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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Willow [[ContinuityLockout telling Tara about]] the demon in "Doublemeat Palace".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Willow [[ContinuityLockout telling Tara about]] about the demon in "Doublemeat Palace".
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* TemptingFate: PlayedForDrama when Buffy dares Spike to blow the whistle on their SecretRelationship. He does so at the worst possible time.
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* TemptingFate: PlayedForDrama when Buffy dares Spike to blow the whistle on their SecretRelationship. He does so so, to Xander (and Anya), at the worst possible time.
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* TwistedEchoCut: Used when Anya is tryng to get someone to unwittingly curse Xander.
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* TwistedEchoCut: Used when Anya is tryng trying to get someone to unwittingly curse Xander.
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* TheUnfairSex: Deconstructed. Anya is the wronged party, having been left at the altar and humiliated on her wedding day. Xander is depicted sympathetically and Anya's attempts at getting revenge are portrayed as petty and selfish. She sleeps with Spike and ends up getting her revenge accidentally when Xander sees it on a hidden camera. Even before she discovers that Xander has seen it, it's shown that she regrets it immediately. And the final act of the episode does a good job of showing that, far from being a stereotypical WomanScorned, Anya is just a girl that's had her heart broken and has no clue how to actually deal with her pain. The episode also doesn't really give Xander any moral high ground when he tries to judge Anya for sleeping with Spike (and by the next episode he says he understands why she would do it).
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* TheUnfairSex: Deconstructed. Anya is the wronged party, having been left at the altar and humiliated on her wedding day. Xander is depicted sympathetically and Anya's attempts at getting revenge are portrayed as the understandable yet petty and selfish.actions of a WomanScorned. She sleeps with Spike and ends up getting her revenge accidentally when Xander sees it on a hidden camera. Even before she discovers that Xander has seen it, it's shown that she regrets it immediately. And the final act of the episode does a good job of showing that, far from being a stereotypical WomanScorned, woman scorned, Anya is just a girl that's had her heart broken and has no clue how to actually deal with her pain. The episode also doesn't really give Xander any moral high ground when he tries to judge Anya for sleeping with Spike (and by the next episode he says he understands why she would do it).
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* InadvertentEntranceCue: None of Xander's friends want to wish ill upon him. Anya points out that with her LimitedSocialCircle she's hardly going to stumble across someone who hates Xander enough, whereupon Spike enters the Magic Box.
* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out. Willow and Dawn figure it out when they see Buffy's reaction to Spike and Anya having sex at The Magic Box. Spike reveals it to Anya and Xander during the final confrontation afterward.
* InVinoVeritas: Averted -- Spike is careful not to mention the name of the girl he's griping about to Anya while they're finding the bottom of a bottle of Scotch. He doesn't hesitate to vent about the Scoobies hypocrisy though.
* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out. Willow and Dawn figure it out when they see Buffy's reaction to Spike and Anya having sex at The Magic Box. Spike reveals it to Anya and Xander during the final confrontation afterward.
* InVinoVeritas: Averted -- Spike is careful not to mention the name of the girl he's griping about to Anya while they're finding the bottom of a bottle of Scotch. He doesn't hesitate to vent about the Scoobies hypocrisy though.
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* InadvertentEntranceCue: None of Xander's friends want to wish ill upon him. Anya points out that with her LimitedSocialCircle she's LimitedSocialCircle--all of whom were ''his'' friends since way before she came along--she's hardly going to stumble across someone who hates Xander enough, or doesn't care about Xander, whereupon Spike enters the Magic Box.
* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out. Willow and Dawn figure it out when they see Buffy's reaction to Spike and Anya having sex at The Magic Box. Spike reveals it to Anya and Xander duringthe final their confrontation afterward.
* InVinoVeritas: Averted -- Spike is careful not to mention the name of the girl he's griping about to Anya while they're finding the bottom of a bottle of Scotch. He doesn't hesitate to vent about theScoobies Scoobies' hypocrisy though.
* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out. Willow and Dawn figure it out when they see Buffy's reaction to Spike and Anya having sex at The Magic Box. Spike reveals it to Anya and Xander during
* InVinoVeritas: Averted -- Spike is careful not to mention the name of the girl he's griping about to Anya while they're finding the bottom of a bottle of Scotch. He doesn't hesitate to vent about the
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* DrowningMySorrows: Anya tries to get Spike drunk so he'll curse Xander after breaking up with him. As Spike has been dumped by Buffy, the two end up sharing the bottle and having Sex for Solace.
* EasilyForgiven: Buffy flaunts this when she breaks off her relationship with Spike. She isn't worried about him ratting her out because she knows her friends won't care that she's been banging Spike, since they aren't particularly upset that she tried to kill them all in the previous episode (though she was under a mystical influence at the time). Subverted by the end when the gang finds out; while Willow and Dawn accept it relatively easily, Xander reacts exactly as Buffy feared he would: with shock and horror.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Anya's first thought on seeing Spike is that she must get someone else to wish he'd become a woman, as her reputation had been built on helping WomanScorned. Halfrek points out that while Anya's concern for womans rights is touching, men are entitled to a little vengeance too.
* EasilyForgiven: Buffy flaunts this when she breaks off her relationship with Spike. She isn't worried about him ratting her out because she knows her friends won't care that she's been banging Spike, since they aren't particularly upset that she tried to kill them all in the previous episode (though she was under a mystical influence at the time). Subverted by the end when the gang finds out; while Willow and Dawn accept it relatively easily, Xander reacts exactly as Buffy feared he would: with shock and horror.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Anya's first thought on seeing Spike is that she must get someone else to wish he'd become a woman, as her reputation had been built on helping WomanScorned. Halfrek points out that while Anya's concern for womans rights is touching, men are entitled to a little vengeance too.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Anya tries to get Spike drunk so he'll curse Xander after breaking up with him. As Spike has been dumped by Buffy, the two end up sharing the bottle and having Sex for Solace.
SexForSolace.
* EasilyForgiven: Buffy flaunts this when she breaks off her relationship with Spike. She isn't worried about him ratting her out because she knows her friends won't care that she's been banging Spike, since they aren't particularly upset that she tried to kill them all in the previous episode (though she was under a mystical influence at the time).Subverted Somewhat subverted by the end when the gang finds out; while Willow and Dawn accept it relatively easily, just as Tara did, Xander reacts exactly as Buffy feared he would: with shock and horror.
horror--exacerbated by the fact he was already angry about Anya having sex with Spike.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Anya's first thought on seeing Spike is that she must get someone else to wish he'd become a woman, as her reputation had been built on helpingWomanScorned. [[WomanScorned women scorned]]. Halfrek points out that while Anya's concern for womans women's rights is touching, men are entitled to a little vengeance too.
* EasilyForgiven: Buffy flaunts this when she breaks off her relationship with Spike. She isn't worried about him ratting her out because she knows her friends won't care that she's been banging Spike, since they aren't particularly upset that she tried to kill them all in the previous episode (though she was under a mystical influence at the time).
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Anya's first thought on seeing Spike is that she must get someone else to wish he'd become a woman, as her reputation had been built on helping
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* TheDogBitesBack: Spike gets his revenge.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Spike gets his (unintentional) revenge.
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* DeathGlare: Spike to Buffy after she tells him to move on from their relationship. Buffy to Spike after the RelationshipReveal.
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* DeathGlare: Spike to Buffy after she tells him to move on from their relationship. Buffy to Spike after the RelationshipReveal.RelationshipReveal to Xander.
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* ASharedSuffering: Anya and Spike realise they've a lot in common as demons who never really fit in with the Scoobies.
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* ASharedSuffering: Anya and Spike realise they've a lot in common common, as demons who never really fully fit in with the Scoobies.Scoobies, as well as both recently being hurt by the people they're in love with.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Xander tries to kill Spike with Buffy's axe, but fortunately [[BerserkerRage he swings it so hard]] it gets stuck in the wall.
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* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out.
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* InternalReveal: Spuffy comes out. Willow and Dawn figure it out when they see Buffy's reaction to Spike and Anya having sex at The Magic Box. Spike reveals it to Anya and Xander during the final confrontation afterward.
