History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E3SchoolHard

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The angry mob in Prague that tried to kill Spike and Dru. Their actions are what brings Spike and Dru to Sunnydale, setting of a chain of events and repercussions that will continue to reverberate through the remainder of ''Buffy'' and over into ''Angel''.

* InvincibleClassicCar: Spike crashes his car, a 1959 [=DeSoto=] Fireflite, through the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign, and the car isn't damaged at all. The paint doesn't even get scratched.

* KilledOffForReal: The Anointed One gets offed at the end of the episode, when Spike tosses him in a cage and hoists him up into the sunlight.

* PunctuatedPounding: Buffy using Spike's henchvamp as a punching bag as she calls out for a weapon. "AND! A STAKE! WOULD BE NICE!"

* EnemyRisingBehind: A variant. Buffy runs into a seemingly-normal Shelia while stealthing her way through the school and gives her an axe so she can back her up. Of course by this point, we know Sheila has long since been killed and is now an undead. As Buffy makes to stake another vampire, the camera pans to the side over her shoulder where we see Sheila in vamp face, readying her ax to kill Buffy. Luckily Giles spots this from one of the classrooms and shouts out a warning to Buffy.

* FaceRevealingTurn: Sorta. After Buffy meets Sheila during the school raid, she's of course in human form. But when they approach a vampire. The camera has Buffy in front of her and as she sneaks up on him, moves aside to which we now see Shelia in GameFace, readying her ax to kill Buffy.

* {{Foil}}: Sheila is essentially one to Buffy to showcase Principal Snyder's HorribleJudgeOfCharacter. While Buffy isn't exactly a saint, she's leagues above Shelia whom Snyder lumps together (And that's only because of hearing of Buffy past "delinquency" i.e. burning down her gym, and just singling her out for it).

** Drusilla does this when she's about to kill Shelia while telling her "naughty" doll, Ms Edith, that she could've "watched with the rest" if she had been good.
** Shelia herself when she attempts to attack Buffy from behind.

* InTheBack: Buffy tells Sheila to stay behind her. As she stalks her way down the hall, we see that Sheila is now in vamp face (having seen her being fed on earlier by Drusilla). Oops! Shelia raises the ax and about to swing when Giles spots her through a glass door and shouts a warning.

** The now vamped Shelia does this after her sneak attack on Buffy fails and she sees a fellow vampire get dusted.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Shelia, the delinquent that was fed to Drusilla, turned and joined in on the school raid, was last seen fleeing from Buffy after watching her stake a fellow vampire. Buffy doesn't go after her and she hasn't been seen since.

* YouWontFeelAThing: Spike menacingly states that the last Slayer he killed begged for her life. (Not actually true, but anyway.) He goes on to say that Buffy doesn't seem like the begging type. After a bit more posturing, he smirks, then says, "Tell you what: as a personal favor, from me to you, I'll make it quick. It won't hurt a bit."

** Spike is introduced with his GameFace on and the audience won't see his human face until Drusilla enters the room and he begins doting on her, firmly tying his humanity to his capacity for love--something which becomes a ''major'' feature of his character and overall arc down the line.

* BareYourMidriff: Sheila.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Xander ("TheChick" of the Scoobies) fights the sole female vampire while Angel slugs it out with the male ones.

* OffhandBackhand: Spike takes down a vampire to introduce himself and show he's a badass.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Had Sheila bothered to help out in the group project, she wouldn't have run into Spike and become Dru's meal, losing her humanity in the process.