Line #33 Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E6AllTheWay


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, a salty swabbie! Maybe you be fishin' for the taste... of me hook!"'']]
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4	->'''Anya:''' ''"How 'bout you, ever play 'Shiver Me Timbers'?"''
5	->'''Tara:''' ''"I'm not really much for the timber."''
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7	Directed by Creator/DavidSolomon
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9	Written by Creator/StevenSDeKnight & Creator/RebeccaKirshner
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11	It's Halloween, and the Magic Box is enjoying its busiest day ever, to Anya's delight. Xander goofs around pretending to be a pirate, Dawn looks for stuff to take, Anya roller-skates around selling things, while Willow argues with a woman who is dressed as a stereotypically evil witch--Willow insists that that is a misrepresentation. Buffy runs into Spike in the basement, and the two have an awkward conversation in which Buffy thinks Spike is trying to get her into bed, but then he clarifies that he wants to go patrolling with her that night. The gang, who have been helping out all day, are worn out. Anya dances with Dawn as she counts her money. Xander looks at her, and decides that the time has finally arrived to announce that he and Anya are engaged. The gang wishes the couple well but privately share their concerns with each other. As Anya gushes about wedding plans and being married, Xander starts to look uncomfortable.
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13	The gang throws an impromptu party at Buffy's house for the two. Willow and Tara have a short fight after Willow uses magic to fill the room with decorations. Tara worries about Willow's unnecessary and excessive use of magic, while Willow fails to see anything wrong with doing so. Dawn reminds Buffy that she is spending the night at her friend Janice's house. After Buffy approves, Dawn heads out to meet Janice for what is actually planned to be an evening of Halloween fun and teenage hijinks with two older boys named Zack and Justin.
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15	As Dawn, Janice, Zack, and Justin engage in some of the more violent Halloween pranks, breaking windows and damaging mailboxes, back at Buffy's place, Giles and Xander share a drink and talk about Xander's future. Xander almost seems to second-guess his marriage intentions and his future. Giles assures him that everything will be fine.
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17	Dawn and friends find themselves in front of Old Man Kaltenbach's house, Kaltenbach being reclusive and subject to rumor. After Janice refuses to approach the house, Dawn then bravely volunteers. Unfortunately, as she lifts his pumpkin to smash it, the old man grabs her. Dawn's pals quickly rush her aid and are... cheerily invited into the house. As it turns out, the man was actually a toy maker who is merely bitter about his toys becoming obsolete. Justin offers to help the old man with his special treat in the kitchen. As he prepares rice crispy treats for the kids, Justin vamps out, kills the old man, and steals his wallet. Zach and Justin debate whether to just eat Janice and Dawn, or turn them into vampires, too. Justin gives Dawn $10--her portion of the money stolen from Kaltenbach, which she accepts without hesitation. When Justin discovers that Dawn has been stealing for a long time, he is impressed after hearing her out.
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19	Janice's mom calls Buffy's house. Quickly, Giles figures out that Dawn has tricked them. Xander refers to it as "dipping into the classics". Giles goes off to find Buffy; Anya, and Xander mind the house; and Tara and Willow head for The Bronze. Zack steals a car by killing the driver. Then, the four teens begin making out. Janice and Zack then take off, leaving Dawn and Justin alone in the car. Justin then takes the opportunity to make his move and deliver Dawn her very first kiss.
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21	At The Bronze, Tara and Willow get into a fight when Willow proposes to magically shift everyone who isn't a 15 year old girl old into an alternate dimension to make Dawn easier to find. After Tara calls Willow out, Willow gets very angry and accuses Tara of taking Giles's side.
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23	In Zack's stolen car, Dawn and Justin continue to make out. However, after Justin nibbles her lip a little too hard, he vamps out. Although Dawn is swept away in the moment, she manages to feel his lumpy noggin. Nearby, Buffy smashes the door in on Spike's Crypt. He informs her of Dawn and her antics. Buffy, angry, grabs a pistol crossbow out of Spike's weapons chest.
