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One of the potentials kills herself and Buffy discovers the origins of the First Slayer.

Amazon Brigade: There are now almost twenty Potentials living in Buffy's house, but to Buffy's mind they resemble more a Redshirt Army than a Slayer army.
Badass Decay (In-Universe): Buffy gets stuck into both Spike and Willow for not using their full abilities.
Badass Longcoat / Iconic Item
Bad Liar: Willow comes out with an armful of weaponry and sees Buffy with Principal Wood, watching the Potentials learn martial arts.

Willow: Oh, hi. Hey. Well, Buffy, I—I see that our preparation for the school-pep-dance-cheer-drill contest are coming along. (to the Potentials) Bring it on!
Buffy: It's OK, I filled him in on everything.
Willow: (lets out a sigh of relief) Oh, thank God! If I had to explain all these weapons, I had nothing.

Bait and Switch Comment: Buffy returns from burying Chloe.

Buffy: Does anyone want to say a few words? [silence] Then I will. Chloe was an idiot.

The Big Board: Andrew objects to Buffy showing Wood around the place as he might see the Big Board. When Buffy points out they don't have a Big Board, Andrew produces his own whiteboard drawing of Sunnydale.

Buffy: You'll have to forgive Andrew...or maybe not.

Bring Me My Brown Pants

Kennedy: Better get started.
Willow: I think I might pee my pants.
Kennedy: You can do it -- the magics, not the pants thing.

Catapult Nightmare: One of the few played-straight examples; usually Buffy just wakes up normally from a bad dream.
Chained to a Rock / Chain Pain: Buffy is chained to the ground so she can be raped by the essence of a demon. As she's already got Slayer strength however, she rips free her chains and uses them the kick the Shadow Men's asses.
Continuity Nod
- Robin Wood recognises Spike's Badass Longcoat, which he stripped from the corpse of the New York Slayer in "Fool For Love".
- The Slayer's bag is the same Buffy saw in her dream in "Restless". Likewise the brief shot of the First Slayer chained to the ground is finally explained.
- Spike says that having a soul makes him "more or less" unique, referring to Angel.
- Both Adam (in her dream in "Restless") and Dracula (in "Buffy vs. Dracula") have hinted to Buffy that her power is rooted in darkness.
Cunning Linguist: Dawn can now read Sumerian; presumably because Anthony Stewart Head wasn't available for some reason.
Deadpan Snarker

Kennedy: Is getting thrown through the ceiling what he does best?

Double Entendre: Spike with "It's my bone. Let it go." and "You don't want to miss a look at her weapons chest."
Driven to Suicide: Chloe
Empathic Environment / Running Gag: The BEWARE OF THE DOG sign reappears in the alley where Spike fights the demon.
Evil Gloating: The First materialises as Chloe next to her hanging corpse to give its own "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
Evil Makeover: Willow "going brunette".
Exact Eavesdropping: The First repeats Buffy's words back to the Potentials.
Foreshadowing
- Buffy sees Chloe crying in her dream.
- Buffy's Cruel to Be Kind approach alienates the Potentials, which only makes her worse and sets her up for her confrontation with Faith.
He's Back: From Wimpyre to Blood Knight in one Badass fight.
Humanoid Abomination: The First Slayer became this because she was instilled with the essence of a demon. Buffy refuses to undergo the same procedure to become more powerful.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Spike strikes a match on the dead demon and lights up a ciggie.
Incredibly Lame Pun: Buffy describes Willow as "The Wicca Who Won't-a".
Does This Remind You of Anything?: Merging with the shadowy demon that turns her into the Slayer borders on rape.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Kennedy takes to the role with gusto.
Language of Magic: Spoofed.

Willow: Via concursus tempus spatium audi me ut imperio Screw it! Mighty forces, I suck at Latin, OK? But that's not the issue. I'm the one in charge, and I'm telling you: Open up, portal, now!

