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** Buffy wakes up wearing Riley's shirt, as a prelude to Tara wearing Willow's shirt, tipping off Oz they're having a relationship.

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** Buffy wakes up wearing Riley's shirt, as a prelude to Tara wearing Willow's shirt, sweater, tipping off Oz they're having a relationship.
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* HideYourLesbians: This episode is notable for just ''how hard'' it tries to make the point that Willow and Tara are a romantic couple, without being able to actually ''say'' it or show them kissing, likely due to ExecutiveMeddling. This made sense in the 90s but sounds very awkward thirty years later.
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Willow tells Tara that she and Oz only talked the night before, and then they hug. Oz and Tara have a confrontation and after smelling Willow on Tara, Oz concludes that the two are romantically involved. He loses control, and starts to change into a werewolf. Werewolf Oz chases Tara into a classroom, and then Riley and The Initiative commandos take Oz away. The gang meets up and makes a plan to free Oz. Oz is kept caged at the Initiative, mistaken for the bestial demon that attacked the soldiers earlier, and just as Riley is about to shoot him dead, he changes back into his human form.

Despite Riley's attempts to help, the scientists start performing tests on Oz. Spike shows up at Giles' place and offers to lead Buffy and the gang into the Initiative. Riley sneaks in, gives Oz some clothes and tries to help him escape. On the way out, they get caught. Colonel [=McNamara=] lectures Riley about betraying The Initiative on so many levels and how he will be court-martialed.

Dressed as commandos and scientists, Spike and the gang sneak into The Initiative through a back door. Adam secretly helps them by running operations through a computer and helping them shut down the power for most of the city.

Holding the Colonel hostage, Buffy gets Riley and Oz free, Riley leaving the Initiative for good. Now that his life is in danger, Riley camps out underground with Buffy at his side. He confesses that he was wrong about Oz, and then Buffy volunteers to tell him about her past, and hopes that it won't destroy their relationship. In Oz's van, Willow and Oz say their sad goodbyes and then Oz leaves town again to escape The Initiative and Willow, who unintentionally is the cause of him turning into a werewolf.

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Willow tells Tara that she and Oz only talked the night before, and then they hug. Oz and Tara have a confrontation and after smelling Willow on Tara, Oz concludes that the two are romantically involved. He loses control, and starts to change into a werewolf. Werewolf Oz chases Tara into a classroom, and then Riley and The the Initiative commandos take Oz away. The gang meets up and makes a plan to free Oz. Oz is kept caged at the Initiative, mistaken for the bestial demon that attacked the soldiers earlier, and just as Riley is about to shoot him dead, he changes back into his human form.

Despite Riley's attempts to help, the scientists start performing tests on Oz. Spike shows up at Giles' place and offers to lead Buffy and the gang into the Initiative. Riley sneaks in, gives Oz some clothes and tries to help him escape. On the way out, they get caught. Colonel [=McNamara=] lectures Riley about betraying The the Initiative on so many levels and how he will be court-martialed.

Dressed as commandos and scientists, Spike and the gang sneak into The the Initiative through a back door. Adam secretly helps them by running operations through a computer and helping them shut down the power for most of the city.

Holding the Colonel hostage, Buffy gets Riley and Oz free, Riley leaving the Initiative for good. Now that his life is in danger, Riley camps out underground with Buffy at his side. He confesses that he was wrong about Oz, and then Buffy volunteers to tell him about her past, and hopes that it won't destroy their relationship. In Oz's van, Willow and Oz say their sad goodbyes and then Oz leaves town again to escape The the Initiative and Willow, who unintentionally is the cause of him turning into a werewolf.

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Willow tells Tara that she and Oz only talked the night before, and then they hug. Oz and Tara have a confrontation and after smelling Willow on Tara, Oz concludes that the two are romantically involved. He loses control, and starts to change into a werewolf. Werewolf Oz chases Tara into a classroom, and then Riley and The Initiative commandos take Oz away. The gang meets up and makes a plan to free Oz. Oz is kept caged at The Initiative and just as Riley is about to shoot him dead, he changes back into his human form.

Despite Riley's attempts to help, the scientists start performing tests on Oz. Spike shows up at Giles' place and offers to lead Buffy and the gang into The Initiative. Riley sneaks in, gives Oz some clothes and tries to help him escape. On the way out, they get caught. Colonel [=McNamara=] lectures Riley about betraying The Initiative on so many levels and how he will be court-martialed.

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Willow tells Tara that she and Oz only talked the night before, and then they hug. Oz and Tara have a confrontation and after smelling Willow on Tara, Oz concludes that the two are romantically involved. He loses control, and starts to change into a werewolf. Werewolf Oz chases Tara into a classroom, and then Riley and The Initiative commandos take Oz away. The gang meets up and makes a plan to free Oz. Oz is kept caged at The Initiative the Initiative, mistaken for the bestial demon that attacked the soldiers earlier, and just as Riley is about to shoot him dead, he changes back into his human form.

