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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δράμα, dráma), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: δράω, dráō). The enactment of drama in theatre,...
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Horror Movie |
Horror fiction is a genre of fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle and horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into everyday human...
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| Cordelia Chase |
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Cordelia Chase is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer; she also appeared on Buffy's spin-off series Angel. Portrayed by Charisma Carpenter, the character appears as a series regular in the...
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| Willow Rosenberg |
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Willow Danielle Rosenberg |
Willow Rosenberg is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, who also played the character in three episodes of the show's spin-off, Angel and the pilot...
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| Buffy Summers |
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Buffy Anne Summers |
Buffy Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before going on to appear in the television series and subsequent comic book of the same...
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Allison Lee Hannigan |
Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Michelle Flaherty in three American Pie films, Lily Aldrin on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and Willow Rosenberg on the television series...
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The term supernatural or supranatural (Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature") pertains to an order of existence beyond the scientifically visible universe. Religious miracles are typically supernatural claims, as are spells and curses,...
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| Spike |
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Spike (a.k.a. William "the Bloody"), played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Spike is a vampire and played various roles on the...
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Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn |
Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn (28 May 1970 – 3 December 2002) was an Irish actor in television and film, best known for his role as Mark Healy in the American series Roseanne, as well as for his role on the first season of Angel.
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| Rupert Giles |
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Rupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure.
Rupert Giles (most...
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| Anya Jenkins |
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Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins, born Aud (formerly Anyanka, the "patron saint of scorned women"), is a fictional character on the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Emma Caulfield.
Anya was born as Aud...
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| Dawn Summers |
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Dawn Summers is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Marti Noxon and David Fury on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg.
Dawn is first introduced as Buffy's (Sarah Michelle...
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| David Boreanaz |
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David Paul Boreanaz |
David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Angel on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and as Seeley Booth on the television comedy-crime drama Bones.
David Boreanaz was...
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| Alexis Denisof |
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Alexis Denisof (born February 25, 1966) is a Saturn Award nominated American actor who is known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
He was the fight director for a stage...
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| Charisma Carpenter |
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Charisma Lee Carpenter |
Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. She has been nominated for a Saturn Award and...
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Jaime Augusto Richards III |
Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. He played the Charles Gunn on the TV series Angel which he portrayed for 91 episodes and was seen on NBC's short-lived courtroom drama, Conviction that was...
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Drusilla, nicknamed "Dru", is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by Juliet Landau.
Drusilla's history unfolds in flashbacks...
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| Daniel "Oz" Osbourne |
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Daniel "Oz" Osbourne is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. and The character is portrayed by Seth Green.
A taciturn, guitar-playing teen, and eventually Willow's boyfriend, Oz first...
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Alexander Lavelle Harris |
Alexander LaVelle "Xander" Harris is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Nicholas Brendon, whose twin brother Kelly Donovan occasionally appeared as his double or as a substitute...
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| Andrew Wells |
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Andrew Wells is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by Tom Lenk. The character also appears in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, the canonical continuation of the series.
Andrew Wells is the...
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| Tara Maclay |
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Tara Maclay is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Amber Benson. Tara is introduced in the fourth season as a romantic interest for one of the show's leads, Willow ...
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Nicholas Brendon Schultz |
Nicholas Brendon (born April 12, 1971, as Nicholas Brendon Schultz in Los Angeles, California), is a Saturn Award nominated actor best known for his character Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).
When Brendon...
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Emma Chukker |
Emma Caulfield (born April 8, 1976) is a Saturn Award winning American actress best known for her role as ex-demon Anya on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Susan Keats, a love interest of Brandon Walsh's on the television...
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| Person |
A person is a legal concept both permitting rights to and imposing duties on one by law. In the fields of law, philosophy, medicine, and others, the term has specialised context-specific meanings.
In many jurisdictions, for example, a corporation is...
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| Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
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Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (also spelled Wyndam-Price and Wyndham-Price) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Played by Alexis Denisof, Wesley first appeared in nine episodes of Buffy...
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Fantasy fiction |
Fantasy literature is fantasy in written form. Historically speaking, the majority of fantasy works have been literature. Since the 1950s however, a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films, television programs, graphic...
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| Action genre |
The word action has more than one meaning in fiction. Action is one of the fiction-writing modes authors use to present fiction. The term is also used to describe a subset of creative works emphasizing action rather than other aspects of...
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| Riley Finn |
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Riley Finn is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Marc Blucas, and is a regular in Season Four and the first part of Season Five.
A native of Huxley, Iowa,...
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| Faith Lehane |
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Faith is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Played by actress Eliza Dushku, Faith was introduced in the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was a focus of that season's...
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| Michelle Trachtenberg |
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Michelle Christine Trachtenberg |
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is a Daytime Emmy and Saturn Award nominated American television and film actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the...
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| Morena Baccarin |
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Morena Baccarin (born June 2, 1979) is a Brazilian-born American actress best known for her roles as Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series Firefly, and as Adria in Stargate SG-1. Morena was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother is...
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| Juliet Landau |
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Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965) is an American actress best known for co-starring as Loretta King Hadler in Tim Burton's Ed Wood and for portraying Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spin off show Angel (the latter appearance earning...
