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* [[Actor Shared Background]]: [[Alyson Hannigan]] maintains that she cannot sing or dance (which hasn't stopped multiple writers from shoehorning her into [[How I Met Your Mother|splashy musical numbers]], but oh well), and requested her part in [[Musical Episode|Once More With Feeling]] be limited.
* [[Actor Shared Background]]: [[Alyson Hannigan]] maintains that she cannot sing or dance (which hasn't stopped multiple writers from shoehorning her into [[How I Met Your Mother|splashy musical numbers]], but oh well), and requested her part in [[Musical Episode|Once More With Feeling]] be limited.
* [[Adventures in Coma Land]]: Inverted in that everybody in Sunnydale gets to enjoy Billy's nightmares, too. Giles asserts that such things are easy when you're on a Hellmouth.
* [[Adventures in Coma Land]]: Inverted in that everybody in Sunnydale gets to enjoy Billy's nightmares, too. Giles asserts that such things are easy when you're on a Hellmouth.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Xander asks if there was any homework, Willow says they're doing "active listening." Miss Tischler demonstrated it the previous day with him. Xander draws a blank. Buffy says that Tischler was wearing [[Sweater Girl|a tight sweater]]. "''Oh'', [[Hot for Teacher|the midnight blue angora!]] See, I was listening." Um, has he already forgotten "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S1 E4 Teachers Pet|Teacher's Pet]]"?
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Xander asks if there was any homework, Willow says they're doing "active listening." Miss Tischler demonstrated it the previous day with him. Xander draws a blank. Buffy says that Tischler was wearing [[Sweater Girl|a tight sweater]]. "''Oh'', [[Hot for Teacher|the midnight blue angora!]] See, I was listening." Um, has he already forgotten "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1 E4 Teachers Pet|Teacher's Pet]]"?
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Buffy's having more unpleasant Slayer dreams, this time involving her death at the hands of the Master.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Buffy's having more unpleasant Slayer dreams, this time involving her death at the hands of the Master.
* [[Always Camp]]: "Aldo," the rotund Italian tenor. His patience is already wearing pretty thin before Willow even starts to sing.
* [[Always Camp]]: "Aldo," the rotund Italian tenor. His patience is already wearing pretty thin before Willow even starts to sing.
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* [[Attending Your Own Funeral]]: Buffy clawing her way out of the grave, causing the Scoobies to scream their heads off.
* [[Attending Your Own Funeral]]: Buffy clawing her way out of the grave, causing the Scoobies to scream their heads off.
* [[Baddie Flattery]]: The Master says Buffy is prettier than the last Slayer.
* [[Baddie Flattery]]: The Master says Buffy is prettier than the last Slayer.
* [[Bad News in A Good Way]]: Laura's doctor says she'll recover -- a couple of shattered bones, a little internal bleeding. Compared to the first victim, she got off "pretty easy."
* [[Bad News in a Good Way]]: Laura's doctor says she'll recover -- a couple of shattered bones, a little internal bleeding. Compared to the first victim, she got off "pretty easy."
{{quote| '''Giles''': Have you [[Lampshade Hanging|looked up the word]] lately? }}
{{quote| '''Giles''': Have you [[Lampshade Hanging|looked up the word]] lately? }}
* [[Baseball Episode]]: A mild case, since none of the heroes actually play the game. Too dangerous.
* [[Baseball Episode]]: A mild case, since none of the heroes actually play the game. Too dangerous.
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* [[Brutal Honesty]]: "Hank's" admission that the divorce is indeed Buffy's fault. Furthermore, he claims to be bored by their weekends together; that Buffy is selfish and withdrawn and an overall bore. The expression on Buffy's face makes it clear that she's afraid he might have a point.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: "Hank's" admission that the divorce is indeed Buffy's fault. Furthermore, he claims to be bored by their weekends together; that Buffy is selfish and withdrawn and an overall bore. The expression on Buffy's face makes it clear that she's afraid he might have a point.
* [[Buried Alive]]: Buffy seems unable to lift a hand against Dream!Master, which is consistent with her nightmare at the beginning of the episode. The Master asks what she's afraid of as he holds her over the open grave, then tosses her in. The coffin lid closes on her as she screams for help.
* [[Buried Alive]]: Buffy seems unable to lift a hand against Dream!Master, which is consistent with her nightmare at the beginning of the episode. The Master asks what she's afraid of as he holds her over the open grave, then tosses her in. The coffin lid closes on her as she screams for help.
* [[But You Were There and You And You]]
* [[But You Were There and You and You]]
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]
* [[Caustic Critic]]: According to the director, they're all in attendance for Willow's performance. Break a leg!
