History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman

* ThatCameOutWrong[=/=]JustLikeMakingLove:

%% * 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.

* SpecialEffectFailure: When the vamps enter Eddie's dorm room, their reflections can be seen in the mirror near the door.

-->'''Xander:''' Buffy, I've gone through some fairly dark times in my life, faced some scary things, among them the kitchen at The Fabulous Ladies Night Club. Let me tell you something, when it's dark and I'm all alone and I'm scared or freaked out or whatever, I always think, "[[WhatWouldXDo What would Buffy do?]]" You're my hero. Ok, sometimes [[ADateWithRosiePalms when it's dark and I'm all alone]] I think, [[{{Fetish}} "What is Buffy wearing?"]]\\

* SecurityBlanket: Buffy doesn't really have one, unless you count [[ICallItVera Mr. Pointy]]. Eddie has his copy of ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' -- the fact that Sunday's gang leave it behind when stripping his room tips Buffy that Eddie hasn't just taken off.

* WeaponTwirling: Buffy does this with Mr. Pointy, followed by an OffhandBackhand staking of Sunday. [[ShesBack She's back!]]

* PosterGalleryBedroom: The vampires keep a running tally of whether the poster they found in their victim's dorm was Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" or Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss"; the two are the most common prints in real-world college dorm rooms.

* FamousLastWords: TheStoner vampire (Rookie) [[ObligatoryJoke naturally says, "Woah!"]] after Willow stakes him.

* CrossOver: Buffy receives a phone call at her home, but hangs up when she doesn't hear anything. This episode aired the same night as the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' [[Recap/AngelS01E01CityOf series premiere]], where it's revealed the call came from a despondent Angel.

* HypocriticalHumor: Loads of this from Buffy -- e.g. saying "I've gotta stay sharp" while missing a vampire sneaking up behind her, and reprimanding Giles for having an affair with a younger woman -- Giles politely avoids bringing up Angel.

** The vampire in TheTeaser rises from his grave with Buffy and Willow too engrossed in their conversation to notice him. However, as he's sneaking up behind them he spots the stakes and crossbow next to Buffy and wisely decides his first meal as a vampire is better sought elsewhere.

* FriendshipMoment: Xander and Buffy show the kind of affection that's been missing between them since the events of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E21BecomingPart1 "Becoming"]].

* HeroicBSOD: College life is taking it's toll on Buffy and with her friends busy, she a bit unfocused which allows Sunday, whom Buffy could easily defeat, to get an advantage over her the first time. Second time, after Buffy done some soul searching (and especially when her class protector award is broken), not so much.

* MustBeInvited: The vampires are able to break into dormitory rooms because they are public accomodations, not homes.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Willow''': "It's just, in high school, knowledge was pretty much frowned upon. You really had to work to learn anything. But here, the energy, the collective intelligence... It's like this force, this penetrating force, and I can just feel my mind opening up, you know, and letting this place just thrust into and — and spurt knowledge into... That sentence ended up in a different place than it started out in."

* NamelessNarrative: The names of the Sunday's minions: Dav (the heavy girl), Rookie (TheStoner), Jerry (the bearded vamp) and Tom (the survivor who gets tasered at the end).

* {{Adorkable}}: Eddie.

Directed by Creator/JosWhedon

* PosterGalleryBedroom: The vampires run a sweep to determine whether the poster left behind in their victim's dorm should be Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" or Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss"; the two are the most common prints in real-world college dorm rooms.