History YMMV / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E9WhatsMyLinePart1

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Xander, during his usual teasing of Cordelia, implies that guys call her an "easy ride". He then follows up this remark with "don’t worry, it's just locker room talk". Ever since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when soon-to-be-President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump got caught bragging about groping women through a hidden camera, "locker room talk" (Trump's excuse for his comments) has become synonymous with men who make inappropriate advances on women and then brag about it in private. In other words, "locker room talk" has come to represent a culture of men who don't respect women. In this evolved context, Xander's comment now looks far worse than it did at the time.

* WhatAnIdiot: The assassins. Their methods of attacking Buffy consist of...picking her up and throwing her around, turning into very slow-moving maggots, and trying to gun her down in front of dozens of witnesses. And they're supposed to be top-notch assassins...

* HilariousInHindsight: Buffy being horrified that her advised career option is "police". In the sequel comic, working as a freelance police consultant for San Francisco PD on cases involving the supernatural eventually becomes the way she (barely) pays her bills. Because that pretty much is the only kind of legal income-paying activity that can be reasonably combined with the Slaying and the Magic Council related duties she takes on. And she really does seem to like the work.
* WhatAnIdiot: The assassins. Their methods of attacking Buffy consist of... picking her up and throwing her around, turning into very slow-moving maggots, and trying to gun her down in front of dozens of witnesses. And they're supposed to be top-notch assassins...

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Xander, during his usual teasing of Cordelia, implies that guys call her an “easy ride.” He then follows up this remark with “don’t worry, it’s just locker room talk.” Ever since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when soon-to-be-President Donald Trump got caught bragging about groping women through a hidden camera, “locker room talk” (Trump’s excuse for his comments) has become synonymous with men who make inappropriate advances on women and then brag about it in private. In other words, “locker room talk” has come to represent a culture of men who don’t respect women. In this evolved context, Xander’s comment now looks far worse than it did at the time.

* HarsherInHindsight: Xander, during his usual teasing of Cordelia, implies that guys call her an “easy ride.” He then follows up this remark with “don’t worry, it’s just locker room talk.” Ever since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when soon-to-be-President Donald Trump got caught bragging about groping women through a hidden camera, “locker room talk” (Trump’s excuse for his comments) has become synonymous with men who make inappropriate advances on women and then brag about it in private. In other words, “locker room talk” has come to represent a culture of men who don’t respect women. In this evolved context, Xander’s comment now looks far worse than it did at the time.

* RewatchBonus: Cordelia's career aptitude test said she should either be a personal shopper or a motivational speaker. The motivational speaker part was quite prophetic as she would go on to keep Angel motivated like no one else could.
** The third assassin is featured in this episode, very briefly, as one of many faces Buffy sees when she's walking through the school after finding out that a hit has been taken out on her. Plays very well into the ProperlyParanoid feeling.

* HilariousInHindsight: Buffy being horrified that her advised career option is "police". In the sequel comic, [[spoiler: working as a freelance police consultant for San Francisco PD on cases involving the supernatural eventually becomes the way she (barely) pays her bills. Because that pretty much is the only kind of legal income-paying activity that can be reasonably combined with the Slaying and the Magic Council related duties she takes on.]] And she really does seem to like the work.

* HilariousInHindsight: Buffy being horrified that her advised career option is "police". In the comic, [[spoiler: working as a freelance police consultant for San Francisco PD on cases involving the supernatural eventually becomes the way she (barely) pays her bills. Because that pretty much is the only kind of legal income-paying activity that can be reasonably combined with the Slaying and the Magic Council related duties she takes on.]]