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* [[All Trolls Are Different]]
* [[All Trolls Are Different]]
* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Buffy is sitting on her bed, reading a magazine.
* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Buffy is sitting on her bed, reading a magazine.
{{quote| '''Dawn:''' What are you doing?<br />
{{quote|'''Dawn:''' What are you doing?
'''Buffy:''' Playing soccer. }}
'''Buffy:''' Playing soccer. }}
* [[Baddie Flattery]]: Olaf to Xander
* [[Baddie Flattery]]: Olaf to Xander
{{quote| YOU FIGHT WELL, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE A TINY MAN!}}
{{quote|YOU FIGHT WELL, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE A TINY MAN!}}
* [[Battle Discretion Shot]]: We never see how Buffy beats Olaf.
* [[Battle Discretion Shot]]: We never see how Buffy beats Olaf.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Also a [[Tender Tears|Buffy Burst Into Tears Button]] -- any suggestion that Xander and Anya might break up like Buffy and Riley did.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Also a [[Tender Tears|Buffy Burst Into Tears Button]] -- any suggestion that Xander and Anya might break up like Buffy and Riley did.
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* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Anya is driving Giles' BMW without having learnt to drive.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Anya is driving Giles' BMW without having learnt to drive.
* [[Eats Babies]]: Olaf, apparently.
* [[Eats Babies]]: Olaf, apparently.
{{quote| '''Olaf:''' YOU THERE! DO YOU KNOW WHERE THERE ARE BABIES?<br />
{{quote|'''Olaf:''' YOU THERE! DO YOU KNOW WHERE THERE ARE BABIES?
'''Spike:''' (To Xander) What do you think, the hospital? }}
'''Spike:''' (To Xander) What do you think, the hospital? }}
* [[Exact Eaves Dropping]]: Dawn overhears Giles, Buffy and Joyce talking about the Key, and that it has something to do with her.
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Dawn overhears Giles, Buffy and Joyce talking about the Key, and that it has something to do with her.
* [[Get Thee to A Nunnery]]: For a moment it appears Buffy is coping with her man problems this way, then she appears and stakes a vampire who's about to eat the young blonde-haired nun. After staking the vampire...
* [[Get Thee to a Nunnery]]: For a moment it appears Buffy is coping with her man problems this way, then she appears and stakes a vampire who's about to eat the young blonde-haired nun. After staking the vampire...
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' So, um, a-about being a nun... ''(They begin to walk along together)'' You know, um, with the whole ... abjuring the company of men ... you know, how's that working for you? The... abjuring. }}
{{quote|'''Buffy:''' So, um, a-about being a nun... ''(They begin to walk along together)'' You know, um, with the whole ... abjuring the company of men ... you know, how's that working for you? The... abjuring. }}
* [[Friend Versus Lover]]
* [[Friend Versus Lover]]
{{quote| '''Anya:''' You [Willow] have known him [Xander] since you were squealing infants together. You will always know him better than I do! }}
{{quote|'''Anya:''' You [Willow] have known him [Xander] since you were squealing infants together. You will always know him better than I do! }}
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: There's a convent out there somewhere.
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: There's a convent out there somewhere.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Buffy
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Buffy
* [[The Hedonist]]
* [[The Hedonist]]
{{quote| '''Olaf:''' [[Your Cheating Heart|IT WAS ONLY ONE WENCH]]. I HAD HAD A [[The Alcoholic|GREAT DEAL OF MEAD]]. NEXT THING I KNOW, [[Disproportionate Retribution|I'M A TROLL!]] OH, YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS ANYANKA!<br />
{{quote|'''Olaf:''' [[Your Cheating Heart|IT WAS ONLY ONE WENCH]]. I HAD HAD A [[The Alcoholic|GREAT DEAL OF MEAD]]. NEXT THING I KNOW, [[Disproportionate Retribution|I'M A TROLL!]] OH, YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS ANYANKA!<br />
'''Xander:''' But you seem to enjoy the -- the being a troll.<br />
'''Xander:''' But you seem to enjoy the -- the being a troll.<br />
'''Olaf:''' (shrugs) I ADJUSTED! }}
'''Olaf:''' (shrugs) I ADJUSTED! }}
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Xander becomes the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Xander becomes the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]
{{quote| '''Giles:''' Um, Anya, while, while I completely trust you uh, uh, to take care of the inventory and the money, um ... dealing with people requires a certain, uh ... finesse.<br />
