History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons

** Principal Wood already knows about Buffy having read her file, but mistakes her for Dawn's mother. He's later revealed to be the son of a Slayer.
** Halfrek's warning causes Anya to overcompensate in her wish-granting. :The results are seen in "Beneath You".

* EasilyForgiven: After murdering Warren and Rack, trying to kill her friends, and attempting to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Giles has taken Willow to the coven in Devon.

* CreepyBasement

* BadLiar: Buffy (as usual), but averted with Dawn who thinks up the 'bee in my eye" explanation for her EyeScream on the spur of the moment. I guess that delinquent behaviour last year had a useful purpose after all.

** Principal Wood already knows about Buffy having read her file, but mistakes her for Dawn's mother. [[spoiler:He's later revealed to be the son of a Slayer.]]
** Halfrek's warning causes Anya to overcompensate in her wish-granting. [[spoiler:The results are seen in "Beneath You".]]

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-->'''The First as the Master:''' (stands) --right back to the beginning. Not the Bang... not the Word... the true beginning. The next few months are going to be quite a ride. And I think we're all going to learn something about ourselves in the process. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You'll learn you're a pathetic schmuck, if it hasn't sunk in already.]] Look at you. Trying to do what's right, just like her. You still don't get it. [[BeyondGoodAndEvil It's not about right, not about wrong...]]

** Principal Wood already knows about Buffy having read her file, but mistakes her for Dawn's mother.

-->'''Dawn:''' I know! -- 'You never know what's coming'. 'The stake is not the power'. ''To Serve Man'' [[Series/TheTwilightZone is a cookbook]].

-->[[spoiler:AntiClimaxCut to Principal Wood opening the new Sunnydale High School.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The gift-wrapped 'weapon' Buffy gives Dawn. [[spoiler:It's an entirely practical cellphone.]]

* SuperCellReception: Dawn's cell phone.

* LimitedSocialCircle: Anya accuses Halfrek of doing an "intervention" and says if that's the case shouldn't all her friends be here? Halfrek says pointedly, "They are."

* EasilyForgiven: After murdering Warren and Rack, trying to kill her friends, and attempting to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Giles has taken Willow to the [[SublimeRhyme coven in Devon]].

-->'''The First as Glory:''' --more than blood. I'm...you know, [[UltimateEvil I honestly don't think there's a human word fabulous enough for me.]] Oh, [[ItsAllAboutMe my name]] [[DemonicPossession will be on everyone's lips]], assuming [[NightmareFuel their lips haven't been torn off]]. But not just yet. That's alright, though--

->''It's about power.''

* GenerationXerox: Dawn, Kit, and Carlos (with Buffy as their mentor) are not-so-subtle references to Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles, respectively. Unfortunately, Kit and Carlos disappear immediately after this, with the [[AbortedArc implications that they would form a new Scooby Gang at Sunnydale High never touched upon again.]]

-->'''The First as Glory:''' --more than blood. I'm...you know, [[UltimateEvil I honestly don't think there's a human word fabulous enough for me.]] Oh, [[ItsAllAboutMe my name will be on everyone's lips]], assuming [[NightmareFuel their lips haven't been torn off]]. But not just yet. That's alright, though--

* BaitAndSwitch: Buffy fights her way through the zombies guarding the door she thinks Dawn is behind, only to find it opened by Spike who she hasn't seen since his AttemptedRape in "Seeing Red".

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the implication that Carlos and Kit will join with Dawn to form their own Scooby Gang, we don't see them again - Dawn starts her segment of ''Conversations With Dead People'' mid-call with Kit, but she doesn't actually appear.

* ImprovisedWeapon / HandbagOfHurt: Buffy tells Dawn to find a weapon. Carlos finds two bricks, Dawn places them in Kit's bag, and Buffy swings it to good effect.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Buffy tells Dawn to find a weapon. Carlos finds two bricks, Dawn places them in Kit's bag, and Buffy swings it to good effect.

* BadassBoast / BreakingSpeech: Who better to do this than a line-up of past {{Big Bad}}s?

* {{Pun}}: The [[TheGratefulDead Resentful Dead]] guys.

* ShapeShifter: The First morphs through a RoguesGalleryShowcase while CirclingAndMonologuing.

* ContinuityNod: Buffy missed the heart [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E21BecomingPart1 first time]] she staked a vampire. Spike raving about being caned after dropping his slate in the water is a reference to his origins in the Victorian era.

* DeadpanSnarker: Dawn has dropped the whiny-ness and reverted to [[ItRunsInTheFamily good 'ole Summer snarkiness]].

** Principal Wood already knows about Buffy having read her file, but [[FreudianSlip mistakes her for a mother]].

-->'''Dawn:''' I know! -- 'You never know what's coming'. 'The stake is not the power'. ''ToServeMan'' [[Series/TheTwilightZone is a cookbook]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: The Instanbul Potential being knifed.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted with Giles and Willow being filmed on location in England. However Creator/AnthonyHead's home in Somerset doubles for Westbury. The horse is his too.

* [[CatScare Carlos Scare]]: Buffy startled by Carlos throwing the basketball. Dawn and Kit running into Carlos.
* CharacterDevelopment: Buffy, Xander and Dawn are acting a lot more mature than last year. Willow's old self is shining through as well. Spike and Anya however are feeling the pressure without the support of their old friends.

** Season 7 opens with the murder of a Potential.

* ContinuityCavalcade: The First torments Spike while shifting into the {{Big Bad}}s of the previous seasons (choosing Warren for the sixth and Drusilla for the second) in reverse order.

* MaamShock: Principal Wood mistakes Buffy for Dawn's mother, causing Buffy to check to see if she's got "Mum hair". After his life is saved, Carlos calls her "[[ActionMum the coolest mom ever]]", causing Buffy to [[BrickJoke check her hair again]].

* NotNamedInOpeningCredits

-->'''Buffy:''' Oh, I'm [[BuffySpeak damage bound]].
* [[MarsNeedsWomen Zombies Need Women]]
-->'''Nerd Zombie:''' I think I'd like Dawn to be my girlfriend.
-->'''Buffy:''' Again, wrong sister. I'm the one that dates dead guys. And, no offense, [[VampiresAreSexGods but they were hotties]].

* DisContinuityNod: Magic is [[AddictiveMagic not an addiction]]. Thank you for confirming that, Rupert.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama / MusicalisInterruptus: Mentor!Buffy is giving Dawn a dramatic speech about how dangerous the vampire just breaking out of the soil is, when the vamp in question interrupts to ask for a helping hand as he's got his foot stuck on a root. After Buffy frees the vampire he snarls evilly that it's the last thing she's ever do, only to revert to a squeak as Buffy grabs his throat and points out that he really doesn't want to mess with a Slayer.

* DeadpanSnarker: Dawn has dropped the whiny-ness and reverted to good 'ole Summer snarkiness.