Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E02 Living Conditions
Buffy suspects her annoying roommate Kathy is a demon.
- Ax Crazy: Willow is talking to Giles on the phone.
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Giles, I-I just talked to Buffy and, yeah, I think she's feeling a little... insane. No, n-not bitchy crazy, more like homicidal maniac crazy. So I told her to come to you. Kay? |
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- Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill: Buffy sorting through Giles' mail.
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Boring... boring... bill... bill... What's with the motorbike and scooter magazine? You're not having one of those mid-life things, are you? 'Cause I'm still going 'ick' from the last time you tried to recapture your youth. |
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Kathy: (finding her book has gum underneath it) Ewww! Who left their gum here? |
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- Cassandra Truth
- Casual Kink: Xander realises Buffy has freed herself from the ropes.
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Xander: Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self respecting bachelor? |
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- Chekhov's Gunman: Buffy meets Parker ("The Harsh Light of Day"). Oz and Veruca notice each other in passing ("Wild at Heart").
- Death Glare
- Destination Defenestration: Well Buffy did prefer the window open.
- Dramatic Unmask: "I knew it! I knew it!"
- Everyone Hates Mimes
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Buffy: ...so then Kathy's like, 'It's share time.' And I'm like, 'Oh yeah? Share this!' (She punches at the air) |
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- Evil Eyeshadow: Buffy takes on her Wishverse look as she starts losing her soul.
- Eyedscreen
- Foreshadowing: Parker chatting up Kathy.
- Hypocritical Humor: Buffy talking about how easy going she is now Kathy is gone, only to Death Glare when Roommate!Willow starts eating her sandwich.
- Inescapable Net: Buffy goes round to see Giles, only for a net to fall from the ceiling and trap her so the Scoobies can tie her up.
- In the Hood
- Jabba Table Manners: To annoy Kathy, Buffy scoffs down a carton of milk until it starts flowing down her chin.
- The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: Buffy is describing her Nightmare Sequence.
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Buffy: So then after the scorpion, the demon opened my mouth and sucked some kind of weird light out of me. A-and the worst part? I wake up and there's Kathy, staring at me like I'm some kind of freak. |
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- Last-Second Word Swap: Willow does this thinking Buffy is about to blurt out to Kathy that she was attacked by a demon. It turns out Buffy has already come up with a mugger cover story (Willow's suggestion of a bear not being very plausible).
- Life Energy: Or Soul Sucking, in this case.
- Mixed Metaphor
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Kathy: Just log every [phone] call you make in here and that way when the bill comes it won't be a problem. I figure, 'Stitch in time...' |
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- Monster Roommate: Literally.
- Must Have Caffeine: Buffy's excuse for going Slaying in the middle of the night.
- Not Herself
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: The exposition scene swaps between Giles talking to the Scoobies and Kathy fighting/expositioning with Buffy.
- Passive Aggressive Combat
- Percussive Therapy: Buffy breaks a park bench while venting about Kathy. Oz agrees the bench looked shifty.
- Punctuated Pounding: Kathy is hitting Buffy across the face with the telephone handset.
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(Whap) All you had to do was (Whap) write (Whap) down (Whap) your (Whap) calls! |
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- Put Their Heads Together: Buffy does this to Xander and Oz.
- Power Hair: Another sign Buffy's Not Herself.
- Really 3000 Years Old: Kathy's demon dad turns up.
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Taparrich: There you are. Do you have any idea how much trouble you're in, young lady? |
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- Scary Scorpions: In Buffy's dream.
- Serious Business
- Slow Motion Drop: Kathy cutting her toenails! Kathy getting tomato juice on Buffy's sweater!
- Spell My Name with a "The": Xander describes Buffy as "The Buffinator".
- Stock Quotes: Xander and Oz are tying Buffy up.
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Xander: Buffy, this hurts me more than it hurts you. |
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- You Fight Like a Cow: Kathy vs. Buffy