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* [[Description Cut]]: In the first of many ironic segues, Buffy reaasures Giles, C'mon. This is Sunnydale. How bad an evil can there be?" Cut to The Master's crypt, where Luke chants about making the world bleed and whatnot.
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' "Oh come on! This is Sunnydale. How bad an evil can there be here?"}}
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: Xander's zooming down the sidewalk on his skateboard, which [[Early Installment Weirdness|we'll never see again.]] And it might be a good thing too, because when he catches sight of Buffy in her miniskirt, he loses all coordination and smashes head-on into a guardrail.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Willow
* [[Don't Sneak Up On Me Like That]]:: Giles politely tapping Buffy's shoulder in the library.
** In the alley behind The Bronze, Buffy skulks around a corner, and, as a figure looms behind her, whirls and grabs that person by the neck, stake ready. Buffy has just made the worst move of her short social life at Sunnydale High, because she's applied her stranglehold to Cordelia Chase. "What is your childhood trauma?!" she screeches.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: This episode is the only time we see Xander riding a skateboard, since the scene required lots of space and was a pain to shoot. We later see Xander holding a skateboard a couple of times, but never again does he ride one.
* [[The Easy Way or Thethe Hard Way]]
* [[Eating Lunch Alone]]: Outside, Willow is sitting down to lunch. Buffy walks up to her and says hello. Willow wonders if she wants her to move.
* [[Establishing Series Moment]]: A comely blond is about to be the victim of the bad boy who's lured her into the school for mischief. Instead, the blond girl turns out to be [[Bullying a Dragon|a 400 year old vampire]] who takes ''him'' out.
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* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: Principal Flutie is going over Buffy's transcripts and when he notes that Buffy was responsible for burning down the gym of her old school. Buffy almost slips and tells him that the gym was full of vampires but quickly amends that to "asbestos."
** "From now on I'm only going to hang out with the living...lively...people."
* [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: Buffy and Darla trading barbs. Darla curls her lips and invites her to bring it on. Buffy cautions that it's won't be pretty. "[[Content Warnings|We're talking violence, strong language, adult content...]]"
* [[Love Martyr]]: Jesse is a glutton for Cordelia's punishment.
* [[Many Questions Fallacy]]: Buffy huffs into the library and demands that Giles tell her what's going on. "You heard about the dead guy in the locker? He's got two little little holes in his neck and all his blood's been drained. Isn't that bizarre? Aren't you just going 'ooh'?"
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* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: The very large and noticeable Luke manages to sneak up on Buffy from behind. Part 2 of this story [[Justified Trope|explains]] how he was able to do that.
* [[Open Says Me]]: Buffy approaches a locked door and, in the very first ever display of her Slayer Strength!, forces it open, breaking the lock.
* [[Peek -a -Boo Corpse]]: A lifeless [[CSI New York|Det. Danny Messer]] takes a tumble out of Aura's locker.
** Inside the coffin, Buffy flips around to see a moldy skeleton and lets out a scream.
* [[Pilot]]
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* [[Starter Villain|Starter Villains]]: Luke and Darla.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: At lunch time, Cordelia barges up to talk to Buffy, causing Willow to immediately exclaim that Buffy is not actually hanging out with them.
* [[Take a Moment Toto Catch Your Death]]: Luke flings Buffy ass over teacup into the stone coffin, where she lies panting. She can't hear or see Luke. Just when Buffy has gotten up the courage to peek out, Luke leaps into the coffin with her.
* [[Take That]]: John Tesh ''is'' The Devil.
* [[There Are No Coincidences]]: Giles catches up to Buffy in the hall and steers her out of sight. He earnestly insists that the situation in town is getting worse; "There's a reason why you're here and a reason why it's ''now''." Buffy snits that it's "Because ''now'' is when my mom moved here," and takes a hike.
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* [[Welcome Episode]]
* [[Welcome to Hell]]: The episode title, of course. In the alley, Buffy rejects Angel's help and stomps away, but he stops her by saying Buffy's in too deep now. "You're standing at the mouth of Hell. And it's about to open."
* [[Who Are You?]]: Buffy's parting shot at Angel, who prefers to stay coy.
** Buffy stakes the henchvamp without much effort, which seems to surprise Darla. "Who ''are'' you?"
* [[You Have No Chance to Survive]]:
{{quote| '''Luke:''' You think you can stop me, stop us? [[You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With|You have no idea who you're dealing with]].}}
* [[Youth Is Wasted Onon the Dumb]]: The redshirt smashes a windowpane, and his blonde companion questions if breaking and entering is a good idea (The boy is taking Darla up to the top of the gym so they can see all of Sunnydale from that vantage point). Soon-To-Be-Dead Boy reassures Darla that it's a "great" idea and clambers over the windowsill.
** Darla sneers at the henchvamp's catch, saying that Willow is "hardly a mouthful." She then calls in her own prey, Jesse, who holding his neck and wobbling. Unlike Willow, he apparently didn't need a lot of arm-twisting to follow a sexy blonde into a graveyard.
{{quote| '''Jesse''': [woozily] I think you gave me a hickey. }}
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