Life Energy: Willow drains life force from Kennedy (and apparently Anya and Dawn) to increase her power. She's not happy about it.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Buffy's response to Wood regarding the Hellmouth "blowing around May" is referencing the fact that the apocalypses usually occur as the season finales, which tend to air in May.
- Anya and Xander note that their role is to "provide much needed sarcasm."
Living Shadow: The shadow casters tell the story of the creation of the First Slayer.
Lotus Position: Willow casting the spell.
Magical Negro: The Shadow Men. To be fair though, since this takes place in the beginning of human race, everybody was black back then. Thus they couldn't really be anything but negros.
Magic Staff

Buffy: I knew it. It's always the staff.

Mind Rape: The First pulls it on Chloe. And succeeds.
Mood Whiplash: Dawn is teasing Buffy about bunking off her school studies when they open a door and find Chloe hanging from the ceiling. Willow tells the others to put on the coffee as the spell might take a while -- suddenly she's got Black Eyes of Evil and a banshee shriek.
Neck Snap: Spike killing the demon.
Not a Date: Spike and Anya.
Oh Crap: Buffy turns down the Shadow Men's offer of greater power. They then give Buffy a vision of what lies in wait for her, an army of thousands of Turok-Han inside the Hellmouth.
Open Says Me

Anya: (points to the box) What's inside it?
Wood: Mm, I don't know. It hasn't been opened since-- (Buffy breaks off the lock with her bare hands) Well, since now.

Power Trio: The Shadow Men
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Buffy gives one to the Potentials and Scoobies. Anya even lampshades it later.

Anya: You missed her "everyone sucks but me" speech. If she's so superior, let her find her own way back.

Sealed Evil in a Can: A literal version with the Shadow Men keeping the essence of a demon in a box.
Series Continuity Error: Spike left his black leather duster at Buffy's place after his Attempted Rape in "Seeing Red". Having it in a box in the Sunnydale High basement implies he had it with him all the time.
Sink or Swim Mentor: Buffy jumps into the portal, knowing it will force Spike and Willow to overcome their insecurities to save her.
Squishy Wizard: It doesn't take much for Buffy to knock the Shadow Men on their keisters.
Staircase Tumble: Buffy is knocked down the stairs in her dream by the First Slayer.
Stock Ninja Weaponry: Wood chucks some shuriken at the demon. They're about as useful as you'd expect.
Teach Him Anger: Buffy taunts Spike that he was more Badass when he didn't have a soul.

Spike: I did this for you. The soul, the changes -- it's what you wanted!
Buffy: What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met.
Spike: (angrily) Oh, you don't know how close you are to bringing him out.
Buffy: I'm nowhere near him.

Tempting Fate: Buffy says she's in some kind of simulation; one of the Shadow Men knocks her out with his staff. Later Buffy says, "Tell me something I don't know." The Shadow Men show her something she doesn't want to know.
Testosterone Poisoning / Terse Talker: Spike vs. Wood
That Came Out Wrong

Wood: Buffy tells me you have been, um—oh, how shall I put it—experimenting. (Willow's eyes grow wide; she casts a "You said what?" glance at Buffy) With the magicks.

- Anya is disappointed that Souled!Spike didn't fight a demon to the death when Buffy and Robin Wood walk into the conversation.

Spike: No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off.
Buffy & Robin: ...

Spike: Repelled him would perhaps be the better phrase. (Buffy smirks) Demon...

Translator Microbes
What the Hell, Hero?: Buffy gets called out on the way she's acting.
- Kennedy is shocked when Willow drains her Life Energy.
- Buffy does this to the Shadow Men.
You Talk Too Much: The Shadow Men comment that "The First Slayer did not talk so much."

