Episode Trivia
Angel the puppy
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Angel is referred to as a ‘puppy’ on a couple of occasions:
- In 3.09 The Wish, vampire Willow keeps Angel locked in a cage as her plaything, and refers to him as “Puppy”.
- In 4.03 The Harsh Light Of Day, when Parker asks Buffy about the scars on her neck, she replies that they they were caused by an “angry puppy”. They were actually from when Angel bit her in Graduation Day, Part Two.
Puppies are a recurring theme in Buffy and Angel:
- In 2.16 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered, Giles tells Buffy that one Valentine’s Day, Angel nailed a puppy to something (we don’t find out as Buffy stops him before he can finish).
- In 4.15 Orpheus, we see that Angel saved a puppy from being killed in early 1920s Chicago.
- In Enemies, Faith says that as a child she suffered because her mother didn’t let her have a dog before she kisses Angel.
- In 1.06 The Pack Willow regrets that Xander is not possessed by a puppy instead of a hyena
- In 7.02 Beneath You the puppy’s death is the only thing that seems to move Anya (and also Spike later on).
Angel’s mansion
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The scenes of Angel’s mansion were filmed at the Ennis-Brown house in the Griffith Park area of L.A (2607 Glendower Ave). The Ennis-Brown house is an official city landmark. It was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Mabel and Charles Ennis in 1924. The house is open for public tours.
Movies shot on location at the Ennis-Brown house include Bladerunner, The House on Haunted Hill, Karate Kid III, Twin Peaks, The Rocketeer and a Ricky Martin music video.
Blondie Oz
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In 3.17 Enemies we see that Oz has dyed his hair blonde since the previous episode (3.16 Doppelgangland). This is possibly something to do with the fact that Seth Green had just finished filming Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me, in which he played a blonde Scott Evil.
Books of Ascension
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A horned demon tries to sell the Books of Ascension to Buffy and Faith in 3.17 Enemies. He says they are:
“Very powerful works and I’m not talking about the prose. They deal with some dark stuff. And the Mayor would hate for somebody to get ahold before he… well you know.”
Faith later kills the demon and steals the books for her boss, the Mayor. Willow sees the books in 3.19 Choices and manages to steal a few pages for Giles to try and find out more about the Ascension.
Books on tape
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In 3.17 Enemies, Cordelia asks Wesley if he ever thought of doing “books on tape”. In real life, Charisma Carpenter did the voices for the Buffy audio book Immortal.
Bring on the visuals
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This conversation between Buffy and Willow was deleted from the episode 3.17 Enemies:
Buffy: “I can’t stop thinking about that demon.”
Willow: “‘Cause of him being chopped up into little bits and all?”
Buffy: “Yeah, Will, let’s keep bringing on the visuals.”
Buffy confuses herself
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A continuing joke for Buffy throughout the show is her misunderstanding of common phrases or sayings. In 3.11 Gingerbread, she and Angel have the following conversation:
Buffy: “Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.”
Angel: “Dike… It’s another word for dam.”
Buffy: “Oh. Okay, that story makes a lot more sense now.”
In 2.09 What’s My Line? (Part One), Buffy says:
“They had tools, flashlights, whole nine yards. What does that mean, anyway? ‘Whole nine yards’? Nine yards of what? Now it’s gonna bug me all day.”
And again in 2.09 What’s My Line? (Part One):
“They go together like chicken and… another chicken, or… two chickens, or… something, you know what I’m saying!”
In 5.05 No Place Like Home, she says to Giles:
“Yeah. You’ll be making money hand over fist” (holds her hand over her fist in a puzzled way) “…Which I guess is a good thing.”
In 7.21 End Of Days, Buffy says to Xander:
“Of course I’m not putting you out to pasture. …What does that even mean?”
In 3.17 Enemies:
“Just don’t like to rub your nose in it. Suddenly wondering where that expression comes from.”
In 3.20 The Prom:
“Right as rain, whatever that means.”
By the Sun Cinema
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As Buffy and Angel walk through the snowy street in 3.10 Amends, the shot starts with a close up on the inside of the U on the Sun Cinema sign. This is where Faith stands when she shoots Angel in 3.21 Graduation Day (Part One). In 3.17 Enemies, Buffy and Angel stand outside the cinema again, when they’re joined by Faith.
Cute asleep
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In 3.17 Enemies, Angel says Buffy “looks so cute when she’s sleeping”, which is possibly a reference to 2.17 Passion, when he sketched her whilst she slept.
