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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Faith spends a lot of the episodeoff-screen in bed recuperating after being knocked unconscious by the bomb explosion. This is because Creator/ElizaDushku was filming the pilot for ''Series/TruCalling'' during the shooting of the episode.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Faith spends a lot of the episodeoff-screen episode off-screen in bed recuperating after being knocked unconscious by the bomb explosion. This is because Creator/ElizaDushku was filming the pilot for ''Series/TruCalling'' during the shooting of the episode.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Faith spends a lot of the episodeoff-screen in bed recuperating after being knocked unconscious by the bomb explosion. This is because Creator/ElizaDuskhu was filming the pilot for ''Series/TruCalling'' during the shooting of the episode.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Faith spends a lot of the episodeoff-screen in bed recuperating after being knocked unconscious by the bomb explosion. This is because Creator/ElizaDuskhu Creator/ElizaDushku was filming the pilot for ''Series/TruCalling'' during the shooting of the episode.
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* IronicEcho: Spike says "[[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple Honey, you're home]]" on seeing Buffy again. Buffy said "Honey, I'm home" as a PreAssKickingOneLiner to Spike in "Halloween".

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* IronicEcho: Spike says "[[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple Honey, you're home]]" on seeing Buffy again. Buffy said "Honey, I'm home" as a PreAssKickingOneLiner to Spike in "Halloween"."[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E6Halloween Halloween]]".

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* ContinuityNod: Xander brought Buffy back to life (with CPR) in "Prophecy Girl", and (along with the other Scoobies) with the resurrection spell in "Bargaining, Part I".

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* ContinuityNod: Xander brought Buffy back to life (with CPR) in "Prophecy Girl", "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl Prophecy Girl]]", and (along with the other Scoobies) with the resurrection spell in "Bargaining, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E1BargainingPart1 Bargaining, Part I".I]]".



* EasilyForgiven: Buffy doesn't even mention the fact that everyone betrayed her. Justified, as everyone's got much bigger fish to fry.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: As the First is channeling Buffy, 'she' naturally makes a point of lampshading the sexual implications of "merging" with Caleb, much to his annoyance. "This is a sacred experience for me."

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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As the First is channeling Buffy, 'she' naturally makes a point of lampshading the sexual implications of "merging" with Caleb, much to his annoyance. "This is a sacred experience for me."

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* AchillesInHisTent: Buffy getting deposed by her own pupils, who install Faith as their new leader. One bomb explosion later, and everyone goes crawling back to blondie.
** Well, she did have a BigDamnHeroes moment and dust three uber-vamps within 15 seconds.



* BigDamnHeroes: A scythe-wielding Buffy arrives to save the Potentials from the ubervamps.
** Also, Angel arrives with a HeyYouHaymaker against Caleb when Buffy is on the ropes.

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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
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A scythe-wielding Buffy arrives to save the Potentials from the ubervamps.
** Also, Angel arrives with a HeyYouHaymaker against Caleb when Buffy is on the ropes.



* HealItWithBooze: While patching up the Potentials after a big battle, Andrew and Anya get a bottle of whiskey for this purpose, but end up drinking it themselves.



* InstantSedation: Xander knocking out Dawn.



* InstantSedation: The chloroform version is used by Xander on Dawn when Buffy wants him to get her out of town before the final battle with the First. She's not happy with him when she wakes up, TASERs him, and drives them back to town.



* NoodleIncident: The fate of Miss Kitty Fantastico, which apparently involved an errant crossbow....



* PatrickStewartSpeech: Anya explaining why she's going to stick around this time; for the sake of all humans; not just Xander as in "The Gift":

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Anya explaining why she's going to stick around this time; for the sake of all humans; not just Xander as in "The Gift":"[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]":



* RealityEnsues: We find out just what happens when one give a leadership position to someone who has absolutely no experience: Faith's first plan leads herself and several Potentials into a DeathTrap involving a bomb and several Turok-Han vampires, with the survivors only being saved by Buffy's Big Damn Heroes moment. Several of them decide that the whole ordeal was LaserGuidedKarma for turning against Buffy.



* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: Turns out the Guardians do.

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* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: Turns out the Guardians do.do.
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With Faith injured, Buffy returns with a new weapon.