Despite Riley's attempts to help, the scientists start performing tests on Oz. Spike shows up at Giles' place and offers to lead Buffy and the gang into The the Initiative. Riley sneaks in, gives Oz some clothes and tries to help him escape. On the way out, they get caught. Colonel [=McNamara=] lectures Riley about betraying The Initiative on so many levels and how he will be court-martialed.



Holding the Colonel hostage, Buffy gets Riley and Oz free, Riley leaving The Initiative for good. Now that his life is in danger, Riley camps out underground with Buffy at his side. He confesses that he was wrong about Oz, and then Buffy volunteers to tell him about her past, and hopes that it won't destroy their relationship. In Oz's van, Willow and Oz say their sad goodbyes and then Oz leaves town again to escape The Initiative and Willow, who unintentionally is the cause of him turning into a werewolf.

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Holding the Colonel hostage, Buffy gets Riley and Oz free, Riley leaving The the Initiative for good. Now that his life is in danger, Riley camps out underground with Buffy at his side. He confesses that he was wrong about Oz, and then Buffy volunteers to tell him about her past, and hopes that it won't destroy their relationship. In Oz's van, Willow and Oz say their sad goodbyes and then Oz leaves town again to escape The Initiative and Willow, who unintentionally is the cause of him turning into a werewolf.



* FantasticRacism: Riley still sees all demons and monsters as subhuman, regardless of their individual personalities, and reacts badly to the idea of Willow dating a werewolf, even though Oz is only monstrous three nights per month. Having [[FantasticAesop learned his lesson]] by the end of the episode, Buffy decides he's ready to learn more about Angel.

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* FantasticRacism: Riley still sees all demons and monsters as subhuman, regardless of their individual personalities, and reacts badly to the idea of Willow dating a werewolf, even though Oz is only monstrous three nights per month. However, he's horrified when the Initiative plan to experiment on Oz, and tries to help him escape. Having [[FantasticAesop learned his lesson]] by the end of the episode, Buffy decides he's ready to learn more about Angel.
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* LongBusTrip: Oz, having discovered that the wolf is not in as much control as he thought (and that Willow has moved on), leaves again, never to return (except in a dream sequence in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless Restless]]").

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* LongBusTrip: Oz, having discovered that the wolf is not in as much control as he thought (and that Willow has moved on), leaves again, never to return onscreen (except in a dream sequence in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless Restless]]"). He reappears in the Season 8 comics.

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* ApologeticAttacker: When Oz realizes he is about to transform into a werewolf, he urges Tara to run despite having been angry at her mere moments before.



* ItsALongStory: Played straight regarding Oz's adventures since leaving.

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* ItsALongStory: Played straight regarding Oz's adventures since leaving. The telling of them lasts until dawn.



* LookWhatICanDoNow: Oz gains near-total mastery over his werewolf side by the time he returns, able to stand directly under a full moon without transforming. Jealousy can still send him over the edge, though.

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* LookWhatICanDoNow: Oz gains near-total mastery over his werewolf side by the time he returns, able to stand directly under a full moon without transforming. Jealousy Jealousy, and presumably other strong emotions, can still send him over the edge, though.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Oz says that Willow must have lost track of the phases of the moon after he left, even though that's something she would do normally as a Wiccan. However even though Willow is referred to as a Wiccan by others, we saw in "Hush" she was just hanging around them to try and find other witches, so it's likely she doesn't take the religious aspects seriously.

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Oz says that Willow must have lost track of the phases of the moon after he left, even though that's something she would do normally as a Wiccan. However even though Willow is referred to as a Wiccan by others, we saw in "Hush" she was just hanging around them to try and find other witches, so it's likely she doesn't take the religious aspects seriously.seriously, only paying attention to the moon's phases in relation to the effect it may have on a spell.
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* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Buffy is visibly nervous when her HeterosexualLifePartner suddenly comes out as a lesbian.

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* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Buffy is visibly nervous when her HeterosexualLifePartner suddenly comes out as a lesbian. It surprises her, coming out of left field for her, but once she takes a breath, she's fine with it.
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* ExactWords: When Oz asks if Willow is seeing anyone...
-->'''Oz:''' So, I talked to Xander, and he says you don't have a new guy...\\
'''Willow:''' No, no new guy.
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* YourDoorWasOpen: Played straight when Spike enters Giles' house, and subverted when he pretends the door to the Initiative base is unlocked (actually Adam has opened it electronically). He notes that, "For a nasty town like Sunnydale, nobody seems to mind their locks."

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* YourDoorWasOpen: Played straight when Spike enters Giles' Giles's house, and subverted when he pretends the door to the Initiative base is unlocked (actually Adam has opened it electronically). He notes that, "For a nasty town like Sunnydale, nobody seems to mind their locks."
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Willow is just starting to slide into relationship territory with Tara Oz comes back into town. Things simmer for a good chunk of the episode since Oz, having missed Willow's coming out, doesn't realise that he's in one of these situations. When he finally gets wise, he freaks out and kinda tries to eat Tara.

