Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E19 New Moon Rising: Difference between revisions

* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Oz

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Riley is busted out of his cell were he's awaiting court martial.

* [[Colonel Badass]]: Colonel McNamara

* [[Coming Out Story]]: Although there's a [[Fantastic Aesop]] twist in that many of the standard plot points are applied to Oz (as a werewolf) rather than Willow (as a "coming out" lesbian).

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: One of the hairy hell-hound-like demons that appear during this episode will show up again in "Primeval".

* [[Double Aesop]]: Buffy doesn't understand Riley's alarm at the idea of Willow dating someone who turns into a monster at the full moon. Then she gets thrown by the idea of Willow dating another girl.

* [[Dramatic Stutter]]: Tara does this a lot as she faces the prospect of losing her girlfriend. It becomes a problem when Riley darts Oz and Tara can't coherently explain who he is before they drag him away.

* [[Enemy Mine]]

'''Adam:''' Because I am going to help you with yours. }}

* [[Exact Words]]: Willow confirms to Oz that she isn't seeing another guy.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Buffy wears the Green Leather Pants Of Relationship Issues.

* [[Hollywood Hacking]]: Subverted; Adam is actually doing all the work for them.

* [[Human Shield]]: Buffy holds a crossbow to Colonel McNamara's head.

'''Xander:''' You'll...bore him to death with free prose? }}

* [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Tara, though it has [[Shrinking Violet|more to do with her lack of self-confidence]].

* [[I'll Kill You!]]

'''Riley:''' No sir, I'm an [[Ironic Echo|anarchist]]. }}

* [[Layman's Terms]] / [[Rule of Three]]: Willow translating Scooby Speak for Tara. When Buffy says her "kill-count is way down", that means that there's less bad-guy activity. When that happens, it means something extra evil is brewing. And when Riley says the Initiative has demons coming out of their ears, that's a metaphor.

'''Willow:''' I'm overhelping, aren't I? }}

* [[Love Confession]]: Tara thinks that Willow has decided to go back to Oz.

'''Willow:''' (smiles) I am. }}

'''Adam:''' Parts of me. }}

* [[Modesty Bedsheet]]: Averted by having Buffy [[Sexy Shirt Switch|wear Riley's shirt]] in bed.

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: Tara actually does this to herself; upset that Willow's ex has turned up she leaves the Scooby meeting, telling her "You need to be with your friends."

* [[No Time to Explain]]: Buffy is breaking Riley out of the brig.

'''Buffy:''' Talk later. Stealthy escape now. }}

'''Willow:''' Are you freaked? }}

* [[Oblivious Mockery]]: Riley starts talking about how Willow seems too smart to be into dangerous guys, and how weird it is a girl would date someone who might eat her -- Post-Bangel Buffy does not respond well.

* [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]: Played straight when Buffy wakes up wearing Riley's shirt, then used as a plot point when Oz [[Berserk Button|realises Tara is Willow's lover]] when he sees her wearing Willow's sweater.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Averted. Even if there are [[No Bisexuals]] in the Whedonverse, Willow makes it clear she will always love Oz.

* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Oz being experimented on by the Initiative scientists.

* [[Super Senses]]: Oz still has his wolf nose, mistaking Tara for Willow when she walks up behind him because she has Willow's scent on her.

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The Scoobies are referred to as "[[You Rebel Scum|anarchists]]" and "a band of freaks" by McNamara.

* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Buffy drops a stake when walking past a guard, then knees him when he bends down to pick it up for her.

* [[Your Door Was Open]]: Played straight when Spike enters Giles' house, and subverted when he pretends the door to the Initiative base is unlocked (actually Adam has opened it electronically).

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