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Buffy goes to Spike in his crypt and presents him the small camera, asking whether he had anything to do with it being on her lawn. He's offended that she would even accuse him of such a thing. Buffy reminds him that it's not like he hadn't done anything like this in the past, but Spike tells her he doesn't want to hurt her since she fell in love with her, which Buffy acknowledges. He then tries to convince her that what existed between them was real. Buffy knew it was, but only for him. She tries to convince Spike to forget about everything that happened between them and opines that he should move on, but he interrupts Buffy telling her to get out.
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Buffy goes to Spike in his crypt and presents him the small camera, asking whether he had anything to do with it being on her lawn. He's offended that she would even accuse him of such a thing. Buffy reminds him that it's not like he hadn't done anything like this in the past, but Spike tells her he doesn't want to hurt her since she he fell in love with her, which Buffy acknowledges. He then tries to convince her that what existed between them was real. Buffy knew it was, but only for him. She tries to convince Spike to forget about everything that happened between them and opines that he should move on, but he interrupts Buffy telling her to get out.
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* ClingyJealousGirl [=/=] GreenEyedEpiphany: Even after making it clear she's not getting back with Spike, the sight of him having sex with Anya hits Buffy hard enough to show in her expression. It also forces her to confront that, although she couldn't truly love him to the unconditional degree he wanted due to their MoralDissonance, she ''did'' have [[LivingEmotionalCrutch some sort of emotional bond with him]].
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* ClingyJealousGirl [=/=] GreenEyedEpiphany: Even after making it clear she's not getting back with Spike, the sight of him having sex with Anya hits Buffy hard enough to show in her expression. It also forces her to confront that, although she couldn't truly love him to the unconditional degree he wanted due to their MoralDissonance, wanted, she ''did'' have [[LivingEmotionalCrutch some sort of emotional bond with him]].
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--> '''Xander''': Shut up and leave her out of- (''long pause, as what he said sinks in.'')
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--> '''Xander''': Shut up and leave her out of- of— (''long pause, pause as what he said sinks in.'')his words sink in'')
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--> '''Xander''': Leave her out of this, you- (''long pause, as what he said sinks in.'')
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--> '''Xander''': Leave Shut up and leave her out of this, you- of- (''long pause, as what he said sinks in.'')
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Xander mopes alone at his apartment, but eventually couldn't stand it anymore and leaves. As he walks away, Anya watches him from behind some bushes.
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Xander mopes alone at his apartment, but eventually couldn't can't stand it anymore and leaves. As he walks away, Anya watches him from behind some bushes.
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Written by Drew Z Greenberg, Rebecca Kirshner, & Steven S DeKnight.
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Written by Drew Z Greenberg, Rebecca Kirshner, & Steven S DeKnight.
[=DeKnight=].
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Directed by Creator/JamesAContner
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Written by Creator/DrewZGreenberg, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, & Creator/StevenSDeKnight
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Directed by Creator/JamesAContner
James A. Contner.
Written byCreator/DrewZGreenberg, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, Drew Z Greenberg, Rebecca Kirshner, & Creator/StevenSDeKnight
Steven S DeKnight.
Written by
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar (done via TwistedEchoCut)
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happened to me, I'd--
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
-->''[SmashCut to the Magic Box.]''
-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happened to me, I'd--
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
-->''[SmashCut to the Magic Box.]''
-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar (done via TwistedEchoCut)
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happenedGettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to me, I'd--
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
-->''[SmashCut tooverwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Magic Box.]''
-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happened
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
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-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]
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* TwistedEchoCut: Used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Anya is tryng to get someone to unwittingly curse Xander.
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* TwistedEchoCut: Used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Anya is tryng to get someone to unwittingly curse Xander.
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Dawn strolls in just as Willow, Buffy and Xander are watching Spike and Anya on the ctv cameras, and Willow scrambles to cover her eyes.
