Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S5/E15 I Was Made to Love You

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Driver: What do you expect to find here in Sunnydale?
April: True love.

A Robot Girl is wandering around town looking for her maker.

First appearance of Warren.

Buffy: She devoted everything to making this one person happy. And then it was like, with him gone, there was just ... no reason for her to exist any more. [snip] I mean, look at me obsessing about being with someone. It's like ... I don't need a guy right now. I need me. I need to get comfortable being alone with Buffy.
Xander: Well, I'll say this, she's a pretty cool person to be alone with.
Buffy: (smiles) Thank you

Buffy: Maybe I could change. I could work harder. I could spend less time slaying, I could laugh at his jokes; I mean, men like that, right, the, the joke-laughing-at?
Xander: Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.

  • Buxom Is Better: April, obviously (she got self-proclaimed "breast girl" Willow's attention anyway).
  • Call Back: Warren attended Sunnydale High. When Buffy shows up at his door and asks "Do you know who I am?" he knows shit just got real.
  • Casual Kink: Averted; only Xander seems to appreciate the idea of a Sex Bot.
    • "She growls? You made her so she growls?"
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Warren returns as a Big Bad in Season 6.
  • Death Glare: Buffy running into Spike at the Bronze.

Spike: Oh dear. If looks could stake.

Anya: Xander got hypnotized by the strange girl. I am remaining calm, however.

  • Downer Ending: Buffy comes home to find her mother dead.
  • Everything's Better with Spinning: Buffy and Dawn make their mother spin around in her dress. Repeatedly.
  • Foreshadowing: Warren just appears an inconsiderate jerk until he sicks his malfunctioning robot onto Buffy, hinting at the amoral nature that leads to him crossing the Moral Event Horizon the following year.
    • Also, April's last words "Things are always darkest before..." is a nice nod to the upcoming season finale.
  • Friendship Moment: Between Xander and Buffy.
  • Hug and Comment: Xander gives his Beautiful All Along speech to Buffy which earns him a hug -- unfortunately Xander is strapped into a huge padded suit which makes him totally immobile, causing him to moan, "Great, today's the day you chose to hug me."
  • Hypocritical Humor: Anya commenting on April's Spock Speak.
  • Foe Yay: Glory finds Buffy has refused Ben's offer of a date.

She turned us down?

Buffy: Okay. We'll track down Warren tomorrow. Tonight I better go rescue Giles. He's been watching Dawn while my mom's out on her date, and I have a feeling there's only so much he can take.
Tara: Oh, Giles and Dawnie? I bet they ended up having a blast. *cut*
Giles: Dear god, Buffy, there's only so much I can take.

Warren: Uh, there's something you need to know about her.
Buffy: I know.
Warren: No, wait, this is important.
Buffy: Believe me, I, I worked it out.
Warren: No, this is something, uh, that you can't possibly know.
Buffy folds her arms and nods to him to continue. Zoom in dramatically on Warren taking a deep breath.
Warren: She's a robot.
Buffy: Uh-huh.

Giles: (softly) We are not your friends. We are not your way to Buffy. There is no way to Buffy."

TARA: She practically had 'Genuine Molded Plastic' stamped on her ass.
(Everyone gives her very odd looks)
TARA: Just ... tryin' a little spicy talk.

Joyce: Oh dear. I left my bra in his car.
Buffy: MOTHER!

    • Unfortunately, Jane Espenson notes in her commentary that the joke is ruined by Joyce wearing a strapless dress.
  • Trauma Swing
  • Waif Fu: Buffy is tired of getting beat up by strong girls who aren't her.
  • Window Pain: Fortunately Buffy now has a carpenter on hand, with the Xander Man.