History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E9WhatsMyLinePart1

-->'''Buffy:''' So, mark 'none of the above'.\\

** Annoyed at Giles' criticism, Buffy snips back that he can get another Slayer. Oh right, he can't because she has to die first.

** Buffy snarks at Giles that he can't get another Slayer until she's died.

* CatScare: Buffy hilariously pegging Oz for a hitman. Who sent you?!
* ContinuityNod: The book that was stolen by the blonde vampire in "Lie To Me" is one of the main elements of this episode.
** Darla asks Angel in the Season one Episode, "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E7Angel}} Angel]]", if he believes Buffy would ever be able to kiss his 'real face'. She does in this episode.

* {{Cliffhanger}}

* DeathTrap

* DivideAndConquer: The Order of Taraka's official credo.

* EnterStageWindow

-->'''Buffy:''' Y'know, if you don't like the way I'm doing my job, why don't you find somebody else? Oh, that's right, there can only be one. As long
as I'm alive, there is no one else.

* BrickJoke: Xander looks forward to returning Snyder's honesty with some "honest" input of his own. Well, amusingly, in "Restless" he gets his wish. ("You know, I never got the chance to tell you how glad I was you were eaten by a snake.")
* CantYouReadTheSign: Willy barking at Angel that the bar's closed.

* AnswerCut: Giles trying to get Buffy's head out of the clouds, saying that they need to discover what the vamps took. Cut to a shot of a large ornate gold cross.

* InSeriesNickname: "Scooby Gang" is used for the first time (by Xander to Cordelia). I guess "The Slayerettes" didn't take off.

* YouGetMeCoffee: [[BookDumb Buffy]]'s contribution when intense research is required is to "go for snacks".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Willow's characteristically psyched to find out her career track, but Xander complains that it takes the fun out of being young and stupid. "I'd rather live in the dark." One {{basement|dweller}}, coming up.

* DescriptionCut: Buffy reiterating that her future is a non-issue. Fade to Drusilla's hand turning over Tarot cards.

* ImplacableMan: Buffy's chagrined that Giles thinks she can't fight off a couple hitmen, but he explains that they will keep coming no matter how many she kills.
* ImpossiblyMundaneExplanation: The Scooby Gang is attempting to contact Buffy.
--> '''Xander:''' Well, she didn't go home. I let the phone ring a few hundred times before I remembered her mom is out of town.
--> '''Giles:''' Well, maybe Buffy unplugged the phone.
--> '''Xander:''' No, it's a statistical impossibility for a 16-year-old girl to unplug her phone.
--> '''Willow:''' *nods*.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Kendra seeing Buffy kissing Angel (in vamp face) and assuming she's his undead honey.

** Buffy coming in for a landing at the rink, accidentally sliding in on her butt.. She laughs, but loses her good humor when Octarus' bicep hooks around her, grabs her, and lifts her over the wall.

* NotHerself: Xander ''knows'' Buffy didn't go home, because his call went unanswered and "it's a statistical impossibility for a sixteen-year-old-girl to unplug her phone." Giles looks at Willow, who cutely nods confirmation.

* OpenSaysMe: When her knock brings no answer, Angel breaks the lock on Angel's door and enters.

-->'''Xander''': "That's what a lot of the guys say, but it's just locker-room talk."

* SmashCut: Giles trying to get Buffy's head out of the clouds, saying that they need to discover what the vamps took. Cut to a shot of a large ornate gold cross.

'''Xander''': I like to think of you more as my [[{{Foil}} witless foil]], but have it your way.

'''Buffy''': I didn't even notice.

* AscendedExtra: Willy's Place is seen for the first time. The bar also appears in many other episodes including "Amends", "The Zeppo", "Goodbye Iowa" and "Family".

* CallBack: The book that was stolen by the blonde vampire in "Lie To Me" is one of the main elements of this episode.

