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* [[Art Shift]]: This is the only episode shown in the US in the widescreen format used for Seasons 4-7.
▲* [[Art Shift]]: This is the only episode shown in the US in the widescreen format used for Seasons 4-7.
* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: Spike hauls in one of Sweet's puppet minions and orders him to "sing". There's a grand orchestral swell and the Scoobies wait for the minion to burst into song...then he just speaks normally.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Xander summons the demon hoping to be reassured about his upcoming marriage. He's not. When Dawn puts on the talisman, her desire for attention and to be treated like an adult leads to her being offered the position of Queen of Sweet's realm.
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** Tara singing "You know I've been through hell" is a reference to Glory driving Tara insane with her [[Mind Rape]] in "Tough Love".
* [[Conversation Cut]]: Tara and Willow in the middle of "Under Your Spell" move from the park to their bedroom. Easily justified due to the magical effects of the spell or Willow's teleportation powers.
* [[Counterpoint Duet]]: The combination reprise of "Under Your Spell" and "Standing". Not to mention Spike and Buffy in the "Coda".
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Writer David Fury is the guy starting off "The Mustard Song", and writer Marti Noxon is the lady lamenting her parking ticket.
* [[Credits Gag]]: Even the [[Mutant Enemy]] monster [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOyEyLiQ0dk&feature=related sings].
* [[Crowd Song]]: Parodied. "They got...the mustaaard...oooooooouuuuut!"
* [[Cure Your Gays]]: [[Conversed]]. "Oh my God, I'm cured! I want the boys!"
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Lampshaded with the quotable line...
{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday.}}
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* [[Dark Reprise]]: "Under Your Spell". Parts of "Going Through the Motions" and "I've Got a Theory" can also be heard on "Walk Through The Fire".
* [[Dance Battler]]: Buffy obviously, but also Dawn in her struggle to escape the puppet minions after waking up in the Bronze.
* [[Duet Mood Dissonance]]: This is seen several times during the episode. During "I've Got A Theory," Buffy ends the song by singing, "What can't we do if we're together?" She's singing about her resentment about them bringing her back from the dead, that she's stopped the apocalypse a few times and died twice. When the others join in, it's with genuine friendship and camaraderie that they can handle anything. It's also lampshaded in the finale song "Where Do We Go From Here," where Spike realizes he's joined in and says "Bugger off" because he doesn't care about the uncertainty of the future, his future has always been uncertain.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Buffy kicks the door to the Bronze off its hinges.
{{quote|'''Sweet:''' I love a good entrance.}}
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* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: The demon wears a red ([[Instant Costume Change|then blue]]) suit with matching tap shoes and he's an excellent dancer. Given that he's portrayed by Broadway legend Hinton Battle, this is only to be expected.
* [[Feet First Introduction]]: When Sweet meets Dawn -- justified as the demon is wearing tap-dancing shoes which he puts to use right away.
* [[Finding Judas]]: What villain called up the undefeatable, lethal, musical demon, and what dark scheme were they plotting? Xander Harris, and he just wanted a musical-comedy ending to his marital woes.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Sweet isn't afraid of the Slayer but does leave after Willow threatens him, sensing her power. The songs themselves foretell Xander/Anya and Willow/Tara breaking up, Giles leaving, and the tumultuous Spike/Buffy relationship.
* [[Gag Echo]]: During the "I'll Never Tell" number Xander sings "[Anya's] toes are kind of hairy" and Anya sings "his eyes are beady". In the next scene when ranting about the situation both of them shout at the same time [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"my eyes are not beady"/"my toes aren't hairy"]].
** And later on Anya says, "Beady Eyes is right!"
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Par for the course in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', but takes on new life through the possibilities of fun with rhymes.
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Such passion and grace.
Warm in the night when I'm right
In her tight--[[Last-Second Word Swap|embrace, tight embrace]]!"
. . .