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25	In the cemetery, Giles hears a girl scream and races to save her, thinking it's Dawn. Instead, he finds Zack and Janice, just as Zack pulls his teeth out of her neck. Zack calls Giles "grandpa" and tells him Janice was asking for it. The Watcher scoffs that he's certain she was not, and then dusts him. He continues to look for Dawn.
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27	Meanwhile, Dawn has just run out of the car to get away from the vampire. He stops her, telling her in an unconvincing monotone that she's different from other girls; he could tell when he first met her that she was special. As he leans in to bite her, he says that it's OK and tha it will only hurt for a second. At that moment, Giles finds Dawn and tells her that Justin says that to all the girls. As Giles approaches to fight him, a crew of vampires, surround them. Just then, Spike and Buffy also arrive on the scene, and Buffy turns into her mother as she criticizes Dawn for parking with a vampire. Dawn protests that she didn't know he was a vampire; they'd just met. Buffy counters angrily that she shouldn't be parking with a guy she just met. Dawn protests that Buffy fell in love with a vampire. Then, an all-out Halloween battle breaks out. In the battle's conclusion, Justin finds Dawn, knocks her down, and straddles her. She says she thought he really liked her. He says he does, then leans in to bite her. But Dawn dusts him with a crossbow arrow she was holding at her waist.
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29	The gang return home, where Buffy is quick to leave the job of chastising Dawn to Giles, who is unhappy about how Buffy is relying on him so much. Meanwhile, Tara is still angry at Willow, so Willow casts a spell on Tara to make her forget their quarrel.
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32	!Tropes:
33	* AccidentalInnuendo (InUniverse): Buffy shows where her mind is at re Spike.
34	-->'''Spike:''' Feel like a bit of the rough and tumble?
35	-->'''Buffy:''' ''(startled)'' What?
36	-->'''Spike:''' Me...you...''(Buffy's [[EyeTake eyes widen]])'' Patrolling. Hello?
37	* AffablyEvil: Justin actually seems fairly genuine about liking Dawn. He can't help being a vampire and thus naturally disposed toward evil.
38	* AmusingInjuries: Giles' {{pratfall}} in the cemetery.
39	* BadassAdorable: Dawn the Delinquent.
40	-->'''Justin:''' Oh, you steal my heart -- cute ''and'' bad.
41	* BaitAndSwitch: The creepy old guy appears to be the MonsterOfTheWeek. Instead he's the first victim of the boys Janice and Dawn are with, who are actually vampires.
42	* BeastAndBeauty: Justin and Dawn are quite taken by each other.
43	* BilingualBonus: When Willow and Tara are discussing Willow's increased use of magic, Willow uses a spell to mute everyone; "Sekaat", which is "Silence" in Arabic. Then, when Tara unmutes everyone she says "Takalam", which is "Talk" in Arabic.
44	* BondOneLiner: Subverted -- a vampire rushes at Buffy shouting, "[[TemptingFate Die, Slayer!]]" Buffy casually stakes him and goes, "Mm-hmm."
45	* CarFu: Buffy kills a vampire by decapitating him with a car door.
46	* CallBack: Buffy is reluctant to go down to the Magic Shop's basement for fear she'll be caught in another GroundhogDayLoop as per "Life Serial".
47	-->'''Buffy:''' Don't blame me if we have this conversation over and over... (ConversationCut to Buffy walking down the basement stairs) ...and over ... and over, and over.
48	** She also brings up [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween past]] [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E4FearItself Halloweens]] when she's trying to convince Giles she should patrol.
49	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Anya dresses up as an [[Series/CharliesAngels angel called a Charlie]].
50	-->"We don't have wings. We just skate around with perfect hair, fighting crime."
51	** Xander watches Anya doing the HappyDance with Dawn.
52	-->'''Xander:''' I'm gonna marry that girl.\
53	'''Buffy:''' What?! She's fifteen [[MySisterIsOffLimits and my sister]], so don't ev-- (gets it) Oh.
