Line #145 Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E18Intervention


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hey! You look just like me! We're both very pretty!"'']]
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4	->''"What you did, for me, and Dawn--that was real. ... I won't forget it."''
5	-->--'''Buffy Summers''', to Spike
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7	Directed by Creator/MichaelGershman
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9	Written by Creator/JaneEspenson
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11	Buffy and Dawn are trying to settle into a new routine after their mom's death, which Buffy discusses with Giles following dinner one evening. Giles proposes to Buffy that she resumes her training, however Buffy is unsure, despite the progress she had been making in mastering the true abilities of the Slayer. Asked for a reason, Buffy confesses her worry that the more she learns, the less human she feels, worrying that people don't know how much she cares about them (in particular, she worries that Joyce didn't know how much Buffy loved her). Giles suggests he and Buffy go to a sacred location in the desert so that she can undergo a vision quest. When they arrive, Giles performs a ritual to create Buffy's guide. A mountain lion appears and directs Buffy into the desert, which she recalls from her dream ("[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless Restless]]").
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13	Glory orders her minions to watch the Slayer and see who is new and special in her life, as that person is likely to be the Key. That night, one of the minions watches the gang through a window; Dawn secretly takes Anya's earrings from a table.
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15	Spike receives his Buffybot from Warren (commissioned in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made to Love You]]"), who quickly leaves town. Spike and his Buffybot pretend to fight, which inevitably leads to sex. While Spike is sleeping it off, the Buffybot heads out to patrol for vampires. She runs into Xander and Anya in a graveyard and they believe her to be Buffy, but are puzzled because she is acting strangely--she didn't even ask about Dawn. Turning back to make sure Buffy is OK, Xander and Anya witness Spike and the Buffybot having sex in the cemetery. Xander and Anya are shocked and they go to Willow's place to tell her what they saw. Unbeknownst to them, Glory's minions also witness Spike and Buffy, and they conclude that Spike is the Key. At Willow's place, all are horrified and disturbed by Buffy's behavior, and Xander goes back to confront Spike. Spike has the Buffybot hide from Xander in the crypt. Xander tells Spike that he's taking advantage of Buffy during a difficult time. While they argue, Glory's minions show up, knock Xander unconscious, and take Spike (they don't see the Buffybot). Glory is upset when she sees Spike, as she knows Spike is a vampire and cannot be the Key, since the Key is pure. The minions insist that they saw Buffy protecting him ahead of the others, and Glory reasons that Spike may know something, deciding to torture the information out of him.
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17	At the sacred location in the desert, night has fallen. Buffy wakes to find the First Slayer on the opposite side of a large fire. The First Slayer advises Buffy that love is at the center of all Slayers and that love will bring Buffy to her gift. When Buffy asks "What gift?", the First Slayer tells her death is her gift. Buffy insists that death is certainly not her gift, as she knows the pain that it can cause after losing her mother and doesn't want to offer it to anyone. The First Slayer states that Buffy's question has been answered, and disappears, as does the fire.
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19	Worried about Spike, the Buffybot ignores the unconscious Xander at the crypt and goes to Willow's apartment for help. As Willow sternly talks to the Buffybot (whom she mistakes for Buffy) about her sexual relationship with Spike, Xander comes home and fills everyone in about Spike being taken by Glory's minions. Realizing that Glory now has a captive who knows that Dawn is the Key, the gang goes to Buffy's house to get some weapons so they can either rescue Spike before he can reveal Dawn's secret, or do what must be done to keep him from talking.
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21	When the Buffybot goes upstairs to change, the real Buffy enters, and the gang thinks it's the same Buffy they've just been talking to, creating more confusion. The Buffybot returns from upstairs, and confronted with two Buffys, the gang thinks that the other Buffy is a duplicate, but Buffy realizes right away that it's a robot that was likely built by Warren. She's very indignant that the others actually were fooled at all, and all are disgusted when they realize the Buffybot's purpose. However, Buffy quickly puts it aside when she is informed of Spike's situation; she decides to head out and kill him to prevent him from revealing the truth about Dawn to Glory. Unfortunately, they don't know where Glory is operating from. The only lead Buffy has is the area where she killed Glory's snake, so she decides to start searching from there.