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At Sunnydale Cemetery, the Trio chase after some vampires on ATVs, but they crash into each other, giving the vamps a chance to escape. Buffy shows up and attacks the vampires, forcing one to drop a disk it was holding. Warren snatches it and the Trio escapes, unseen by the Slayer. Buffy takes on two of the vampires, but receives some help when Spike shows up. He holds one of the vampires out of the way while he starts up a conversation. He raises the issue of Buffy telling her friends about them, but she denies it, even acting indifferent to his threat of telling them himself.
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Directed by Creator/JamesAContner
Written by Creator/DrewZGreenberg, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, & Creator/StevenSDeKnight
At Sunnydale Cemetery, the Trio chase after some vampires onATVs, [=ATVs=], but they crash into each other, giving the vamps a chance to escape. Buffy shows up and attacks the vampires, forcing one to drop a disk it was holding. Warren snatches it and the Trio escapes, unseen by the Slayer. Buffy takes on two of the vampires, but receives some help when Spike shows up. He holds one of the vampires out of the way while he starts up a conversation. He raises the issue of Buffy telling her friends about them, but she denies it, even acting indifferent to his threat of telling them himself.
Written by Creator/DrewZGreenberg, Creator/RebeccaKirshner, & Creator/StevenSDeKnight
At Sunnydale Cemetery, the Trio chase after some vampires on
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* BeneathTheMask: Anya spends the whole episode raging about Xander like a WomanScorned. Then during her drunk talk with Spike, she confesses that she can't sleep at night - worried if the break-up was because of something she did. Spike too, who spent the episode petty and vindictive enough about his break-up that he threatened to blow the whistle on his relationship with Buffy to her friends. By the time he gets to the magic shop however, he's trying to get his hands on a numbing spell to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]], and pointedly avoids revealing just which girl he's confiding to Anya about.
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* BeneathTheMask: Anya spends the whole episode raging about Xander like a WomanScorned. Then during her drunk talk with Spike, she confesses that she can't sleep at night - worried if the break-up was because of something she did.
** Spike too, who spent the episode petty and vindictive enough about his break-up that he threatened to blow the whistle on his relationship with Buffy to her friends. By the time he gets to the magic shop however, he's trying to get his hands on a numbing spell to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]], and pointedly avoids revealing just which girl he's confiding to Anya about.
** Buffy has spent the entire season fervently (and sometimes ''violently'') insisting she felt absolutely nothing besides lust for Spike, and even tells him at the beginning of the episode that he needs to move on and that the only feelings between them existed on his end of things. But upon seeing him sleeping with someone else, she looks so visibly hurt by it that Willow figures out their SecretRelationship just from reading Buffy's expression.
** Spike too, who spent the episode petty and vindictive enough about his break-up that he threatened to blow the whistle on his relationship with Buffy to her friends. By the time he gets to the magic shop however, he's trying to get his hands on a numbing spell to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]], and pointedly avoids revealing just which girl he's confiding to Anya about.
** Buffy has spent the entire season fervently (and sometimes ''violently'') insisting she felt absolutely nothing besides lust for Spike, and even tells him at the beginning of the episode that he needs to move on and that the only feelings between them existed on his end of things. But upon seeing him sleeping with someone else, she looks so visibly hurt by it that Willow figures out their SecretRelationship just from reading Buffy's expression.
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* GetOut: When Buffy tells Spike that his love isn't real and he should move on, Spike interrupts her with a "Get out" that sounds exceptionally menacing.
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* GetOut: When Buffy tells Spike that his love isn't was only real to him and that he should move on, Spike interrupts her with a "Get out" that sounds exceptionally menacing.
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Anya is again a vengeance demon and tries to get The Scoobies to wish something bad would happen to Xander. The Scoobies discover the Trio's network of surveillance cameras. Willow and Tara get back together.
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At Sunnydale Cemetery, the Trio chase after some vampires on ATVs, but they crash into each other, giving the vamps a chance to escape. Buffy shows up and attacks the vampires, forcing one to drop a disk it was holding. Warren snatches it and the Trio escapes, unseen by the Slayer. Buffy takes on two of the vampires, but receives some help when Spike shows up. He holds one of the vampires out of the way while he starts up a conversation. He raises the issue of Buffy telling her friends about them, but she denies it, even acting indifferent to his threat of telling them himself.
