Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E15 This Years Girl: Difference between revisions

* [[Black Helicopter]]: {{spoiler|Bringing the Watchers Council's wet-work team.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Xander electrocutes himself while examining the taser blaster. [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|Nobody takes any notice]].

* Chekhov's [[Catch Phrase]]: Five-by-five.

** (It's a radio communication slang for "loud and clear". [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|Now you know.]])

* [[The Chick]]

{{quote| '''Tara:''' You're like; 'cool monster fighter'.<br />

'''Tara:''' (worried) Oh. Face punching. I'm not so good with the whole-- (throws cat-paw punches at the air in front of her)<br />

'''Willow:''' [[Everyone Hates Mimes|Swimming?]] }}

* [[Cryptic Conversation]] / [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Faith's dreams.

* [[Dead Man Writing]]: The Mayor's [[Video Will]] for Faith.

* [[Description Cut]]: Buffy says that Faith will come after the people she loves. Cue Buffy's mother answering a knock on the door.

* [[Destination Defenestration]]: A variation - Faith throws open a glass door right in Buffy's path, making Buffy run through it.

* [[Does Not Like Guns]] / [[Bigger Stick]]: Buffy's character trait of a distaste of firearms is averted in this episode; she really wants the blaster fixed to take out "[[The Terminator]] without the bashful charms."

** The dream where Buffy and Faith make the bed is referenced in "Restless", and foretells {{spoiler|the arrival of Dawn.}}

** Dream!Buffy jumping into the grave and Faith crawling out.

** Xander telling Spike he wouldn't recognise Faith when he saw her.

** {{spoiler|Buffy: "Going for the boyfriend again? That's tired." Faith: "Just something to remember me by once I've moved on."}}

{{quote| '''Joyce:''' Were you planning to slit my throat any time soon?}}

* {{spoiler|[[Grand Theft Me]]: The devise the Mayor leaves for her enables Faith to swap bodies with Buffy.}}

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Faith does this on both Summers' women; unfortunately they're [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] types.

* [[Healing Factor]]: The doctors are dumbfounded that Faith could wake up at all, let alone walk out of the hospital after being immobile for months.

* [["Previously On..."]]: A long one thanks to all the arc elements that have to be referenced -- Faith, her coma, the Mayor, Adam, Riley, Riley loves Buffy, Walsh sets up Buffy, Walsh gets killed, Riley gets wounded, etc etc.

* [[Psycho Strings]]

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Averted with the Mayor gently shooing away a snake that's interrupted his picnic with Faith.

* [[Right Behind Me]]: Buffy is briefing the Scoobies, all set for [[Storming the Castle]] to [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|rescue Riley]] from whatever evil [[Mind Control]] the Initiative is performing on him, when Riley says behind her "Am I really worth all that?"