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=== Tropes ===
* [[An Arm and Aa Leg]]: Looks like Lindsey's the one who got "severed". {{spoiler|No biggie; in Season Two, the Senior Partners harvest him a new one from a dead employee}}.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Angel (who else) announces his arrival at The Raising by doing a [[Super Window Jump]] though the mausoleum's glass doors.
* [[Black Cloak]]: The Vocah.
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** Darla's resurrection mirrors that of Angel in the third season of ''Buffy''. Both characters emerge shivering, stark naked, and traumatized by their stints in Hell.
* [[Cat Scare]]: David Nabbit in his [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] paraphernalia. Eek.
* [[Closeup Onon Head]]: Following Wesley's suggestion that Angel go consult the Oracles again, we [[Smash Cut]] to the Oracles delivering their trademark spiel about how indignant they are at being called upon by lower beings. The camera pulls back to reveal that their visitor is not Angel, but the Vocah.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Cordy is having a vision.
{{quote| '''Cordy:''' Pain...killer...<br />
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* [[Darkest Hour]]
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: The Raising is a ritual outlined in the Scrolls of Aberjian which is used to raise a great evil from Hell. Wolfram & Hart hoped to raise someone that would lure Angel away from his mission - namely, Darla.
* [[Desperately Looking for Aa Purpose In Life]]
* [[Double Meaning]]: The Senior Partner's being pleased about Lindsey's 'sacrifice' is, on the surface, about him losing his hand for their cause, but it could also mean a blood sacrifice - a penance made to appease the Senior Partner's for losing the Shanshu Prophecy.
* [[Either/Or Prophecy]]
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{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' Angel faces death all the time. Just like a normal guy who faces waffles and french fries. It's something he faces every day, like--lunch. Are ''you'' hungry?}}
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Cordelia and Wesley spend the episode batting around reasons why Angel doesn't seem to want anything out of life. Following her mental breakdown, a deeply-shaken Angel stands at Cordy's bedside and pledges to save her -- that he "needs" Cordy to come back.
* [[Naked Onon Arrival]]: Darla.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Vocah, "the Bringer of Calamity".
* [[Obligatory Joke]]: Gunn greets Angel with a hearty, "You getting enough iron? You look a little pale."
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* [[Rule of Three]]: While reading the Words of Anatole at Coredlia's bedside, Wesley concludes the passage by repeating "Unbind!" three times.
* [[Sword Fight|Scythe Fight]]
* [[Spell My Name Withwith a "The"]]: The Vocah, again.
* [[Spider Sense]]: Angel sensing the evil presence of David Nabbit. This is echoed later in the episode when Angel stops and turns in his basement, sensing The Vocah. Similarly, The Vocah is alone in his sensing Angel's imminent attack on the mausoleum.
* [[Sinister Scythe]]
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