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23	Meanwhile, Glory is brutally torturing Spike, who refuses to tell her the Key's location and subjects her to a symphony of verbal abuse. By surreptitiously loosening his chains then taunting Glory into kicking him into the hallway, Spike manages to escape through the elevator to the lobby, where he finds the Scooby Gang (plus the Buffybot) waiting, and they fight off Glory's minions and leave the building. During the fight, the Buffybot is damaged and rendered inactive.
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25	At the Magic Box, Willow examines the Buffybot and determines that she'd easily be able to fix it, but sheepishly says she won't after getting a look from Buffy. Giles and Xander return, having dumped Spike back at his crypt. They report that they have been unable to get any hard information out of Spike as to whether or not he exposed Dawn, largely because he was severely beaten and barely conscious. Though disgusted by the Buffybot, Xander feels a bit of sympathy for him because he lost his favorite toy, but also points out the fact that Spike got a severe thrashing. This makes Buffy thoughtful.
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27	Spike rests in his crypt, beaten and bloody. The Buffybot enters the crypt and asks him what happened. When he tells her he didn't tell Glory about Dawn, the Buffybot says she's going to tell Glory, but Spike harshly stops her. She asks Spike why they shouldn't give Glory the information she wants, and Spike explains that the real Buffy would be completely destroyed if anything ever happened to Dawn, and he would rather die than live with Buffy in so much pain. The Buffybot leans over and kisses Spike gently on the lips. Spike pulls back as he suddenly realizes it is actually Buffy pretending to be the Buffybot. Buffy makes it clear that she is disgusted by the robot, but softens up and informs him that she will never forget what he did for them. The Buffybot was obscene and fake, but what he did for them was real. Buffy departs, leaving a speechless Spike staring after her.
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30	!! Tropes in this episode include:
31	* ActOfTrueLove: Spike thought he was proving his love for Buffy by offering to kill Drusilla in a GrandRomanticGesture. But protecting Dawn because he knows how important she is to Buffy, at the cost of incredible pain and probable death? That's what does it.
32	* AdoptTheDog: Pretty much ''the'' definitive moment in Spike's change from immoral to good (which is different to his HeelFaceTurn, strangely enough). To elaborate: Spike is in love with Buffy and has a soft spot for Dawn. Then Glory abducts Spike for information about the location of a the Key—who Spike knows is actually Dawn. Despite brutal torture, Spike refuses to give Dawn up and is rescued. Later Spike's adoring Buffybot offers to reveal the Key's identity and so protect Spike from future harm, but Spike forbids the Buffybot to do so: if Buffy lost Dawn, it would destroy her, and Spike "couldn't live with her being in that much pain." After this point, Spike still commits morally questionable to downright horrible acts, but he never pulls a full FaceHeelTurn again. And this was ''before'' he got a soul.
33	* AIIsACrapshoot: While Spike is asleep, the Buffybot goes out to do some Slaying, running into the other Scoobies. Cue "OhCrap" when Spike finds out.
34	* AnywhereButTheirLips: Notably averted. Buffy gives Spike a [[SmoochOfVictory kiss out of gratitude]] for his being willing to be tortured to death rather than surrender Dawn. Despite not wanting to give ''any'' encouragement to Spike's repeated advances, Buffy kisses him on the mouth instead of the cheek. This is Spike's first indication that their [[FoeRomanceSubtext attraction might be mutual]].
35	* ArcWords: "Death is your gift." Buffy rejects the idea for now, with the pain of Joyce's death still fresh in her mind.
36	* BadassLongcoat: It's Spike! And he's wearing a coat.
37	* BaitAndSwitchComment:
38	-->'''Xander:''' Spike, Buffy has lots of friends, and we love her very much, and we’ll do whatever it takes to protect her. And if that happens to involve killing you, well, that's a bonus.
39	* BatmanGambit: After loosening his chains, Spike deliberately infuriates Glory, knowing that her response will be to [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punch him across the room]]. She does, and Spike is hurled yards--conveniently breaking him out of his restraints and depositing him in the hallway, from where he can now flee. The only snag is that he has to be smashed into the wall again.
40	-->'''Spike:''' ''[in pain]'' Good plan, Spike. Fabulous bloody plan.
