In 2.07 Lie To Me, Buffy’s class discuss Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution - in which the lower classes in France demanded equal rights from King Louis XVI and the land-owning aristocracy in 1789. Marie-Antoinette (the Queen of France), convinced her husband to seek aid from foreign governments, and not bow down to the uprising. Austria and Prussia declared war on France in 1792, and she passed secrets to those armies, hoping to get aid to defeat the rebellious lower classes. Both King Louis and Marie-Antoinette were executed at the guillotine in 1793 for treason.
From 4.06 Spin The Bottle:
Gunn: “When he wakes up, we don’t even know if this tape is gonna hold him. I say we cut his damn head off.”
Wesley: “Thank you very much, Marie Antionette.”
Gunn: “What’d you call me?”
Related episodes: 2.07 Lie To Me
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mymostbeautiful on April 14th, 2008 at 2:28 am
In the Angel episode Spin the Bottle, Wesley calls Gunn “Marie-Antoinette” because he keeps saying he wants to chop Lorne’s head off (which would have been funny since Lorne can still talk and function when his head has been cut off).
Jess on April 14th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Thanks, I’ll put that in.