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With Buffy effortlessly pulls the Scythe from the stone, leaving Caleb amazed. He is willing to fight her, though probably outmatched now that she has the Scythe. But The First (as Buffy) tells him to let Buffy go, and tells her that she will have to hurry to save her friends in the sewer.

Back at the Summers' residence, Andrew has just acquired food, while Dawn, Willow, Xander, and Anya return, having been looking for Buffy only to come across an empty house. Giles informs them that
Faith injured, and the others have not returned.

The Potential Slayers who survived the bomb blast — Kennedy, Amanda, Vi, Rona, and Caridad among others — start dragging the unconscious Faith and their other wounded towards the surface when they are ambushed by three Turok-Hans. Kennedy assumes command. All hope seems lost, though, until
Buffy returns shows up with her new weapon and rescues them, killing all three Turok-Hans. Back at her house, the Potentials and Scoobies declare Buffy the leader again.

Willow and Giles look for references to the Scythe on the Internet. During their research, Willow confesses to Giles that she is not sure if she can do real heavy magic, even if she must. They find symbols that suggest a connection to scythes and Ancient Egypt.

At Buffy's insistence, a reluctant Xander renders Dawn unconscious with chloroform and drives off with her, away from Sunnydale for safety. When Dawn wakes up, she gives him a shock
with a new weapon.
taser and then drives them back.

At the vineyard, Caleb meets with the First as he spouts his frustration over having to let Buffy leave with the Scythe. The First tells Caleb that his strength is waning and, in order to increase it again, merges with the preacher and lends him its power. Caleb is left with black eyes and declares that he is ready to take Buffy on again.

Buffy and Faith make up. Faith admits to Buffy that she was jealous of her friends, and lets it slip that she and Principal Wood have had sex. They both reflect upon how lonely they are as Slayers, and that they are the only ones in the group who truly understand what it feels like to be a Slayer. Buffy then has a personal discussion with Spike, in which they admit how much they feel for each other.

Andrew and Anya head to the hospital to retrieve supplies for the wounded, and have a heart-to-heart about humanity's desire to fight for good. They also have a wheelchair fight.

Following the Egyptian lead, Buffy takes the Scythe to a small pyramid that she discovers right outside one of the gates of the same cemetery that she has patrolled for the past six years. Inside, a woman claims to be the last of the Guardians, a secret female order that has watched the Watchers since ancient times tells. She tells Buffy that the Scythe is a powerful weapon forged for the final battle. Suddenly, Caleb shows up from behind the woman, kills her, and almost has Buffy bested when Angel steps in to save her. However, Buffy insists on fighting Caleb alone and slices his abdomen with the scythe. Caleb laughs for a moment, then changes expression and falls, seemingly dead.

Buffy gives Angel a kiss. Unbeknownst to them, Spike is hiding in the shadows with the First by his side. In Buffy's form, it tells him: "That bitch."
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Faith spends a lot of the episodeoff-screen in bed recuperating after being knocked unconscious by the bomb explosion. This is because Creator/ElizaDuskhu was filming the pilot for ''Series/TruCalling'' during the shooting of the episode.
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** Also, [[spoiler:Angel]] arrives with a HeyYouHaymaker against Caleb when Buffy is on the ropes.

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** Also, [[spoiler:Angel]] Angel arrives with a HeyYouHaymaker against Caleb when Buffy is on the ropes.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Amanda thinks the bomb was fate punishing them for tossing Buffy out.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Amanda thinks the bomb was fate punishing them for tossing Buffy out.out, and Kennedy and the other Potentials agree.
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** Calbe sneering there's no way Buffy will be able to pull the Scythe out of solid rock before he gets over to where she is...only for Buffy to do so and [[OhCrap Caleb to react accordingly]].
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* WalkInChimeIn: In the middle of Buffy and the Guardian talking, Caleb snaps the latter's neck and attacks the former.
-->'''Caleb''': I'm sorry, I didn't catch that last part on account of her neck snappin' and all. Did she say the end is near... or here?
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* BrutalHonesty: Anya is not exactly Nurse Bedside Manner, especially when she's half pissed.

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* BrutalHonesty: Anya is not exactly Nurse Bedside Manner, especially when she's [[InVinoVeritas half pissed.pissed]].

