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Harmony decides to become the new [[Big Bad]] by killing the Slayer. No-one takes her seriously until Dawn accidentally invites Harmony into the house.
Harmony decides to become the new [[Big Bad]] by killing the Slayer. No-one takes her seriously until Dawn accidentally invites Harmony into the house.


* [[Accidental Innuendo]] ([[In Universe]])
* [[Accidental Innuendo]] ([[In-Universe]])
{{quote| '''Cyrus:''' When are we gonna do it? <br />
{{quote| '''Cyrus:''' When are we gonna do it? <br />
'''Harmony:''' Eww! That's rude! I barely know you! (Cyrus looks confused) Ugh, and you're a minion! <br />
'''Harmony:''' Eww! That's rude! I barely know you! (Cyrus looks confused) Ugh, and you're a minion! <br />
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* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Harmony's gang, who point out that they've no reason to keep Dawn alive; it only matters that the Slayer ''thinks'' she's still alive.
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Harmony's gang, who point out that they've no reason to keep Dawn alive; it only matters that the Slayer ''thinks'' she's still alive.
* [[Brainwash Residue]]: Xander starts to refer to Dracula as "The Master" before he stops himself.
* [[Brainwash Residue]]: Xander starts to refer to Dracula as "The Master" before he stops himself.
* [[Call Back]]: Xander says he doesn't want another "hair-pulling contest" with Harmony, referring to their comical [[Wimp Fight]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S4 E7 The Initiative|The Initiative]]".
* [[Call Back]]: Xander says he doesn't want another "hair-pulling contest" with Harmony, referring to their comical [[Wimp Fight]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4 E7 The Initiative|The Initiative]]".
* [[Chained to A Rock]]: Dawn in Harmony's lair.
* [[Chained to a Rock]]: Dawn in Harmony's lair.
* [[Circling Monologue]]: Giles hypnotizing Buffy.
* [[Circling Monologue]]: Giles hypnotizing Buffy.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Anya playing ''The Game of Life''
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Anya playing ''The Game of Life''
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'''Spike:''' What -- Evil for Dummies? }}
'''Spike:''' What -- Evil for Dummies? }}
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Dawn's debut. Must be Tuesday.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Dawn's debut. Must be Tuesday.
* [[A Day in The Limelight]] / [[Remember the New Guy]]: Dawn
* [[A Day in the Limelight]] / [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Dawn
* [[Description Cut]]: "What kind of an unholy creature fancies cheap tasteless statuary?" Cut to Harmony cooing over her new unicorn.
* [[Description Cut]]: "What kind of an unholy creature fancies cheap tasteless statuary?" Cut to Harmony cooing over her new unicorn.
* [[Diary]]: Used to give Dawn the role of [[The Narrator]].
* [[Diary]]: Used to give Dawn the role of [[The Narrator]].
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'''Cut to laughing Buffy:''' Har-Har-Harmony has ''minions?'' }}
'''Cut to laughing Buffy:''' Har-Har-Harmony has ''minions?'' }}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Andrew was Harmony's minion before he became Warren's minion in Season 6.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Andrew was Harmony's minion before he became Warren's minion in Season 6.
* [[Hey That's My Line]]: Harmony is taunting Xander over his recent brainwashing by Dracula.
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]: Harmony is taunting Xander over his recent brainwashing by Dracula.
{{quote| '''Dawn:''' Shut up!<br />
{{quote| '''Dawn:''' Shut up!<br />
'''Xander:''' Dawn, I'm handling this. Shut up, Harmony! }}
'''Xander:''' Dawn, I'm handling this. Shut up, Harmony! }}
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{{quote| "I know you're in there!" (Cut to her talking to Xander) "What do you mean she's not in there?"}}
{{quote| "I know you're in there!" (Cut to her talking to Xander) "What do you mean she's not in there?"}}
* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Buffy using hypnosis so she can stand on one hand. Until Dawn interrupts.
* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Buffy using hypnosis so she can stand on one hand. Until Dawn interrupts.
* [[Living in A Furniture Store]]: While desperately searching for something to hit Harmony with, Anya demands to know why there aren't any weapons lying around in a Slayer's house.
* [[Living in a Furniture Store]]: While desperately searching for something to hit Harmony with, Anya demands to know why there aren't any weapons lying around in a Slayer's house.
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' How bored ''were'' you last year?<br />
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' How bored ''were'' you last year?<br />

Revision as of 09:06, 8 April 2014

 "Nobody knows who I am. Not the real me."

