Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Get It Done

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Principal Wood gives Buffy a bag of items that used to belong to his mother, the Slayer Nikki Wood. The bag contains various items including weapons, a book, and a strange sealed box. Opening the box leads to enchanted shadow puppets and a chance for Buffy to gain incredible power. Now she must decide whether the power is worth the price. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Douglas Petrie

Director:: Douglas Petrie

Stars:: Emma Caulfield (Anya); James Marsters (Spike); Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Anne Summers); Nicholas Brendon (Alexander 'Xander' Harris); Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg); Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers)

Recurring Role:: Tom Lenk (Andrew); Iyari Limon (Kennedy); Clara Bryant (Molly); Sarah Hagan (Amanda); Indigo (Rona); Camden Toy (Ubervamp); Felicia Day (Vi); DB Woodside (Principal Robin Wood)

Guest Star:: Karara Muhoro (Shadowman #2); Daniel Wilson (Shadowman #3); Kristy Wu (Chao-Ahn); Lalaine (Chloe); Geoffrey Kasule (Shadowman #1); Sharon Ferguson (Primitive)

Toward the beginning of the show when Spike and Anya are together, Anya says something about calling the house "Slayer Central" and Spike clearly laughs, but when the camera cuts to Spike he has a very serious, not smiley face. edit »
When Buffy and Dawn discover Chloe hanging in her room the door behind them was open and the very next second it was closed. edit »

Although they appear in the episode; Molly, Vi, and Chao-Ahn don't have any lines in the entire episode. edit »
This episode marks the death of Chloe, and also the final appearence of Lalaine on the series. She's the 2nd Disney star to die on the seires. edit »
This episode marks the beginning of the knowledge of Turok-Han/Ubervamp army. edit »
'Get It Done' ties in very well with Buffy's dream in the season 4 finale 'Restless': When Buffy awakes (in her dream), she sees the first slayer chained to the ceiling, and here we are shown that the shadowmen chained the first slayer to the ground while they invoked a demon's spirit into her. The bag that Wood gives Buffy is the same one she pulls mud out of and covers her face with. Also, Buffy tells Adam "We're not demons" and he replies "Is that so?", obviously referring to the Slayer's power which is created with the essence of a demon. edit »
The song played in the promo for this episode is "Just a Little Girl" by Amy Studt. edit »

Wood: I knew I signed on for something, but, Buffy, I'm just a guy. Granted, a cool and sexy vampire-fighting guy, but still.
Buffy: Don't forget 'snappy dresser'. edit »
Buffy: The First is coming and look at us. The Army. We got a bunch of fighters with nothing to hit. A Wicca who won't-a and the brains of our operation wears oven mitts. edit »
Spike: You're like a dog with a bone.
Anya: So what?
Spike: It's my bone! edit »
Buffy: The Hellmouth below us is starting its semi-annual percolation. Usually blows around May. edit »
Xander: It's cryptic. I don't like it. Every time instructions get cryptic, someone gets hurt. Usually me. edit »

Willow: Bring it on!

This is in reference to the 2000 movie, "Bring it on". The movie being about two rival schools competing in a cheer competition. Willow refers to the potentials as the school's "school-pep-dance-cheer-drill contest", thinking Principal Wood had no idea about them.

"Bring it on" also stars Eliza Dushku (Faith). edit »
Willow: (speaking of magic) Uh, conservation of energies. You can't really create or destroy anything, only transfer.
Willow tells Anya that "Magic works off physics" and that "You can't really create or destroy anything, only transfer" energy. This is strikingly similar to what Owen Burnett tells Xanatos in the cartoon Gargoyles. He tells him, "Remember, all magic is just the redirection of energy." edit »
Andrew: They'll see the big board.
This is most likely from the Stanley Kubrick movie Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb. When the Russian ambassador is invited into the War Room in the Pentagon by the President of the US. General 'Buck' Turgidson says 'but he'll see the big board', referring to the War Room's lighted wall display of the world. edit »
Xander: Puppets. That's it! The First hates puppets! Now if we could just airlift Kermit, Fozzie Bear, and Miss Piggy into town.
Kermit, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy are all characters from The Muppet Show, created by Jim Henson. edit »
Kennedy: Or you could try all thirty-two flavors.
When Kennedy says that Willow could try all thirty-two flavors of magic, she is possibly referencing Baskin Robins, the famous ice cream chain that started with 31 flavors of ice cream. They now have many more flavors than that. edit »

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The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
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The Bottom Line: "Pivotal"
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The Bottom Line: "Pivotal"
The First is coming... ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
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