Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S2/E05 Reptile Boy
Buffy and Cordelia go to a frat party only to find the fraternity sacrifices girls for power.
Tropes
- An Aesop: High school girls should avoid frat parties and underage drinking.
- And This Is For: Xander gets revenge on the frat boys for his earlier Humiliation Conga.
Xander: That's for the wig! (punches again) That's for the bra! That's for the makeup! (punches again, knocking him out) And that's for the last sixteen and a half years! |
- Annoying Laugh: Cordelia thinks this is how you attract boys.
- Bollywood: Buffy, Xander and Willow watch a Bollywood movie.
Xander: Is she dying? |
- Butt Monkey: Xander at the frat party.
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
Buffy: I told one lie, I had one drink. |
- Chained to a Rock
- Dressing as the Enemy: Xander In the Hood.
- Drives Like Crazy: Or in Cordelia's case, Parks Like Crazy.
- Erotic Dream
Willow: You dreamed about Angel again? |
- Foreshadowing: The Belligerent Sexual Tension between Cordelia and Xander.
- Freud Was Right: Frat boys feed teenage girls to their giant snake demon that they worship.
- Gag Boobs / Dragged Into Drag: When the frat boys realise Xander is gatecrashing, they force him to dress up as a woman and hit him with paddles.
- Head Desk: Buffy listening to Cordelia tell her what she should wear for the party.
- Head-Tiltingly Kinky:
Buffy: So, how does the water buffalo fit in again? |
- Hey, It's That Guy!: PJ is the Victim of the Week.
- Dan worshiped a demon snake before falling in love with a witch?
- Hollywood Kiss
Angel: This isn't some fairy tale. When I kiss you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after. |
Cordelia: Buffy, these people are rich, and I am not being shallow. Think of all the poor people I could help with all my money! |
- Mickey Finn
- Monster of the Aesop: Girls go to a wild party, get drugged and instead of getting raped are fed to a snake monster.
- Monster of the Week: Machida.
- Offhand Backhand: Giles is tearing strips off Buffy re neglecting her training.
Giles: Are you gonna be prepared if a demon springs up behind you and does this? |
- People in Rubber Suits: The line where the Reptile Boy's suit meets his snake body is quite noticeable.
- Playing Hard to Get: Angel finally invites Buffy for coffee.
Buffy: Yeah. Sometime. I'll let you know. (walks off smiling) |
Giles: And don't think sitting there pouting is gonna get to me, because it won't. |
- Right Behind Me: Subverted.
Xander: Angel, Angel, Angel. Does every conversation we have have to come around to that freak? (Xander notices Angel and doesn't miss a beat) Hey, man, how you doin'? |
Willow: Killer? Now there's a killer? We don't know that there's a-- |
- Secret Circle of Secrets
- Security Cling: Cordelia enthusiastically thanks Buffy for saving her...then hugs Angel.
- Snake People: Machida is a snake-like demon of the Reptiles Are Abhorrent variety.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: Cordelia vs. Xander.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial
Richard: Have you seen our multi-media room? |
- Super Window Jump: When the Victim of the Week does this, you can tell she's really scared.
- Tiny Guy, Tall Girl: Cordelia overcompensates for her recent experience by letting Jonathan buy her coffee. Poor Jonathan...
- Vanity License Plate: Cordelia's QUEEN C.
- The Wallflower: Buffy at the frat party, at least in the early stages.
- Woman in White: Callie
- What the Hell, Hero?: Willow of all people gives one to Giles and Angel.