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 * [[Badass Longcoat]] / [[Iconic Item]]
 * [[Bad Liar]]: Willow comes out with an armful of weaponry and sees Buffy with Principal Wood, watching the Potentials learn martial arts.
-{{quote| '''Willow:''' Oh, hi. Hey. Well, Buffy, I—I see that our preparation for the school-pep-dance-cheer-drill contest are coming along. (to the Potentials) Bring it on!<br />
+{{quote|'''Willow:''' Oh, hi. Hey. Well, Buffy, I—I see that our preparation for the school-pep-dance-cheer-drill contest are coming along. (to the Potentials) Bring it on!
-'''Buffy:''' It's OK, I filled him in on everything.<br />
+'''Buffy:''' It's OK, I filled him in on everything.
 '''Willow:''' (lets out a sigh of relief) Oh, thank God! If I had to explain all these weapons, I had nothing. }}
 * [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: Buffy returns from burying Chloe.
-{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Does anyone want to say a few words? [silence] Then I will. Chloe was an idiot.}}
+{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Does anyone want to say a few words? [silence] Then I will. Chloe was an idiot.}}
 * [[The Big Board]]: Andrew objects to Buffy showing Wood around the place as [[Dr. Strangelove|he might see the Big Board]]. When Buffy points out they don't have a Big Board, Andrew produces his own whiteboard drawing of Sunnydale.
-{{quote| '''Buffy:''' You'll have to forgive Andrew...[[Bait and Switch Comment|or maybe not.]]}}
+{{quote|'''Buffy:''' You'll have to forgive Andrew...[[Bait and Switch Comment|or maybe not.]]}}
 * [[Bring Me My Brown Pants]]
-{{quote| '''Kennedy:''' Better get started.<br />
+{{quote|'''Kennedy:''' Better get started.
-'''Willow:''' I think I might pee my pants.<br />
+'''Willow:''' I think I might pee my pants.
 '''Kennedy:''' You can do it -- the magics, not the pants thing. }}
 * [[Catapult Nightmare]]: One of the few played-straight examples; usually Buffy just wakes up normally from a bad dream.
 * [[Chained to a Rock]] / [[Chain Pain]]: Buffy is chained to the ground so she can be raped by the essence of a demon. As she's already got Slayer strength however, she rips free her chains and uses them the kick the Shadow Men's asses.
 * [[Continuity Nod]]
 ** Robin Wood recognises Spike's [[Badass Longcoat]], which he stripped from the corpse of the New York Slayer in "Fool For Love".
-** The Slayer's bag is the same Buffy saw in her dream in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4 E22 Restless|Restless]]". Likewise the brief shot of the First Slayer chained to the ground is finally explained.
+** The Slayer's bag is the same Buffy saw in her dream in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E22 Restless|Restless]]". Likewise the brief shot of the First Slayer chained to the ground is finally explained.
 ** Spike says that having a soul makes him "more or less" unique, referring to [[Angel]].
 ** Both Adam (in her dream in "Restless") and Dracula (in "Buffy vs. Dracula") have hinted to Buffy that her power is rooted in darkness.
 * [[Cunning Linguist]]: Dawn can now read Sumerian; presumably because Anthony Stewart Head wasn't available for some reason.
 * [[Deadpan Snarker]]
-{{quote| '''Kennedy:''' Is getting thrown through the ceiling what he does best?}}
+{{quote|'''Kennedy:''' Is getting thrown through the ceiling what he does best?}}
 * [[Double Entendre]]: Spike with "It's my bone. Let it go." and "You don't want to miss a look at her weapons chest."
 * [[Driven to Suicide]]: Chloe
 * [[Empathic Environment]] / [[Running Gag]]: The BEWARE OF THE DOG sign reappears in the alley where Spike fights the demon.
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 * [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Kennedy takes to the role with gusto.
 * [[Language of Magic]]: Spoofed.
-{{quote| '''Willow:''' Via concursus tempus spatium audi me ut imperio ''[[Precision F-Strike|Screw it!]]'' Mighty forces, I suck at Latin, OK? But that's not the issue. I'm the one in charge, and I'm telling you: Open up, portal, ''now!''}}
+{{quote|'''Willow:''' Via concursus tempus spatium audi me ut imperio ''[[Precision F-Strike|Screw it!]]'' Mighty forces, I suck at Latin, OK? But that's not the issue. I'm the one in charge, and I'm telling you: Open up, portal, ''now!''}}
 * [[Life Energy]]: Willow drains life force from Kennedy (and apparently Anya and Dawn) to increase her power. She's not happy about it.
