Seeing Red

Season 6, Episode 19, Aired

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Willow and Tara's relationship is well on the road to recovery, but Xander, Anya, Buffy, and Spike aren't having quite so much luck in love. The Troika move full swing into their biggest plan ever: stealing a pair of mystical orbs which imbue the bearer with super strength and invulnerability. They attempt to rob an armored van but Buffy crashes the party resulting in a battle between her and Super Warren. If Buffy fails, the Trio will cut a violent swath through the town, but if she defeats Warren then his vengeance may be swift and terrible.moreless
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  • Buffy's back -- And she has jet-packs.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By alias571, Feb 23, 2012
    It's been a while since I gave Buffy a positive review, but "Seeing Red" is definitely on my top favorite episodes. For a long time Buffy haven't had scenes like these and it's nearly impossible not to like what we have here (although I do admit that the jet-packs throw me off a bit).

    Warren, Andrew and Jonathan (all surprisingly good) steal magical orbs that give Warren superhuman strength. With his newly acquired powers, he sets off to rob an armored car, but his plans are ruined by Buffy. Warren then returns to exact revenge and Tara gets caught in the cross fire. Tara's death is truly devastating, since I liked her character very much and things with Willow were working out nicely. And I love Amber Benson, before I forget to say it. I also liked Warren in this episode and Adam Busch is really convincing as a misogynistic evil genius. I even liked Andrew. Last but not least, Alyson Hannigan is wonderful and she will always be my favorite cast member. Spike's scenes are my least favorite in the episode and the only reason why I wouldn't give this a 10 out of 10. The rape is just unexplainable and makes me really angry. Besides that, I love the acting, the writing and everything else.moreless

  • Powerful but tragic

    8.0
    "Great"
    By joxerlives, Jan 20, 2012
    SEEING RED

    The Good;
    The Orb theft and the wonderful battle between Buffy and the Troika. Tara and Willow getting back together and Dawn's delighted reaction to it. And Anya still looking for the vengence.

    The Bad;
    Not so much bad as the ending and the bathroom scene are just shocking. Contrary to common belief you can see the jetpack under Warren's jacket as he's fighting Buffy although you wonder how Jonathon didn't notice? Warren doesn't so much abandon Andrew, he flies off and expects Andrew to follow him.

    Best line;
    Jonathon; (arrested and taken to the police station) "Uh oh. The BIG house"

    Women good/men bad;
    Anya's latest victim had her boyfriend cheat on her with her sister. Spike forcing himself on Buffy on the bathroom floor, rape the crime that subjugates women and demeans men. Waren calls Buffy 'superbitch'.

    Jeez!;
    I find the bathroom scene just unwatchable, Buffy's terrified, tearful pleading is just heartrending. So brutally realistic compared to what we saw between Darla and Angel in 'Reprise'. You also feel sorry for poor Buffy hurting her back. Sure she has Slayer healing but it still HURTS! Andrew actually yells "Kill her! Kill her!". Tara and Buffy shot, Willow soaked in Tara's blood.

    Kinky dinky;
    Spike's awful ravishing Buffy on the floor of the bathroom (if we don't count the Master the 6th time Buffy has been sexually assaulted unless someone can correct me?). Xander considers incest unsexy (and so say all of us!) although given some of the things he's fantasised about in the past you wonder if he'd turn down group sex with Jonathon's blonde Swedish twins from Superstar? Or with Buffy/Joyce/above-the-age-of-consent Dawn? The geeks have sexy action figures in their lair including interestingly Vampirella. Tara and Willow in their sheets. Check out Xander chatting up the beautiful girl in the bar, he's come a long way since High School. Xander refers to Buffy searching for hidden cameras as 'The spring poking'.

