The 1969 film The Wild Bunch by Sam Peckinpah is one of Joss Whedon’s favourites. It is mentioned in Buffy. In 1.02 The Harvest, Buffy advised her friends, “Don’t go wild bunch on me” before they entered the Bronze. In 6.02 Bargaining (Part Two), Xander called the demons who raided Sunnydale the “wild bunch”.
Lyle and Techtor Gorch, who appeared in 2.12 Bad Eggs, are named after characters from The Wild Bunch. In that movie, the Gorches were brothers in William Holden’s gang, played by Warren Oates and Ben Johnson. Pike from the Buffy movie was named after William Holden’s character in The Wild Bunch and Angel was another character from the film.
Related episodes: 1.02 The Harvest, 2.12 Bad Eggs, 6.02 Bargaining (Part Two)
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