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--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]] [[Franchise/StarWars will be with you.]]"
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--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]] [[Franchise/StarWars the force will be with you.]]"
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* ShoutOut: The Jan/Feb 2012 Buffy comic has the cover in the style of Franchise/{{Batman}}. For those who saw Faith wearing Batman pajamas in her series they should have seen it coming.
** The last issue with Simone and the Bot has someone wearing a skull t shirt. It certainly wasn't ThePunisher, but it likely refers to the last Punisher comic where [[spoiler: he dies]] which was published at around the same time.
** Willow: "[[Creator/DrSeuss Oh the places I'll go]]", and later "You'd be a fine minion ... [[TheWizardOfOz and your little dogs, too.]]" Also, in the same issue,
--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]] [[StarWars will be with you.]]"
** The last issue with Simone and the Bot has someone wearing a skull t shirt. It certainly wasn't ThePunisher, but it likely refers to the last Punisher comic where [[spoiler: he dies]] which was published at around the same time.
** Willow: "[[Creator/DrSeuss Oh the places I'll go]]", and later "You'd be a fine minion ... [[TheWizardOfOz and your little dogs, too.]]" Also, in the same issue,
--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]] [[StarWars will be with you.]]"
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The Jan/Feb 2012 Buffy comic has the cover in the style of Franchise/{{Batman}}. For those who saw Faith wearing Batman pajamas in her series they should have seen it coming.
** The last issue with Simone and the Bot has someone wearing a skull t shirt. It certainly wasn'tThePunisher, ComicBook/ThePunisher, but it likely refers to the last Punisher comic where [[spoiler: he dies]] which was published at around the same time.
** Willow: "[[Creator/DrSeuss Oh the places I'll go]]", and later "You'd be a fine minion ...[[TheWizardOfOz [[Film/TheWizardOfOz and your little dogs, too.]]" Also, in the same issue,
--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]][[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars will be with you.]]"
** The Jan/Feb 2012 Buffy comic has the cover in the style of Franchise/{{Batman}}. For those who saw Faith wearing Batman pajamas in her series they should have seen it coming.
** The last issue with Simone and the Bot has someone wearing a skull t shirt. It certainly wasn't
** Willow: "[[Creator/DrSeuss Oh the places I'll go]]", and later "You'd be a fine minion ...
--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]]
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** "What would TheHardyBoys do when they got stuck on a case?"
** Buffy calling Illyria [[TheSmurfs "Smurfette."]]
** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[HelloKitty Hello]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
** Buffy calling Illyria [[TheSmurfs "Smurfette."]]
** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[HelloKitty Hello]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
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** "What would TheHardyBoys Literature/TheHardyBoys do when they got stuck on a case?"
** Buffy calling Illyria[[TheSmurfs [[Franchise/TheSmurfs "Smurfette."]]
** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi)[[HelloKitty [[Franchise/HelloKitty Hello]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
** Buffy calling Illyria
** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi)
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Buffy works out that she was woken by a TrueLovesKiss from Satsu, a fellow slayer. She tells her that they can't be with each other. Then Buffy sleeps with her. Then reverting to the way she was with Spike Buffy again tries to break off the romance, then sleeps with Satsu again.
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* NoExceptYes. Buffy works out that she was woken by a TrueLovesKiss from Satsu, a fellow slayer. She tells her that they can't be with each other. Then Buffy sleeps with her. Then reverting to the way she was with Spike Buffy again tries to break off the romance, then sleeps with Satsu again.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Andrew complains that he's bored while the Slayers are playing strip poker, and is completely nonchalant when he sees [[spoiler: Buffy and Satsu naked in bed together]].
** [[HideYourGays That's because he's really, really gay.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Andrew complains that he's bored while the Slayers are playing strip poker, and is completely nonchalant when he sees [[spoiler: Buffy and Satsu naked in bed together]].
** [[HideYourGays That's because he's really, really gay.]]
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** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[HelloKitty Hello]] [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
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** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[HelloKitty Hello]] [[CthulhuMythos [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
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* [[Bookends]]: Issue one's cover is similar to the last issue's, Buffy, wearing a maroon tanktop and wielding the ax. The first issue, she's in a confident stance, while the final issue's the page image above.
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* [[Bookends]]: {{Bookends}}: Issue one's cover is similar to the last issue's, Buffy, wearing a maroon tanktop and wielding the ax. The first issue, she's in a confident stance, while the final issue's the page image above.
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* {{Retcon}}: Discussed in-universe when dealing with what gets written in the book. Simply declaring something undone does not work, as the book ''does not'' accept blatant retcons. It also does not accept cliches like "it was all a dream." More creative methods must be used, such as utilizing ChekovsGun like with Xander remembering Dracula's discussion on his own willpower [[spoiler: to help him resist Maloker's power later on]] and or going all-out on creativity like Spike (seemingly) writing an alteration in ''sonnet'' form to go against the already-written strengthening of dimensional barriers [[spoiler: to let Dawn use her Key powers and find the BigBad]].
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* {{Retcon}}: Discussed in-universe when dealing with what gets written in the book. Simply declaring something undone does not work, as the book ''does not'' accept blatant retcons. It also does not accept cliches like "it was all a dream." More creative methods must be used, such as utilizing ChekovsGun ChekhovsGun like with Xander remembering Dracula's discussion on his own willpower [[spoiler: to help him resist Maloker's power later on]] and or going all-out on creativity like Spike (seemingly) writing an alteration in ''sonnet'' form to go against the already-written strengthening of dimensional barriers [[spoiler: to let Dawn use her Key powers and find the BigBad]].
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* GameBreaker: In-universe the New Breed vampires are viewed as being simply too powerful since they can walk in sunlight, shapeshift, and are harder to stake than older vamps. It's eventually agreed that they get a weakness added to make them less overpowered: no shapeshifting during the day.
** Also [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn]] in the final arc, who takes out all of the Magic Council and assumes the powers of each of their positions. By the time only one is left, it is outright stated he has ''no weaknesses'' and is only taken down [[spoiler: when a vengeance wish removes his extra powers.]]
** Also [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn]] in the final arc, who takes out all of the Magic Council and assumes the powers of each of their positions. By the time only one is left, it is outright stated he has ''no weaknesses'' and is only taken down [[spoiler: when a vengeance wish removes his extra powers.]]
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* Retcon: Discussed in-universe when dealing with what gets written in the book. Simple declaring something undone does not work, as the book ''does not'' accept retcons. It also does not accept cliches like "it was all a dream." More creative methods must be used, such as Xander remembering Dracula's discussion on his own willpower [[spoiler: to help him resist Maloker's power later on]] and Spike (seemingly) writing an alteration in ''sonnet'' form to go against the already-written strengthening of dimensional barriers [[spoiler: to let Dawn use her Key powers and find the BigBad]].
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* Retcon: {{Retcon}}: Discussed in-universe when dealing with what gets written in the book. Simple Simply declaring something undone does not work, as the book ''does not'' accept blatant retcons. It also does not accept cliches like "it was all a dream." More creative methods must be used, such as utilizing ChekovsGun like with Xander remembering Dracula's discussion on his own willpower [[spoiler: to help him resist Maloker's power later on]] and or going all-out on creativity like Spike (seemingly) writing an alteration in ''sonnet'' form to go against the already-written strengthening of dimensional barriers [[spoiler: to let Dawn use her Key powers and find the BigBad]].BigBad]].
