Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S3/E04 Beauty and the Beasts
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Faith: All men are beasts, Buffy. |
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Buffy discovers the resurrected Angel, and, realizing he has been driven violently insane by his time in hell, chains him up within his mansion. Meanwhile, dead and mangled bodies once again begin showing up in Sunnydale High.
- All Abusers Are Male
- Bad Liar: Oz and Willow walk in on Xander and Giles having an agitated conversation.
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Giles: Right. (smiles stiffly) It's good to see you. Um, no need to panic. |
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- Bloody Handprint: Buffy realises Pete fled through a window thanks to this.
- Came Back Wrong: Angel. He gets better.
- Chair Reveal: Platt, the school counsellor. Later on Buffy comes in and starts blurting out her problems with Angel, only to eventually realise Platt hasn't turned to face her because he's dead.
- Comfort Food: Buffy eats jello.
- The Confidant: Unwilling to share her secret re Angel with the Scoobies, Buffy goes to confide in Platt as he appears to be quirky enough to listen. Unfortunately Pete has got there first.
- Cool Versus Awesome
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Werewolf vs The Incredible Hulk |
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- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Substitute Pete's Jekyll and Hyde formula for booze in the Dramatic Shattering scene.
- Don't Sneak Up On Me Like That: Happens with Xander, Angel and most notably Faith, who punches Buffy when she taps her shoulder (Faith had headphones on).
- Domestic Abuser: Pete.
- Double Entendre: Loads in the Buffy/Faith conversation about Scott.
- Dramatic Shattering: Pete with his bottles of formula.
- Dying As Yourself: Pete reverts back to his human self after Angel kills him.
- Friend to Psychos: Debbie tries to cover for her boyfriend Pete when he starts going through a Jekyll/Hyde situation. She's not very good at it, though.
- Game Face: Pete has one. Complete with bulged veins and Wolverine Claws instead of fingernails.
- Gone Horribly Right: Pete's formula was supposed to make him "super mas macho".
- Good Is Not Soft: Buffy forces Debbie to see what Pete is like, including physically making her look at her abused self in the mirror. It doesn't work, leading to I Think You Broke Her.
- Gory Discretion Shot: The first victim is shown lying on a morgue slab with his face turned to the side. Cordelia and Xander are severely grossed out, as opposed to Willow who is The Determinator gathering samples; when she's finished her task however she promptly faints on the spot.
- Harsher in Hindsight: After the way Buffy treats Spike in Season 6 "Dead Things".
- Is That What They're Calling It Now?
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Oz: Debbie. (Giles looks at him) Well, victim number one, Jeff. He was in jazz band with us. They used to horse around. |
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- I Think You Broke Him: A rare version that's not played for comedy.
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"She was broken before this." Nicely astute observation there Buff. |
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- Jaws First Person Perspective: The first victim.
- Madness Mantra: "He does love me. He does love me."
- Monster of the Aesop: Though the more Anvilicious aspects of the trope are averted by including the Oz/Willow and Angel/Buffy relationships as contrasts.
- Mugging the Monster: Pete attacking Oz just before he transforms. Bad idea.
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Oz: Time's up. Rules change. |
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- Music Soothes the Savage Beast: Well, literature in this case, specifically Call of the Wild, which Willow reads to Oz when he's transformed (as long as you don't mention rabbits).
- Our Werewolves Are Different: This episode marks the new look of Buffyverse werewolves from Man in Hairy Wolf-Head Suit to a more lupine/apelike style.
- Poor Communication Kills: Buffy lies to her friends about Angel's return -- more seriously, she maintains the lie in subsequent episodes long after she's assured this really is her One True Love and not some murderous killer in his form. This has near-fatal consequences in "Revelations", setting up her permanent rift with Faith later in the season.
- Psycho Psychologist: There's a lot of talk about how weird Platt is, so it seems we'll have a case of this trope, but Buffy finds she can actually relate to what he's saying.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Mr Platt. This being Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he doesn't last long.
- Red Herring: Oz and then Angel are set up as suspects before Pete's true nature is revealed.
- Remonstrating With a Gun: Xander points at Oz's cage with the tranquilizer rifle while talking about him. Willow gently takes the rifle away.
- Right Behind Me / Last-Second Word Swap: Oz is a cold-blooded...jelly donut?
- Right Through His Pants: Despite being Naked On Arrival and rather insane, Angel is wearing pants when Buffy finds him.
- Shirtless Scene: Oz and Angel.
- Shot in The Ass / Friend or Foe: Buffy accidentally shoots Giles in the backside with a Tranquillizer Dart.
- Sickly Green Glow: Pete's formula.
- The Speechless: Angel can only growl and snarl. Buffy realises there's still hope for Angel when he speaks her name.
- That Came Out Wrong: Willow puts up towels to give Oz some privacy when he transforms back into a human.
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Xander: No worries. I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle, like 'hands to flesh' handle. |
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- Trial Balloon Question: Buffy tells Giles she dreamed of Angel's return (as Buffy has had prophetic dreams he's not suspicious or dismissive) to find out whether there's any hope for Angel's recovery. Giles bringing up the subject of Jenny's death doesn't encourage her to come clean.
- Very Special Episode
- We Need a Distraction: Willow gets Werewolf!Oz off Faith by pulling his tail and running away!
- What the Hell, Hero?: Oz has this reaction when he learns Faith is going to watch over him while in lupine form, thinking a Slayer being on hand to stop him should something go wrong is a major overreaction.
- Why Did You Make Me Hit You?
- Year Inside, Hour Outside: The hell dimension where Angel was.