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* CharacterisationClickMoment: It was this episode where Buffy, Angel and Darla settled into the personalities they are better known for. Until this point, Buffy was a perky wannabe cheerleader, Angel was mysterious and kind of chipper (especially his first appearance) and Darla was petulant, cowardly, not particularly smart or capable, and seemingly not even all that important in the Master's hierarchy (Luke, for one, clearly outranked her). Here, Buffy is a kind of grim optimist, Angel is [[ByronicHero Byronically]] brooding, and Darla has a distant, haunting persona (since she died in this episode, this is better seen when she returns from the dead in ''Series/{{Angel}}'').

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* CharacterisationClickMoment: It was this episode where Buffy, Angel and Darla settled into the personalities they are better known for. Until this point, Buffy was a perky wannabe cheerleader, Angel was mysterious and kind of chipper (especially his first appearance) and Darla was petulant, cowardly, not particularly smart or capable, and seemingly not even all that important in the Master's hierarchy (Luke, for one, clearly outranked her). Here, Buffy is a kind of grim optimist, Angel is [[ByronicHero Byronically]] brooding, and Darla has a distant, haunting persona (since she died in this episode, this is better seen when she returns from the dead in ''Series/{{Angel}}''). Also, the writers literally hadn't decided exactly what Angel's backstory was and that he was a vampire until this episode.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When a pack of vamps chase Buffy and Angel into the Summers house, one of the pursuers gets his hand through the door before Buffy slams the door on his wrist. It is later established that, barring an invitation, an invisible force field fills the doorway – like a membrane – keeping vampires out. The henchvamp shouldn't have been able to get his arm through like that.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When a pack of vamps chase Buffy and Angel into the Summers house, one of the pursuers gets his hand through the door before Buffy slams the door on his wrist. wrist, and then the fact they haven't been invited keeps them out after the door is closed. It is later established that, barring an invitation, that an invisible force field fills the doorway like a membrane – keeping to keep uninvited vampires out. out, even with the door itself fully open. The henchvamp shouldn't have been able to get his arm through even a hand past the threshold like that.
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* ContinuityDrift: Angel tells Buffy that he has not fed on another living human since his soul was restored, but this is contradicted by the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight Why We Fight]]", which shows that in 1943 he sired a mortally wounded engineer to save a submarine. As Angel wasn't doing it for food, he probably didn't count this case. [[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus "Orpheus"]] reveals that in about 1975, he fed on an unnamed gunshot victim in a café, though that person was already dead when Angel fed. The episode [[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla "Darla"]] shows that he in fact fed on ''many'' humans after his soul was restored when he was still trying to be with Darla, but they were all ''evil'' humans like rapists and murderers.

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* ContinuityDrift: Angel tells Buffy that he has not fed on another living human since his soul was restored, but this is contradicted by the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight Why [[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight "Why We Fight]]", Fight"]], which shows that in 1943 he sired a mortally wounded engineer to save a submarine. As Angel wasn't doing it for food, he probably didn't count this case. [[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus "Orpheus"]] reveals that in about 1975, he fed on an unnamed gunshot victim in a café, though that person was already dead when Angel fed. The episode [[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla "Darla"]] shows that he in fact fed on ''many'' humans after his soul was restored when he was still trying to be with Darla, but they were all ''evil'' humans like rapists and murderers.
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* ContinuityDrift: Angel tells Buffy that he has not fed on another living human since his soul was restored, but this is contradicted by the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight Why We Fight]]", which shows that in 1943 he sired a mortally wounded engineer to save a submarine. As Angel wasn't doing it for food, he probably didn't count this case. "[[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus "Orpheus"]] reveals that in about 1975, he fed on an unnamed gunshot victim in a café, though that person was already dead when Angel fed. The episode [[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla "Darla"]] shows that he in fact fed on ''many'' humans after his soul was restored when he was still trying to be with Darla, but they were all ''evil'' humans like rapists and murderers.

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* ContinuityDrift: Angel tells Buffy that he has not fed on another living human since his soul was restored, but this is contradicted by the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E13WhyWeFight Why We Fight]]", which shows that in 1943 he sired a mortally wounded engineer to save a submarine. As Angel wasn't doing it for food, he probably didn't count this case. "[[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus [[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus "Orpheus"]] reveals that in about 1975, he fed on an unnamed gunshot victim in a café, though that person was already dead when Angel fed. The episode [[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla "Darla"]] shows that he in fact fed on ''many'' humans after his soul was restored when he was still trying to be with Darla, but they were all ''evil'' humans like rapists and murderers.

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