** However, the book ''can'' be used to write in new rules that don't contradict its contents. Thus the New Breed vampires re given the restriction that their shapeshifting does not work in daylight anymore when it worked just fine in the first arc.
** However, the book ''can'' be used to write in new rules that don't contradict its contents. Thus the New Breed vampires re given the restriction that their shapeshifting does not work in daylight anymore when it worked just fine in the first arc.
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* [[Bookends]]: Issue one's cover is similar to the last issue's, Buffy, wearing a maroon tanktop and wielding the ax. The first issue, she's in a confident stance, while the final issue's the page image above.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling, and even ''Xander'' are also this for Buffy and Spike.
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* Retcon: Discussed in-universe when dealing with what gets written in the book. Simple declaring something undone does not work, as the book ''does not'' accept retcons. It also does not accept cliches like "it was all a dream." More creative methods must be used, such as Xander remembering Dracula's discussion on his own willpower [[spoiler: to help him resist Maloker's power later on]] and Spike (seemingly) writing an alteration in ''sonnet'' form to go against the already-written strengthening of dimensional barriers [[spoiler: to let Dawn use her Key powers and find the BigBad]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling, Andrew, and even ''Xander'' are also this for Buffy and Spike.
* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling, Andrew, and even ''Xander'' are also this for Buffy and Spike.
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* DisneyDeath: Anya appears to burn [[spoiler:Xander]] to ash at the end of issue #29. In issue #30, it's revealed that [[spoiler:she turned him into a ghost as revenge for him abandoning her, but she then resurrected him.]]
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Discussed. Xander asks Andrew why the trio never sold any of their obvious high tech inventions to get rich. Andrew reveals that they stole most of the base plans for such things by hacking government files and thus couldn't legally sell them, thus retroactively explaining why the Trio never tried that.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Angel does this to Spike under Archaeus' control. Archaeus notes it only happened because Angel honestly does "desperately want" to stab Spike. Since it's with a sword instead of a stake, Spike just pulls the sword out and starts dual wielding.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Angel does this to Spike under Archaeus' control. Archaeus notes it only happened because Angel honestly does "desperately want" to stab Spike. Since it's with a sword instead of a stake, Spike just pulls the sword out and starts dual wielding.wielding against a now-unarmed Angel.
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* WhamShot: Willow discovers that Andrew had destroyed any means of being able to revive Warren like she feared, and wonders what he's planning. Cut to him at [[spoiler:Tara's headstone, the implication that he feels he MustMakeAmends by bringing her BackFromTheDead]].
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* WhamShot: Willow discovers that Andrew had destroyed any means of being able to revive Warren like she feared, and wonders what he's planning. Cut to him at [[spoiler:Tara's headstone, the implication that he feels he MustMakeAmends by bringing her BackFromTheDead]]. Done a second time when Spike realizes the Soul Glutton is trying to get a soul from somewhere heavenly, and we get Tara in a panel.
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* FantasticRacism: Riley gets called out in the season finale for offhandedly implying nonhumans aren't "normal" with one such nonhuman specifically calling him a bigot.
** Old Breed and New Breed vampires have this towards each other and can only engage in TeethClenchedTeamwork.
** Old Breed and New Breed vampires have this towards each other and can only engage in TeethClenchedTeamwork.
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** That is, unless Whistler actually succeeds in changing the future.
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** That is, unless Whistler actually succeeds in changing the future. future, as is implied to be possible.
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** Riley gets called out by the Magic Council when he calls himself a representative of "normal people."
---> '''Councilman''': "Normal"? Then what, dare I ask, are the rest of us? '''Your bigotry is intolerable, sir!'''
---> '''Councilman''': "Normal"? Then what, dare I ask, are the rest of us? '''Your bigotry is intolerable, sir!'''
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* GGadgeteerGenius: Wholly embraced by Andrew, who comes up with multiple weapons and other gear for the Scoobies including UV emitting guns and goggles that can see layers of magical warding.
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* GGadgeteerGenius: GadgeteerGenius: Wholly embraced by Andrew, who comes up with multiple weapons and other gear for the Scoobies including UV emitting guns and goggles that can see layers of magical warding.
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** After one fight, Spike notes he has more holes in him "than the plot of a Micheal Bay film."
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* TheAtoner: Ends up being the reason [[spoiler:Andrew steals the Vampyr book and heads to Sunnydale. He wants to resurrect Jonathan and Tara, the former to make up for killing him under The First's influence, the latter to make up for having a part in her death.]]
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* TheAtoner: Ends up being the reason [[spoiler:Andrew Andrew steals the Vampyr book and heads to Sunnydale. He wants to resurrect Jonathan and Tara, the former to make up for killing him under The First's influence, the latter to make up for having a part in her death.]]
** Angel still has some lingering guilt over the Twilight incident, admitting that he agreed he deserved Xander punching him.
** Averted in the finale [[spoiler: where Buffy wishing she'd never trusted D'Hoffryn is how they win, since the Anya ghost is actually on their side and can also grant wishes, helping them bring him down.]]
* BigNo: How everyone shut down [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn's last attempt at bargaining with them.]]
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can see that Buffy and Spike make a good couple. Played with in that both Buffy and Spike can see it themselves but don't want to take the risk [[spoiler: at least until "Love Dares You, Part 2"]].
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* TheBusCameBack: Several recurring characters show up after the climax of the finale [[spoiler: to serve on the new Magic Council]] including Dracula and Riley Finn.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The finale for the season is quite possibly the least depressing Buffy season finale ever [[spoiler: none of the main cast has died, the tone is hopeful if a bit unsure with the new magic council, Buffy and Spike stuck together, and D'Hoffryn was defeated despite trying to turn the heroes' insecurities against them]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can see that Buffy and Spike make a good couple. Played with in that both Buffy and Spike can see it themselves but don't want to take therisk [[spoiler: risk...at least until "Love Dares You, Part 2"]].2".
* GGadgeteerGenius: Wholly embraced by Andrew, who comes up with multiple weapons and other gear for the Scoobies including UV emitting guns and goggles that can see layers of magical warding.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The finale for the season is quite possibly the least depressing Buffy season finale ever [[spoiler: none of the main cast has died, the tone is hopeful if a bit unsure with the new magic council, Buffy and Spike stuck together, and D'Hoffryn was defeated despite trying to turn the heroes' insecurities against them]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can see that Buffy and Spike make a good couple. Played with in that both Buffy and Spike can see it themselves but don't want to take the
* GGadgeteerGenius: Wholly embraced by Andrew, who comes up with multiple weapons and other gear for the Scoobies including UV emitting guns and goggles that can see layers of magical warding.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Spike backhands Angel while taunting him about his daddy issues to snap him out of Archaeus' control.
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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Buffy and Spike discuss this towards the end of Issue 12 [[spoiler: after she impulsively kisses him at the beginning]]:
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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Buffy and Spike discuss this towards the end of Issue 12 [[spoiler: after she impulsively kisses him at the beginning]]: beginning:
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** [[spoiler: Subverted when Spike admits to still being in love with her, which leads to them falling into bed together]].