* [[Caustic Critic]]: According to the director, they're all in attendance for Willow's performance. Break a leg!
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* [[Creepy Basement]]: The boiler room. No smoking allowed.
* [[Creepy Basement]]: The boiler room. No smoking allowed.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Billy.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Billy.
* [[Creepy Sexy]] ([[In Universe]]):
* [[Creepy Sexy]] ([[In-Universe]]):
{{quote| '''Willow:''' (to Xander) Personal question?<br />
{{quote| '''Willow:''' (to Xander) Personal question?<br />
'''Xander:''' Yeah, shoot!<br />
'''Xander:''' Yeah, shoot!<br />
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* [[Enemy Within]]: The Ugly Man.
* [[Enemy Within]]: The Ugly Man.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Xander whines to Giles about his underwear experience being a nightmare. Willow is hit with an idea. ""Well yeah, Xander. It's ''your'' nightmare!"
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Xander whines to Giles about his underwear experience being a nightmare. Willow is hit with an idea. ""Well yeah, Xander. It's ''your'' nightmare!"
* [[Everything's Worse With Bees]]: Willow looks out a hospital window to see a swarm of hornets over Sunnydale.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bees]]: Willow looks out a hospital window to see a swarm of hornets over Sunnydale.
* [[Evil Clown]]: Xander is menaced by one of these, having had a fear of clowns ever since an incident at his sixth birthday party.
* [[Evil Clown]]: Xander is menaced by one of these, having had a fear of clowns ever since an incident at his sixth birthday party.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: The Master grabs a shovel, then starts cackling as he pitches dirt into Buffy's grave.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: The Master grabs a shovel, then starts cackling as he pitches dirt into Buffy's grave.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: Buffy's anxieties over her parents' split. Buffy says she never asked for details, but she knows her always being in Slayer-related trouble didn't help. Willow says she's sure that didn't have anything to do with it, and Buffy [[Stepford Smiler|appeasingly]] agrees.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Buffy's anxieties over her parents' split. Buffy says she never asked for details, but she knows her always being in Slayer-related trouble didn't help. Willow says she's sure that didn't have anything to do with it, and Buffy [[Stepford Smiler|appeasingly]] agrees.
** [[Rewatch Bonus]]: Buffy's fear of being buried alive comes to pass in the episode Bargaining, Part 2, {{spoiler|when she is resurrected and awakens in her coffin}}
** [[Rewatch Bonus]]: Buffy's fear of being buried alive comes to pass in the episode Bargaining, Part 2, {{spoiler|when she is resurrected and awakens in her coffin}}
*** The [[Bilingual Bonus|translation of the lyrics]] in the opera from Willow's nightmare are, "Child, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S6 E19 Seeing Red|from whose eyes witchery shine]], now you are all mine."
*** The [[Bilingual Bonus|translation of the lyrics]] in the opera from Willow's nightmare are, "Child, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S6 E19 Seeing Red|from whose eyes witchery shine]], now you are all mine."
*** Willow has a picture of herself and Giles in her locker. In her collage years, she admits she once had a crush on him.
*** Willow has a picture of herself and Giles in her locker. In her collage years, she admits she once had a crush on him.
* [[Gag Haircut]]: Cordelia's nightmare. That and being turned into a chess nerd with bad fashion sense.
* [[Gag Haircut]]: Cordelia's nightmare. That and being turned into a chess nerd with bad fashion sense.
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** Buffy shouts at the Master that he's not due to be released yet -- that this is a dream. The Master says he ''is'' free, because she fears it.
** Buffy shouts at the Master that he's not due to be released yet -- that this is a dream. The Master says he ''is'' free, because she fears it.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "Scary. I'll tell you something though, there are a lot scarier things than you. And '''I'm''' one of them."
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "Scary. I'll tell you something though, there are a lot scarier things than you. And '''I'm''' one of them."
** [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Buffy sees the Master, and repeats to herself that it's a dream. The Master ruminates, "[[Cinderella (Disney)|A dream is a wish your heart makes]]," then grabs her by the neck.
** [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Buffy sees the Master, and repeats to herself that it's a dream. The Master ruminates, "[[Cinderella (Disney film)|A dream is a wish your heart makes]]," then grabs her by the neck.
* [[Produce Pelting]]: Willow's performance earns her an ovation of boos and tomatoes.
* [[Produce Pelting]]: Willow's performance earns her an ovation of boos and tomatoes.
* [[Punch, Spin, Gape]]: It takes a real man to punch a clown.
* [[Punch, Spin, Gape]]: It takes a real man to punch a clown.