 * [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Buffy's response to Wood regarding the Hellmouth "blowing around May" is referencing the fact that the apocalypses usually occur as the season finales, which tend to air in May.
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 * [[Magical Negro]]: The Shadow Men. To be fair though, since this takes place in the beginning of human race, everybody was black back then. Thus they couldn't really be anything but negros.
 * [[Magic Staff]]
-{{quote| '''Buffy:''' I knew it. It's always the staff.}}
+{{quote|'''Buffy:''' I knew it. It's always the staff.}}
 * [[Mind Rape]]: The First pulls it on Chloe. {{spoiler|And succeeds.}}
 * [[Mood Whiplash]]: Dawn is teasing Buffy about bunking off her school studies when they open a door and find Chloe hanging from the ceiling. Willow tells the others to put on the coffee as the spell might take a while -- suddenly she's got [[Black Eyes of Evil]] and a banshee shriek.
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 * [[Oh Crap]]: Buffy turns down the Shadow Men's offer of greater power. They then give Buffy a vision of what lies in wait for her, {{spoiler|an army of thousands of Turok-Han inside the Hellmouth.}}
 * [[Open Says Me]]
-{{quote| '''Anya:''' (points to the box) What's inside it?<br />
+{{quote|'''Anya:''' (points to the box) What's inside it?
 '''Wood:''' Mm, I don't know. It hasn't been opened since-- (Buffy breaks off the lock with her bare hands) Well, since now. }}
 * [[Power Trio]]: The Shadow Men
 * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Buffy gives one to the Potentials and Scoobies. Anya even lampshades it later.
-{{quote| '''Anya:''' You missed her "everyone sucks but me" speech. If she's so superior, let her find her own way back.}}
+{{quote|'''Anya:''' You missed her "everyone sucks but me" speech. If she's so superior, let her find her own way back.}}
 * [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: A literal version with the Shadow Men keeping the essence of a demon in a box.
 * [[Series Continuity Error]]: Spike left his black leather duster at Buffy's place after his [[Attempted Rape]] in "Seeing Red". Having it in a box in the Sunnydale High basement implies he had it with him all the time.
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 * [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]: Wood chucks some shuriken at the demon. They're about as [[Awesome but Impractical|useful as you'd expect]].
 * [[Teach Him Anger]]: Buffy taunts Spike that he was more [[Badass]] when he didn't have a soul.
-{{quote| '''Spike:''' I did this for you. The soul, the changes -- it's what you wanted!<br />
+{{quote|'''Spike:''' I did this for you. The soul, the changes -- it's what you wanted!
-'''Buffy:''' What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met.<br />
+'''Buffy:''' What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met.
-'''Spike:''' (angrily) Oh, you don't know how close you are to bringing him out.<br />
+'''Spike:''' (angrily) Oh, you don't know how close you are to bringing him out.
 '''Buffy:''' I'm nowhere near him. }}
 * [[Tempting Fate]]: Buffy says she's in some kind of simulation; one of the Shadow Men knocks her out with his staff. Later Buffy says, "Tell me something I don't know." The Shadow Men show her something she doesn't want to know.
 * [[Testosterone Poisoning]] / [[Terse Talker]]: Spike vs. Wood
 * [[That Came Out Wrong]]
-{{quote| '''Wood:''' Buffy tells me you have been, um—oh, how shall I put it—experimenting. (Willow's eyes grow wide; she casts a "[[Experimented in College|You said what?]]" glance at Buffy) With the magicks.}}
+{{quote|'''Wood:''' Buffy tells me you have been, um—oh, how shall I put it—experimenting. (Willow's eyes grow wide; she casts a "[[Experimented in College|You said what?]]" glance at Buffy) With the magicks.}}
 ** Anya is disappointed that Souled!Spike didn't fight a demon to the death when Buffy and Robin Wood walk into the conversation.
-{{quote| '''Spike:''' No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off.<br />
+{{quote|'''Spike:''' No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off.
 '''Buffy & Robin:''' [[Beat|...]]<br />
 '''Spike:''' Repelled him would perhaps be the better phrase. (Buffy smirks) Demon... }}
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