54	* CurseCutShort: Willow is cursing (not that way) a customer dressed as WickedWitch.
55	-->'''Willow:''' And while you're at it, why don't you try removing that broomstick from your-- Dawn!\
56	'''Dawn:''' Hey. Don't stop the invective on account of me.
57	* CutenessProximity: Willow's rant about witch stereotypes is cut short when she notices the utterly adorable four-year-old in a witch costume. She pretty much melts.
58	* DateRapeAverted: Dawn's date reveals that he's a vampire and she's in the midst of a bunch of vamps. Cue the BigDamnHeroes moment for the Scoobies. Leaving aside the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil soulless vampire bit]], TheWoobie factor gets ratcheted up when you realize Dawn is forced to kill the guy who gave her her first kiss [[WithThisHerring with an arrow]]. Though she plays it off at the time, it certainly puts her neurosis later in the season into perspective.
59	* DefrostingIceQueen: Buffy is clearly playing with the thought that she might "misbehave" with Spike.
60	* DescriptionCut
61	-->'''Dawn:''' Come on, it's four blocks away. Not like I'm going to be roaming the streets! ''(Cut to Dawn roaming the streets)''
62	** Janice asks excitedly, "You have a car?" Cut to one of the vampire teens throwing the dead body of a driver out of his car.
63	** Buffy looks worried when she finds out Xander is going to marry Anya. "Giles, we have to do something!" [[BaitAndSwitch Cut to them throwing Xander a party]].
64	* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Dawn gets caught with a vamp she was making out with. Having just met him. After she lied about where she was.
65	* DisappointedInYou: Lampshaded and subverted.
66	-->'''Giles''': We need to have a conversation.\
67	'''Dawn''': This the part where you tell me you're "not angry, just disappointed"?\
68	'''Giles''': Pretty much. Except for the bit about not being angry.
69	* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]
70	-->'''Buffy:''' (hugging Xander) You're getting married! You!\
71	'''Xander:''' (hoarsely) Me. Choking...
72	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The boys are talking about going [[TitleDrop 'all the way']] and then five minutes later are discussing knocking on someone's door.
73	-->'''Justin''': Look, you don't have to do this.\
74	'''Dawn''': It's okay. [[{{Beat}} (maintains eye contact)]] I want to.
75	* DressedToPlunder: Xander's Halloween costume. Arr.
76	* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: A vampire is holding Dawn by the throat. Giles, who has already staked one vamp tonight, moves menacingly towards him.
77	-->'''Giles:''' Now, you have a choice, son. We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the ha--
78	-->''Car headlights turn on; a gang of teen vampires get out of several parked cars, surrounding Giles)''
79	-->'''Justin:''' What were my choices again?
80	* EvilIsPetty: The vampire teens engage in petty vandalism such as letting down car tires, throwing eggs against walls, and kicking off mailboxes.
81	* FirstKiss: Dawn shares her first kiss with Justin. From her reaction, he figures out that it was her first. She tries to deny, before admitting that it was her first, and babbling about how bad it must have been for him. Justin replies by [[ShutUpKiss kissing her again]]. Sadly, he's actually a vampire, and becomes her first staking.
82	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Xander is wearing an eye patch as part of his Halloween costume.
83	** Dawn stealing jewelry from the Magic Box is going to become significant later in the season.
84	* FourFingeredHands
85	-->'''Willow:''' I could whip up a jaunty self-cleaning incantation; it'll be like ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.\
86	'''Giles:''' We all know how splendidly that turned out for Mickey. ''(gives Willow a broom and dustpan)''\
87	'''Willow:''' I think I'm a little more adept than a cartoon mouse.\
88	'''Tara:''' And you have more fingers, which is good, 'cause there's no need to wear those big WhiteGloves to overcompensate.
89	* GilliganCut: Dawn's friend Janice didn't want her and her friends to go into the creepy old man's house. Sure enough...