    Captain Subtext;
    Buffy seems quite intrigued by the Vampirella action figure in the Geeks lair. Andrew's desire to get his hands on Warren's orbs. You wonder who the Klingon love poems are written by and dedicated to? "He never really loved...hanging out with us". Willow and Tara give us a good idea of exactly what they got up to after the candle went out in New Moon Rising much to Dawn's delight "I love you guys!". When Willow and Tara say they'll stop kissing Dawn tells them 'Oh you'd better not'. Will says to Tara "Yes mam!". Spike and Buffy have discussion about the nature of love, Spike saying that it burns and consumes, Buffy saying that such fiery love doesn't last. Willow had an inkling something was going on between Spike and Buffy. You rather get the idea that Spike hangs around with Clem because he's lonely, Buffy might have sex with him but she doesn't actually like him, she doesn't want to talk with him or watch Knightrider marathons (Spike seems like a fan, mentioning KITT in a season 5 Angel ep). Buffy emasculates Warren by 'smashing his orbs'.

    Scoobies to the ER;
    Xander get's pretty bloody from Warren's punch and Buffy's nasty backache and bruise. Buffy and Tara shot at the end.

    Apocalypses; 6

    Scoobies in bondage: astonishingly Tara gets through three years as a Scooby without being tied up even once! (unless that's something she and Willow are into?)
    Buffy: 8
    Giles: 4
    Cordy: 5
    Will: 4
    Jenny: 1
    Angel: 4
    Oz: 1
    Faith: 3
    Joyce: 1
    Wes: 1
    Xander; 2
    Dawn; 4

    Scoobies knocked out:
    Buffy: 17
    Giles: 12
    Cordy: 6
    Xander: 12
    Will: 8
    Jenny: 2
    Angel: 6
    Oz: 3
    Faith: 1
    Joyce: 3
    Wes: 1
    Anya;3
    Dawn; 2
    Tara; 1

    Kills: 1 vamp Buffy
    Buffy: 107 vamps, 56 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot
    Giles: 8 vamps, 2 demon, 1 human, 1 god.
    Cordy: 3 vamps, a demon
    Will: 6 vamps + 3 demons +1 fawn.
    Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human
    Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie
    Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans
    Xander: 6 vamps, 2 zombies, 1 a demon,
    Anya: 1 vamp and 1 a demon
    Riley; 18 vamps + 7 demons
    Spike; 8 vamps and 4 demons
    Buffybot; 2 vamps
    Tara; 1 demon
    Dawn; 1 vamp

    Scoobies go evil: no but wait for it
    Giles: 1
    Cordy: 1
    Will: 2
    Jenny: 1
    Angel: 1
    Oz: 1
    Joyce: 1
    Xander: 4
    Anya; 1
    Dawn; 1
    Buffy; 1

    Alternate scoobies:
    Buffy: 8
    Giles: 4
    Cordy: 1
    Will: 3
    Jenny: 2
    Angel: 3
    Oz: 2
    Joyce: 2
    Xander: 4
    Tara; 1
    Dawn;1
    Spike; 1
    Anya; 2

    Recurring characters killed: byebye Tara who finally made it into the opening titles only to leave us forever. Watched this first at a convention where people cheered when she showed up in the opening credits and wept openly when she died (oddly the previous week I'd watched Xena's last ep at another convention, I seemed to spend most of that year surrounded by crying lesbians). 12
    Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh, Forrest, McNamara, Joyce, Katrina, Tara

    Sunnydale deaths;
    94

    Total number of scoobies: 4-Spike and Anya gone but Tara back in
    Xander, Willow, Buffy, Tara

    Xander demon magnet: 5(6?)
    Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?), Dracula?

    Scoobies shot: Buffy and Tara
    Giles: 2
    Angel: 3
    Oz: 4
    Riley; 1
    Buffy; 1
    Tara; 1

    Notches on Scooby bedpost:
    Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny and 3xDraccy babes?
    Cordy: 1?
    Buffy: 4 confirmed; Angel, Parker, Riley, Spike. 1 possible, Dracula(?)
    Angel: 1;Buffy
    Joyce: 1;Giles, 2 possible, Ted and Dracula(?)
    Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca
    Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley
    Xander: 2; Faith, Anya
    Willow: 2;Oz and Tara
    Riley; 3; Buffy, Sandy and unnamed vampwhore
    Spike; 2 Buffy and Anya
    Anya; 2 Spike and Xander