'''Xander:''' "You're the cutest of the Scoobies
With your lips as red as rubies
And your firm yet supple--[[Subverted Rhyme Every Time|tight embrace]]!" }}
** Tara's final lyrics of "Under Your Spell", implied to have been sung while an off-camera Willow is performing oral sex on her.
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*** [[Word of God|Joss's commentary]]: "Yeah, this is basically porn."
* [[Ho Yay]]: When Xander is revealed as the man who summoned Sweet, he fears that ''he'll'' be taken away as Sweet's [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|queen]]. Sweet eyes him and says, "It's tempting".
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Spike's "Rest in Peace" is all about how he wishes Buffy would get the hell away from him as his unrequited feelings for her are tearing him up. When Buffy flees at the end of the song, Spike calls out pitiably, "So, you're not staying then?"
* [[Hypocritical Singing]]: Anya and Xander's "I'll Never Tell." And Spike's "Rest In Peace" is a variation. He sings of wanting Buffy to leave him alone, but he wants the exact opposite of that.
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|I Have You, My Sweet Thing]]: Sweet plans to take Dawn away to the underworld and [[Old Man Marrying a Child|make her his Queen]].
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Plenty -- "Nothing seems to penetrate my heart" (as Buffy stakes a vamp), "It's do or die / Hey [[Not Quite Dead|I've died twice]]." "I guarantee you a great big smile" (Sweet removes his mouth and offers it to Dawn). "I'm here strictly by your [[Invocation]]." "She came from the grave much graver". "[[Summon Backup Dancers|She needs backup!]]" "Not quite the [[Spontaneous Human Combustion|fireworks I was hoping for]]."
* [[Instant Costume Change]]: Sweet has this power, changing his clothes from red to blue, and Dawn's clothes to her ball gown.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "What can't we face if we're together?"
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* [[Incredibly Long Note]]
{{quote|They got / the mustard / ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut!}}
* [[Invisible Backup Band]]: "That would explain the huge backing orchestra I couldn't see and the synchronised dancing from the room service chaps."
* [[Karma Houdini]]: The [[Monster of the Week]] came to town, killed several people through spontaneous combustion, made the Scoobies reveal a bunch of secrets about themselves, nearly killed Buffy and left town without getting a scratch on him. Enough said. Also, Xander.
* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: See [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
** Also:
{{quote|'''Xander:''' Willow and Tara? You see the way they were with each other? The [[Get a Room|get-a-roominess]] of them? I'll bet they're ''(realises Dawn is there)'' ...singing. }}
* [[Let's Duet]]: Xander and Anya in "I'll Never Tell".
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* [[Oh My Gods]]: Xander exclaims, "Merciful Zeus!" when he's pretending to be surprised at what's happening.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: Tara. No wonder [[Buxom Is Better|those boys were checking her out]].
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Spike sings without an accent. Not necessarily a ''mistake'', though, as it's not uncommon for British performers to sound to Americans like they lose their accent when singing.
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: Buffy killing Sweet's puppet minions.
{{quote|Where there's life [grabs pool cue from minion, hits him] There's hope / Every day's [elbows second minion] A gift / Wishes can [kick] Come true / Whistle while [punch] / You work [blow with pool cue] / So hard [blow] All day [throws pool cue, impales third minion]}}
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: In the opening sequence Buffy is sketching, filling in the entire pad with black. Depressed, anyone?
* [[Screw the War, We're Partying|Screw Searching Through Books, We're Going to Screw]]: Inspired by the lovely weather and all the singing and dancing, Willow and Tara make an excuse to [[Get a Room]].
* [[Sealed with a Kiss]]
* [[See You in Hell]]: Bet you never thought you'd hear this line ''sung''.
** And it's pretty sweetly sung!
* [[Serenade Your Lover]]: "Under Your Spell", subverted in that the audience knows she literally is under Willow's spell. "Rest in Peace" starts off this way, causing Buffy to roll her eyes in anticipation, but it's averted when Spike instead sings of his frustration with Buffy's [[Master of the Mixed Message]] response to his feelings.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To a number of musicals, appropriately.