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** [[spoiler: Subverted when Spike admits to still being in love with her, which leads to them falling into bed together]].together. "There's just one problem with that. I love you."
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Angel does this to Spike under Archaeus' control. Archaeus notes it only happened because Angel honestly does "desperately want" to stab Spike. Since it's with a sword instead of a stake, Spike just pulls the sword out and starts dual wielding.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Angel does this to Spike under Archaeus' control. Archaeus notes it only happened because Angel honestly does "desperately want" to stab Spike. Since it's with a sword instead of a stake, Spike just pulls the sword out and starts dual wielding.
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* LoveConfession: While not exactly a confession of love, at the beginning of Issue 12 [[spoiler: Buffy admits to Spike that she wants to give their relationship another shot. Spike at first (and rightfully) rejects her due to worry that she doesn't really mean it, though he changes his mind when he realizes that she does and they sleep together at the end of the issue]].
* MarriedToTheJob: Spike is trying to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling, who sees right through it.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Giles now has the hormones and short temper to go with his twelve year old body.
* MarriedToTheJob: Spike is trying to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling, who sees right through it.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Giles now has the hormones and short temper to go with his twelve year old body.
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* LoveConfession: While not exactly a confession of love, at the beginning of Issue 12 [[spoiler: 12 Buffy admits to Spike that she wants to give their relationship another shot. Spike at first (and rightfully) rejects her due to worry that she doesn't really mean it, though he changes his mind when he realizes that she does and they sleep together at the end of the issue]].
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* MarriedToTheJob: Spikeis trying tries to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling, who sees right through it.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Giles now has the hormones and short temper to go with his twelve year oldbody.body and ''despises'' it.
* MarriedToTheJob: Spike
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Giles now has the hormones and short temper to go with his twelve year old
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* TheOneThatGotAway: "I Wish, Part 2" reintroduces [[spoiler: Dylan]] from ''[[spoiler: Spike: Into the Light]]'', who has [[spoiler: come looking for Spike, describing him as the one who got away]].
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* NotSoSimilar: On the other hand, Willow notes that Spike is far more open to change than Angel is, doing things like going out and earning his soul.
* TheOneThatGotAway: "I Wish, Part 2" reintroduces [[spoiler: Dylan]] from ''[[spoiler: Spike: Into the Light]]'', who has [[spoiler: come looking for Spike, describing him as the one who got away]]. Downplayed in that she's not looking for a relationship with him now, noting they only knew each other for a few days.
* TheOneThatGotAway: "I Wish, Part 2" reintroduces [[spoiler: Dylan]] from ''[[spoiler: Spike: Into the Light]]'', who has [[spoiler: come looking for Spike, describing him as the one who got away]]. Downplayed in that she's not looking for a relationship with him now, noting they only knew each other for a few days.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: As of Issue 12, [[spoiler: Buffy and Spike are back together. How long this will last has yet to be seen]].
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* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling and even Xander are also this for Buffy and Spike.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling Dowling, and even Xander ''Xander'' are also this for Buffy and Spike.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Spike weaponizes the trope against Angel in order to break him free of Archaeus' control by accusing "Liam" of just listening to another jerkass father figure.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Andrew with the AI copy of Jonathon's memories. Andrew eventually realizes he's doing this as a way to cope with his guilt of what he did to Jonathon and that even getting the AI its own body won't bring the old Jonathon back.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Initially Archeus, then it's the Glutton, the Sculptor, and the Mistress, and finally [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn]] takes over as the TrueFinalBoss.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Initially Archeus, Archeus before he moves to being the BigBad of ''Angel and Faith'' instead, then it's the Glutton, the Sculptor, and the Mistress, and finally [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn]] takes over as the TrueFinalBoss.
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* TheGhost: Xander's therapist, Dr. Mike.
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Xander averts ThereAreNoTherapists by seeing a Dr. Mike for his issues, which greatly helps him personally with things like his temper. However Dr. Mike's advice on what to do about [[spoiler: the not-spirit-of-Anya]] falls hard into this trope as despite knowing ghosts exist and therefore the chance that it is equally likely she is a confused ghost as she is a figment of Xander's guilt, his advice is for Xander to simply ignore the ghost [[spoiler: which Xander weakly justifies as letting her be her own person]] when Xander is her only point of contact. Buffy later calls Xander on simply doing this instead of asking any of his friends for ideas, given they have experience with ghosts.
** The "Love Dares You" arc turns Spike into this specifically in regards to his Slayer of Slayers days. Buffy traveling through his memories to help him means he now sees her reactions to his actions when he recalls those moments, tainting the triumph and bloodlust with shame. This turns out to be a good thing as it helps him shake Archeus' control over him.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Xander doesn't tell anyone else about Anya's ghost for fear of being seen as crazy [[spoiler: even after a medium confirms for him that it's real and not Anya]], instead of, you know, ''being haunted''. Buffy calls him on it when it bites them in the ass.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Xander doesn't tell anyone else about Anya's ghost for fear of being seen as crazy [[spoiler: even after a medium confirms for him that it's real and not Anya]], instead of, you know, ''being haunted''. Buffy calls him on it when it bites them in the ass.
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* BrainUploading: The Trio made digital backups of their brains. [[spoiler: Andrew plans on using Jonathan's to resurrect him and destroys Warren's so he can't come back.]]
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* BrainUploading: The Trio made digital backups of their brains. [[spoiler: Andrew plans on using Jonathan's to resurrect him and destroys Warren's so he can't come back.]] However Andrew later comes to terms with the fact that even helping this copy of Jonathon won't undo the fact that he killed Jonathon]]
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* MarriedToTheJob: Spike is trying to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Spike is trying to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling. Dowling, who sees right through it.
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* NotSoDifferent: Angel's visit leads to the gang discussing whether or not he and Spike have ended up as this. Spike's best comeback is that [[SeriousBusiness he's British and Angel's Irish]] which are "completely different."
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Genrally averted, showing the Scoobies are growing up. Spike and Buffy in particular manage to work through a lot of their issues with talking. However, Xander keeping [[spoiler: Anya's ghost]] a secret ends up biting them in the ass and earns him a call-out.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Andrew admits he doesn't see the copy of Jonathon's memories as Jonathon, realizing he can't just undo killing his friend. However, the copy points out it is perfectly self aware and swears revenge for Andrew's betrayal.
** Xander's treatment of [[spoiler: the fake ghost of Anya after he comes to terms with it not being Anya. He simply elects to ignore her as if she was a figment of his imagination, despite a medium confirming she's a spirit in a previous issue and more importantly, the fact that ''Xander is the only person she can interact with at all.'' Like anyone, this leads to her going mad from the isolation.]]
** Xander's treatment of [[spoiler: the fake ghost of Anya after he comes to terms with it not being Anya. He simply elects to ignore her as if she was a figment of his imagination, despite a medium confirming she's a spirit in a previous issue and more importantly, the fact that ''Xander is the only person she can interact with at all.'' Like anyone, this leads to her going mad from the isolation.]]
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* HeroicBuild: While Angel from the show is known for his hunky yet not overly-lean body that gets [[WalkingShirtlessScene generously shown]], he has a standard bodybuilder build in all of the comic continuations. The same goes for Spike, Xander and Riley, even though each of their television incarnations have different physiques.
