History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy

* AnAesop: "They're teenagers. [beat] ''That's'' a sobering mirror to look into, huh?"
** {{Subverted|Trope}} just before the credits. Buffy is recounting what we are meant to think are her anxieties about having no adults to lean on... only, she's actually talking about the SAT.

** Further clarified in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E15ThisYearsGirl This Year's Girl]]".
--->[[spoiler:And my mom thinks you make love like a stevedore. What's a stevedore?]]

** Further clarified in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E15ThisYearsGirl This Year's Girl]].
-->[[spoiler:And my mom thinks you make love like a stevedore. What's a stevedore?]]

** Joyce suggests that she and "Ripper" watch TV, and seductively says, "I know how to order pay-per-view." Giles wants to go out, and Joyce suggests the Bronze. Giles: "Not bloody likely. That place is dead." We cut to a hoppin' Bronze, where the crowd is entirely made up of seniors.

* AccentSlipUp: Giles shifts to a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents lower-class accent]], not all that dissimilar to Spike's accent, while under the influence of the candy and reverted to his Ripper days. He eventually goes the other way, shifting back towards his usual Received Pronunciation voice, when he realises he'd previously read about Lurconis and knows where to find it.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
-->'''Cordelia:''' Dad, he just locked himself in the bathroom with old copies of ''Esquire''...

* IsThereADoctorInTheHouse: On seeing the wackiness at the Bronze, Buffy suggests calling for a doctor, only for Willow to see her family doctor shirtless and CrowdSurfing.

* OhCrap: The factory's deserted except for Ethan, who's on the phone with his back to Buffy. He tells whoever's on the other end that the town is "wide open." Buffy calls his name, and he turns around while still holding the receiver. "Might wanna hurry." Gulp.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Faith is not mentioned at any point.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Xander sides with Buffy against the [=SATs=], saying, "Personally, I think it, uh, discriminates against the uninformed."

* EverybodyMustGetStoned
* ExactEavesdropping

* LinkedListClueMethodology

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Faith

* NowOrNeverKiss: Buffy tells Giles they're going to the sewers to take on the demon Lurconis. He responds by snogging Joyce.
-->'''Buffy:''' [[ParentalSexualitySquick And don't do that!]]

* PreAsskickingOneLiner

* RescueSex: Ripper ends up beating the crap out of a cop and taking the gun as Joyce bats her eyes at him. The two proceed to make out (more) on the hood of the policeman's car.

* ThatDidntHappen: Unfortunately Joyce and Giles are so embarrassed over this incident they [[ShipSinking never follow it up]]. After [[spoiler:Joyce's death]] however Giles is seen playing "Tales of Brave Ulysses" while [[DrowningMySorrows Drowning His Sorrows]].

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Both Joyce and Giles smoke. Joyce lives for another two seasons, and Giles [[spoiler: is killed in Season 8]].

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Later cleared up in "Earshot."
-->[[spoiler:"ON THE HOOD OF A POLICE CAR?!? TWICE?!?!?"]]

--->'''Giles:''' It's not that simple, is it-- (''ball bounces off his head'') Ow.

-->'''Buffy:''' It was just too much to deal with. It was like nothing made sense anymore. The things that I thought I understood were gone. I just felt... so alone.\\

-->'''Joyce:''' But you're not in the band.
-->'''Buffy:''' [eyeroll] And yet.

* InfantImmortality / ComplexityAddiction: Baby abduction and murder are presented as something so shocking that the antagonists have to compromise a whole factory of theirs and disorganise the whole city in their attempt to do that. It would’ve probably been much easier to simply brute-force their way into the hospital and kidnap the babies.

* EatsBabies: Lurconis.

* FauxdianSlip: Willow takes a book from Xander, and the contact of their thumbs is enough to set off the hormones again. Cordelia, thumbing through a book of her own, turns to Willow and asks, "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You wanna swap?]]" Willow's eyes momentarily grow to the size of dinner plates.

* AccentRelapse: Giles shifts to a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents lower-class accent]], not all that dissimilar to Spike's accent, while under the influence of the candy and reverted to his Ripper days. He eventually goes the other way, shifting back towards his usual Received Pronunciation voice, when he realises he'd previously read about Lurconis and knows where to find it.

* ImprobableAimingSkills / ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Giles gives Buffy a dodge ball, and tells her throw the ball at him. She lets the ball fly, and it hits the wall behind the checkout counter.

* LiteralMinded: Angel remarks on how late it is for visitors, and asks how Buffy got away. Buffy snarks that she "started a fire in the prison laundry room", which Angel takes at face value. But then, he ''did'' just spend centuries in Hell.

* ThatDidntHappen: Unfortunately Joyce and Giles are so embarrassed over this incident they [[ShipSinking never follow it up]]. After Joyce's death however Giles is seen playing "Tales of Brave Ulysses" while [[DrowningMySorrows Drowning His Sorrows]].

''(Giles calmly produces another pencil)''* IronicEcho: Joyce parrots her daughter's "And yet" when Buffy says she's a good mom, but the ''best'' moms let their daughters drive. Heh. Toss another candy bar to Joyce for the snark!