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It's time for cheerleader tryouts, and Buffy can't resist! However, when the girls start getting knocked out of the competition by spontaneous combustion, sudden blindness, and other freak accidents, Buffy and the gang begin to suspect that someone may be behind these not so normal occurrences. Could someone be using dark magics in order to make the squad?
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"...the thrill of living on a hellmouth -- one has a veritable cornucopia of fiends, devils and ghouls to engage -- Pardon me for finding the glass half full. "
After having viewed this episode, I'm not really left with a lot to say. The notebook stayed mostly empty, except for a couple of quotes.
In this episode we are introduced to Willow and Xander as ‘Slayerettes’ Surprisingly, the term isn’t actually used again until season four’s 'The I in Team.' Willow is established as the nerd/hacker of the team. Xander doesn't accomplish much except for pining for Buffy. He finds out that she sees him as 'one of the girls' while she is under the spell. There is a certain symmetry here since Willow finds out that even though she also (secretly) pines for Xander, he sees her as 'one of the guys.'
This marks the first appearance of Elizabeth Anne Allen as the spellbinding Amy Madison. The character pops up again in;
- Season 2 (1998) - "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
- Season 3 (1999) - "Gingerbread"
- Season 4 (1999) - "Something Blue"
- Season 6 (2001–02) - "Smashed"; "Wrecked"; "Doublemeat Palace"
- Season 7 (2003) - "The Killer in Me"
I was actually thinking of this during the episode, an unfilmed scene from the original script has Giles suggesting an alternative way of testing whether Amy is a witch.
"Yes, the ducking stool! We throw her in the pond. If she floats, she’s a witch; if she drowns, she’s innocent... some of my texts are a bit outdated."
Yes, I'm a Python fan.
I overlooked this the first couple of times I watched the episode.
Buffy: There's just things about being a vampire slayer that the older generation has a problem with.
Joyce: A what?
Foreshadowing
XANDER: ...you don't have to drive it through my head like a railroad spike.
My views/status of characters;
Buffy - like
Willow - like
Xander - like
Giles - like
Cordelia - dislike
Angel - absent
The Master - absent
Overall I consider this an average episode compared to the rest of the season.
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