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* HeroicBuild: While Angel from the show is known for his hunky yet not overly-lean body that gets [[WalkingShirtlessScene generously shown]], he has a standard bodybuilder build in all most of the comic continuations. The same goes for Spike, Xander and Riley, even though each of their television incarnations have different physiques.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Initially Archeus, then it's the Glutton, the Sculptor, and the Mistress, and finally [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn]] takes over as the TrueFinalBoss.
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This is currently a barebones page for the current Creator/DarkHorseComics series based on''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The following examples may contain major spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished watching the television series, or who hasn't read the comics yet. Consider yourself forewarned. VERY forewarned.
Two years have passed since the series ended and Willow activated all the Potential Slayers. Buffy had turned to stealing diamonds to help fund the Slayer Army and trying to find them all while still fighting vampires, demons and the forces of darkness. With the destruction of Sunnydale now everyone knows about the supernatural, unfortunately vampires and demons look like the innocent victims persecuted by Slayers and the government and army are out to stop them. Meanwhile a far greater threat lurks in the shadows, Twilight, aided and abetted by those closest to Buffy.
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Two years have passed since the series ended and Willow activated all the Potential Slayers. Buffy had turned to stealing diamonds to help fund the Slayer Army and trying to find them all while still fighting vampires, demons and the forces of darkness. With the destruction of Sunnydale now everyone knows about the supernatural, unfortunately vampires and demons look like the innocent victims persecuted by Slayers and the government and army are out to stop them. Meanwhile a far greater threat lurks in the shadows, Twilight, aided and abetted by those closest to Buffy.
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The following examples may contain major spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished watching the television series, or who hasn't read the comics yet. Consider yourself forewarned. VERY forewarned.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the ''Comics/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' comic books Buffy herself gains a host of new powers, including the ability to fly, which would've been a costly effect to shoot for a television show, but not so much for a comic books artist to draw.
* AllOfThem: After Xander kills the vampire that killed Renee, Buffy goes to comfort him, ordering the other slayers to kill the members of the Japanese cult. Every last one of them.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Combining this with HeroicSacrifice and RedemptionEqualsDeath, [[spoiler:Ethan Rayne gives his life to help Buffy.]]
* ArcWelding: [[spoiler:The end of the season sets up the the background of {{ComicBook/Fray}}, written 10 years earlier.]]
* ArtShift: In "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!", during Buffy's dream of when life was far more simple (all the way back in Season One, with the addition of Dawn).
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: At one point, Dawn gets turned into a giant...and a doll...and a centaur... Comics Dawnie is [[WeirdnessMagnet all over the place]].
** [[RunningGag Centaurette]].
* BathtubBonding: Occurs between Faith and Genevieve Savidge.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Series long she has had a deep seated hatred of firearms, even refusing to arm up herself when facing an army. When confronted by the psychotic Simone however Buffy does indeed grab a gun, using it to ShootOutTheLock holding a GiantSpider to attack the crazed Slayer.
* BehemothBattle: One issue of the Season Eight comics features a fight between Giant Dawn and Mecha-Dawn, while a delighted Xander watches.
* BettyAndVeronica: Willow is torn between Kennedy and [[InterspeciesRomance Aluwyn]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The group manages to win the day and avert the apocalypse once more. But Giles is dead due to Buffy's hesitation. [[{{ComicBook/Fray}} All magic is gone with the destruction of the Seed of Wonder]], meaning Willow is de-powered. All slayers are viewed as terrorists thanks to much idiocy of a few rogue slayers, who squarely put the blame on Buffy. While vampires are accepted by society. On the upside, Faith takes Angel in to rehabilitate him and Buffy, despite everything thats happened, continues to fight the good fight.]]
* BlandNameProduct: Happy Cat, obviously intended to be Hello Kitty.
* BoomHeadshot: Happens to [[spoiler:Ethan Rayne]] and [[spoiler:The General]].
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Buffy calls Twilight an [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho ass clown.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: Aiko; a Slayer who [[{{Squee}} squees]] when Buffy personally calls her after she is impressed the Japanese girl had killed a bunch of demons, is used as a test subject by vampires who want to depower the Slayers. They easily beat her to death and ''string her up'' as a warning/threat to Buffy.
* TheBusCameBack: Actress Elisabeth Röhm (Kate Lockley) left to be on ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and was {{Brother Chuck}}ed from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' in season 2, but makes a comeback in the comics because of course, comics aren't hindered by pesky things like acting contracts.(She appears in ''Series/{{Angel}}: After The Fall'' as a new member of AI in ''Aftermath''.) Similarly Oz (Seth Green), who was PutOnABus in season 4, returns in issue 26.
* CantBelieveISaidThat: In the same story where Buffy sleeps with Satsu, one of the lead vampires is about to kill her, threatening how he bets she tastes sweet. Satsu kills him, retorts "You have no idea", then gets all guilty and ashamed over [[LesYay her words]].
* ComicBookTime: While the television show had one in-series year pass for every real year because each season took a year with an episode roughly every week, Buffy Season 8 has, of course, taken longer to unfold because of the monthly comic schedule. All the characters have been stuck at the same age for the last three real-world years. Season 8 takes place a year and a half after Season 7/half a year after ''Angel'' Season 5 (with the ''Angel'' and ''Spike'' comics in the half-year between).
* {{Crossover}}: ''{{ComicBook/Fray}}'' in ''Time of Your Life.'' Future Willow transports Buffy to the future.
* DetailHoggingCover: The covers are near-photorealistic renditions of the actors, and the actual comics are much less detailed and much more stylized. The resemblance of the comic art to the actors can also vary greatly depending on the panel. An example of this would be [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DHC_8890.JPG here]]. Compare the art on the left to the art on the right, for instance.
** This is because each issue has two covers. One is the super crazy detailed (done by Jo Chen) pics like [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080215230043/buffy/images/thumb/a/aa/BuffyS8-01.jpg/390px-BuffyS8-01.jpg this,]] and the other being more [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081217183315/buffy/images/thumb/4/4d/Btvs12b.jpg/77px-Btvs12b.jpg stylized, usually funnier or sillier.]][[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_Season_Eight Compare and contrast.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Subverted with Angel who, after seeing two attractive woman kiss, just wants to get on with the fight.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: InUniverse: On the run Faith first hides in a bunker waiting for the end then escapes by train. [[WorldWarTwo Both are in Berlin]], and she is disturbed at the implications.
* DoesntLikeGuns: It's official, Buffy hates guns. The one time she allows the other Slayers to arm up when the army is [[JustForPun gunning]] for them she still refuses to use one herself.
* DoubleEntendre: One possible trope this quote could be, the other being AccidentalInnuendo. In Season 8, after Xander is forced to ride [[RunningGag Centaurette]] Dawn (causing her to get soaking wet), this exchange happens (also repeated almost word-for-word in the ''Angel'' comics):
-->'''Xander:''' How're you feeling?
-->'''Centaurette!Dawn:''' Like I was ridden hard and put away wet.
-->'''Xander:''' AGH! Dawn, that's dis -- oh. No. It's just true.
* DramaticUnmask: Subverted by Twilight in the Season Eight comics. His neck just itches.
** He later pulls this on Buffy.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Them F#©%ing. It's Buffy and Angel...you work it out.
