History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Oz. See "What Could Have Been", below.

-->'''Buffy:''' Cordelia, can you give us a ride to Giles's house?

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Word of Joss says the way Angelus kills her is very "insulting" to Jenny herself, because he does not consider her worth feeding on.

* YourCheatingHeart: Angelus drops a strong hint to Spike that he's sleeping with Drusilla, who [[GuyOnGuyIsHot openly enjoys the sight of "her boys" fighting over her]].

* HeroicBSoD: Giles has one after discovering that [[spoiler:Angelus had murdered his girlfriend, laid her corpse in the bedroom, and set up everything to look like she had planned a romantic encounter for the two of them]]. When he comes out of it, he's...[[DeathSeeker a little different]] for the rest of the ep.

-->'''Willow''': Ira Rosenberg's only daughter nailing crucifixes to her bedroom wall? I have to go over to Xander's house just to watch 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' every year.

* ImprovisedWeapon

* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier
-->'''Giles:''' In my years as Watcher, I've buried... too many people. But Jenny was the first I've loved.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A platonic version; Buffy is still angry at Jenny, but encourages her to reconcile with Giles for his sake.

* KilledOffForReal: Although Jenny is killed off in this episode, Robia LaMorte makes two further guest appearances: in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 the second part of the season finale]] where Drusilla hypnotizes Giles into thinking she's Jenny, and again in ''Amends'' as a form assumed by the First Evil.

* ManlyTears

* PleaseDontLeaveMe

* ShapedLikeItself

* TheTragicRose: Angelus leaves one as part of his cruel taunt to Giles.

* {{Understatement}}

-->'''Giles''': '''Buffy?'''

At school, Ms. Calendar is working late when Giles shows up and invites her over when she's done. He leaves, and she finishes her work — she's found out how to restore Angel's soul! Saving the solution to a floppy disk, she prints it out--and suddenly she realizes she's not alone. Angelus has been lounging in the back row for a while. He breaks the Orb of Thesulah and destroys her computer, burning the printout, and then attacks Ms. Calendar. She runs for her life, but to no avail, and in ''Buffy'''s first example of a major character death, Angelus catches her and breaks her neck.

* BreakInThreat: Made worse by the fact that Giles, Willow, and Buffy have all [[MustBeInvited invited Angel into their homes at one point or another]].

* AngerBornOfWorry: After saving Giles, Buffy punches him in the face and chews him out for attacking Angelus... before breaking down in tears and hugging him.
-->'''Buffy''': Are you trying to get yourself killed?! [''she collapses and hugs him''] You can't leave me... I can't do this alone.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The school motto is "Formatia trans sicere educatorum".

** Cordelia whining that she invited Angel into her car once. That probably happened when they left the library after Cordelia found the arm in the dumpster in "Some Assembly Required."

* CooldownHug: After Buffy hits Giles after his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, the two end up holding each other and crying.

* FirstAppearance: The first major example of Joss Whedon's infamously iconic reasoning that "happy characters = bad storytelling".

At school, Ms. Calendar is working late when Giles shows up and invites her over when she's done. He leaves, and she finishes her work — she's found out how to restore Angel's soul! Saving the solution to a floppy disk, she prints it out--and suddenly she realizes she's not alone. Angelus has been lounging in the back row for a while. He breaks the Orb of Thesulah and destroys her computer, burning the printout, and then attacks Ms. Calendar. She runs for her life, but to no avail--Angelus catches her and breaks her neck.

At the factory, Spike is up in arms over the "incredibly brassed off" Slayer who is due to hunt them down. Angelus is perfectly cool, until a Molotov cocktail suddenly smashes a foot away, setting the factory ablaze. It's ''Ripper'', coming at Angelus with a full arsenal. He seems to have the upper hand, but is overpowered and at the vampire's mercy. At that moment, Buffy enters the fray. Dru and Spike make a strategic exit. Buffy drives back Angelus and almost has him in submission, but Angelus points at Giles, indicating his unconscious body near the approaching flames. Angelus gets away again as Buffy stops to save her Watcher. Outside the factory, a furious Giles screams that it wasn't her fight, and Buffy's response is to slug him--then hug him tight.

* FakeOutMakeOut: The Scoobies exit the Bronze without taking notice of a couple necking in a doorway. Once they're past the woman drops dead to the ground, revealing that it was actually Angelus feeding on her.

* KilledOffForReal: Although Jenny is killed off in this episode, Robia LaMorte makes two further guest appearances: in [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2}} the second part of the season finale]] where Drusilla hypnotizes Giles into thinking she's Jenny, and again in the "Amends" as a form assumed by the First Evil.

* SoHappyTogether: Giles finally forgives Jenny and invites her to stop by his house. [[YankTheDogsChain Guess what happens that night?]]

* DramaticShattering: Angelus flinging the Orb at the chalkboard right next to Jenny's head as she ducks. "Must be that shoddy gypsy craftsmanship."

* PricelessPaperweight

* CornerOfWoe: Giles calling with bad news. Buffy leans against the wall for support, then slides down against it into a crouch.