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Dawn sneaks out on Halloween night with her friend and a couple of boys. Xander and Anya announce their engagement. Tara starts criticizing Willow's use of magic.
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* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Buffy shows where her mind is at re Spike.
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'''Buffy:''' ''(startled)'' What?
'''Spike:''' Me...you...''(Buffy's eyes widen)'' Patrolling. Hello? }}
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Dawn the Delinquent.
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* [[Bait and Switch]]: {{spoiler|The creepy old guy appears to be the [[Monster of the Week]]. Instead he's the first victim of the boys Janice and Dawn are with, who are actually vampires.}}
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Janice
* [[Beauty and The Beast]]: {{spoiler|Justin and Dawn are quite taken by each other.}}
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* [[Car Fu]]: Buffy kills a vampire by decapitating him with a car door.
* [[Call Back]]: Buffy is reluctant to go down to the Magic Shop's basement for fear she'll be caught in another [[Groundhog Day Loop]] as per "Life Serial".
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* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Anya dresses up as an [[Charlie's Angels|angel called a Charlie]].
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** Xander watches Anya doing the [[Happy Dance]] with Dawn.
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'''Buffy:''' What?! She's fifteen and my sister, so don't ev-- (gets it) Oh. }}
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Willow is cursing (not that way) a customer dressed as [[Wicked Witch]].
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'''Dawn:''' Hey. Don't stop the invective on account of me. }}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Buffy is clearly playing with the thought that she might "misbehave" with Spike.
* [[The Easy Way or the Hard Way]]: A vampire is holding Dawn by the throat. Giles, who has already staked one vamp tonight, moves menacingly towards him.
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{{spoiler|''Car headlights turn on; a gang of teen vampires get out of several parked cars, surrounding Giles)''}}
{{spoiler|'''Justin:'''}} What were my choices again? }}
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** Buffy looks worried when she finds out Xander is going to marry Anya. "Giles, we have to do something!" Cut to them throwing Xander a party.
* [[Disappointed in You]]: Lampshaded and subverted.
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'''Dawn''': This the part where you tell me you're "not angry, just disappointed"?
'''Giles''': Pretty much. Except for the bit about not being angry. }}
* [[Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]
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'''Xander:''' (hoarsely) Me. Choking... }}
* [[Evil Is Petty]]: Spike nicking burba weed from the Magic Box. {{spoiler|Vampire teens let down car tires, throw eggs against walls and kick off mailboxes.}}
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* [[First Kiss]]: Dawn shares her first kiss with Justin. From her reaction, he figures out that it was her first. She tries to deny, before admitting that it was her first, and babbling about how bad it must have been for him. Justin replies by [["Shut Up" Kiss|kissing her again]]. {{spoiler|Sadly, he's actually a vampire, and becomes her first staking}}.
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]
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'''Giles:''' We all know how splendidly that turned out for Mickey. (gives Willow a broom and dustpan)
'''Willow:''' I think I'm a little more adept than a cartoon mouse.
'''Tara:''' And you have more fingers, which is good, 'cause there's no need to wear those big [[White Gloves]] to overcompensate. }}
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Giles
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
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** And later:
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'''Tara''': [[Lipstick Lesbian|Not really one for the timber.]] }}
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Dawn's friend Janice didn't want her and her friends to go into the creepy old man's house. Sure enough...
* [[Glasses Pull]]: Xander/Anya start snogging passionately to celebrate their engagement. Giles promptly removes his glasses.
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'''Giles:''' Tell no one. }}
* [[Groin Attack]]: Dawn punches a vamp in the groin when he says how special she is...[[Sibling Rivalry|being the Slayer's sister]].
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* [[Happy Dance]]: Anya's "Dance of Capitalist Superiority".
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Its [[Joan of Arcadia|Joan!]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Willow snarks over a shopper's stereotypical [[Wicked Witch]] costume, then coos over a cute kid in the same outfit. {{spoiler|Buffy complains about Dawn [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Dawn stakes a vampire with a pencil.
** It may have been the crossbow bolt Spike discharged in the air.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Literally!
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* [[Ironic Echo]]
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]
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{{spoiler|'''Dawn:''' I didn't know he was dead!"}}
{{spoiler|'''Justin:''' ''Living'' dead.}} }}
* [[Large Ham]]: Pirate!Xander. Ahargh!
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] / [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Willow uses a spell to wipe Tara's memory of their argument.
* [[Make-Out Point]]: Even vampire teens have them.
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* [[Money to Throw Away]]: Anya is so happy that Xander has finally announced their engagement she tosses Dawn a bundle of money.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Tara complains about Willow's use of magic for everyday purposes.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Xander after the responsibility of married life begins to sink in.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Giles is trying to avoid this trope, realising that Buffy isn't.
▲* [[Post Mortem One Liner]]: Subverted -- a vampire rushes at Buffy shouting, "Die, Slayer!" Buffy casually stakes him and goes, "Mm-hmm."
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]
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* [[Pretender Diss]]
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'''Teen Vampire:''' Me and mine don't follow rules. We're rebels!
'''Spike:''' No, I'm a rebel. You're an idiot. }}
* [[Shout-Out]]: "Pumpkins -- very dangerous. You go first" riffs on John Rhys Davies line about asps in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. Willow sees a couple dressed as [[Star Wars|Luke and Leia]] doing the [[Mating Dance]] and asks, "Don't they know they're [[Incest Subtext|brother and sister?]]" The ''[[Fantasia]]'' reference is to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" where Mickey Mouse spells a broom to do the cleaning for him, only to make an even worse mess.
* [[Slumber Party Ploy]]: Dawn is "sleeping over at Janice's" (and vice versa). Afterwards the Scoobies gripe about falling for such an old ploy, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S2
* [[Stab the Salad]]: The creepy-looking man is wielding a knife and talking about how he's going to give Dawn and her friends "something special" for Halloween. Turns out it's a baked dish.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]] / [[Casual Kink]]: Buffy jumps as she suddenly bumps into Spike.
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'''Spike:''' Come with a nice [[Slave Collar|leather collar]], does it? }}
* [[Stock Phrases]]: Dawn asks if she can get a tattoo.
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]
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'''Xander:''' Like I'd ever pay. (snickers nervously) Define 'date.' }}
* [[Terror
* [[Too Much Information]]: Spike mixes burba weed with the blood he drinks.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Spuffy
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* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Looking for Dawn in the crowded Bronze, Willow suggests a spell to shift everyone who isn't a fifteen year old girl into an [[Alternate Universe]]. This proves the last straw for Tara.
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]: Anya the Angel.
* [[You Must Be Cold]]: Justin gives Dawn his letterman jacket when she starts shivering. After his death she's seen cradling it in her lap.
* [[Your Door Was Open]]: Buffy barges into Spike's crypt as usual.
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'''Buffy:''' Good thing you're uncivilized.
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