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{{quote| '''Xander''': That ''is'' a joke, right? }}
{{quote| '''Xander''': That ''is'' a joke, right? }}
* [[Reality Warper]]
* [[Reality Warper]]
* [[Red Right Hand]]: The Ugly Man is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|just that]] -- a large bald man, with one eye gouged out and scars all over his face.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: The Ugly Man is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|just that]] -- a large bald man, with one eye gouged out and scars all over his face.
* [[Red Shirt]]: Wendell and Laura.
* [[Red Shirt]]: Wendell and Laura.
* [[The Reveal]]: The coach popping in to check on his lil' Derek Jeter-in-training.
* [[The Reveal]]: The coach popping in to check on his lil' Derek Jeter-in-training.
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* [[Scare Chord]]: Willow being yanked off screen and into a theater.
* [[Scare Chord]]: Willow being yanked off screen and into a theater.
** The soundmixer strikes again when Vamp!Buffy's hands bursts from the ground
** The soundmixer strikes again when Vamp!Buffy's hands bursts from the ground
* [[Schmuck Bait]] / [[Delicious Distraction]]: Xander follows a trail of [[Everything's Better With Chocolate|chocolate bars]] to the [[Evil Clown]].
* [[Schmuck Bait]] / [[Delicious Distraction]]: Xander follows a trail of [[Everything's Better with Chocolate|chocolate bars]] to the [[Evil Clown]].
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Apart from ''"Lhuckee Thurteeeen!,"'' the Ugly Man is only capable of bellowing and growling.
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Apart from ''"Lhuckee Thurteeeen!,"'' the Ugly Man is only capable of bellowing and growling.
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Spiders spill out of Wendell's textbook, and everyone starts screaming, the teacher most loudly. Way to keep cool in a crisis. There's a quick, hilarious shot of the teacher and Cordelia standing side by side screaming their heads off.
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Spiders spill out of Wendell's textbook, and everyone starts screaming, the teacher most loudly. Way to keep cool in a crisis. There's a quick, hilarious shot of the teacher and Cordelia standing side by side screaming their heads off.
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{{quote| '''Xander:''' They're [[Book Dumb|from the Middle East]]?}}
{{quote| '''Xander:''' They're [[Book Dumb|from the Middle East]]?}}
** Buffy can't believe a coach would beat up a kid, and Xander observes that Buffy's obviously never played kiddie league. "I'm surprised it wasn't one of the ''parents''."
** Buffy can't believe a coach would beat up a kid, and Xander observes that Buffy's obviously never played kiddie league. "I'm surprised it wasn't one of the ''parents''."
* [[Shout-Out]]: "[[The Wizard of Oz|I had the strangest dream]]...[[And You Were There|and you were there]]...and you...who are you people?"
* [[Shout-Out]]: "[[The Wizard of Oz|I had the strangest dream]]...[[And You Were There]]...and you...who are you people?"
** Willow has a Nerf Herder bumper sticker in the inside of the locker door. Nerf Herder is the band that made the opening theme for the show.
** Willow has a Nerf Herder bumper sticker in the inside of the locker door. Nerf Herder is the band that made the opening theme for the show.
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: Xander sees a shadow on the other side of one of a plastic tarp, and a knife-wielding clown busts through. Eep!
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: Xander sees a shadow on the other side of one of a plastic tarp, and a knife-wielding clown busts through. Eep!
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** Xander's humiliation in front of his classmates strikes a chord with Willow. "Everyone staring? I would ''hate'' to have everyone paying attention to me like that."
** Xander's humiliation in front of his classmates strikes a chord with Willow. "Everyone staring? I would ''hate'' to have everyone paying attention to me like that."
* [[Thousand-Yard Stare]]: The Scoobies journey to the quad to find Wendell, who is semi-catatonic from the morning's events.
* [[Thousand-Yard Stare]]: The Scoobies journey to the quad to find Wendell, who is semi-catatonic from the morning's events.
* [[Visit By Divorced Dad]]: Well, that didn't go as well as expected.
* [[Visit by Divorced Dad]]: Well, that didn't go as well as expected.
* [[Walk in Chime In]]: In the graveyard, Buffy and Billy spot an open grave. Billy wonders who died. "Nobody ''died''," sneers the Master, [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging against a tombstone]]. "What's the fun of burying someone if they're already dead?"
* [[Walk in Chime In]]: In the graveyard, Buffy and Billy spot an open grave. Billy wonders who died. "Nobody ''died''," sneers the Master, [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging against a tombstone]]. "What's the fun of burying someone if they're already dead?"
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]
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