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->''I'll be sending a guest over to visit you later on tonight, after the sun goes down of course. Try and make him feel welcome before he rips you all to pieces.''

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->''I'll ->''"I don't know what's coming next, but I do know it's gonna be sending a guest over to visit you later on tonight, after just like this. Hard. Painful. But in the sun goes down of course. Try and make him feel welcome before he rips you end it's gonna be us. If we all to pieces.''
do our parts, believe it, we'll be the ones left standing. Here endeth the lesson."''
-->--'''Buffy Summers'''

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Try picking on someone my own size."]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Anya figures out that the reason the First is active is because she, Xander, Tara, and Willow brought Buffy back from the dead, it breaks her.
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* BringMeMyBrownPants / BrickJoke: The Scoobies untie Andrew from his chair and tell him to go wash as he's smelling rather ripe. After their confrontation with the First, Andrew rushes off saying he needs to go wash again.

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* BringMeMyBrownPants BringMyBrownPants / BrickJoke: The Scoobies untie Andrew from his chair and tell him to go wash as he's smelling rather ripe. After their confrontation with the First, Andrew rushes off saying he needs to go wash again.
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-->'''Baljox's Eye:''' "The eye sees not the future, only the truth of the now and before."

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-->'''Baljox's -->'''Beljoxa's Eye:''' "The eye sees not the future, only the truth of the now and before."



-->'''Baljox's Eye:''' It cannot be fought, it cannot be killed. The First Evil has been and always will be. Since before the universe was born, long after there is nothing else, it will go on.

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-->'''Baljox's -->'''Beljoxa's Eye:''' It cannot be fought, it cannot be killed. The First Evil has been and always will be. Since before the universe was born, long after there is nothing else, it will go on.



-->'''Baljox's Eye:''' (irritated) What, am I talking to myself here? There's no way!

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-->'''Baljox's -->'''Beljoxa's Eye:''' (irritated) What, am I talking to myself here? There's no way!
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* TheMole: The First infiltrates Buffy's house under the guise of potential Slayer Eve. It doesn't last because the Scoobies find Eve's corpse, thus blowing the First's cover.
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*TheMole: The First infiltrates Buffy's house under the guise of potential Slayer Eve. It doesn't last because the Scoobies find Eve's corpse, thus blowing the First's cover.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUsAllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Turok-Han and the Bringers invade Buffy's house

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Vampire Invitation was renamed per TRS decision.


* MustBeInvited: Turns out the Turok-Han only needs an OpenSaysMe.



* VampireInvitation: Turns out the Turok-Han only needs an OpenSaysMe.
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* ExtraEyes / FacelessEye: Beljoxa's Eye. [[{{Oculothorax}} It's nothing but eyes!]] In the shape an eyeball and attached tendons. [[EldritchAbomination Hate to think what the rest of Beljora looked like.]]

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* ExtraEyes / FacelessEye: Beljoxa's Eye. [[{{Oculothorax}} It's nothing but eyes!]] In the shape of an eyeball and attached tendons. [[EldritchAbomination Hate to think what the rest of Beljora looked like.]]
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** Buffy thinking she's [[Literature/RogueWarrior Richard Marcinko]] showing off to the potentials finishes with, "Here endteth the lesson," Spike's words from teaching Buffy in ''Fool for Love.''
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* SunnydaleSyndrome: Averted; Xander notes that tourism is down because it's [[GenreSavvy apocalypse season]].

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* SunnydaleSyndrome: Averted; Xander notes that tourism is down because it's [[GenreSavvy apocalypse season]].season.

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* StopHelpingMe (InUniverse): Buffy's response to Andrew's trying to support her RousingSpeech to the Potentials with comic book references.


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* UnwantedAssistance: Buffy's response to Andrew's trying to support her RousingSpeech to the Potentials with comic book references.

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* ChainedToARock: Spike as the DistressedDude.
* ContinuityNod

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* ChainedToARock: Spike as the DistressedDude.
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** And, of course: Buffy greeting Rona when she meets her: "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (being the title of the first episode of the series).

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** And, And of course: course, Buffy greeting Rona when she meets her: with: "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (being the title of the first episode of the series).series).
* ChainedToARock: Spike as the DistressedDude.
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* HumansAreUgly: Anya tries to get help from a demon, who starts complaining that she walked out on him after a one-night stand. Anya promises to sleep with him again, but the demon isn't interested.

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* HumansAreUgly: Anya tries to get help from a demon, who starts complaining that she walked out on him after a one-night stand. [[SexForServices Anya promises to sleep with him again, again]], but the demon isn't interested.
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* [[spoiler:TheMole: The Scoobies hear of a Potential who's arrived in Sunnydale and is staying at a hotel. When Buffy and Xander go there, they find the body of Eve, a Potential who's been in their midst for several days.]]

