Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S6/E06 All the Way

"Giles: Mist ... cemetery ... Halloween. Should end well. (slips and falls on his face)"

Dawn sneaks out on Halloween night with her friend and a couple of boys. Xander and Anya announce their engagement. Tara starts criticizing Willow's use of magic.

"Spike: Feel like a bit of the rough and tumble?
 * Accidental Innuendo: Buffy shows where her mind is at re Spike.

Buffy: (startled) What?

Spike: Me...you...(Buffy's eyes widen) Patrolling. Hello?"

"Justin: Oh, be still my heart -- cute and bad."
 * Badass Adorable: Dawn the Delinquent.

"Buffy: Don't blame me if we have this conversation over and over... (Smash Cut to Buffy walking down the basement stairs) ...and over ... and over, and over."
 * Bait and Switch:
 * Bare Your Midriff: Janice
 * Beauty and The Beast:
 * Car Fu: Buffy kills a vampire by decapitating him with a car door.
 * Call Back: Buffy is reluctant to go down to the Magic Shop's basement for fear she'll be caught in another Groundhog Day Loop as per "Life Serial".

"We don't have wings. We just skate around with perfect hair, fighting crime."
 * Comically Missing the Point: Anya dresses up as an angel called a Charlie.

"Xander: I'm gonna marry that girl.
 * Xander watches Anya doing the Happy Dance with Dawn.

Buffy: What?! She's fifteen and my sister, so don't ev-- (gets it) Oh."

"Willow: And while you're at it, why don't you try removing that broomstick from your-- Dawn!
 * Curse Cut Short: Willow is cursing (not that way) a customer dressed as Wicked Witch.

Dawn: Hey. Don't stop the invective on account of me."

"Giles: Now, you have a choice, son. We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the ha--
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Buffy is clearly playing with the thought that she might "misbehave" with Spike.
 * The Easy Way or The Hard Way: A vampire is holding Dawn by the throat. Giles, who has already staked one vamp tonight, moves menacingly towards him.

What were my choices again?"

"Giles: We need to have a conversation.
 * Description Cut
 * Janice asks excitedly, "You have a car?"
 * Buffy looks worried when she finds out Xander is going to marry Anya. "Giles, we have to do something!" Cut to them throwing Xander a party.
 * Disappointed in You: Lampshaded and subverted.

Dawn: This the part where you tell me you're "not angry, just disappointed"?

Giles: Pretty much. Except for the bit about not being angry."

"Buffy: (hugging Xander) You're getting married! You!
 * Does Not Know Her Own Strength

Xander: (hoarsely) Me. Choking..."

"Willow: I could whip up a jaunty self-cleaning incantation; it'll be like Fantasia.
 * Evil Is Petty: Spike nicking burba weed from the Magic Box.
 * Famous Last Words: (after being staked) "Dude, that sucks!"
 * First Kiss: Dawn shares her first kiss with Justin. From her reaction, he figures out that it was her first. She tries to deny, before admitting that it was her first, and babbling about how bad it must have been for him. Justin replies by kissing her again..
 * Four-Fingered Hands

Giles: We all know how splendidly that turned out for Mickey. (gives Willow a broom and dustpan)

Willow: I think I'm a little more adept than a cartoon mouse.

Tara: And you have more fingers, which is good, 'cause there's no need to wear those big White Gloves to overcompensate."

"Yes, well, if anything calamitous is going to happen tonight, history suggests it will happen to us."
 * Genre Savvy: Giles

"Anya: But you get to dress up and play games. Xander's gonna teach me a new one after work called Shiver Me Timbers. Ever heard of it?"
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar

"Anya: How about you? Ever played?
 * And later:

Tara: Not really one for the timber."

"Buffy: Is that why you're always cleaning your glasses? So you don't have to see what we're doing?
 * Gilligan Cut: Dawn's friend Janice didn't want her and her friends to go into the creepy old man's house. Sure enough...
 * Glasses Pull: Xander/Anya start snogging passionately to celebrate their engagement. Giles promptly removes his glasses.

