History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise

* AfterActionPatchUp: Buffy's wound has already closed up due to her HealingFactor, but Angel examining the injury adds further to the {{UST}} moments before they make love.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Buffy's "I like you at bed time." For once this isn't PlayedForLaughs; instead Angel takes the AccidentalInnuendo and runs with it.

* HighTurnoverRate: In a DeletedScene, Giles says that a Slayer rarely lives into her mid-twenties. Jenny tries to use this by splitting Angel and Buffy up, so she'll likely be dead by the time he returns. Of course this is [[PreClimaxClimax yet another incentive for them to sleep together]].

* DoubleEntendre
-->'''Buffy:''' I like seeing you. The part at night where we say goodbye... It's getting harder.
-->'''Angel:''' [[RagingStiffie Yeah. It is.]]

* CallBack: Buffy's dream has Willow saying about her monkey in French "The hippo stole his pants" referring to the conversation Willow had with Oz in "What's My Line" about animal crackers and the hippo being jealous of the French monkey's pants. The fact that Buffy didn't see that Oz/Willow conversation is a sign [[DreamingOfThingsToCome it isn't just an ordinary dream]].

* CallBack: Buffy's dream has Willow saying about her monkey in French "The hippo stole his pants" referring to the animal crackers conversation Willow had with Oz in "What's My Line", plus Willow trying to teach Buffy French in "School Hard". The fact that Buffy didn't see that the Oz/Willow conversation is a sign [[DreamingOfThingsToCome it isn't just an ordinary dream]].

* CallBack: Buffy's dream has Willow saying about her monkey in French "The hippo stole his pants" referring to the animal crackers conversation she had with Oz in "What's My Line", plus Willow trying to teach Buffy French in "School Hard". The fact that Buffy didn't see that the Oz/Willow conversation is a sign [[DreamingOfThingsToCome it isn't just an ordinary dream]].

* CallBack: Buffy's dream has Willow saying about her monkey in French "The hippo stole his pants" referring to the animal crackers conversation she had with Oz in "What's My Line", plus Willow trying to teach Buffy French in "School Hard". The fact that Buffy doesn't know about the Oz/Willow conversation is a sign [[DreamingOfThingsToCome it isn't just an ordinary dream]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Willow has an organ grinder monkey with her in Buffy's dream [[RealDreamsAreWeirder for no reason that Buffy can comprehend]].

** [[NotSoDifferent Drusilla does this too]] when Dalton tries to explain how he lost the Judge's arm.

* NotSoDifferent: Buffy and Drusilla share the same birthday, appear in each others prophetic dreams, and both end up unleashing an evil force. And like Drusilla, Buffy forever loses her innocence once Angelus comes into her world.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Xander complains about Giles' tendency to use ten words when he could just use one.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* BuffySpeak: Maxi-wig. Sparkage. World save-age.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Buffy:''' I like seeing you. The part at the end of the night where we say goodbye... It's getting harder.
-->'''Angel:''' [[SomethingElseAlsoRises Yeah. It is.]]

* LadyInRed: Drusilla wears a red dress, presumably in contrast to the white-clad virginal Buffy (Angel having already 'corrupted' her). With her black hair it also counts as RedAndBlackKeepBack [[spoiler:given her role as a wanton who turns Spike/Angelus against each other, and kills Kendra in "Becoming".]]

Buffy visits Angel first thing in the morning after she dreams of his death.
Angel answers a knock at his door to find a distraught Buffy wanting to see with her own eyes that he's all right. Hearing that she dreamed Drusilla was still alive and killed him "right in front of her," Angel tries to comfort Buffy, to reason with her, but when her anxiety only seems to escalate, he simply kisses her. Totally diverted, Buffy melts into his arms and their embrace deepens until the Slayer reluctantly pulls away, saying she needs to get to school. Caught himself, Angel agrees she must, then catches her and kisses her again. Feigning resolve, Buffy moves toward the door while Angel stalks her, corners her, and kisses her yet again. At the neck-kissing stage, Angel comes to his senses a little. Struggling for control, he reminds Buffy to tell him what she'd like for a gift. After a moment, she says "Surprise me." Angel gives her a crooked little smile, murmurs "Okay, I will," and gently kisses her one last time. Buffy sighs and confesses that it's becoming harder to say goodbye, no matter whose bedtime it is. Staring intently into her eyes, Angel agrees.

* {{Falling Chandelier of Doom}}: A modern version with Angel dropping Spike's multiscreen TV on the Judge's head.

* WomanInWhite: Buffy wears white throughout the episode, [[VirginInAWhiteDress symbolising her virginal innocence]]. Drusila has changed from her own white gown to a LadyInRed.

* RightThroughHisPants: Naked!Angel wakes up in bed with Buffy crying in pain, then bursts out into the rain having taken the time to change into his BadassLongcoat and [[HellBentForLeather Leather Pants of Evil]].