History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence

* ShipSinking: The scene with Oz was specifically written by Joss to make the audience warm to the character, as many viewers were still hoping for Xander and Willow to date.

* MugglesDoItBetter: Bazooka toting Buffy provides the current page image.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Buffy sleeping with Angel.

* WhoDares: A crossbow bolt suddenly hits the Judge's chest, causing him to lose his concentration, freeing the bystanders from his evil energy. "Who dares?" shouts the Judge. A bazooka toting Buffy does, that's who.

* RealityEnsues: The Judge is hyped throughout the two-part episode as being so strong, that no weapon forged could defeat him. He is blown apart in one shot by an anti-tank missile. Guess the standards of "weapon forged" has improved in the past six hundred years.

* FamousLastWords:
--> '''The Judge:''' [on seeing the rocket launcher] "What's that do?"

->'''Oz:''' ''"So, do you guys steal weapons from the army a lot?"''
->'''Willow:''' ''"Well we don't have cable so we have to make our own fun."''

* PostmodernMagik: Xander realizes that rocket launchers weren't around last time The Judge appeared. Cue AuthorAppeal.

** "No weapon forged" can kill the Judge. But even back when that was written, they could be used to dismember him. Weapons these days are much more efficient when it comes to taking people (and big ugly smurfs) apart.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Buffy tries to reach Angel, but Angelus just tells her ThatManIsDead.

* GutPunch: Asked about his decision to turn Angel evil, Joss Whedon said that he feels it was necessary to keep the story fresh. Although the fan base wanted Buffy and Angel to be together romantically, Whedon says, "What people want is not what they need."

* InnocenceLost

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: In the wake of Buffy's dream, she stomps into school the next morning, headed straight for Jenny's classroom. She spots Jenny and Giles chatting at the front, grabs Jenny's throat, and slams her backward onto the desk, demanding. "Did you do it? Did you change him?" A stammering Giles meekly dismisses the class. In the commentary for this episode, Joss Whedon says he loved "how violent this is", and in other interviews he praised Robia for being willing to do the scene herself.

* KnightOfCerebus: Angelus.

* TheMall

* NoHonorAmongThieves

* NotHimself

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore

** Also Xander when the lights go off, Buffy when she realises Angel is gone, Giles when he realises what's happened, Uncle Enos when he realises Angelus is in his room... This episode is basically ''OhCrap: TheMovie''.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The red sheets in the bed where Buffy lost her virginity. In Season 4 whenever Buffy sleeps with someone for the first time, red sheets are shown in a deliberate CallBack.

* SexChangesEverything

* ShooOutTheClowns: Angelus and Dru escort the Judge to his upcoming slaughter, leaving a very resentful Spike behind in the factory. Our colorful antagonist spends the rest of this season moldering in his wheelchair.

* SickAndWrong

-->Buffy: [startled] No. What would be wrong?

* AnywhereButTheirLips: Angelus kisses Spike on the forehead in a HoYay moment.

* WomanInWhite: Buffy and Joyce are dressed in white in the final scene, presumably to show that despite Buffy losing her innocence (not to mention [[VirginInAWhiteDress her virginity]]) she is still pure at heart.
-->'''Joyce:''' So what'd you do for your birthday? Did you have fun?
-->'''Buffy:''' [[ABirthdayNotABreak I got older]].
-->'''Joyce:''' You look the same to me.

* DisappointedInYou: Averted by Giles in his SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* ItsAllMyFault / DisappointedInYou: Buffy blames herself for what happened and expects Giles to agree that she let him down. Giles tells her otherwise in a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* ProphecyTwist: "No weapon forged" can kill the Judge. But even back when that was written, they could be used to dismember him. Weapons these days are much more efficient when it comes to taking people (and big ugly smurfs) apart.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: But... he ''must'' be evil! Behold the [[HellBentForLeather leather pants]]!

** Enyos says that the return of Angelus has been 'arranged'. In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' spin-off we encounter several powerful factions with the motive to do so.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Giles ominously notes that "the coming months will be hard, I suspect on ''all'' of us." If he only knew.

* HydePlaysJekyll
-->'''Buffy:''' Angel, there must be [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight some part of you inside]] that still remembers who you are.
-->'''Angelus:''' Dream on, schoolgirl. [[ThatManIsDead Your boyfriend is dead.]] You're ''all'' gonna join him.

* IsItAlwaysLikeThis

* CosmicRetcon: [[spoiler: The comic story "False Memories" reexamines how the early years of ''Buffy'' were changed by the reality shift that produced Dawn Summers. In the alternate history, it was Dawn rather than Willow who Angelus throttles inside the school.]]

* DisposableSexWorker: Outside in the alley, Angel falls flat on the pavement. A streetwalker standing nearby sees him and skulks over. She asks Angel if he wants her to call an ambulance. and Angel gets to his feet, saying, "No. The pain is gone." The woman takes a drag off her cig and asks if he's sure. In response, he spins to face her in full game face and drains her dry.

** Smoking continues to be used on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as a motif for Angel's DarkSide. Angel is later seen lighting up during [[Recap/AngelS02E02AreYouNowOrHaveYourEverBeen flashbacks to the 1950s]], when he was alienated from humans (though to be fair, {{everybody smoke|s}}d). More notably, Angel sets [[spoiler:Darla and Drusilla]] on fire by puffing on a cigarette and flicking it into [[VaporTrail a pool of gasoline]]. ("[[Recap/AngelS02E11Redefinition Redefinition]]")

* RewatchBonus: Uncle Enyos belief that the return of Angelus was 'arranged' is a lot more plausible knowing he's a tool of the PowersThatBe, both good and evil, in the [[Series/{{Angel}} spin-off series]], and [[spoiler:Twilight in the comic series.]]

'''Spike:''' ''(rolls his eyes)'' Yeah. It's interesting to me that 'preparing' looks a great bit like sitting on your ass.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: Giles says Angel's profile indicates he'll "strike out at the things that made him most human."

* DescriptionCut: Willow catches Buffy in the hall to ask if she thinks that Angel would have gone after the Judge himself. Cut to Angelus (not Angel) getting zapped by the Judge, who reads him "clean" of humanity.

* DisposableSexWorker: Outside in the alley, Angel falls flat on the pavement. A streetwalker standing nearby sees him and skulks over. She asks Angel if he wants her to call an ambulance. and Angel gets to his feet, saying, "No. The pain is gone." The woman takes a drag off her cig and asks if he's sure. In response, he spins to face her in full game face and grabs her in a feeding frenzy.

* GroinAttack: Angelous sneers that Buffy can't kill him, so The Slayer punts him in the balls and makes him wish she did.

* ILikeThoseOdds: With Angel defecting to his team, Spike gloats that it's now "four against one; and those are the kinds of odds I like to play."

* LoveConfession: Buffy chokes out a tearful "I love you!" as Angelus [[NotStayingForBreakfast casually walks out on her]]. She [[BrokenBird never again tells a boyfriend that she loves them]] until the very last episode of the series (and even then, he doesn't believe her).

* SwordOverHead: Angelus collapses and Buffy pulls a stake, but then her lip quivers and she lowers the weapon. "You can't do it. You can't kill me," sneers Angelus, so Buffy settles for dealing him an extremely powerful [[GroinKick kick to the goolies]].

* LoopholeAbuse: The Judge reiterating that no weapon forged can top him. "That was then," Buffy replies, shouldering a rocket launcher, "'''This''' is now."