* ContinuityNod: Darla asks Angel in the Season one Episode, "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E7Angel}} Angel]]", if he believes Buffy would ever be able to kiss his 'real face'. She does in this episode.

* ChekhovsGunman: While darting her eyes around the school corridor looking for suspicious people, Buffy unknowingly walks ''right past'' the third assassin.

* DeathGlare: Xander excruciatingly putting his foot in his mouth in front of Snyder.

* ExactEavesdropping: Across the rink, Kendra observes Buffy and Angel macking with distaste.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: Buffy in the teaser, one-eyed assassin exiting the bus, and Kendra exiting the plane.

** In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' spin-off he meets a police detective called Kate Lockley, who resembles what Buffy might have turned out to be like if she hadn't been Chosen.

* LameExcuse: Snyder demanding to know where Buffy is, and telling Willow not to feed him the 'I just saw her a minute ago, she's around here somewhere' routine.
-->'''Willow:''' ''(incredulous)'' But I DID... [[IResembleThatRemark just see her a minute ago, and she is... around here somewhere!]]

* AloneInACrowd: Buffy wandering the halls of SHS, after Giles says she won't recognize her enemies until they strike. Thanks.

* IncrediblyLameFun / NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: Ooh! Ooh! Research party!

* ProperlyParanoid: Buffy in "{{freak out}}" mode.

* TakeAThirdOption: "'Are you a people person, or do you prefer keeping your own company?'" Well, what if I'm a people person who keeps ''his own company'' by default?"
-->'''Buffy:''' So, mark 'none of the above'.\\
'''Xander''': Well, there are no boxes for 'none of the above'. That would introduce too many variables into their mushroom head, number-crunching little world.

'''Xander''': As in polyester, [[{{Donut Mess with a Cop}} doughnuts]] and brutality.\\

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Baby Buffy was far too young to idolize Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic gold medalist.

** Also, [[DidNotDoTheResearch Latin doesn't have a word for 'canoe']].

* RaggedBandOfMisfits: "Scooby Gang" is used for the first time (by Xander to Cordelia). I guess "The Slayerettes" didn't take off.

* TrueCompanions: "Scooby Gang" is used for the first time (by Xander to Cordelia). I guess "The Slayerettes" didn't take off.

** In the ''{{Angel}}'' spin-off he meets a police detective called Kate Lockley, who resembles what Buffy might have turned out to be like if she hadn't been Chosen.

* IncrediblyLameFun: Ooh! Ooh! Research party!

** Dalton reminding us hat Buffy almost caught him red-handed the night before, and that "she's trouble."

* CatFight: The Slayers continue grappling for the axe until Buffy begs Bianca not to make her do "[[LampshadeHanging the chick fight thing]]." Kendra:"Chick fight??" By way of answering, Buffy digs her nails into Bianca's wrist and pulls her hair.

* {{Cliffhanger}}

* DynamicEntry / SayMyName: A Octarus chokes Buffy, Angel comes rushing in, game face on, and performs a flying tackle on him.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: One-eyed assassin exiting the bus, and Kendra exiting the plane.

* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: "'Trouble?' She's the gnat in my ear. The gristle in my teeth. She's the bloody thorn in my BLOODY SIDE! ''([[PercussiveTherapy kicks table]]'')

** Buffy coming in for a landing at the rink, accidentally sliding in on her butt.. She laughs, but loses her good humor when Octarus' bicep hooks around her grabs her and lifts her over the wall.

** Poor Oz coming up the hall behind Buffy, causing her to whirl around, grabs him by the throat and pins him to the locker, challenging him to "try it!!"

-->'''Xander:''' "Cordelia Chase, always ready to give a helping hand to the rich and the pretty.

-->'''Willow:''' If she doesn't get back soon, Snyder's really... ''(spots him on the stairs)'' ...''[[LastSecondWordSwap done a great job with the fair]]''' this year, hasn't he, Xander?

* ScreamDiscretionShot: Norman killing Mrs Kalish. Cut to the scream of an airliner's jet engines.