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[[File:buffys3e6_7603.jpg|frame|Scarier than any vampire.]]

 

[indignant] "I'' don't act like this."''|'''Willow''' and '''Buffy'''}}

 

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] just before the credits. Buffy is recounting what we are meant to think are her anxieties about having no adults to lean on... only, she's actually talking about the SAT.

* [[Are You Sure You Can Drive This Thing?]]: Buffy drives to the Bronze even thought she failed her driving test, with Willow in the passenger's seat. Willow gets increasingly anxious, despite Buffy's relaxed-ness. They make it to the Bronze {{spoiler|which they discover is full of middle-aged people acting like teenagers due to cursed candy}}; then Buffy attempts to drive to Giles' house, which results in a crash.

* [[Bad Boss]] / [[Make an Example of Them]]: Trick accuses a worker of sampling the product, and [[Neck Snap|snaps his neck]]. Ethan cringes, and asks Trick how he knew. Trick, offhandedly, remarks, "[[How Did You Know? I Didn't.|I don't.]] Now I know no one else will."

* [[Blindfolded Vision]]: Giles tying a blindfold around Buffy to test her attack response in complete darkness.

* [[Brand X]]: Milkbars. They're cocorific!

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Angel asks if Buffy's being careful with the slaying. "Of course," she affirms, "Full of carefulness."

* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Snyder elects to stay behind in the hospital, "In case the babies, you know, uh... find their way back."

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]:

* [[Description Cut]]: Buffy whines that "us and the undead are the only people in Sunnydale working this late!" Cut to Mayor Wilkins thanking Mr. Trick for coming so late... well, "early," in his case.

** Joyce suggests that she and "Ripper" watch TV, and seductively says, "I know how to order pay-per-view." Giles wants to go out, and Joyce suggests the Bronze. Giles: "Not bloody likely. That place is dead." We cut to a hoppin' Bronze, where the crowd is entirely made up of seniors.

* [[Did They or Didn't They?]]: Later cleared up in "Earshot."

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Xander losing his train of thought as Willow's leg creeps up his shin.

'''Willow:''' Like an army. ...Except [[Dissimile|with music instead of bullets, and...usually no one dies]]. }}

* [[Divide and Conquer]]: Buffy realizes something's amiss because there are no vampires about. "Soup's on, but no one's grabbing a spoon."

* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]]: Giles steals a coat for Joyce and a hat for himself, but then a policeman points his gun at them, yelling "Hold it!"

* [[Drunken Song]]: Willow's doctor and two other men singing an a cappella rendition of "Louie, Louie."

* [[Eating the Eye Candy]] / [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Buffy stares enraptured at a [[Fan Service|naked-to-the-waist Angel]] doing Tai Chi. Oh Scott, you never had a chance.

* [[Eats Babies]]: Lurconis.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Cordy says that she had a philosophy book that was a year overdue, and Giles made her pay the huge fine. The book was perfect for starting conversations with college boys -- but that that was of course in [[Alternative Calendar|Year BX]]. ("Before Xander.") Aw.

* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: When Buffy tries to pull him and Joyce apart, "Ripper" gets insolent and pulls rank.

* [[Handy Cuffs]]: Buffy says they'll need something with which to tie Ethan up. Joyce further traumatizes her daughter as she shyly produces a pair of handcuffs.

* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: When Angel asks about Scott Buffy starts to say this, then figures it's smarter to pretend otherwise. After all, she and Angel are [[Just Friends]] now.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Lampshaded when Cordelia says she excels at standardized tests, which earns her looks from everybody else. "What? I can't have layers?"

* [[Important Haircut]]: In front of a mirror, Ripper tries to [[Messy Hair|muss up his hair]] (a tall order, considering Giles' haircut) while mumbling about getting a band together.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Giles gives Buffy a dodge ball, and tells her throw the ball at him. She lets the ball fly, and it hits the wall behind the checkout counter.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: No.2 pencil.

** Buffy ignites a gas line with one of the many torches that have been lit for the ritual feeding.

* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: Joyce and Giles tacitly agree on this regarding their teenage romance.

* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: Trick tells Buffy that normally he lets other people do his fighting, but "I just ''gotta'' see what ya got!"

* [[Literal Minded]]: Angel remarks on how late it is for visitors, and asks how Buffy got away. Buffy snarks that she "started a fire in the prison laundry room", which Angel takes at face value. But then, he ''did'' just spends centuries in Hell.

** Snyder orders the Scoobies to repaint a row of lockers that have "[[Kiss]] ROCKS" spray-painted on them. Willow wonders why anyone would want to kiss rocks, but then her brain catches up with her mouth.

** Snyder tells an aged female teacher that "the [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head|big pinhead librarian]] didn't show up" for class. He says he doesn't want to cover for him, and orders her to do it. She rolls her eyes, and as she leaves, he whines how people expect him to do everything just because he's the Principal.

** The teacher in question, Miss Barton, enters the classroom and gets the students' attention. She tells them to pretend to read until they're sure that "Commandant Snyder" is gone, and then "we're all ''outta'' here!"

'''Cordelia:''' Get in line. }}

** Joyce happily forking over her car keys. If this isn't a clear sign that something is off, then nothing is.

* [[Not So Dire]]: Buffy is sitting on a blanket next to a grave with Giles reading a passage that sounds like it could be demon lore. However, he then asks her which of three choices best describes the theme of the--

** And at the end of the episode, Buffy is apparently talking over last night's events with Giles.

'''Buffy:''' Mostly the math. }}

* [[Now or Never Kiss]]: Buffy tells Giles they're going to the sewers to take on the demon Lurconis. He responds by snogging Joyce.

* [[Oh Crap]]: The factory's deserted except for Ethan, who's on the phone with his back to Buffy. He tells whoever's on the other end that the town is "wide open." Buffy calls his name, and he turns around while still holding the receiver. "Might wanna hurry." Gulp.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Anthony Stewart Head speaks in his natural accent as Ripperized Giles, which incidentally makes him sound a lot like Spike, as James Marsters based Spike's accent on it.

* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: Buffy sharing [[Anxiety Dreams|a dream]] she had with Oz and Willow.

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Willow tells Buffy that Oz is the highest-scoring person not to graduate in Sunnydale High history. Yes, Buffy points out, we already know that he's the quintessential smart slacker, dear. Xander and Cordelia drop in, and Oz explains he's helping the girls with SAT prep.

'''Cordelia:''' --We know. We did the impressed thing already. }}

** When Snyder foists some band candy on the Scoobies, Buffy protests that they're not in the band. "And if I'd handed you a trombone," Snyder says icily, "that would have been a problem, Summers. ''It's candy. Sell it''." We then [[Jump Cut]] to the Summers kitchen:

'''Buffy:''' [eyeroll] And yet. }}

* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Xander sides with Buffy against the SATs, saying, "Personally, I think it, uh, discriminates against the uninformed."

* [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me]]: Back at the main drag, "Ripper" taunts a cop. "Copper's got a gun! You'll never use it though!" He flails his arms hilariously. We see that the cop has band candy in his pocket. "Will too!", he whines.

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