Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S3/E16 Doppelgangland: Difference between revisions

{{quote| '''Wishverse Willow''': This is weird.<br />

* [[An Aesop]]: At the end of the show,Buffy asks Willow if she wants to go out that night, but Willow is into being a good little girl. She says her evil self "messed up everything she touched." Subverted when a newly-sycophantic Percy pops up, book report in hand.

{{quote| '''Buffy:''' You wanna go out tonight?<br />

{{quote| If she's a vampire, then I'm the ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]''.}}

* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Snyder explains that Willow is the pinnacle of academic achievement ("despite her ''unsavory'' associations."), and Percy is a basketball star. He concludes that it's "a match made in heaven."

{{quote| '''Willow:''' You [[Literal -Minded|want us to breed?]]}}

* [[Call Back]]: Snyder emphasizes that the school can't afford a losing year in basketball, especially after the previous year's "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S2 /E20 Go Fish|debacle with the swim team]]."

* [[Call on Me]]: The plan is for Willow to go into the Bronze alone and try to defuse the situation, but if things get out of hand, to scream for Buffy and co. Once she's busted, Alfonse says he should have sniffed Willow out as a human earlier. "A human?", Willow scoffs. "Oh yeah? Could a human do ''this''?" She screams. Anya and Alfonse exchange looks and patronize her that [[Crowning Moment of Funny|yes, humans can do that]].

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: "[[Famous Last Words|Aw, f --]]"

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Buffy and Xander start to explain to Willow that they just saw a vampire Willow at the Bronze, but they aren't sounding terribly coherent. A very confused Buffy asks if Giles is planning to jump in with an answer.

{{quote| '''Giles:''' Well, uh, something, something, um, very strange is happening. <br />

[[[Beat]]]<br />

{{quote| '''Wishverse Willow:''' Bitch. [collapses]}}

{{quote| '''[to herself] "I'm gonna eat this now. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|It's not lunchtime, and I don't even care.]]"}}

** Cordy is still yapping about Xander to her captive audience. Noticing Willow's blank stare, she asks if she's got something on her neck. Willow: "[[Trouble Entendre|Not yet]]." Cordy worriedly checks for a pimple.

** Cordy enters the library in a sexy dress, on the prowl for Wesley. From the book cage, Wishverse Willow gets her attention, and pulls out Cordy's name from the depths of her memory. Cordy asks if she locked herself in. "Yeah. Lemmie out. ...'Cause I'm so helpless." Cordy goes to get the spare key, but suddenly says that this is a good opportunity for them to talk. "What could we talk about...hey! How about the ethics of boyfriend-stealing?" This goes on for some time; in the next cut, Cordy has taken a seat and made herself a hot drink. Willow, hanging against the cage, looking very...well, bored now.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Buffy and Faith have to take a series of mental and physical tests devised by the Watcher's Council. "Aren't you sort of ''naturally'' buff, Buff?", Willow queries, then chuckles at her own phrase. "<small>[[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|Hee hee]], buff Buff!</small>"

** Buffy's reaction to the "new" Willow.

{{quote| "Y-You know what? I ''like'' the look. It's extreme...but it looks good, it's a...[[Buffy-Speak|leather thing]], it's very-- [to Xander] I said extreme already, right?"}}

* [[Double Take]]: Wishverse Willow groping Xander in the Bronze. Buffy chooses this moment to join them: "Aren't you gonna introduce me to-- '''holy god''' you're Willow."

* [[Double Vision]]: Using a combination of [[Over the Shoulder]] and [[Green Screen]] shots.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Buffy allows that Faith isn't going to make the cover of ''Sanity Fair'', but that she sympathizes with her -- Faith had it rough growing up. "Different circumstances, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S3 E9/E09 The Wish|that could be me]]." Willow vetoes that idea, declaring that some people don't have that in them.

* [[Failed Attempt At Drama]]: Buffy apologizes for the "ol' reliable" remark, saying it wasn't an insult, but Willow whines that she doesn't want to be reliable all the time. She turns to go. Buffy tries to stop her, but Willow meekly explains that she's storming off. "It doesn't really work if you come with me."

{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Willow, just remember, a vampire's personality has nothing to do with the person it was.<br />

{{quote| "They got Willow. [to Wesley] So, you doing anything tonight?"}}

* [[The Glomp]]: The gang is eulogizing Willow when she walks in. Buffy approaches Willow hopefully, and then leaps over and hugs her close. Xander follows suit. Willow groans that breathing is "becoming an issue," and they disengage. Pleased, but flummoxed, she starts to ask Giles for an explanation, but he quickly shuts her up [[Rule of Three|with a bear hug]].