41	* BeneathTheMask: Spike shows his gentle side (and his {{Jerkass}} side) in his interactions with the Buffybot. And Buffy steals a kiss from Spike, [[DatingCatwoman away from the gaze of the Scoobies]].
42	* BerateAndSwitch: Near the end of the episode, when Spike discovers that the Buffybot kissing him is actually Buffy, she gets a moment of this. Buffy makes it clear that she's disgusted by the Buffybot, but as she's leaving, she stops and informs Spike that she's grateful to him for what he did to protect Dawn, and will never forget it.
43	* BerserkButton: Spike insults Glory's hair and fashion sense.
44	* BigDamnHeroes: The Scoobies turn up in time to rescue Spike.
45	* BigOMG:
46	** Buffy on meeting the bot.
47	--->'''Buffy:''' Oh my God.\
48	'''Xander:''' And so say all of us.
49	** Spike gasps this when confronted by the closed elevator doors.
50	* BilingualBonus: To call upon the guide, Giles reads in Swahili: "…nilivyoahidi kulinda na kuongoza, nakupokeza. Mpeleke afike mahali pa usalama na ujuzi. Mpe anavyohitaji. Mwonyeshe njia." This translates to English as: "…that which I am pledged to guard and guide, I hand over to you. Lead her to a place of safety and learning. Give her that which she needs. Show her the path…"
51	* BlatantLies
52	-->'''Dawn:''' We're safe. Right. And, uh, Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with.\
53	'''Tara:''' I-it sounded convincing when I thought it...?
54	** Buffy insists the bot looks nothing like her.
55	* BrainBleach
56	-->'''Tara:''' You aren't really gonna [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan slap]] [Buffy], are you?\
57	'''Xander:''' No, but if I have to see her straddle Spike again, I will definitely knock myself unconscious.
58	* BreatherEpisode: A significant one for Spike and his relationship with Buffy, but much lightened by the presence of the silly and oblivious Buffybot.
59	* BuffySpeak: Buffy addresses the bot as "Skirt Girl."
60	* CallBack:
61	** "Intervention" is a reference to "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E7Revelations Revelations]]", where the Scoobies discovered that Angel was NotQuiteDead and [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend apparently involved]] with Buffy again--she used the line, "What is this, Demons Anonymous? I don't need an intervention here."
62	** Spike's "Yeah, but it was fun" echoes a smiliar line said by Buffy in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E1Anne Anne]]".
63	** Xander's "Hey, I know this; they're both Buffy" is a reference to "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]" when two Xanders were created.
64	** "I know this place." Buffy goes to where she met the First Slayer in her dream in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless Restless]]".
65	** Spike's dislike of Angel goes back to him stealing Drusilla's affections in Season 2 (and, as we see in later flashback episodes of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', even further back). Buffy's belief that Angel is her OneTrueLove gives Spike yet another reason to hate his vampire rival.
66	** Buffy starts the search for Glory's BigFancyHouse in the park where she killed the cobra-monster in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E8Shadow Shadow]]", knowing it was heading back to her.
67	** Anya says that {{Witch Hunt}}s are only bad for the WronglyAccused, as a real witch could use magic to escape. This was shown in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E11Gingerbread Gingerbread]]".
68	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The Buffybot will prove useful to the Scoobies in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E1BargainingPart1 Bargaining]]". Warren Mears flees town, but returns in Season 6 as a BigBadWannabe.]]
69	* CrypticConversation: Between Buffy and the Spirit Guide.
70	* DefiantToTheEnd: Spike defies Glory, only breaking his silence to tell her that the Key's human form is [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Glory's minions obligingly offer to fetch him.]]
71	* DistractedByTheSexy: When Spike isn't sure "if [he's] a satisfied customer," the Buffybot activates and throws her(it)self into his arms, kissing him. Warren uses this to beat feet.
72	* DistressedDude: Spike is captured and tortured by Glory. He halfway escapes (by goading her into literally kicking him ''out of his chains'') and then is rescued the rest of the way when Buffy and the Scoobies arrive. Ironically, they were actually intending to kill him to keep him from talking.
73	* DoubleEntendre: The Buffybot having cowgirl-position sex with Spike while crying, "You're the BigBad! You're the {{Big\|gerIsBetterInBed}} Bad!"