{{quote|'''Giles:''' Um, Anya, while, while I completely trust you uh, uh, to take care of the inventory and the money, um ... dealing with people requires a certain, uh ... finesse.
'''Anya:''' I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom! I can completely lie to the health inspector. I can, you know, distract him with coy smiles, and, and bribe him with money and goods. }}
'''Anya:''' I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom! I can completely lie to the health inspector. I can, you know, distract him with coy smiles, and, and bribe him with money and goods. }}
** Willow is using the Magic Shop supplies to do a spell, so Anya accuses her of stealing
** Willow is using the Magic Shop supplies to do a spell, so Anya accuses her of stealing
{{quote| I'm not stealing. I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... (pauses) [[Insane Troll Logic|In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?]]}}
{{quote|I'm not stealing. I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... (pauses) [[Insane Troll Logic|In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?]]}}
* [[Large Ham]]: ALL OF OLAF'S LINES WERE WRITTEN IN CAPS.
* [[Large Ham]]: ALL OF OLAF'S LINES WERE WRITTEN IN CAPS.
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Olaf demands [[Eats Babies|babies to eat]]. Spike turns to Xander and asks, "What do you think, the hospital?"
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Olaf demands [[Eats Babies|babies to eat]]. Spike turns to Xander and asks, "What do you think, the hospital?"
* [[Nerdgasm]]: Giles is going on about the Watcher's Council library.
* [[Nerdgasm]]: Giles is going on about the Watcher's Council library.
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Don't talk about the books again. You get all ... and sometimes there's drool. }}
{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Don't talk about the books again. You get all ... and sometimes there's drool. }}
* [[No Bisexuals]]: Anya thinks Willow might put the moves on Xander like she did when he was seeing Cordelia.
* [[No Bisexuals]]: Anya thinks Willow might put the moves on Xander like she did when he was seeing Cordelia.
{{quote| '''Willow:''' Well, hello, gay now. }}
{{quote|'''Willow:''' Well, hello, gay now. }}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Whatever fishbowl balancing act Willow did that got her banned from owning fish for five years.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Whatever fishbowl balancing act Willow did that got her banned from owning fish for five years.
* [[Now You Tell Me]]: Anya tells Buffy that Olaf's power is in his hammer -- after Olaf loses it, Buffy rushes in to finish him off only to get [[Punched Across the Room]].
* [[Now You Tell Me]]: Anya tells Buffy that Olaf's power is in his hammer -- after Olaf loses it, Buffy rushes in to finish him off only to get [[Punched Across the Room]].
{{quote| '''Anya:''' Oh, yeah! I forgot he still has all that troll strength. }}
{{quote|'''Anya:''' Oh, yeah! I forgot he still has all that troll strength. }}
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Hoping to impress Buffy, Spike gives first aid to injured people at the Bronze without feeding from them. Buffy is incredulous that he "wants credit for not feeding on disaster victims" and storms off, causing Spike to exclaim, "[[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|What does it take?]]"
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Hoping to impress Buffy, Spike gives first aid to injured people at the Bronze without feeding from them. Buffy is incredulous that he "wants credit for not feeding on disaster victims" and storms off, causing Spike to exclaim, "[[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|What does it take?]]"
* [[Power Floats]]: Willow doing a spell.
* [[Power Floats]]: Willow doing a spell.
{{quote| '''Anya:''' Hey! Don't float the merchandise!}}
{{quote|'''Anya:''' Hey! Don't float the merchandise!}}
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Their love! Will last! Forever!}}
{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Their love! Will last! Forever!}}
* [[Retroactive Wish]]: A [[Call Back]] to "Something Blue" when everything Willow said came true.
* [[Retroactive Wish]]: A [[Call Back]] to "Something Blue" when everything Willow said came true.
{{quote| '''Willow:''' I wish Buffy were here.<br />
{{quote|'''Willow:''' I wish Buffy were here.
'''Buffy:''' I'm here!<br />
'''Buffy:''' I'm here!
'''Willow:''' I wish I had a million dollars! Just checking... }}
'''Willow:''' I wish I had a million dollars! Just checking... }}
* [[Running Gag]]: The [[Alternate Universe]] without shrimp is mentioned again.
* [[Running Gag]]: The [[Alternate Universe]] without shrimp is mentioned again.
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Olaf demands Xander choose which woman to spare -- his girlfriend or best friend. Xander refuses on the grounds that it's [[Insane Troll Logic]].