{{quote| ''"It's really great that you guys missed me. Say, you didn't all happen to do a bunch of drugs, did ya?"''}}

{{quote| '''Willow:''' Did you try looking inside the sofa IN HELL??"}}

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Buffy compliments Willow on her [[Mind Over Matter|floating pencil trick]], and Willow says emotional control is the key to it. Faith's name comes up, and Buffy apologizes for talking about her so much. Willow says it doesn't bother her, but Buffy directs her attention to the pencil, which is now spinning like a buzzsaw. It finally lodges itself in a nearby tree.

{{quote| '''Buffy:''' [[Ironic Echo|Emotional control]]?<br />

* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: In the Wishverse, Willow rematerializes and looks pleased, but Oz runs her into the wooden protrusion again.

* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]: The Mayor surprises Faith with some new digs; a fancy penthouse apartment. He says she's not going to live in that "[[No-Tell Motel|fleabag hotel]]" any longer. "There are ''immoral liaisons'' going on there."

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Buffy blaming herself for Willow getting turned by vampires, as Willow threatened to do something reckless the last time they met.

* [[Make an Example of Them]]: Wishverse Willow slinks over to a female hostage who's sitting alone, and asks her name. It's Sandy. Willow takes Sandy by the hand ("[[False Reassurance|You don't have to be afraid...]][[Trouble Entendre|just to please me.]]"), and announces to the humans that if they're good, the vamps will make them "young, and strong" forever. She licks Sandy's neck, then warns that if they're ''not'' good -- she vamps out and bites Sandy.

{{quote| "[[Post MortemBond One -Liner|Questions? Comments?]]"}}

** Sandy is seen [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S5 E8/E08 Shadow|in a later episode]]. Evidently she was made into an example of the former.

* [[Mirror Match]]: A one-sided version, with Willow being cornered on the Bronze's stage by her doppelganger. Willow guesses that the time for [[Twincest|canoodling]] has passed. Wishverse Willow clocks her out, then straddles and starts choking her.

* [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught]] Outside the school, Willow catches up with Percy. She tries to make a date to go over his paper, but he says Snyder expects her to [[Subtext|do the whole thing for him]].

** Replayed when Angel barges into the library and, while breaking the news, does a neck-spraining [[Double Take]].

* [[Punched Across the Room]] / [[Neck Lift]]: Wishverse Willow enters the Bronze (in our reality) and cases the joint. Eventually, she bumps into Percy, who demands to know why she's not at home polishing off his history report. "Till we graduate, I own your ass." Willow's bored by now so she shoves the heel of her palm into his chest, sending his sorry ass flying over the pool table. She mews that she's having a terrible night, and picks Percy up by the throat. "Wanna make it better?"

* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Percy getting manhandled by Wishverse Willow. Xander shows up and, misreading the scene, shoves Percy away, yelling at him to stay away from her. Percy's down with that idea, and bolts. At the end of the episode, Percy shows up and hands Willow the did the outline for his report. He didn't know [[Book Dumb|which President Roosevelt the assignment was on]], so he did one for both of them. He piles on a bibliography as well, and invites her to let him know about any mistakes. He leaves, but ducks back to give Willow [[Teacher's Pet|a shiny apple]], then dashes off again.

* [[Sequel Episode]]: To "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S3 E9/E09 The Wish|The Wish]]".

* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: [[Played for Laughs]] during the ritual to send the evil Willow home. Giles tells Anya not to try anything funny, but Anya says she doesn't need tricks. "When I get my powers back you will ''all'' grovel before me." Willow and Vamp-Willow give an eyeroll in stereo.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: Willow and Anya start to cast the spell, during which they are supposed to pour the sacred sand over the representation of the necklace to bring it forth from before it was smashed. As images from "The Wish" flash through Willow's head her hands start shaking uncontrollably, causing the sacred sand to pour onto one of her hands instead of the image of Anya's necklace.

* [[Sweater Girl]]: Wishverse Willow distastefully eyeing Willow's [[Pink Means Feminine|pink sweater]].

* [[Too Much Information]]: Buffy asserting that Willow and her doppelganger looked were exactly alike, except for Willow "not being a dominatrix...as far as we know." Willow rolls her eyes. "Oh right. Me & Oz play Mistress Of Pain every night." Giles furrows his brow.