90	* GlassesPull: Xander/Anya start snogging passionately to celebrate their engagement. Giles promptly removes his glasses.
91	-->'''Buffy:''' Is that why you're always cleaning your glasses? So you don't have to see what we're doing?
92	-->'''Giles:''' Tell no one.
93	* GroinAttack: Dawn punches a vamp in the groin when he says how special she is...[[SiblingRivalry being the Slayer's sister]].
94	* HalloweenEpisode: The third one in the series. Dawn sneaks out to raise hell with her friend Janice and a couple boys, only to discover they're a group of vampires trying to rebel against the "Halloween Holiday" spirit.
95	* HappyDance: Anya's "Dance of Capitalist Superiority".
96	* HypocriticalHumor:
97	** Willow goes SoapboxSadie over a shopper's stereotypical WickedWitch costume, then [[CutenessProximity coos over a cute kid]] in the same outfit.
98	** Buffy complains about Dawn [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E7Angel smooching with someone she barely knows who turns out to be a vampire]].
99	* ImprovisedWeapon: Dawn stakes a vampire with the crossbow bolt Spike discharged in the air.
100	* InsistentTerminology: Justin's 'living dead', not just 'dead'.
101	-->'''Buffy:''' Were you parking?! With a vamp?
102	-->'''Dawn:''' I didn't know he was dead!
103	-->'''Justin:''' ''Living'' dead.
104	* IronicEcho:
105	-->"Let's just forget it ever happened. (Willow casts spell) Forget..."
106	* LargeHam: Pirate!Xander. ''[[TalkLikeAPirate Ahargh!]]''
107	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Willow uses a spell to wipe Tara's memory of their argument.
108	* MadeOfPlasticine: One of the vampires manages to get impaled on an old and crumbly-looking tree branch.
109	* MakeOutPoint: Dawn and Janice sneak out of the house to canoodle with a couple of boys, only for them to turn out to be vampires. The Scoobies track them down only to find themselves surrounded by carloads of teenaged vampires.
110	-->'''Buffy:''' Didn't anyone come here just to make out? ''[two human teenagers raise their hands]'' Awww... that's sweet. Run.
111	* MoneyToThrowAway: Anya is so happy that Xander has finally announced their engagement she tosses Dawn a bundle of money.
112	* MundaneUtility: Tara complains about Willow's use of magic for everyday purposes.
113	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Xander after the responsibility of married life begins to sink in.
114	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Willow's using magic to keep hold of Tara, and Buffy delegating to Giles the task of disciplining Dawn, cause both characters to drastically rethink their relationships over the next couple of episodes.
115	* NoodleIncident: Dawn meets a creepy old man who used to be a designer of toys (a few of which could fit in the Wednesday Addams Signature Collection). He was forced to retire when "that thing happened. One little mistake, and they took it all away from me."
116	* NotHelpingYourCase: Dawn gets busted.
117	-->'''Buffy''': You were parking with a vampire?\
118	'''Dawn''': I didn't know he was a vampire.\
119	'''Buffy''': Oh, so you were parking with a guy you just met?
120	* OminousFog:
121	-->'''Giles:''' Mist ... cemetery ... Halloween. Should end well. ''(slips and falls on his face)''
122	* PapaWolf: Giles noticeably performs at his best in a fight when Dawn (and Janice) are threatened by vamps.
123	* ParentalSubstitute: Giles is trying to avoid this trope, realising that Buffy isn't.
124	* PreAsskickingOneLiner
125	-->'''Buffy:''' (to civilians) "You, run. (to vampires) You, scream."
126	* PrepareToDie: Subverted; a vampire rushes at Buffy shouting, "[[TemptingFate Die, Slayer!]]" Buffy casually stakes him and goes, "Mm-hmm."
127	* PretenderDiss:
128	--> '''Spike:''' You stay in on Halloween. Those are the ''rules''.
129	--> '''Carl:''' Me and mine don't follow rules. We're rebels!
