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** Oz shows Xander instructions that Willow wrote out for them, noting the illustrations. Xander wonders which stick figure is which ("They both look kind of stick figure-y to me."), but Oz points out that he's the one with the guitar.

* [[Call Back]]: Mayor Wilkins, face-to-face with the Slayer at, compliments Buffy's beauty (Faith scowls; looks like she didn't appreciate that.) He goes on that Angel must have strange taste in women [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S3 E17 Enemies|not to have chosen Faith]].

* [[The Caper]]

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Faith's henchvamp is stunned by the courier's death. This wasn't on the to-do list.

'''Faith:''' What're you, the narrator? }}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Snyder's cracking down on drugs at the school. He harasses some kid, thinking he's got drugs in his bag, but it turns out to be just his lunch. Hmm, that's sensible. Let's see if Snyder can respond like a complete asshat; "Sit up straight." He's still got it!

*** This becomes a [[Brick Joke]] when Joyce tells Buffy not to leave the house wearing her earrings.

** The Mayor surveys his wrecked conference room -- most notably the box-shaped batch of oxygen on the table.

* [[Defiant to the End]]: Willow refuses to bend, even at knife point. "Oh, and here I thought you [[Lame Comeback|didn't have a good comeback]]."

* [[Deflector Shields]]: An invisible dome of magic protects the Mayor's box.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Buffy and Angel tell each other that the Mayor didn't know what he was talking about.

'''Buffy:''' [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head|Big, stupid...evil guy]]. }}

* [[Description Cut]]: Faith practically glows upon seeing her new knife. Wilkins tells her not to put anyone's eye out with it, "until I tell you to." Faith: "Any particular eyes in mind?" Cut to Buffy and Angel, fighting two vamps.

* [[Hammerspace]]: According to the Mayor, the Box of Gavrok "holds about fifty. ...''billion'' of these happy little critters."

* [[Hannibal Has a Point]]: The Mayor says he wishes Angel and Buffy the best, but he doesn't see a future for them together. Buffy tries to shut him up, but he won't be deterred.

* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Quoted by Faith when she catches Willow scanning the books.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Either that or the [[Ship Tease|closest we get]] to [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Billow]] in canon; Willow reveals she's not going to Oxford, but is going to stay in Sunnydale with Buffy, who hugs her so enthusiastically they fall on the grass together.

* [[Hostage for Macguffin]]: Wilkins giggles at how much of a cliché the clandestine scene is. "I feel like we should all be wearing [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat|trenchcoats!]]"

* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Wicca]]: Willow being held ransom in exchange for the Box.

** Ah, trusty No. 2 pencil. We meet again.

* [[Indy Ploy]]: Buffy reckons that if she stops the Mayor and captures Faith by graduation day, then Wesley and Giles can hold the fort while she's away at college. Giles sides with her and asks for her plan. She doesn't have one. Giles advises the first step is to find out what the Mayor is up to.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: Wesley plays to Buffy's earlier anxieties about remaining in Sunnydale to convince her to destroy the box. "''You're'' the one who said take the fight to the Mayor. [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame|You were right]]."

* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Wesley interrupts the planning session to remind everyone that the Mayor is, in fact, not an idiot and probably has some sort of magical barrier protecting his box. A deafening silence fills the room. "[[Smug Snake|Oh, we all forgot about that, did we?]]" Buffy briskly leaves that part to Willow, and [[Subverted Trope|everyone files out of the room]], leaving Wesley fuming.

** Double subverted -- Wesley argues they should take the time to plan the operation properly. They don't, and during [[The Caper]] Willow gets left behind when both teams assume she's with the other lot.

* [[Kirk Summation]]: Willow stalls, saying that she wants to talk to Faith. Faith thinks Willow wants to tell her it's not too late for her, but Willow says [[Subverted Trope|it's way too late]].

* [[Knife Nut]]: The knife given to Faith is part of a collection designed by world famous knifesmith Gil Hibben. It is called "The Jackal" and was released in 1999.

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: Buffy considers bursting her mom's bubble by telling her she can't leave Sunnydale, but decides to let her have her happy moment, simply saying that she wants to consider her options.

* [[Perverted Sniffing]]: Faith sniffs her new knife like a Cabana cigar.

* [[Post Mortem One Liner]]: The Mayor's henchvamp opens a car door for the man carrying the Box. The crook kicks the door shut, saying that the Mayor was supposed to be there himself. "I don't like surprises." On cue, an arrow pokes out of his chest. Tattoo Guy keels over, revealing Faith standing atop some airport structure.

* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Angel's patented spin kick sends a henchvamp flying across the conference room.

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: At episode's end, Wesley reckons they're right back where they started.

* [[Volleying Insults]]: Xander and Cordelia. Lampshaded by Buffy, who reminds them to breathe between insults.

* [[We Meet Again]]

* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Giles and Wesley peel out in the van, and the vamps, thinking Buffy and Angel are inside, give chase. Stupid vamps. Buffy and Angel, who took cover in the hedges, run off with the box.

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Buffy dusts some vamps, then starts to mope that she and Angel are in a rut. "You never take me anyplace new." Angel tries to tell her that the demon nest on the beach was a nice change of pace.

** Has an [[Ironic Echo]] in the Cordelia/Xander ex-relationship. Both sides are stuck in their [[Snark to Snark Combat]] with no idea of how to end it.

* [[Where Do You Think You Are?]]

'''Buffy:''' Okay, well, there are safer schools. THERE ARE SAFER PRISONS! I can't let you stay because of me. }}

* [[You Remind Me of X]] / [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Wilkins says that he married his wife in '03 and that he was with her to the end, which was "not a pretty picture." He suggests that the immortal Angel and the mortal Buffy will have the same problem.