Xander mopes alone at his apartment, but eventually couldn't stand it anymore and leaves. As he walks away, Anyais again watches him from behind some bushes.
The next day, in UC Sunnydale, Willow waits for Tara outside of her classroom; the two talk and plan a coffee date. Buffy and Dawn shop together, but have a difficult time as Dawn has a shoplifting record at most of the stores. They chat about all of the things Dawn stole and how they can work to remedy the problem.
Elsewhere, Jonathan works on a project involving the disk they stole as Warren watches over it, eager for the project to be completed. While Jonathan finishes his work alone, Warren and Andrew talk about their inability to trust Jonathan and how it'll be soon before they wouldn't need him anymore.
That evening, Xander comes home from work and finds Anya at his apartment. Xander tries to apologize for walking away from their wedding. He tries explaining his feelings about wanting to stop the wedding before it happened. Taken aback, Anya asks Xander what he meant. Xander tries to change the subject until Anya cuts him off by asking if he still wants to marry her. Xander admits to loving her dearly and wanting to be back with her, but says that he's still too afraid of himself to marry her. With her back turned to Xander, she reveals her vengeance demon face andtries wishes him physical harm. Frustrated that her attempts to grant her own wish were unsuccessful, she leaves. The next day, Anya has coffee with Halfrek, and the two talk about Anya's attempts at vengeance. Halfrek informs Anya that she couldn't grant her own wishes, and that she has to get The Scoobies someone else to wish Xander harm.
At the Summers house, Buffy makes pancakes for Dawn. Dawn realizes that Buffy's trying too hard to make up for what happened when she was crazy. She proposes the idea of joining Buffy on patrol so the two could spend some time together, but Buffy doesn't allow this.
On their coffee date, Willow fills Tara in on all of the supernatural activities that she has missed over the past months. Anya interrupts them and wants to talk about her pain and how Xander caused it. She also talks to Dawn and Buffy in attempt to get one of them to wish somethingbad horrible on Xander, but none of them go along with it. While talking with Buffy, Xander shows up at the house, and Anya leaves in a huff. Buffy talks him out of going after Anya and he takes his aggression out on a lawn gnome. When Buffy doesn't recognize the decoration as something she put there, Xander checks it out and discovers it had a small camera inside.
Buffy goes to Spike in his crypt and presents him the small camera, asking whether he had anything to do with it being on her lawn. He's offended that she wouldhappen even accuse him of such a thing. Buffy reminds him that it's not like he hadn't done anything like this in the past, but Spike tells her he doesn't want to hurt her since she fell in love with her, which Buffy acknowledges. He then tries to convince her that what existed between them was real. Buffy knew it was, but only for him. She tries to convince Spike to forget about everything that happened between them and opines that he should move on, but he interrupts Buffy telling her to get out.
At the Magic Box, Anya and Halfrek continue to talk about getting vengeance on Xander. Anya realizes that she needs to find someone who hates Xander to make the wish. Spike walks into the shop, looking for some spell to ease his pain. As Halfrek leaves, Anya offers Spike a bottle of whiskey.
Willow works on her computer to try and trace the camera found in the gnome. At the same time, Jonathan finally completes his work with the disk and performs a ritual that highlights a spot on a Sunnydale map. TheScoobies Trio's happy to locate the target, but the map abruptly catches on fire. Meanwhile, Anya and Spike are drinking together and complaining about their respective relationship problems. Spike sympathizes with her over the way Xander treated her, so Anya tries to use that to her advantage, but Spike doesn't actually make a wish.
Willow finally taps into the source of the camera and discovered that there are cameras all over town in most of the Scooby Gang's hangouts. The gang realizes the Trio were responsible, which galvanizes Buffy.
At the Magic Box, Spike compliments Anya, and the two start to see a common tie between them. She feels guilty about what happened with Xander, and Spike consoles her. The two kiss and undress. Andrew realizes someone's tapped into their video feeds. Willow stumbles upon the Magic Box feed, just as Spike and Anya are having sex on a table.