130	--> '''Spike:''' No, I'm a rebel. You're an idiot.
131	* {{Pun}}:
132	-->'''Buffy:''' (re Xander's pirate costume) You know, if you had a [[SeadogPegLeg real peg leg]], you wouldn't just have a [[CheapCostume lame costume]], you'd actually be lame. Which is completely different.
133	* RedHerring: The episode spends the first half building up the creep factor of an old man, watching kids menacingly through his window. When Dawn, her friend, and two guys try to pull a trick on them, he invites them inside for some "treats" and then goes into the kitchen with one of the boys, and reaches for a knife. Then, it's revealed that the two guys are vampires and a much worse threat than the old eccentric.
134	* ShoutOut: "Pumpkins -- very dangerous. You go first" riffs on Sallah's line about asps in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. Willow sees a couple dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Luke and Leia]] doing the MatingDance and asks, "Don't they know they're [[IncestSubtext brother and sister?]]" The ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' reference is to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" where Mickey Mouse spells a broom to do the cleaning for him, only to make an even worse mess.
135	* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Willow casually erasing Tara's memories of their argument.
136	* SlumberPartyPloy: Dawn is "sleeping over at Janice's" (and vice versa). Afterwards the Scoobies gripe about falling for such an old ploy, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise let alone one they've used themselves]].
137	* SoapboxSadie: Willow's tendencies towards this reappear. Seems like it gets worse around the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E8Pangs holidays]].
138	* StabTheSalad: The creepy-looking man is wielding a knife and talking about how he's going to give Dawn and her friends "something special" for Halloween. Turns out it's a baked dish.
139	* StealthHiBye / CasualKink: Buffy jumps as she bumps into Spike.
140	-->'''Buffy:''' Bell. Neck. Look into it.
141	-->'''Spike:''' Come with a nice [[SlaveCollar leather collar]], does it?
142	* StockPhrases: Dawn asks if she can get a tattoo.
143	-->'''Buffy:''' Over my dead body. The kind that doesn't come back.
144	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
145	-->'''Buffy:''' (re Xander's marriage) I can't believe it. Seems like only yesterday you had to pay a girl to date you.\
146	'''Xander:''' Like I'd ever pay. (snickers nervously) [[TheOldestProfession Define 'date.']]
147	* TemptingFate:
148	** A vampire rushes at Buffy shouting, "Die Slayer!" She obliges.
149	** A vampire dating a girl called [[SuicideBySunlight Dawn]], whose big sister is the Slayer. Not going to end well.
150	* TerrorAtMakeoutPoint: Sadly, makeout point turns out to be a favorite stop for vampires, too.
151	* ThisIsThePartWhere: PlayedForDrama when Giles saves Dawn and her friend from teenage vampires they snuck out to meet.
152	-->'''Dawn''': Is this the part where you tell me you're not angry, just disappointed?
153	-->'''Giles''': Pretty much. Except for the part about not being angry.
154	* TitleDrop: As the two vampires are discussing what to do with Dawn and Janice.
155	-->'''Zack:''' So what do you think? [[BuffySpeak Lunchables?]] Or should we go all the way and turn them?
156	* TooMuchInformation: Spike mixes burba weed with the blood he drinks.
157	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Spuffy
158	-->'''Buffy:''' So much easier to talk to when he just wanted to kill me.
159	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Looking for Dawn in the crowded Bronze, Willow suggests a spell to shift everyone who isn't a fifteen year old girl into an AlternateUniverse. [[WhatTheHellHero This proves the last straw for Tara]].
160	* YouMustBeCold: Justin gives Dawn his letterman jacket when she starts shivering. [[CradleOfLoneliness After his death she's seen cradling it in her lap.]]
161	* YourDoorWasOpen: Buffy barges into Spike's crypt as usual.
162	-->'''Spike:''' You know in civilized cultures, that's called trespassing.\
163	'''Buffy:''' Good thing you're uncivilized.

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