David Grossman
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David Grossman directed several Buffy and Angel episodes. He has also directed episodes of Desperate Housewives, Lost, Tru Calling, Dead Like Me, CSI: Miami, The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Roswell, Ally McBeal and Early Edition.
Eliza’s stunts
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Eliza Dushku said about stunts in a chat session with The Globe in March 1999:
“Day one I did about 2 punches and I’ve learned as I go on, from the “Enemies” episode with Angel, we did most of our own stunts, me and David have a sick love for fighting. We don’t mind coming home with bruises. I love me personally watching the show and my friends knowing it is me. I always want to do my own stunts.”
Jeff Pruitt, the show’s stunt coordinator, says lots of the fighting we see on Buffy has to be done by pros.
“But we let Eliza do some blocking and hitting, because she’s so enthusiastic. Before she started the show, I had her watch Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and some old samurai movies to see their expressions when they slam some guy against the wall. Then we practiced in front of a mirror, with some ducking and yelling. Now she gets a big kick out of it.”
Eliza also says:
“After days of taping, I have black-and-blue marks all over me. Now they can film me more, because I can add together a kick and a duck and a spin and a punch more realistically.”
Faith’s mother
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We discover in 3.17 Enemies that Faith’s mother was a drunk who wouldn’t let her daughter have a puppy:
Faith: “Maybe it’s one of those unhappy childhood things. See, when I was a kid I used to beg my mom for a dog. Didn’t matter what kind. I just wanted, you know, something to love. (kisses Angel) A dog’s all I wanted. Well, that and toys. But mom was so busy, you know, enjoying the drinking and passing out parts of life that I never really got what I wanted.”
Gary Bullock
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Gary Bullock, who played the shrouded demon who pretended to remove Angel’s soul in 3.17 Enemies, has been in Holes, The Kiss, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Robocop 2, Robocop 3, The Handmaid’s Tale, Enterprise, The X Files and Species.
Harry Groener
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Harry Groener played the Mayor of Sunnydale - Richard Wilkins III. He was born in Germany in 1951. Harry has three Tony nominations for his stage work in Oklahoma, Cats and Crazy for You. He has also been in Dear John, The West Wing, Roswell, Malcolm in the Middle, The Drew Carey Show, Boston Public, Judging Amy, Charmed, Family Law, Just Shoot Me, Mad About You, Home Improvement, Star Trek: Voyager, Law & Order, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Enterprise and Remington Steele. His final Buffy episode was 7.20 Touched.
Horned demon
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In 3.17 Enemies a horned demon tried to sell Buffy and Faith the Books of Ascension. Faith later stabbed him to death to collect the books for the Mayor.
Kibbles ‘n Bits
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In 3.17 Enemies, Faith says that after the Ascension, all of Buffy’s friends are going to be “Kibbles ‘n Bits”. This is a type of U.S. dog food.
Lacked Faith
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A line of Wesley’s in 3.17 Enemies, cut for length was:
“You failed in last night’s mission because you lacked faith. If you had simply…’Lacked Faith.’ A pun. From me! Bet you never thought I had the funny in me, eh?”
Le Banquet d’Amelia
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In 3.17 Enemies, Angel and Buffy went on a date to the cinema where they saw Le Banquet d’Amelia. This is not a real film, and was not what they were expecting:
Buffy: “That was very … artistic.”
Angel: “Yeah.”
Buffy: “Wasn’t what I expected. I’ve never actually seen… Well, from the title I thought it was about food.”
Angel: “Well there was food…”
Buffy: “Right. The, the scene with the, the food. So, feel like getting some hot chocolate? Or some cold shower?”
Angel: “I’m sorry. I wanted to take you out somewhere fun. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the movies. They changed.”
Buffy: “A little scary. And a little not, which is also scary. I’m sorry. I just, I don’t like getting you worked up like that. We can’t actually do any of those things. You’d lose your soul. Besides, I don’t even own a kimono.”
Manacle sharing
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The manacles at Angel’s mansion were used on Angel in 3.04 Beauty And The Beasts, Faith in 3.15 Consequences, and on Buffy in 3.17 Enemies.
Marenschadt Text
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Giles kept the book The Marenschadt Text hidden on the top shelf of his filing cabinet. In 3.17 Enemies, Willow said it contained a section on genocide that dealt with Ascension. It also had a reference to the last entry of the journal of Desmond Kane, pastor of Sharpsville. The town was destroyed by an Ascension on May 27, 1723.
