History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E11Doomed

* InternalReveal: Continuing immediately where ''Hush'' left off, Buffy and Riley discuss their encounter from the previous night. She spells out what she knows abotu the Initiative (which freaks Riley out, she knows so much), then that she's the Slayer (which leaves him mystified).

-->''[Xander turns around to see [[spoiler:Spike dressed like a HawaiianShirtedTourist.]]]''

* HumanSacrifice: Subverted; [[spoiler:the demons sacrifice themselves to open the Hellmouth.]]

* [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek of the Week]]

* HowsYourBritishAccent: Spike puts on an [[BriefAccentImitation unconvincing American accent]] when he thinks Riley might know who he is. When you add the later reveal that human!Spike was an UpperClassTwit, we're watching an American actor pretending to be an upper-class Brit pretending to be a punk pretending to be American.

As Xander cleans up some of the earthquake damage, he informs Spike that if he's going to live there, he'll have to do some of the housework. Spike gets angry and tries to hit Xander over the head with a wrench while his back is turned, but has to stop due to the pain in his head. Willow checks in with Buffy and informs her of the aftershock party that is taking place in one of the dorm buildings that lost power. Buffy goes to Giles, fearing that the world is going to come to an end, but he dismisses her ideas telling her that earthquakes are a normal Southern California occurrence. He then changes the subject to tracking down the commandos, telling Buffy that based on their information it seems that the base is below UC Sunnydale and that other students may be involved. Buffy gets very uncomfortable with the topic and tries to discuss the earthquake more, but Giles once again shrugs off her concerns.

->'''Spike:''' ''"You want me to tear this place apart, you bloody poof?"''
->'''Xander:''' ''"That's it! I am way past through with you! Hate to break it to you, O Impotent One, but you're not the Big Bad any more. You're not even the Kinda Naughty! You're nothing but a waste of space. My space! And as much as I always got a big laugh watching Buffy kick your shiny, white bum, and as much as I know I can give you a little bum-kicking myself right now, I'm here to tell you something... You're not even worth it."''

-->'''Giles:''' Oh (as usual) dear.

-->'''Willow and Xander (in unison):''' Again?!

* DespairEventHorizon: Spike's BadAss clothes shrink in the laundry and he can't threaten anyone, even Xander.

* BaitAndSwitch: After Spike tries and fails to stake himself due to Xander and Willow's [[InterruptedSuicide timely interruption]], Xander angrily takes the stake away from him, saying that they've shared a lot, and that Spike should have trusted him... [[NoSympathy to do it for him.]]

An earthquake hits Sunnydale, signifying yet another Apocalypse. The gang must return to the remains of Sunnydale High to stop it. Buffy and Riley struggle with each other's secrets.

->'''Giles:''' It's the end of the world.
->'''Buffy, Willow, Xander:''' [[NotAgain Again?]]

-->'''Willow:''' There was so much blood. And there was a symbol ([[CarvedMark carved into his chest]]). And Percy said I was a nerd!

* BedmateReveal: Willow turns on the lights in her dorm to find a corpse in bed next to her.

* BuffySpeak: Even covert ops soldiers use it, with Riley impressed with the "[[AttackHello flippy-thing]]" Buffy did.

* ClassifiedInformation: Riley says he can't tell Buffy anything more than she already knows about him. Buffy then lists all the information she's found out about the Initiative so far, leaving a rather disturbed Riley.

* ContinuityNod: Angel and Faith are both referred to (though not by name) when Buffy is trying to explain why she doesn't want a relationship with someone in the demon-hunting business. Percy mentions how Willow used to tutor him in Sunnydale High. The Scoobies visit the ruins of Sunnydale High library and find themselves stepping on "Mayor meat" -- the remains of last year's Ascended BigBad.

-->I mean, am I even remotely scary any more?

-->Good bye, Dru. SeeYouInHell.
* [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek Of The Week]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Spike trying to WrenchWhack Xander -- he [[RestrainingBolt keels over in pain]] without Xander even noticing.

* HesBack: Spike's sudden outburst of enthusiasm for "fighting the good fight" after he realized that the implanted behavioral modification chip didn't punish him for killing demons.

* HowsYourBritishAccent: Spike puts on an [[BriefAccentImitation unconvincing American accent]] when he thinks Riley might know who he is. When you add the later reveal that human! Spike was an UpperClassTwit, we're watching an American actor pretending to be an upper-class Brit pretending to be a punk pretending to be American.

* ImmediateSequel: The plot continues on from the end of "Hush" with Buffy and Riley's conversation in her dorm.

