History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E1BargainingPart1

** [[spoiler: Inverted in the next episode when Buffy shows up just when the Hellions tear the Buffybot apart.
-->'''Razor:''' Another one!]]

** Inverted when Buffy shows up just when the Hellions tear the Buffybot apart.
-->'''Razor:''' Another one!

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: When Willow gets her 'blood of the innocent', which also counts as foreshadowing for "Seeing Red".

* FantasticRacism: Arguably {{justified|Trope}}: vampires aren’t allowed in the Hellions because of their [[WeaksauceWeakness vulnerability to]] [[DaylightHorror sunlight]].

* EverythingIsOnline: Including the Urn of Osiris -- Anya bought it on Website/EBay.

* AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Demons interrupt the spell, and the one-of-a-kind urn gets dropped and broken, but it turns out the resurrection was completed moments before that.

-->'''Xander:''' ''[to Willow]'' Excuse me? Who made you the boss of the group?\\

* YouAreInCommandNow:
-->'''Xander:''' Who made ''you'' the boss of us?\\
'''Willow:''' You did. You said I could be boss.\\
'''Anya:''' You said to take a vote and it was unanimous.\\
'''Tara:''' You made a plaque that said "You're the boss of us!" with little sparkles on it.

->'''Xander:''' ''This is deep stuff, Willow. We're talking about raising the dead.''
->'''Willow:''' ''It's time we stop talking. Tomorrow night, we're bringing Buffy back.''

* DeathIsCheap: Willow can resurrect Buffy after she's been dead for months because she died a supernatural death.
{{Downplayed|Trope}} and/or {{Justified|Trope}} due to the resurrection being significantly [[BuffySpeak un-cheap]]

* CallBack:.

* {{Bambification}}: Willow pets a fawn in a green garden...before slitting its throat to use its blood as a spell ingredient in order to resurrect Buffy. One of the first clues to the wrongness of said resurrection and the dark path Willow's on. It's specifically noted to be "blood of the innocent" or some such.

* BilingualBonus: The incantation Willow uses to call forth the fawn is in Hebraic. It is stated in canon that she is Jewish. The two first words are "adonai elohe", translated as "the lord God". Thus, Willow cannot be directly blamed for using BlackMagic, as she summones the biblical creator god himself. (As a matter of FridgeLogic: usually, the power of demons and ancient gods are summoned when casting spells - but ''this'' incantation summons the attention of GOD! It should be pointed out that this would not sit well in a Jewish, let alone a Christian, community.)

-->'''Buffybot:''' That'll put marzipan on your pie plate, bingo!
-->'''Willow:''' I was trying to program in some new puns and I kind of ended up with WordSalad.

* BuffySpeak
-->'''Xander:''' It’s time? Like, “time” time? With the...timeliness?
* BuriedAlive: Creator/JossWhedon has Creator/SarahMichelleGellar go through her greatest fear. [[{{Jerkass}} Again.]]
* CallBack:

* CharacterDevelopment: Spike, in regards to his feelings for Buffy. In addition, to keep helping the Scooby Gang, he, who originally had the Buffybot made to be a version of Buffy who would be in love with him to satisfy his lust and/or admittedly misguided fantasies, now refuses to take compliments from it, or even look at it.

-->"I tried being patient but it took too long."

-->'''Giles:''' I just can't help but wonder if...she would have been better off without me. Buffy.\\

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} and/or {{Justified|Trope}} due to the resurrection being significantly [[BuffySpeak un-cheap]]

-->''(Taking refuge at The Magic Box)''
-->'''Xander:''' This place is NORAD when we're at Def Con 1.
-->''(Tara, Willow and Anya stare back at him blankly)''
-->'''Xander:''' Okay, I so need some male friends.

-->'''Willow:''' What are you doing? Help him!
-->'''Spike:''' (calmly lighting a cigarette) I just did.
-->''(The back of the vamp's shirt goes up in flame, followed by the rest of him)''

-->'''Willow:''' I got her head back on, didn't I? And I got her off those knock-knock jokes.
-->'''Buffybot:''' Ooh, who's there?
-->'''Xander:''' You know, if we want her to be exactly--
-->'''Spike:''' She'll never be exactly.
-->'''Xander:''' I know.
-->'''Tara:''' The only really real Buffy is really Buffy.
-->'''Giles:''' And she's gone.
-->'''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Buffybot]]:''' [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone]] who?

-->'''Spike:''' No. I'm not leaving you ... to get hurt. (softly) [[TheAtoner Not again.]]

-->Oh, poor Watcher, did your life flash before your eyes? [[BritsLoveTea Cuppa tea, cuppa tea,]] [[BritishStuffiness almost got shagged,]] [[RuleOfThree cuppa tea?]]