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%%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer



%%* InstantSedation

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%%* InstantSedation* InstantSedation: Xander knocking out Dawn.



* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Buffy "[[PersonAsVerb King Arthured]]" the scythe from the stone.

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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Buffy "[[PersonAsVerb King Arthured]]" the [[SwordInTheStone scythe from the stone.stone]].



%%* SwordInTheStone



%%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: The Guardian.

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%%* * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: The Guardian.Guardian is neck-snapped by Caleb who has approached unseen.
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-->'''Caleb:''' (smiles nervously) You don't even know what you got there.
-->'''Buffy:''' I know you're backing away.

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-->'''Caleb:''' (smiles nervously) ([[OhCrapSmile smiles nervously]]) You don't even know what you got there.
-->'''Buffy:''' [[ShutUpHannibal I know you're backing away.away]].
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* HeyYouHaymaker: Just as Caleb is going to strike down Buffy someone off screen calls out, "Hey" and wallops him. Oh hai Angel.

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* HeyYouHaymaker: Just as Caleb is going to strike down Buffy someone off screen calls out, "Hey" and wallops him. Oh hai Angel.Peaches.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: When Buffy first picks up the Scythe, it throws a cross-like reflection on her throat where she'd normally wear her cross-necklace.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: You, too can own [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]] [[http://www.allmoviereplicas.com/Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer-Slayers-Scythe-Replica-Factory-X.html scythe]]!
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** Also, [[spoiler:Angel]] arrives with a HeyYouHaymaker against Caleb when Buffy is on the ropes.

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* VoiceoverLetter: Xander gives Dawn a letter from Buffy while driving them away. Buffy's almost-saccharine narration gets cut off by Dawn knocking Xander out and driving them back.



-->'''Guardian:''' No, really. (Buffy shrugs)

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-->'''Guardian:''' No, really. (Buffy shrugs)''(Buffy shrugs)''

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Anya explaining why she's going to stick around this time; for the sake of all humans; not just Xander as in "The Gift".

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Anya explaining why she's going to stick around this time; for the sake of all humans; not just Xander as in "The Gift".Gift":
-->I was kinda new to being around humans before. And now I've seen a lot more, gotten to know people, seen what they're capable of and I guess I just realize how amazingly... screwed up they all are. I mean, really, really screwed up in a monumental fashion. And they have no purpose that unites them, so they just drift around, blundering through life until they die. Which they know is coming and yet every single one of them is surprised when it happens to them. They're incapable of thinking about what they want beyond the moment. They kill each other, which is clearly insane, and yet, here's the thing. When it's something that really matters, they fight. I mean, they're lame morons for fighting. But they do. They never... They never quit. And so I guess I will keep fighting, too.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer

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* %%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer



** Well, she did have a BigDamnHero moment and dust three uber-vamps within 15 seconds.

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** Well, she did have a BigDamnHero BigDamnHeroes moment and dust three uber-vamps within 15 seconds.



* AncientConspiracy

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* AncientConspiracyAncientConspiracy:



* AssimilationPlot: The First's goal
-->'''Buffy!First:''' When this is over, when our armies spring forth and our will sweeps the world, I'll be able to enter every man, woman and child on the face of this Earth.

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* AssimilationPlot: The First's goal
-->'''Buffy!First:'''
goal.
-->'''First:'''
When this is over, when our armies spring forth and our will sweeps the world, I'll be able to enter every man, woman and child on the face of this Earth.



* BigStupidDoodooHead

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* BigStupidDoodooHeadBigStupidDoodooHead:



* InstantSedation

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* ItsWhatIDo
-->'''Xander:''' I never said you were gonna die! [[NoExceptYes I implied that you were gonna die]]. It's totally different.\\

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* ItsWhatIDo
ItsWhatIDo:
-->'''Xander:''' I never said you were gonna die! [[NoExceptYes [[DistinctionWithoutADifference I implied that you were gonna die]]. It's totally different.\\



* LamePunReaction

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* LamePunReactionLamePunReaction:



* [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You And Her Fight]]: After saving Buffy from Caleb Angel steps back and enjoys watching her kick his ass.

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* [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You And Her Fight]]: LetsYouAndHimFight: After saving Buffy from Caleb Angel steps back and enjoys watching her kick his ass.