74	* DramaticPause: Glory's minions presenting her with... the Key (actually Spike).
75	* DramaticShattering: Glory gives Spike a drink of water, then smashes the glass in his face.
76	* ElevatorSnare: Spike forces open the doors to the elevator shaft and drops onto a descending elevator to escape Glory's minions. [[StairsAreFaster However, they're able to get to the ground floor to cut him off by the time the slow-moving elevator gets there.]]
77	* EngineeredPublicConfession: Spike tells the Buffybot he'd rather die than see Buffy in pain from Dawn's death, unaware he's actually talking to Buffy pretending to be the bot.
78	* ExactWords: When Willow is talking to the Buffybot, but thinks it's actually Buffy:
79	-->'''Willow:''' You didn't, you know, sleep with Spike?\
80	'''Buffybot:''' No.\
81	''[Willow sighs in relief]''\
82	'''Buffybot:''' I had sex with Spike.
83	* FiveStagesOfGrief
84	-->'''Anya:''' Okay, that's denial. That usually comes before anger.\
85	'''Buffy:''' ''I am not having sex with Spike!''\
86	'''Anya:''' Anger.
87	* FlayingAlive: Glory threatens to do this to Spike (''think I can do it all in one strip, like an apple?'') but doesn't make it very far.
88	* FoeRomanceSubtext: Apart from the whole Spike/Buffy thing, there's the scene where Glory [[SexIsViolence throws Spike onto a bed and climbs on top of him to choke him]].
89	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The words of the Spirit Guide. ''"Love is pain, and the Slayer forges strength from pain. Love... give... forgive. Risk the pain. It is your nature. Love will bring you to your gift. Death is your gift."''
90	** "Love... give... forgive." Buffy forgives Spike's lechery with the Buffybot and grants him "the barest smidgen" of affection he pleaded for in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E14Crush Crush]]", thus gaining a loyal and powerful ally.
91	** "Love will bring you to your gift. Death is your gift." In the season finale [[spoiler: "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]", Buffy's love for Dawn leads her to perform a HeroicSacrifice that saves the world.]]
92	** "Love is pain, and the Slayer forges strength from pain." [[spoiler: Buffy's DestructiveRomance with Spike leads to a stronger relationship between the two of them in Season 7, after both parties learn to accept their love and forgive each other.]]
93	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Spirit Guide appears in the form of the First Slayer.
94	-->'''First Slayer:''' This is a form. I am the guide.
95	* TheFourLoves: Family (Buffy's love for Dawn and [[ParentalSubstitute Giles]]), Friendship (the Scoobies' love for Buffy), Romance (Spike's love for Buffy), and Unconditional Love (Spike's protection of Dawn).
96	* [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Get A Hold Of Yourself Woman]]: Anya suggests doing this to Buffy, based on [[YouWatchTooMuchX what she's seen in movies]]. The others veto it.
97	* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Buffy's reaction to the accusation of having sex with Spike.
98	* HeKnowsTooMuch: Buffy intends to kill Spike to stop him from telling Glory about Dawn--or just for screwing a SexBot version of her; it's not entirely clear.
99	* HeroicSafeMode: Buffy worries that she's been shutting down emotionally even before her mother's death.
100	* HomoeroticSubtext:
101	** The Scoobies confront the real Buffy on her apparent fling.
102	--->'''Xander:''' No one is judging you. It's understandable. Spike is strong and mysterious and sorta compact but well muscled.\
103	'''Buffy:''' I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that ''you'' might be!
104	** Buffy is going off about the bot looking nothing like her. Willow had been staring at it for a long time and reluctantly agrees, while Tara looks on all, "Would you?"
105	** After 'Buffy' reveals the lurid details of what she did with Spike, Willow tells the Buffybot she just wants to help her. The Buffybot replies, "You're my best friend. You're recently gay." Unfortunately, Xander interrupts before hilarity can ensue.
106	* HypocriticalHumor
107	-->'''Tara:''' People do strange things when someone they love dies. When I lost my mother, I did some pretty dumb stuff, like lying to my family and staying out all night.\
108	'''Anya:''' Buffy's boinking Spike.\
109	'''Willow:''' ''[struggling to understand]'' Oh. Well, Tara's right, grief can be powerful and we shouldn't judge--\
110	'''Tara:''' What, are you kidding? She's nuts!
