
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* BlatantLies
--'''Spike:''' (holding up handcuffs) Do you trust me?
-->'''Buffy:''' Never.
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-->You don't have a soul! There is nothing good or clean in you. You are dead inside! You can't feel anything real!

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-->You don't have a soul! There is nothing good or clean in you. You are dead inside! You can't feel anything real! I can never be your girl!
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-->'''Buffy:''' We missed the bed again.
-->'''Spike:''' Lucky for the bed.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Of the unconscious kind; the Scoobies keep saying things that remind Buffy of what she's up to with Spike.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Of the unconscious kind; the The Scoobies keep saying things that remind Buffy of what she's up to with Spike.



-->'''Anya:''' Being exposed to the Rwasundi for more than a few seconds can cause vivid hallucinations. And a slight tingly scalp.



* CameBackWrong: Averted as it turns out there's nothing wrong with Buffy. This is not what she wants to hear.

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* CameBackWrong: Averted as it turns out there's nothing wrong with Buffy. This is not what she wants to hear.hear, as it means her actions with Spike can't be blamed on some demonic part of her.



* DestructoNookie: Buffy and Spike's furniture-smashing habits during sex are again lampshaded.

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* DestructoNookie: Buffy and Spike's furniture-smashing habits during sex are again lampshaded.shown.


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** This becomes inverted when Spike says that he won't let Buffy turn herself in because he loves her. Buffy responds by savagely beating Spike, [[RageAgainstTheReflection implying that she's the evil thing]] who can't comprehend Spike's selfless actions.
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* FauxtivationalPoster: Tara in the lunchroom at the Doublemeat Palace, which has posters urging DEDICATION, PRODUCTION AND COOPERATION.

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* FauxtivationalPoster: Tara in the employee lunchroom at the Doublemeat Palace, which has posters urging DEDICATION, PRODUCTION AND and COOPERATION.
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-->'''Buffy:'''

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-->'''Spike:''' Why are you doing this to yourself?
-->'''Buffy:''' (tearful) A girl is dead because of me.
-->'''Spike:''' And how many people are alive because of you? How many have you saved? One dead girl doesn't tip the scale.
-->'''Buffy:''' That's all it is to you, isn't it? Just another body! You can't understand why this is killing me, can you?


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* FrenchMaidOutfit: Mind-controlled Katrina.

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Warren accidentally kills his ex Katrina while trying to make her his sex slave and The Trio make Buffy believe she killed her. Buffy asks Tara for help to find out why Spike's chip doesn't work on her.

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Buffy asks Tara for help to find out why Spike's chip doesn't work on her. Warren accidentally kills his ex Katrina while trying to make her his sex slave and The Trio make Buffy believe she killed her. Buffy asks Tara for help to find out why Spike's chip doesn't work on her.
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* BerserkButton: Spike calling Buffy "my girl".

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
* BerserkButton: Spike calling Buffy "my girl".girl" triggers her NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood
-->'''Buffy:'''
* FanDisservice: Warren making out with a brainwashed Katrina.



-->'''Tara:''' I have this sudden urge to dedicate my productive cooperation...

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-->'''Tara:''' I have this sudden urge to dedicate my productive cooperation... cooperation.
* FridgeLogic: The Sunnydale police or Spike not noticing that Katrina had already been dead for several hours.



* [[OhCrap Oh...Balls!]]: Spike saying he's gotten rid of the body, only to overhear the police say it's just turned up in the river.



* RuleOfSymbolism: Spike and Buffy trying to touch each other on either side of a crypt door.

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* RapeIsOKWhenItsSciFi: Averted.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Spike and Buffy Pretty much all the Spike/Buffy scenes, notably them trying to touch each other on from either side of a the crypt door.


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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spike and Buffy reaching out for each other on either side of a stone crypt door.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spike and Buffy reaching out for trying to touch each other on either side of a stone crypt door.

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-->You don't... have a soul! There is nothing good or clean in you. You are dead inside! You can't feel anything real!

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-->You don't... don't have a soul! There is nothing good or clean in you. You are dead inside! You can't feel anything real! real!
* RuleOfSymbolism: Spike and Buffy reaching out for each other on either side of a stone crypt door.
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* FauxtivationalPoster: Tara in the lunchroom at the Doublemeat Palace, which has posters urging DEDICATION, PRODUCTION AND COOPERATION.
-->'''Tara:''' I have this sudden urge to dedicate my productive cooperation...
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* ModestyBedsheet: Buffy and Spike somehow end up ''underneath'' the carpet.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore: Brekezikrieg Grimore
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Of the unconscious kind; the Scoobies keep saying things that remind Buffy of what she's up to with Spike.
-->'''Xander:''' You've been going at it too hard, slinging the doublemeat and pounding the big evil.
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* EroticDream: Played for NightmareFuel as Buffy's dreams of having sex with a handcuffed Spike are mixed with her killing Katrina.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: Buffy tearfully reveals her mutually-abusive sexual relationship with Spike to Tara. She begs Tara to ''not'' forgive her; not out of anger, but because she's so disgusted with herself that she doesn't think she deserves pity.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: Buffy tearfully reveals her mutually-abusive sexual relationship with Spike to Tara. She begs Tara to ''not'' forgive her; not out of anger, but because she's so disgusted with herself that she doesn't think she deserves pity.

