The Pack

Season 1, Episode 6, Aired

Trivia

FILTER BY TYPE

  • Trivia

    ADD TRIVIA
    • The Hyena exhibit is a very dangerous design. There is no guardrail or similar barrier to keep visitors at a safe distance. Anyone can walk up to the bars and get mauled, as the bars are wide enough for people to stick their arms or legs through. In fact, the bars are so wide apart that not only could skinny people or children squeeze completely through, but the hyenas could simply walk out of their exhibit.
    • In this episode it is revealed that Sunnydale High School's mascot is the razorback, which is a type of wild boar.
    • The scenes on the computer that show Hyenas and the scenes of the "pack" show them laughing while attacking and eating their prey but in reality Hyenas are silent when feeding.
    • Lance is standing in front of the chimps when the four bullies walk up. When they say his name, "Lance", one of the chimps reacts by turning around suddenly, as if that is his name. This references to "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp", an early 70's show that spoofed the spy genre. The show featured chimps in clothes with lines dubbed in by humans.
    • The Sunnydale Zoo seems to have questionable quarantine practices. Buffy and the others can enter the "Hyena House" at any time despite it being closed for quarantine. In reality, new animals are physically isolated and access is restricted to essential personnel only.
    • This species of hyena only exists in the Buffyverse. In the real world there are only three species of hyena: the Spotted, Striped, and Brown. There is also the closely related Aardwolf.
    • The zookeepers' use of the term "breed" to refer to the type of hyena is wrong. Breed is used when referring to domestic animals(such as a breed of dog). He should have said "species".
    • The leather jacket that Buffy wears in this episode is the same jacket that Angel gave to her in Teacher's Pet (1x04).
    • Rhonda's hair is shorter in the opening zoo scene than in the rest of the episode.
    • When Xander and the others first go into the hyena place and the hyena's eyes light up, the light completely misses one of the hyena's eyes and is lighting up below it.
    • While Xander is locked up in the book cage, Willow watches a documentary about hyenas on the computer monitor. The first clip shows a pack of hyenas, but all the following clips depict African Wild Dogs, as proven by the white tufts of fur at the end of their tails.

  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Coach Herrold: All right, it's raining. All regular gym classes have been postponed. So, you know what that means... dodgeball. Now, for those of you that may have forgotten, the rules are as follows: you dodge.
    • Heidi: Shouldn't you be hovering over the football stadium with Goodyear written on you? (Xander laughs and Buffy gives him a look) Xander: Kid's fat.
    • Buffy: (About Xander smelling her) Okay, now what? Xander: You took a bath. Buffy: Yeah, I often do. I'm actually known for it. Xander: That's okay. Buffy: And the weird behavior award goes to...
    • Xander: (Greeting Buffy and Willow) Girls! Buffy: Boy. Xander: Sorry I'm late, I just forgot that we were going to be here.
    • Buffy: I was looking at the fishes. Willow: Was it cool? Buffy: It was fishes.
    • Giles: The rest of the pack were spotted outside Herbert the mascot's cage. They were sent to the principal's office. Willow: Good! That'll show 'em. Did it show 'em? Buffy: They didn't hurt him, did they? Giles: They, uh... ate him.
    • Willow: Buffy saved both of our lives. Xander: Before she came here our lives didn't need that much saving, did they? Weren't things a lot simpler when it was just you and me? Willow: Maybe...
    • Buffy: It shouldn't be too hard to find a new principal. Unless they ask what happened to the last one.
    • (Buffy jumps on top of Xander) Xander: I've been waiting for you to jump my bones.
    • Xander: I'm feeling that you're not in field trip spirit here. Buffy: Well, it would... It's nothing. I... We do the same zoo trip at my old school every year. Same ol' same ol'. Xander: Buffy, this isn't just about looking at a bunch of animals. This is about not being in class! Buffy: You know, you're right! Suddenly the animals look shiny and new.
    • Buffy: I didn't notice anything. Of course I'm not as hyper-aware of him as, oh, for example, you... Willow: Hyper-aware? Buffy: Well, I'm not constantly monitoring his moods, his health, his blood pressure... Willow: 130 over 80. Buffy: You got it bad, girl. Willow: He makes my head go tingly.
    • Willow: Oh, my God, Xander! What happened? Buffy: I hit him. Willow: With what? Buffy: A desk.
    • Giles: I've been reading up on my animal possession, and I cannot find anything anywhere about memory loss afterwards. Xander: Did you tell them that? Giles: Your secret dies with me. Xander: Shoot me, stuff me, mount me.
    • Willow: Why couldn't Xander be possessed by a puppy, or some ducks?
    • Xander: We just saw the zebras mating. Thank you, very exciting! Willow: It was like the Heimlich... with stripes! Buffy: And I missed it. Yet somehow I'll find the courage to live on.
    • Giles: Xander's taken to teasing the less fortunate? Buffy: Uh-huh. Giles: And, there's been a noticeable change in both clothing and demeanor? Buffy: Yes. Giles: And, well, otherwise all his spare time is spent lounging about with imbeciles. Buffy: It's bad, isn't it? Giles: It's devastating. He's turned into a sixteen-year-old boy. Of course, you'll have to kill him.