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| Nathan Fillion |
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Nathan C. Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its film continuation, Serenity and his current lead role as Richard Castle on the ABC...
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| Stephanie Romanov |
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Stephanie A. Romanov (born January 24, 1969) is an American model and actress, best known for playing Lilah Morgan on Angel.
She first began modeling in Europe and was discovered at 15 by Elite Modeling agent John Casablancas. Her first professional...
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| Alan Tudyk |
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Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Simon in the black comedy Death at a Funeral, as Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, as Sonny in the sci-fi drama I, Robot, as Hoban "Wash"...
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| Harmony Kendall |
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Harmony Kendall is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. The character is portrayed by Mercedes McNab. Originally cast as a minor character, Mercedes McNab's...
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| Master |
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The Master is a fictional character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel, played by Mark Metcalf. Within the series, the Master is an ancient vampire whose age has afforded him considerable status, a...
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| Kennedy |
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Kennedy is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Portrayed by Iyari Limon, the character was introduced in the final season of the series and goes on to appear in the comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
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| Amy Acker |
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Amy Louise Acker |
Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is a Saturn Award-winning American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Angel as Winifred Burkle and Illyria, and on Alias as Kelly Peyton. She appears in the ABC series Happy...
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| Angel |
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Angel is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. He is played by actor David Boreanaz. Angel is a vampire who is cursed with a soul, a punishment designed to...
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| Jewel Staite |
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Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Gemini and Leo Award nominated Canadian actress, who portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.
Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia. The...
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Doppelgangland |
"Doppelgangland" is episode 16 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Episode 16 of season 3 revisits the alternate reality from episode 9, "The Wish," in which Buffy Summers never arrived in Sunnydale and vampires ruled the...
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| Hush |
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"Hush" is the 10th episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon, it originally aired on December 14, 1999 on the WB network. In "Hush", the Gentlemen steal the voices of the...
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| Tabula Rasa |
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Not to be confused with Tabula Rasa (Lost), Tabula Rasa (Heroes), or Tabula Rasa (Stargate Atlantis).
"Tabula Rasa" is the eighth episode in season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It explores the characters not as they are, but...
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| Restless |
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"Restless" is the 22nd and last episode of season 4 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, characterized by bizarre dream settings which illustrate the four main characters' overall themes as well as providing extensive hints about...
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| Beer Bad |
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"Beer Bad" is episode 5 of the fourth season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This episode, written by Tracey Forbes and directed by David Solomon, packs a double moral. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding...
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| Adam Baldwin |
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Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor, distantly related to the Baldwin brothers. He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files,...
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| The Wish |
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"The Wish" is the ninth episode of season 3 on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Following Xander and Willow's kiss in "Lovers Walk", Oz has called a time-out on his relationship with Willow and Cordelia is decidedly avoiding any contact with Xander....
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| Family |
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"Family" is the sixth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Tara’s family, the Maclays, make a surprise visit to Sunnydale, and she does not seem eager to see them.
Willow and Tara are on the bed in Willow's dorm room,...
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| Summer Glau |
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Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, known for playing River Tam in the science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity, and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles....
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| Inca Mummy Girl |
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"Inca Mummy Girl" is Episode 4 of Season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
To prepare for Sunnydale High's cultural exchange program, Buffy visits an Incan exhibit with her schoolmates. She is paired with an exchange student with...
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| Joyce Summers |
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Joyce Summers is a fictional character played by Kristine Sutherland on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In the episode "Band Candy" we learn that Joyce was rebellious as a teenager, and tended to follow the "cool" crowd. This is...
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| Gina Torres |
Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an Alma Award winning American television and movie actress. She is known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy. She has appeared in many television series, including MADtv, Hercules: The Legendary...
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| Sean Maher |
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Sean Maher (born April 16, 1975 in Pleasantville, New York) is an American actor, best known for his role as Simon Tam in the short-lived science fiction television series Firefly.
Graduating from Byram Hills High School, Maher trained at New York...
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| Ron Glass |
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Ronald E. Glass |
Ron Glass (born July 10, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as the witty Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975-1982), and as the spiritual Shepherd Derrial Book in the science fiction series...
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| Dead Man's Party |
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"Dead Man's Party" is episode 2 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy struggles with life back in Sunnydale; tension simmers with those around her; Joyce's mask does not help.
Joyce is hanging up a Nigerian mask given by...
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| I Only Have Eyes for You |
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"I Only Have Eyes for You" is episode 19 of season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A ghost possesses high school boys (and Buffy) while his school teacher-lover possesses high school girls (and Angelus).
This ghostly episode starts out at The Bronze...
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| Halloween |
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"Halloween" is episode 6 of season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy and Angel finally agree to a date, but Buffy is delayed at Pop's Pumpkin Patch by a vampire. Another vampire films while hiding. As Angel waits at The Bronze, Cordelia shows up...
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| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered |
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"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is episode 16 of season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Cordelia decides to dump Xander when her friends mock her. Xander retaliates by attempting a love spell.
On her night patrol through a cemetery, Xander shows...
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| Surprise |
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"Surprise" is Episode 13 in Season 2 of the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy has a vivid dream (a very undead Drusilla dusts Angel) which she fears is prophetic. Willow remembers why she can't go on a date with Oz and invites him...
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