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Willow beats Giles and plans to end the world herself. Spike passes the Demon Trials {{spoiler|and gets back his soul}}.

 

* [[All Up to You]]: Xander saves the world while Buffy is otherwise occupied.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Dawn and Buffy fighting in the hole.

* [[Black Eyes of Evil]] / [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: A deep voice and Black Corneas Of Evil mark Dark!Willow turning pro.

* [[Black Magic]] vs. [[White Magic]]: Dark!Willow's magic draws its strength from her rage. The magic she steals from Giles comes from love.

* [[Disney Death]]: Giles.

* [[Diving Save]]: Buffy to Giles and later the Duo.

* [[Do Not Go Gentle]]: Dark!Willow creates the dirt and root golems because she thinks Buffy deserves to go down fighting.

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Willow's hair returns to its natural red color {{spoiler|as she breaks down crying in Xander's arms.}}

* [[First-Name Basis]]: Willow taunts Giles by calling him 'Rupert', but switches back to 'Giles' when she absorbs his magic and suddenly starts to empathise with him again.

* [[Great Balls of Fire]]

* [[Group Hug]]: Buffy/Giles/Anya

* [[It Got Worse]]

'''Anya:''' End of the world worse. Willow's going to destroy it. }}

* [[Love Makes You Evil]] and destroy the world.

* [[Mind Control]]: Willow gets Anya to free her.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Lampshaded.

* [[The Nicknamer]]

* [[Open Says Me]]: Spoofed; Xander is shown hammering ineffectually at the kind of crypt door that Buffy kicks open as a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Power Glows]] / [[Eyes of Gold]]: Spike getting {{spoiler|his soul.}}

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Xander's friendship {{spoiler|is what eventually brings down Dark Willow.}}

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Dark!Willow to Giles.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: One of the Trials involves Spike being covered in scarab beetles, which were sacred to the ancient Egyptians who associated it with the sun which brought renewal, rebirth, and more importantly resurrection. During mummification a stone scarab was placed over the heart of the mummy to ensure the eternal endurance of the human soul as the person made the journey into the Afterworld.

* [[Rule of Three]]

'''Dark!Willow:''' Daddy's home. I'm in wicked trouble now. }}

* [[Saying Too Much]]: Xander mentions Spike's [[Attempted Rape]] of Buffy to Dawn.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The Duo do a runner for Mexico.

* [[Special Effect Failure]]: Ropes can be seen holding up the satanic church spire as it thrusts out of the ground.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Anya telling Dark!Willow her mind control mojo won't work on her.

* [[Tension-Cutting Laughter]]: Buffy lists all the ways the Scoobies have stuffed up since he left, ending with "[[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|And I'm sleeping with Spike]]." She then looks nervous as she waits for Giles to tear strips off her...only for Giles to burst into laughter. After a moment Buffy can't help but join him.

* [[Throw It In]]: Anthony Head started [[Corpsing]] during the scene where SMG talks of what had wrong since he'd gone. Joss kept it because he thought the scene worked better that way.

* [[Trash the Set]]: After a [[Battle Discretion Shot]] Willow and Giles are shown facing off in the wrecked Magic Box.

* [[Walk in Chime In]]

'''Dark!Willow:''' I wouldn't worry about that. [[Third Person Person|Willow doesn't live here anymore.]] }}

* [[Wham! Line]]

'''Demon:''' {{spoiler|Very well. We will return...your soul.}} }}

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The human race is once more [[Jesus Christ|saved by a carpenter]].

 

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