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* BondageIsBad
* CuffsOffRubWrists: Buffy appears to refuse Spike's offer to handcuff her, but the next day is shown rubbing her wrists.

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* BondageIsBad
* CuffsOffRubWrists: Buffy appears to [[BondageIsBad refuse Spike's offer to handcuff her, her]], but the next day is shown rubbing her wrists.

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* CuffsOffRubWrists: A hint that Buffy did in fact engage in bondage games with Spike.

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* BondageIsBad
* CuffsOffRubWrists: A hint that Buffy did in fact engage in bondage games with Spike.appears to refuse Spike's offer to handcuff her, but the next day is shown rubbing her wrists.

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Spike and Buffy have sex on the balcony at the Bronze while their friends dance below.



* SexInAllTheWrongPlaces: Spike and Buffy have sex on the balcony at the Bronze while their friends dance below.

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* MoodWhiplash: Katrina being freed from the mind control device.

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* MoodWhiplash: The moment Katrina being is freed from the mind control device.


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* RageAgainstTheReflection: Buffy savagely beats an unresisting Spike, describing him in terms that clearly mirror her own fears over what she has become.
-->You don't... have a soul! There is nothing good or clean in you. You are dead inside! You can't feel anything real!
* SexInAllTheWrongPlaces: Spike and Buffy have sex on the balcony at the Bronze while their friends dance below.

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* HeroicBSOD: When Buffy thinks she's killed an innocent woman, and a minor one at the end when Buffy finds she can't blame her behaviour with Spike on having CameBackWrong.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: Buffy tearfully reveals her mutually-abusive sexual relationship with Spike to Tara. She begs Tara to ''not'' forgive her; not out of anger, but because she's so disgusted with herself that she doesn't think she deserves pity.
* HeroicBSOD: When Buffy thinks she's killed an innocent woman, and a minor one at the end when Buffy finds she can't blame her behaviour with Spike on having CameBackWrong.woman.
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* DestructoNookie: Buffy and Spike's furniture-smashing habits during sex are again lampshaded.
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* BeserkButton: Spike calling Buffy "my girl".

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* BeserkButton: BerserkButton: Spike calling Buffy "my girl".



* ComeBackWrong: Averted as it turns out there's nothing wrong with Buffy. This is not what she wants to hear.

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* ComeBackWrong: CameBackWrong: Averted as it turns out there's nothing wrong with Buffy. This is not what she wants to hear.



* HeroicBSOD: When Buffy thinks she's killed an innocent woman, and a minor one at the end when Buffy finds she can't blame her behaviour with Spike on having ComeBackWrong.

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* HeroicBSOD: When Buffy thinks she's killed an innocent woman, and a minor one at the end when Buffy finds she can't blame her behaviour with Spike on having ComeBackWrong.CameBackWrong.
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Warren accidentally kills his ex Katrina while trying to make her his sex slave and The Trio make Buffy believe she killed her. Buffy asks Tara for help to find out why Spike's chip doesn't work on her.

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Warren accidentally kills his ex Katrina while trying to make her his sex slave and The Trio make Buffy believe she killed her. Buffy asks Tara for help to find out why Spike's chip doesn't work on her.her.

* BeserkButton: Spike calling Buffy "my girl".
* CuffsOffRubWrists: A hint that Buffy did in fact engage in bondage games with Spike.
* ComeBackWrong: Averted as it turns out there's nothing wrong with Buffy. This is not what she wants to hear.
* DestructiveRomance: Fully demonstrated in this episode.
* HeroicBSOD: When Buffy thinks she's killed an innocent woman, and a minor one at the end when Buffy finds she can't blame her behaviour with Spike on having ComeBackWrong.
* MoodWhiplash: Katrina being freed from the mind control device.
* MoralEventHorizon: The Nerd Trio stop being a joke when they kill their first victim.
* PowerPerversionPotential: The Trio invent a MindControl device and immediately use it to pick up chicks.
* ValuesDissonance (InUniverse): Spike believes he's helping Buffy by [[TheDarkSide seducing her at the Bronze]] and disposing of Katrina's body. He's unable to see that these acts are only making her feel more wretched.

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