* {{Metaphorgotten}}

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* {{Metaphorgotten}}{{Metaphorgotten}}:



* [[SwordInTheStone Scythe In The Stone]]
* ShesBack

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%%* SwordInTheStone
* [[SwordInTheStone Scythe In The Stone]]
* ShesBack
ShesBack:



* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: The Guardian

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* %%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: The GuardianGuardian.



* TemptingFate: Kennedy saying there's only one ubervamp, just before another one attacks them from behind.

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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Kennedy saying there's only one ubervamp, just before another one attacks them from behind.



* ThereCanBeOnlyOne

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* ThereCanBeOnlyOneThereCanBeOnlyOne:



* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Cat?]]: It's implied that [[AllWitchesHaveCats Willow and Tara's cat]] (last seen in Season 5) met its demise in a [[RecklessGunUsage tragic crossbow accident]].

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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Cat?]]: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's implied that [[AllWitchesHaveCats Willow and Tara's cat]] (last seen in Season 5) met its demise in a [[RecklessGunUsage tragic crossbow accident]].



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDudeWhoNamesTheirKidDude:



* [[WhoWatchesTheWatchmen Who Watches the Watcher's Council?]]: Turns out the Guardians do.

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* [[WhoWatchesTheWatchmen Who Watches the Watcher's Council?]]: WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: Turns out the Guardians do.
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* ThisIsSomethingShesGotToDoHerself: Buffy going to find out about the origins of the Scythe.

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* ThisIsSomethingShesGotToDoHerself: Buffy going to find out about the origins of the Scythe. This is also why Buffy wouldn't let Angel help her fight Caleb.



* WheelChairAntics: While looting an AbandonedHospital for medical supplies in preparation for the FinalBattle, Anya and Andrew [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying have a wheelchair fight]].

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* WheelChairAntics: WheelchairAntics: While looting an AbandonedHospital for medical supplies in preparation for the FinalBattle, Anya and Andrew [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying have a wheelchair fight]].

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->''Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers.''

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->''"I told you, I don't leave crossbows around all willy-nilly. Not since that time
with superpowers.''
Miss Kitty Fantastico."''
-->--'''Dawn Summers'''

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* WheelChairAntics

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* WheelChairAnticsWheelChairAntics: While looting an AbandonedHospital for medical supplies in preparation for the FinalBattle, Anya and Andrew [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying have a wheelchair fight]].
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* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: After the usual Spuffy fencing, Buffy gets annoyed and delivers some straight talk about What Happened Last Night, saying she's tired of weird, mixed signals. However when the implication is raised that they've fallen in love, they both put an end to the conversation.

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* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: After the usual Spuffy fencing, Buffy gets annoyed and delivers some straight talk about What Happened Last Night, saying she's tired of weird, mixed signals.signals (you know, [[HomoeroticSubtext 'cause she's got Faith for that]]). However when the implication is raised that they've fallen in love, they both put an end to the conversation.
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* LetYouAndHimFight: After saving Buffy from Caleb Angel steps back and enjoys watching her kick his ass.

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* LetYouAndHimFight: [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You And Her Fight]]: After saving Buffy from Caleb Angel steps back and enjoys watching her kick his ass.
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* AssimilationPlot

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* AssimilationPlotAssimilationPlot: The First's goal



* BlackEyesOfEvil / EvilSoundsDeep: Caleb after the First shares his essence with him.

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* BlackEyesOfEvil / EvilSoundsDeep: BlackEyesOfEvil[=/=]EvilSoundsDeep: Caleb after the First shares his essence with him.
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* HeyYouHeymaker: Just as Caleb is going to strike down Buffy someone off screen calls out, "Hey" and wallops him. Oh hai Angel.

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* HeyYouHeymaker: HeyYouHaymaker: Just as Caleb is going to strike down Buffy someone off screen calls out, "Hey" and wallops him. Oh hai Angel.
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* HeyYouHeymaker: Just as Caleb is going to strike down Buffy someone off screen calls out, "Hey" and wallops him. Oh hai Angel.


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* LetYouAndHimFight: After saving Buffy from Caleb Angel steps back and enjoys watching her kick his ass.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath

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* SurprisinglySuddenDeathSurprisinglySuddenDeath: The Guardian

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