History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E10BringOnTheNight

* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Buffy, after spending an episode fleeing, with her friends, from a supposedly unkillable, prehistoric "uber-vampire," finally meets him face-to-face, in front of her friends, and gives a speech:
--->'''Buffy:''' Look at them. They're terrified. Meat for the beast. You're going to kill them, and there's no way I can stop you. You can't be killed. But, see, here's the thing: I don't believe that. I ''always'' find a way. [[TheDreaded I'm the thing that monsters have nightmares about.]] And right now, you and me are going to show them why.

-->'''Anya:''' Please, how many times have I heard that line in my demon days? "I'm so rotten, they don't even have a word for it. I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad. [[EvilIsSexy Does it make you horny?]]" (everyone stares at her) [[VerbalBackspace Or terrified. Whatever.]]

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* RedHerring: Buffy saying she's doing to have to go out and find the First Evil, only to open the door and find herself facing Giles. As she goes to hug him several Potentials walk through the door, blocking her off.

* CordonBleughChef
-->'''Dawn:''' Annabelle and Molly are starved and I totally burnt the mac and cheese. Oh, um, I'll put hot sauce on it, tell 'em it's an American thing, say it's blackened.
* DeathByLookingUp: Buffy drops a load of heavy pipes on the übervamp's head. Turns out it's NotQuiteDead.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Kennedy's dismissive reaction to seeing Buffy is an indicator of her personality.
* FlashbackCut: Buffy remembering her dreams about the murders of the other Potentials.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Annabelle repeatedly tells the other Potentials that they have to stay calm and not let their fear control her... only to prove to be a coward and try to run away.

* CasualDangerDialog: Xander is making jokes while the Potentials are scared to death waiting for night to fall and the übervamp to come crashing in.

* EvilPlan[=/=]KillEmAll: The First has been killing off all the potential Slayers (and their Watchers) so when Faith and Buffy die there won't be anyone left to guard the Hellmouth.

** The ubervamp grabs Buffy as she's trying to escape, continuing the trend of this season calling back to the first. In this case, to a vampire grabbing her ankle in ''The Harvest''.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Annabel cracks under the pressure and flees the house. She runs right into the Turok-Han, who kills her easily.

* SpeakInUnison: Xander and Andrew discover they are NotSoDifferent when they share a geek moment, [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards much to Xander's annoyance]].

* IfIHadANickel

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Kennedy [[HomoeroticSubtext comes on to Willow]], who's a bit flustered. Meanwhile, Dawn is on kitchen duty...
-->'''Willow:''' You wanna do the sleeping arrangements?
-->'''Kennedy:''' OK. [[BlanketTugOWar You better not hog the covers.]] (exits)
-->'''Dawn:''' [[AccidentalInnuendo Does she want to eat?]]
-->'''Willow:''' What?!?

* IAintGotTimeToBleed: Subverted -- Buffy claims to not have time to sleep and patch herself up; unsurprisingly, the Ubervamp kicks her bruised insomniac ass.

* SeriesContinuityError: Spike being subjected to WaterTorture, despite the well-established fact that vampires don't breathe. Though the psychological aspects can't be much fun either. WordOfGod is that it was written as holy water, and the effects guys failed to add the smoke and sizzle.

* AncientEvil: Giles [[MrExposition explains that the Ubervamp is one]]; it's part of a prehistoric race of vampires called the Turok-Han, the vampiric equivalent of Neanderthals...[[EvenEvilHasStandards beings feared even by their own present-day kin]].

* SheWillComeForMe:

* SpitefulSpit / BloodFromTheMouth: Buffy spits blood in the übervamp's face. It's [[IDoNotDrinkWine not exactly bothered by this]], but it does provide a distraction so Buffy can escape.

* TitledAfterTheSong

* TheWorfEffect: The Turok-Han [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown kicks the shit out of Buffy]] and leaves her for dead.

* BadassBoast / RousingSpeech / ThisMeansWar: Buffy gives the first of many, many, [[RunningGag many]] speeches.
-->'''Buffy:''' I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared. I'm standing on the mouth of Hell, and it's going to swallow me whole. ({{Beat}}) And it'll ''[[RegretEatingMe choke on me]].'' We're not ready? ''They're'' not ready. They think we're gonna wait for the end to come, like we always do. I'm done waiting. They want an apocalypse? Oh, we'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run... do it now. Because we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out. We will find them and cut out their hearts one by one until the First shows itself for what it really is. And I'll kill it myself. There's only one thing on this Earth more powerful than evil. And that's us. Any questions?

** Buffy and Giles walking through a Sunnydale full of Christmas decorations. The First was introduced in the Christmas episode "Amends".
** After repairing the Summers house yet again, Xander feels he's caught in a GroundhogDayLoop like the "mummy hand" ("Life Serial").
* CaptainObvious

* DemonicPossession / EvilSoundsDeep / BlackEyesOfEvil: Willow tries a location spell to find the First. [[PokeInTheThirdEye It doesn't go well]].

* SacrificialLamb: Annabelle

Giles arrives with several potential Slayers. Buffy fights the übervamp only to find herself outmatched.

* FakeBrit: The first of many [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bad accent imitations]] due to Annabelle and Molly being played by American actresses Courtnee Draper and Clara Bryant.

* SeriesContinuityError: Spike being subjected to WaterTorture, despite the well-established fact that vampires don't breathe. Though the psychological aspects can't be much fun either. {{Word Of God}} is that it was written as holy water, and the effects guys failed to add the smoke and sizzle.

* YouTasteDelicious: First!Drusilla to Spike, though of course she can't actually touch him.

* AncientEvil: Giles [[MrExposition explains that the Ubervamp is one]]; it's part of a prehistoric race of vampires called the Turok-Han, the vampiric equivalent of Neanderthals...[[EvenEvilHasStandard beings feared even by their own present-day kin]].

* ShaggySearchTechnique: Giles and Buffy go looking for the underground cavern where she saw the First in "Amends". As Giles walks across a clearing he [[FloorboardFailure hears a great crash from behind him]], and turns to see a hole where Buffy was standing.
-->'''Buffy:''' Found it!

* GoryDiscretionShot: Spike being tortured in TheTeaser. The übervamp blocks the camera's POV, then we hear a terrible scream from Spike that seamlessly[[SmashCut smash cuts]] to the TitleSequence.