Warren directs Andrew to shut down the videos, but they're suddenly distracted by the action on the Magic Box camera. Back at the Summers' house, Buffy, Dawn, and Xander also see the computer screen and what's going on at the shop. Xander's infuriated, while Buffy's hurt and goes outside. Dawn follows Buffy and finds out the truth about Buffy and her relationship with Spike. Willow then informs them that Xander is gone and left with an axe.
Spike and Anya get dressed silently. Spike leaves the shop and Xander attacks him just outside. Goading him to fight back, Spike reminds him that it is not possible due to the chip. Xander proceeds to further thrash the vampire. Just before he can stake Spike, Anya comes outside and tries to stop Xander. She manages to distract him long enough for Buffy to knock him out of the way. Xander and Anya yell at each other about each other's rights for vengeance and moving on with their lives. Xander is disgusted that Anya would even touch Spike. Spike then adds that he was good enough for Buffy. With this, Xander and Anya discover theTrio's network of surveillance cameras. truth about Buffy and Spike. Xander storms off, so Buffy also walks off. Spike begins making a wish to Anya, but she stops him and they part ways.
Tara goes to Willowand Tara get back together.
in her bedroom. She gives her a speech about all they have to do to rebuild their relationship, but is willing to skip all that. She asks Willow to just kiss her, which she promptly does.
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Xander mopes alone at his apartment, but eventually couldn't stand it anymore and leaves. As he walks away, Anya
The next day, in UC Sunnydale, Willow waits for Tara outside of her classroom; the two talk and plan a coffee date. Buffy and Dawn shop together, but have a difficult time as Dawn has a shoplifting record at most of the stores. They chat about all of the things Dawn stole and how they can work to remedy the problem.
Elsewhere, Jonathan works on a project involving the disk they stole as Warren watches over it, eager for the project to be completed. While Jonathan finishes his work alone, Warren and Andrew talk about their inability to trust Jonathan and how it'll be soon before they wouldn't need him anymore.
That evening, Xander comes home from work and finds Anya at his apartment. Xander tries to apologize for walking away from their wedding. He tries explaining his feelings about wanting to stop the wedding before it happened. Taken aback, Anya asks Xander what he meant. Xander tries to change the subject until Anya cuts him off by asking if he still wants to marry her. Xander admits to loving her dearly and wanting to be back with her, but says that he's still too afraid of himself to marry her. With her back turned to Xander, she reveals her vengeance demon face and
At the Summers house, Buffy makes pancakes for Dawn. Dawn realizes that Buffy's trying too hard to make up for what happened when she was crazy. She proposes the idea of joining Buffy on patrol so the two could spend some time together, but Buffy doesn't allow this.
On their coffee date, Willow fills Tara in on all of the supernatural activities that she has missed over the past months. Anya interrupts them and wants to talk about her pain and how Xander caused it. She also talks to Dawn and Buffy in attempt to get one of them to wish something
Buffy goes to Spike in his crypt and presents him the small camera, asking whether he had anything to do with it being on her lawn. He's offended that she would
At the Magic Box, Anya and Halfrek continue to talk about getting vengeance on Xander. Anya realizes that she needs to find someone who hates Xander to make the wish. Spike walks into the shop, looking for some spell to ease his pain. As Halfrek leaves, Anya offers Spike a bottle of whiskey.
Willow works on her computer to try and trace the camera found in the gnome. At the same time, Jonathan finally completes his work with the disk and performs a ritual that highlights a spot on a Sunnydale map. The
Willow finally taps into the source of the camera and discovered that there are cameras all over town in most of the Scooby Gang's hangouts. The gang realizes the Trio were responsible, which galvanizes Buffy.
At the Magic Box, Spike compliments Anya, and the two start to see a common tie between them. She feels guilty about what happened with Xander, and Spike consoles her. The two kiss and undress. Andrew realizes someone's tapped into their video feeds. Willow stumbles upon the Magic Box feed, just as Spike and Anya are having sex on a table.
Warren directs Andrew to shut down the videos, but they're suddenly distracted by the action on the Magic Box camera. Back at the Summers' house, Buffy, Dawn, and Xander also see the computer screen and what's going on at the shop. Xander's infuriated, while Buffy's hurt and goes outside. Dawn follows Buffy and finds out the truth about Buffy and her relationship with Spike. Willow then informs them that Xander is gone and left with an axe.