Giles: Tell no one."

"Buffy: (re Xander's pirate costume) You know, if you had a real peg leg, you wouldn't just have a lame costume, you'd actually be lame. Which is completely different."
 * Groin Attack: Dawn punches a vamp in the groin when he says how special she is...being the Slayer's sister.
 * Halloween Episode
 * Happy Dance: Anya's "Dance of Capitalist Superiority".
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Its Joan!
 * Hypocritical Humor: Willow snarks over a shopper's stereotypical Wicked Witch costume, then coos over a cute kid in the same outfit.
 * Improvised Weapon: Dawn stakes a vampire with a pencil.
 * It may have been the crossbow bolt Spike discharged in the air.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: Literally!

""Let's just forget it ever happened. (Willow casts spell) Forget...""
 * Ironic Echo


 * Insistent Terminology

"Buffy: Didn't anyone come here just to make out? [two human teenagers raise their hands] Awww... that's sweet. Run."
 * Large Ham: Pirate!Xander. Ahargh!
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia / Moral Event Horizon: Willow uses a spell to wipe Tara's memory of their argument.
 * Make-Out Point: Even vampire teens have them.

"Buffy: (to civilians) "You, run. (to vampires) You, scream.""
 * Money to Throw Away: Anya is so happy that Xander has finally announced their engagement she tosses Dawn a bundle of money.
 * Mundane Utility: Tara complains about Willow's use of magic for everyday purposes.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Xander after the responsibility of married life begins to sink in.
 * Parental Substitute: Giles is trying to avoid this trope, realising that Buffy isn't.
 * Post Mortem One Liner: Subverted -- a vampire rushes at Buffy shouting, "Die, Slayer!" Buffy casually stakes him and goes, "Mm-hmm."
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner

"Spike: You stay in on Halloween. Those are the rules.
 * Pretender Diss

Teen Vampire: Me and mine don't follow rules. We're rebels!

Spike: No, I'm a rebel. You're an idiot."

"Buffy: Bell. Neck. Look into it.
 * Shout-Out: "Pumpkins -- very dangerous. You go first" riffs on John Rhys Davies line about asps in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Willow sees a couple dressed as Luke and Leia doing the Mating Dance and asks, "Don't they know they're brother and sister?" The Fantasia reference is to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" where Mickey Mouse spells a broom to do the cleaning for him, only to make an even worse mess.
 * Slumber Party Ploy: Dawn is "sleeping over at Janice's" (and vice versa). Afterwards the Scoobies gripe about falling for such an old ploy, let alone one they've used themselves.
 * Stab the Salad: The creepy-looking man is wielding a knife and talking about how he's going to give Dawn and her friends "something special" for Halloween. Turns out it's a baked dish.
 * Stealth Hi Bye / Casual Kink: Buffy jumps as she suddenly bumps into Spike.

Spike: Come with a nice leather collar, does it?"

"Buffy: Over my dead body. The kind that doesn't come back."
 * Stock Phrases: Dawn asks if she can get a tattoo.

"Buffy: (re Xander's marriage) I can't believe it. Seems like only yesterday you had to pay a girl to date you.
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial

Xander: Like I'd ever pay. (snickers nervously) Define 'date.'"

"Buffy: So much easier to talk to when he just wanted to kill me."
 * Terror At Make Out Point
 * Too Much Information: Spike mixes burba weed with the blood he drinks.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Spuffy

"Spike: You know in civilized cultures, that's called trespassing.
 * What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Looking for Dawn in the crowded Bronze, Willow suggests a spell to shift everyone who isn't a fifteen year old girl into an Alternate Universe. This proves the last straw for Tara.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: Anya the Angel.
 * You Must Be Cold: Justin gives Dawn his letterman jacket when she starts shivering. After his death she's seen cradling it in her lap.
 * Your Door Was Open: Buffy barges into Spike's crypt as usual.

Buffy: Good thing you're uncivilized."