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* [[Friend or Foe]]: Jenny shoots Giles with a crossbow while he's struggling with a vampire.
* [[Friend or Foe]]: Jenny shoots Giles with a crossbow while he's struggling with a vampire.
* [[Frying Pan of Doom]]: How Buffy takes down Ted, which is [[Laser-Guided Karma]] given his oft-praised cooking.
* [[Frying Pan of Doom]]: How Buffy takes down Ted, which is [[Laser-Guided Karma]] given his oft-praised cooking.
* [[Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul]]: The result of Ted's cooking.
* [[Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul]]: The result of Ted's cooking.
* [[How Did You Know? I Didn't.]]
* [[How Did You Know? I Didn't.]]
* [[How Unscientific]]: The series brings in sci-fi elements, but without much comment from the characters. Arguable this was already done in "I Robot, You Jane" but that also involved a demon. Continuity is maintained however in that we see [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] in later seasons as well.
* [[How Unscientific]]: The series brings in sci-fi elements, but without much comment from the characters. Arguable this was already done in "I Robot, You Jane" but that also involved a demon. Continuity is maintained however in that we see [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] in later seasons as well.
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* [[Not Even Human]]
* [[Not Even Human]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: No one except Buffy suspects Ted's motives, and while at first it just seems like she's upset about her mother getting a boyfriend, {{spoiler|it turns out that Ted laces his cooking with drugs to prevent people from catching on to his scheme.}}
* [[Only Sane Man]]: No one except Buffy suspects Ted's motives, and while at first it just seems like she's upset about her mother getting a boyfriend, {{spoiler|it turns out that Ted laces his cooking with drugs to prevent people from catching on to his scheme.}}
* [[Parent With New Paramour]]: A very, very dark take on this trope.
* [[Parent with New Paramour]]: A very, very dark take on this trope.
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: [[Gory Discretion Shot|Although we don't see them]], the (literal) skeletons Xander finds in the closet.
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]: [[Gory Discretion Shot|Although we don't see them]], the (literal) skeletons Xander finds in the closet.
* [[Percussive Therapy]]: Buffy says she's OK about her mother taking up with a new man. [[Gilligan Cut]] to a shocked Giles watching Buffy beating the crap out of a vampire with a dustbin lid.
* [[Percussive Therapy]]: Buffy says she's OK about her mother taking up with a new man. [[Gilligan Cut]] to a shocked Giles watching Buffy beating the crap out of a vampire with a dustbin lid.
{{quote| '''Giles:''' It, it's, it's staking time, really. Don't you think?}}
{{quote| '''Giles:''' It, it's, it's staking time, really. Don't you think?}}
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* [[Secret Relationship]]: Cordelia overreacts to Xander [[Something He Would Never Say|giving her a compliment]], because they want to keep their affair secret and the Scoobies will be tipped off if they stop snarking at each other.
* [[Secret Relationship]]: Cordelia overreacts to Xander [[Something He Would Never Say|giving her a compliment]], because they want to keep their affair secret and the Scoobies will be tipped off if they stop snarking at each other.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[The Stepford Wives]]'' (or perhaps one of the [[B-Movie]] sequels ''The Stepford Husbands'').
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[The Stepford Wives]]'' (or perhaps one of the [[B-Movie]] sequels ''The Stepford Husbands'').
* [[Sorry to Interrupt]] / [[Book Ends]]: At the start of the episode Buffy walks in on her mother kissing Ted. At the end of the episode, Buffy walks in on [[Sealed With a Kiss|Giles and Jenny kissing]].
* [[Sorry to Interrupt]] / [[Book Ends]]: At the start of the episode Buffy walks in on her mother kissing Ted. At the end of the episode, Buffy walks in on [[Sealed with a Kiss|Giles and Jenny kissing]].
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Okay! That's it! I give up! Do I have to sound an air horn every time I walk into a room? What is it with grown-ups these days?}}
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Okay! That's it! I give up! Do I have to sound an air horn every time I walk into a room? What is it with grown-ups these days?}}
* [[Squee]]: Willow's reaction to Ted saying he can get her a free computer upgrade.
* [[Squee]]: Willow's reaction to Ted saying he can get her a free computer upgrade.
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