Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Tropes (General): Difference between revisions

* [[Casual Kink]]: Several times, most notable in "The I in Team".

* [[Character-Magnetic Team]]

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: '''Wow.''' In the first episode of ''Buffy'', Buffy herself was a perky cheerleader, Darla was somewhat whiny, and Angel was aloof, mysterious, and kind of chipper. Fast forward to the episode ''Angel'', and they've developed more into the personalities that they're known for.

** With Darla, it's somewhat hard to tell, considering that she gets dusted so soon, but she does come back on ''[[Angel]]'', and it's a lot more apparent.

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' [[Aside Glance|Miss me?]]}}

** Buffy actually manages this in 'Halloween' in a scene where she was physically present the entire time, when the spell that was keeping her helplessly afraid and unaware of who she was ends in the middle of Spike's attack on her:

** While Angelus is busy with her Watcher, Buffy swoops out of nowhere and judo kicks him in the back ("Passion").

{{quote|'''Angelus''': ''(to Giles)'' All right, you've had your fun, but you know what it's time for now?

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Jesse.

* [[Saving the World]]: The Watcher's Council seems way too uncaring about the amount of apocalypses in Sunnydale.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The Master, Acathla, the Seal of Danzalthar, among others..

* [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]: Several.

*** Joss has stated that Buffy's last name is a [[Shout-Out]] to Cyclops (IE Scott Summers).

** Dawn wolfing down two bowls of "[[Calvin and Hobbes|Sugar Bombs]]".

** During "No Future For You", Giles mentions the great [[Alan Moore|bearded wizard of Northampton]].

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Willow and Tara. Also, Marcie Ross from the first season is this trope taken [[Up to Eleven]]: She was so shy that she eventually began to feel invisible, a feeling that was made worse by the fact that no one in school really noticed her. The power of the Hellmouth made that feeling into reality and Marcie could no longer be seen by anyone.

* [[To Create a Playground For Evil]]: Quite a few villains have this as their goal.

* [[Too Happy to Live]]: This trope is Joss's best friend in life. Seriously, it happens to alot of people.

* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]: There's an entrance into Hell under the high school, the Mayor wants to be a demon, vampires rise from the cemetery every night and there are buried (sometimes magical) treasures hidden in the right mausoleum. The secret government lab under the college is the least exciting secret there was.

* [[Tracking Device]]: Willow's oft-used "locator spells".

* [[World of Snark]]: Just about every character ever seen is snarky as hell.

* [[X Meets Y]]: Marti Noxon's vision for Seasons 6-7 was "''[[Party of Five]]'' with monsters." Well, that [[Contemplate Our Navels|explains a lot]].

** The Anointed One and his lackeys try to pull this on Spike. ''Tried.''

** It looked like Spike was going to pull this on Billy Fordham in "Lie To Me" when Billy's plan to deliver several dozen [[I'm a Humanitarian|people]] to Spike is foiled by Buffy. {{spoiler|But not only does Spike not kill Billy, but he keeps his end of the deal and sire Billy. After all, Billy kept up his part of the deal, and [[Fridge Brilliance|Spike probably knew that Buffy would be waiting at Billy's grave to stake him when he rose anyways]]}}.