Harmony decides to become the new Big Bad by killing the Slayer. No-one takes her seriously until Dawn accidentally invites Harmony into the house.

 Cyrus: When are we gonna do it?

Harmony: Eww! That's rude! I barely know you! (Cyrus looks confused) Ugh, and you're a minion!

Mort: He means the plan! When are we gonna do the plan?

 Harmony: Look who's fallen into my-- (Buffy massacres her minions) ...trap?

 I know who he is. He kills our kind.

 Buffy: Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader, you were bad. When you tried to chair the homecoming committee, you were really bad. But when you try to be bad... you suck.

 Harmony: I trust you made our guest comfortable?

Mort: You told me to chain her to a wall.

Harmony: Yeah I know, I was being...sarcastic or whatever...

  • Continuity Nod: The "curds and whey" comment by the crazy homeless guy is a reference to the prophetic dream in "Graduation Day, Part 2" where Faith says, "Little Miss Muffet counting down from 7-3-0". Giles uses crystals to hypnotize Buffy, as in "Helpless".
  • Crazy Homeless People / Mad Oracle

 Stop them talking! (Dawn screams) I know you...curds and whey...I know what you are. You-don't-belong-here."

 Harmony: I'm not going to make the same mistakes you did. I've been studying, reading books and stuff.

Spike: What -- Evil for Dummies?

 Spike: You look good.

Harmony: I feel good.

Spike: (leering) I remember.

  • Evil Plan: Harmony plans to kill the Slayer and then everyone in Sunnydale who was ever mean to her. Mort's plan is a lot more simple. "We're gonna feed on the girl [Dawn] and kill you [Harmony]. Maybe not in that order."
  • Failed Attempt At Drama: Harmony's note saying "Buffy, come out and die." The "I" is dotted with a smiley face.
  • Foreshadowing
    • Tara's expression when Willow tells her "You're one of the good guys" as she believes she's part demon.
    • Buffy finding Dawn's presence more aggravating recently because subconsciously she's not used to Dawn being there.

 I know it's always been this way. She's the baby. But for some reason lately, it's just really getting to me.

 Spike: I was telling you the truth!

Buffy: (cheerfully) I know.

 Dawn: She [Tara] and Willow are both witches. They do spells and stuff, which is so much cooler than slaying. I told Mom one time I wished they'd teach me some of the things they do together. A-and then she got really quiet and made me go upstairs.

 Xander: Buffy is not going to be happy about this.

Cut to laughing Buffy: Har-Har-Harmony has minions?

 Dawn: Shut up!

Xander: Dawn, I'm handling this. Shut up, Harmony!

 Giles: You can't allow personal concerns to distract you...Dawn will you stop fiddling with the radio and sit down!

 Giles: There's going to be far less time for the sort of flighty, frivolous...

Dawn: Hey, there's Willow and Tara.

Giles: Oh! They haven't seen my new car.

 Riley: So you want your mother to give you space to be a Slayer, and shield you from it at the same time.

Buffy: Thank you, Logic Boy. Did I mention this is a rant? Sense really has no place in it.

 "I know you're in there!" (Cut to her talking to Xander) "What do you mean she's not in there?"

 Buffy: How bored were you last year?

Giles: I watched Passions with Spike. Let us never speak of it again.

 Buffy: Giles, are you breaking up with your car?

Giles: Well, it did seduce me, all red and sporty!

Buffy: Little two-door tramp.

(Giles gives her a sour look)

Giles: I-I-I don't know, I just - I was so at loose ends, I-I found myself searching for ... some way of feeling more...

Buffy: Shallow?

 Dawn: Touch me and my sister's gonna kill you!

Vampire sneers and pokes Dawn with a finger. His Evil Laugh is interrupted by a stake protruding from his chest.

Buffy: Can't say she didn't warn him.

 Buffy: She gets to be a kid, and she acts like it's the biggest burden in the world. Sometimes I would like to just curl up in Mom's lap and not worry about the fate of the world. I'd like to be the one who's protected, who's waited on--

(Cut to Joyce's house)

Dawn: --hand and foot, getting her own way. Always the favorite.

 I have to make all the hard decisions around here, and it's hard!

 Dawn: Oh yeah? Come inside and say that! (Oh Crap)

 Harmony: So, Slayer. At last we meet.

Buffy: We've met, Harmony; you half-wit!

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