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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller
-->'''Wilkins:''' So. ''You're'' the little girl that's been causing me all this trouble. She's pretty, Angel! [[BackhandedCompliment A little skinny]].



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Wilkins is winding up for his BreakingSpeech behind Buffy Angel does a FacePalm.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Wilkins is winding up for his BreakingSpeech behind Buffy Buffy, Angel does a FacePalm.



* WeMeetAgain
-->'''Wilkins:''' So. ''You're'' the little girl that's been causing me all this trouble. She's pretty, Angel! [[BackhandedCompliment A little skinny]].

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Wes argues against swapping the box for Willow, as destroying the box is a sure way to stop the Mayor's ascension and save thousands of lives.

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Wes argues against swapping the box for Willow, as destroying the box is a sure way to stop the Mayor's ascension and save thousands of lives. Oz proceeds to smash an urn needed for the ritual to destroy the box to ensure that they have no choice ''but'' to trade for Willow.



* DamselInDistress: Played with. Willow gets captured by The Mayor and does eventually need rescuing but only because her attempts to liberate herself fell through when she got distracted gathering intelligence about The Mayor's plan which was arguably good trade off since she knew Buffy would get her out anyway.

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* DamselInDistress: Played with. Willow gets captured by The Mayor and does eventually need rescuing rescuing, but only because her attempts to liberate herself fell through when she got distracted gathering intelligence about The Mayor's plan plan, which was arguably a good trade off trade-off since she knew Buffy would get her out anyway.



* DidntSeeThatComing: When confronting Willow, Faith expects her to give her a speech about how they're still her friends and it's not too late for her to turn back. She's taken by surprise when Willow [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech does the exact opposite]], telling her point-blank that it is too late for her and now that she's switched sides, she's alone, friendless, and a "big, selfish, worthless waste."

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* DidntSeeThatComing: When confronting Willow, Faith expects her to give her a speech about how they're still her friends and it's not too late for her to turn back. She's taken by surprise when Willow [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech does the exact opposite]], telling her point-blank that it is ''is'' too late for her and now that she's switched sides, she's alone, friendless, and a "big, selfish, worthless waste."



** Buffy wonders if this is how she and Angel will spend their nights, "when I'm fifty and you're....the same age you are now."

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** Buffy wonders if this is how she and Angel will spend their nights, "when I'm fifty and you're....you're...the same age you are now."



** The Mayor says critically that Buffy is like a loyal dog…to Faith, whom he will at least twice before the episode's end berate for not immediately obeying his command.

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** The Mayor says critically that Buffy is like a loyal dog…to dog...to Faith, whom he will at least twice before the episode's end berate for not immediately obeying his command.


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** To Willow's credit, she does think to steal a few pages of the book and pass them off to Giles.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Wilkins all but explicitly says that part of the reason why he doesn't want Angel to keep Buffy in a MayflyDecemberRomance is because he feels terribly for what he put his late wife Edna Mae through.


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* MayflyDecemberRomance: Wilkins reveals that he had one with the love of his life, Edna Mae, who he married in 1903, and who grew old and senile while he remained ageless. Despite his intent to kill Buffy and Angel well before they ever get to that point, the Mayor implores Angel to not do to Buffy what he did to his late wife.


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* PetTheDog: The Mayor is quite genuinely concerned about Buffy's well-being when he tells Angel that he's selfish for keeping her from living a life she deserves. It's telling that his advice mirrors what [[GoodParents Joyce]] also opined, and given the resigned look on Giles's face while Wilkins tells Angel off, he also doesn't disagree.

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* BrickJoke: Xander is reading Jack Kerouac, which inspires to him to go on a road trip after graduation. However, as Buffy learns in Season Four, [[spoiler:he only makes it as far as Oxnard when his car breaks down]].



** Faith's knife gets stuck in the wall so she has to leave it behind. [[spoiler:Buffy will put it to good use]].

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** Faith's knife gets stuck in the wall so she has to leave it behind. [[spoiler:Buffy Buffy will put it to good use]].use.



** Believing Cordelia is in a shop to buy clothes, Xander learns in "The Prom" that [[spoiler:she actually works there because she needs the income]]. This will lead to her developing woobie status in the first season of ''Angel''.
** Wesley's willingness to sacrifice Willow to prevent the Mayor's ascension is the first hint of [[spoiler:the UnscrupulousHero he will become over the course of ''Series/{{Angel}}'']].
** Wesley doesn't think they should save one girl if it means thousands of innocent people will die. On ''Series/{{Angel}}'', [[spoiler:he makes the same choice even when the one girl is his LoveInterest]].



* ThisIsUnforgivable: Faith actually tries to get Willow to give her the whole "you can still be a good guy" speech, instead getting Willow telling her she's way past forgiveness. At least part of this is because she had kidnapped and tied up Willow though. Ironically, [[spoiler: Willow becomes one of the few people who actually could later understand what Faith was going through, having gone evil and killed someone only to be brought back by someone showing caring and kindness when she didn't deserve it.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Faith leaving her knife behind [[spoiler: ends up being the death of both her and the Mayor (quite literally, in the latter's case).]]

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* ThisIsUnforgivable: Faith actually tries to get Willow to give her the whole "you can still be a good guy" speech, instead getting Willow telling her she's way past forgiveness. At least part of this is because she had kidnapped and tied up Willow though. Ironically, [[spoiler: Willow becomes one of the few people who actually could later understand what Faith was going through, having gone evil and killed someone only to be brought back by someone showing caring and kindness when she didn't deserve it.]]\n* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Faith leaving her knife behind [[spoiler: ends up being the death of both her and the Mayor (quite literally, in the latter's case).]]

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