-->'''Xander''': ''[to Willow]'' Excuse me? Who made you the boss of the group?
-->'''Anya''': You did.
-->'''Tara''': You said Willow should be boss.
-->'''Anya''': And then you said "let's vote," and it was unanimous...
-->'''Tara''': ...and then you made her this little plaque, that said "Boss of Us," you put little sparkles on it...
-->'''Xander''': Valid points all.

-->'''Vampire:''' "You're... you're a machine!"

* SeeminglyProfoundFool

-->'''Willow:''' Oh. I, uh, had to get that thing.
-->'''Xander:''' Giles isn't around, you can dump the cryptic.

* ThatCameOutWrong
-->'''Xander:''' House o' chicks, relax. I'm a man and I have a tool! (sees Dawn) Tools. Lots of plural tools. In my toolbox.

-->'''Tara:''' She did great; she impressed all the teachers.
-->'''Xander:''' And [[BookDumb they still thought it was Buffy]]?

-->'''Xander:''' Okay -- when ''I'm'' marveling at the immaturity...be scared.

-->'''Xander''': Who made ''you'' the boss of us?
-->'''Willow''': You did. You said I could be boss.
-->'''Anya''': You said to take a vote and it was unanimous.
-->'''Tara''': You made a plaque that said "You're the boss of us!" with little sparkles on it.

* FamilyOfChoice: The Buffybot charade is being kept up not only to fool demons, but also so Dawn won't be put into foster care; it’s implied that [[HasTwoMommies Willow and Tara]] have taken on parental roles for her.

* IronicHell
-->'''Anya:''' "You know, I used to punish people like this when I was a demon. I made them double-check spreadsheets for all eternity."

-->Oh, poor Watcher, did your life flash before your eyes? [[SpotOfTea Cuppa tea, cuppa tea,]] [[BritishStuffiness almost got shagged,]] [[RuleOfThree cuppa tea?]]

* AbsenteeActor: {{Inverted}} - Buffy does not appear because ''she's dead'' and isn't seen until the very beginning of the second episode after she comes back to life. However, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar is still in the episode playing the Buffybot.

* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: {{Justified}}: the Scoobies have to buy Giles' goodbye gifts at a gas station while they're racing to intercept him at the airport.

* FantasticRacism: Arguably {{justified}}: vampires aren’t allowed in the Hellions because of their [[WeaksauceWeakness vulnerability to]] [[DaylightHorror sunlight]].

* [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels All Bikers Are Hellsmouth Demons]]: The Hellions.

* AttackHello / BetweenMyLegs: Our introduction to the Buffybot.

* PromotedToParent[=/=]HasTwoMommies: Willow and Tara now sleep in Joyce's room and act as Dawn's parents.

* YouAreInCommandNow[=/=]RhetoricalQuestionBlunder

* IdiotBall: While planning the resurrection spell, the Scoobies leave the Buffybot unsupervised, not even telling Spike and Dawn to keep an eye on it in order to distract them. It gets attacked and damaged, thus setting an attack by the gang that disrupts the spell.

* CameBackWrong: Averted when, among other things, Buffy's desiccated corpse is revived with no visible difference. Her mind/spirit, not so much.

* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: It apparently never occurs to any of the Scoobies to dig up and open Buffy's coffin 'before' performing the resurrection spell. As a result, Buffy is restored only to find herself buried alive and having to dig her way out of her own grave.

* LiteralMinded: The Buffybot making sandwiches ad infinitium'.

* Didn't Think This Through: It apparently never occurs to any of the Scoobies to dig up and open Buffy's coffin BEFORE performing the resurrection spell. As a result, Buffy is restored only to find herself buried alive and having to dig her way out of her own grave.

-->'''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Buffybot]]:''' [[DramaticallyMissingThePount If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone]] who?
* LiteralMinded: The Buffybot making mega-sandwiches.

* DissonantSerenity / ManOnFire: Spike appears to be unconcerned that Giles is being choked by a huge vampire.

-->'''Razor:''' [[BondOneLiner I'll think it over.]]

* KnockKnockJoke

-->'''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Buffybot]]:''' [[RepeatAfterMe If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone]] who?

* FamilyOfChoice: The Buffybot charade is being kept up not only to fool demons, but also so Dawn won't be taken away from [[HasTwoMommies her two mommies]].
* FantasticRacism: The leader of the Hellions kills a vampire who asks to ride with them by [[OffWithHisHead ripping off his head]]. Then again he's the leader of a biker gang and the vampire [[TooDumbToLive wears a HANSON t-shirt]].

* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: The Scoobies have to buy Giles' goodbye gifts at a gas station while they're racing to intercept him at the airport.

** The BetweenMyLegs BaitAndSwitch was used previously in "[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anne]]", Season 3's opening episode.

* AndStarring: For most of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'''s run, Anthony Stewart Head was last in the titles, with an "and...as Giles", because he was by far the most accomplished and famous actor in the series at that point. When he dropped from regular cast member to recurring guest star, the "and" went to Creator/AlysonHannigan, whose career had recently taken off thanks to the ''Film/AmericanPie'' movies.