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Olaf demands Xander choose which woman to spare -- his girlfriend or best friend. Xander refuses on the grounds that it's [[Insane Troll Logic]].
* [[Security Cling]]: Anya and Willow facing Olaf.
* [[Security Cling]]: Anya and Willow facing Olaf.
* [[Screw This I'm Outta Here]]: Xander and Tara beat a retreat rather than get caught up in Willow and Anya's squabbling.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Xander and Tara beat a retreat rather than get caught up in Willow and Anya's squabbling.
* [[Stealth Insult]]: Willow tells Anya to annoy Olaf to distract him from Buffy.
* [[Stealth Insult]]: Willow tells Anya to annoy Olaf to distract him from Buffy.
{{quote| '''Willow:''' Anya, I have faith in you. There is no one you cannot piss off. }}
{{quote|'''Willow:''' Anya, I have faith in you. There is no one you cannot piss off. }}
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]
{{quote| '''Anya:''' He probably got sent to the Land of the Trolls. He'll like it there. Full of trolls.}}
{{quote|'''Anya:''' He probably got sent to the Land of the Trolls. He'll like it there. Full of trolls.}}
* [[Trash the Set]]: The Bronze and the Magic Shop.
* [[Trash the Set]]: The Bronze and the Magic Shop.
* [[Trick Dialogue]]: Spike (holding a [[Everythings Better With Chocolate|gift-wrapped box of chocolates]]) appears to be apologizing to Buffy for his part in the Riley affair. [[Reveal Shot|It turns out]] he's rehearsing his lines with the [[Surrogate Soliloquy|shop dummy he'd dressed up as Buffy]]. Eventually Spike loses his temper over Buffy's imaginary rejection and hits the dummy over the head with the box, only to calmly put things back in order and start again.
* [[Trick Dialogue]]: Spike (holding a [[Everything's Better with Chocolate|gift-wrapped box of chocolates]]) appears to be apologizing to Buffy for his part in the Riley affair. [[Reveal Shot|It turns out]] he's rehearsing his lines with the [[Surrogate Soliloquy|shop dummy he'd dressed up as Buffy]]. Eventually Spike loses his temper over Buffy's imaginary rejection and hits the dummy over the head with the box, only to calmly put things back in order and start again.
* [[Villain Has A Point]]: Olaf's "condition" is the reason Anya is a Vengeance Demon - the man cheated on her ''once'' and he claims he was drunk at the time. Regardless, turning him into an ugly brute and then sending him to an interdimensional jail for ''centuries'', well, you can hardly blame the guy for being angry at her.
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Anya being irritating.
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Anya being irritating.
{{quote| '''Anya:''' Your menacing stance is merely mildly alarming and your roar is less than full-throated!<br />
{{quote|'''Anya:''' Your menacing stance is merely mildly alarming and your roar is less than full-throated!
'''Olaf:''' DESIST! MY GOD, WOMAN, IT'S BEEN A THOUSAND YEARS AND YOU ARE YET AS AGGRAVATING AND EMASCULATING AS EVER YOU WERE! }}
'''Olaf:''' DESIST! MY GOD, WOMAN, IT'S BEEN A THOUSAND YEARS AND YOU ARE YET AS AGGRAVATING AND EMASCULATING AS EVER YOU WERE! }}
* [[Wire Dilemma]] / [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]: Used as a metaphor by Anya.
* [[Wire Dilemma]] / [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]: Used as a metaphor by Anya.
{{quote| '''Anya:''' Xander? If you ever decide to go, I want a warning. You know, big flashing red lights, and-and-and one of those clocks that counts down like a bomb in a movie? And there's a whole bunch of, of colored wires, and I'm not sure which is the right one to cut, but I guess the green one, and then at the last second "No! The red one!" and then click, it stops with three-tenths of a second left, but then you don't leave. Like that, okay?<br />
{{quote|'''Anya:''' Xander? If you ever decide to go, I want a warning. You know, big flashing red lights, and-and-and one of those clocks that counts down like a bomb in a movie? And there's a whole bunch of, of colored wires, and I'm not sure which is the right one to cut, but I guess the green one, and then at the last second "No! The red one!" and then click, it stops with three-tenths of a second left, but then you don't leave. Like that, okay?
'''Xander:''' Check. Big bomb clock. }}
'''Xander:''' Check. Big bomb clock. }}
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Olaf turns out to be Anya's ex, whom she turned into a troll after he cheated on her, thereby getting her job as a vengeance demon. The full story is shown in Season 7's "Selfless".
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Olaf turns out to be Anya's ex, whom she turned into a troll after he cheated on her, thereby getting her job as a vengeance demon. The full story is shown in Season 7's "Selfless".