-->'''Buffy:''' (reading) Limbs with talons, eyes like knives, bane to the blameless, thief of lives.\\
Cut to '''Riley:''' (briefing his patrol team) Three meters tall, approximately 100–120 kilograms, based on my visual analysis.

-->'''Buffy:''' It’s an adventure, great. But for me, it’s destiny. It is something that I can’t change, something that I can’t escape. I’m stuck!

-->'''Buffy:''' I told you. I-I said end of the world and you’re like ‘poo-poo southern California, poo-poo!

-->'''Spike:''' Don't turn around. ''(ScareChord)''

-->''Xander turns around to see [[spoiler:Spike dressed like a HawaiianShirtedTourist.]]''

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Spike gives one to Willow and Xander.
-->'''Willow:''' We help people. We fight the forces of evil.
-->'''Spike:''' ''Buffy'' fights the forces of evil. ''You're'' her groupies. She'd do just as well without you -- better, I'd wager, since [[TheMillStone she wouldn't have to go around saving your hides all the time]].
-->'''Xander:''' That is so not true! We're part of the team. She needs us.
-->'''Spike:''' ''Or'' you're the same tenth-grade losers you've always been, and she's too soft to cut you loose. ''([[EvilFeelsGood smirks evilly]] the moment his back is turned)''
** No doubt revenge for an earlier one Xander gave to Spike
-->I hate to break it to you, oh Impotent One, but you’re not the BigBad anymore. You're not even the kinda naughty! You're nothing but a waste of space. ''My'' space! And as much as I always got a big laugh watching Buffy kick your shiny white bum, and as much as I know I could give you a little bum-kicking myself right now, I'm here to tell you something: [[NotWorthKilling you're not even worth it]].

* RousingSpeech ForGreatJustice: Spoofed with helpless silent protestation from Xander and Willow that, and after a long exhausting night of monster-slaying, Spike was blocking their view of the [=TV=] box. The irony of course lies in the fact that Spike is a vampire, and used to be Buffy's enemy until that point.
-->What's this? Sittin' around watching the telly while there's evil still afoot? It's not very industrious of you. I say we go out there and kick a little demon ass! What? Can't go without your Buffy, is that it? Too chicken? Let's find her. She is the Chosen One, after all. Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let's annihilate them, for justice, and for... the safety of puppies... and Christmas, right? Let's fight that evil! Let's kill something!'' [[[InterruptedByTheEnd Credits start running]].] ''Oh, '''come on!'''

'''Riley:''' No. Did I just say...? (Sinks down on the end of his bed) This is so not good. Everybody knows about me. I’m finished. [[IronicEcho It’s the end of the world.]]

-->'''Buffy:''' I’m the Slayer. (Riley just looks at her) Slay-er? [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. (Riley is still lost) She Who Hangs Out A Lot In Cemeteries? You’re kidding. Ask around. Look it up: [[SpellMyNameWithAThe Slayer comma The]].”

-->Cut to '''Riley:''' What's a Slayer?

-->'''Buffy:''' (DeathGlare) Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius. You?

* VariableTerminalVelocity: A particularly egregious example where Buffy jumps into the Hellmouth after a demon and catches up to it while falling, even though she took the time to run over to Riley, grab a rope from his UtilityBelt, and run back before jumping in.

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: Spike tells Xander to "[[UnusualEuphemism fag off!]]" "Fag" is Brit Slang for a cigarette, and a derogatory term for a homosexual in the United States, but ''not'' a replacement for the F Word.
** I thought he said "fack off". In parts of London the accent mutates the "u" to an "a" sound.

* DespairEventHorizon: Spike's BadAss clothes shrink from a leaky pipe and he can't threaten anyone, even Xander.

** It makes more sense that the clothes had shrunk from an attempt to do laundry, something Xander had asked Spike to do before leaving the house.

* AllsWellThatEndsWell: After [[BattleCouple Buffy and Riley work together to stop the apocalypse]], Buffy decides their relationship might not be doomed after all.

* CodeName: Buffy is bemused to find that Riley's callsign is Lilac One.

-->'''Willow:''' There was so much blood. And there was a symbol ([[HumanNotepad carved into his chest]]). And Percy said I was a nerd!

** And Willow saying that it made her feel like she was back in high school. She's referring to Percy dismissing her as a nerd, not blood and gore.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Riley doesn't believe ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies is the only reason she's backing off from their relationship. "I'm sure that there's some good looking guy that done you wrong in there, too."

* FamedInStory: Averted; even though he's in the demon-fighting business, Riley hasn't even heard of the Slayer. When he asks Forrest, he's told that she's the demon-equivalent of TheBoogyman.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Riley calling Buffy a fry cook. When he meets her in Season 6, that exactly what she's doing.