History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller

* DeathEqualsRedemption: Explicitly mentioned and averted; Buffy forces Andrew to admit that being killed won't make up for his murder of Jonathan.

* SpecialEditionTitle

* FlashbackEcho: Plenty -- subverted with Andrew [[UnreliableNarrator 'remembering']] his confrontation with Dark!Willow. Clips of Andrew calmly using magic to ward off her attacks replace the scenes where Anya actually does so.

-->'''Andrew:''' (V.O.): You've already met Buffy. (Buffy [[SlowMotion gracefully pours]] herself a bowl of cereal, and [[HairFlip shakes her hair sexily]] in the [[HotWind breeze that comes from nowhere]], and [[AsideGlance looks directly into the camera]]) She's beautiful, with a lion's heart and— (Buffy winks) and the face of an angel. She's never afraid 'cause she knows her side will always win. (A [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless Spike enters view]], walking up to Buffy; [[HeldGaze they look as if they will kiss]], [[AlmostKiss but don't]]; instead, he touches her waist, and Buffy touches his arms as they nearly embrace) Buffy and Spike have some kind of history -- [[UnresolvedSexualTension you can feel the heat between them]]. [[{{Dissimile}} Although, technically, as a vampire, he's room temperature.]] (Anya flits sexily into view, crossing in front of Spike and Buffy, twirling and [[EroticEating eating from a bunch of grapes]], then [[AsideGlance smiling into the camera]]) Anya, a feisty waif with a firey temper and a vulnerable heart that she hides, even from herself. (camera pans over to a blonde girl eating from a bowl of cereal) This lovely girl...[[RedShirt I don't remember her name]]-—

* DaydreamSurprise: TheTeaser opens with Andrew giving a MasterpieceTheater introduction -- when Anya hammers on the door he's revealed to be sitting on the toilet.

* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Andrew lights up a pipe for his MasterpieceTheater introduction. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama Then starts coughing.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Anya complains about Andrew hogging the toilet for half an hour. When she discovers he's making a documentary she says, "Why can't you just masturbate like the rest of us?"

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** Andrew says "Grrr, Arghh!" at one point, so the monster and Andrew must have decided to swop lines.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: A flashback shows Andrew and Jonathan in Mexico, dreaming of events to come in Season 6. [[BlessedAreTheCheesemakers And for some reason the Cheeseman.]]

-->'''Wood:''' I hope that's not a student.

-->'''Andrew:''' (V.O.): You've already met Buffy. (Buffy [[SlowMotion gracefully pours]] herself a bowl of cereal, and [[HairFlip shakes her hair sexily]] in the [[DramaticWind breeze that comes from nowhere]], and [[AsideGlance looks directly into the camera]]) She's beautiful, with a lion's heart and— (Buffy winks) and the face of an angel. She's never afraid 'cause she knows her side will always win. (A [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless Spike enters view]], walking up to Buffy; [[HeldGaze they look as if they will kiss]], [[AlmostKiss but don't]]; instead, he touches her waist, and Buffy touches his arms as they nearly embrace) Buffy and Spike have some kind of history -- [[UnresolvedSexualTension you can feel the heat between them]]. [[{{Dissimile}} Although, technically, as a vampire, he's room temperature.]] (Anya flits sexily into view, crossing in front of Spike and Buffy, twirling and [[EroticEating eating from a bunch of grapes]], then [[AsideGlance smiling into the camera]]) Anya, a feisty waif with a firey temper and a vulnerable heart that she hides, even from herself. (camera pans over to a blonde girl eating from a bowl of cereal) This lovely girl...[[RedShirt I don't remember her name]]-—

-->'''Andrew''': Buffy - Slayer of the Vam-PIREs.

* CallBack to the plot from "Out of Mind": Buffy catches an unnoticed girl in the middle of turning invisible, and manages to stop it.

-->'''Andrew''': Buffy - Slayer of the VamPIREs.

* SmokingIsCool: Andrew lights up a pipe for his MasterpieceTheater introduction. Then starts coughing.

* BreatherEpisode: The last comic episode in BtVS.

* Supervillain / BadassInANiceSuit: Andrew's [[SelfServingMemory fantasy version]] of his past with the Trio. Also involves {{Technobabble}} and TechnicolorScience.

* SmokingIsCool: Andrew lights up a pipe for his MasterpieceTheater introduction and starts coughing.

* SelfServingMemory: When Andrew tries to justify killing Jonathan, we see various flashbacks which differ wildly as he changes his version of events. This prompts Buffy to point out indignantly that he has just completely changed his story.

* BookEnds: Andrew's bathroom monologues, the first where he's lost in his fantasy world, the last completely serious.

* TitleDrop / PhantasySpelling: "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs". Andrew [[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle actually pronounces "Vampyr" slightly differently]] to make the point, putting the stress on the second syllable rather than the first.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: MadScientist Andrew's plan to defeat Buffy by making her...super-magnetic!
-->'''Jonathan:''' Wow, she won't be able to get out of her car!
-->'''Warren:''' And knives and other sharp things will fly at her!
-->'''Andrew:''' We could walk right by her, and she wouldn't be able to stop us.
-->'''Warren:''' ([[GlassesPull takes off his goggles]], looks worried) Unless we were wearing metal belt buckles, then we would stick to her.
-->'''Andrew:''' In my plan...we are beltless.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Defied, but Andrew still thinks he deserves death and assumes he'll die in the final battle against the First.