111	* IAmAMonster
112	-->'''Spike:''' If [Buffy] [[{{Foreshadowing}} turns to me for comfort, well, I'm not gonna deny it to her]]. I'm not a monster.\
113	'''Xander:''' Yes. You are a monster. Vampires are monsters. They make monster movies about them.\
114	'''Spike:''' Well, yeah... you got me there.
115	* IdiotBall: No one wonders why Buffy's acting oddly and using highly unusual speech patterns only three episodes after a robot with identical behavior and mannerisms showed up, and everybody could immediately tell it was a robot then, despite next to zero hints. {{Handwaved}} by them thinking that Buffy is still loopy from the VisionQuest or has gone wacko out of grief, but actually due to RuleOfFunny.
116	** {{Lampshaded}} when Buffy herself walks in the house and comes face to face with her duplicate. The other characters are stunned and bewildered, to which Buffy (having heard all of two sentences from the Buffybot) responds:
117	-->No, she's a robot. She acts just like that girlfriend-bot that Warren guy made. You guys couldn't tell me apart from a ''robot?!''
118	* TheILoveYouStigma:
119	** Buffy, worried that she's losing her ability to love, wants to make sure everyone's aware of it before it goes.
120	--->'''Buffy:''' I love you, Dawn. You know that, right?\
121	'''Dawn:''' Yeah. I love you too.\
122	'''Buffy:''' I love you... ''really'' love you.\
123	'''Dawn:''' ''[nervous grin]'' [[IncestSubtext Gettin' weird...]]\
124	'''Buffy:''' Sorry. But it's important that I tell you. Weird love's better than no love.
125	** And this fanfic-inspiring scene.
126	--->'''Buffy:''' Giles... I love you. Love... love, love, love, love-- Giles, it feels strange.\
127	'''Giles:''' Well, I shouldn't wonder...
128	* IncrediblyObviousTail: As per SunnydaleSyndrome, none of the Scoobies notice Glory's jawa rejects are following them around.
129	* IShallTauntYou: Spike, having partially freed himself from his chains, insults Glory. He's promptly PunchedAcrossTheRoom, which gives him a chance to escape.
130	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Glory anxiously touches her behind in the middle of Spike's taunting, after he calls her ass "lopsided."
131	* ItCameFromTheFridge: Invoked when Buffy asks Dawn to bring her the dirty plates from her room...
132	-->'''Buffy:''' ... before they get furry and we have to name them.
133	* ItGetsEasier: Buffy is trying to avoid this.
134	-->'''Buffy:''' I can beat up the demons until the cows come home. And then I can beat up the cows. But I'm not sure I like what it's doing to me. [...] To slay, to kill. It means being hard on the inside.
135	* ItIsDehumanizing: Buffy is giving everyone their assignments. "And Giles, you can watch... it [the Buffybot]."
136	* KissOfTheVampire: Spike nips the Buffybot, who gushes, "Oh Spike, devour me!"
137	* KissMeImVirtual:
138	* MaliciousMisnaming: Giles gripes that Spike didn't program the Buffybot to say his name correctly. [[GotMeDoingIt Then Buffy makes the same mispronunciation.]]
139	* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain
140	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: After this episode Buffy's attitude to Spike changes from loathing and [[FoeRomanceSubtext flirting]] to treating him as a FireForgedFriend. Spike responds in kind, substituting his StalkerWithACrush behaviour to one of [[CourtlyLove service without any expectation of reward]]. And for all the problems between them in Seasons 6 and 7, his loyalty to Buffy never wavers.
141	* TheNoseKnows: Glory sniffs Spike and realises he's a vampire.
142	* OutOfCharacterAlert: Xander realizes something is wrong with the Buffybot when she doesn't ask about Dawn.
143	* ParrotExpowhat: Buffy's famous reaction to the idea she was having sex with Spike.
144	-->'''Buffy:''' The who whating how with huh?
145	* PetTheDog: Spike, knowing full well that Dawn is the interdimensional key Glory is looking for, is captured by Glory and viciously tortured for the information ''and does not tell her.'' This was the turning point in his BadassDecay where even Buffy considered him a reliable ally.