    Spike; good or bad?
    Now I was quite amazed how when this came out how many people sought to excuse Spike for the Buffyrape, they actually said things like 'Oh she led him on, she gave out mixed signals' etc and referred to the scene in the Bronze in Dead Things as proof. I actually challenged people on The Bronze by asking them was Buffy 'asking for it'? Spike tries to rape Buffy and had she been anyone but the Slayer he would surely have succeeded. As he says 'I would never..' and she correctly replies "Because I stopped you!" and "Now ask me why I can never love you!". Ultimately I think Spike loves Buffy as much as he's able to,'quite well' as Dru says in Crush and has done many heroic things but without a soul he can never be good, he is the serial killer in prison obeying the rules for his own benefit. Xander is 100% right about him. And Buffy can't truly love him not only because of what he's done but because he has no soul, he's not the full package.

    Dawn in peril; 9

    Dawn the bashful virgin; 9 plays the TV really loud to drown out the Willow/Tara sex

    What the fanficcers thought;
    Needless to say many sought to bring Tara back through various literary devices (and the same with Joyce and Cordy). Personally I have no problem with that as long as there is some form of price to be paid as there's been this season for bringing back Buffy, not just Willow did a spell and there she was. If you ever need a happy ending to any Buffy darkfic that upset you, there's a fic called 'The Rape of Buffy' (don't be fooled by the title) which gives a happy ending to them all.

    Questions and observations;
    Spike still has his motorcycle from Bargaining. Another numbered t-shirt for Willow. I always thought that the blonde girl Anya chats up in the bar played Tru's best friend in Eliza Dushku's series Tru Calling but she isn't. Warren refers to Jonathon as 'The Shemp' which is a term coined by Sam Rami and Bruce Campbell in The Evil Dead and Clem seems to think that wrapping a wet towel around Spike's head will disable his chip an idea he seems to have garnered from Total Recall.
    Marks out of 10; 8/10 fun, powerful but ultimately tragic
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  • Darker Days Ahead

    8.5
    "Great"
    By lenzinoH20, Nov 11, 2011
    Seeing Red-Willow and Tara's relationship is well on the road to recovery, but Xander, Anya, Buffy, and Spike aren't having quite so much luck in love. The Troika move full swing into their biggest plan ever: stealing a pair of mystical orbs which imbue the bearer with super strength and invulnerability. They attempt to rob an armored van but Buffy crashes the party resulting in a battle between her and Super Warren. If Buffy fails, the Trio will cut a violent swath through the town, but if she defeats Warren then his vengeance may be swift and terrible.
    If there's one word to describe this episode...it's gut-wrenching, in every sense of the word. Hard to believe at this point, but "Seeing Red" is appallingly surreal, if that makes sense. It's episodes like this that make you forget that this is a fantasy series about some chick who kills monsters every week. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the writers on Buffy write realistic drama better than most non-fictional series. What happens in this episode is some of the most painful moments of the series. I can't begin to describe how hard it was to watch Buffy get raped by Spike. You with think, "hey she's the slayer, why would she let him do that to her?" But it was a moment of true vulnerability from Buffy and I'm glad the writers actually showed Buffy in this kind of light. For series about female empowerment, we see Buffy in a situation that's scarier than any demon or vampire she's faced, a situation that many women fear that they might be in: rape. We see that despite Buffy's powers that she is still just a young woman and still goes through real issues, which is what the show is about. Sarah and James were truly riveting during that scene and I loved how intimate the setting was with Buffy in her bathrobe in the bathroom. I especially loved Spike's shock and horror after what he's done, leading him to leave town on a mission of unknown consequences. I also thought the scene prior this one with Buffy and Xander was also intense. Buffy had her reasons for starting an unhealthy relationship with Spike, sure, they weren't the best reasons, but she was in pain yet Xander reminds Buffy that despite what Spike has done in the past, the chip in his head is the only thing preventing him from being an all out monster.
    The main plot for the episode also wasn't the weakest part of the episode, with the Trio actually managing to be a serious threat this weak...or atleast Warren does. While Jonathan and Andrew are still the comic relief, Warren is seriously becoming a monster in his won right. The magical orbs he gets turn him into a superpower tool and he wrecks havoc at the Bronze. His confrontation with Xander at the Bronze was brutal, especially bringing up the Anya/Spike hook up. The fight scene between Buffy and Warren was pretty awesome, one of the best in a while. Not to mention filled with hilarious moments like Jonathan jumping on Buffy, then Andrew knocking himself out while trying to fly away with his jet pack. Another great aspect of the episode is Tara and Willow. The morning after scene as well as all of their scenes together were beautiful and touching. It's so great to see them together again. But at the same time, it's always sad seeing a couple happy on Buffy, becauseit always means it's all about to come to a screeching hault! The final moments of the episode are devastating, nothing could be more perfect from Willow and Tara to Xander and Buffy finally reconciling until Warren shows up and starts shooting up the place. The moment Tara is shot, my jaw dropped!! Then you have Buffy's life on the line as well. To make matter worse, a heartbroken Willow does what has been building up all season: completely giving in magic as her eyes go from black to blood red. A truly powerful image and only the beginning of a 3-part conclusion. Superb stuff!moreless