Michael Manasseri
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Michael Manasseri played the horned demon who tried to sell the Books of Ascension to the Slayers in 3.17 Enemies. He appeared in the TV version of Weird Science. He also appeared in Psycho Beach Party, which featured Nicholas Brendon.
Miniature Golf
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In the episode 2.11 Ted, Ted takes Joyce and the Scoobies for a game of miniature golf. Willow said in 2.01 When She Was Bad that there no mini-golf courses In Sunnydale, but I guess it’s possible that Ted drove them somewhere else for their game. Mini-golf was also the favoured pastime of season three’s Mayor Richard Wilkins III (he suggested a game in 3.17 Enemies). Clearly, miniature golf is the game of choice for evil patriarchs.
Semi-nude engravings
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In 1.03 The Witch, the Scoobies are trying to figure out who’s responsible for the supernatural attacks on the cheerleaders. Willow has an idea - find out who’s been checking out books about witchcraft:
Willow: “‘Witches: Historic Roots to Modern Practice.’ Checked out by Alexander Harris.”
Buffy: “‘The Pagan Rites’, checked out by Alexander…”
Xander: “Alright, alright, it’s not what you think.”
Willow: “You like to look at the semi-nude engravings?”
Xander: “Oh, well, uh, I-I guess it is what you think.”
3.17 Enemies refers back to that episode in a scene where the Scoobies are discussing possible sources of research material on the Books of Acension, Willow says she remembers that the Ascension is mentioned in the Merenschtadt Text:
Giles: “Where did you find that volume?”
Willow: “In the top of your book cabinet with the stuff you try to keep hidden.”
Xander: “Hidden? Are there any engravings I should know about? Uh, frolicking nymphs of some kind?”
Slayer kisses
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In 3.17 Enemies, Angel kisses Buffy on her forehead in her bedroom and Faith kisses Buffy in the same place before running away after they fight. Buffy returns Faith’s forehead kiss in 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two), after putting the Slayer in a coma.
Superfriends
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In 3.17 Enemies, Faith says:
“It’s just a matter of time before this demon guy is gonna spill. Then Buffy and the Superfriends are gonna…”
Superfriends was a TV cartoon consisting of various superheroes including Superman, Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman and more.
Taciturn man
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Angel and Oz are both referred to as ‘taciturn men’ in Buffy and Angel. Tactiturn means “1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech 2. dour, stern and silent in expression and manner” per the Random House College Dictionary.
In the Buffy episode 3.17 Enemies, Buffy is wondering how Angel felt about kissing Faith. Willow offers the following advice, referring to both Oz and Angel as taciturn men:
“Buffy, I, too, know the love of a taciturn man, and you have to look at their actions.”
In Angel season one, 1.19 Sanctuary, Angel yells at Buffy for getting angry that he helped Faith. After she leaves, Angel says:
“For a taciturn, shadowy guy - I’ve got a big mouth.”
The Mayor’s story
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We find out much more about the Mayor in 3.17 Enemies. He is over 100 years old, invincible, not human, and apparently he intentionally “built Sunnydale for demons to feed on.”
Waiting for Godot
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In 3.17 Enemies, Buffy says about Faith:
“The girl makes Godot look punctual”.
This is a reference to a famous play by Irish author Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot, published in 1952.
During 4.21 Primeval, Giles, Buffy, Willow and Xander meet at a crossroads after their falling out (in 4.20 The Yoko Factor). They learn that Spike played them, and try to accept this as the reason for the words that were spoken. They all talk quickly about moving on, and then the camera pans out to show the four of them standing stock still. They do not move. In Waiting for Godot, Estragon and Vladimir repeatedly agree to leave, yet, so says the famous stage direction, “They do not move”. This stasis is directly referenced by this shot of the four protagonists unable to move.
[Goof] Angel’s reflection
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In the Mayor’s office in 3.17 Enemies, the reflection of Angel’s hand can be seen in a Mayor’s name plate.
[Goof] Bottle-o-blood
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Just before Angel ‘loses’ his soul in 3.17 Enemies, we see Faith walk into Angel’s mansion. She clearly has nothing in her hands but later throws a bottle of blood on Angel in order to start the soul-stripping ritual. Where did she hide the blood?
[Goof] Cordelia’s shoes
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When Cordy walks into the library to ask Wesley to dinner in 3.17 Enemies, the sound her shoes are making doesn’t match the pace she is walking at.
[Goof] Dark light
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In 3.17 Enemies, just before we see Giles in conversation with the shrouded demon, there is a shot of the school from the outside where it is visibly night-time. However, in the very next scene the window to the right of Giles clearly shows that it is day-time.