{{quote|'''Everyone:''' "We are caught in the fire / [[The Phantom of the Opera|the point of no return . . .]]"
'''Spike:''' "The day you suss out what you do want, there'll probably be a parade. [[The Music Man|Seventy-six bloody trombones.]]" }}
** Also, that shot through the vampire dust during "Going Through the Motions" is lifted right out of [[The Little Mermaid|"Part of Your World"]]
* [[Shutting Up Now]]
{{quote|'''Xander''': ''It could be witches / some evil witches'' <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Death Glare]] from Willow & Tara] ''Which is ridiculous 'cause witches they were persecuted. Wicca good and love the earth and women power and I'll be over here.'' }}
* [[Silence, You Fool]]
{{quote|'''Giles:''' Spike, if I want your opinion... ''(looks at him in contempt)'' [[Bait and Switch Comment|I'll never want your opinion]].}}
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The headlines of Xander's newspaper.
{{quote|MAYHEM CAUSED. MONSTERS CERTAINLY NOT INVOLVED, OFFICIALS SAY.}}
* [[Special Edition Title]]: A mellowed version of the theme song playing over a shot of the night sky, with each actor's face appearing on the moon as he or she was listed in standard credits order.
* [[Spontaneous Choreography]]
* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: A side-effect of Sweet's power, and what he hopes will happen to Buffy.
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* [[Suggestive Collision]]: At the end of Spike's "Rest in Peace" song, Buffy hauls him off a priest he attacks and they fall into an open grave. Buffy [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|lies on top of Spike wide-eyed]] before getting to her feet and fleeing.
* [[Summon Backup Dancers]]
** While singing "Under Your Spell" Tara passes near two other girls resting by the pond who are compelled to rise to their feet and start dancing behind her.
** Parodied in "Something to Sing About."
{{quote|'''Giles:''' "She needs backup. Anya, Tara." (Anya and Tara get behind Buffy and start dancing)}}
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{{quote|'''Buffy:''' I'm worried our training's gonna turn into a montage from an '80s movie.
'''Giles:''' If we start to hear inspirational power chords, we'll just lie down until it goes away. }}
* [[Trashcan Bonfire]]: During the "Walk Through the Fire" song, Buffy holds her hand up to a trashcan bonfire when singing "I touch the fire and it freezes me."
* [[The Trouble with Tickets]]: A [[Funny Background Event|Funny Foreground Event]] is a lady (played by [[Creator Cameo|Marti Noxon]]) singing her excuses to a parking inspector.
{{quote|It isn't right, it isn't fair / There was no parking anywhere / I think [[Implausible Deniability|that hydrant wasn't there]] ♫}}
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]] / [[Funny Background Event]]: People singing and dancing while Xander, Anya and Giles are walking down the street. A [[Throw It In]] moment is an off-screen Tara bumping into a pillar during the [[Summon Backup Dancers]] gag.
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* [[Volleying Insults]] / [[Hey, That's My Line!]]: In "I'll Never Tell"
{{quote|'''Xander:''' She clings / She's needy / She's also really greedy / She never --
'''Anya''' [interrupting] [[Lame Comeback|His eyes are beady!]]
'''Xander:''' This is ''my'' verse, hello! }}
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: "[[Minor Character, Major Song|The Mustard]]" and "The Parking Ticket". Sung respectively by [[Creator Cameo|David Fury and Marti Noxon]].
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Spike's "Rest in Peace" song claims that Buffy only talks to him because confessing to a "dead man" isn't real to her. Buffy looks away guiltily, confirming his accusation.
* [["What Now?" Ending]]: "Where Do We Go From Here?"
* [[Woman Scorned|Woman
{{quote|'''Buffy:''' I thought you didn't want me near you. Isn't that what you sang?
'''Spike:''' Fine. I hope you dance till you burn. You and the little bit. }}
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