  • "Every thing's so screwed up" – Dawn

    9.4
    "Superb"
    By rachel_london, Apr 02, 2011
    Or: men behaving badly.

    We start with some hot girl lovin'. At last, Tara and Willow get the post-coital sexscene they deserve. And Tara's finally in the credits! It's all going well for our two favourite lesbian witches......oh.

    As we all know, lesbians are very empathetic, so whilst Xander is ranting about Buffy's choice of men-vamps, Tara and Willow are "trying to understand". Xander placed Buffy on a pedestal many years ago and, whilst he accepts that she doesn't want him, her wanting an evil dead thing knocks her straight off it and down to our level. Similarly Willow could never get her head around Xander preferring Cordelia, Faith and Anya to her. He makes it clear that he is better than Spike as he tells Buffy: "I many have made some mistakes in my time but slaughtering half of Europe wasn't one of them". He seems more upset by this and by being wrong about Spike "never [having] a chance with a girl like you," than he does by Anya moving on and using Spike as the springboard. Nevertheless, he is now stalking his ex as she did him last ep, and turning their former love nest into his former basement with beer cans and pizza boxes lying around unbinned.

    Talking of empathising, Anya is trying to get back in the game by listening to women in bars kvetching about their unfaithful boyfriends. Unfortunately, Anya's heart isn't in vengeance. She is less interested in cursing than complaining about Xander's behaviour. The girl in the bar sums up the episode's theme: "Men suck". The ep starts off light and fluffy with Buffy trading quips with vamps, getting annoyed about her clothes being ruined by the amusing giant buzzsaw that the nerds have set up as they flee lair#2 (if the boys are so clever and inventive, why didn't Microsoft headhunt them as they did with Oz and Willow?), and Jonathan forced into the funny skinsuit. But it takes a turn for the dark side as the boys get hold of the Nezzla'Khan orbs, this episode's Gem of Amara, and gets steadily more sombre.

    Warren finally has some balls and sets off to do all the things he couldn't do as a dweeb, humiliating Frankie from high school - he seems more interested in this than impressing Frankie's girlfriend, or perhaps he thinks woman are impressed by violence, and going on to treat the other women in the bar as prostitutes, all the time using words such as "babe", "kitten", "b*tch". We've already seen how Warren treats women and here we see his view of femininity and masculinity, it's all about physical strength, the haves and the have-nots. "You hit like a girl", he tells Xander disparagingly. In a macho world, the way for Warren to feels good is through physical strength, money and disposable women. "Did you never fight a real man before," he ask Buffy, his idea of a real man being a burly, beef one who isn't afraid to prove it. In previous episodes, the boys have tried to control Buffy (and other women) with trickery and supernatural drugs, now they challenge her main strength her strength. They have gone from incredibly annoying to incredibly dangerous.