  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • This episode is first in Joss Whedon's list of his top ten favorite episodes according to the letter given with the Australian Chosen Collection Box-set. The episodes on this top ten list are not ranked, but are put in order of which episode aired first.
    • Featured Music: All You Want by Dashboard Prophets - At the Bronze, as Xander starts to change Reluctant Man by Sprung Monkey - As Kyle and his friends enter the Bronze Job's Eyes by Far - As Xander and the Pack are walking together
    • Sarah said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she was going to pull down Nicholas's pants during the dodgeball scene because he was acting really dumb. At the last minute she gave up and Alyson said that she would do it. She got so excited that she pulled his underwear down too. It happened in front of a lot of extras.
    • The filming location for the zoo scenes in this episode is a source of some debate. Many sources (such as IMDB and Keith Topping's book Slayer) claim that the scenes were shot in the San Diego Zoo. Most sources however, including the official Watcher's Guide, list the site as the Santa Ana Zoo.
    • The signs in the Sunnydale Zoo are written in the same font as the signs in Jurassic Park.
    • Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) does not appear in this episode, even though she is credited in the opening titles.

  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Buffy: Wow. Apparently Noah rejected the hyenas from the ark, because he thought they were an evil, impure mixture of dogs and cats. This a reference to the famous story of Noah and the Ark from the Book of Genesis. In the story God instructs Noah to build a large ark and fill it with two representatives of every species of animal and bird. The story that Noah rejected them came from Sir Walter Raleigh's "History of the World". Raleigh wrote that hyenas could be reproduced later by crossing dogs with cats and were not necessary to preserve on the Ark
    • Buffy: No. That still doesn't explain why he's hanging out with the dode patrol. Play of words on the "Dome Patrol", a nickname for the fast-moving, hard-hitting New Orleans Saints linebacking corps made up of Rickey Jackson, Vaughan Johnson, Sam Mills and Pat Swilling (late 80s/early 90s).
    • Buffy: But it's safe to say that in his animal state his idea of wooing doesn't involve a Yanni CD and a bottle of Chianti. Playing music from the New Age musician Yanni and serving the wine Chianti are certainly much more socially acceptable forms of attracting a mate than Xander's "felony sexual assault" attempt.
    • Buffy: I cannot believe that you of all people are trying to Scully me. The character Dana Scully in the television show The X-Files is constantly attempting to find a scientific explanation for paranormal occurrences.
    • Girl: Shouldn't you be hovering over the stadium with Goodyear written on you? The "fat kid" is compared to the Goodyear blimp, commonly seen at sporting events.
    • Buffy: Oh great, it's the winged monkeys. Buffy compares the school bullies with the evil winged monkeys from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.
    • Willow: It was like the Heimlich with stripes. The Heimlich Maneuver is a First Aid procedure to assist someone who has something stuck in their throat. It involves standing behind the victim and performing an abdominal thrust.

TV Listings

Full Listings

Related Shows

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less
TV.com Properties | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use