* [[spoiler:FlyingBrick]]: That one person(s). You know the one(s). They become this after getting a power-up in Season Eight/
* GenderFlip: Done InUniverse in ''Series/{{Angel}}''. There was a Hollywood movie (VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory) about The Fall, which had [[http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/5/55/SheSpike.jpg Spike as a woman.]]
* GrandTheftMe: While being tortured by Amy, Willow goes on a tirade about her best friend, Buffy. She then posesses The Slayer so she can guide her to where she is imprisoned.
* GroinAttack: Buffy just can't stay away from Angel's privates can she?
* HeroicBSOD: Angel at the end of Season 8 [[spoiler: after realizing he killed Giles]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ethan]].
* HorrorHunger: Dawn, when changed into a centaurette, mentions a craving for hay. Remember, she still looks human from her body up.
* HumongousMecha: Dawn fights a Mecha-Dawn--complete with a tail-- in Tokyo while still a giant.
* IncrediblyLamePun: [[spoiler:The next universe is started by Buffy and Angel having sex all over the planet and in space. Brings a new meaning to Big Bang, doesn't it? Another slayer says they really fucked things up, literally.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Centaurette, not centaur.
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: [[spoiler:Giles' funeral.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Spike points out that almost everyone has been evil at one point, and that most of them get away with it after he [[BecomingTheCostume Becomes The Costume]] in a season six Angel comic.
* KillItWithFire: Renee lures a vampire before Buffy attacks it, then flicks a lighter and gives a PsychoticSmirk as Willow douses him in petroleum. After Buffy interrogates him he pleads for his life, saying he answered her questions, she has to let him go.
-->[[ManOnFire I never promised that.]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Angel dying in ''After The Fall''. Of course there's a ResetButton.
* TheMagicGoesAway
* MildlyMilitary: Buffy treats the Slayer army as a real one, however as she was a [[DrillSergeantNasty shockingly bad instructor]] and Xander is the only one with any military knowledge they make do as amateurs.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Riley]].
* MomentKiller: "I'm watching those hands you two." Dammit Ken, inapprops.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Buffy [[spoiler: destroying the seed. Willow blames Angel.]]
* NoBisexuals: Similar to Willow in the TV series, but reversed: after [[spoiler: Buffy and Satsu]] hook up, several good reasons are given why they can't stay together, but apparently the main reason is that the former is "not a dyke." But could she be bi? The possibility isn't so much as alluded to. Later, we get Kennedy saying "You're not the only fool to ever wrinkle the sheets with a straight girl," which is arguably fair, but the possibility that she's bisexual still isn't mentioned. Her straightness is treated as just obvious.
** An offhand comment by Faith indicates she isn't bisexual. Really into a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship perhaps, but as she says if you want her to go down on a woman you have the wrong chosen one.
* NoExceptYes. Buffy works out that she was woken by a TrueLovesKiss from Satsu, a fellow slayer. She tells her that they can't be with each other. Then Buffy sleeps with her. Then reverting to the way she was with Spike Buffy again tries to break off the romance, then sleeps with Satsu again.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Andrew complains that he's bored while the Slayers are playing strip poker, and is completely nonchalant when he sees [[spoiler: Buffy and Satsu naked in bed together]].
** [[HideYourGays That's because he's really, really gay.]]
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Given the world-shaking events of the Season 7 finale, this is to be expected. Sunnydale is destroyed, so the series can no longer take place where it was for the past seven seasons. ''All'' the potential slayers have been activated and there are now armies of slayers as well as newly-activated ones in every corner of the globe. The Masquerade is finally broken and the world at large is made aware of the supernatural, not to mention the many deaths in the final battle against The First. Oh yeah, and [[CaptainObvious it's a comic]].
* OurCentaursAreDifferent
* OurGiantsAreBigger
* PetTheDog: Out of all the villains who could get this, the rapist misogynist who murdered Tara, Warren Meers, gets one by jumping in and saving Andrew from a bunch of demons (using a [[IronMan repulsor gauntlet shield]]). Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds (note: he's still evil though, in fact, it's Amy who starts to want to help, Warren just likes Andrew).
* PostScriptSeason
* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: Oh so averted. Buffy and Angel really don't give a damn if the universe has been planning its death since its creation, they aren't doing it (well, they're doing ''it'', that's what got them into this problem, but they aren't ending the universe).
* PsychoticSmirk: Buffy gives a [[http://postimage.org/image/vexkuux2d/ particularly frightening one]] to a vampire as it's doused in fuel, threatening to KillItWithFire.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Ethan, arguably Giles.]]
* RedHerring: The "Black Hope"'s other alias, "The Madwoman," and her manner of dressing seem to openly imply that the Black Hope is Drusilla; [[spoiler: its actually Willow.]]
* RedshirtArmy: the new generation Slayers. After the first few issues, if a Slayer you haven't met turns up, or a large number of them are gathered together? They're going to be horribly killed.
* {{Retcon}}: The notion that vampires are AlwaysChaoticEvil was starting to be done away with possibly as early as season 5, but it doesn't really take off until the comics. The bonus/supplementary issue following 25, ''Tales of the Vampire'', involves the aftermath of a teenage boy being transformed into a vampire, and neither he nor his vampire friends even come close to acting like any of the soulless monsters in seasons 1-3 of the television series. He briefly considers killing his mom, but quickly decides against it when she reveals that [[PetTheDog she still loves him no matter what]]. The idea of vampires killing people for food is even thrown out the window with Harmony's in-universe television show demonstrating that they can survive on non-lethal amount of blood from people. It goes hand in hand with the increasingly BlackAndGreyMorality of the series.
* RetiredMonster: Dracula. Yes, Dracula. Because he's most likely madly in love... with Xander. Dracula.
* RunningGag: In ''[[Series/{{Angel}} Bedroom Follies]]'': "What are you doing in my room?!"
** Buffy's kink for Creator/DanielCraig. It begins with her describing a fantasy of him to Willow (similar to ''The Dark Age'') then geeking out with Andrew.
* SnakePeople: Aluwyn
* SoLastSeason: See Willow, probably ''the'' most powerful witch in the world, singlehandedly responsible for activating all the potential Slayers, a feat more impressive than the creation of the original Slayer to begin with. Then other magic users and monsters show up that can throw around equally impressive and powerful magic right back at her, including the formerly much-less talented witch, [[strike:rat]] Amy. Even Buffy's Slayer abilities become pretty obsolete in the face of a giant army of full Slayers and Willow's magic.
* SpeechBubbles: Warren speaks with irregular and somewhat-squiggly bubbles and Twilight talks in a different font.
* SummonBiggerFish: Powerless Slayers vs. US Military? Summon 3 Tibetan Goddesses.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Good lord, by this point someone should have slapped Sunnydale with the label "Death Trap" with all the times this trope is invoked.
* SymbolSwearing
** Taken to the next level when one issue ends with "I think they're F#@%ing" and the next issue being called "Them F#©%ing (Plus the True History of the Universe)".
* TakeThat: The Season 8 comic series started over a year before the success of ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} another franchise that featured a human girl in love with a vampire]]'', so no-one thought much about the BigBad of the season being named ''Twilight'', with Buffy's only interaction with the villain coming before the other series became well known. But when they come face to face for the first time since then, Buffy points out the she did the whole Human-Girl-In-Love-With-a-Vampire thing first, and her vampire was ''so'' much better than the other one.