    BTVS is essentially a feminine fantasy about a girl being stronger than men, but Buffy has always been about plans, wit, ingenuity, resourcefulness and strength of mind, not just muscle. She tells Warren that he is a "sad little boy" and that he has "a problem with strong women". Larry et al came to accept Buffy's superior power, Warren sees it as a threat to his masculinity.

    The episode is also about taking sides. Andrew, now blatantly in love with Warren, shouts: "Kill her!" whilst Jonathan, coming to his senses, jumps on Buffy's back to tell her Warren's power source, his testicles-substitute, so that Buffy can get him by the balls to kick him into touch. Warren is horrified by Buffy's smashing of his powers, his sexual prowess, his maleness, and making him the b*tch, and he turns to a phallic weapon to punish her. "You think I'd let you get away with that!?" It seems like the nerd story is over, but it's only just beginning. Andrew and Jonathan should be glad they're in prison (the Andrew/jetpack scene never ceases to amuse) as Willow sees red or rather black. The episode's title obviously refers to Warren's, Spike's, Willow's moment of angry madness, but also refers to the viewer. We are seeing red red hair, red sheets, red sunrise-light, all leading up to the final scene when Willow literally sees red as Tara's blood splatters onto her shirt.

    Xander also chooses his side it is by Buffy's side. He comes to tell her about Warren's new found strength and makes up with his BFF in a sweet reconciliation scene. He is not a man afraid of women. He also gently turns down the woman in the bar who is trying to flirt with him, rather than take revenge on Anya. He has made up for his behaviour.

    Will Spike atone for his? Spurred on by Dawn's inadvertent encouragement (telling him that Buffy was hurt by his sleeping with Anya), he visits Buffy, following her into the bathroom when she's tired and injured. The scene that follows is shocking and horrible; to see our heroine helpless and squirming beneath a man momentarily stronger than her is not what we're used to. She tries to get him to stop by pleading with him, only using her slayer strength when this fails. Spike is trying to make an emotional connection through a physical one and, as ever, is not listening to Buffy, either her screaming no or her denial of love for him. She tried to be honest with him, saying she has feelings for him, but this is faint praise to Spike. It's all or nothing with him. "Real love is wild and passionate and dangerous", he says, still trying to force her to be like him, and when this doesn't work, he just tries to force her. Ditto when he talks with Clem he can't be a monster, can't be a man, but he can't live with this grey area ("everything used to be so clear"). He oscillates between "What have I done?" And "Why didn't I do it?"

    He has to choose monster or man? Spike or William? This is his eternal conflict. He needs to choose his sides and as he drives off into the sunset with his farewell highly ambiguous speech: "Get nice and comfy, Slayer. When I come back, things are gonna change", we're left wondering a) why he thinks he could get rid of the chip when he's tried and failed so many times before or, alternatively, b) why is he snarling if he means for things to change for the better? The mislead is a bit disingenuous. "Ask me again why I could never love you," asks Buffy. It's possible that Spike still will.

    The episode ends in the opposite way to last week's when we had doom and gloom and then a lovely Tara/Willow rapprochement. Here we have a happy ending with Xander and Buffy reconciling but then hinting at the horrible coda: "I don't know what I'd do without you and Will", says Xander as Warren enters the garden....moreless

  • I know this episode is about Warren and his power orbs but honestly the thing that sticks out is the ending where Buffy and Tara get shot. To me that is the episode.moreless

    9.3
    "Superb"
    By kit220, Apr 02, 2011
    This episode was like every other, the thing that got to me was the ending. I was like "oh my gosh!" You've seen stakes, swords, etc. and out of no where comes this gun which was a stunner ,but in a good way. You dont expect that in this show. When I saw Buffy (Gellar) shot on the ground I was speechless. And even though I know its a show I felt so awful for Willow (Hannigan). If her relationship with Oz Was epic, her relationship with Tara blew it away. I could almost feel the pain.moreless
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    • Tara picks up a book with a clasp off the coffee table and it falls apart. This looks like the same book Buffy has on the lawn when she sees that her coat is ripped and the book appears to be intact. Also, the cut on the book is too fine and clean to have been made by one of those giant buzz saws.

