In 6.14 Older And Far Away, Xander says:
“The only thing missing is a cornfield”.
This could be a reference to an episode of Twilight Zone called ‘It’s A Good Life‘ which starred Billy Mumy as a little boy called Anthony, who wished people into a cornfield when they made him mad. The episode was adapted from a short 1953 horror story by Jerome Bixby.
In 7.01 Lessons, Dawn says,
“To serve humans is a cookbook”.
This is from a short story by Damon Knight called To Serve Man, made into an episode of the Twilight Zone - in which a group of aliens claim to trying to help humans. They write a book called To Serve Man which is later discovered to be a cookbook.
In the Angel episode 4.21 Peace Out, Gunn says:
“To Serve Man! It’s To Serve Man all over again.”
Related episodes: 4.21 Peace Out, 6.14 Older And Far Away, 7.01 Lessons
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peachgirldb on January 15th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
To Serve Man was originally a short story by Damon Knight.
Abby M. on January 15th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
I love how in Naked Gun 2 1/2, they had the same guy run out with the cookbook and yell, “To serve humans is a cookbook!” who did it in the Twilight Zone episode.
slayed on August 26th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Dawn does not say “To serve humans is a cookbook.” I did not remember it that way and I went back to check (the DVD) to make sure. She says “To Serve Man is a cookbook.”
Also, from the script:
DAWN
I know. You never see it coming, the
stake is not the power, To Serve Man
is a cookbook. I love you. Go away.