* TemptingFate: PlayedForLaughs when Buffy doesn't think a road trip with [[EvenGeeksHaveStandards Andrew]] would be all that bad. To her credit she puts up with hours of the most obsessive ProudToBeAGeek discussion and only stops him when he brings up Creator/DanielCraig.
* TimeTravel: To ''{{ComicBook/Fray}}''.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Future [[spoiler: Dark Willow]] exploits the time travel confusion for all it's worth to manipulate people to her advantage.
* TrueLovesKiss: With Buffy down for the count it's determined that one of these is the order of the day. At the time it was hinted that Xander gives it, but Buffy later figures out that it was fellow Slayer [[LesYay Satsu.]] Her reaction is that it was sweet, but they can't be together. Then they sleep together. Twice.
* UncleSamWantsYou: [[http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/14/14836b.jpg The Chain.]] Also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The main focus of the comics, really. Since the world loves vampires, hates Slayers and even Faith and Kennedy are more with it than Buffy it can also count as BizzaroWorld
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Buffy and Xander. Ultimately subverted in that Buffy tells him and he immediately calls bullshit. "You went through gay before you got to me." Buffy acknowledges that she's just lonely. Then, of course, The F#c%ing happens.
* [[YouCantGoHomeAgain You Can't Go Home Again Because You Turned It Into A Huge-Ass Crater]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Harmony Kendall becomes a reality star and raises the public's opinion of vampires considerably. Likewise, she turns the Slayer Organization into a HeroWithBadPublicity.
* YourCheatingHeart: Willow, with Aluwyn. Kennedy never finds out about it.
* ZeroGSpot: Buffy and [[spoiler: Angel]] during the "Twilight" arc in the comics.
** This is, of course, in the issue "Them F#©%ing (Plus the True History of the Universe)"
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* [[spoiler: [[ActuallyADoombot Actually a Buffybot:]] Issue #7 reveals that for some time now (possibly foreshadowed from the beginning of the season) that the Buffy we see is a robot. It has her traits enough, remembering Buffy's reaction to a robot version of her, to completely flip.]]
-->[[spoiler: Spike...I'm a f*&^ing robot!]]
** [[spoiler: Becomes ComicallyMissingThePoint when she finds out she's a robot after her arm is ripped off and goes to confront Andrew about it. Instead of explaining why she's a robot he seems to be only concerned about getting her a new arm. Later when Buffy and Spike are angry at him because what she's been through because of it, he still thinks they're referring to her having lost the arm.]]
** [[spoiler: Issue #8 reveals that it was an advanced Buffybot made by [[MadScientist Andrew]] and loaded with Buffy's mind to act as a decoy for a new BigBad, and the season starts with it waking up after the upload.]]
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Dawn says Buffy wouldn't go for a guy like Detective Dowling - ''alive''.
* AliceAllusion: The title of ''Willow: Wonderland''. Willow also makes a few {{Shout Out}}s. There is even a demon that claims that the green caterpillar was based on him.
* AmazonBrigade: Kennedy sets up Deepscan, Slayers acting as bodyguards, and she gives Buffy a job.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Angel succeeds in resurrecting Giles, albeit in a twelve years old body.]]
* BaitAndSwitchComment:
--> '''Willow:''' "If you think that sweet talk will make me feel better, you're completely and unabashedly right."
* BigBad: Simone in ''Buffy'' and [[spoiler:Whistler]] in ''Angel & Faith''
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: I prefer lovers with big, thick dorsal fins.
* BittersweetEnding: Err somewhat, least better when season eight left off. [[spoiler: Buffy manages to kill Simone in the final battle, a new magic seed is created meaning magic is back in the world and Dawn is restored to life. However this has an odd effect on vampires who can now walk in the sunlight and shapeshift. What's more the book they used to create the seed has a blank page, meaning there's no new information to what's going on. A complete blank slate.]]
* BlatantLies: "I've been over Buffy since the first time we [[DestructoNookie brought down a house]]." Yeah Spike, sure you were.
* BodyHorror: Mohra Demon blood has regenerative powers, [[note]](it's what brought Angel back to life in [[Series/{{Angel}} "I Will Remember You"]])[[/note]] which was being sold to injured humans. [[spoiler: As a result of magic being gone, the blood has a nasty side effect of causing unstoppable cell regeneration. Those exposed to it started to grow giant tumors all over their bodies that wouldn't stop growing.]]
* Happens to some Londoners when [[spoiler:Whistler tries to unleash a magic virus on the world to restore magic.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Body Snatcher}}/CameBackWrong: Eyghon, the demon summoned by Giles and Ethan in their youth, returned and possessed Ethan's body to literally snatch Giles' corpse at his funeral. Eyghon now possesses Giles and has resurrected a recently deceased slayer as well as other people, though not with their own souls as the bodies are possessed by demons.]]
* BourgeoisBohemian: Billy's grandmother, Sky.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Buffy, in particular, but it can be jarring to see everybody else being so...so normal. Simone by proxy attempts to have her depowered and slain. Especially Willow, who has no powers at all.
--> '''Willow:''' "Without magic, I'm back to being part hacker, part hostage, while my superpeeps kick evil's butt."
* CallBack:
** To the Anywhere But Here game played in season two in...Anywhere But Here. Buffy starts with fantasies of having suntan lotion applied by Creator/DanielCraig, then a TwinThreesomeFantasy with Creator/ChristianBale, where Willow's is taking shelter from a snowstorm with Creator/TinaFey.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kennedy's considerably more mature. Faith had gone from being an AntiHero to pretty damn heroic. In universe even Willow treats her as TheHero of both series, since she's still mad at Buffy.
* CoDragons: Pearl and Nash serve as this to [[spoiler:Whistler]]
* CombatTentacles: The Plagiarus demon.
* ContinuityNod: When the cops show up, Buffy recalls her career aptitude test results recommending that she become a police officer.
** When Buffy meets Illyria, she reveals some of the stuff she knows about her from Angel and Spike. She also sees D'Hoffryn again and guesses that he either wants to turn her into a vengeance demon or burn her to death.
** Flashbacks show the time Giles spent as ''Ripper'' alongside Ethan Rayne, Diedre Page, Phillip Henry, Thomas Sutcliffe and Randall.
* CoolCar: Since Kennedy spearheaded the idea of Slayers becoming [[BodyguardBabes bodyguards]] she cruises around in a red Audi that rivals Giles' MidlifeCrisisCar for style.
* CreepyTwins: Pearl and Nash
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: Living in Quor'toth, where any show of love or mercy is punishable by imprisonment and death, if Connor's followers are an indication. Quor'toth, the [[EldritchAbomination Old One]] that the hell dimension is named after, feeds on hatred and death.
* CurbStompBattle: The half-demon twins Nash and Pearl vs a Slayer squad in a flashback. The Slayers don't win.
* DeadpanSnarker: The caterpillar guy from the ''Wonderland'' comics seems to be in perpetual SarcasmMode.
* DebateAndSwitch: The comic initially suggested that a major plot point of the season would be Buffy being unintentionally pregnant and deciding to have an abortion. [[spoiler:Then it turned out that the apparent pregnancy was a bizarre side effect of her being a robot.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Willow after the magic is gone.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Buffy looks like she's slowly turning bonkers after everything she lost.