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Latest revision as of 22:49, 8 March 2023


YOU CANNOT APPEASE ME! DO NOT TRY!

Willow and Anya are fighting over Xander's affection. They accidentally summon a troll.

Dawn: What are you doing?
Buffy: Playing soccer.

YOU FIGHT WELL, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE A TINY MAN!

Olaf: YOU THERE! DO YOU KNOW WHERE THERE ARE BABIES?
Spike: (To Xander) What do you think, the hospital?

  • Exact Eavesdropping: Dawn overhears Giles, Buffy and Joyce talking about the Key, and that it has something to do with her.
  • Get Thee to a Nunnery: For a moment it appears Buffy is coping with her man problems this way, then she appears and stakes a vampire who's about to eat the young blonde-haired nun. After staking the vampire...

Buffy: So, um, a-about being a nun... (They begin to walk along together) You know, um, with the whole ... abjuring the company of men ... you know, how's that working for you? The... abjuring.

Anya: You [Willow] have known him [Xander] since you were squealing infants together. You will always know him better than I do!

Olaf: IT WAS ONLY ONE WENCH. I HAD HAD A GREAT DEAL OF MEAD. NEXT THING I KNOW, I'M A TROLL! OH, YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS ANYANKA!

Xander: But you seem to enjoy the -- the being a troll.

Olaf: (shrugs) I ADJUSTED!

Giles: Um, Anya, while, while I completely trust you uh, uh, to take care of the inventory and the money, um ... dealing with people requires a certain, uh ... finesse.
Anya: I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom! I can completely lie to the health inspector. I can, you know, distract him with coy smiles, and, and bribe him with money and goods.

    • Willow is using the Magic Shop supplies to do a spell, so Anya accuses her of stealing

I'm not stealing. I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... (pauses) In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

  • Large Ham: ALL OF OLAF'S LINES WERE WRITTEN IN CAPS.
  • Moral Dissonance: Olaf demands babies to eat. Spike turns to Xander and asks, "What do you think, the hospital?"
  • Nerdgasm: Giles is going on about the Watcher's Council library.

Buffy: Don't talk about the books again. You get all ... and sometimes there's drool.

  • No Bisexuals: Anya thinks Willow might put the moves on Xander like she did when he was seeing Cordelia.

Willow: Well, hello, gay now.

  • Noodle Incident: Whatever fishbowl balancing act Willow did that got her banned from owning fish for five years.
  • Now You Tell Me: Anya tells Buffy that Olaf's power is in his hammer -- after Olaf loses it, Buffy rushes in to finish him off only to get Punched Across the Room.

Anya: Oh, yeah! I forgot he still has all that troll strength.

  • Pet the Dog: Hoping to impress Buffy, Spike gives first aid to injured people at the Bronze without feeding from them. Buffy is incredulous that he "wants credit for not feeding on disaster victims" and storms off, causing Spike to exclaim, "What does it take?"
  • Power Floats: Willow doing a spell.

Anya: Hey! Don't float the merchandise!

Buffy: Their love! Will last! Forever!

Willow: I wish Buffy were here.
Buffy: I'm here!
Willow: I wish I had a million dollars! Just checking...

Willow: Anya, I have faith in you. There is no one you cannot piss off.

Anya: He probably got sent to the Land of the Trolls. He'll like it there. Full of trolls.

  • Trash the Set: The Bronze and the Magic Shop.
  • Trick Dialogue: Spike (holding a gift-wrapped box of chocolates) appears to be apologizing to Buffy for his part in the Riley affair. It turns out he's rehearsing his lines with the shop dummy he'd dressed up as Buffy. Eventually Spike loses his temper over Buffy's imaginary rejection and hits the dummy over the head with the box, only to calmly put things back in order and start again.
  • Villain Has A Point: Olaf's "condition" is the reason Anya is a Vengeance Demon - the man cheated on her once and he claims he was drunk at the time. Regardless, turning him into an ugly brute and then sending him to an interdimensional jail for centuries, well, you can hardly blame the guy for being angry at her.
  • We Need a Distraction: Anya being irritating.

Anya: Your menacing stance is merely mildly alarming and your roar is less than full-throated!
Olaf: DESIST! MY GOD, WOMAN, IT'S BEEN A THOUSAND YEARS AND YOU ARE YET AS AGGRAVATING AND EMASCULATING AS EVER YOU WERE!

Anya: Xander? If you ever decide to go, I want a warning. You know, big flashing red lights, and-and-and one of those clocks that counts down like a bomb in a movie? And there's a whole bunch of, of colored wires, and I'm not sure which is the right one to cut, but I guess the green one, and then at the last second "No! The red one!" and then click, it stops with three-tenths of a second left, but then you don't leave. Like that, okay?
Xander: Check. Big bomb clock.

  • Woman Scorned: Olaf turns out to be Anya's ex, whom she turned into a troll after he cheated on her, thereby getting her job as a vengeance demon. The full story is shown in Season 7's "Selfless".
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