    • When Tara is shot, the shattered hole in the window is smaller than the original close up. The close up takes most of the window out, but when they show Tara only a small hole in the window is shown.

    • When Jonathan and Andrew are taken to the police station we can see the lines marking the way cars are supposed to park diagonally yet all the police cars are parked diagonally the wrong way.

    • When Warren shoots off in his jet pack, you can faintly see two long poles sticking out the back.

    • When Warren is trying to tip over the armored car you can clearly see that the sun has not fully set. But when the camera cuts back to the other two nerds it is fully dark, then back to the car (still light) When Buffy appears on top of the van, its night.

    • When Spike and Buffy are in the bathroom you can briefly see Spike's foot in the reflection of the mirror when they are on the ground.

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    • (A Bartender fills Xander's glass, spilling some on his hand) Beautiful Woman: (smiling) You're all wet. (She hands him a napkin.) Xander: Good thing I'm part fish. Beautiful Woman: Which part? Xander: The one with the hook in it. Beautiful Woman: (flirting) Careful. Somebody might reel you in. Xander: Yeah, but then there'd be the flopping and the gasping and sure, maybe it would work out, but chances are I'd up and leave you at the helm in your white dress and they find you spawning with another fish who turns out to be spawning my very good friend night and day behind my back and then comes the fighting and again with the flopping and the gasping 'cause hey -- Chicken of the Sea not doing great with the women these days. Beautiful Woman: Huh? Xander: Sorry. I'm just looking to curl up with the quiet alone tonight.

    • Dawn: (seeing Tara wrapped in a blanket and realizing that Willow and Tara are back together) You -- you two -- Oh my God! Oh my God oh my God oh my God! Tara: I think that's my cue to put some clothes on. Dawn: No! I'm totally not here. You guys do whatever you want. I'll watch TV. Really loud. In the basement. Where I can't hear. Anything. Oh my God! Oh my God! (she runs downstairs) (she runs back upstairs) I love you guys! (she runs back downstairs)

    • Xander: How did we get here? Buffy: Scenic route. Long drive.

    • Willow: When did morning happen? Tara: After the moon went down.

    • Buffy: (about Spike) Xander, you fought side by side with him when I was gone. You let him take care of Dawn. Xander: But I never forgot what he really is.

    • (A stray bullet comes through the window, hitting Tara in the back and spraying Willow's shirt with Tara's blood) Tara: Your shirt. (she falls) Willow: Tara? Tara? Come on, baby. Get up. Please. Tara... (sobbing, as she begins to understand) No... no... no... (Willow looks up from Tara's lifeless body, and her eyes have gone completely red/black)

    • Andrew: Dude, unholy hair gel.

    • Warren: Say goodnight, bitch. Buffy: (smashes his power orbs) Goodnight, bitch.

    • Warren: (flirting) Aw. Don't cry, baby. Daddy's gonna give you some, too. Xander: See now, I think it's the "daddy" thing that's throwing them. 'Cause incest? Not that sexy.

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    • It is interesting to note that in real life, Amber Benson (Tara) and Adam Busch (Warren) are a real life couple.

    • There were only two shirts for Alyson to wear during the blood splattering scene (after Tara is shot). The scene eventually took 16 takes to get the blood splatter right, with wardrobe immediately washing/drying the shirts after each take.

    • This is the last episode that Steven S. DeKnight wrote before moving over to Angel.

    • "Seeing Red" aired a week early in Canada on the wildfeed. Originally this episode was to air on April 30, but UPN made the programming decision to make "Two to Go" & "Grave" a 2-hour event. This forced the episodes from "Entropy" to "Two to Go" to be pushed forward a week.