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* DistressedDude: Oz gets captured and experimented on by the Initiative.



* {{Look What I Can Do Now}}: Oz gains near-total mastery over his werewolf side by the time he returns, able to stand directly under a full moon without transforming. [[GreenEyedMonster Jealousy can still send him over the edge]], though.

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* {{Look What I Can Do Now}}: LookWhatICanDoNow: Oz gains near-total mastery over his werewolf side by the time he returns, able to stand directly under a full moon without transforming. [[GreenEyedMonster Jealousy can still send him over the edge]], edge, though.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "It's extra flamey."
** Willow says she's a dog person, [[ClosetKey but has no objection to Tara introducing her to pussy... um, pussycats]].
*** The DVD menus even ''name'' this chapter "A New Pussy"!
** Oz turns around, having [[TheNoseKnows sme]][[LastSecondWordSwap ... uh, heard]] Willow. Instead, he finds Tara.
** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and [[SexyDiscretionShot Tara blows out the candle]].

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "It's extra flamey."
** Willow says she's a dog person, [[ClosetKey but has no objection
GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to Tara introducing her to pussy... um, pussycats]].
*** The DVD menus even ''name''
overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this chapter "A New Pussy"!
** Oz turns around, having [[TheNoseKnows sme]][[LastSecondWordSwap ... uh, heard]] Willow. Instead, he finds Tara.
** We end
in the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and [[SexyDiscretionShot Tara blows out future, please check the candle]].trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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Directed by Creator/JamesAContner

Written by Creator/MartiNoxon & Creator/DouglasPetrie
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*** The DVD menus even ''name'' this chapter "A New Pussy"!
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** And then there's the one that knocks Buffy sideways.
--->'''Willow:''' It's complicated... [[ComingOutStory because of Tara.]]
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* WhamLine: One of the shortest in television history.
-->'''Oz:''' Hey.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Oz.
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** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and [[SexDiscretionShot Tara blows out the candle]].

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** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and [[SexDiscretionShot [[SexyDiscretionShot Tara blows out the candle]].
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** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and Tara blows out the candle.

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** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and [[SexDiscretionShot Tara blows out the candle.candle]].
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Oz says that Willow must have lost track of the phases of the moon after he left, even though that's something she would do normally as a Wiccan. However even though Willow is referred to as a Wiccan by others, we saw in "Hush" she was just hanging around them to try and find other witches, so it's likely she doesn't take the religious aspects seriously.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The werewolf-like demon that attacked Graham Miller's squad never comes up again.
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* ShoutOut: Buffy says she'll "pull a [[Creator/WilliamSBurroughs William Burroughs]] on your leader", referring to the accidental shooting death of Joan Vollmer in 1951.

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* ColonelBadass: Colonel [=McNamara=]
* ComingOutStory: Although there's a FantasticAesop twist, in that many of the standard plot points are applied to Oz (as a werewolf) rather than Willow (as a "coming out" lesbian).
* ChekhovsGunman: One of the hairy hell-hound-like demons that appear during this episode will show up again in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E21Primeval Primeval]]".



* ChekhovsGunman: One of the hairy hell-hound-like demons that appear during this episode will show up again in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E21Primeval Primeval]]".
* ColonelBadass: Colonel [=McNamara=].
* ComingOutStory: Although there's a FantasticAesop twist, in that many of the standard plot points are applied to Oz (as a werewolf) rather than Willow (as a "coming out" lesbian).



* FalseReassurance: Willow confirms to Oz that she isn't seeing [[ExactWords another guy]].

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* FalseReassurance: Willow confirms When Oz comes back from Tibet, he hopes to Oz that rekindle his relationship with Willow. From Xander, he's heard she isn't seeing [[ExactWords another guy]].a new guy. Willow hesitantly confirms this: "No. No new... guy."



* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Averted; Oz is furious when he finds out about Tara, though mainly because Willow has been lying by omission, not because of the fact that she is dating a woman.

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** We end the episode with a tender moment between Willow and Tara. Willow apologises for everything that happened and says she's going to start "making it up to [you] right now", and Tara blows out the candle.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Averted; Oz is furious Averted when he Oz finds out about Tara, though mainly Willow and Tara. Instead of thinking it's hot, he's furious and attacks Tara. This has more to do with Willow dating someone at all than it has with her dating a ''girl'', because Willow has been through lying by omission, not omission she had given him the impression they could get back together.
** It should also be noted in Oz's defense that this was an instance of the werewolf side coming out to defend a claim on its "mate". He was visibly horrified when he realized what was about to happen, and urged Tara to run
because he couldn't stop it. As a rule Oz's character was pretty accepting of the fact that Willow and Tara's relationship, and notably respectful enough ''not'' to reduce it to this trope. His reaction when he figures it out, in a near aversion, isn't even "Are you sleeping with her"; it's "Is she is dating a woman.in love with you?"
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* HulkOut: Oz no longer turns into a werewolf with the full moon. Now he transforms when he's extremely panicked or angered.

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