Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S6/E04 Flooded

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Jonathan, Warren and Andrew (Tucker's brother) band together to take over Sunnydale. Buffy finds out she's broke.

M'Fashnik: "[You] told me you were powerful men; commanding machines, magicks, the demon realms below."

Willow: Buffy, I know you're still getting back on your feet after...
Buffy: Lying flat on my back?

Buffy: Are you in the wrong line? (points) That's for deposits, (points) that's for withdrawals, and this one ... is for getting kicked in the face. (Buffy tries to kick the demon but her skirt is too tight) Stupid skirt. (Buffy gets Punched Across the Room).

  • Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: The whiteboard list of the Trio's evil plans.
  • British Stuffiness: Buffy asks Giles if he's miserable or just being really British.
  • Broke Episode
  • Butt Monkey: Jonathan is still the loser of the group, with Warren and Andrew conspiring to give him the lowest score even though his time-loop spell was most successful, and hailing him the leader when the M'Fashnik says he's going to kill their leader.
  • Call Back: Spike sits next to Buffy on the verandah and she jokes, "Why do you always turn up when I'm miserable?" referencing when he did the same at the end of "Fool for Love".
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Warren created the Buffybot in Season 5 "Intervention" and first met Buffy in "I Was Made to Love You". Jonathan has appeared as a minor character since Season 2 "Inca Mummy Girl" -- his Butt Monkey status rivals Xander, but without The Power of Friendship and sex with hot ex-demon chicks to compensate. He was last seen in "Superstar" where he also tried using magic as a quick route to fame and fortune. Tucker Wells was the villain in "The Prom", but the actor was unavailable, so the character of his brother Andrew was created.
  • Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: While Neck Lifting Jonathan, the demon threatens to kill him, then suck dry his bones and use them to beat Warren and Andrew to death.
  • Description Cut: Giles wonders who would be powerful enough to control a M'Fashnik demon. Cut to the demon in question roaring at the terrified Trio. Jonathan talks of their "clear, super-cool mission statement". Flashback Echo to Warren casually asking if they want to team up and take over Sunnydale.
  • Does Not Know Her Own Strength: Buffy hugging Giles.

Giles: "You're alive. You're here. And you're still ... (strained) ...remarkably strong."

"The magics I used are very powerful. I'm very powerful. And maybe it's not such a good idea for you to piss me off."

"That's a strange place for a horn...Oh...it's not a horn."

  • Grevious Harm with a Buffy: The M'Fashnik throws Buffy at the security guard so he can escape.
  • Held Gaze: A platonic love version this time, between Buffy and Giles when they first lay eyes on each other.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Warren wearing 3D glasses and playing a computer game.

"Andrew, you're such a geek."

Warren: (whispering) Here's the Slayer's address. Make it so.

(Demon leaves. Andrew and Jonathan look impressed)

Andrew: What are you, some kind of Jedi?

Warren: The Force can sometimes have great power on the weak-minded.

  • Limited Social Circle: When someone calls Buffy at the house, she wonders aloud, "Who's calling me? Everyone I know lives here."
  • Mook: Buffy calls the demon a mook when he breaks her designer lamp, though he's more of a Monster of the Week. One assumes she was using its original insulting definition.
    • He's a mercenary for the Trio, so it's not entirely inaccurate as a trope.
  • Noodle Incident: Andrew Wells trained flying demon monkeys to attack the school play.
  • Not So Dire: Buffy moves slowly through a Creepy Basement wielding a heavy spanner...to repair a leaky pipe.

Buffy: We meet at last, Mr. Drippy."

Dawn: I'm guessing on how you say it. It's got an apostrophe. I think it's "Mmm, Fashnik". Like "Mmm, cookies."

Jonathan: It's true, my friends. The way I see it, life is like an interstellar journey. Some people go into hypersleep and travel at sub-light speeds, only to get where they're going after years of struggle, toil and hard, hard work. We, on the other hand ...
Andrew: Blast through the space-time continuum in a wormhole?
Jonathan: Gentlemen... {{[[[Money to Burn]] lights cigar with flaming bill}}] CRIME is our wormhole!

  • There Was a Door: The Scoobies have clearly learnt to lock the front door this year. Unfortunately Buffy's debt would be less if they'd left it unlocked again.
  • Reliably Unreliable Guns: Buffy reprimands a security officer for using a gun on a demon, tosses it aside and winces at the subsequent discharge.
  • Rock Bottom: Buffy fixes the leaky pipe only for water to erupt from every other pipe in the basement. She just stands there getting soaked as Dawn shrieks and flees.

Buffy: "There. All better."

Demon: ENOUGH!

Giles: Well, I know I'm back in America now I've been knocked unconscious. (Tara hands him an ice-pack) Thank you.
Buffy: Aw. Poor Lumpy Giles.

"That's a designer lamp, you mook!"

  • You Are in Command Now: Unimpressed with these 'wizards', the M'Fashnik demands to know which one of them is the leader. Each member of the Trio points to himself. The demon says he will kill the leader. All point to each other. The M'Fashnik says he will kill all of them. Andrew and Warren drop to their knees and hail Jonathan as their leader.

Warren: Yes! Truly, Lord Jonathan is the wisest of us all.
Andrew: Uh, yeah, long live our noble lord and master.
Jonathan: You guys suck.

  • You Owe Me: After saving her bank manager from a rampaging demon, Buffy tries to pull this card to get a loan. It doesn't work, partly because the Trio stole the money while Buffy was fighting the demon.
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