** Andrew reveals to Buffy at the party that he's set up a disaster relief fund with some other slayers, much to her dismay as he has made something of his life and she, as yet, has not without being The Slayer.
* DisappearedDad: Angel is this for Connor for a while, refusing to see him or even answer his phone calls. Angel, being Angel, does this because he thinks Connor will be better off without him. Angel gets the appropriate WhatTheHellHero from Faith. It gets even sadder when Connor reveals that his surrogate family doesn't remember him anymore since the magic went away.
** Faith's father also shows up in London, looking for Faith.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Still played straight with Buffy, averted with Simone, a [[FaceHeelTurn slayer gone bad]] who accuses Buffy of not letting other slayers use guns to keep them weak and inferior to her. Simone and her followers love guns.
** Buffy is shot at with blanks during a failed bodyguard exercise. She's upset that her boss (Kennedy, who offered her the job) did that, even though Deepscan use guns as a matter of course.
* DoubleEntendre:
--> '''Centuarette Demon:''' "Please mount me, great one."
--> '''Willow:''' "There's just no way out of the double entendre with this one. "
* FinalBoss: Maloker, the Old One who created the first vampires, serves as this in ''Buffy''
* FreudianExcuse: Pearl and Nash.
* ForegoneConclusion: Willow is trying to bring magic back to her world. In the ''Season 8'' {{crossover}} with {{ComicBook/Fray}}, ''Time Of Your Life'', it is revealed that in the future there is only one slayer left and that Willow has regained her power and become the BigBad after going dark again. And she gets killed by Buffy.
** That is, unless Whistler actually succeeds in changing the future.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Where's Willow?" on the cover of "Apart (Of Me)" part III. Later, she shows up at Giles' house.
* FromBadToWorse: If you thought Buffy's life was bad before... vampires are beloved, Slayers are seen as the enemy, Buffy herself has a dead end job in a cafe, she just wants to be normal despite slaying being the only thing she feels she can do, and her friends have largely shunned her.
** There's also the Zompires, which are stronger and more dangerous than regular vampires. Though nowhere as smart as the regular vmpires.
* ItsALongStory: "It's a medium-long story."
ItsAllAboutMe: The attitude of Sophie and Vin
* GoshDangItToHeck
--> '''Willow:''' "What the HelloKitty were those?"
** Buffy says "What the hell dimension?" after randomly teleporting somewhere.
* HiddenDepths: Sophie and Vin tend to be vapid but they do love their grandnephew Rupert, and Sophie is still haunted by the death of a lover during TheBlitz.
* HistoryRepeats: Remember how Kennedy was the JerkAss and Buffy was the DrillSergeantNasty training the Slayer army? Now she's the ReasonableAuthorityFigure turning Slayers into [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Task Force 141]] style BodyguardBabes and Buffy is now the slack and clueless trainee.
* HornyDevils: Spike's new LoveInterest is a succubus and has shown her true demon form.
* IfIDoNotReturn / OtherStockPhrases in ''Spike'':
--> "Tell my wife and larvae I love them."
* JerkassHasAPoint: Kennedy might be seen as TheScrappy but when she offers Buffy a job she's pretty on the ball about bodyguard work, a vampire loving world, even tapping into Buffy's fears.
** She brings up not destroying Tincan might help restore magic, and in turn Willow. Even though they split up it doesn't mean Kennedy doesn't still care for her, and it might get some people off Buffy's case for what she'd done.
* JustEatGilligan: Andrew had set up a DeusExMachina to deal with Simone: [[spoiler: it involved creating another Buffybot, getting the real Buffy stoned, putting Buffy's mind in the bot (and make her think she's pregnant,) then set up the real Buffy with the bot's brain to think it lives a different life and lives in a suburban home Andrew had set up so when the assassin strikes bot!Buffy might be read for it, maybe, possibly.]] Andrew being Andrew he was being far too clever for his own good, a much simpler solution would have been to use the bot to lure out Simone.
* LotusEaterMachine: The witch coven in "Wonderland".
* MamaBear: A demon goes after Willow and Marrack after Willow kills her child.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Simone was behind the attack on Buffy.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Even though he keeps all his memories [[spoiler:the resurrected Giles is prone to typical behavior of pubescent boy, like emotional outbursts, being distracted by Faith's cleavage or getting a boner when hugging the buxom hot Slayer]]
* MortonsFork: "For magic to open a direct pathway there, there has to be magic on the other end - what you call a Catch-22".
* NotQuiteDead: Nadira survives having half her body burned by Nash.
** Turns out [[spoiler:Rack]] had survived being sucked dry of magic by [[spoiler:Willow]].
** And [[spoiler: Eyghon had survived the fight with Angel's inner demon by possessing a dead rat.]]
* UsefulNotes/NavySeals: When teaming up with magical beings Buffy refers to them and herself as SEAL Team Six Six Six. She promptly falls into a trap after the boast.
* OhCrap: In the first ''Spike'' comic, Spike is knocked out and up by a group of demons who want to steal his spaceship. Said demons walk onto the ship, asking the last three remaining cockroach aliens (who have become Spike's lackeys),
--> "Okay, which one of you cockroaches is in charge of this heap?"
** The other two aliens point at the one in the middle, who also happens to have a broken leg, who gets an OhCrap look and just reponds with
--> "$#%&!"
* OlderAndWiser: Kennedy has gone from the selfish and somewhat mean but well intended brat in the series to thinking she's in ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' to going full ReasonableAuthorityFigure leading a AmazonBrigade hybrid of Blackwater.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Giles greataunts Sophronia and Lavinia Fairweather. They look in their early twenties but re over a hundred years old.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent / OurZombiesAreDifferent: Without the Magic Seed allowing demons to posses a sired body. Vampires are now much more mindless and feral. The Scoobies call them Zompires (Zombie/Vampires) so as not to confuse them.
* PacManFever: Buffy's roommates are seen playing ''Franchise/MassEffect'', specifically Liara fighting Collectors, which doesn't occur in game. Doubles as a ShoutOut since Dark Horse comics are behind both adaptations.
* PlotParallel: Buffy destroying the seed[[note]] in Season 8 [[/note]]is compared to Theo destroying Tincan.
--> '''Theo:''' "No one's going to understand why I destroyed what I worked so hard to build."
--> '''Buffy:''' "You're right. They won't. You're going to get blamed for being selfish. For doing this to save your own life. To fix the mistakes you made. You're going to lose friends. But at the end of the day, you're doing it for the right reasons."
* {{Portmanteau}}: Zombie vampires. Zompires.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Plagiarus demon again.
* ResetButton: Buffy hits it hard at the end of ''Guarded.'' Beforehand she wanted out of being the Slayer; never mind by rights Faith is really TheChosenOne and by everyone's account is doing a fantastic job of it, she wants a proper job and she needs money. At the end of the story Kennedy offers her enough money to pay back that student loan with the promise of more if she stays on. Buffy turns it all down, because she felt it was all for herself rather than helping others, remember their occupation was bodyguard and thus it would be helping and protecting others, and [[StatusQuoIsGod chooses to remain the same broke girl stuck doing something she hates]].