146	* PinkMeansFeminine: The Buffybot wears pink, as opposed to Buffy's somber colours.
147	* PlatonicKissing: Buffy gives Spike thank-you kiss for not telling Glory about Dawn.
148	* RetargetedLust: Spike commissioned the [[SexBot Buffybot]] as exactly that, a Buffy he can have sex with.
149	* SequelEpisode: To "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]".
150	* {{Sexbot}}: Spike intimidates Warren into building a Buffybot. Hilarity ensues.
151	* ShoutOut: Lots of talk about the Key being "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings precious]]".
152	* SmokingHotSex: Spike is leaning against the wall smoking a fag when Xander hammers on the door; Buffy the Bot suddenly pops into view from below from... well, smoking something else.
153	* SmoochOfVictory: Buffy gives Spike a [[ShipTease lingering kiss on the lips]] as a reward for his loyalty.
154	* SnarkToSnarkCombat
155	-->'''Buffy:''' A [spirit] guide, but not to food and water. So it leads me to the sacred place, and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones?\
156	'''Giles:''' Buffy, please... it takes more than a week to bleach bones.\
157	'''Buffy:''' So, how's it start?\
158	'''Giles:''' I, uh, jump out of the circle and I jump back in it and, um, ''[reluctantly]'' I shake my Gourd.\
159	'''Buffy:''' I know this ritual! The ancient shamans were next called upon to [[DanceSensation do the hokey pokey and turn themselves around!]]\
160	''[Giles does the ritual]''\
161	'''Buffy:''' And that's what it's all about.
162	* SpikyHair: Spike can't resist programming in a TakeThat at his love rival.
163	-->'''Buffybot:''' Angel's lame. His hair goes straight up, and he's bloody stupid.
164	* SpiritAdvisor: Takes the form of the First Slayer.
165	* SpotTheImposter: The Scoobies completely fail to notice that 'Buffy' is actually a robot, much to the real Buffy's annoyance. Spike makes the same mistake (in reverse) until Buffy kisses him--then he can tell the difference instantly.
166	* StatOVision: The Buffybot sees like this, with information about Buffy's friends displayed on screen when they're in its line of sight. Having been programmed by Warren to specifications given by Spike however, the information is extremely basic or displays a laughably 2D idea of the characters. For instance, Willow's screen reads: "Best Friend. Gay (1999–Present). Witch. Good with computers." Also displayed on screen are the Buffybot's two primary objectives in life, "Locate Spike" and "Make Spike Happy." The latter has a drop-down menu of files with titles like "kissing" and "position-1" and so on.
167	* StickyFingers: Dawn steals Anya's earrings--unlike in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E13BloodTies Blood Ties]]" or "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E17Forever Forever]]" she's not after something plot-related, {{foreshadowing}} [[spoiler: the kleptomania that becomes a serious issue in Season 6.]]
168	* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: Justified, unlike the April-bot, as [[CombatSadomasochist Spike gets off on fighting the Slayer]] as much as having sex with her, so Buffy's strength and combat abilities are part of the package.
169	* SurroundedByIdiots: After Spike claims Bob Barker is the Key, Glory's minions obligingly offer to go and fetch him, at which point a facepalming Glory sets them straight.
170	-->'''Jinx''': We will bring you Bob Barker! We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker-!
171	-->'''Glory''': It is ''NOT'' Bob Barker, you scabby morons!
172	* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite hating Spike and being disgusted with the Buffybot, Xander confesses that he feels bad for him, since he was "thrashed" by Glory and lost his "favorite toy" all in one day.
173	* TakeThat: The Buffybot pronounces "Giles" with a hard g (as in "guy-els"). Creator/JossWhedon and Marti Noxon have said on several occasions that they get annoyed with "so-called fans of the show" when they pronounce "Giles" in this way. This pronunciation is present as well in some official international dubbing for the series.
174	* TemptingFate: To get rid of the Scoobies, Spike claims that the cemetery is full of vampires. Xander says they haven't seen any. A gang of vampires promptly appear.
175	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Spike gives a truly ''spectacular'' one to Glory.