    • The events of the final scene of this episode and the season 6 finale take place between May 7th and May 8th 2002 according to Tara's grave, seen in season 7's "Help".

    • "Love's a funny thing." Clem echoes these words that Spike told Buffy and Angel during his Season 3 episode "Lover's Walk".

    • Several scenes of this episode (and the next three) were cut out during the airing of this episode in the UK. For example, the attempted rape of Buffy was cut from where she falls and hits her back on the shower to where she kicks him away finally. The exit wound appearing on Tara's chest and her blood being splattered on Willow's shirt was also cut and restarted from where Tara says, "Your shirt." Warren also snaps a demon's neck, but the scenes were altered so that only the sound effect was heard.

    • From this episode until the end of 'Grave' all occur within around 24 hours.

    • Andrew's mishap with his jet pack is hilariously reminiscent of Wile E. Coyote (a tribute to the late great Chuck Jones).

    • Anya changed her hair from Curled (last episode) to straight hair (this episode).

    • The banner at the amusement park reading "Opening Weekend" is the same font and color as the "Once More, With Feeling" onscreen chyron.

    • Part of the episode was filmed at 6 Flags theme park in California.

    • This is the only episode in the show's history in which Amber Benson is credited in the opening titles. In the 45 preceding episodes, she's been credited as a guest star, even though the official guide to the series, The Watcher's Guide: Volume Three by Paul Ruditis, credits her as a series regular throughout season six.

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    • Spike: I can feel it. Squirming in my head. The chip. Gnawing bits and chunk. Clem: Maybe a wet cloth? In the 1990 movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character has a piece of machinery embedded in his skull that is used to track his movements. He manages to muffle the signal by wrapping a wet cloth around his head. Clem is jokingly suggesting that Spike do the same to nullify his chip.

    • Andrew: Not so tough now, are you Puffnstuff? H.R. Pufnstuf was a show created by Sid and Marty Krofft about an English boy named Jimmy and his magical talking flute, Freddie, who are attempting to escape from a living island with the help of a dragon named Pufnstuf and his friends.

    • Andrew: He's Picard, you're Deanna Troi. Get used to the feeling, Betazoid. Jean-Luc Picard and Deanna Troi are two of the main characters from the show Star Trek: the Next Generation. Picard is the Captain, while Troi is ship's counselor. Her alien species is Betazoid.

    • Anya: Who's gonna notice with all the other lies flying around like little monkeys? Flying monkeys are the henchmen of the Wicked Witch of the West from the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and the movie adaptation of the same name.

    • Xander: Be careful, Warren's gone all Mighty Mouse. Mighty Mouse is a cartoon mouse from the 1940's who had super powers; namely the powers of flight, super strength, and invulnerability.

    • Johnathan: We're risking everything, so that Charles Atlas can get a date. Charles Atlas was a famous bodybuilder in the 1920's. In 1922 Charles was named "The Worlds Most Perfectly Developed Man", by the magazine Physical Culture. Charles used the story of starting his adult life as a "92 pound weakling" to sell his own workout system. The advertisement featured a cartoon of a skinny kid being antagonized by a bully, ordering Atlas' system, then confronting the bully and winning the girl. The advertisement ran for decades in many magazines, newspapers, and comic books.

    • Buffy: Just making sure there's no more Evil Trio cameras. Or Evil Uno. Xander: The sinister yet addictive card game?
      Uno is a multi-player card game created by Merle Robbins and now sold by Mattel. Players try to lose all their cards while making their opponents draw more cards. Some cards have simple point values, while others cause various things to happen such as skipping turns, reversing play, or forcing players to draw cards. When a player is down to their last card, they shout "Uno!" (Italian and Spanish for "one"), and all the other players have one more turn to try to force that player to draw more cards before they play their last card and win the game.

    • Andrew: Good one, skinjob. Andrew calls Jonathan a "skinjob" while he is wearing the demon-suit. The term skinjob comes from the 1982 Ridley Scott film Bladerunner, and is a derogatory term for androids.

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