* RelationshipUpgrade: Billy and Devon.
* RescueRomance: Devon saving Billy from a Zompire.
* {{Revision}}/ContinuityNod: Willow met Giles' aunts while she was training on his estate in Bath after the events of season 6.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The cute little orange octopi Willow comes across in the ocean. She names one [[DeadGuyJunior Mr. Octopus Fantasticus]] and expresses a desire to have one as a bathtub toy.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight/ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Kennedy's Slayer bodyguards are not allowed to engage in corporate warfare against Wolfram & Hart. She takes Buffy to do so anyway.
* ScrewYourself in the first ''Spike'' issue:
--> '''Elizabeth''': "I have ''never'' seen his majesty like this before."
--> '''Sebastian''': "He has told us to sod off before Elizabeth. Just last week, [[ScrewYourself he told Scotty and me to engage in an activity so anatomically impossible that-"]]
* ShoutOut: The Jan/Feb 2012 Buffy comic has the cover in the style of Franchise/{{Batman}}. For those who saw Faith wearing Batman pajamas in her series they should have seen it coming.
** The last issue with Simone and the Bot has someone wearing a skull t shirt. It certainly wasn't ThePunisher, but it likely refers to the last Punisher comic where [[spoiler: he dies]] which was published at around the same time.
** Willow: "[[Creator/DrSeuss Oh the places I'll go]]", and later "You'd be a fine minion ... [[TheWizardOfOz and your little dogs, too.]]" Also, in the same issue,
--> '''Connor:''' "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And, uh ... [[TheForce the force]] [[StarWars will be with you.]]"
** "Why isn't the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy-head, fever, so-Xander-can-rest medicine ''working?!''"
** "What would TheHardyBoys do when they got stuck on a case?"
** Buffy calling Illyria [[TheSmurfs "Smurfette."]]
** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[HelloKitty Hello]] [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
* StupidSexyFlanders: Willow engenders this reaction in Buffy's roommate Anaheed.
* TheBusCameBack: Simone; last seen executing [[TheDragon the General at war with the Slayers]], is driving around San Francisco, armed to her back teeth, promising that she won't let the world forget about the Slayers. [[OhCrap This... this can't be good]].
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Issue #1 opens with Buffy waking up in a trashed room thinking:
-->"God... What have I done? Also, why did I do whatever it was I've done? Also, where am I?"
* WhatWouldXDo: "What would TheHardyBoys do when they got stuck on a case?"
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The basic view of the world, with Slayers being seen as terrorists persecuting vampires who are now beloved. Simone does not help, her appearance in the first issue even invoking that she is a domestic terrorist.
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* TheAtoner: Ends up being the reason [[spoiler:Andrew steals the Vampyr book and heads to Sunnydale. He wants to resurrect Jonathan and Tara, the former to make up for killing him under The First's influence, the latter to make up for having a part in her death.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Vampyr book, which governs the laws of magic, [[spoiler:can be used to make just about anything true by writing new laws of magic into it. However, vague descriptions that can be interpreted in several ways have a tendency to work out negatively.]] [[spoiler: Dracula]] finds this out the hard way.
* BigBookOfEverything: The Vampyr book is revealed to have been one of these, being the first major chronicle of magic and its rules centuries ago. It's now slowly filing in with the new rules and [[spoiler:can have new rules written in.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Kennedy, some of her slayers, Faith and Giles show up just in time to save Buffy and co. from some new rules vampires in issue 1.
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Buffy and Spike at the end of Issue 11]].
* BrainUploading: The Trio made digital backups of their brains. [[spoiler: Andrew plans on using Jonathan's to resurrect him and destroys Warren's so he can't come back.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can see that Buffy and Spike make a good couple. Played with in that both Buffy and Spike can see it themselves but don't want to take the risk [[spoiler: at least until "Love Dares You, Part 2"]].
* GenreShift: Kennedy and her Slayers have gone from medieval warriors to almost a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' clan, replete with special forces outfits, guns that kill vampires with silver bullets and jungle warfare.
* GreenEyedMonster: Angel has shades of this when he finds out that [[spoiler: Buffy and Spike are in a relationship]].
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Buffy and Spike discuss this towards the end of Issue 12 [[spoiler: after she impulsively kisses him at the beginning]]:
-->'''Buffy''': We've worked so hard for so long to get where we are. To something important. Something ''real''. Friendship.
-->''(skip a few sentences)''
-->'''Buffy''': What I'm trying to say is, I love what we have. It's taken a lot to get here. And it would've been stupid and thoughtless to risk that by rushing into something.
** [[spoiler: Subverted when Spike admits to still being in love with her, which leads to them falling into bed together]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Angel at least tries to do this for Buffy's sake, but it's hinted that he's still carrying a torch for her and is maybe even hoping that Buffy and [[spoiler: Spike]] break up.
* JustFriends: What Buffy and Spike are trying to be [[spoiler: until Issue 12 when they sleep together]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: As a result of the new magic, Dawn [[spoiler:remembers everything from her past life but her emotions have been reset to when she was created. As a result she's going though Joyce's death as if it just happened and doesn't love Xander anymore.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Subverted. The Team tries to lean on Giles again, only for him to quickly point out his return as a 12 year old is more than physical, and that he can't be relied on for everything.
* LoveConfession: While not exactly a confession of love, at the beginning of Issue 12 [[spoiler: Buffy admits to Spike that she wants to give their relationship another shot. Spike at first (and rightfully) rejects her due to worry that she doesn't really mean it, though he changes his mind when he realizes that she does and they sleep together at the end of the issue]].
* MarriedToTheJob: Spike is trying to be this in order to help him get over Buffy. He even says the exact words to Dowling.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Giles now has the hormones and short temper to go with his twelve year old body.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-Universe. Buffy still hasn't forgiven Andrew for the Buffybot fiasco last season.
* NotableReferencesToTVTropes: We've come full circle as the first arc has discussion on tropes, specifically Dark!Willow as one.
* TheOneThatGotAway: "I Wish, Part 2" reintroduces [[spoiler: Dylan]] from ''[[spoiler: Spike: Into the Light]]'', who has [[spoiler: come looking for Spike, describing him as the one who got away]].
* RelationshipUpgrade: As of Issue 12, [[spoiler: Buffy and Spike are back together. How long this will last has yet to be seen]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Buffy to Dawn and Xander. Dawn, Willow, Dowling and even Xander are also this for Buffy and Spike.
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:Anya]] is this to Xander. Though [[spoiler:she's]] real it is revealed [[spoiler:she's not actually Anya]].
* TakeThat: [[RunningGag Once again]] to Anne Rice (and then ''Twilight'') when Dowling tries to set Spike up with a female colleague into vampire literature.
-->"But you're not sparkling." Well '''''excuse''''' me. I'll shove some pop rocks up me arse.
* WhamLine: Nadira when she declares [[spoiler: she never stopped being a Slayer and opens a can of whoop-ass on Archeus and Drusilla.]]
* WhamShot: Willow discovers that Andrew had destroyed any means of being able to revive Warren like she feared, and wonders what he's planning. Cut to him at [[spoiler:Tara's headstone, the implication that he feels he MustMakeAmends by bringing her BackFromTheDead]].
** The end of Issue 11, when [[spoiler: Buffy kisses Spike]].
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