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* [[spoiler:TheMole: [[spoiler:TheMole / DeadAllAlong: The Scoobies hear of a Potential who's arrived in Sunnydale and is staying at a hotel. When Buffy and Xander go there, they find the body of Eve, a Potential who's been in their midst for several days.]]

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* BadassBoast: Buffy declares herself "the thing that nightmares have nightmares about". And then demonstrates why.
** Parodied when Andrew tries to convince Dawn he's a bad-ass Demon Summoner. She mentions that Buffy gave her permission to kill him if he talks too much.

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* BadassBoast: BadassBoast:
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Buffy declares herself "the thing that nightmares have nightmares about". And then demonstrates why.
** Parodied when Andrew tries to convince Dawn he's a bad-ass Demon Summoner. She Dawn casually mentions that Buffy gave her permission to kill him if he talks too much.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Dawn saying that the reason [[GenderRestrictedAbility only girls are Slayers]] is down to RuleOfCool.



* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: [[spoiler:The ubervamp with stake-impregnable skin can now by decapitated with barbed wire.]]



* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: [[spoiler:The ubervamp with stake-impregnable skin can now by decapitated with barbed wire.]]
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* DefensiveFeintTrap

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* SunnydaleSyndrome: Averted; Xander notes that tourism is down because it's apocalypse season.
* SurvivalMantra: Spike repeating "[[SheWillComeForMe She'll come for me]]". Willow saying "Facing my fear. I'm facing my fear. Hear that, Fear? I'm facing you."

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* SunnydaleSyndrome: Averted; Xander notes that tourism is down because it's [[GenreSavvy apocalypse season.
season]].
* SurvivalMantra: SurvivalMantra:
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Spike repeating "[[SheWillComeForMe She'll come for me]]". me]]".
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Willow saying "Facing my fear. I'm facing my fear. [[MoodDissonance Hear that, Fear? I'm facing you.you]]."
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* IdiotBall: Subverted: Buffy sends the potentials to hide in a very unprotected place, staying behind to fight the Turok-Han who promptly shakes her and tracks down the girls. [[spoiler:Then it turns out this was part of a plan to allow them to witness supreme slayage in action. (Could have led to an actual Idiot Ball moment if something went wrong, of course.)]]

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* IdiotBall: Subverted: Buffy sends the potentials Potentials to hide in a very unprotected place, staying behind to fight the Turok-Han who promptly shakes her and tracks down the girls. [[spoiler:Then it turns out this was part of a plan to allow them to witness supreme slayage in action. (Could have led to an actual Idiot Ball moment if something went wrong, of course.)]]
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* DescriptionCut; "If I wanted to sleep, I'd be downstairs with the other girls." Cut to the other girls keeping Xander awake with their yakking.

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* DescriptionCut; "If DescriptionCut: "[[LesYay If I wanted to sleep, sleep]], I'd be downstairs with the other girls." Cut to the other girls keeping Xander awake with their yakking.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Buffy's stunt and speech we cut to Kennedy, observing, nodding in agreement. This suggests she takes Buffy's [[TrainingFromHell approach]] to heart in later episodes.
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* GreekChorus
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* GreekChorus
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-->'''Buffy:''' It's time. [[MadMax Welcome to Thunderdome.]]

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-->'''Buffy:''' It's time. [[MadMax [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Welcome to Thunderdome.]]
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** And, of course: Buffy greeting Rona when she meets her: "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (being the title of the first episode of the series).
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Well, there's no need when you're threatening a geek who's seen ''{{Misery}}''.

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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Well, there's no need when you're threatening a geek who's seen ''{{Misery}}''.''Film/{{Misery}}''.
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* StopHelpingMe: Buffy's response to Andrew's trying to support her RousingSpeech to the Potentials with comic book references.

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* StopHelpingMe: StopHelpingMe (InUniverse): Buffy's response to Andrew's trying to support her RousingSpeech to the Potentials with comic book references.
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* ExtraEyes / FacelessEye: Beljoxa's Eye. It's nothing but eyes! In the shape an eyeball and attached tendons. [[EldritchAbomination Hate to think what the rest of Beljora looked like.]]

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* ExtraEyes / FacelessEye: Beljoxa's Eye. [[{{Oculothorax}} It's nothing but eyes! eyes!]] In the shape an eyeball and attached tendons. [[EldritchAbomination Hate to think what the rest of Beljora looked like.]]

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