176	-->'''Glory:''' The vampire is lying to me.\
177	'''Spike:''' ''[giggles madly]'' Yeah, but it was fun. And guess what, bitch?! I'm not telling you jack! You're never gonna get your sodding Key, 'cos you might be strong, but in our world, you're an idiot.\
178	'''Glory:''' ''[starting to get mad]'' I'm a god.\
179	'''Spike:''' The god of what? Bad home perms?\
180	'''Glory:''' ''[angry]'' Shut up! I command you to shut up!\
181	'''Spike:''' Yeah, ok, sorry, but I had no idea gods were such prancing lightweights! Mark my words, the Slayer is going to kick your skanky, lopsided ass back to whatever place would take a cheap, whorish, fashion-victim ex-god like ''you''!
182	* ThrowTheDogABone: Spike loses the Buffybot and gets tortured to near-death by Glory... but gets a thank-you kiss from the real Buffy, as well as some good favor with her (and the other Scoobies), because he was willing to die rather than sell Dawn out.
183	* TomatoInTheMirror
184	-->'''Buffybot:''' Oh, I don't think I'm a robot.
185	* TooMuchInformation / SickAndWrong:
186	** The Scoobies reaction to the fine details of what Spike is getting up to with his SexBot.
187	--->'''Willow:''' ''[thinking she's talking to Buffy]'' So just this one time you just did something kinda crazy?\
188	'''Buffybot:''' It wasn't one time. It was lots of times, and lots of different ways. I can make sketches!\
189	'''Willow:''' No!
190	** And later...
191	--->'''Xander:''' Spike must have had her built so he could program her t--\
192	'''Buffy:''' ''[horrified]'' Oh god.\
193	'''Willow:''' Yikes. Imagine the things--\
194	'''Buffy:''' No! No, no imagining. Any of you.\
195	'''Xander:''' ''[raises his hand]'' Already got the visual.
196	** No imagining needed, the audience gets to see the visual. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's just as bad as they fear.]]
197	* TortureIsIneffective: Spike proves willing to ''die'' rather than betray Buffy and Dawn.
198	* TwistedEchoCut
199	-->'''Buffy:''' Weird love is better than no love.\
200	''[Cut to]'' '''Spike:''' ''[checking out the Buffybot]'' Some say it's better than the real thing.
201	* UnwillingSuspension: Spike is chained up by his wrists from the ceiling so Glory can torture him.
202	* VampiresAreSexGods
203	-->'''Buffybot:''' You're right. He's evil. ''[smiles]'' But you should see him naked. I mean really.
204	* VillainBall: Fortunately for the Scoobies, [[OrcusOnHisThrone Glory is too lazy]] to chase after Spike herself, so they only have to fight her minions.
205	* VisionQuest: Buffy heads out on one to find out if being the Slayer means, eventually, no longer being human. The answer she gets is a rather confusing "no."
206	* WeaponTwirling: The Buffybot twirls her stake as she tiptoes through the graveyard.
207	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Buffy has no concern for the fate of the Buffybot and even outright refers to her as an "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]," this is a noted contrast to her treatment of April, who she sympathized with and even stayed with as she died. Certainly, anyone would be {{Squick}}ed over being the basis of somebody's -ahem- artificial stimulation, but the series has established that these robots are people too.
208	** Although, to be a little fair to Buffy here, she was feeling especially sensitive to April because she was empathizing with her plight, as she was also feeling like she was lacking as a romantic partner after both Angel and Riley left her.
209	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Spike is captured and [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique brutally tortured by Glory]] for information on [[MacGuffin the Key]], and all of the Scoobies, Buffy included, firmly believe that Spike will sell them out and that they have to [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade kill him before he does]]. Instead, Spike endures the torture and [[DefiantToTheEnd openly mouths off to Glory]], later confessing to Buffy (who was posing as Spike's [[SexBot Buffybot]] at the time) that he couldn't live with himself if anything happened to Dawn and was perfectly willing to ''let'' Glory kill him first.
210	* YellowSnow:
211	-->'''Glory:''' He can't be the Key. The Key is pure. Vampire = impure.\
212	'''Spike:''' Damn right I'm impure. Impure as the driven yellow snow.
213	* YouHaveFailedMe: Glory is not happy when her minions return without the escaped Spike. Cue ScreamDiscretionShot.

Context Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E18Intervention