Spike and Anya get dressed silently. Spike leaves the shop and Xander attacks him just outside. Goading him to fight back, Spike reminds him that it is not possible due to the chip. Xander proceeds to further thrash the vampire. Just before he can stake Spike, Anya comes outside and tries to stop Xander. She manages to distract him long enough for Buffy to knock him out of the way. Xander and Anya yell at each other about each other's rights for vengeance and moving on with their lives. Xander is disgusted that Anya would even touch Spike. Spike then adds that he was good enough for Buffy. With this, Xander and Anya discover the
Tara goes to Willow
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-->'''Buffy:''' I tried to kill my friends, my sister, last week ... and guess how much they hate me. Zero.
-->'''Buffy:''' I tried to kill my friends, my sister, last week ... and guess how much they hate me. Zero.
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* EasilyForgiven:
-->'''Buffy:''' IEasilyForgiven: Buffy flaunts this when she breaks off her relationship with Spike. She isn't worried about him ratting her out because she knows her friends won't care that she's been banging Spike, since they aren't particularly upset that she tried to kill my friends, my sister, last week ... them all in the previous episode (though she was under a mystical influence at the time). Subverted by the end when the gang finds out; while Willow and guess how much they hate me. Zero.Dawn accept it relatively easily, Xander reacts exactly as Buffy feared he would: with shock and horror.
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* TravellingSalesmanMontage: Anya has a scene like this when she's trying to convince various women to wish for vengeance on Xander after he left her at the altar.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: The Trio are shutting down their surveillance network to stop Willow from tracing them when they're distracted by the candid camera view of Anya and Spike having sex.
-->'''Andrew''': He [Spike] is so cool... [beat] And, I mean, the girl is hot. Too.
-->'''Andrew''': He [Spike] is so cool... [beat] And, I mean, the girl is hot. Too.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: The Trio are shutting down their surveillance network to stop Willow from tracing them when they're distracted by the candid camera view of Anya and Spike having sex.
-->'''Andrew''': He [Spike] is so cool... [beat] And, I mean, the girl is hot. Too.
* DrowningMySorrows: Anya tries to get Spike drunk so he'll curse Xander, and ends up sharing the bottle with him.
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-->'''Andrew''': He [Spike] is so cool... [beat] And, I mean, the girl is hot. Too.
* DrowningMySorrows: Anya tries to get Spike drunk so he'll curse Xander, and ends up sharing the bottle with him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Willow and Tara get back together. If this was anyone else but Joss Whedon, no one would bat an eye. Thusly, the fans immediately prepared for the worst... and boy would they get it.
* GameFace / EvilSoundsDeep: Our cue that Anya has returned to being a vengeance demon.
* GameFace / EvilSoundsDeep: Our cue that Anya has returned to being a vengeance demon.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Willow and Tara get back together. If this was anyone else but Joss Whedon, Creator/JossWhedon, no one would bat an eye. Thusly, the fans immediately prepared for the worst... and boy would they get it.
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* InVinoVeritas: Averted -- Spike is careful not to mention the name of the girl he's griping about to Anya while they're finding the bottom of a bottle of Scotch. He doesn't hesitate to vent about the Scoobies hypocrisy though.
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* {{Never Be a Hero}}: Dawn expresses her desire to start working with Buffy, a theme which would be carried over into Season 7.
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* TravellingSalesmanMontage / TwistedEchoCut: Anya trying to get her friends to wish something horrible on Xander.
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* TwistedEchoCut: Used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Anya is tryng to get someone to unwittingly curse Xander.
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happened to me, I'd--
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
-->''[SmashCut to the Magic Box.]''
-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]
-->'''Buffy:''' Anya, Xander's my friend. I know what he did was wrong, and ... if it had happened to me, I'd--
-->'''Anya:''' (hopefully) Wish his penis would explode?
-->''[SmashCut to the Magic Box.]''
-->'''Dawn:''' I never use that word anymore. [[note]]The word 'wish' that is.[[/note]]
