History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E14Crush

** Xander refers to Spike as "[[Franchise/TheEvilDead Evil Dead]]".

%% * 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.

* ContinuityNod: Reference is made to the Bronze being repaired after Olaf's rampage in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E11Triangle Triangle]]".

* TriangRelations

* {{Gainaxing}}: Anya's dancing at the start of the episode is quite...bouncy.

** Spike's offer to kill his sire/paramour out of love for Buffy is not without precedent, as Angel did exactly that with Darla in the first season. This won't be the last parallel between the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Bangel and Spuffy]] relationships that Buffy will refuse to see or admit to.

** Spike dresses in the [[HellBentForLeather Brown Leather Jacket of Normality]] when trying to engage Buffy in casual conversation. When that doesn't work he goes back to black.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Willow and Tara read ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', which draws parallels between Quasimodo and Spike. Buffy mentions renting the movie, however she jokingly implies with her mention of "singing gargoyles" that she didn't rent [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 the 1939 movie]] but [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1996 the animated version]].

* CasualKink: Harmony invites Spike to tie her up. Spike instead [[RetargetedLust gets her to dress up as Buffy]] for some roleplay and roll-in-the-hay.

** Harmony refer to Drusilla as "[[Series/TheAddamsFamily Morticia]]".

* LongBusTrip: Drusilla no longer appears as a villain in ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' or ''Series/{{Angel}}'', except in flashbacks.

** Last appearance of Harmony, though she does become a secondary character in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
** Also Drusilla's last non-flashback appearance on either show.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Spike offers to kill his sire to prove his love for Buffy, an extremely meaningful thong in vampire culture. To Buffy, however, Drusilla is just a vampire, albeit an unusually powerful one, who has killed more than one of her friends in the past, so she happily accepts his offer.

* NotSoDifferent: Dawn says there's no difference between [[RestrainingBolt Angel's soul and Spike's chip]]. Buffy responds, "I can't listen to this!" Likewise when Spike starts playing on the same tropes that Angel did (StalkingIsLove, MurderTheHypotenuse), Buffy is angry and disgusted.

** [[{{Seer}} Drusilla]] knew Spike was in love with Buffy even before he did. This was shown in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E7FoolForLove Fool for Love]]".

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Spike talks of his obsession as if it's an AssimilationPlot by Buffy.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Knocking out your LoveInterest with a cattle prod, chaining her up and saying you'll prove your ardour by staking your vampire ex is not the way to Buffy's heart.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Spike:''' Don't mock this.\\
'''Buffy:''' Go mock yourself!

* IfICantHaveYou: Spike chains up both Buffy and Drusilla, and declares he'll stake his his vampire ex-girlfriend as a sign of his love for Buffy. When Buffy is unimpressed, Spike says he'll release Drusilla to feed on her unless Buffy gives him the faintest crumb of hope that someday he might have a chance with her.

* StaticStunGun: The cattle prod used to knock out Buffy, and then Drusilla.

* VisualPun: As the VictimOfTheWeek enters the railway car where Drusilla has feasted, there's a sign saying [[AC:Diner]].

* GuyGuyOnGuyIsHot: "I told you: No threesomes Unless they're boy-boy-girl. Or Creator/CharlizeTheron".

* IfICantHaveYou: If Buffy refuses to give Spike even the faintest chance that there's hope for him, Spike will release Drusilla to feed on her. When Buffy point-blank refuses to play along, Spike starts ranting that he'll kill both women, but in the end takes Buffy's side over Drusilla.

* EvilIsPetty: Spike nicks Payday Man's money.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer

* HarsherInHindsight: Buffy's comment that the only chance Spike had with her was when she was unconscious becomes a lot darker after the events of season 6, when he really does try to rape her.